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Sustainability is one of the core values promoted by this summer's Olympic Games in London, touted as "The First Green Games." In fact, the Olympic Delivery Authority has ingrained sustainability into every element of the event's 34 official sites, with facilities that use 40 percent less water than similar facilities of the past, significantly reduced carbon emissions from transport and a 'zero-waste to landfill" policy.
In 2011, I set foot on a then under-construction Olympic Village as part of a group of London Business School students hosted by developer Bovis Lend Lease. We visited the job site, saw the residential structures being erected out of recycled materials and learned of the work underway to create 250 acres of new park land that would soon constitute the largest new urban park in the UK. Visiting the Olympic Park this past April on a similar tour, I believe the principles of sustainability did manifest in the finished product.
But while much of the discussion around this year's Olympics has focused on environmental sustainability, economic sustainability should be given equal importance. Fittingly, this and other key issues in the business of sport were the focus of this year's London Business School Global Leadership Summit (GLS), held on May 21. This annual Summit is the School's flagship event for its entire global community, inviting the brightest global minds in business, sport, government, finance and academia to discuss and debate the challenges facing the business leaders of today and tomorrow.
Andrew Scott, Professor of Economics at London Business School, moderated a keynote panel at GLS that discussed the global economic impact of major sporting events, and featured top executives from the 2012 Games. Professor Scott's opening remarks for this panel cut at the very heart of the business sustainability question regarding the Olympics.
"London must evaluate the economic impact of the Games both from a short and long-term perspective," said Scott, "the short term benefits of the Games are obvious, but how can the country capture and sustain value as hosts of the Olympics?"
So what will likely determine the success - from an economic standpoint - of this year's events? Traditionally, the greatest long-term value from any Olympic Games is reaped through sponsorship. One of the longest standing official sponsors of the games is Visa and Peter Ayliffe, President and CEO of Visa Europe. Ayliffe recently spoke of how the largest credit card issuer in the world has effectively used the Olympic Games as a platform to showcase innovation and new payment technologies, engage customers and ingrain the Olympic ethos directly into the Company's culture for the past 26 years.
To illustrate, Ayliffe described how Visa has already invested heavily to set up 1,000 new contactless payment points, including points at all 34 Olympic sites, to service the 21 million contactless cards already in circulation in the United Kingdom, as well as the millions expected to arrive in the wallets of visitors to London in the coming months. To promote this new, more expedient payment technology, Visa has signed 100 meter world record holder Usain Bolt to be the ambassador for the campaign.
In addition, Ayliffe shared research based on Visa's historical sponsorship of the Olympics showing that 94 percent of adults recognized the Olympic rings, two-thirds of people prefer to work with and buy from companies affiliated with the Olympics, and how Visa's 200 past regional Olympic campaigns in Europe have elicited a 71 percent increase in usage when run. Taken all together, Visa is expecting at least a seven percent increase in card usage because of Visa's association with the Olympics, and forecasts 750 million plus dollars of additional expenditure, plus knock-on effects of $5.1bn across all other countries.
Similar to Visa, General Electric (GE) also uses its sponsorship of the Games to drive brand awareness and incubate new technologies. CMO Beth Comstock reported that the company experienced a 53 percent increase in awareness in China as a result of its sponsorship of the 2008 Beijing Games. GE looks to the Olympics as a vehicle for imprinting its brand in new markets outside of the United States, which now account for 60 percent of GE's revenues. GE also uses the Olympic site as an incubator for new ideas; GE supports the Olympic infrastructure behind the scenes and showcases new technologies through the venues, which can then be perfected and used to redevelop local communities all around the world. Comstock estimates $1 billion dollars worth of new projects have resulted from GE's relationship with the Olympics.
The Visas and GEs of the world will always find a way to capitalize on their investment in the Olympic Games, building long-term value for their businesses. But the economic legacy of these Olympics will be measured by the enduring impact that they will make on the City of London and the UK itself. A Thames Gateway research report estimated that London 2012 will contribute 5 billion pounds to the London economy, and is expected to grow the London economy by more than 50 billion quid by the times the Games kick off in late July.
In fact, Andrew Scott described multiple studies showing how hosting the Olympics do make a country happier and increase its foreign trade; another panelist, Heather Hancock - Deloitte UK's Lead Partner for London 2012 - corroborated Scott's claim when she described her consulting firm's research showing an 8 percent increase for Great Britain as a place to visit and invest in by people in India and China as a result of winning the London Games.
John Armitt, Chair of the Olympic Delivery Authority, believes that 75 percent of the seven billion pounds spent on infrastructure will have long-term benefit for the blighted region in East London where the main Olympic site has been constructed, including training and employment for thousands of Olympic staff, and 3,000 to 10,000 homes that will be built in the Olympic Park over the next decade. In addition, Armitt spoke of the legacy of infrastructure safety from the Olympic Park developments that construction companies can take forward; the Olympic Village will serve as a benchmark for developments of the future, and over 300 research and best practice papers on the Olympic Legacy website covering development, management, and technological improvement in delivery will also be available to the public.
Despite the benefits to business institutions and development outlined above, Andrew Scott notes that the positive impact on GDP is thus far inconclusive, so it remains less than certain that the UK's 10 billion pound investment in London 2012 generate true economic value. Only time will tell if the legacy of these Olympics will actually be realized.

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A Method for Quantitative Quality Assessment of Mosaic Imagery
Oh, Kwan-Young ; Jung, Hyung-Sup ; Lee, Kwang-Jae ; Lee, Ha-Seong ;
Korean Journal of Remote Sensing, volume 30, issue 1, 2014, Pages 1~12
DOI : 10.7780/kjrs.2014.30.1.1
The purpose of this paper is to provide a compact overview of the state-of-art image mosaic algorithms in commercial softwares and to propose objective assessment method of that. Among them, several algorithms, widely used and high quality, result in the mosaic image by applying to seven different kinds of seasons of KOMPSAT-2 images and then consequently each result is analyzed visually. Moreover, quality index is suggested to assess the similarity with colors regarding adjacency images and then it is performed by comparing and analyzing the visual and quantitative results. Consequently, we found out the suggested quality index is feasible.
Monitoring of the Volcanic Ash Using Satellite Observation and Trajectory Analysis Model
Lee, Kwon-Ho ; Jang, Eun-Suk ;
Korean Journal of Remote Sensing, volume 30, issue 1, 2014, Pages 13~24
DOI : 10.7780/kjrs.2014.30.1.2
Satellite remote sensing data have been valuable tool for volcanic ash monitoring. In this study, we present the results of application of satellite remote sensing data for monitoring of volcanic ash for three major volcanic eruption cases (2008 Chait
n, 2010 Eyjafjallaj
kull, and 2011 Shinmoedake volcanoes). Volcanic ash detection products based on the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectro-radiometer (MODIS) observation data using infrared brightness temperature difference technique were compared to the forward air mass trajectory analysis by the HYbrid Single-Particle Lagrangian Integrated Trajectory (HYSPLIT) model. There was good correlation between MODIS volcanic ash image and trajectory lines after the volcanic eruptions, which support the feasibility of using the integration of satellite observed and model derived data for volcanic ash forecasting.
Comparison between Hyperspectral and Multispectral Images for the Classification of Coniferous Species
Cho, Hyunggab ; Lee, Kyu-Sung ;
Korean Journal of Remote Sensing, volume 30, issue 1, 2014, Pages 25~36
DOI : 10.7780/kjrs.2014.30.1.3
Multispectral image classification of individual tree species is often difficult because of the spectral similarity among species. In this study, we attempted to analyze the suitability of hyperspectral image to classify coniferous tree species. Several image sets and classification methods were applied and the classification results were compared with the ones from multispectral image. Two airborne hyperspectral images (AISA, CASI) were obtained over the study area in the Gwangneung National Forest. For the comparison, ETM+ multispectral image was simulated using hyperspectral images as to have lower spectral resolution. We also used the transformed hyperspectral data to reduce the data volume for the classification. Three supervised classification schemes (SAM, SVM, MLC) were applied to thirteen image sets. In overall, hyperspectral image provides higher accuracies than multispectral image to discriminate coniferous species. AISA-dual image, which include additional SWIR spectral bands, shows the best result as compared with other hyperspectral images that include only visible and NIR bands. Furthermore, MNF transformed hyperspectral image provided higher classification accuracies than the full-band and other band reduced data. Among three classifiers, MLC showed higher classification accuracy than SAM and SVM classifiers.
Analysis of Geolocation Accuracy of KOMPSAT-3 Imagery
Jeong, Jaehoon ; Kim, Jaein ; Kim, Taejung ;
Korean Journal of Remote Sensing, volume 30, issue 1, 2014, Pages 37~45
DOI : 10.7780/kjrs.2014.30.1.4
This paper reports the geolocation accuracy of KOMPSAT-3 imagery. KOMPSAT-3 was launched successfully on May 18, 2012 and has been released last March. In this paper, we have checked the geolocation accuracy of initial sensor model, precise sensor model and stereo-and multi-image model using four KOMPSAT-3 images covering the same area. The KOMPSAT-3 images without GCPs provided the geolocation accuracy of about 30m and the geocorrected KOMPSAT-3 images provided the geolocation accuracy of about 1m or less. KOMPSAT-3 stereo- and multi-images models yield threedimensional points with sub-meter accuracy in horizontal and vertical direction. Overall, KOMPSAT-3 showed much improved performance in terms of the geolocation accuracy over KOMPSAT-2. KOMPSAT-3 is expected to be able to replace foreign satellite data with sub-meter accuracy level for achieving accurate geometric information.
Sensitivity Analysis of Volcanic Ash Inherent Optical Properties to the Remote Sensed Radiation
Lee, Kwon-Ho ; Jang, Eun-Suk ;
Korean Journal of Remote Sensing, volume 30, issue 1, 2014, Pages 47~59
DOI : 10.7780/kjrs.2014.30.1.5
Volcanic ash (VA) can be estimated by remote sensing sensors through their spectral signatures determined by the inherent optical property (IOP) including complex refractive index and the scattering properties. Until now, a very limited range of VA refractive indices has been reported and the VA from each volcanic eruption has a different composition. To improve the robustness of VA remote sensing, there is a need to understanding of VA - radiation interactions. In this study, we calculated extinction coefficient, scattering phase function, asymmetry factor, and single scattering albedo which show different values between andesite and pumice. Then, IOPs were used to analyze the relationship between theoretical remote sensed radiation calculated by radiative transfer model under various aerosol optical thickness (
) and sun-sensor geometries and characteristics of VA. It was found that the mean rate of change of radiance at top of atmosphere versus
is six times larger than in radiance values at 0.55
. At the surface, positive correlation dominates when
<1, but negative correlation dominates when
>1. However, radiance differences between andesite and pumice at 11
are very small. These differences between two VA types are expressed as the polynomial regression functions and that increase as VA optical thickness increases. Finally, these results would allow VA to be better characterized by remote sensing sensors.
Airborne Hyperspectral Imagery availability to estimate inland water quality parameter
Kim, Tae-Woo ; Shin, Han-Sup ; Suh, Yong-Cheol ;
Korean Journal of Remote Sensing, volume 30, issue 1, 2014, Pages 61~73
DOI : 10.7780/kjrs.2014.30.1.6
This study reviewed an application of water quality estimation using an Airborne Hyperspectral Imagery (A-HSI) and tested a part of Han River water quality (especially suspended solid) estimation with available in-situ data. The estimation of water quality was processed two methods. One is using observation data as downwelling radiance to water surface and as scattering and reflectance into water body. Other is linear regression analysis with water quality in-situ measurement and upwelling data as at-sensor radiance (or reflectance). Both methods drive meaningful results of RS estimation. However it has more effects on the auxiliary dataset as water quality in-situ measurement and water body scattering measurement. The test processed a part of Han River located Paldang-dam downstream. We applied linear regression analysis with AISA eagle hyperspectral sensor data and water quality measurement in-situ data. The result of linear regression for a meaningful band combination shows
as 560 nm in radiance (L) with 0.985 R-square. To comparison with Multispectral Imagery (MSI) case, we make simulated Landsat TM by spectral resampling. The regression using MSI shows -55.932 + 33.881 (TM1/TM3) as radiance with 0.968 R-square. Suspended Solid (SS) concentration was about 3.75 mg/l at in-situ data and estimated SS concentration by A-HIS was about 3.65 mg/l, and about 5.85mg/l with MSI with same location. It shows overestimation trends case of estimating using MSI. In order to upgrade value for practical use and to estimate more precisely, it needs that minimizing sun glint effect into whole image, constructing elaborate flight plan considering solar altitude angle, and making good pre-processing and calibration system. We found some limitations and restrictions such as precise atmospheric correction, sample count of water quality measurement, retrieve spectral bands into A-HSI, adequate linear regression model selection, and quantitative calibration/validation method through the literature review and test adopted general methods.
A Study on the Frame Sensor Modeling Using Standard Interface
Kwon, Wonsuk ; Choi, Sunyong ; Lee, Yongwoong ;
Korean Journal of Remote Sensing, volume 30, issue 1, 2014, Pages 75~81
DOI : 10.7780/kjrs.2014.30.1.7
Until recently, photogrammetric applications for processing the satellite images and remotely sensed data have been used in different structure of functions and interfaces for sensor modeling by each developer. Thus, a standardized utilization procedure was necessary to solve the problems, such as expandability, cost, inefficiency of sources which were resulted from different approaches. Therefore, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) provided unified interfaces by developing Community Sensor Model (CSM) to sensor models in same way. In this study, we suggested the method of design and analyzed main functions needed modeling for the frame sensor using CSM Application Program Interface (API) provided by NGA. We also applied the designed structure to the modeling. The implemented CSM was verified by groundToImage and imageToGround. In the future, the active R&D is expected with using CSM due to the cost saving effect of software development and remarkable expandability of sensor.
Cloud-cell Tracking Analysis using Satellite Image of Extreme Heavy Snowfall in the Yeongdong Region
Cho, Young-Jun ; Kwon, Tae-Yong ;
Korean Journal of Remote Sensing, volume 30, issue 1, 2014, Pages 83~107
DOI : 10.7780/kjrs.2014.30.1.8
This study presents spatial characteristics of cloud using satellite image in the extreme heavy snowfall of the Yeongdong region. 3 extreme heavy snowfall events in the Yeongdong region during the recent 12 years (2001 ~ 2012) are selected for which the fresh snow cover exceed 50 cm/day. Spatial characteristics (minimum brightness temperature; Tmin, cloud size, center of cloud-cell) of cloud are analyzed by tracking main cloud-cell related with these events. These characteristics are compared with radar precipitation in the Yeongdong region to investigate relationship between cloud and precipitation. The results are summarized as follows, selected extreme heavy snowfall events are associated with the isolated, well-developed, and small-scale convective cloud which is developing over the Yeongdong region or moving from over East Korea Bay to the Yeongdong region. During the period of main precipitation, cloud-cell Tmin is low (
) and cloud area is small (17,000 ~ 40,000
). Precipitation area (
0.5 mm/hr) from radar also shows small and isolated shape (4,000 ~ 8,000
). The locations of the cloud and precipitation are similar, but in there centers are located closely to the coast of the Yeongdong region. In all events the extreme heavy snowfall occur in the period a developed cloud-cell was moving into the coastal waters of the Yeongdong. However, it was found that developing stage of cloud and precipitation are not well matched each other in one of 3 events. Water vapor image shows that cloud-cell is developed on the northern edge of the dry(dark) region. Therefore, at the result analyzed from cloud and precipitation, selected extreme heavy snowfall events are associated with small-scale secondary cyclone or vortex, not explosive polar low. Detection and tracking small-scale cloud-cell in the real-time forecasting of the Yeongdong extreme heavy snowfall is important.
Improvement of infrared channel emissivity data in COMS observation area from recent MODIS data(2009-2012)
Park, Ki-Hong ; Suh, Myoung-Seok ;
Korean Journal of Remote Sensing, volume 30, issue 1, 2014, Pages 109~126
DOI : 10.7780/kjrs.2014.30.1.9
We improved the Land Surface Emissivity (LSE) data (Kongju National University LSE v.2: KNULSE_v2) over the Communication, Ocean and Meteorological Satellite (COMS) observation region using recent(2009-2012) Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data. The surface emissivity was derived using the Vegetation Cover Method (VCM) based on the assumption that the pixel is only composed of ground and vegetation. The main issues addressed in this study are as follows: 1) the impacts of snow cover are included using Normalized Difference Snow Index (NDSI) data, 2) the number of channels is extended from two (11, 12
) to four channels (3.7, 8.7, 11, 12
), 3) the land cover map data is also updated using the optimized remapping of the five state-of-the-art land cover maps, and 4) the latest look-up table for the emissivity of land surface according to the land cover is used. The updated emissivity data showed a strong seasonal variation with high and low values for the summer and winter, respectively. However, the surface emissivity over the desert or evergreen tree areas showed a relatively weak seasonal variation irrespective of the channels. The snow cover generally increases the emissivity of 3.7, 8.7, and 11
but decreases that of 12
. As the results show, the pattern correlation between the updated emissivity data and the MODIS LSE data is clearly increased for the winter season, in particular, the 11
. However, the differences between the two emissivity data are slightly increased with a maximum increase in the 3.7
. The emissivity data updated in this study can be used for the improvement of accuracy of land surface temperature derived from the infrared channel data of COMS.
Behavior Characteristics of Floating Debris Spilled from the Nakdong River
Jang, Seon Woong ; Kim, Dae Hyun ; Chung, Yong Hyun ; Yoon, Hong-Joo ;
Korean Journal of Remote Sensing, volume 30, issue 1, 2014, Pages 127~136
DOI : 10.7780/kjrs.2014.30.1.10
When the mouth of the Nakdong River, opens its floodgate, thousands of tons of litter should flown into the South Sea, moving towards nearby coast, thus causing serious social and economic damage. For this reason, in the present study, research was performed on one certain area in northeast coast of Geoje island, which is assumed as area damaged due to rainy season and typhoon in 2012, and research for trace of movement route was implemented by using buoy to identify characteristic of movement of floating debris caused from Nakdong River. Flows related to the movement of floating debris was also identified by analyzing ocean meteorological environment. As a result of the study, total 40 tons of litter composed of grasses and trees(or plants litter) were flown into Heungnam beach on 16th, Jul which is the rainy season. Plus, the location tracking buoy, which was dropped when the typhoon SANBA was coming, was passed by southern sea of Gadeok-do and was flown into Geoje beach 1 ~ 2 days after it was dropped. The wind direction was mostly northeasterly wind around the Geoje beach at the time the buoy and floating debris were flown into northeast coast and there was common sea surface currents which was flowing into the coast.
An Efficient Data Processing Method to Improve the Geostationary Ocean Color Imager (GOCI) Data Service
Yang, Hyun ; Oh, Eunsong ; Han, Tai-Hyun ; Han, Hee-Jeong ; Choi, Jong-Kuk ;
Korean Journal of Remote Sensing, volume 30, issue 1, 2014, Pages 137~147
DOI : 10.7780/kjrs.2014.30.1.11
We proposed and verified the methods to maintain data qualities as well as to reduce data volume for the Geostationary Ocean Color Imager (GOCI), the world`s first ocean color sensor operated in geostationary orbit. For the GOCI level-2 data, 92.9% of data volume could be saved by only the data compression. For the GOCI level-1 data, however, just 20.7% of data volume could be saved by the data compression therefore another approach was required. First, we found the optimized number of bits per a pixel for the GOCI level-1 data from an idea that the quantization bit for the GOCI (i.e. 12 bit) was less than the number of bits per a pixel for the GOCI level-1 data (i.e. 32 bit). Experiments were conducted using the
and the Modulation Transfer Function (MTF). It was quantitatively revealed that the data qualities were maintained although the number of bits per a pixel was reduced to 14. Also, we performed network simulations using the Network Simulator 2 (Ns2). The result showed that 57.7% of the end-toend delay for a GOCI level-1 data was saved when the number of bits per a pixel was reduced to 14 and 92.5% of the end-to-end delay for a GOCI level-2 data was saved when 92.9% of the data size was reduced due to the compression.
Application of Smartphone Camera Calibration for Close-Range Digital Photogrammetry
Yun, MyungHyun ; Yu, Yeon ; Choi, Chuluong ; Park, Jinwoo ;
Korean Journal of Remote Sensing, volume 30, issue 1, 2014, Pages 149~160
DOI : 10.7780/kjrs.2014.30.1.12
Recently studies on application development and utilization using sensors and devices embedded in smartphones have flourished at home and abroad. This study aimed to analyze the accuracy of the images of smartphone to determine three-dimension position of close objects prior to the development of photogrammetric system applying smartphone and evaluate the feasibility to use. First of all, camera calibration was conducted on autofocus and infinite focus. Regarding camera calibration distortion model with balance system and unbalance system was used for the decision of lens distortion coefficient, the results of calibration on 16 types of projects showed that all cases were in RMS error by less than 1 mm from bundle adjustment. Also in terms of autofocus and infinite focus on S and S2 model, the pattern of distorted curve was almost the same, so it could be judged that change in distortion pattern according to focus mode is very little. The result comparison according to autofocus and infinite focus and the result comparison according to a software used for multi-image processing showed that all cases were in standard deviation less than
mm. It is judged that there is little result difference between focus mode and determination of three-dimension position by distortion model. Lastly the checkpoint performance by total station was fixed as most probable value and the checkpoint performance determined by each project was fixed as observed value to calculate statistics on residual of individual methods. The result showed that all projects had relatively large errors in the direction of Y, the direction of object distance compared to the direction of X and Z. Like above, in terms of accuracy for determination of three-dimension position for a close object, the feasibility to use smartphone camera would be enough.
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So if I understand correctly, reimbursement schedules influence health care decisions and that's a bad thing, so the solution is to create the great-great-grand-daddy of all reimbursement schedules and make sure it apllies to each and every person in the USA. Okay. Got it.
But if that doesn't work out so well, how about a return to the fundamental principles of personal choice and responsibility?
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I found this to be a fascinating read. The blog doesn't mention it but George Lucas was offered the CEO position before Eisner. Lucas declined and says he recommended Disney take a look at Michael Eisner for the job. While I am a fan of Mr. Lucas (and was fortunate to meet him twice) it is probably good he declined.
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Steven Brundage is a magician who is one of the participants of the 11th season of the reality TV show known as America's Got Talent. He was eliminated by Judge Cuts but later, he again returned Wild Card in quarterfinals.
As he has maintained his profile low, there is no any news found about whether he has any girlfriend or dating, anyone. He stands at the height of five feet and few inches that suits his personality.
Steven Brundage is a professional magician and he has been practicing magic for more than half of his life. Perhaps, he is most famous for nearly impossible Rubik's Cube routine. He has been making name for himself all over the world. Coming into global spotlight for the viral video recently, Magician gets out of speeding ticket with Magic!
Brundage has been seen on TV shows in Russia, Britain, Japan as well as on TV shows in the US such as Good Morning America in December 2014, Today Show in December 2015, Caught on Camera with Nick Cannon in July 2015, Penn and Teller's Fool Us in August 2015 and The Steve Harley Show in January 2015.
Additionally, his resume is also lined with features on the news outlets such as New York Daily News, The Huffington Post, The Daily Mail, Buzzfeed and more.
His audition in episode 1106 consisted of placing unsolved Rubik's Cube slowly into a paper bag. After he snapped his fingers and then reached back into the bag, the cube was solved.
Later, he then invited Simon Cowell for privately mix up Rubik's Cube. 30 seconds after, Brundage mixed up plain Rubik's Cube for matching Simon's cube exactly. All of the judges vote "Yes" which sent him to Judge Cuts.
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Has anyone come across any villas that can sleep about 30 people and is located near another hotel?
So many beautiful villas but they seem have just 5-7 bedrooms. Are villa owners easy about allowing more people to stay if we pay for extra people?
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Sweepstakes settlement coming to Alaska
ANCHORAGE - Some Alaskans are eligible for restitution as part of the settlement of a multistate lawsuit against Reader's Digest.
Alaska was one of 32 states alleging Reader's Digest sweepstakes mailings gave people the false impression that they could increase their chance of winning by buying something.
Alaska will receive $75,000 for consumer protection, antitrust investigation and enforcement and consumer education. The state also received $16,783 in restitution funds for individuals, part of $6 million split among the states. Alaskans who spent $2,500 or more in fiscal years 1998, 1999 or 2000 will get a letter asking whether they would like a refund.
"They just have to respond, saying 'yes, we would like it,' and they'll receive it," said Julia Coster at the state attorney general's office.
Eligible Alaskans can expect the letter at the end of the year, she said.
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KENAI The Alaska Legislature has given its blessing to a private prison on the Kenai Peninsula, but at least one member of the Kenai Borough Assembly thinks peninsula voters should weigh in on whether the borough should be involved.
Pete Sprague wants to put the issue on the ballot in October as an advisory vote. The final decision rests with the nine members of the borough assembly.
Legislation introduced by Rep. Mike Chenault, a Nikiski Republican, and on the governor's desk, authorizes the Alaska Department of Corrections to enter into a lease agreement with the Kenai Peninsula Borough for an 800- to 1,000-bed medium-security private prison.
The Legislature's actions fall in line with steps already taken by the borough, which include a contractual agreement with a team headed by Cornell Corrections to plan and promote the project. Sprague's was the only vote opposing that contract.
"I'm not dead set against the project," said Sprague, who represents the Soldotna area. "I just want to see everything out there before I make a final decision on it. I would like to know what the people of the borough think about it. I believe the issue is big enough that people need the opportunity to speak to it."
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The Vermont Farm Women's Fund (VFWF) is offering its next round of grants to help women farmers improve their businesses or become more involved in agricultural policy development. The proposal deadline is Midnight October 28, 2010.
Additionally, VFWF is piloting a new scholarship initiative this fall to help defray course, conference and workshop fees. These scholarships – up to 75 percent of the event fee or $150, whichever is less — will be awarded on a rolling basis beginning immediately.
"Our goal is to help women get the education they need to make their businesses thrive," says Mary Peabody, a member of the fund's advisory group. "A little bit of support that makes it possible for farm women to access the right education at the right time can make a big difference."
The new "Scholarship Initiative" is designed to provide more flexibility in helping women farmers take advantage of educational conferences, workshops and courses. The application process is streamlined and applications will be accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis. Generally, decisions will be made within five business days.
Women account for a growing share of Vermont farmers. The most recent USDA Census of Agriculture showed that the number of female principal farm operators in Vermont increased by 50 percent, from 967 to 1466 between 2002 and 2007. The data also show that women typically operate smaller farms and have lower farm earnings than their male counterparts. A primary goal of VFWF is to help strengthen and stabilize these businesses.
The Vermont Farm Women's Fund has been making awards since 2008. Since then, farmers have used the support the fund provides to help research and develop new products; conduct feasibility studies; and to attend workshops, conferences and classes to learn new marketing, business management and value-added production skills and knowledge.
For the upcoming award cycle, the fund will make three kinds of awards. In addition to the small "scholarship initiative" awards, it is also seeking proposals for Farm Business Development and Leadership Development awards. Farm Business Development awards provide support for education and travel related to helping recipients improve some aspect of their business. Leadership Development awards provide support to help women farmers develop skills, access and opportunities to provide leadership in agricultural policy development. Additionally, applicants for the Business Development and Leadership Development awards may request funds to help defray associated travel, childcare, and replacement labor.
"These funds have been tremendously helpful to us," said Judith Irving, who along with her daughters Josey and Calley Hastings, runs Fat Toad Farm, a diversified livestock farm in Brookfield, Vt. Fat Toad used their 2008 VFWF award to explore the production and market feasibility of some new, added-value goat's milk products. "We feel really privileged to have been part of this program," Irving said.
VFWF was able to expand its award program this fall due in part to support from the John Merck Fund and the Vermont Community Foundation.
The Vermont Farm Women's fund was initially established by Vermont author and photographer Peter Miller, who donated a percentage of the sales of his book "Vermont Farm Women," to the fund. The University of Vermont Extension, through the Women's Agricultural Network (WAgN), serves as the fiscal agent for the fund and administers the grant award process. A panel of Vermont farm women makes award decisions.
The deadline for submitting grant applications is October 28. Visit http://www.uvm.edu/~vfwf for more information. Click on the "Application Forms" link on the left to apply online, or, request an application package by calling 802-223-2389×15.
University of Vermont Extension, and U.S. Department of Agriculture, cooperating, offer education and employment to everyone without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, and marital or familial status.
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This is interesting and I am sure frustrating to people who've experienced the increase in other places.

Oh Ramona ...if only liposuction could suck *all* unwanted body fat out of everywhere without risk/side effects. Go in as if for a yearly physical... or a monthly hair appt, if necessary. :)SeaSprayhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675087351939177300.post-7492498884603776692011-05-04T23:15:22.792-05:002011-05-04T23:15:22.792-05:00I like your analogy about the drawers - it is true...I like your analogy about the drawers - it is true! I had lipo on my upper arms in 1999. I had lipo on my flanks and abdomen in 2010. When I gain weight now, it goes to my thighs! I've never had saddlebags before, but I'm getting them now, it's email@example.com


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Nate at Digital Reader featured an article in his Morning Coffee about opting out of Scribd if you're a Smashwords author. I was curious as to the reasons the blogger thought I might want to do this, and I read the article. Which I discovered was some serious misinformation.
Not surprisingly, the blogger raised the piracy issue, but not the issue I thought he'd raise. I thought he'd talk about how the digital fingerprinting from Scribd was less than perfect and use that as a reason. Nope, he went in a whole 'nother direction.
The problem with Scribd's view on piracy is that they are working on the WRONG bloody end of the stick. Pirates aren't going to be UPLOADING books – they're going to be DOWNLOADING CONTENT. I just can't believe they've not figured this out: Any subscription service for e-books is basically a smorgasbord for piracy. There is absolutely nothing I can see that stops a person from just downloading books wantonly and copying them to another source (laptop, memory card, thumbdrive) and then cracking the pointless DRM on them and having a field day with them. Believe me, it's very, very easy, and once you know how, you can set up your system to do it automatically – all you have to do is drop your book into a folder and *POOF* it's as free as a bird. And if they didn't bother to even open the books before they return them, the author gets ZILCH.
I admit. My first reaction was "What was he smoking? You can't do that." Then my second reaction was, "let me test if you can do that." So I did.
I downloaded a book into my Scribd for Android app and plugged my Nook into my hard drive. I did a search for the book title. Nothing. I opened every folder to see if the book was saved under a weird file name. Nope. I posted a comment to Nate's blog, and he suggested I try dragging the book into Adobe Digital Editions on my desktop. Tried that. Nothing to drag.
As far as I could tell, as I'd suspected, the book is obscured in a database file somewhere. I'm sure with the right tools and know how, I could find the book and strip the DRM from it. However, this is beyond the skills (or desire) of the average user.
It's true that it is easy to strip DRM from a book. However, it's not easy to strip it from a book in Scribd. I presume Oyster is the same, and probably even more difficult because you'd need to jailbreak the device to get to the underlying file structure.
I have to question if the blogger has even tried Scribd. Just a few minutes with the app would have revealed that "downloading" a book doesn't stick it in a folder somewhere. This is an example of the kind of misinformation that sets my teeth on edge. Several readers commented on how grateful they were to know how easy piracy is, which reinforced their decision not to distribute to Scribd.
Honestly, I don't care if anyone distributes to Scribd or not, but I do believe people should make their decision based on sound information. And, yes, everyone should know to question what you read on the Internet, but still…
Of course, if someone wants to show me an easy way to pirate out of Scribd (I can figure out how to pirate into it), point me in the right direction, and I'll amend this post.
Update: Nate did some more digging and wrote his own article on the subject where he added some detail about the likely file format Scribd is using. His digging seems to confirm what I saw, that it's not possible for the average user to just download and strip these books.
In case I've not said it before, I'm anti-DRM in general (and don't add it to the books I sell). However, I'm not bothered by it in a subscription service where I never expected to "own" the book. In this case, it reminds the honest people to stay honest without, in my opinion, hurting anyone.
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Although New York state's $1 million exemption will make more people eligible to pay the estate tax, there are steps you can take now to reduce that tax liability.
Parents could put their real estate into a partnership or limited liability company and gift away a percentage of the partnership to each of their children, said Mark Bosswick, a senior tax partner with Berdon, a public accounting firm with an office in Jericho. Individuals are able to gift away $1 million in their lifetime tax free.
And with real estate values and interest rates at lows right now, it's a good time to consider passing real estate on to the next generation, Bosswick said.
Another option is to give the children a low-interest loan with which to buy an interest in the property.
"Say you have three children; you can gift a percentage of the partnership – say, 20 percent – to each of the children," Bosswick said. "Since property values have dropped, any gift taxes would be lower, and minority ownership (less than 50 percent) is discounted further for gift tax purposes."
A parent can currently make a loan to a child at the very low interest rate of .6 percent, for loans that are paid back in less than three years. For three- to nine-year loans, the rate, at 1.65 percent, is still very low, Bosswick said.
For a personally owned residence, many wealthy clients are taking advantage of a qualified personal residence trust, said Fred Bruckner, a principal with Margolin Winer & Evens, a Garden City accounting firm.
A QPRT is an irrevocable trust in which a homeowner makes a gift of his residence to the trust, and, pursuant to the trust agreement, he retains the right to live rent-free in the house for an agreed-upon number of years.
"For example, let's say a house is worth $1 million," Bruckner said. "If the individual did not retain the right to live there, it would be considered a straight taxable gift of $1 million."
But since the individual retains the right to live there, the value of his right to live there over that agreed-upon span is deducted from the gift at a rate determined by the IRS 7520 rate, said Michael Bekas, a tax partner with Marks, Paneth & Shron, an accounting firm with an office in Woodbury.
"Quite often, the amount of the taxable gift is substantially reduced," Bruckner said. "It is not unusual for such reductions to equal or exceed 50 percent."
Further, as real estate values are currently depressed, the property will likely increase in value over time, and any appreciation will be outside the estate.
February's 7520 rate, an all-time low of 2 percent, has made grantor retained annuity trusts particularly attractive now, Bekas said.
For owners of commercial real estate, a GRAT is a common technique. "It's similar to a QPRT," Bruckner said. "But instead of the donor retaining the right to live in a personal residence rent-free for a particular term of years, the GRAT pays an annuity to the donor for whatever the term is." Because the donor retains the right to receive these annuity payments, the value of the property gifted to the GRAT is similarly reduced for federal gift tax purposes.
GRATs may be combined with other techniques. "You may have a $1 million property that a couple of years ago was worth $2 million," Bekas said. "You can make a gift of a limited partnership in the property to the GRAT. Say the share is 49 percent – that would be worth $490,000, but because of the minority ownership discount, it might be valued at about $300,000.
"When it goes into the GRAT, the taxable value will be further discounted to about $180,000," Bekas continued. "You can cut out an enormous amount of value for gift tax purposes – you have a property that will in all likelihood go back up to $2 million in value, and only $180,000 was subject to gift tax."


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Does the server's shared IP addresses always stay the same?
All of our shared servers' ip addresses are not set to change or be recycled periodically. We have some users who use 3rd party DNS servers, and the change of IP addresses most likely would bring down their site and cause problems.
That being said, we do sometimes change the IP address of a shared server. This is extremely rare, and is only done in an emergency situation. For example, our System Administration team may need to take this type of action if the server is under a heavy DDOS attack.
I have a customer that suddenly is unable to see any of the sites I have developed which use this IP address.
Getting to the actual problem at hand, your customer cannot see any of your websites on your server. In order to troubleshoot this type of issue:
1. We need to know the IP address of your customer's computer
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You can find more information on the above two items here, How do I run a ping and traceroute test? After you get these results, you'll want to email them to firstname.lastname@example.com for further review.
I hesitate to get a dedicated IP address because the problem could suddenly happen again with that IP.
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Wholemega™ is sourced from 100% sustainably caught Alaskan wild salmon oil – from fisheries recognized for ocean stewardship and sustainability. The oil in Wholemega is so pure and untainted, it is delivered from a "food grade", government inspected facility. It's our promise of healthy, and pure, food to you.
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I have a site that was upgraded from Drupal 6 to Drupal 7. This site is quite large and has over 22,000 nodes.
When we try to run a bulk update of aliases, we get the following error:
An AJAX HTTP error occurred. HTTP Result Code: 500 Debugging information follows. Path: /batch?id=1000170&op=do StatusText: Internal Server Error ResponseText: 500 Internal Server Error Internal Server Error The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.
In addition to the previous error every time we found with phpMyAdmin the following SQL query hanging on the server for long time:
SELECT COUNT( * ) AS expression
SELECT 1 AS expression
FROM users u
LEFT OUTER JOIN url_ali
...and this other query:
Copying to tmp table
SELECT n.nid AS nid
node n
LEFT OUTER JOIN url_alias ua ON CONCAT('node/', n.nid) = ua.s
It seems like these queries take too long and AJAX gives up after a while.
When running the bulk update for Taxonomy terms only (about 250 terms), it works very well.
Thanks for this great module. One of my favorites.
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Comment #1Dave Reid CreditAttribution: Dave Reid commented
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There's not anything we can really do to make that query better. If you've got any ideas, let us know, otherwise this is kinda how this has to work.
Comment #2Corwin CreditAttribution: Corwin commented
SELECT n.nid AS nid FROM node n LEFT OUTER JOIN url_alias ua ON CONCAT('node/', n.nid) = ua.source;
28013 rows in set (4 min 58.56 sec)
SELECT nid FROM node;
28008 rows in set (0.02 sec)
Why are we doing a left join when we are only taking data from the left table?
$ diff /tmp/2011-10-11_LEFT_OUTER_JOIN.txt /tmp/2011-10-11_SELECT_nid.txt
< 1
< 1
< 1
< 1
< 3
The only difference on my site between the queries is:
1. The second query is 14,928 times faster
2. nid 1 comes up once instead of 5, and nid 3 comes up once instead of twice. Why would we even want the same nid coming up multiple times? The query only returns the nid.
Comment #3Dave Reid CreditAttribution: Dave Reid commented
You're missing the important part of needing
WHERE ua.alias IS NULL which was missing from the original report. And I'm not sure why this query would be performing an outer join. It's now how the query is coded and it's not how its executed on my version of MySQL.
Comment #4micropony CreditAttribution: micropony commented
I've hit the same wall (and same error) with bulk updating a site with ~9,000 nodes that need some nice new aliases.
I've tried accomplishing the task with drush, but hit another snag with that as well (looks like pathauto function names have shuffled a little). Described it here.
Comment #5gaele CreditAttribution: gaele commented
|An AJAX HTTP error occurred while builk updating URL aliases
|» An AJAX HTTP error occurred while bulk updating URL aliases
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Same problem here. No time-out, but the bulk update is extremely slow.
70,000 nodes
MySQL 5.0.86
And an outer join:
SELECT n.nid AS nid
FROM node n
LEFT OUTER JOIN url_alias ua ON CONCAT( 'node/', n.nid ) = ua.source
ua.source IS NULL
n.nid > '0'
ORDER BY n.nid ASC
Comment #6phreadom CreditAttribution: phreadom commented
Same here... same AJAX error after running through around 3,000 of our 50,000 users. :(
It's also running incredibly slow, but I'll post that on the other ticket.
Comment #7gaele CreditAttribution: gaele commented
I've changed the query, and this seems to do the trick:
- Don't do a CONCAT( 'node/', n.nid ). Instead cut the 'node/' form ua.source using SUBSTRING. This will give you the nid.
- Create a temporary table with these nids, so they can be indexed.
function node_pathauto_bulk_update_batch_process(&$context) {
if (!isset($context['sandbox']['current'])) {
$context['sandbox']['count'] = 0;
$context['sandbox']['current'] = 0;
// Create a temporary table with an index on nid.
$result = db_query('CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE tmp_alias (nid int PRIMARY KEY)');
// Cut the nid from the source field.
$result = db_query("INSERT INTO tmp_alias (nid) SELECT SUBSTRING(source, 6) FROM url_alias WHERE (SUBSTRING(source, 1, 5) ='node/')");
// The next four lines are adjusted to use the temporary table.
$query = db_select('node', 'n');
$query->leftJoin('tmp_alias', 'ta', "n.nid = ta.nid");
$query->addField('n', 'nid');
$query->condition('n.nid', $context['sandbox']['current'], '>');
$query->addMetaData('entity', 'node');
// Get the total amount of items to process.
if (!isset($context['sandbox']['total'])) {
$context['sandbox']['total'] = $query->countQuery()->execute()->fetchField();
// If there are no nodes to update, the stop immediately.
if (!$context['sandbox']['total']) {
$context['finished'] = 1;
$query->range(0, 25);
$nids = $query->execute()->fetchCol();
pathauto_node_update_alias_multiple($nids, 'bulkupdate');
// Drop the temporary table so it can be recreated in the next run.
$result = db_query('DROP TABLE tmp_alias');
$context['sandbox']['count'] += count($nids);
$context['sandbox']['current'] = max($nids);
$context['message'] = t('Updated alias for node @nid.', array('@nid' => end($nids)));
if ($context['sandbox']['count'] != $context['sandbox']['total']) {
$context['finished'] = $context['sandbox']['count'] / $context['sandbox']['total'];
I didn't find out how to implement this using the database API.
Comment #8gaele CreditAttribution: gaele commented
Wow! While typing this the bulk update finished: "Generated 59841 URL aliases."
In less than 30 minutes!
I'll check the results.
Comment #9phreadom CreditAttribution: phreadom commented
Do I need to delete any existing aliases first? I have about half the aliases generated for content, users, etc... and when I try to finish aliasing them with this patch, I get the exact same behavior as before... incredibly high load on the CPU and very slow progress... it would take me 3 or 4 days at this speed to alias just my articles. A few more days for my users, etc. :(
Comment #10gaele CreditAttribution: gaele commented
Hi phreadom, the adjusted version of node_pathauto_bulk_update_batch_process() worked for me. I didn't delete the existing aliases.
Comment #11phreadom CreditAttribution: phreadom commented
I commented out
function node_pathauto_bulk_update_batch_process(&$context) in
pathauto.pathauto.inc, and pasted in your new version, and tried running the bulk update for content, and later for users, and both behaved the same way as before, running high load for hours. :(
Am I doing something wrong? I'd really love to get this working.
Comment #12phreadom CreditAttribution: phreadom commented
I cleared my existing content aliases, and deleted any leftover batches from my batches table and then ran the content bulk alias update again and it's working!
It's gone through around 7,000 already in ~20 minutes and there's almost no load on the CPU either! Fantastic! Thank you!
Status message
Generated 16555 URL aliases.
4 hours total, but that's a hell of a lot better than the 4 days it would have taken previously!
Now I'm going to try porting the same changes to the other functions for bulk updating my user aliases, as I have around 50,000 users, so the same problems definitely apply there as well. I'll update with the code if I get it to work.
Comment #13gaele CreditAttribution: gaele commented
|An AJAX HTTP error occurred while bulk updating URL aliases
|» Queries take too long while bulk updating huge amount of URL aliases
|» feature
FAILED: [[SimpleTest]]: [MySQL] 303 pass(es), 9 fail(s), and 2 exception(s). View
Let's see what Dave thinks of this (#1).
I've put the temporary table creation in a separate, generic function, so it can be used for nodes, users, terms etc.
@phreadom: updating your 50,000 users should be fairly easy using this patch.
Comment #14gaele CreditAttribution: gaele commented
|» Needs review
Comment #16phreadom CreditAttribution: phreadom commented
@gaele: "Status message Generated 54934 URL aliases." took a few hours, but it made it through all of the user aliases as well. :D Thanks again!
Since it "works" for me at the moment, since I patched the other functions I needed as well, I'll just leave it as is for the moment and hope the maintainer adds these changes into the module itself in some form so that I won't have to maintain a set of custom patches for it.
Comment #17gaele CreditAttribution: gaele commented
|Needs work
|» Needs review
I just ran the bulk update again. Generated 70970 URL aliases in 34 minutes.
Comment #18gaele CreditAttribution: gaele commented
|Needs review
|» Needs work
Comment #19gaele CreditAttribution: gaele commented
Sorry, this is my first real encounter with the D7 database API. I couldn't find out how to create a temporary table that has an index on the (n)id in a different way.
Comment #20sarhugo CreditAttribution: sarhugo commented
Why not adding the fields entity_type and entity_id to the url_alias table?
Comment #21bago CreditAttribution: bago commented
Are you sure this is not the same of http://drupal.org/node/1415930 ?
Are you on mysql 5.0 ? I experienced the same issue you describe here, and it worked very fast after I applied http://drupal.org/node/1415930.
Comment #22hop CreditAttribution: hop commented
When I run Bulk Update, I see error message: "An AJAX HTTP error occurred. HTTP Result Code: 500 Debugging information follows. Path: /batch?id=306&op=do StatusText: Internal Server Error ResponseText:".
When I generate URL aliases with module Views Bulk Operations (VBO) it was all OK :)
I recommend patch http://drupal.org/node/1415930#comment-5511014
Comment #23nfollmer CreditAttribution: nfollmer commented
+1 for the patch in #22... I have 13,000+ users and over 29,000 nodes that needed updated and that patch made it happen!


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Unless you have established family or school friendship ties in other states or other countries, the boundaries of your dreams are primarily local.
You attend face-to-face lectures, conferences and conventions in your own backyard and, when you can afford it or your employer is picking up the tab, travel to another city or state to further the conversation in your field with people you might, but are unlikely to, stay in touch with.
Knowledge is tough to come by no matter what your local library has on its shelves or you're flush enough to purchase what you need from a local brick-and-mortar book store - if it's available there.
You attend classes at a local University or community college, a trade or technical school, or adult education classes at the high school down the street.
Who Says What's So
The television, radio, magazines and newspapers tell you what's happening in the world. They have the cameras that frame the story inside management's or the owner's point of view. You will never know what's happening outside of the frame.
A more general consensus of "what's so" exists, but you have almost no way of knowing who's setting the agenda, what stories appear on the front page, how accurate a radio host's description of an uprising hundreds of miles away looks like, let alone what the people involved are saying.
You have to take the word of the media or become a raving paranoid schizophrenic who believes nothing is what it appears to be – men never landed on the moon; 9-11 was an inside job; Obama is a Muslim born in Kenya; and, AIDS was created by scientists and intentionally disseminated by the CIA.
Who's Spying on Whom?
Those of us who looked forward to the year 1984 like some watch the Mayan calendar for a 2012 apocalypse experienced the pleasant failure of Big Brother to arrive. Even with post 9-11 citizen snooping, the cameras are turned more commonly on the government than the government's cameras are turned on us.
College students take videos of campus police pepper-spraying Occupy protestors with their smart phones, citizen photos of the woman in the blue bra rally Egyptian women against oppression, and a parent-recorded video of TSA employees traumatizing a disabled child goes viral.
Local Politics, Global Influence
If all politics are local and if the internet puts the entire globe our own backyard, the people have never had as much power to transform government, business, and the civic institutions as they do now.
These include the community servants who keep our collective lives running in the same way our autonomic nervous system keeps our hearts beating without our having to worry about them. They also include the policy decisions we make as a democracy about who is going to pay for them and how.
Light arrives at the flick of a switch. Toilets flush and carry our effluent away to some unknown destination where it will be treated and put to some useful purpose. The trash is hauled away – neatly divided among greenery, paper, and "garbage," the latter that refuse tending toward rot and the flies that bedevil our summer afternoons.
Children are schooled, roads created and maintained, goods shipped, social services delivered, county hospitals staffed, air traffic controlled, construction permits issued, food inspected, and even our money in the bank protected.
All of this is community, city, state, nation. And because these public services exist, and are funded by all of us, we do not have to spend our days hunting meat, planting or gathering fruit and vegetables, milling wheat, baking bread, hauling trash, purifying our own water, educating our own children or making our own entertainment – though that last part might be a loss to human civilization.
The world being by its nature dual, the best we can do is lean toward the light.


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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. A North American bird (Cyanocitta cristata) having a crested head, predominantly blue plumage, and a harsh, noisy cry.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. A species of North American jay with blue feathering from the top of its head to midway down its back, Cyanocitta cristata
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- The common jay of the United States (Cyanocitta, or Cyanura, cristata). The predominant color is bright blue.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. See jay.
- n. See road monkey.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. common jay of eastern North America; bright blue with grey breast
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Sorry, no example sentences found.


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"Ya, what's wrong? Is Bella ok?" I asked in a jumbled, worried mess. My lack of oxygen wasn't helping either.
"We're at the hospital." My heart picked up ten fold. Rosie looked at me worried.
"We'll be there in 20 minutes." I said into the receiver of my phone, snapping it shut after hearing Helen agree. I got up off the bridge, helping Rosie up and we made our way down to the jeep.
"What is wrong with Isabella?" Rosie looked like she was about to cry. I couldn't blame her; I will too if anything happens to Bella. But Bella's her daughter.
"I don't know, Rosie. All I know is Helen and Bella are at the hospital." Rosie's face changed to shocked. I didn't know what to do to calm her worries this time. I hated not knowing things.
We made it to the hospital in 11 minutes. When we got to the waiting room Helen was in the back corner of the waiting room.
"Helen what happened?" I asked as soon as we got up to her. She looked up at the both of us with the saddest look I've ever seen her have.
"I don't know. I was playing with her on the couch in my living room and I got up to get something in the bathroom. When I got back, I saw she had fallen cut open her head and was bleeding pretty bad, so I went to bandage and clean it up, but it wouldn't stop bleeding." She looked down again.
"Helen, it's not your fault." I tried to sympathize with her. As worried as I am about Rosie, it really wasn't Helen's fault. I looked over at Rosie; she looked oddly calm. Probably still shocked.
"Carter is right; it is not your fault. I do not blame you." Rosie spoke softly as she gently took a seat next to Helen. I sat next to her. She leaned into me, which shocked me, but I just brought my arm around her and rubbed circles around her back.
It was about seven minutes later when a doctor came into the doorway.
"Parents of Isabella Raihson." The doctor spoke, looking up from his clipboard.
"Yes." Rosie and I said at the same time. I surprised myself. Rosie looked over at me, but just made her way to meet the doctor halfway. I followed.
"Mrs. Raison, your daughter has suffered seriously from a minor injury. And when I say minor, I mean it. Your daughter sustained an abrasion on her head from a short fall. Normally with this type of cut, all you'd need is a band-aid and some TLC, but in your daughter's case, she doesn't have enough hemoglobin in her blood to clot it when she gets a gash or a cut. That made the injury a little more serious." He looked at all of us before continuing.
"We have her stabilized, the bleeding has stopped as well." I looked from Rosie, to the doctor, hope shining in my eyes.
"So, she's okay to go home?" The doctor shook his head.
"Because this fact wasn't present on her records previously, when she showed up in our office, we had to run a couple of tests to get the proper diagnosis. She lost quite a bit of blood in the past two hours. And for that reason, she is a little bit weak as of yet. Right now, we have her in a bed, with a fluids IV, restoring that."
"Okay, where does that leave us. When can we take her home?" The doctor, whose eyes have been trained on Rosie for the majority of his spiel now turned to me. I just realized during this whole info session on Isabella, Rosie's daughter, I was the only one who spoke up.
"When will I be able to take my daughter home?" Rosie spoke directly to the doctor. He looked over his clipboard before he answered.
"We're holding her for observation for the next two hours. Then, we'll reevaluate her and take it from there." He looked in between Rosie and I.
"Okay?" He asked politely. I just nodded my head.
"Yes, thank you so much, Doctor." Rosie and he shook hands.
"No need to thank me." He smiled. "If you need anything, just page the front." He turned to go.
"Yes, Mrs. Raison?"
"Am I allowed to see my daughter?" The doctor let out a nervous laugh.
"Of course, my apologies. Your daughter's being kept in room 111. It is right down that hallway, 4th door on the right." He pointed of directions to Rosie.
"Thank you again, Doctor." The doctor just nodded with a knowing smile and left. Rosie looked at me.
"I'm going to go see Bella." I nodded, staying where I was until she disappeared around the corner. Then, I went and sat down next to Helen who didn't hear what the doctor told Rosie and I.
"Hey," I said, putting a friendly hand on her shoulder. She turned to look at me.
"Where's Rosie?"
"She went to check on Isabella." Helen became quiet again.
"Helen, it's really not your fault. Rosie doesn't blame any of this on you." Helen nodded aimlessly, not believing me.
"Isabella's going to be okay." She lifted her head to look at me.
"Yeah. They have her all settled. We just have to keep her here for observations for the next couple hours."
"That makes me feel a little better."
"Good." I smiled at her.
"Why don't you go home, I mean, there's no reason for you to be stuck here. And I'll call you when we get back home." Helen looked skeptical.
"I promise."
"Alright. Thanks, sweetheart." We hugged and I saw her off before returning to the waiting room wondering if I should stay in here or go in the room with her and her daughter.
I sat there in the waiting room basically alone, aside from an older women, sitting by herself. I thought about the past three weeks. What brought Rosie and Isabella here, what Rosie had gone through before hand.
Rosie's been through a lot in the last 6 years some I know and some I don't know about, but yet she still keeps her head held high and goes on. I don't think I'd be able to do that and I've been trained by the best. But that's just who Rosie is, she's one hell of a strong woman.
"Miss. Mason?" I turned to see the same doctor who met Rosie and I earlier.
"Mrs. Raison asked for me to come get you." I got up silently, thanking the doctor as I made my way to Isabella's room.
When I got to room, the door was closed. I braced myself, taking a deep breath and letting it out before opening the door. I opened the door and saw one of the most precious things; Rosie was singing Bella a lullaby in French. It sounded to soothing. I just stood in the door way in watched for a few moments, not wanting to ruin their mother-daughter moment.
After a couple of minutes of watching the interaction between Rosie and her daughter, I softly knocked on the door. Rosie turned to look, when she saw it was me she gave me a small smile. Then Bella looked and saw me.
"Car!" She exclaimed excitedly, but a little less than her normal self.
"Hey, Pal. How you holdin' up?" I made my way toward the bed, putting a comforting arm around Rosie. Bella's face fell to a pained frown.
"Sorwer. Tiwerd." She mumbled, followed by a yawn. The sight tore me apart. Isabella was in a way-too-big-for-her hospital bed, with an IV attached to her tiny wrist. Though I knew it was helping her, it still pained me to see young girl in that position. I watched as her little eyes slowly closed. Then I turned my attention to Rosie, giving her shoulder and gentle squeeze.
"Hey, Rosie?" She leaned against me, looking up to my eyes.
"How're you feeling?" She turned and faced her whole body to me.
"I am alright, I suppose." She sighed. She was silent, but I could tell there was more she wanted to say. So I waited patiently for her to continue.
"What can I do? My daughter is in a bed in a hospital, with a needle in her arm, in pain and I can't do anything to comfort her besides sitting here." She looked down as a couple stray tears fell. I gently wiped them off her face before I even noticed what I was doing.
"Rosie," I lifted her chin so her eyes and mine connected. "There's nothing you can do. Babies fall and scrape their knee and what not; It's like not-baby-ish for them not to. It's just Bella needs to be more careful now; that's all. And we'll make sure of that." Rosie stopped crying and even gave me a small smile. I got up from my crouching position going to get a chair.
"Where are you going?" She turned and asked me. I gave her a smile.
"I'm just going to get this chair." I picked up the chair and put it next to Rosie's. When I did, Rosie moved next to me. I put my arm around her and she leaned in closer. I leaned back, getting more comfortable, letting a welcomed silence come around us.
"Is there a reason why you called me in here?" I asked, eyes closed. I felt Rosie let out a breath before answering.
"Isabella asked for you actually. Well, she asked where Car was." I let out a soft laugh as did she.
"Is there a reason why you didn't follow me in?" She asked a few moments later. I shifted, opening my eyes, staring at the corner of the wall and ceiling. Rosie moved as well. She stared at me.
"I wanted to make sure you had your time with her. For you to look her over or talk to her or whatever. And I felt like if I was in here, I'd be interrupting that." I looked down to her mocha eyes, which were still staring at me. She looked down and then back at me.
"I don't know why you would think that, Carter. But thank you for given us some time, although I would not have minded otherwise for you to be in here." I just shrugged before returning to my comfortable position and pulling her back to hers.
"Ladies?" I faintly heard.
"Mrs. Raison and Miss. Mason?" I slowly opened my eyes and blinked a couple of times. My vision cleared and I saw the doctor. I shifted uncomfortably. Rosie was still asleep beside me.
"Rosie?" I waited. She didn't wake up so I shook her again. This time she did and looked at me.
"The doctor's here." I said getting up and stretching, she followed suit. The doctor looked down at his chart, wrote something down and then looked at the monitor Isabella was hooked up to and jotted something else down. After he was down that he turned his attention to us.
"Her vitals seem relatively normal now, just a bit low, but that should be normal by lunch time tomorrow. As for her blood pressure, her color has returned to normal, so there's no need to wake her up and check for that." He took a final look down at his tan folder in his hands.
"I'd say she's ready to head home." Rosie's face brightened and I let out a breath I wasn't aware I was holding.
"All you need to do is sign this." The doctor handed Rosie a paper and his clipboard to write on.
"And you guys are good to go. Just when you're ready, check out at the nurses office so they can clip her bracelet." He spoke as Rosie handed him back the paperwork. We both nodded, giving our thanks.
Once the doctor left Rosie went over to her daughter, lifting her up into her arms. She stirred a little bit.
"Mommy, Car. Where oso?" Her head rested against Rosie's shoulder.
"Shh," I watched as Rosie soothed her baby. "Mommy and Car are here, Buddy's in the jeep." Bella's head drooped further, accepting the answer.
"Mhm." I let her walk in front of me with Bella. She stopped at the Nurses' counter long enough to have them cut Bella's bracelet off, then walking out.
As we walked out in the parking lot, Bella noticeably shivered. It was much cooling in the time of night it was than when she got her, some five hours ago. Seeing as Rosie and I came no longer than an half an hour behind Helen and Bella, Rosie had no coat to offer. But I had my buttoned up, flannel shirt, which I always wore an undershirt with. I unbuttoned it as we walked to my jeep, tossing it over Bella as we reached the it. I saw Rosie draw a quick glimpse at me before she climbed into the passenger side.
The ride home was almost completely silent. Rosie kept her gaze from her daughter to looking outside her window. And I didn't talk, no sense to.
When we did get to the house, we got out and I unlocked the door, excusing myself to the bathroom. I changed, brushed my teeth and washed my face before going to see where Rosie went. I found her in my bedroom and Bella in the old bassinet still placed at the end out my king size bed. She adored the edge while singing to Bella.
I softly took a seat beside her. She was singing in Spanish again. I wondered what the song was about, so after she finished I asked, "What the story behind that song?"
"It is basically about a bird, the size of your hummingbird. It starts off small and fragile, hating the world because of it, but ends up finding its song and place in nature."
"Interesting. You'll have to teach it to me sometime." I gave her a warm smile, which she returned. I looked at what she was still wearing; her clothes from this morning.
"Are you gonna get changed into something more comfortable?" She nodded discreetly, taking one more look at her sleeping baby before she left to change.
"Sh-sugar donuts!" I loudly whispered, catching myself before I swore. Even if Bella was asleep, I didn't want her to add any swears to her vocabulary at least not from me. I forgot to feed Sparky. I got up from the corner of my bed and walked out to my kitchen.
"Whoa!" I grabbed Rosie's hips, making sure neither of us feel, from me running into her. "My bad." I excused as I let her go with a cheeky smile, going to my fish. I gave Sparky a few sprinkles before heading back to my room. When I entered Rosie was just snuggling into the comforter. The sight made me smile even more.
I shut the light off and closed the bedroom door before doing so myself. A couple of minutes in, Rosie migrated toward me and snuggled up against collarbone. I wrapped my arms around her, getting more situated. I felt her smile against my exposed skin.
"Better?" I asked with a sarcastic undertone. Rosie head rose as she looked me in the eyes. "Much." She said, giving me a peck on the lips before taking back her previous position.
Nota Importante de la autora; Hey guys :) Long, long, long time no see. Sorry about that, life got in the way and whatnot. Interest lost and gained and lost again. And school, oh school.No me gusta escuela. But to my loyal followers of this story on my other account, hopefully some of you came to follow it here. I don't know. Depending on the reviews I get on this chapter will determine if I continue with this story or not; because if no one's interested, why waste my time. Because honestly another story I'm writing has a lot more of my attention than this one. But I finally got this chapter finished and uploaded. -I know it's not the best. Sorry 'bout that-
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