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What makes the beautiful weather my fellow New Yorkers and I are having right now even better? How about the release of
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that is now available for roughly $7? Ok, so maybe that might be in conflict with one another, but I'll be keeping the windows open and my 360 on to enjoy both in the very same day.
The DLC, entitled
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, introduces a new recruitable and playable character to your squad who is known to be a skilled thief. Commander Shepard is not known for having the most gentlemanly or ladylike companions, so a thief should be a welcomed addition to the crew. A new research upgrade, weapon, and achievement will join the loyalty mission that comes with your new crew member. Expect a review of the DLC from us soon.
Kasumi – Stolen Memory, a new PDLC pack featuring the master thief Kasumi, an all-new playable character in the Mass Effect™ 2 universe, is now available for Xbox 360 for a cost of 560 Microsoft Points and on PC for 560 BioWare points or $7 USD.
Kasumi – Stolen Memory includes:
· The introduction of Kasumi Goto, the galaxy's most enigmatic and cunning master thief.
· The ability to recruit Kasumi in all new missions and option to utilize her special skills as a member of Commander Shepard's squad throughout the entire game.
· Gain Kasumi's loyalty in a dangerous new mission to infiltrate the vault of a deadly master criminal named Donovan Hock to recover data of great importance to Kasumi, and to the galaxy at large.
· A new research upgrade, one new weapon, and a new achievement will also be made available to players.
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In this week's documentary we visit Jerusalem, a city regarded as sacred by three of the world's great religions, Islam, Judaism and Christianity.
We'll follow two people from Wales, a Muslim and a Jew, who are eager to visit the city for different reasons.
Retired restaurant manager Sirujal Islam wants to go to Jerusalem to fulfill the dream of his father, a poor person from Bangladesh, to go on a pilgrimage to one of the most holy places in the world according to Muslim tradition, the Al-Aqsa Mosque. "His faith was strong, and my faith is strong," he says.
Former journalist Mike Joseph wants to see if the vision of his Jewish grandfather, who lived in Germany, that people from several countries could live together in harmony in Jerusalem is now a reality. "I want to see if his dream is possible," says Mike, who last visited Jerusalem back in 1973 when he was a war correspondent during the Yom Kippur war. "Is it possible for people to live here in peace?" he asks.
During the programme we follow Sirujal as he visits the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and Mike's visit to the Wailing Wall, the most sacred place in the world, according to the Jews.
They both face disappointment as firstly Sirujal is refused admission to the Mosque on a Friday as he can't prove that he's a Muslim by reciting a chapter from the Koran. And Mike has a fiery confrontation with a young Zionist who hails from Cardiff near the Wailing Wall. Their argument leaves him shaken. "It reminds me about everything that's dreadful in the history of the world."
It's despair that the producer and director of the programme, Ali Yassine, also feels during the visit.
"The relationship between the different religions in Wales is so different to what you see in Jerusalem," says Ali who's a Muslim. "In Wales, we live in peaceful co-existence and respect each other. In Jerusalem, you can't hide the fact that the Arabs -Christians or Muslims - are being treated as second class citizens. There's no hope while people are being treated like this."
And says Mike, "There's no hope today or for the future."
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In this episode, Horizons presents feature reports on the courage and determination of a mother and son who survive the "Killing Fields" of Cambodia and a popular Brazilian vocalist who is calling Pittsburgh home. Horizons will also touch base with an organization called the Japan-America Society of Pennsylvania and see the work they are doing in the Pittsburgh area.
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Mayas in Georgia?
An article in examiner.com relates that archaeologists believe the ruins at Track Rock Gap near Brass Town Bald may be the site of the fabled Maya city Yupaha.
UPDATE: The release of Richard Thornton's original article on Dec. 21 has brought up a controversy and a second "edition" of comments that puts archaeologists and academics on a defensive about what is proven, what is conjecture, and according to UGA's Mark Williams "what is bunk." (You can read Williams' findings here.)
A Dec. 21 article at examiner.com claims that there is a sophisticated irrigation system, stone masonry walls and and ruins of other stone structures. Though the site has been investigated and crews have been there for years, shared research, rather than hoarded information was instrumental in Cary Waldrup's conclusion presented to the People of One Fire Alliance in July, 2011.
In fact, Mark Williams of UGA and Director of the Lamar Institute surveyed Kenimer Mound, in the Nacoochee Valley in 1999. Though he found that the 5-sided pyramidal mound, which Sautee residents assumed was a wooded hill, is actually partially sculpted out of an existing hill and then sculpted to its final form. Architecturally, very much like Maya construction. He was, however, unable to determine the builders.
Waldrup's report to the People of One Fire members concluded: "Those with experiences at Maya town sites instantly recognized that the Track Rock stone structures were identical in form to numerous agricultural terrace sites in Chiapas, Guatemala, Belize and Honduras. Johannes Loubser's radiocarbon dates exactly matched the diaspora from the Maya lands and the sudden appearance of large towns with Mesoamerican characteristics in Georgia, Alabama and southeastern Tennessee. Track Rock Gap was the "missing link" that archaeologists and architects had been seeking since 1841."
The site is protected by the United States Forestry Service. It is believed to be best viewed during the winter months, but those looking to hike into the site should check weather conditions before setting out.
Sharon Swanepoel
12:55 pm on Monday, December 26, 2011
Wasn't it the Mayas who decided 2012 is it for us, in Georgia and everywhere else?
Gail Moore
1:03 pm on Monday, December 26, 2011
I believe the coincidence of the date that this article was published and that 12/21/2012 is perhaps NOT a coincidence and may be part of what makes this finding/theory/discovery a little bit suspicious.
TwoEagles Solar
10:45 pm on Monday, December 26, 2011
The Mayas were very knowledgeable of space and stars of their time butr for thenm to predict that was the end of everything might be a little far feached for me to swallow as only God knows what will happen to the Earth not the Mayas people ...
Luis Marcos
6:00 am on Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Not one contemporary Maya says that 2012 is the end for Humanity. 2012 marks the end of the long count and we will start a new cycle. Just like we make a new years resolution ever year when the Gregorian calendar ends it's 365 day cycle, the Maya hopes for a better world for every one.


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Brabender yesterday said that the commercial does not specifically mention the word Bonusgate and refers instead to Corbett's overall record on fighting corruption.
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Bexar County detectives are trying to piece together what brought on the sudden, rapid gunfire at the dealership in the 5300 block of N. Foster Road.
The deceased were identified as Larry Williams and Steven McGowen.
Sobbing family members looked for answers. Some were angered by the lack of information at the active crime scene.
Witnesses told investigators there were 7 to 10 shots that rang out just before 3 p.m. Tuesday.
The two men, one of them the operator of the King's Used Car lot, were discovered shot to death while seated at a game of dominoes under a car port.
A third man was taken to San Antonio Military Medical Center. Deputies said he is expected to survive.
Deputies are unsure of what sparked the violence.
Witnesses say they didn't hear any argument before the gunfire erupted.
The Sheriff''s Office is looking for a dark green, or possibly black, sedan, possibly a Toyota or a Honda Accord and two black suspects who were seen fleeing the scene and heading south toward I-10.
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They said Wagner High School, Paschall Elementary and Candlewood Elementary were closed for about an hour after district authorities heard the suspects were headed in their general direction.
At the time, about 150 students were taking EOC tests at Wagner. Students at Candlewood were participating in Adventure Club, and Paschall was closed for the day.
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Now is the time for Americans to show their hands.
If they want to progress and move forward. Then they must vote for Barack Obama. No contest.
They must listen and get involved with his campaign. Otherwise all will be lost.
Then they will have to wait another decade for any developments for their future.
Incorrect – if the US wants to move forward it needs to become a democracy.
It needs to scrap its horrifically undemocratic 2 party system and must ensure that corporate ownership of the politcal system is returned to the population.
Otherwise it doesn't really matter who wins the election as LGBT rights are merely a wedge issue whose sole purpose is to show the cosmetic differences between the Republicans and Democrats – both of which are rightwing parties whose loyalty is to corportate America and not the American public.
I see where you're coming from dAVID and agree with you on the 2 party system but your claim that it doesn't really matter who wins the election is just ignorant.
A win for Romney would push back LGBT equality in the US for decades. His victory would be a nightmare coming true for the LGBT community. It must be prevented at any cost.
There is a clear but interesting choice here. es, Obama is motivated to an extent by his backers (large corporations, but he isn't bound by the religious right.
It is a clear choice for gay people and other minorities. Obama is the only way to go. Romney's handlers wouldn't allow him to support minorities even if he wanted to. As a Morman, he has been trained all his life to believe that we are going straight to hell. I can only hope that my American friends can see this as clearly as those of us "north of the 49th" can.
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Just in time for Record Store Day, my first labor of love, I Need That Record! The Death (or Possible Survival) of the Independent Record Store, hits shelves on Saturday, April 17th at independent record stores via MVD Visual , Junketboy, and ThinkIndie. The documentary examines why over 3,000 independent record stores have closed across the U.S. in the past decade, and features interviews with Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth, Ian MacKaye of Fugazi/Dischord records, Noam Chomksy, Mike Watt of the Minutemen, Lenny Kaye of the Patti Smith Group, Glenn Branca, Patterson Hood of the Drive-By Truckers, Chris Frantz of the Talking Heads/Tom Tom Club, Pat Carney of the Black Keys, BP Helium from Of Montreal, Legs McNeil, and more.
The film has a 3-month indie record store exclusive until July 27th, when it will be available everywhere. But please please please patronize the local indie record shops, to whom we all owe such a great debt. I'll certainly be swinging by Earwax, Academy, and Other Music here in New York…
Its been a long road since I made the film for my senior thesis at Hampshire College, with I Need That Record! playing at over 25 film festivals worldwide. When it came to packing the DVD with extras there was absolutely no skimping. Included are 2+ hours of extensive interviews with Mike Watt, Ian MacKaye, Thurston Moore, Glenn Branca, Patterson Hood, Pat Carney, and Legs McNeil. Some gems are: Lenny Kaye's inspiration for Nuggets, Ian MacKaye's obsession with his first stolen record — The Who's "Summertime Blues" — and Glenn Branca's ruminations on Britney Spears and Madonna(!).
Below are some clips of Thurston Moore and Ian Mackaye talking about their first records, record stores, and those damned major labels.
It will be a while before you hear from me again, as I am currently neck-deep in interviewing, transcribing, and digitizing footage for a collagic portrait on Please Kill Me-dedicatee and all around tastemaker/hellraiser Danny Fields, who helped bring The Doors, MC5, Stooges, Ramones, Modern Lovers, and that "bigger than jesus" John Lennon quote to our consciousness. Ramones demos and footage of Television live at CBGBs in '75, anyone?"


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Dilshan ton boosts Sri Lanka in 2nd ODI against PakistanPallekele—Tillakaratne Dilshan cracked an impressive century to help Sri Lanka post a challenging 280-4 against Pakistan in the second one-day international on Saturday. The opener hit one six and 11 fours in his 139-ball 119 not out for his 13th one-day hundred to boost Sri Lanka's hopes of levelling the five-match series in the day-night match in Pallekele. Sri Lanka, who lost the opening one-dayer by six wickets on Thursday, batted steadily as Dilshan added 70 for the third wicket with Dinesh Chandimal (32) and 86 for the next with skipper Mahela Jayawardene (53).McIlroy shoots 5-under 65 to take lead in MemphisMemphis—Rory McIlroy snapped his string of three straight missed cuts in style Friday, shooting a 5-under 65 to take the lead into the weekend at the St. Jude Classic. McIlroy came to Memphis looking to tune up his game before heading to San Francisco for his U.S. Open title defense at The Olympic Club. He birdied three of his final four holes, and had an eagle, five birdies and two bogeys to match his lowest PGA Tour round this year. With a birdie on No. 18, McIlroy reached 7 under to break out of a four-way tie for the lead. Jeff Maggert, tied for the first-round lead, shot a 68 to match J.B. Holmes (64) and Kevin Stadler (65) at 6 under. John Merrick, the other first-round leader, had a 69 to join Chad Campbell (67) and Kevin Kisner (66) at 5 under.Sharapova defeats Errani for French Open titleParis (AP)—Already a big name on the red carpet, Maria Sharapova is now a champion on the red clay, too. The Russian star won the French Open on Saturday, defeating Sara Errani 6-3, 6-2 in the final at Roland Garros to complete the career Grand Slam. Second seeded Sharapova, who was guaranteed of moving to No. 1 in the world regardless of the result, jumped to a quick 4-0 lead against the 21st-seeded Errani, who was in her first Grand Slam final.PCB hires psychologist to help AmirLahore—The PCB has hired a psychologist to help banned fast bowler Mohammad Amir with his rehabilitation. Amir was released from jail in February after serving half of his six-month sentence for his role in the spot-fixing scam and was banned from cricket till 2015 by an ICC tribunal. The PCB is keen to welcome Amir back to top-flight cricket once he has served his ICC ban. The PCB chairman Zaka Ashraf has been insisting that Amir would be given financial support while undergoing rehabilitation.Barath battles hard against EnglandBirmingham—Adrian Barath rode his luck to guide West Indies to 85 for one at lunch on the third day of the first Test against England at Edgbaston here on Saturday. Barath was 40 not out, featuring a six and four fours, and Test debutant Assad Fudadin 15 not out. After the first two days had been washed out without a ball bowled, it was no surprise when England captain Andrew Strauss opted to field first after winning the toss against a West Indies side whose top-order collapses had helped the hosts into an unassailable 2-0 lead in this three-match series. |
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Jason Follas is an Architect for Perficient and one of the leaders of the Northwest Ohio .NET User Group in Toledo, Ohio. For the past two decades, he has primarily used Microsoft technologies to design and build interesting solutions for his customers. Jason is also a frequent speaker at user groups and conferences, and is one of the organizers behind the Day of .NET in Ann Arbor and CodeMash.
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I recently had to work with some code that I wrote a few years ago, and stumbled upon this:(Not that it's relevant to the rest of this blog post, but this code was responsible for deleting a Role in a custom membership provider, but due to foreign key relationships without cascading deletes, all of the User/Role assignments had to be deleted first) Now, in all fairness to myself, there's really nothing wrong with this code. Array.ForEach<T> requires an Action<T> delegate, and this anonymous method certainly qualifies as one. However, since the time that I wrote this particular piece of code, I started using Lambda expressions more often. To be consistent with the rest of the project's code, I should change this anonymous method into a Lambda expression. Fortunately, CodeRush makes this a breeze! Simply put your cursor within with anonymous method itself, and then hit your Refactor Key and choose the "Compress to Lambda Expression" refactoring: As simple as that, the wordy "delegate" syntax of the anonymous method is compressed into the terse "=>" syntax of a Lambda expression: But, suppose that you are just learning Lambda expressions, and come across one in code that you don't fully understand. CodeRush allows you to go the other way, too, and expand a Lambda expression into an anonymous method, which may be easier to understand. Similar to above, put your cursor on the Lambda expression, hit the Refactor Key, and then choose "Expand Lambda Expression": Anonymous methods were introduced as a way to inline functionality that otherwise had to exist in its own named method. This is really only good if that functionality is used one time. But, what if you discover that the functionality is needed in multiple places? CodeRush provides a refactoring for anonymous methods called "Name Anonymous Method" that will extract the logic into a named method that can then be called from other code: Activating this refactoring will first display the Target Picker (red arrow and line) so that you can select where to add the new method. Then, the new method's name can be set by editing the text in the green box that will appear. Finally, suppose that the opposite is true: you have a named method that is only used in one place, and would prefer to just inline that code. Or, perhaps you would like to create a one-off modification to an existing method, and don't need the new functionality to be in its own named method. CodeRush has a refactoring called "Inline Delegate" that replaces a delegate referring to a named method with an anonymous method. If there is only a single reference to that named method, then this refactoring will also delete the named method altogether. Since I was already familiar with the anonymous method syntax, CodeRush played an instrumental part in my learning Lambda expressions because I could write an anonymous method and then have it transformed into an equivalent Lambda for me. But, once I knew Lambdas, I found that I wanted to update my older code in order to replace anonymous methods with the newer syntax, and CodeRush made it a trivial task to do this. Happy Coding!
There is A LOT of repetition in coding. To accomplish certain things, you often need to include boilerplate code that is repeated throughout your program. Take Properties, for instance. Defining Properties on a class, especially a lot of them, can be a very tedious task. Traditionally, you have to create a member variable of the class to serve as the Property's backing store, and then create the Property itself (with a getter and setter to interact with that member variable). Lather, rinse, repeat... ad nauseum. This type of work is where CodeRush excels by providing you with mnemonic-driven code templates. In other words, you type a few characters (the mnemonic), hit the space bar, and it will expand into a much larger snippet of code for you (saving you scores of keystrokes in the process). The most basic template to help with writing Properties is: p Move your cursor to somewhere within your class { } block, where defining a Property is legal syntax, and then type 'p' followed by a space. This will expand into the following: The cursor will be placed in the first orange box, where you can change the data type from "object" to whatever type your Property needs (i.e., "string"). Notice that the Property's type is linked to the backing store's type, so changing one of them will change the other. The trick with the orange boxes in CodeRush is that you press Enter when you finish editing their contents. This will remove the orange coloring from that element, and move the focus to the next orange box within the template. Keep repeating this until there are no more orange boxes left to edit. Since we knew this was a string Property, we could have saved even more keystrokes by using a mnemonic that included the type: ps The only real difference between "p" and "ps" is that the type will already be set to "string" for you in the latter. There are other mnemonic templates that expand into Property definitions for other types, like "pi" for "int" and "pd8" for "DateTime". (I'll blog about an awesome discovery feature to help you learn these in my next blog post). But, wait! There's more! If you already have a member variable defined (maybe you used the "vs" mnemonic, which expands into a private string variable), and wish to create a Property in your class that uses this variable as a backing store... well, CodeRush has a trick to help you accomplish that! Simply copy that line of source code into the copy buffer as you normally would (i.e., select the line, and then hit Ctrl-C). Now, paste it where you would like the Property to be created (i.e., maybe on the line directly below). Since it's illegal to define this variable twice, CodeRush does something awesome called a Intelligent Paste. In this case, based on the contents of the copy buffer, it expands a Property template that uses your variable as the backing store! Similarly, you can also use the "Encapsulate Field" refactoring instead of the Intelligent Paste. Move your cursor to the line declaring the variable to use as a backing store, and then hit your Refactor Key. Use the Down Arrow key to move through the list of available refactorings, and press Enter when "Encapsulate Field" is highlighted. Next, CodeRush will prompt you where you would like to insert the code. Use the Up and Down arrows to move through valid places where the new code can be inserted. Press Enter to select the location designated by the Target Picker (red arrow). The result will be a new property with a getter and setter that uses your variable as a backing store. And, finally, as C# evolved, Microsoft recognized that a lot of Properties that were being created were very simple in nature, requiring no logic in the getters and setters other than reading and writing to their backing store. A new Property syntax was added that did not require a backing store to be explicitly defined (or rather, the compiler actually creates one for you behind the scenes). This new syntax is referred to as an Auto-Implemented Property. Similar to the "ps" template, you can use "as" to create an Auto-Implemented Property of type "string". Note: "a" by itself will not expand into an Auto-Implemented Property of type "object" similar to what "p" by itself does. What? You didn't know about Auto-Implemented Properties, or you want to convert all of your old-style Properties to the new Auto-Implemented Properties? There happens to be a refactoring for that in CodeRush! Move your cursor to the Property definition that you would like to convert, and then hit your Refactor Key. Use the Down Arrow to select "Convert to Auto-implemented Property", and observe the changes that CodeRush will be making to your code (the changes will be painted on top of the code that will be changed). Press the Enter key, and voila! No more backing store! (credit goes to Dennis Burton for telling me about this refactoring... which goes to prove that there are way more features in this tool than you'll likely ever master) Thanks to the magic of CodeRush, you now have many different ways to quickly create properties in your code, saving hundreds (if not thousands) of keystrokes in the process. Happy Coding!


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Here is a link to the written version of the tutorial How to Apply Textures to Uneven Surfaces and the video version is below.
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When I was tucking a Banana Republic gift receipt into a box over the weekend, I was struck by what seemed like a rather restrictive policy: "This gift may be exchanged or returned for store credit until Jan. 15, 2010."
As it turns out, the clothing retailer shortened its return policy — to 30 days from 90 — in March. A spokeswoman for Gap, Banana's parent company, said that when company officials reviewed their policy, they found that most of their customers made their returns within 30 days anyway, a period that has become standard among specialty apparel retailers. (Gap stores also switched to 30 days.)
The lesson to be learned here is that it pays to read the fine print on return policies because there's a huge divide between the most lenient and the most restrictive — even stores with the same parent company can have different policies.
Consider the following: Old Navy, another Gap unit, still gives shoppers 90 days to return merchandise all year round — apparently those shoppers have different return habits, the Gap spokeswoman said, and the company wants to account for that.
Gap stores and Banana Republic, however, have extended their policies for the holiday season. Banana shoppers who purchased items from Oct. 30 through Dec. 15 can make returns (with a gift receipt) through Jan. 15. But at the Gap, items bought Nov. 2 through Dec. 31 can be returned through Jan. 31. If you purchased something online, at any of the stores, you have 45 days from your order date. (That goes for their online-only store Piperlime as well, though its Athleta brand allows returns with no restrictions)
Gift recipients with gift receipts are entitled to a store credit (at Banana Republic, you can get a gift card that can be used at any of Gap's properties, online or off).
Consumer Reports' ShopSmart magazine recently published a list of the 15 stores with the best return policies, along with 13 not-so-hot policies, which you can find on pages 36 and 37 of this link (pdf).
Which retailers have the best or worst return polices in your book? Which retailers don't allow you to return online items to their real-world stores? Please drop your tips in the comment section below.


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Anyone going? I am getting a table there.
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Emerald City Comic Con (Seattle, March 13th & 14th, 2010)
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My girlfriend and I'll be going. We'll be part of the adoring public, not so much as producers of content (not to get into a "me" thing, but I don't have enough anything to justify such an investment. Much respect to anyone who can! I'll make sure to go by your table).
I love Seattle, and that convention, and I cannot wait to go back.
I love Seattle, and that convention, and I cannot wait to go back.
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3rd FLC Workshop: Propositions, Context, and Consequence
March 20-21st, 2010
It's about time to advertise our upcoming 3rd FLC Workshop, entitled 'Propositions, Context, and Consequence'. This time around the Foundations of Logical Consequence project moves into an area closely connected to the Contextualism & Relativism project. We're having a two day workshop focusing on the relata of consequence, context-sensitivity, indexicality, and more.
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Hartley Slater
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Jessi Coulter had eight kills to lead the Vincent Massey Vikings to a 3-0 (25-23, 25-10, 25-11) sweep of the Crocus Plainsmen in a Brandon High School Volleyball League junior varsity girls match on Wednesday night at Massey.
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DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) - 2 News Today has 5 things you need to know for Wednesday, December 12, 2012.
A benefit concert for the victims of Hurricane Sandy will air tonight on HBO, Showtime, and AMC.
Aunt Millie's Bread Company will donate 3,600 loaves of bread to Dayton's Food Bank at 10 a.m.
Officials will hold a tour of a new cancer center at Miami Valley Hospital South in Centerville. The center is expected to be open to patients by the end of January.
Santa will visit children and pass out gifts to kids at Dayton Children's Medical Center.
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The headline is misleading, no doubt about it.
Most of the people who attended the monthly Johnson Family Musical Show at the old Spring Valley school near Tipton Ford Saturday night were there to be entertained by the multi-talented Johnson family. "Natural Disaster," the 1950s/60s rock/country group with which I allegedly sing, was merely an afterthought, but we had a great time during our 45-minute set.
It was great to see some of my students from Joplin and former students from Diamond, as well as the man behind the monthly musicals, Burney Johnson, who was my Spanish and civics teacher at East Newton High School. Thanks, Mr. Johnson, for inviting us.
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mr turner can sing??? lol i knew that but i never found out that you had a concert!!! thanks for teaching me how to spell that one word..... ummm its the word cant think of it but thanks im gunna tatoo naturel dizastr too my arm and show it off. lol just kidding!! or am i?? lol thanks for your concern :) or are you? i dont know either so its okay
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In addition to the practical lessons you would expect, this class goes far deeper to help you build a solid foundation for achieving the life you really want. Learn to recognize your top strengths and use them to be more effective. Separate the traditional extrinsic goals you always thought you should have from the intrinsic goals of who and what you really want to be. The course leads you through challenging and invaluable exercises to know yourself, your values and your dreams and outlines paths to help you reach your highest potential in every aspect of your life. Debits are from Venus


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A great tip that can help you keep your stress levels down is to stop relying on your alarm clock to wake up in the morning. Waking up to an alarm clock can make you very stressed out. Learning to wake up naturally is a much better alternative to an alarm clock.
It is not uncommon to feel overwhelmed by stress, especially considering the fast paces life you probably live. With children, careers and the myriad of other responsibilities, it is easy to get in over your head. This article will provide you with great advice on how to quickly reduce your level of stress. When it seems like your entire day is filled with stress, spend some time determining what is really important to you and your life. When you can prioritize what is important, your stress levels will go down, and you will find you are living a happier life.
Eliminating caffeine from your diet completely or as much as possible is a great way to help reduce stress. Start maneuvering your way into drinking decaf coffee, and stay away from caffeinated sodas and other beverages. Dropping caffeine completely can cause headaches, so you might have to do this slowly.


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A. Capital Improvement Plan (CIP):
The CIP is an official statement of public policy regarding long range physical development in the City. CIP is a multi-year scheduling of major purchases, infrastructure improvements and construction of public facilities. The most common definition includes: "new or expanded physical facilities that are relatively large in size and cost and permanent in nature." The CIP will be updated annually to add new projects, reevaluate programmed and projected priorities and to incorporate recommendations, taking into account new requirements and available funding. The annual capital programming process provides the following benefits:
- The CIP serve as a source of information about the city's physical development and capital expenditures.
- The CIP allows management staff to plan for future operating requirements to coincide with completed capital projects.
- The CIP provides mechanism for coordinating among projects with respect to funding location and timing, and ensures that the most crucial projects are developed first.
- The CIP is a tool for implementing the City's Comprehensive Plan.
- The CIP also focus on preserving the investment of the City's infrastructure, while ensuring the efficient use of public funds.
The features of the CIP include the following information:
- The description of the project or equipment to be purchased.
- The justification for the project or equipment to be purchased.
- Identified funding categories, such as, Unfunded or partially funded or funded.
- The projects are ranked in order of priority.
- A timetable for the completion of the project is provided.
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B. McTyre Park Master Plan:
The City of West Park, a relatively young, but thriving, municipality, founded in 2005, has made one of its missions to develop a City with high community involvement with a keen interest in creating playground and recreational facilities for its residents and surrounding communities to enjoy, thus contributing to their maxim as a City of Positive Progression. They have recently been awarded a 'Playful City USA' designation recognizing their efforts in increasing play opportunities for children. In keeping with this commitment, the City has identified the 18.5 acre Mctyre Park to be evaluated for improvements documented in the attached Master Plan report. The park property is located at 3501 SW 56th Avenue, immediately north of Watkins Elementary School; its bounding communities are: City of West Park to the West, Town of Pembroke Park to the east and north. The site now hosts a variety of scheduled sport activities for the City's youth and adult population as well as senior, youth and community programs in its highly used, but gravely undersized community center, located in the NW corner.
The majority of the existing Park is dedicated to open field sports activities and includes 4 outdoor basketball courts, 1 football field, 1 outdoor sand volleyball court; 3 rental pavilions, a covered tot lot and a walking path. It also has a small community center which is highly used by the community, as well as a concessions stand with restrooms and a press box, which are all non-ADA compliant.
The master plan is intended to address the feasibility of introducing an intensive athletic and community environment with various support facilities including expanded surface parking. With these interests in mind, the City has engaged the services of MCHARRYASSOCIATES to develop a coherent and consolidated master plan for their 18.5 acre McTyre Park that could be implemented in phases as funding becomes available. Initially, the planning study focused on broad-brush scope issues which assisted in defining primary site constraints; key among them is adequate parking facilities to match the scale of proposed development as well as designing around the existing WLRN/MDCPS communications towers and related support structures located in the northeast section of the property.
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To view animated video of the conceptual plan, click here
C. Neighborhood Traffic Calming Study Area "A":
The City of West Park retained Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. to assess traffic conditions within the neighborhood bounded by SW 56th Avenue to the east, SR 7 (US 441) to the west, Hallandale Beach Boulevard (SR 858) to the north, and NE 215th Street (County Line Rd) to the south. The objective of this study is to determine if improvements are necessary to enhance the quality of life for the residents by managing traffic concerns in a manner to minimize through-traffic intrusion into the residential neighborhood and to maintain vehicle speeds at suitable levels. This report presents input from the residents and the City of West Park staff, field observations, traffic counts, vehicle speed measurements, an analysis of existing traffic conditions, and a conceptual improvement plan.
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The City of West P ark retained Kimley-Horn and Associates,, Inc. to assess traffic conditions within the Carve r Ranches neighborhood generally bounded by SW 38th Avenue to the east, SW 58tth Avenue to the west, Pembroke Road (SR-824) to the north, and Hallandale Beach Boulevard (SR-858) too the south. The objective of this study is to determine if improvements are necessary to enhance the quality of life for the residents by managing traffic concerns in a manner to minimize through-traffic intrusion into the residential neighborhood and to maintain vehicle speeds at suitable levels. This report presents input from the residents and the City of West Park staff, field observations, traffic counts, vehicle speed measurements, an analysis of existing traffic conditions, and a conceptual improvement plan.
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The health care law is "job killing."
Eric Cantor on Wednesday, January 19th, 2011 in a bill introduced on the House floor.
The health care law a "job killer"? The evidence falls short
Poll after poll shows Americans' top concerns are the economy and jobs, which explains why Republicans have labeled the health care law as "job-killing." On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a repeal measure that Republicans formally titled the "Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act." It is sponsored by House Republican leader Eric Cantor.
We've read a number of critiques that say the law isn't quite the "job killer" that Republicans claim it is, so we wanted to investigate for ourselves and evaluate the evidence. The Republican leadership recently published a document titled, "Obamacare: A budget-busting, job-killing health care law," which cites several pieces of evidence for its job-killing claim:
"Independent analyses have determined that the health care law will cause significant job losses for the U.S. economy: the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office has determined that the law will reduce the 'amount of labor used in the economy by … roughly half a percent...,' an estimate that adds up to roughly 650,000 jobs lost. A study by the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB), the nation's largest small business association, found that an employer mandate alone could lead to the elimination of 1.6 million jobs, with 66 percent of those coming from small businesses."
We first turned to the Congressional Budget Office report. The CBO is a nonpartisan agency that provides economic analyses to members of Congress on how legislation will impact the federal budget and the economy as a whole. In August 2010, it published a new outlook that considered the jobs impact of the new health care law.
The Republican report is right that the CBO has determined that the law will reduce "the amount of labor used in the economy," but the GOP report leaves out many important qualifiers. The CBO report actually says:
"The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that the legislation, on net, will reduce the amount of labor used in the economy by a small amount—roughly half a percent—primarily by reducing the amount of labor that workers choose to supply. That net effect reflects changes in incentives in the labor market that operate in both directions: Some provisions of the legislation will discourage people from working more hours or entering the workforce, and other provisions will encourage them to work more. Moreover, many people will be unaffected by those provisions and will face the same incentives regarding work as they do under current law."
Basically, the CBO is saying that some people right now are working mostly to keep their health insurance. Once they have other options -- to enroll in Medicaid, or to qualify for tax breaks to buy insurance from a health exchange -- they might choose to work less. The CBO describes this as a "small segment" of the population. And, because the CBO is describing reduced hours rather than lost jobs, it never uses the 650,000 number that the Republican document cites. The Republican extrapolated that number from the CBO's estimate of one-half percent of the labor supply. Finally, we should point out that a person who voluntarily chooses to work less is not having their job "killed" by federal legislation.
Now let's turn to the other piece of evidence, the study that claims that the health care law will result in 1.6 million lost jobs. That number comes from a study by the National Federation of Independent Businesses.
The problem with this study is that it isn't based on the law that passed. It was published on Jan. 26, 2009, before a finalized House or Senate bill had even been proposed.
In the NFIB study, "Small Business Effects of a National Employer Healthcare Mandate," the authors made hypothetical assumptions based on what they thought the law might include. Specifically, the study assumed that all companies would be required to offer private health insurance to their employees, and that the employers would have to pay for at least half of the cost of the insurance premiums.
"The results indicate that without major reductions in the cost of healthcare, the employer mandate would cause the economy to lose over 1.6 million jobs within the first five years of program implementation. Small firms would be most adversely affected by the mandate and account for approximately 66 percent of all jobs lost," the report said.
But the report's assumptions don't match up with the final version of the health care law. The law actually exempts companies with 50 or fewer workers from any mandate, so many of the small firms "most adversely affected" in the NFIB study are not required to offer insurance.
According to the study, firms with 19 or fewer jobs accounted for 467,182 of the 1.6 million job losses. Those companies would be exempt from the mandate, so the 1.6 million figure is at least inflated by 467,182. The next category was firms with 20 to 99 employees, estimated to shed 420,600 jobs as a result of a hypothetical employer mandate. Presumably a good percentage of those are companies with 50 or fewer employees, and again, are exempt from the health care law.
One of the authors of the NFIB study, Michael J. Chow, acknowledged there are "material differences" between the assumptions made in the study and what actually became law. The NFIB did not produce an updated study based on the realities of what ended up in the health care law. The organization continues to oppose the health care law.
"We still have concerns about the employer mandate and the final law in general," Chow said.
We should note here that the final law did not include a direct mandate. Rather, it enacted a fairly complicated way to fine employers if any of their workers qualify for new federal tax credits aimed at helping people buy insurance. Health care experts we've interviewed conclude that most large employers will be fined if they do not offer insurance.
In evaluating this statement, we should reiterate that the health care law is a complicated piece of legislation. Large employers who do not currently offer insurance or who offer limited coverage will see greater costs under the bill, either because they will have to buy their employees new or additional coverage or they get hit with fines.
We asked Cantor's office about whether the bill was "job-killing." A spokesman insisted that it was, pointing to individual business owners who said they would face increased costs under health care. He also pointed us to a letter organized from the American Action Network, a conservative think tank. The letter, signed by 200 economists, said, "The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act contains expensive mandates and penalties that create major barriers to stronger job growth. The mandates will compete for the scarce business resources used for hiring and firm expansion."
To be clear, the health care law will cost some employers money, particularly large ones. The CBO says that fines imposed on large employers will affect low-wage workers the most. But it also says the effect will be somewhat limited.
We should also note that the major part of the legislation does not go into effect until 2014, and even after that, it will take time for workers and employers to see how it plays out.
"To the extent that changes in the health insurance system lead to improved health status among workers, the nation's economic productivity could be enhanced," the CBO said in its report. "It is not clear, however, whether such changes would have a substantial impact on overall economic productivity or output. Moreover, many of the effects of the legislation may not be felt for several years because it will take time for workers and employers to recognize and to adapt to the new incentives."
Republicans have used the "job-killing" claim hundreds of times -- so often that they used the phrase in the name of the bill. It implies that job losses will be one of the most significant effects of the law. But they have flimsy evidence to back it up.
The phrase suggests a massive decline in employment, but the data doesn't support that. The Republican evidence is extrapolated from a report that was talking about a reduction in the labor supply rather than the loss of jobs, or based on measures that weren't included in the final health care law. We rate the statement False.
Published: Thursday, January 20th, 2011 at 11:54 a.m.
Subjects: Economy, Health Care
House Republican leadership, "Obamacare: A budget-busting, job-killing health care law," Jan. 6, 2011
THOMAS, HR 2, "Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act," Jan. 5, 2011
The Congressional Budget Office, The Budget and Economic Outlook: An Update, Effects of Recent Health Care Legislation on Labor Markets, p. 48, August, 2010
The Congressional Budget Office, Effects of Changes to the Health Insurance System on Labor Markets, July 13, 2009
National Federation of Independent Business, Employer Healthcare Mandate Would Wipe Out 1.6 Million Jobs, Jan. 28, 2009
Interview with Michael J. Chow of the National Federation of Independent Business
The American Action Forum, 200 Economists and Experts Support Repeal of Health Care Law, Jan. 18, 2010
Factcheck.org, A 'Job-Killing' Law?, Jan. 7, 2011
Written by: Robert Farley, Angie Drobnic Holan
Researched by: Robert Farley, Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson
Edited by: Bill Adair
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>>> say they're in the process of soul searching . they may want to search a little deeper actually to listen to tea party republicans about immigration, social programs, and impeaching president obama . you would think they haven't learned anything from 2012 in some cases. for example, take a look at what virginia attorney general ken cuccinelli writes in his upcoming book. it strikes a similar note to mitt romney 's old problem about that 47%. remember? here is a new version. quote, one of their favorite ways to increase their power, he's talking about the democrats here, is by creating programs that dispense subsidized government benefits such as medicare , social security , and outright welfare. these programs make people dependent on government and once people are dependent they feel they can't afford to have the programs taken away no matter how infish lent, poorly run, or costly to the rest of society. does the republican party have a chance with folks like cuccinelli around? bob shrum is a democratic strategist and michael steele is a former rnc chairman and msnbc political analyst. bob, i want you to talk about this because it's fairly familiar talk. whether it has any logic to it or not there is something of a ratchet effect. people have been paying into the social security program. or medicare same deal. who is 70 years old today who will say i don't want medicare . i only paid into it for the last 50 years. there's an argument these programs become popular. where are the republicans wrong in that they're saying now and cuccinelli 's version of the truth?
>> well, first of all, people, as you just said, pay into those programs. they pay in all their working lives. secondly, the idea of a social safety net in this country that helps the elderly, that helps people when they're over 65 deal with their health care expenses, that helps the unemployed who, by the way, pay unemployment insurance and before they got unemployed paid the taxes that support food stamps , has been widely accepted in this society, including by ron neld reagan. i have no idea why this guy cuccinelli would want to borrow one of the wornst lines ever uttered in american presidential politics and put it out there as he's starting to run for governor of virginia . he needs to get support in northern virginia . this is going to hurt him there. it's going to have a very tough race against terry mcauliffe and he may actually break the streak that's been going on for decades that whoever wins the presidency, their party loses the governorship of virginia the next time. michael steele months ago i think on this program with me said the 47% line was a disaster. i don't know why anybody would repeat it.
>> let me ask you this, it comes down to numbers. everybody knows there's some people are who cheating, some who aren't looking for a job. do you build a whole philosophy about maybe 5% of the people on welfare are just taking it easy or the republican notion 90% of the people on welfare cheat and just grab the check. that is the way tough look at it. which way is it?
>> and that is not reflective of rank and file republicans , by the way, that 90% of the people on welfare are cheating and shouldn't be there. i think to ken cuccinelli 's point, and to what job just said, i think the reality is he's going to have to square that with the people in the state as he runs for virginia , number one. number two, i don't think that's -- that sentiment or that idea is reflective of the party as a whole. but there is a legitimate point to be made about i think underneath that argument is how these programs function. i have been paying into the system since i was 14 years old and got my first job. i don't expect to reap the benefit of all the dollars that i have put into the system --
>> which programs are you talking about you won't benefit from?
>> the social security program for example. i have been paying since my first job at age 14 years old.
>> you tot.
>> i know.
>> you don't think you're going to get anything out of social security ?
>> i'm not going to get that money back. but this is the broader point. i get it. but the question we have to look at is for future generations, that 20-something-year-old, that 30-year-old in the next 20 to 30-year-old --
>> let's get back to the argument your party has been making, not all of you. this argument it's basically all a trick. get the people to buy into these social programs so they'll become dependent people. that's the old romney line.
>> and that to me is just a cynical view of the american spirit and it shouldn't have any --
>> bob, respond to this editorial in the national review . it's called amnesty pointless saying take away the spanish surname and latino voters look a great deal like many other democratic constituencies. low income households headed by single mothers and dependent upon some form of welfare are not looking for an excuse or action to join forces with paul ryan and poot toomey. in other words, they'll never be republicans . there's lou bar let that, here is what he said about the immigrants that would be affected by the senator's plan. quote, they will be democrats. i hope politics is not at the root of why we're rushing to pass a bill. anyone who believes that they're going to win over the latino vote is grossly mistaken. the majority that are here illegally are low skilled or may not even have a high school diploma . the republican party is not going to compete over who can give more social programs out. they will become democrats because of the social programs they will depend on. in other words, latinos are democrats endemically. they will vote -- my belief, by the way, this is a case of the republicans , i think as more latinos make it into the middle class , more become upper middle class , more become entrepreneurs as inevitably is happening already, more will become republicans . that's the bottom line .
>> sure, absolutely.
>> they come from countries have that lousy governments. they're not government lovers. they want to have their own stakes.
>> that's going to happen if they're not insulted, insulted, and insulted. the people you just cited prove louisiana governor bobby jindal 's comment that the republicans need to stop being the stupid party. you can't go out during this immigration debate and insult these people over and over again in a kind of semi racist way, in a way that looks down on them. you know, george bush , and i know this all too well, got about 44% of the hispanic vote in 2004 . that's how he narrowly beat john kerry . in a close election that hispanic vote is critical. if republicans are stuck at 27% --
>> you kissed off the hispanic vote. it was your fault.
>> it was rove and bush did a good job of reaching out to hispanics.
>> i'm kidding. it was good for george w. i give him a lot of tribute the fact that he and his family have been very positive on the hispanic relations. there's no problem i got with those people on that one.
>> the party needs to listen more to that george bush approach.
>> that and aids in africa, the two good things the bushes were for. thank you, bob shrum . we found a good republican argument through all the mess here. thank you michael steele .
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And this koala came down from the tree to greet us. Reminded us of a certain story in the gospels!