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ArtsWatch: U.S. Trade Rep's Call To Action
The Recording Academy actively represents the music community on such issues as intellectual property rights, music piracy, archiving and preservation, and censorship concerns. In pursuing its commitment to addressing these and other issues, The Recording Academy undertakes a variety of national initiatives. ArtsWatch is a key part of an agenda aimed at raising public awareness of and support for the rights of artists. To become more involved, visit Advocacy Action @ GRAMMY.com and sign up for Advocacy Action E-lerts.
On May 2 U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk released this year's Special 301 Report listing trading partners with inadequate intellectual property protection. The Priority Watch List features the usual suspects — Canada, China, India, Russia, and eight others — although this year Russia's progress in enacting tougher antipiracy legislation was recognized, as were efforts by Mexico, the Philippines and Spain. In a new development, Kirk called for the listed countries to collaborate on finding a better path ahead — a move made more meaningful in the context of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement's plan for sharing international IP enforcement information. "This year's Special 301 Report comes with a call to action for our trading partners," said Kirk. "We are ready to work intensively with you to stop intellectual property theft that threatens IP-related jobs in the United States and other countries. Today's report is a springboard for ambitious and collaborative partnerships in the coming year to strengthen protection for the innovation and creativity that drive jobs and exports for the United States and our partners around the world." Leading U.S. content industry groups were swift to praise this year's report. Consumer advocates Public Knowledge were miffed that the USTR did not specifically respond to any of its many objections — primarily that the Special 301 approach is too strict and coercive — but pledged to remain active in the USTR's public engagement activities.
China announced the formation of the State Internet Information Office on May 4 to serve as a unifying agency for online content management, including new Web regulations, their enforcement and coordinating the work of other agencies. Staff and leadership for the SIIO will be drawn from members of the State Council Information Office serving double duty. Although some government censorship will be administered through the new department, this consolidation of responsibility holds promise for regional business development and the online experience of China's more than 450 million Internet users.
On May 3 European Commission VP for the Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes announced the launch of the Future Internet Public-Private Partnership, a five-year, three-phase program combining $430 million of EC investment with matching funds from 158 organizations and industry partners in 23 European countries. Kroes said, "We have to recognize the fact that the design of the future Internet is not dependent just on the [information and communication technology] industry. They are indeed the ones we rely on for our daily communications, but it is imperative that the requirements of real users, such as the transport community, energy providers, content providers, and local authorities, are taken into account for the definition of an open and standardized framework." The first phase will last two years with nearly $130 million in funding, with the largest investment going to the development of core platform tools and code, and smaller sums ramping up eight case projects. One of these — FI-Content — has "assembled a consortium including major content providers, games companies, hardware vendors, network operators, broadcasters, research institutes, and academia to propose a number of novel and inventive scenarios for new forms of content."
MPAA Chairman/CEO Christopher Dodd addressed the Media Institute's Communications Forum luncheon on May 3 in Washington, D.C., sharing early insights gained after his first seven weeks on the job. In order to improve public perception of the movie industry, the former senator emphasized the need to defeat two popular misconceptions: the "dinosaur" myth and the "red-carpet" myth. Having met with industry leaders and innovators, Dodd was impressed that the film business is embracing the future, evolving to take advantage of new technologies, and claimed "nothing could be further from the truth" regarding the image that Hollywood is ruled by dinosaurs refusing to change with the times. He is also determined to tell the story of the "hard-working middle-class people" holding down jobs in an industry he calls far more blue-collar than most people realize. Dodd prefers the term "looting" to piracy or theft and wants average Americans to understand that pirating movie content hurts millions of working Americans — not just wealthy celebrities. Beginning his upbeat conclusion, Dodd said, "Interestingly, what we have found is that the more screens people own, the more content they want. Content is the constant. It's what keeps people coming back.... And that, my friends, is also why we work so hard to protect our content." He finished on movies' ongoing value as emotionally powerful cultural touchstones that continue their tradition of bringing "people together from every background" to the theater.
On May 4 the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet held a hearing on the Internet organization ICANN's plans to approve a slew of new generic top-level domains (i.e., .com, .org, etc.). The Recording Academy, the RIAA and many other leading music organizations expressed their concern in January that a multitude of these new Web address suffixes could open the door to malicious conduct by rogue websites and trademark infringers attaching well-known trademarks to new top-level domains.
Richard Franco Montejano, a 29-year-old former member of the Old School Classics "warez" group, pleaded guilty in Los Angeles' U.S. District Court on May 2 to willful copyright infringement. The OSC group engaged in pre-release music piracy from 2002–2007 and two other OSC defendants were sentenced last year to three months in prison followed by two years of supervised release. Montejano will be sentenced in July and faces penalties of up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.


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Herbicide tolerant crops have revolutionized weed control for many Southwestern corn, cotton and soybean farmers, but with innovation comes an increased need for product stewardship, says a Texas A&M Extension weed specialist.
Paul Baumann, speaking at the recent Agricultural Technology Conference at the Texas A&M-Commerce campus, said farmers' weed management options have expanded with herbicide-resistant crops. But he cautioned growers about jumping into new weed control systems without evaluating the economic and environmental repercussions.
"These new crop options provide additional weed control opportunities beyond traditional herbicides," Baumann said. "Farmers now have more options at critical (crop and weed growth) stages. Roundup, for example, gives them more flexibility with timing compared to pre-emergence or postemergence applications or at specific weed or crop sizes."
Baumann said products like Roundup also may reduce the overall pesticide load on the environment.
"But the value of herbicide tolerant crops depends on the weed control system and the herbicides used. Growers must consider the added cost of herbicide tolerant crops compared to the flexibility and performance of the available herbicides."
Herbicide tolerance, he said, allows farmers to manage tough weed problems. "But don't sacrifice yield for just a little more weed control. Ask if a herbicide tolerant program offers better economic or environmental advantages. And not all crops exhibit the same degree of tolerance. Current soybean varieties have a greater tolerance for Roundup, than RR cotton.
He suggests farmers evaluate equipment on hand. "They may need a hooded sprayer for applications of Roundup in cotton after it reaches the four true-leaf stage. Proper calibration also plays a crucial role in any herbicide program."
Options vary with each crop.
For corn, growers have Liberty Link and Roundup Ready tolerance programs. They also have IT corn tolerant to Lightning herbicide.
"The Roundup Ready program offers exceptional performance against most weeds at reasonable size," he said. "It gets most broadleaf and grass weeds when applied during the growing season and may be used as a remedial treatment."
Baumann cautions against relying on Roundup for a total program, however. "Corn farmers may need a pre-emergence treatment to get through the first three weeks. If they wait for weeds to emerge, they may get some competition at a critical growth period for the corn."
He said weed competition within the first ten weeks after emergence may affect yield. "We see little influence on yield at 13 or 24 weeks," he said.
He also cautions growers to be aware of potential weed shifts and herbicide resistance. "We face the potential for resistance to develop if we use the same product year after year."
He said Lightning is a good knockdown product, with a reasonably broad spectrum of activity. It offers less flexibility than Roundup or Liberty with regard to weed size at treatment but does provide residual control of pigweed species.
Cotton farmers have Roundup Ready cotton varieties and will soon have Liberty Link cotton tolerant to glufosinate (Ignite) herbicide.
"Again, Roundup offers excellent control of many troublesome weeds, but we need to educate growers to develop a program approach. They also need to pay attention to treatment restrictions, such as the four-leaf stage cut-off."
He also warned growers to be alert to weed shifts and herbicide resistant weeds.
"Also, if growers are not certain they'll be able to make a timely application with Roundup, they may want to include a pre-emergence or at-planting treatment in their weed control strategy.
"Timing is also important, especially for weeds such as the morningglory species. At 10 to 14 days after emergence, if weeds are not dead, a second application may be necessary. Don't wait until weeds recover from an initial application."
Baumann said the generic glyphosate products also work well in most situations. "We have at least 20 or 30 generic products registered for use in Texas cotton," he said. "Some of these may cause some speckling of leaves early but the cotton grows out of it and suffers no effect on growth, yield or quality. There have been some reports of cotton terminal growth damage, but we have seen none of this in our trials."
Baumann recommends farmers put a pencil to the generic products to determine if they get as good a buy weighing the lower price against potential for less customer service.
"Most of these products do a good job, but be careful of untested products. And remember that not every manufacturer worldwide maintains the same quality control as U.S. companies."
He said Liberty also offers a broad spectrum of control on grasses and broadleaf weeds. "However, like Roundup, it provides no residual activity. Envoke, from Syngenta, also offers broad-spectrum control applied postemergence after the five-leaf stage and can be used on non-herbicide tolerant cotton varieties. And we still have the traditional ppi, pre and postemergence products available."
Soybean farmers continue to rely mostly on Roundup Ready varieties, Baumann said. "Roundup gives good control and allows the canopy to cover the row and reduce weed competition. Row spacing also plays a role."
He said morningglory may be one of the toughest weeds in Roundup Ready soybeans and cotton. "Farmers may need repeat applications to take it out. Also, weed shifts are possible."
Baumann said farmers who have switched to herbicide tolerant crops should be aware of the potential for weeds to develop resistance to herbicides. "Resistance is a plant's inherited ability to survive a herbicide application that it would have been susceptible to before.
"Weeds produce billions of seed and very few are different genetically, but a very small percentage may be tolerant to a particular herbicide. When a farmer uses a highly effective herbicide, he takes out the susceptible weeds and the one that's tolerant will flourish."
He said the herbicide actually helps since it takes away all the natural competition. The resistant one grows, sets seed and the progeny survives with a higher percentage of resistant weeds that continue to expand. "It creates a mess," Baumann says.
"We do have herbicide resistance in Texas. Even though glyphosate (i.e. Roundup) is a highly effective herbicide on a broad weed spectrum, use does eliminate competition for resistant weeds. And used a number of times in resistant crops, resistance is more likely to develop."
Baumann says the problem is exacerbated because alternative chemical development has slowed in recent years.
"One advantage with Roundup is that it provides no soil residual. Also, rotating to a non-Roundup Ready crop will help delay resistance. There is also something to be said for the fact that we have used Roundup for several years now and have not documented the presence of any Roundup resistant weeds in Texas." Baumann also recommends using effective alternative herbicides.
He says farmers need to avoid herbicide resistance to maintain their arsenal of products. "We can develop cross resistance, weeds resistance to a number of herbicides." He said high registration costs for chemical companies also impede new products to combat resistance.
"It pays for farmers to check fields to see if several species normally controlled by a particular herbicide are present. It's unlikely that two species will develop resistance. Re-growth from the base of a perennial plant not completely controlled by a Roundup application is indicative that resistance is not evident."
Baumann said growers should use herbicides only when necessary and then rotate herbicides, using different modes of action.
"Clean tillage and harvest equipment to prevent moving weed seeds and perennial plant parts. Consider cultivation and rotate crops."
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OK, thanks for the tip re: LoMaps.
I downloaded New York and Ontario as my first 2 free maps. Easy compact download. They were at least as current as any of the online options.
Quickly deleted the copies of online maps I had saved (which covered a fraction of the area of the LoMaps) since they were now redundant and taking up too much space.
Still have a free download should I ever require it. If I need any after that I'll simply purchase the LoMap. The ease of download and space savings are well worth the low cost.
Now that I own Ontario and New York am I entitled to updates? Or will I need to purchase to keep current?
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Their policy is that you can download the same map as many times as want for a period of a year. However, an updated map is not the "same map". Therefore updated maps count as a new map (even though it is the same state or province) and will consume your third free LoMap voucher (or cost you about CDN$0.25).
Earlier I mentioned OpenAndroMaps. It's another source of vector-based maps based on OSM. It's free but the author does ask that people make a small voluntary contribution because he pays for the web site's operating costs and the continuous improvements to the maps offered.
OpenAndroMaps is tightly integrated with Locus Map. When you select the map you want from OpenAndroMaps, Locus Map will start and take over the entire download and installation process (meaning it's nearly as seamless as installing their own LoMaps). In OpenAndroMaps, its maps typically cover several states (i.e. not just one state) so they may occupy more space than LoMaps with its single state/province maps.
I overlooked to mention another advantage of vector maps is the ability to quickly change their appearance using "themes". You can switch from Driving to Hiking to Cycling and certain map details will be shown/hidden to best suit the activity. Map themes come bundled with LoMaps but in OpenAndroMaps it's a separate download.
In OpenAndroMaps, you also have to download a map theme (at least once). The recommended theme is "Elevate LE". It gives you fine-grained control over what the map should display.
NOTE: Although you can use the "Elevate LE" theme with LoMaps ... it doesn't work 100%. Some things fail to show up (like some trails) and the result is a misleading map. For best results, use the Elevate LE theme exclusively with maps from OpenAndroMaps.
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For now I think the LoMaps are going to meet my requirements.
$0.25 each to update New York and Ontario once or twice a year sounds like a plan to me.
The LoMap doesn't reflect the recent changes you've made in AMR. But I created a track using my routing software which does see the current OSM map. Then exported a kml file and imported into Locus Maps. So I will have the current OSM trails available when we do our hike next month.
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Two things for you:
1) Export to RideWithGPS
I know you use RideWithGPS so you'll be pleased to know you can upload your tracks directly from Locus Map to RideWithGPS. Instructions are here.
2) Vector maps contain searchable data.
Vector maps can contain searchable data like Points Of Interest (POI). Locus Map has a Nearest Points function that lists nearby POIs like amenities, shelters, viewpoints, etc.
Here's an example of how to use Nearest Points followed by a very simple example of how to navigate to a selected POI.
You're standing at the western end of Marcy Dam. You want to know more about the nearby POIs. Specifically, you want to go to Marcy Dam #2 Lean-to.
FWIW, the routing function might only be available in the paid version.
(Click image to magnify it.)
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Thanks again for taking the time to respond.
I was very pleased with how easy it was to export my route from RideWithGps to Locus Maps via a kml file. It didn't include my POI's but not sure I need them. Perhaps I'll investigate further at some point.
Also took a look at the route in Google Earth was really cool. Made me realize that my routing along the Lost Lookout trail had us hanging off the side of a cliff so I corrected that.
Happy to hear it will be as easy to export from Locus to RideWithGps when I began creating tracks.
Thanks for the info regarding search and navigation. Worked exactly as you detailed so it appears the functionality is included with the free version. Will be helpful next time I need to use an outhouse.
It appears that the app can also be used for vehicle navigation. Didn't realize that, I'll check it out.
Thanks again,
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To preserve the waypoints, try GPX format.
Yes, once you start working with GPS tracks, you notice they are very good approximations but still approximations. Walk back and forth over the same trail and the tracks will never precisely overlay one another (using consumer grade GPS receivers).
A tip about routing:
Locus Map's default routing engine relies on an Internet connection. If you want to do offline routing, you have to install a companion app called BRouter.
That's what was used to create the example above. Locus Map will transparently use BRouter whenever it need to calculate routes (you don't normally interact directly with BRouter).
Instructions are here.
The BRouter routing engine is the same one that powers this site:
BRouter has the ability to understand "go" and "nogo" via points. For example, you want to get from point A to B following a very specific set of trails (or streets) but the router keeps picking the fastest, most direct route. You can use "go" and "nogo" points to force the router to select/avoid specific trails (or streets).
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I also recommend the phone in airplane mode option. Modern apps are much more capable than the handheld options from Garmin and the like. There is the Garmin Android handheld option, which will run the Android apps listed below, but it's much more expensive an option than a cheap, old phone. An external battery with USB port may also come in very handy to recharge the device at night.
Android Apps: LocusMaps, OruxMaps
Apple App: Map Plus
I use mbtiles format for everything, they are super efficient and fast.
Besides MOBAC (which is great) to create your offline mbtiles data sets, look at Maperitive too.
You can also create custom mbtiles files including multiple overlays with GlobalMapper (expensive) or QGIS (free) with a plugin.
I've attached my mapsources from MOBAC 2.0 if anyone wants to use them. Not all of them work, but there are some really good ones in there.
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Thanks for the list of map sources. It looks nearly identical to what I have available with the two apps I use: Locus Map and AlpineQuest.
Seeing that there's a wealth of "off the shelf" maps, what kind of custom maps do you create with MOBAC?
FWIW, the mbtile file format is MapBox's specification for a database (SQLite) storing map tiles. https://www.mapbox.com/help/an-open-platform/#mbtiles
That's effectively a portable "raster map". It has the advantage of fast rendering and the disadvantage of requiring greater storage space (as compared to vector maps).
For example, I downloaded a 2 by 3 mile rectangle of an online map (satellite imagery), in zoom levels 13-18, and the resulting file size is 29 Mb (and it's a SQLite file). Compare that to the entire state of New York in vector format which is only 249 Mb.
BTW, when you instruct Locus Map to download a section of an online map, for offline use, it stores the result in a SQLite file.
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I agree regarding the efficiency of vector data vs raster. That's why vector maps are so useful for mobile! Unfortunately for my uses, vector data is typically not very useful.
Most of the work I've done with mbtiles has been documented here on my website for navigating Stillwater Reservoir. See the "Offline map tiles" section on the main page, and the "Available Imagery" link at top left. Any time I find new imagery, step one is to package it up in an mbtile file and a KMZ file (if possible) so I never lose it. You never know when online repositories will go away (eg. Mapquest Open Aerial). I do all my map data creation (routes, hazards, etc) in QGIS. Mbtiles load up very easily and quickly into this program, and I can stack imagery layers based on water height.
Besides the satellite and aerial imagery I've located, I've also created a custom depth map of the reservoir, which is also available in mbtile, as well as KMZ.
I don't really make "custom" maps with MOBAC, I just create the offline repository with it, or sometimes GlobalMapper or Maperitive depending on the source of imagery. To make the custom map, I use QGIS.
For example, in QGIS I could load up one of the topo map mbtiles, set the satellite imagery over top of that, but only show it over the topo inside the shoreline of the reservoir. Then add the depth map over top of that, but at 50% opacity so you can still see the satellite imagery underneath, and export it all as a brand new mbtile file. You could also integrate in vector data, like routes, polygons, etc into the final mbtile export file. I usually avoid this since it can easily be done in the apps, and you never know how you'll want to mash up that data on site. I can take paper maps (link on site) and create an overlay for them as well.
If the mobile apps allowed loading up multiple mbtile files at once with varying opacity levels, I wouldn't have to create the custom maps. I haven't figured out a way to achieve this yet though. Maybe there's a way?
If you want to try out QGIS, there's a quick guide on my site, albeit a pretty simple one. It's a great tool, and is pretty easy for basic stuff, but can get really complicated fast since it's so powerful. One of my favorite things to do is to download the "DEM" elevation data for a region from here and create my own topo maps, typically with much more accuracy than the old pre-made topo maps. The DEM data is also raster data similar to satellite imagery, but the pixels in the imagery are encoded with elevation information, rather than color information. The data is often created using LIDAR, which is very accurate. Lots of cool stuff you can do with this program, and there's a ton of free source data.
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You've done a lot of interesting mapping work and I plan to explore your site in greater detail. Thanks for the link!
I've heard of but have never used QGIS, mostly because I haven't found a need for it (yet). However, you've opened my eyes to its possibilities.
Although it isn't as comprehensive a mapping tool as QGIS, Alpinequest has very impressive map-handling abilities. I can select several (online) maps, layer them, easily adjust the opacity of each layer, and then (optionally) download the whole shebang for offline use.
Here's an example with three layers ("Base Map" is a default layer):
If I now want an offline version of this "layer cake", I specify the area I want, the number of zoom levels, and then have Alpinequest download it. Easy-peasy! I now have a custom map I can use offline.
FWIW, Locus Map's "LoMaps" are derived from OpenStreetMap and are vector based. They also include a DEM (SRTM; or download and use another source) which the app can use for map shading. It offers three shading palettes (hill shading, slopes, and colored elevation) or you can define a custom one.
Alpinequest recently added the ability to auto-download a DEM for whatever area of map you are currently viewing. It also uses it for map shading.
Locus Map can also use the DEM to calculate a trackpoint's altitude or the entire track's ascent and descent. I've found this to be very useful given that GPS vertical measurements aren't as precise as a barometric altimeter (and my phone doesn't have one). The app gives you many ways to use a DEM for determining altitude.
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Has anyone used this phone for their GPS unit? I use one with Gaia and have had OK results but it seems to be extremely temperature sensitive. Lately it just shuts down or freezes. Locating Satellites is quite slow and it looses satellite lock easily. Would an older iPhone 6 be a better candidate?
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Thanks, I'm due for a phone upgrade and will bring my iPhone 6 into service
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Apples and oranges (pun intended).
GAIA running on iOS has a great reputation. GAIA running on Android is an entirely different beast. So your troubles may be a mix of old phone woes and new app glitches.
+1 for Johnny's suggestion. Downloaded maps (especially raster maps) are significant consumers of space (not on the same order as photos and songs but it's up there in size). FWIW, my Android phone has 16 GB plus a 32 GB memory card (unfortunately that's not an option for iPhones). It's a comfortable amount of space for me (16 GB alone wouldn't be sufficient for how I use it).
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Thanks TB,
I only use it for paddling trip data and download my maps from Caltopo. It's got a big screen and an easy app to use. Can't see it in the bright sunlight but usually just set it up and don't look at it until we are done for the day. That's when I get the it turned itself off surprise or it freezes. Never been much of a fan of GPS but it's nice to get a route track map and data for the day.
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Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but I wanted to add a data point ... I'm still using a Garmin eTrex Legend C that I bought circa 2005. Easily goes a day on one pair of rechargeable batteries. Accuracy may not be as good under cover as the new ones with the Russian satellites, but it's good enough for canoeing and general hiking.
So getting an older used one might be a good option.
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Quick follow-up, LocusMaps now allows overlaying one MBTILE file with varying opacity over another MBTILE base map. It also has a nice function where you can load in scanned paper maps, and set 4 or more reference points tied to underlying raster imagery, and it will rectify the scanned map for you.
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Mohegan - Whether he's wearing a business suit or the regalia of his beloved Mohegan Tribe, Bruce "Two Dogs" Bozsum has long been known to look the part.
But can he pose convincingly in biker's garb?
That's the question answered Friday night during the upcoming episode of CBS' "Undercover Boss," the Emmy Award-winning show in which corporate executives rub elbows with the people they employ.
For a reality show, "Boss" is pretty real, Bozsum said Tuesday.
Sure, he can laugh about it now. His hair's grown back.
Filmed here in late September at Mohegan Sun and at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., the episode finds Bozsum serving drinks, parking cars, tending to slot machines and readying Mohegan Sun Arena for a concert.
At the time of the filming, the 53-year-old Bozsum was chairman of the Mohegan Tribal Council and, by extension, head of the management board that oversees the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority. He's since relinquished the council's top spot but remains a council member.
All during the filming, he had to hope no one would recognize him.
He needn't have worried.
Staff from the show experimented with his look in an hours-long session at Bozsum's West Kingston, R.I., home.
First, they trimmed his hair and added a moustache, but that wasn't enough. They shaved his head "a little," and that didn't do it, either.
"Finally, the makeup girl said, 'We've got to go all the way. We've got to shave it all,' " Bozsum recalled. "I said, 'Whatever it takes.' "
He added a goatee and matching
eyebrows, temporary tattoos - a spider on his neck and the letters R-O-A-D
K-I-L-L on his knuckles - and earrings.
In Pennsylvania, the oldest of his eight children didn't recognize him.
Twenty-five-year-old Jacob Bozsum, a casino host at the Pocono Downs facility where Bruce worked as "a high-limit beverage server," passed right by his tray-carrying father a half-dozen times without noticing.
The elder Bozsum had to cook up a story to explain his presence and that of the cameras that followed him around.
He and his wife, Kelly, came up with an alter ego, "Sam Chefron," who hailed from Mason, Ohio.
Sam, the story went, was a game-show contestant with dreams of opening his own restaurant.
"I really had to stay in character all week," Bozsum said. "I was Sam."
Bozsum said he was amazed at how well many patrons know the casino employees who serve them. He hopes that connection came across in the show.
The extended Bozsum family will gather at home in Rhode Island to watch the episode for the first time Friday night. Many of Mohegan Sun's screens will be tuned to the same channel.
What: "Undercover Boss"
Who: Mohegan Tribal Councilor Bruce "Two Dogs" Bozsum goes undercover at Mohegan Sun and Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs.
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White House press secretary Jay Carney said Obama would announce White's nomination during a ceremony in the State Dining Room Thursday afternoon.
"She's got an incredibly impressive resume," Carney said. "The president is very pleased to be able to nominate her."
At the same event, Obama will renominate Richard Cordray to serve as head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a White House official said. The president used a recess appointment last year to circumvent Congress and install Cordray as head of the bureau.
That appointment expires at the end of this year.
The official spoke on the condition of anonymity in order to discuss the nomination before the president announces it.
White spent nearly a decade as the U.S. attorney in Manhattan, building a reputation as a tough prosecutor with an expertise in pursuing white-collar crimes and complex securities and financial fraud cases. White House officials say that experience makes her well-positioned to implement Obama's Wall Street reform legislation.
While serving as U.S. attorney, White also won convictions related to the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.


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With the recent completion of the 2007 baseball season, a thirteen member team was selected as nominated and voted on by league sports information directors.
"Conference Members are excited to honor the best athletes of an era when competition was intense," stated Commissioner Alan Patterson. Certainly the level of competition will only increase in the Conference Carolinas. The single change is that the name better reflects the location of members based in a geographical area that is highly regarded throughout the country."
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Rene Barreras
Rene Barreras was the 2002 CVAC Player of the Year for the Crusaders. Barreras was a three-time First Team All-CVAC selection and his .448 batting average in his senior season ranked ninth nationally in '02.
Dennis Blackmon
Dennis Blackmon was a two-time All-CVAC selection for the Bulldogs including a First-Team selection in 2004. Blackmon posted a .426 batting average and 24 home runs in '04 to earn First-Team All-Region and Second-Team All-American honors. Blackmon was the 2002 CVAC Tournament MVP for champion Barton.
Brad Church
Brad Church was the 2003 CVAC Player of the Year for the Trojans. Church batted .429 in his senior season to earn First Team All-CVAC, First-Team All-Region, and First Team All-American accolades in '03.
Brock Godwin
Brock Godwin was the 2006 CVAC Baseball Player of the Year and 2006 CVAC Male Athlete of the Year for the Bulldogs. Godwin was 8-0 with 5 saves on the mound while batting .404 in his senior season earning First Team All-American status in 2006. Godwin was a First Team All-CVAC selection at both utility and pitcher in '06 while making Second Team in '03.
Adam Hensley
Adam Hensley was a three-time All-CVAC selection for the Cobras including a First Team honoree in both 2002 and 2003. Hensley set the Coker school record with 285 career strikeouts. Hensley's 10 wins in '02 led to All-Region honors in his junior season.
Craig Hurba
Craig Hurba was a two-time All-CVAC selection for the Trojans including First Team honors in 2003. Hurba batted .408 with 16 home runs in his senior season to earn All-Region accolades. Hurba was drafted in the MLB draft in 2004.
Robbie Knapp
Robbie Knapp was a two-time First Team All-CVAC selection for the Flying Fleet. Knapp also was a two-time All-Region honoree. Knapp batted .371 with 17 home runs in 2006 to earn Third Team All-American accolades. Knapp holds Erskine's school record with 45 career home runs in only three seasons.
Stephen Nordan
Stephen Nordan was a two-time First Team All-CVAC selection for the Trojans. Nordan batted .395 with 72 RBI in 2007 to earn First Team All-Region and Third Team All-American honors.
Kevin Pucetas
Kevin Pucetas was a two-time All-CVAC selection for the Saints. Pucetas 3.73 ERA and 117 strikeouts earned him 2006 CVAC Pitcher of the Year honors. Pucetas, who also garnered 2006 All-Region status, was drafted after his senior season in the MLB amateur draft.
Jeff Robbins
Jeff Robbins was the 2004 CVAC Player of the Year for the Falcons. Robbins was a First Team All-CVAC selection twice. Robbins also earned First Team All-Region and Third Team All-American honors in his final season.
Casey Smith
Casey Smith was the 2005 CVAC Player of the Year for the Flying Fleet. In his final season, Smith batted .448 with 18 home runs earning the Baseball Writers National Player of the Year, CVAC Male Athlete of the Year, and South Atlantic Player of the Year. Smith was drafted in the ninth round of the MLB draft.
Josh Stewart
Josh Stewart was the 2001 CVAC Player of the Year for the Trojans. Stewart hit 19 home runs in '01 to also earn First Team All-CVAC and First Team All-Region honors. Stewart was a two-time First Team All-CVAC selection.
Alex Udwari
Alex Udwari was a three-time All-CVAC selection for the Crusaders including a First Team honoree in both 2006 and 2007. Udwari batted .391 in his junior season earned him All-American Honorable Mention accolades while his 16 home runs in his season year helped him to second team All-Region recognition.


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I started studying Rosetta Stone French in January of 2010 to assist me with my family genealogy of Quebec ancestors. In high school I had taken two years of French, but had forgotten most of it.
My wife and I were scheduled to go to a wedding of a friend in Washington, D.C in February 2010. The parents of the groom and many of the guests were coming from Italy. I was so pleased with the results of my Rosetta Stone French lessons that I decided to order Rosetta Stone Italian.
For one week prior to the wedding I went through Level 1 Italian. When I got to the rehearsal dinner and the wedding I was able to converse with the parents of the groom and many of the guests in Italian. We were able to discuss our families, where we lived and our work. The guests were very surprised that I had only studied Italian for one week. They thought my pronunciation was very good.
Several months ago I met a man at a dinner party who had been studying French for 15 years. We were able to have a 20 minute conversation in French. He was very surprised that I had only been studying French with Rosetta Stone for only 18 months.
I have been so pleased with Rosetta Stone that I have also begun to study German and Spanish with the program. I have loaded the program on my laptop so that I can study at home and on plane trips. When I drive around town I listen to the CDs to reinforce my computer lessons. Studying languages has become my newest hobby. I am thoroughly enjoying it.
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Dell readies small, cheap computer for small biz
Will Vodafone swallow up stocks of this one too?
Dell is preparing an all-black version of its Inspiron Mini 9 netbook, this one aimed at small businesses and set to ship as the Vostro A90.
Dell's Vostro A90: rebranded Inspiron Mini 9
The PC giant launched the machine in Japan today, and while you can't buy the A90 from its UK website yet, Dell has begun posting support documents for the not-quite-new Small, Cheap Computer.
Not new? No, because the A90 is the Mini 9 in different colours and with an alternative name on the box. The A90 has the same 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 as the Mini 9, and the same 8.9in, 1024 x 600 display, 1GB of memory, 8GB solid-state drive, portage and connectivity.
Big (price) in Japan
The UK pricing isn't yet known, but in Japan the Windows XP-only A90 will retail for ¥92,830 ($972/£606/€761), which is way more than the Mini 9 costs and certainly not what we'd expect a Vostro machine to go for. The Mini 9's £299 price tag is more realistic.
Speaking of the Mini 9, while Dell did begin offering the cheaper, Linux version of the SCC earlier this month, readers report it's still taking the company around two weeks to ship orders. To be fair, the company warns buyers of the XP model that they face the same waiting period for their machines too.
Dell Latitude E6400 Review
Could it be all the Mini 9's are being taken by Vodafone, which is offering the machine for free with a two-year mobile broadband airtime package? Certainly, the carrier is currently promising delivery in just a few days - rather less than Dell's two weeks.


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[Manga] Naruto Chapter 589 Discussion
Welcome to the weekly manga chapter discussion thread. This thread is created early to discuss spoilers and speculation about the upcoming chapter as well as discussion of said chapter once it has been released.
As per the forums rules, please don't ask for or mention about where to download the (licensed) manga. Also remember not to post or link to any translations of the manga, since this is illegal as well. Posting a synopses or summary is fine (and welcome) but please do not discuss scans, raws, translation groups, etc. Additionally, if you are posting someone else's synopsis (or their translation of a synopsis), then please provide credit were credit is due.
Remember that the manga is licensed, do not post significant parts of the chapter. This stands for pictures and direct translations. Summaries are OK, crops of pictures are OK as well if you want to illustrate your point but this is it.
It's a new week, so that means new Naruto spoilers...which are now released.
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oh sasuke, sasuke... well, kishi needed to do that, otherwise what is naruto good for? how could he save sasuke if sasuke has already been saved? after all, itachi is only sasuke's beloved brother who nurtured his hatred and drove him to the point of destruction, and perhaps the only person alive/dead who could set him on the right path. he's not important at all! but naruto is. he's the only one who could save sasuke as far as kishi is concerned.
but seriously, i could only hope that kishi would be able to justify this when the time comes. otherwise, having edo-tensei itachi meet sasuke would be a complete waste!
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Big-ass Susano'o actually looked cool, had a samurai feel to it rather than a ninja. And Madara said it's power rivaled the Bijuu...does he mean it rivals a bijuu or all of them together? Cause we've seen that Kurama at full power is pretty overwhelming by itself.
Anyone else notice Madara NOT being shown to glow at the end?
Hunter was right when it said my uuuuggghhhh regarding SasukexItachi wasn't over...Oh God I can feel my ulcer bursting again...
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I liked the chapter. I think it was better for the story line for Itachi not to try to change Sasuke. I'm inclined to believe that if he had tried, then Sasuke would have changed..considering the influence that Itachi has on him...but since he didnt' even try, then bleh it's all right with me.
I'm kinda of sad that Mardara is leaving so soon, I always knew he was boss..but not to this extend..I've never seen this kind of destructive force in Naruto...that was usually saved for Bleach..I wanted to see more of Mardara..and speaking of which...he always brings up Harishima, which really intrigues me
I thought Harishima was a weak hokage (based on the third hokage orichimaru fight)..but based on Madara that guy was legend which is weird because in the beginning of the series I could have sworn that everybody praised the Fourth as the best and strongest Hokage ...weird. But in any case, I want to see the First fight even if only once..He seems to be amazing if the Mardara is praising him so much
Sasuke is back on track to destroy the leaf, and lets' see what Naruto can do to stop it...
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A few major things...
1. I can't believe Edo was done and Kabuto underestimated 2 Uchihas (had no summons near him!)
2. Was he that obsessed and getting rid of the Hokage?
3. So the Bijuu's were Edo's after all?
4. What the heck was Tobi thinking when starting the war!?!? He had Zetsu, Sas, and Kisame, but Kabuto is the one that got the wood-element guy (forgot his name at the moment) to produce many Zetsu, he's the one that got all the power Edo's AND the Bijuu's Edo?
5. This makes Tobi look extremely stupid/foolish and weak because he was going to start a war with himself and Sasuke
6. Anyone think Itachi is going to hit Sasuke in the forehead again?
7. Think the Tsukyuomi had any content in it?
8. I bet Sas acknowledges his Bro in the end when he dies saying...'the hatred in the Uchiha is now sealed...the mission you carried out to do brother is now done.'
9. Is the war over now !? All vs Tobi and Sas!?
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That is interesting...maybe Kabuto was bluffing to Tobi...I mean I doubt Kabuto under the influence of Itachi is lying about the release...I'm still surprised he was caught so easily. And where is Anko? Does it make sense for Sas to kill Kabuto or will Sas become his boss to destroy Konoha.
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I may be wrong though.
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So "Perfect" Susano'o is just a Tengu without any of the pretense. Sure, why not.
That being said, Madara wasn't shown being beamed back up to the mothership, so I still have hope that Itachi failed at ending Madara's pseudo-ressurection.
|2012-06-06, 11:21
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Also, the thing Itachi wants to do before disappearing is the "Shounen hug". Calling it now.
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Can anyone shed some light on this bird/hawk/tengu theme that seems to surround the uchiha (particularly when it comes to susanoo)? I mean those who understand the mythology behind the series does it have any relevance other than design?
In addition it sounds like Madara compared his susanoo to the bijou as if they were conjured/summoned to rival the bijuu. Perhaps I'm imagining it all but it sounded like direct comparison were made (ie, susanoo sword slash destruction, and the kyuubi tail swipe destruction cause same level of damage. Plus Madara seemed to be situated in the forehead of susanoo much like naruto is with kuruma. Perhaps foreshadowing to naruto vs sasuke???
Anywho, I really want to see shodai fight full power...
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The Engineers track and field unit divided its squad in a busy championship weekend. While two of Tech's aspiring NCAA hopefulls guided MIT at the NEICAAA Outdoor Championships, the Cardinal and Gray also invaded Princeton, N.J., at the talent-laden IC4A Championhships.
David Blau authored several fine individual efforts, setting personal bests in the 100 and 200-meter dash at the All-New England Championships. His split of 22.16 in the 200 came after a brief rest from the 100 and shaved over three tenths of a second off his personal best. David Saylor also performed well at the University of New Hampshire. Although Saylor failed to improve his NCAA qualifying mark in the hammer, the Tech senior finished fourth overall to score all five points for MIT.
At the prestigious IC4A Championships, junior Uzoma Orji supplied the Engineers with their only points of the meet after a fourth-place toss in the shot put. Orji enjoyed his best performance of the season and best series of the year in the event. His best mark of the day covered a distance of 57'3".
Ben Schmeckpeper ignited MIT's stay in Princeton with a personal best and national qualifying time of 14:37.58 in the 5000. The time places Schmeckpeper at No. 12 among the Division III national qualifiers. Brian Anderson also assembled a great race. Although the recouping senior faded in the homestretch, Anderson still managed a personal best and NCAA qualifying mark with a clip of 1:52.84. Anderson currently ranks No. 10 among the Division III national qualifiers.


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Editor's note: An earlier version of this story compared spending during the 2012 holiday shopping season with last year. It should have been compared with 2011.
The hardest job in a dealership this year will be selling finance and insurance.
Now any F&I manager reading this would laugh and say that's always the case. But fasten your seatbelt because it's going to be especially challenging this year.
That's because most customers won't have that extra $100 a month in their paycheck to cover an extended-service contract or paint protection policy like they had last year.
Congress struck a deal to keep the country from going over the fiscal cliff. And while the legislation will keep broader middle class income taxes from rising, most workers will still have to pay at least 2 percent more in payroll taxes.
According to a CNN report that means most of the country's 160 million workers will see their monthly paychecks shrink by $50 for those earning $30,000 annually. The tax hike will shave off $189.50 a month for those with incomes totaling $113,700.
The ding in income is probably not deep enough to stall car sales. But it certainly could give many consumers pause when considering those pricey add-ons in the F&I office.
And consider consumer jitters.
The consumer confidence index measures the public's sentiments each month. It sank six points in December, a huge turnaround from October, when the index reached a four-year high.
Between Oct. 30 and Dec. 24, prime holiday shopping time, consumers spent less than 1 percent more than they did during roughly the same period in 2011, according to a MasterCard Advisors SpendingPulse report. In 2011, the period had a 2 percent sales gain year over year.
That being said, it will be an interesting year to watch how F&I managers overcome these economic obstacles to meet their sales goals.


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Very cool Butcher knife out of white 2 steel
I got inspiration for that one from very very old Shigefusa yanagai i have that was totally mis sharpened
i thought it was super profile for butchering
Honyaki 270mm Gyuto is now in stock and on Sale
You can find now all good deals in Sale section
To get more cool different knives i need somtimes to clear my stock
All new Jnats you can find here now they will all sort New first
Also i got Bunch of very very High quality Atagoyamas this time !
Suitas and Huge ones
All very very light color and super clean !! They was picked specially on my request for JNS as all other stones
Super Rare ozuku Suitas, i never good so cool Ozukus before
Some Weird Ohiras (not to expensive)
Karasu and Range koppa for knives or tools
And some VERY weird razor Finishers KOUZAKI new mine that i never got before
Kouzaki made some very good hard Aotos and now i got some finishers from the same mine.
Very very different and unusual razor finishers !
This stones did not made it, was sold before i even listed them
Ozuku Kiita Orange my favored of the whole batch
Atagoyama Huge Kiita, super smooth and super fine Atagoyama very rare color and sooo clean
Super clean Hideriyama White Suita, Put many Ohira range suitas to shame


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Write a function which takes a ROT13 encoded string as input and returns a decoded string.
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Let's give a Wonderful RG2E Welcome to Featured Author Tamara Ward, who's talking Epic Storylines and Cliffhangers.
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Hi, everyone! I'm so happy to be here on the RG2E today talking about my new release,Hidden Betrayal. It's the second novel in the Jade O'Reilly mystery series, which features sassy private investigator Jade O'Reilly. Right now, in addition to the two novels, four short stories also are included in the series. Jade's got spunk, and a bit of an attitude, as well as three older brothers, a cute detective as her romantic interest, and a co-worker with the appearances and persona of a pug with severe indigestion. Jade is a lot of fun to write – and (I hope) to read!
In addition to the mysteries she sets out to solve, there's also an overarching mystery that Jade is out to solve, one that is going to tie a series of five novels together. Without giving too much away, I'll say that Jade wants to get resolution to her parents' deaths. At the end of the novels, Jade finds pieces of resolution – but not the lasting kind or the kind that is entirely, neatly packaged (tightly taped shut, with a double-knotted bow). Readers won't find this epic storyline in the short stories, just in the novels.
As an author, I admit I feel worried: Am I leaving too much unresolved at the end of each novel with Jade? I've read novels with epic storylines – novels that pull off the un-resolution to their overarching storylines successfully. And I've also read series where the novels end on cliffhangers that just leave me, the reader, feeling cheated in the worst way with heart-clenching irresolution. I hope and believe my novels provide adequate resolution. As a rule, I write my novels to be standalone – readers can read one without reading another. And the mystery/problem of each particular novel is completely resolved, one way or another. But Jade won't find all the answers she's looking for when it comes to her family – at least not until a few novels from now.
So about Hidden Betrayal: Here's the blurb from the back cover…
Who isn't hiding a secret? That's what Private Investigator Jade O'Reilly wonders as she looks into the theft of an artifact destined for the local art museum. The artifact's owner is a man so wealthy he could buy the county and who wouldn't mind also investing time into Jade. His advances don't please Keith, Jade's romantic interest. But that's not the only source of conflict in the developing relationship. Why doesn't Keith want Jade applying to carry a concealed handgun? Will Keith convince Jade to scrap her application, or will Keith's mind change as Jade's investigation takes a deadly twist?
Hidden Betrayal is the second novel in the Jade O'Reilly Mystery series by Amazon Bestselling Mystery Author Tamara Ward. The first novel in the series, Private Deception, joins multiple short stories that follow Jade on other adventures. In all, action and light romance combine with engaging characters and humor for page-turning whodunits set in the fictional coastal town of Sweetwater, NC.
How do you feel, as a reader, about overarching storylines that aren't resolved until the end of a series? Let me know, please, and if you'd like a free ebook copy of Hidden Betrayal, leave your email. At the end of the day, I'm drawing five winners from a hat.
Thanks so much! I hope you enjoy the read!
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Several months ago I uploaded the toile of this design to BurdaStyle and have only just got the real one (this one) back from college now that the term has ended.
This jacket was designed as part of our Uniform 2020 project and made as part of the production pattern cutting module. It is a riding jacket with some design features suitable for the equestrian. The armscyes are cut higher than most jackets' so that you can raise your arms to mount the horse. The front has a high opening so that the jacket won't get in the way while you're riding.
It's made entirely by machine except for the hand-understitching and sewing on the shank buttons.
The difficulties which arose are mainly due to the fabrics being such different thicknesses. (I wish there were a fabric shop near me so that I could see and feel the fabrics without having to wait for samples and then order the fabrics and wait for them to arrive!) The other difficulty was that I don't have a really big cutting table so when I was block-fusing the interfacing to the check wool the fabric shifted off-grain so I couldn't match the check!
The final, and possibly worst difficulty was the matter of the buttonholes. (I seem to be cursed with buttonholes for college projects.) They look terrible! But that is what I get for sewing late at night and not doing test buttonholes.
I managed to solve on problem (sewing the buttonholes on the underlap instead of the overlap) by cutting out that section of the under-lap and replacing it with a diamond-shaped piece of check wool, which I think looks pretty good! :)
Something else I will remember is to really work out the turn-of-cloth allowance for collars (as shown at Sherry's blog ) because the collar fabric on this jacket is really thick and I need another 1cm of allowance!
I still find the bagged lining method amazing, especially when it comes to doing the sleeves. It's like magic!
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Instantiating a WPF control from an NUnit test
If you try to run a test like the following from NUnit, you will find that it does not work. You get an
InvalidOperationException telling you that "The calling thread must be STA, because many UI components require this".
[Test] public void CanCreateAndShowWpfWindow() { Console.WriteLine(Thread.CurrentThread.GetApartmentState()); System.Windows.Window window = new System.Windows.Window(); window.Show(); }
NUnit (both the GUI and console version) by default runs it's threads in a multithreaded apartment (MTA), which can be verified by looking at the Console.Out tab. As the message says, instantiating a WPF Window requires that the calling thread is running in a single-threaded apartment (STA).
The simplest way to make this work is to configure NUnit to run tests in an STA thread. Create a config file for NUnit to use (see the docs for info on how to name it) and add the following XML configuration (or just add to your existing one):
<sectionGroup name="NUnit">
<section type="System.Configuration.NameValueSectionHandler"
<add value="STA" key="ApartmentState"></add>
Config updated with changes proposed in comments by JohnD. Thanks!
This tells NUnit to run all tests in STA threads. However, if you just want a single test (or some but not all) to run in STA (or MTA, if you have used the above configuration to set the default to STA) you have to resort to code. You need to start a new thread and set the apartment state you want, and then run your unit test in that thread. I used CrossThreadTestRunner (from Peter Provost) and just added support to choose which apartment state to create and run a thread in. The following code example shows how to use it:
[Test] public void CanCreateAndShowWpfWindow() { CrossThreadTestRunner runner = new CrossThreadTestRunner(); runner.RunInSTA( delegate { Console.WriteLine(Thread.CurrentThread.GetApartmentState()); System.Windows.Window window = new System.Windows.Window(); window.Show(); }); }
My modified CrossThreadTestRunner class looks like this:
using System; using System.Reflection; using System.Security.Permissions; using System.Threading; namespace UnitTestThreadApartmentState { public class CrossThreadTestRunner { private Exception lastException; public void RunInMTA(ThreadStart userDelegate) { Run(userDelegate, ApartmentState.MTA); } public void RunInSTA(ThreadStart userDelegate) { Run(userDelegate, ApartmentState.STA); } private void Run(ThreadStart userDelegate, ApartmentState apartmentState) { lastException = null; Thread thread = new Thread( delegate() { try { userDelegate.Invoke(); } catch (Exception e) { lastException = e; } }); thread.SetApartmentState(apartmentState); thread.Start(); thread.Join(); if (ExceptionWasThrown()) ThrowExceptionPreservingStack(lastException); } private bool ExceptionWasThrown() { return lastException != null; } [ReflectionPermission(SecurityAction.Demand)] private static void ThrowExceptionPreservingStack(Exception exception) { FieldInfo remoteStackTraceString = typeof(Exception).GetField( "_remoteStackTraceString", BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic); remoteStackTraceString.SetValue(exception, exception.StackTrace + Environment.NewLine); throw exception; } } }
A final note: As opposed to NUnit, both TestDriven.Net and Resharper's Unit Test Runner run tests in STA threads. I got bitten by this recently when all the tests where green on my machine, but when I committed the build server went red on me. I was using Resharper to run the tests, while NUnit-Console was used on the server. Hope this might help someone else in the same situation.
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MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) — A journalist in Russia's North Caucasus was shot dead on Tuesday after repeated threats and an attempt on his life.
Akhmednabi Akhmednabiyev, an editor at a local weekly newspaper critical of authorities and contributor to leading online source Caucasian Knot, was gunned down in his car Tuesday morning by unknown attackers outside his home and died on the spot, said police spokeswoman Fatina Ubaidatova in Dagestan.
Akhmednabiyev was chief political correspondent at Novoye Delo, a top local newspaper that reported on alleged corruption in the government. He survived an attempt on his life in January and has received numerous threats.
Dagestan, in the North Caucasus, has become an epicenter of violence, with Islamist rebels targeting police and other officials in near-daily shootings and bombings, making it one of the most dangerous places for journalists to work in Russia.
Akhmednabiyev's name is on a list of alleged militants and "accomplices" that has been circulating since 2009 by anonymous authors vowing to avenge security forces killed in the fighting. Another journalist on the list, Khadzhimurad Kamalov, founder of major local newspaper Chernovik, was killed outside his office in December 2011.
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LEWISBURG, Pa. -- Gordon Hood and James McNamara both scored pairs of goals as the No. 20-nationally ranked Bears of Brown University outscored the MIT, 7-3, in the second half to take an 8-4 victory over the Engineers to reach the fifth place game at the 2010 CWPA Eastern Championship.
In a defensive battle marked by nine first-half shots between the two programs, Brown jumped out to the early lead as Corey Schwartz broke the ice on a man-up chance at 4:47 to put the Bears in front 1-0. The lead lasted 22 seconds as Northern Division Rookie of the Year, Craig Cheney, unleashed a shot on an advantage chance at 4:25 to knot the game and set-up 16:36 of scoreless water polo.
Following naught in the offensive zone for both MIT and Brown in the second period, both teams were desperate to put something into the net. The Engineers finally managed to break the drought with 3:49 left in the third period as John Preis drilled a shot into the cage.
The goal was the last of the period for MIT as Brown ripped off four markers starting with a strike by Northern Division Player of the Year, Svetozar Stefanovic, 26 seconds after Preis' rainmaker.
Brown's scoring deluge in the period continued as McNamara accepted a long pass from goalie Max Lubin, rolled to his left to shake a defender and lined a shot into the cage at 2:03 to put the Bears in front to stay. Stefanovic added another score at 1:13 and Marcus Gartner closed the door on the third with a man-up tally with 26 seconds on the clock for a 5-2 Brown lead through 24 minutes of action.
The teams traded 6-on-5 goals to open the fourth period with Hood (7:27) and Preis (5:23) beating their opponent's goalkeepers to make it 6-3 and keep the lead at three goals.
Brown cleared up any doubts about an MIT comeback with a natural marker by Cyrus Mohdehi at 3:02 before Hood converted on a man-up chance at 2:10 to push the margin to five scores at 8-3.
MIT attempted to chip away at the lead as Preis completed a hat-trick with his third goal at the 22 seconds mark, but the clock and Brown's defense kept the Engineers at bay the rest of the way for the 8-4 final score.
The key to the game was Brown's ability to convert on man-up chances as the Bears cashed in on four-of-seven opportunities, while MIT managed a two-for-nine performance.
Between the pipes, Lubin picked up the victory with eight saves, while Columbus Leonard turned aside six shots in suffering the loss for the Engineers.
Brown, which improved to 4-0 versus MIT this season, will next be in action at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, November 21 at Bucknell University's Kinney Natatorium in the CWPA Eastern Championship fifth place game versus either Johns Hopkins University or Fordham University. The Bears are 1-0 against both JHU (10-9 W OT) and Fordham (16-8 W) to date this season.
For MIT, the Engineers will face the loser of a consolation game between Fordham and Johns Hopkins at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday in the seventh place contest. In 2010, MIT is 1-2 versus Fordham (8-7 L, 13-10 W, 9-8 L) and 1-1 versus Johns Hopkins (14-13 L, 9-7 W) as the Engineers fell to the Blue Jays in the opening round of the Division III Eastern Championship tournament but defeated Hopkins in the title game.
Overall, MIT is now 3-14 all-time at the Eastern Championship finishing eighth (2004), seventh (2006, 2008, 2009) and sixth (2003) with victories over Iona College (9-8 W, 2009; 10-9 W, 2008) and Bucknell (9-6 W, 2008).


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|2012-05-20, 08:04
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Nice episode seven, get the feeling Yuuko's not perhaps as ready for love as she thought she was, and her father's nonplussed that his little girl is growing up.
Way to redeem your reputation, Hosokawa!
The leisurely walk sequence highlighted a museum which looked really interesting.
One day I will have the spare dosh to visit Japan, dammit!!!
|2012-05-20, 22:07
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I bet the anime designers spent quite some hours at that museum.
I actually expected oto-san to erupt in this episode after watching the teaser in episode six. He was remarkably calm; I loved how he tried to push it all on his poor wife. "She's a teen-aged girl; she's your problem!"
No one does a very good job of expressing themselves in this story. Yuuko has a secret job, a secret lover, and a not-so-secret necklace. I expected the father to explode when he saw the necklace, but he rather meekly stepped aside and let her head to the bath without any questions asked. Mom later asks Yuuko if "anything is wrong," which Yuuko quickly denies. End of conversation between them on what's up with Yuuko.
I absolutely loved the song. I don't recall American pop songs of that or earlier eras that had women proposing to take men to the beach and take off their clothes. I felt sorry for Yuuko coming of age with that song on the radio. Look how they were all sitting around the table with a song reminding them that she might want to have a sex life.
|2012-05-22, 19:45
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Yuukos father kind of reminds me of my grandfather, I am told he was quick to anger with his sons but never laid a hand on anger on his daughters, I dislike that kind of bahaviour but I suppose people in the future might be disgusted by some of the habits seen as common nowadays.
Also, the family granmother, although she is far from a sweet old lady, I feel bad for her, no doubt her husband or many close people died in the war and later on had to live very hard times, many people become bitter after too many hardships.
|2012-05-30, 13:42
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AM so glad that GotWoot is finishing this wonderful series up....
|2012-06-08, 21:01
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I didn't get around to watching this episode until tonight. It was cute, but I'm more interested in what's up with Yuuko and her romance.
This week's song is a derivative of the 1962 Connie Francis hit "V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N." The original doesn't have any references to snow skiing though. The Wiki article mentions that both Francis's version and a cover by a Japanese artist, presumably the version heard in Showa Monogatari, both reached #1 in Japan in December of 1962. Seems an odd time to promote a song about summer vacations, but there you go.
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|2012-06-18, 16:00
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Episode 9 amidst the drought conditions we see an inkling of the student protest of the sixties that's been also touched upon in some other anime shows. For a show set in its period it would have been surprising not to see some reflection of that.
I can't help thinking I'd love to have a collection of all the end title songs...
|2012-06-19, 19:47
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This was an "action-packed" episode by the standards of Showa Monogatari, don't you think? A lot transpired this time around.
Throughout the drought sequence I kept wondering how Tokyo would be able to handle the influx of tourists for the Olympics. Doing a little research i see that the "Summer" Olympics took place quite a bit later then than they do today, with the Opening Ceremonies on October 10th. If the anniversary of the end of the War they spoke of meant the day that Japan officially surrendered, that occurred on September 2, 1945, so there must be about a month ahead of us before the Games begin.
About a million households in Tokyo had their water usage restricted that summer. I can't find a good public source on when the shortage ended though. It's hard to believe that just the one rainstorm that appears at the end of the episode would have been sufficient. Oh, well, there's always sake and beer. Apparently the shortages in 1964 stimulated the development of wastewater reuse facilities in the Tokyo region.
Spoiler for The preview, Yuuko and Yurika in Sakamichi no Apollon:
That elderly friend of the oba-san must dye her hair! The contrast between her and the two gray-haired ladies was funny.
By the way, I happened upon this informative piece on recent scholarship about whether the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were the events that led the Japanese to surrender. There's good evidence to believe that the Soviet entry into the War soon after the bombings might instead have played the pivotal role.
Like Dop, I'm loving the music choices in this show. To me they buttress the show's portrayal of the transition from traditional to modern Japan with their mix of more classical Japanese melodies and more modern, American-influenced pop and jazz.
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|2012-06-19, 21:17
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Couples Cafes are definitely unambiguous in what their purpose is (some were even set up so others could watch) - he was letting her know exactly what he expected. My feeling is that she should be the one dumping him, not the other way around - he's been giving off wolf vibes for a while.
I think this show is deeper than you might think. It touches on some edgy issues - child abuse, pacifism during WW II, the student protest movement - but because the focus is very much on the daily struggles of working class Edoites, it doesn't pass any judgement. It just depicts this events strictly in terms of how they impact daily life. This episode was the first time the series has touched directly on WW II, as far as I remember - right down to showing the American bombers - but as usual, didn't editorialize one way or the other. The firebombing was simply a fact - what was important was how it impacted Grandma's life.
|2012-06-19, 23:30
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I felt bad for Kouhei in this episode because I know how easy it is for kids to imagine that they're the cause of adults' problems. The preview suggests Kouhei may find himself in the same position again in the next episode. I happened to re-watch the episode of Usagi Drop where Daikichi and Rin visit his parents a few months after her father's death. Daikichi understood how Rin saw herself as the cause for the family's conflict after the funeral. (In some ways that wasn't an incorrect perception, either.) Episode two of Bartender portrays how this kind of internalized self-blame can persist into adulthood. Though she's in her twenties, Miwa feels personally responsible for the fact that her father and grandfather never reconciled because she broke a present her father bought for his father when she was four.
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|2012-06-19, 23:57
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Just curious, Sensei - do you have any older sisters? Mine are six and eight years older than me, and I can vouch for just how cruel Yuuko can be to Kouhei at times as being very realistic. Let's say it colors my view of her a bit!
|2012-06-20, 00:30
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Nope, I'm an only child as is my daughter. I had friends with older sisters while growing up and saw how they treated their younger brothers. I find Yuuko's behavior quite realistic from what little experience I have.
Yes, she torments Kouhei, but she obviously loves him very much, too.
C'mon now, be honest. I bet your sisters doted on you at times, too. Maybe you can't remember back that far?
|2012-06-20, 01:42
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Is doted synonymous with "pounded"? Otherwise, no!
And it hasn't been all that far, either - I still have enough brain cells to remember. I forgot both their names, but the abuse I remember.
The best upbeat anime depiction of this kind of relationship is probably Soredemo Machi Wa Matteru - it's realistic while accenting the happier side of the typical older sister/younger brother dynamic. In RL, however, it's usually like it is in Shouwa a lot more often. It might seem harmless and cute, unless you happen to be the one on the receiving end.
|2012-06-20, 08:21
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One other thing that seems so odd about scenes like the one in the couples' cafe is that we don't see any evidence of growing physical closeness between Yuuko and her boyfriend. It's rather like, "okay, now that we've held hands, let's have intercourse." Maybe that's the way things were in 1964 Japan, though I doubt it, but that certainly wasn't my experience in the US just a couple years later. My adolescent sexual experiences stretched over three or four years between the time when I started necking and petting with girls during high school and eventually having intercourse in college. I don't think my history was especially unusual for the times either. The whole image of my sixties generation having adolescent sex right and left is the creation of fertile imaginations and wistful media portrayals of a time before HIV. Remember that, in most parts of the US during the 1960s, birth control pills could not be dispensed legally to unmarried minors (and in many states even to married adults), and racks of condoms were not on display in the aisles of the local drugstore. Boys would have to ask the pharmacist to get them "rubbers" from behind the counter. In many smaller communities, the druggist might well have been a family friend or acquaintance and thus an unreliable co-conspirator if you wanted to conceal your sexual exploits from your parents.
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|2012-07-13, 01:17
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Heads up! A wild episode 10 appears!
Watching this show is kind of surreal in a way, as it's set in the run up to an Olympics which was closer to the sporting ideal of what the Olympics was supposed to be about.
In those days it was about amateur sportspersons competing for pride and honor - no drug testing, no sponsorship deals, just good honest sport.
Here in London, in 2012, it seems like the Olympics are about bending over backwards to please the corporate sponsors, setting up 'zil lanes' to speed the transport of the elite while inconveniencing the general public, all presided over by an idiot mayor. Most people I know are sick and tired of it already, and they've not even started yet.
But I digress,
Spoiler for To episode 10!:
And I'd still love a soundtrack album of the end credit songs. This one had a very 'fifties' feel to it.
Great to see another 'new' episode, I shall miss this show when it's done. What with this show, Sakamichi no Apollon, and From Up On Poppy Hill I get the feeling that the era would be a good setting for more shows, given the amount of upheaval that was going on in those days.
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|2012-07-15, 11:33
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This one had a lot in common with "doo wop" girl groups like The Crystals, here singing "Then He Kissed Me" from 1963. It was penned by Phil Spector and produced in his signature "wall-of-sound" style. Another Crystals song, "Da Doo Ron Ron," has the use of nonsense lyrics that we hear in the ED for this episode. Finally I'll throw in The Chiffons singing "He's So Fine" as another example from the period (1962, in this case).
This is an interesting period in American pop music. It marks the transition between the residual country-and-western stylings of the late 1950's and the full-scale acceptance of African-American music and performers that happened in the early 1960s. Elvis Presley and Bobby Darin were protypical representative of the earlier period, despite their radically different styles. Motown took American airwaves by force in the early 1960s until the Beatles and the British Invasion arrived in 1963 and 1964. Groups like the Beatles and the Rolling Stones owed a lot to black R&B music, and you can hear those influences quite strongly on their early albums. Motown was hardly finished either, of course, and continued to compete for airtime against the new wave of white musicians, or in some cases, like The Chambers Brothers 1966 hit, "Time Has Come Today," adapt the new types of music to their own purposes.
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|2012-07-15, 23:28
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Location: Kobe, Japan
You know, I wish someone would come out and say it: Yuuzou is a miserable bastard. His family lives in terror of him, he makes them miserable, and his wife does nothing but apologize for him. He's supposed to be a Saint because he didn't beat up his daughter - but it's perfectly OK for him to closed-fist punch his 11 year-old son?
I really do like this show a lot, and this may well be a realistic portrait of working-class family life in Tokyo in 1964. But since the show - admirably, I guess - is very non-judgmental about what happens in it, that means I'm free to hate Yuuzou's guts.
|2012-07-26, 17:49
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Spoiler for ep 11:
Oh yeah, some info on the Miyuki-Zokus mentioned in this episode. Youth culture!
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Water Contamination (Spring 2014)
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Water Contamination (Spring 2014)
I saw this sign at 3rd today and called the number - apparently there's a bacterial contamination that can lead to flu-like symptoms. Has anybody gotten sick?
There doesn't seem to be any up-to-date SF Bay water quality information online, but I came across an interesting, but worrying article on maintaining water quality in the Delta: Record Drought Could Hurt Water Quality. Sounds like we're in for a Microcystis algae bloom at Sherman, has this been a problem in the past?
I also came across this interesting fact: 150 years ago, hydraulic gold mining in the Sierra Nevada caused a silt buildup in the Bay that is only now starting to clear! (Does this mean an end to low tide mud baths at 3rd?)
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Thanks for the post. I was out on Sunday & have not had any ill symptoms. I launched from the upper, so didn't see any signage. This did promote some self education on water quality I'll share.
SMC tests 43 sites each week & reports the high indicated warning locations to this site:
There is also a map with more detailed data available:
Here's the available data from 3rd Ave (Kiteboard Beach)
Warnings are issued-
when single samples exceed 10,000 Total Coliform, 400 E. coli, or 104 Enterococci,
or when a 5-week geometric mean exceeds 1,000 Total Coliform, 200 E. coli or 35 Enterococci.
As someone who knows very little about this, I'm guessing these high levels are due to the recent rains. Also interesting to note that the tested areas around 3rd Ave; Coyote Pt., Aquatic Park, etc. had exponentially higher contamination readings.
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Wow, that is really disturbing. I think I swallowed some water out there Monday, but my skin hasn't turned glowing green yet, or whatever e-coli does.
Does anyone know who puts up the sign? We did see it when we left, but I definitely wouldn't have kited if I knew ahead of time. Maybe we could ask whoever puts it up to send us a note, so we can post it on this forum. I usually read this about once a day or so, and I assume other people do, so it would actually go a long way to get the word out.
Re: Water Contamination (Spring 2014)
Uh, is this really news...
It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who has never experienced it than we can explain light to the blind. T.S.Eliot
Re: Water Contamination (Spring 2014)
Friggin Old Guy needs to get his catheter check out again. That might explain the 2/10 spike.
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I rode with FOG on coast today. I can pretty much assure you, 3rd Ave isn't a place he frequents, catheter or no...
Kirk out
Re: Water Contamination (Spring 2014)
The links I posted above have the info you're lookin' for. You can even sign up for email updates if you're so inclined.
Re: Water Contamination (Spring 2014)
Based on the list of beaches with contamination (as of Feb 20), 3rd is no longer on the list. Samples were collected Monday morning.
From the site:
The following locations have elevated levels of indicator bacteria and are posted with warning signs:
This list was last updated February 20, 2014 based on samples collected Monday morning.
Ocean Beaches:
The following beaches have elevated levels of indicator bacteria and are posted:
Fitzgerald Marine Reserve
Pllar Point #5 (Capistrano Beach)
Pillar Point #7 (Surf at end West Point)
Pillar Point #9 (Outer Harbor)
San Gregorio Beach
Other Locations: The following Creeks, Lakes, Lagoons, Bay Beaches, Ditches, and/or Storm Drains have elevated levels of indicator bacteria and have been posted:
Creeks (where they meet or cross the beach):
San Vicente (at Fitzgerald Marine Reserve)
San Gregorio Creek
Bay Beaches
Oyster Point
Parkside Aquatic Park (on the Marina Lagoon)
Lakeshore Park (Behind the Rec Center)
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Springfield School Board member Scott McFarland says he plans to ratchet up efforts to sell farmland the district has owned for decades to stave off deeper budget cuts.
Springfield School Board member Scott McFarland says he plans to ratchet up efforts this summer to sell farmland the district has owned for decades on the city's west side to stave off deeper budget cuts.
However, that idea is being rebuked by several board members and interim Superintendent Bob Hill, who say selling the land is short-sighted and closes the door on a new west-side high school being built.
The farmland sits off Koke Mill Road just south of Ginger Creek Road and north of Hedley Road. A portion of the land is home to Lindsey Elementary School, 3600 Fielding Drive, but the bulk of the property is undeveloped.
The district initially purchased 30 acres in 1990 for $300,000 over three years as a way to grapple with growing enrollment on the west side and as a possible location for a new high school or middle school, according to State Journal-Register archives.
The district added to the site over the years and now leases 41 acres to the AB Mendenhall Trust to farm at a cost of $300 per acre, or $12,300 per year. Board members renewed the annual lease in February.
McFarland said, at this point, the likelihood of a new high school being built within the next few decades is unlikely, citing recent budget cuts of $5.5 million, a depleted reserve fund and the difficulty of getting a tax-hike referendum passed.
In addition, McFarland noted, the location off Koke Mill would put any new building on the district's outer edge. Even though the city has expanded westward, District 186's boundaries are locked in and therefore it can't capture new residential development.
McFarland said he plans to urge district officials this summer to look at what it would take to get the property rezoned for residential, medical or business use to increase its value and then hopefully sell it to bring the district much-needed revenue.
"I think what it comes down to is that every year we hold it in lease, we can't use that revenue to support what we do education-wise," McFarland said. "After we cut $5.5 million, it makes sense to have at least a few million dollars to stave off cuts and try and restore areas where we can."
What's it worth?
The land butts up against Koke Mill. A residential neighborhood sits to the west across the street, the Dental Group of Springfield is to the north, Lindsay Elementary School is to the west, and a Springfield Fire Department firehouse is to the south.
Sam Nichols, president and managing broker for NAI True commercial real estate services, studied the property within the past two years and said he believes the district could get $3 million for it.
The district owns two parcels of undeveloped farmland, Nichols explained, totaling 58 acres. The most valuable parcel covers 27.52 acres next to Koke Mill. Nichols said his calculation showed it was worth $1.75 million.
However, that number is likely low because the market has improved since he did the study, putting its value now closer to $2 million, or about $73,000 an acre, Nichols said.
The other 31 acres, which sit back closer to Lindsey, could sell for about $1 million, he said, bringing the total value of the land to about $3 million.
That calculation is if the property is rezoned for commercial use. Once the property is purchased, a developer would have to put in the entire infrastructure, including roads, sewer and water hookups.
If sold as farmland, the property wouldn't be nearly as valuable, bringing about $15,000 to $16,000 an acre, Nichols said.
"It's kind of an undeveloped piece of land sitting in the heart of developed ground," he said. "If it did become available, it would have appeal."
Hill: 'Horrible idea'
Hill was deputy superintendent when the district purchased the land in 1990.
He recalled the thinking back then was it was rare for a plot of land like that to become available at that price. At the urging of then-Superintendent Donald Miedema, the board approved the purchase, rather than waiting until more specific plans became available, Hill said.
"We recognized that if we ever want any school buildings on the west edge of the district, we better buy because there wasn't much already under development or owned by someone who would let it loose at that economic of a price," Hill said.
Even though the land hasn't been needed for a new school as the district had hoped, Hill called selling it a "horrible idea."
Retaining the property is the only way the district could build a new school out west, where Hill said at least one-fourth of the district's population resides. He noted only three of the 36 schools in District 186 currently sit west of Chatham Road.
Hill also discounted the notion the district will never have enough money to build a new high school. A sales tax referendum could pass, or the state could change the way it funds education, he explained.
In addition, Hill noted, if the land sold for a few million dollars, it still wouldn't be enough to meet one payroll.
"If that land sold, there will never ever be an opportunity for this school district to have a piece of land like that again," Hill said.
Board divided
Both board president Chuck Flamini and vice president Adam Lopez said they wouldn't support selling the land.
Flamini agreed with Hill that a one-time revenue boost wouldn't go far in solving the district's financial woes. In addition, he said, selling the property limits future opportunities.
"If we ever want to expand, where we are now on the west side is the last, best and final opportunity," Flamini said.
Lopez, who is pushing for a sales tax referendum in the fall, said he still holds out hope a new west-side high school will be built.
"When it's gone, it's gone. We're not getting any more land," Lopez said.
However, board member Judy Johnson said she's open to selling the land as a way to restore some of the programs that were recently cut. She said she's worried about equity in the district if a new high school were to be built on the west side.
"If you build one way out west, what are you going to do for the rest of town?" Johnson asked.
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