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"We should be skeptical. There might be two revolutions here. One merely a consolidation of power, and the second genuine. People around the world want to throw off their corrupt governments. I know I do. Our government no longer pretends to operate Constitutionally or uphold the law for all. Yet politics around the world keep providing these fake change moments - like our last election. It let's off just enough steam to appease, or confuse, the people so that no real change comes about."
Also see: Twelfth Bough ... Les Visible ... Facts Not Fairies ... Greg Bacon ... American Everyman ... WRH ... and others on the blog roll for viewpoints on what is happening. It is interesting times indeed.
"Of course as we speak, al Qaeda and their affiliates continue to plan attacks against us."
"Our purpose is clear, by preventing the Taliban from reestablishing a stranglehold over the Afghan people, we will deny al Qaeda the safe haven that served as a launching pad for 9/11."
"The overwhelming conclusion one draws from this record is that the process for a two-state solution is essentially over."
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Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, soon after reading the collected works of Alice Bailey, entered a trance and channeled the founding fathers, receiving word that they would have allowed restrictions on guns. We may have learned more but Ruth Bader Ginsburg was also in attendance and scared the fatherly spirits away with her Ben Franklin good looks before we heard their thoughts on the Federal Reserve and neverending wars.
Setting aside any Maginot Line jokes, the French have become very serious about the 'war on terror.' Not even a new bin Laden audio message warning France to withdraw from Afghanistan can sway their determination. Nicolas Sarkozy reportedly calmed the French population by saying "No Mossad agents will ever be harmed by al Qaeda action in our homeland."
The Telegraph's executive foreign editor, a world-renowned expert on the Middle East and Islamic terrorism, first name is actually 'Con.' And here I always thought it was just used to describe him.
Con's love affair with Rita Katz of the SITE Intelligence Group was evident in a Faux News interview this morning where he promoted the jihadist e-magazine 'Inspire.' Con reportedly declared that he and Rita were 'soul mates' in journalism.
No, of course not. The FBI still have their old enemies, the Cosa Nostra, to take care of. 800 FBI and police officers made the largest roundup of Cosa Nostra bosses and soldiers in US history. Next up ... the Wall Street mafia? We can hardly wait.
It's climate challenge now ... remember it. Even Peru could become a national security issue to the U.S. unless we pay up and get Mother Nature back on track.
Some think appointing globalist General Electric chief executive Jeffrey Immelt to lead the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness is just a reward for being such a good cog in the war machine and controlling the media. But hey, he's never been convicted for any of his crimes and in today's world that's a big plus. It must prove how smart he is.
Ted Koppel in an interview with NPR when confronted with allegations of a negotiated deal with the Iranians to hold the hostages until after Reagan was sworn into office replied with "I do not believe that for one moment. I'm familiar with those charges, and I can assure you that we looked into them, and I don't believe them."
It's all those darn conspiracy theorists who don't believe a damn thing the government and media tell them. Arabs did 9/11 too and don't you forget it.
If Hollywood is ready to make a movie about him based on a book not even released, then I guess Wikileaks is not a psyop. The moguls of la la land wouldn't risk their credibility, would they?
How dare he stand up in Congress and denounce the trillions spent in perpetual foreign wars. What else do we have to spend our borrowed money on? Come on Ron, get with the program.
No hidden agenda or corruption of our youth involved. Those prudes claiming the new show "Skins" may violate federal child pornography statutes probably haven't even watched the show. Just who do they think they are questioning jewish 'artistic' endeavors. Probably anti-semites.
Representative Steve Cohen runs his mouth again and the ADL tells him he's out of line. Using the holocaust, Nazis, Goebbels and 'blood libel' must be in the proper context Steve. Now repeat after me ... it's only for the victims ... it's only for the victims.
She only plays one in the corporate soap opera of Congress.
Just because she's bought by the pharmaceutical and 'health' care industries doesn't make her a bad person ... does it?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Women, who make up some 14 percent of the armed forces, should finally be permitted to serve fully in front-line combat units, a military advisory panel says.
The call by a commission of current and retired military officers to dismantle the last major area of discrimination in the armed services could set in motion another sea change in military culture as the armed forces, generations after racial barriers fell, grapples with the phasing out of the ban on gays serving openly.
It is time "to create a level playing field for all qualified service members," the members said Friday.
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"War will cease when men refuse to fight."
-Fridtjof Hansen
FT. CAMPBELL, Tenn. – The wife of a formerly AWOL Ft. Campbell soldier who was scheduled to deploy to Afghanistan said her husband has entered a mental health treatment program instead.
Spc. Jeff Hanks went AWOL during his mid-tour leave from Afghanistan last year and turned himself in on Veterans Day.The 30-year-old soldier complained about the lack of treatment by the Army for his behavioral health issues he said stemmed from previous deployments and a concussion suffered in Afghanistan.
His command ordered him to return to Afghanistan to finish out his deployment, but his wife Christina Hanks said Tuesday that he is now staying at Cumberland Hall, a residential treatment program in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.
Ft. Campbell spokesman Rick Rzepka confirmed Hanks will not deploy immediately, but would not discuss his case due to privacy rules.
Hanks' case has been taken up by supporters from the group Iraq Veterans Against the War, who were with Hanks during a press conference outside the installation's gates last November when he turned himself in.
"I have told you on this program that we are facing a danger and I, on this program, have highlighted certain things. I've told you that there are people out there that I think are dangerous that actually believe that 9/11 was an inside job and that George Bush was responsible for wiring it up and blowing up the world trade center. I think some of those people are nuts.
I think some of them are dangerous.
I have told you that the government would so discredit themselves that those things would start to make more and more sense and people would say, you know what, I don't even know if I believe in the moon landing anymore."
As with any major movie production, there has to be a script. The actors can wing it at times but to keep the show on target they must sooner or later be given their lines. On 9/11 those who were given the advance script kept popping in and out of the narrative throughout the day.
By 4:00 pm the theme of who was responsible for the attacks was being consolidated and fed to all the major news outlets. Israel's Shimon Peres (at 5:31 of the below video) was ready with his scripted zombie like statements, setting the stage for the pre-planned wars.
"The only one that can save humanity from this terrible danger is the United States of America.
It is a sophistication of the most evil kind. Only the most evil people can arrive at such sophistication. The measures must be radical as the evil itself."
Ehud Barak followed up later that night.
As with the BBC, CNN dutifully took the message that was given to them and announced that WTC7 had already collapsed or was collapsing, well before the actual demolition.
The rigged 9/11 Commission didn't even mention WTC7. The media actors read their lines out of sequence and that was one part that had to be covered up with silence. It was far from the only aspect to be buried.
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Perhaps the first important thing to understand is that despite its substantial Jewish population, Florida's 22nd Congressional District is a classic swing district with roughly equal Republican and Democratic voter registrations.
At a Ft. Lauderdale Israel Conference in December, Lt Col and US Congressman Elect Allan West met with Elchonon Helinger. Hellinger congratulated Congressman West on his recent win, thanking him for his unbending support for Eretz Yisrael. Elchonon discussed with Congressman West the Rebbe's position on Eretz Yisrael, that there should be no territorial concessions and even peace talks put Jewish life's at risk.
Congressman West agreed with the Rebbe's words, and reaffirmed his commitment to ensuring Jewish property growth while opposing any peace that puts Jewish life's at risk.
West says "The number-one language being learned by Hezbollah Islamic terrorists right now is Spanish.""No one's telling you about, if you go along to some of these little base camps they use along our border, you're finding Arabic translation into Spanish, translated into English. They're coming across our border. And at this time, regardless of what the president says, we are at war with a very vile enemy. And that enemy is radical Islamic terrorism. And they are here in our country. There are 36 training camps."
Much attention has been paid in the media to Allen West's mistrust of Muslims in general, but very little has been said about the origins of that mistrust and of West's disdain for Palestinians in particular. Which is too bad. The roots of West's animus are explained in some detail on his campaign site, and they are bizarre. "I do not support the creation of a Palestinian state...," West writes. "I do not support any division of Jerusalem. If I recall from history and the Old Testament, David, Son of Israel built Jerusalem and his son Solomon made it great. The muslim [sic] claims to Jerusalem are built upon a very contentious story concocted by muhammad [sic], and of course the latter conquering of the city, even by Salahaddin."
"I think one of the critical things that we must come together is that there is an infiltration of the Sharia practice into all of our operating systems in our country as well as across Western civilization. So we must be willing to recognize that enemy."
"We already have a 5th column that is already infiltrating into our colleges, into our universities, into our high schools, into our religious aspect, our cultural aspect, our financial, our political systems in this country. And that enemy represents something called Islam and Islam is a totalitarian theocratic political ideology, it is not a religion. It has not been a religion since 622 AD, and we need to have individuals that stand up and say that."
"Make no mistake, we are a nation at war against a totalitarian theocratic political ideology that glorifies death rather than celebrating life. To defeat it, we must stay on the offensive. From Afghanistan and Iraq to the Greater Middle East and South America, radical Islam is on the march. And while our attention is focused on combating global terrorism, we must not forget other looming threats just on the horizon in China, North Korea, Venezuela, Russia & Iran. These nations and their leaders represent the biggest threat to our great nation. As your Congressman, I will work to reestablish American Exceptionalism by growing and modernizing America's Armed forces to ensure that we are prepared for the strategic challenges ahead. Like President Reagan, I believe that peace is best kept through a strong national defense."
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"Planning the attacks was a master deed, in technical and organizational terms. To hijack four big airliners within a few minutes and fly them into targets within a single hour and doing so on complicated flight routes! That is unthinkable, without backing from the secret apparatuses of state and industry." Tagesspiegel, 13. Jan. 2002
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The meeting between Napolitano and Peres had been planned as a discussion of global aviation security and related issues, but with the press gathered for the opening moments of their session, the Israeli leader instead took up the subject of Iran's nuclear program.
Peres warned Napolitano that Iran's neighbors could become "victims of the Iranian ambition," and took aim at the U.S. government and media for their reactions to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's speech at the United Nations in September.
"If I may criticize the United States with your permission, we saw Ahmadinejad appearing in New York at the United Nations and accusing that the Americans have destroyed their own Twin Towers," said Peres, adding that he thought the remark was so outlandish it wouldn't get any attention. "Instead all of the televisions were after Ahmadinejad. My God. Everybody knows it's a lie."
Peres called on the international community to "raise the voice not necessarily just of the (Obama) administration and government, but all fair-minded people," describing Ahmadinejad as "one of the most dangerous and cruel leaders of our time."
Peres referred to "homeland security" only in the context of Israel's struggle with neighboring Palestinian territories. He called Napolitano's visit to Israel a "very useful and timely visit because home security is a top priority around the world, and more than anywhere in Israel itself." {more}
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The sculptures include an 8 1/2-foot tall steel firefighter, a woman poised to jump to her death and a frightened little girl perched atop a shaky steel girder.
"I believe this is a critical step for those who continue to bear the physical scars of those attacks."
"I hope we can find an enduring relationship with Afghanistan that will make sure that country never goes back in the hands of terrorists."
"And the idea of putting permanent military bases on the table in 2011, I think would secure our national interest."
911 is the nut-cuttin issue of our lives. Everything revolves around that day, for it was the day that gave the criminals the excuse to implement the Fascism we are experiencing at this time. Every thing before then was pretext or small grabs at liberty with fear of backlash. Now, they feel that they have bumfuzzled the entire world's population into believing the lie and continue the barrage with assholes like Assange and those who are defending his every move, in face of the detail that comes out showing Zionism's evil hand controlling it all.


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Cleantech A Beacon In The California Gloom
According to the 2012 California Green Innovation Index, compiled by Next 10, the state's investment in the clean technology is doing more than innovation. It's also helping California grow its economy and cut emissions after one of the worst recessions in history devastated the housing sector and reduced the real estate tax base of almost every city and county.
The statistics don't lie. Assembled by Next 10, a nonprofit vested in informational assessments focusing on California's environment, economy and way of life, the state is clearly leading the pack in terms of venture capital commitment, clean tech patent filings, energy productivity and, most notably, renewable energy generation. In fact, the compilation of data (by Collaborative Economics) shows that, from 2010 to 2011, California was ahead in cleantech investment by 24 percent (representing $3.5 billion), and in 2010 account for one-quarter of total U.S. green patent activity.Renewable energy generation in California set a new record in 2010, representing 13.7 percent of the state's generation portfolio, Next 10 said, and by this year the state was reporting it three big investor-owned utilities together hit the 17 percent mark in renewables. The state in 2011 garnered 62 percent of total global VC funds aimed at solar, in spite of the negative influence of the Solyndra failure. The state also saw patent filings doubling in 2010 (over 2009), for a total of 105.
More important, the report shows the state passing the 1,000-megawatt (MW) mark in energy generation via solar technologies, which firmly establishes it among top solar countries around the globe (where it, you know, a country). In fact, from 2005 to 2010, California licensed 1,503 new solar firms and saw employment in that sector jump 166 percent. Other highlights of the report show that California's emissions graphed a steady reduction, down 28 percent from 1990 based on GDP, and its energy productivity (energy inputs to GDP outputs) is 64 percent higher than any other state. As Doug Henton, Chair and CEO of Collaborative Economics noted, California – by setting the market rather than chasing it – is now reaping the rewards.


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Welcome to Used Car Face Off, where we find two similar or similarly priced used cars and ask you which one you would buy. Choose wisely!
When it comes to luxury, you don't want just anyone having access to what you have. Luxury can't just be on every block, it needs to be special. So why is being the best-selling luxury model worth bragging about? By this logic, could a 1980s American diesel luxury car be the most luxurious luxury car around? Savor the luxury in that question.
The market doesn't seem to agree with my logic because, for the most part, American diesels that are about 30 years old have almost no monetary value and primarily attract people who like a bit of a joke and a challenge. I don't know about you, but that's exactly why I'm interested.
No doubt a rare find is this 1984 Lincoln Mark VII with a 2.4-liter BMW straight six ... turbodiesel. Someone at Ford thought it would be a great idea for Lincolns in the '80s to feature BMWs early diesel effort that made all of 114 horsepower as an alternative to the old Windsor V8 that actually had much more torque. Otherwise it was standard Mark VII, a personal luxury coupe that actually aged pretty well but still manages to look stereotypical 1980s American car in base spec. You could also get a Bill Blass Edition Mark VII diesel, because that would be kind of awesome.
This one is a daily driver with a newer engine and some questionable bodywork repairs, but that's not enough to knock it out of consideration. This coupe does, after all, have a BMW six in it and it's a version of the Mark VII that's definitely been forgotten with the passing of time. You can tell all of your neighbors, for about $4,500, that once upon a time, you could get a Lincoln with a BMW engine.
But we can't talk about American diesel luxury without talking about a Cadillac. This time, it's a 1980 Cadillac Seville with the infamous Oldsmobile V8 diesel. If you were shopping for a Seville in this era, time has shown it was not an ideal place in history for Cadillac engine choices. At least this isn't a V8-6-4, right? Well...
As for this example, it's clearly a cared-for piece of Cadillac history that looks rather sharp with a deep black exterior and a burgundy interior with wood from the kitchen of a double wide. I don't know about you, but I don't hate the styling of this generation of Seville – it's not nearly as offensive as the generation that followed.
What might be more offensive to some is what's under the hood. Time has not healed all wounds the Olds diesel still comes up as a reminder of what not to do when making a diesel engine. But this is a 34-year-old car, so clearly, there are ways to make it last. The seller pitches this Seville Diesel as museum-grade, which might be a stretch, but it is an example that one of these engines can withstand the years.
Still, that's not quite enough to sell me on it and I'd rather go for the Mark VII. It's rare for a reason, but it's a fun note in automotive history and it's one of those weird pairings we don't see as often anymore. If you're going to be bold with your car buying, be bold.


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The upcoming Human Centipede 3 may blow right past "centipede" and head directly for duomillipede.
Dutch director Tom Six, the mastermind behind the gross-out franchise, says that the threequel will feature an attempt to sew together 500 humans, for a total of 2000 "legs."
"#humancentipede3 will have a 500+ person pede. XXXXL American style!" he boasted on Twitter.
The Human Centipede 2 featured a 10-person chain of horrors, up from three victims in the first movie. Fortunately, the third film is the franchise finale, so Six won't be forced to outdo himself yet again.


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Top Five in Tech: Welcome, Galaxy S 4!
Apple and Samsung notched another public spat but the week's tech news was dominated by anticipation for Samsung's new device, Scott Austin reports. Photo: Getty Images.
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Boston Market CEO on Staying Competitive
Boston Market CEO George Michel discusses staying competitive in the fast food marketplace and the company's efforts to present a healthy menu to consumers. Photo: Getty Images.
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This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Melissa Block.
And I'm Audie Cornish.
It's day seven of West Virginia's water crisis. More than half of households and businesses affected by last week's chemical spill now have safe tap water, that's according to the local utility, West Virginia American Water. Officials say they've been routinely testing for lingering traces of the chemical. Out of an abundance of caution thought, authorities are advising pregnant women to drink only bottled water until further notice. Distribution sites in the Charleston area continue to hand out free bottled water to anyone who wants it.
And NPR's Hansi Lo Wang caught up with several residents who've been told their water is safe, but just not trust it.
LUCRETIA LUCAS: Free water.
HANSI LO WANG, BYLINE: Bottled water is still a hot commodity in Charleston, where volunteers stop passing cars outside of Family Dollar.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: Keep it coming...
WANG: Sixteen hundred cases roll off a truck one by one in the parking lot, where Lucretia Lucas - a Family Dollar store manager, volunteering from Whitesville, West Virginia - helps hand out water.
LUCAS: A lot of places still are not out of the zone. So they're still, you know, under the watching thing.
WANG: Tom Gross bypassed the water line and headed straight for this car. He says the water in his home in Charleston is fine.
You drinking it?
TOM GROSS: Yes.
WANG: Showering with it?
GROSS: Yes.
WANG: Cooking, cleaning?
GROSS: Yes.
WANG: It's back to normal at your house.
GROSS: Yeah.
WANG: Early this morning, the water ban was also lifted Dale Whittington's neighborhood in Sissonville. But he's still picking up a few cases for him and his daughter. He hasn't had a chance to go home to start flushing out the contaminated water.
Does it still smell?
DALE WHITTINGTON: You can't stay in the house for the smell.
WANG: What does it smell like?
WHITTINGTON: Licorice or I don't know what all. It just - I don't want to drink it, put it that way.
WANG: Neither does Tammy Coles of Charleston, who's picking up a couple of cases of bottled water on her lunch break. The water utility has given her the go-ahead.
So it's been declared safe by the water department.
TAMMY COLES: It has been declared safe by the water but I'm just not trusting it right now. I shower with it but that's about it.
WANG: Kermit Lawson, of Charleston, says he's lost his confidence. Before the chemical spill he drank and cooked directly from the tap. But now?
KERMIT LAWSON: Well, the trust factor.
LAWSON: Yeah, there's a trust factor involved now.
WANG: Lawson has flushed his home water pipes three times since the ban was lifted in his neighborhood yesterday. But he's still planning to rely on bottled water. And he's not sure when he's going to stop.
LAWSON: It won't be tomorrow. And I don't think that it will be a month from now either.
ALLISON MCGUINESS: That's a lot chemicals, it's just not going to disappear in a couple of days. There's no way.
WANG: Allison McGuiness, a single mother of two living in Charleston, is also skeptical.
MCGUINESS: We've got blue sludge, dirt coming out of the pipes.
WANG: Even this morning?
MCGUINESS: Even this morning. It's still rough because my little guy had surgery. So I'm bathing him in the baby pool in my kitchen, try to keep them clean because he's got open wound.
WANG: The tap water in McGuiness's home was declared safe two days ago. But as long as water distribution sites are still in place, she says she'll be back for more bottled water.
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Yesterday, I was trying to be all Suzie Homemaker and I decided that I was going to make homemade chicken and dumpling soup for dinner. I was looking in the cabinet for a can of green beans and then this happened:
A huge family sized box of spaghetti noodles fell out all over the counter and on the floor. They had to pretty much be picked up noodle by noodle to keep them all from cracking and breaking and it took a long time to get them back in the box. The whole time I was stacking pasta, I was livid. I kept thinking, "If only those cabinets weren't so freaking full..." I stopped myself and then I got mad- mad that I was actually complaining for having too much food in my cabinets. After all I know about the world and how many children and families are living in poverty all over the place! Even people in my own community are hungry and here I was- ticked off and complaining that my cabinets were so full that my spaghetti toppled out all over the place! Six months ago, after coming home from Africa, I couldn't look at food without bursting into tears at the injustice of it all. And now? Here I am- back to complacency.
I got the dinner going and then took my angry, ungrateful self to Sadie's school for her parent teacher conference. Her teacher was going over Sadie's report card with me and she said, "Oh! And Sadie's can is starting to fill up!"
I had no idea what her teacher was talking about. I gave her kind of a quizzical look and she walked over to her desk and picked up a diet Pepsi can that Sadie had painted and taken to school. She shook the can and I heard the clinking of change hitting the sides. Her teacher said that right after school started in August, Sadie had brought in that can and asked if she could talk to her class about her can. Sadie (my child with HORRIBLE social anxiety!) got up in front of the whole class and talked to them about how people were living in poverty in Africa and Haiti. She told all of her classmates that whenever they had extra coins, they could put them in the can she painted and she would donate the money to make sure that kids in Congo and Haiti had enough to eat. Her teacher said that the kids in the class get so excited when they find pennies out on the playground and they run in and put their coins in "Sadie's can". My daughter created a movement in her classroom all by herself and she never even mentioned it!
I was beyond proud in that moment. This on the heels of recognizing my own ingratitude at the things that I am blessed with. The faith and the motivation of a 6 year old to change her world humbled me.
Today, I am reevaluating. I am reaffirming. I am pulling myself out of that complacency. While there are still families in the world who have no idea where their next meal will come from, I will never again lament the crowdedness of my kitchen cabinets.
I am beginning to get serious about making another trip to Congo in the next year. With that will come a massive fundraising effort to raise money to deliver aid to orphanages there. I'm not sure what that will look like, but my daughter's can of coins is inspiring me. Thank you, Sadie for your inspiration. You are such a blessing to me.
*Last year, we raised over $5000 for Haiti and the Congo with our vacation raffle. I have no doubt that this year we could make $10,000 doing the same thing. If you are someone who owns a vacation home and would be interested in donating a week's stay (tax deductible) for a raffle to raise money for impoverished families in Congo, please get in touch with me. firstname.lastname@example.com. Thanks!
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New Clean Energy Program Won't Cost Cities a Dime
A new public-private partnership is similar to existing clean energy programs, but this one doesn't require any financial investment from cities.
Many communities want to increase their use of alternative forms of energy, but green technology can be expensive. Now, a number of municipal governments are partnering with a new privately funded clean energy program to save money and help make their cities more environmentally friendly.
The program, which is a public-private partnership (P3), is called the Ygrene Energy Fund and it enables property owners to make their buildings more energy efficient through renewable energy system installations and water conservation upgrades at no upfront cost. Ygrene provides the money for the upgrades and is paid back through property taxes over a period of up to 20 years. The municipality uses its property tax system to collect the revenue and remits it to Ygrene. If an owner sells that property, the costs associated with the technology enhancements stay with the site, to be paid by the new owner.
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Sound familiar? That's because the idea is an offshoot of Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) programs, which operate on the same principles. Most PACE programs require some sort of financial investment by municipalities. In this case, however, Ygrene provides the capital for the project rather than the local government.
Sacramento is one of several cities to enter into a partnership with Ygrene and the first to roll out the program. Already, the city has helped a property owner upgrade to a more efficient water-cooled air conditioning system in a prominent downtown office building. The project is expected to save approximately $47,000 per year for 25 years.
Energy financing has been on Sacramento's radar for a couple of years, according to Yvette Rincon, the city's sustainability program manager. Sonoma County and the city of Riverside have set up PACE programs with some success, but Sacramento had fiscal challenges that prevented them from using the same model.
"The reality of where we were because of the economic downturn, we didn't have the staff or debt capacity to fund our own program," Rincon said. "So I put an RFP out there to see what type of service we could get and who was doing what in the private sector."
Sacramento received three bidders and selected Ygrene, primarily because of the company's private financing model. In January, the city announced it had signed a 5-year contract with Ygrene.
Sacramento already has about $20 million worth of projects lined up, mostly on the commercial side, according to Rincon. For the past six months, the city has been talking to contractors and subsidizing energy assessments for commercial buildings to figure out appropriate projects.
Sacramento eyes energy savings and jobs
Part of Sacramento's interest in the program -- dubbed "Clean Energy Sacramento" -- is to reduce the city's energy use by 15 percent by 2020, a goal that's driven by a California law requiring greenhouse gas emissions to be cut to 1990 levels.
Because existing buildings are a major contributor to greenhouse gases, the city hopes Clean Energy Sacramento will drive down emissions.
"If we can get our citizens to participate in this program and implement some really great projects to reduce their carbon footprint, then we won't have to consider later how we can reach that goal through mandatory regulations," Rincon said.
The partnership with Ygrene is also seen as a potential job creator in a region where the unemployment rate is 9.9 percent -- well above the national average of 7.7 percent. The program should create 1,500 jobs and generate $250 million in economic activity, plus add some revenue to the city through sales tax, according to Rincon. Overall, the city is eyeing $100 million in projects completed during the initial five-year contract.
Problems with PACE open door for Ygrene
So why should cities look at another energy financing model when they have PACE, which is considered an innovative way to finance alternative energy improvements? What was missing was a private funding model. Ygrene is able to leverage private capital.
"The program unlocked the opportunity to do energy upgrades in buildings that otherwise would be accepting the status quo," said Jason Mittelstaedt, Ygrene's senior vice president of marketing and strategy. "It makes those energy upgrades more accessible to the property owners, and it 'de-risked' those upgrades on many fronts and ultimately it's a win-win through the perspective of the property owner."
PACE gets its funding through municipal bonds. Cities then loan the money to property owners and are paid back through property taxes. But that has created some problems for residential property owners. In 2010, the Federal Housing Financing Agency (FHFA) effectively suspended residential PACE programs. In a revised ruling in June 2012, FHFA reserved the right to make the full amount of any PACE lien due upon the sale of any property involved in the program.
Clean Energy Sacramento hopes to avoid this issue by targeting property owners that have no intention of selling their homes any time soon.
"What we did to avoid that risk in our program is made a disclosure to our property owners that it might happen to them if they consider refinancing or selling," Rincon said of the FHFA ruling. "So we really want to make sure they're not thinking about those two things in the next couple of years and that it really makes sense for them to participate in the program in light of those two possibilities."
The FHFA ruling has been challenged in court for the process by which it made its revised ruling. Rincon said if another ruling is issued this summer or later this year, Sacramento will adjust its clean energy program accordingly.
Florida, Atlanta tap the energy fund
Other clean energy programs, using the Ygrene Energy Fund, have sprouted up in Florida and Atlanta. The Florida project is called the Green Corridor and involves seven towns and cities within Miami-Dade County and will formally launch later this year.
Green Corridor is similar to Clean Energy Sacramento but has hurricane protection and wind hardening as its key objectives. Edward McDougall, mayor of Cutler Bay, Fla., said the Green Corridor will allow property owners to enhance their homes and businesses with green technology and renewable energy, and ultimately increase property value. He added that while the reasoning behind the decision to partner with Ygrene was primarily environmental, it has also struck a personal cord with him and others in Cutler Bay.
"We have an opportunity as a nation, as people, to take the lead in these environmental issues -- whether you believe in global warming or not," McDougall said. "Even if you don't believe that, we are still spending a trillion dollars on foreign energy every three years. Everyone should be doing what they can possibly do to try and mitigate that and if a government such as ours can help move that along, that is my mission."


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Patrick Schroeder is the editor of the posthumously published Vortex of Hell: History of the 5th New York Volunteer Infantry, by Brian C. Pohanka. Patrick, who recently completed an interview for Bull Runnings on his publishing company Schroeder Publications, also took time to answer a few questions about the Vortex project.
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BR: Vortex of Hell is not your typical project. Can you describe for our readers Brian's interest in the 5th New York and the extent and nature of what he collected over the years on the regiment?
PS: Brian's interest in the 5th New York took off when he met re-enactors of the 5th New York in the summer of 1975 at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia. After returning from a year of college in Italy, he joined the unit in 1978. Brian quickly became the de facto unit historian. He was an advocate for the original unit, as he believed—supported by period accounts—that the 5th New York was one of the best units in the Army of the Potomac. He also wanted to educate the public about the unit and illustrate the fact that Zouaves did not disappear after the first months of the war, which is incorrectly represented in many books and articles. One of Brian's favorite sources was meeting descendants of the original soldiers when they would shows up as spectators at a living history event or he searched them out through a name connection via the internet. He was able to build the soldiers bios by this means, get family stories, photos and diaries or letters. The largest source of material was the National Archives where he scoured the unit's regimental books and papers, as well as going through every one of their service records and pension files with some assistance over the years from Rob Hodge and myself. Brian created a file on each man in which went service and pension record info as well as anything else he discovered about that soldier. There were printed sources such as Alfred Davenport's 1879 regimental history of the unit that needed to be studied and analyzed. There are diary, journal, and letter collections in various institutions and in private hands. He incorporated accounts from 28 period newspapers and an equal number of Historical Societies, Universities, and Archives—including the Archives Nationales in Paris, France. Brian also purchased photos, letters and original items that belonged to members of the 5th, and built a considerable collection pertaining to Duyree's Zouaves.
BR: What was the nature of your realtionship?
PS: At age 13, I joined the 5th New York re-enactment unit and initially I thought Brian who was about 26 at the time, did not like me. At my first event I was given the National Colors to carry and at one point they struck some tree branches and Brian gave me a scowl. But I started submitting articles to the unit newsletter and he took me under his wings, giving me encouragement and direction, telling me of better ways to do things, giving me research assignments, and coaching my writing style. Brian gave me my first real research project in high school when he had me go to the University of Virginia and visit their Special Collections to see the Leavitt Family Letterbooks—where the family had copied the letters from their sons into a journal; their son George serving in the 5th New York. In 1986, Brian took me to the National Archives and I have researched at that institution more than anywhere else. Brian was my mentor and I, his protégé. During my high school and college years, I used to visit his home which was like a museum—more in interesting pieces such as paintings rather than artifacts, and hear stories about these items. I loved to go through his album of Civil War CDVs. Sometimes I would house sit for him and feed his cats when he travelled for extend periods of time. I helped him move to Leesburg in the late 1980s. Typically we saw each other at reenactments/living history events, both of us being in the 5th New York. Brian and I and other members of the unit made some long distance trips together such as to the filming of the mini-series "North and South" in Mississippi, the movie "Glory" in Georgia, the 125th Shiloh event, and even to Paris and Hirson, France. You really get to know people on trips such as those. Sometimes Brian would ask me to come by to help him with some yard work. Mostly we'd talk history on the phone a couple times a week about our latest discoveries, especially with the 5th New York, 5th New York Veteran Volunteers and 146th New York Zouaves. These units were so connected that our information overlapped and we wanted to share it with each other. Brian also came to me with several book projects, the first being the reprinting of Thomas Southwick's narrative A Duryee Zouave that originally had only been printed for his family. It is a very entertaining read. Another was Summer on the Plains: The 1870 Diary of Annie Gibson Roberts. This he obtained from descendants of Roberts. Annie was part of the Custer inner-circle and married Captain Yates who was killed beside Custer at the Little Big Horn. I visited Brian weekly during the last stages of his illness. We didn't talk much, if at all, about the book. He was comfortable that it would be taken care of. With his illness, he knew the end was coming, and he got most everything in order before he was too bad off. We'd talk about light-hearted stuff, recollect funny incidents, he'd share his perspective on things or do his personification of someone that we were discussing, and we ended up watching episodes of the Little Rascals that I brought with me which he greatly enjoyed. During my last visit, Brian was not doing well at all and was confined to bed. After visiting for perhaps an hour, I told him that I'd see him next week, and he said "Okay," but I knew I would not, as did he. As I reached the doorway to leave the room, I paused and looked back, Brian's eyes were closed, but he had his right hand raised across his body for a handshake, which I rushed back and shook. A final parting handshake—a stoic and manly gesture of a true friend. The next day, when his wife called, I already knew he was gone. I have since finished a book project on Arthur Alcock and the 11th New York Fire Zouaves that Brian and I had started on back in the late 1980s, and need to finish the full regimental history on the Fire Zouaves begun about the same time, but at this time, I can not say if that will be before or after Volume II of the Vortex of Hell is finished.
BR: When & how did the project change for Brian once he realized his time was limited? Was your intended role clear at that point?
PS: Brian had been adding pieces to the book since he first started writing/compiling it in the early 1980s. Whenever he found something new, he would plug it into the roster or narrative where appropriate. Even before he had ocular cancer, he gave me discs with his manuscript and roster to keep should his house ever burn or computer suffer some irretrievable damage. He would give me updated discs every few years, so I would have the latest version as he was constantly adding to it. In these earlier versions, it did not have much of a narrative flow, just the information he found inserted at the date that the events being described happened. Those closest to him thought the book would never be completed, as Brian didn't want there to be any stone left unturned. And that is impossible as new stuff will always turn up. So we used to joke that it is the greatest book never written, since he had been working on it for some twenty years. Brian first learned of his cancer and had his right eye removed in 1999. The reoccurance of that cancer in the summer of 2003 caused Brian to work in earnest on finishing the book—completing it and making it into a readable narrative, and he continued to work on it until he could not do it anymore. Yes, I knew my role and what Brian expected of me. I would visit Brian a couple times a month after he became too ill to go out in public and on a weekly basis the last month or two before he passed. He went over where everything for the book was—photos, files, etc. He also wrote me a letter that was given to me after his passing of things he would like me to do for him, including seeing the book into print.
BR: Can you describe the status of the book when Brian finally put down his pen?
PS: Brian had to stop working on the book months before he passed away. One of the last things to get incorporated into the book were excerpts from the Baltimore American newspaper that he had me track down on microfilm and print for him. He was very excited to learn that the copies of the newspaper existed on microfilm as this was a major untapped source as the 5th New York was posted in Baltimore from July 1861 to March 1862. Once Brian incorporated that information, he was done—this would have been in early March 2005.
BR: How did you view your task at that point?
PS: Though the narrative was finished the completion of the book for final publication was still a daunting task, but I never doubted it would be completed eventually. Brian let me know that I would have to select the photos and write their captions and create the maps for the book, that he was not going to be able to get to those things. I picked out the photos that I thought were most appropriate to incorporate with the topic being discussed, but even so, we used less than half (145 of perhaps 300) of the photos Brian had assembled. The rest will be included in the Second Volume that will feature those photos, a complete and detailed biographical roster, and transcriptions of additional letters that have been discovered or acquired since Brian's passing. For the captions, I incorporated what I knew, plus information from the book and roster. So Brian had his hand in writing them too. The maps were created through consulting historical maps or by revising maps that Steve Stanley had already done. Steve produced the maps for the book and we, in many cases, were able to refine some base maps already done for the battles in which the 5th New York participated. And, overall, I think they turned out pretty good. Brian's widow indexed the book
BR: What were the major stumbling blocks to converting the manuscript to a book?
PS: The biggest problem was not having Brian there to ask him questions, to clarify something, or review the final product. The book also needed some editing as well as some consistency work. The maps and photo captions just took time. That was a big issue in getting the book done, time. My first child was born before work on the book began in earnest. That, along with other book projects that we were working on, as well as my regular job, left little time to commit to the project. Brian's widow also remarried during this time. Plus, we're not talking about a small book, this book is over 600 pages, and a book that large takes much longer than say a 200 page book. Many people think books can be turned out quickly and were anxious to get the book in their hands, but it is not as easy as people tend to believe. Indexing a 600 page book is also time consuming, and Brian's widow did that.
BR: How would you describe the finished product? Do you think it's what Brian intended? How does it differ from other regimental histories?
PS: I'm gratified to have the finished project available for the people interested in the 5th New York and for the friends and admirers of Brian. I think it is what Brian expected, and he would be well pleased with the final product. It differs from many other regimental histories in its thoroughness—over 600 pages; the number of photos and maps incorporated and its readability—Brian's writing style is enjoyable. Plus Brian's book does not end with the unit's muster out in May 1863, he follows the three-year men that were transferred to the 146th New York, and the second creation of the unit, the 5th New York Veteran Volunteer Infantry, 1863-65; and he continues with the history into the veterans' post-war organization and doings, such as raising the General G. K. Warren monument on Little Round Top. Typically, most regimental histories do not even cover this time period.
BR: How has the book been received so far?
PS: The book has been highly anticipated, and thus far been well received. It is still early and we are awaiting reviews. The book has been acclaimed to have raised the bar for any regimental history in the future. It will be hard to match or surpass, especially with more than twenty years of work going into it. The book is available at http://www.civilwar-books.com/ where there is also a link to a memorial page about Brian with photos and the remarks I gave at his memorial service at Manassas Battlefield.


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Topic: Windows Mobile
Microsoft should have been Apple's challenger in mobile, says Bill Gates
06/24/2019, 09:06 am
It should have been Microsoft posing the main competition to Apple in mobile platforms, not Google, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates commented in a recent interview.
Microsoft hopes to court iOS apps to Windows 10 with Objective-C support
04/29/2015, 02:04 pm
Microsoft on Wednesday announced plans to add Objective-C support to its forthcoming Windows 10 platform, a move that will make it easier than ever for iOS developers to port their applications over to the Windows platform.
iPhone 4S launch propels surging Apple 20% to close the gap with Android
01/18/2012, 08:01 am
The launch of the iPhone 4S last October had an "enormous impact" on the U.S. smartphone landscape, boosting Apple's share among new buyers by almost 20 percent and putting it neck-and-neck with Android in December.
54% of future smartphone buyers say they'll choose Apple's iPhone
01/09/2012, 08:01 am
A new survey has found Apple has "explosive momentum" at the beginning of 2012, with more than half of people who plan to buy a smartphone in the next 90 days choosing Apple's iPhone.
Microsoft says Windows Phones have had Siri-like functionality for over a year
11/23/2011, 04:11 pm
Microsoft's Craig Mundie said that the iPhone's Siri voice recognition software is not new technology as a similar system has been available on the Windows Phone for over a year, and claims Apple marketed the capability to shift focus away from the iPhone 4S's lack of new features.
HTC eyeing webOS purchase to compete with Apple's iOS
09/12/2011, 11:09 am
Smartphone maker HTC has publicly stated it is considering buying its own mobile operating system platform, with HP's webOS a potential option for acquisition.
46% of smartphone buyers prefer Apple's iOS, 32% choose Google Android
07/18/2011, 08:07 am
Among consumers who plan to buy a smartphone in the next three months, the iPhone is the top choice, with nearly half of all prospective buyers choosing Apple.
Windows Phone 7 hits 5,000 apps in 2 months, equaling Palm's webOS
12/30/2010, 03:12 pm
Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 platform now has more than 5,000 applications written for it, well behind the 300,000 for Apple's iOS, but matching the total number of programs for Palm's webOS in just over two months.
Apple hiring members of rival RIM's enterprise sales team
11/23/2010, 05:11 pm
Apple's efforts to muscle its way into the corporate market with iPhones and iPads is getting an infusion of talent from Research In Motion, maker of the BlackBerry, with at least five employees making the switch in the last year and a half.
Bank of America, Citigroup testing iPhone to replace BlackBerry [u]
11/05/2010, 05:11 pm
Two of America's largest banks are actively testing Apple's iPhone as a replacement of their existing RIM BlackBerry devices for corporate email.
Android edges Apple iPad as second-most-popular mobile development platform
11/04/2010, 02:11 pm
Google's Android platform has narrowly overtaken the Apple iPad in terms of total developer support for mobile devices, though the iPhone remains the most popular software destination, according to a new report.
Microsoft may use Windows Phone 7 event to show off tablets
10/05/2010, 09:10 am
A new rumor suggests that Microsoft, concerned by the success of Apple's iPad, will use next week's Windows Phone 7 unveiling to show off new touchscreen tablets it will have available this holiday season.
Google Android closes gap with Apple iPhone in consumer interest
09/30/2010, 03:09 pm
A new survey of prospective smartphone buyers has found that hype from the iPhone 4 has died down, and Apple's smartphone is only slightly more preferable to consumers than devices running Google Android.
Apple's iOS holds strong as Android's enterprise presence surges
09/22/2010, 03:09 pm
While Google's Android mobile operating system has seen a fivefold increase in availability in the corporate market over the last nine months, Apple's presence with iOS has held strong and still nearly doubles that of Android.
Microsoft employees hold funeral parade for iPhone, Blackberry
09/10/2010, 08:09 pm
Celebrating Windows Phone 7's "Release to Manufacturing" status, Microsoft employees held a morbid funeral parade for the iPhone and Blackberry.
Apple projected to ship 130M iOS devices in 2014 as Android hits 259M
09/10/2010, 11:09 am
Apple is projected to sell 130 million iOS-based mobile devices per year by 2014, but both Google Android and Nokia Symbian are expected to each double that amount, according to Gartner.
Microsoft begins Windows Phone 7 media blitz with new teaser ad
09/06/2010, 09:09 pm
Microsoft has posted its first teaser video advertisement for the upcoming Windows Phone 7.
Microsoft to spend over $500m to catch up to iPhone, Android
08/26/2010, 10:08 pm
Marketing costs for Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 launch will add up to more than half a billion dollars as it re-enters the smartphone market, a new report claims.
Online dating service finds iPhone owners have more sex partners
08/11/2010, 10:08 am
Owners of Apple's iPhone on average have more sex partners by age 30 than those who own other handsets, and the iPhone takes more attractive photos than competing smartphones, a survey of users of an online dating service has found.
Millions of Android users hit by malicious data theft app (u)
07/29/2010, 12:07 am
An app distributed by Google's Android Market has collected private data from millions of users and forwarded it to servers China, validating Apple's uniquely strong stance on mobile security in the iPhone App Store.


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Center for Religion and Public Discourse
Established in 2001, the Center for Religion and Public Discourse enhances the Catholic identity and mission of Saint Xavier University by advancing thoughtful and respectful discussion and scholarship in areas where consideration of economics, politics, science, and the arts can be informed by ethical, spiritual, and religious perspectives.
In establishing and maintaining the Center, the University reflects the position of Pope John Paul II in Ex corde Ecclesiae that "a Catholic university is distinguished by its free search for the whole truth" and must, of necessity, "engage in a dialogue between faith and reason." Through a variety of campus and community programs and scholarly activities, the Center provides a forum for this dialogue by creating an hospitable, intellectual "space" where timely, diverse, and sometimes controversial issues can be publicly raised, presented, and debated with candor and civility.
Drawing upon the example of Mother Catherine McAuley, the founder of the Sisters of Mercy, and her ethos of compassion, service, and hospitality to those not only of the Catholic faith but also of no or other faith traditions, the Center's activities complement the University's mission of teaching, scholarship, and service. Often in collaboration with other University departments and programs, the Center promotes the "dialogue between faith and reason" and encourages the development and articulation of carefully reasoned ethical, spiritual, and religious perspectives about both the individual and the common good.
The activities of the Center are funded through grants and donations made to foster the mission of the Center, as well as through University resources.
The founding director of the Center for Religion and Public Discourse was Sister Susan Sanders, R.S.M., Ph.D., who developed and led the Center for its first ten years (2001-2011).


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Cream Puffs and Donuts Win As Sweetest at Dessert Wars 2015 [Video/Photos]
They came. They saw. They ate.
And it was sweetness they found to sate their sweet appetites and put on their plates -- and cupcake tins, cake boxes and Tupperware containers -- for the third annual Dessert Wars, presented by Channel 95.7 and Hobart Corp. at the Amway Grand Plaza hotel's Ambassador Ballroom in downtown Grand Rapids on Thursday night .


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Hey Guys,
I first want to say that I am some what of a novice when it comes to Java coding. I have coding experience in other programming languages but have yet to have any formal training with java. I am trying to modify an open-source java plug in that my lab and I used to analyze time-lapse images of cell populations. The program does an extraordinary job of identifying and tracking cells throughout our videos and then displays this data in a GUI. It appears to mean that the program stores all of this data as a text file. What I would to do would be to enable a way to save this text file after the data has been generated as a .txt which I can pass on to other calculations/other programs but I am unsure of how to do this. I think I have identified where the code deals directly with this text file.
/** * Constructor for text_files_mode. *
constructs a MyFrame from a text file that holds the frame number and * particles information. unlike the ImageProcessor based constructor, * all the particles information is set immediately on construction. * @param path full path to the file (including full file name) e.g c:\ImageJ\frame0.txt */ public MyFrame (String path) { loadParticlesFromFile (path); }
The code is free source and I'm more than happy to post the code if it will help. Please let me know as I am kind of stuck without the knowledge of how to progress.


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Please post as many videos you can. But please only post your own. ;)This is my latest:Continue
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I have started to add functions to MinimOsd code.At first i did it for myself only. Added many functions i thought i need. Then opened this thread.after a while, Pedro and later Miguel came, and…Continue
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It happened to me twice that i had failsafe, and APM1 did not react. My pan tilt did go to center, so the receiver did work well. (It is a Futaba Futaba R149DP)This is very confusing. Sooner or later…Continue
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I was flying today, and my throttle did not react as it should.Like i set throttle to 100%, than it suddenly went back to 20%.It happened many times today.Do you know why? :(Continue
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Great work on the OSD.
Örülök, hogy csatlakoztál a csoporthoz. Azért hoztam létre, hogy a légifényképezéssel, fényképfeldolgozással kapcsolatos tapasztalatokat, ötleteket kicserélhessük. Érdekel egyébként minden egyéb ami a robotika, repülés, lézeres mérés témakörébe tartozik.
Ha megnézed a geonet2000.hu/terrainfo honlapot akkor megláthatod, hogy mivel foglalkozunk. Üdv, Joe
Hi Gabor , have a question if you mind to give me some advice .
My minim osd displays the osd data correctly , but no video behind , just black screen
cammera is working ok, all is ntsc configured , just no video .
Any ideas what can i try first .
my power is 5volts , and both gnd and vcc the same for analog and digital side.
Hi Gustvo,
Did you connect the middle wire to osd from the cam?


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Julian Assange may have to go on a madcap car chase through London escaping the UK from the Ecuadorian Embassy to the airport. Which car should he go in?
We would send over an M5. It looks pretty much like the diplomatic 5er that's already outside the embassy, so one car could go off as a dummy and draw off attention while Assange in the M-car powerslides to safety. Plus it has Ronin cred.
Obviously it would be an amazing PR move if one company sent a new car over to the embassy to save the Wikileaks founder (for a percentage of the population that probably can't afford one). Which car would be perfect for the job?
If you don't like Julian Assange just change "Assange" to "Chuck Norris."
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Fabrice Garcia, a REAL Studio user, pointed out that if you can compile to a memory-based storage device, compilation is much, much faster. For Windows 7 users, you need an SD card and use the Windows "ready boost" feature in Windows 7.
For Mac users, there may be SD card options but the new MacBook Air uses only memory-based storage. So if you are thinking about a Mac laptop, that might be a consideration.


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The case against a Wyoming Valley West High School teacher charged Thursday night with institutional sexual assault is part of "an ongoing investigation," a Luzerne County prosecutor said Friday.
Anyone with information about the case should contact the Luzerne County District Attorney's Office, Assistant District Attorney Jenny Roberts said. The teacher, Lauren Harrington-Cooper, 31, was arrested Thursday for having sex with an 18-year-old student, Roberts said.
The age of the alleged victim, an unidentified male senior, was not included in arrest papers filed Thursday night. His age explains why the teacher was not charged with statutory sexual assault or corruption of minors.
A victim must be under 16 for statutory sexual assault and under 18 for corruption of minors, Roberts explained. The age of consent in Pennsylvania is 16, and a defendant charged with statutory sexual assault must be four or more years older than the victim.
Institutional sexual assault is a third-degree felony, Roberts said. Certain employees of specific institutions, such as school employees and volunteers, can be charged with the crime if they have sex or indecent contact with wards of the institutions or students at the school. The charge can result in a prison sentence of seven years.
Harrington-Cooper, an English teacher from Kingston, performed oral sex on the senior three times and had intercourse with him twice, the alleged victim told authorities. When questioned by law enforcement, the teacher allegedly admitted to picking up the senior, driving around and having intercourse twice in her vehicle and oral sex once in her vehicle.
The teacher and her husband, Raphael Cooper, founded the Cooper Dance Academy in August 2012, according to a report in The Citizens' Voice. The academy has operated out of the Body Language Studios in Kingston, and it offered instruction in ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, modern, children's and adult's ballroom and Zumba.
The following post appeared Friday on the Cooper Dance Academy's Facebook page: "After the holiday, I, Raphael Cooper will address all of the members of our studio as to our future. Please keep everyone in our family in your prayers as we confront the days ahead."
Supportive comments were posted in response.
The following was posted on the Facebook page at 4 p.m. Thursday: "Due to a family emergency we must cancel classes for tonight! Please excuse this as we truly apologize for this abrupt cancellation!"
After 8 p.m. Thursday, Harrington-Cooper was in handcuffs when arriving at an arraignment in Wilkes-Barre in a Plymouth police cruiser. Magisterial District Judge Martin Kane released her after setting an unsecured bail amount of $25,000.
After the arraignment, an unidentified man picked her up at the magisterial judge's office. She hid her face, and they declined to speak with news reporters.
Harrington-Cooper and Cooper own a residential property in Kingston. Cooper is an English teacher in the Wilkes-Barre Area School District and an adjunct professor at Misericordia University, according to the website for Body Language Studios.
Anyone with information about Harrington-Cooper should contact the Luzerne County District Attorney's Office at 570-825-1674, Roberts said.
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The Philharmonia Orchestra can be hired for a wide range of recordings.
"Of all the world's orchestras, it is the Philharmonia that holds the most special place in our hearts. After all, it was created by Walter Legge, one of the greatest record producers of all time, to play as EMI's house orchestra for his recordings. The Philharmonia Orchestra is indelibly associated with such great figures from the label's history as Wilhelm Furtwängler, Herbert von Karajan, Otto Klemperer, Riccardo Muti and many others. If the economic vicissitudes of recent years have conspired to make our collaborations rarer, it is always a joy to come together for projects such as David Fray's Mozart concertos, recorded in 2010 for Virgin Classics".Alain Lanceron, President Virgin Classics
When you record with the Philharmonia you are always guaranteed:
- The Philharmonia Orchestra and never a 'B-Band' – a group of musicians who perform together on stage and in the studio more than 150 times every year.
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- A warm and friendly reception from the Orchestra and staff with the patience and professionalism to get what you need from your time in the studio.
- Attendance of our experienced team at the sessions including Transport and Stage Manager, Personnel Manager and Librarian to ensure your sessions run smoothly.
The Philharmonia Orchestra is available to hire to make commercial recordings, film soundtracks, jingles, library music and video games, or a recording of a special performance or piece of music. We commit to making every recording experience with us as simple, helpful and enjoyable as possible including:
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Tornadoes hit Plains, Midwest; 1 dead in Okla.
- The storms are expected to linger into Monday
- Besides tornadoes%2C the storms also bring risk of large hail%2C damaging winds
- Low-pressure system over middle of country is stirring up the severe weather
Severe storms roared through the Plains and Midwest on Sunday, spawning tornadoes that damaged buildings, ripped off roofs and tossed big trucks like toys in Oklahoma. At least one person has died and several people were injured across the state, officials said.
Pottawatomie County Sheriff Mike Booth said a tornado that severely damaged a mobile home park in Oklahoma killed a 79-year-old man whose body was found in an open area of the neighborhood.
Booth also said that six people who lived in the mobile home park outside Oklahoma City were injured. Between 30 and 35 homes had significant damage, and number of frame homes in the neighborhood also sustained damage.
Separately, Keli Cain, a spokeswoman for the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management, told the Associated Press earlier that 21 people were injured across Oklahoma, not including those who suffered bumps and bruises and chose not to visit a hospital.
The storms were part of a severe weather outbreak that stretched from Texas to Minnesota. Twisters were also reported Sunday in Iowa and Kansas.
Interstate 40 was closed by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol after winds overturned semi-tractor trailer trucks and other vehicles, Newsok.com reported.
KFOR-TV showed footage of homes damaged and cars and trucks flipped from highways near Shawnee, Okla. Other video showed flashes from electrical transformers blowing out as they were hit by high winds or debris from the tornado near Edmond.
Sedgwick County, Kan., emergency management director Randy Duncan says officials are grateful for few reports of damage from a tornado that touched down near Wichita Mid-Continent Airport. He told CNN the area emerged "relatively unscathed.''
Tornado watches were posted from Oklahoma to southern Minnesota. Forecasters had been warning for days that severe storms were likely across the region.
"I knew it was coming," said Randy Grau, who huddled with his wife and two young boys in their Edmond's home when the tornado hit. He said he peered out his window as the weather worsened and believed he saw a flock of birds heading down the street. "Then I realized it was swirling debris.''
In Iowa, a tornado touched down about 30 miles west of Des Moines near the town of Earlham, the Des Moines Register reported. It was moving northeast at 55 mph toward Adel, according to the National Weather Service.
The National Weather Service said it was tracking a confirmed tornado near Edmond, Okla., moving east at 30 mph around 4:19 p.m. CT.
The National Weather Service described the Oklahoma City area tornado as "large, violent and extremely dangerous.''
A helicopter pilot following the storm captured footage of an apparent funnel cloud near Wellston, Okla.
The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla., said there is a risk of strong tornadoes in central parts of the state Sunday.
In central Iowa, Sunday and the beginning of the week are "the biggest chance we've had for severe weather since 2011," forecasters at the National Weather Service told the Des Moines Register.
Meteorologist Kurt Kotenberg said a large low-pressure system is parking itself over the middle of the country and "really isn't going to move much over the course of the next few days. … It's basically going to keep pulling up that nice Gulf (of Mexico) moisture that keeps fueling everything."
Overall, Iowa has a roughly 70% chance of severe thunderstorms from late Sunday afternoon through midnight, with more storms likely on Monday and Tuesday, Kotenberg said. The weather service's "hazardous weather outlook" warns of the potential for "all modes of severe weather possible," including golf-ball sized hail and winds in excess of 60 mph.
Kotenberg said tornadoes are most likely to the south — in Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma — but within Iowa, Des Moines and points southeast could be at the greatest risk of seeing a twister in the state.
The threat of twisters comes less than a week after tornadoes left six dead, dozens injured and hundreds of homes destroyed in Texas and just shy of the two-year anniversary of the Joplin, Mo., twister that left 160 dead on May 22, 2011.
Contributing: The Des Moines Register; The Associated Press