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I became interested in this book when I researched new releases for May and came across it. The blurb sounded good and I like this kind of stories about segregated societies kept in the dark by technologically superior conspirators and how one of the deceived finally starts to learn the truth. I immediately bought The Inferior and you can read my review here. This is my review of the Deserter.
We left Stopmouth and Rockface alone with the refugees from the Roof and Indrani on a globe flying to the Roof at the end of The Inferior. Something happened on the Roof making them want Indrani back again.
On the Roof you can record every minuscule detail of every second of your life and many of its denizens do. Indrani is being hunted for something she saw. Some split second glance in her memory has a secret that changed their minds about saving her and made her a hunted woman. That technology reminds me of some of the life bloggers that carries a camera around in our own time. Not so far off then.
Down below it looks like the ones releasing new species gone one too far with the Diggers. They spread like wildfire planting their paralyzed live victims to feed their young ones, multiplying and multiplying.
Stopmouth has to leave for the Roof to find Indrani and weapons to fight the Diggers. But everything is not right on the Roof. The nanos that provides all their food and comforts are failing to a plague. The Upstairs has already failed, crowding the survivors into what is left. Indrani is in hiding and Stopmouth has to find her before it is too late. His people only have a few days before the Diggers reach them.
The Inferior took us on a journey of discovery on the bellow and The Deserter takes us on a similar journey through the Roof and Upstairs. I enjoy learning the world stories. Here we learn a lot about the people, politics, technology and a few things I wondered about in the Inferior like where the new species comes from. Stopmouth is having a rough time with massive culture chock and more people than he has ever seen before. But he also makes some new friends.
I found The Deserter less disturbing than The Inferior or maybe I got used to the cannibalism. There are some scary parts that might disturb younger kids though.
Some of the characters from the first book are back like Stopmouth, Rockface and Indrani but there are also a few new ones you will like. This is a character driven book and it shows in the quality of the characters. They are believable, well done and continues to grow throughout the story.
The governments Special Forces, the Elite are nano enhanced warriors with superhuman strength and speed. There is a thought provoking sub plot about a boy who would do anything to become one. His sacrifice in the end was very emotional.
This is about the follies of hunger for power and I think it will be to the liking of both young and adults. The Government of the Roof is despicable in my opinion feeding the struggles of the people below to entertain the masses. They withhold every eatable seed from the people below forcing them to eat each other to create conflict. It is a classic case of bread and circus but now the bread is failing and the circus is among them.
The Deserter is quite an enjoyable read with a lot of adventure, tense moments, revelations, action and love. I would really like to read more of Peadar Ó Guilín after this. His characters are just like I like them and the clash of primitives against technology is a favorite theme of mine. You might read The Inferior and The Deserter as a standalone duology but it is part of a trilogy. I have no idea when the last book will be out though I await it with high expectancy.
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Review of the first book: The Inferior
The Deserter (The Bone World book 2) by Peadar Ó Guilín
David Fickling Books (2011) – Amazon US | UK
The humans are weak and vulnerable. Soon the beasts that share their stone-age world will kill and eat them. To save his tribe, Stopmouth must make his way to the Roof, the mysterious hi-tech world above the surface. But the Roof has its own problems. The nano technology that controls everything from the environment to the human body is collapsing. A virus has already destroyed the Upstairs, sending millions of refugees to seek shelter below. And now a rebellion against the Commission, organized by the fanatical Religious, is about to break. Hunted by the Commission's Elite Agents through the overcrowded, decaying city of the future, Stopmouth must succeed in a hunt of his own: to find the secret power hidden in the Roof's computerized brain, and return to his people before it is too late. Peadar O Guilin has followed his extraordinary debut The Inferior with an equally original and pulse-racing sequel in which human primitivism collides with futuristic technology


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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) With the All-Star break up next, Warriors coach Mark Jackson said the team wanted to give both big men more time to rest nagging injuries. It will be the fourth straight game Bogut has missed because of a left shoulder injury, while O'Neal will sit out for the second consecutive game with inflammation in his surgically repaired right wrist.
The Warriors (31-21), who beat the two-time defending champion Heat 123-114 in Miami on Jan. 2, won't play again until a visit to Sacramento on Feb. 19.
Jackson said he hopes both players can rest up and take the break as an opportunity "to get closer to 100 percent so we can take off running in the second half of the season."
David Lee participated in Tuesday's practice and is expected to start at center. He missed two games with a sprained left shoulder and strained left hip before returning for Golden State's 123-80 win over Philadelphia on Monday night.
Versatile reserve Draymond Green will likely start at power forward again.
Bogut, who sat out 50 of 82 regular-season games last year dealing with the effects of left ankle surgery, had not missed a game because of an injury all season until sitting out the last three. That prompted more questions over the center's status before the win over Philadelphia, leading to a weird back-and-forth between Jackson and Bogut in the media.
Jackson said in his pregame news conference that he wasn't sure when Bogut injured himself, speculating "it may have been sleeping, and I say that in all seriousness." Bogut later cleared things up, calling over a couple of reporters in the locker room to say he had bruised a bone in his shoulder, which began nagging him after a win at Utah on Jan. 31.
Bogut also called Jackson's suggestion that he woke up with the injury "absolutely ridiculous."
After the game, Jackson opened his news conference by saying his comments were not a dig at Bogut and he was merely trying to explain the center's injury. Jackson reiterated that Tuesday.
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But I have to see the other face of the game, and in that part, I have to be honest as well and I say that of all the points that we have gotten so far, I think this one has a big, big meaning for the team because it shows them a lot of character, a lot of personality, a lot of passion and desire. Something that they didn't give up during the game, even though in the first fifteen minutes I thought we were in a big hole, a big hole, and we were trying to find answers with them. And they came out of the locker room and they found answers. I've got to give the credit to them. It's a good thing to keep growing on, but obviously we are disappointed with the start of the game."


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We can learn a lot from these experts, not only about how ducks react to their environment, but also how to apply this knowledge for better hunting success. Cold Weather and Snow Cover Drive Mallard Migrations Dr. Michael Schummer is a scientist with Long Point Waterfowl in Port Rowan, Ontario. Before migrating north to work in Canada, he conducted post-doctoral research at Mississippi State University with Dr. Rick Kaminski. Specifically, in 2008 and 2009, Schummer studied how weather affects mallard movements, and if the timing of mallard migrations had changed over the years. "Southern hunters were worried that mallards weren't showing up in the same numbers and as early as they once did. They also wondered if these changes were related to the weather, and if this trend was going to continue. We set out to answer those questions," Schummer says. The first step was determining what causes mallards to migrate. "We developed a weather severity index for mallard migrations," he explains. "Using different combinations of temperature and snow depth data and waterfowl counts from Missouri conservation areas, we correlated changes in numbers of mallards with weather events to determine which conditions are most likely to push these ducks down the flyways. "We learned that mallard migrations are affected mostly by a combination of weather conditions, specifically how cold it is, how many days in a row the average temperature stays below freezing, how deep the snow is, and how many consecutive days at least one inch of snow is on the ground," Schummer says. "What it comes down to is this: when it gets cold and stays cold for a long time, ducks start burning up body fat reserves. Prolonged cold can also increase ice coverage on wetlands, which results in less food being available to mallards. Then, if there's snow covering their food in dry fields and they're having difficulty replenishing this lost energy, they reach a threshold that makes them migrate. "By correlating duck numbers with weather conditions on the Missouri conservation areas, we came up with a weather severity index that would predict when ducks would move farther south. Then we calculated the weather severity index at 60 different weather stations in the Atlantic and Mississippi flyways from 1950 to 2011 to see if the severity of weather known to spur mallard migrations during fall had changed." Schummer says the data suggests that there has been no long-term, sustained change in the weather severity index from 1950 to the present. "Granted, we have had strings of years with warmer or colder weather patterns," he adds. "For instance, we had more severe weather in the 1970s and 1980s, while we had a string of milder weather in the 1990s and 2000s. What many duck hunters in the southern states of the Mississippi Flyway remember are the 1970s and 1980s, when mallards seemed to come early and in good numbers nearly every year. However, to a mallard the 1990s and 2000s were some of the mildest fall seasons on record. But there were also several mild years in a row back in the 1950s, and the 1960s had a mixed bag of mild and severe winters. Few hunters can remember back that far, though. "Overall, from 1950 to 2011 we haven't seen continually milder weather and later migrations with fewer mallards arriving on their Deep South wintering grounds. Instead, each year's migration appears to be dependent on the severity of that year's fall and winter weather. Yes, we will have cyclic ups and downs, and some cycles will be more severe than others. In years with cold fall and winter weather, the ducks will still come down as early and in as great numbers as before. But during the warm cycles they will probably come later." So what's the application in all this for hunters? "They can watch the weather up the flyway and be able to predict fairly accurately when ducks will move south," Schummer says. "We learned that other dabbling ducks besides mallards begin to move farther south when the daily average temperature approaches freezing. However, it often takes several more days of freezing temperatures and snow cover to push mallards south from northern and mid-latitude staging areas. You can watch temperatures and snow lines and predict fairly accurately when this will happen." Locate Areas with a Combination of Food and Resting Habitat Dr. Mark Petrie is director of conservation planning at Ducks Unlimited's Vancouver, Washington, office. Four years ago DU staff participated in a study led by Dan Buffett and others from DU Canada to track duck movements in the Puget Sound−Fraser River delta along the Washington−British Columbia border. Specifically, the study focused on ducks' use of estuaries in these areas. "It was previously assumed that ducks used estuaries that were close to agricultural food sources more than estuaries that had natural foods but no ready access to agricultural zones," Petrie explains. "We wanted to see if this was true. If so, this would help us identify and conserve the estuaries of greatest importance to ducks that pass through or winter in these study areas. "We radio-marked 200 northern pintails and American wigeon, and monitored their movements from when they arrived in October until they left in March. Our study verified the earlier belief that the estuaries in close proximity to agricultural foods held ducks for much longer periods of time than areas with estuaries only. In these latter areas the ducks left when natural food sources in the estuaries were depleted. But they hung around all winter long in areas where the combination of estuaries and agricultural food sources existed." (Wigeon foraged heavily on green grasses planted as winter cover crops in harvested agricultural fields, and pintails primarily consumed leftover potatoes and waste grain in harvested fields.) What is the lesson here for duck hunters? The answer is obvious: areas with a combination of safe resting habitat and plentiful agricultural foods will attract more ducks and hold them longer than other areas. Waterfowlers should scout as much as time allows to find this preferred combination of food and refuge. Find the groceries in close proximity to healthy wetland habitat where waterfowl can rest without being disturbed, and you'll likely find lots of ducks. Track the Migration by Satellite and Computer Dr. Andrew Raedeke is a waterfowl biologist at the Missouri Department of Conservation's Resource Science Center in Columbia. In 2008 he helped set up a duck tracking system called the Mallard Migration Observation Network. Its main purpose was to answer the question that has been asked by waterfowlers for generations: where are the ducks? "In the mid-2000s, many hunters and wildlife professionals were wondering if migration patterns were changing and why some traditional wintering grounds were attracting fewer ducks than they used to. The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission had launched a satellite tracking study of mallards fitted with transmitters to follow their movements. We expanded this study to learn if these transmitter-fitted ducks were behaving like normal ducks (those without transmitters) and providing locational information that was reflective of the mallard population as a whole," Raedeke explains. "We fitted 80 mallards with GPS transmitters and followed their movements. We also set up the Mallard Migration Observation Network to compare readings from our satellite mallards with actual in-the-field counts. We did this to test the accuracy of the satellite duck readings and to provide a better idea of where the ducks actually were." The Mallard Migration Observation Network consists of 125 trained observers who conduct duck counts at locations throughout the Mississippi and Central flyways. "We asked each observer to provide us with a weekly numerical ranking for the status of the mallard migration at their site," Raedeke continues. "Then, using these rankings, we developed a migration map to show where mallards are concentrated and how the migration is progressing. We post this map on our Missouri Department of Conservation website (mdc.mo.gov) for the public to view, and update it weekly." Raedeke says researchers have learned several things by comparing the satellite duck readings to data compiled through the Mallard Migration Observation Network. "One thing we have learned is that initially, ducks wearing transmitters were behaving differently than birds in the general population. Their movements weren't reflective of what was really happening in the wild. From this, we learned that when you put the transmitters on the birds is very important. Birds trapped in late winter or spring migrated more on par with the general population. Now we can take GPS readings from our transmitter ducks and plot their locations with fairly high confidence that their locations are reflective of the progress of the mallard migration," he says. What applications can hunters make from this study? "Well, they can visit our website, view the map, and know if the peak of the mallard migration is still to the north of their hunting area or if it has passed them by. If the majority of the birds are still to the north and a good cold front blows through, hunters would probably have more success hunting bigger water where migrating ducks are more likely to show up first. But after the peak of the migration has passed, hunters may be better off hunting smaller, more secluded waters where hunter-wary 'local' ducks hang out," he advises. Raedeke adds that the migration map can help hunters decide when to flood habitat on hunting clubs and leases. "In the old days, hunters used to flood all their property before opening day. But now we know that it's better to progressively flood new food and habitat as the season wears on. So hunters can use the Mallard Migration Observation Network map to decide whether to flood or hold off peak flooding a little longer. Then, when the migration gets close to their hunting area, they can provide new water and fresh food at the most opportune time to attract the most ducks," he says. Agricultural Practices Influence Waterfowl Distribution Dr. Rick Kaminski is a professor of wildlife ecology and holder of the James C. Kennedy Endowed Chair in Waterfowl and Wetlands Conservation at Mississippi State University. Kaminski has 30 years of experience in waterfowl habitat research, mainly in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley (MAV). In recent years, he has overseen extensive studies in the MAV on food availability for wintering ducks. Specifically, Kaminski and his colleagues have focused on the abundance of rice, corn, soybeans, and grain sorghum (milo), as well as on agricultural practices that affect the availability of waste grain for wintering waterfowl. "Food energy is crucial for sustaining waterfowl populations. We've learned that if food availability on the wintering grounds decreases, it may impact the birds' survival and subsequent reproduction," Kaminski says. "This is the main premise behind habitat conservation on the wintering grounds. Waterfowl must obtain adequate nutrition to endure winter and to return to the breeding grounds in spring and have a strong reproductive effort." Kaminski's research has revealed that changing modern farming practices have reduced the availability of agricultural foods for wintering waterfowl in many areas. "Most row crops nowadays are being planted earlier in spring and harvested earlier in fall, and much of the waste grain left in the field rots or sprouts during September and October, before the ducks arrive on their wintering grounds," Kaminski explains. "Other birds and rodents also get their share. Thus we should mitigate this loss, and we have evaluated several ways to do so. "We've learned that in harvested rice fields, more waste grain remains if the stubble is left standing or burned instead of being rolled or disked after harvest. We've observed that mallard use is greatest in fields that are burned and then flooded. When flames meander randomly through a field, they remove stubble in patches and leave it intact elsewhere. Ducks are attracted to this mix of patchy stubble and water. Plus, burning can prevent waste grain from sprouting, but the seeds are still edible and nourishing to the birds." (Kaminski notes that burning is not allowed in certain areas because of air quality and aviation regulations, but is allowed in most of the MAV.) Another management practice that provides more food for ducks is growing what Kaminski calls "grassy corn." In this practice, the rows are planted farther apart (about three feet) than standard corn crops, which allows more sunlight to stimulate growth of natural grasses and sedges between the rows. This grassy understory, in turn, produces moist-soil seeds, and after the field is flooded, aquatic invertebrates flourish in the flooded grass, providing wintering ducks with protein and other nutrients. As Petrie discovered in the Pacific Northwest, Kaminski's research has also documented that the highest densities of mallards and other dabbling ducks in the MAV occur in areas with a combination of natural wetlands, where the birds can rest and find natural foods, and agricultural crops, which provide reliable foraging habitat. In the Mississippi Delta, Kaminski found that the ideal mix of habitat for wintering ducks consists of approximately 50 percent flooded cropland, 20 percent forested wetlands, 20 percent moist-soil wetlands, and 10 percent permanent wetlands (beaver ponds, rivers, sloughs, etc.). "The exact percentages are not known, but these results emphasize that a complex of multiple habitats attracts a greater abundance and diversity of ducks than single habitat types," he says.


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PKMKII wrote:daftbeaker wrote:What makes him a decent actor? Personally I'd have to rate Brad Pitt as the best of the current young(ish) actors, I didn't recognise him in Snatch until someone told me who that pikey was
Really? I mean, he was entertaining in Inglourious Basterds, but Dicaprio seems to take the craft much more seriously than Pitt. Besides, Johnny Depp is only a year older than Pitt and I'd rank him much higher than Mr. Jolie.
The way I judge an actor is if I identify more with their character than them. For example, Keanu Reeves is always Keanu Reeves, he just happens to play different characters. Brad Pitt on the other hand tends to be Mickey and then later I realise it's Brad Pitt playing Mickey, if that makes any sense. Brad Pitt in Fight Club, Burn After Reading, Snatch, Friends and Ocean's Eleven is different people in each.
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Want to know who's cool? Patrick Chirico, the designer behind Build Your Block. For one, he has a dapper looking dog and you've gotta check out his DIY home garden for urban spaces. Oh, and he makes sweet pillow scenes too…that we already knew. Enjoy the Q&A!
What about Brooklyn do you absolutely love?
All types of food morning, afternoon and night; the architecture and bridges; the people and fashion; the smorgasbord of style, history, and culture.
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I'm from Northern, NY. Watertown to be more specific which is polar opposite of the responses above, but I still love it.
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Well I run two companies full time and most of my day is taken up with WrecordsByMonkey, which is a interior and jewelry company that makes everything from vinyl records. I send emails and work on projects and new designs. Then my afternoons, nights and days off are spent slaving over emails and orders for Build Your Block and trying to glue everything together.
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QPR Finalise Loic Remy And Yann M'Vila Deals
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Loic Remy spent Tuesday undergoing a medical at QPR after deciding to accept the club's offer ahead of that of Newcastle United, with Rs boss Harry Redknapp also confirming Yann M'Vila is on the brink of moving to Loftus Road.
Remy is set to complete a £10 million move from Marseille before Friday, allowing him to make his debut against West Ham United on Saturday.
Following QPR's FA Cup victory over West Brom on Tuesday, Redknapp said: "Remy had a medical today and the personal stuff is all sorted. I watched him so many times when I was at Tottenham. The fee then was around about £20 million. He's a good buy for us. It's all done, all sorted.
"I didn't think we'd get him. I went to see him at Marseille last week and he wasn't keen but the chairman Tony Fernandes worked ever so hard. He wouldn't give up and the boy decided to come.
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QPR are understood to have completely blown Newcastle out of the water in the bidding for Remy, offering wages in the region of £80,000 to £110,000 a week. The contract offer is also believed to contain a number of clauses which would allow Remy an easy exit route from the Championship should the west London side get relegated.
Rennes midfielder M'Vila is also close to agreeing a deal with QPR, which would see Redknapp complete successful swoops for his two main targets in the January transfer window.
"I also liked M'Vila when I was at Tottenham," Redknapp said on Tuesday. "He's 22, played against England a couple of years ago for France, and was fantastic.
"They (Rennes) turned down £28 million from an English club for him a year ago. Spurs offered £15 million for him in August. The deal looks okay. M'Vila's had a few off-the-field problems. If he behaves himself, and plays as we know he can, he'll do well.''


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Human attackers and automated worms were found to employ several strategies to find vulnerable systems. This section describes these strategies and identifies trends in their use.
PHPShell is a PHP script which allows shell commands to be executed on a web server. Typically the PHPShell script is protected by a password so only the server administrator can access it. We deployed honeypots that advertise an unrestricted PHPShell application, which attackers often tried to exploit.
The majority of attacks on PHPShell honeypots that we observed were preceded by a discovery request which contained a referrer from a search engine. The search-engine queries are revealed to us by the default browser behavior, which sent the query to us as the Referer header. This technique is good for the attacker, because most of the time-consuming work of finding potentially vulnerable systems has been done by the search engine, eliminating the need for the attacker search across many different hosts themselves. Some copies of PERL/Shellbot were captured which had routines to search Google for certain scripts while other searches seem to have been performed manually. See Appendix C for example code from a captured copy of such a bot.
One disadvantage to attackers of using search engines is the new single point of failure they create. For instance, the Santy worm used Google to search for new targets, however Google started blocking Santy's queries which stopped the further spread of the worm. It should be noted that some bots have been observed which use Yahoo search and not just Google.
Some probes appeared to use IP-based scanning, such as several captures of the Lupper worm. When studied inside a virtual machine environment, the worm scanned a sequential range of IP addresses to see which, if any, were running a web server. If a web server was present, the worm attacked using several exploits that attempted to execute code on the server. IP-based scanning entails a relatively high cost per system infected in terms of search time and network resources, assuming a low density of targets. Worms which use search engines to locate their targets have a much lower cost per target because the search engine does the work of finding potentially vulnerable hosts.
Note that IP scanning will not work for name-based virtual hosts, a technique for hosting many websites on a single IP address that was introduced in HTTP 1.1. Using this method, the request for a web page has to contain the appropriate hostname, such as 'www.example.com' that is being asked for. Since there is no way for an IP-based scanning program to determine this name, there is no way for it to successfully exploit a site using virtual hosting. Name-based virtual hosting is popular with shared web hosting providers as they don't have to provied each website with a unique IP address.
While observing hits on our honeynet, we noticed a high amount of traffic from spiders - a spider is a program which fetches a series of web pages for analysis, for example Google's and Yahoo's web crawlers. Typically a spider will announce itself as such in the 'user-agent' field of an HTTP reques such as 'Googlebot 1.0'. Other spider programs we observed announce themselves as a typical web browser while the tiny interval between successive requests shows they are running without user interaction. We have determined that the spamming attempts we received were caused by the presence of web forms on our honeypot. Search engines cannot be used to search for a form in a web site, therefore a spider or other parsing tool must have discovered a form on our honeypot. When discovered, spam was immediately inserted into the form, regardless of the more valuable shell access the honeypot advertised. This points to an automated, spider-based attacker as opposed to a human.


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In 2003 the NC Geographic Information Coordinating Council (GICC) adopted this comprehensive initiative in partnership with county, municipal, state, and federal data providers. The NC OneMap Program promotes a vision for geospatial data standards; data currency, maintenance, and accessibility; data documentation (i.e. metadata); and a statewide GIS inventory. Thirty-seven priority data themes were selected as the initial focus.
Protocols for bringing data content together from local, state, and federal sources with consistent standards are being explored, as are infrastructure policies. A formal NC OneMap implementation plan was adopted by the GICC in 2003. It formed the basis for budgetary requests to the North Carolina General Assembly in 2007, and the subsequent development of the "State Geographic Information/Consolidation Implementation Plan" that was submitted to the General Assembly in December 2008. The "State Geographic Information/Consolidation Implementation Plan" was adopted as part of the FY09-10 budget bill in August 2009.
The NC OneMap Program is actively promoting archival mechanisms so historic data sets are preserved for both temporal analysis and for the long term.
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In 2012, the NC OneMap Governance Committee adopted a set of performance accountability measures to evaluate the success in meeting four defined objectives for NC OneMap. To review the objectives, goals and measures, see here.
State, local and federal government agencies, universities, K-12 schools, utilities, non-profit organizations and the general public all need a reliable statewide resource. NC OneMap provides that critical linkage that helps promote public safety, better government decisions, and economic vitality in our communities.
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CGIA is staff to the NC Geographic Information Coordinating Council (GICC). CGIA is responsible for executing GICC directives, including the NC OneMap implementation plan. The NC OneMap Geospatial Portal and the Data Explorer are hosted through CGIA, which provides the data server and technical support for partners. The North Carolina General Assembly created a Database Administrator position to manage the NC OneMap content and a second position, NC OneMap Application Developer, that supports the viewer and participant connections.
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The GICC has been involved in this effort through its vision for NC OneMap, which states that "historical and temporal data will be maintained and available." Work is progressing on several fronts to build local and state government awareness about the need to archive and preserve data assets for the long term, and to provide the tools to assist in that effort. Achievements include guidance documents, projects to develop concepts and practices, and the NC OneMap Retention Schedule.
The GeoMapp project, funded by the Library of Congress, paired state government archives staff with geospatial experts to investigate the issues surrounding the preservation of "at risk" geospatial content. CGIA and NC State Archives led a four year, multi-state project to explore methods for preserving at-risk geospatial data. The partners included the states of Kentucky, Montana, North Carolina and Utah along with active participation from information partners in 14 other states who participated in project meetings. Library of Congress and National Records and Archives Administration staff were active participants in the effort. The project team investigated the policies, process, inventory, technical infrastructure, storage capacity, and funding issues involved in ensuring long-term access to data. The NC OneMap program is essential to the development of successful preservation strategies because it provides the technical and social interface, i.e., the organized data structure, for geospatial archiving.
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Global Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Market Share Projected to Reach 6.3 Percent by 2020, PwC's Autofacts Forecasts
Detroit, 6 March, 2013 ― Charging stations and battery swap locations are the most crucial to developing a sustainable electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure, according to more than 40 percent of respondents to PwC's Electric Vehicle Survey 2012. Global hybrid and EV market share is forecast to reach 6.3 percent by 2020, according to PwC's Autofacts. As municipalities continue to work with the private sector to meet future demands and develop Smart Cities, finding the ideal ratio between integrated public charging stations and the number of EVs on the road is a prevailing challenge when investing in existing and future infrastructure.
"Continued investment to improve upon the electric vehicle value chain, along with the pace of advancement in competing alternative fuel solutions will ultimately determine the level of success EVs are able to achieve," said Brandon Mason, senior analyst, PwC's Autofacts. "While we don't expect one to be parked in every driveway anytime soon, there is no doubt that EVs are here to stay."
Focusing on price, nearly 46 percent of respondents felt that long-term total cost of ownership savings is the most likely reason consumers would be willing to pay an upfront premium for an EV. Automakers continue to evaluate the price premium consumers are willing to pay for an EV. Survey respondents indicated that consumers willing to pay a premium price would need to remain under $5,000 (PHEVs 57.9 percent, PEVs 47.7 percent).
"Automakers accelerate their efforts to find solutions to reduce costs for battery, alternative drive train and the vehicle overall," said Oliver Hazimeh, automotive cleantech transportation leader, PwC. "Passing high initial development costs on to the consumer is not a long-term option as it is not viable to rely on long-term government incentives. Auto companies need to deploy smart vehicle and technology platforms and global partnerships to achieve economies of scale."
Survey respondents indicated global collaboration (26.6 percent) will lead the development and production of EVs and supporting technologies by 2020. Respondents said China will lead by 2020 (25.9 percent). Automakers are working to find a balance between production and consumer demands. The trend is to build where you sell. Automakers planning for long-term success will likely have the competitive edge.
To view the full Electric Vehicle Survey 2012, visit www.pwc.com/auto.
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Charging forward: Electric Vehicle Survey 2012 was developed to provide a check-up on some of the major determining factors for the success of EVs. More than 200 participants from 34 countries representing the automotive, utilities, energy, technology, government, finance, and education sectors provided their feedback. The survey focuses on four key areas: infrastructure, pricing, geography, and outlook and includes selected results along with additional thoughts from PwC on the present and future outlook of EVs.
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Section III finals end of road for Dispatch-area girls volleyball teams
Girls volleyball has been around since the 1970s and Dispatch-area schools have competed for league and Section III titles often since then. This year Stockbridge Valley, Morrisville-Eaton and Canastota qualified for the finals, which were held Saturday at Chittenango.
That's as far as each team can go because of how the New York State Public High School Athletic Association conducts its championship.
Girls sports began with four seasons. Volleyball and basketball were not held at the same time originally, so when Title IX forced schools to choose when to play some kept volleyball in the winter opposite basketball while others switched to the fall and others went to the spring. State regional championships were held starting in the 1980s when about 60 percent of the schools with volleyball played in the fall, 30 percent played in the winter and 10 percent played in the spring.
The sections of the state with volleyball in the fall promoted the creation of a state tourney in their season since they had the required six or more sections taking part. Sections III, IV, V and VII had teams in the winter and they had an expanded regional tourney for a long time, but slowly teams began to switch to the fall and it dissolved a few years ago.
So now Section III is the only section with volleyball in the winter, though most of its Class AA teams play in the fall and one league has 14 smaller schools playing then as well.
The advantage for the sport to be played in the fall - or spring for that matter - is gymnasiums are more available. But the fall already has soccer, field hockey, swimming, cross country, tennis and gymnastics for girls and if Section III schools all moved to the fall there would be seven sports for girls while the winter would have only basketball for most schools while a few would also have the options of indoor track and skiing.
The advantage of having volleyball in the winter is that's when it was invented to played and it gives girls more opportunities. In most small schools boys can choose between basketball and wrestling while girls would have just basketball. Larger schools offer swimming, boys volleyball and hockey for boys as well, so girls are discriminated against even more so if volleyball is in the fall instead of winter.
While some medium-sized Section III schools switched to fall the past two years, it appears the schools that are still playing in the winter are all staying put for 2013-14.
Of all Dispatch-area schools playing girls volleyball, only Canastota won a state title when the state's sportswriters had weekly state rankings. In the early 2000s, coach Marcia Laidlaw's Raiders, led by state player of the year Cassidy Mariano, were ranked No. 1 at the end of the year in the state poll. ironically, Canastota's wrestling team had the same distinction in the mid 1990s. That sport, however, has never had a state team tournament, just a tourney for individuals as well as state rankings. Boys volleyball has been similar to girls volleyball as the state is split when its teams play. There has not been a state tournament for small schools and one for large schools was started this year in the fall.
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) Kyle Williams can't believe the New York Giants weren't punished by the NFL for targeting him in last year's NFC championship game.
The punt returner whose mistakes cost the 49ers a chance to make the last Super Bowl, and who will miss Sunday's game against Baltimore with an injured left knee, said Wednesday he is ``shocked'' that the Giants escaped discipline.
``The only thing crazy to me was that nothing came of it after they came down so much on the Saints,'' Williams said.
``The league announced the bounties and that (former Saints defensive coordinator) Gregg Williams said the same things the Giants were saying. They took it to the highest level they could with the Saints. But it seemed like the league decided it was no big deal what the Giants said.''
What Giants special teamers Jacquian Williams and Devin Thomas said after New York's 20-17 overtime victory sounded similar to what the Saints were sanctioned for.
``The thing is, we knew he had four concussions, so that was our biggest thing was to take him out of the game,'' said linebacker Jacquian Williams, who forced the 49ers returner's overtime fumble, which set up the winning field goal.
Thomas recovered both errors - the first was considered a muff when the ball glanced off Williams' right knee.
``He's had a lot of concussions,'' Thomas said. ``We were just like, `We've got to put a hit on that guy.'''
The NFL did not punish either player following that game, saying, ``There was no conduct by the Giants of any kind that would suggest an effort to injure Kyle Williams in any way.''
And the Giants were not penalized once the Saints bounties were announced.
``Guys are trying to put guys out of the game every game, so it did not surprise me,'' Kyle Williams said. ``You know a guy has a history of injuries, you'll go after it. You might not say it, but you do it.''
But the Giants said it.
``Yeah,'' Williams said with a shrug. ``But it's all in the past now. And we're at the Super Bowl.''
The Giants declined to comment Wednesday.
Williams also was subjected to hateful, even threatening comments via social media after the 49ers lost the conference championship game. He talked with his father, Kenny, the executive vice president of the Chicago White Sox, and was comforted by his dad's advice.
``He told me that a strong man gets through this,'' Kyle Williams said. ``He said, `I have no doubt you will,' and that's the last time we talked about it.''
Williams felt guilty about last year's loss, but said teammates immediately came to his defense and supported him. He is getting the same vibes from them now as he watches while they play for the NFL title.
``We're like a family, and we comfort each other, help each other out,'' he said. ``The guys like myself and Mario (Manningham) and Kendall (Hunter), who are hurt and can't play, we're still a big part of our success.''
Coincidentally, Williams was injured trying to avoid Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma - one of the players initially suspended in the bounty case - in San Francisco's 31-21 win at the Superdome on Nov. 25. He re-entered the stadium for the first time Tuesday during Super Bowl media day, admitting it felt ``strange.''
He also said he has an empty feeling, but that would change with a win Sunday.
``Honestly it's been bittersweet because I'm not lacing them up, I'm not going to be able to be out there,'' Williams said. ``But I'm still there with them. I'm playing my role in a sense.
``I'm a semi-coach at this point, helping out the younger guys, whatever I can see on the sidelines. I've got the earpiece in ... I have a limited role right now, but it's my role. I've got to do it.''
The 49ers insist upon it. Their general manager, Trent Baalke, spoke with Kenny Williams about the importance of Kyle remaining involved in the 49ers' everyday routine.
Not that the father expected anything less of the son.
``He's been around athletics all his life and he knows there are different factors that go into ultimate team success,'' Kenny Williams said. ``That's one of the things that has been expressed to me from Trent directly is that Kyle's got some leadership abilities and he did not want him to go away like some guys do when they get hurt. He wanted his voice heard and he wanted him front and center with all the responsibilities. I'm glad to hear that he's following through on all that.''
Still, Kyle Williams would prefer to follow through on it with a big catch or long punt return.
``It ticks me off, because you want to suit up and help the team and you can't,'' he said.
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Just after pervy CEO Dov Charney sunk $2 million of his own money into the company, camel toe purveyor American Apparel has released its latest financial report. And it's bad. Very, very bad.
"As of December 31, 2010, American Apparel has substantial indebtedness, including $57.2 million of borrowings under our revolving credit facilities and $81.2 million of borrowings under our facility with Lion [Capital]." And Lion Capital, which saved A.A. with an $83 million investment a couple of years ago, has just resigned its seats on the A.A. board. Dov Charney tells the NY Post that Lion is "in a better position to be our financial partner off the board than on the board," but few investors would interpret that as a positive sign.
Under the "Legal Proceedings" section of A.A.'s latest report, we count 13 lawsuits currently ongoing against the company, as well as subpoenas related to FBI and SEC investigations, and "other employment-related claims and other matters incidental to our business."
And the real bad news: the company reports that it lost $86 million in 2010. It has well under $10 million in cash. And if Dov Charney doesn't somehow come up with a big bucket of new cash in the very new future, bankruptcy is all but inevitable.
Dov Charney told the LAT that the chances of bankruptcy are "not even a 1-in-1,000 chance." Noted.
Investors, now's your chance to be close personal friends with Dov Charney! He knows lots of pretty girls. Don't all rush in at once.


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UH Manoa to hold World Town Planning Day on Nov. 8University of Hawaiʻi
Department of Urban and Regional Planning
HONOLULU — The Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, in partnership with the American Planning Association, Hawai'i Chapter, are pleased to announce a schedule of events in celebration of World Town Planning Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the School of Architecture Auditorium on the Mānoa campus. The event is free and open to all those interested in the advancement of public and professional planning.
From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., there were will information tables and booths related to urban planning and disaster management at the UH Mānoa Campus Center. Practicing planners, students, faculty and researchers will talk about their work, their plans and their research related to community building, environmental management, and disaster recovery.
An awards presentation honoring planners and their plans will be held at 7 p.m. in the Architecture Auditorium. Descriptions and displays of award-wining plans, planners, and projects will be showcased at this time.
The event also features a couple of panel discussions held in the Architecture Auditorium that focus on the topic of "Planning for the Inevitable: Perspectives on Disaster Readiness." The first panel, from 4 to 5:30 p.m., will be moderated by Karl Kim, professor and chair of the urban planning department, and will feature UH experts Tom Schroeder (meteorology), Steve Meder (architecture), Jim Spencer (urban and regional planning), Neal Milner (political science), Jon Matsuoka (School of Social Work) and Cheryl Anderson (Social Science Research Institute), who will give their perspectives on "what would happen if the perfect storm were to hit Hawaiʻi."
The evening panel, moderated by Sue Sakai of Belt Collins, which focuses on "learning from other places," will follow the awards ceremony at 7 p.m. The panel discussion will begin with a presentation featuring well-known Hawaiʻi planner, Jim Bell, who will describe the rebuilding of Hilo following the 1960 tsunami which destroyed much of the town.
Mike Napier from the Pacific Disaster Center will show some images and discuss approaches to damage assessment in the wake of disasters in Southeast Asia and following Hurricane Katrina. George Atta of Group 70 International will provide a national perspective on disaster planning. Brynes Yamashita and Lt. Commander Len Shilling of the U.S. Navy will offer their insights into disaster recovery based on experiences in Guam. Cheryl Soon, former director of transportation services and well-known planner about town, will offer her perspectives in terms of transportation and other planning considerations related to disaster readiness.
To conclude the day's events, a reception will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the courtyard of the School of Architecture. All students, faculty, alumni, members of the American Planning Association and others interested in urban and regional planning, are invited to attend.
World Town Planning Day was first celebrated on Nov. 8, 1949. It was started by the late Professor Carlos Maria della Paolera of the University of Buenos Aires to advance public and professional interest in planning, both locally and overseas. It is now celebrated in some 30 different countries around the world.
World Town Planning Day at UH Mānoa is co-sponsored by the Department of Urban & Regional Planning at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and the American Planning Association, Hawaiʻi Chapter.
For more information, call 956-7381.


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By Lisa Capobianco
Staff Writer
Besides participating in a Veteran's Day celebration last week, students at Kelley Elementary School worked together to create a candy care package for three local platoons serving in Afghanistan.
With the help and support of faculty and staff, students Colton and Analeigh Thorpe spread the word about their uncle's deployment overseas to collect boxes of leftover Halloween candy as a surprise through morning announcements and memos.
Colton, a third grader, along with his sister Analeigh, a first grader, said they wanted to show their uncle and 120 other servicemen appreciation for their duty.
"People in the army do not get Halloween or candy," they said.
Between November 1 and November 8, students piled at least several boxes with sweet treats. Jillian Thorpe, Colton and Analeigh's mother, helped her children organize the project, delivering the care packages once the drive finished.
"I like to give kids moments where we can celebrate the good things we do," Jillian said. "It is amazing how everyone pulls together and supports one another."
Jillian's brother, Thurman Musshorn, also known as "Uncle TJ," serves as a specialist for the 344th Military Police Company. She said TJ left for Afghanistan this past April, and is expected to return next February.
"I was just amazed," said Principal Marilyn Kahl, who watched the progress of the ever-growing boxes of candy. "It has been a huge success. I am so proud of how our students are helping our troops."
Other youngsters throughout the school district also participated in "The Halloween Candy Buy Back" drive, held by The Southington Dental Associates (SDA). SDA bought each pound of candy for $1, and all the sweet treats will be donated to the American Legion of Southington and Kiltonic Post 72 to be forwarded to the troops. From November 1 to November 7, SDA collected up to 100 pounds of candy.
Sue Lockery, the practice manager of SDA, said children from town donated their candy with smiles on their faces, and one family even donated 14 pounds of candy. Some families participated in the cause without even accepting the money.
"We loved doing it," Lockery said. "It is worthwhile."
Students start candy drive for uncle overseas
By Lisa Capobianco


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A regular meeting of the County of Dukes County Commissioners was held on Wednesday, June 12, 2002 at 7:30 p.m. in the Conference Room of the County Administration Building, notice of such meeting having been posted as required by law.
Commissioners Present: Leslie H. Leland, Chairman
Robert Sawyer
E. B. Collins
John Alley
Roger Wey
Leonard Jason, Jr.
Absent: Daniel Flynn
Also Present: Carol Borer, County Manager
Marsha Smolev, Executive Assistant
Sheriff McCormack
TJ Hegarty, Rodent Control Officer
Norman Perry, Emergency Management (7:38 PM)
Karen Ogden, Search and Rescue
Paul Strauss
Chairman Leland called the meeting to order at 7:32 PM.
Commissioner Collins Moved that the Minutes of the public session of the Meeting of May 22, 2002 be approved as written. Commissioner Alley seconded the Motion. The Minutes were approved Unanimously. Commissioner Collins Moved that the Minutes of May 29, 2002 be approved as written. Commissioner Sawyer Seconded the Motion that passed Unanimously.
TJ Hegarty requested the County Commissioners' approval of his idea to use an inflatable rodent to advertise his program in the July 4
Commissioner Jason Moved that the Commissioners Approve the Rodent
Control Officer's request to promote the services of the DC Rodent Control
Office that was initiated in 1943. Commissioner Sawyer Seconded the
Motion. The Motion Passed Unanimously.
Mrs. Borer noted a letter from the Health Council announcing two private donations of $10,000 each. In keeping with the County's Grant Policies that require the County Commissioners' vote to accept private donations, with full understanding of restrictions, the County Manager asked the Commissioners to decide if they would accept the funds.
Commissioner Wey Moved that the Commissioners Accept the donations. Commissioner Sawyer Seconded the Motion. The Vote to Accept the
Donations was Unanimous.
Commissioner Alley mentioned the clause in the letter referring to creating a bank account for the new 501(c)(3). Mrs. Borer said that the County Treasurer had not yet confirmed the mechanism to transmit checks to the 501(c)(3). Commissioner Wey asked for clarification about the 501(c)(3). Mrs. Borer reported on a conversation with Counsel Rick Manley, as well as on his conversation with Murray Frank of the Health Council. Attorney Manley was on vacation, but would speak with Reynolds, Rappaport and Kaplan when he returned. Mrs. Borer said Mr. Frank reported that the Health Council wanted to "start its own thing." Commissioner Sawyer asked what that meant. There was discussion about the fact that the 501(c)(3) could bid on County projects.
Mrs. Borer reported that Attorney Manley said conflict of interest issues (using public funds for a private non-profit) could be raised should the County have some ownership in the 501(c)(3). Mr. Manley added that the two bodies could work together, if they were separate and distinct.
Commissioner Jason voiced concern about the liability involved with partnering, as well as the fact that the County could be in conflict, should it partner with the 501(c)(3). Commissioner Sawyer voiced serious concerns that it would be a mistake to act on this without more information. He asked how the Health Council could be on its own, and added if the 501(c)(3) is a limited liability, how could there be a conflict. Commissioner Sawyer insisted that the legal opinion be given in writing. He said the 501(c)(3) would house the Island Health Plan and that would be a banner for the County.
Commissioner Jason said the 501(c)(3) would be the Island Health Plan and the Health Council would remain part of the County. Commissioner Sawyer said he was upset that the County Commissioners would be indirectly appointing the members of the 501(c)(3) by virtue of its membership. He added this was not an ad hoc committee, but a serious board.
Commissioner Alley referred to the presentation of the 501(c)(3) by the Health Council, in which he believed it was said that the 501(c)(3) would "free them from the cumbersome County process." Apparently, Commissioner Alley added, Mr. Frank said the Health Council was moving ahead with the 501(c)(3) anyway. Commissioner Alley said the problem was the name, Dukes County Health Council, that it should all be called the Island Health Plan.
Chairman Leland said the group had to incorporate in order to get the 501(c)(3). Commissioner Collins said the Board of Directors of that entity would determine its creation, and that the Commissioners were not involved.
Commissioner Sawyer Moved that the issue be Tabled pending the written
Commissioner Jason said the Commissioners wanted an integrated health care plan. He encouraged the Commissioners to support this, but to require that the Boards be distinct, adding that the Commissioners could give their blessing but require that members only serve on one Board. Commissioner Wey still questioned liability for the County. Commissioner Collins said in order to give his blessing, he would have to see a detailed specific plan of how the organization was set up, who was doing the appointing, and so on. He added if the approval of the Commissioners was not necessary, that he didn't need to see the mechanics. He agreed with Commissioner Jason that it was a vehicle to accomplish what the Commissioners wanted.
Commissioner Sawyer said the Health Council did not have the legal authority to set up a 501(c)(3) without the approval of the Commissioners. He believed the creation of the 501(c)(3) was a "marvelous idea," but the issue was the legal structure and process of creating it. He stressed it could be a serious mistake to act before having the information. Discussion continued.
Commissioner Alley Seconded the Motion to Table. Chairman Leland
called the question about Tabling the matter. Commissioner Sawyer voted
in favor of tabling. Commissioner Jason, Wey and Leland were opposed to
Tabling. Commissioners Collins and Alley Abstained. The Motion to Table
did not carry.
Commissioner Jason Moved to encourage the formation of
the 501(c)(3) with the understanding that members could only serve on one
Board, either the Health Council, or the Island Health Plan, not both.
Commissioner Wey Seconded the Motion for discussion.
Commissioner Sawyer noted that the Health Council wanted to serve on the 501(c)(3). He was opposed to the County not having a role in the 501(c)(3). He voiced concern about County assets going into a private 501(c)(3) with no public role.
Chairman Leland called for the Vote. Commissioners Jason, Wey and
Leland Voted in favor of the Motion. Commissioners Sawyer and Alley
Voted in Opposition to the Motion. Commissioner Collins Abstained.
The Motion carried.
Commissioner Sawyer asked that the County Manager get a written legal opinion to determine if that vote was legal. Commissioner Jason asked that there be discussion.
Commissioner Sawyer Moved that the Commissioners get a legal opinion
to determine if the vote just taken was a legal process. Commissioner Wey
Seconded the Motion. Commissioners Sawyer, Alley and Wey voted in
Favor of the Motion. Commissioners Leland and Jason were Opposed.
Commissioner Collins Abstained. The Vote to get a legal opinion on the
legality of the vote Carried.
Mrs. Borer reviewed the contents of the Commissioners' packets, including the Report on the Status of the County and Summary of Activities Over Fiscal Year 2002 that was given to the Advisory Board. Commissioner Alley commended the County Manager on the report. Also reviewed was the Resolution by the Emergency Medical Services Procurement Committee that was distributed to the All Island Selectmen at their meeting of June 3. The County Manager Reviewed a Memo she sent to the County Commissioners dated June 12, 2002 and recommended that the County Commissioners vote to send a letter to each Board of Selectmen requesting they appoint an individual to sit on an Advisory Ad-hoc Committee to revisit the Agreement and develop a new draft Agreement acceptable to the Towns.
Commissioner Sawyer Moved that the Commissioners send a letter to
The Boards of Selectmen requesting they appoint an individual to sit on an
advisory ad hoc committee to revisit the Intermunicipal Agreement and
come up with a new draft to go the towns at town meetings. Commissioner
Alley Seconded the Motion. The Vote carried with Commissioner Alley
Mrs. Borer explained that the County Website would begin to include a section on public awareness, to include information on hurricanes, ticks, Search and Rescue, rip tides, moped regulations, Tularemia, etc.
Mrs. Borer reported that the County awarded the Fuel Oil Bid to RM Packer Company, with a fixed price of .9795. She mentioned that she was researching ways to include other entities. Last year's Bid price was .9999.
Mrs. Borer reported that the parking lot at the County Administration Building had been completed. She also announced that the handicapped walkway at the Jabberwocky entrance to Joseph Sylvia State Beach was completed. Also, the Senior Corp Lab was almost completed. Norton Point would be closing on the following Monday due to the Plovers.
Mrs. Borer noted that there would be a Public Hearing on the Budget on June 17
, followed by a Supplemental Budget meeting of the Advisory Board. The Final list of Supplementary Budget transfers had not yet been prepared. Commissioner Sawyer strongly objected to anything going before the Advisory Board that had not first gone before the County Commissioners.
The Sheriff voiced his concern about closing Norton Point beach for the two reported Plover pairs. Mrs. Borer said she would check with Beach Manager Rob Culbert and suggest keeping part open. The Sheriff also asked which 'other entities' might be included in the Fuel Oil Bid. Mrs. Borer said the ice arena, the Steamship Authority, the Charter School and the Vineyard Transit Authority.
Mrs. Borer reported that there was consensus at the New York Avenue meeting, and acceptance by the abutters, of June 6
about the draft floor plan previously presented on March 13, 2002. Mrs. Borer suggested the possibility of towns each getting a bedroom on the second floor that could be used to house a police officer, or some other non-profit employee. Mrs. Borer said the County agreed to present the site plan and explore grant funding for drafting the building plan. She also said she was working to come up with a lease for COMSOG, as they had none. She suggested this might have to go to bid. Commissioner Jason mentioned that an interest in having permanent restrictions on the property was expressed at the meeting. Also, COMSOG was interested in more garden space. Commissioner Wey noted that he had had to leave the meeting early, and was concerned that the white building was not being demolished yet. He said the fill was there, why not do it immediately? Mrs. Borer replied that she needed to confirm future building possibilities once the demolition was completed. Commissioner Jason added it was necessary to review projected zoning rights to be sure rights would not be lost by demolishing the building. Mrs. Borer said a site plan was being prepared. Commissioner Wey offered to help expedite whatever needed to be done to get the demotion moving. He also questioned spending the money to build another meeting room when the Administration Building had a conference room and employees' wages were frozen. Mrs. Borer reiterated the goal to keep a meeting room for groups that had used the property before, the Shellfish Group, 4-H, COMSOG, etc. Commissioner Sawyer asked if the upstairs rooms needed handicapped access and Mrs. Borer said no, since they were not a public space.
The Sheriff asked about the three cabins he was expecting to move from the property and was told there were two available for his Department. Mrs. Borer said COMSOG was using 2 of the 5 cabins and a third was in very bad shape.
Commissioner Wey Moved that the Sheriff's Department gets two cabins.
Commissioner Sawyer Seconded the Motion that Passed Unanimously.
Mrs. Borer said they'd work out the issue of cabins.
Chairman Leland reported that the Commissioners were invited to participate in the July 4
Edgartown Parade.
Norman Perry, Director of Emergency Management gave an update on Hurricane Readiness. He reviewed 72 hour warnings, 24 hours and 6-8 hours. Discussion followed about the chart distributed and the role of Red Cross and MEMA. Commissioner Jason asked that Mr. Perry find out how many cots were available on the Vineyard for emergency use. Mr. Perry discussed the durability of an EOC trailer and stressed the need for a permanent emergency station. Commissioner Sawyer asked Mr. Perry to investigate the space in the Tisbury School because of the large generator there. Commissioner Jason also questioned if there was a whistle warning system. He added that a winter storm could conceivably be more destructive than a hurricane because of power outages and frigid weather. Sheriff McCormack asked Mr. Perry to look into becoming part of the Saturn Program, a statewide program involved with response to terrorism. Mr. Perry said he was interested in a stipend for emergency management. Chairman Leland suggested discussing this as part of a future budget process.
Karen Ogden, Director of Search and Rescue reported on the canine search team. She described the differences in searching by air scent or tracking. The Commissioners thanked Mr. Perry and Ms. Ogden for their reports.
Commissioner Jason Moved to adjourn. Commissioner Alley Seconded
the Motion. The meeting adjourned at 9:17 PM.
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Researcher Wins $630,000 Prize for 'Major Breakthrough' in Vision Science
David Williams, a faculty member of the University of Rochester's Institute of Optics, director of its Center for Visual Science, and dean for research in Arts, Science, and Engineering, will receive the António Champalimaud Vision Award at a ceremony today in Lisbon, Portugal. The ceremony, chaired by the president of Portugal, will recognize Williams' work on adaptive optics technologies as a "major breakthrough in the understanding and/or the preservation of vision." Williams is widely regarded as one of the world's leading experts on human vision.
In awarding the prize, the jury stated that Williams and his research group have "revitalized the field of physiological optics, producing year after year truly beautiful, technically brilliant and groundbreaking work."
The prize is shared with the developers of optical coherence tomography (OCT), another method of imaging the retina that has improved the diagnosis and clinical management of retinal disease. Williams said he was delighted to share the award as "together these two technologies make it possible for us to image the retina with unsurpassed resolution and move us further down the path to understanding of retinal disease." Williams, the William G. Allyn Chair of Medical Optics, called the discoveries in adaptive optics "the work of many graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and collaborators over two decades. It is great for our whole community that the achievements and potential of adaptive optics for vision is showcased with this award," he said.
The Champalimaud Award is given in even numbered years and awards one million euros for contributions to vision research, by far the largest amount of any award in the fields of vision science and ophthalmology. Williams will be taking half of the prize, about $630,000 toward future research.
Adaptive optics was first developed by astronomers so that telescopes could see more clearly through the Earth's atmosphere. The technologies that Williams and his group developed apply these techniques to the eye and make it possible to image individual retinal cells, down to individual cone photoreceptors in the living human retina, by looking through the pupil. The techniques Williams' group developed can not only modify the light leaving the eye to obtain better pictures of the retina, they can also modify the light going into the eye to obtain better vision. This can improve vision in patients with contact lenses, intraocular lenses, and laser refractive surgery. For example, the methods Williams' group developed are used in more than half of the LASIK procedures conducted worldwide today.
The jury added that the discoveries of Williams and his colleagues have "demonstrated the potential of optical methods, for both the investigation and the improvement of normal and pathological visual function. They have set the stage for current approaches to vision correction and have opened up new possibilities for imaging retinal structures in the living eye."
About the University of Rochester
The University of Rochester (www.rochester.edu) is one of the nation's leading private universities. Located in Rochester, N.Y., the University gives students exceptional opportunities for interdisciplinary study and close collaboration with faculty through its unique cluster-based curriculum. Its College, School of Arts and Sciences, and Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences are complemented by its Eastman School of Music, Simon School of Business, Warner School of Education, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, School of Medicine and Dentistry, School of Nursing, Eastman Institute for Oral Health, and the Memorial Art Gallery.