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Adopted February 2, 1858
The Regulations shall be:
1st. Those setting forth the duties of the Mayor and Commissioners, and such as may be required for the government of their body. These are styled By-Laws.
2nd. Those to be observed by the Police officers appointed by the Commissioners (say Constable, Night Watchmen, and Patrols) and by the inhabitants of the town.
These will be styled Ordinances.
No. 1. The duties of the Mayor will be to have the general supervision of all the municipal affairs of the town. The public morals, the town revenue and its disbursements, the streets, and them being kept in repair, the efficiency of the Constable, Night Watchmen, and Patrols, and the strict observance of all the By-Laws and Ordinances, are made his immediate care. To him are all the officers of the town, and all the agents and employees accountable.
He shall at least every six months, report in writing to the Commissioners the condition of the Town Treasury, setting forth how much has been received, and from what sources, and how much has been paid out and for what purposes.
He shall also further report in writing what may be of general interest and suggest what action he thinks the Commissioners should take for the well governing of the community.
No. 2 It shall require four Commissioners to form a quorum to do business.
No. 3 The rules generally observed in governing public bodies, shall be observed in the deliberations of the Board of Commissioners.
No. 4 The Commissioners shall annually elect by a majority of members a Town Treasurer, who shall give a bond in the sum of Two Thousand Dollars with good securities for the faithful discharge of his duties. The Treasurer shall receive from the Town Constable all the taxes, fines, etc., he should collect, insisting on settlement at least every three months; and he shall report every six months (and oftener if required) in detail to the Mayor the condition of the Town Finances.
The Treasurer shall likewise act as Secretary of the Board of Commissioners; and for the discharge of the duties of both offices combined he shall receive the sum of Twenty Dollars per annum.
No. 5 No money shall be paid out unless on a warrant that shall have been passed on by the Board of Commissioners, signed by the Mayor or President of that body and countersigned by the Secretary.
No. 6 the Constable shall be elected annually and give bond with good sureties in the sum of Two Thousand Dollars for the faithful discharge of his duties. At least every three months (and oftener if called on) he shall settle with the Treasurer, and by the first of October of every year he shall pay up all the taxes he has or should have collected in the town of Salem.
The Constable's compensation shall be four percent on taxes collected, and what costs may be due him on business done.
Ordinances concerning fire
No. 1. No person shall keep any hay, straw, or fodder in any building where any fire is kept either constantly or occasionally; or in any place peculiarly exposed to the danger of fire.
Penalty...Five dollars for each offense.
No. 2. No person shall carry or suffer to be carried any candle, lamp, or other light---except in a safe lantern---or a lighted cigar or smoke pipes, into any stable, barn or other house where there may be hay, straw, or fodder.
Penalty...Ten dollars for the first and four dollars for every subsequent offense.
No. 3. No person shall keep in his store or house within two squares of Main Street, more than two kegs of powder. Any powder so kept must be carefully secured in tin canisters.
Penalty...Twenty dollars for each offense.
No. 4. No person shall use any wooden chimney or any fireplace, without good, sufficient and safe jams and hearth.
No. 5. Any person whose chimney or stovepipe shall take fire or burn, except in wet weather shall be subject to the penalty of four dollars.
No. 6 No person shall exhibit, set fire to or explode any fireworks or raise any balloon within the limits of the town unless by the written permit of the Mayor; and shall any person use or carry fire in any of the streets or thickly settled parts of the town, in a careless or nonlegal manor.
Penalty… Ten dollars for each offense if committed by a free person; and not less than ten or not more than twenty lashes if committed by a slave.
No. 7. No person shall fire a gun or pistol, or make any explosion with gun powder for purposes of sport or amusement, within the incorporation unless by the written consent of the Mayor.
Penalty...One dollar for each offense.
No. 8. No person shall keep unleashed ashes in any vessel made of wood or other combustible material; nor run a stove pipe or chimney through the wall, ceiling or roof of his building in such a manner that the catching fire of such pipe or chimney might endanger his, or his neighbor's property.
No. 9 The Mayor, or any two Commissioners shall have the right to enter on any persons premises to examine whether in the construction of new buildings or the altering or keeping in repair of old buildings due regard is had to the security against fire. And if they discover any construction, alterations or wants of repair that is such in accordance with these ordinances in that in their opinion might endanger the property of the owner or his neighbor, such discovery shall be reported to the Board. Any order that they may make shall be binding on the person's building, altering, or neglecting to repair. So also if the Boards consider that in buildings already erected, alterations should be made on new buildings or parts of buildings be removed to render that property more secure against the danger of fire, the owner should be bound to obey their orders.
Penalty… Any person refusing or neglecting to comply with any order so made, shall be fined from day to day at the discretion of the Mayor until he comply.
Ordinance concerning Morals
No. 10. No person shall play any game of skill or hazard for money or property within the corporate limits.
Penalty...Ten dollars if committed by a free person, and twenty lashes if committed by a slave.
No. 11. It shall be the duty of the police officers constable, night watch and patrol or either of them to arrest all persons, white or colored who shall be found intoxicated in any of the streets of this town or who shall disturb the peace and quite of the citizens by loud noises, cursing or swearing or otherwise, and bring them before the Mayor whose duty it shall be to commit the offender if intoxicated to the Watch House until he becomes sober and to sentence each white person arrested as above to a fine of not less than one nor more than five dollars, to each free negro or slave to not less than ten nor more than thirty-nine lashes. And in case the fine and cost be not paid, the Mayor shall have power to commit the offender to the Watch House at discretion, not exceeding ten days. Should at anytime any person intoxicated or disturbing the peace and quiet of the citizens as above set forth from any cause not be first handed taken before the constable or other officers, the Mayor or shall have proven at anytime to bring the offender before him in a warrant and deal with him as though taken in the act according with the provisions of this ordinance.
Ordinances concerning the Streets
No. 12. No person shall run, ride, or drive a horse or horses at a speed greater than seven miles per hour, through any of the streets of this town, under a penalty of Five Dollars. Nor shall any person ride or drive upon any of the sidewalks nor hitch his horse to any fence, tree, or post so as to block the sidewalk.
Penalty… One dollar for each offense if committed by a free person and not more than ten lashes if committed by a slave.
No. 13. No person shall exhibit a stud horse or jackass in any of the streets of this town.
Penalty… Five dollars for any offense and if not paid on demand, the horse to be seized and the money paid.
No. 14. No person shall sell, barter, or give away on any of the streets of this town any wine or spirituous liquors of any kind by any quantity less than a gallon.
Penalty…Ten dollars for every offense.
No. 15. No person shall deposit the carcass of any dead animal of any street or on any lot nor any person suffer such carcass to remain upon their premises within the limits of the town.
Penalty…Five dollars for a free person and thirty lashes for a slave.
No. 16. No person shall obstruct any street, street gutter or sidewalk by placing in or on them anything except the necessary step, portico, or piazza to enter his home.
Penalty...One Dollar for every day obstruction remains after notice to remove.
No. 17.It shall be the duty of any owner or lessee of a house or building lot in the Town of Salem to have before his or her lot a good sidewalk of such width, grade and material as the Board of Commissioners may from time to time direct.
Penalty...One Dollar for every day after due notice.
No. 18. No building shall hereafter be affected, that shall require for its entrance any step portico or piazza that may obstruct the sidewalks.
Penalty…Any person so building an obstruction shall be fined from day to day at the discretion of the Mayor until the obstruction be removed.
No. 19. No person shall feed any stock on the sidewalk.
Penalty...Ten Dollars for every offense.
No. 20 .No person shall leave his wagon, carriage or other vehicle standing on the streets or sidewalk over night, nor shall any person fly or attempt to fly any kite in the Main Street of this town.
Penalty...Two Dollars for every offense.
No. 21. No person shall maliciously or mischievously pull down, cut or otherwise injure any of the trees or public square.
Penalty…Five Dollars for every offense and if committed by a slave and the fine not to be paid by his master twenty lashes.
No. 22. No person shall break or in any way injure any of the public lamps, lamp posts, pumps, wells, ladders, fences about the public squares, fire apparatus, horse troughs, racks, or other fixtures put up for the public ornament or convenience.
Penalty...Ten Dollars for every offense, over and above the amount required to pay the damage if committed by a free person and twenty lashes if committed by a slave.
No. 23. No person shall after the first of April next permit any slut, goat, or breeding sow to run at large in the streets of this town; and if any slut, goat or sow so running at large shall be taken up by the Town Constable, advertised and if not redeemed by the owner in ten days by paying him five dollars as fine, and twenty cents per day for feeding, shall be sold. One half the fine to be returned for the use of the town and one half to be retained by the officer.
No. 24. No hogs other than breeding sows after 1st of June next shall be permitted to run at large in the streets of this town, unless they wear a badge as a permit, attached to the leather collar around the necks. Such badge can be obtained from the Town Constable, and will protect one hog for the current year. Any hog not wearing such badge shall be taken up by the Town Constable, advertised, and if not redeemed in ten days by the owner, paying him Ten Dollars as a fine and Twenty Cents per day for feeding, shall be sold. One half to be retained for use of the town, and one half to be retained by the officer.
No. 25. No cow or other livestock may cause trouble on account of vicious and mischievous habits shall be permitted to run at large in the streets and any cow or other stock pronounced by the Boards to possess such habits shall be confined by the owner upon due notice given. When again found a large, such cow or other stock is to be taken up by the Town Constable, and advertised and if not redeemed in ten days, by the owner paying five dollars as a fine and twenty cents per day for feeding shall be sold; the half to be returned for the use of the town, and one half to be retained by the officer. No hog posses of such habits shall be protected even by a badge.
No. 26. No slave shall appear in the streets or public square of this town between the hours of 9:15 PM and 4 AM either with or without a written permit or pass unless such slave be especially sent in case of sickness or other emergency. Penalty-Fifteen lashes; and in case of insolence to the Police Officer, not more than thirty lashes.
No. 27 When a slave shall be take up and whipped according to the forgoing ordinance, the owner and employer of the said slave shall pay to the police officer the sum of fifty cents, as a fine for permitting his slave to be out at unreasonable hours, which sum the police officer shall be obtained for his own use. In case of refusal of such owner or employer to pay such fine, it shall be collected from him by warrants and execution, as in other penalties.
General Ordinances
No. 28. Every person of color shall be treated as a slave by the Constable, Patrols and Night Watchmen, until such person addresses satisfactory evident of his being free.
N0. 29 No free person either white or colored, shall in the nighttime in or the Sabbath day, be in company of or associate with any slave or slaves in any kitchen or outhouse other than his own.
Penalty-The Constable, Patrol or Night Watchmen shall taken any offenders against this on demand before the Mayor, who upon conviction shall infuse a fine of not less than two and more than ten dollars. Upon failure to pay such fine and costs, the offender, if a while shall be imprisoned at the discretion of the Mayor; if colored shall receive not less than twenty nor more than thirty nine lashes.
No. 30. It shall be the duty of the Night Watchmen to make their headquarters in the Watch House, and at least once ever hour between 11 PM and 4 AM patrol every portion of the beat assigned them by the Commissioners; to sound the hour, strike the bell, attend to the watch clocks and do such other service as police officers as the Board may form time to time direct. They shall have an eye especially to the danger from fire; and if they discern anything to arouse their apprehensions, they shall forthwith give the alarm to the residents of the endangered building; and if their apprehensions prove well founded, give the general alarm. They shall have all the powers and duties of patrols, and shall see that the Ordinances for the Town of Salem shall be strictly observed, and shall report any violations of same to the Mayor. The duties of the Patrols are not curtailed by the appointment of the night watch.
No. 31 Any fines or penalties for violating any of the Ordinances of the Town of Salem, incurred by a minor shall, together with the costs, be received from the parent, guardian or master of such minor.
No. 32 Any penalties imposed by the Ordinances of the Town of Salem if not fully paid, shall be sued for in the name of the Commissioners of the Town of Salem and when collected, one half shall be paid to the Town Treasurer and one half shall be retained by the collecting officer, in addition to the regular . The costs allowed to the Town Constable shall be the same as those received by regular constable for similar services.
These ordinances to go into effect from and after the 16th of March, 1857.
Charles Brietz, Mayor
C. L. Rights, Secty. (Vol 1- 48-58)
Ordinances of the Town of Winston Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
June 5th, 1876
Be it ordained by the Commissioners of the Town of Winston, as follows:
Precautions Against Fire
1. That the Mayor shall appoint a Committee of three, whose duty it shall be to examine all the buildings within the corporate limits of Winston, and report any that may be found insecure against fire. If said committee shall discover any building that they may deem not safe, they shall point out to the owner or occupant thereof what alterations shall be made, any person whose duty it shall be to make such alteration and refuse to do so, after due notice thereof, shall, upon the warrant of the Commissioners, be fined one dollar for each and every day he or she may neglect to make such repairs.
2. That no person shall carry, or suffer to be carried, any Candle, Lamp, Lighted Cigar or Pipe, or any other light (except a lantern) into any barn or other out-house, where there may be hay, straw or fodder; and any person so offending within the corporate limits of said town shall forfeit and pay one dollar for each offense.
3. That every owner or occupant of a house within the corporate limits of Winston, who shall suffer his chimney to burn out, during a dry time, shall forfeit and pay for each offense one dollar.
4. That no person shall fire or discharge any fire-cracker, sky-rocket, match-pistol, or other fire works, or explode material upon any street, sidewalk, or lot within the Town, without leave first obtained from the Mayor, under penalty of one dollar for each offense.
5. That no person shall keep unleached ashes in any vessel made of wood or other combustible material within fifteen feet of any building; nor run a stove pipe or chimney through the wall, ceiling, or roof of his building, in such manner as to endanger his or his neighbor's property. Any person violating either of the provisions of this ordinance shall forfeit and pay five dollars for each offense.
6. That any person moving or using the Hooks and Ladders belonging to the corporation of Winston, except in case of fire, shall forfeit and pay for each offense five dollars.
1. That any citizen of the Town of Winston, or owner of a lot therein, or any person, who shall obstruct or suffer to be obstructed the side walks, gutters, or streets of the town, shall forfeit and pay five dollars for each offense.
2. Every owner or occupant of a lot where a sidewalk or gutter have been opened, shall, as far as said lot extends, keep such sidewalks clean, and the gutters open and free from obstruction.
3. That no one shall ride or drive a horse along the sidewalks of Winston, or hitch to any fence or shade tree, as to obstruct the sidewalks, or play marbles thereon; any person violating this ordinance shall forfeit and pay one dollar for each violation thereof.
4. That any person or persons who shall roll or cause to be rolled any hogs head or barrel of any sort upon the streets of Winston, in view of any horse or horses or mule in the streets, shall forfeit and pay one dollar for each offense.
5. That any person or persons who shall blockade or suffer to be blockaded the streets in front of any place of business by wagons, carts or other vehicles, shall forfeit and pay, for each offense, five dollars.
6. That the assembling or collecting together of persons on the side walks so as to obstruct the free and uninterrupted passage of persons along the same is forbidden; and every person refusing to disperse or make way for the free passage of persons when so requested by the Town Constable, or who shall willfully obstruct or hinder any person from passing the sidewalk, shall, for each offense, forfeit and pay five dollars.
7. That each and every person within the Town shall keep their hog-pens and privies well-cleaned; and that no person shall erect or keep a hog-pen or privy adjoining any public street or sidewalk; and each and every person is forbidden from draining any filth from hog-pens or privies, or slops from kitchens, or other places, into any public street or sidewalk, or suffer the same to be done from any premises occupied by him or her, and any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this ordinance shall forfeit and pay one dollar for each day such offense shall continue.
1. That any person who shall violate public decency, by any obscene conduct on any street, in or about the Court House, or other public building, or any place of public worship, or any where within the corporate limits of the town, or disturb the peace, quiet or good order of said town, by loud noise, cursing and swearing, or by any obscene language, or otherwise, shall for each offense forfeit and pay twenty-five dollars.
2. That any person who shall exhibit any Stud Horse or Jack in the streets of Winston, shall forfeit and pay for each offense on dollar.
3. That any person or persons who shall deposit the carcass of any dead animal on any street or lot in Winston, or who shall suffer the same to remain on his or their premises for the space of twenty-four hours, shall forfeit and pay for each offense five dollars.
4. That any person or persons who shall disturb any religious congregation within the corporate limits of Winston by appearing in such congregation in a state of intoxication or otherwise disturb the good order and quiet of the congregation by laughing, talking, or other boisterous conduct within the hearing of the congregation during hours of service, shall forfeit and pay five dollars for each offense.
5. That no one shall shoot or discharge within the town of Winston any pistol, gun or other firearms, except in defense of his person, family or property; nor shoot or discharge any sling-shot, or other projectile; and any one violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall forfeit and pay, for each offense, one dollar.
1. That any person who shall be found on the street, side walks, public or unoccupied lot or lots of Winston, in such a drunken condition as to be unable to take care of himself, shall be committed to the town prison until he becomes sober, and shall be fined five dollars.
Injuries to Houses, Fences, Shade Trees, & etc.
1. That any person who shall wantonly, willfully, or recklessly injure any shade tree on the streets of Winston, or in the public square, or any fruit trees, fences, building, or other species of property of another, or the Court House, any Church, School House, or other public building, within the corporate limits of said town, every such person shall forfeit and pay each offense twenty-five dollars.
Breach of the Peace
1.That if any person commit any breach of the peace, or engage in any violent or disorderly conduct within the limits of the town, he shall forfeit and pay, for the use of the town, twenty-five dollars.
1.That no person shall erect, keep, use or maintain any Billiard Tables, Ten Pin Alley, or any gaming table, or place--by whatever name know or called-- at which games of chance hazard or skill shall be played, within the corporate limits of Winston, unless duly licensed therefore according to law--and that any person violating this ordinance shall forfeit and pay the sum of fifty dollars for each offence.
License to Sell Spirits, & etc.
1.That no person shall retain or sell any spirituous liquors, Wine, cordial, ale, porter, lager, beer, or any spirituous, vinous or malt liquors, by a less measure, or in a less quantity, than three gallons, within the corporate limits of Winston, unless duly licensed therefore, according to law---and that any person violating this ordinance shall forfeit and pay the sum of fifty dollars for each offense. (See act of General Assembly in reference to Winston, ratified March 14th, 1870.)
Hogs and Dogs
1.That if any hog or dog belonging to a citizen of Winston shall be found at large upon the streets of Winston, it shall be the duty of the town officer to have the same taken up and impounded, and after advertising the same for three days at the Court House door, if the owner thereof fail within that time to redeem them by paying a fine of fifty cents for each hog, unless there be more than two hogs belonging to the same owner, and in that case, ten cents each over the excess of two, and twenty cents per day for feeding each hog, to sell the same to the highest bidder, and out of the proceeds arising from such sale to first pay off all forfeitures, costs, and expenses, and pay the overplus to the owner on demands; and in case no owner shall redeem within the time specified, nor make application for the said overplus within thirty days after sale, the same shall be forfeited to the use of the corporation.
2.That each and every hog found rooting up any street or side walk of the Town, or otherwise injuring the same, or breaking into any garden or other enclosure, or which shall in any way become troublesome or mischievous, every such hog is hereby declared to be a nuisance, and the owner of every such hog, on notice thereof by the Town Constable, shall immediately remove said hog beyond the corporate limits of the town, and keep the same out of said town, and on failure thereof shall forfeit and pay one dollar for each day that such person shall suffer said hog to run at large in the town after such notice.
3.That any citizen of Winston who shall allow a Slut, when in season, to run at large in the streets of said town, shall forfeit and pay, for each offence, five dollars.
Concerning Health
1. There shall be a Sanitary Committee appointed by the Board, composed of two members and one reputable physician, to take into consideration such measures as may in their best judgment be most conductive to the health of the town, and to report the same to the Board for action. It shall further be the duty of said Committee to investigate the condition of such privies, back-yards and other places in town as they may consider offensive, or injurious to health, and to notify the owner or tenant on the premises found in such filthy and offensive condition to cleanse the same, and if such person after five days notice thereof shall fail within that time to have cleansed the same, every such person shall forfeit and pay five dollars, and one dollar for each day said nuisance shall continue beyond five days.
Town Constable
1. The Town Constable shall be elected annually. He shall each month make a settlement with the town Treasurer, and pay over to him all monies in his hands due the corporation, and as much oftener as may be required by the Board, and he shall make out and file with the Treasurer monthly a statement of all the taxes, fines, forfeitures, penalties, and collections of every kind, which have been or ought to have been received by him by virtue of his office for the preceding month, and the Treasurer shall report the same to the first meeting of the Board thereafter, and by the first day of March every year he shall pay over the whole amount of taxes levied; and he will be charged with the whole amount of taxes levied, and held responsible for the same, unless he can make it appear to the satisfaction of the Board that he was unable to collect the same from insolvency of the parties or other good cause; but before receiving in his hands any taxes or other monies due the town, he shall execute a bond, with sufficient sureties, in such sum as the Board may require, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office.
2. The Town Constable shall have authority, if resisted in the execution of his official duties, to summon a sufficient number of men to aid in him in enforcing the law; and, if any person, so summoned shall refuse to assist, the Constable is hereby directed to report the name of such person to the Mayor, and such person shall be liable to a penalty of five dollars.
3. Any person who shall assault, oppose, or resist, or in any manner abuse the Town Constable, or any person called to his aid, while in the discharge of any duty, shall forfeit twenty-five dollars, or suffer imprisonment not to exceed one month.
1. That the Treasurer shall be elected annually, and before entering on the duties of his office shall give bond, with sufficient sureties, for the faithful performance of the duties of his office, and the safe keeping of the funds in his hands. He shall receive from the Town Constable all monies by him collected, and shall report to the Mayor and Board every six months (and as much oftener as may be required by the Board) the condition of the town finances in detail; and he shall also report to the first meeting of the Board thereafter the monthly statement furnished him by the Town Constable of his monthly collections, required by Sec. I of Ordinance concerning duties of Town Constable. The Treasurer shall also act as Secretary of the Board of Town Commissioners.
1.That the Mayor shall, by public advertisement, give notice of the time required for listing the taxable property within the town corporation, and any person failing to list such taxable property within ten days after such advertisement, shall be subject to a double tax; and the Mayor shall each year, as early as practicable, make out said list of taxable real and personal estate according to the valuation fixed on said property by the Township Trustees, as revised by the Board of County Commissioners.
2. That all the taxes, the penalties, fines, and forfeitures imposed by the ordinances and regulations of said town, if incurred by a miner, shall, together with the cost, be payable and recoverable from the parent, guardian or master of such miner.
3. That all the taxes, penalties, fines and forfeitures imposed by the ordinances and regulations of and for the town of Winston, shall be prosecuted or sued for in the name of the "Commissioners" of the Town of Winston," and when collected, shall be paid to the Treasurer of said corporation; Provided, however, that after conviction and judgment therefore, the Mayor shall have power to remit their judgment, penalty, or fine, to a sum not less than one dollar.
4. That a corporation tax of one-half the amount of the State tax be levied for the Town of Winston upon all the subjects of taxation carried on or done in said town mentioned in Schedule B. of the Revenue law of the State for the year 1875; Provided, however, that a town tax equal to the State tax thereon shall be levied upon every business, act, or thing done, in Winston, which is enumerated and set forth in Sections 8, 9, 19, and 20 of said Revenue law, and every peddler or itinerant auctioneer who shall sell within the limits of Winston, whether by ascending or descending bids, at public outcry, shall pay for the privilege thereof for the first day five dollars, and two dollars for each day or part of a day thereafter engaged in selling.
5. That the following other taxes shall be levied on the following subjects, to wit; Each Express Company, $5; Every person or company who shall make it a business to haul and from the railroad depot, shall be considered a drayman. Dealers in patent rights, $5.; dealers or agents of sewing machines selling machines in town, $5.
6. That all the printed ordinances of Winston, heretofore adopted, and every part thereof not included in the foregoing ordinances, be and the same are, from and after the 10th day of June, 1876, hereby repealed.
7. That the foregoing ordinances shall be in force from and after this date.
D. P. Mast, Mayor
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Summary Meeting Notes for CIC Meeting on January 23, 2013
Community Involvement Committee
Meeting Minutes
Meeting Date: Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Time: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Committee Members present: Paula Amato, Jason Barnstead-Long, Judy BlueHorse Skelton, Liz Gatti, Judith Gonzalez Plascencia, Linda Nettekoven, Stan Penkin, Ryan Schera, Howard Shapiro, Alison Stoll
Absent: Lois Cohen, Anyeley Hallova, Shirley Nacoste, Lai-Lani Ovalles, Peter Stark
Staff: Eden Dabbs, Joan Frederiksen, Alex Howard, Deborah Stein, Marty Stockton, Desiree Vaughn-Rose
Visitors: None
Howard Shapiro welcomed the group. The meeting minutes were approved from the previous meeting dated December 12, 2012.
The next CIC meeting in January will adhere to the new meeting schedule as confirmed by the Doodle Poll with meetings on the fourth Wednesday of every month.
CIC – Meetings in 2013
- Wednesday, February 27th
- Wednesday, March 27th*
- Wednesday, April 24th
- Wednesday, May 22nd*
- Wednesday, June 26th
- Wednesday, July 24th*
- Wednesday, August 28th
- Wednesday, September 25th*
- Wednesday, October 23rd
- Wednesday, November 27th*
All meetings will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in 2500A on the 2nd Floor unless otherwise noted. A light lunch will be served.
The bold/asterisk denotes the dates for the formal committee meetings. Every other month will be reserved for subcommittee work. While everyone is expected to attend the formal committee meetings, we want as many of the CIC members to attend the every other month subcommittee meetings to broaden input into subcommittee work.
MartyStocktonannounced that a business-focused workshop has been added to the series. The location is still being determined, but staff has been working with Venture Portland and should have a location confirmed today. The Left Bank Annex, Rose Garden and other conference rooms have been investigated, but $200 for refreshments per workshop is starting to make some spaces too expensive for the budget. The format will be 2 or more hours of an open house with pre-set formal presentation followed by a Q and A session. Staff members Barry Manning, Tyler Bump and Tom Armstrong are assisting with the Workshop. Members asked, "Who are you tying to reach- meaning what defines a business?" It was suggested that Peter Stark and Ryan Schera are a great contact for this effort, and Ryan suggested theWorldTradeCenter. Liz Gatti asked if other businesses could contribute to the cost of the Workshop.
CIC decisions and follow up actions
CIC members communicated their decisions and follow-up actions pertaining to the Comprehensive Plan Update to staff present at the meeting.
The group checked-in on possibly working in sub-committees at the February meeting or prior to this date. The PEG discussed a potential structure for the February meeting.
Decision about the alternative meeting months was approved.
The group would like to touch base after a few months to see if the alternative meeting months are working for everyone. Howard hopes that each member could be open to the alternative schedule. Marty shared the staffs' thoughts in wanting a commitment from the CIC that the first 45-minutes is a brownbag related to potential other topics with the Brownbag occurring in the alternate months. Jason Barnstead-Long suggests sending the message of thought back to the full group in case there are any issues. Alex Howard added that the presentations can be done in-house and not by other organizations.
There was question on whether or not the full list of standing Committees was complete. Also, at next month's meeting, what are the topics that the committees could come up with as discussion points?
Members then attempted to provide a list of who is on each of the Committees:
Communications: Jason, Eden, Linda, Liz
Outreach: Liz, Jason, Linda
Each month the Committees should have a different topic related to the on-going work.
At the next CIC meeting, we will have had two Comp Plan Workshops, so it will be good to have Communications report in on their work, a commitment from committees for Feb meetings and topics, and an evaluation of the Workshops. It was proposed that the Workshops and Outreach Committees combine at this point to evaluate the effectiveness of the Workshops.
With no more decisions or follow up actions, the CIC moved on to new business.
Workshops Update
Deborah Stein added that members of the Education and Youth Success PEG are interested in staffing the workshops as another set of eyes and ears at the events.
The PEG also had a conversation about what is the CIC's role at the February/March workshops?
There will be a general session with a few breakout sessions. In the general session there will be tables, boards and staff for each chapter of the plan. The breakout sessions will focus on:
- Transportation, which will be staffed by PBOT employees
- Environment, who will also work with Economic Development to focus on the puzzle of issues and how it could look into fixing them
- Design with Nature, which will have environmental planners from BPS and BES planners. This breakout is scheduled for two West and 2 East Workshops.
Stan Penkin noted that not all of the locations include all of the breakout sessions. He asked, "How did staff decide on the breakout session to the location?" Marty replied, "The breakout session appears where the issues are more geographic and prominent to that specific district." Liz Gatti commented that the breakout session are more educational forums with them serving as both a content gathering and sharing of information program. Paula Amato asked if there would be an update on the new mayor and administration. Deborah replied that he has higher priorities, but has given the green light to proceed ahead and can attend at his discretion. Howard noted that the definition of and term Urban Design Framework were not very inviting. Jason added on that he felt Urban Design and the Growth Scenarios were too close of title names. He felt alternative should be listed last and Stan suggested taking out, "Alternative," and just go with Growth.
Survey/Questionnaire for Working Draft Part 1
Alex Howard stated that the desired outcome for this agenda item was to, "Reach clarity about the purpose of the survey/questionnaire."
Marty noted that this is the second version, and that the December meeting thoughts and feedback brought changes, but staff still needs more information. Deborah said, "These are complex questions that we can simplify with the language, but we are tying and need help. We cannot simplify the answers, so we are limited in how much we can simplify the questions.
Alex encouraged people to take the questionnaires home and digest the questions and their thoughts.
Judith asked how are the questions going to be ask and used? Marty said the survey will be available online and launched when the first workshop occurs. Questions will be packaged together and users are invited to answer a single or multiple questions.
Staff shared that questions 6, 7, 8, and 9 are a bridge to the Comprehensive Plan Update Part 2. Users answers will help frame Part 2. All of this is tied to outreach after the workshops as well, open to community groups.
Judith questioned including goals and possibilities per topic? Judy noticed the changes and suggestions from the previous meeting were included. Alison felt the language was too much, for example, on the first question adjectives were left off. However, she felt the examples were great!
Howard asked for a time frame for suggestions to be provided to staff. Alex requested the feedback be emailed by Feb 4th.
Judy encouraged the room to think about how this questionnaire will be used outside of the room, and maybe that requires a shift with other generations using online?
Liz asked how staff was creating a buzz in the community to increase the amount of feedback, is there an online billboard? Staff commented that the DCLs are building awareness, that there will be a reminder card that the participant can take with them with the link to the survey, andEdensuggested an exit board.
Members were thanked for their feedback and it was noted that there will be further directions for how to present/describe the survey/questionnaire.
Community District Series
Joan Frederiksen commented that we as staff know that the workshops are not enough for the community and so how do we take the discussions out into the community. What is another avenue for feedback? She then provided an overview of community district discussion series. What will these be? Each district liaison will host a series of events in their districts, 3 or 4 over four months, either in the district locations or libraries. This will allow 5 or 6 opportunities for comminutes to communicate on topics that will very per district because each series will be customized per district. This will be an opportunity to discuss what the community wants to discuss, not just a programmed session, but a more flexible discussion. Also, this will be a chance for the community to see what the implications of decisions will look like on a map.
Discussion centered on using the comp station around the city, or perhaps district offices, will provide an opportunity to mark on a map and give feedback-as we move into part 2. How do we describe these events? Staff would like feedback and would like to start this discussion at the workshops.
Marty said she thought these would be a natural bridge between the open houses and community-hosted events, now we have these district events, which could also be hosted per an organization. "It would be helpful for the clarity of ideas and also bridge, policy conversation and map discussion.Edenfelt that these were capacity building session and they continue the connections in the community, and building relationships with community partners.
It was felt that each district needs to set the scheduling with each district having one event a month.
Linda shared that Foster Neighborhood might be interested in hosting the district area meeting or might partner with another agency. Judy said theSchoolofUrban Planning, Smith Hall, NAYA or the BPS Comp area for are good places for question and mapping community programs.
Joan commented that the idea is at its inception with staff looking into the many details of such an operation and how these programs could create better connections. She added they have already begun gathering suggestions and wanted to provide the CIC with the chance to give feedback. If there is any, please email Marty or her. Stan commented that ideas are fantastic!
Deborah felt that perhaps we need to work backwards, "What are the expectations of the community from such a session? What is the sequence of these events in regards to the bigger Comp Plan Updating process and what are everyone's roles-PEGS, staff, etc.?" Finally, "What's the communities' expectation of their influence on the maps and the Comp Plan?"
Stan said he thought the expectation from the PEGs is that they only live through till June. Deborah commented that she was unsure of an official role and that it was up to each PEG to decide. Howard said he would prefer time to review and reflect on these questions.
Communications Update
Eden Dabbs provided updated on the Communications Plan leading up to the Workshops. The plan includes newspaper advertisements with the workshop schedule, a direct mailer going out to household at 500 or 1,000 feet from the location of the workshop and lots of media coverage.
She encouraged members to share the following items with others, E-News, ads, postcards, mailers, overview and the equity handout.
Communications will also be assisting Joan with the District Meetings.
Public comments
There were no public comments
Next steps
The Next CIC meeting will be Wednesday, February 27, 2013 from 11:30 a.m. -1:30 p.m.
For more information, please contact Marty Stockton, Bureau of Planning and Sustainability at 503-823-2041 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Policy Expert Groups and Working Groups –January/February Meetings
- Planning and Sustainability Commission - Comp Plan – Working Draft briefing, Tuesday, January 22, 6:00p.m.; 1900 SW 4th Avenue, 2nd Floor, Conference Room 2500
- Fix It Fair, Saturday, January 26th, 9:30a.m. to 3:00p.m.; Self Enhancement, INC., 3920 N Kerby Ave
- Planning and Sustainability Commission - Comp Plan – Scenarios Report briefing,Tuesday, February 12, 12:30p.m.; 1900 SW 4th Avenue, 2nd Floor, Conference Room 2500
- Policy Expert Groups and Working Groups –January/February Meetings Neighborhood Centers PEG meeting, Thursday, January 17, 8:00-10:00a.m.; 1900 SW 4th Avenue, 7th Floor, Conference Room 7A
- Community Involvement PEG meeting, Thursday, January 18, 6:00-8:00p.m.; City Hall,1221 SW 4th Avenue, Pettygrove Conference Room
- Watershed Health and Environment PEG meeting, Wednesday, January 23, 4:00-6:00p.m.; 1900 SW 4th Avenue, 2nd Floor, Conference Room 2500A
- Networks PEG meeting, Wednesday, January 30, 3:00-5:00p.m.; 1900 SW 4th Avenue, 7th Floor, Conference Room 7A
- Infrastructure Equity PEG meeting, Wednesday, February 6, 10:00a.m-12:00p.m.;1900 SW 4th Avenue, 2nd Floor, Conference Room 2500A
- Residential Development and Compatibility PEG meeting, Thursday, February 14, 4:00-6:00p.m., Conference Room 7A
- Economic Development PEG meeting, Wednesday, February 20, 11:30a.m. to 1:30p.m.;1900 SW 4th Avenue, 7th Floor, Conference Room 7A


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|Chen discusses the role of a composition teacher
|Composition teachers should be inspiring and practical
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Composer Chen Yi sits down with CIM's Head of Composition, Keith Fitch, to discuss teaching composition.
Chen Yi
Recorded Date: 04-04-2014
Keith Fitch currently heads the composition department at the Cleveland Institute of Music, where he holds the Vincent K. and Edith H. Smith Chair in Composition and also directs the CIM New Music Ensemble. Called "gloriously luminous" by The Philadelphia Inquirer, his music has been consistently noted for its eloquence, expressivity, dramatic sense of musical narrative, and unique sense of color and sonority. Reviewing a performance of his work Totem by Wolfgang Sawallisch and The Philadelphia Orchestra (chosen by Maestro Sawallisch to celebrate the orchestra's centennial), The Wall Street Journal praised "the sheer concentration of his writing, and its power to express a complex, unseen presence shaping the course of musical events." His works have been performed throughout the United States, Europe, and Japan by such ensembles as The Philadelphia Orchestra, the American Composers Orchestra, the New York Youth Symphony, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, the St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble, the Da Capo Chamber Players, and new music ensembles around the country. Additionally, his music has been heard at the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, the June in Buffalo Festival, the Midwest Composers' Symposium, the Atlantic Center for the Arts, Milwaukee PremiereFest, New York's Carnegie and Merkin Halls, and in university settings nationwide. Highlights of recent seasons include the premieres of 'Tho Night Be Falling (commissioned by the Fromm Music Foundation for the Colorado String Quartet); Midnight Rounds, written to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the Da Capo Chamber Players; and Mean Fiddle Summer, composed for the acclaimed violinist Lina Bahn. The 2012-13 season brings the premieres of Knock on Wood (for the harp/guitar duo of Yolanda Kondonassis and Jason Vieaux); Cascade, a fanfare commissioned by Cleveland's Museum of Contemporary Art for the inauguration of their new building; and In Memory, a new chamber orchestra work commissioned by the League of Composers Orchestra (NY).
A native of Indiana, Keith Fitch (b. 1966) began composing at age eight and began formal musical training on the double bass at age eleven. While still in high school (age sixteen), he received his first professional orchestral performance. Subsequently, he attended the Indiana University School of Music, where he completed his Doctorate in 1995. At Indiana, he studied composition with Frederick Fox, Eugene O'Brien, and Claude Baker, double bass with Bruce Bransby and Murray Grodner, and chamber music with Rostislav Dubinsky, founder of the Borodin Quartet. He also counts Donald Erb and Joan Tower among his compositional mentors. Among his many awards are the annual Dean's Prize for Composition at Indiana (1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994), the Kate and Cole Porter Memorial Fellowship at Indiana (1993-1995), three ASCAP Young Composer Awards (1988, 1989, 1993), the ASCAP-Raymond Hubbell Scholarship (1988), three National Society of Arts and Letters awards (1990, 1992, 1993), an Individual Artist Grant from the Indiana Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts (1994), and a Fromm Foundation Commission (2005). He has enjoyed multiple residencies at The MacDowell Colony (1998, 2001) and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (2002, 2003, 2004, 2007), as well as at The Charles Ives Center for American Music (1991), and the Atlantic Center for the Arts (1989), and he has twice served as Resident Composer and faculty at the Chamber Music Conference and Composers' Forum of the East (2002, 2006). He has also served as guest composer at California Summer Music (2010) and at the MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music at Bowling Green State University (OH, 2010). Most recently, he was the recipient of a 2012 Individual Excellence Award from the Ohio Arts Council.
Highly regarded as a teacher, chamber music coach, and conductor of new music, he has taught at Indiana University (2001), Bard College (2005-2006, 2007-2008), and for eleven years served on the faculty of the Mannes College of Music in New York (1997-2008), where he founded the new music ensemble, CIRCE. His students regularly win awards from such prestigious organizations as ASCAP, BMI, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Fulbright Foundation, as well as attending leading summer festivals around the world. Students interested in studying with Dr. Fitch are strongly encouraged to contact him at The Cleveland Institute of Music (www.cim.edu) prior to auditioning.
His music is published by Non Sequitur Music (www.nonsequiturmusic.com).
As a Distinguished Professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance, a prolific composer and recipient of the prestigious Charles Ives Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters (2001-04), Chen Yi* blends Chinese and Western traditions, transcending cultural and musical boundaries. Through doing so, she serves as an ambassador to the arts, creating music that reaches a wide range of audiences, inspiring people with different cultural backgrounds throughout the world. She holds both a BA and MA in music composition from the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, and received her DMA from Columbia University in the City of New York, studying composition with Wu Zuqiang, Chou Wen-chung and Mario Davidovsky. She was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2005.
Chen Yi's music has been commissioned by Yehudi Menuhin, Yo-Yo Ma, Evelyn Glennie, the Cleveland Orchestra, the BBC, the Seattle, Pacific, and Singapore Symphonies, the Brooklyn, New York, and Los Angeles Philharmonic, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Raschèr Saxophone Quartet and Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Luke's, and recorded on many labels, including BIS, New Albion, CRI, Teldec, Telarc, Albany, New World, Naxos, Quartz, Delos, Angel, Nimbus, and KIC.
Dr. Chen has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation (1996) and the National Endowment for the Arts (1994), as well as the Lieberson Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters (1996). Other honors include first prize in the Chinese National Composition Competition (1985), the Lili Boulanger Award from the National Women Composers Resource Center (1993), New York University's Sorel Medal (1996), the CalArts/Alpert Award (1997), a Grammy Award (1999), the University of Texas Eddie Medora King Composition Prize (1999), the Adventurous Programming and Concert Music awards from ASCAP (1999 and 2001, respectively), the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center's Elise Stoeger Award (2002), the Edgar Snow Memorial Fund's Friendship Ambassador Award (2002), the Kauffman Award in Artistry/Scholarship from the UMKC Conservatory (2006), and honorary doctorates from Lawrence University in WI (2002), Baldwin-Wallace College in OH (2008), the University of Portland in OR (2009), and The New School University in NYC (2010).
Chen Yi was the first woman to receive a master's degree in composition in China (June 1986) when she gave an evening concert of her orchestral works in Beijing, performed by the Central Philharmonic of China. She is also the first woman to give an evening multimedia orchestral concert in the US (for orchestra, choir, Chinese traditional instrumental soloists, dancers, and image projection – the Chinese Myths Cantata), which occurred during her 3-year residency with The Women's Philharmonic and Chanticleer (May 1996), supported by Meet The Composer. She has given two more whole evening concerts of her orchestral and choral works presented by the China National Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in 2001 and 2008, and was appointed Changjiang Scholar Visiting Professor at the Beijing Central Conservatory by the China Education Ministry in 2006.
Premieres in 2009 included Septet, a mixed ensemble piece for Prism Saxophone Quartet and Music From China, Prelude and Fugue for the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra (MTC/ASOL Music Alive Residency), a duet From Old Peking Folklore for the Music Teachers' Association of California Friends of Today, and Jing Marimba for the Zeltsman Marimba Festival. New commissions include a wind ensemble work, Dragon Rhyme, premiered by the Hartt School of Music Wind Ensemble at Carnegie Hall, a work for the San Francisco Girls Chorus and Cypress String Quartet, and a work for solo violin (in memory of her violin teacher Lin Yaoji) to be premiered at the China National Concert Hall. Future commissions in 2011 include works for eighth blackbird, the Mid-America Competing Band Directors Association, the American Choral Directors Association, Singapore ACJC, Gustavus College Orchestra (MN), Central Bucks High School Choir (PA), and the Seattle Symphony.
Recent world premieres from 2008 include a song cycle From the Path of Beauty for Chanticleer and the Shanghai String Quartet, Suite from China West for the Metropolitan Wind Symphony, Tunes from My Home for the Newstead Trio, a recorder concerto, Ancient Chinese Beauty, for Michala Petri, Concerto for Reeds for oboe, sheng, and chamber orchestra, Rhyme of Fire for the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (commissioned by the BBC Proms and conducted by Leonard Slatkin), Woodwind Quintet No. 3 for the Eastman School of Music, and Prospect Overture for the China National Symphony Orchestra, commissioned by and premiered at the China National Center for the Performing Arts to celebrate the 2009 New Year in Beijing, conducted by Daniel Harding.
Important premieres in 2007 include Three Bagatelles from China West for flute and piano at Carnegie Hall (for the 21st Century project Meet The Composer flute book, Eight Visions), Tibetan Tunes for the New Pacific Trio (Barlow Endowment for Music Composition Commission Award), Looking at the Sea for the Peninsula Women's Chorus, and China West Suite for Dennis Russell Davies and Maki Namekawa at the Ruhr Piano Festival in Germany. Other world premieres in 2005 and 2006 include Celebration for the Maryland Classic Youth Philharmonic, Spring in Dresden for Mira Wang and Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden (co-commissioned by the NY Phil, premiered in Germany), the 2006 Pulitzer Prize Finalist Si Ji (Four Seasons) for the Cleveland Orchestra (a Roche Commission, premiered at the Lucerne Music Festival in Switzerland, Severance Hall in Cleveland, and Carnegie Hall), Ji-Dong-Nuo, commissioned by Carnegie Hall for Emanuel Ax, Ancient Dances for Wu Man, commissioned by the Walton Arts Center in Arkansas, The Ancient Beauty for Music From China and the Philadelphia Classical Symphony, and Han Figurines, commissioned by Opus 21 and Fontana Chamber Arts.


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Daniele Durante is an Assistant Professor of Statistics at the Department of Decision Sciences of the Bocconi University, and a Research Affiliate at the Bocconi Institute for Data Science (BIDSA). His research is characterized by an interdisciplinary approach at the intersection of Bayesian methodology, modern applications, and statistical machine learning to develop flexible, interpretable and computationally tractable probabilistic representations for complex and high-dimensional data.
Academic CV
- Post-doctoral Research Fellow. Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Padova, ITA. (2016–2017). Research Topic: Bayesian nonparametrics for functional and complex data. Advisor: Bruno Scarpa.
- Ph.D. in Statistical Sciences. Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Padova, ITA. (2013–2016). Research Topic: Bayesian nonparametric modeling of network data. Advisors: Bruno Scarpa and David B. Dunson.
- Visiting Research Scholar. Department of Statistical Sciences, Duke University, USA. (2014–2015). Research Topic: Bayesian learning for high-dimensional low sample size data. Advisors: David B. Dunson.
- M.Sc. in Statistical Sciences cum Laude. Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Padova, ITA. (2010–2012). Research Topic: Locally adaptive Bayesian covariance regression. Advisors: Bruno Scarpa and David B. Dunson.
- B.Sc. in Statistics, Economy and Finance cum Laude. Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Padova, ITA. (2007–2010). Research Topic: Structural equation models for ordered categorical data. Advisor: Bruno Scarpa.
Research areas
Network Data — Bayesian Nonparametrics — Tensor Factorization — Stochastic Processes — Density Regression — High Dimensional Inference — Statistical Machine Learning.
- Canale, A., Durante, D. and Dunson D.B. (2018+). Convex Mixture Regression for Quantitative Risk Assessment. Biometrics. To appear (doi:10.1111/biom.12917).
- Rigon, T., Durante, D. and Torelli, N. (2018+). Bayesian Semiparametric Modelling of Contraceptive Behavior in India via Sequential Logistic Regressions. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A. To appear (doi:10.1111/rssa.12361).
- Russo, M., Durante, D. and Scarpa, B. (2018). Bayesian Inference on Group Differences in Multivariate Categorical Data. Computational Statistics & Data Analysis. 126, 136—149.
- Durante, D. and Dunson, D. B. (2018). Bayesian Inference and Testing of Group Differences in Brain Networks. Bayesian Analysis, 126, 136–149.
- Durante, D., Dunson, D. B. and Vogelstein, J. T. (2017). Nonparametric Bayes Modeling of Populations of Networks. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 112, 1516–1530 (with discussion).
- Durante, D., Mukherjee, N. and Steorts, R. C. (2017). Bayesian Learning of Dynamic Multilayer Networks. Journal of Machine Learning Research, 18, 1–29.
- Wang, L., Durante, D., Jung, R. E. and Dunson, D. B. (2017). Bayesian Network-Response Regression. Bioinformatics, 33, 1859–1866.
- Durante, D. (2017). A Note on the Multiplicative Gamma Process. Statistics & Probability Letters, 122, 198–204.
- Durante, D., Paganin, S., Scarpa, B. and Dunson, D. B. (2017). Bayesian Modelling of Networks in Complex Business Intelligence Problems. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series C, 66, 555–580.
- Durante, D. and Dunson, D. B. (2016). Locally Adaptive Dynamic Networks. Annals of Applied Statistics, 10, 2203–2232.
- Durante, D. and Dunson, D. B. (2014). Nonparametric Bayes Dynamic Modelling of Relational Data. Biometrika, 101, 883–898.
- Durante, D. and Dunson, D. B. (2014). Bayesian Dynamic Financial Networks with Time-Varying Predictors. Statistics & Probability Letters, 93, 19–26.
- Durante, D., Scarpa, B. and Dunson, D. B. (2014). Locally Adaptive Factor Processes for Multivariate Time Series. Journal of Machine Learning Research, 15, 1493–1522.


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Alan McCann necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 272 diseños de 45 diseñadores freelance.
Senior Daily Update (seniordailyupdate.com)
Senior Daily Update is a daily news web site and email newsletter for seniors (55 and over). We are in development mode for our business and have some very interesting relationships which will enable us to reach the senior market regionally across the United States. Our goal is to be *the* place for seniors to get the information they value every day. Creating a comfortable, easy to use experience that provides valuable information is critical to our success. We are a mix of the traditional and modern.
Our target audience is seniors 55 and up across the country. Our site is customized by region in terms of content. They are interested in news, health, entertainment, food, travel, and good deals.
Our initial thoughts are that we want a logo that mimics traditional newspaper logos (like NY Times, LA TImes) but has a modern edge and is legible at a range of sizes. There is an opportunity to customize the logo by region (e.g. New York City Edition). We think we want more of a word mark logo than any graphics but are open to graphics.
The three main colors of our design are black, white, and red highlights. We will also have colors indicating different categories of content. The site http://theglobeandmail.com is an example of a site with these colors.
It would be ideal if the design used a commercially available font if possible (or at least was mostly based on that)
The new site design will have larger fonts and lots of white space in the design.
I have attached an example design for our site but the logo is in plain Times Roman. This design will likely be changing as we iterate our web site design but it should give you an idea of the overall style we are trying to achieve.
The current design on the site (http://seniordailyupdate.com) is a commercial theme that is line with our thinking as well.
The logo must work in a single color if more than one color is proposed.
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I'd known about the upcoming animated adaption of The Dark Knight Returns for a while now, but that awareness receded somewhere into the back of my brain somewhere. Like Old Bruce in a bathrobe.
But this new trailer—via MTV Geek—is like "the rain on my chest," a baptism. A baptism of remembering. It makes sense to follow The Dark Knight Rises's success with an adaptation of one of the texts that inspired it. Peter Weller's a great choice for a geriatric Batman and the look of the film approximates Miller's line drawing pretty well.
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I, for one, cannot wait to recite all my favorite lines from Frank Miller's quote-tastic script word for word when this thing comes out. "You don't get it, boy. This isn't a mudhole... It's an operating table. And I'm the surgeon." The Dark Knight Returns Part emerges from the darkness and onto Blu-ray, DVD and digital download on September 25.


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The Iranian navy held another day of exercises Tuesday in the Gulf's busy Strait of Hormuz, which carries some 20 percent of the world's oil exports.
State radio said underwater craft and some 1,500 members of naval forces took part in the third of five days of naval exercises as Iran marks the 20th anniversary of its 1980-1988 war with neighbouring Iraq.
As it does every year, the Islamic republic is staging a series of air, land and sea exercises to mark the anniversary.
Last week a top naval official announced Tehran would soon bring out its first domestically manufactured missile-equipped destroyer, while the nation's first mini-submarine made in Iran was launched last month.—AFP.
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I ran into following question:
You have a class that many libraries depend on. Now you need to modify the class for one application. Which of the following changes require recompiling all libraries before it is safe to build the application?
a. add a constructor
b. add a data member
c. change destructor into virtual
d. add an argument with default value to an existing member function
I'd think that all 4 options would require recompile as they either change the data allocation for class or the public interface of the class. how to go about getting to the right answer in above?


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Today's been an interesting day to say the least. It's amazing the mixture of emotions that have come to me as the 10th anniversary of September 11th passes. It's this interesting mix of pride for America and its resiliency, sorrow for the loss of life and still not completely understanding how people could do what they did.
However, the thing that struck me most today was that my son really didn't know anything about September 11th. He's only 7 years old and so we'd never really talked to him about the details of what happened and quite frankly he's still too young to really understand the meaning of that terrible day.
My wife and other two kids were out of town this weekend and so my 7 year old and I sat together and watched a few of the 9/11 specials that were going on. It provided a new perspective to me to try and share with my son why someone would fly a plane into a building like that. Needless to say, he's got a lot more to learn and understand about the situation. However, it was educational for me to think through the questions he asked. I definitely didn't have all the answers, but it helped me to appreciate the sacrifice the emergency response staff made on that day.
At one point in the fire fighter special we were watching my son had slowly gone and gotten all the fire engines we had in the house (I didn't realize we had so many). In one scene they're driving to ground zero where they see fire engines trashed and cars, ambulances and fire engines on top of each other. My son started to do the same with his toy fire engines. I tried to help him understand how "the good guys," the fire fighters were doing everything they could to save people's lives.
Each year as he grows, I'm sure he'll learn more and more about the importance of 9/11. In some ways, I guess it's a good thing that he doesn't have to be harrowed by sad memories of that day.
I read somewhere that the theme for the 9/11 10 year anniversary is "I will volunteer." I love the idea, but wish they'd have called it, "I do volunteer." The idea of volunteering and helping others shouldn't be like a New Years Resolution which we fail to keep. Helping others should be apart of who we are. I hope that this is indeed the legacy of 9/11. That's what I plan on teaching my son.


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I have been able to import into QGIS a set of raster topographic maps and the associated DEM raster maps. It registered the two for me. From there I have calculated the associated slope raster map. Now I want to export the data to a CSV file (or similar format) for processing in a program that I am writing. Ideally the data would be structured in a way that would permit me to query for the slope and elevation data for any given point on the map. Is this possible? If so, then how do I do it?
Edit: There was a comment linking to another post but it seems to be gone now. Regardless it made me realize that I need to clarify my question. Specifically, I have been able to export the data (slope & DEM) to two different CSV files. However I would prefer the data in one file if possible.


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I hope that's not Danny Ritchie talking agin'. That post is so hilarious even to those who might think that VMPS speakers are unusual for using first order crossovers and that they don't historically have the most elegant visual design or pretty wiring on the inside. The accolades over the years speak for themselves, as does the fun, gutsy idea of doing live versus recorded events at shows.
Live vs Recorded with VMPS
After John's short talk at THE Show (see below), the two of us decided to make the rounds together until I had to leave for the airport. But it wasn't that easy to just get up and go.
Have you ever tagged along with a rock star? That's how it felt walking with John, as people came up to John to engage in conversation every 15 or 20 steps. The man has been editing Stereophile for almost 24 years now, and knows just about everyone. And John also likes and values people as much as he likes music. Perhaps he can remain relatively anonymous in the streets of Manhattan and Brooklyn, but at CES, there's a "Hi John" at every turn. So as much as John invited me to lead the way, I'd only take about 15 steps before I'd discover him waylaid by someone.
Somehow, after three stops to chat, we managed to get to the VMPS live vs recorded demo. As we entered, soprano Lesley Olsher, wife of erstwhile Stereophile reviewer Dick Olsher, was standing before a microphone array, singing a lovely song in Hebrew. Somehow we managed to listen without disrupting Lesley's singing. My hats off to her for managing to sing a cappella, beautifully, and in tune as a recording of percussion played at a different tempo penetrated the walls.
Brian Cheney of VMPS recorded the demo using a two-channel DSD recorder and tube condenser mics. Then, the recording was played back in both DSD and 24-bit/88.2kHz formats.
It was great to hear the sound of VMPS' new M50 loudspeaker ($12,000/pair), amplified by Atmasphere electronics. The set up was all Audience Conductor e cables and powerChords, and the electronics were powered through an Adept Response aR12-T power conditioner. The speaker, a dual line-source bipole, is 6' tall, weighs 350 lbs., and has built-in digital speaker and room correction plus digital crossovers. It also sounds excellent, faithfully reproducing the timbre of the voice and the instruments that accompanied Lesley on "Summertime" before we arrived.
Most striking was the fact that the recorded playback had far more air and life than the live performance in a very deadened room. John explained that's because we were hearing the acoustic of the same room twice, both at the time of the recording and at the time of playback. No wonder so many recordings sound airier than the real thing.
The comparison of playback formats (DSD and 24/88.2 PCM) only went so far. Different mikes were used for the two different format feeds, and were positioned differently. Hence, a direct comparison between formats was impossible. Nonetheless, recording engineer Atkinson was able to note the different sound quality of the different mikes.
A big thanks to Brian for once again arranging the demo. And equal applause for a fine new addition to the VMPS line.
Finally test that makes sense. Live versus recorded, tests both the recorder, the speakers, the mics, etc. Not mere hyperbole that reviewers do based on the mood they are in. A direct live versus recorded should be the norm, the only way to prove or disprove whether it's hi fi to the original or not. Start a trend do more like this. Kudos. JA start something, this is a real test.
Couid it be that what we consider air is actually some sort of distortion? I have had season tickets at the L.A. Phil for thirty years and have never heard air. How ever every time I have reduced errors in a play back chain the sound air seems to disapear. If it dose not sound like Mrs Olsher in the room how can it be accurate?Drew
Couid it be that what we consider air is actually some sort of distortion? I have had season tickets at the L.A. Phil for thirty years and have never heard air. How ever every time I have reduced errors in a play back chain the sound air seems to disapear. If it dose not sound like Mrs Olsher in the room how can it be accurate?Drew


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YouTube Adding Amazon, iTunes Download Links
Not sure you have enough places to buy music online? YouTube jumped into the retail space by adding links to select content that will let users purchase music, games, and more via Amazon's MP3 store and iTunes.
Google started rolling out the YouTube eCommerce Platform in the United States Wednesday. It will expand internationally in the next few months.
"Our goal is to improve the overall YouTube experience by connecting consumers with relevant information and entertaining content," Chad Hurley, co-founder and chief executive of YouTube, said in a statement. "The addition of retail links will enhance the viewing experience and allow people to engage more deeply with the content they want to consume."
Starting today, YouTube will place embedded download links to Amazon and iTunes on the pages housing "authorized video content," meaning music videos and other content provided by the content providers themselves.
At this point, the platform will provide download links to content from EMI Music and Electronic Arts, though partners who use YouTube's content identification and management system can also enable retail links on claimed videos that they choose to leave up on the site, Google said.
"Amazon.com is always looking for new ways to make discovering and buying products as convenient as possible for our customers, which is why we're excited to collaborate with YouTube," Scott Merlino, senior manager of the Amazon Associates Program, said in a statement.
"This is just the beginning of building a broad, viable eCommerce platform for users and partners on YouTube," according to a YouTube blog post. "Our vision is to help partners across all industries -- from music, to film, to print, to TV -- offer useful and relevant products to a large, yet targeted audience, and generate additional revenue from their content on YouTube beyond the advertising we serve against their videos."Editor's Note: This story was updated to clarify the definition of "authorized video content".


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Good luck, Chris Canty.
In the challenge to put together the pieces for the new 3-4 defensive scheme, the Packers may not be losing ground, but they're definitely not gaining any either. According to Thompson, "We try to build our team so that we have a front-line group, but at the same time we want sustainability during the course of a season." Sounds like a nice plan. Let's see how we're doing. Front-line: Thin. Backups: Thin. Hmmm…
Thompson's undoubtedly looking at several role players with little or no flair. Like Igor Olshansky from the Chargers, for instance, a guy the Journal Sentinel describes as a "sufficient starter or backup." I've accepted the fact we're probably not going to be getting Pro Bowlers, but doesn't that description remind you of a player like Jon Kitna... sufficient for the Lions, but a backup anywhere else? At this point, we're gonna need about three Jon Kitnas, two Igor Olshankskys along with a couple Yakov Smirnovs for some laughs while we wait.
This wait-and-see approach just feels like waiting for the wind to burn the coals hot enough to restart the fire. I'm just afraid this strategy may be more along of the lines of playing your lucky numbers instead of playing like you have a hand.


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Pregnant Claire Danes at LAX After Emmys | Pictures
Pregnant Claire Danes Takes Flight With Her Emmy
Claire Danes toted her luggage yesterday as she caught a plane at LAX. She was solo at the airport, though her husband, Hugh Dancy, was by her side over the weekend in LA. The expectant actress, who won outstanding lead actress in a drama series at Sunday's Emmy Awards for her role in Homeland, made her way through security in a casual t-shirt and jeans.
Claire wore a Lanvin gown to the Emmys to accept her award this weekend, but the individual honor wasn't the only one her critically acclaimed Showtime series snagged for its very first season. Her costar Damian Lewis won outstanding lead actor and the show also won outstanding drama. Check out our Emmys recap show for even more on the night's biggest winners, best fashion, and greatest backstage moments!


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Maximizing your chances of conceiving naturally
The adage "timing is everything" applies to many things in life, including trying for a baby. A woman's age is known to affect fertility, which is about 50% lower for women in their late 30s and early 40s compared with women in their early 20s. Men also experience an age-related fertility drop, but this usually doesn't happen until the age of 50.
But beyond age, there is another kind of timing that's important: the dates when you have intercourse. A woman is most fertile during a 6-day window ending on the day of ovulation. This is called the "fertile window." Although frequent intercourse (every 1 to 2 days) gives the highest pregnancy rates, it is most likely that conception happened during the fertile window. Therefore, knowing the time of ovulation to predict the fertile window may be useful for couples who want to conceive but have barriers to frequent intercourse.
If a couple knows they have been having intercourse during the fertile window for a long time without conceiving (6 months or more if the woman is 35 or older, or 12 months or more for women under 35), they may have fertility issues. If this is the case for you, your doctor may refer you to a reproduction specialist.
There are many home-based methods and devices available to predict time of ovulation and the fertile window to help increase your chances of conceiving naturally. Basal body temperature is one method, where the woman charts her morning body temperature each day for a few months to get a sense of when she's ovulating. However, body temperature usually rises after ovulation, which makes it impossible to predict the fertile window within that cycle. Basal body temperature can be useful when combined with calendar calculations used to predict the fertile window based on several previous regular cycles.
Another method is to track the quality and abundance of vaginal secretions, which can identify the complete fertile window. However, you'll need training in this technique to use it properly.
Home-based urine ovulation tests and fertility monitors can be purchased over the counter at most pharmacies. These products can detect specific hormones that are released prior to ovulation, such as luteinizing hormone (LH) and estrogen. Ovulation kits that detect LH identify a "peak fertility period" from around 24 to 36 hours before ovulation. Fertility monitors detect both LH and estrogen in the urine. They can identify the complete 6-day fertile window and provide the best chance of timing intercourse for conception.
Other things you can do to increase your fertility chances are:
- reach a healthy weight
- ask your doctor whether your lubricant could be affecting your chances of conceiving
- limit alcohol intake (the safest choice is to not drink alcohol at all)
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Finding ourselves with a few spare hours, a bag of nails, and some lumber that was in the yard, we've hammered together a new web store. And to commemorate so auspicious an occasion, we've got a lovely new shirt to hang in the window as well, all very coincidentally in time for some ritual holiday consumer action.
It's one of our nicer shirts yet, probably because it wasn't done by us, but instead by a trained & paid professional (design by Jeff Nicholas at The Uprising Creative):


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History of the RCS Pins
The story of the pins as told by Ronald Hahn.
These are a few remarks on the design and production of the Sierra Club Rock Climbing Section's second climbing pin, introduced sometime around 1954.
In one of the showcases at the recent exhibition, "100 Years of Climbing in Yosemite", at the Yosemite Museum, there was a well-seasoned hat, donated by Robin Hansen. The hat dated from at least the early 1950s, when I first saw it. The hat had two Sierra Club Rock Climbing pins attached, similar to the above.
Torcom Bedayan (Raffi's brother) was the designer of both of the pins, but we took some liberties with the design of the second pin. I knew Torcom when I climbed with the SCRCS in the early 1950's. (I would like to interject a note about Torcom's artwork during World War II. Some of Pvt Torcom K. Bedayan's paintings became part of the US Army Art Collection. I believe that I saw one of his paintings hanging in a corridor of the Pentagon in later years, but my memory may be faulty. In preparing these notes, I ran across references to his artwork in a 1942 issue of Life Magazine and in a collection of WWII Christmas Cards. At one time I owned a small paperback book of WWII military art, which included one of Torcom's paintings.)
I do not know the history of the first climbing pin used by the SCRCS. It was manufactured by Metal Arts Co, Roch. NY. The company is apparently still in business.
I do know that there came a time, around 1953, when the SF Chapter of the SCRCS was running short of these pins and the Rock Climbing Committee decided to order new pins.
But it was not that simple. The first pin was a beautiful work of art, but the colored enamel had a tendency to chip when it came between a rock and a hard place. There were also complaints that some of the lettering was hard to read. There was even a complaint that the climber's foot-work was suspect. (You'll note that the ledge is not filled in.)
As a young climber, at the bottom of the pecking order so to speak, I was given the task of reordering the pin. I was also given many of the comments and complaints regarding the pin. I discussed the comments with Torcom and he was extremely patient and gracious in resolving the issues with me. He came up with this design for the new pin:
When we had agreement on this design from the leading members of the Rock Climbing Committee, Torcom produced more durable artwork that could be shopped to the various vendors:
When we started getting bids from potential vendors, we also started to nail down the particular details of the artwork.
For example, people preferred a slack belay, rather than tension. Handholds and footholds were produced. Rope texture and a carabiner are portrayed. You get the point.
I cannot explain my inability to produce a more accurate background. I did take hits on that, also.
I do remember bringing these issues up with the final vendor and his patience in responding to our nit-picking. I do not recall how we came to agree on the red enamel border, other than the fact that it must have looked good with the metal artwork. As it turned out, I don't think the red enamel aged well, and it, too, was susceptible to chipping.
I should say that I have always thought that the 2nd pin was produced by Art Metal. But I see that the first pin is labeled Metal Arts Co. Now I wonder if we did business with the original vendor, after all. I cannot remember. I also do not recall the price of the pin.
I am depositing the original artwork in the YCA archives.
--Ronald Hahn
Poughkeepsie, NY
February, 2009


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LAGOS, Nigeria — A leader of a protest march for 276 missing schoolgirls said that Nigeria's first lady ordered her and another protest leader arrested Monday, expressed doubts there was any kidnapping and accused them of belonging to the Islamic insurgent group blamed for the abductions. The first lady's office denied there were any arrests.
Saratu Angus Ndirpaya of Chibok town said State Security Service agents drove her and protest leader Naomi Mutah Nyadar to a police station Monday after an all-night meeting at the presidential villa in Abuja, the capital. She said police immediately released her but that Nyadar remains in detention. Deputy Superintendent Daniel Altine, police spokeswoman for Abuja, said she had no information but would investigate.
As AP journalists waited outside the Asokoro police station in Abuja where Nyadar was being held, they watched a vehicle from the presidential State House drive up, saw her bundled into the car and driven away.
Ayo Adewuyi, spokesman for first lady Patience Jonathan, said there was a meeting but he was unaware of any arrests. "The first lady did not order the arrest of anybody, and I'm sure of that," he told the AP.
Police say more than 300 girls and young women were abducted April 15 from Chibok Government Girls Secondary School, of whom 53 girls escaped and 276 remain in captivity.
But Ndirpaya said Mrs. Jonathan accused them of fabricating the abductions. "She told so many lies, that we just wanted the government of Nigeria to have a bad name, that we did not want to support her husband's rule," she said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press.
She said other women at the meeting, allies of Mrs. Jonathan including officials of the government and the ruling party, cheered and chanted "yes, yes," when Mrs. Jonathan accused them of belonging to Boko Haram, an Islamic insurgent group that allegedly kidnapped the girls. "They said we are Boko Haram, and that Mrs. Nyadar is a member of Boko Haram." She said Nyadar and herself do not have daughters among those abducted, but are supporting the mothers of kidnapped daughters.
Mrs. Jonathan said the women "had no right to protest," especially Nyadar, whom she identified as the deputy director of the National Directorate of Employment. Jonathan said Nyadar should resign her government post, Ndirpaya said.
In a report on the meeting, Daily Trust newspaper quoted Mrs. Jonathan as ordering all Nigerian women to stop protesting, and threatening "should anything happen to them during protests, they should blame themselves."
It was unclear what authority Mrs. Jonathan would have to give such orders.
Protesters said they are also concerned that they have been unable to reach two other people who were at the meeting: the principal of Chibok Government Girls Secondary School, Asabe Kwambura, and the town's local government chairman, Bana Lawal. "They were supposed to meet with us this morning, they were last seen at the (presidential) villa, and we suspect they are being kept there to stop them speaking out," said Tsambido Hosea Abana, chairman of the Chibok community in Abuja, who has a sister and three nieces among the missing girls.
An adviser to the president says the mass abduction and failure to rescue the girls, now in a fourth week of captivity, is a source of deep embarrassment to Jonathan and his government. Some Nigerians have accused the government of insensitivity to the girls' plight and not doing enough to rescue them.
On Sunday night, Jonathan said his administration is doing everything possible. On Friday he created a presidential committee to go to the affected Borno state to work with the community on a strategy for the release.
Some girls who have escaped from the mass kidnapping said their captors identified themselves as Boko Haram.


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ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP) - A construction crew is digging through several feet of dirt and trash in a New Mexico landfill to reach what they believe is a giant cache of cartridges from what some call the worst video game ever made.
ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP) � A construction crew is digging through several feet of dirt and trash in a New Mexico landfill to reach what they believe is a giant cache of cartridges from what some call the worst video game ever made.
About 200 of residents and game enthusiasts gathered early Saturday in southeastern New Mexico to watch backhoes and bulldozers dig through the concrete-covered landfill in search of up to a million discarded copies of "E.T. The Extraterrestrial" that the game's maker wanted to hide forever.
But strong winds that kicked up massive clouds of dust mingled with garbage led some to leave the Alamogordo site.
Among the watchers was Armando Ortega, a city official who back in 1983 got a tip from a landfill employee about the massive dump of games.
"It was pitch dark here that night, but we came with our flashlights and found dozens of games," he said. They braved the darkness, coyotes and snakes of the desert landfill and had to sneak past the security guard. But it paid off.
He says they found dozens of crushed cartridges that they took home and were still playable in their game consoles.
The game and its contribution to the demise of Atari have been the source of fascination for video game enthusiasts for 30 years. The search for the cartridges will be featured in an upcoming documentary about the biggest video game company of the early '80s.
Xbox Entertainment Studios is one of the companies developing the film, which is expected to be released later this year on Microsoft's Xbox game consoles.
Whether � and most importantly, why � Atari decided to bury thousands or millions of copies of the failed game is part of the urban legend and much speculation on Internet blog posts and forums.
Kristen Keller, a spokeswoman at Atari, said "nobody here has any idea what that's about." The company has no "corporate knowledge" about the Alamogordo burial. Atari has changed hands many times over the years, and Keller said, "We're just watching like everybody else."
Atari currently manages about 200 classic titles such as Centipede and Asteroids. It was sold to a French company by Hasbro in 2001.
A New York Times article from Sept. 28, 1983, says 14 truckloads of discarded game cartridges and computer equipment were dumped on the site. An Atari spokesman quoted in the story said the games came from its plant in El Paso, Texas, some 80 miles south of Alamogordo.
Local news reports from the time said that the landfill employees were throwing cartridges there and running a bulldozer over them before covering them with dirt and trash.
The city of Alamogordo agreed to give the documentarians 250 cartridges or 10 percent of the cartridges found, whichever is greater,.
Alamogordo's mayor Susie Galea said finding something in the dumpsite might bring more tourists to this city in southeastern New Mexico that is home to an Air Force base and White Sands National Monument. "Lots of people just pass through, unfortunately," she said.
The "E.T." game is among the factors blamed for the decline of Atari and the collapse in the U.S. of a multi-million dollar video game industry that didn't bounce back for several years.
Tina Amini, deputy editor at gaming website Kotaku, said the game tanked because "it was practically broken." A recurring flaw, she said, was that the character of the game, the beloved extraterrestrial, would fall into traps that were almost impossible to escape and would appear constantly and unpredictably.
The company produced millions of cartridges, and although sales were not initially bad, the frustrating gameplay prompted an immense amount of returns. "They had produced so many cartridges that were unsold that even if the game was insanely successful I doubt they'd be able to keep up," Amini says.
Joe Lewandowski, who became manager of the 300-acre landfill a few months after the cartridge dump and has been a consultant for the documentarians, told The Associated Press that they used old photographs and dug exploratory wells to find the actual burial site.
The incidents following the burial remained a part of Alamogordo's local folklore, he said. For him, the only memories of "E.T." the game were of an awful game he once bought for his kid.
"I was busy merging two garbage companies together," he said. "I didn't have time for that."


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I tried to look up related problems with this, but I haven't been able to find a solution. After leaving my computer on, charged, and step away, sometimes it logs my account off. When I come back, log on, all my applications have been turned off. I have adjusted the settings under "Energy Saver" and allow the computer a longer sleep time, but that doesn't seem to work.
OS X Version 10.8.2 Any suggestions?


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