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Repairs at Historic Canaan Railroad Depot on Track Again; Fire Hit in 2001
Quiet negotiations and a letter-writing campaign have led to a compromise that ends a two-year stalemate between the Connecticut Railroad Historical Association (CRHA) and the Housatonic Rail Road. The differences between the two parties delayed long-anticipated repairs to the Canaan Union Depot, a historic 1871 rail station that was partially destroyed by arson in 2001.
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"We have settled our differences and are moving forward," said Charles Perotti, a selectman and spokesperson for the CRHA. He said a meeting two weeks with representatives of Housatonic Rail Road, the CRHA and the state Department of Transportation finally hammered out thecompromise. "The DOT had the final say," Mr. Perotti reported.
"Under that agreement, the CRHA agrees to the removal of the cement platform on the west side of the depot from which passengers historically boarded trains. The removal is required because safety codes have changed and the platform allows pedestrians to get too close to the tracks. Mr. Perotti said that area will be filled instead with the ballast stone used under the tracks themselves.
The exit door on that side of the building will be closed off inside and a dummy door will remain on the outside to retain the historic appearance of the building.
The Housatonic Rail Road will bear the expense for the platform's removal.
Additional safety measures call for the erection of wrought iron fencing along the tracks for 50 yards to the north and south of the building. The state will put up no trespassing signs to keep people off the tracks.
In front of the building there will be some modifications to the plans presented to the town two years ago, according to Mr. Perotti, and the work will be phased in to bring it into sync with work planned by the state DOT two years hence. "The landscaping will be split into projects," he explained. "We won't be doing any blacktopping or drainage work right away. The state is planning to upgrade the crossing in the center of town and when they do that, they will push a pipe under the track to collect the drainage from the plaza. That should save us $180,000, which we can apply to other features that were alternates."He said that the CRHA's architect will present the slightly altered plans to the DOT—which has already agreed to the larger concept—for final approval in the next couple of weeks. He said it is estimated that the work can go out to bid in October and that work could begin in late fall. While landscaping may not be possible at that time, there is interior work to be done on the building—electrical, plumbing, dry wall and the installation of an elevator—that will consume the winter months.
The Canaan Union Depot, which until 2001 was reputed to be the oldest union depot in the country in continuous service, lost that distinction when five young teens playing with matches, started a fire that destroyed the 90-foot-long east-west wing of the ell-shaped building. The north-south ell was only slightly damaged but the tower at the center of the building was also heavily charred. Enough of the building was salvaged, however, to keep its place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Since the fire the shell of the east-west ell and the tower have been restored but there work stalled. The CRHA qualified for a $1.7 million transportation bill grant during George W. Bush's first term in office but it took the historical association more than a decade to work through the bureaucratic red tape to get the money. Then progress was further slowed by negotiations with Housatonic Rail Road.
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Corn prices fell to new lows for the move on Monday from ongoing supply pressure and stop hunting. We talked last week about the large amount of put option open interest still out there in the December contract. As the futures get below some of the key strike levels, the option writers tend to "cover" those puts by selling futures. This process is self-fulfilling and can lead to further weakness. To see a full list of the December option open interest from $4.00 - $4.50, see the table below.
Meanwhile harvest is wrapping up quickly as we are now 91% complete for corn and 95% for soybeans. Winter wheat is 89% emerged and the conditions are solid at 63% good-excellent. On Friday the EPA proposed its 2014 bio-fuels mandate. The move would lower the ethanol mandate to near 13.0 billion gallons in 2014, well below what the original mandate called for and approximately 800 million gallons less than in 2013. This proposal was leaked during the government shutdown last month and should have already been priced into the market. However, the recent weakness is noticeable and the EPA's announcement could have had a negative psychological effect on an already fragile market. A while back we talked about the contract low of $3.98 ¼ being a heavy target for December corn before contract expiration. This is still a target and we are well within range of that with less than 2 weeks until First Notice Day.
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Points: 13 at Holy Cross (11/20/12)
FG made: 5, twice
FG attempts: 8, twice
3FG made: 2 at Holy Cross (11/20/12)
3FG attempts: 3 vs. Boston University (11/30/11)
FT made: 5 at Eastern Michigan (11/24/12)
FT attempts: 7 at Eastern Michigan (11/24/12)
Rebounds: 10 at TCU (1/7/11)
Assists: 3, 3 times
Steals: 7 vs. Providence (12/4/12)
Blocks: 3, twice
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Contributed two steals, two assists and two rebounds off the bench versus BYU (Nov. 16) ... Scored a career-high 13 points on 5-of-6 shooting, 2-of-2 from three, at Holy Cross (Nov. 20) ... Notched seven points and four boards at Eastern Michigan (Nov. 24) ... Grabbed four rebounds and recorded one block against New Hampshire (Nov. 28) ... Totaled six points, six rebounds and three steals at Hofstra (Dec. 1) ... Recorded a career-best seven steals and added seven points against Providence (Dec. 4) ... Scored five points with five rebounds and three steals at BU (Dec. 10) ... Grabbed four rebounds and dished out two assists at Yale (Feb. 1) ... Matched her career-high with three assists versus Columbia (March 12) ... Scored four points at Drexel (March 23).
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Ranked fourth in the Ivy League in blocked shots (0.9) ... Recorded then career-highs in nearly every statistical category at Iowa (Nov. 12) including points (12), rebounds (3) and minutes (23) ... Pulled down four rebounds at Providence (Nov. 18) ... Notched a then career-high five rebounds and two blocks versus Rhode Island (Nov. 22) ... Netted nine points on 4-of-4 shooting and grabbed three rebounds against Holy Cross (Nov. 27) ... Turned in a career-high six rebounds and six points against Boston University (Nov. 30) ... Recorded six points, four rebounds and a career-high three blocks against St. John's (Dec. 22) ... Tallied eight points on 4-of-5 shooting and six rebounds at UMass (Jan. 3) ... Made her first career start at TCU (Jan. 7) where she pulled down a career-high 10 rebounds ... Notched career-highs in blocks (3) and steals (3) while grabbing seven rebounds against Yale (1/27/12) ... Dished out a career-best three assists in a career-high 25 minutes against Brown (1/29/12) ... Tegistered two blocks and two assists at Temple (March 17).
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Made eight apperances this season ... Scored first collegiate points (2) in win over UNH (Dec. 10).
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A three-time team captain and starting point guard ... Finished her playing career at Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School compiling 2,000 plus points ... Averaged 18.2 points, 4.0 steals, and 12.6 rebounds a game as a senior ... Ledher Burlington club squad to two provincial championships and two undefeated campaigns ... Was a member of the Canadian Junior National team that placed fourth in the 2009 FIBA World Championships in Thailand, the highest ever finish for the Canadian JWNT ... Also competed in Argentina and France with the National Elite Developmental Academy and played two seasons with Team Ontario ... A four-year member of the honor roll ... Volunteered at local food banks and shelters, and was a children's Catholic Church group leader as well ... Trained with the Canadian Junior Women's National team at the University of Toronto before participating in the FIBA Americas U18 Championships in Colorado Springs, Colo. in June 2010.


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GDS executives are calling for the development of technical standards for the booking and processing of airlines' unbundled fares, ancillary revenue and other sales innovations. Sabre chief Sam Gilliland raised the issue at November's PhoCusWright conference.
But other industry players are saying, "Not so fast." "Standards are good, but let's all keep in mind that this is about differentiation," Suzanne Rubin, American Airlines' managing director of merchandising and distribution strategy and president of AAVacations, said. "We don't want something that puts us right back into the same box of commodity product."
Gilliland has warned that the merchandising trend could become "e-ticketing 2.0."
Electronic tickets made their debut in 1995. Many passengers resisted using them because if a flight was canceled, they had to stand in line to have a paper ticket issued and endorsed to another carrier.
The airlines quickly realized that e-ticket adoption would increase if that hurdle were removed, yet the first interline e-ticket agreement was not signed until 2002. It covered two airlines.
Early adoption of standards would have eased the transition to universal electronic ticketing, but some industry participants say merchandising is a different animal.
Timothy O'Neil-Dunne, managing partner of T2Impact, a business accelerator for travel distribution, said, "Airlines are saying that this is not a standardized service and should not be covered by standard rules that somebody mandates."
Consultant Maurice Coleman concurred, noting that the e-ticket itself was not a competitive tool. "No airline ever said, 'We're going to get more passengers because we have a better e-ticket,'" he said.
The issue came to a head last spring and summer, when airlines faced unprecedented fuel prices and rushed to find ways to boost revenue, such as baggage fees, even before they could figure out how to allow passengers to pay them online or through a GDS.
O'Neil-Dunne said there simply wasn't time to focus on such details. "Airlines were manning the fire hoses, trying to figure out how to ameliorate the outgoings by creating some incomings," he said. Developing standards isn't practical when circumstances call for immediate action, he said.
Meanwhile, the realities of staff cutbacks on both sides make more individually focused development burdensome for GDSs, he said. When GDSs had "an army of American Airlines specialists and Delta specialists, it was easy to accommodate differences," O'Neil-Dunne said. "Now they don't have armies to do these things, so they are beginning to push back on having to do the heavy lifting." At the same time, there are no corresponding armies at the airlines that can work with GDSs on such projects, he said.
When times were not quite so lean, "people would go to industry meetings to discuss these things," he said, and consensus often took years to emerge. "When you take all these forces at play --the practicality, the lack of people on both sides of the fence, the turgid process of getting industry concurrence --nobody's got time to deal with it. "If GDSs expect airlines to dance to their tune, that's just not going to happen," he added. "I empathize with their situation, but that's life."
Coleman, who was marketing manager at Aer Lingus' when it refashioned itself as a low-cost carrier, pointed out that the way in which GDS-airline relationships have evolved also makes the development of merchandising standards difficult.
The GDSs most likely are dealing with the distribution people at the airlines, he said, but it is the marketing people who are driving the move to unbundling and ancillary revenues.
"Distribution people don't necessarily know what's coming down from the marketing people," Coleman said. "Marketing is a very different mindset," he said. "Distribution has remained a very technical-driven skills base, while marketing is about people being creative. How do you standardize creativity?"
Coleman acknowledged that there is room for some basic standards for merchandising and that some efforts are under way.
American's Rubin noted that "ATPCO has been very active in this space in trying to come up with standardized ways to structure the terms and features of merchandising and to facilitate transmission of that data."
David Doctor, Amadeus' director of airline distribution, said the company has been working closely with some airline systems as it develops its merchandising solutions, "but as we expand to systemwide delivery, we need to go to more standardization." He said both Amadeus and Sabre are working with ATPCO to develop standardized formats.
"It is very important," he said. Otherwise, "our costs would go up as well."
Coleman said GDSs are in a tough position when it comes to the cost of providing new capabilities. Airlines' desire to unbundle fares comes at a time when GDSs also are unbundling their services, charging separately for features that go beyond basic transactions.
But they are unsure how to price customized solutions for merchandising, unbundling and ancillary revenues, he said, so they are leading the charge on standards.
"GDSs can only operate on a planned basis," he said. "They can't deliver capability for a new pricing model at the drop of a hat. They'll say, 'Give us a 24-month timeframe,' but airlines don't know what they are going to be in two years."


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Two guns found on the bullet-riddled bodies of star-crossed outlaw lovers Bonnie and Clyde in 1934 were auctioned off this weekend for more than half a million dollars.
The weapons are staying together, bought by the same, unnamed Texas collector.
The Gangsters, Outlaws and Lawmen affair, put on by RR Auction at a Nashua Crowne Plaza Hotel in New Hampshire, pulled in more than $1.1 million for 134 artifacts.
Among the items: a handwritten note from Old West gunman Wyatt Earp, a deposition from Prohibition-era gangster Al Capone, a letter from Mafia boss Lucky Luciano and a stock certificate for mobster Bugsy Siegel.
But the stars of the show were the guns.
Bonnie Parker's .38-caliber Detective Special, which was attached to her inner thigh with medical tape when she was gunned down by law enforcement officers, went for $264,000. It was the highest bid of the auction, according to Bobby Livingston, vice president at RR Auction.
Clyde Barrow, who died at Parker's side, had a 1911 Colt .45-caliber automatic tucked into his waistband. The gun sold for $240,000.
"It was a great success for us," Livingston said. "It was just thrilling."
The auction company has held other themed auctions, some involving items from the Titanic or space missions to the moon. Events that bring in more than $1 million tend to involve 400 or more artifacts, Livingston said.
But stories such as Bonnie and Clyde's continue to live on in public imagination, in part through television shows such as HBO's "Boardwalk Empire." Recent reports peg starlet Miley Cyrus as a possible contender to play Bonnie Parker in a Lifetime miniseries.
"In American culture, for whatever reason, there's a romance with rebellious outlaw types," Livingston said. "We glorify Jesse James, Billy Kid and more because they're seen in that spirit of individualism and Americanism and this concept of fighting the evil banks."
"They're seen in this mythological presentation that can often be so far from the truth," he said.
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Charlie Sheen said he's entitled to "one bad night."
The "Two and a Half Men" star appeared in a paparazzi-style video Monday, telling Extra he was "doing great" two weeks after allegedly rampaging a swanky Manhattan hotel room in the buff while inebriated.
"A guy has one bad night and everybody goes insane and panics and, uh, you know I'm not panicking," Sheen said from inside a car.
He acknowledged having lost a rare watch worth $150,000 in the bizarre Oct. 26 incident, which his publicist later chalked up to "an adverse allergic reaction to some medication." Sheen was briefly hospitalized after the meltdown before returning to Los Angeles.
"It's still missing but the way I look at it, if you have expensive tastes, you gotta be prepared for expensive losses," Sheen told Extra of the watch. "It is what it is."
The actor was not asked about having filed to divorce wife Brooke Mueller last week.
He said fans should "be excited" about his upcoming work on "Men," which last week scored a ratings bump, amid swirling rumors and revelations surrounding his personal life.
"Doing great. Just finished a show," Sheen said. "That's about it. Back to work. Everything's good."
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The FBI has ended its investigation into the biggest heist in Vermont history, the $1.9 million armored car company theft in Rutland.
A single man with a gun overpowered two guards at Berkshire Armored Car in Rutland 11 years ago Thursday.
Despite the investigation by the FBI and Rutland police, the case has never been solved.
The Rutland Herald reports that for years the FBI posted information under the "seeking information" section of its website.
Now the FBI says the case is closed because the statute of limitations for the crimes has past.
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E-man Is Healthy And Happy To Be Back
Don't tell Emmanuel Lamur that the first day of OTAs was no big deal.
When the Bengals took the field on Tuesday, it marked the first time in nearly nine months that the third year linebacker had participated in 11-on-11 football drills after dislocating his shoulder in the final preseason game last year.
"Oh man, it feels really good to be back," said Lamur. "It's a blessing to be back with the guys. The injury opened my eyes in a way. I'm enjoying every rep and having fun. Last year the game was taken away from me just like that."
"One of the things that I told the guys in the meetings is to enjoy the process," said defensive coordinator Paul Guenther. "Whether it's phase one of OTAs, lifting weights, meetings, or being out of the field. With the guys that got injured last year, I said, 'It's not a lot of fun when you're hurt and sitting out, so enjoy the time that you have out here.' You never know when it's going to end and that's how E-man plays."
"This is a chance for him to come back and get his feet wet and get back into the groove of things," said Rey Maualuga. "He looks great. He's a great coverage player and a great all-around athlete."
Lamur had another reason to be fired-up on Tuesday: He practiced with the first unit on defense. Following the offseason release of James Harrison, Lamur is the front-runner to start at SAM linebacker.
"He was the starter there really at the end of his rookie year (2012)," said Guenther. "He played a lot in his last five or six games and obviously he started the playoff game (at Houston). Right now he's running with the 'ones' and if he continues to improve, I don't see much of a change there."
"I'm running with the first group right now but the way I approach it is to work hard on each and every rep like I'm still trying to earn a spot," said Lamur. "I'm staying motivated and hungry because that's what pushes me."
Lamur was a 210-pound safety as a sophomore at Kansas State before shifting to linebacker for his final two college seasons. Although he added some weight after changing positions, Emmanuel was still slightly undersized to be an NFL linebacker when the Bengals signed him as an undrafted free agent.
"He was pretty raw, but from the first day when we were out here in the rookie camp, I was like, 'Man, I really like him.'" said Guenther. "Nobody believed me because he was an undrafted rookie and nobody knew anything about him. As time went on at practice, everybody started coming around on the guy and I said, 'I told you.' Once he figured out what to do, you could see the athletic ability really take over."
Lamur was able to put on 12 pounds of muscle prior to last season and now he's a chiseled 245 pounds.
"There are big boys in this league so I had to get bigger and stronger," said Lamur.
"I thought he was ready for a break-out year last year but unfortunately, he got hurt in the preseason," said Guenther. "He looks bigger, faster, and stronger now."
While the Bengals did not sign any big-name free agents in the off-season, they're hoping to get a major boost from the return of injured players like Geno Atkins, Leon Hall, and Lamur.
"He's going into his third year and he's smart," said Maualuga. "He talks a lot out there and is always asking questions. He loves to compete and I'm pretty sure that he's going to try to get to the ball quicker than Vontaze and me. I expect a big year from E-man. He's going to surprise a lot of people and do some great things."
"I've always been a big fan of E-man," said Andrew Whitworth. "He's a great guy with great character and has worked his tail off to be where he is. He's one of those guys where you're anxious to see him have success because he deserves it."
"Being out for the season last year was very humbling," Lamur told me. "I'm glad to be back at work and I'm improving every day."
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Prophecy of Damnation
An Empire In Need!
The great Twin-Tailed Comet, a portent tied to both Sigmar and the Empire, has been seen in the sky. To some, it is a sign of hope. To others, the harbinger of doom. Tensions rise, as the effects of a ruthless winter and poor harvests are felt across the Empire – villages and farms find it harder than ever to scrape by, and supplies for the Empire's constant war efforts dwindle ever lower.
To many citizens, this can mean only one thing. The End Times are at hand. Fear is rife. Another Great War is coming. Beastmen are growing restless, attacking villages with greater frequency and ferocity. The Chaos cults are rising up, summoning daemons, fomenting rebellion, and instigating insurrection throughout the Empire's cities. Bands of Chaos marauders scout further and further south than usual – some even penetrating as far as the Reikland to test the Empire's defences for the coming conflict.
During these times of uncertainty, more fears rise as rumours reach the Reikland from Kislev. Rumours of a champion of Chaos called Surtha Lenk and his great Chaos host waging war against the armies of Kislev. Information seems suspect and unreliable. Some of the news reaching Reiklanders speculates that Wolfenburg was sacked. Conflicting rumours insist Surtha Lenk's army was defeated, while others hint that the forces of Chaos were but the vanguard of a massive army poised to overrun Kislev and invade the Empire.
In response to these ominous portents, and sensing the fate of the realm is at stake, Emperor Karl Franz works tirelessly to protect the Empire. He sends envoys to the Phoenix King in Ulthuan, asking the high elves for aid in the coming conflict. Calling on ancient oaths and alliances, Karl Franz beseeches the High King of the dwarfs to rally to the Empire's cause.
Deep in the forests of Athel Loren, Ariel, the queen in the woods, has sensed the impending invasion as well. She sends parties of wood elves through Axe Bite Pass and into the Reikland to protect the ancient cairns secreted deep in the Reikwald Forest, and provide what aid they can against the forces of Chaos.
In the midst of this bleak, brewing turmoil, the Empire needs valiant men to stand as beacons of hope against the coming darkness. But fate can be fickle, and call upon the most dubious and unlikely of souls, binding them with the tangled threads of destiny and fortune.
And so it is that a desperate group of cut-throats and villains are called upon to face the formidable threats of the Old World , and deliver the Empire from utter ruination.
Can these doubtful few fulfil their unlikely destinies as Fate's champions in this, the Empire's time of greatest need?
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Sandton at a glance
Sandton's name is derived from a combination of two of its suburbs, Sandown and Bryanston. As one of Johannesburg's prime nodes in the northern suburbs, Sandton is a lavish area that attracts skilled labour from masses of ambitious individuals pursuing their fortunes in what may be better known as Africa's richest square mile. Numerous Manhattan-style skyscrapers tower over this upmarket area of Johannesburg and dominate the landscape, standing as landmarks that pierce the skyline in every part of the region that emulate a vibrant vista of New York. Sandton is more than just a commercial sector - It's a beautiful family-friendly neighborhood that boasts spacious homes on tree-lined avenues and trendy high-rise apartments that offer unique architectural panache and appeal.
Location and Transport
Sandton is in the heart of Johannesburg, making it a central node that can easily access and be accessed from surrounding locations. Areas encompassing Sandton include Randburg, Midrand, Boksburg, Benoni and Roodepoort. It takes roughly half-an-hour to drive to O.R. Tambo International Airport, and about 40 minutes to get to Lanseria Airport. Sandton is a metro station on the Gautrain rapid transit system which is a convenient amenity that significantly reduces traffic congestion in the area - the station is located particularly close to Sandton City/Nelson Mandela Square.
Sandton is home to world-class shopping centres including some of the most exclusive malls in the country.
Sandton City
Sandton City houses close to 300 local and international retailers and provides topnotch entertainment and fine cuisine. Another draw to the mall is the Nelson Mandela Square which is joined to this centre, making it one of the largest retail complexes on the continent.
Other shopping centres include:
• Fourways Mall
• Atholl Square
• Hyde Park Corner
• Sunninghill Village
• Sandhurst Centre
Sandton provides a plethora of exceptional educational institutes, such as:
Crawford Sandton
Renowned for its exceptional academic excellence in Gauteng. Crawford Sandton in particular comprises Crawford Pre-Primary, Crawford Preparatory and Crawford College. The school has been a trailblazer of innovative and forward-thinking education for over 20 years and they continue to uphold their reputation by producing outstanding academic and sporting results year after year. Classes are small and each promising child is guaranteed individual attention from outstanding teachers in order for them to reach their full potential. Crawford's matrics are well prepared and their remarkable results are always featured amongst the top in the country, opening a wide gateway of possibilities in tertiary education.
Sandton Primary
Offers learners a Christian based education and provides the necessary morals and values to mold students into future-leaders. It is situated in Bryanston and starts from Grade 0, going through to Grade 7. The school's system adapts to the needs of each child by finding and creating a space in which they have acceptance and value. The school encompasses inspiring values that are driven by purpose and students are well prepared to carry them through to and excel in their high school careers.
Other schools and tertiary institutions in the area include:
• Sandown High School
• Bryanston Primary School
• Michael Mount Waldorf School
• Redhill School
• Hyde Park High
Monte Casino
Monte Casino has been named Gauteng's premier entertainment destination. Located in Fourways, Sandton – it houses a variety of attractions and accommodation. The array of facilities makes it the best entertainment complex, boasting a first-class collection of restaurants and bars, movie and live theatres, nightclubs and lounges, spas, bird and wildlife park, not forgetting the casino itself. It's the perfect destination for a thrilling night out with friends or a relaxing day spent with family.
Other attractions include:
• Sandton Convention Centre
• Sandton Square
• Lion and Safari Park
• Johannesburg Zoo South Africa
There's a vast expanse of green space, sporting facilities, recreational spaces, restaurants and convenience stores, as well as premium healthcare facilities in the area.
Property Market
The demand for residential property in Sandton is massive due to it being an ideal investment for people working in the area, and developers are always on the lookout for vacant land. Statistics reveal that a large percentage of recent buyers are of a fairly young demographic, 39% between the ages of 18 and 35, and another 39% between the ages of 36 and 49.
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A majority of Okaloosa County commissioners voiced support Tuesday for Tax Collector Ben Anderson�s proposal to take over the collection of bed taxes from Clerk of Court Don Howard.
FORT WALTON BEACH � A majority of Okaloosa County commissioners voiced support Tuesday for Tax Collector Ben Anderson�s proposal to take over the collection of bed taxes from Clerk of Court Don Howard.
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The board voted 4-1 to hold a public hearing, most likely next month, on shifting the duties from Howard to Anderson by Oct. 1, which is the start of the 2014 fiscal year.
Commissioner Dave Parisot voted against the proposal.
The decision came after more than an hour of debate during which Anderson and Howard traded barbs and questioned each other�s professional credibility.
Anderson�s proposal was a direct response to the clerk of court�s role in processing the questionable purchases made by former tourism head Mark Bellinger. Anderson blamed Howard for the county�s financial losses resulting from Bellinger�s thefts and criticized the clerk for not discovering the fraud earlier.
�I am here today in response to the auditor general�s report. � Eighteen of 25 findings rest on the clerk of court,� Anderson said. � � The spending was in the clerk�s hands.�
Howard vigorously defended his office. He told commissioners that what was supposed to be a discussion on the bed tax had turned into �a public flogging at the hands of Mr. Anderson.�
Howard said he and his staff could not have known what Bellinger was hiding on the carefully crafted invoices he submitted.
Parisot defended Howard, and said none of the auditor general�s 25 findings were related to the clerk of court�s collection of bed tax money.
He added that Anderson �had done some maligning of the clerk�s office� while making his case Tuesday.
Other commissioners said shifting bed tax collection makes sense.
�It�s a tax and the tax collector should collect it,� Commissioner Wayne Harris said.
He added that the move could be �part of the healing process� for Okaloosa County as it moves on from the �Bellinger debacle.�
Commissioner Nathan Boyles said giving bed tax collection to the tax collector will allow the clerk of court to have �laser focus� on documenting and accounting for the spending of Okaloosa�s bed tax money.
Anderson argued that Howard�s office should not be tasked with collecting and spending bed tax money.
�Do not let the same employees who receive the money spend the money. � You must have checks and balances in place,� he said.
Anderson told commissioners his office would do a better job of collecting bed taxes by placing more workers in the field. He said he has at least three employees he could put on the job immediately.
�We will establish a fair-share program,� Anderson said. �We will identify those people who aren�t paying and we will seek them out.�
He said Howard�s failure to have all of those businesses �on the books� costs the county millions of dollars each year.
Howard, who has only one employee devoted to the collection, enforcement and auditing of bed taxes, was skeptical of Anderson�s claims of increased collections.
�If he�s got people who are available and ready right now, then what are they doing right now?� he said. � � I find that real interesting.�
Howard reminded commissioners that his office is responsible for processing and documenting county expenses, not determining what is spent. He said those two tasks are vastly different, and Anderson�s attempt to connect them was �about as disingenuous as anything I�ve ever seen.�
Howard also accused Anderson of targeting the bed tax collections for the 3 percent commission his office would earn on the revenues it processes.
�This is the first time I can ever remember one constitutional officer trying to take the duties of another constitutional officer,� he said. �It�s about the commission on the collections of the tax.�
Howard said Bellinger�s misuse of the clerk�s office and county funds doesn�t justify giving bed tax collection to Anderson. He urged the commissioners to shift the duties only if they have �a solid reason.�
He told commissioners he would respect the decision they eventually make.
�I�ve got responsibilities and I�m still going to be a team player, which a lot of other folks haven�t been,� Howard said.
Contact Daily News Staff Writer Kari C. Barlow at 850-315-4438 or email@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @KariBnwfdn.


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Michael Fassbender's new film, "Shame," in which he plays a man with an insatiable sexual appetite, has been generating huge buzz on the festival circuit. Now there's trailer that's got us dying to see it even more.
Directed by Steve McQueen, who worked with Fassbender on the Bobby Sands biopic "Hunger," the film tells the story of a man constantly on the prowl for his next conquest. But things get complicated when his younger sister, played by Carey Mulligan, arrives for an extended visit.
It's not just the performances of Fassbender and Mulligan that have people talking, it's also the NC-17 sexual explicitness--the phrase 'dungeon sex' has been thrown around by those who've seen it, and Fassbender goes full monty in the film. There's rarely a huge audience for such films, but to Fox Searchlight's credit they claim to have zero intention of cutting the film for an R rating.
"Shame" opens Dec. 2.


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19 Oct 2019
In this short film Scott introduces three new shows at The Vivian - Featuring Iain Cheesman, Wayne Youle and Rainer beneke
28 Aug 2019
In this short video, Scott Lawrie talks us through the latest shows at The Vivian. 'Still No Answer' in the North Gallery, 'Higher Thinking' in the South Gallery and 'Declarations' in the Studio Gallery.
19 Aug 2019
In this Vivian Film we talk with Scott Lawrie and Beverly Knight from Alcaston Gallery in Melbourne about the significant and eye-popping work by Sally Gabori which featured on The Vivian stand at this year's Auckland Art Fair.
15 Aug 2019
It's almost a year since The Vivian hosted our very first performance event - Ivan Lupi – 'X'. The response was amazing and we asked Ivan if he would take part just one more time... and he said yes! Make sure you don't miss this - We promise you will never forget it. This is an R18 event – and the North Gallery will only be accessible to participants between 2 – 4pm. The rest of the gallery remains open as usual.
11 Aug 2019
In this Artist Talk and Q&A, Rupert Herring takes us on a journey through his practice – and works currently on show in 'The Avenue Where The Silhouettes Pass'. Rupert's work is well-known and well-loved – And in this, his first solo show at The Vivian – you'll see a marked progression in both style – and influence. Elements from Greek and Roman architectural forms contrast with personal explorations of New Zealand landscapes in a range of woods; all sustainable and mostly salvaged.
3 Aug 2019
In this short film, Scott Lawrie talks about Rupert Herring's first solo show at The Vivian - 'The Avenue Where The Silhouettes Pass'. Elements from Greek and Roman architectural forms contrast with personal explorations of New Zealand landscapes in a range of woods; all sustainable and mostly salvaged.
28 Jul 2019
It's rare to uncover a new style of painting in New Zealand and Grace Wright delivers a whole show of it in 'You and Your Resolve' - which runs from 6 July to the 25 August. Sublime, elegant and powerful - Grace's Paintings are as enigmatic as they are joyful. And In This Vivian Film - she joins us in The North Gallery for an Artist talk.
30 Jun 2019
Join us on Saturday 6 July for the opening of three new shows at The Vivian. In the North Gallery – Grace Wright with 'You and Your Resolve'. In the South Gallery – Rupert Herring with 'The Avenue where the Silhouettes Pass' – and in the Studio Gallery – Liz Sharek with 'Wild Things'
24 Jun 2019
In this Artist Q&A – filmed during Martin's V-Project at The VIvian – Martin talks about his practice, his show at The Vivian and how it all began.


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Have you identified the reasons for the lack of success over the last two years?
English Teacher
I have a class of 14-year-old ones who have difficulty learning English. They didn't learn much during their first and second class ( Dutch system). Do you have any idea how I can help them?
Have you identified the reasons for the lack of success over the last two years?
By a few of them , I guess, it is the fact that they have quite a low IQ. Still I think it is possible to reach quite much when regarding Speaking skills. Unfortunately, they can't make one sentence in English without any mistakes. Others have learnt only words and Reading texts. Nothing else. After so many hours of studying they can't say "She goes to work..... He walks etc."
I really don't know what to do. The Dutch system is also wrong as they have to translate non-stop.....
Is the management aware of this or are they expecting them to reach the standards required for this year?
Iam One Of Them The New Studenties I Have Been Looking For Long Time Period How I Can Learn Engilsh But So Far Iam Still Nathing Gain, So Is There Any One Here Who Can Help Me?
Still, I am looking for ideas of how to help difficult learning children to learn a bit of English.


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Thanks for all your comments on my last post! It's always interesting to see people's roots, their background; what helps shape them. Introducing the most important people in my life- makes me more human! LOL. They come first above all, and as you get older, you realize how much you need them, and how much they need you. Absence makes the heart grow fonder. :)
Here are just a few reader questions:
Q: I love your white dress! Where did you get it from?
A: Thanks! It barely fits now because I gained weight, lol, but I got it from Forever21 about two years ago, and the seashell silver belt is from H&M.
Q: Are you and your sisters wearing matching dresses?
A: That picture of my entire family was from my parents' 25th Silver Wedding (they renewed their vows), so mom wore silver, and Me and Lauren are matching although her dress is slightly different we have the same belts.
Q: Your mom looks young! She looks like your sister!
A: HAHA, let's just say she IS young, LOL. She had me young, but she's probably reading this- all flattered, LOL.
Anyway, here is my falsies's haul from MadameMadeleine.com, they have the widest selection of false eyelashes, from natural to outrageous, and they also sell adhesive glue. Use these PROMOCODES: 5LASHES for 5% OFF, MYSPACE for 8% OFF, and type in FREEBIE in the message box for a free pair of lashes.
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I also got the CUTEST contact lens case from Wal-Mart! I named him Franklin, LOL. I have a habit of naming inanimate objects. For instance, my GPS is named Mandy, LOL.
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Thanks for all your comments on my last post! It's always interesting to see people's roots, their background; what helps shape them. Introducing the most important people in my life- makes me more human! LOL. They come first above all, and as you get older, you realize how much you need them, and how much they need you. Absence makes the heart grow fonder. :)
15 comments
- Alyssa said...
Lol~ I name things as well like my stuff animals and my car.
Nice haul of your falsies! :)
- October 22, 2008 at 1:37 AM
- kawaiikao said...
ahh! franklin is too cute haha
- October 22, 2008 at 2:08 AM
- Iyah said...
ahaha! Almost everything I owned, I named them too. Like for example my car, I named him BLEU. :p I love those eyelashes :D
- October 22, 2008 at 2:36 AM
- cta808 said...
hey thanks so much for the comment means a lot cuming from u :) that contacts case is so cute !!! and im so luving the lashes i too have been going lashes crazy lately lol but i have never seen that brand here in hawaii they are so limited wit makeup its sucky at times but thank god for the internet :) k take care <3chanel
- October 22, 2008 at 2:38 AM
- MakeupByRenRen said...
gotta love falsies! i love the contact case so cute!
- October 22, 2008 at 6:05 AM
- Anonymous said...
The lashes are cool.
I, too, name by cars. One is Sandy because the color Mojave Beige and Stella because the color is Steel Blue. And no one will forget Goldie, my trusty vehicle that went to live with another family lol
- October 22, 2008 at 6:16 AM
- Gee said...
That's a cute contact case!
- October 22, 2008 at 7:30 AM
- Anonymous said...
Your contact case is the cutest! The most exciting ones I've ever bought are ones with bright neon colors - not nearly as cute as Franklin though.
- October 22, 2008 at 7:47 AM
- Imee @ Life As ICEY It said...
LOL that's hilarious! Franklin looks great, he's cute! i name my inanimate objects too, and people thought i was crazy, see! i'm not alone!
- October 22, 2008 at 8:39 AM
- mvenegas2476 said...
Thanks for the lashes discount info. I LOVE false eyelashes! I like to wear them when I go out. My sister and I also name everything too! My office shredder's name is Stanley. LOL!
- October 22, 2008 at 8:48 AM
- Jennifer @ www.aegiscode.net said...
Hey Vanesssa,
I really appreciate u messaging me back. U are truly a sweetheart. I noticed when I was going to school in Riverside and would come home on the weekends my parents were much lenient and nicer. But ever since I graduated and moved back home, they treat me like a 10 year old.I never really had the chance to grow, bc they were always so overprotective.
So I came home from the library last night (and boy was I dreading it) bc I had not talked to my mom after the whole incident. I greeted her and was about to walk out of her room when she called me back and actually apologized for hitting me. She explained to me she couldn't hold her temper and just has high standards for me and it hurts her to see me not doing things to my full potential. Plus I spoke in viet (which isn't really well, so some words I said may mean another thing) so she interpreted my words differently.
In the end, we hugged it out. But I still feel this weird distance. I don't know if u know what i mean.
But thanks again for messaging and telling me ur story. It really did make me feel like I wasn't the only one
- October 22, 2008 at 10:55 AM
- veraology said...
aww your contact case is sooo cute!!! omg. even though i dont wear contacts , i think i just wanna have it cause its so effin adorable!
- October 22, 2008 at 11:13 AM
- Cindyy825 said...
that contact case is REALLY CUTE! That's okay... I have a habit of naming inanimate objects as well, for instance my car's name is WhiteDaisy... which is why many of my SNs is WhiteDaisy... :)
- October 22, 2008 at 4:07 PM
- Stephanie T said...
The contact lens case is so cute. I wanted the one that looked (at least to me) like a ladybug!
- October 22, 2008 at 4:16 PM
- ainstein said...
awww that is such a cute contact lens case! i love turtles! i use to have a turtle named bambam n fatso =D
- October 22, 2008 at 5:10 PM


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Agenda: August 13, 2013 Joint Neighborhood Centers and Residential Development and Compatibility PEG meeting
Tuesday, August 13 from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
1900 SW 4th Avenue, Portland, Conference Room 7A (Seventh Floor)
Welcome, Introductions and Overview (3:00 p.m.)
Presenters: Steve Faust, Facilitator; Bill Cunningham and Barry Manning, BPS
This joint PEG meeting focuses on topics that are of mutual interest to both the Neighborhood Centers and Residential Development & Compatibility PEGs. This meeting will be an opportunity to share the perspectives of both PEGs in exploring how the role of centers and corridors as places of growth and activity relates and transitions to adjacent lower-density residential areas.
Scale Transitions (3:15 p.m.)
Presenters: Bill Cunningham and Debbie Bischoff, BPS
Description: Discuss approaches to achieving transitions in scale between higher-density centers/corridors and adjacent lower-density residential areas. Topics include approaches to step-downs in building scale, locations of zoning boundaries, and appropriate zoning depth. BPS staff is seeking PEG input on potential approaches to implementing the draft policies.
Related Material:
- Draft Transitions policies (policies 5.32 and 5.33)
- August 2012 RDC PEG Issue Paper (Scale Transitions)
Use and Activity Transitions (4:10 p.m.)
Presenter: Barry Manning, BPS
Description: Discuss issues related to addressing the interface between the uses and activities in centers and corridors with adjacent residential areas. BPS staff are seeking PEG input on potential priorities and approaches related to implementing the draft policies.
Related Material:
Public Comment (4:45 p.m.)
Next Steps (4:55 p.m.)
Adjourn (5:00 p.m.)
For more information, please contact Bill Cunningham, Bureau of Planning and Sustainability at 503-823-4203 or firstname.lastname@example.com or Steve Faust, Facilitator at 503-278-3456 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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After remaining on the sidelines for years, government now seems eager to keep up with the ever evolving world of technology and new media and even to advance it. Earlier this month, the New York State Senate continued with this trend, launching an Open Legislation website intended to make it easier for New Yorkers to find out about bills and comment on them.
Transparency initiatives should seem familiar to city residents. Since taking office as mayor in 2002, Michael Bloomberg has attempted use technology to achieve more transparency. While some of these efforts have been more successful than others, they have led to the creation of 311, a phone and internet hotline for government information, and to the city's offering an array of statistics on nyc.gov. The City Council has made the text of bills available through a keyword search on its website, as has the State Assembly. Unlike the State Senate's new program, though, these do not provide a place for people to leave comments.
Sen. Jose Serrano, who launched the site in front of students at Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics, believes that growing disclosure of the actions of the State Senate will increase citizen participation and make representatives more accountable, while also encouraging young people to get involved.
"Albany has been shrouded in mystery for so long to the point where the disconnect between the Albany legislature and the average person is beyond apathy," Serrano said. "I think this is a good initial step at creating a vested feeling for folks who are trying to access information."
Easier Access and Participation
The site, which debuted on Nov. 5, provides the full text of bills as well as the memo summarizing the legislation and offering the reasons for it. In this way it effectively allows those outside of Albany access to information that used to be available only to insiders.
The site does not seek to simply provide access but also tries to make it easy. Previously, doing a search required knowing the bill number.
Now, though, Open Legislation includes a Google-like search mechanism allows users to find bills by typing in a keyword. They can, for instance, search anything from "crime" to "school nutrition" and have all relevant bills appear on the results page. Performing a search on a broad keyword issue like "zoning elicits over 30 responses. For now (there are plans to possibly rework this), the results appear by bill number, rather than some other sort of distinction such as date. Visitors can view the bill in HTML, XML, CSV, or JSON format. The page for the legislation includes sections for a summary, action on it, the memo and its full text, topped off with the comments section at the bottom.
Visitors also can conduct searches by sponsor, committee, recent action or recent votes.
"We tried to build a very simple, easy to use search interface that we think will be useful to a lot of people," explains Andrew Hoppin, chief information officer for the Senate, who helped create the site with lead developer Nathan Freitas.
Those involved with the site seem most excited about the comments section. Serrano believes it will have a positive effect on future legislation.
"Traditionally, you had to go lobby physically in Albany, or you had to write memos of supporter opposition or be invited to go testify at a meeting," he said. Now, he continued, "We're trying to get the community engaged in a way that it hasn't been before. I want people to say, 'That's a great job Serrano,' or, 'No, you're totally off-base on this one, Serrano, and here's why.'"
He believes fellow senators will be receptive to their constituents' suggestions. "If elected officials have learned anything over the last year or so, it's that the public's voice needs to be heard and it needs to be heard in a meaningful way. When you partner with the public on legislation, you actually create a much better product," Serrano said.
Reaching Out to Youth
Serrano held the launch at the East Harlem high school not only because it is located in his district, but also because he hopes it will encourage young people, who tend to be technically savvy, to get involved in government.
After giving a brief explanation of the process of law making, Serrano invited the students to conduct their own searches. Some looked into education while others delved housing related bills.
"They live in apartments that may or may not be there for them in the coming future," the senator said, noting one student investigated vacancy decontrol. "Knowing that there's a bill that will protect affordable housing, they may want to get behind that."
Moving Forward
The website will remain in its beta form until it has been "battle tested by thousands of people using it for a number of months," said Hoppin.
And, while this may be the largest project aimed at transparency from the state in a while Hoppin said it will not be the last. A major overhaul of committee websites within nysenate.gov is also in the works. The goal is to better disclose information about committee meetings and hearing, while also providing live streaming video.
Serrano is working on launching a channel for the State Senate similar to CSPAN, where meetings would be broadcast live. He previously broadcast a committee meeting on YouTube and received what he felt were meaningful responses.


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From the dynamic opening acts to his own show full of surprises, Luke Bryan showed why he's selling out venues across the country. The Georgia-native is not only a talented singer/songwriter and musician, he's a true entertainer.
The Friday night show at the Yum! Center kicked off with Florida Georgia Line, a group generating a lot of buzz since the release of their Top 20 single "Cruise." The duo – Brian Kelly from Florida and Tyler Hubbard from Georgia (hence the name) – had some fast-moving, hard-driving tunes that got tremendous crowd response.
They were followed by Thompson Square, the husband/wife duo with the #1 smash hit "Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not?" who continued the "we-are-definitely-here-to-have-a-good-time" tone of the evening.
Then, it was Luke Bryan's turn. And from the moment he hit the stage, he made it clear he was there to have fun and take everyone in the sold-out Yum! Center along for the ride. He kicked things off with "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye," and followed with a string of his hits like "Country Man," "Rain Is a Good Thing," "Drunk on You," and more.
And while the crowd enjoyed the music – which was exceptional – what made the show even better, was Bryan's ability to interact with fans and keep things moving at such a quick pace, you had to pay attention so as not to miss anything.
As he sang, Bryan moved all over the extended T-shaped stage that allowed him to get further out onto the arena floor and closer to the crowd. If he wasn't shaking his hips or raising a hand to the fans in the upper level, he was leaning down and slapping hands with those around the stage, or making eye-contact and nodding or smiling directly at people on the floor.
About thirty minutes into the show, he brought back Florida Georgia Line and Thompson Square and had both duos join him for a rockin' cover of Bruno Mar's "Locked Out Of Heaven." The crowd loved it!
Afterward, members of his band moved some of their instruments (along with equipment cases they used as chairs), to the center of the T-stage. And lest you forget they are a country group, they launched into a short version of "Dueling Banjos." Bryan noted, "You can't play this stuff without moonshine!" He grabbed a Mason jar filled with dark colored liquid, took a drink and said, "Sweet Apple Pie, I love it!" He then, passed the jar to other members of his band, introducing them one by one as they took a drink.
Later as the musicians moved their instruments back to the main stage, Bryan sat down at the piano. He said he'd like to play his first No. 1 hit, then began - in his best Justin Bieber voice - singing "If I Was Your Boyfriend," drawing laughter from the crowd before playing his own song.
Between shout-outs to the U.S. military, "The only reason I can stand on this stage and sing to hardworking people is because of those who keep us free," and to those in the arena, "This is the biggest crowd we've played to on the tour this year," the music continued. Bryan played "Spring Break," "If You Ain't Here to Party," "Dirt Road Diary," and others, and kept fans on their feet and singing the entire time.
It's easy to see why Bryan, who hit the music scene less than six years ago and just last year was opening for Jason Aldean, is now headlining gigs of his own. Rest assured, you'll be hearing a lot more about Luke Bryan.


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Golf's governing bodies, worried that players will turn to long putters as an advantage instead of a last resort, proposed a new rule Wednesday that would ban the putting stroke used by three of the last five major champions.
The Royal & Ancient Golf Club and the U.S. Golf Association said the rule would not outlaw belly putter or broom-handle putters, only the way they are currently used. The proposed rule would make it illegal for golfers to anchor the club while making a stroke and not take effect until 2016.
"More players are using it, and instructors are saying this is a more efficient way to putt because you don't have to control the whole stroke," USGA executive director Mike Davis said. "The game has been around for 600 years. Fundamentally, we don't think this is the right way to go."
Orville Moody won the 1989 U.S. Senior Open using a long putter that he held against his chest, allowing for a pendulum motion. Paul Azinger won the 2000 Sony Open with a putter that he pressed into his belly. Long putters began getting serious attention last year when Keegan Bradley became the first player to win a major with a belly putter at the PGA Championship. This year, Webb Simpson won the U.S. Open and Ernie Els won the British Open using belly putters.
Davis and R&A chief executive Peter Dawson said the catalyst for the new rule was not who was winning tournaments, but the number of players switching to long putters.
Their research showed no more than 4 percent of golfers used the clubs for several years. It went to 6 percent in 2006, and then to 11 percent in 2011, with some PGA Tour events having as much as 20 percent of the players using the long clubs. There was no empirical data to suggest a long putter made golf easier. Carl Pettersson (No. 21) and Bradley (No. 27) were the only players among the top 30 in putting this year on the PGA Tour who used long putters.
"We don't think putting in an anchored way is easy. You have to learn how to do it," Dawson said. "But it takes one of the potential frailties out of the stroke ... We have to retain the skill and challenge inherent in golf."
The R&A and USGA will take comments for three months on the proposed rule before it is approved. Because the Rules of Golf are updated every four years, any ban on the anchored stroke would not take effect for another four years.
The decision figures to be divisive.
Tim Clark of South Africa and Pettersson have used broom putters their entire careers, and they have suggested a new rule would affect their livelihoods. Els once mocked Vijay Singh for using a long putter, but then Els switched to a belly putter last year when his putting suffered.
"As long as it's legal, I'll cheat like the rest of them," he said.
Tiger Woods is among those who have been outspoken about anchored putters, saying it takes away from the nerves in the hands in trying to make putts.
"I just believe that the art of putting is swinging the club and controlling nerves," Woods said Tuesday. "And having it as a fixed point, as I was saying all year, is something that's not in the traditions of the game. We swing all other 13 clubs. I think the putter should be the same.
"I don't know if there's any statistical data on it ... about whether or not anchoring the putter does help on a certain range of putts, especially the guys who have gotten the twitches a little bit," he said. "But one of the things that I was concerned about going forward is the kids who get started in the game and starting to putt with an anchoring system. There have been some guys who have had success out here, and obviously everyone always copies what we do out here. And that's something that I think for the greater good of the game needs to be adjusted."
That's ultimately what got the attention of golf's governing bodies.
Adding to the attention was Guan Tianlang, the 14-year-old from China who used a belly putter this month when he won the Asia Pacific Amateur, which earned him a spot in the Masters. He will be the youngest player ever at Augusta National. Guan started using the belly putter about six months before his big win.
Davis said there has been a dramatic increase in anchored putting styles in the last 18 months to two years at all levels of the game — tour players, elite amateurs, all the way down to the junior level. Previously, he said such putting was used by players who either "lost their way with conventional putting" or went to a broom putter because it was difficult for them to bend over for long periods of time in practice.
For years, there was a stigma attached to those who used long putters. They were considered poor putters who needed help. Davis said certified instructors began to realize that anchored putting would take some of skill out of putting, and it could lead to the majority of golfers using long putters.
"Throughout the 600-year history of golf, the essence of playing the game has been to grip the club with the hands and swing it freely at the ball," Davis said. "The player's challenge is to control the movement of the entire club in striking the ball, and anchoring the club alters the nature of that challenge."
The proposal is for Rule 14-1(b) which reads, "In making a stroke, the player must not anchor the club, either 'directly' or by use of an 'anchor point.'"
To anchor the club directly is defined by players intentionally holding the club or the hand gripping the club in contact with any part of the body.
Putting styles such as the "claw" or "cross handed" are still allowed. Matt Kuchar uses a belly-length putter that he rests against his arm. That would be permitted. Belly putters are allowed, as long as they don't touch the stomach, such as the style Angel Cabrera used when he won the 2009 Masters. Broom putters, such as used by Clark, Pettersson and Adam Scott, can be used provided it is held away from the chest.
Golf research has shown that golf participation is dwindling, mainly in the United States and Europe through cost and time it takes to play. Davis does not believe outlawing the anchored putting stroke will further decrease the number of golfers.
"We really feel strongly that it's a false premise," he said. "The game has been around for hundreds and hundreds of years. For 570 years, people figured out how to play without anchoring. Now they can't do without it?
"It's not, 'How can we make it harder?' or 'How can we make it easier?' By doing this, we feel this clarifies the game," he said. "This is about the future of the game."


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Recall the definition of the Gowers uniformity norm $\|f\|_{U^{k}(G)}$, $$ \|f\|_{U^{k}(G)} := \left( \mathbb{E}_{x,h_1,\ldots,h_k \in G} \Delta_{h_1} \ldots \Delta_{h_{k}} f(x) \right)^{2^{-k}} \, $$ where the operator $\Delta_h$ is a multiplicative analog of a derivative given by $$ \Delta_h f(x) := f(x+h) \overline{f(x)} \,, $$ and $G$ is a finite abelian group. I'm specifically interested in the case $G=\mathbb{Z}_d$ of integers modulo $d$, and $k=3$. Therefore, I'll just use the shorthand notation $\|f\|_{U^{k}(\mathbb{Z}_d)} = \|f\|_{U^{k}}$.
I'm interested in functions $f:\mathbb{Z}_d \to \mathbb{C}$ which have some fixed value of $\|f\|_2$, say 1, meaning that $$ \|f\|_2^2 = \sum_{h \in \mathbb{Z}_d} f(h) \overline{f(h)} = 1\,. $$
Then my question is,
What are the functions having unit 2-norm which minimize $\|f\|_{U^3}$?
I can prove a lower bound of $\|f\|^8_{U^3} \ge \frac{2}{d^{4} (d+1)}$, so such functions cannot have arbitrarily small Gowers norm. This bound seems to be tight for all values of $d$ (via numerics) but there is no obvious function which provably saturates the bound for all $d$.
From what I can tell, it appears that such obstructions to Gowers uniformity, like the 2-norm constraint above, have been studied before. But I cannot tell if such extremal problems have been studied, or even if they are thought to be tractable.


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Embodiment of Republic boasted too much body
The good burghers of the French town Neuville-en-Ferrain will no longer be able to enjoy the ample charms of a "patriotic female statue" after the mayor ordered its removal from the town hall on the grounds of excessive chesticles.
Gerard Cordon took exception to the bust of Marianne, the "traditional female embodiment of the French Republic", the Telegraph explains. He "persuaded" councillors that a €900 replacement based on Laetitia Casta would put an end to unfavourable comments about Marianne's assets.
A town hall employee explained: "It was making people gossip. Remarks were made, during weddings for example."
Since Laetitia Casta is no Keira Knightley, it's evident the evicted statue's jubs were substantial. Catherine Lamacque, who sculpted it back in 2007 at a cost of €1,400, admitted she'd been lavish with the terracotta "to symbolise the generosity of the Republic".
She protested: "The mayor has had it under his nose for several years. He chose it from among other designs even before I baked it. His decision is absurd. I only hope he will not have it destroyed."
An old boy in Neuville-en-Ferrain expressed his support for Lamacque in a France 3 TV report last week, summarising: "People are stupid. Better nice breasts than none at all." ®
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Do the civil procedure rules give access to justice for all?
As well as dealing with different areas of law, the types of dispute that can arise within the field of civil law are equally varied. A company may be claiming that money is owned to it; this type of claim may be for a few pounds or for several million. An individual may be claiming compensation for injuries suffered in an accident, while in another tort case the claim might not be for money but for but for another reason: such as an injunction to prevent someone from building on disputed land. Other types of court orders include the winding up of a company, which cannot pay its debts or a decree of divorce for a marriage that has failed. The list is almost endless.
In most civil matters people regard a court case as a last resort and will try to resolve the problem without going to court, so that when a dispute arises it is likely that some form of negotiation will take place. The most usual situation is that the person making the complaint will either go to see the other side and explain the problem or they will write to the other side, setting out the complaint. Many cases will be resolved at this stage by the other party agreeing to refund money, change goods, pay the debt or take some other desired action.
If the other party will not settle the claim, then the aggrieved person must decide whether they are prepared to take the matter further. The most common next stage is to get legal advice and perhaps get a solicitor to write to the other person. This may lead to a 'bargaining' situation where a series of letters is written between the parties and eventually a compromise is reached. However, if, after all this, the other side refuses to pay the debt or compensation or whatever else is claimed, then the aggrieved person must decide if the matter is worth pursuing any further. This may involve starting a court case or an alternative form of dispute resolution may be used.
Taking a case to court can be an expensive exercise, even if you decide to not use a lawyer. There will be a court fee based on the type and size of the claim, which can be claimed back from the other party if you win the case, but there is always the risk that you can lose the case and have to pay the other side's costs. Even if you win, your problems may not be over, as the other person may not have enough money to pay the claim and refund your costs. If the case is complicated it could take years to complete and may cost hundreds or thousands of pounds.
Given these problems, it is not surprising that many people who believe they have a good claim decide not to take court action.
However, starting a court case does not mean that it will actually go to court. The vast majority of cases are settled out of court so that fewer than five per cent of all cases started in the civil courts get as far as court hearing. This is because the dispute is a private one between the parties involved and they can settle their own dispute at any time, even after court proceedings have been started.
Parties are encouraged to give information to each other, in an attempt to prevent the need for so many court cases to be started. So before a claim is issued, especially in personal injury cases, a pre-action protocol should be followed. This is a list of things to be done and if the parties do not follow the procedure and give the required information to the other party, they may be liable for certain costs if they then make a court claim.
The information is usually in a letter explaining brief details of how the claim arises; why it is claimed that the other party is at fault; details of injury or other damage; and any other relevant matters. The defendant is then given three months to investigate the claim and must then reply, setting out if liability is admitted or if it is denied, with reasons for denial. If expert evidence is going to be needed, then the parties should try to agree to use one expert. This should lead to many claims being settled, but there will still be some, which need to go to court.
The present system of civil justice is based on the reforms recommended by Lord Woolf in his report Access to Justice (1996).
In 1995 Lord Woolf thought that a civil justice system should:
· Be just in the results it delivers.
· Be fair in the way it treats litigants
· Offer appropriate procedures at a reasonable cost
· Deal with cases at a reasonable speed
· Be understandable to those who use it
· Provide as much certainly as the nature of particular cases allows
· Be effective, adequately resourced and organised.
The Report found that virtually none of these points was being achieved in the civil courts, and criticised the system for being unequal, expensive, slow, uncertain and complicated. The report contained 303 recommendations. The most important ones proposed:
· Extending small claims up to £3,000
· A fast track for straightforward cases up to £10,000
· A multi-track for cases over £10,000, with capping costs
· Encouraging the use of alternative dispute resolution
· Giving judges more responsibility for managing cases.
· More use of information technology
· Simplifying documents and procedures and having a single set of rules governing proceedings in both the High Court and the County Court.
· Shorter timetables for cases to reach court and for length of trials.
The proposal to increase the small claims limit to £3,000 was implemented before the full report was issued. Before committing itself to the remainder of the reforms, the Labour Government, which came to power in 1997, commissioned the Middleton Report as a 'second opinion'. This supported that the small claims limit should be raised to £5,000 and the fast track route to £15,000. As a result of the Woolf and Middleton Reports, the civil justice system was radically reformed in April 1999.
From 26 April 1999, new Civil Procedure Rules were brought into effect. These use much simpler language than previous rules. They also changed the vocabulary used in court cases. For example, anyone starting a civil case is now called 'the claimant'; previously the term used in most cases was 'the plaintiff'. The document use to start cases is a claim form, rather than a writ or a summons.
Rule 1.1 of the Civil Procedure Rules states that the overriding objective is to enable the court to deal with cases justly. This means that courts should try to:
· Ensure that the parties in any case are on an equal footing i.e. one part shouldn't have a lawyer, while the other is representing their selves.
· Save expense
· Deal with cases in a way which is proportionate to:
1. The amount involved (that is avoid the costs of the cases being more than the amount claimed).
2. The importance of the case (for example, is there a major point of law involved?)
3. The complexity of the issues in the case.
· Ensure that the case is dealt with quickly and fairly
· Allocate an appropriate share of the court's resources (so smaller claims do not take up more time that they justify).
Judges have more control over proceedings than previously. They can set timetables and make sure that the parties do not drag out a case unnecessarily. Rule 1.4 of the Civil Procedure Rules explains that as well as fixing timetables,' active case management' by judges includes:
· Identifying the issues at an early stage
· Deciding which issues need investigating and trial
· Encouraging the parties to use alternative dispute resolution if this is appropriate
· Dealing with any procedural steps without the need of the parties to attend court
· Giving directions to ensure that the trial of a case proceeds quickly and efficiently.
Case management has led to the issues in cases being identified more quickly, so that more cases are settling without the need for a trial. Judges are also staying cases so that mediation can be tried. The Centre for Dispute Resolution reported that, in 2000, 27 per cent of the disputes it dealt with were cases, which had been stayed by a judge. This compared with 19 per cent of cases in 1999 and only 8 per cent in 1998.
The judges are also applying the timetables strictly. This is illustrated by Vinos v Marks and Spencer plc (2000). In this case the claimant's solicitors had issued the claim just within the time limit and had told the defendant's insurers that they had done so. However, they were then nine days late in serving that claim on the defendant. The claim was struck out by the court because of this.
As you can see, since the Woolf Reform the court has changed to make it easier for everyone to understand the system. It has also made it fairer for the normal person. Before the Woolf Reform, it was very hard for someone outside the profession to understand the system. Now thanks to his reforms it is now easier and fairer.


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Fed's Historic Error Is in Not Acting Boldly Enough, Paper Argues
Federal Reserve officials have been underestimating their powers and have wounded the economy in the process, a new research paper argues.
That observation will certainly surprise many in light of the wide range of unprecedented actions taken by the central bank in recent years. That said, a new paper by University of California, Berkeley, economists Christina and David Romer said policy makers need to embrace the powerful tools at their disposal, believing that when they don't, the economy pays the price.
The paper will be presented Saturday at the American Economic Association annual gathering in San Diego. The research is titled "The Most Dangerous Idea in Federal Reserve History: Monetary Policy Doesn't Matter."


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Included among the 12 initiatives of Homeland Security Presidential Directive 23/National Security Presidential Directive 54, popularly known as the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative, was the "Leap-Ahead R&D & Coordination" initiative.
As the title implied, this CNCI initiative was intended to kick-start research and development efforts in game-changing cyber technologies. Now known as the National Cyber Leap Year (NCLY) initiative, the official charge is "to transform the cyber infrastructure so that critical national interests are protected from catastrophic damage and our society can confidently adopt new technological advances."The initiative is intended to develop strategies and programs to enhance the component of government research (unclassified as well as classified) and development portfolio by involving public, private and academic research communities to help solve difficult problems that require "out of the box" thinking.
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The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Networking and Information Technology R&D Program Senior Steering Group kick-started their efforts by asking the research community for technical proposals to plausible changes to the current cybersecurity landscape.
More than 200 responses were submitted to three "requests for input." The responses were then synthesized, resulting in the following five categories that demonstrate game-changing potential:
1. Digital Provenance — basing trust decisions on verified assertions.
2. Moving-target Defense — attacks only work once if at all.
3. Hardware-enabled Trust — knowing when we've been had.
4. Health-inspired Network Defense — move from forensics to real-time diagnosis.
5. Cyber Economics — crime doesn't pay.
According to the NCLY Program Development Framework, summaries of these five game-changers are:
As the definition implies, this game-changer seeks to reduce the energy expended in discovering whether to trust digital objects for any intended purpose. The technological manifestations of this could include: Caller ID for e-mail, application whitelisting, authoritative patching, cyber Identification Friend or Foe, anonymity-preserving credentials, and adaptive trust policies.
The urgency of this game-changer is to address the growing clamor for the basic security guarantees fundamental to e-commerce. Many of the technical building blocks for Digital Provenance are in-place: cryptography as the core enabler, mechanisms for signing and binding metadata to content, public-key infrastructures, e-mail directory constructs, and digital rights management.
2. Moving-Target Defense — attacks only work once if at all.
Currently attackers are winning the cyberspace battle by taking advantage of the relatively static nature of our systems. This game-changer proposes a new tactic where we win by increasing the randomness or decreasing the predictability of our systems.
Technological manifestations include: nonpersistent environments, randomized execution of code, utility computing decoupled from enterprise data assets, randomized network and host identities, randomizing compilers, dynamic address spaces, and adopting new technology faster than bad guys can figure out flaws.
There are several enabling environmental factors for this game-changer including the following: virtualization has moved from the server to the desktop, reducing start-up costs; multicore processors are ubiquitous; cloud computing emerging; need to integrate new functionality faster than it can be secured. The technical underpinnings are mostly in place across industry and include fault tolerance enabled by multiple cores; decade of experience with virtualization; hardware supports for virtualization in Intel chip set; mature research in avoiding memory-based attacks.3. Hardware-Enabled Trust — knowing when we've been had.
Since current machines have no way to notify us that they have been compromised, we are faced with the difficulty of having to deploy impregnable systems. Hardware-enabled trust would allow us to persistently monitor our assets for changes in trustworthiness by embedding tamper-resistant roots of trust in the architecture.
The technological manifestations could include: trusted boot, Trusted Platform Module-enabled applications, measurement and attestation, and integrity-breach alarms. Several enabling environmental factors exist for this game-changer to include: the fact that most modern PCs now have a trusted execution chip set; root-kit detection is not very robust and the attack is commonplace; Trusted Computing Group has a wide set of members.
In addition, the following technical considerations are also enhancers: TCG ideas are good and have government expertise inside; Intel has put a lot of work into the TPM and other hardware supports for trust; encouraging advancements in field-programmable gate arrays.
4. Health-Inspired Network Defense — move from forensics to real-time diagnosis.
Currently, weeks and months can elapse before successful network penetrations are detected through laborious forensic analysis. This game-changer would allow network components to have a heightened ability to observe and record what is happening to and around them.
The technological manifestations could include: the ability to automatically detect denial of service attacks, the ability to find and stop propagation of botnets, and the ability to support user intent. The technical environment is an enabler from the following perspectives: with the spread of virtualized desktops and cloud computing, the network boundary itself is now virtual; hardware switches and routers will increasingly utilize software mechanisms, completely opening up the previously ossified world of network protocols to redesign; there is room for both old and new protocols to co-exist.
5. Cyber Economics — crime doesn't pay.
Currently, both cyber crime and cyber espionage are quite lucrative and very attractive because the cost to engage in them is very small compared to the return on investment. This idea seeks to even the odds and make cyber malefactors take more risk at a lower rate of return.
Manifestations include: the theory of cyber risk markets, incentives, disincentives and value chains; market alignment; key value chain points where cost should be introduced; and the impact of immediate law enforcement at key points. The urgency is immediate, as cyber crime losses are reaching intolerable levels. The enabling technical underpinnings include the recent advancements in attribution and forensics, and better understanding of patterns of illicit actions and behaviors.
In closing, federal chief information security officers should take tremendous comfort, if not be outright excited, about the possibilities once these NCLY game-changers are brought to fruition.
Being able to support the core-mission, essential functions of our respective federal agencies by having technologies that facilitate trust-based decisions on verified assertions — operating in large heterogeneous IT environments where attacks work only once, if at all — and having the capability to be notified in real-time of successful attacks because we've moved our cyber operations model from forensics to real-time diagnosis equipped with the a diminished cyber economic landscape, would be "near nirvana" for not just federal CISOs but the overall CISO community.
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