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Stephen J.V. Nichols at linux-watch.com has uncovered the truth about why you can't use Linux (or any variation) as your Xbox screen name. Turns out that it is not just another case of Microsoft beating down Linux, but part of a broader prohibition against trademarks of any kind, as well as a slew of other questionable words or formations that might get them into legal trouble. Nichols concludes by admitting that even a confirmed Linux aficionado can't do without his Xbox and that Linux isn't even on the radar as far as being a gaming platform.
TechRepublic blogger, IT manager, and gamer Ramon Padilla has also weighed in on the gaming gap between open source and Microsoft and has suggested that as long as serious gamers have to have different platforms at business and at home, Linux adoption will have a hard time getting off the ground.
It seems that everyone pretty much agrees that Linux most decidedly does not "rule" when it comes to gaming. Do you think this is an important issue or just a distraction from the serious arguments for Linux adoption? Do you have any Big Ideas about the opportunities for improvement? Predictions? Or do you just want to be left alone with your Xbox?
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An open call for caring families
Weekend conference wants to encourage local families to foster and adopt children
When Amanda, 18, first met Dawnelle and Jason Breum in March 2009, she had no idea they would become her family.
The Tualatin couple was raising their three children – Madison, Tyler and Jacob – when they became licensed foster care providers in 2007. At the time, theirs was specified as a medically fragile infant home that agreed to take in very young children with serious medical needs, often on very short notice. There was the baby girl they fostered for nearly a year, starting shortly after her birth. Although the girls biological mother had struggled to care for her at first, the girl was able to return home to her parents by her first birthday.
Thats the goal, Dawnelle says. You have to support (children in foster care) and help them be connected, but also let them know they could go home. Some families really get back on track.
According to a report issued by the Washington County Department of Health and Human Services, 1,173 of the countys children were in foster care in 2011.
Allison Owen, a volunteer at the Washington County Department of Human Services, agrees that the state prioritizes placing children with a family member, whenever possible. She says a goal of social services is to teach the family to be healthy and to adequately take care of their biological family.
The point of foster care is to take care of them while the DHS is trying to reunify the family, Dawnelle agreed.
But as she knows all too well, not all parents can overcome the issues that initially separate their family. In March of 2009, Dawnelle and Jason took in Alyssa, then 6 years old, and Ivy, then 4. The girls parents were struggling with addictions. Although Amanda wouldnt join her younger sisters in the Breum household for another six weeks, she met her future parents the night they welcomed Alyssa and Ivy. Six months later, Amandas other sister Stormy, 7 at the time, moved in. Their brother Mikey joined them at the age of 14 months.
Ivy was adopted by Dawnelles mother, Dyann, a former social worker, and Dyanns husband Bruce. Dawnelle says the five siblings see each other frequently.
But it would be another year until the five children were legally free – a designation given when biological parents either relinquish their parental rights or, in this case, when the court declares biological parents unable to care for their children.
Although Amanda is the oldest, she didnt spend most of her life in foster care. The Breums was the second foster family she lived with.
It was just very different, she said about her experience being welcomed into the family. I definitely wasnt used to any normal family dynamics. Eating dinner together, having dinner living together, really, just kind of having someone whos older in charge, present.
Although at first Amanda expected to go home to her biological parents, she eventually settled in with her new family and will graduate from Tualatin High School next year. She hopes to study medicine or engineering.
I really want a job where I can serve people, and find ways to meet peoples needs, she said. I just want to help people.
A community effort
Owen believes there are many families like the Breums, but who dont have the information or resources to pursue providing foster care. There are also many families who have considered adopting children, but are daunted by the process. With that idea in mind, Owen has been volunteering with Solid Rock Ministry in Tigard to sponsor the Be a Seed Conference on Saturday.
The conference brings together more than 20 organizations involved in adoption and foster care services. There will be both public and private organizations, Owen says. Some are faith-based, some are not. Speakers include current foster and adoptive parents, as well as youth from foster care. Representatives from DHS will be on hand to answer questions about fostering and adoption. Owen describes it as an inclusive event open to members of the community who are considering adopting or fostering Washington County children, or supporting local children in the foster care system.
Dawnelle says many people dont realize foster care doesnt have to be a full-time or long-term commitment. You can do respite care, which is short-term care, or you can do emergency care for weekends and the middle of the night, and the child might move the next week.
Its Owens hope that more members of the community will learn this at this weekends conference.
The Be a Seed Conference takes place from 9 a.m. to noon. Saturday at Solid Rock Church, 10500 S.W. Nimbus Ave., in Tigard. For more information, call 503-473-2891 or visit facebook.com/BeASeedConference. Admission is free.

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Mabel Frances (Kirkham) Brown, R.N., age 94, formerly of Union Drive, North Kingstown, died on September 12, 2012 at Brentwood Nursing Home in Warwick. She was the wife of the late Arthur Patrick Brown.
Born in a terrace house on Derby Street, Accrington, Lancashire, England on February 21, 1918, she was a daughter of the late Fred and Elizabeth (Franks) Kirkham. She left school at 16 and trained as a nurse at The Victoria Hospital in Accrington. In the autumn of 1939, just after the outbreak of World War II, she moved to the London Chest Hospital to train as a surgical nurse. Fifteen months later she joined the Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps, and was commissioned as a captain. Early in1942 she was posted to India, and on board the ship on which she was traveling, Mabel met her future husband, Captain Arthur Patrick Brown, from Belfast. They were married in Secunderbad, just north of Hyderbad in India on December 10th that year. Two weeks after their marriage, Arthur was sent behind the lines in Burma. The couple was apart until January 1946. After the war, Mabel returned to England and gave birth to a son, John, in October 1946 in Burnley, Lancashire. The young family moved to Rhode Island in February 1949. Mabel had a cousin, Joseph Booth, who was an officer at Quonset Point. Mabel quickly got a job as a nursing sister at Quonset. Early in 1950 they moved to Philadelphia to be near Mabel's sister, Marie. They returned to Rhode Island less than a year later, where Mabel got her old job back at Quonset, and Arthur was recruited as a sales clerk at Silverman's shoe store in East Greenwich. They lived on Maple Drive, North Kingstown. Their second son, Fred, was born in July 1952. Nine years later Arthur's failing health forced the family to return to England. Mabel continued her nursing career until 1973, when she retired. Eight years later, in 1981, she returned to North Kingstown, where she remained until her death in September. Mabel was an avid Red Sox fan and was the founder of the North Kingstown Philately Club.
She is survived by a son, Frederick J. Brown; a grandson, Kevin Brown, both in England. She was the mother of the late John P. Brown; and the sister of the late Fred Kirkham, Phyllis Taylor, and Marie Kirkham.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend a Mass of Christian Burial on Tuesday, November 13, at 10 a.m. in St. Francis de Sales Church, 381 School Street, North Kingstown. Burial will be in Accrington Cemetery, Lancashire, England. www.barrettandcotter.com


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Crowd celebrates lives — however short — of two North Stonington boys
North Stonington — At an hour and a half long, it was a service full of music, happy memories, and even laughter.
A week to the day since the two young boys' murders, it seemed as if the whole town had pressed determinedly into the Second Baptist Church on Route 184 — the parking lot full, cars lined bumper to bumper along the side of the road, seats packed 10 to a pew and walls clustered with those who could only stand.
There was no mention of the grisly circumstances — that Debra Denison, 47, had shot and killed her 2-year-old and 6-month-old grandsons in a parked car near the Lake of Isles boat launch on the night of Feb. 26 before taking her own life.
What happened seven days ago had no place among the goofy photos and chrysanthemums bright with the promise of spring, the country tunes performed by relatives, the uplifting words from psalms and scripture — about biblical figures who'd lost their children for some greater purpose — and affirmations of faith and strength in the face of the unspeakable.
The family had made it clear, the Rev. Kurt Carlson told those in attendance: Today was to be a celebration these lives, however short.
A revolving slideshow of what could have been anyone's baby album was projected at the front of the church — a newborn swaddled in pastel blankets, five chubby fingers reaching toward the lens, parents Brenda and Jeremy Perry beaming with pride, an infant holding a bottle or sucking a pacifier, short and silent clips of bath time or play time. One son in dad's too-big sunglasses. Neither child ever quite old enough to be without arm rolls and round, rosy cheeks.
Brenda Perry had recorded a Reba McEntire karaoke cover to play: "Six pounds and nine ounces lookin' up at me, like I have all the answers."
In a soft voice from the front row sometime afterward, she thanked those gathered for not looking at her and her husband funny when they smiled, when expectations perhaps dictated that they should be crying instead.
Alton and Ashton Perry died a week ago at their grandmother's hand, but the parents, their relatives and friends, and two ministers insisted: There is plenty to smile about. Their short time, they said, was a blessing, a gift.
Perry family benefit
WHEN: Friday, 4 p.m. to close
WHERE: Tio Juan's Margarita's Restaurant, 12 Water St., Mystic
HOST: Jeremy Perry's fellow graduates from the Wheeler High School Class of 2004
DONATION: The restaurant will donate 15 percent of the proceeds to the Perry Family Fund
Father expresses gratitude for town support after sons' deaths
Medical examiner's office rules Tuesday deaths homicide, suicide
'She took our babies'; murder-suicide leaves woman, two grandchildren dead


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Robert Reid frequently gets sick when he travels. He has suffered dehydration, heat exhaustion, food poisoning and bronchitis. "I thought I was dying when I had several days of bronchitis in Vietnam," said Reid, the U.S. Lonely Planet editor. "Same for when I had a tropical fungus growing out of my toe."
Getting sick on a trip is no fun. Hotels sometimes take over in an emergency, and many airlines and airports offer medical services on the ground and in the air. But travelers should not depend on these. Planning is crucial to making sure your trip goes smoothly.
Medical care differs in various parts of the U.S. and around the world, so it's crucial to locate a good doctor before you travel, especially overseas. Half of Americans traveling two weeks or more out of the country will become ill, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Here are some health-related websites you can refer to before your trip:
The International Society of Travel Medicine (www.istm.org) has information about clinics in nearly 50 countries.
The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene also lists clinics at http://www.astmh.org.
The CDC (www.cdc.gov) includes the most up-to-date information about diseases, epidemics and other health news around the world. Click on the region of the world you'll be visiting to find recommendations and needed vaccinations as well as information on local diseases and tips for staying healthy.
There are many smartphone apps that can help you deal with medical emergencies:
The American Red Cross offers a first-aid app that addresses a range of conditions, including bleeding, hypothermia, meningitis and more. For iPhone and Android; free at the iTunes and Google Play stores.
The Vitals app lists the credentials of doctors in the U.S. and Canada according to specialty, board certification and insurance accepted. It also has patient reviews. For iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad; free at the iTunes store.
The SOS app (www.internationalsos.com) offers medical assistance, international healthcare and security services for International SOS members. For BlackBerry, iPhone and Android. Free from the App Store, but must be a member of International SOS to activate it.
Suzanne Garber, chief networking officer for International SOS, say its iTriage app (www.itriagehealth.com/mobile) highlights not only physician and hospital networks in the U.S. and Canada but also lists pharmaceuticals and their generic equivalents and contraindications as well as the latest healthcare news and procedures. It can help users find the closest hospital, look up symptoms, research diseases, check ER wait times for some hospitals, and connects you to 911. For iPhone, iPod, iPad, Android and tablet. Free from the website.
The Pocket First Aid & CPR app, from the American Heart Assn. (www.heart.org), is similar to the Red Cross app, minus some life-saving videos. For iPhone and Android; $1.99 at iTunes and App stores.
Mpassport.com lists medical providers and pharmacies in cities around the globe as well as lets you make appointments. The app lists equivalent medication brand names and translates important medical terms and phrases; you can hear them spoken in the local language. It also lets you connect directly with emergency services by using the foreign equivalent of 911. Mpassport is free from travel insurer HTH Worldwide, but you must be a member. For iPhone and Android.
The MedXcom iPhone app allows a traveler to find a doctor in any area and make an appointment. The patient gives the doctor permission to access his or her medical records and communicate with his or her other doctors to discuss care by voice, text message and through its secure system. Thus, their medical record travels with them. Free from the iTunes Store.
Ryan Frankel owned all the latest smartphone applications, but none of them were effective in helping him converse with a pharmacist in China when he was sick.
He recognized the need for affordable live translation to facilitate emergency communication, such as talking to a doctor, so he founded VerbalizeIt to help travelers avoid the language barrier in critical situations.
VerbalizeIt delivers human-powered translation from any phone through its API or its partnership with Skype. Smartphone owners can download the iPhone or Android applications for free, and non-smartphone users can register at http://www.verbalizeit.com to receive a local access phone number.
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Review: Apple iPhone 4 (16GB/32GB)
Company: Apple Inc.
Website: www.Apple.com
Model: iPhone 4
Price: $199/16GB, $299/32GB with New 2-Year Contract
Compatible: PC/Mac
Pros: The most museum-quality phone design yet from Apple, packing the most powerful iPhone hardware in history into the smallest and sleekest enclosure. Overall camera performance is outstanding, even by comparison with low-end dedicated still and video cameras, with configuration-free video calling an option over Wi-Fi. New 960x640 display equals past iPhones in brightness and off-angle viewability while surpassing them by a factor of four in detail, improving the smoothness of photos and fonts. Improved speaker performance across the board, and markedly better microphone performance in handset mode amidst ambient noise. Markedly faster data performance under some conditions. Reasonably priced given the technology inside.
Cons: Smudge, scratch, and shatter issues await users who avoid cases. Antenna reception is more noticeably reduced under some conditions than on prior iPhones, particularly impeding cellular performance in certain indoor environments. Despite improved screen, user interface is only modestly improved from iPhone 3GS. Lowest capacity version feels cramped given video recording capabilities and release of high-resolution apps. High-resolution video output to monitors is confusingly limited; video calling is presently incompatible with even Apple's own iChat application. Data consumption due to higher-resolution screen is ill-suited to lowest-end limited data service plans. Sole U.S. cellular data provider AT&T continues to provide inconsistent and sometimes poor service. Updated: Click here for Verizon iPhone 4 details.
If Apple hasn't convinced you already that it is capable of creating some of the most beautiful consumer electronics products on the planet, consider for a moment the G4 Cube, a decade-old computer that was quite literally museum-ready upon its release. Suspending the entire box-shaped computer above the surface of a table in a clear plastic frame, the Cube was a masterpiece of industrial design, a departure from what had come before, and ultimately, a flop. The plastic cracked during normal use, the high price tag kept it out of reach for people who wanted to own it anyway, and the company discontinued it after only a year. Yet many people, including us, still think of it fondly as a brilliant concept that wasn't quite ready for prime time.
Due to its more aggressive pricing, Apple's new mobile phone iPhone 4 ($199*/16GB, $299*/32GB) will unquestionably sell in numbers that would have kept the G4 Cube around for years, but it's the product of the same bold, brilliant, and sometimes reckless design philosophy that has made so many Apple products lustworthy, yet destined for early repair or replacement. Like the Cube, it achieves its physical beauty by making novel use of a delicate material—this time, twin panes of glass—held together with a metal internal frame that notably includes its wireless antennas. Fresh out of the box, iPhone 4 sparkles with a minimalist sleekness that some have compared to the work of vaunted German designer Dieter Rams, though it simultaneously evokes durability concerns that even its plastic predecessors couldn't match, and creates issues that Rams might call antithetical to a few of his famous principles of good design.
As with all Apple products, however, there's far more to iPhone 4 than its enclosure. Inside are two impressive new cameras, a dramatically improved new "Retina Display" screen, and internal changes that improve its speed, battery life, wireless, and video capabilities relative to last year's iPhone 3GS. Collectively, these changes enable iPhone 4 to deliver limited video calling functionality ("FaceTime"), improved still and video camera capabilities, and iPad-rivaling graphics in a thinner, denser enclosure than before. Under some circumstances, it also achieves noticeably better data transfer rates, as well. These are all big improvements to a design that's offered at the same prices as last year's models, as well as with the same storage capacities and color choices. There are also two catches: Apple has left the user interface all but unchanged from the iPhone 3GS, which made great use of a lower-resolution display, so the screen improvements are of the subtle variety until you begin to try certain applications. Additionally, the company continues to offer iPhone 4 solely in partnership with a single American wireless phone provider, AT&T, which has notoriously lagged behind domestic rivals in dropped calls and customer service, though the device is now being offered by an impressive array of international carriers.
Following in our long-standing tradition, iLounge's comprehensive review of iPhone 4 discusses both the positives and negatives of Apple's latest device, including everything from the build quality of the hardware to the performance of its new and old phone, audio, photo, video, and battery features. Numerous screenshots, comparative camera snaps, and videos are included, as well, so that you can see the iPhone 4's features for yourself. We've divided this review into ten pages that can be easily navigated with the section bar at the top or bottom of the screen; those looking to cut straight to the conclusion section can do so at any time. Enjoy.
Updated February 9, 2011: We have created a Verizon CDMA iPhone 4 addendum to this review, discussing and separately rating Apple's second iPhone 4 version. Read it here.
Editors' Note: iLounge only reviews products in "final" form, but many companies now change their offerings - sometimes several times - after our reviews have been published. This iLounge article provides more information on this practice, known as revving.


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What do you look for when casting a cowboy?
This is what the script is about: a girl who's gotten down on living in Los Angeles and feels the type of man she's in love with doesn't exist any more. . . . She gets 100 miles outside L.A., hits a tornado, her car is overturned, she's rescued by a traveling group of rodeo cowboys. Like she died and went to heaven. When you leave Los Angeles and New York, men really are different. They treat you differently. They're the man and you're the woman. When you're in L.A., everyone likes to put you in a box. So it's difficult to fall in love. . . . Men are the new chicks. That's not working out so well for gals.
But this puts you in a funny, gender role essentialist camp!
Say that again? You lost me there. Actress! Use small words!
Didn't feminism want us to be equals, apart from our gender roles?
I know in this day and age, when you meet men, they often want to be boys. They dress like boys. And it's very confusing. I can't offer any solution except to make a movie about it.
It might all be Adam Sandler's fault.
Uh, why? He's happily married! He's got two kids! He's very true to himself.
But he's been playing the reckless boy in Hollywood for ages now.
Yeah, I think that's too simplistic. I think it's something more internal than that. I don't know if we can say it's Adam Sandler's fault. I think he's very attractive! He's kind of the role model in a sense for the other guy in ["Oh Joy"], who outwardly doesn't have the greatest characteristics, but inwardly, maybe he does -- is a real gentleman and loves his parents. I dunno! He's from New England.
Hey, this movie, "Expired"? I know you shot it a million years ago. Do you remember it?
I do remember it because it had a kind of interesting path that a lot of independent films have. I had met [director Cecilia Miniucchi] on one film that she was going to do called "Pluck," which was a movie from the point of view of a chicken. She wanted Harvey Keitel, Alan Cumming -- and then it never happened, but we stayed in touch and became friends. And then there was another movie then that didn't happen. So by "Expired," I just thought, "Well, this thing is never gonna happen." Then she called me up and said, "Fred Roos is producing, and there's Jason Patric and Samantha Morton, and I wrote this part for you." It was very Italian! I love Italian cinema. I met Lina Wertmüller on the set. We had a great experience. It was really indie -- lots of fun and food and chaos.
So earlier this year you took on the celebrity industrial complex. You showed up at a premiere having printed signs that said, "TMZ CAUSES CANCER."
You have to be very careful: It does cause cancer. It causes cancer in the sense that it spreads to the New York Times and Vanity Fair and all the news shows that take on this "Gotcha!" mentality, where people are doing stories about John McCain 20 years ago: He may have had an inappropriate relationship, but we don't know. That kind of journalism is a cancer. The reason I did the signs was because I was promoting a movie with Tom Arnold. Whenever Tom and I would go anywhere, we were hounded -- he was hounded, I was in the periphery -- by paparazzi. Chased into the bathroom! That's the part that nobody sees. You feel as if you're in some weird "Logan's Run," some futuristic movie.
Entertainment Weekly asked last year: "Why can't Hollywood figure out what to do with Illeana Douglas?"
Oh, really? Yes? That's complex. I mean, I think the important thing is, I've figured out what to do with myself. Which is be true to myself and just be an artist and try to make art. And that is, in this society, very difficult, because you feel you could be laughed at. . . . I saw "An Unmarried Woman" when I was a kid, with my mom, and it made an indelible impression on me. That's the kind of actress I want to be, the kind of story I want to be in. . . . You don't know till the last beat of the movie -- is she going off with Alan Bates or going to carry her painting through the streets? . . . And you have to be careful because people would say it's corny or doesn't hold up. But I think of that image, Jill Clayburgh carrying that painting through the streets of New York. For me as a woman, that's a very powerful image.


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Pop quiz! Is there a difference between borrowing and financing? No need to stress — I'll tell you. There is, and understanding the difference is very important to your financial health.
Debt is the result of both borrowing and financing. But think of debt as a rope. You can use it to lift, rescue and tie things together, or you can use it to hang yourself.
I used to think borrowing and financing were the same. I considered myself involved in high finance with my bevy of credit cards. I charged all sorts of things like clothes, meals, trips and entertainment. We financed the house, the car and countless household appliances. It was all the same to me. Bottom line, I could have stuff now and pay for it later. I considered my juggling some kind of advanced high finance, and I had to learn the difference between borrowing and financing the hard way.
Borrowing is the temporary use of a thing or money, while financing implies the management of assets or money. Borrowing creates unsecured debt, while financing creates secured debt.
Borrowing is hazardous to your financial health because it offers no alternatives — no escape routes. You borrowed the money, and you must pay it back. And with unsecured debt, you've eliminated options. Mountains of unsecured debt can tie a person to an undesirable career, squelch opportunities or create heavy burdens that are often unbearable. Depending on future income to pay for today's purchases is choosing financial bondage. That's a crazy way to live.
Financing, on the other hand, involves collateral or "security." The borrower pledges property, either real or personal, and agrees to liquidate that thing of value in the event he runs into repayment difficulty. In a financing situation, provision always exists so the debt can be canceled by virtue of the value of the item financed. Financing allows a person to use assets to achieve a more useful or productive result. Financing is a safe, realistic and reasonable way to purchase a home, for instance. The value of the home secures the repayment.
Financing does not presume unreasonably on the future. Let's look at a real estate purchase, for example. You decide to buy a home, and that cute three-bedroom in the 'burbs seems like a great idea. For now. But 10 years from now, you might develop an unrelenting urge to move to Tibet. Even though you still owe $190,000 on the house, it's no problem. You sell the property, pay off the loan and head for the hills.
If that $190,000 represented borrowed funds — an unsecured debt — you'd probably be stuck, left to only dream of what mountaintop life might have been like had you not so foolishly borrowed away your future.
Learn to recognize the difference between financing and borrowing, then avoid borrowing like the plague. Keep any debt confined to secured, safe debt. As you learn to say "No!" to debt that could turn into a noose, your future will remain open to options.
Mary Hunt is founder of www.DebtProofLiving.com.
You can email her at firstname.lastname@example.com, or write to Everyday Cheapskate, P.O. Box 2099, Cypress, CA 90630.
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Although it might be considered a controversial notion, Japan built an empire on emulating the inventions of others. Post WWII, they vowed to learn from their opponents and ramped up manufacturing to record levels. While in the beginning, the 'MADE IN JAPAN' stamp was less than desirable, they were constantly improving. After a few short decades the Japanese had definitely arrived, building superior products at fractions of the price. Today, they are leaders in many sectors and have improved upon almost every manufacturing sector.
The crew at Auto Tech Interiors (ATI) in Irvine, CA are responsible for a number of project cars in the past, (such as a twin charged TC for Scion) and knew a CUBE project car would get noticed at the 2009 SEMA Show.
As the popularity of boxy vehicles continues to grow, it might not be well known how the trend started. It was actually started in the good ol' US of A. Back in the 1980s, the Chevy Astro van made quite an impact in North America amongst both families and tradesmen, but it was really nothing special. However, in Japan the Astro vans were expensive, spacious and luxurious. They were considered a status symbol for many Japanese and some of them were customized beyond belief. Custom Astro vans were credited with importing the shape of the wildly popular Scion xB and the Nissan Cube.
Once Scion established that there was a market for sub-$20,000 hipster boxes, Nissan execs started the process of legalizing it. And since the CUBE has such so much street cred in Japan, it has been an instant success. The crew at Auto Tech Interiors (ATI) in Irvine, CA are responsible for a number of project cars in the past, (such as a twin charged TC for Scion) and knew a CUBE project car would get noticed at the 2009 SEMA Show. "We loved the uniqueness of the Cube," says Marketing Director, Marc Masuda "It was also a challenge to take the car to the next level and get some respect."
Younger generations have embraced the CUBE, but it would be challenge to appeal to a broader audience at SEMA. The ages range from teenage to one-foot-in-the-grave, and the mission for the crew was a project with wide appeal. "Our goal was to create a project where personalization, was the most important aspect while being budget conscious," says Masuda "That really spans all generations and sub-cultures, so the CUBE fell right into place. Nissan calls the CUBE the "Mobile Device", so we decided to title the ATI CUBE Mobile U. To keep the build fresh and interesting, we wanted to blend industries and got together with Yakima, Ride, K2 and WET Okole and created Cube for the Action Outdoor enthusiasts."
With the idea firmly established, they decided to tackle the exterior of the vehicle. The vehicle was fitted with a genuine Nissan Polyurethane aerokit. The kit was fitted up and color-matched with factory paint. A Nissan roof spoiler was added along with an Agency Power short antenna and Forj Works eyelids. Rounding out the looks are the hyper daytime fogs and an ATI front grille along with some vinyl to give love to the sponsors. The roof is fitted with a Yakima rack for gripping a custom RIDE snowboard and K2 mountain bike.
The rollers are a set of quintessential JDM classics, the SSR Professor SP1Rs. Finished in black chrome, the fat 5-spokes are 16x7-inches and 16x8-inches with low offsets to achieve the desired flushness. The Professors are wrapped in Falken SN211s all around for inherent grip and longevity. The correct stance was dialed in with the effective, yet affordable, TEIN Basic Coilovers found on many street rides today.
Inside is where the ATI products and their technicians took center stage. The mission was to showcase ATI's line of goods that house their exclusive line of gauges. The STRI line has been around for a while, but has recently moved to the higher end of the market with a greater number of features and precision internals for more accurate readings. Onboard are all the necessary gauges including a voltmeter, water temperature and oil temperature housed in custom pods. Regardless of what car you have, ATI has the pod enclosure. STRI has a wide array of gauges including their new X-Line and DSD-Series for any automotive need.
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First, let's talk about Nokia's patents. As we've discussed before, VP8 has been proposed as a possible codec for WebRTC, a W3C API definition to enable browser-to-browser voice calling, video chat, and file sharing without the need for any plugins. If browsers supported this, we'd no longer need separate, often closed tools like Skype and FaceTime - in other words, a major step forward for everybody but those running said closed tools.
As part of the process of defining the standard, the Internet Engineering Task Force wants to find out if any proposed technologies are problematic on the intellectual property front, which is a very wise thing to do in today's litigious environment. This is partly why Google decided to essentially put the MPEG-LA offside (without actually admitting infringement), so that the largest producer of 'fear, uncertainty, and doubt' around VP8 no longer plays a role.
Sadly, just as everything seemed to be cleared up around VP8, out of the blue comes Nokia, which has made an intellectual property rights declaration to the IETF. They dumped a seemingly long and scary list of patents that they claim VP8 infringes upon. They also stated that they are unwilling to license the patents on a royalty-free or FRAND basis, and gave the following statement to Florian Mueller, a consultant paid by Oracle and Microsoft:
But how unusual is this step, really? I distinctly remembered something like this happening before, and after a short bit of digging, it turns out I wasn't going crazy. In fact, the mandatory-to-implement audio codec selected for WebRTC - Opus - faced the exact same challenges; except for Opus, they came from Qualcomm and Huawei.
Opus is an audio codec developed mostly by Mozilla and the Xiph.org Foundation, with contributions form Skype and Broadcom, as detailed over at Ars. Patents covering Opus are owned by Broadcom, the Xiph.org Foundation itself, and Skype/Microsoft; however, all of these organisations have committed to making these patents available for royalty-free use.
Two other companies, Qualcomm and Huawei, were not so keen on Opus. The companies claimed they owned patents that Opus infringes, and made similar intellectual property rights declarations to the IETF as Nokia has just done (Qualcomm's, Huawei's). Like Nokia, and unlike Microsoft/Skype and Broadcom, Qualcomm and Huawei were unwilling to license these patents royalty-free. The end for Opus, right?
Well, no, not really. The Xiph.org Foundation decided to investigate Qualcomm's/Huawei's patent claims, and after a lot of legal legwork, they came to the conclusion that the claims were complete and utter bogus - as detailed by LWN. While the Xiph.org Foundation first considered the harsh option of a declaratory judgment, they instead decided to just document why the claims were invalid. In fact, they went so far as to employ an external counsel to review the patent claims. The conclusion?
They won, and Opus was declared 'mandatory to implement' for WebRTC with a 'strong consensus'.
This raises a simple question: why do companies file these IPR declarations if the patents enclosed do not apply? The Xiph.org Foundation's Christopher "Monty" Montgomery explains this quite well:
The root of the problem is that while these intellectual property rights declarations have no legal standing, they are free and simple to make, and there's no obligation whatsoever to actually defend these statements. The press and bloggers automatically assume the declarations are valid, write their articles from said viewpoint, and thus, 'fear, uncertainty, and doubt' is born, which can then be exploited by companies such as Qualcomm.
The detailed article at LWN, which actually covers a talk given by Montgomery, provides additional insight into this blatant abuse of the system. It's quite shocking.
Companies "have figured out how to fight 'free'", Montgomery said, by making it illegal. In order to fight back through the courts, there would be an endless series of cases that would have to be won, and each of those wins would not hurt the companies at all. There is a "presumption of credibility" when a patent holder makes a claim of infringement, and the press "plays along with that", he said. But Eben Moglen has pointed out that an accusation of infringement has no legal weight, so there is no real downside to making such a claim.
Which brings us right back to Nokia. It is my firm belief that Nokia is very busy trying to make sure the world is aware of its patent portfolio. Nokia hasn't exactly been doing well lately - they only sold marginally more smartphones in Q4 2012 than in Q2 2012, despite brand new handsets and a new operating system release - and a very good way to drum up acquisition value is to emphasise the strength of its patent portfolio.
This intellectual property rights declaration has been very successful in putting the spotlight on Nokia's patent portfolio. The press the world over has reported the supposed infringement as fact, even though the declaration itself isn't even worth the bits it's written with. The fact that this has the potential to derail the creation of a fantastic advance for the open web is of no concern to Nokia. Or, maybe I should say: to an Elop-led Nokia.
As Montgomery noted, one good thing is working in our favour: the IETF requires companies to list their patents. This means that work is now underway to check Nokia's claims, or to possibly invalidate the patents in question. While the list of patents looks daunting, this is just scaremongering on Nokia's part; when broken down, the list isn't even half as scary as Nokia makes it out to be, due to lots of duplicates and continuations.
Let's hope we'll see the same thing happen to VP8 as happened to Opus: independent counsel declaring Nokia's claims invalid. The race is on, and I have a sneaking suspicion the outcome will match that of Opus'. Nokia's listed patents are all old and have been publicly available for years, so it stands to reason that On2 (and later Google) have designed around them.Still, the damage has been done.


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Light and Shadows at Stonehenge II
Robert R. Goodman 5/22/2012 8:50:24 AMHi Emile,Had me fooled my friend.I thought was the real one.Excellent capture!!! #1464446
Carol Eade 5/22/2012 10:05:34 AMBeautiful image and comp, Emile! #10145868
David Phalen 5/22/2012 10:47:14 AMOutstanding POV with excellent light, tones and textures!! #10145899
Stan Kwasniowski 5/22/2012 12:28:23 PMEmile, what an image you captured #10146008
Amalia Sylvia Arriaga Salinas 5/22/2012 1:10:14 PMWonderful perspective and lighting Emile!,
Debbie Bray 5/22/2012 1:25:18 PMThe people who built this structure did a good job mimicking the real thing, because you could be mistaken on first glance. The only difference is, that the real one doesn't join up on the outer circle. Great shot, and love the composition here, Emile! #10146089
John Connolly 5/22/2012 1:40:47 PMYou excelled yourself with this one Emile! A great capture of this remarkable structure! #10146126
Joy Rector 5/22/2012 1:47:23 PMgorgeous shot #10146137
Emile Abbott 5/22/2012 3:22:04 PMThanks Bobby, Carol, David, Stan, Amalia, Debbie, John and Joy. #10146252
Phyllis A. Houghton 5/22/2012 7:06:53 PMLove this perspective! And nice there aren't any tourists in your scene. Wonderful color and lighting. Will look for this again. Fantastic capture! #10146468
Phyllis A. Houghton 5/22/2012 7:07:56 PMPS the curve of the shadow is terrific too. #10146471
Emile Abbott 5/23/2012 7:27:29 AMThanks Phyllis. #10147080
Patrick Rouzes 5/23/2012 1:17:34 PMYou have all the elements of a winner,Emile! Good luck on this exceptional job! #10147355
Emile Abbott 5/23/2012 2:29:36 PMThanks Patrick. #10147421
Ellen Hodges 5/23/2012 9:35:54 PMSuper beautiful location and a fabulous capture, Emile! Didn't know that they had this type of structure in the US! #10147943
Emile Abbott 5/24/2012 6:59:07 AMThanks Ellen #10148268
Carla Capra 5/24/2012 2:18:38 PMGreat composition. I'm loving how my eye follows those curving columns. #10148665
Jill Odice 5/25/2012 12:38:32 AMI didn't know there wwas a Stonehenge here! Very cool shot! #10149180
Emile Abbott 5/25/2012 8:37:35 AMThanks Carla and Jill #10149529
One of the nice things about Stonehenge II in Ingram, Texas is you are allowed to roam all around both the inner circle and outer circle where as the Original Stonehenge you are not. I was able to get this perspective for EOD.
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William Gard Hughes, 96, of Pen Argyl, died on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012, at Chandler Estates in Pen Argyl. He was the loving husband of the late Grace (Hester) Hughes.
Born in Newton, N.J., he was a son of the late Robert and Ida May (Black) Hughes.
A veteran of the U.S. Army, he had served during the battle of Normandy in northern France. During his time served, he was awarded with the Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Theater Service Medal, European African Middle Eastern Service Medal and the World War II Victory Medal.
William was a resident and graduate of Milton Hershey School for Boys, and, as a young boy, he was Milton Hershey's stableboy. An electrician by trade, he later worked for Blue Ridge Winkler Textile for 45 years, where he retired as the maintenance supervisor.
He is survived by his daughter, Connie Pisko and her husband, Michael, of Aiken, S.C.
He was preceded in death by his wife, two brothers and two sisters.
There will be a visitation from 10 a.m. until the time of service Monday, Dec. 10, at Trinity United Church of Christ, 632 S. Delaware Drive, Mount Bethel. The Rev. Rodney Wells will conduct a memorial service at 11 a.m. Monday at the church. Burial will follow at Reformed Church Cemetery in Mount Bethel. Cremation services were entrusted to Bolock Funeral Home & Crematory.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Wounded Warriors Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, KS 66675, or at supportwoundedwarriorsproject.org.
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William Gard Hughes, 96, of Pen Argyl, died on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012, at Chandler Estates in Pen Argyl. He was the loving husband of the late Grace (Hester) Hughes.


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1982 top 100 countdown
one song per act.
100 portion control- he is patriotic
steady drumbeat holds your hand through the scary noises.
99 warp 9- nunk
pristine synth and goofy breakdown. wanna breakdance.
i'ma do my thing, but talk about 1982 songs you like
as well by all means.
98 trouble funk- so early in the morning
anyone got something to say about go-go? doesn't get more get down than this.
great to read kindness talking about go-go
in yesterdays guardian guide.
played an EU album today
still funky enough.
first one sounding really good.
they made new jack swing too. trendy ol' genres.
97 skyy- won't you be mine
these singers don't quit.
96 swans- sensitive skin
didn't know swans went this far back, but think they get a mention in our band could be your life. the dinosaur jr chapter of that is well funny.
95 k.i.d.- watch out
snapshot of a mutating sound, synthetic drumbeat with the residual disco brass.
94 cocteau twins- blind deaf dumb
trying to work out what that underlying guitar at 1 min 30 reminds me of, maybe y control.
My top 5 of '82
Don't You Want Me - Human League
A Strange Day - the Cure
The Back of Love - Echo & the Bunnymen
White Girl - X
Poison Arrow - ABC
nice one oR,
there was a martin fry abc interview on the radcliffe and maconie show today for the 30th anniversary. easy to listen on iplayer if you want.
don't you want me and white girl were released before '82.
not in the US of Uncle Sam
Don't you want me was released Jan '82
going for
first release in any country for this.
Based solely on what's in my itunes (and assuming all years in there are correct)
I think my top 5 looks like:
1. Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five - New York New York
2. The Stylistics - Hurry Up This Way Again
3. Donald Fagen - I.G.Y.
4. E.M.A.K. - Filmmusik
5. Shriekback - My Spine (Is The Bassline)
Although without the one-song-per-artist rule, The Message would obviously be straight in at #2.
Rest of the top 10 probably consists of The Bangles - The Real World, The Three O'Clock - With a Cantaloupe Girlfriend, Sly Dunbar - River Niger, The Clash - Rock the Casbah (or any of about 4 others off Combat Rock), and something off the Tom Waits & Crystal Gayle album. Maybe.
caught a bit of flash's set at bestival last year,
was alright but too rock-y. maybe that's what you have to do main stage.
A Top 5 based solely on iTunes
The Cure — A Strange Day
Modern English — Melt With You
Yazoo — Only You
The Church — Almost With You
Simple Minds — New Gold Dream (81, 82, 83, 84)
Without the 1 song per artist rule, One Hundred Years would be in there too. Was also going to have The Stranglers — Golden Brown, but just discovered that it was actually 1981. Would probably flesh it out with Slowdive from Siouxsie and a whole bunch of songs like Centrefold by The J. Geils Bands.
93 chic- i feel your love comin on
think this might be the last great chic song.
92 esg- dance
scroggins is a good name, sounds like a beano name.thewarn and theShipment this'd this
91 rhys chatham- drastic classicism for electric instruments
sounds like something that will finish quickly, they aren't gonna be able to keep this pace up.
good thread
probably won't contribute anything else, but yeah, good thread
I find the early 80s are bone dry for me
My record collection is sparse and so are my mp3s from 81-84 ish, but the stuff I do have from that time is actually all pretty good.
Yeah - a pretty strong, and ecclectic selection so far.
I'll be adding these to my own 82 playlist.
- Gorkys_Forever and sartana this'd this
90 patrice rushen- forget me nots
should have put this in the *SAXOPHONE SOLO* thread too.
89 the psychedelic furs- love my way
good song to get out of bed to.robluvsnic and oceanRain this'd this
86 marvin gaye - sexual feeling
oooh i'm hot just like an oven, i need some lovin'
if this were best opening lines of 1982...
88 mandre- i'm on your frequency
sound quality is poor here, still love it doe.
next one is 84!
i have 100 songs to count down.
last one was 88, so the next one will be 87.thewarn and Infinite_Jest this'd this
But only one from furryfan
His countdown, innit.
Oh I'm really thick
sorry Furryfan, completely got wrong end of the stick. Furryfan- do continue...
no worries, i should have been clearer.
all good fun.
87 j. griffin- rock attack
mmm electro funk.
86 fatback- on the floor
prefer this to the j lo w/ pitbull song of the same name, it seems like every chart song has that crappy trance sound for years now. funk is better.
85 edwin birdsong- she's wrapped too tight (she's a button buster)
sounds like one of the dealers in breaking bad after snorting some up- tight, tight, tight.
Here's my top 5 I think
1. The Fall - The Classical
2. Dead Kennedys - Moon Over Marin
3. REM - Carnival of Sorts (Box Cars)
4. Gang Of Four - To Hell With Poverty
5. Devo - Time Out For Fun
enjoy seeing
all your '82 best ofs.
84 gary numan- a dream of siam
think this is where pino palladino started his recording career. one of the most interesting discographies. liked his stuff with d'angelo, de la soul, badu, bilal, common.
have you heard the rh factor album hard groove?
pino's on there with some cool guests. used to like that, should dig it out again.
Yeah Ive heard it but its been a long while.
I remember liking it at the time. I heard his one from last year was great too, need to check that still.
roy hargrove
is one cool dude.
83 iggy pop- platonic
new-wave iggy, sweet keys here.
82 antena- achilles
saw this labelled electro-samba, a bit shoreditch twat on paper. is actually delightful.
Haven't heard of half these bands, tbh
But your profile, Mr furryfan, has gone way up in my estimation. Don't keep us in suspense. Keep it coming!
it's difficult to go any faster,
with work, life and that.
81 george clinton- atomic dog
been sampled on 7 different ice cube tunes, nearly got a full album there.fatlewis, theShipment, and Silkyskillz11 this'd this
My top 5
Dream Syndicate - The Days of Wine & Roses
Blue Orchids - Release
The Gun Club - Carry Home
Orange Juice - Dying Day
The Associates - Party Fears Two
80 freeez- one to one
check the scat near the end, dude's feeling it. can't blame him, drummer is laying it down.
79 shockabilly- psychotic reaction
unhinged. the door is not attached to it's frame. that guitar playing, damn.
I really like the Shockabilly I've heard
this song is also good
78 loose end- in the sky
kind of smooth, kind of tuff.
77 the clash- should i stay or should i go
great piece of song-writing, so simple and punchy.
gonna name
these classic acts, mere pbh?
76 forrrce- keep on dubbin
some authentic dub leaves me a bit cold, feels joyless. is a winner when alloyed with wacky funk disco here.
One of Francois K's finest moments.
Beautifully weird.
75 carly simon- why
different sound for chic, a bit looser.
74 todd rundgren- chant
weird motivational hi-nrg. just be true to your own vision, this is your personal decision. dunno if the superfluous words are meant to be funny.
Great Todd track
That's one Todd album I am not so familiar with. It's not on Spotify, and I've yet to track it down.anal_schwarzenegger this'd this
73 the salsoul orchestra feat. loleatta holloway- seconds
swan song for salsoul, a pity with the updated sound working like this.
I'll bite
Man Parrish "Hip Hop Be Bop (Don't Stop)" (I'm expecting this to be number one on your list)
Japan "Ghosts" (second on your list!)
Visage "Night Train"
Cocteau Twins "Wax and Wane"
The Descendents "Hope"
Soft Cell "Torch"
Bauhaus "All We Ever Wanted Was Everything"
Dexy's "The Celtic Soul Brothers"
Marshall Crenshaw "Rockin Around in NYC"
The Au Pairs "Stepping Out of Line"
Afrika Bambaataa "Planet Rock"
The Minutemen "The Anchor"
Adam Ant "Desperate But Not Serious"
The Cure "One Hundred Years"
Elvis Costello "Man Out of Time"
Laurie Anderson "O Superman"
Cybotron "Cosmic Cars"
Joe Jackson "Steppin Out"
Prefab Sprout "Lions In My Own Garden"
Grandmaster Flash "The Message"oceanRain and Gorkys_Forever this'd this
Wait, Planet Rock was '82?
Whack it straight in at #3 on my list. I'll have Man Parrish somewhere in the top 15 as well.
72 ike yard- loss
reminds me of leftfield phat planet.
71 michael jackson- thriller
surprised this ain't been mentioned yet. you know what it do.
Hard to deny yeah.
Just class all the way. Probably could have picked 7 of the 9 tracks to go here tbf, maybe you will have more MJ to come?
PYT is that one, for me.
'fraid there's no more mj to come-
1 song per act.
70 stone- girl i like the way that you move
vibes, scratching, all but the kitchen sink. beast of a groove.
69 testpattern- modern living
some of the synth squeals, but still sounds so chilled.
68 cameo- flirt
squelchy keys and crunchy drums yeeeah.
- Gorkys_Forever and furryfan this'd this
- theShipment, Gorkys_Forever, and Silkyskillz11 this'd this
67 the b-52's- deep sleep
would love to hear this through a nice system, super production by david byrne.
Me loves Planet Claire
Was in the 6th grade when debut record came out.
Always wanted to dig into the b-52's
think i might now.
Not '82
but Dance This Mess Around = oneathe best songs ever.
Mesopotamia is a really underrated release. One of their best I think.
You have to make sure you get the version with the David Byrne mixes though, it's sooo much better, I have no idea why they didn't like it.
66 bruce springsteen- state trooper
think of bruce as slick, but like this rawness. hell of a howl he's got going here.
65 front 242- least inkling
a lot of electroclash from 20 years later sounds like this.
64 the fearless four- rockin' it (instrumental)
dense production. too much, just wanna wild out every time.
63 wah!- the story of the blues
gloriously overblown, but utterly sincere. check the backing singer.
MY top 5
Black Flag - TV Party
Stevie Nicks - Edge Of Seventeen
Abba - The Day Before You Came
Hall & Oates - Maneater
Echo & The Bunnymen - The Cutter
62 the residents- mousetrap
a little serious, a little funny.
61 tom waits- broken bicycles
the cricket and train sounds end this nicely.
60 sun ra and his outer space arkestra- nuclear war
oh what you gonna do? about your arse?
59 the cold crew- rappin christmas
as my guy went to jump in the sleigh, i saw a black limo come and take it away. i say hey saint nick what is the deal? he said reaganonomics and yes it's for real. you know what they've taken from me? they took my pride and my dignity. they took my reindeer, they took my box.
58 dexys midnight runners- come on eileen
love the tempo changes in this, so joyous.Silkyskillz11 this'd this
- anal_schwarzenegger this'd this
no longer able to objectively judge it
it's just the soundtrack to a thousand shit nights outthewarn this'd this
impressive to polarize opinions
after 30 years.
57 kalyanji anandji- tu kya jane
intense. movie looks hilarious.
56 isolierband- kontrolle
not sure how this works- cold synth, jangle and rock. ends up sounding like a natural fit.
55 a certain ratio- crystal
calming rhythm, then menacing and back to calming. like being in a cult for a few minutes.
54 kurtis blow- juice
really fun. nice verse about the guitar that's from world war 3 or been run over by a car.
53 brian eno- tal coat
much busier than i'd expect ambient to be, lush.
52 george thorogood and the destroyers- bad to the bone
derivative, but carries it off with a lot of swagger.
51 instant funk- why don't you think about me
bass is live on this. echoey claps and screaming synth too. woooo.
'82 in Detroit...
a young gal I worked with turned me on to Dirty Mind, The Time & more including the radio dj Electrifyin' Mojo. For the next few years (until NWA and gangsta shit) it was nothing but funk & 12" singles. Mojo and his Midnight Funk Association radio show made B52s, Kraftwerk, even Was/Not Was black radio staples.
that is cool.
the first-wave detroit techno guys all name-check mojo.
50 little john and billy boyo- bushmaster connection
not many tunes this old make me screw up face like this. that ray gun noise, sheesh.
49 visage- the damned don't cry
sounds like the intro gave orbital the idea for chime. derrick may's keys sound like this too.RockyORourke this'd this
Nice to see Visage sneak into the top 50
Though I'm still saying that "Night Train" is the money track!
this thread is awesome
Props FF.
More vids of people in trench coats walking through fog please.
here you go...
19 seconds in is your money shot. he's running then falling, hope that's ok. not sure if he's meant to be a person or vampire?
48 zapp- dance floor
sexual music. slap, squelch, squeal.
Jesus Christ I love Zapp
and this I'd line of their best. RIP Roger Troutman.
Excellent call.
47 devo- explosions
tight. use of the call and response backing singers is crazy.Icarus-Smicarus this'd this
46 tony grey and the ozimba messengers- you are the one
for the dancers, you can step to this. great even with muddy sound quality.
45 gwen guthrie- peek a boo
that stutter beat still sound next, the beep too.
44 certain general- holiday of love
sounds effortlessly great, even that mad guitar at the end feels breezy.
43 einsturzende neubauten- rivieradub
said the ike yard joint sounded like leftfield phat planet. this one sounds like a harder version of dave clarke's phat planet remix, which is a different thing altogether. brutal.
42 elektrik funk- on a journey (instrumental)
nice combination of in your face insistent and spaced out.
41 jonzun crew- pack jam
a couple of breaks near the end sound new jack swing-y.
40 the cure- cold
down, but sorta euphoric too. deep production.
there are at least three other tracks from Pornography that I'd pick over Cold.
Not that I think it's a bad song — far from it! It's just that One Hundred Years and A Strange Day, in particular, are such fantastic tracks that I don't know how anyone could pass over them.
cold is my favourite on pornography. to each their own, s'ppose.
39 z'ev- wipe out
propulsive and nasty.
38 captain sinbad- wa dat
beautiful minimal weirdness. love how it unfurls, especially the little horn bit.
Hoping to see some more Dancehall cuts higher up?
37 chris and cosey- impulse
not far off some electro funk of the same time, just darker. wonder if anyone tried breaking to it.
I can't believe I have never heard this track
It's seriously good.
sticky this mofo already
36 yazoo- don't go
the drum machine intro to blue monday sounds like the outro of this, from 2 mins 15.
35 the fall- fortress/ deer park
the organ doesn't go anywhere, but adds so much.
The organ is ridiculously infectious.
34 new order- temptation
mmm ravey and balearic.
Start again please.
33 grace jones- unlimited capacity for love
deceptively slick, so much going on.
the youtube video
32 depeche mode- leave in silence
super boyband style singing.
31 willie nelson- always on my mind
can imagine people finding this schmaltzy.
I don't know...
I think a cover version has to be pretty damn strong to keep company in a list like this. Not sure that Willie's version is doing enough to make it - for me.
No problem with the schmaltz though.
favourite version of the song,
out of the ones i've heard. do like the erlend oye one as well, is very different though.
30 grandmaster flash and the furious five- the message
beat is cold. zonin' to the little drum rolls.
gotta be sub 30 surely!
But who am I to say? This thread is solid.
29 planet patrol- play at your own risk
poppin music with a high pitched man.
28 robert wyatt- shipbuilding
great instrumentation here, late night sounds.
Forgot this was 82
Another great call. One of the most beautiful, and poetic antiwar songs ever written.
Are you planning to do another year after this? I'll miss it when it's gone.
glad you're enjoying it,
i'd like to do another, but might need a break.
Cool - well deserved.
If you want to collaborate on another year - let me know. Two hands make light work and all that.
every DiSer who wants in should pick a year
and do a top 100, chronologically from the first year picked
...of course this would never work
aye this song is cracking
(but still think temptation is min of top 3)
27 prince- 1999
it is on with the intro, pure serotonin.
dunno what that means, but sounds cool.
you got to choose the song for that situation, like a boxer into the ring?
I really hope that's true
Coming out macking
High school is like 9-12 grade in the US. (college/uni? after that)
So I graduated high school in 99 and this was the song they used for all the graduation parties and festivities and such. Basically I have loads of teenage memories attached to it.
26 cybotron- cosmic cars
incredible use of car horn as a musical instrument.
25 john cooper clarke- i wanna be yours
end of the pier, waltz type of thing.
still plenty of songs
to go.
24 ozone- funkin on the one
like the high-pitched funkin on the one, followed by the manly, shouted FONK.Gorkys_Forever and furio this'd this
like to think of myself as a Funky guy
but never heard this.
OOO yeah.
do be do be doo
Lovin this too.
Like a cross between Zapp and Cameo - and Newcleus.
23 lee van cleef- spot and beat the banker
monster sound, would love to hear this on stacked stacks.
22 universal robot band- barely breaking even
sure this could destroy the right dancefloor. smasher, but classy.
21 steel pulse- your house
his voice is great, as is the riddim. another one with nice details, listen for when the synth goes on one for a few seconds.
20 les yeux interdits- prison
mans voice is stern. keyboards sounds more human than him.
19 soft verdict- invader
would like to hear an mc on this, maybe trim.
Especially alongside that video.
To be honest thought - it's not really that innovative as a track (maybe if it was a sixties release) - but it does seem reminiscent of the age. Those afternoons playing Berzerk on my mates Atari 2600.
furry - I've said it already - but this thread is amazing work.
I would
But most of this shit isn't on Spotify! (I've checked).
18 rick james- 69 times
neck snap bass and spine tingling strings.
Sugarhill Gang- Apache
17 neil young- sample and hold
studio version has terrible sound quality on youtube, here's a good live version. trans makes me happy.
16 eurythmics- sweet dreams
wiki says this came out 4th jan 83, but discogs says 82. i dunno, maybe there was a promo in 82.
15 steve miller band- abracadabra
isn't that rowdy, but gets me hyped. is taut.
Tunes + Memories
Quality thread.
'Tenterhook' Orange Juice
'Hurt' New Order
'Objection Overruled' Gregory Isaacs
'Walking on Sunshine' Rockers Revenge
'Faithless' Scritti Politti
'Keep On' D Train
98 is wicked. This could have graced Top 10. Saw them a few years later in Brixton. Blew my mind.
that's very cool to have seen trouble funk,
didn't know they'd toured outside america. apparently they play islington in march.
14 peech boys- don't make me wait
the music and lyrics have a nagging quality. bass is sexy.
13 klein & mbo- dirty talk
hip-shaker. about as house as it gets before house.
12 orange juice- rip it up
love the gloopy bass. at points the guitar sounds nicely aquatic too, bit like shuggie otis.
11 martin dupont- your passion
so much amazing weirdness in this... the reverb clap, the woman and man teutonic voices, those mmm's, the chilled alarm thing ringing out, synths seem to gel it, wow when the wind instrument thing comes in.
10 quadrant six- body mechanic
euphoric electro. wish this was the chart sound now, instead of crap 90s trance knockoffs.
Top Ten - things are hotting up!
Love this track. I guess 82 was the year of Electro afterall.
8 indeep- last night a dj saved my life
great singing, breezy but with range. cool guitar-line too.
7 sylvester and patrick cowley- do ya wanna funk?
what a combo, rollercoaster hi-nrg and gospel-good voice.
6 afrika bambaataa and the soul sonic force- planet rock
famous production, love the back and forth hype vocals too.
5 twilight ritual- webb men
synths are singing. emotional electro.
4 the clean- point that thing somewhere else
driving and a bit trippy too.Gorkys_Forever and furio this'd this
3 gil scott-heron- black history/ the world
strange not to hear this in any of the gil tributes, being the last track on last album before the lost years and so good. the words, bass, all the instruments actually, that jaw-dropping segue, amazing singing with echo. super production.
2 man parrish- hip hop, be bop (don't stop)
feeling all the reverb, there's a quiet bit that doesn't sound a million miles off dub.
Would have been number 1 for me - but can't argue
It's just an astonishing track I think. It came out of Electro, but gives so much more. I think it was of the first electronic dance tracks I can think of that has a warmth. It showed the way, I think.
And christ it still sounds great.
much gold in this thread
aah yes excellent song,and released in 1982 doncha know?
1 i level- 3 a.m. (give me)
hearing this is an instant party. so ballin, that bass. well worth the wait for the vocal.
nice one i-s,
i enjoyed it.
excellent thread
truly excellent
Great work - straight out of the top drawer
furryfan - just come back from Paris, so wasn't around for the finale - but this was a superb list. A list among lists. Looking forward to the next one.
I had started to put this together as a Spotify playlist - which involved downloading quite a few of the tracks that a missing.
Any objections if I share it hear?
Jesus - I'm a dyslexic cnut
I really need to get myself tested.
i wanna go the edward hopper exhibition in paris.
spotify playlist sounds cool sartana, no objections here.
massive attack played the man parrish joint on 6 mix last night. good listen and iplayer-able for a week.
Here is the playlist.
Enjoy, and all props to furry.


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The next version of Novell's Suse Linux Enterprise Server will focus on migration technologies and virtualisation, in order to entice users from Unix and take market share from Red Hat, according to a roadmap announced at the company's BrainShare meeting in Salt Lake City. Version 11 of SLES is not due until the middle of 2009, but Novell has announced six main 'themes' for the release, including mission critical servers, virtualisation, interoperability, green IT, Unix migration and desktop Linux. Speaking of SUSE, openSUSE 11.0 alpha 3 has been released.


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You're thinking about stat pools incorrectly. It functions in a much more simplistic manner than IVs in Pokemon.
Each pet has a stat pool. The size of this pool is based on two characteristics: Pet level and pet rarity. All pets that share the same level and rarity share the same stat pool.
Its from this pool that a pet's abilities are derived. The stat pool may be allocatted differently among different pets: You may encounter pets that favor speed over health, or variants of that same type of pet with a more even distribution of thier stat pool, that favor no one stat above the other. But as long as the pets share the same level and rarity, there is no difference in the size of the pool their abilities are derived from. From the perspective you are considering, no pet is better than any other pet of the same rarity and level.


text: Free New Joe Bonamassa Tracks 02.25.2013 Don't forget, you can download a free song from Joe Bonamassa's funky new album, Rock Candy Funk Party, at Joe's website. You can also download a preview song, "Athens to Athens," from the upcoming DVD, An Acoustic Evening at the Vienna Opera House. Bonamassa will be performing a series of shows in London next month at the Borderline, the Hammersmith Apollo, and the Royal Albert Hall--all of them performance halls that Bonamassa played on his way up to stardom. All of the shows will be filmed for DVD release later this year. Be sure to get to your authorized Epiphone dealer now to grab one of Epiphone's Ltd. Ed. Joe Bonamassa Les Paul Goldtops which are now on an extended limited run. Check out our exclusive interview with Joe from last summer when stopped by Epiphone to try out his signature Les Paul and to talk about his heroes.


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From MVC to MOVE
Conrad Irvin has a nice post on how to fix some of the problems with the ubiquitous MVC ("Model View Controller") architecture that's used in so many user interface frameworks, from rich clients to web apps.
He calls the model MOVE, i.e Models, Operations, Views and Events: his Models capture the information in the application, Views render it and, when the user interacts with a View, raise Events that are received by Operations that modify the Model.
In InfoGrid, we obviously use the word model more precisely by distinguishing what we call a model (the schema) and the graph of objects (the data) — together what he calls the Model.
Viewlets are exactly what he means with a View.
Where it's getting interesting is Operations and Events: since the InfoGrid HttpShell has been supporting HttpShellHandlers, these handlers are almost exactly what he describes as operations. We can think of the symbolic names of handlers as used in a JSP page as the Events in his model, and the binding of symbolic names to handlers as the mapping between Events and Operations.
So we like his description of an improved MVC model, and offer an example where it has been implemented.


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From Openmoko
Packages for development
The knjRepository includes the following interesting packages:
- php526 - PHP 5.2.6 CLI support, which enables you to write CLI-scripts for your OpenMoko. It also includes PDO (SQLite3) support.
- php526-gtk2 - PHP-GTK enables you to write GTK-applications in PHP.
- ruby1.8 - Enables you to use Ruby scripts on your OpenMoko.
- libgtk2-ruby1.8 - Enables Ruby to use Gtk.
- libsqlite3-ruby1.8 - Enables you to use SQLite3-databases in Ruby.
- libglade2-ruby1.8 - Enables you to use Glade with Gtk-applications in Ruby.
(and a lot of other Ruby-extensions like SOAP and WSDL)
Application packages
- knjMokoWifi - An application for configuring the wireless interface in the OpenMoko-phone. It works with WPA, WEP and no-encryption. It supports profiles, so you dont have to remember passwords for each wireless accesspoint you come across. It is written in PHP-GTK. Furthermore it can disable the routing-gateway on the USB-networking-interface, making the default gateway wifi. It can also start a DHCP-request getting an IP and so on for the wireless interface.
How to use
You can configure your phone to use the repository by doing the following:
wget http://downloads.kaspernj.org/openmoko/repository/knjrepository.conf -O /etc/opkg/knjrepository.conf
opkg update
(ignore the signature errors)
Then if you want to install PHP-GTK, you can do this:
opkg install php526 php526-gtk2
Or if you want Ruby with Gtk-support:
opkg install ruby1.8 libgtk2-ruby1.8 libglade2-ruby1.8 libsqlite3-ruby
Made by
The repository has been set up and is maintained by Kasper Johansen.


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Motor Fuel Tax
Amounts Distributed to Cities and to All Local Governments,
by County, Calendar Year 1995
All motor fuel taxes are collected by the state and
distributed among state and local governmental units by
statutory formula. These amounts are required by the Ohio
Constitution to be used for highway purposes.
In calendar year 1995, distributions to local governments
from the motor fuel tax amounted to $299,305,293. Of this
amount, $128,150,817 went to municipalities (cities received
$110,428,407), $59,876,571 to townships, and $111,277,904 to
county governments. An additional $57,122,890 was transferred
to the Local Transportation Improvement Program Fund. That
amount is for allocation on a per capita basis to district
public works integrating committees to fund grants to local
subdivisions for projects approved by the district committees
and the Ohio Public Works Commission. Including the Local
Transportation Improvement Program Fund amount, local
governments received approximately 28.3 percent of total
motor fuel tax receipts (25.0 percent excluding the Local
Transportation Improvement Program Fund); the remainder is
used for statewide highway purposes.
The statutory distribution formula for the motor fuel tax is
as follows:
2 cents per gallon levy from the Gasoline Excise Tax
15 cents per gallon levy from the State and Local
Government Highway Distribution Fund:
The other 3 cents-per-gallon tax is used for state
highway purposes.
The table mv2 shows the amounts distributed to Ohio's
municipalities while table mv3 is a compilation of the
amounts distributed to all Ohio's local governments, by
These figures have been compiled from records of the Ohio
Department of Taxation.


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text: The Netherlands proposes changes to dividend withholding tax Global Tax Alert Share this 24 MAY 2017 By: Jian-Cheng Ku Tim Mulder The Dutch government has released an attractive proposal to fully exempt withholding tax on dividends paid to non-resident shareholders in treaty countries provided certain conditions are met. Many multinational enterprises should be able to benefit from this exemption. In addition, the proposal brings certain Dutch cooperatives into the scope of the Dutch dividend withholding tax rules. On May 16, 2017, the Dutch government released a public consultation for the previously announced legislative proposals. The Dutch government intends to have the new changes to the Dutch Dividend Withholding Tax Act (DWTA) enter into force on January 1, 2018. Expansion of full dividend withholding tax exemption The Dutch government proposes to expand the withholding tax exemption for dividends distributed by Dutch companies where their non-resident shareholder is an entity that: holds an interest of at least 5 percent in the Dutch company and resides (for tax treaty purposes) in a jurisdiction that has concluded a tax treaty including a dividend clause with the Netherlands. In addition, a new anti-abuse rule will be introduced in the DWTA, according to which the exemption will not apply if: the interest is held with the principal purpose, or one of the principal purposes, of avoiding dividend withholding tax from being levied and the interest is part of an artificial structure or transaction or series of transactions, which will be the case if there is no valid business reasons. The anti-abuse provision is in line with the general anti-abuse provision in the EU Parent-Subsidiary Directive (EU PSD). The proposed rules further clarify that there are valid business reasons in the situation where the non-resident shareholder carries out a business to which the interest can be attributed. There are also valid business reasons if the non-resident shareholder functions as an intermediate holding company (for an indirect shareholder that carries out a business), that meets the relevant substance requirements set out in the Dutch rules in the country of establishment. The current substance requirements, which have already taken effect from January 1, 2016, will be expanded with two further requirements. Under the amended rules, non-resident shareholders that function as intermediate holding companies must, among other things, have: a payroll expense of at least €100,000 related to the intermediate holding activities and premises at their disposal (for a period of at least 24 months) in the country of establishment from which they actually carry out their intermediate holding activities. Examples − how will the proposed rules apply? The next examples illustrate some possibilities for multinational companies to benefit from the proposed expansion of the dividend withholding tax exemption. Example 1: Restructuring Canadian investments in Europe Under the proposed rules, Canadian investments into Europe could be structured via the Netherlands to allow dividends to be repatriated tax-free to Canadian shareholders. Figure 1 Under the structure illustrated in Figure 1, dividends distributed by the EU company should be exempt under the EU PSD assuming certain conditions are fulfilled. Dividends received and future capital gains should be fully exempt from Dutch corporate income tax (CIT). Under the new proposal, dividends distributed by the Dutch company to the Canadian company should in principle be exempt of Dutch dividend withholding tax because Canada has a qualifying tax treaty with the Netherlands, which includes a dividend clause, and provided that the Canadian company conducts a material business enterprise or fulfills, as an intermediate holding company (that meets all the relevant substance conditions), a linking function between the indirect shareholder that conducts a material business enterprise and the Dutch company. Similar benefits are available for shareholders residing in one of the approximately 100 countries with which the Netherlands concluded a tax treaty. Example 2: Bypassing the United States – Netherlands tax treaty LOB requirements Figure 2 illustrates an example where the proposed exemption from withholding tax is useful for US shareholders. The tax treaty between the Netherlands and the US provides for an exemption from dividend withholding tax in the Netherlands but, assume for purposes of this example, the US company does not qualify for treaty benefits under the LOB provisions. Figure 2 Dividend distributions from the Mexican company to the Dutch company should under certain conditions be exempt from dividend withholding tax. Dividends received and future capital gains should be fully exempt from Dutch CIT. Dividends distributed by the Dutch company to the US company should, in principle, be exempt under the expanded Dutch withholding tax exemption provided that the conditions for the proposed exemption are met. This should be the case for US tax resident companies conducting a material business because the US has concluded a tax treaty with the Netherlands which includes the requisite dividend clause. The LOB provision and the 12-month holding requirement in the tax treaty between the US and the Netherlands should be no longer relevant, as the dividend withholding tax exemption applies under domestic law. New withholding tax obligation for Dutch "holding cooperatives" The Dutch government has previously announced that it wants to bring the treatment of Dutch cooperatives more in line with the treatment of Dutch NVs and BVs. In order to achieve this objective the Dutch government has proposed changes to bring certain Dutch cooperatives into the scope of the Dutch dividend withholding tax rules if both of the below conditions are met: the cooperative is a "holding cooperative" − ie, its actual activities in the year preceding the profit distribution consisted primarily (ie, for 70 percent or more) of the holding of participations or the direct or indirect financing of related entities or individuals and the members of the cooperative have "qualifying membership rights" − ie, membership rights that grant an entitlement of at least 5 percent of the annual profits or at least 5 percent of the liquidation profits. In assessing whether there is a qualifying membership right, the membership rights of a member and the entities and individuals related to that member will be taken into account. Non-holding or "real" cooperatives (cooperatives running a business enterprise and/or with a large group of members) will remain exempt from dividend withholding tax. Companies that currently operate a Dutch cooperative in the Netherlands should carefully review the potential impact of these proposed new rules to their structure. It is expected that private equity and similar structures could be particularly affected by these proposed rules. The draft explanatory notes state that, under some circumstances, it is conceivable that a cooperative used in private equity structures would not qualify as a "holding cooperative." This could be the case because of factors such as the number of employees, office premises, and the active involvement of employees in the underlying business of the participation held by the cooperative. Timing The public consultation is expected to be completed on June 13, 2017 and the final bill will be presented on or around Budget Day (September 19, 2017). The intention of the Dutch government is to have the new changes to the DWTA enter into force on January 1, 2018. Comments The proposed rules provide for more flexibility for multinationals doing business in or through the Netherlands to facilitate dividend repatriation free of dividend withholding tax. The Dutch government expects that multinational enterprises will benefit from the expansion of the dividend withholding exemption for a total of €30 million per year. More importantly, together with the existing withholding tax exemption for interest and royalties, this change is expected to further strengthen the Netherlands as an attractive holding company location offering additional flexibility in terms of repatriating profits in a post-BEPS environment. The proposed rules are particularly interesting for companies that wish to make foreign investments in or through the Netherlands for example, in the European Union. In the latter, income derived by Dutch companies from other European subsidiaries should benefit from European Directives and dividends received and capital gains should benefit from the participation exemption under Dutch domestic law. Furthermore, the dividend withholding tax exemption applies to many investors into the Netherlands without having to meet some of the stringent conditions under tax treaties, such as the LOB requirements in the treaty between the US and the Netherlands, or remit income to a domestic bank account. Contact any of the authors to find out more about the implications of this development.


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Franklin County property owners will have fresh valuations this summer, when the Auditor's Office wraps up its triennial update.
Franklin County property owners will have fresh valuations this summer, when the Auditor's Office wraps up its triennial update.
Auditor Clarence Mingo said his office is in the midst of reviewing market data on 438,000 properties -- residential, commercial, industrial and agricultural.
It is a different process than the reappraisal, also held every three years, which involves physical inspection of the exterior of most properties in the county.
"It's still a challenge," Mingo said of the triennial update, "because we're looking at sales neighborhood by neighborhood, street by street, and we're making adjustments neighborhood by neighborhood, street by street."
There's a difference between market value and the appraised value listed by the Auditor's Office, which uses the valuation for tax purposes.
The office will host town hall meetings throughout the county at the end of June and in early July, when valuation numbers become more clear.
Property owners will receive their new tentative values in August. From Aug. 25 through Sept. 25, property owners will have an informal opportunity to contest the auditor's valuation.
The office will decide within 60 days if any adjustments are necessary, Mingo said. Further protests from property owners can be made through the Board of Revision.
On a related note, the Board of Revision filing period ended March 31 with about 4,400 complaints, a 20-percent decrease in the number of property value challenges from the previous year.
There were 5,270 complaints in 2012 and 11,385 in 2011, following the three-year reappraisal. Mingo said most of those were from commercial property owners.
Whereas home property values fell, those of commercial properties -- or rental properties -- increased dramatically, he said.
Mingo said the market is simply correcting itself. Between 2005 and 2008, property values remained unchanged under then county auditor Joe Testa.
"I think that's why in 2011 there was such a shock in values dropping," Mingo said.


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Happy Pi Day!
It's Pi Day! We're not sure how the mathematical constant is celebrating, but for us here at Sesame Workshop it's a great opportunity to look back at Philip Glass' "Geometry of Circles," an animated short from 1979 set to the music of the famous minimalist composer. Using interesting animated shorts like "Geometry of Circles" to explain mathematical concepts is just one of the ways we help prepare children for their primary and secondary education. The origins of a child's ability to understand complex concepts like pi (when you think about it, the notion of a number with an infinite decimal representation is, in the truest sense of the word, awesome) lies in the introduction to numeracy and basic mathematics that Sesame Street strives to provide.
Happy Pi Day! There ain't no party like an irrational number party because an irrational number party don't stop (literally).


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2011-07-20 / Obituaries
Josephine Rinaldo Smith, music lover, teacher and one of Babylon's 100 Most Influential People
Shortly before her death, Josephine Rinaldo is longtime neighbor and friend Maggie Shaw visited her at Consolation Home in West Islip. The two were active in the Babylon Chorale and someone asked them if they sang.
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Light 'em up: Labor Club to allow smoking after 2-month ban
Smokers savored their cigarettes inside the Labor Club on Tuesday after the bar decided to reverse its two-month-old ban on smoking.
The Club went smoke free on April 1, and since then bar owner Kerry Anderson said the Club took a 40 percent hit in sales.
"It's all business," Anderson said. "We gave it a fair shot and it lasted for two months of the worst sales I've ever had in the history of my business here. It was worse than I ever expected to be. So all these people who tell you to go smoke free and business will pick up, it's false in the bar business."
Anderson said the bar was back in the range of its previous sales in just one day.
Around the time the Labor Club went smoke free, members at the Eagles Aerie voted to make the club another smoke-free establishment.
Eagles manager Rich Hass said the club has taken also lost sales since going smoke free, but not to the extent of the Labor Club.
"We felt it, but we won't switch back, I'm sure," Hass said. "We've got a different deal going too; we've got food here and a bunch of other things. The bar business isn't our only thing."
If the Eagles were to end the indoor smoking ban, it would have to be brought up on the floor and voted on during a regular meeting of members.
Anderson, who is not a smoker himself, said he'd prefer to see a smoke-free initiative on the ballot in November, because if it passed, it would even the playing field between competing bars.
"When we're city-wide or state-wide and everybody's on the same page, it'll be a whole new ball game," he said.


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I came across this poem about pet loss, and I thought it was beautiful.
We Have a Secret
We have a secret, you and I
that no one else shall know,
for who but I can see you lie
each night in fire glow?
And who but I can reach my hand
before we go to bed
and feel the living warmth of you
and touch your silken head?
And only I walk woodland paths
and see ahead of me,
your small form racing with the wind
so young again, and free.
And only I can see you swim
in every brook I pass
and when I call, no one but I
can see the bending grass.
-Author Unknown


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Positive Thinkers Toastmasters Club, chartered in 1981, is excited to be celebrating it's 36th anniversary this 2016 - 2017 year. We meet every Tuesday evening from 7:30pm - 9:30pm at the Roundhouse Community Centre.
Our club members of various ages and backgrounds, ethnic cultures and countries meet weekly to provide opportunities for better communication and leadership skills. Learn to present and polish your leadership skills in this safe, fun and inclusive club with the support of positive, welcoming peers.
FREE to visit! No tickets or registration required - just show up! Arrive by 7:15 so we can meet you before the meeting start time.
Experienced professionals and beginner speakers alike will benefit from our practical, face-to-face learning program. Whether you're speaking to students, the board of directors, your customers, your co-workers or your kids, Toastmasters can help you do it better. You'll learn and practice in a friendly, comfortable environment with people who are there for the same reason you are—to become better communicators and leaders.
At Toastmasters, members learn by speaking to groups and working with others in a supportive environment. Positive Thinkers Toastmasters Club meets once a week for two hours. Each meeting gives everyone an opportunity to practice conducting meetings, giving impromptu speeches, presenting prepared speeches, offering constructive evaluation, giving inspirations, and testing jokes.
Getting here:
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- Underground parking at the Roundhouse costs $4.00 for the evening after 6pm
- There is some nearby street parking available
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- Roundhouse is located across the street from the Canada Line Yaletown-Roundhouse Station. Just 2 stops from Waterfront, or 1 stop from Georgia & Granville.
3. Community Bus:
- Take Bus#C23 DAVIE for 10 min from Main Street SkyTrain (to Pacific & Davie)
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First, there are only 3 BCAAs in your list--valine, leucine, and iso-leucine--the rest are essential amino acids.
Second, BCAAs are abundantly available in whole, unprocessed foods such as muscle tissue and milk products. Consuming a high quality, hydrolyzed BCAA supplement is only "riskier" than, say, a steak because of the manufacturing process and inclusion of artificial sweeteners and preservatives involved in creating the supplement.
Third, appropriate supplement loading will still comprise only a fraction of the necessary BCAA intake required to preserve or build muscle mass. For a moderate sized woman (say, 130lbs), most nutrition coaches will recommend a peri-workout drink containing about 5g of BCAAs, possibly in combination with an insulinogenic carb like maltodextrin. This might fit in with a total daily BCAA intake of 10-20+ grams, depending on the athlete's goals. So it's not outrageous or out of line with dietary needs.
Could you accomplish the same results with whole foods? Sure, but it's harder to digest a chicken breast mid-lifts than to sip a workout drink. If you're feeling risk-averse, keep your total daily protein intake high--about 1-1.2g of protein per pound of lean body mass. Take in about 20-30g of protein with about 40-60g of nutritious carve within the half hour post-workout and you'll get a nice insulin response to fill your weary muscles. You could always take an unflavoured BCAA, but they're really acrid...they taste like aspirin!
Just don't lend credence to the locker room BS in the bodybuilding link about liver wasting. It's bunk. Check out the link below for some substantiated views. The author is a Johns Hopkns RD and the company owner is a PhD in nutritional biochemistry whose PhD research focused on nutrient timing and peri-workout supplementation. They train professional and Olympic athletes, many of whom are female.
Hope this assuaged your conscience.
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Hart warns City not to dwell on Sunderland setback
NORWICH, United Kingdom (AFP) –
Joe Hart has told his Manchester City team-mates to forget about their defeat to Sunderland and focus on getting their title ambitions back on track at Norwich on Saturday.
The Premier League champions trail seven points behind leaders Manchester United after the 1-0 defeat to Sunderland on Wednesday and now face a tricky trip to take on giant-killers Norwich at Carrow Road.
Norwich have already beaten Arsenal and Manchester United this season and another surprise win could deal a hammer blow to City's title hopes.
But England goalkeeper Hart insists it is still possible to win the title, as City clawed back a similar lead last term and eventually overhauled United on the final day of the season.
"We've had leads, United have had the lead, it's to-ing and fro-ing at the moment," he said.
"We're a team of winners, it's hard and it hurts but we've got to move on. It is hard to lead and it is hard to chase too.
"We've clawed points back before, we proved it at the end of last year. We've just got to believe.
"We are halfway through the season and there is still a very long way to go to the end. We have to go into the next game and give it our best as always.
"You will get setbacks over the season but you have to overcome them and get on with the next match, which we will do.
"It's a very long campaign and there are still a lot of matches and a lot of points to be played for."
Hart shrugged off criticism after the Sunderland defeat that City have taken their foot off the pedal this season, but admits it is tougher as champions.
Teams such as Sunderland have been defending much more against City now they hold the title and that makes it harder for Roberto Mancini's flair players to thrive.
"It's how football goes sometimes. It's not that we didn't try, didn't give 100 per cent, or haven't shown qualities," Hart said.
"It just wasn't there and we need to turn that round quickly. We weren't lacking in effort. We gave it everything but couldn't break through a Sunderland wall."
"We have dominated a lot of games but people play differently against us now.
"We have to adjust to that and hopefully the second half of the season will be better for us."
Mario Balotelli missed the visit to Sunderland with illness and it is not known if he will return for the Norwich trip, while Samir Nasri and Gael Clichy are battling to overcome knocks.
Norwich were beaten 1-0 at home by Chelsea on Wednesday, but Chris Hughton's side will be confident of putting in a better performance against inconsistent City.
"We need to make sure we are right in the game on Saturday," Hughton said. "And if we are that gives us a chance.
"Most people would have expected Man City to have won that game (at Sunderland) because of what they have got and the way they are pushing but Sunderland, on the back of some poor form, are now picking up a little," he said.
"City will want a reaction but we also want a reaction here because although the Chelsea game was a tight one and there is no shame for us in losing to a top, top team, it hurts.
"We want to get back into winning ways and it will be a good opportunity for us."