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Sprinkler systems are important life safety tools for fire protection. Certainly, they're one of the things most required by codes and by local authorities having jurisdiction (AHJs).
But why? Take, for instance, an article by Kimberly D. Rohr, "U.S. Experience With Sprinklers," National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), Quincy, Mass., which states, "Automatic sprinklers are highly effective elements of total system designs for fire protection in buildings. When sprinklers are present, the chances of dying in a fire and the average property loss per fire are both cut by one-half to two-thirds, compared to fires where sprinklers are not present."
In addition, according to an article, "Integrating Fire Alarm and Fire Protection Systems" by Wayne D. Moore, that appears in the March/April 2004 issue of NFPA Journal, "Requirements for automatic sprinkler systems include provisions 'that the system be supervised through a connection to a fire alarm system to electrically monitor the sprinklers' integrity. Supervision includes monitoring the position of sprinkler system control valves, fire pump power supplies and running conditions, water tank levels and temperatures, tank pressure, dry-pipe valve air pressure, and pre-action system supervisory pressure.
"NFPA 72 also requires that the fire alarm system provide an audible and visible supervisory signal at an attended location in the protected building to indicate a condition that would keep the sprinkler system from operating satisfactorily."
Supervision of sprinkler systems is achieved electronically through a fire alarm control panel and remotely through a digital alarm communicator transmitter (DACT). This requires that a digital alarm communicator receiver (DACR) be set up in a 24/7 central office to receive the signals.
There are many components of a sprinkler system that a fire alarm control panel must constantly monitor. If any one of them should fail, the sprinkler system could be rendered inadequate or useless. This means that the fire in its initial stages would continue to rage on without being extinguished. Within minutes, lives and property could be lost. This is why sprinkler supervision is so important.
Perhaps the two most common devices that security contractors are called upon to electronically monitor are the control valve and the low-air-pressure switch.
Control valve
A control valve is a device that regulates the flow of water into a sprinkler system. Unless this valve remains open, there could be no water available with which to put out a developing fire. NFPA 72 states that an off-normal signal must be initiated when the shaft on a control valve is turned two complete revolutions or one-fifth of the valve's maximum travel. When this occurs, a supervisory switch, either on the outside of the valve or within it, must alert the fire alarm control panel of the problem.
Air pressure
The devices used to monitor air pressure in dry-pipe sprinkler systems are immensely important to the general safety of any facility.
This type of sprinkler system is designed to maintain dry pipes throughout the facility and is used where climate can be cold and protection against freezing cannot be ensured.
In this type of sprinkler system, a clapper valve is used to prevent water from filling the pipes that connect the riser to all of the sprinkler heads. As long as about 20 pounds of air pressure over trip level is maintained within the piping, the clapper valve will remain closed. This will ensure that water does not fill the system and possibly compromise the integrity of the piping in cold weather.
It is when a sprinkler head opens up, upon the detection of sufficient heat, that the air (sometimes nitrogen) can be lost within the pipes. The loss of air pressure will then allow the clapper valve to open, causing water to flow into the pipes.
An air pressure switch is used to electronically monitor the low-pressure air or nitrogen in the system. If this pressure is lost, the low-pressure switch will signal the fire alarm control panel about the problem. Simple leakage or a bad air compressor can also result in the activation of a low-pressure condition.
NFPA 13, Section 1.4.3, 2002 Edition, Combined Dry Pipe-Pre-action System, defines a pressure switch: "A sprinkler system employing automatic sprinklers attached to a piping system containing air under pressure with a supplemental detection system installed in the same areas as the sprinklers. Operation of the detection system actuates tripping devices that open dry pipe valves simultaneously and without loss of air pressure in the system. Operation of the detection system also opens listed air exhaust valves at the end of the feed main, which usually precedes the opening of sprinklers. The detection system also serves as an automatic fire alarm system."
Code calls for two distinct sounds
The NFPA 101, Life Safety Code, 2006 Edition, states that individuals at the location must be able to quickly and easily discern the difference between an alarm and a supervisory condition. In order to do this, NFPA 101 calls for two distinctly different local sounds.
"Where supervised automatic sprinkler systems are required by another section of this Code, supervisory attachments shall be installed and monitored for integrity in accordance with NFPA 72, National Fire Alarm Code, and a distinctive supervisory signal shall be provided to indicate a condition that would impair the satisfactory operation of the sprinkler system. …. Supervisory signals shall sound and shall be displayed either at a location within the protected building that is constantly attended by qualified personnel or at an approved, remotely located receiving facility." (Section 220.127.116.11)
NFPA 72 mandates two types of supervisory signals. The first is an off-normal signal, and the second is a restoration signal. Not more than 20 supervisory devices can be placed on the same initiating device circuit, and the signals must reflect the actual condition that occurred.
An off-normal signal takes place when a sprinkler device reaches a critical point in its operability, where sprinkler operation could possibly be impaired. When an off-normal condition occurs, a supervisory switch or some other device then will signal the alarm control panel about the problem. The fire alarm control panel, in turn, will trigger a supervisory condition (locally through a low-level audible device, such as a piezoelectric sounder).
A restoration signal indicates that the sprinkler system has returned to its normal operating condition.
Where the fire alarm control panel is equipped with a DACT, a supervisory signal can be sent to the central office through one of several signal paths. Here, central station automation computers will decipher the data and an attendant will call a local fire service for assistance.
We'll soon discuss the supervision of power supplies, fire pumps, temperature monitoring, water levels and more.
COLOMBO is a 32-year veteran in the security and life-safety markets. He currently is director with FireNetOnline.com and a nationally recognized trade journalist located in East Canton, Ohio.


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The Wabash world music ensemble Wamidan brought audience members to their feet in more ways than one Saturday as they performed the Bagandan folk dance "Baakisimba" at the 2006 Global Partners East Africa Conference.
Several conferees couldn't resist taking to the stage and joining in the final dance number, and the group, comprising students from Wabash College, DePauw University, and Crawfordsville Community Schools earned a standing ovation for their evening's performance.
Saturday's crowd-pleasing concert (see photo albums I, II, and III) before representatives of colleges from across the country marked the Wabash group's first appearance before a national academic audience.
The concert provided a fitting close to a week of firsts for the Wabash Music Department. On Thursday, Wabash Professor Peter Hulen's composition "Games" was premiered in the College's Salter Hall by the recorder collective Quartet New Generation.
That same evening in New York City, Professor James Makubuya played Carnegie Hall as a member of the group Wu Man and Friends in that ensemble's debut performance.
In photo: Steve Hernandez, Bernard Meyer, and Teye Morton accompany dancers on drums for the Acholi folk dance "Larakaraka."

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The King Baudouin Foundation has just announced that it is accepting nominations for its 2014-2015 African Development Prize. The Prize awards innovative initiatives that help local communities take development into their own hands and that improve quality of life. The Prize is worth 150.000 Euros and is awarded every other year. Previous winners include women's rights advocate Bogaletch Gebre of Ethiopia and Dr. Denis Mukwege, founder of the Panzi Hospital in Bukavu, DRC, which offers free, psychological and physical treatment for women victims of sexual violence.
The deadline for submissions is February 28, 2014. Send in your nominations and share the call with your professional networks. We'll be doing the same.
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uTest, it delivers "in-the-wild" app testing, is changing its name to Applause in early 2014. And with its new name, Applause will target its wares to "CEOs and other digital executives" even as it continues to serve directors of quality control.
uTest's army of testers helps companies debug their apps before customers use them. As Matt Johnston uTest's chief marketing and strategy officer, explained in an October interview, "uTest's services help companies test their applications at different stages of their development including functional, security, load, localization and usability testing. We charge about $3,000 a month to test, say, two apps for a startup and might charge a big company $100,000 a month to test many apps."
And uTest has grown fast. Its revenues soared 70% to customers including Google, USA Today, Amazon, Virgin, Sony, Box and Trulia; its headcount has risen 30% to 130 people and will conclude 2013 with 150; it moved into 20,000 square feet in Framingham, Mass. -- that is nearly twice as large its previous 11,000 square foot facility; and it has 100,000 professional testers from 200 countries.
Why is there so much demand for uTest's services? As Johnston said, "Companies that are getting ready to launch applications for various operating systems, such as Apple's iOS or Google's Android on platforms such as smartphones and tablets have no way of knowing whether they will work well under real world conditions. We test their apps in the wild before they release the apps to the public. This testing helps companies to identify flaws in the apps and to fix them. And we are the only U.S.-based, venture-backed company that provides these services."
But this is not enough growth for uTest. "We have decided to change our name and our focus to delivering services that help our enterprise customers to earn their users' applause. In so doing, our target market opportunity will expand -- from the $5 billion in-the-wild app testing market to the $25 billion market for app testing and analytical tools."
Johnston argues that apps are becoming strategic and therefore in the wild testing is the bottom rung on a ladder of services that its customers need. "Enterprises care about 360 degree app quality. Testing is just a rung on the ladder of services that companies need to develop apps that make their customer applaud."
Among the services that companies need, explained Johnston, are "help with app pre-launch -- What app should we build?; Launch -- How can we build a high quality app that works in the real world?; and Post-launch -- What should we do next? And doing this means we need to work with people across a company's different disciplines from engineering, quality assurance, production, and marketing."
The company has not yet worked out all the details but has concluded that the benefits of the name and strategy change will exceed the costs. According to Johnston, "We believe that providing our customers with a 360 degree view of their apps will boost the lifetime value of their users. We will be making build vs. buy vs. partner investments in" over a dozen services that include mobile software development tools, security, localization, load testing and app quality evaluation.
Johnston believes that the company will not face competitors offering a full suite of these services. As he said, "There are point solutions, but the only ones who COULD roll up an integrated view would be massive players like IBM and HP."
Meanwhile, Applause will not abandon its army of in-the-wild testers. According to Johnston, "We will continue to help testers to get paid. We will offer them free training -- including hands-on learning. And we will give them networking opportunities and career advice."
Nor does Johnston expect the change to pay off in the short-term. As he said, "We will launch many of these functions in early 2014 and continue to expand them throughout the year and into 2015. We think our investors will get a major payoff in 2015 and beyond."
Can uTest really deliver on that promise to its customers and investors? Doing so will require the company to learn how to sell to higher level executives, work with teams of client people from different functions, and knit together diverse dozens of different products -- many of which it does not control -- to deliver a quantifiable payoff to its customers.
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Yes, those are the stats and a close look shows they don't mean a thing. 9-3 doesn't mean anything today, it's 1-1 head to head or 2-1 Lakers if you count the titles these teams have won with their core pieces.
I dont know about "Cherry Picking" cause those are the numbers. Right? Having said that, stats are like stretchy jeans... you can make them fit almost anything. So, the "present" is all that matters and right now, I fully expect for it to be a rematch of Celtics v Lakers in th Finals. I do however believe the Lakers will be much more worn out come the finals having to go through the Mavs and Spurs to get there. Last year much more of a cake walk to get there. Even if somehow you have to go through OKC again a tougher out this year than last. For the record, Im picking the Celtics in the Finals with or without Shaq. But if Shaq is there then icing on the cake.
Bill Russell isn't coming back, so 7-0 is a dead soldier. Oh, wait. In the last two finals Bill Russell did come back, he made two passes. He passed the finals MVP trophy with his name on it from his hands to Kobe's! Russell completes his threepeat this year. Hey, at least he can do back to backs, unlike any other Celtics team!
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Hello NNN,
thanks for joining the Eclipse Architecture Council. I'm looking forward to working with you!
In case you don't know already, the Architecture Council has a monthly phone meeting every 2nd Thursday of the month at 11am EST. More details are on the recent meeting notes[1]. I'd appreciate if you could make the calls.
The Web representation[2] of the Architecture Council has recently improved, so I hope that you find many questions that you might have answered there. Any ideas for improvement of the Wiki are helpful feedback for us. We even have a bug as "notepad" for tracking newcomer questions and improvement ideas for on-boarding people more easily: bug 250348[3] may be an interesting read for you, and of course you can also comment on that bug.
As your first task, could you please edit the AC Members Wiki page [4] by filling in your name, affiliation, and linking to a short Bio of yours. As AC members, we are potential mentors for new projects, and the idea of the bio is that new projects can understand what members might make particularly good mentors in the area of technology that they are in.
If you have any questions, you can also contact me personally at any time.
[1] http://wiki.eclipse.org/Architecture Council/Meetings
[2] http://wiki.eclipse.org/Architecture_Council
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No. 7 Kentucky women beat No. 4 Louisville 69-64
Kentucky players didn't need to hear coach Matthew Mitchell's
halftime tirade to understand how bad rival and No. 4 Louisville
was beating them. The Wildcats felt it with every missed shot,
turnover and loose ball they failed to grab.
Mitchell's one-on-one with DeNesha Stallworth struck a nerve
with the senior forward, who took charge after a poor start to lead
another stirring comeback in a battle for Bluegrass State
Stallworth scored 15 second-half points and Jennifer O'Neill hit
a critical jumper with 40.8 seconds left, rallying seventh-ranked
Kentucky from a 14-point deficit to beat the Cardinals 69-64 on
"He just basically told me that I'm not playing how I could be
playing, relax and stop being so selfish because I wasn't helping
my team," Stallworth said of the halftime talk. "I took that
personally and just tried to contribute more to my team, whether
that's rebounding or scoring points, doing little things like
After missing her first six shots with one free throw in the
first half, Stallworth made six of her last nine and grabbed six of
her eight rebounds in the final 20 minutes. O'Neill's jumper
provided a 67-62 lead to bring a roar through sold-out Memorial
Coliseum and help her finish with 12 points after a scoreless first
It also sealed the Wildcats' second consecutive comeback over
Louisville, which seemed improbable at the break.
Kentucky (8-0) also erased a big lead last year in a 48-47 win
in Louisville. This time, the Wildcats were down 36-27 at halftime
but went up 51-45 with 9:42 left behind Stallworth, O'Neill and
Bernisha Pinkett, who sank two 3-pointers in the 24-9 run.
Louisville (7-1) bounced back to tie the game three times and
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O'Neill's jumper from the top of the key sealed the Wildcats' third
straight win over the Cardinals in the 50th meeting between the
"I thought they played very, very tough and we were extremely
fortunate to win," Mitchell said. "(I'm) really excited that we
were able to turn around a difficult start and play a tough second
half and find some way to win.
"Good day for us, we need to get better and learn from it and
move forward because the road doesn't get any easier," Mitchell
Kentucky faces No. 9 Baylor on Friday night in Arlington,
The Wildcats improved to 32-18 against Louisville and won their
16th straight over the Cardinals at Memorial and 43rd consecutive
nonconference home game.
Stallworth's 16 points and eight rebounds led the Wildcats, who
were 8 of 17 on 3-pointers. Janee Thompson added 13 points.
In the second half, Kentucky forced 10 of its 24 turnovers while
holding the Cardinals to 28 percent shooting and out-rebounding
Louisville 26-21. The Wildcats' bench also outscored Louisville
O'Neill led that effort but the Wildcats got six points each
from Pinkett and freshman guard Makayla Epps on 3-pointers. Azia
Bishop added four points and seven rebounds.
"We've got a really deep team and lot of talent on our bench,"
said Thompson, a sophomore guard who decided last year's game with
a 3-pointer in the final seconds for the one-point win. "Anybody
on our bench can come in and contribute, and I think that's what
they were trying to do. It did really help, it gave us a spark and
that boost that we needed."
Shoni Schimmel scored 17 points and Sara Hammond 12 for
Louisville, which struggled with foul trouble in the second half.
Hammond fouled out soon after bringing the Cardinals within a
basket late in the game.
Kentucky took over from there, leaving the Cardinals to what
wonder what might have been – again.
"I thought we did a great job of rebounding in the first half,
controlled the boards, controlled the tempo of the game and played
it exactly how we wanted to play it," Louisville coach Jeff Walz
said. "And then, we just came out in the second half and missed a
lot of point-blank shots we normally don't miss and started to give
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Each of us, in our own way, is seeking liberation. We want to experience the rapture of reality. We have been taught to pursue this through addition, not subtraction. We think we need to add happiness, prosperity, love, success. However much we add to ourselves, however much we achieve or experience or possess, still we are not whole, and we know it. We can never experience the rapture of reality through addition, because what we want to enhance - our separate self - is that single condition which keeps the rapture of reality away. We only experience the heart-piercing light of reality through subtraction, when "we" disappear, when we empty ourselves of everything, including "us." In this ending of ourself, there is silence. There is love. If "we" do the seeking, if we try to experience the rapture of reality, we will fail. We are in the way. One's own separate self is the barrier to love. One's own separate self is the disappointment, the sadness, that is at the end of each rainbow of hope. We can't do anything about it, because if we do, we will only strengthen an image of "me."
We can only see that the separate self is a facade. When we see through the facade of the separate self, it collapses; it has no support. Meditation is the eye that can see this. Meditation opens the window to the rapture of reality.
At first, meditation is a practice that teaches us to focus our attention on a single point, perhaps the breath or a mantra or the space between two thoughts. As we focus, we are amazed to discover how many thoughts we have. One begins to see that the mind is nothing but thoughts about things and thoughts about thoughts, and thoughts about thoughts about thoughts. In meditation, we can see directly the chaos of the mind as it races without order or purpose from one thing to the next, careening from the past to the future while barely touching the present moment. We also see that all of these thoughts are self-centered; everything we think about, our whole internal experience, is qualified by this central thought, this image of "me."
As we continue to focus the mind on the object of meditation, we begin to observe the stream of thoughts and emotions without getting lost in them. We see that thoughts and emotions arise in numberless waves within the mind. That which observes the play of thoughts is not the mind, but the awareness from which the mind itself is born. We can see that this awareness is qualitatively different than thinking. It has a depth and silence to it. It is not tied to an image of "me." Awareness refers to itself.
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The U.S. national minimum wage has changed a lot since enacted in 1938, and it can get complicated since federal and state minimum wages can differ one another.
In 1983, the federal government set the minimum wage at $3.35, but most of the states in the country were paying their workers less.
In 2002, Georgia and Texas met the federal government's $5.15 minimum hourly wage for the first time in nearly 20 years.
Today, the U.S. federal wage is set at $7.25 per hour, yet Wyoming, Georgia, Minnesota and Arkansas are all paying their workers less.
The only states that currently have no minimum wage laws are all located in the Southeast: Tennessee, South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana.
Here's an interactive infographic created by Turbo Tax illustrating changes in the past 30 years. Click start at the bottom and drag the tool to specific years to see how much different states are paying their workers:


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VERGENNES — The Vergennes Planning Commission agreed on Monday to recommend that Vergennes aldermen make changes to proposed new zoning regulations based on testimony at the council's May 8 public hearing.
The recommendations, according to planning chairman Shannon Haggett, will include a relaxed lot-frontage requirement in the new Historic Neighborhood District and a provision to allow multi-family housing in the Basin District.
Each recommendation was made after careful consideration at a two-and-a-half hour meeting, Haggett said.
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Great idea - worth sharing in the education and private sector!
WASHINGTON, June 2, 2014 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today kicked off the 6th annual Feds Feed Families Campaign at the USDA Headquarters in Washington D.C. The food drive is an annual event in which Federal employees in the Washington metropolitan area and around the country collect food for distribution by food banks, food pantries, and shelters.
"The spirit of service runs deep across the Federal government. Feds Feed Families offers another opportunity to give back to our communities and serve our neighbors in need," said Vilsack. "Since the initiative began just five years ago, Federal employees have donated more than 24 million pounds of food. I am proud to serve alongside such generous individuals and I am confident that we will step up once again this year."
Secretary Vilsack was joined for the announcement by U.S. Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton, Nancy E. Roman, CEO of the Capital Area Food Bank and other officials from the Department of Defense and the Environmental Protection Agency.
The Feds Feed Families program started in 2009 and has been managed on an annual basis by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. This year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is once again leading the effort in collaboration with managers from agencies across the government. The 2014 food drive officially began on June 2 and will run through August 27.
All Federal agencies across the country participate in the campaign and Federal employees are asked to donate non-perishable food items throughout the summer. As in prior years, donations made in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area go to food banks in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia through a partnership with the Capital Area Food Bank. Other donations go to food banks across the country – having a positive impact to help food banks address food insecurity. Secretary Vilsack noted that the latest USDA estimates show that in 2012, food insecurity affected 14.5 percent of American households at some point.
USDA has designated Karen Comfort of its Agricultural Marketing Service as the Feds Feeds Families National Program Manager. Comfort will manage the campaign with the support of the Chief Human Capital Officers Council and other agency partners. Those interested in additional information on the Feds Feed Families campaign can email firstname.lastname@example.com. Questions can also be directed by phone to (202) 690-0187.
The Capital Area Food Bank (CAFB), founded in 1980, is a member of Feeding America and takes a comprehensive approach to addressing hunger by increasing access to nutritious food, initiating change through skill-building and creating sustainability with outreach and training for those at risk of hunger. The CAFB is the metro area's largest public, nonprofit food and nutrition education resource. For more information about hunger and nutrition issues, log on to www.CapitalAreaFoodBank.org.
For more information on the Feds Feed Families campaign, please visit: http://www.usda.gov/fedsfeedfamilies.


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The Cajun Rollergirls are looking for "fresh meat," the name given to new members of the women's roller derby team.
The Cajun Rollergirls are looking for "fresh meat," the name given to new members of the women's roller derby team.
Spokeswoman Jamie Billiot says the physical activity involved is a great way to get and stay fit this year.
"It's a great opportunity for anyone who wants to take the new year to increase physical activity, meet new people and learn something new," Billiot said. "It knocks all those common resolutions out at once."
The Cajun Rollergirls, formed in March 2008, have 35 members, including referees and announcers. They compete against roller-derby teams from across Louisiana and have their home matches at the Thibodaux Civic Center.
All new recruits are required to attend an orientation scheduled for 7 p.m. Jan. 16 at the North Terrebonne Library, 4130 West Park Ave., Gray. There, they will learn details about the six-session boot camp scheduled to start Jan. 22.
Houma resident Kristen Falgout said she loves watching the Rollergirls and is interested in seeing if there is a role for her.
"I'd love to do that. I've met most of the girls at some point in time or another, and they all seem really fun and dedicated to the sport," she said. "I just don't have the stamina for it. ... And I don't know how to skate. I can roller-blade just fine, but the skating skill eludes me."
Roller-skating experience is not required to be part of the Rollergirl family. They're recruiting skaters, referees and non-skating officials like volunteers to support the team and help promote tournaments.
"I have always loved roller-skating. The girls are very involved with community activities and they look like they have so much fun with what they do. It looks like a great way to blow off some steam and get a workout to boot," said Jennifer LaRousse of Houma. "I love being part of a team and have been wanting to get involved."
Billiot encouraged anyone who may be undecided to visit the Boot Camp.
"We're about empowering women, and it's like an extended family," she said. "I encourage anyone who might be just thinking about joining to just give it a shot."
Staff Writer Kris Johnson
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Fluffy06 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 133 designs submitted by 20 freelance designers.
Create a sharp modern logo that is easy to read and at the same time stands out and is eye catching.
Calbros Venetian Plasterers
1. Venetian Plastering is a new product in England for the plastering trade so we would like to emphasize this in the logo.
2. The new logo will be used on stationary, workwear and for vehicle graphics.
3. We are open to suggestions and different styles of writing for the logo.
1. We would like the design to incorporate different coloured Green's, Blue's or both mixed although we are open to any colours that you think would suit the design better!
2. The main company name needs to be modern, sharp and eye catching.
3.We would also require the logo in JPEG, EPS and Vector formats.
4. Any icons to be at the left of the text as this design is a better layout on vehciles.
We don't want any trowels or plastering strokes used in the logo.
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A 25-year old Los Angeles man was unable to resist the temptation of a cop car parked with the keys in the ignition. He grabbed the Los Angeles Police Department cruiser and took off on a brief joy ride that ended when he slammed into a Starbucks coffee shop and a utility pole, totaling the car.
Two officers were conducting an investigation at Adams Boulevard and La Brea Avenue in the early hours of Friday morning, NBCLosAngeles.com reported, and had left the keys in their vehicle — common practice among police officers, according to LAPD Commander Andrew Smith. "Many officers leave their keys in the car so they can jump back in and get out of a situation quickly," Smith told NBCLosAngeles.com. The suspect took off at high speed, despite the fact that officers did not pursue him.
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"We're unsure why he took the car," Smith said, "whether it was a joy ride or what. Apparently he saw the police car there, the keys were in it, and he made a bad choice." The suspect was the only person injured in the crash and was hospitalized in critical condition, according to NBCLosAngeles.com. When he gets out of the hospital, he will likely face grand theft auto charges among other counts.
"That was the most damage I've ever seen to a black-and-white police car in 24 years," Smith told NBCLosAngeles.com. "That was an unbelievable scene of carnage. The engine was out, the transmission was in the road, and the hood was down street. The car was a complete and total wreck."
According to the Los Angeles Times, the suspect lost both of his legs in the accident.
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Weight Loss Seminar
The Weight Loss Empowerment seminar begins at 6 p.m. at the Costa Mesa Community Center, 1845 Park Ave. The seminar is led by Kevin Graham, author of "50 Ways to Lose Your Luggage," and will be held Wednesday nights. Attendees can reserve their seat by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com and find more information at http://www.weightlossempowerment.com/costamesa.
Computer Friends of Oasis
The Oasis Senior Center's Computer Friends, a club that helps seniors learn computer basics, meets at 1 p.m. the second Wednesday of each month at the Oasis Senior Center, 801 Narcissus Avenue, Corona del Mar, Ca. The fee is $2. For more information, call (949) 646-9169.
Artist Workshops
Pierside Gallery, 327 Marine Ave., Newport Beach, offers Artist Workshops for adults and young students on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The two-hour sessions are taught by Disney artist Margie Tabor Zuliani and are $45 each. For more information, call (949) 675-5225.
Emotional Control Meeting
Recovery International, which provides tools and practice in changing thinking habits to gain personal control over distressing emotions like anxiety, depression and anger, holds weekly meetings at 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays at St. Joachim Church Annex, 1943 Orange Ave., Classroom C, Costa Mesa. The meetings are free, but contributions are welcomed to offset costs. For more information, call (949) 548-9669 or visit recovery-inc.org.
Connect With Grandparents
Advocates For Grandparent Grandchild Connection, a nonprofit organization that addresses grandparent visitation issues, meets at 3 p.m. the second Wednesday of each month in Room 3 or the Oasis Senior Center, 801 Narcissus Ave., Corona del Mar. For more information, visit http://www.grandparentchildconnect.org.
Free Gift with Purchase
South Coast Plaza presents a special holiday gift with purchase program for customers. Guests who spend $850 or more in one day at South Coast Plaza boutiques and restaurants will receive a complimentary Tiffany & Co. crystal vase. One gift per person, per day, while supplies last. For more information, call (800) 782-8888.
Fleming's Steak And Lobster
Three-course dinner for two with filet mignon and lobster tail will be served at Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar at Fashion Island. Each dinner includes salad, side and dessert for $99 or $49.50 for one. Reservations are required; mention "memorable meal." For more information, call (949) 720-9633
Believe Campaign
Macy's stores across the country, including South Coast Plaza and Fashion Island, present their seasonal Believe campaign, where believers of all ages can drop off letters to Santa Claus and the store will donate $1 to Make-A-Wish Foundation for each letter received.
The South Coast Repertory's 31st annual production of Charles Dickens' classic "A Christmas Carol" returns to the Segerstrom Stage, featuring Hal Landon Jr. as Ebenezer Scrooge. For showtimes and more information, visit http://www.scr.org.
'Peter Pan'
J.M. Barrie's classic tale "Peter Pan" flies into the Orange County Performing Arts Center in Costa Mesa. Tickets start at $40. For showtimes and more information, visit http://www.ocpac.org.
Tribute To Cy Coleman
Four of musical theater's brightest talents will tell behind-the-scenes stories and sing some of Cy Colemen's beloved songs in Broadway Up Close and Personal: A Tribute to Cy Coleman. The show is at the Orange County Performing Arts Center's Samueli Theatre. David Zippel, Jase Graae, Jennifer Lewis and Tami Trappan Damiano will perform tunes from some of Coleman's award-winning shows. For showtimes and more information, visit http://www.ocpac.org.
Flashback Heart Attack
Flashback Heart Attack, an 1980s KROQ cover band, will perform at 9 p.m. at the Harp Inn, 130 E. 17th St., Costa Mesa. The show is 21 and older only. For more information, visit http://www.harpinn.com.
Poinsettia Sale
The Orange Coast College Horticulture Department opens its doors for the 33rd Annual Poinsettia Sale from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 2701 Fairview Ave., Costa Mesa. The sale includes individual plants, hanging baskets and 12-inch bowls ranging from $5 to $40. For more information, visit http://www.orangecoastcollege.edu.
C-47 Day
The Douglas C-47 Dakota "Willa Dean" military transport aircraft, the latest airplane to the Lyon Air Museum's collection, takes to the air at noon on C-47 Day. The Museum is at the John Wayne Airport. The air show is dependent on weather — flying requires zero precipitation. The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. For more information, visit http://www.lyonairmuseum.org.


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7.1-Channel A/V Receiver
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- HDMI Precision Quartz Lock System (PQLS) for Jitterless Transmission from Music CDs
With every new generation of product comes yet another level of quality that can only be attained through years of experience. That's why the VSX-919AH-K is the benchmark for what is possible when precision, quality and expertise all come together.
Because our engineers took into consideration how portable devices such as the ever popular iPhone® are now becoming a primary source of entertainment, the VSX-919AH-K is Works with iPhone certified. With this certification comes a myriad of benefits for enjoying your iPhone on the VSX-919AH-K: easy connectivity with the front USB port and included cable – even charging the device while connected; music and movies are automatically muted with incoming calls (no longer requiring you to put the phone in Airplane Mode); compressed music files are greatly enhanced by Pioneer's exclusive Advanced Sound Retriever technology; Auto Level Control maintains a consistent volume from to song to song and all this control is still possible from the palm of your hand through the iPhone itself or the VSX-919AH-K's remote.
And that's to say nothing of the delightful simplicity the new color Graphical User Interface (GUI) of the VSX-919AH-K offers. Designed for the full functionality of the receiver - and only available with the VSX-919AH-K and VSX-919AH-K - its seamless ability to work with the iPhone makes all your entertainment options even easier to enjoy.
In addition, HDMI® video conversion and Pioneer's exclusive PureCinema video processing ensure that video signals processed by the receiver are then sent through HDMI uncompromised to your HDTV for the best high definition experience.
And enjoying your music on CD is a more pristine experience than ever before when listening on a Pioneer system. The HDMI transmission of the audio signal between the VSX-919AH-K and a Pioneer Blu-ray Disc® player includes the benefit of our Precision Quartz Lock System (PQLS). This near jitter-free transmission operates between the receiver and player by synchronizing both components' digital clocks for optimal music playback.
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iPhone, iPod and iTouch are registered trademarks of Apple, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.
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Chargers and Cables for the HTC Sensation
Looking for a way to keep your HTC Sensation powered up throughout the whole day? You've come to the right place. There are a number of different chargers for the HTC Sensation. From car chargers to wall chargers to USB cables to charging docks, there are a ton of options, but they all serve a singular purpose: Keeping your HTC Sensation charged. And this is where you'll find everything there is to know about cables and chargers for your HTC Sensation.
HTC Sensation Wall Chargers
Wall chargers for the HTC Sensation are a must-have for any user. It's always great to have a spare when traveling, and these HTC Sensation wall chargers will ensure your phone gets the perfect amount of juice, without overcharging your smartphone. With many different styles available, you can have one for the office and one to keep at home.
Car Chargers for HTC Sensation
Car chargers for the HTC Sensation are a great way to make sure your smartphone stays juiced up. Just plug it into the car's outlet and you'll make sure you're ready to rock when you reach your destination. These HTC Sensation car chargers feature the same microUSB plug as a wall charger, while some have coiled cables to keep things nice and neat in the car.


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Conscious planning
The Design Ability exhibition presents innovative solutions that blend design and practicality, allowing a large universe of people with different perceptive, motor and cognitive abilities to exploit different environments and products. The exhibition was inaugurated on November 14, 2008 in the Sala Pinin of Pininfarina's Turin headquarters, and it was awarded the 2008 FIABA Prize by the Italian Fund for the Elimination of Architectural Barriers. The exhibition drew a great deal of attention from the press and the public, with over 1500 visitors in the two days that it was open.


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You cannot turn on the news these days without hearing about the "Fiscal Cliff" that awaits America's taxpayers on January 1st.
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Bush-era tax cuts are set to expire for all individuals. Among the changes,
• Marginal tax rates will rise from 10%, 15%, 25%, 28%, 33% and 35% in 2012 to 15%, 28%, 31%, 36% and 39.6% in 2013.
• The 15% maximum long-term capital gains rates will revert to 20% plus the Obamacare tax of 3.8% for a rate of 23.8%. In addition, qualified dividend rates will increase from 15% to being taxed at an individual's marginal tax rate.
• Itemized deductions and personal exemptions will become subject to phase-out.
• Estate and gift tax exemption will drop from $5.12 million to $1 million and the top estate tax rate will go from 35% to 55%.
Most taxpayers are asking, "Is there anything I can do to prevent becoming a victim of this pending increase and future tax increases imposed by Washington?"
Now that the election is over, the "tax bomb" continues to tick on, closer to exploding not just because of the Fiscal Cliff of 2013, but also the retirement account "Tax Tsunami."
Why do I say that? As of the writing of this article, the national debt clock stands at $16.262 trillion and continues to grow rapidly. Just in the month of October the US showed a $120 billion deficit, which puts us on course to add an additional trillion or more to the national debt over the next 12 months. When you consider the unfunded liabilities of Social Security and Medicare, it only makes sense to take a proactive approach in taking control of your future tax bills.
Most people I speak with these days are becoming more adverse to the growing risks associated with being invested in the stock market, but very few have given thought to the growing risks of the impending tax increases and the permanent losses that they will experience every April 15th for the rest of their lives.
Many baby boomers and retirees took advantage of tax planning in the 70s, 80s and 90s by deferring taxes to the future—and the future is now. They did so through the use of 401(k)s, IRAs and other deferred accounts (which replaced pension plans that were beginning to be phased out) to defer income and growth to the hope of future, lower tax rates.
That was a great idea since the tax rates were as high as 70% in the 70s and 50% in the 80s, and today (which is that future) the highest tax rate is 35% (see the chart below).
Mission accomplished, right? Well, not exactly! It's true that deferring taxes to the future was a good idea, BUT where do you think taxes are going to go in the future? I have surveyed hundreds of people over the past couple of years and the consensus is unanimous that most, if not all of them believe taxes are going up.
As a matter of fact, the former head of the GAO (General Accounting Office) David Walker has stated that, "It is a simple mathematical fact that the numbers [national debt, Medicare and Social Security liabilities versus incoming revenue] just do not add up, and that Washington will have to raise taxes and cut spending!"
The biggest ticking tax bombs for most Americans are their retirement accounts, such as IRAs and 401(k)s. If you agree with the majority of taxpayers today and truly believe taxes are going to go up, doesn't it make sense to pay taxes on these retirement accounts now at today's historically low tax rates than to defer to the future higher tax rates?
Let me illustrate what I mean. Let's assume you have $500,000 in your IRA, and you are currently in a 25% income tax rate. If tax rates go up to 35% for your income tax bracket, that would equate to a 40% increase in your tax liability. This equates to less net income, which may cause you to withdraw more from your retirement account to cover the increase in taxes, leaving you and your family less money to enjoy in retirement. It's kind of like when you lost money in the stock market in 2008, except there is NO way to recover the losses, because Uncle Sam doesn't give back what he takes.
A couple of possible solutions to this impending problem, would be to either begin a Strategic "taxable" rollout to a tax-free account like a Roth IRA, over a period of 3, 5, or 10 years. You could also consider the viability of a tax "neutral" rollout to other types of tax-free accumulation accounts. There are some other really beneficial options that can be considered. It just depends on your current circumstances as to which one will be best suited for your situation.
Regardless which plan(s) you consider, it is vital that you begin soon, and that you work with an IRA tax reduction specialist to guide you in taking steps to take control of your taxes.
Don Rasmussen is a financial and retirement advisor located in Concord, North Carolina. Don is the president and founder of Quartermaster Financial and specializes in helping retirees plan a secure and tax-free retirement. For more information, contact Don at (704) 490-4111.


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Scholar Says to Remember All of King's Legacyby Howard W. Hewitt • January 18, 2005 Share:
The nation pauses the third Monday of each January to celebrate the nation's most prophetic civil rights leader and activist. But do we celebrate only a part of Dr. Martin Luther King's legacy?
"God is not a Christian or a Muslim. God is not a Democrat or a Republican," said Dr. Lewis Baldwin, a King scholar who participated in the civil rights movement of the 1960s in his home state of Alabama. "There is nothing wrong with remembering and celebrating a dreamer, but what are we going to do to realize the dream?"
Dr. Baldwin, a religion professor at Vanderbilt University, spoke Jan. 17 to Wabash students, faculty and staff in Salter Hall.
Throughout the course of his 30-minute presentation Baldwin said America tends to celebrate the King they remember from the "I Have a Dream" speech of 1963 and not the King who spent most of his time before being assassinated in 1968 discussing social and economic injustices. Baldwin emphasized that King came to understand those social and economic injustices affected blacks, whites, and Latinos.
"I think people are more fearful of that King because the people in power, that control the media, etc., want us to remember the King that talked about holding hands and rubbing shoulders and elbows," Baldwin said during a post-lecture reception. "But what about the King who called upon the rich and powerful and those who own the media, those who control politics, the purse strings of the economy … what about calling upon them to give up some of what they have?
"I don't think they want us to see that King. They don't want us to see the King who was addressing foreign policy issues. They realize that kind of King is much more threatening to the status quo."
Baldwin's lecture and two-day campus visit was sponsored by the Wabash Religion and Speech Departments, the Multi-Cultural Concerns Committee, the Hadley Fund, and the Malcolm X Institute of Black Studies.
"What I liked is hearing Dr. Baldwin say is that you have to take King as a whole," said Malcolm X chairman Robert Alexander'05. "We seem to focus on one part or another but people change, people progress, and they evolve. Baldwin really illustrated how the King message has evolved. He brought an awareness to us how King pushed and that we have to have leadership that's willing to fight to the death, that's still needed."
Alexander and other students questioned Dr. Baldwin for another 30 minutes following his lecture. A common theme in the questioning was the scholar's advice to young people who want to make a difference. It's a question that makes Baldwin uncomfortable.
"I was in college and high school during the civil rights movement," Baldwin explained. "And what happened with us just happened. We didn't have a lot of time to do a lot of thinking about what to do. The issues were there and we just responded.
"When it comes to changing the structures of injustice, I think you have to take other approaches. We did it through sit-ins, freedom rides, protests, demonstrations, and acts of civil disobedience. But now a lot of scholars are saying 'no, you can't use the methods of the 60s to address contemporary problems because you're talking about economic justice and international peace. That just won't work.'"
During his presentation Baldwin said much of the 60's protest was to remove racial barriers, taking down the signs segregating "colored people" from whites. The issues were clearly defined, like the integration of schools. Today's problems are obviously more complicated.
"You must be aware and must be willing to devote your time, energy and resources – even at the risk of life and limb – to pursue whatever ideal you have in mind. This is what Dr. King taught us, even the risk of life to achieve the beloved community ideal."
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question. At lower right, Baldwin signs a copy of his book on Dr. Martin
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Ines Thomsen has turned her passion into a profession - the trigger for this was a serious turning point in her life
"In 2011, I never thought that I would be holding my own book in my own hands just three years later." I have lost count of how many times I've already written this sentence in some form or another. But it's true now and will forever remain so. "Anyone can vegan" is Nadine's and my debut book and which we will always remember with a certain astonishment.
12 oktober, 2015, Cologne, Tyskland – Tamron Europe GmbH tillkännager införandet av en nyutformad 5 års garantidekal. Alla produkter som levereras från oktober 2015 kommer att ha den dekal som visas på bilden här nedanför på produktkartongen.
A fascinating spectrum of motifs can be found in a relatively small space in cities: Ultra-modern architecture, winding old streets, famous attractions, hidden small parks, people in all their diversity, animals and plants, snacks and drinks, cars and bicycles ... And all this constantly changing, alive and pulsating. A treasure trove for photographers.
September 2nd 2015, Saitama, Japan – Tamron Co., Ltd. (President & CEO: Morio Ono), a leading manufacturer of optics for diverse applications, announces launch of a new series of SP lenses that are optimized to make the most of the superior imaging performance delivered by the latest advancements in digital photography. Sporting a totally revamped external appearance, the new lenses provide the ultimate in functionality and operation. The first two lenses in the series are compatible with full-frame DSLR cameras and offer fast apertures and versatile, fixed focal lengths. The pair consists of the SP 35mm F/1.8 Di VC USD (Model F012) and SP 45mm F/1.8 Di VC USD (Model F013), and both can be used with APS-C format cameras as well.


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By Chris Offer, past governor of district 5040 and member of the Rotary Club of Ladner, Canada
I have often asked the question: "How do we truly know there is no polio in a particular country?" In January, I had the opportunity to find out.
I arrived in Khartoum, Sudan, on
17 January as the Rotary representative on an Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) surveillance team. AFP leg and arm paralysis is one of the primary indicators of polio. In countries at risk of polio transmission, an AFP surveillance system helps ensure that a polio outbreak is caught early and stopped quickly. AFP has many causes other than polio, including Guillain-Barré Syndrome, forms of tuberculosis, trauma, hypocalcaemia, and others. However, to avoid missing cases of polio, all children under age 15 with AFP should be tested.
Although its last case of polio was in 2009, Sudan is a difficult place to sustain efficient polio surveillance. Sudan has suffered many years of civil war, tribal strife, and poverty. In July, what was the southern third of Sudan officially became the world's newest country, South Sudan.
Our team's task was to find out whether the surveillance system in Sudan is sensitive enough to detect cases of polio. After two days of meetings and security briefings, surveillance team members, which included experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), travelled to each of Sudan's 15 states. I went to the state of Kassala, which is near the border with Eritrea, and worked with CDC epidemiologist Dr. Noha Farag.
With a driver and local health worker, Dr. Farag and I set off on an eight-hour drive along course, winding highways. We spent the next five days visiting hospitals, pediatric clinics, vaccination centers, refugee camps, health offices, and traditional healer huts. Records were reviewed, ledgers checked, and staff interviewed. We saw Rotary posters printed in Arabic that explained the symptoms of AFP and the importance of reporting cases in every site we visited.
In Kassala, risk groups include nomads who wander between Libya, Egypt, Eritrea, and Sudan, along with migrant workers, refugees, and isolated tribal groups. Tracking AFP cases in these groups requires an extraordinary effort by the local health workers.
While visiting a refugee hospital near the Eritrea border, I had the opportunity to see a child with AFP being examined. Fortunately, this child's paralysis was most likely caused by acute diarrhoea and malnutrition, which can lead to a severe loss of potassium. Stool-sample analysis and a 60-day follow-up would be done to rule out polio, but this child will recover.
Overall, I was impressed by the commitment to polio eradication of the local health workers I met. My conclusion after two weeks in Sudan is that that there is a good AFP surveillance system in place there. If a polio case is imported, it will likely be quickly found and isolated.
Rotarians should feel confident that their dollars are well spent and soundly invested in polio eradication in Sudan.


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Your coaching is divided into 3 elements:
1. FORM reflects the training. Better the athlete's ability within the discipline teaching the best technique.
2. FOCUS reflects the race. Focusing on all the training and putting it together.
3. FIRST reflects the result of your coaching. The athlete's first time to perhaps —
- complete a triathlon
- complete a particular distance
- win an age group
- win a race
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SOMERSWORTH — The Somersworth Housing Authority's Congregate Housing Services Program will hold an open house informational event on December 6 from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Charpentier Apartments located on 28 Franklin Street.
In 1995, the SHA applied for and received a grant for the Congregate Housing Services Program. This program, which is housed at the Charpentier Apartments, provides at home assistance to elderly participants. The program provides for case management, one meal per day, housekeeping assistance, and transportation.
The rationale for the program is to assist elderly and disabled residents with daily living activities in order to keep them in their homes and communities as long as possible. The program is an alternative to nursing home care and costs about 25 percent of the cost of a nursing home.
"In brief, the Congregate Housing Services Program provides services to eligible residents allowing them to maintain independence in their own apartment," said Jay Jean, service coordinator with the Charpentier Apartments. "Our program is designed to help residents avoid premature institutional care like that provided by nursing homes or other supported living facilities."
On December 6, light appetizers will be served and information about the program will be provided. Jean will also be available to answer questions anyone may have.
"With this understanding I hope that you will then be able to refer individuals who could benefit from this program to me for assessment of eligibility," Jean said. "From the open house you will gain an understanding of how these services can assist elderly people and individuals with disabilities to live independently in their own apartments within our community at Charpentier."
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Prediction puts Porter County on list of fastest growing Indiana counties
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Indiana's population will grow by 1 million to 7.48
million people by 2050 with most of the growth occurring in the
Indianapolis-Carmel metropolitan area, according to projections from the
Indiana Business Research Center.
Besides becoming much more urban than rural, the state will continue to grow
grayer, with aging baby boomers increasing the over-65 share of the state
population to 20 percent compared to 13 percent in 2010, according to the
center based at Indiana University.
Outside central Indiana, other fast-growing areas of the state will include
Clark and Harrison counties in the Louisville metro area, which will grow by
35 percent and 22 percent, respectively, the center projects. Warrick County
in the Evansville metro area, along with Porter County in northwest Indiana
and Elkhart County in north central Indiana, each should grow by 25 percent
Meanwhile, large swaths of mid-sized and rural communities in north, east
and west-central Indiana are projected to lose population over the next 40
years. Many counties in southwest Indiana are also likely to lose people.
Forty-nine of Indiana's 92 counties are forecast to lose population.
The Indianapolis-Carmel area already is the fastest growing part of the
state, adding 231,000 residents, or 57 percent of the state's growth, during
the decade ending in 2010. By 2050, roughly one in every three Hoosiers will
live in that metro area, up from about one in four in 2010.
"That area will claim up to 70 percent of the state's growth over the next
40 years," state demographer Matt Kinghorn told The Herald-Times.
Hamilton County will continue to be the state's fastest-growing county as it
doubles in size to 548,000 residents by 2050, the center projected. If that
happens, Hamilton would surpass Lake and Allen counties to become the
state's second most populous county.
Over the same period, Hendricks County's population will climb to 268,000
residents, an 84 percent increase. Boone, Hancock and Johnson counties, also
in the Indy metro area, also are forecast to be among the state's five
fastest-growing communities.
Baby boomers becoming seniors will add 600,000 people to the state's over-65
demographic, the center projects.
Kinghorn said that could mean Indiana will feel a significant impact in
areas such as appropriate housing, health care delivery and transportation
Other age groups will decline in their proportion of the state's population
pie but their numbers still will grow. Both Indiana's child population (age
0 to 14) and its younger adult age group (25 to 44) will increase by 75,000
by 2030, and those around college age will increase by 25,000. Indiana's
older working-age population (45 to 64) will decline by roughly 100,000 over
the same period as baby boomers retire.
"One important effect of this graying of the population will be the slowing
of Indiana's population growth rate in the coming decades," Kinghorn said.
"While migration plays an important role in population change, natural
increase typically accounts for the majority of Indiana's growth.
However, Indiana
isn't aging as rapidly as some other Midwestern states and that could prove
beneficial in certain sectors of the job market.
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It's been something of a class reunion lately. Francis Coppola made his first film in 10 years, "Youth Without Youth," a muddled mood-memory fantasia that attempted to recapitulate the handmade approach of his "Rain People" days. Martin Scorsese brought out his Rolling Stones documentary "Shine a Light," which hearkened back to his apprenticeship as editor of rock documentaries such as "Woodstock." Brian De Palma made his Iraqi docu-thingamajig "Redacted," which, in its shape-shifty experimentalism, recalled his earliest, French New Wave-influenced movies such as "The Wedding Party" and "Hi, Mom."
And now Spielberg is set to deliver the biggest blast from the past yet. "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" is not exactly the movie you might expect to follow "Munich." But then again, he once shuttled between "Schindler's List" and "Jurassic Park." Of his contemporaries, Spielberg has probably undergone the greatest sea change throughout his career. The "Indiana Jones" franchise, like the "Jurassic Park" movies, are a palate cleanser for him -- a cackle in between epic kvells. For this teacher's pet, the class syllabus changed a long time ago.
The directors of Spielberg's generation who came up in the late '60s and early '70s, many of them film-school-trained, were the first in America to push their encyclopedic passion for movies right into the forefront of their work. Their rebellion against Old Hollywood was essentially a pose, since directors like John Ford, Howard Hawks and Frank Capra were mainstays of their mindscapes. Old movies functioned for these filmmakers as primary experiences -- touchstones of inspiration -- in the same way that poetry or literature might have functioned for an earlier generation of artists.
Not all of the movie references were drawn from favorite Hollywood films. De Palma had his Godard phase before he entered his Hitchcock phase; Coppola drew heavily on Visconti's "The Leopard" (for "The Godfather") and Antonioni's "Blow-Up" (for "The Conversation"). Scorsese's "Mean Streets" is blood brother to Fellini's "I Vitelloni" and owes a debt to the scruffy, free-form spirit of the John Cassavetes indies. Even George Lucas, in his chilly debut feature, "THX 1138," piled on the art-house references to Jean Cocteau ("Blood of a Poet") and Carl Theodore Dreyer ("The Passion of Joan of Arc").
Spielberg, however, came from a somewhat different place. He never officially attended a major film school. His heroes were the big-picture guys like David Lean and Stanley Kubrick or versatile old studio hands like Michael Curtiz and Victor Fleming -- directors who could be counted on to deliver reliable commercial entertainment (and sometimes more than that). While many of his '70s confederates, who also were to include such directors as Terrence Malick, Jonathan Demme and Philip Kaufman, were attempting to work outside the industry, or subvert it from within through sheer force of artistry, Spielberg was directing episodes of "Night Gallery" and "Marcus Welby, M.D." and then moving on to sharks and flying saucers.
In the more "serious" film circles, his prodigious filmmaking skills were held against him as proof that he lacked substance. Even Pauline Kael, his most ardent critical champion early on, wrote of his uncommonly touching first feature "The Sugarland Express": "Maybe Spielberg loves action and comedy and speed so much that he really doesn't care if a movie has anything else in it. . . . I can't tell if he has any mind, or even a strong personality, but then a lot of good movie-makers have got by without being profound."
Resenting Mr. Blockbuster
AND OF course, as Spielberg began to rake in the riches, this was held against him too. It has always been a truism of popular culture, no more so than in the '70s, that artistry and commercial success are mutually exclusive. And where exceptions to this rule were made, as in the case of "The Godfather" films, it was because they were recognized as gangster films in name only. They were really about the corruption of the American dream. Spielberg's early movies are rife with broken families and intimations of child abandonment, but they are glittery baubles when placed beside the dungeon-like Coppola and Scorsese pictures (especially "The Godfather" films, "Mean Streets," "Taxi Driver," "Raging Bull") with their floridly Catholic sense of sin and redemption. Spielberg, by comparison, at least up through "The Color Purple," specialized in uplift, in the exaltation of the American dream. He himself became its personification.
Spielberg's "personality" does indeed come through loud and clear in those early films -- "Sugarland Express," "Jaws," "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and "E.T." -- because of his delight, which we share, in how preposterously wizardly he is. Spielberg's genius was not simply to think like his audience -- any good hack can do that -- but to be his audience. His aesthetic instincts and his commercial instincts were twinned, and not in a calculating way, either -- at least not until "Raiders of the Lost Ark," which is when his large-scale entertainments, followed by the two "Indiana Jones" sequels and the "Jurassic Park" movies, turned into corporate theme parks themselves.
The career trajectory of Hollywood directors before the '70s typically followed the winding path from unpretentious to "prestigious" (i.e., Oscar-worthy). Take, for example, George Stevens, who went from "Alice Adams," "Swing Time," "Gunga Din" and "The More the Merrier" to "A Place in the Sun," "Giant," "The Diary of Anne Frank" and "The Greatest Story Ever Told." Most of the '70s directors did their best to avoid this syndrome or at least held out for as long as they could. Coppola's "Apocalypse Now," a deranged movie about a deranged war, could never have been mistaken for a respectable war epic. Scorsese's biblical movie was "The Last Temptation of Christ."
But Spielberg, being the most attuned of his generation to the mojo of Hollywood, was naturally the director who most wholeheartedly fell into the prestige trap. Whatever their merits, and in some cases they are considerable, films such as "The Color Purple," "Empire of the Sun," "Schindler's List," "Amistad," "Saving Private Ryan" and "Munich" are all deeply conventional in terms of how the world is comprehended. Some of these films may be better made, or, in the case of "Schindler's List," more richly felt than their Old Hollywood counterparts. But all are afflicted with a kind of transcendent Stanley Kramerism. We are made to understand that moral lessons are being imparted and that, in the end, tomorrow will somehow be a better day.
And yet, Spielberg's career trajectory is by no means simple, for in the wake of "Saving Private Ryan," he made two consecutive films, as well as a third several years later, that in many ways upend his beloved early work. "A.I," which was originally developed by Stanley Kubrick, is the dark side of "E.T." "The War of the Worlds" is the anti-"Close Encounters of the Third Kind." The Philip K. Dick-derived "Minority Report," which has no antecedent in Spielberg's career, is a scabrous freakout. None of these films are overwhelmingly successful -- they're more fascinating as psychodrama than as drama. But they demonstrate, much more so than his "prestige" entries do, how spooked Spielberg's mind-set had become in the decades since he closed "Close Encounters" with a stirring snatch of "When You Wish Upon a Star."
In "Close Encounters," aliens from outer space are benevolent emissaries who descend from the heavens in a dazzling cathedral glow and belt out boom tones of peace and love. In "War of the Worlds," the aliens are arachnoid horrors who erupt from underground. Their call to arms is a bellicose bellow. The skies may have roiled in "Close Encounters" and Richard Dreyfuss' Roy might have made too much of his mashed potatoes, but we were never in any doubt that benevolence was upon us.
In "War of the Worlds," the aliens initially are mistaken for terrorists. The film is, I suppose, Spielberg's post-9/11 movie, but even without 9/11, he might eventually have made his way to this scorched terrain. "A.I.," which was made four years earlier, is about a robot boy who yearns to be human to win back the love of the flesh-and-blood mother who abandoned him, and for most of the way it's frighteningly creepy. "Minority Report," about a future in which cops, guided by all-seeing "pre-cogs," arrest killers before their crimes are committed, is a ghastly fusion of sci-fi and noir.
Some audiences, still wishing upon a star, experienced these films as intimate betrayals. And yet they cut the closest to his psyche. "Right now I'm experimenting," Spielberg said at the time of "Minority Report." "I'm trying things that challenge me, I'm striking out in all directions trying to discover myself in my 50s."
Exploring the dark side
FOR A director of conscience who can make his camera do anything, the realization that he has it in him to inspire absolute dread must be supremely unsettling. (I'm not thinking of "Jaws," which was comic-book dread.) What surely must prey upon Spielberg as he gets older are not the bliss-outs he is uniquely capable of creating but the horrors. The Normandy Beach landing in "Saving Private Ryan" goes way beyond the usual technical exercise; it's a fury against the flesh. In "Minority Report," Tom Cruise's John Anderton, the chief of the Department of Pre-Crime in the District of Columbia, stands before a floating computer interface and, arms waving like an impresario, whisks around its midair crime scene visuals. It's a nightmare representation of the director as puppet master, and it comes with a kicker: Anderton, whose mind is a mausoleum of horrific images, is himself a murderer-to-be.
The filmmakers of Spielberg's generation wanted to take over Hollywood and change the face of an art form. And for a brief period, until the blockbuster syndrome kicked in in the mid-'70s, they did just that. Along with Lucas, Spielberg is often blamed for shutting down the renaissance, as if without "Jaws" and "Star Wars" it never would have occurred to anybody in Hollywood to come up with high concepts and saturation marketing. "I hate Spielberg," a young filmmaker told me at a movie festival recently when he heard I was going to be writing about him. "He killed the indie film." And then he added, "But I loved 'Jaws.' "
Spielberg has long been in a position to pretty much direct or produce whatever he wants. This makes him the only kind of auteur Hollywood truly understands. (Forget the Lubitsch touch -- it's the Midas touch that makes the studio chiefs slobber.) He's taken more creative chances than any other director of close to his clout. Early films such as "E.T." and "Close Encounters" were experienced by audiences all over the world as invocations to a more ecstatic life. Plus they were playful and goofy. But there was no safety net for "Schindler's List," neither was there one for "Amistad" or "A.I."
This doesn't mean Spielberg gets a free pass. Some of the cottages in his cottage industry have all the allure of McMansions. He has yet to make a movie that revels in the commonplace; for him, the ordinary is always (yawn) a springboard to magic. He has never made a movie with more than a trace of carnality. His world view is cut-rate Manichean -- darks and lights and not much gray in between. It's a pity he shelved his plans to make a movie about his childhood idol, Charles Lindbergh, the all-American aviator and Fascist sympathizer. Now there's a character who would have put Spielberg to the test. Instead, he's gearing up to make "Lincoln" with Liam Neeson, which sounds like a snooze. And "Jurassic 4" is on the radar.
Spielberg is still the teacher's pet of his class, but the difference is that now he owns the schoolhouse. Maybe for a while he should try being a truant.


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