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LED Lighting Design and Title 24 Compliance
Posted on 20. Nov, 2009 by Rebecca Firestone.
Many of our Title 24 clients have been asking us whether they can safely specify LED fixtures that would qualify as "high efficacy" lighting under Title 24. Could one conceivably create an entire lighting plan for a custom home using mainly LEDs, and if so, would it pass Title 24? Would it look any different to the untrained eye? Would it actually use less energy? Or, are LEDs better used as a supporting component in a diversified lighting plan rather than as the main workhorse? Are LEDs sustainable to manufacture? Do they use less power in a real-life installation, not just in the lab?
The answer to LEDs in California is a qualified but definite yes. There are definitely products out there that will comply with California's energy codes, and we should see more coming to market this coming year. The issue is not the LED lamp itself, but the housing, because the fixture's efficacy depends on the entire assembly.
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Can Energy-Efficient Lighting Be Beautiful?
Posted on 22. Jun, 2009 by Rebecca Firestone.
Office workers and high school students from 30 years ago remember the terrible lighting from that era – the greenish, corpselike complexions, the blurred vision, the flicker-induced migraines, the depression, even the supposed vitamin deficiencies from the limited spectrum of those old fluorescent tubes. Nothing says "factory farming" quite like that old whitish glare. And the buzzing noise they made… the list of physiological, psychological, and aesthetic impacts goes on and on.
Now, there are all kinds of "full-spectrum" lights out there, low-voltage halogens, and newer generations of fluorescents like the compact bulbs, that look a lot better and definitely save over incandescents. But qualitatively, which ones are really competitive for high-end residential design when appearance and aesthetics are paramount? We asked Ed Cansino, a lighting designer with over 25 years of experience, and here is what he said.


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Yesterday, the interns and former interns (Parker, Lacey, Meghann and Shadra) spent a lazy afternoon rafting down the Coeur D'Alene river.
The trip was a blast, and we had an amazing time.
Of course that was before I practically killed myself trying to scale up the rock face to get back to the car.
We'd finished rafting and deflated all the rafts, and were taking turns playing on the rope swing connected to the underside of the bridge. A little after 4 p.m. I started getting antsy about getting back to Spokane because I had an Indians game to cover at 6 p.m.
So I'm standing on the rocks, behind Megs and a couple of other people, impatiently waiting for them to get up the natural(ish) 'stairway' that led back up to the highway.
But in my haste to get going, I decide what the heck, I'm not gonna wait. I'm just gonna try and scale the steeper side of the rock face to get back up so that we can get this show on the road. I'd climbed that same portion of rock a couple of times already that afternoon, so it wasn't like it was impossible.
More haste less speed apparently.
So I'm reaching up to grab onto a handhold. And my fingers latch onto a chunk of rock. Great. Handhold. I put weight on it, and I distinctly remember that at this point, the thought did occur to me that it might be a better idea to just wait the five seconds it would take for the people in front of me to move.
But of course I dismissed the misgivings.
So I put my weight on my arms, and suddenly the rock seems a lot slicker than it felt the first couple of times I'd climbed up that way. My hands slipped, and then I'm scrabbling at rock with my feet realizing that this was probably A. Bad. Idea., and that this could be bad, because there was nothing beneath me but rock and more rock. The water was a little too far away for me to hope to fall into.
Disaster was averted when Shadra somehow caught me mid-slip and steadied me by the waist.
In my relief, I didn't realize until I was clambering up the easy way, that my left foot was kinda wet.
Reach down with fingers. Fingers touch liquid.
That's blood.
Wait. That's MY blood pooling below me.
Apparently I'd sliced an inch-long gash into the underside of my foot while scrabbling around to try and find purchase on the rock as I was slipping.
Well this is fun.
Parker says he has a first aid kit and he runs to get it. I'm sitting there thinking that he's gonna come back with one of those tiny like hiking aid kits that has like three band aids and a roll-up bandage in it.
Nope. The thing he brings back is like the 5-star version of all first-aid kits. He sits there flipping through a selection of different bandages and I'm marvelling at the sight.
So the former Boy Scout ( :) ) and a bunch of people clean me up, and then Sara and Jess bundle me into the car and we head back to Spokane.
Guess I won't be covering the Indians game after all.
Back in town, we figure I might need a tetanus shot and that we should have a doctor just check out the foot. So Sara and I spend the next two hours at the Emergency Room.
Finally, a tetanus shot and four stitches later, I'm hobbling around on one crutch because two crutches, a gimpy foot and a good leg are too much for me to coordinate all at once, and I do not relish the idea of tripping on one of those damn things and breaking my face.
Today, word on the street in that Shadra's out for the day with Sun Poisoning.
Wow. Some weekend huh? I nearly died as a result of my own sheer dumb impatience, and the person who saved me is now fried.
The River wins already. Okay. We give up and all hail the mighty power of nature.
P.S. The doctor said Parker said an "excellent job" on the field dressing.

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Heavenly skiers take on Central Series
The Heavenly boys turned on the heat at China Peak last weekend, setting blistering times down a course that encompassed three quarters of the mountain's overall vertical feet.
Two U12 and one U14 racers from the Heavenly Ski and Education Foundation showed off some speedy Giant Slalom turns Saturday and Sunday at the second Far West Central Series race of the season. The boys had one training day before they hit the GS course for the real deal, and it was enough to earn them a first, third and fourth-place finish.
The course started just below the Fire Bowl tee bar, wound down Academy, made a sharp turn at Tower Nine, and continued into the narrows of Boulder Alley. Long courses like these often cover about a half a mile so the racers needed to be prepared for all sorts of condition changes.
A thick flog layer enveloped the lower half of the course on Saturday, making the transition into Boulder Ally tricky. Course conditions were firm on the first pitch and transitioned into granulated sugar near the bottom. The racers were dealing with all sorts of obstacles, not to mention a succession of rollers right after the finish line.
Hitting average speeds of 40 mph, these young racers banked into curves that would make motorist slow to half that speed.
Tyler Madero used the long race course to his advantage. The U12 skier annihilated the competition by an average of 10 seconds in what was his first Super G race.
Teammate Gunnar Barnwell was hot on his heels, finishing in a respectable fifth place for his first ever speed event as well.
Sean Dunkelman, Heavenly's lone U14 racer, put together a third-place run despite most of the field being twice his size.
"He really shocked the other coaches and racers helping to fuel the intrigue of those other programs on how exactly the Heavenly Ski and Education Foundation turns out such fast racers," coach Billy Barnwell said.
On Sunday, the wind cleared out the fog and firmed up the bottom of the course, but the wind also slowed the racers.
While the snow conditions held up the racers just could not find the speed they did the day before. Madero cruised to another easy victory, and Barnwell just miss the podium by a few tenths.
All in all the Heavenly racers came away with three medals and three podiums. It was a respectable amount of hardware taken away from the Far West Central Series skiers, but these young racers have their sights on even more hardware in Yosemite in two weeks.


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The media façade on our Outdoor Lighting Application Center(OLAC) is a novel way to communicate the range of technology that is on display.
The media façade on our Outdoor Lighting Application Center(OLAC) is a novel way to communicate the range of technology that is on display.
The contemporary building at our OLAC is ideal an ideal canvas for a media façade.
Set in the centre of Lyon, France, it has an 8m-high tower with translucent glass facades, the highest point in the area. This is an ideal way of demonstrating the potential of working with LED lighting. Products can be integrated into small spaces, adjusting the color temperature to suit the material, dynamic color changes through the use of DMX and Ethernet protocol controls.
LED can also turn buildings into communicative interfaces. Images, videos, brand communication, artistic content with dynamic effects - the media façade is a new and attractive way to communicate with users of the space.
The window panels are made from a highly diffusing glass. We decided to play with the interaction between light and frosted windows and to place the LED pixels behind the glass panels.
During a night test, it determined the pixel pitch and the distance between the pixels and the windows. The aim was that the LED dots would have a softly diffused effect around them. A pitch of 10 cm between each pixel and a distance of 10 cm between the LEDs and the diffusing glass gave the best results.
In terms of lighting fixtures, iColorFlex LMX gen2 from Philips Color Kinetics was used, fixed to the customized grids. The pixels face the glass panels. The complete installation allowed us to display dynamic content which enriches the lighting scenario demonstrated today at OLAC.


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The Great Texas Birding Classic (GTBC) is coming up April 24-May 2, coinciding with the annual spectacle of spring bird migration in Texas. This friendly competition has a serious conservation purpose. Adult teams who record the most bird species win the privilege of choosing which bird conservation projects receive grant money.
To date, the GTBC has contributed $686,000 directly to avian habitat conservation along the Texas gulf coast. Each year, organizations submit conservation project proposals for prize funding consideration. The tournament's mission is to increase appreciation, understanding and conservation of birds along the Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail through education, recreation, nature tourism and conservation fundraising. The event is sponsored by the Gulf Coast Bird Observatory and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
The tournament addresses a growing problem that could undermine the multi-million dollar birding tourism business in Texas. Currently, 633 species of birds have been documented in Texas. Over 400 species can be found along the Texas coast during spring migration. This rich biodiversity of birds is due to the highly diverse habitats along the Texas coast.
However, each year more and more habitat are significantly altered. Forty years of bird population data from Christmas Bird Counts and Breeding Bird Surveys were recently analyzed by National Audubon. Since 1967 the average population of the common birds in steepest decline has fallen by 68 percent; some individual species nose-dived as much as 80 percent. All 20 birds on the national Common Birds in Decline list lost at least half their populations in just four decades.
These findings point to serious problems with both local habitats and national environmental trends. Ultimately, citizen action is vital to make a difference for the birds and our ecological future. But projects like the Birding Classic help by bringing conservation organizations, corporations, and local communities together to preserve habitat.
For additional information, including how to register a team in competition, or learn about Texas spring birding opportunities for casual birders, visit the Web sites of Gulf Coast Bird Observatory or Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, or contact GTBC Tournament Coordinator Carol Jones at firstname.lastname@example.com or (979) 480-0999.
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The Biology program at Westminster College offers small class sizes, professors focused on student achievement, and a transformative educational experience that prepares students for numerous career paths. Students begin with Foundations courses in the areas of cell biology and genetics, evolution form and function, ecology and biodiversity, and biostatistics. Upon successful completion of these introductory courses, students enroll in advanced courses where they explore new topics in more detail and expand on their laboratory and field skills. The culmination of the biology program is an individualized Capstone research project, which allows each student to collaborate with a faculty member as they apply knowledge and skills from their course work to a novel research project. The department also offers field and travel opportunities so students can observe and apply biological principles beyond the classroom environment. Students interested in the health-related professions can receive additional advisement by the Medical Professions Advisory Committee (MedPAC). Students interested in graduate school or research can receive additional advisement from our Research Professions Advisory Committee (ResPAC).The rigorous study of biology combined with a traditional liberal arts education provides our graduates with exceptional placement with employment and into pre-professional and advanced degree programs.
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First tut! I know that this is very simple stuff, plz give me feedback on the form of the tut.
A good sig often starts or is embellished with a cloudy effect layer. This effect, which is easily attainable with Photoshop, is however a bit more of a challenge to create when it comes to us poor people who use the GIMP. This tutorial will explain in detail how to achieve this cool cloudy effect using the GIMP to create mean-ass sigs for forums or other.
On this article, I will discuss mainly how to create backgrounds, but with a bit of layer transparency, it can be put as masking layer too.
Once that you have selected the appropriate sig size, go to Filters->Render->Clouds->Solid Noise. A new dialog will now open, where you will then be asked to select various options related to your cloud.
-Random Seed: Determines the patterns of the cloud. Just click the new seed button until you get a pattern that you like.
-Detail: This determines the sharpness of you clouds. This is mostly personal preference. I like 1 and 8 to 15.
-Turbulent: This makes a darker cloud. I personally think it makes the sig too dark, but use what you like.
-X Size: How horizontally stretched your clouds are. I like anywhere from 1.8 to 4, but again, this is your choice.
-Y Size: Same thing as X Size, but vertically. I like anywhere from 1.5 to 3, personal preference yet again.
In this exercise, we will be using Random Seed 3589579885, Detail 4, X size 2.6 and Y size 2.1.
At this point, you will have something that looks like this:
OOooo, wow clouds! These are nice, but the color is a bit dull. To fix this, go to: Layer->Colors->Colorize. A prompt will now appear where you will select the Hue, Saturation and Light values. Experimentation is the best way to understand these values. For this example, I will be using Hue 222, Saturation 59 and Light 65. You should now obtain an image like this one:
Even more OOooo, wow! COLORED CLOUDS! Now lets add some signature stuff. On mine, I just cut and pasted a couple of pictures of the BMW logo, M3 logo and the M3 outline, but the sky is the limit when it comes to sigs. I also added a beveled border to mine. The result:
Yes, I know, the layout sucks big time. But anyways, you should now master the art of creating cloudy-style backgrounds.
All of my tutorials, plus other tech-related stuff can be found on my blog before it ends up her, so be sure to take a look once in a while.
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GIMP: The Cloudy Effect Creating a cloud-style bg w/ the GIMP
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Posted 21 May 2007 - 10:12 AM
Hey! Thanks for the Tut, but is it just me or can anyone else see the pictures? Cause I can't?
But thanks anyways! . I've only started using GIMP, having a few troubles though.
But thanks anyways! . I've only started using GIMP, having a few troubles though.
Posted 15 September 2007 - 08:27 PM
neither do i. but anyway nice tut
Posted 15 September 2007 - 09:07 PM
I have check the links, and the files appear to be missing, I will look into having Max supply new images or host them here.
Posted 03 February 2010 - 05:25 AM
image are still not up
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Career springboard
95% of our employees are in direct daily contact with our consumers. Sodexo's success depends on our employees' expertise, pride and pleasure in delivering our services across all of our businesses. We strive to ensure that each individual, whatever their qualifications, has the opportunity to continuously develop their skills and advance in their responsibilities.
At Sodexo South Africa, we are constantly seeking talented individuals with various skills and experience to further strengthen our teams in delivering service excellence to our clients.
We constantly organize recruitment drives in search of new talents while we also conduct consistent training programs and skills trainings to retain and organically grow our existing talents
Since its founding, internal promotion has been part of Sodexo's DNA: 80% of managers have been promoted from within. In extending this practice throughout the company, we provide the same opportunities to all employees to evolve and grow.
The desire to advance
A policy of promoting from within works when it instills a desire to advance, combining effective communication, promotion of occupational mobility and development of skills. Today, 79%* of our employees feel they have the means to evolve within Sodexo.
Whatever their country, level of training or responsibilities, each employee has our commitment to support them in advancing, according to their abilities and ambition. To deliver on our commitment, we have implemented programs to identify talent and evaluate individual needs.
* Source: 2010 Sodexo engagement survey
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In Fiscal 2010, 34% of our managerial openings went to site managers and 21% of our site manager positions were filled by employees who had begun in front-line positions.
In the U.S., one of every two management positions is filled through promotion of service employees.
In Germany, a training center was created to enable employees to understand the most complex and innovative aspects of their profession.
In France, the number of apprentices benefiting from mentoring has multiplied by 2.5 since 2005.


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Create a function the returns how many days into year a user specified date.
Throw exception for an invalid date.
Function DaysInToYear(D As Integer, M As Integer, Y As Integer) As Integer Return ' To be filled in ' End Function
Example Test Cases
01/01/2012 => 1 31/12/2012 => 366 30/12/2011 => 364
Use of the programming language's built-in date methods and functions, is prohibited.
Least number of non whitespace characters, excluding the following allowances.
The function definition signature and structure and the required return keyword.
What is provided above excluding the comments.
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UMBC Men's Lacrosse
Game 6: UMBC vs. High Point, Sat., March 16, 2013, 1:00 p.m.
UMBC returns home for the first time since Feb. 26 to begin a three-game homestand before America East play begins on March 30. The
Retrievers face High Point (2-5) University on Sat., March 16 in the first of three games in an eight-day span. Don Zimmerman fs squad will welcome local rivals Towson (March 19) and Mount St. Mary's (March 23) before opening league play at Hartford on March 30. The contest vs. a young, talented Panther squad faces off at 1:05 p.m. on Saturday. All UMBC home lacrosse games are streamed in high definition on www.umbcretrievers.tv.
UMBC is coming off a 13-7 setback at No. 6 Johns Hopkins on Friday evening at Homewood Field. The Retrievers fell behind 5-0 after one quarter before going toe-to-toe with the Blue Jays for the final 45 minutes. In an eleven-day span, UMBC faced No. 4 Loyola (Feb. 26), No. 13 Fairfield, and No. 6 Johns Hopkins (March 8)- all on the road.
Senior attackman Scott Jones leads UMBC with nine goals and ten points scored. Freshman Pat Young posted his second two-goal game vs. Johns Hopkins and has seven goals in 2013. Sophomore Wes DiRito made his first collegiate start against the Blue Jays and went the distance, making nine stops.
TOP DOG: Head Coach Don Zimmerman enters his 20th season at UMBC in 2013. The Retriever mentor stood eighth in victories (213) and 15th in winning percentage (60.7%) amongst active Division I coaches after the 2012 campaign. The win over Binghamton on April 10, 2010 was the 200th in the career of UMBC head coach Don Zimmerman. He is now 214-139 in his 27th year as a collegiate mentor. He coached his 250th game at UMBC vs. Hartford on May 4, 2011.
The UMBC men's lacrosse team has selected seniors Scott Jones (Port Coquitlam, B.C./Terry Fox), Neill Lewnes (Annapolis, Md./St. Mary's), and Ethan Murphy (West Seneca, N.Y./West Seneca East) as its captains or the 2012-13 academic year. Jones and Murphy will serve as team captains for the second consecutive year.
In addition, senior attackman Matt Gregoire (Crofton, Md./South River) has been tabbed by the coaching staff as a 2013 team captain.
A LOOK AT THE OPPONENT: Freshman Dan Lomas scored six goals to lead the High Point University (2-5) men's lacrosse team to 13-10 win over Michigan in their last action on Wednesday, March 6 at Vert Stadium. Sophomore Matt Thistle added three goals and three assists in the win. Lomas (19g, 2a) and Thistle (10g, 11a) are tied for the team lead with 21 points apiece. Goalkeeper Austin Geisler Tis ranked sixth in the nation with 14.14 saves per game and 13th with a save percentage of 58.2. The first-year program's other win occurred vs. Towson at Vert Stadium, a 9-7 victory on Feb. 8. Three of their five losses have been by three goals or less to Delaware (12-10), St. Joseph's (8-5) and Jacksonville (9-8).
ALL-TIME SERIES: This is the first meeting between UMBC and High Point.
NOTE: High Point associate head coach Pat Tracy was an assistant coach at UMBC for four seasons (2008-2011).
UP NEXT: UMBC has a quick turnaround and will play its final mid-week game of the season on Tues., March 19 when they welcome the Towson Tigers to UMBC Stadium. The opening face-off is set for 7:35 p.m.


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Directions: From Springfield, S on Chandler Rd (1955 W) for 2 mi; stop at overlook at Danielson Creek Waterfall; continue on Chandler Rd; R (S) on Crystal Springs Rd (1950 W) for 0.8 mi; L on River Rd for 1.8 mi; cross cattle guard; stop at gravel pit ponds (McTucker Ponds); OR turn R 1 mi to boat ramp.
Description: The "Bottoms" refers to the northeastern corner of American Falls Reservoir and is public land. Highlights: Cattle Egret, waterfowl, and shorebirds. March is peak of spring waterfowl migration. Northern Pintail, Tundra and Trumpeter Swans, and Snow Goose can be seen. Fall is best for shorebirds. Marbled Godwit and yellowlegs are numerous.
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Hemp is an alternative natural fiber that's cultivated with low impact on the environment. It requires no irrigation or synthetic fertilizers, and is harvested and processed by hand. It's one of the most durable natural fibers on the planet, and results in a fabric with a wonderful drape, comparable to linen.
Unfortunately, industrial hemp is illegal to grow in most parts of the world because government agencies continue to associate it with marijuana. We currently import our high-quality hemp from China, and continue to hope that it might someday grow freely again.
Patagonia makes garments with hemp alone or blended with other fibers like recycled polyester, organic cotton and spandex.
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In my last post I summed up some proposals for what (among other things) makes human cognition unique. But one thing that we should bear in mind, I think, is that our cognitive style may more be something of an idiosyncrasy due to a highly specific cognitive specialization instead of a definitive quantitative and qualitative advance over other styles of animal cognition. In this post I will look at studies which further point in that direction.
Chimpanzees, for example, beat humans at certain memory tasks (Inoue & Matsuzawa 2007) and behave more rational in reward situations (Jensen et al. 2007).
In addition, it has been shown that in tasks in the social domain, which are generally assumed to be cognitively complex, domesticated animals such as dogs and goats (Kaminski et al. 2005) fare similarly well or even outperform chimpanzees.
Social Cognition and Self-Domestication
It is entirely possible that the first signs of human uniqueness where at first simply side-effects our self-domesticating lifestyle – the same way the evolution of social intelligence in dogs and goats is hypothesised to have come about –, acting on a complex primate brain (Hare & Tomasello 2005).
This line of reasoning is also supported by domesticated silver foxes which have been bred for tameness over a time period of 50 years but developed other interesting characteristics as a by-product: To quote from an excellent post on the topic over at a Blog Around the Clock (see also here):
"They started having splotched and piebald coloration of their coats, floppy ears, white tips of their tails and paws. Their body proportions changed. They started barking. They improved on their performance in cognitive experiments. They started breeding earlier in spring, and many of them started breeding twice a year."
What seems most interesting to me, however, is another by-product of their experimental domestication: they also improved in the domain of social cognition. For example, like dogs, they are able to understand human communicative gestures like pointing. This is all the more striking because, as mentioned above, chimpanzees do not understand human communicative gestures like helpful pointing. Neither do wolves or non-domesticated silver foxes (Hare et al. 2005).
Continue reading "What Makes Humans Unique ?(III): Self-Domestication, Social Cognition, and Physical Cognition"


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Gov. Andrew Cuomo advocated stricter gun control in a statement Friday following a...
Gov. Andrew Cuomo advocated stricter gun control in a statement Friday following a shooting at a Connecticut elementary school that took more than 20 lives, the victims mostly children.
Cuomo said in the statement: "We as a society must unify and once and for all crack down on the guns that have cost the lives of far too many innocent Americans."
Conflicting reports said that a single shooter or two shooters opened fire at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Ct., Friday morning.
Gun control has not been a major issue in recent legislative sessions.
His full statement is as follows:
"I was shocked and saddened to hear of the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School this morning in Newtown, Connecticut. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and friends of the innocent victims – many of whom were young children – whose lives were claimed by this senseless and horrific act of violence. During times of such unthinkable tragedy, all New Yorkers stand together with the people of our neighboring state to grieve the loss of life and help bear the pain and anguish that will be felt by so many in the weeks, months, and years to come. "While we don't have all the facts and our focus must be on the victims, this is yet another senseless and horrific act of violence involving guns. We as a society must unify and once and for all crack down on the guns that have cost the lives of far too many innocent Americans. Let this terrible tragedy finally be the wake-up call for aggressive action and I pledge my full support in that effort."
UPDATE: Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver also released a statement Friday.
"My thoughts and prayers are with the victims of the horrific shooting in Newton, Connecticut this morning," he said. "Our schools should be a safe and nurturing environment for our children and parents should never have to fear for their safety when they are learning. If ever there is a time to finally have a serious discussion about our country's culture of violence that time is now."


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Hemsky's SO goal lifts Senators over Hurricanes
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) A week ago it was unthinkable that the Ottawa Senators could get back into contention in the crowded Eastern Conference playoff race.
Not anymore.
Ales Hemsky scored the only goal of the shootout, and the Senators edged the Carolina Hurricanes 2-1 on Monday night.
Hemsky fired a shot off the post and into the net behind Cam Ward in the second round to give the Senators their third straight win and fourth in fifth games. They have nine points in that stretch.
The Senators are in 12th in the East, four points behind the Columbus Blue Jackets, who currently hold the second wild-card berth with 82 points. The Hurricanes are seven back.
''All I'm doing is going game-by-game still,'' Senators coach Paul MacLean said. ''We won today, now we have to get ready for Wednesday and again we'll see where we are at (in) 82 games.''
Craig Anderson stopped all three Carolina shooters, including Elias Lindholm with the final attempt, to earn the victory.
Mika Zibanejad scored in regulation for the Senators, and Anderson made 30 saves.
Jeff Skinner scored his 30th goal of the season for Carolina, which got 28 saves from Ward before the shootout.
Coincidental minor penalties in overtime had the teams playing 3-on-3 hockey for two minutes. Kyle Turris had the best opportunity for the Senators but his shot went over the net.
Carolina's Alex Semin had Anderson beaten on a 2 on 1 but his backhander went wide.
''Structure-wise we weren't really sure what to do, but you need guys that are creative and are able to beat guys one-on-one because that's what it comes down to,'' Senators defenseman Marc Methot said of the 3-on-3. ''The guys handled it well.''
There were few scoring opportunities through most of the third period, but that changed in the final few minutes when both teams applied pressure in an attempt to keep the other team from earning points in the postseason race.
''There were definitely opportunities and a little spark at the end,'' Hurricanes forward Jordan Staal said. ''The fans started getting into it, knowing the pressure of the last five minutes and that any mistake could be in the back of the net.
''It raised the intensity of the game for sure.''
All the offense was produced in the first period as the game was tied 1-1 before five minutes elapsed.
Zibanejad opened the scoring at 1:41 when he deflected Patrick Wiercioch's point shot past Ward. The play was reviewed, but the goal was quickly confirmed.
''You've got to look at it as a lucky break on their side, and just get ready for the next shot,'' Ward said. ''The puck was bouncing a little more than I would have liked, but other than that we gave our team a chance to win.
''Unfortunately, it doesn't feel good to lose in a shootout.''
Zibanejad improved his career-best numbers to 14 goals and 29 points in 64 games.
''Lately we've been taking it one game at a time. It's cliche but we are,'' Zibanejad said. ''We're doing whatever we can to make sure we get the points.
''The pressure is not on us, the pressure is on the teams above us, and by winning we're putting more pressure on them.''
Carolina tied it after Erik Karlsson gave away the puck behind his net, and later was the last player to touch it before it went into the net behind Anderson.
Karlsson tried to sweep the puck around the boards behind the net but fanned on his attempt, giving Skinner possession of the puck behind the goal.
He moved from side to side before banking the puck in off Karlsson to tie it at 4:03.
NOTES: Jason Spezza, Bobby Ryan, Jared Cowen and Colin Greening sat out for the Senators. Mike Komisarek, Radek Dvorak and Justin Peters were scratched by the Hurricanes. ... The Senators recalled Jean-Gabriel Pageau from Binghamton (AHL). ... Senators forward Kyle Turris was chosen as the NHL's first star of last week after posting four goals and three assists in four games. ... Skinner has points in five straight games. ... Nine of the past 11 games between these team have been decided by one goal.


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- It's an optimizing compiler which means it can make your code run faster.
- It does dead-code stripping which means it can leave out the parts of the Realbasic framework that your project isn't using resulting in a smaller application.
- It may enable us to return to a single-file executable on Windows.
- It supports the ARM processor used in mobile devices such as iPhone/iPad.
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Hello World: An update on LLVM
23 comments:
- Mark said...
That's good to hear. Excellent stuff. Onwards and upwards...! :-)
- June 1, 2011 at 5:29 PM
- shahid said...
Thanks for update, we wish you all the luck. Bring it to iOS and see the revolution..
- June 1, 2011 at 5:37 PM
- Paul said...
Do I take it from the embedded PowerPC comment that you will be dropping PPC support once LLVM is the compiler du jour?
- June 1, 2011 at 7:55 PM
- Alyssa said...
@Paul this earlier post should answer your question, http://www.realsoftwareblog.com/2010/08/future-support-for-powerpc.html
- June 1, 2011 at 8:16 PM
- Rick said...
Good to know. I wait for monolithic and smaller apps and Cocoa for ages. I keep an eye on the evolution of RB for at last 3 years and never felt it ready for my needs and quality demands and desires. LLVM seems to be the way to go. I hope you guys can do it fast. May the force be with you.
- June 1, 2011 at 9:37 PM
- Julen said...
Could we know what the size reduction for the Hello World application was? Will it get reduced further? (just out of curiosity
- June 2, 2011 at 4:56 PM
- Geoff Perlman said...
@ Konformagaitz - It's not easy to say at this point. We compiled the code for the app with LLVM but the framework itself is still compiled with GCC. The next step will be recompiling the framework with LLVM. Then we should see a size reduction.
- June 2, 2011 at 5:21 PM
- Martin Kvapil said...
Wow this is really great news, the timing is prefect but about timing, what are we talking about? In a ball park so to say.
- June 3, 2011 at 3:46 PM
- Geoff Perlman said...
@ Martin - It's difficult to say. Very math intensive code will see the greatest speed gain. UI code won't speed up as much if at all.
- June 3, 2011 at 4:00 PM
- Matt Trivisonno said...
Congratulations on achieving the milestone, Geoff. This is great news. Thanks for keeping us informed.
- June 4, 2011 at 8:02 PM
- Mathias said...
ARM support is great! So it would be able to compile to Maemo platform? Or Meego?
- June 6, 2011 at 3:20 PM
- Geoff Perlman said...
@ Mathias - it could compile for any ARM-based device but remember that's only compiling code. There would still need to be a framework provided for any new platform we were going to support.
- June 6, 2011 at 3:26 PM
- Martin Kvapil said...
so if i have an ARM920T running debian, when in time will i be able to run my RB code on it?
This year?
Im so excited about this news :)
- June 20, 2011 at 2:05 PM
- Geoff Perlman said...
@ Martin - Good question. I doubt you will be able to this year because our priority will be getting Mac, Windows and Linux working for x86. But once that's done we can experiment and see what would be involved in supporting Linux on ARM.
- June 20, 2011 at 2:27 PM
- TJ said...
There's something that needs clarification here with regards to GCC versus LLVM and multiple architectures. Please understand that my comments have no bearing on RS' shift to LLVM and LLVM really is the best option for the REAL Studio environment. I simply provide it to offer a bit more information about GCC's capabilities since someone asked me off list about this because they knew we compiled for multiple architectures using GCC.
Many comments in the mailing lists and the RS forums concerning the RS shift to LLVM to support multiple architectures may have people thinking that GCC is not capable of supporting such an effort. GCC is quite capable of compiling for multiple platforms and architectures on a single system as long as you have the proper build environment in place. For example, we have been compiling our Unix core app on an Intel-based Linux system using GCC 3.4 since around 2002. We compile for FreeBSD and Linux x86, x86_64, Itanium, PPC, SPARC, and Alpha, A/IX PPC and PowerRISC, Solaris SPARC and x86, HP-UX PA-RISC and Itanium, and IRIX MIPS.
Granted, our build environment is relatively huge (around 7 GB) since we need to maintain the supporting libraries and headers for each platform, but it is quite manageable once you know how the pieces all fit. We use a chroot environment to segregate each platform and architecture.
Here's a WIkipedia page that offers a basic overview:
Wikipedia GCC Article
We may consider moving our environment to LLVM in the future, but for now, GCC gets the job done for us very well.
- June 21, 2011 at 3:42 PM
- Geoff Perlman said...
@ TJ - Because GCC is GPL, it's not a option for us as a backend compiler. Apple is moving to LLVM from GCC for the same reason.
- June 21, 2011 at 3:46 PM
- TJ said...
@Geoff - I definitely understood and fully agree with your move (as I said). My point was simply to educate on GCC since some folks were under the impression that you had to change to get cross platform / architecture compiles.
- June 22, 2011 at 12:57 AM
- Geoff Perlman said...
@ TJ - Ah. No, we didn't have to change for cross-platform. We have been compiling our cross-platform frameworks with GCC for Mac and Linux and Visual Studio for Windows for many years.
However, your apps are compiled, not with GCC or Visual Studio, but with our compiler. We have decided to switch our backend compiler to LLVM because there are a lot of benefits to doing so and few downsides. GCC would not have been an option for us to use as the backend for our compiler because of its GPL license.
- June 22, 2011 at 9:16 AM
- Hank Fay said...
When you are compiling through LLVM, does that mean you will open up other Frontends for other dynamic languages, e.g., Python?
- July 27, 2011 at 11:50 AM
- Geoff Perlman said...
@ Hank - Supporting other languages would be a big job and LLVM won't really help with that.
- July 27, 2011 at 5:03 PM
- EB said...
iOS framework support would be killer vector for corp programming. I see great opps for factory floor iOS apps to monitor all the machinery and what not.
- December 29, 2011 at 4:26 PM
- MacATDBB said...
Hey Guys, I've been watching the RS blog but haven't spotted any updates on this recently. Is the LLVM back-end still being actively worked on?
- January 6, 2013 at 8:53 AM
- Geoff Perlman said...
@ MacATDBB - We have been keeping RBScript up to date with the latest versions of LLVM. Work on building apps with LLVM will start once we are finished with 2013r1.
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Project Natal's Milo gets a little too real.
Great episode. Isn't that kiddie Halo a reference to an old LRR. I remember seeing it somewhere.
Yeah, Square loves to dangle the FF7 remake carrot.
But I'd rather they remake 5, 8, or 9.
8 because its Summon heavy, and watching those sommons isn't as amazing as it was then.
@ Freebird: Yeah the epic "Halo: The Future of Gaming" video http://loadingreadyrun.com/videos/view/228/Halo-The-Future-of-Gaming
Brilliant episode!
" People will tell you that they want their smoothie to taste like the blood of their fallen enemies, but when you actually give them that, they freak the hell out."
I kinda think, no Im worried, the 360 is trying to become more like the Wii.
Well, you only have to play Blitzball like 2 times. The rest is optional.
And winning is also optional.
Tell me about it. Those two times took FOREVER. The computer cheated so much. Grrrr. Blitzball.
But anyway, what was the cookie joke at the end?
That too. Blitzball doesn't matter in that game.
Best ENN yet. Makes me want a cookie and a blood-flavoured slurpee as well.
Good episode as always.
So much pure gold in this one. I'd like to give a special round of applause to the person who made the FF7 dangling like a carrot image.
Ya this episode rocked my socks. Seeing the Future of Halo reference brought a smile to my dreary world and the Natal story was well written. P.S. I appreciate how early you get these episodes posted, I can watch them before I head of to school.
I so would get Master Chief and Friends, oh wait, that's ODST now.
Ahhhh, the first LRR episode I ever watched. The memories...
OT: Great episode, I loved the FF7 remake joke.
Loved the video but that last bit was hilarious!
FFVII will get an 8-bit demake on WiiWare. Count on it.
The graphical improvement would be nice.
The sad thing is - I live in Guildford.
Blood donors are usually given some kind of snack when they're done donating, usually in the form of a cookie.
I have had both the GOW3 Slurpee flavor and the blood of my enemies and I consider the Slurpee flavor to be better, but only slightly.
Great episode.
Brilliant ENN.
Loved the reference to "Future of Gaming" XD
And the Milo story, heh
Great episode.
Poor Final Fantasy Fanboys...
Thanks ENN, great as always.
Haha, I really liked the star bored part. xD
Great episode
all in all a good episode, love the Castlevania: SotN reference near the end
That was awesome!
Is it just me... or does anyone else want one of those slushies now...
Yay! LRR you've done it again. that was too freaking great one of the best so far!
I've gotta say, nicely delivered feature story, Jer! Milo had it coming!
Also, even though I'm a fan of and quite enjoy my share of Final Fantasy games.. The Last Story. Really, Mr. Sakaguchi? First, you split from SE's downfall, start Mistwalker, both awesome moves.. But then Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey? Although I personally don't mind the sidestory deep in Lost Odyssey and how the dream sequences are written, still doesn't make me -want- to play it much.. Thesaurus looks like the new must-have game-naming device. Such an interesting concept.
As for Final Fantasy, they've re-released and re-re-released Final Fantasy 1&2 already. NES -> DS -> PSP.. Now the iPhone? That's just stupid. FF7 really is the only FF game that needs a proper remake. 8 and 9 were graphically better anyway and Crisis Core: FFVII on PSP is a perfect way to have an action-RPG. Maybe it was Zack that did it, but that game was much more fun with the music remixes and nicely pieced together prequel storyline.
VIII may have been summon-heavy, but it was a terrible, terrible game. The only thing I even care to like about it is the Ragnarok airship that COULDN'T GO BACK TO SPACE!? and maybe Esthar, which was an awesome futuristic city.
I mean, seriously.. FFVII could be a BRILLIANT game as a remake simply from the much more immersive story compared to its predecessors (arguably FFVI though, maybe?), but really, add the overall gameplay and rather entertaining cutscenes from how Crisis Core looked and it may be pretty damn awesome.
Either way, awesome ENN this week!
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1) Adaneol Caladel, Captain of Gondor (lvl 60)
2) Cirdaneol of Rivendel, Lore Master (lvl 21)
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2) Cirdaneol of Rivendel, Lore Master (lvl 21)
this is my new level 17 burg, so he doesnt really have any options but he is wearing the strarter burg legs, and gloves. and the shirt and boots i got from burgling off a mob, the cloak is the cloak of the sunset (it is either the pre order cloak, or its the cloak from mmo.coms cloak for moria)
this is my lm (level 50,) he is using all world drop gear besides the claok and boots (the cloak is a radiant cloak, and i forgot what the boots are)
and this is my level 60 champ using the cloak of durins crown, and a medium armour set from the forsaken inn. the whole outfit is dyed brugundy, he is also wearing the circlet(spelt right?) of men:
My main
Clieby - 75 Warden Rank 11 / Cliebo 75 Champion Rank 8 / Clieba - 65 Loremaster Rank 5
Cliebi - 75 Minstrel Rank 5 / Cliebe - 65 Rune-keeper Rank 4 / Clieb - 65 Hunter Rank 3
Cliebs - 65 Burglar Rank 1 / Cliebx - 65 Captain Rank 0 / Cliebu - 58 Guardian Rank 0
I will post some of my hunter later
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I've never really played around with outfits but after checking this thread out, that's gonna change. They all look great. Here are the two outfits I use
Gahran Lonefoot..Leader of the Legion of Valour..Landroval
This is my Warden
Okay, since other people have funny or joke outfits, I'll share mine. I did this "Little Red Riding Hood" outfit as a joke to tease a friend. I hardly use it (I really like the outfit I posted earlier in this thread). But it is my outfit #2. The armor is a random drop and the cloak is just a plain crafted cloak (can't recall the name of it).
BTW, would someone please tell me the the lore reason hobbits wear shoes. I would really like to know
EDIT: I wonder why my picture is so fuzzy... I changed the settings to ultra high
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I worked for a long time to get an outfit for my guardian. It was dyed grey until White Dye appeared (yay! armor that looks like it's made of metal!).
Thuryn Ironstones, Guardian
The outfit is:
Carn Dum Breastplate
Dwarf-Iron Leggings
Dwarf Steel Gauntlets
Burnished Dwarf-Make Knight Shoulder Guards
Shield Bearer's Boots -- I wish this last piece would dye a little whiter, but I console myself thinking the reddish tint is stains from all the orc & goblin blood he's waded through in his adventures.
Milo Thorncobble, Hunter
Barefoot Hobbits unite! Who needs stinky shoes, anyway?
This is a Forester's Hauberk, dyed olive and there's a Fine Quiver over his shoulder.
Oswyn of Dale, Loremaster
The robe is a Survivor's Robe, with Twisttongue's Cloak and the shoulder piece Goluranc (all quest pieces from Moria).
Indeed, my kinsmen have a great sense of style.
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Rocking that one for a bit now
Herohtar, 60 Champ:
Ohtarher, 60 RK:
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Of course, the Shire-hobbits often had blood from each of the three strains, as they soon intermingled with one another:As for the Hobbits of the Shire, with whom these tales are concerned, in the days of their peace and prosperity they were a merry folk. They dressed in bright colours, being notably fond of yellow and green; but they seldom wore shoes, since their feet had tough leathery soles and were clad in a thick curling hair, much like the hair of their heads, which was commonly brown. Thus, the only craft little practised among them was shoe-making; but they had long and skilful fingers and could make many other useful and comely things.
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The Hobbits of that quarter, the Eastfarthing, were rather large and heavy-legged, and they wore dwarf-boots in muddy weather. But they were well known to be Stoors in a large part of their blood, as indeed was shown by the down that many grew on their chins. No Harfoot or Fallohide had any trace of a beard.Pay particular attention to the fact that the Tooks were noted for being primarly Fallohidish in nature. Remember also that Bilbo's mother was a Took (Belladonna Took). The reason this should be noted, is because Bilbo provides another example of a hobbit that wore shoes, at least on one particular occasion. The boots are never mentioned in the text, however, they do appear in Tolkien's illustration of Bilbo's "Conversation with Smaug".In Eriador [the Fallohides] soon mingled with the other kinds that had preceded them, but being somewhat bolder and more adventurous, they were often found as leaders or chieftains among clans of Harfoots or Stoors. Even in Bilbo's time the strong Fallohidish strain could still be noted among the greater families, such as the Tooks and the Masters of Buckland.
Addressing the apparent discrepancy, Tolkien wrote in Letter 27:There is in the text no mention of his acquiring of boots. There should be! It has dropped out somehow or other in the various revisions – the bootings occurred at Rivendell; and he was again bootless after leaving Rivendell on the way home. But since leathery soles, and well-brushed furry feet are a feature of essential hobbitness, he ought really to appear unbooted, except in special illustrations of episodes.
So, it's more than reasonable for a hobbit to wear shoes (or boots) in bad conditions or while on adventures. Of course, before returning home, they'd generally want to go back to being barefoot, since it is "a feature of essential hobbitness".
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Walter lernt
I have a bilingual web-service (http://www.personalwebcourse.com). The site and service will be split. The English version stays, but for the German platform there will carry the new brand name "Walter lernt" and get a completely new website.
Students will schedule private lessons and learn different subjects in individual live online lessons with a teacher. With the new version (Walter lernt), there will be a platform of multiple teachers teaching different subjects.
I have this cartoon figure called Walter. He is a symbol for the learning person. The designer making this "Walter" for me will design him in different situations, positions etc.
Example: For language courses in French he might be wearing typical french clothes...
German-speaking, mainly adults (m+f), wanting interested in learning Webdesign and other computer-related topics.
Later, other learning topics will be added (e.g. languages, music, ...)
What kind of clients do I have now already:
- mainly not very tech-savvy
- about half male and half female
- mainly self-employed and private
- age: 16-70y
Location of target audience:
1. Switzerland
2. Germany
3. Austria
Note: It's a web-based service but most (german-speaking) clients come from the above mentioned countries.
I have not yet decided, if the "Walter" as an image should/could be integrated in the logo. If there is a way that works, I would prefer that. Other ideas are welcome, but Walter will play a dominant role on the website, so maybe it would be best in the logo.
Another idea would be a standard logo with the attached Walter, but that the Walter in the logo can change, depending on what page the visitor is on. Example: One Walter+logo for computer courses, one Walter+logo for music and one for languages.
The Walter drawings will be done be my friend. She provides the vector graphics. Probably just the standard Walter (attached) will be needed for the logo.
What I like:
- Modern looking logo (Web 2.0 style or newer)
- Simple logos - uncluttered
- I am thinking of the text "Walter lernt" together with the Walter image (open for other/better suggestions)
- individual, recognizable look
I don't want the logo to look too child-like, because Walter already makes it slightly child-like, I don't want the text to make it look like lessons only for kids. But it should leave a human, not too serious impression.
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circa 1880s
The Winston-Salem Fire Department possesses a dynamic history stretching as far back as 1785, predating most other fire departments in the United States. The history of our department is one of two cites, Winston and Salem, that after 128 years of service joined efforts in 1913 to become what is now known as the "Winston-Salem Fire Department." Throughout its history, our department has made many great historic and technological strides — from having one of the first colonial water systems to having the first paid African-American firefighters in the south. The goal since its inception has been to provide the citizens of Winston-Salem with the best protection against disaster. Our early pioneers would be proud to know that after 224 years we are still mustering into the future working hard to be " One of Excellence. "
The town of Salem installed the first colonial water systems on December 16, 1778. The system was powered by a water wheel, as shown above, and it fed off Salem Creek. The water system consisted of 5478 ft. of pipe and was in use for 50 years.
November 12, 1778: (Salem) "The chimney in the Brother's House caught fire this morning, and although no damage was done, it led the Aufseher Collegium to reorganize the committee for fire inspection, which shall inspect all chimneys each month."
On January 31, 1784, at 3 a.m. a fire broke out at the Salem Tavern. The fire was most likely started when the oven in the kitchen was not properly extinguished. The entire town showed up and fruitlessly threw buckets of water on the blaze, for unfortunately despite their efforts, the structure was reduced to ashes. The blaze prompted town officials to better organize their efforts and better equip themselves in the event that a fire should happen again.
On May 25, 1785, the fire engine ordered nearly a year earlier arrived, and after extensive training the engine was put into service. On June 16, 1785, Brother Stotz was named Fire Master, and August as second. These early acts organized the first fire company in the town of Salem and the state.
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On July 12, 1843, the "Salem Vigilant Fire Company" is incorporated with the State of North Carolina, making it one of the first Fire Companies to Incorporate with the State, only second to Raleigh.
On June 1, 1804, the "Market Fire House" was built in the Salem Town Square. This small structure has been restored but is still the oldest standing fire house in the state.
The community of Winston was formed in 1849, north of the town of Salem, to serve as the county seat of the newly-formed county of Forsyth. The town started at this point but the only mention of a fire department was found in the 1860s.
In February 1859, the fire engine is moved to Main Street and later in 1868 the Rough and Ready Fire Company is organized. F. C. Meinung is the Captain of this company and later becomes the first "Chief" of the Salem Fire Department. Around the same time, due to the new growth of the cites, the " Eagle Hose Company" was formed in the western areas of the city. Later in the 1860s, reports of an African-American Fire company show it was formed in the eastern parts of Salem and Winston.
African-American Fire Company
As technology in the fire service advanced, the steam fire engine become available. The steam fire engine was an improvement to the hand-pumped units. Originally it took as many as eight men to effectively operate a hand-powered pump; a steam-powered pump only required a few men. Both the towns of Salem and Winston operated steam fire engines. The first engines came to the town of Winston in 1882 and shortly thereafter, the town of Salem purchased one in 1886. At its height, the two towns operated five steam engines operating out of five stations pulled by ten fire horses.
In the early 1900s, most of the fire companies were horse drawn. The horses were local heroes known for their speed. Some of their names where Jim, Henry, King, and Prince. Old Henry's speed cost him his life while responding to a alarm; he slipped on a wet cobblestone street and the steamer he was pulling ran him over.
On March 3, 1905, as a result of the growing area east of Salem, the old steam fire engine was transferred from the main station to the Eagle Hose Company. The name of the old company was changed to the "West Side Steamer Company."
Early on the morning of March 17, 1911, a fire broke out in the "Old Farmers Warehouse" in the area of 7th and Liberty streets. While crews were battling the fire, a wall fell, striking young firefighter Joe Whitlow with Winston Hook and Ladder 2.
In 1913 the towns of Salem and Winston merge, after which R.L. Hooper is appointed the first chief of the newly-merged departments.
August 5, 1912, a the department received the first motorized fire apparatus — a Type 12 Triple combination motor car from American LaFrance Company.
On July 14, 1915, David Kiser came into contact with live phone wires and was killed instantly.
On July 14, 1920, while responding to a alarm, a steamer slides on a wet cobblestone street, throwing D.L. Reavis and killing him instantly.
On November 28th 1932 Chief Nissen is stuck down by a Greyhound bus while responding to an alarm at the intersection of Cherry and Six streets.
Chief Nissen was the 4th out of the nine Firefighters to lose their life in the line of duty
On March 1, 1951, the city hired and trained its first integrated fire company. During the training of these new additions, white as well as African-American firefighters worked, slept, and trained together. The first to be hired were Rapheal Black, Willie Carter, Lester Ervin, John Henry Ford, Robert Greer, John Meredith, George Penn and John Thomas.
In 1957 with the opening of Engine Company Eight, an additional 14 were hired - six of whom were dedicated firefighters and the others were both police officers and firefighters. The Police-Firefighters were dual role that worked on beats until a alarm came in. This program was suspended in the fall of 1987.
In 1973 Sandra Waldron was hired as a Public Safety Officer, making her the first paid woman firefighter. Upon her retirement in 2001 she had achieved the rank of Battalion Chief. Later research revealed that she was the first paid woman firefighter in the United States - over a Judith Livers who was hired in 1974 in Arlington County, Virginia.
On July 6, 1980, Chief Arnold Bullard collapsed while training at the public safety center. Chief Bullard was considered very progressive by implementing medical training for firefighters. In his honor, Central Station located at 651 N. Marshall Street carries his name.
July 21, 1980, Lester E. Erivin was promoted, making him the first African-American Fire Chief in North Carolina.
August 27, 1998, a fire ignited in the Old RJR Reynolds Plant 256, which was built in 1925. It took 125 paid Firefighters and 50 Volunteers to suppress the fire. Only 3 city fire stations remained open during the fire.
Over the past 10 years, the department has hired nearly 150 firefighters and opened two more stations. In addition to the staffing and companies, the department has implemented dedicated Truck Companies and a Rescue Company.
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The most dispiriting thing about a very dispiriting series of budget talks came at the end -- when the Democrats and Republicans blamed each other for the end of talks.
The Democrats accused the Republicans of serving as shills for corporations, particularly out of state corporations, that are opposed to the rollback of a corporate tax break that Gov. Brown and the Democrats had sought.
The Republicans accused Democrats of being opposed to reforms because they are in the pockets of their public employee union supporters.
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What's the problem with this blame? While there is truth to both charges, the blame game obscures the central problem revealed by these talks: a California system that forces parties with such profound differences on spending and taxation to come to agreement.
In other states, the party that wins elections gets to enact its program. The minority party then argues against it -- but can't block a deal. And if the majority party's program doesn't work when it's enacted, the minority party can punish them in the next election. This is how representative democracy is supposed to work.
But California has so many supermajority requirements and other fiscal rules that the majority party can't take much action without the minority party. This frustrates democracy and accountability (since the voters' decisions in elections don't much matter).
Republicans should stop blaming Democrats for being Democrats, and Democrats should stop blaming Republicans for being Republicans. They both should focus their ire on the system -- and get to work on building new budget and election systems that give the majority the freedom to enact their program -- and give the minority party the ability to hold them accountable in elections.


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I'm still plugging away on the NF workbench. Weather here in ON has been cold so, it has moved inside for completion. My biggest hangup so far has been the math for the intersecting pipes. Everything fits in there – but it looks like I may have a hare over 3/4 from the benchtop to the pipe. I got a little carried away and made the well for the long clamps 12.5". Next bench will probably be smaller, although my drill press fits in there pretty nice.
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No justice in 'stand' law in Fla.
A nother black teenager is shot dead in Florida and his killer is absolved of the crime by a jury which has again taken that state's "Stand Your Ground'' law to mean that every white guy with a real or perceived grievance against a black guy can become a one-man lynch mob.
I am referring to the case of 17-year-old Jordan Davis, who was shot and killed in 2012 by Michael Dunn, a software engineer. Dunn had pulled into the parking lot of a gas station and convenience store alongside an SUV that was occupied by Jordan and three other teenagers.
Shortly afterward, he fired 10 rounds at the teenagers, killing Jordan. During his shooting spree, Dunn disembarked from his vehicle, crouched and fired three volleys into the SUV as it backed away from the gunfire.
He said he killed Jordan and shot at the other occupants after they had ignored his request to turn down their "thug'' music, or as he called it on other occasions, their "obnoxious,'' "rap crap'' music, and after he felt threatened by their confrontational response.
"It was Jordan Davis who kept escalating this to the point where I had no choice but to defend myself,'' he said in court.
"It was life or death.''
Dunn said he thought he saw Jordan with a shotgun. The police found no guns at the scene, and no witnesses saw the teenagers with a gun. His fiancee, who was in the store at the time of the shooting, said Dunn never mentioned any of the teenagers having a gun.
Dunn suggested Jordan had gotten out the SUV when he shot him, but the medical examiner who performed the autopsy, said the teenager, who had no trace of alcohol or drugs in his blood, was "sitting in the vehicle and leaning away.''
More likely, according to the prosecutor in the case, Dunn became enraged because the teenagers refused to turn down their music and because they mouthed off to him. And for that bit of defiance, Dunn unloaded his 9mm on the vehicle. He then drove to a motel with his girlfriend, spent the night and drove 21/2 hours home the following day. He never called the police.
Some, nevertheless, will say Dunn got his comeuppance, because the jury did find him guilty of three counts of attempted murder, which could bring him at least 60 years in jail.
I wouldn't rejoice too early. This is Florida. This case will be appealed, and it wouldn't surprise me if a more "enlightened'' Stand Your Ground jury throws out the charges.
The relevant question is why did the jury not found him guilty of premeditated murder or murder in the second degree, or even manslaughter?
They didn't, because under Florida's Stand Your Ground law, Dunn would have been justified in killing Jordan if he believed the teenager was a threat. Apparently enough of the jurors bought Dunn's professed "fear for life'' defense.
Michael Band, a criminal defense lawyer and former prosecutor explained the Stand Your Ground law this way to The New York Times: "Whether there was a shotgun is not nearly as important under the law as whether Mr. Dunn believed he saw one and then reacted out of reasonable fear for his life.
"If he really believed there was a gun, then he acted appropriately,'' Mr. Band said.
In Dunn's eyes, Jordan may well have been perceived as a threat, but not because the teenager had a gun, but because he was black. This is the world in which black teenagers live, a world in which their skin color makes them de facto menaces in the eyes of many.
As such, Stand Your Ground laws are nothing more than open invitations to kill these kids first and ask questions later.
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Little Mermaid (KJF009)
Mark Marderosian is a freelance cartoonist and illustrator. He has illustrated movie and television tie-in books for Golden Books and Disney, and works directly with Walt Disney Theme Park in Florida, Walt Disney Publishing, Cartoon Network properties, Nickelodeon characters and Random House and Simon & Schuster, Scholastic. He has drawn every major character from Mickey to Mulan, Hello Kitty to Jimmy Neutron and especially the Disney Princesses. He has made 'Delta Tenn, Lady Cop' comics for Entertainment Publications in 1987-88, and stories for The Little Mermaid in the early 1990s.