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Early 2012 MGS 3DS launch confirmed, ZoE HD Collection aiming for early-to-mid 2012 launch
Hideo Kojima confirmed at TGS over the weekend that Metal Gear Solid 3DS: Snake Eater would release early next year.
Beyond the Bounds: ZoE3, ZoE 3DS no shows at TGS
There was to be no unveil of a new Zone of the Enders game, as hoped, at Kojima Productions' stage show for the series at Tokyo Game Show this morning.
TGS Kojima show: MGS HD pack releasing November 23
Konami's kicked off the Kojima Productions special stage show. Brace for potential bombs and watch it live below the break.
Zone of the Enders HD Collection gets teaser from Sony event
Kojima appeared at the Sony TGS presser this morning to announce the Zone of the Enders HD Collection would arrive on PlayStation Vita alongside its PS3 brother next year. A teaser video also appeared at the event, which all but mainly consisted of the anime scenes from Zone of the Enders 2. This will be […]
MGS, ZoE HD Collections confirmed for Vita
Hideo Kojima has announced the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection will come to Vita next year.
MGS, ZoE HD remasters to get PSN, XBLA releases
The HD collections for Metal Gear Solid and Zone of the Enders, both announced during Konami's pre-E3 press conference, will also get digital releases, according to the English web portal of the Kojima Productions E3 website.
Konami announces MGS, ZoE, Silent Hill HD Collections
Konami's officially announced the oft-rumored HD collection for Metal Gear Solid, as well as similar collections for Zone of the Enders and Silent Hill during a pre-E3 event this evening.
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Quote:Of course, most dojos include "kumite" on their curriculum, but the most commonly practised form of kumite is based upon the rules of modern-day competition, not the principles of the kata. You must understand that the sparring of today is not the same sparring that was practised in the past. In his 1926 book, "Ryukyu Karate Kempo" Choki Motobu (who was one of Okinawa's most feared fighters) wrote, "Kumite is an actual fight using many basic styles of kata to grapple with the opponent" (Masters Publications 1995).
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Apple posts Q2 revenue of $13.5 billion, profit of $3.07 billion
Date: Tuesday, April 20th, 2010, 15:06
Category: Finance, News
Delivering its second quarter financial results on Tuesday, Apple announced that the company sold 10.89 million iPods during the quarter (compared to sales of 11.01 million iPods in the year-ago quarter, and down 48% from the previous quarter) and 8.75 million iPhones in the quarter (a 131% increase year-over-year, and up from 8.7 million units in the prior quarter).
Per iLounge, Apple posted revenue of US$13.5 billion and net quarterly profit of US$3.07 billion, or US$3.33 per diluted share, compared with revenue of US$9.08 billion and net quarterly profit of US$1.62 billion, or US$1.79 per diluted share in Q2 2009.
International sales accounted for 58% of the quarter's revenue and sales of Other Music Related Products + Services were up 27% from the year-ago quarter, and 14% from Q1 2010, to US$1.3 billion total.
Notably, the numbers from Q2 2009 are different from those originally reported due to Apple's change in accounting rules that sees the company now recognize "substantially all of the revenue and product costs from the sales of iPhone and Apple TV at the time of sale," instead of accounting for the sales over a 24-month period.
"We're thrilled to report our best non-holiday quarter ever, with revenues up 49% and profits up 90%," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "We've launched our revolutionary new iPad and users are loving it, and we have several more extraordinary products in the pipeline for this year."
"Looking ahead to the third fiscal quarter of 2010, we expect revenue in the range of about US$13.0 billion to $13.4 billion and we expect diluted earnings per share in the range of about US$2.28 to US$2.39," said Peter Oppenheimer, Apple's CFO.


text: I know this game has received a mixed to poor reception, but after finishing a play-through with a friend of mine, I have to say that I enjoyed it quite a bit. It mostly plays like a co-op cover shooter, but the controls are tight and the action is usually quite fun, except for one frustrating ship battle section. The hacking mini games are also a decent diversion, although I was getting a bit sick of them by the end. The voice acting is obviously top-notch, considering all of the actors from the two Abrams movies voice their characters. The story isn't though-provoking or deep, but it is exciting, and the re-imagined Gorn are quite menacing, although I would have preferred a bit more nuance in their depiction, rather than as just a snarling, aggressive, militant race. One annoying aspect is that whenever you continue from where you left off in a co-op game, it reverts to single player, and the second player is unable to join in. We had to go to the chapter select to pick up where we left off, but that meant that causes the second player to always lose their XP and upgrades. That is a pretty serious design oversight, considering the game was built and advertised around the co-op experience. All in all, I would recommend the game to anyone who wants another adventure with the Arbams Trek cast, or who just likes a fun action game.


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Pattern finder. More...
Pattern finder.
The searchpattern driver searches for given patern in the camera image.
- Compile-time dependencies
- none
- Provides
- blobfinder
- (optionally) camera (thresholded image)
- Requires
- Configuration requests
- none
- Configuration file options
- patterns (string array)
- Default: Nothing! Explicit settings required.
- Each string should contain one s-expression (a LISP-style list) which define one pattern; first element of a list is a 8-digit hex color value (0x prefixed): whenever given pattern is found it will be denoted by a blob of this color.
- debug (integer)
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Fletcher Students Pen Thesis Haikus
Posted by Georgy Cohen in Blogs, Research, Student Experience, Students, The Fletcher School on April 22, 2011
Students at the Tufts Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy have created a new tradition: thesis haikus. Fletcher's Admissions News blog explains:
Fletcher thesis haikus share the ancient Japanese poetry's three line (seventeen syllable) format. What Fletcher "thes-kus" lack in seasonal imagery, they make up for in variety and creativity."
Here are some notable examples of Fletcher theses in Haiku form:
Elspeth Suthers
Corruption and Ethnic Tensions in Georgia and Kyrgyzstan — Reconceiving the Citizen-State Relationship In the Former USSR
Kyrgyzstan. Georgia.
Governance not good for me
Stalin's ghost laughing.
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Savings Groups in Agriculture Projects: The Challenge of Mixed Incentives
Savings groups are great
Everyone wants a piece –
Try leaving them alone.
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What we know and don't know about the effectiveness of Gender Based Violence Programming in Bolivia
To stop violence
Men: change your cultural norms
Nothing else will work.
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Bridging the Void: Social Media's Potential to Transform Intergroup Relations in Fractured Societies
Media divides
Societies are broken;
Can e-Forums mend?
Andrew Daehne
Hip-Hop and Politics in Senegal: The Power of a Movement to Mobilize Through Music
Hip-hop, politics.
Would Senegal please stand up?
Rap, vote with your beat.
Jacqueline Deelstra
Citizen Monitoring of Government Service Delivery: Using Mobile Phones to Amplify Citizen Voice and Enforce Accountability. A case study of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda
Government neglect
People need water, teachers
SMS can help?
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Business Savvy or Tech Savvy? Comparing uptake and returns of Business Skills Training versus Technical Skills Training
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Townshend shoemaker is helping others find healing and comfort
TOWNSHEND -- Terri Walton is a custom shoe maker with one foot in the future and one foot in the past.
Walk into her studio, Deer Ridge Custom Footwear, in Townshend, and you could be back in a shop in Italy 400 years ago.
There is a rich smell of leather and the steady sounds of stitching when her apprentices are in action.
Sharp knives and scissors snip away.
Every shoe is made by a human.
At the same time Walton's clients are all over the country and get their shoe models developed with modern methods.
They can download templates over the Internet and receive their shoes by next day priority mail.
Walton made her first pair of shoes about 10 years ago to relieve her own pain, and the experience, she said, changed her life and set her on a new path of her own.
Today she makes handmade custom shoes in her Townshend studio for clients all over the country, for what she says are one of the least appreciated and understood parts of the human body.
"The feet are the foundation of your life, and if they are not working right then you are missing out on reaching your potential," said Walton. "Our mission is to get you back doing what you love."
Deer Ridge Custom Footwear produces handmade walking and hiking shoes, in what Walton says is one of the only shops in the country.
While there are cowboy boot makers and hiking shoe makers, she says her shop produces shoes tailored to exactly what the client needs.
The walking shoes are stylish and unique, and she can produce just about any style requested.
More than a decade ago Walton was working for the state of Vermont, in the birth to three program, when the arthritis in her own feet was getting worse and preventing her from walking and leading the active lifestyle she was accustomed to.
She made herself a custom pair of shoes that she says changed her life and allowed her to resume activities.
Walton says realizing what a good pair of shoes could do, and also understanding that she could play a role in helping others, convinced her to make a career shift and begin walking down a new road.
"When I was able to relieve myself of pain I decided that I needed to start a business and help other people," she said. "The first time I made shoes was akin to giving birth to my first child. I decided that I needed to help others find healing and comfort."
She went to a program at the Chicago Medical School.
She learned to make shoes with Randy Merrell, a well known shoe maker who developed his own brand of hiking boots.
Then she invested in the equipment and has had a waiting list for her shoes ever since.
She recently opened an office in Brattleboro, at 220 Western Avenue, though she encourages clients to visit the shop in Townshend.
Tafi Brown, who lives near Keene, N.H., first saw Walton about three years ago.
She went to Walton's shop after her doctor recommended that she look into investing in the custom shoes when nothing else was helping her.
Brown describes herself as "a multi-tasking professional artist, dancer and gardener."
"I stand a lot. I move a lot. I work in the woods and I walk a lot," she said. "I can't say good-bye to my physical life simply because I am getting older."
She purchased a pair of shoes, and then returned about a year later to get a custom pair of work boots.
Brown said Walton puts as much time and care into talking about her feet and shoes as she did making them, and the enthusiastic walker, dancer and gardener says the shoes changed her life.
"After having had such a painful time walking, I was a little bit surprised to find that with my new shoes that fit my feet properly it seemed I could walk forever with no pain," she said. "I have never had happier feet before in my whole life."
The shoes are expensive, with the average pair of shoes costing about $825, but Walton says when the options include not being able to walk, dance or hike, clients find a way to make the investment.
The initial visit can take up to two hours as Walton observes how the client walks and stands and she talks about needs and goals.
Models and imprints are taken and mock ups are produced until Walton and her workers have a perfect fit.
Then the work starts.
"Everything is made here," she says. "Each one is different, each person has individual needs and each shoe is made with that in mind."
For many people, Walton says, when they have health issues with the feet surgery is the only option they consider.
In many cases a proper pair of well fitting shoes can help.
"Our feet are our second heart. They are that important," says Walton. "If you have pain in your feet you aren't going anywhere."
For more information go to www.orthopediccustomshoes.com
Howard Weiss-Tisman can be reached at 802-254-2311, ext. 279, or firstname.lastname@example.com. You can follow him on Twitter @HowardReformer.
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"So, what of Götterdämmerung! Well, you'll have to see it to believe it! This is business meets Hollywood or Captain of Industry meets Madonna. There is more of course
but one thing is sure, you will never be bored with this Ring."Musical Opinion
"For all its unconventional staging features, for all its sass and anachronisms, the performance works, at least for me. The singers
are generally quite good. I liked Albert Bonnema as Siegfried and Roland Brecht as Hagen, both being effective actors and fine singers. Luana DeVol is good as Brünnhilde too
[and] Eva-Maria Westbroek is also quite convincing as Gutrune. But, as in the other productions in this series, the real star is conductor Lothar Zagrosek, whose grasp of tempos and shaping of the score are always incisive, and who manages to draw excellent playing from his Stuttgart forces. The sound is fine, too. As with Rheingold and Siegfried, the bottom line here is, if you are open to a different approach to Wagner, you should find this DVD quite compelling."Classical Net


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went to JR.High with this dude lol just found him on facebook couple months ago, he moved to maine after jr.high, I knew his face was familiar, hes still the same old asian nerd I see.....btw he aint no actor.
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i don't know you guys will find this funny but i was laughing like crazy when i first saw this. There makin fun of modern mainstream rappers(wiz khalifa, soulja boy, lil wayen etc...)
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yes, i have a sick mind.
you sir, are a superstar. He's actually half lab and half golden retriever... all the size and personality of a lab, all the infuriating shedding of a golden...
Perhaps one of the coolest videos I have ever seen. I want to dance like this.
Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.
okay, this has had me dying of laughter for the past few days.. it's my instant mood changer when i start feeling moody... skip to 40sec if you grow tired of the panda lounging at the beginning...
Oh my goodness. That is GOLD!! Great find Heinz.
thanks for embedding it bro! couldn't figure out why it wouldnt embed properly..
it's seriously my happy video this week... every single time i've felt my mood flipping to the negative... i watch it and my day just gets better
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Violence is never the solution.
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Guy in a class: Joelle (Joel) We kept looking for a female, and he didn't want to answer to Joelle.Woman in an office with a name tag: Tequila. Pronounced Ta-QWILL-uhKid in son's class: Juan. Pronounced Ja-WANIs "Peabody" really pronounced "Pibbidy"? I guess it could be, but that wasn't the obvious pronunciation to me. The person was quite sharp with me, as though I should have known.Also knew of a child named U""Neek (she wanted quotation marks).
I'd go by Hattie, personally.
Temple Saint-Clair (Temple is the first name). Sounds like something out of a romance novel.
A woman in her 40s or 50s.I agree that the name doesn't sound bad but it seems so contrived and Regency Romance-y.
Oral.Wonder if he's talkative?
Quote from: WolfWay on August 07, 2013, 11:36:52 PMOral.Wonder if he's talkative?LOL! I know an Orel, but Oral is a first.
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OCEAN CITY- Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley arrived in Ocean City today for the first of several events connected to the annual Maryland Municipal League (MML) Convention in what will be a two-day stay in the resort area.
Although certainly no stranger to Ocean City and the resort area, O'Malley's two-day stop in Ocean City is the first in an official capacity since taking office in January. This morning, O'Malley boarded a boat at the Talbot Street Pier for a tour of the coastal bays, during which he will be briefed by state and local officials on issues relevant to the estuaries.
Later today, O'Malley will take a tour of the booths at the MML convention at the Roland E. Powell Convention Center. This evening, the governor will host a reception for municipal leaders from around the state at the convention center in Ocean City.
Perhaps one of the most significant stops on O'Malley's two-day tour in Ocean City will happen tomorrow morning when the governor tours historic Trimper's Rides at the foot of the Boardwalk. The Trimper family has said this summer could be the last for the 120-year-old amusement park, at least in its current configuration, if it doesn't get some sort of relief from soaring tax assessments on the historic property, which increased by 163 percent in the last three years resulting in a tax increase on the property of over a half a million dollars.
Following the Trimper's tour tomorrow morning, O'Malley will deliver the keynote address at the close of the MML convention.
See Friday's edition of The Dispatch for all of the details of the governor's trip to Ocean City,


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Intel and Lenovo launched the first Android device based on the Intel Atom processor in 2012 at CES. Some of the current Android x86 devices include the Lenovo K800, the Orange San Diego, the ZTE Grand X IN, and the Motorola RAZR i.
Mozilla has been internally testing Android x86 builds of Firefox. Firefox runs really well on the Motorola RAZR i. Once we get Android x86 nightly builds stood up and running automated tests, we'll start planning for a release.
In the meantime, you can try a developer build of Firefox for Android x86 yourself. Just like the ARM version, Firefox runs on Android 2.2 or higher. It should run fine on the Lenovo K800, which shipped with Android 2.3.7 (Gingerbread).
WARNING: This is not an officially released version of Firefox. It will only run on Intel-based (x86) Android devices.
If you don't have an Android x86 device, you can still try the build using the Android x86 emulator. It's the same as standard ARM emulator, but since it's x86, it runs a lot better on your PC. Just make sure you update your Android SDK so it has the latest AVD images, and make an AVD using the x86 image. Also make sure you enable Use Host GPU as well:
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FRIDAY, Sept. 16 – Despite ongoing prevention efforts, a growing number of young children are being accidentally poisoned with medications, according to new research. The study, which was based on data reported to the American Association of Poison Control Centers between 2001 and 2008, found that medication poisoning among children aged 5 and under increased by 22 percent, although the number of children in the United States in this age group rose by only 8 percent during the study period. "The problem of pediatric poisoning in the U.S. is getting worse, not better," Dr. Randall Bond, of Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, said in a hospital news release. In conducting the study, which is scheduled for publication in the Journal of Pediatrics, the researchers reviewed information on over 544,000 children who landed in the emergency department due to medication poisoning ... Read more
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Remembering That Singing Rage, Patti Page
Patti Page was an emblematic voice of 1950s pop music and was one of the first pop artists to cross over to the country charts.
Ms. Page, who died Jan. 1 at age 85, was sometimes billed as "That singing rage, Patti Page," and she spent months on the charts with songs like "The Tennessee Waltz" and "(How Much Is That) Doggie in the Window?"
She recorded 100 albums and sold over 100 million records around the world. Her bright voice was so redolent of America that Mao Zedong once condemned her version of "The Tennessee Waltz" as "reactionary propaganda."
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Update: The Federal Maritime Commission reopened on Thursday, October 17, 2013.
The Federal Maritime Commission is closed effective Tuesday, October 1, 2013 as part of the federal government shutdown due to a lapse in the current fiscal year appropriations. The Commission will resume normal operations when appropriations legislation is enacted and the federal government reopens.
With the exception of the Chairman and four Commissioners, who are Presidentially-appointed, Senate-confirmed officials, all Commission employees have been placed on furlough and are prohibited by law from performing any duties during the shutdown. As a result, all Commission functions have been suspended, including the following:
We regret any problem or inconvenience this shutdown may cause. The Commission will resume normal operations upon enactment of appropriations legislation.
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From the linux machine do a sweep of your network with a simple Ping scan to determine which hosts are online (adjust to suit your network):Code: [Select]nmap -sP 192.168.1.0/24
nmap -sP 192.168.1.0/24
I know this may sound silly but have you disabled Windows firewall?
Is this a wi-fi or wired network and can each computer connect to the internet OK?
Can you ping the router from both the computers?
This is very strange took me 30mins to setup my Wife's windows 7 laptop as part of our home network on mint 13 64bit and it is based on Ubuntu.
You must also set up the Win 7 computer as a trusted network so other computers can see it.
Is NO the answer to BOTH my last questions ?Are you able to ping the Ubuntu box from Win7 ?
pooky2483@pooky2483-ubuntu12:~$ nmap -sP 192.168.1.0/24Starting Nmap 5.21 ( http://http://nmap.org ) at 2013-08-26 19:11 BSTNmap scan report for 192.168.1.1Host is up (0.00049s latency).Nmap scan report for 192.168.1.201Host is up (0.00022s latency).Nmap done: 256 IP addresses (2 hosts up) scanned in 2.66 secondspooky2483@pooky2483-ubuntu12:~$
nmap -sL 192.168.*.0
QuoteCan you ping the router from both the computers?Don't know, what IP do I ping?
QuoteYou must also set up the Win 7 computer as a trusted network so other computers can see it.How?
How do I set up network connections on the Ubuntu PC AND the Win7 PC
sudo apt-get install smbclient
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Our National Deficit
"Under current law, the Treasury is technically allowed to mint as many coins made of platinum as it wants and can assign them whatever value it pleases. Under this scenario, the U.S. Mint would make a pair of trillion-dollar platinum coins. The president orders the coins to be deposited at the Federal Reserve. The Fed moves this money into Treasury's accounts. And just like that, Treasury suddenly has an extra $ trillion to pay off its obligations for the next two years - without needing to issue new debt. The [current $16.4 trillion national debt] ceiling is no longer an issue." - Brad Plumer, Washington Post, December 6, 2012, "Could the 'Platinum Coin Option' Solve the U.S. Debt Crisis?"
In reality, the U.S. Constitution permits Congress alone to "coin money," but technicalities are particularly in vogue for a country stumbling through its dotage. Author Plumer may be auditioning for The Onion, but he did cite the authority of Yale Law School (Professor Jack Balkin) for legal counsel. (As you probably deduced, Balkin teaches Constitutional Law.) As to its practicality, Plumer turned to one Joseph Gagnon from the Peterson Institute for International Economics: "I like it. There's nothing that's obviously economically problematic about it."
Whatever Gagnon's reasoning, he is a candidate for the Federal Reserve Board, just as Balkin is a shoo-in for the Supreme Court. This proposed plan to wipe out the federal deficit involves more substance than the Fed's open market operations. Platinum is a physical element on the periodic table: it is real. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke has preternaturally expanded the Fed's balance sheet - that is, he has declared over $2 trillion into electronic existence where nothing exists - since 2008. Simple Ben is a laggard here. If the Treasury can declare a platinum coin worth $1 trillion, why not stamp 100 coins at $10 trillion each, wipe out the national debt, and give every American a few million dollars? Everyone would be rich.
The Washington Post, Yale, and the Peterson Institute are good brand names. In America, it does not matter what is stated but that it is declared by a revered source. Reuters reporter Cate Long recommended, in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, that the billions of dollars needed to repair busted infrastructure was there for the taking: "Tough times is no excuse to give away public assets to private entities. The most obvious source of funding for these projects would be for the Federal Reserve to purchase public infrastructure bonds instead of the $40 billion a month of mortgage-backed securities it has been buying." (See: "Can the Port Authority and MTA Afford Repairs After Sandy?"
Looking beneath the surface, Long has described how state and municipal debts are funded. The Chinese and Japanese are no longer dependable buyers of U.S. Treasury obligations. The Federal Reserve buys the majority of Treasuries. Without the Fed's backstop of the several-trillion-dollar deficit at such an unnatural rate of interest, it would be impossible for corrupt or incompetent municipal borrowers to find a buyer of bonds below 10%. As long as such proposals as Cate Longs' are written and read without acknowledging the obvious contradictions, To Be Foolish Will Be Very Heaven.
There will come a time when the U.S. Treasury will be unable to borrow at under 8%. At that moment, "tough times" will require "public assets [to be sold] to private entities." (Not "given," as Cate Long somehow concluded from a proposal recommending that "private funds can be used.") Corrupt or ossified municipal unions, which, too often, go hand-in-hand with corrupt or incompetent municipal governments, will retain control only so long as the Treasury receives accommodating bids. A failed auction and a 6% Treasury rate will relieve many faded organizations, maybe even Yale Law School, of underserved tenure.
Frederick Sheehan writes a blog at www.aucontrarian.com


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Blogging is as simple as writing a diary. Is not that true? Yes. Up to an extent, it's true that it is quite simple, but just tell me one thing, why will someone prefer to read your diary? Are you an industry giant so that every other person would love to hear you? Just like


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Award-winning writer-director discusses his latest film, sci-fi thriller and box office hit Super 8, and explains why he deliberately wanted to keep people in the dark about the film's plot.
Producer-writer-director J.J. Abrams
Tavis: Pleased to welcome J.J. Abrams back to this program. If you've been in the dark about his latest film, it is because Mr. Abrams wanted it that way. But now the cat's out of the bag and "Super 8" is in theaters across the country. The sci-fi mystery is produced by Steven Spielberg. Here now, some scenes from "Super 8."
Tavis: Before we get to the content of the film, I've got a few questions about context – the build-up to the film. First of all, congrats on a great weekend.
J.J. Abrams: Oh, thank you.
Tavis: Let me start, though, with what the purpose, the value is on a film like this in deliberately keeping people in the dark?
Abrams: Honestly, for me it's about the experience of the audience. When I was a kid going into the movies, you weren't force-fed information everywhere you looked about what the movie was going to be. So when you went there, you actually had an experience. You got to be surprised and have fun.
I feel like now I go to the theater and I see a trailer – I don't know if you ever feel this way – but the trailer's over, I'm like, "Well, that was it. That was the movie." You know what I mean? (Laughter) The biggest laughs, biggest surprise. You could almost tell someone the story as if you'd seen it.
I just like going to the movies and having an experience that's a little bit more surprising. So we weren't trying to be coy or clever, we were just trying to preserve the fun and the surprise for "Super 8" for the audience.
Tavis: Since everybody else in the business is doing it the other way, the way you suggested that it's been done for a while, which is basically giving you a trailer that pretty much tells you the whole film, what is the risking rolling it out in a uniquely different way?
Abrams: There's a huge risk, especially in a movie like "Super 8," coming out in the summer, surrounded by movies that – there might be a number at the end of this title, but it's not a sequel.
Every movie is a comic book, it's a sequel, it's a franchise, and I've done sequels. There's nothing wrong with doing sequels, they're just easier to sell. So the risk, obviously, is putting out a movie that you haven't said enough about, so the audience is like, "I don't know that, therefore I shouldn't go," as opposed to "I want to see something fun, something new." Hopefully, that's what people will say.
Tavis: What's a studio say, even though you're J.J. Abrams and Spielberg is in the meeting with you, but what's a studio say when you walk in and say, "This is a film, but it ain't a sequel?"
Abrams: Well, I have to say –
Tavis: You didn't get laughed out the room?
Abrams: I think honestly having Steven Spielberg on your side is not a small thing, and we said, "Look, we want to make a movie," a responsible number. We didn't go crazy and go $100 million over budget. It was, relatively speaking, a responsible amount of money.
Steve was with me, and Steven was saying, "We want to make a movie that feels like those old movies that have heart, that make you feel, that's a love story, it's about fighting for what you believe in, it's about finding your own voice. It's a community of people."
There's an extraordinary supernatural element to this thing, like an otherworldly thing, so they were into it. Paramount Pictures supported the film, frankly.
Tavis: Typically when there's a summer blockbuster there's a theme. You've got to blow something up; you've got to have a lot of action. You need a bankable star.
I had Will Smith on this show once before and I'll remember as long as I live, Will just told me how he studied how to make himself a star – I'm paraphrasing now. He talked about the ingredients that go into making a summer blockbuster, and how he and his partner studied the summer films, those that had become blockbusters, and they found four or five things.
I won't give Big Willie's recipe away, but if you saw the show, you saw it. But there are four or five things that go into making a summer blockbuster. You've to some of those things, but you're missing a key ingredient, and that is a major star.
There's no major, major star carrying this film. The truth of the matter is the stars in this film, the names on the trailer? J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg. Now, that may be enough –
Abrams: I should have called Will Smith. I obviously –
Tavis: (Laughs) No, no, no, I'm just asking. The decision to put a movie out that you expect to do well, and there's no big name attached to it.
Abrams: You are 100 percent right. It is a risk, and yet I think people love discovering people. I think that there's something – it's been shown to me, and even, by the way, "Star Trek," which of course had the name "Star Trek," but the cast of that film, people didn't really know Chris Pine or Zoë Saldana or John Cho. Simon Pegg as well.
Then the movie came out and people still went. I think that there's a fun to going to the movies and seeing people and just getting to sort of discover them yourselves and not feel like oh, it's another sort of star vehicle.
I love working with the right actor, and if the right actor happens to be unknown, that should be allowed, too, I think.
Tavis: A lot of folks saw this, obviously, last weekend. For those who have not seen it as yet, what do you want to tell us about what the film is without giving too much of it away?
Abrams: "Super 8" is a movie about a group of kids in the late '70s making a movie on super 8 film, like I used to do when I was a kid, and they're making a zombie movie. They think it's really scary. They're filming one night, they've snuck away and they're filming at a train depot in the middle of the night. Their parents don't know they're there.
They're witness to a train crash, from the wreckage of which something escapes, something scary. The movie is sort of in that way a kind of innocent kid's point of view monster movie, but it's also really a love story. It's a story about parents and children. It's a story about, like I said, becoming a leader and not just a follower, and finding your own voice.
Ultimately, the message of the film is that you can go through real tragedy in your life and still live and actually be stronger afterwards than you were before.
Tavis: As director, for those of us who are fans in your work, and I include myself –
Abrams: Oh, thanks.
Tavis: – you can see J.J. Abrams's touch on the film. You can see some of the things that you do cinematically that speak to Abrams's style. But it's pretty clear that Spielberg's imprint is on this movie as well. You talk about kids making super 8 movies back in the '70s, there are some old Spielberg themes that you see popping up throughout this film.
Abrams: Oh, yeah. I owe so much to Steven just in terms of when I was a kid, that period of my life, with friends, making movies; I wasn't much of an athlete. I was the one chosen at the very end to be on the team. (Laughter) I wasn't the smartest kid, I was never in the library, "Just a minute, one more chapter, hold on." I was not that guy.
So I didn't really have a niche. So in a weird way, making movies was for me kind of a little bit of a salvation. So when I was one of these kids making movies it was not just influenced by that context, it was influenced by the movies of that era.
So Steven Spielberg's films, among others, but really, Steven's movies had such a profound influence on me as a kid that this movie, while never intended to be overly influenced or ripping off or borrowing from any of the specific films that he had made, that period of time in my childhood, it's impossible to separate the movies and the influence of those films of that time from being a kid at all.
Tavis: This is not your first encounter with Mr. Spielberg, is it?
Abrams: It isn't. I met him in '89 at a story meeting as a screenwriter. But in 1982 I was 16 years old and there was a super 8 film festival in Los Angeles. A good friend of mine, Matt Reeves, and I were in this film festival, and there was an article in the "L.A. Times" about us.
It was called, "The Beardless Wonders," comparing us to people like Spielberg and George Lucas, who had beards, implying we were incapable of growing a beard, which I to this day am offended by. (Laughter)
The next day, Spielberg's office called Matt – it was Kathy Kennedy, who was his assistant at the time; she's this big Hollywood producer now – and she called and said, "Would you guys be interested in repairing these movies that Steven made when he was your age?"
We're like, "What?" Like, nothing made sense, you know what I mean? (Laughter) Like how is that even a possibility that they would – because this is not like where you take a copy? These are the original movies. Like, Steven Spielberg, who had done "E.T.," he'd done "Raiders," he had done "Close Encounters" and "Jaws."
You'd think one of the great filmmakers, not just in American cinema but one of the great filmmakers, that his early works would be, like, protected by the government.
Tavis: Yeah. (Laughter)
Abrams: That there would be some kind of –
Tavis: At the Smithsonian or something like that.
Abrams: Yeah, there would be a museum or a hangar somewhere, a clean room. You don't give them to these kids you don't know. It's a huge mistake. But he did, and we repaired the movies and returned them, and it was – just to watch those movies, because there were no DVDs or special features in that era.
So to watch these early films of Steven Spielberg was just unbelievable. They were far better than ours, but they showed us that he started somewhere.
Tavis: What did that kind of access and that kind of opportunity at 16 do for your confidence, that opportunity?
Abrams: Well, it's funny. There's a kid in "Super 8" who's the director of these movies, and he is so much more confident than I ever was as a kid. I don't honestly think – we may get comfortable sometimes, we may start to get, like, used to a certain thing, but I don't think we ever really outgrow that thing that we are, meaning I think you're always kind of, deep down, still as uncertain and insecure.
So there was an inspiration that I had in watching those movies and realizing, oh, my God, look what he was doing when he was our age. We should keep going. But frankly, I don't feel like I ever was remotely as confident as the kid who makes the movies in "Super 8."
Tavis: You may not be as confident as him, but I have to imagine – I'm going back to your own formulation. So by your own admission you're not necessarily the smartest kid, you're not the most athletic of all the kids, but you are the only kid, you and your partner, who's getting a call from Steven Spielberg, who's being given an opportunity to work on his personal stuff. That had to do something for your confidence. I'm only asking that because I know your wife works with Marian Wright Edelman –
Abrams: She does indeed.
Tavis: – at the Children's Defense Fund. So much of what Marian does is to try to give these young kids hope and opportunity and access.
Abrams: First of all, when you see these kids who – there's an event that my wife and I chair every year called Beat the Odds, and it's completely inspired by Marian and it's this amazing work that the Children's Defense Fund does to celebrate five kids in different cities.
There are different events in different cities, who despite odds that you cannot believe and lives that are just criminal – literally criminal – are still succeeding in school, still have plans.
Most of these kids – the thing that's so inspiring about these kids is they want to go back. When you talk to these kids, most of these kids want to succeed to go back and help the kids that are in those environments. That's really what it is – they know who they are, and they know the truth of who they are.
They are more confident than – despite everything, and that's what's so inspiring. People leave those dinners literally just sobbing because of how inspiring those kids are.
So as trivial as it is making movies or doing entertainment and growing up and talking about insecurity, it's events like that and the work that Marian Wright Edelman does every day in support of the youth of this country that it just makes everything else just seem trivial.
Tavis: My time is up. "Super 8" is the movie, but you're such a busy guy in this town, you got a few television shows this fall. Want to run the list right quick? You have so many; do you even know how many you have? We know "Fringe" is bag.
Abrams: "Fringe" is coming back. We have a show that Joe Nolan created called "Person of Interest." It'll be on CBS. We've got a show called "Alcatraz" that Liz Sarnoff wrote. It's going to be on Fox mid-season.
Tavis: Oh, to be J.J. Abrams.
Abrams: Oh, Tavis, please.
Tavis: But I'll just be Tavis Smiley. (Laughter) Good to have you here, man.
Abrams: Such a pleasure. Always great to be back.
Tavis: "Super 8" is the film, as if you didn't know, at a theater near you.
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The North Valley center is one of six centers to replace the LA Business Assistance Program, which served the city for 11 years. In 2010, the Mayor's Office of Small Business and the Community Development Department realized that the LA Business Assistance Program was in need of improvement. The two offices worked together to find a new system that includes performance metrics to more efficiently track the success of the program as a whole.
The Valley Economic Development Center VEDC was chosen as one of the new Los Angeles BusinessSource Centers to service the West Valley Region. "We look forward to helping local businesses with Training, Consulting, and Access to Capital," commented Bob Holguin, VEDC's Director of Business Services who will be overseeing both offices. "We look forward to becoming partners in their efforts in the community and helping them to reach their growth and sustainability objectives to ultimately create more jobs in their communities."
"Thanks to the support and help from Valley Economic Development Center (VEDC) and the Business Centers Entrepreneurial Program (ETP) I was able to start my business and build strategic alliances to support other business," said Gail Lara, Founder/Owner Lara Unlimited LLC.
"The Business Centers Entrepreneurial Program (ETP) at VEDC allowed me to start a new chapter in life," said Lousine Karibian, CEO/Founder, The World Networks. "After being disabled from a previous job I decided to create my own business at which point I visited the VEDC for information. I was completely stunned to find valuable courses and resources being provided for FREE! I referred my friends and associates to take advantage of all the great resources VEDC has to offer to the community. Thanks to VEDC at age 24 I launched a corporation and my business continues to grow!"
For more information on the Los Angeles BusinessSource Centers visit www.LABusinessSource.org or call the West Valley Region office at (818) 705-9977.


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China's factory sector growth eases in April
New export orders fell for the first time this year, survey shows
New export orders fell for the first time this year, a private survey showed today.
China's factory sector growth eased in April as new export orders fell for the first time this year, a private survey showed today, suggesting the euro zone recession and sluggish US demand may be risks to China's economic recovery.
The final HSBC Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) dropped to 50.4 in April from March's 51.6 and was largely in line with a flash reading last week of 50.5. Fifty divides expansion from contraction on a monthly basis.
China's official PMI yesterday painted a similar picture, falling to 50.6 in April from an 11-month high of 50.9 in March as new export orders fell.
The pull back in both the official and HSBC PMIs are likely to add to concerns over risks to China's economy in the short term, although most analysts expect a steady and gentle recovery this year, aided by government support.
"The slower growth of manufacturing activity in April confirmed a fragile growth recovery of the Chinese economy as external demand deteriorated and renewed destocking pressures built up," said Qu Hongbin, chief China economist at HSBC.
"The looming deflationary pressures also suggest softer overall demand conditions. All this is likely to weigh on the labour market, which is likely to invite more policy responses in the coming months."
A string of global data, including lower-than-expected US economic growth figures and record unemployment in the euro zone, has dented optimism seen at the start of the year that the world economy was picking up.
Hong Kong and China shares fell as the PMI put growth-sensitive counters on the defensive, although the yuan seemed to ignore the figures to continue its record breaking run higher. The data also weighed on regional stocks.
China's economic growth unexpectedly stumbled in the first quarter, slipping to 7.7 per cent versus 7.9 per cent in the previous three month period, as factory output and investment slowed.
Analysts polled by Reuters after the release of first quarter GDP expected China's economic growth to accelerate to 8.0 per cent in the second quarter. They forecast growth for the full-year would rise to 8.0 per cent from 7.8 per cent in 2012, which was the weakest pace since 1999.
The HSBC survey also showed a sub-index for new export orders dipped to 48.4, the first time it has retreated below 50 this year and the lowest level since last October, reinforcing concerns about the strength of the global economy.
Overall new orders rose at a slower clip last month, implying softening demand growth from domestic firms.
Reflecting the weakening orders growth and lower material costs, indexes for input and output prices fell in April to the lowest level since last September and August, respectively, the HSBC report showed.
"The across-the-board declines in the PMI reports point to soft industrial activity as we enter the second quarter. We maintain our growth forecast of 7.9 per cent (2013 annual) which we have held since last December, but see some downside risks," Barclays said in a note.
"The external sector is likely to be a major headwind for Chinese growth in the coming months."
The HSBC survey showed a sub-index measuring employment dropped below 50 in April for the first time in five months, although it said job losses were marginal, partially caused by resignation and retirement.
Employment is a decisive factor shaping government thinking because it is crucial for social stability.
At the depth of the global financial crisis in 2008/2009, an estimated 20 million rural migrant workers lost their jobs, prompting Beijing to unveil a 4 trillion yuan stimulus package to shore up the economy and provide employment.
The government has set a 2013 growth target of 7.5 per cent, a level Beijing deems sufficient for job creation while providing room to deliver reforms to the economy, reducing a reliance on exports for growth more towards consumption.
However, most economists believe China's labour market is holding up relatively well and Beijing may refrain from a looser monetary stance or stimulus to underpin the economy, as it may tolerate slower growth to make long-delayed reforms.


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Susan Gregg Gilmore, author of Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen, will read from her new novel, The Improper Life of Bezillia Grove, at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 1, at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva.
In the novel, Gilmore draws readers into the precarious childhood and complicated life of poor little rich girl Bezillia Grove, whose path winds through some of the South's darkest woods — race, class, insanity.
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U.S.-based energy explorer Apache Corp. announced it was selling off some of its Canadian assets in order to streamline its North American portfolio.
"This transaction is part of Apache's portfolio rebalancing, which was undertaken last year to enable Apache to focus on growing liquids production from a deep inventory of crude oil- and liquids-rich opportunities in North America," G. Steven Farris, Apache's top executive, said in a statement Monday.
The company announced it was selling off more than 620,000 gross acres of gas-producing assets in western Alberta and British Columbia to an undisclosed buyer for $374 million. It said it would retain some rights to the Montney shale formation along the western border of British Columbia.
Last year, production from the gas acreage sold by Apache averaged 101 million cubic feet of natural gas per day.
Farris said the rebalancing would help the company focus on richer opportunities in North America.
Apache expects to increase its activity in North America by more than 15 percent this year. Its inland assets in the region account for about 60 percent of its global operations.


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LISTEN: Take an audio tour of Archbishop Justin's prayer journey
Wednesday 3rd April 2013Listen to four programmes recorded by the BBC's Daily Service during Archbishop Justin's prayer journey last month
Archbishop Justin, wearing his Coventry Cross of Nails, is greeted by the people of Coventry and Warwickshire. Friday 15 March 2013. (Photograph: Coventry diocese)
In the lead up to his enthronement last month, the BBC's Daily Service joined Archbishop Justin in four locations on his journey in prayer around the southern province.
The shows, originally broadcast during the prayer journey, feature hymns, sermons and interviews with the Archbishop.
On the final day, Archbishop Justin said: "What I've learned more than anything else is people's hunger to pray – not necessarily to pray with me, but just to pray."
Day one: Norwich (Thursday 14 March)
On a cold, bright morning in Norwich, Archbishop Justin begins his prayer journey during an extraordinary week for many Christians worldwide – with Pope Francis set to be inaugurated in Rome and his own installation at Canterbury Cathedral.
As the programme notes, Archbishop Justin's journey emphasises prayer as both "a duty and a joy". This is reflected in some of the hymns sung by Norwich Cathedral choir, including 'Awake, my soul, and with the sun thy daily stage of duty run'.
"This prayer journey begins in a place that has so many memories for me," says the Archbishop, whose grandparents lived in Norfolk. "This encourages me to look forward to see what God will bring over the next few years."
Listen to the BBC Daily Service recording from Norwich.
Read more about Archbishop Justin's visit to Norwich.
Day two: Coventry (Friday 15 March)
On day two, Christian drummers lead large crowds into the ruins of the old Coventry cathedral, where the Archbishop prays for reconciliation and "the hope for the world that Christ brings".
Against a backdrop of stained glass fragments, shattered by the German bombardment in 1940, Christians from many denominations gather with the Archbishop to pray "for themselves, for peace and for their enemies."
The Coventry Litany of Reconciliation, which is prayed daily at the Cathedral and used throughout the world, is led here by Archbishop Justin and the Bishop of Coventry, Christopher Coxworth.
Hymns include John Bell and Graham Maule's 'Take this moment' - itself a prayer for transformation.
Listen to the BBC Daily Service recording from Coventry.
Read more about Archbishop Justin's visit to Coventry.
Day three: London (Saturday 16 March)
Standing at the birthplace of his ancient predecessor, Thomas Becket, the Archbishop starts his journey through the City of London – a place of wealth and poverty, sinners and saints.
With crowds and local clergy, Archbishop Justin walks past reminders of Christian witness and proclamation: from the St Paul's Cross to the statue of John Wesley.
The capital is "a good place to remember the competition between faith and work, and how we turn that into cooperation," the Archbishop notes.
Between visiting St Paul's and Southwark Cathedrals, the Archbishop walks across the Millennium Bridge and along the South Bank with a dancing choir, whose lively outdoor singing is mixed with hymns from the cathedrals including 'I'll go in the strength of the Lord'.
Listen to the BBC Daily Service recording from London.
Read more about Archbishop Justin's visit to London.
Day five: Chichester (Tuesday 19 March)
On the final stop of his journey, two days before his public ministry begins, Archbishop Justin is greeted by hundreds of people lining the streets of Chichester.
"Having the Archbishop of Canterbury here gives us a vote of confidence in all that this diocese is doing," says one man. "It's a day of great hope and encouragement to us all."
During the programme, Archbishop Justin reflects on a reading from Mark 4 in which Jesus stills a storm that has terrified the disciples.
"Sometimes we feel deeply overwhelmed by the storm, and the response throughout the Bible to this is 'Where are you God?' That kind of prayer is entirely reasonable, entirely Godly, entirely Christian."
Listen to the BBC 'Daily Service' recording from Chichester.
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Doping boss wary of athlete declarations
The Australian Olympic Committee should brace for a fallout over its plan to make athletes and staff swear to a drug-free past, says the head of the World Anti-Doping Agency.
Australian WADA president John Fahey says while he appreciates the attempt to ensure a clean green and gold Games team, he fears "unintended consequences".
"If we say you'll never represent the country the moment you admit you've taken drugs, then the temptation is to lie and that worries me," Fahey told AAP in London on Tuesday.
The AOC has announced the introduction of the landmark rule in the midst of the current doping scandal engulfing the nation's sporting sector.
It will be mandatory for all future Australian Olympians to sign a statutory declaration about doping, with refusal to do so, or an admission, making them ineligible for team inclusion or AOC employment.
Those found to have lied about their status face up to five years jail under the country's criminal code.
While AOC staff will be required to sign the document within weeks, those competing at the 2014 Sochi Winter Games will be the first athletes subject to the new guideline.
"I support the intention of the AOC," Fahey said.
"They are making a clear statement: they do not want cheats in future Australian Olympic teams ... (but) that can be done by incentives rather than by punitive actions if you fail to tell the truth. Will it have an unintended consequence? I fear it might."
In announcing news of changes to the AOC's Ethical Behaviour By-Law, president John Coates said its enforcement would mean working closely with WADA and the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA).
"This may include verifying the contents of a statutory declaration, reporting suspected false declarations, or identifying instances where a person or group of persons refuses to sign the statutory declaration altogether," Coates said in a statement.
Fahey dismissed the idea of an amnesty and said openness is the key.
"You admit that you've been cheating and you give assistance, for example, as to where you got your source of performance-enhancing drugs, who condoned it, who assisted you in doing it and who else is cheating," he said.
"(Providing the authorities with) that sort of substantial assistance will mean you are out of the sport for as little as six months."
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world's most popular smartphone operating system, Google Inc.'s (GOOG) Android OS, can't seem to
catch a break these days. If its not being attacked in court [1][2][3][4][5] by rival smartphone maker Apple, Inc. (AAPL) whose looking to forcibly
remove its products from market [1][2] with lawsuits, it's being probed by antitrust
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday
issued long awaited subpoenas. For those of you
who aren't lawyers and haven't been dragged through a major court case, a
"subpoena" is a government demand for testimony or evidence.
Failure to give the requested information can result in criminal and/or
civil penalties.
The fact that the U.S. government has issued subpoenas shows that it's getting
serious about its investigation of Google. A Google spokeswoman seemed
nonchalant, commenting, "We understand that with success comes scrutiny.
We're happy to answer any questions they have about our business."
But for all the cheer, the move is a major concern for Google.
Several small smartphone service providers have claimed that Google applied pressure to its hardware partners to
boot their products off their smartphones, in favor of Google's rival services.
In and of itself, that might not be illegal were, Google not by far the
industry's most dominant player in sales. Android is reportedly
outselling the next closest company, Apple, 5-to-2 in recent figures. Thus if Google is
found guilty of the allegations, it could face stiff penalties for violating
antitrust laws.
Other allegations against Google include reports that it stole data from other services, such as
reviews site Yelp and used it to bolster its own offerings.
And Google also stands of artificially boosting its services above
competitors' in the results from its search engine -- the most used search
engine on the planet.
The issue of the subpoenas was first reported by The
Wall Street Journal. Even if Google can beat the antitrust rap in the
U.S. it faces similar
accusations in Europe, a place known for its strict antitrust laws [1][2].
Google has set aside $500M USD in cash to cover
possible antitrust penalties. The question is whether that will be close
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a resident of Highland Oaks
on Aug 5, 2013 at 3:24 pm
What a wonderful opportunity to learn about the history of our fire department and its transition from an all-volunteer organization of civic-minded residents to one of the highest paying employers in the state.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Aug 5, 2013 at 3:33 pm
Undoubtably, we'll need overtime to cover for some of the participation...
a resident of Livermore
on Aug 5, 2013 at 4:02 pm
a resident of another community
on Aug 6, 2013 at 9:04 am
So very proud of our LPFD guy! See you in November? ;0)
a resident of Downtown
on Aug 6, 2013 at 5:48 pm
for the Taxpayer comment-get over it--
these men and ladies deserve it.
I too am a tax payer-probably pay more then you in taxes yet you don't see me complaining.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Aug 7, 2013 at 11:49 pm
"for the Taxpayer comment-get over it--" - I would call that complaining.
a resident of Ridgeview Commons
on Apr 26, 2017 at 9:03 pm
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The Proactiv Diaries: 10 Years Later
Ten years ago, I went through somewhat of an awkward phase. I decided to dye my hair blond à la Meg Ryan in You've Got Mail, but it was more straw-like than stellar. Also, I had put on a few of the dreaded college pounds (I only thought veggie pizza sounded healthy), and to top it all off, my face was breaking out like crazy. The solution? Some deep conditioner, a smarter diet, and Proactiv Solution.
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The official website of Aryasamaj Jamnagar is providing the opportunity to read the Rig Veda, Yajur Veda, Sama Veda and Atharva Veda online in Hindi with text, meaning and commentary. The online version of the Vedas is the Hindi translation of the four Vedas from Sanskrit. Pages from the Hindi translation book have been scanned to create this online version.
You can read the Vedas Online in Hindi here at the official website of Aryasamaj Jamnagar.


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Justin Bieber is at it again. The 18-year-old pop star has written and published his second book, Justin Bieber: Just Getting Started.
But fans will have to wait patiently because this book won't be available for purchase until September 13, 2012 according to his publishing house, Harper Collins. However, fans can beat the crowds by pre-ordering it now through Amazon.
Bieber took to Twitter to reveal his new book cover.
So excited to reveal the cover for my new book #JustGettingStarted. Hope u like it, I can't wait 4u 2 read it. twitter.com/justinbieber/s…
— Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) July 20, 2012
The book describes Bieber's journey from singing on the streets in Stratford, Ontario as a child to becoming a worldwide singing sensation. Fans will get a chance to read the ins and outs of his life on the road. Bieber wasn't shy with details — expect to read about his crazy highs and relate to his personal and private moments that the world has yet to see.
"Now everywhere I go, I'm met with so much love," said Bieber. "It's all about you, my fans, and that's why I'm dedicating my book to everyone who's come to sing along. I want to share the stories of my life on the road with you."
It's all about connecting with people for Bieber, hence his interest in writing a second book about his life so far.
"My story is something I like to share with others, to show people that with enough belief in yourself and what you can accomplish, anything is possible."
It's unclear if the book will touch on his relationship with reportedly on again/off again girlfriend Selena Gomez or the legal woes he's faced against alleged baby-mama Mariah Yeater, but since both were subjects he mined for inspiration on his latest album, Believe, there seems to be a good chance. However, you can largely expect Bieber to continue adopting a positive tone.
"It's astonishing to think that so much has happened, and yet this is just the beginning," said Bieber. "I'm just getting started."
-Ashley Quadros, NOW 100.5/Sacramento


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Well now, this has gotten serious! I mean every foundation believers stand on and for is being rattled, shaken to the point of cracking. Only a firm, rock hard foundation will survive this time. No soft touch here, we are in for the very essence of what our Faith and Hopes are based on. And, as much as I would like to yell the sky is falling, something inside me yells hallelujah instead. I don't mean I'm happy about what's going on. Actually, I'm as saddened as anyone about what I see and hear and what challenges our family and friends. But, seeing and hearing are fleshly measures for what is going on and, as believers, we are supposed to use our hearts to determine what we know, not the flesh. For sure things are pushing us into more and more uncertainty. But, some of what we've always wanted to know is being revealed: just how certain is this Gospel message we share, how much will it hold us up when we need it to.
If I may, let me state our ministry point of view about the past 23 years. In October we conducted our Fall Celebration. Some things are as true today as they were that first day we broadcast on January 8th, 1990. I say this with no intention to boast, but rather say it in thanksgiving for all the words and songs that we've had the opportunity to share over the years. If we boast in anything it's The Father's Heart and in our listeners and the fact that they have made all this possible through their giving.
As we have entered into this very intense time, WBVN helps stabilize our hearts and minds. I suppose that in some direct relationship, the tougher the times the more relevant ministries become. During the hardest times, the more important and more necessary it is to have ministry and its encouragement in our everyday lives. Communities are not evaluated on how safe they are by physically counting the number of policemen they have on the payroll. They're actually evaluated by how safe and secure those police keep that community. How educated a town is cannot be determined by counting how many teachers the district employs, but should be judged by the results we see in our children. Ministry must be measured not by how big it is but by how much it affects the lives of people that listen and share time with it. WBVN operates with one full time employee and 5 part-time employees. Our pledge for 23 years has been to be efficient and share this Gospel of Peace with thousands for as little financial burden as possible for our listeners.
We just were granted another 7 year license to continue broadcasting over FM 104.5. It is our fourth grant and might be our most important. The FCC obligates a radio station to "during the term of this license, render such broadcasting service as will serve the public interest…" In theory, a radio station should "upgrade" the community, serving it with programming that would make it a better, more peaceful place to live. It should promote a better place for our children and their families. The original intent of the Federal Communications Commission was that radio stations in this country would help establish and preserve an environment of "decency". The problem today is that we make no effort to define community standards of decency. We can't seem to decide what is decent. Radio stations should be measured by what they promote in the community at large and what they 'hand off' to the next generation. I'm afraid many radio stations today fail that "public service" test, doing only what generates the most money, disregarding the content of their programming. Becoming politically correct is more important than being correct. You can be anything you want in this country, they will defend you in the courts for the right to be or do anything, but you cannot be Christian without being challenged from every side. Christian radio is one place where we still have the opportunity to maintain a Christian point of view, so far, without interference. That is a gift to us all. Your help keeps that opportunity alive over this station.
WBVN testifies and sings of God. However, you just can't get your hands on what this radio station means to so many of us each day. The only way to measure its influence would be to back up and re-live the past 23 years without WBVN programming. We're not "visionless" about what we do. We've determined what we want WBVN to be in these communities and what results we'd like to see there. The whole Southern Illinois community is one Christian "gathering" for us. Everyday thousands of believers join us, meeting together for encouragement. We are of one heart, one mind when that happens. We encourage certain things, and we, ourselves, stand for certain things.
We live in a very precarious time it seems. It's almost like many of our children are strangers to us. They turn 16 and we throw a set of car keys at them and hope for the best. However, we're not giving many of them the skills to "resolve" life's problems. Over 50% of our marriages fail and who knows how many have failed but continue. Over 10% of all the children being raised in this country are being raised with their grandparents as the primary caregiver. It is not all our fault necessarily. Many parents have done their best, only to see the world system pull and push our children toward things that destroy the hope in their future, and for many, the joy in their hearts. And, just as in every generation, each person will have to choose to bite that generational apple of temptation, choosing what they believe is a better way to live, only to discover it leads to calamity. That must happen in each generation. It's necessary for each generation and a part of the Will of God that each of us has a choice to choose Him or not choose Him. Both have their own consequences, what we choose to do about Him proves our heart. As parents that hurts the most of all the cuts in this life. But, as Rich Mullins so appropriately stated, 'God has no grandchildren.'
WBVN won't change the world, but here and there, we can make a difference one person at a time. We're looking for results that penetrate the office space at work or results that mend wounds in our families. We're looking for effects that make a difference in the way we treat the folks we meet on the street and how we respond to people in need. We look to encourage new parents on the opportunity they have to bring up their children in the Way of God. We encourage Worship and Praise with hymns and songs. We contrast and conflict with some of the other cultural influences, purposely choosing to identify with terms you don't hear in our conversations any more: character, integrity, honesty and a single Truth derived from the Creator of all things.
People universal are a kind of creature that doesn't need to go to a seminar to learn to lie or cheat. Self-centeredness or sneaking a cookie from the cookie jar seems to come naturally to us all. We must be encouraged (actually changed) away from that type of default behavior. Christian radio can play a part in that and we do that "on purpose!" We need to encourage a pattern for life for our children other than the pattern found in Witches and The Simpsons.
One criticism might be that we're guilty of making the Gospel too comfortable for WBVN listeners. Some view God with a judge's robe and gavel. Our goal is to dress him in L. L. Bean, making you just as comfortable with Him on your front porch as with Him in the church building. We're grateful for all the minutes, over 11 million now, that you have permitted this station to be a part of your lives. We look forward to a few surprises this coming year, probably some disappointments, some unpredictable moments and pressure but all mixed with the joy and the contentment found in sharing the Gospel with you in '14. Next month I'd like to expand this ministry's heart a bit and continue the conversation. Until then, we enjoy sharing the future with you as a companion and partner in the Christian life in 2014.
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Each member of Grouplove is branded with their band tattoo so it only makes sense that the band is super close. In an interview with KROQ/Los Angeles Grouplove shared their thankfulness for finding each other and reveal why they live with one of the member's parents.
"We are lucky to have each other and have found each other the way we did 'cause it's been crazy," Christian Zucconi said. "We've all been in other bands except Hannah. You grow up knowing them and you just fall into patterns of behavior."
While it took years of being in various bands until they formed, Christian said he's glad they met when they did.
"It's cool to meet people in an artistic kind of arena where you're starting a clean slate," he said. "It's really weird and surreal and new for all of us and it doesn't happen that often so we always remind each other of that and keep it going."
Spending so much time on the road together, the band also lives together when they're not on tour.
"We all live at my parents house here in LA now," Ryan Rabin revealed. "We had apartments here and then we started touring all the time and there was no reason to pay for the apartments but when we got home we needed a place to stay."
His parents were more than happy to give the rest of the band a place to sleep.
"There are a couple guest rooms and my parents were like, 'Yeah they can stay.' My dad even drew little signs on the door. For Sean's room there's a cartoon of a bearded man with a hat, a cigarette and a beer," he said. "Christian and Hannah there's little eyes peaking that say 'Christian and Hannah's room' and he didn't draw anything for me so I feel like he doesn't love me."
While the band admit they make little money starting out they wouldn't have it any other way.
"I've been broke my whole life and this is the most fun I've had being broke," Christian said.
-Annie Reuter, CBS Local


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DETROIT - Detroit Mayor Dave Bing and Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder announced Wednesday a plan to lease Belle Isle to the state.
The city of Detroit will maintain ownership under the agreement with the state of Michigan and Department of Natural Resources (DNR) leasing the land under contract.
That plan is a 30-year lease for the state. In return, the Department of Natural Resources will commit to spending state park funding to restore the island.
The new plan calls for a lot of improvement to Belle Isle – but the $10 fee is not going over very well for some.
Bobbie Thomas said, "They aren't picking up our garbage. No police. They're taxing us to come on our island? It's very rude."
The park's operations, maintenance and improvements will be managed by the DNR and funded through the Michigan State Parks Endowment Fund and through other sources. Additionally, the state Department of Transportation (MDOT) will assume responsibility for roads and bridges on Belle Isle.
"I do believe that we can't allow some of the negative things that have gone on in our city for such a long period of time overshadow our future," Bing said. "I think, for the first time in a long time, this relationship between the state and the city is something that a lot of people have been waiting for."
No rent will be paid for the lease. Operation, maintenance and improvement projects will be considered compensation. A 11-member advisory council consisting of five representatives appointed by the governor, three representatives appointed by the mayor of the city of Detroit, two representatives appointed by the Detroit City Council, and one member who shall chair the committee jointly appointed by the governor and mayor, will advise the parties on implementation of improvements and master planning for the park. The city and state will also work cooperatively with the Belle Isle Conservancy or its successor.
Pedestrians and bicyclists would be free to enter, but motorists would be required to have a $10 recreation passport which allows vehicles into all Michigan state parks.
The agreement will still need approval from Detroit City Council and is expected to be discussed on Wednesday.
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Forget yesterday's weeping icon. The case of the Satanic toaster that was reported back in 1984 is far more impressive.
Showing a an admirable combination of fearless and thriftiness, she was willing to keep the toaster and risk its Satanic powers because it made good toast.
I always suspected that Eli Wallach was Satan, ever since he played Tuco, the Ugly in the film The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966).
(Via Neetzan Zimmerman.)


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Next week, Palo Alto Superintendent Kevin Skelly will present new data on student performance in Algebra 2 and some "preliminary thoughts" on how graduation requirements could be reformed.
Math is only one of several areas in which Palo Alto graduation criteria are not consistent with CSU/UC entrance requirements.
Palo Alto also falls short of CSU/UC entrance criteria in foreign language.
On the other hand, the district exceeds the four-year public college requirements in social studies, career-technical education, physical education and living skills.
A solid majority of Palo Alto students — 80 percent of the Class of 2011 — meet or surpass the CSU/UC requirements by the time they graduate.
But consistently, about 20 percent — disproportionately African-American and Hispanic — fall short. Out of concern for those students, the Board of Education highlighted the issue in its 2008 strategic plan, setting a goal of higher completion rates of the CSU/UC criteria, the so-called "A-G requirements."
The Parent Network for Students of Color and the Student Equity Action Network have advocated "A-G for all" as a way of boosting expectations for minority students.
Last spring, Skelly asked the Board of Education to take steps toward aligning graduation requirements with CSU/UC criteria.
By boosting math and language graduation requirements, Palo Alto could "formally acknowledge and strengthen its commitment toward eliminating the achievement gap," the district's Director of Secondary Education Debbra Lindo said at the time.
The recommendation sparked an outcry from special-education parents, however, who worried their children could have difficulty graduating under the new requirements. The board tabled it pending further research on the reasons students fail to fulfill the A-G requirements. Lindo has since left Palo Alto to become superintendent of the Emery Unified School District.
But the issue has not gone away.
Skelly returned to the board last fall with information on the types of students who fail to meet the four-year college requirements. He is expected to present more data — on the Class of 2012 — at next Tuesday's board meeting. The meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. in the board room of school district headquarters (25 Churchill Ave.).
In October Skelly's research director, Diana Wilmot, reported that more than 60 percent of students failing to meet the CSU/UC requirements are white or Asian. However, a higher-than-expected proportion are African-American and Hispanic.
English and math are where students have the most difficulty, Wilmot said, adding that many don't give up easily and still are trying as late as senior year to complete Algebra 2 or Geometry and make up English credits.
In many cases there were early signs of struggle. About half of the 170 members of the Class of 2011 who failed to complete A-G had scored "below proficient" in standardized tests in elementary school, Wilmot said.
In the end, 90 percent of the Paly and Gunn classes of 2011 went on to college, 80 percent to four-year colleges, Wilmot reported. She noted that many private four-year colleges have lower entrance criteria than CSU/UC.
For graduation, Palo Alto currently requires 20 units of math, including "one year of algebra or its equivalent." By contrast, CSU/UC wants 30 units of math, including "Algebra 1 or equivalent, Geometry and Algebra 2."
In foreign language, now called "world languages," Palo Alto has no requirement while CSU/UC want 20 credits, or two years.
Palo Alto exceeds CSU/UC criteria in social studies, demanding 40 credits — four years — in contrast to CSU/UC's 20 credits.
Palo Alto also requires 20 units of physical education, 10 units of career-technical education and 5 units of living skills. Those courses are not required for CSU/UC entrance but are mandated by state legislation for every student in California.
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Last week I made the point that the league has been semantically unclear as to whether its real aim is financial parity or competitive balance. So yesterday in the bullets Henry linked to a really excellent Wages of Wins piece by David Berri that digs very deeply (using like stats and research and stuff) into the relationship between the two.
Berri concludes first that "salary caps, payroll caps, luxury taxes, and revenue sharing don't seem to have much impact on competitive balance." But they do have the effect of driving down player salaries. And second, changes in the league's popularity have been independent of changes in parity. As he puts it, "fans don't seem to care much about competitive balance," which reinforces what we've already begun to suspect. (As a corollary to these findings, he finds that market size does not have a significant impact on wins, something else I've been suspecting.)
Berri takes the same approach here as he does when discussing (accurately, I believe) the idea that scoring is overvalued and overcompensated by NBA teams. He implies that the owners have misunderstood the evidence, that they don't understand that structural mechanisms like salary caps do not meaningfully effect competitive balance.
Let me suggest again, though, that this lack of clarity is not actually a misunderstanding, that financial parity is itself the key issue, and that talk of competitive balance is simply a rhetorical strategy. I mean, do you really think the league is willing to waste a season to bring you a Memphis/Milwaukee final? The owners' goal, it seems to me, is not making bad teams competitive, it's making them profitable–no matter how poorly run they are. And they mean to achieve this goal by using those mechanisms (the ones that supposedly induce competitive balance) to radically reduce salaries.
I'll let Beckley Mason, righteously indignant at Hoopspeak, have the last word:
A part of me just wants to players to cave so we can have a season next year. Another part, the part that hopes the fantastically skilled and entertaining laborers can get a reasonable deal, wants a world governed by transparency and rationality. That part can just barely stomach the NBA owners leveraging all they have to get a revolutionary new deal, but not the misrepresentations about why they want it, or how they're going about getting it.


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The 2012 OLAA Summit invites a broad-based coalition of organizations, communities, and individuals from Oregon to come together and identify priorities, advocate for system changes, and develop public policy recommendations to benefit Latinos in Oregon.
Registration begins at 8:00am. The Summit will initiate at 9:00am and end at 5:00pm. Participants can expect to be informed on the current issues facing the Latino community, create connections with individuals statewide, and develop strategies to address those issues.
This year, we are honored to have Arturo Vargas as the keynote speaker. Mr. Vargas is the Executive Director of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials and the NALEO Educational Fund. Nationally recognized as an expert in Latino demographic trends, electoral participation, voting rights, the Census, and redistricting, Mr. Vargas will discuss how Latinos are shaping the U.S. political landscape and inform Latino Oregonians how to foster change through public service.
Saturday, October 6, 2012 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Concordia University, 2811 Northeast Holman Street, Portland, OR
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