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Read the original story here in The Atlantic Cities.
Kelly Clifton has heard this stereotype a number of times: "Cyclists are just a bunch of kids who don't have any money," says the professor of civil and environmental engineering at Portland State University. "They ride their bikes to a coffee shop, they sit there for four hours with their Macintoshes, they're not really spending any money."
If you're a shopkeeper with such suspicions, you're probably not on board with any plan that would cut down on parking right outside your door. Cyclists are the ones with time to kill; drivers are the ones with money.
This perception is problematic in a place like Portland, where the bike-friendly city government is now looking to extend the reach of bike infrastructure – and the appeal of bikes themselves – to newer riders and neighborhoods farther afield from the urban core. "As we move out beyond those areas into more auto-oriented areas," Clifton says, "we start to see businesses say, 'Hey, wait a minute. You're taking away on-street parking to put in bike lanes, you're taking away the one parking spot in front of my store to put in a bike corral. I don't see many bikers around here. So what does this mean for me?"
Until now there hasn't been much empirical evidence to allay such concerns. Clifton and several colleagues have attempted to fill that research gap in a project for the Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium (read a PDF of the draft report here). They surveyed 1,884 people walking out of area convenience stores, restaurants and bars, and another 19,653 who'd just done their supermarket shopping. Some of the results are unsurprising: Drivers still make up a plurality of customers to all of these businesses. And, with greater trunk capacity, they far outspend people who travel to the grocery store by foot, bike or transit.
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But for all of the other business types examined, bikers actually out-consumed drivers over the course of a month. True, they often spent less per visit. But cyclists and pedestrians in particular made more frequent trips (by their own estimation) to these restaurants, bars and convenience stores, and those receipts added up. This finding is logical: It's a lot easier to make an impulse pizza stop if you're passing by an aromatic restaurant on foot or bike instead of in a passing car at 35 miles an hour. Such frequent visits are part of the walkable culture. Compare European communities – where it's common to hit the bakery, butcher and fish market on the way home from work – to U.S. communities where the weekly drive to Walmart's supermarket requires an hour of dedicated planning.
"It's not just a phenomenon born of the need to carry things," Clifton says. Walkable (and bikeable) communities by definition facilitate a more frequent interaction between patrons and businesses. This means these bikers and pedestrians are also more regular customers. "That also says something about marketing," Clifton says, "about customer loyalty, about neighborhood-based businesses."
The study examined 89 businesses across the region, 11 of them grocery stores. At the bars, convenience stores and restaurants (all high-turnover sit-down pizza and Mexican spots), researchers snagged consumers on their way out between June and early October of last year. They gave them a 5-to-10 minute tablet questionnaire about their demographics and travel behavior, how they'd traveled that day, what they'd spent, and how often they estimated they visited the business each month. The researchers coordinated with a local grocery store chain to survey customers there during a single week this April.
Their findings are neatly summarized in these three graphs. This first one shows how much consumers spent on average per trip, by transportation mode:
Here, people estimated how many trips they took per month:
And this is the total estimate of consumer spending per month:
There are obviously some other factors at play here. Families with cars are less likely to eat out than single young professionals on a bike. And we'd all prefer that drivers run up smaller bar tabs than pedestrians. Clifton also raises another possibility (although this particular study can't verify it): "Does Portland have a green dividend?" she asks, citing a concept coined by economist Joe Cortright. Cars are costly. And Portland's green infrastructure means many people don't have to foot that expense. "Do we then have more money in our pockets," Clifton asks, "to spend on other things?"
As Portland begins to make tougher decisions about bike infrastructure, this is an intriguing point. The "young and fearless," as Clifton calls them, are already biking there. These are the riders who will happily dodge cars and thunderstorms without much dedicated infrastructure. Now the city needs to coax what Clifton calls the "interested but concerned." These are the people who will require a higher level of accommodation – separated bike lanes, actual bike parking – and therefore some tougher conversations about what that might mean for scarce resources and roadway (and for the drivers who might be impacted by reallocating them).
"If only we had asked these questions when we invested in the automobile," Clifton says. "On the one hand, we're asking the right questions. But we're also holding non-motorized modes up to a different standard than we have held the automobile."


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In 1917 the Catholic Church in Livermore burned to the ground. Afterward, the town fathers thought that maybe it would be a good idea if the town had a fire engine.
But, Livermore only had $750 in the bank and the fire engine they wanted cost $10,750. The citizens voted for a bond issue to raise $10,000 and Livermore got its first fire engine, a 1920 Seagrave. The price was about equal to the price of three houses at that time, and probably a good way to justify the cost of the vehicle.
Fredrick Seagrave entered the firefighting business in 1881 in Detroit, first building sturdy ladders. Later he was asked by a volunteer fire department to build a hand-drawn wagon and, as they say, the rest is history. The company moved to Columbus, Ohio and now is the oldest continuously operating fire engine manufacturer in the country.
The 1920 model was the first time Seagrave built its own engine. The six-cylinder motor generated 90 HP and used a three-speed manual transmission requiring double clutching. Two very large chains, like bicycle chains, transfer the power from the engine to the drive wheels.
The tires on Livermore's engine were originally hard rubber but were changed to inflatable tires about 1939. The odometer got disconnected with the tire change, but after 19 years of service, the odometer showed 329 miles.
Since the engine also drives the pump on the truck, the actual engine usage is greater than the chassis mileage. This 1920 Seagrave does not carry any water supply, but relied on fire hydrants — or, in rural areas, creeks or farmers' ponds for water. It could pump 750 gallons of water per minute.
The brakes are mechanical but work too slow and stop the chains, not the wheels directly. Since there are no brakes to the front wheels, and we know front brakes do most of the braking, the driver had to think ahead before stopping. The old Seagrave has right-hand drive, as that was considered the safest so the driver could better see the edge of the road.
This Seagrave fire engine served Livermore from 1920 until 1951 before it was retired. It was moved to the Livermore City Water Treatment grounds and parked outside for about 25 years. In 1976 it was towed to the historic Duarte Garage in Livermore where the deteriorated vehicle rested, largely forgotten.
"Then about four years ago," volunteer Jim Boehmke said," a couple of us got together and decided we needed to do something about this old fire engine. Stuff had been stolen off of it and damage happened but thanks to eBay, we found all the missing parts."
A volunteer group was formed. One may not need a rocket scientist to restore an old fire truck, but included in the volunteer group were at least three retired Ph.D.s.
The volunteers would meet at the Duarte Garage every Saturday morning to work on the Seagrave. Many utilized time at home to work on their particular assignment. There was electrical work, mechanical work, upholstery work, body work, paint work and wood work.
"It turned out that the skills and the knowledge of a nucleus group of six or eight guys was exactly what we needed to do this job," Boehmke told me. "So it went much quicker than I thought."
"Originally I thought this would be about a 10-year project," he said, "but we completed the project in just four years. We aren't too sure as to the number of hours invested, but we do know it is in excess of 10,000 hours."
Many local businesses contributed to the restoration, including Lance Cavalieri Jewelers giving 23-karat gold leaf that Ralph Newman painted free hand on the Seagrave. Ned's Auto Body Supply donated the red paint and Tri-Valley Body Shop painted the vehicle.
In all, over $30,000 was donated to complete it. The vehicle is officially owned by the Livermore Heritage Guild.
After learning about this 92-year-old fire engine, I was offered a ride. More eager than a Dalmatian dog, I climbed up to the "shotgun" seat, which is on the left. The antique engine responded almost immediately and we were on our way.
Jim Boehmke was driving and that is no easy task. The accelerator is between the clutch and brake. There was a spark advance level to manipulate. A volunteer stood on each side running board and acted as a combination GPS, lookout, and turn signal. He got the old fire engine up to 26 mph. That's a lot of breeze with no doors, or windshield. People pointed and stared.
Down the road a bit, we saw a big modern Livermore Fire Department fire engine coming toward us. I cranked the manual siren, and Boehmke clanged the big silver bell that could test the hard of hearing. They did the same. We saluted each other.
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Taxes don't have to be tough, though they do have to get done. Thankfully, we now live in a world where some of the most complex and intimidating tasks — ahem, filling out your 1040a — become far easier with the a little help from technology.
There's no longer a need to sit at your computer with your TI-84 and a booming headache, as both Android or iOS now tout apps that allow you to manage different filing aspects from anywhere you choose. Some software helps you estimate taxes and check refunds, while others will give you a quick means for preparing taxes in advance and filing them on the move. Others still, serve as rich reference material, because, frankly, we can't all afford our own taxman. Below are 10 of our favorites, from Expensifiy and My Block to TaxACT Express.
Although the official IRS smartphone app for Android and iOS devices is pretty barebones, it does let you check the status of your tax refund, make tax payments, and get updates from the IRS. It also provides numbers and times when you can call and ask questions, along with tool that lets you sign up for a slew of tax hints. If you e-filed your taxes, you can also check on their status in the app within 72 hours.
My Block
If the IRS app isn't doing it for you, H&R Block offers a more featured app. Dubbed My Block, it will let you check your refund status and browse a notable help section that's full of terms and answers to basic tax questions. The app also features a checklist that helps you create a tax filing to-do list for yourself, along with tools that allows you to plan your paycheck in advance and estimate the extent of your refund. If you still have questions or need help, you can set up an appointment at a local H&R Block office from within the app. You can even upload documents so your tax pro will have them on hand to look at.
Expensify isn't tailored made for taxes per se, but it does help independent contractors or anyone else looking to further cement their deductible expenditures throughout the year. The straightforward mobile app allows you to capture receipts, track time or mileage, and generally make note of any expenses or attachments you have laying around. It can also automatically import credit card transactions and scan receipts to create expense reports — if desired — both of which you can later convert into IRS-approved eReceipts that minimize your paper footprint, and, more importantly, any tax-related discrepancies.
Tax Preparation
H&R Block's Tax Preparation isn't the same as the company's My Block app. Whereas the latter serves as a vital source information and a means for quick planning, the former is more concerned with preparing and actually filing the taxes at hand. The free app culls and imports information directly from a photo of your W-2, whether you opt for the Free, Basic, Deluxe, or Premium edition of H&R's service. It provides you with an in-depth look at what causes your refund to ebb and flow, along with cross-platform syncing and status updates regarding your return. Additional advice and free, in-person audit support also come standard.
Ask a CPA
Don't let the dated looks and orange-coated interface fool you … Ask a CPA is a competent adviser designed to fit snugly in the pocket of your jeans. The simple app provides you with a host of basic tips regarding the latest tax changes, many of which span a variety of different categories, from alimony and dividends to adoption expenses and charitable deductions. However, the app also gives you the opportunity to ask specifics if your question hasn't already covered within the app's archives, to which CPA's in your local area can then respond. It's a fantastic resource for individual taxpayers, accounting students, and small business owners looking for answers to common tax questions. Now, let's just hope your question fits in the given text box.
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"It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done." --Samuel Johnson
I loved every minute I spent reading the controversial book "The DaVinci Code" by Dan Brown - but certainly not for its wild and almost ridiculous plot line about secret societies protecting the supposed later-day brood of Jesus. No, my love of that book comes from his use of Opus Dei - a secretive, archconservative Catholic organization - as the bad guys.
You see I attended an Opus Dei run all-boys elementary school for a few years (grades five through seven) and it was simply the worst experience of my childhood - hell, my entire life. It was a violent, mean-spirited place, and for many years I contemplated leaving the Catholic faith because of my time there. Needless to say, anytime I see Opus Dei getting whacked in the press or even in a fictional bestseller, I enjoy it immensely.
That's the power of negative impressions. And we've all been there, too. Get treated shabbily by a dealership when buying a new vehicle or getting it serviced, for example, and not only won't you ever go back there again, you may never buy the brand of vehicle they sell ever again. You might share your negative experience with others, too, and warn them off of both dealer and brand.
Trying to reverse that negative impression is a huge undertaking that might never succeed. Just look at how GM and Ford have lost market share to the Japanese year after long year despite massive improvements to the design and quality of their vehicles and dealer networks (though I think they will both start to rebound over the next five years).
Trucking has its own share of negative impressions to overcome and we all know why. I'll share my neighbor's recent experience: driving home from upstate New York from a long holiday vacation with family, they were tailgated mercilessly on the Pennsylvania turnpike by a trucker doing 80 mph in heavy rain. A frightening experience, to say the least (and they called the state police to report him, a move I firmly endorse). Even though his brother is a top-notch truck driver, having that kind of day on the highway made him steam about truckers as a group - and rightly so.
I talked to Julie Cirillo once about this. The first chief administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration when it was formed back in late 1999, she told me one negative experience like tailgating - something that happened to her own sister - colors people's overall perception of trucking for a long time. She said those kinds of negative highway experiences gave the whole industry a bad name, undoing all sorts of positive work by professional truckers.
That's why I think from here on out trucking as a whole needs to really refocus itself on addressing the kinds of driving habits and incidents that lead not only to such bad experiences, but cause accidents, too. The freight may be hot, but that's no excuse for throwing caution and good safety practices to the winds. For negative impressions last a long, long time, and they'll complicate industry efforts on a lot of fronts.


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My family and I were traveling in Guatemala a few years ago. We visited a man who had given his life to serving a poor congregation. We sat at the kitchen table with him, a man who had been bent into humility by the burdens of pastoring in a struggling nation while raising four children. Still in the muddy trenches of parenthood with our five sons and one daughter, we confessed to him our feelings of inadequacy.
"Your children are grown. What have you learned looking back on your years of child-raising? Do you have any advice for us?" We looked at him, needy, expectant.
He would have none of it. "I'm not one to talk to. I don't exactly have a perfect record." One of his children was immersed in an addiction, he told us, visibly sad. Another had a failed marriage.
He was silent for a moment, nodding slowly, and then continued. "I never lived up to my mother's expectations either. I've been reading her journal lately, and I see how she prayed for me, what she prayed. And I've never lived up to what she hoped for me," he said, his voice a near-whisper. "I think she considered me a failure."
In my mother-mind, I supplied the last words: "And considered herself a failure as a parent." This conversation shook me profoundly, touching one of my deepest concerns.
Prevailing Parental Panic
I'm hardly alone in my fixation. More than any other generation, today's parents are worried sick that they will mess up their children's lives. A massive 2006 study revealed that parents post significantly higher rates of depression than adults without children. Judith Warner's 2005 book, Perfect Madness: Motherhood in an Age of Anxiety, captured the national obsession with successful parenting and its overwrought attempts to secure happiness and success ...1


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On Purposive Images and Analytical Separatism
Jaleen Grove has jumped back into the conversation about commercial or purposive images versus art images. I had suggested that art and commercial images have distinct cultures and better to treat them differently for purposes of cultural analysis. Jaleen objects in very serious terms:
It is correct to say that the gatekeepers of "high art" are "right" to keep out the "low", according to their own tradition. But if one persists in keeping art and illustration separate, one persists in this classism, which prevents a real inquiry and evaluation of both underdogs and elites, because it conjures up all the oppressive prejudicial thought that relegated things to the "low" and "high" in the first place. In fact, the boundaries of art are being constantly negotiated by museum curators, boards, and the public, because this categorical divide is so shaky and, quite frankly, untenable today. This is partly why "art history" is becoming "visual culture studies".
So to me, cake decorating is indeed art. I cannot divide art from artistic (defining it here as "art-like"). Taking as a hypothetical example a particularly excellent cake, it is comprised of skill and personal expression according to the same formal properties and social properties that Michelangelo, Rodin, Odilon Redon, Norman Rockwell and any other creator ever used: colour, volume, shape, line, symbolism, appropriateness, charm, talent, innovation, and personal meaningfulness for the maker and/or patron. There is neither art nor the artistic, but rather _objects made using aesthetic principles_. Some are for eating, some are for contemplating - these are different, but equal, purposes.
I'm trying to treat all images as purpose-ful, to restore a discourse of what is active in all image-making, see what they do socially, in terms of whose interests they serve, what silent tasks they perform. If we pretend "art" has no purpose then we stay blind to what it is doing as a status symbol, as a political voice, as interior decoration, as a theoretical statement in itself. If we pretend illustration/cartooning is not art (ie, that its aesthetic properties can be dismissed as secondary), then we stay ignorant of how it "clicks" with the spirit of the times, how it arrests the attention of its audience, how people identify with it, how it achieves appropriateness, how it manipulates emotions and thought, in short, how it performs its priority of good communication.
Well argued. Yes, it is possible and may be valuable to apply overarching analytical processes to all images to see what kicks up. And yes, Art with a capital A does engage in a sort of special pleading about its own status, based primarily on habit and momentum at this point. And yes of course it is all historically contingent and made up.
All that said, there is an enormous cultural and institutional history in play here. I have observed such histories at work in both studio and art history academic contexts. They are extremely powerful contraptions--not in the conspiratorial sense, but as a matter of massive financial and habitual inertia. I have spent too much time arguing for inclusion in the face of indifferently privileged cultural players. It's exhausting, it's insulting, and finally, it'swrongheaded. I don't want to be included; I want to be left alone to practice my craft and build audience. Design departments and cultural studies encampments (as distinct from art history) tend to be more hospitable districts, although there are exceptions. I do think that art history will prove more durable as a discipline and resistant to visual culture studies encroachments than Jaleen suspects. Finally I think my arguments stand on the merits: the instrumentality of purposive images does distinguish them from disinterested ones. Certain ambiguities in certain settings cannot, in my view, obviate this foundational insight. To be sure, more close arguing in more formal settings than this blog will be required to satisfy Ms. Grove and others who may object to these contentions.
And yes, the world is big enough for separatism and universality, so I will look forward to more argument and application of other methodologies to these objects.
For the record, the aesthetic properties of purposive images provide some of my favorite pleasures in life.


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(CNN) -- Celebrity chef Paula Deen, who lost endorsements and a national cooking show after she admitted using a racial slur in the past, on Friday welcomed the resolution of a lawsuit by a former employee who leveled accusations of racism and sexual harassment.
The federal lawsuit will be dismissed by agreement, according to a court filing. It was not immediately clear whether there was a settlement, but a description on a federal court website labeled the filing as a "settlement agreement."
A federal judge in Georgia had not signed off on the agreement, according to the filing.
The proceedings will be dismissed "with prejudice," meaning the lawsuit cannot be filed again. The parties agreed the dismissal would be "without any award of costs or fees to any party," according to the posting.
Earlier this month, U.S. District Judge William T. Moore Jr. in Savannah dismissed a portion of the lawsuit that contended former employee Lisa Jackson was a victim of racial discrimination.
Deen released a statement Friday, said she believes "in kindness and fairness for everyone."
"While this has been a difficult time for both my family and myself, I am pleased that the judge dismissed the race claims and I am looking forward to getting this behind me, now that the remaining claims have been resolved."
Deen's career and public reputation went into a tailspin earlier this summer after her deposition in the lawsuit, in which she admitted using the "N word" in the past, was released.
Jackson alleged that Deen and her brother, Bubba Hiers, committed numerous acts of violence, discrimination and racism that resulted in the end of her five years of employment at The Lady and Sons, and Uncle Bubba's Oyster House -- two Savannah, Ga., restaurants run by Deen and her family.
But Jackson could not claim to be a victim of racial discrimination targeting African-American workers because she is white, Moore ruled in early August.
Other aspects of the lawsuit, including sexual harassment and abusive treatment, were still pending until Friday's agreed order of dismissal.
CNN was unable to immediately reach lawyers for Jackson.
Savannah is where Deen built her business and brand into what many consider the folksy face of Southern cooking.
In the media firestorm that followed news of the deposition, Deen lost lucrative endorsements and her Food Network cooking show, while the publication of her eagerly anticipated cookbook was canceled.
In her statement, Deen thanked Jackson for five years of service at Uncle Bubba's.
"Moving forward my team and I are working to review the workplace environment issues that were raised in this matter and to retool all of my businesses operations," Deen said. "I look forward to getting back to doing what I love."
Jackson's complaint alleged that a "racially biased attitude prevailed throughout and pervaded defendants' restaurant operations," and that African-American staff could use the restaurant's rear entrance only.
But the judge ruled there was no evidence racially offensive comments allegedly made by Hiers were directed toward Jackson or made with the intent to harass her.
The complaint said the company was a "boy's club" with men in management positions, "and women are not invited to take on substantial decision-making roles."
Jackson contended that Hiers subjected her to sexual harassment on "an almost daily basis."
In June, Deen's sons staunchly defended their mother, saying allegations of racism were false "character assassination."
"Neither one of our parents ever taught us to be bigoted toward any other person for any reason," Bobby Deen told CNN's "New Day" in an exclusive interview with Chris Cuomo.
"Our mother is one of the most compassionate, good-hearted, empathetic people that you'd ever meet," he added. "These accusations are very hurtful to her, and it's very sad."
A deposition confession
At a May deposition in the Jackson lawsuit, Deen admitted having used the "N word" long ago.
Jackson lawyer: "Miss Deen, have you told racial jokes?"
Deen: "No, not racial."
Jackson lawyer: "Have you ever used the 'N word' yourself?"
Deen: "Yes, of course."
Deen testified that she probably used the racial slur when talking to her husband about "when a black man burst into the bank that I was working at and put a gun to my head."
"I didn't feel real favorable towards him," she said, referring to the robber.
Jackson lawyer: "Have you used it since then?"
Deen: "I'm sure I have, but it's been a very long time."
Deen said she couldn't remember other contexts in which she used the slur, but "maybe in repeating something that was said to me."
"But that's just not a word that we use as time has gone on," she said. "Things have changed since the '60s in the South. And my children and my brother object to that word being used in any cruel or mean behavior."
Deen apologized for her language in two videos produced in June.
"I want to learn and grow from this," she said in one video. "Inappropriate and hurtful language is totally, totally unacceptable. I've made plenty of mistakes along the way but I beg you, my children, my team, my fans, my partners -- I beg for your forgiveness."
CNN's Cristy Lenz, Alan Duke and InSession's Jessica Thill contributed to this report.
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The State University of New York is building a case to disqualify the leading bidder for Long Island College Hospital with a critical Monday deadline approaching, according to a state official.
The state official said that SUNY is documenting the legal reason under the state's procurement rules as to why Brooklyn Health Partners should be disqualified, which could include BHP's inability to put together financing or adhere to the plan as proposed, including promises to build a full-service hospital at the site in the heart of brownstone Brooklyn.
BHP officials are battling concerns that they won't be able to make Monday's deadline to put down a $25 million deposit and reach a deal with SUNY. They are suing SUNY in Brooklyn Supreme Court, saying that university officials are negotiating in bad faith and have layered on additional requirements to make it difficult for them to close the transaction. The parties are set to be in court Friday afternoon.


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Gov. Scott to White House: Stop FAA's Furlough of Air Controllers
Today, Governor Rick Scott sent a letter to President Obama calling on the White House to work to avoid the FAA's furlough of air controllers that begins today.
Read the letter to the President
The Honorable Barack Obama
President of the United States
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mr. President:
On your March 29th visit to Miami, you highlighted the importance of transportation services to jobs and our nation's economy; yet, today the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will begin to furlough 10 percent of the nation's air controllers because of sequestration.
These furloughs will have a devastating impact on Florida families by creating unnecessary delays that will impact Florida airports. According to the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), with Florida airports accommodating more than 142 million passengers annually, we would experience a direct economic output reduction of $19 million annually, or $1.6 million per month. Florida communities will be disproportionately impacted by these furloughs as we are the only state in the nation with four large hub airports, including Orlando International, Tampa International, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International and Miami International. Moreover, these furloughs would create a ripple effect causing additional delays at other hub airports such as Jacksonville International, Southwest Florida International and Palm Beach International. These delays will cost time and resources, hinder domestic and international commerce, and undoubtedly have long term consequences for Florida's tourism industry, which all impact Florida families.
Equally disturbing is that the $637 million in reductions that the U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) claims requires furloughs, could be addressed with common sense budgeting. As the Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure pointed out, the FAA's budget has increased by 100 percent in less than two decades, and the FAA has $2.7 billion in non-personnel spending that could be utilized to help mitigate impacts to critical personnel. Once again, this is another example of the federal government using a meat cleaver, when they should be using a scalpel to reduce government spending.
These impacts come while Florida's economy is on the rebound:
- More than 320,000 private sector jobs were created over the past two years, and Florida's unemployment rate is currently below the national average at 7.5 percent;
- VISIT FLORIDA anticipates 2012 was a record year for tourism spending with $71.8 billion spent by visitors – a 6.8 percent increase since 2011; and
- VISIT FLORIDA anticipates 2012 was a record year for tourism with 89.3 visitors traveling to Florida in 2012 – an increase of 2.3 percent over 2011.
The decisions by the FAA are a hindrance to our continued economic growth and job creation. We continue to ask you to address the impacts of sequestration on Florida families, and work with Congress to make common-sense budget decisions, as we do at the state level to protect critical resources while ensuring we live within our means.
I urge you to quickly take the steps necessary to avoid these furloughs and impacts on critical services. Florida families have done their job; it's time our federal leaders do theirs.
Rick Scott
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Support of public transportation investment increasesWritten by Jenifer Nunez, assistant editor
A new survey released indicates that there is growing support for expanding public transportation.
The survey, Americans Support for Public Transportation, conducted by the Mineta Transportation Institute (MTI), shows that nearly 74 percent of respondents agreed to use of their tax dollars to create, expand and improve public transportation in their community. The number of respondents increased from an already solid 69 percent of Americans in support in 2012 to nearly 74 percent in favor this year.
"We are experiencing this surge in support because citizens can see, touch and feel the economic impact of investing in public transportation," said American Public Transportation Association (APTA) Chair Flora Castillo. "This survey emphasizes that public transit plays a great role in society because it directly touches people's lives."
"We look forward to sharing these great results with Congress," said APTA President and CEO Michael Melaniphy. "In most political circles, receiving nearly 74 percent in favor of increased investment would be considered a landslide."
Eighty percent of those surveyed agreed with the statement that public transportation investment can help create jobs and pave the way to a stronger economy. However, public transportation scores its strongest support when discussing access to opportunities. When asked about the affordable transportation options for people, nearly 88 percent of respondents agreed that public transit expands opportunities and provides access to new jobs and careers, as well as to medical care, schools and colleges.
The survey respondents also sent a strong message to Congress about their growing support for increased investment. Sixty-six percent of respondents believe Congress should increase spending on public transportation. Compared to last year's survey, that registers as a five percent increase in support from a year ago.
The association noted that the results for the survey were very consistent with the growing support on the local level. In 2012, 49 out of 62 public transit ballot initiatives were passed which represents a nearly 80 percent passage rate.
The association also pointed out that the research is consistent with the growth in demand for public transportation. Americans took 10.5 billion trips on public transportation in 2012 – the second highest annual ridership since 1957.
The survey by MTI was a result of 1,501 telephone interviews with individuals across the United States and the margin of error is minus 2.53 percentage points, at the 95 percent confidence level.


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Condense the logorithmic expression as much as possible:
3 ln x -(1/3) ln y
The answer is ln x^3 / 3(radical)y
Can a process be provided as to how one gets to the answer? I think I see what is happening, but could use clarification.
Try using this formula, first:
Tell me what you get after applying the formula.
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
I hope you have had a chance to try stefy's suggestion and solved the problem. If not, then
give it a try before looking at the following proof of the rule involved in solving the problem.
The definition of log is usually introduced via two equalities in two variables, namely,
N = 10 and x = logN which somewhat obscures the meaning of the logarithm.
If we substitute logN for x in the first equality we get N = 10 ("lay on goodies" to get N.)
which gives us a single equality with a single variable. And from this single equality we can
basically read the definition of logN: "logN is the exponent we must apply to 10 to get N."
logN is a NAME for the right exponent that applied to 10 produces N. So logs are names for
exponents. And the naming is nice in that it tells us what the base is that it must be applied to
and the result we get when we apply it to that base. If the base is b then the logarithm is
log N
log N which when applied to base b results in N; that is, b = N.
(In Maple the log is written log[b](N).)
Writing N as 10 (by the definition of log) we obtain
p logN p p*logN p log(N )
N =(10 ) = 10 by a law of exponents. Also N = 10 by the definition of log.
p p
( x was immediately above but should have been N left of the equal sign. That's the edit.)
p*logN log(N )
Thus 10 = 10 and since the bases are equal and the quantities are equal then
the exponents must be equal; that is, p*logN = log(N ). (because log is a 1-1 function.)
p p
More generally p*log N = log (N ) so the exponent on N in the argument of log (N )
b b b
"comes out front" forming p*log N. And if b=e then we have p*lnN = ln(N )
n m nm logN p p*logN
This is a disguised form of the law of exponents: (x ) = x . Here it is (10 ) = 10 .
In the original problem the p=3 for x and the p=1/3 for the y.
Then the difference produces a quotient in the argument of the single logarithm.
3 1/3 3 1/3
3lnx-(1/3)lny = lnx - ln(y ) = ln(x /y )
In base 10 the rule can be written: plogN = logN .
n m nm
The law of exponents is: exponentiation produces a product (N ) = N .
Similarly the exponentiation in log(N ) produces the product P*logN.
The laws of logarithms are disguised forms of the laws of exponents because logarithms ARE
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Writing "pretty" math (two dimensional) is easier to read and grasp than LaTex (one dimensional).
LaTex is like painting on many strips of paper and then stacking them to see what picture they make.
Whew, I don't know. This is the upper limit of my ability and understanding. This is my final unit in my semester and this was a very bad unit for me. Thankfully my grades were high enough up to this point, but Im really hitting the wall on understanding the log, ln, all of that.
Hi gbrad88
Have you read noelevans post (post #3 in this thread)?
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
YES, and although it wants to make sense, its is bouncing between my ears unclear when I try to apply. Ive been trying to short cut the process to come close to an answer.
hi gbrad88,
This, and the other problems you have posted, can all be done using one or more of the following:
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Pfizer appeal of award to whistleblower starts today
Pfizer Inc.'s appeal of a Hartford jury's decision to award a former company scientist $1.37 million in a whistleblower case will be heard today by a three-judge panel at the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan.
Becky McClain, a longtime molecular biologist at Pfizer's Groton laboratories who won a jury decision in U.S. District Court two years ago after claiming the company retaliated against her for raising safety concerns, said in an email that the hearing is expected to get under way at 2 p.m.
"There is no jury and I will not talk," she said. "But the attorneys argue."
McClain claims that she became dangerously ill after being infected by a virus at Pfizer's laboratories in Groton. But the company claims that the former Deep River resident - now living in Albuquerque, New Mexico - was fired after abandoning her job.
"In reality, Ms. McClain was terminated from employment because she refused to return to work for more than 11 months, and would not return to work for reasons unrelated to her alleged speech," Pfizer said in a statement.
Pfizer said it plans to present "strong arguments" to overturn the jury's decision that the company retailiated against McClain for exercising her free-speech rights.
McClain, whose intermittent bouts of paralysis have subsided over the years, said she raised safety concerns internally at Pfizer and then, after getting nowhere, filed a complaint with the U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration, which some critics say is ill equipped to investigate laboratory safety involving complex biological organisms.
OSHA said it found no violations at the Groton laboratories, and District Court Judge Vanessa L. Bryant would not allow McClain to raise the issue during a two-week trial in Hartford. Instead, the jury found that the weight of the evidence was on McClain's side regarding the other major charges: that Pfizer retaliated against her and interfered with her right to free speech.
A workers' rights group called the Injured Workers National Network said it will be supporting McClain by attending today's court hearing in New York City.
"Justice delayed is justice denied, and her struggle for justice is connected to the struggle of thousands of other injured workers," according to an email sent by Steve Zeltzer, a California-based advocate for workers' rights who attended McClain's trial two years ago.
Although McClain was awarded $1.37 million by a jury - later increased by more than $900,000 to cover attorneys' fees and impose punitive damages - the scientist has yet to see a dime because Pfizer appealed the verdict.
Bogging down the process, the original trial judge Bryant acknowledged nearly a year after the trial that she had a conflict of interest. According to court documents, the conflict involved her husband, attorney Tracy L. Rich, who had hired the Hartford-based Jackson Lewis law firm - counsel for Pfizer in its case against McClain - to represent Guardian Life Insurance Co., which he served as general counsel and executive vice president.
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A video posted by President Barack Obama's reelection campaign provides further evidence that the 2006 Massachusetts healthcare reform law signed by then-Governor Mitt Romney was the prototype for the 2010 federal law signed by President Obama. But the video does more than just reaffirm that Romney is an unprincipled flip-flopper: It also offers a glimpse into the socialist origins of both Romneycare and ObamaCare.
The Obama campaign posted the video (see below), fittingly titled "The Anniversary of Romneycare," on YouTube on April 12, 2012, six years to the day after Romney signed the Massachusetts bill into law with a huge ceremony attended by dignitaries including the late Sen. Edward Kennedy and a large contingent of local and national media.
"Romney's people built a stage on top of the stage so that the event would project better for the assembled national media," Harvard School of Public Health professor John McDonough says in the video.
McDonough should know. As he explains in the video, "I helped craft and pass Massachusetts' health reform in 2006 and the Affordable Care Act in 2010." He assisted with Romneycare as the executive director of Health Care for All, a Massachusetts consumer health advocacy organization. By the time ObamaCare was being drafted, McDonough was serving as a health policy adviser to Kennedy.
"Mitt Romney," McDonough asserts in the video, "had this belief that this was going to be his ticket to national fame and glory."
In the years following the big signing ceremony Romney repeatedly urged the federal government to take Romneycare nationwide. At least twice in 2007 he stated that the Massachusetts law would serve as a "model for the nation." In 2008, asked by ABC's Charles Gibson if he hadn't "backed away from mandates on a national basis," Romney replied, "No, no, I like mandates. The mandates work." In 2009, he said Obama should be looking to the Massachusetts plan as "a model for getting everyone insured."
Heeding the governor's advice, Obama consulted former Romney advisors when putting together the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare). One of them, MIT economist Jonathan Gruber, states in the video that he worked on both Romneycare and ObamaCare and that "the core" of the two laws is "identical." Now he's stunned that Romney is backing away from what Gruber considers a "brilliant achievement" simply "because it was from the other party."
As Madelyn Rhenisch — who, as the first enrollee in a core health plan under Romneycare, was invited to the health plan initiation ceremony with Romney — put it in the video: "When I hear Governor Romney talking about repealing ObamaCare, I just think he's jumping to a political position where the issue isn't healthcare, it's getting elected."
While the video paints a devastating portrait of a politician who will say whatever he thinks his audience wants to hear, it also "puts Obamacare into the context of socialist plans to remake the U.S. economy and reduce the influence of the private sector," in the words of Cliff Kincaid of Accuracy in Media.
The key to this is McDonough's appearance in the video and the fact that he did indeed participate in the crafting of both Romneycare and ObamaCare. McDonough, reports blogger Trevor Loudon, is a former chairman of the Boston chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), which describes itself as "the largest socialist organization in the United States, and the principal U.S. affiliate of the Socialist International." Moreover, while McDonough claimed in an interview with Kincaid that he left the DSA "in 1982 or 1983," a 2005 Boston DSA newsletter states that McDonough was one of "three speakers [who] are long time advocates of universal health care" appearing at a chapter event that year.
"I have never described myself as a Marxist or even a Socialist," McDonough told Kincaid. He is merely, he explained, "a social democrat in the progressive tradition" — a socialist by another name.
Being an advocate of universal (i.e., government-run) healthcare puts McDonough squarely in the mainstream of DSA thought. "D.S.A. has long campaigned for 'single payer,' or socialized healthcare as its major policy platform," Loudon observes. "It has worked for more than thirty years towards its goal of socialized health care at both state and federal levels, enlisting the support of its allies in Congress and the Senate along the way."
Loudon cites an article in a 1994 issue of Democratic Left by Steve Tarzynski, former chairman of the DSA National Political Committee and chairman of the DSA National Health Care Task Force, which stated that "DSA decided to make support for a single-payer Canadian-style health care system our major issue."
"DSA members have served on the Clinton Health Care Task Force and in the leadership and rank and file of national and state single-payer coalitions," wrote Tarzynski.
"Democratic socialists should project a vision of a moral society based on freedom, equality, and solidarity," according to Tarzynski. "We must also understand that reaching such a goal involves a gradual approach over a long period of years, with each reform becoming the foundation for the next." (Emphasis added.)
Romneycare, followed by ObamaCare, may therefore represent the next steps in the "gradual approach."
The Massachusetts legislature that passed Romneycare was "full of DSA members and supporters," Loudon told Kincaid. "Romney wanted some reform and tried to do it through a conservative approach and it ended up being a compromise. The DSA won and Romney took credit for it."
Indeed, McDonough told Kincaid that Romney would now play down McDonough's role in the Massachusetts legislation because he "helped push Massachusetts health reform in a much more progressive direction than Romney wanted."
At the national level, of course, the ascension of Barack Obama to the presidency helped the cause of socialized medicine immensely. Prior to running for national office, Obama had long advocated a single-payer national healthcare system (he later tempered that by saying it wasn't "feasible" given the current state of the U.S. healthcare system). This, Loudon avers, comes as "no surprise" because Obama's longtime "personal physician and political mentor," Dr. Quentin Young, a member of the DSA and a supporter of the Communist Party USA, "has been agitating for more than 40 years for socialized healthcare." (Loudon has documented many more socialist and communist connections to Obama on his website and in his book Barack Obama and the Enemies Within.)
When the opportunity presented itself, Obama turned to a seemingly more feasible approach: taking Romneycare national. With the aid of "former" DSA leader McDonough and DSA sympathizer Obama, the socialists' Massachusetts law became the United States' national law. And when ObamaCare fails to control costs — as Romneycare has already failed to do in the Bay State — the next logical step will be a complete government takeover of healthcare.
Would electing Romney — "the one person who deserves the most credit for" ObamaCare, according to Gruber — save us from this fate? Despite Romney's promises to repeal ObamaCare, Loudon isn't so sure. After all, Romney has said not merely that he will "repeal" ObamaCare but that he will "replace" it. "Obamacare will be replaced with something else," if Romney wins, Loudon told Kincaid. "And that is where the devil is in the details — a free market approach or watered down Obamacare?"


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His speaking style is disarmingly low-key, almost professorial, but only the rarest professors make every word count the way Tim Keller does. For 16 years, he has been preaching at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan, distilling biblical teaching into arrestingly simple phrases that convey the radical surprise and gracious truth of Christian faith. One such typically piquant phrase is the source of the Christian Vision Project's big question for 2006: How can followers of Christ be a counterculture for the common good? Keller's vision of a church keenly committed to the welfare of its city attracts 4,000 worshipers each week to Redeemer's four rented locations, sends them out into many forms of charitable service through the church's ministry Hope for New York, and fuels a church-planting effort that embraces Baptists and Pentecostals as well as Presbyterians, immigrant neighborhoods as well as Manhattan. Fifty years from now, if evangelical Christians are widely known for their love of cities, their commitment to mercy and justice, and their love of their neighbors, Tim Keller will be remembered as a pioneer of the new urban Christians.
In the winter of 2006, two movies mirrored the fractured and confusing relationship between Christians and culture. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe struck fear in many secular hearts. Some journalists saw it as an ominous sign of growing right-wing power that a company like Disney would make a movie that had such profound evangelical appeal (and, arguably, content). And why did Disney pull the plug on the gay-friendly TV reality series Welcome to the Neighborhood? Isn't this, the pundits asked, what happens when you let Christians influence culture?
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Last year, SEFS doctoral candidate Alina Cansler collaborated on a paper that recently won the 2013 Excellence in Wilderness Stewardship Research Award, which will be presented at a ceremony for the National Wilderness Awards in Missoula, Mont., on January 28!
Co-sponsored by the International Journal of Wilderness and the U.S. Forest Service, the award recognizes the contribution of a timely research endeavor that informs and responds to wilderness stewardship challenges. Cansler and her coauthors won for their 2013 paper, "Latent Resilience in Ponderosa Pine Forest: Effects of Resumed Frequent Fire," which was originally published in Ecological Applications and addresses forest structure and composition in the Bob Marshall Wilderness following the reintroduction of fire after decades of exclusion.
Andrew Larson, the lead author on the publication, earned his Ph.D. from SEFS in 2009, and the SEFS connections don't end there, as Affiliate Professor Don McKenzie and Jeremy Littell won the award in 2011!
Congratulations, Alina and Andrew!
Winning Publication
Andrew J. Larson, R. Travis Belote, C. Alina Cansler, Sean A. Parks, and Matthew S. Dietz 2013. Latent resilience in ponderosa pine forest: effects of resumed frequent fire. Ecological Applications 23:1243–1249.
Photos © Alina Cansler.


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* Leaked Wonderlic scores happen each and every year much to the chagrin of agents and players everywhere. The latest casualty of the leak is LSU CB Morris Claiborne who reportedly scored a 4 out of 50 on the test making it one of the lowest scores I've ever seen. And guess what? It doesn't matter.
Wonderlic scores are important for some positions and considered relatively unimportant for others. Teams generally prefer at least average scores for quarterbacks, linebackers and offensive linemen while the scores of cornerbacks and defensive linemen are considered much less important as those positions are more instinctive in nature. Claiborne's score might embarrass him, but it won't cause a ripple in his draft stock.
* Texans fans are understandably concerned about the loss of Eric Winston and Mike Brisiel on the right side of the line, but things might not be as bad as we are expecting. I spoke with a Texans player who told me that Antoine Caldwell played with two high ankle sprains for the entire year and it greatly affected his ability to man his position. This same player thought Caldwell looked great during camp but said he got really down on himself when he wasn't able to play at a high level while playing through his injuries. Caldwell needs to be healthy and better than he was last year.
This same player commented on Rashad Butler's ability in pass protection saying that "there shouldn't be any drop-off in terms of protection" but he did admit that Butler was a little bit stiff as a run blocker. Keep an eye on second year offensive tackle Derek Newton from Arkansas State. Newton has good size and is a better overall athlete than Butler. I wouldn't expect the Texans to trust their starting RT spot to a player with very little game experience like Newton, but he could end up being their RT of the future which is why I don't see them drafting a tackle in the first two rounds of the draft.
My biggest area of concern for the right side of the line now is the running game. The zone scheme is all about repetition and execution and it takes time to accumulate both. There isn't any possible way that the offensive line is going to be better this year because they haven't played together yet. I'm just hoping there isn't a big fall-off. How important is the right side of the line to the Texans? In 2011 the Texans ran 43% of the time to the right, 18% middle, 38% to the left. We'll probably see those numbers shift slightly.
* Looking for a player flying up draft boards? Look no further than Illinois DE Whitney Mercilus. Mercilus will be taken inside the first 20 picks and now I'm hearing rumors about a couple of teams who are interested in trading up for Mercilus. Mercilus is very raw but has all the tools a team wants. He can play in a 4-3 or a 3-4 (OLB), but teams are banking on projecting his talent more than on his production on the college level.
* Here are the new Texans uniforms…. nothing new really catches the eye. I know the collar is different but I was expecting more from Nike. Trust me, I'm glad they didn't Nike it up like they do with the college uniforms they come in contact with, but I was hoping for something better than we see now. Let me know what you think.


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'Don't always believe what you read,' Gronk tweets about night of partying
New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski is speaking out after he took some heat for an alleged night of partying and big spending.
"Don't always believe what you read. This is where 100-K plus would go to before that," he tweeted with a photo of him holding a $110,000 check from Gronk Nation written to Boston Children's Hospital.
TMZ reported that Gronk racked up a $102,000 bar tab at the Foxwoods Resort and Casino in Connecticut during the weekend.
The receipt shows $27,000 was spent on 15 bottles of Dom Perignon Rose, $18,000 for 18 bottles of Ace of Spades Rose and more than $10,000 on 16 bottles of Grey Goose vodka.
In total, nearly $75,000 was spent on wine and more than $27,000 was spent on liquor.
The group even racked up a $378.00 bill for "non-alcoholic" beverages, the receipt obtained by TMZ said.
Shrine Nightclub shared a video of Gronkowski doing everything that you might imagine the 6 foot 6 inch, 28-year-old party boy might do. The video shows a shirtless Gronk letting loose at the event hosted by singer Florida.


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Create at The Urbana Free Library! Join our two newest partners as we explore ways to make cool stuff- using both old and new technology.
Makerspace Urbana is an open community lab where people of diverse backgrounds can learn, teach, tinker, collaborate, share, innovate, socialize, and create. Join the Makerspace Mentors @ The Urbana Free Library and create cool stuff!
As part of the TUFL Tech series, Makerspace volunteers will be conducting the following workshops in the Lewis Auditorium. These are open to the public, both teen and adult alike. We hope to see you there!
- Thursday, February 7th: In this workshop, teens and adults are invited to join volunteers from the Champaign-Urbana Makerspace who will teach you how to solder by making a blinky robot badge. No experience necessary!
- Thursday, February 21st: The Library Tech series continues with a workshop that teaches you how to build a simple synthesizer. Teens and adults invited to participate. No experience or materials needed, just show up at 4!
- Thursday, February 28th: We pick up from last week and finish our Atari synthesizer project. Not here last week? Don't worry - drop in anyway!
- Thursday, March 7th: Learn how to make a didgieridoo with the Makerspace volunteers!
- Thursday, March 14th: Audio circuit bending!
The Champaign-Urbana Community Fab Lab is a small-scale workshop for computer-based innovation, design and fabrication. The Fab Lab allows you to dream up, design and make almost anything you can imagine using open source software and DIY equipment. The Urbana Free Library is proud to announce our partnering with the Fab Lab to bring you programming and open lab times that allow you to take advantage of what the FabLab has to offer:
- Splash! Urbana Middle School events (held Wednesdays 1/16-2/27). The Splash program is a partnership between the Urbana Middle School and The Urbana Park district. As part of the TUFL TECH series, Wednesdays through February 27th teens are invited to join us in the Lewis Auditorium at 4pm. We have musical instruments, books, games, drawing and the FabLab 3D printer, Silhouette vinyl cutter, and Media production software. FabLab volunteers will be available to help with all of the equipment, and the libraries community ambassador, Karen Barton, will help teens use media software to make movie posters, movies, videos and more. This is a teen only event.
- Open lab times: The Library is looking at ways to make this technology available to all patrons in the future. We also will have computers that allow patrons to build their own files to use with this equipment. This is a work in progress, so let us know what you would like to see! Contact Joel at firstname.lastname@example.com for more info.
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In addition to "Inside Welsh Homes" Gallery Talk and People's Collection Wales event to be held in Bangor Museum on Saturday 2 March, the Royal Commission will also be attending two other events in Carmarthen on that day, supporting other heritage organizations. In the first of these, Royal Commission military historian, Medwyn Parry, is the guest speaker for the Dyfed Family History Society AGM at St. Peter's Hall, Carmarthen, between 10am―3pm. The title of his talk is Twentieth-Century Military Remains in Wales with an emphasis on World War I, and will no doubt prove most entertaining. For further details, please contact: Dyfed Family History Society.
The second event on that day, also in Carmarthen, is the Carmarthenshire Archaeology Day organised by Dyfed Archaeological Trust. Here, Dr Eurwyn Wiliam, Chairman of the Royal Commission and author the highly–acclaimed publication, The Welsh Cottage: Y Bwthyn Cymreig, will be giving an authoritive talk on The Welsh Cottage. Other speakers at the event will include Dr Rod Bale and Cliff Bateman. The event will be held between 9.30am ― 4.30pm in the Halliwell Centre, Trinity Saint David, Carmarthen. For further information, please contact Ed Davies: email@example.com; tel: 01558 825993.
Staff from the Royal Commission will be on-hand throughout the day to answer enquiries and chat to visitors at both events. In particular, please come along to our stall where there will be a full-range of publications, including our three latest titles: Fields of Play: The Sporting Heritage of Wales, Y Tu Mewn i Gartrefi Cymru / Inside Welsh Homes and Worktown: The Drawings of Falcon Hildred― all on sale with a special 10% discount. The day promises to be a wonderful opportunity for all, so please come and join us―wherever we may be!
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I think the most important thing is don't be afraid to join , participate and post . . . anything .
I've only been here a very short time and by being a bit outgoing ( here ) have made a lot of new friends .
Also please don't be discouraged if you don't get any reply at first , forums are just like that and
given time and posting in different areas you will get replies and other users interested in yourself <3
If anyone out there needs help with ANYTHING or wants to talk , yell at me , invite me to chat doesn't
really matter what you want or if your just bored so please feel free to add me or message - whatever you wish .
I'll probably edit this and anyone feel free to post your tips please -
oh yeah I'm ALWAYS editing my posts so if you see a new reply of mine
you may want to give me a few minutes or a day or a week to finish it... then reload .
My first suggestion to use the PPC Pixel Pusher Community forum is to goto this topic
read through the introductions as you have time to get to know some of the users who are here
as many probably have similar interests . Now some users don't like to add people but it wont
hurt to send a message or request and explain common interests . To say were all here to interact
and chat not only about IMVU but within the program itself .
So when I find a new forum like this i'll take a few days,weeks or months howsoever long it takes to read all the topics im interested in..
Then here at Pixel Pusher Community forum up top you will see a button named " Quick links " much alike most other similar forums but
usually will be named something different such as forum updates or whatsoever . In Quick links you'll see , Your posts , New posts , Unread posts ,
Unanswered topics , Active topics , Search , Members and The team . The two you really want there are New Posts and Unread posts as when you visit the forum here it will remember what you have viewed and then know anything new you haven't seen ( Unread posts ) . So most importantly there is to keep an eye on Unread posts as well Unanswered topics ( those posts no one has replied to as of yet which is a good way to if possible you can help out those unread/unanswered topics ) .
Now a lot of times you may want to add a picture and there are plenty of image hosts so use the one you like best .
Most of them are self explanatory but the one I use is
http://radikal.ru/ which is in Russian and you can't copy the text as they are buttons .
Below I've translated them that way if anyone wants to use radikal as an image host it will be easier to understand .
Anyways simply click on - Select file then Upload to server and your done besides on page 2 to copy the link .
I will come back and edit in how to use the buttons above if anyone needs help with that but they are pretty self explanatory ,
just scroll over them with your mouse pointer and it will pop up what they do . For instance the 8th button or 3rd from the right
is a lil picture of a picture . That will give image code looking like this - [ I m g ] [ / I m g ] so between those middle brackets
[ I m g ] ADD PICTURE URL LINK HERE [ / I m g ] add your picture link and that will place the pic here for ya .
Now one thing to note there is images are limited here ( grrr ) to 512 . At most hosts will have an option to resize the pic so that
will make it easy enough to do without having to resize it yourself .
The only other thing I can think of right now is when you add code such as your banner html you'll have to use the code button -
which is the 5th from the left looks like this < / > , simply place your banner html code in between the [ c o d e ] PLACE CODE HERE [ / c o d e ] .
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Occasionally a child can be tried as an adult, even if their previous records are sealed because the three-stirkes law says that most serious and violent crimes that are committed by minors can count against them in the future. A child who is 14 years old can be tried in adult court for some serious crimes. […]Read More »
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Connecting the GR-series units
Connect a patch cord from the Mix out on the back of the GR into an amp (mono)
or Mixer (stereo). Insert the 13-pin cable from the guitar output into the
13-pin input marked "GK" on the GR. Power up the GR, tune, and you're ready to
go! However here are a few tips to get the optimal performance from the Godin
and GR unit.
Using the on-board guitar tuner
Hit the "Tune" button on the GR and simply tune the guitar the same way you
would when using a digital tuner. Hit "Play" on the GR when you want to return
to the main screen/menu.
Pick-up sensitivity
If the guitar's output is too hot for the GR it can cause the GR unit to double
trigger random notes or octave jump. Properly setting the sensitivity will allow
the sounds to track quicker, with better dynamics and greater ease in playing
the synth sounds.To adjust the pickup sensitivity simply:
Hit the "System" button on the GR. Using the Bank/Parameter arrows go to Pick-Up
SENS (Sensitivity). Push the right arrow twice to get there.You will see two
numbers on the screen. For example 1-3.
The first number indicates the guitar string you are setting, the second number
is the sensitivity output, which goes from 1-8. The goal is to have each
string's output to be as even as possible.Simply hit the string you are setting
and using either the Patch/Value wheel on the GR or the Up/Down buttons on the
Godin guitar increase or decrease the sensitivity setting so that each string is
even sounding and one string is not louder than another. If you set the
sensitivity too high the box on the right side of the screen will become white
indicating that the output is too hot.On Godin guitars the strings are resting
right on the transducers therefore there is no need to set the sensitivity very
high. The usual setting for each string is between 1 and 4. To return to the
main screen/menu hit "Play" on the GR.
Adjusting the Play Feel on a GR-Series unit
Another adjustment that can be made to optimize tracking and overall efficiency
is the Play Feel setting. This setting takes into consideration the Feel or
style of the player. You can choose from Normal, Finger-style, Hard, Soft,
Tapping etc. In most cases the default "Normal" setting is perfect. However if
you are a hard picker, select the "Hard" setting or "Finger-style" if you don't
use a pick.Hit "Common" on the GR.
Using the Bank/Parameter arrows go to
"Play Feel". Push the right arrow twice to get there.
Using either the Patch/Value wheel on
the GR or the Up/Down buttons on the Godin guitar you can select different "Play
Feels". Once you have made your selection hit the "Play" button to return to the
made screen/menu and start playing!