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THE fire that came for Dunalley brought a dark rhythm with it.
''What happened to my parents, happened to me,'' said boilermaker Mal Murdock, as he stood amid the ruins of his dreams.
Here was the 1974 Harley Davidson 1000cc Sportster, a cindered wreck on rims.
Over there, under buckled corrugated iron in a shed sat the remains of a vintage speedboat. Next to it in another shed squatted a melted Mark Skaife Signature Monaro.
All gone, when the bushfire howled out of the forest to the north of the once-pretty seaside town in catastrophic weather on Friday. It reduced a third of the town's houses to smoking heaps in chilling proof that Australia once more is in a bushfire summer.
More than 100 properties went up in Dunalley and nearby communities. The town lost its school, police station and a historic local hall and stables. Far around, the hills were black, the vegetation scorched to the sea, as the fire burnt on.
On Saturday night one of its fronts was 20 kilometres down the Tasman Peninsula, where firefighters worked to save the holiday town of Taranna. Police estimated 2700 people were stranded at community refuges.
Further up Tasmania's east coast, highways were cut as another big fire burnt south of Bicheno, about 180 kilometres north-east of Hobart.
Despite earlier reports that a man had died trying to defend his home, police said on Saturday there had been no confirmed serious injuries or deaths from the fires. Late Saturday, the risks posed by the ongoing blazes were downgraded.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced an emergency support package for fire-hit Tasmanians but warned that the widespread extreme heat meant risks elsewhere.
''It's a very Australian thing to fear, and also to understand, the devastation of bushfire,'' Ms Gillard said.
In Victoria, firefighters battled an out-of-control blaze at Kentbruck, in the state's south-west, which has so far burned 2174 hectares, as temperatures eased. Bushfires at Ensay, in East Gippsland, and at Port Albert, near Lakes Entrance, were being controlled.
Fire risks across the state are predicted to remain high this week, with temperatures in Melbourne likely to reach 36 degrees on Monday. The heatwave in northern Victoria will end on Wednesday, with temperatures dropping to the low 30s.
In South Australia, bushfires were being monitored on the Fleurieu Peninsula on Saturday night, and the Country Fire Service said the bushfire at Finniss was brought under control.
The Insurance Council of Australia declared the fire that hit Dunalley catastrophic, unlocking a rapid assistance response, but had yet to estimate the damage in dollars.
For survivors in Dunalley on Saturday, the blaze's scale drew an instinctive comparison to Tasmania's most damaging 1967 bushfires, which cost 62 lives and left thousands
homeless. ''I was six years old,'' Mal Murdock said. ''My parents lost a house too.''
This time he stayed, wet the ground and watched the flames roll north along the hilltops, then suddenly turn and bear down on Dunalley. He realised it was all too great to fight. ''Then I ran over the bridge.''
Dunalley, the entry to the Tasman Peninsula, has a sea canal running through it. Mr Murdock crossed the bridge, sat on the bank and watched from the other side. ''I could see it all go. The Harley, the boat, the car. Then I saw it licking around the front porch on my house after the front had gone. I said to one of the fireys could they please just send someone over with a hose. They did, and it was saved.''
Not so for the family of four down the street, who, red-eyed and grief-stricken, declined to speak as they poked around remains of their home, while their 1970s Corolla stood, indestructible, still for sale on the main street's verge.
Nor for the couple in their seventies, whose home was flattened, leaving a flaring satellite dish and a collection of charred garden statues.
Here was the concrete cute little girl, blown onto her back, the smoke-stained rabbits and fairies on toadstools, and a boy with a dog, his ashen face looking up to the hills from where the fire came.
Their daughter, who declined to identify the couple, said they had been in Hobart at the time and were too upset to talk.
''They're holding up,'' she said. ''They remember 1967. But how do you start again at 78?''
Further on, past the twisted wreck of the bakery and the burnt-out primary school, Holly Kelly, 19, walked the street looking for a black shar pei. ''It's a little dog, it's not mine, but I'm looking for it for a friend.''
When the fire came, Holly was at home with her 11 horses. She shifted them out of a grassy paddock, and the animals crowded together behind a caravan, unscathed but for a single flank scratch. ''I stayed as long as I could, but the sky was all full of black smoke,'' she said. ''Colin and Todd, my brothers, stayed and saved our place. Next door it just went down.''
In the paddock behind her as she spoke, one of the horses nipped another over rights to the hay.


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17 years after Myst twinkled onto Mac computers, we now have Riven, the iOS game. Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but Riven's broken the barrier for game download-size, measuring in at a bloated 1GB. Well, 1.01GB, to be exact.
Understandably, its developers are cautious in the app description:
"Riven for iOS is a VERY, VERY large application. We've managed to optimized Riven from its original DVD size to a little over a gigabyte. Even at that size it's one of the largest iOS app we know of - so PLEASE BE PATIENT - download times and syncing times can be longer! It's possible on slower iOS devices for the downloading/syncing to pause FOR 10 OR 15 MINUTES."
Going on, they say it's "HIGHLY RECOMMENDED that you download Riven on your computer using iTunes, and then sync with your iOS device. Downloading directly to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch is theoretically possible via a wireless connection, but... uh... well... you really don't want to."
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The Jubilee Edition saxophones replace the standard Super Action 80 Series II and Super Action 80 Series III saxophones. Jubilee Series instruments are more aesthetically elegant and offer redesigned features that are lighter and more responsive. The Selmer Paris Series II Model 55 Jubilee Edition Baritone Saxophone is a workhorse that offers a huge sound with a large core throughout every range of the instrument in an elegant package.
The Super Action 80 Series saxophones have been the professional choice for a generation and continue to be the most popular professional saxophone in the world. The reasons are clear: they all possess a flexible but centered tone that is natural in almost any playing situation. Yellow brass body tubes and keys resonate across the entire timbre spectrum: full-ribbed construction enhances their durability. The Series' superior intonation characteristics make these saxophone a natural choice for any professional or those who aspire to be.
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125 years of experience have enabled Selmer Paris to create the acoustic and aesthetic alchemy of the saxophone and become the main architect of its evolution. With the jubilee celebration saxophones, Selmer lays the foundation for a new visual identity of the instrument, while keeping intact its sound conception and the creativity of its ergonomics.
In keeping with the French jeweler's tradition, the new engraving is thinner thanks to an new outline technique, comes to decorate the bell and the bow, doubled on the bell-to-bow ring by the original signature of the Founder, Henri Selmer. A new lacquer optimizes the quality of the play of light through shades of "gold" tone in the instrument's reflection.
The neck key is redesigned through a lighter mechanism and subtly thinner outlines, thus becoming more elegant. In order to fulfill this new visual balance, the geometry of the "S" neck is imperceptibly modernized on a deep blue background even more recognizable.
- A redesigned octave neck key has a lighter mechanism and subtly thinner outlines
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Publicity Photo of Gene Hooper, Maine Country Music Singer
Large publicity photo of Gene Hooper, back when he was with Ray Little's Radio Cowboy Show, WLBZ Radio, Bangor, Maine. His career started in Maine and Atlantic Canada and then spread farther afield, including a stint with WWVA of Wheeling, West Virginia's and the World's Original Jamboree show. At one point, he performed on the radio every day at midnight with Crazy Elmer.
He was born Eugene Merrill Hooper on 22 November 1923 in Machias, Maine. He and his wife Flo had 5 children. Flo and daughter Sharlene, both talented singers, performed with Gene as the Gene Hooper Family Show.
I understand that he's retired now, but he continued to perform into his eighties. Fittingly, he was inducted into the Maine Country Music Association Hall of Fame in 1980.
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I miss you Pappy, we all do. If Grammy Flo is on her way to you, I would love to see your smile when you see her. We will miss you both VERY, VERY, MUCH, but for now we pray to have Grammy for just a while longer if she's spared the pain. Your never far from our thoughts & always close to our hearts. In a sense we are not far behind you. Take care of Grammy Flo.ReplyDelete
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2013 NAIA Men?s Soccer Players of the Week - No. 8
By: Sam Knehans, Communications & Sports Information Intern
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Aurelien Norest of MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) has been named the NAIA Men's Soccer National Defensive Player of the Week and Joseph Webster of Shawnee State (Ohio) has been selected as the NAIA Men's Soccer National Offensive Player of the Week, the national office announced Tuesday. Norest and Webster were chosen for their performances during the week of Oct. 21 – 27 and were selected out of a pool of conference, independent, and unaffiliated grouping award winners.
Norest, a junior defenseman from Pontoise, France, anchored a pair of shutouts as MidAmerica Nazarene defeated Avila (Mo.), 4-0, and then-No. 4 Benedictine (Kan.), 1-0. Norest also added a pair of goals against Avila, finding the back on the net on both of his shots during the match. With the two victories, MidAmerica Nazarene clinched a share of the Heart of America Athletic Conference title. Despite being a starting defenseman, Norest is tied for first on the team in goals (6) and is third on the team in points (12). He also ranks 43rd nationally in total game winning goals (3).
Webster, a junior forward from Kendal, United Kingdom, recorded back-to-back hat tricks—the first two of his career—as Shawnee State secured non-conference victories over Kentucky Christian, 6-1, and Cincinnati Christian (Ohio), 6-0. Webster also added a goal in the Bears 2-2 draw with Pikeville (Ky.) and an assist in the blowout of Cincinnati Christian. In total, he accumulated seven goals and one assist—good for 15 points on the week. For the season, Webster leads the team in goals (12) and points (28) and is tied for second on the team in assists (4). He ranks among the NAIA leaders in total goals (35th, 12), total game winning goals (43rd, 3) and total points (45th, 28).
For a complete listing of all the national statistical leaders, click here.
For the complete player of the week calendar, click here.
Offensive Nominees: Lucas Sousa, Park (Mo.); Andy Zimiso Stewart, St. Andrews (N.C.); Viktor Ahlgren, Marymount (Calif.); Septi Danciu, Concordia (Ore.); Walter Lopez, Judson (Ill.); Tyrone Martin, Indiana Wesleyan; Jordan Byland, Great Falls (Mont.); Joey O'Keefe, Biola (Calif.); Thomas Boss, Hastings (Neb.); Richard Klein, Baker (Kan.); Daniel Dreier, Ashford (Iowa); Lewis Collins, Bethany (Kan.); Jonty Loukes, Point Park (Pa.); Leigh Veidman, Bellevue (Neb.); Charlie Macinnes, St. Ambrose (Iowa); Saye Suah, Wiley (Texas); Adam Black, Oklahoma City; Joao Oliveira, Southern Wesleyan (S.C.); Fabian Egger, Webber International (Fla.); Dzenan Catic, Davenport (Mich.).
Defensive Nominees: Corbin Rodriguez, Missouri Baptist; Gustavo Angel Tamayo, Bryan (Tenn.); Joey Tappero, William Jessup (Calif.); Joe Galbraith, Northwest (Wash.); Iain Mcturk, Holy Cross (Ind.); Elliott Barkley, Spring Arbor (Mich.); Alex Mendez, Great Falls (Mont.); Jt Addington, Biola (Calif.); Edurado Pinheiro, Morningside (Iowa); Robert Rodriguez, Ottawa (Kan.); John Burns, Asbury (Ky.); Ian Hamilton, Cumberland (Tenn.); Luka Stojanovic, Oklahoma Wesleyan; Rob Prior, St. Ambrose (Iowa); Carlos Vasquez, Wiley (Texas); Arturo Sanchez, Texas Wesleyan; Charlie Laridan, William Carey (Miss.); Stacey Freeman, Thomas (Ga.); Marcel Schmid, Madonna (Mich.).
2013 Men's Soccer Composite Award Winners (Defensive, Offensive)
Week 1 (September 10): Alex Nelson, Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.), Oliver Gore, Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
Week 2 (September 17): Jose Garofalo, Robert Morris (Ill.), Ricardo Valsien, Central Methodist (Mo.)
Week 3 (September 24): Tyler McIntosh, Mid-America Christian (Okla.), Josh Guerrero, Northwest (Wash.)
Week 4 (October 1): Jordan Farr, Corban (Ore.), Luiz Filho, Rio Grande (Ohio)
Week 5 (October 8): Lewis Wilcox, Midland (Neb.), Josip Druzijanic, Mount Mercy (Iowa)
Week 6 (October 15): Bryan Byars, Science & Arts (Okla.), Nicklas Petersson, Embry-Riddle (Fla.)
Week 7 (October 22): Alex Guyer, Hastings (Neb.), Jason Walcutt, Saint Francis (Ind.)
Week 8 (October 29): Aurelien Norest, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.), Joseph Webster, Shawnee State (Ohio)


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The Standish VFW Post hosted its annual Loyalty Day Parade in Standish on April 25. Just like the proud men and women in uniform, parade participants, many veterans themselves, didn't take the day off just for bad weather, as it rained on the parade, but didn't stop it, or the people of Standish who came out to honor all those who serve our nation.
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One of our current five focus points (www.roanegov.org/countyexecutive) is Roane County's effort of Industrial Economic Development. We have a number of areas in which we direct our attention and resources and will outline our program later in this writing, but first we should explain our philosophy of Industrial Economic Development.
EDITOR'S NOTE: The following column was submitted to The Oak Ridger by Roane County's county executive, Ron Woody.
One of our current five focus points (www.roanegov.org/countyexecutive) is Roane County's effort of Industrial Economic Development. We have a number of areas in which we direct our attention and resources and will outline our program later in this writing, but first we should explain our philosophy of Industrial Economic Development.
Governments, at least at the local level, do not create jobs. We COULD create jobs by raising taxes and then employing individuals; however, from an economic sense, we believe the local government should focus employment on servicing the public's needs not employing individuals to create jobs.
Thus your local government is not a job creator.
Since local governments do not create jobs, one might ask what is the local government's role in job creation or retention and why is industrial economic development one of your focus points?
First, economic development is a focus point because we believe it is of utmost importance to have employed citizens allowing the improvement in the standard of living or livability of our communities. Second, the local government role in economic development is to create or provide an environment, climate and opportunities in which companies will grow or would desire to locate in our county and/or region. To provide this environment and climate, we must have an understanding of what industries and businesses are needing to be successful and then we market to these industries and provide where possible resources.
One must understand that businesses and industries make decisions which they determine will be beneficial or profitable to the business, and their primary goal is increasing shareholder's wealth. Many businesses are also very civic minded and realize what is good for the community is also good for their business.
We are thankful that many, or should I say most, Roane County businesses also have the community and the local environment in which they also live as a goal to improve livability. As we understand this concept that a company's interest is doing what is best for the company, we provide resources to assist existing and potential businesses.
Within the following paragraphs we will reference a few resources and marketing tools we use in helping to create an environment in which not only the company would choose to move and live — but also the families of the organizations. In this article, we will not address the educational components provided by local schools.
We must sell Roane County on how we will make businesses successful. We ask the question another way: How does a local government help make a business successful, and how do we recruit and retain businesses? No different than a young boy or girl getting ready for their first date; they clean up and put on their best clothes, and Roane County does the same.
If we are entertaining a client, we want to look our best. As simple as sending our litter pickup crews to our industrial parks to clean up any debris, we will do it. We wish all of our citizens realized the cost of litter, either us having to pick it up or the loss of potential jobs due to us not being a presentable county; but this is a story for another day.
For 2013 Roane County will invest approximately $663,000 of the county's $94.4 million annual operating budget for industrial economic development. This cost doesn't include any debt repayment for the acquisition and development of industrial properties. The Roane Alliance will receive the bulk of these funds for the Industrial Board and Tourism operations.
The monies for the industrial economic development effort are earned from a small portion of the property tax, all of the hotel/motel and wholesale beer taxes and payments in lieu of taxes from two industries that are under tax abatement programs. Like most decisions in government, some think the investment is too great and some too small. This cash outlay pays for the marketing, recruitment and education opportunities of new and existing businesses along with our tourism effort of economic development.
The Roane Alliance is a consolidated effort established a number of years ago to eliminate three administrative functions of the Roane Tourism, Chamber of Commerce, and Industrial Development Board and to coordinate our recruitment and retention efforts. Roane County followed some counties in the Alliance formation and other counties have followed Roane County.
The Alliance performs many functions that assist in industrial and economic development that we aren't discussing in this article. Roane Executive Summary No. 7 (www.roanegov.org/countyexecutive) summarizes the Roane Alliance operating function.


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GTA's teachable moments get a rating of 'N'
Grand Theft Auto (GTA) has got it all – wrath, greed, sloth, pride, lust, envy and gluttony. If you want your child to learn the seven deadly sins first hand, this game is full of teachable moments.
I'd heard the game was "bad" and "not good for children," but upon personal research and review, I'd label it indecent for even creator Rockstar Games' intended market, 18 year olds. Call me prudish, but hear me out.
The premise of the game is to excel at organized crime. Players are criminals (men), or aspire to be, and achieve the ultimate when they rise to the highest level of immorality by killing people, drug trafficking and stealing cars! The women in the series of games, launched in 1997, are sex symbols. There is no other purpose for their existence in the GTA world other than to perform sexual favors for the up-and-coming crooks. Oh, except they do get hit, punched and kicked, on occasion.
If what I'm describing seems crude and lewd, Rockstar Games couldn't be more proud. It seems the more bad buzz the games receive, the more copies sell. To date, 70 million copies totaling in the billions of dollars have sold worldwide, making GTA one of the most successful games of all time, and all the more likely your young gamer will be inadvertently exposed.
This review is a result of a mom friend discovering her 5-year-old in a room where the game was being played by adults. While not likely the 5-year-old saw anything remarkable, he might have heard the full gamut of expletives, and not one is spared.
I gotta say the action series is based on engaging stories, and developed in 3D, featuring life-like characters and compelling drama. The game is like watching a movie and taking action for it to play out. GTA is a "sandbox" format, meaning free movement through the game or the "world" is allowed. It's also easy play with lots of prompts, maps, hints and suggestions but can require fast-paced maneuvering and excellent hand-eye coordination.
The most recent launch, Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City, is sold together with the Lost and the Damned, and The Ballad of Gay Tony for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. Cost is $40 but used copies are attainable for $20 and under.
Consider the characters and storyline in The Ballad of Gay Tony. The main character, and your character, if you played the game, is a Dominican-American Luiz Fernando Lopez, who has spent time in prison but is back on the streets and working as a bodyguard for popular homosexual, cocaine addict and nightclub owner Anthony "Gay Tony" Prince. Tension leads to trouble when Gay Tony needs funds to pay off a debt. Lopez, who is loyal to his boss, sets out on a mission — your mission — to make it all right and advance in the criminal underworld. He steals some diamonds from a mafia family, steals cars, a military helicopter and attacks and kills people, including policemen.There is no consequence for any criminal activity. In fact, the game provides ways to escape and evade cops. Close range killing results in blood splatter on the screen. And speaking of splatter, Lopez pushes a few characters off buildings. The sound and sight is memorable.
Most characters drink alcohol, and drunken bar customers can be seen puking. Lopez has casual sex in bathrooms and even receives oral sex while sitting in an office chair.GTA is rated M for those 17 and older. For this mom, it gets a rating of "N" as in NEVER.


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Multiple miRNA Markers Associated with Angiogenesis and Tissue Injury Repair Expressed in Cytori's Cell Therapy
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(NASDAQ:CYTX) announced that three oral presentations related to its cell therapy are being presented today at the 10 annual International Federation for Adipose Therapeutics and Sciences meeting. The findings provide insights into the mechanisms-of-action for Cytori's cell therapy. One study identified high levels of micro-RNA (miRNA) markers in human tissue thought to play a role in the repair of tissue injury resulting from ischemia, or lack of blood flow. Two additional characterization and comparative analysis studies on human tissue reaffirmed cellular characteristics of Cytori's cell therapy and distinguished the safety, viability and cell make-up as compared to cell outputs derived from alternate approaches.
"Results from all three studies have important implications for how the cells repair injured tissue and on the safety and viability of cell-based treatments derived from adipose tissue," said John Fraser, Ph.D., Chief Scientist of Cytori Therapeutics. "Mechanisms identified in our miRNA analysis are consistent with our prior clinical and preclinical data, which suggest these mechanisms include angiogenesis, immune-modulation, and remodeling and wound repair. The miRNA study provides baseline data, which we can apply to our U.S. ATHENA clinical trial in refractory heart failure patients and other activities including our recently announced contract with BARDA for thermal burns."
In one study, miRNA profiles were assessed in adipose-derived stem and regenerative cells (ADRCs) derived from human tissue samples. The purpose was to determine which miRNA markers are expressed, miRNA variability from patient to patient, cellular functions of miRNA, and to establish a baseline miRNA population on healthy patients to compare against patients with a specific disease. Specifically, miRNA markers associated with angiogenesis, tissue remodeling and wound repair, and modulation of the immune response were found to be highly represented in ADRCs.
"Our two additional characterization and comparative analysis studies evaluated alternate processing techniques and reaffirmed our proprietary enzyme-based process using Celution® is the clear gold standard," added Dr. Fraser. "If the composition of a cell population extracted from adipose tissue by an alternative process is not equivalent to Cytori's ADRC population, one cannot claim equivalence to ADRCs in terms of safety or efficacy in preclinical or clinical outcomes."
The characterization and comparative analysis studies reaffirmed the high cell yield and viability as well as the heterogeneity in Cytori's cell therapy approach. Cytori's cells are derived with a proprietary formulation of clinical grade enzymes which break up the connective tissue and which are removed at the end of the process. Cytori's cell mixture includes adipose-derived stem cells, based on the measure of colony forming units, and a high yield of CD34+ cells. By contrast, data in these studies showed that alternate approaches such as ultrasound or emulsification, contained little to no adipose-derived stem cells, a high concentration of red and white blood cells, and did not meet the key criteria for safe clinical use.
Cytori Therapeutics, Inc. is developing cell therapies based on autologous adipose-derived regenerative cells (ADRCs) to treat cardiovascular disease and repair soft tissue defects. Our scientific data suggest ADRCs improve blood flow, moderate the immune response and keep tissue at risk of dying alive. As a result, we believe these cells can be applied across multiple "ischemic" conditions. These therapies are made available to the physician and patient at the point-of-care by Cytori's proprietary technologies and products, including the Celution® system product family.
This press release includes forward-looking statements regarding events, trends and business prospects, which may affect our future operating results and financial position. Such statements including our ability to apply this data to our ATHENA study and other projects are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results and financial position to differ materially. Some of these risks and uncertainties include our history of operating losses, the need for further financing, inherent risk and uncertainty in the protection of intellectual property rights, regulatory uncertainties regarding the collection and results of, clinical data, dependence on third party performance, and other risks and uncertainties described under the "Risk Factors" in Cytori's Securities and Exchange Commission Filings, including its annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011. Cytori assumes no responsibility to update or revise any forward-looking statements contained in this press release to reflect events, trends or circumstances after the date of this press release.
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can anyone help me solve these assignments in java
The manager of a football stadium wants you to write a program that calculates the total ticket sales after each game. There are four types of tickets: (i) box, (ii) sideline, (iii) premium and (iv) general admission. After each game, data is input from the keybord in the following form:
ticketPrice numberOfTicketSold
Sample data are shown below:
250 5750
100 28000
50 35750
25 18750
The first line indicates that the box ticket price is $250 and that 5750 tickets were sold at that price.
Your program must output the number of tickets sold and the total sale amount.
Write a program to perform the following steps:a) Prompt the user to enter two integers: firstNum and secondNum. (firstNum must be less than secondNum.)b) Output all the odd numbers between firstNum and secondNum inclusive.c) Output the sum of all the even numbers between firstNum and secondNum inclusive.d) Output all the numbers and their squares between 1 and 10.e) Output the sum of the squares of all the odd numbers between firstNum and secondNum inclusive.f) Output all the uppercase letters.
if anyone have any idea how to solve these plz help thanks
alse if anyone can give me a tip or 2 to get better at java programming in general thank u


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Well, now you've done it. Yes you, Facebook user, you've made Mark Pincus cry.
Taken public and valued at $9 billion in so doing, Zynga's stock price has slid to a quarter of its value at the initial public offering, and taught a harsh lesson to the CEO about what happens when you run a company that gets graded every day in the form of its share price.
The Wall Street Journal reports that "tears nearly welled up" in the eyes of Pincus, Zynga's chief, during a tough-love meeting in September with Bill Campbell, a director on Apple's board, called in by a venture capital firm to advise Pincus on his company's direction.
Zynga's missteps in mobile games development appear to be a sore spot with investors, particularly. The company paid $183 million for Draw Something shortly after that game's release and has seen it steadily lose players ever since, much like its main Facebook games offerings, which have been hurt by changes Facebook has since made in how games are searched and displayed.
"Mark's challenge is how to make great games when his assets-his developers-are literally walking out the door," said one analyst, noting the bottomed-out morale that has Pincus so upset.
Behind Mark Pincus's Bid to Save Zynga [Wall Street Journal (subscription required)]


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Dead or Alive singer Pete Burns died Sunday after suffering a cardiac arrest, his management team confirmed. Burns was 57.
Burns, who was also appeared on "Celebrity Big Brother" in 2006, had a 1985 hit with "You Spin Me Round."
The management statement said: "All of his family and friends are devastated by the loss of our special star. He was a true visionary, a beautiful talented soul, and he will be missed by all who loved and appreciated everything he was and all of the wonderful memories he has left us with."
Burns has appeared on reality television shows in recent years including "Celebrity Wife Swap" and "The Body Shocking Show."
His passing was noted across social media Monday. Performer Boy George recognized Burns as a "true eccentric" and a big part of the performer's life.


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Christmas festival registration deadlines fast approaching
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Deadlines to take part in the various activities revolving around the annual Christmas Festival are fast approaching. Registrations for vendor booths, parade entries and chili cooks come to a close next week before the December 7 event.
For more details, see the Nov. 28 edition of the Mount Vernon Optic-Herald.


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Have you ever wondered what it's like to land the Space Shuttle? Now you can find out. F-Sim Space Shuttle is a critically acclaimed flight simulator for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. It simulates the Space Shuttle approach and landing in incredible detail and accuracy. We've tried to combine realistic flight dynamics with stunning graphics and fun game play: Each landing attempt takes just a few minutes. Our landing analysis and scoring system tells you exactly how to improve your next landing. It will make you come back and try again. Each flight starts at either 10,000 feet, already aligned with the runway, or at up to 50,000 feet, before banking into the heading alignment cone.
Because this app is so visually exciting, so technically deep, so sophisticated, so beautifully done in its realism, effects, and documentation, it earned a perfect 5/5 rating, Outstanding.John Martellaro, Senior Editor for Reviews The Mac Observer
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Professor, students earn ACLS fellowships
The American Council of Learned Societies has awarded fellowships to Princeton faculty member Benjamin Elman and four graduate students to support their research in the humanities and humanities-related social sciences.
This year the council provided fellowships totaling nearly $8.4 million to 232 U.S.-based scholars. Elman, professor of East Asian studies and history, will use his award to pursue a project titled "The Intellectual Impact of Late Imperial Chinese Classicism, Medicine and Science in Tokugawa Japan: Reconsidering Sino-Japanese Cultural History, 1700-1850."
Graduate student recipients, along with the titles of their research projects, are:
• Valeria De Lucca, music, "The Colonnas and Music Patronage in Rome, Venice and Naples, 1659-1689."
• Jesse Ferris, Near Eastern studies, "Egypt, the Cold War and the Civil War in Yemen, 1962-1967."
• Kathleen Holscher, religion, "Habits in the Classroom: A Court Case Regarding Catholic Sisters in New Mexico."
• Stuart Young, religion, "Conceiving the Indian Buddhist Patriarchs in China."
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CU's Boyle lets players have some fun in practice
BOULDER — A day after Colorado felt the heartbreak of getting left out of the 68-team bracket for the NCAA Tournament, Buffs coach Tad Boyle tried to get his players over any emotional hangover by changing up things for Monday's practice.
"I just wanted the guys to compete," Boyle said. "We didn't do first team against second team. We divided up the teams evenly. We did some four-on four defensive drills to compete, a cutthroat-type deal, and then we scrimmaged for 20 minutes.
"We tried to make it competitve and new and fresh," the coach added. "The guys just needed to get up and down and compete."
Boyle said spirits were good. The Buffs host Texas Southern at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament.
"I was very pleased with practice," Boyle said. "The thing we've talked about all year was resiliency. We had a good meeting in the locker room. I was proud to see that a couple of our seniors stepped up and said some things in a very positive way. I think we're all on the same page.
"There will be no sulking with this team. We're not going to be feeling sorry for ourselves. We still have basketball to be played."


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WellYou Don't Look Like an Accountant There have always been women working in accounting but never before in such numbers. In recent years the influx of women into this traditionally male field has been impressive. In 1960 women represented 16.5% of the total number of accountants according to the U.S. Census Bureau. By 1970 this figure had climbed to 25%. At this point there are no accurate figures on how many women are practicing certified public accountants; even the AICPA does not have that information. Universities have been aware of the change, too. Abraham Gitlow, Dean of the College of Business and Public Administration of New York University, reports that in 1960 8.9% of the College's student body were women. By 1969 this figure had risen to 11.7% and by the spring of 1974 there were no less than 23% women. Lawrence Lansner, placement director for Baruch, the business college of City University of New York, adds that in his eighteen years of affiliation with the school there have never been so many women as are now enrolled. According to him, women are finding out that accounting is satisfying and rewarding work and they are responding. Haskins & Sells, as of August 1974, had 323 women on its professional staff, including ten managers and forty-one seniors. This represents a gain of 147 since October 1970 when there were three managers and eleven seniors. This year a new statistic has been added to the roster since H&S named a woman partner, Judy Wilson Walsh, tax specialist in the Los Angeles office. Clearly the numbers are encouraging. But the more revealing side of the story lies not in the data but in the careers of the women themselves. A few short years ago the major concerns of the Firm in hiring women were client acceptance, travel and marriage. The detail of how H&S women have coped with these concerns shows a positive step forward. Client resistance has proved to be less of a problem than originally anticipated; according to the women it generally fades in the face of professional competence. Indeed, at this point clients may request a woman accountant for the particular insight she may bring to a 20 situation. Travel problems have been reduced by the addition of offices and suboffices outside the major cities. The final consideration, marriage and motherhood, has also been dealt with, as is evidenced by the number of women who have achieved professional status while running homes at the same time. The route a woman chooses will be highly personal — she may decide to postpone having children or she may hire a housekeeper to help out. Whatever the decision, all adhere to the basic tenet that a career and a family can no longer be considered mutually exclusive and that they may even complement one another. The first question frequently asked of women, with raised eyebrows and an inflection of surprise, is: "What made you decide to become an accountant?" The implication of this query is that the woman has somehow presumed upon a man's prerogative and must have an unusual reason for doing so. The truth of the matter is that women share with men the same reasons for choosing accounting—"I liked math and numbers'."! was interested in business'."! was looking for a satisfying remunerative profession'.' Sound familiar? It is true that until recently these interests were often diverted into more typically feminine roles such as teaching and that women were justifiably reticent about seeking careers in public accounting. But now the field is open and women are taking their place in it along with their male counterparts. Partner Judy Walsh chose accounting because she was looking for a practical career. In her junior year at Rice University in Houston a professor warned her that the possibilities for a woman were very slim, so she changed her major to economics—for two weeks—but quickly decided to switch back again. When she was a senior, the same professor who had cautioned her about her choice, told the recruiters that she was his most capable student. "There were problems!' Judy recalls, "and one of the firms had a national policy against hiring women at all!' She decided to join Phillips Sheffield, a local CPA firm, because of her acquaintance with other Rice alumni on their staff. When they merged with Haskins & Sells a year later, Judy's career with the £f.:. '.**£ Firm began. "I was interested in tax work from the beginning, although I was scheduled to begin with audit work. Within a week of my employment, Ken Studdard, partner in the Houston office, took me into the tax department to help out and I stayed on. I think tax is a good specialty for a woman. In audit you're running from place to place, managing a large crew and you have an independent relationship with the client. In tax, our position is more that of an advocate for the client. T never really felt discriminated against. In the beginning I didn't go to tax meetings or even to the seniors' meeting, which didn't really disturb me. As a matter of fact, being a woman can sometimes be an advantage. When I did start to attend meetings, I was highly visible which can be beneficial in a large firm'.'Judy maintains that she has never had any difficulty working with men. "They may be nonplussed at first, but if you are fair, give adequate instruction and are unemotional, they will be good working partners. For a time I was the only woman on the staff in Houston, but you get used to it. Anyway, the men regard you as a fellow professional'.' Judy is more interested in her professional career than in women's liberation rhetoric. Her course has always been to perform in her most capable manner and at a top level of competence. "I am not interested in the advancement of women per se',' she says. "I don't believe that equal population dispersion is the function of business. The onus now is too often on an employer to hire Copyrighted -- License from Black Star


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Medications Greatly Improve Smokers' Chances of Quitting, Study Finds
Roswell Park, International Tobacco Control collaboration tracked 2,500-plus smokers in 4 countries
BUFFALO - Smokers who try to quit have a better chance of succeeding when they use FDA-approved stop-smoking medications rather than going it alone, according to a new study by researchers at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) published online today in the British journal Addiction.
Stop-smoking medications such as nicotine replacement therapy (NRT), bupropion and varenicline have been shown to be effective in clinical trials, but population-based studies have produced mixed results on effectiveness when medications are used outside the confines of a research study. This latest study, conducted through the International Tobacco Control (ITC) research collaboration, is one of the largest real-world evaluations of medication effectiveness conducted to date, and the first to comprehensively control for biases in participants' recall of quit attempts.
The study tracked the smoking behaviors of more than 2,500 adult smokers in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and the United States who reported making a quit attempt between 2006 and 2009. Study participants were asked how recently they had attempted to quit and whether they used any type of stop-smoking medication. Six-month continuous abstinence among those who recalled making a very recent quit attempt was assessed at the next follow-up interview. The results showed that those who used varenicline, bupropion or the nicotine patch had much higher quit success at six months compared to those who tried to quit without using medication.
"By restricting our analyses to those who made very recent quit attempts, we reduced the extent to which differences in quit-attempt recall could bias the estimates of medication effectiveness. Consistent with the strong evidence from clinical trials, our findings show that medications are indeed effective in increasing smokers' chances of quitting when used in the real world," said Karin Kasza, MA, statistician in the Division of Cancer Prevention & Population Sciences at RPCI and lead author of the study.
Ron Borland, PhD, Nigel Gray Distinguished Fellow in Cancer Prevention at the Cancer Council Victoria in Melbourne, Australia and a co-author of the study, added, "The major advance of this study is that we have been able to show that greater forgetting of unassisted failed attempts is the most likely reason other studies have not found a benefit for medication in population-based settings. This finding should reassure clinicians and public health workers to continue to encourage the widespread use of medications."
"Despite the benefit of using medications, many smokers still try to quit without help. And even when medications are used, quitting smoking is hard, and relapses are common. Continued efforts are needed to develop and deliver more effective treatments to help smokers who want to quit," said Andrew Hyland, PhD, Chair of the Department of Health Behavior at RPCI.
The ITC Policy Evaluation Project (www.itcproject.org) is a collaborative effort with international health organizations and policymakers in more than 20 countries inhabited by more than 50% of the world's population, 60% of the world's smokers, and 70% of the world's tobacco users. In each country, the ITC Project is conducting prospective cohort surveys to assess the impact and identify the determinants of effective tobacco control policies.
The study, "Effectiveness of Stop-Smoking Medications: Findings from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Four Country Survey," can be accessed at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2012.04009.x/abstract.
The mission of Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) is to understand, prevent and cure cancer. RPCI, founded in 1898, was one of the first cancer centers in the country to be named a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center and remains the only facility with this designation in Upstate New York. The Institute is a member of the prestigious National Comprehensive Cancer Network, an alliance of the nation's leading cancer centers; maintains affiliate sites; and is a partner in national and international collaborative programs. For more information, visit RPCI's website at http://www.roswellpark.org, call 1-877-ASK-RPCI (1-877-275-7724) or email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Apocalypse Now 15
During the Vietnam War, the young American Captain Willard is given the assignment to hunt down and kill one of his own: Colonel Kurtz, who has apparently gone insane, murdered hundreds of innocent people and constructed a strange kingdom for himself deep in the jungle. Willard and his crew embark on a surreal river journey to find Kurtz, meeting along the way a Lieutenant-Colonel who surfs during live combat, Playboy bunnies dropped in by helicopter to entertain rowdy troops, and the inhabitants of a French plantation trapped in colonial times.
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1. The entry of a person into a building at any time during the course of a burglary constitutes presence and is sufficient to establish aggravated burglary. The distinction between simple burglary and aggravated burglary recognizes as more serious those burglaries which can result in a dangerous and unexpected confrontation between the burglar and an occupant. Such a confrontation may occur regardless of when during the burglary the person enters the building.
2. State v. Lora, 213 Kan. 184, 515 P.2d 1086 (1973), is discussed. Burglary, aggravated or otherwise, involves "knowingly and without authority entering into or remaining within" a building under K.S.A. 21-3715 or K.S.A. 21-3716. The "remaining in" provision in the statutes deals with circumstances quite different from those in the "entering into" scenario. One may be guilty of burglary by entering into the premises without authorization. Even if one enters the premises with authorization, one may still be guilty of burglary by remaining within the premises when authority has been withdrawn.
3. Under the facts presented, there is substantial evidence that the defendant had not abandoned the burglary before the person entered the dwelling so as to render the crime simple burglary rather than aggravated burglary.
4. A burglar's entry into a building with the intent to commit a theft therein can be inferred from the surrounding circumstances, including the time of day, the character of the building, the defendant's actions on entering the building, and the defendant's explanation when confronted.
5. The right to a jury instruction on a lesser-included offense arises only when the evidence, viewed in the light most favoring the defendant, would justify a jury verdict based upon the lesser-included offense and the evidence does not exclude guilt of the lesser offense.
6. By a guilty plea, a defendant admits all well-pled facts alleged in the charging document.
7. Unlike a criminal sentence which is controlled by the court's pronouncement from the bench at the sentencing hearing, an order for the payment of attorney fees is not part of a defendant's punishment for criminal conduct and, therefore, is not part of the sentence.
Appeal from Douglas District Court; JACK A. MURPHY, judge. Opinion filed July 3, 2008. Affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded with directions.
Christina Waugh, of Kansas Appellate Defender Office, for appellant.
Clay Britton, legal intern, Brenda J. Clary, assistant district attorney, Charles E. Branson, district attorney, and Paul J. Morrison, attorney general, appellee.
Before McANANY, P.J., GREEN and CAPLINGER, JJ.
McANANY, J.: James A. May appeals his conviction for aggravated burglary, claiming the district court made several sentencing errors and improperly instructed the jury. He also claims there was insufficient evidence to support his conviction. Since we examine the evidence in the light most favoring the State in considering May's complaint about the sufficiency of the evidence, we will recount the evidence in that light.
Greg and Becky Orth and their two children moved into their newly constructed home in Lawrence in about December 2004. The house itself was completed, but no landscaping had been installed and the swimming pool in the backyard had not yet been completed. On February 15, 2005, Becky Orth left her home at 8:30 a.m. to take her son to school and then to go to the gym. No one remained at home, and no workmen were scheduled for that day. The home has an attached garage. Orth left the overhead garage door open about 2 feet to permit the family dog to enter the garage while she was gone. The door from the garage to the house was unlocked.
When Orth returned home at 12:30 p.m., she saw an aqua colored pickup truck with purple and pink stripes parked in front of the garage doors. As she entered the garage, she confronted a man later identified as May standing in the house at the door to the garage. Orth asked him who he was and what he was doing there. May made some reference to the pool and the grass, uttered some profanities, and headed for the garage door. Orth looked into the kitchen, which is near the door to the garage, and saw a plastic tub filled with the family's electronics equipment. She also saw a big duffle bag and a pillow case. Both contained clothes and jewelry taken from various rooms in the house. She returned to the garage in time to see May run to his truck and speed off. Orth noted the license number of the truck and called the police.
May's colorful truck was located 2 days later. He was arrested and identified by Orth in a photo array. May was charged with aggravated burglary pursuant to K.S.A. 21-3716. At trial, the court denied May's requested for a jury instruction on the lesser included offense of simple burglary. The jury convicted May of aggravated burglary, and the court denied May's motion for a new trial.
Sufficiency of the Evidence
May claims there was insufficient evidence to convict him of aggravated burglary because (1) there was no evidence that a human being was present in the home during the burglary and (2) there was no evidence that he entered the home with the intent to commit a theft.
As noted earlier, we examine the evidence in the light most favoring the State. Our task is to determine whether a rational factfinder, relying on this evidence, could have found May guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. In doing so, we do not reweigh the evidence, pass on the credibility of witnesses, or resolve conflicts in the evidence. See State v. Hayden, 281 Kan. 112, 132, 130 P.3d 24 (2006).
-- Occupied vs. Unoccupied
Here, aggravated burglary required proof that May knowingly entered into the Orths' home without authority and with the intent to commit a theft therein while the home was occupied by a human being. See K.S.A. 21-3716. May claims that Orth was not in the home during the burglary but only showed up afterwards. Thus, he argues, the crime could only be simple burglary, which does not require the house to be occupied at the time of the crime. This issue requires us to interpret K.S.A. 21-3716, an issue of law over which we have unlimited review. State v. Bryan, 281 Kan. 157, 159, 130 P.3d 85 (2006).
We have consistently held that the presence of a person in a structure at any time during a burglary constitutes aggravated burglary. See State v. Romero, 31 Kan. App. 2d 609, 610-12, 69 P.3d 205 (2003); State v. Fondren, 11 Kan. App. 2d 309, 310-12, 721 P.2d 284, rev. denied 240 Kan. 805 (1986); State v. Reed, 8 Kan. App. 2d 615, 616-19, 663 P.2d 680, rev. denied 234 Kan. 1077 (1983). May, however, relies on State v. Ervin, 223 Kan. 201, 201-02, 573 P.3d 600 (1977), in which the defendant's act of putting his hand through the window of a vehicle qualified as entry and the crime of burglary was completed in that instant. Since burglary is completed at the moment of entry, May argues, Orth's later arrival on the scene does not transform simple burglary into aggravated burglary.
Ervin involved a charge of simple burglary, not aggravated burglary. May's construction would frustrate the purpose of the distinction between simple burglary and aggravated burglary, which is to recognize as a more serious crime those burglaries which can result in a dangerous and unexpected confrontation between the burglar and an occupant. See Fondren, 11 Kan. App. 2d at 310-12. In Reed, 8 Kan. App. 2d at 616-17, the court observed:
"The purpose behind the aggravated burglary statute is to describe a more serious offense than simple burglary where there is the possibility of contact between the victim and the burglar and the accompanying potential for a crime against the person to occur. This danger is just as great regardless of when during the burglary the victim comes to be in the building. . . . [T]he severity of the crime depends upon the mere presence or absence of any human being in the same structure."
To that end, aggravated burglary does not require proof that the defendant knew there was a person present in the building at the time it is burgled. The mere presence of a person during the crime is sufficient. See State v. Watson, 256 Kan. 396, 400-01, 885 P.2d 1226 (1994); Fondren, 11 Kan. App. 2d at 311.
May attempts to distinguish these cases from his based upon the holding in State v. Lora, 213 Kan. 184, 515 P.2d 1086 (1973). Burglary, aggravated or otherwise, involves "knowingly and without authority entering into or remaining within" a building. See K.S.A. 21-3715 and K.S.A. 21-3716. In Lora, the defendant entered the victim's unoccupied home, waited for her, and then raped her when she returned. In upholding the aggravated burglary conviction, the Lora court appeared to rely on the phrase "remaining within" in the statute to conclude that aggravated burglary includes burglaries during which the victim is in the structure, regardless of the timing of the victim's arrival. 213 Kan. at 195. May points out that in his case, unlike in Lora, he was not charged with remaining within Orth's home. We fail to appreciate the compelling thrust of this argument. Neither did this court in Reed.
In Reed, the court noted that the remaining in provision in the statute deals with circumstances quite different from those in the "entering into" scenario. One may be guilty of burglary by entering into the premises without authorization. Even if one enters the premises with authorization, one may still be guilty of burglary by remaining within the premises when authority has been withdrawn. See State v. Brown, 6 Kan. App. 2d 556, Syl. ¶ 4, 630 P.2d 731 (1981). May did not overstay his welcome. His entry into the Orths' home was unauthorized and unlawful from the start.
Finally, May argues that since he had nothing in his hands when Orth confronted him, there was no evidence that he was in the process of committing a burglary during her presence. His theory seems to be that even if he entered the house with the intent to commit a theft, he abandoned the crime when he heard Orth open the garage door.
We reject this argument. Theft includes obtaining unauthorized control over property with the intent to permanently deprive the owner of it. See K.S.A. 21-3701. Viewed in the light most favoring the State, the jury could easily conclude that May had assembled in the kitchen the items being stolen and had opened the door from the house to the garage in order to transport them to his truck so he could carry them off and thereby permanently deprive the Orths of them. The jury could easily conclude that Orth arrived during the ongoing commission of the crime.
-- Intent to Commit a Theft
May contends the State failed to prove that he entered the Orths' home with intent to commit a theft. This argument ignores the substantial circumstantial evidence to the contrary. May's intent can be inferred from the surrounding circumstances, including the time of day, the character of the building, his actions on entering the home, and his explanation when confronted. See State v. Harper, 235 Kan. 825, 828, 685 P.2d 850 (1984).
Becky Orth testified that from the street her newly constructed home appeared not yet to have been occupied as of that February morning. No one was home. There were no cars in the driveway. The front yard consisted of raw dirt. There was no landscaping. There were no drapes in the windows, just temporary shades. May had to crawl under the garage door to gain entry to the house. The items assembled in the kitchen were in containers so they could be transported from the house. They had been taken from various rooms in the house. May's nervous explanation about the pool and the yard when Orth confronted him made no sense. He had no tools with him or in his truck and it was mid-February, a less than ideal time for landscaping work. May made his escape at the first opportunity.
There was ample evidence that May entered the Orths' home with the intent to steal their household goods.
Jury Instruction -- Lesser-Included Offense
May contends the district court erred in failing to instruct the jury as to the lesser-included offense of simple burglary. May had the right to an instruction on simple burglary if the evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to his theory of the case, would justify a jury verdict based upon that theory and the evidence did not exclude a theory of guilt on the lesser offense. See K.S.A. 22-3414(3); State v. Williams, 268 Kan. 1, 15, 988 P.2d 722 (1999). To warrant an instruction on simple burglary, there had to be evidence that no one was in the home during the burglary. Considering our earlier discussion of the issue, there is no evidence that he was alone in the home throughout the crime so as to support a verdict of simple burglary. A similar argument was advanced and rejected in Jenkins v. State, 32 Kan. App. 2d 702, 704-05, 87 P.3d 983, rev. denied 278 Kan. 845 (2004). We consider it and reject it here. The district did not err in refusing to instruct the jury on simple burglary as a lesser-included offense.
May's Criminal History
May claims that the district court erred in classifying his two prior burglary convictions for the purpose of calculating his criminal history. May pled guilty to two burglaries in 1980, at a time when the statute did not differentiate between burglaries of dwellings and of other buildings. K.S.A. 21-3715 (Weeks). Pursuant to K.S.A. 21-4711(d)(1) if the prior burglary was of a dwelling, the conviction is classified as a person felony pursuant to K.S.A. 21-3715(a); otherwise, under K.S.A. 21-4711(d)(2) the burglary is considered a nonperson felony pursuant to K.S.A. 21-3715(b) and (c). The sentencing court determined that May's prior burglaries were of dwellings, thereby increasing his criminal history score from "C" to "A."
May asserts that K.S.A. 21-4711(d) is unconstitutional because it allows a judge to determine whether a prior burglary was of a dwelling or of some other building. Citing Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 147 L. Ed. 2d 435, 120 S. Ct. 2348 (2000), May contends he is entitled to have a jury determine beyond a reasonable doubt whether the burglaries were of a dwelling. We think not. May pled guilty to the two prior burglaries. By his guilty plea, May admitted all well-pled facts alleged in the charging document. See State v. Dunham, 213 Kan. 469, 476, 517 P.2d 150 (1972).
The case of United States v. Guerrero-Velasquez, 434 F.3d 1193, 1196-97 (9th Cir. 2006), is instructive. In Guerrero-Velasquez, the court found that the defendant had burglarized a dwelling when he pled guilty to the charge that he "'enter[ed] or remain[ed] unlawfully in a building located at 1405 Landon Avenue, Yakima, Washington, the residence of Rena Ramirez.'" 434 F.3d at 1197.
In Kansas, a dwelling for purposes of our burglary statutes is any building intended and fit for human habitation. State v. Alvis, 30 Kan. App. 2d 889, 891-92, 53 P.3d 1232 (2002). In 1980 May admitted to burglarizing "the house of Earl R. McCauley located at 5536 Goodman" and "the house of Frank B. Wright, 19004 Lawrence Street" and stealing from them various household goods and personal effects such as a television set, eight track tape player, stereo equipment, a banjo, cameras, lenses and a flash attachment, jewelry, watches, and an electric razor. By pleading guilty to these facts, May admitted that his prior burglaries were of dwellings. There is no need for a jury to make this determination. Besides, whether May's prior burglaries were of a dwelling is a sentencing factor and not an element of the present crime so as to invoke the provisions of Apprendi. See State v. Ivory, 273 Kan. 44, 41 P.3d 781 (2002).
As a final point on this issue, May contends that the mere use of his criminal history to enhance his sentence violates the principles of Apprendi. The issue was decided against him in Ivory, and we are bound by the decision in Ivory since our Supreme Court gives no sign of intending to depart from it. See State v. Farmer, 285 Kan. 541, 555, 175 P.3d 221 (2008); State v. Singleton, 33 Kan. App. 2d 478, 488, 104 P.3d 424 (2005).
Order for Attorney Fees
The journal entry memorializing the proceedings at May's sentencing hearing contains the following: "Defendant is to pay attorney fees as determined by the Court." The journal entry does not set the specific amount of the fees. The flaw in the process does not come from the fact that no mention was made of these fees at the sentencing hearing, as May alleges. While a criminal sentence is controlled by the court's pronouncement from the bench at the sentencing hearing, the imposition of attorney fees is not part of the defendant's punishment for criminal conduct and, therefore, not part of the sentence. See State v. Robinson, 281 Kan. 538, 543, 132 P.3d 934 (2006). Rather, the flaw in the process here is the failure of the court to make the necessary financial inquiry required by the recoupment statute before ordering the repayment of any fees. See 281 Kan. 538, Syl. ¶ 1. Before ordering May to pay attorney fees, the district court was required comply with K.S.A. 22-4513 and Robinson. Accordingly, we must set aside this order for fees and remand for consideration of May's financial circumstances in order to determine the appropriateness of assessing attorney fees against him.
Affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded with directions.


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When the time is right a budget should be drawn up for making the general public more aware of Tesla Motors.
My personalized plate her in Alaska is 'B4TSLA', some people get it and it sure creates interest.
Yes I agree Information and Education on the technology of Tesla is really required; anytime you mention 'electric' cars there's a hundred and one 'gasoline' doubters.
So I'd propose a more 'everyman' approach in the vein of Apple; pure and simple nothing too flash.
So the basic Tesla S starts at $65K, we need to market this product to people to who realize it makes sense and that it would be a smart and wise investment, for themselves and the planet.
I could go on, but maybe not right now. ;-)
BTW: This Gen III car what does it look like, and when will it get built?
advertising isnt ready for Tesla, it will when the 3rd gen is out don't worry
The only clue so far from Elon is that it will resemble the MS, but be shorter. Steel body instead of aluminum.
The infrastructure to support the increased demand as a result of advertising is just not there at the moment. Being a new kid on the block, if demand were to suddenly pick up, Tesla had better be ready to deliver (pun intended).
Present demand within the European market alone will keep plenty of pressure on production at its current rate.
The last thing we want potential customers to do is turn away due to a lengthy wait. The game would be quite different from the "early adopter" stage, i.e. accepting of a longer wait and forgiving of teething problems etc.
I have learned a great deal about the way Elon nurtures this still newborn baby. I have a feeling when it's ready to walk, he will be right behind it with a pillow just in case.
Tesla has gained a huge strategic competitive advantage in raising $1B. After paying of the DOE loan and hedging, its cash will swell to nearly $680M If they leave $250M as working capital, then have $430M left to invest. This money can be used to leverage existing technology and investment and achieve significant return on investment. The market has not priced any of these possibilities:
1. $25M could be spend on deploying 100 superchargers sites (4-6 chargers/station) in the US alone. Another 25 chargers could go in Europe where distances are smaller and there are widely available public chargers, especially in Scandinavia; may be another 15 supercharges in China in key locations in the main routes on the coast, etc; 10 in Japan. Total cost of US+Europe+Asia = $50M. This will drive demand significantly, especially in the US and Europe. Double current demand to 50,000 MS/year. No range anxiety would be a big bang for the buck.
2. Model X manufacturing - Tesla spend about $500M on the equipment for the Model S. I read that some of it was spend on Model X tooling ($?). I figure it will cost them $250-300M in incremental investment. I think Model X demand will exceed Model S, especially if they include a battery that is good for at least 100 KW-hr to take care of the larger load. Personally, I want a 500 mile battery!
In 2012 Porsche sold 143k cars. The SUV Cayenne at 83k sold 3x what the Panamera sold... none o them are cheap cars, especially when loaded since everything is extra. If Tesla gets the Model X battery tech right will 100-125 KW-hr by the time they sell the car in 2014, demand could exceed 50,000 worldwide. Tesla itself could produce 50,000 cars S+X. Double to 100,000 of Model S + X.
There are huge economies of scale here since fixed costs are sunk. With fully automated production, possible only with the BEV and Tesla design, there are huge economies of scale that Wall Street has not considered.
Can Elon Musk do it? YES!!!
I would hire away the head of advertising for Apple and model my ads, like I have modeled my stores, after Apple's.
The Santana Row store in San Jose, CA is not as slick or bright as an Apple Store, not so different from other modern Porsche, BMW and MB showrooms. But, what was amazing were the crowds! It looked like one of those Toyota commercials where dozens of customers are dancing around the showroom.
Tesla could go the route of Apple's big flagship stores in important market areas, really tart the place up and light it up with twice the power of the sun like Apple does.
I would advertise some so that the average person would know something about the company and that affordable models are on the way. Whet their appetites. Then it will seem familiar and they won't have to be the early adopter type to buy one in a couple of years.
As Homer Simpson famously said: "It must be true if it is on TV".
80% of all sales are based on the relationships you build and word of mouth. This has been a statistic held true for many years within sales and marketing.
Advertising is really just art anymore and perhaps for top of mind awareness. On average a person has to see you 100 times and you will gain top of mind awareness.
Something else that helps with top of mind awareness is being the first or the pioneer, which Tesla is after the death of the EV1's in the late 90's
As Tesla has a fairly small market right now and if we factor in the costs of wide spread advertising, I personal think they are doing the right thing.
The advertising they are currently generating is free PR and it carries more credibility. I am sure their investors appreciate this greatly.
Keep up the great work Tesla!
Tesla doesn't need to advertise until they can make more cars than they are selling. That is NOT the case since ATM they are production constrained.
True, that. Media advertisers blow their whole wad trying to get somewhere on the fringes of what Tesla has achieved directly: strong support by "opinion leaders" at the level of personal relationships.
The significance of those "crowds" is that they arose out of individual interest, without media prompting. Any other auto company would kill for such response and behavior and opportunity. TM says that 25% of those who take a store test drive go on to purchase. And the stores have full test drive schedules booked.
Tesla had planned on model x production happening at the end of 2014 before 1.02 billion raise. Should they now push the timeline to spring 2014? Or should stick to planned MX date, and up MS production to 600/week to take advantage of surging demand?
Whatever the answer will be, I hope they have a robust training program for service technicians and manufacturing personnel because this whole thing is only going to gain more momentum with each passing day.
As far as the stores go, I think they should have a few real consoles on display for people to interact with. Have the 17 inch available to use. Of you open the pano roof, an animation of the MS on one of the big screens opens its pano roof. This woul allow people to learn how the car works without having be in the car. Give them a chance to learn all the cool features. Do voice commands with the radio, etc. have the one demo car, but have many interactive stations around the perimeter of the store. This inactive experience is what's great about the apple stores. I think this would improve on the current set up of just info screens. Maybe also have a demo of the charging process at home and at the superchargers.
It is amazing to see so many people just hanging out there every time I walk past it at the mall. Never seen anything like it outside of apple. Especially, never have this at a car dealership.
No advertising needed. Here's one solution: Give a qualified purchaser a chance to test drive an S owned by a neighbor and if they buy one, Tesla sends the neighbor a $500 check.
What a wonderful idea. That would encourage a LOT of Tesla owners that are already giving test drives for nothing.
What a dim idea. It would instantly destroy the credibility of every personal contact, generating the assumption "You're just doing it for the money."
It is the very opposite of spontaneous word-of-mouth. It will never happen.