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Chrome browser (Version 32.0.1700.76 m) have update on TouchEvent. please replace the below code in custom.min.js file
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Read the full story here Web Link posted Saturday, October 6, 2012, 6:42 AM
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New Cal State University chancellor to earn $421,500 plus $30,000 supplement from CSU Foundation
Original post made on Oct 7, 2012
Read the full story here Web Link posted Saturday, October 6, 2012, 6:42 AM
Comments (8)
a resident of San Ramon
on Oct 7, 2012 at 3:20 pm
University of California Berkeley Chancellor Provost salary #756,000. Democrat and Republican, you can help Cal. The public's University of California harvests family savings, Alumni donations, supporter's money and taxes. Cal. ranked #1 public university total academic cost (resident) as a result of the Provost's, Chancellor's 'charge resident's higher tuition'. UCB tuition is rising faster than other universities.
Cal ranked # 2 nationally in faculty earning potential. Spending on salaries increased 29% in last six years. Believe it: Harvard College less costly.
University of California negates promise of equality of opportunity: access, affordability. Self-absorbed Provost Breslauer Chancellor Birgeneau are outspoken on 'charging residents much higher' tuition.
Birgeneau ($450,000) Breslauer ($306,000) like to blame the politicians, since they stopped giving them their entitled funding. The 'charge instate students higher tuition' skyrocketed fees by an average 14% per year from 2006 to 2011 academic years. If they had allowed fees to rise at the same rate of inflation over past 10 years fees would still be in reach of middle income students. Breslauer Birgeneau increase disparities in higher education, defeat the promise of equality of opportunity, and create a less-educated work force.
Republican, Democrat, and Tea Party you can help. The sluggish economy, 10% unemployment devastates family savings. Simply asking for more taxes (Prop 30, 32, 38) to spend on self-absorbed Cal. leadership, inefficient higher education practices, over-the-top salaries, lavish bonuses, is not the answer. Additional state tax funding must sunset:
UCB is to maximize access to the widest number of residence at a reasonable cost. Birgeneau Breslauer's 'charge Californians higher tuition' denies middle income families the transformative value of Cal.
The California dream: keep it alive and well. Fire Provost George W Breslauer. Birgeneau resigned. Cal. leadership must accept responsibility for failing Californians.
Opinions? UC Board of Regents email@example.com Calif. State Senators, Assembly members
a resident of Sycamore Place
on Oct 7, 2012 at 4:28 pm
What is the average salary of a chancellor like person in a private school? If you
want top notch public education - you have to pay top notch. If you dont -- then public education will go to the dogs and the only education left will be private and everyone will have to pay for this.
By this time - half the readers have already tuned off and made their judgement.
Now - I'm certainly not arguing that this other reality isn't acceptable or better -- but I want to make sure you realize clearly what the end game is going to be. No safety nets ... and then we are all off to the races.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Oct 8, 2012 at 8:45 am
Notice that the new Chancellor got his start at the community college level then progressed to eventually earning his doctorate degree. Without the passage of Prop 30, the community colleges will lose funding. Students who might otherwise not attend college will lose out. This eventually affect everyone, not just youth, as we all know education leads to better employment, stable economy, etc. Vote wisely....
a resident of Stoneridge
on Oct 8, 2012 at 8:58 am
I completely agree with Milan.
Btw...democrats gave been in control of the education
system for so long. Yet they are the ones who complain.
These people should care more about education than
pensions. All they care about is raising taxes for their
Own salaries.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Oct 9, 2012 at 8:43 am
Salaries for college administrators and faculty have gotten way out of hand. It is one of the leading causes of the skyrocketing price of a college education. Unfortunately, it won't stop until parents start boycotting institutions with high tuitions.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Oct 9, 2012 at 9:16 am
Community Colleges are the way to go these days. The Universities will suck us dry if we continue to let them charge these insane tuitions. Time to take a stand and stand along side the Alternative Choices.
a resident of Castlewood
on Oct 9, 2012 at 9:47 am
Such a salary is a really good indication of how pathetic California is becoming when it comes to education. I am confident that someone could be found for half that salary and do a better job.
a resident of Livermore
on Oct 14, 2012 at 7:58 pm
It seems to me that the somebody out slicked others with a nice hefty salary.
tee hee hee...
jealous bug
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text: A new configuration of the Ice IX malware attempts to trick its victims into exposing their credit card details when they try to access their Facebook accounts, according to security firm Trusteer.The new Ice IX variant displays a Web form inside a browser pop-up window when users log into Facebook. The pop-up is designed to appear as if it's part of the social networking website and asks users for their name, billing address, credit or debit card number, card expiry date and card identification number."The attackers claim the information is needed to verify the victim's identity and provide additional security for their Facebook account," Trusteer's chief technology officer, Amit Klein, said in a blog post on Tuesday.Once the rogue form is submitted, the malware forwards the sensitive information to its authors via an instant messaging protocol, so they can abuse it as soon as possible.The injection of rogue forms into legitimate online banking websites as they are displayed inside various browsers is a common feature of so-called banking Trojan horses like Ice IX, ZeuS or SpyEye.However, the sale of Web injects that target non-banking websites like Facebook on underground forums suggests that traditional cyber fraudsters are looking to expand their reach. Trusteer's researchers have seen marketing videos promoting the new Ice IX configuration."By attacking Facebook and other ubiquitous social networks fraudsters can tap a massive pool of victims," Klein said. "They can also use the information harvested from social network users to perpetuate fraud on multiple in fronts including online banking, retail, and even to penetrate enterprise and government networks."Some of the Facebook users who supplied their credit card information on the website in the past, in order to buy Facebook credits, might be inclined to trust the rogue forms displayed by the new Ice IX configuration.However, Facebook told Trusteer that its website will never ask users logging in to provide their credit card details, social security numbers, or any other sensitive information, except, of course, for their username and password.


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WASHINGTON — Key updates:
- Disneyland in California and Disney World resorts in Florida close theme parks over coronavirus concerns.
- Mormons cancel all global church activities.
- MLB cancels spring training, pushes back 2020 opening day by two weeks.
- New York's governor ordered all Broadway theaters to shut their doors in the face of ongoing coronavirus concerns.
- NHL pauses its 2019-2020 season, while ESPN is reporting the MLB will pause its season.
- The PGA Tour canceled the rest of The Players Championship and said it would not play the next three weeks.
- President Donald Trump says he is sharply restricting travel from Europe to the U.S. for 30 days beginning Friday night, but with exceptions for American citizens and regions including the United Kingdom.
- Wall Street futures fell 3% in the hour after Trump's speech.
- The NBA suspended its season Wednesday night after a player tested positive for the virus. The NCAA also announced it would hold its men's and women's basketball tournaments without fans.
- Actors Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson announced they have tested positive for coronavirus in Australia.
President Donald Trump says all travel from Europe to the United States will be suspended for 30 days amid the coronavirus pandemic, starting Friday night. There will be exceptions for travel from the United Kingdom.
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad F. Wolf said the ban does not apply to legal permanent residents, (generally) immediate family members of U.S. citizens, and other individuals who are identified in the proclamation.
Homeland Security also had to clarify that the restrictions would apply only to most foreign nationals who have been in the "Schengen Area" at any point for 14 days prior to their scheduled arrival to the U.S. The area includes France, Italy, Germany, Greece, Austria, Belgium and others.
The State Department also cautioned U.S. citizens to "reconsider travel abroad" due to the virus and associated quarantines and restrictions.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's wife tests positive
The wife of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has tested positive for the new coronavirus.
The prime minister had tweeted earlier on Thursday that he is also self-isolating and monitoring until Sophie Grégoire Trudeau's results returned. Now, she's tested positive with COVID-19.
Trudeau's office said Thursday night that his wife is feeling well and will remain in isolation.
PGA Tour cancels events after initially continuing without fans
The PGA Tour first said there would be no fans. Now there will be no players. In a late night decision, the PGA Tour canceled the rest of The Players Championship and said it would not play the next three weeks.
Commissioner Jay Monahan had said earlier Thursday he was comfortable with the tournaments going on without fans because it's an outdoor sport. He said Thursday night the new coronavirus situation is changing rapidly and the right thing for the PGA Tour to do is to pause. The next scheduled event would be the Masters.
Earlier in the day, Monahan said he spoke with President Donald Trump, Governor Ron DeSantis and local and national health officials about the virus.
Initially, all PGA Tour events were moving forward as scheduled without fans. Monahan had said golf is different from other sports canceling events because it's outdoor over expansive properties.
But the PGA statement announcing the cancellation says, "We were endeavoring to give our fans a much-needed respite from the current climate. But at this point – and as the situation continues to rapidly change – the right thing to do for our players and our fans is to pause."
Disney World Resort closes over coronavirus
The Florida theme park and resort said it was closing due to coronavirus concerns. Park officials said there were no confirmed cases at the park, but they were shutting things down as a precaution
Disney Cruise Line will suspend all new departures beginning Saturday, March 14, through the end of the month.
The hotels at both Walt Disney World and Disneyland Paris will remain open until further notice. The retail and dining complexes, Disney Springs at Walt Disney World and Disney Village at Disneyland Paris, will remain open. Domestic Walt Disney Company employees who are able to work from home are being asked to do so, including those at The Walt Disney Studios, Walt Disney Television, ESPN, Direct-to-Consumer, and Parks, Experiences and Products.
Cast members and other crew who run the park will continue to be paid, according to a Disney Parks announcement.
The closure comes after the Disneyland Resort in California also closed amid COVID-19 concerns.
XFL announces it won't play regular-season games
XFL, the winter and spring professional football league launched by WWE CEO Vince McMahon, announced on Thursday that it won't play regular-season games because of the coronavirus.
Read the full statement below:
"Currently, the XFL will not be playing its regular-season games. However, all players will be paid their base pay and benefits for the 2020 regular season. All XFL ticket holders will be issued refunds or credit toward future games. The XFL is committed to playing a full season in 2021 and future years."
Virus-related sports cancellations leave little to bet on. There's still darts. Or New Zealand cricket.
The fast-spreading coronavirus has led to an unprecedented slew of cancellations or suspensions of most major professional and college sports events in the U.S., particularly within the last 48 hours. Baseball, basketball, hockey, pro soccer and college basketball all announced they were either suspending or postponing the start of their seasons due to the virus.
For those who routinely bet on sports, it has taken most of the action off the board. Its impact on sportsbooks could depend on how long the shutdowns last.
Mormons cancel all global church activities
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is suspending all of its worship services globally because of the spread of the new coronavirus.
The decision was made hours after Utah's governor recommended limiting group gatherings in the state to no more than 100 people for at least two weeks.
The Utah-based faith sent a letter Thursday to members informing them of a decision that also calls on a temporary suspension of all church activities until further notice.
The move comes a day after the faith announced it would hold a major conference in early April without attendees.
It is the first time since a 1957 flu epidemic that the religion has taken the step of barring church members from attending in person.
Disneyland, Disney California Adventure parks close
The 'Happiest Place on Earth' in California is closing from March 14 until the end of the month over coronavirus concerns.
In a statement, the parks said hotels will remain open until March 16 to give guests the ability to make necessary travel arrangements.
The cast members are still expected to be paid during the closure.
Here's Disney's full statement:
"While there have been no reported cases of COVID-19 at Disneyland Resort, after carefully reviewing the guidelines of the Governor of California's executive order and in the best interest of our guests and employees, we are proceeding with the closure of Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure, beginning the morning of March 14 through the end of the month. The Hotels of Disneyland Resort will remain open until Monday, March 16 to give guests the ability to make necessary travel arrangements; Downtown Disney will remain open. We will monitor the ongoing situation and follow the advice and guidance of federal and state officials and health agencies. Disney will continue to pay cast members during this time.
Disneyland Resort will work with guests who wish to change or cancel their visitis, and will provide refunds to those who wish to change to cancel their visits, and will provide refunds to those who have hotel bookings during the closure period. We anticipate heavy call volume over the next several days and appreciate guests' patience as we work hard to respond to inquiries.
Please contact The Walt Disney Travel Company for questions and cancellations at 714-520-5050"
NCAA cancels March Madness over coronavirus concerns
College basketball's national championship tournaments have been canceled because of concerns about the spread of the coronavirus, COVID-19.
Originally, the tournaments were planned to move ahead without the general public in attendance. However, the NCAA president and board of governors on Thursday officially announced the games will not happen.
Here's the NCAA's full statement:
"Today, NCAA President Mark Emmert and the Board of Governors canceled the Division I men's and women's 2020 basketball tournaments, as well as all remaining winter and spring NCAA championships. This decision is based on the evolving COVID-19 public health threat, our ability to ensure the events do not contribute to the spread of the pandemic, and the impracticality of hosting such events at any time during this academic year given ongoing decisions by other entities."
Some smaller conferences have already wrapped up their tournaments.
Stocks plummet, again
Stocks plummet again as travel bans and virus-related shutdowns escalate. The Dow lost more than 2,300 points or 10% on Thursday.
The stock market had its biggest drop since the Black Monday crash of 1987 as fears of economic fallout from the coronavirus crisis deepened.
The sell-of came despite action from the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank. The steep drops over the last month have wiped out most of the big run-up on Wall Street since President Donald Trump's inauguration.
Markets have turned turbulent amid a cascade of shutdowns across the globe and rising worries that the White House and other authorities around the world can't or won't help the weakening economy any time soon.
The severity of Wall Street's rout this week may echo the swoons for stocks at the height of the 2008 financial crisis, but that's where the parallels end.
Back then, investors were rattled as Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns and other big financial institutions either failed or nearly did under the weight of bad mortgages as the housing market bubble burst.
The government intervened to shore up the banking system, which eventually allowed credit to flow freely again and helped set the economy on a path toward a painfully slow but lasting recovery from the Great Recession.
This time, the financial markets are not the problem, which means the government's efforts to limit the spread of the coronavirus are more likely to have a bigger impact on the market than fiscal stimulus, analysts say.
"This is very different from 2008, it's a biological event," said Nela Richardson, investment strategist at Edward Jones. "The way to resolve this, the way to get past this, is efforts to contain the virus, and that's going to be painful in the short-term."
MLB cancels spring training, pushes back 2020 opening day
Major League Baseball announced on Thursday that spring training games will be suspended and the regular start of the 2020 season will be delayed by at least two weeks due to the coronavirus.
In a statement from MLB, it said all 30 clubs were part of the conversation before the decision was made.
Here's the full press release from the MLB:
"Following a call with the 30 Clubs, and after consultation with the Major League Baseball Players Association, Commissioner Robert D. Manfred Jr. today announced that MLB has decided to suspend Spring Training games and to delay the start of the 2020 regular season by at least two weeks due to the national emergency created by the coronavirus pandemic. This action is being taken in the interests of the safety and well-being of our players, Clubs and our millions of loyal fans.
MLB will continue to evaluate ongoing events leading up to the start of the season. Guidance related to daily operations and workouts will be relayed to Clubs in the coming days. As of 4:00 p.m. ET today, forthcoming Spring Training games have been cancelled, and 2020 World Baseball Classic Qualifier games in Tucson, Arizona have been postponed indefinitely.
MLB and the Clubs have been preparing a variety of contingency plans regarding the 2020 regular season schedule. MLB will announce the effects on the schedule at an appropriate time and will remain flexible as events warrant, with the hope of resuming normal operations as soon as possible.
Nothing is more important to us than the health and safety of our players, employees and fans. MLB will continue to undertake the precautions and best practices recommended by public health experts. We send our best wishes to all individuals and communities that have been impacted by coronavirus."
Broadway shuts its doors over ongoing coronavirus concerns
New York's governor ordered all Broadway theaters to shut their doors in the face of ongoing coronavirus concerns.
The move plunges into darkness one of the city's most popular tourist attractions and causes turmoil in the run-up to the Tony Awards. Shows will resume April 13.
The pressure on Broadway to go dark steadily increased as other entertainment hubs shuttered, including Carnegie Hall, the Metropolitan Opera, the NBA, NHL, CinemaCon, Coachella and Major League Soccer.
For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Thursday the temporary ban of gatherings with more than 500 people. The governor said the ban would start for most places at 5 p.m. Friday, though Cuomo said it does not apply to schools, hospitals, nursing homes and mass transit.
NHL pauses 2019-2020 season
The National Hockey League decided to pause its season.
The National Hockey League Commissioner Gary Bettman released a statement on Thursday about the decision:
"In light of ongoing developments resulting from the coronavirus, and after consulting with medical experts and convening a conference call of the Board of Governors, the National Hockey League is announcing today that it will pause the 2019‑20 season beginning with tonight's games.
The NHL has been attempting to follow the mandates of health experts and local authorities, while preparing for any possible developments without taking premature or unnecessary measures. However, following last night's news that an NBA player has tested positive for coronavirus – and given that our leagues share so many facilities and locker rooms and it now seems likely that some member of the NHL community would test positive at some point – it is no longer appropriate to try to continue to play games at this time.
We will continue to monitor all the appropriate medical advice, and we will encourage our players and other members of the NHL community to take all reasonable precautions – including by self-quarantine, where appropriate. Our goal is to resume play as soon as it is appropriate and prudent, so that we will be able to complete the season and award the Stanley Cup. Until then, we thank NHL fans for your patience and hope you stay healthy."
The NHL has followed the lead of other leagues and organizations, suspending play to help curtail the spread of the new coronavirus.
The NHL has not said any player has tested positive for the virus. The NHL is halting play with 189 games left in the regular season and sparking uncertainty about how many more if any could be go on before the playoffs. A handful of European hockey leagues have already called off the remainder of their seasons.
NASCAR to hold races without fans
NASCAR announced on Thursday that race events at Atlanta Motor Speedway and Homestead-Miami Speedway will be held without fans.
The only people permitted at the race include competitors, crews, officials and other necessary personnel.
USL Championship temporarily suspends play
The United Soccer League on Thursday announced the decision to suspend the 2020 season for a minimum of 30 days.
"It was very clear from our owners that the health and safety of players, fans and staff was their top priority," USL CEO Alec Papadakis said in a statement. "In consultation with local, state and national health authorities, as well as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of Homeland Security, we have temporarily suspended match play for a minimum of 30 days."
Sun Belt Conference cancels remaining games
On Thursday, the Presidents and Chancellors and Directors of Athletics announced the Sun Belt Conference will cancel its remaining games of both the men and women Championships scheduled for March 14-15 at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans.
The decision comes after concerns are mounting surrounding the coronavirus.
Brazilian official who met Trump tests positive for virus
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's communications director tested positive for the new coronavirus, just days after traveling with Bolsonaro to a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in Florida
A statement from the president's communications office on Thursday said director Fábio Wajngarten's test results have come back positive, and that the presidency is adopting preventive measures to ensure Bolsonaro's health. Wajngarten joined Bolsonaro on a three-day trip to the U.S. and on Saturday was at the Mar-a-Lago resort, where he posted a photo of himself posing beside Trump. A video from the event also showed him standing directly behind both presidents as they addressed a crowd.
The White House later released a statement that said President Trump and Vice President Pence had "almost no interactions" with the person who tested positive and don't need to be tested at this time.
Democratic debate between Sanders, Biden moved from Phoenix to DC
Two days after announcing the Phoenix Democratic Debate would go on without an audience in attendance, the debate will no longer happen in Phoenix due to COVID-19 concerns.
The debate will be moved to Washington, D.C. according to CNN.
The debate between Democratic front-runners Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders was supposed to take place March 15 at Arizona Federal Theatre, formerly known as Comerica Theatre.
All Power Five basketball tournaments canceled
All five Power Five conferences have canceled their basketball tournaments, putting the NCAA Tournament in doubt.
The Big Ten, Big 12, SEC, ACC and Pac-12 conferences were all preparing to play games in large arenas across the country, but with few people in the buildings.
"The Big Ten Conference will use this time to work with the appropriate medical experts and institutional leadership to determine next steps for moving forward in regard to the COVID-19 pandemic," a statement on the conference's website read. "The main priority of the Big Ten Conference continues to be the health, safety and wellness of our student-athletes, coaches, administrators, fans and media as we continue to monitor all developing and relevant information on the COVID-19 virus."
The organization then released a statement canceling the remainder of the tournament.
The SEC announced the cancellation of its tournament in Nashville on the same day.
"Based on the latest developments and the continued spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), the Southeastern Conference today announced the cancellation of the remainder of the 2020 Men's Basketball Tournament in Nashville," the SEC tweeted.
American Athletic Conference commissioner Mike Aresco announced Thursday morning that the 2020 Air Force Reserve Men's Basketball Championship would not be played.
"The decision was made in consultation with the Conference's leadership in light of recent developments regarding the spread of the COVID-19 virus. This is a proactive decision to protect the safety, health and well-being of our student-athletes, coaches and staff and all involved with the tournament," he said.
The Atlantic Coast conference said it would immediately cancer the remainder of its 2020 tournament. Florida State will represent the league as the ACC champion in the NCAA tournament.
The Big 12 Conference canceled both its men's and women's tournaments at a press conference Thursday.
"We believe this is the right thing," Big 12 Conference Commissioner Bob Bowlsby said. "I feel terrible for the seniors involved in this tournament. We just felt in the interest of heeding the advice we were hearing and being conservative with everybody's best health that cancellation was the right outcome for both our men's and women's tournaments."
The PAC-12 Conference canceled the remainder of its Men's Basketball Tournament. "The decision has been made in consultation with our member universities in an effort to limit the spread of the virus," a statement said.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in self-isolation after wife exhibits flu-like symptoms
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in self-isolation after returning from a speaking engagement in London. His communications director said Trudeau's wife, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, had exhibited flu-like symptoms including a low fever. Trudeau does not have any symptoms.
he will spend the day in briefings, phone calls and virtual meetings at home.
"We will continue to base all our decisions on the best evidence, science and advice from our highly trained medical professionals and public health officials to protect the wellbeing of Canadians," a statement from his communications director said.
Biden to press contrast with Trump in coronavirus address
Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden is to deliver an address on the coronavirus, less than 24 hours after President Donald Trump spoke to the nation from the Oval Office about a public health crisis he'd previously downplayed.
The speech is to be delivered from the former vice president's hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, on Thursday.
Biden aides pitch it as a demonstration how Biden might conduct himself as president in response to a severe challenge, while contrasting himself with a Republican president he has lambasted as erratic and incompetent. For Biden, the ideal will be to give voters a practical example of one of his core arguments: that he'd be ready on Inauguration Day to handle whatever trials reach the Oval Office.
Starbucks stores may go drive-thru only or limit seating
Some Starbucks stores in the U.S. and Canada may become drive-thru only while others could limit the number of people allowed inside.
The company is making the announcement Thursday, one day after the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of coronavirus a pandemic. CEO Kevin Johnson said stores will be closed as a last resort, and those decisions will be made on a case-by-case basis.
The Seattle roaster has approximately 15,000 U.S. stores and 1,600 Canadian stores. Starbucks has already increased the pace of sanitizing stores and put into place a temporary ban on use of personal cups or in-store mugs and glassware.
Report: Another Utah Jazz player tests positive for coronavirus
According to a report from ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell has tested positive for coronavirus. The NBA suspended its season Wednesday night after discovering Utah Jazz's Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19.
NHL cancels morning practices, team meetings
The NHL announced that it has asked teams not to hold morning skates, practices or team meetings on Thursday, "given the uncertainty regarding next steps regarding the coronavirus."
Reports say the league's Board of Governors is scheduled to meet at 1 p.m. Eastern and could decide whether or not to suspend the season, like the NBA chose to do last night.
Toronto Raptors self-quarantine players
The Toronto Raptors say they will go into self-quarantine because they recently played against the Utah Jazz and Rudy Gobert.
Gobert has tested positive for coronavirus.
"Out of an abundance of caution, members of the Raptors traveling party have been tested for the virus. We await those results. Our players, coaches and traveling staff have all been advised to go into self-isolation for 14 days, which means minimizing contact in accordance with public health guidelines. Our team doctors remain in communication with infection control specialists and public health authorities, and we will continue to abide by their advice," the Raptors said.
Congress shuts U.S. Capitol, House and Senate buildings to public until April 1
Congress is shutting the Capitol and all House and Senate office buildings to the public until April in reaction to the spread of the coronavirus.
The House and Senate sergeants at arms said in a statement that the closure will begin at 5 p.m. EDT Thursday. Lawmakers, aides, journalists and official visitors will be allowed into the buildings.
The statement says officials were acting "out of concern for the health and safety of congressional employees as well as the public."
Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown closes DC office
After a staff member for one senator has tested positive for COVID-19, prompting Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown to close his D.C. office.
The staff member was not a member of Brown's office and his staffers have not shown any symptoms. However, his office said "the health and safety of Ohioans" was its highest priority.
The senator will now be working by phone and will consult with medical officials to determine the best time to reopen the office at the Capitol.
Viking and Princess cruises suspend service
Viking Cruises has announced it will suspend all ocean and river cruises until May 1. Chairman Torstein Hagen announced the decision in a letter to Viking guests posted on its website.
"Since we started Viking nearly 23 years ago, we have always cared first and foremost about our guests and our employees," he wrote. "I am writing today because the situation has now become such that operating as a travel company involves significant risks of quarantines or medical detentions, which could diminish the travel experiences for which our guests have been planning. As a private company with strong finances, we do not have to worry about quarterly profit expectations – and that flexibility allows us the ability to do what is best for our guests and our employees, as we have always done."
Carnival is also suspending its Princess Cruises. The suspension starts Thursday and goes through May 10. President Jan Swartz announced the decision in a video, calling it the "most difficult decision in our history."
"In the interest of doing what's right and upholding our core values, I regretfully am announcing a 60 day pause of our Princess global ship operations," she said.
Swartz said the fleet of 18 ships will be taken out of service and the environmental conditions on board would be "reset."
Congressional doctor estimates number of infected in U.S.
Dr. Brian Monahan, the attending physician of Congress, has told Senate staff that 70 million to 150 million people in the U.S. to contract the coronvirus, according to reports from Axios and NBC News.
The population of the U.S. is 330 million according to census figures, so the prediction means about 1/5 to about 1/2 of the U.S. would be infected.
126,000 people worldwide have been infected, according to the latest numbers from Johns Hopkins. More than 68,000 of those patients have recovered. Most patients have mild symptoms and rebound within two weeks, while those with more serious ailments — including pneumonia — may not improve for up to six weeks.
IRS: HSA-eligible high-deductible health plans can pay for coronavirus-related testing
The Internal Revenue Service issued a statement Wenesday that high-deductible health plans can pay for coronavirus-related testing and treatment, without jeopardizing their status.
"In Notice 2020-15, posted today on IRS.gov, the IRS said that health plans that otherwise qualify as HDHPs will not lose that status merely because they cover the cost of testing for or treatment of COVID-19 before plan deductibles have been met. The IRS also noted that, as in the past, any vaccination costs continue to count as preventive care and can be paid for by an HDHP," the IRS said in a statement.
The notice applies only to HSA-eligible HDHPs. Employees and other taxpayers in any other type of health plan with specific questions about their own plan and what it covers should contact the provider of their plan.
U.S. senator's staffer tests positive: Reports
A staff member in the Washington, D.C., office of Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., has been diagnosed with coronavirus, according to multiple reports.
Cantwell will close both her D.C. and Seattle offices and her staff will work remotely, Politico reports.
The Daily Beast reports the staffer has had no known contact with Cantwell or other members of Congress.
Politico says this is the first confirmed case of the virus on Capitol Hill. A handful of congress members have self-quarantined because of possible exposure.
Philippine president to be tested for virus
Philippine officials say President Rodrigo Duterte will be tested for the new coronavirus after he met with Cabinet officials who were exposed to infected people.
A senator and former presidential aide said Duterte has no symptoms of COVID-19 but wanted to make sure he is healthy and could continue to engage with the public.
Dow sinks 8% as a sell-off slamming global markets deepens
Stocks are sharply lower after resuming trading as traders fear that not enough is being done to contain the economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic.
The Dow industrials are down roughly 1,800 points, or 8%, following a 15-minute trading halt.
The sell-off slamming global markets came after President Trump imposed a travel ban on most of Europe and offered few new measures to contain the impact.
European markets are down 9%, even after the European Central Bank announced more stimulus measures. World markets are enduring violent swings amid uncertainty about how badly the outbreak will hit the economy.
NBA postpones season; NCAA keeps fans away
The NBA announced it was suspending its season "until further notice" after a Utah Jazz player tested positive Wednesday for the coronavirus.
The move came only hours after the majority of the league's owners were leaning toward playing games without fans in arenas.
The NCAA announced Wednesday that it would hold the men's and women's basketball tournaments without fans in attendance. Individual conferences followed suit and announced the remainder of their tournaments would be held without fans.
The NHL says it expects to provide an update on its plans Thursday.
Chicago Cubs pitcher Yu Darvish said he thinks a Major League Baseball player will get coronavirus eventually, and when that happens, he expects MLB to suspend its season just as the NBA did.
Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson test positive
Tom Hanks says he and wife Rita Wilson have tested positive for the coronavirus.
Hanks says in a statement Wednesday that the couple are in Australia and felt tired, with colds, body aches and slight fevers.
The Oscar-winner says they were tested because of their symptoms and in his words, "to play things right." The 63-year-old actor said they will be tested, observed and isolated for as long as necessary.


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ECG Interpretation Made Incredibly Easy! Fifth Edition makes learning to read and interpret rhythm strips simple. This practical reference uses a unique, conversational writing style that breaks down complex concepts and information to make ECG interpretation easier to understand. Fully updated and now in full color, the book reviews fundamental cardiac anatomy and physiology, explains how to obtain and interpret a rhythm strip, and teaches the reader how to recognize and treat sinus, atrial, and ventricular arrhythmias as well as heart blocks. In addition, the book explains how to obtain and interpret 12-lead ECGs. Special elements found throughout the reference make it easy to remember key points. Each chapter features: A summary of key points; clear, simple explanations of problems; definitions of key terms; illustrations that clearly explain key concepts; bullets, ballot boxes, and checklists that make it easy to spot important points at a glance; sidebars that highlights key facts about ECG interpretation; and quick quizzes to test knowledge.
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Accessing Secondary Markets as a Capital Source for Energy Efficiency Finance Programs: Program Design Considerations for Policymakers and Administrators. State and Local Energy Efficiency Action Network (SEE Action), 2015. LBNL-6967E..
Current Practices in Efficiency Financing: An Overview for State and Local Governments. 2016. LBNL-1006406..
Energy Efficiency Finance Programs: Use-case Analysis to Define Data Needs and Guidelines. State & Local Energy Efficiency Action Network (SEE Action), 2014..
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Evaluation of U.S. Building Energy Benchmarking and Transparency Programs: Attributes, Impacts, and Best Practices. 2017. LBNL-2001038..
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Microsoft will announce shortly that they have withdrawn their offer to acquire Yahoo. Talks between the two companies and their advisors broke down earlier today, according to a source close to Microsoft, after a failure to come to agreement on price and other terms.
A final meeting occurred today at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, between Jerry Yang and David Filo from Yahoo, and Kevin Johnson and Steve Ballmer from Microsoft. At that meeting, Yahoo said the lowest price they could accept was $37/share. Microsoft reportedly went as high as $33/share. Yang and Filo returned to California shortly after the meeting, and Yang then had a subsequent phone conversation with Ballmer. At that time Ballmer withdrew the offer.
Other facts are emerging around recent negotiations between the companies. A rough timeline:
- No meaningful talks occured between the companies until after Microsoft sent a letter to Yahoo on April 5 with a three week deadline to complete a deal.
- On April 15, execs from both companies met in Portland, Oregon to discuss valuation and integration issues.
Following that April 15 meeting both sides signed a non disclosure agreement not to discuss any negotiations until after the April 26 deadline that Microsoft set in their April 5 letter.
- On April 18, Microsoft and Yahoo advisors had a phone conversation; Yahoo signaled a minimum price of $40/share.
- On April 29, there were multiple phone conversations between the companies; Yahoo supposedly said they would be willing to move from the $40 price and requested that Microsoft not go hostile or walk from the deal.
- On April 30 the teams met in California. Yahoo said $38 gets the deal done.
Microsoft is making it clear that this is not just a breakdown in discussions between the companies. They are withdrawing their earlier bid and are saying they will not go hostile. They're walking away cleanly from the deal.
Update: Press Release:
Microsoft Withdraws Proposal to Acquire Yahoo!
REDMOND, Wash., May 3 — Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) today announced that it has withdrawn its proposal to acquire Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO).
"We continue to believe that our proposed acquisition made sense for Microsoft, Yahoo! and the market as a whole. Our goal in pursuing a combination with Yahoo! was to provide greater choice and innovation in the marketplace and create real value for our respective stockholders and employees," said Steve Ballmer, chief executive officer of Microsoft.
"Despite our best efforts, including raising our bid by roughly $5 billion, Yahoo! has not moved toward accepting our offer. After careful consideration, we believe the economics demanded by Yahoo! do not make sense for us, and it is in the best interests of Microsoft stockholders, employees and other stakeholders to withdraw our proposal," said Ballmer.
"We have a talented team in place and a compelling plan to grow our business through innovative new services and strategic transactions with other business partners. While Yahoo! would have accelerated our strategy, I am confident that we can continue to move forward toward our goals," Ballmer said.
"We are investing heavily in new tools and Web experiences, we have dramatically improved our search performance and advertiser satisfaction, and we will continue to build our scale through organic growth and partnerships," said Kevin Johnson, Microsoft president for platforms and services.
Update: Letter From Ballmer To Yang
Below is the text of the letter from Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to Yahoo
CEO Jerry Yang.
May 3, 2008
Mr. Jerry Yang
CEO and Chief Yahoo
Yahoo! Inc.
701 First Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
Dear Jerry:
After over three months, we have reached the conclusion of the process regarding a possible combination of Microsoft and Yahoo!.
I first want to convey my personal thanks to you, your management team, and Yahoo!'s Board of Directors for your consideration of our proposal. I appreciate the time and attention all of you have given to this matter, and I especially appreciate the time that you have invested personally. I feel that our discussions this week have been particularly useful, providing me for the first time with real clarity on what is and is not possible.
I am disappointed that Yahoo! has not moved towards accepting our offer. I first called you with our offer on January 31 because I believed that a combination of our two companies would have created real value for our respective shareholders and would have provided consumers, publishers, and advertisers with greater innovation and choice in the marketplace. Our
decision to offer a 62 percent premium at that time reflected the strength of these convictions.
In our conversations this week, we conveyed our willingness to raise our offer to $33.00 per share, reflecting again our belief in this collective opportunity. This increase would have added approximately another $5 billion of value to your shareholders, compared to the current value of our initial offer. It also would have reflected a premium of over 70 percent compared to the price at which your stock closed on January 31. Yet it has proven insufficient, as your final position insisted on
Microsoft paying yet another $5 billion or more, or at least another $4 per share above our $33.00 offer.
Also, after giving this week's conversations further thought, it is clear to me that it is not sensible for Microsoft to take our offer directly to your shareholders. This approach would necessarily involve a protracted proxy contest and eventually an exchange offer. Our discussions with you have led us to conclude that, in the interim, you would take steps
that would make Yahoo! undesirable as an acquisition for Microsoft.
We regard with particular concern your apparent planning to respond to a "hostile" bid by pursuing a new arrangement that would involve or lead to the outsourcing to Google of key paid Internet search terms offered by Yahoo! today. In our view, such an arrangement with the dominant search provider would make an acquisition of Yahoo! undesirable to us for a number
of reasons:
— First, it would fundamentally undermine Yahoo!'s own strategy and
long-term viability by encouraging advertisers to use Google as opposed
to your Panama paid search system. This would also fragment your
search advertising and display advertising strategies and the ecosystem
surrounding them. This would undermine the reliance on your display
advertising business to fuel future growth.
— Given this, it would impair Yahoo's ability to retain the talented
engineers working on advertising systems that are important to our
interest in a combination of our companies.
— In addition, it would raise a host of regulatory and legal problems
that no acquirer, including Microsoft, would want to inherit. Among
other things, this would consolidate market share with the
already-dominant paid search provider in a manner that would reduce
competition and choice in the marketplace.
— This would also effectively enable Google to set the prices for key
search terms on both their and your search platforms and, in the
process, raise prices charged to advertisers on Yahoo. In addition to
whatever resulting legal problems, this seems unwise from a business
perspective unless in fact one simply wishes to use this as a vehicle
to exit the paid search business in favor of Google.
— It could foreclose any chance of a combination with any other search
provider that is not already relying on Google's search services.
Accordingly, your apparent plan to pursue such an arrangement in the event of a proxy contest or exchange offer leads me to the firm decision not to pursue such a path. Instead, I hereby formally withdraw Microsoft's proposal to acquire Yahoo!.
We will move forward and will continue to innovate and grow our business at Microsoft with the talented team we have in place and potentially through strategic transactions with other business partners.
I still believe even today that our offer remains the only alternative put forward that provides your stockholders full and fair value for their shares. By failing to reach an agreement with us, you and your stockholders have left significant value on the table.
But clearly a deal is not to be.
Thank you again for the time we have spent together discussing this.
Sincerely yours,
/s/ Steven A. Ballmer
Steven A. Ballmer
Chief Executive Officer
Microsoft Corporation
Update: Email From Steve Ballmer To All Microsoft Employees
See here for text of email from Steve Ballmer to all Microsoft employees.
Update: Yahoo Responds
Yahoo was definitely slow to the trigger today with a public statement, but they have now issued a press release regarding the withdrawal of Microsoft's offer.


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Some stunning news has just reached me of a juvenile SPOON-BILLED SANDPIPER that was photographed at Yeyahu, Beijing, on 31 August by Zhang Minhao, a junior high school student. Big thanks to Huang Hanchen and Guan Xiangyu for the heads-up. Here is the photo:
And here is Zhang Minhao's personal account:
A Brief Account for the Record of a Juvenile Spoonbill Sandpiper in Beijing
by Zhang Minhao, October 16, 2014.
"The Spoon-billed Sandpiper was photographed at Machang, Yeyahu, Yanqing County, Beijing, on August 31, 2014.
At around 09:45am on 31 August 2014 I was observing Red-necked Stints, Long-toed Stints, and Long-billed Plovers near a large area of water on the edge of Guanting Reservoir. This area is known as Ma Chang, Wild Duck Lake. In order to avoid missing the distant shorebirds, I checked the areas where the Red-necked Stints were located by looking through my camera, and took pictures of the birds I could see.
When reviewing my photographs I recognised something distinctive, a juvenile Spoon-billed Sandpiper. The time of the photograph was 09:49am.
The single Spoon-billed Sandpiper foraged and preened alone, without mixing with other species. And there were no other Spoon-billed Sandpipers around it. About 3 minutes later 3 Red-necked Stints flew to its vicinity causing the Spoon-billed Sandpiper to fly and it alighted further away on the mudflat. But when I got there the Spoon-billed Sandpiper was not to be seen and it was never seen again."
(Thanks to Guan Xiangyu for contacting Zhang Minhao about this account and to Huang Hanchen for the translation).
There are several brilliant things about this record. First, it's a SPOON-BILLED SANDPIPER, one of the world's most endangered birds (see here to read about just how few remain and for details of the international effort to try to save this species). Second, it's of a juvenile, one of very few sightings of a Spoon-billed Sandpiper of this age in the world, giving hope to the conservation effort. Third, it was found in Beijing, one of the world's major capital cities, more than 150km from the coast. And finally, the finder was a young Chinese birder.
It's a truly remarkable record. And I hope this sighting by Zhang Minhao inspires other young people in Beijing and beyond to take up birding and to become part of an ever-louder voice to help conserve the amazing biodiversity with which China is blessed.
Well done Zhang Minhao!


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Original Blog from http://www.coalblock.org
August 9, 2008
I'll be heading back to Austin soon where we hope to regroup and move on to the next steps in our efforts to stop coal plants. All in all I consider this Arkansas trip to be a large success. We had 77 people come out for the screening in Fayetteville and had over 150 in Little Rock. Many Arkansans are eager to unite and stop these coal plants in order to promote and move towards renewable energy generation.
Here in Hope, however, my spirits were a bit lower. We distributed thousands of fliers at the Watermelon Festival in
the "hope" of drawing people out to the screening and getting folks involved in the fight. We were unsuccessful, however, and the only folks who showed up to the screening were the local hunting club guys who had been fighting this plant since the beginning. We were unable to get any new local interest in opposing the plant.
It is in these local towns, closest to the plants, where the hardest fight lies. Many, if not most, of the locals see the plant as an economic boon, since the few of them who get jobs with the company are usually getting the best job they've ever had. Concerns about public health, environmental degradation, and long-term economical impacts are ignored or justified in the light of some industry, any industry, willing to invest in the local community.
As Upton Sinclair said, "It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon him not understanding it." This was true a hundred years ago, and it is still true today – both for men and women. And as long as the majority of people in this country are kept beneath a yoke of low wages and corporate consumerism, the will of the people to acknowledge, much less fight, the ills of our age will be greatly weakened.
This is not just an American dilemma, consider this Chinese coal plant situation:
The companies who build these plants know this. This is why they choose economically challenged or depressed sites and communities for their projects. It is also why it is so important to find those few locals who are willing and eager to speak against the crowd and stand up for their health, the environment, and a stable and sound energy future.
With that thought in mind we are networking the few dedicated souls in Hope with the rest of the great volunteers throughout Arkansas in our efforts to stop these coal plants. With the momentum we've gathered I think we have a great chance of achieving the change we seek.
As with Pandora, all it takes is a faint glimmer of Hope.


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(CNN) -- Language experts weighed in Thursday after poring over the nearly 2,700 words of President Obama's Oval Office speech on the Gulf oil disaster.
"It was straightforward and easy to understand," said Ron Yaros, assistant professor at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland, referring to the explanations of the crisis and its possible solutions. He divided the speech into 1,200 "idea units," each of which represents a point the president was trying to make.
He then looked at how many of those idea units contained jargon -- unexplained terms that the average person might not recognize -- and found none in the 65 idea units that explained the problem.
Of the 417 idea units that discussed what Obama planned to do, "I found only one idea unit that probably would be potentially confusing to a nonexpert. That was the term 'relief well.' He never explained that."
BP is digging a relief well that is expected to intersect with the blown-out well in August. At that point, BP plans to pump heavy drilling fluid into the runaway well, ending the flow.
"If you look at the entire speech, and you look at the amount of jargon, it came out to 1.5 percent," he said.
iReporter:Obama's speech too fuzzy on details
But Obama's speech may have gone over the heads of many in his audience, according to an analysis of the 18-minute talk released Wednesday by Paul J.J. Payack, president of Global Language Monitor.
Tuesday night's speech from the Oval Office of the White House was written to a 9.8 grade level, said Payack, who gave Obama a "solid B." His Austin, Texas-based company analyzes and catalogues trends in word usage and word choice and their impact on culture.
He singled out this sentence from Obama as unfortunate: "That is why just after the rig sank, I assembled a team of our nation's best scientists and engineers to tackle this challenge -- a team led by Dr. Steven Chu, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist and our nation's secretary of energy."
"A little less professorial, less academic and more ordinary," Payack recommended. "That's the type of phraseology that makes you [appear] aloof and out of touch."
Yaros disagreed, supporting the quality of the president's explanation for spelling out the efforts under way, even if they have not succeeded in ending the flow.
"He's just trying to be transparent," Yaros said. "We can't cure cancer, but I'm comforted to know that the best researchers in the nation are devoted to finding a cure."
Payack found these three sentences insensitive: "Already, this oil spill is the worst environmental disaster America has ever faced. And unlike an earthquake or a hurricane, it is not a single event that does its damage in a matter of minutes or days. The millions of gallons of oil that have spilled into the Gulf of Mexico are more like an epidemic, one that we will be fighting for months and even years."
"You shouldn't be saying that in Katrina-land," said Payack, referring to the 2005 hurricane that devastated the Gulf Coast. "New Orleans lost a third of its population [to evacuees who did not return]; it's still recovering."
But he praised Obama's phrase "oil began spewing" as active and graphic.
Obama's nearly 10th-grade-level rating was the highest of any of his major speeches and well above the grade 7.4 of his 2008 "Yes, we can" victory speech, which many consider his best effort, Payack said.
"The scores indicate that this was not Obama at his best, especially when attempting to make an emotional connection to the American people," he added.
Though the president used slightly less than four sentences per paragraph, his 19.8 words per sentence "added some difficulty for his target audience," Payack said.
Mark Liberman, a linguist at the University of Pennsylvania, was unimpressed with Payack's criticism of the sentence length.
"I think we can all agree that those are shockingly long professor-style sentences for a president to be using, especially in addressing the nation after a disaster," Liberman wrote on his blog.
"Why, they were almost as long as the ones that President George W. Bush, that notorious pointy-headed intellectual, used in his 9/15/2005 speech to the nation about Hurricane Katrina, where I count 3,283 words in 140 sentences, for an average of 23.45 words per sentence! And we all remember how upset the press corps got about the professorial character of that speech!"
Yaros challenged the value of Payack's analysis. "There's a tremendous amount of difference between analyzing the written word and interpreting the spoken word," said Yaros, a former science reporter who studies how to make complex topics understandable.
Payack acknowledged Thursday in a telephone interview that his analysis is indeed based on a written version of the speech, but said that does not necessarily render it invalid. "With the internet, probably as many people read the transcript as heard it," he said. "To think it's not read and analyzed by tens of thousands of bloggers is looking at the old model."
Yaros countered that he doesn't just count words and sentences, but instead measures the audience's comprehension of news content.
Liberman said the "grade level" calculation had been debunked as "a mindless bit of math" that does not take into account the skill with which words were chosen or delivered.
Yaros, too, declined to rank the speech by grade level. "In my opinion, placing a 'grade level' on 2,698 written words that are spoken (with a variety of delivery aspects such as pauses, emphases) does NOT accurately represent the importance of clear explanations about the KEY information presented in the speech," he said in an e-mail.
"In other words, I could confuse you with my introduction and conclusion, but if -- in the middle of my talk -- I specifically addressed and answered your concerns, then I have adequately communicated what you CARED about."


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Bahamas Posters
The Bahamas are a popular holiday destination that attracts a large number of people every year. The Bahamas, officially the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, consist of thousands of islands ans islets. Not everyone can afford to travel to the Bahamas and spend their vacation there. But that doesn't mean that you can't have a taste of the beauty of the Bahamas through framed art, photographic prints and other media. Find spectacular art prints and canvas art, and to get a taste for the beauty of the region simply by looking at these stunning poster depictions.
The touristic attraction of Bahamas
The numerous islands all offer a different feel and atmosphere. Some will prefer the seclusion of some of the more private islands, ideal for a newlyweds or for public figures looking for an escape from the ever-present scrutiny of the masses, others will enjoy the busyness of the streets of Nassau for example. Although far from being a true option, one can also get a feel for the area through a good poster. A good-looking poster collection, where every poster is handpicked and thoroughly examined will offer you a good image of what you are missing.
Bahamas for everyone
Sure, it may feel like a far cry from the original, but nevertheless a poster can still offer you a good option to the real thing. All you need to do is make sure that you get everything you need in terms of poster variety. Even those who have seen the Bahamas first hand can still get a poster to remind them of the time spent there.


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Jan '13 - Jan '13
"The architect well-patronized and awarded in competitions, is not the one who knows how to build the best, but the one whose projects look best on paper."(1)
Adolf Loos
Since forever, images have been captivating our thoughts. Ubiquitous, it is an effective communication tool and in architecture, is the support of theoretical speech : the project cannot be intelligible or buildable without its representation.
The evolution of computer technology in recent decades has led to a significant improvement in architectural representation.
From drawing to painting then from photography to computer generated images and photomontages, these tools all tend to a common purpose : an exacerbated realism (2) and a greater immersion into the projected space.
Today at the center of both ethical and political discussions, computer visualization is highly controversial and questions the architects we are.
What is the history of representation in architecture and how are images – especially computer renders – whose original goal is to understand the project, used as mercantile tools?
Definition of image according to MIR, a famous architectural rendering firm.
"MIR makes portraits of non-existing architecture, portraits capture the soul and character of the subjet into a two dimensional format. Great images tell their own story, they have the ability to evoke emotional response."
The motto of LABTOP, seen on their homepage :
"Too many good people have been defeated because they tried to substitute substance for style, they forgot to give the public
the kind of visible signals that it needs to understand what is happening."
in Initial Working Paper on Political Strategy directed to Jimmy Carter, 1976.
"We like to quote this excerpt mainly because it insists on the strategic approach
you need to build when producing an image of any kind."
In the fifteenth century, plans, sections and other technical documents based on geometrical drawings and 2-D were the only media expressing architecture. The discovery of perspective and three-dimensional drawing has risen to a new type of representation. Even more idealistic is the atmospheric composition created by sensitive experience that engages the spectators (renderings, photographs, etc.)
In those days the architect's first intention was to represent the visible; the perspective allowed a greater immersion into these projected spaces.
Painting by Piero della Francesca – Ideal City, (around 1470), 60x200cm.
The invention of photography in the nineteenth century leads to the emergence of new thoughts and reflections dealing with realism in architecture. The photographs below seem to reflect a calculated scene where the position of each object would have been carefully pre-set. This is a truncated reality seen through the photographer's eye.
The second image may have even been rendered by the talented perspectivists MIR or LUXIGON. 6 x 6 medium format, monochrome atmosphere, vintage characters, a beautiful lawn that most neighbors would be jealous of, vegetation in foreground, motion blur on the toddler and his bike, the whole thing toped by a B & W filter straight out of Instagram, the famous app'. Julius Shulman's photographers highlight a seduction which was already inherent in the images at the time.
Photographs by Julius Shulman, image 1: Case Study House #22, Two Girls (Pierre Koenig, architect, 1960), image 2: Everyday California.
The kind of images developed by Archigram and other radical groups of the 60's and 70's help to understand the evolution experienced by architectural representation.
Archigram focused on surpassing the dominant thoughts of their time by tackling issues of housing and city planning with the use of photomontage. (3) Their subjective images; futuristic, utopian and totally pro consumerist fed the architectural reflection through hypothetical projects.
Archigram – The Walking City, (1964).
Superstudio – The continious monument, (1970).
From Frank Lloyd Wright to Jean Nouvel, many architects quickly grasped the communicative power of images. By publishing their work via the mass media (television and newspaper) and promoting simple representation (4), their work was better understood and desired by many people. Architects were ensured effective communication without being subject to criticism for their use of these medias.
Computer generated images rendered currently tend to halt the reality and leave less room for imagination. Their intentions differ from the photomontages created by avant-garde groups such as Archigram, Superstudio or Archizoom.
One could say that images are now used for a wider range of purposes. We will mention two major ones. The first one uses 3D renderings as a tool for project design (the study of the contribution of light, building's footprint, etc.) and is sometimes essential to the project (composition of complex shapes via 3D software, generative and parametric architecture, etc.)
Zaha Hadid – Project : Theatre, Rabat (2010).
The second one is assimilating competition images, and resembling the feeling and mood of compositions. These images are sometimes linked to notions of consumption and communication and are enabled by the settlement of a few graphic codes (fog, light grazing, etc.) We would like to clarify that competition image are not the same as images used by sales promoters. Do those graphic codes prescribed by the "Ministry of aesthetics" not cover up the project and its imperfections? The way we feel about architecture has changed; the journey of a projects' representation from sections and blueprints to 3D renderings induce a narrative representation of what we would like the project to be.
Perspective by MIR – Housing project (2012).
Why all this fuss about computer renderings, which draw heavily from representations cited above? Why should we refrain ourselves from using such powerful medium? Is it because we cannot afford the expensive services of the most talented perspectivists? Or is it because of real professional ethics?
It seems normal to present a building at its best. Did the dictatorship of the object and its representation get the best of the XXIst century architecture? The possible sale of competition-induced architecture is essential to the success of the business. All means are good; we "objectify" the project.
mage de 1,2 : Big Duck, popularized par Robert Venturi in Learning From Las Vegas (1977) – Image 3, perspective by MIR, project Pier Icon Concert by BIG (2011).
Architectural photography found in newspapers and specialized magazines always represent buildings at their best. The pictures are often similar from one magazine to the next. This being the case, should not the debate also be pushed towards photography? (5) Do lies become more acceptable once the project is built? Can't models, axonometric drawings, and sections be just as misleading as a 3D rendering?
Image production always reveals a subjective nature. It is therefore, necessary to know how far we are willing to accept this subjectivity. Renderings are the result of representation's evolution.
The next logical step would be to turn towards these "digitally scenographic, simulated, and highly interactive" environments(6), but we would stay in a purely visual representation while "architecture does not need to be shown, it needs to be lived and experienced "(7). Many experiments are in progress; we talk about virtual reality, augmented reality or mixed reality which always have as vocation a greater immersion into projected space. Gestures become interfaced, body activity (8) less expressive and in a less sensitive area, experience visual and above all virtual – it seems that the time to find new specific ways of representing architecture has come. The hypothesis would refer to a representation closer to the sensible – maybe a combination of the visual experience and other senses. In competitions, no more A0 or renderings, but OLED/HD helmets and olfactive masks. Who knows, we might even be able to give olfactive drugs to the board of examiners so they'll like our project better. Should we and will we be able to find more effective tools less misleading and diverted from their communicative uses? The current controversy is either a sign or beginning of a mourning of pictures – isn't it?
Image 1,2 : google image, Image 3 : W. Pichler, Casque/TV/Séjour portable - Image 2 : Haus-Rucker-Co, Flyhead - Image 3 : W. Pichler, Kleiner Raum (via Le Laboratoire Urbanisme Insurrectionnel)
Dad! It's not like the picture!
As we mentioned before; images are omnipresent, fascinating and represent a useful tool for mass communication and advertising. Some people look unfavourably upon technical progress, making the lie more and more attractive compared to reality. It is true, who has never opened their Big Mac box without swearing against these student morons who pay more attention to their tweets than the delicate arrangement of this legendary sandwich? All because we got fooled by the perfect illustrations on the illuminated signs. Today, we're sure about that: "Well nope, it's not like the picture!"
Ettore Molon, Antonio Tresca, Le projet / La fiction à travers la leçon de Magritte (exposition "La Tendenza" au centre Pompidou)
Nowadays some promoters complain about the possible seduction images exercise upon the jury in architectural competitions. One among them, I3F – an important player in the field of construction housing – took the decision to ban images from architectural competitions. This announcement brings controversy to the "architectural underworld", and has recently fed the debate "AK04 'images!' Is architecture possible without lying? " in Paris. Bloggy Mary covered the event for you.
The debate was organized and "arbitrated" by Gaëlle Hamonic and brought together the major players of the French architectural scene; Eric De Pin, architect and founder of the perspectivist Luxigon firm and two journalists. Proving controversial, the debate quickly became virulent. We noted that the mjority of architects roughly shared the same point of view on the purpose of images in architecture. The lie has also been the subject of minor philosophical dissertations. It was however surprising that among all the participants at the debate, there was neither consulting architects, jury nor promoters. The unofficial business agent of I3F introduced herself to briefly (and courageously) outline the reasoning behind their removal decision – we also noted that her boss was missing. Lynching desguised as debate …
"Le jury de Lizzie Borden"
It turns out that far from calling into question the responsibility of architects, the speech the business agent gave showed a total lack of objectivity, and the backing out of several jury regarding architectural renders. The poor jury would be seduced against their will. Juries are mostly composed of a few elected members, one or more promoters and a few consultant architects. If the elected members are not equipped to correctly analyse images, they cannot have the judgement necessary to read a plan or section. It is for this reason that architects are consulted; they are the specialists of sections, plans and (nowadays) perspectives. While architects are blamed for the excessive use of 3D renderings, why aren't juries (which include architects) blamed when they – theoretically – know the scheme of images, yet are fooled by a convincing image when it supports a bad project?
Photomontage bloggymary, image extraite du film "le couple témoin" de William Klein
Hypothesis begin to take shape. A better choice in the selection of the jury. To communicate 3D renders after a discussion based on the analyse of prior documents (sections, plans, axonometries…). We may even assume a few concessions concerning the freedom of speech: to chose one's viewpoints. But does the question need to rely on the conscience of the artchitect, who has always been telling us stories with pictures? Should we create a kind of Hippocratic oath of architecture:
"I swear to always be honest and objective in the representation of my projects. To do everything in my power to be fully understood by everyone, including those who are not able to judge."
Nobody is a dupe, everyone knows it will never look like the picture. The question is no longer to know whether we should blame the mythomaniac advertiser or the pre-pubescent cook, the question is: "what do they add to their secret sauce which makes their sandwich so delicious?"
Collaborative writing,
Manon Gicquel, Part I, and Camille Fatier Part II Introduction Manon Gicquel and Camille Fatier.
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Senegal – Monitoring Lead Gasoline Phase Out
- AfricaClean
- University of Dakar
In 1998, an international framework was established to improve air quality in Sub-Saharan Africa. The first regional conference was organized by the World Bank on June 26th, 2001 in Dakar, Senegal, to discuss the issue of leaded gasoline as a major source of emissions in traffic-heavy towns and cities in developing countries. The harmful health effects of lead exposure in children, such as brain and nervous system damage, prompted the "Dakar Declaration." This was a joint effort by the World Health Organization and 25 sub-Saharan countries, the oil industry, civil companies, and other international agencies to eliminate leaded gasoline by December 31, 2005.
As part of this project, Blacksmith Institute helped the state Environmental Department and AfricaClean (a local air quality monitoring group) to design and implement a monitoring routine for vehicle emissions. The result was to improve emissions standards and overall air quality.
In July 2005, the African Refining Company reported a voluntary phase-out of leaded gasoline. However, it was important to coordinate efforts among various stakeholders to implement a comprehensive phase-out program, because one last refinery– Société Africaine de Raffinage (SAR)–was to continue producing leaded gasoline for the rest of that year.
The project primarily focused on the control of lead contents in gasoline all over in Senegal with a particular emphasis on traffic-heavy cities. Gasoline samples were collected in different time periods (September 2006, December 2006, and March 2007) in four Senegalese cities (Dakar, Kaolack, Thiès, and Touba). The samples were analyzed by two complementary methods: ICP/MS and CPG/MS, the first highly sensitive and the second capable of identifying the molecular form of lead in gasoline. In addition, the ambient air quality was also monitored to indicate the progress of the phase-out program.
Additionally, the development of national legislation was pursued to control/end informal ULAB operations.
Gasoline sampling results showed that lead was still present in Senegalese gasoline after the ban, but that levels varied across different times and areas. Most importantly, lead content in gasoline in Dakar – home to 75% of Senegalese cars – was much lower. Overall, lead levels in gasoline significantly decreased between September 2006 and March 2007.
Collection Average gas lead levels
Pre-2002 800 mg/l
2002 400 mg/l
2003 200 mg/l
Collection Average gas lead levels
September 2006 0.0105 mg/l
December 2006 0.0005 mg/l
March 2007 0.0001 mg/l
Additionally, atmospheric lead levels decreased in all towns observed to significantly lower than the WHO recommended safe level (0.5 ug/m^3). These results demonstrate that the lead phase-out program in Senegal has been successful overall.
The pursued legislation was also hugely successful. The regulations pursued to end ULAB operations were put into place. Additionally, a list of options was prepared to ensure environmentally sound management of ULAB from formal collection centers and future processing facilities. Lastly, private and public sector partnerships were developed to continue promoting environmentally sound practices.
Follow Up
Trace amounts of lead are still present in stains on gas tanks that were not properly cleaned after the phase-out. A technical committee should determine the viability of using catalytic converters to reduce the emissions output of cars that violate air quality standards (such converters do not function when the vehicle runs on leaded gas, and so they would have been completely useless before the 2005 phase-out).
This air pollution project should be an introduction to more far-reaching initiatives that will seek to transition the diesel buses in Dakar to compressed natural gas or liquefied natural gas fuel. Natural gas bus conversion programs such as those in Mexico City, Bangkok, Cairo, and Beijing will be used as models.


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Currently serving as Chair of Ceramics at the Maryland Institute College of Art, David S. East has taught and been a visiting artist at numerous locations including University of Missouri-Columbia as an Assistant Professor (2001-2007), Alfred University, Kansas City Art Institute, Massachusetts College of Art, Illinois State University, Illinois Wesleyan University, Washington University, Ohio University and Tainan National College of Art, Tainan, Taiwan.
David's work has been exhibited nationally and internationally in juried and curated exhibitions, including the GICBiennale 2011, Icheon, Korea and in recently in a solo exhibition at the Jane Hartsook Gallery, Greenwich House Pottery, NY, NY. He has received numerous awards including an Individual Artist Award from the Maryland State Arts Council, and those from the Lighton Foundation, the McKnight Foundation. He was in residence at the European Ceramic Work Centre in 2007 and was the Visiting Artist in Residence at Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, PA in the fall of 2010. David received his B.F.A in Ceramics from the University of Wisconsin - River Falls (1997) and his M.F.A from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (2000).