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A massive manhunt for a missing FBI agent, the surprise departure of the city's chief executive, a National Teacher of the Year, tragic suicide and long-sought closure for the family of a murdered Burbank police officer.
The year 2012 was full of twists and turns, surprise and tragedy. Here's a look back at some of the top stories that reverberated throughout the community, and far beyond.
Woman electrocuted trying to help motorist
A 40-year-old Burbank woman was one of two Good Samaritans who were electrocuted Aug. 22 after trying to help a motorist trapped inside his vehicle after a crash in Valley Village.
Irma Zamora and Stacey Schreiber, 39, of Valley Village were electrocuted when they tried to render aid to 19-year-old Arman Samsonian, who crashed into a light pole and fire hydrant, officials said.
Samsonian was allegedly driving at a high rate of speed on Magnolia Boulevard when he lost control of his SUV and crashed into the pole and hydrant at Ben Avenue in Valley Village, officials said.
Schreiber and Zamora stepped into the spewing hydrant water that had been energized with 4,800 volts of electricity from fallen power lines and were electrocuted. Rescue crews had to use a 6-foot pole with hooks and a handle to retrieve the women.
In all, six people, including a Los Angeles police officer and the driver, were injured from electrical shock.
Samsonian pleaded not guilty in November to two felony counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence for the women's death. Zamora's son, meanwhile, described her as brave, heroic and "always trying to help someone."
"The fact that my mom died being a hero, I am just so proud of her," the son, David Aguilar, said.
Bob Hope Airport hits financial turbulence
The Bob Hope Airport struggled throughout the year with declining passenger numbers and parking revenues following the unexpected departure of American Airlines in February.
Airfield officials were caught by surprise in October when the number of passengers for September tumbled by 10% compared to the year prior and parking revenues declined 9.7%, dropping to $1.5 million from the $1.67 million logged in September 2011.
For fiscal year 2012, the airport managed to squeak ahead of expectations, taking in just $4,677 more than what was projected, according to a report released in October.
The report, though, showed that parking revenues, which traditionally make up about 40% of the airfield's total revenues, came in at $732,196 under budget — a 3.8% decrease from what was projected.
The airport was also hit with more bad news when Jet Blue announced that it was halting its daytime flights out of Burbank. Only one nighttime flight to JFK International Airport in New York City will remain.
The airport is trying to bolster parking revenues for the rest of fiscal year 2013 by increasing fees in all of its lots except Lot A, which will remain at $10 a day.
Residents, chapel duel over cell tower
Residents living near the Little White Chapel were successful in keeping a wireless telecommunications facility out of their neighborhood after the Burbank City Council blocked the project.
Council members in June sided with neighborhood residents in overturning a commission-level approval of the T-Mobile facility that was proposed atop the Little White Chapel, located at 1711 N. Avon St.
In their appeals, residents argued the project would negatively impact property values and was incompatible with a single-family residential area.
The project had driven a divide between the neighbors and the church, but after the council's decision, church members and nearby residents held a potluck in the name of future harmony.
A few months later, the City Council directed officials to explore options to limit how and where wireless telecommunications facilities can be built, particularly involving buildings such as churches and libraries and in residential areas.
Possible options include underground wireless equipment, as well as stricter regulations that could include testing for radio frequency emissions, time limits on permits and increased public noticing.
A few weeks ago, a list of options was presented to City Council members, who instructed officials to sit down with an expert and residents who have raised concerns about the equipment and determine which of their concerns can be included in the options.
Big-box retailers have big plans
The legal maneuvering over a planned Walmart adjacent to the Empire Center got off in earnest in 2012, beginning with a lawsuit filed in May to block construction, followed by an injunction issued by a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge in August.
Three local residents filed the suit to stop the store from opening, claiming street improvements required by a city-approved ordinance need to be completed — as well as another environmental impact review — before building permits can be issued because a Walmart will dramatically increase traffic in the area around the Empire Center.
The city issued the permit to Walmart in February to begin work in the former Great Indoors store.
Walmart and the city of Burbank sent a letter to Gideon Kracov — the attorney representing Shanna Ingalsbee, Katherine Olson and Yvette Ziraldo — stating it planned to start construction in mid-July.
Kravoc, who also represents the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, Local 770, sought an injunction until the matter is resolved at trial.
Earlier this month, the case was reassigned because Judge Ann I. Jones, who was slated to hear the case, was moved to a new post as supervising judge of budget planning and administration for the court system.
Another major retailer, IKEA, plans to build a new store in Burbank that will be nearly twice the size of its current location.
The new store would open in 2016 and be built on 22 acres west of San Fernando Boulevard and south of Providencia Avenue, less than a mile from the current location at 600 N. San Fernando Blvd., according to the company.
There have been no formal protests against IKEA's project.
Colony Theatre struggles to survive
In October, the Colony Theatre announced that if it didn't raise $49,000 in two weeks, it would have to cancel the opening of "The Morini Strad," starring Mariette Hartley as an aging musician.
It reached that goal and the play turned into a surprise hit for the theater, generating enough revenue to produce the next play of the season, the thriller "I'll Be Back Before Midnight."
But the theater still needs to raise $500,000 to continue operations and it delayed sending out its subscription renewal notices that were set to go out in January because of the uncertain future.
"Our subscribers have been incredibly loyal, routinely renewing at a rate of 90%, and we are committed to being transparent with them about our financial situation," said Trent Steelman, the theater's executive director, in a statement.
The immediate goal, he added, is to be able to fund the last production of the season, a world-premiere musical telling the short and often troubled life of lyricist Lorenz Hart — of Rodgers and Hart fame — and featuring many songs from his career.
The theater is looking at various fundraising options, including opportunities for a sponsor to have its name above the title of the play on the theater's marquee and in promotional materials, Steelman said, adding that the Colony has "high hopes" that that donors will take advantage of the tax write-off for 2012 and give by Dec. 31.
Flad makes surprise jump to South Gate
Former City Manager Mike Flad stunned city officials in September after announcing his plans to leave the Media City to take the top post at South Gate, a seven-square-mile working-class town of 95,000 nestled between Lynwood and Cudahy.
City officials had expected him to retire in the city where he had spent more than two decades building his career.
Flad became the second-youngest city manager in Burbank's history when he assumed the top job in 2008. He worked for the city for nearly 23 years, or half his life.
In February, the city extended Flad's contract for five years to December 2016, with an initial salary of $18,117 per month and an annual 3% increase after two years.
But Flad said in September the timing was right for a change.
Along with the new job change came a pay cut — South Gate approved Flad's $215,000 annual contract in September.
"I got into this business to make a difference, not to become the city manager of the largest city," he had said after his appointment was approved. "If your goal is to make a difference, you see this move in a totally different light."
Flad started in South Gate Dec. 3.
That same day, Ken Pulskamp — who had just retired from the top position in Santa Clarita — kicked off his first week as Burbank's interim city manager.
First homicide since 2009 shocks neighborhood
Shock waves pulsed throughout the Burbank community in October after a 43-year-old Burbank man was shot to death on his front porch, across the street from Joaquin Miller Elementary School.
The victim, identified as Antwan "Tony" Haroun, was shot multiple times just before 11 p.m. on Oct. 11 as he returned to his Providencia Avenue home from work, authorities said.
The shooting death marked the first homicide in Burbank since early 2009, when there were two murders — one in January and one in February.
A neighbor who lived in the complex with Haroun's family for four years said he heard four gunshots — and later "blood-curdling" screams — echo through the stairwell.
The victim was remembered as a barber who enjoyed barbecues on his porch with his wife, children and large extended family.
Haroun's family has since moved out of the complex, according to neighbors.
No suspects have been identified and no arrests have been made, Burbank police said.
"It could take years," said Burbank Police Sgt. Darin Ryburn. He also said the murder was "not a random act."
'Hot Topless Maid' anyone?
Burbank garnered national media attention this fall when bright, colorful vans advertising $99 topless maids and $40 massage services were parked near the city's major commercial intersections, annoying business owners and city officials.
The ad vans that sparked the initial complaints are no longer parked on city streets, nor did they try to get a permit, Burbank officials reported last month. Even so, the City Council opted to consider a set of stricter rules on the books.
Burbank moved last month to ban advertising vehicles from city streets, though it's unclear how the proposed law would be applied, such as whether a commercial van used for transportation and advertising would be banned from city streets, or if the law would cover both roving and parked vehicles.
Despite that effort, the City Council decided a few weeks later to plaster its own vehicles — the 28-bus BurbankBus fleet — with advertisements to help fund the city's cash-strapped transit programs.
That the council appeared ready to cover city buses with ads just weeks after requesting a ban on ad vans struck some residents as hypocritical.
Though city officials in the past called the ad vans "unattractive" and "an eyesore," one council member insisted this month that the problem was not the content, but that they were parked.
"They're taking up parking spaces, so we are losing valuable parking, essentially to provide an advertising space for a business," Mayor Dave Golonski said at a December council meeting.
With regards to working with mobile advertising services firm Titan Outdoors, Golonski said the city will craft an agreement that doesn't allow the city to regulate the content of the BurbankBus ads.
Perhaps Hot Topless Maids is looking for a new venue to flaunt its services?
Cop killer is sentenced to life
The man who killed Burbank Police Officer Matthew Pavelka in November 2003 — David A. Garcia — was sentenced in July to life in prison without the possibility of parole after he pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and other charges, bringing closure to the law enforcement community and the officer's family nearly a decade after his death.
Pavelka, 26, was killed in an exchange of gunfire during a routine stop outside the Ramada Inn in Burbank after just 10 months on the force. His partner, Officer Gregory Campbell, was wounded as they approached a parked SUV in which Garcia was a passenger.
The officers stopped the pair because they suspected a possible drug offense.
Garcia was 19 at the time of his arrest.
In addition to first-degree murder, Garcia also pleaded guilty to one count of transportation of methamphetamine, two counts each of possession of a machine gun and possession of an assault weapon and one count of possession of a silencer, according to Burbank police.
He also admitted to two special circumstance allegations: that the murder victim was an on-duty peace officer, and that the murder was committed for the purpose of avoiding arrest.
Prosecutors announced in 2004 that they intended to seek the death penalty against Garcia, but agreed to life in prison without parole in exchange for Garcia's plea, Head Deputy William Hodgman, of the district attorney's Target Crimes Division, said in a statement.
Prior to Pavelka's death, Burbank police had not lost one of their own in a shooting since 1920.
Burbank High football player kills self
In March, 17-year-old Burbank High football player Matthew Smyser died at his Shadow Hills home in what officials would later rule a suicide.
Matthew was a wide receiver and linebacker on the varsity squad who was known by his football coach Hector Valencia as popular among students on campus.
"He was very friendly and was polite with a great deal of character. He also had a lot of integrity," Valencia said. "He was positive and he was a kid that you could trust."
Matthew attended Village Christian and Alemeny before enrolling in Burbank Unified in 2011. Upon his death, district officials said Matthew's mother had been diagnosed with cancer in 2011.
His suicide came weeks after a sophomore jumped to his death at Crescenta Valley High School in La Crescenta.
Valencia said Matthew wouldn't be remembered so much for what he accomplished on the football field as for the kind of person he was.
"We want to remember all the good things about him," he said.
Burbank educator wins national award
Seventh-grade English teacher Rebecca Mieliwocki put Burbank on the map this April when she was named National Teacher of the Year by President Barack Obama.
"I am not the best teacher in America — there isn't one," she said, during the White House ceremony. "All across this nation there are millions of teachers who do the work that I do and many do it better."
Six months into her national post, Mieliwocki had temporarily bid farewell to her Luther Burbank Middle School classroom to travel to Russia, Japan, China, Singapore and many more stops up and down California and across the nation to meet fellow educators and hash out the most pressing issues in learning today.
Among the most common issue has been the discussion over teacher evaluations.
"What worries us is when whole states or whole districts are using one score on one test given one time in the school year," she said.
The second issue is California's poor budget for education.
"Thirty years of cutbacks have given us a system that barely works for kids to be competitive," she added.
With six more months ahead in the limelight, Mieliwocki continues to travel, tweet and do "the most good for teachers, making sure we're heard."


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Autistic Boy Denied Lunch at School Because Parents Owed Money — Is It Fair? [POLL]
Parents of a 5-year-old autistic boy are upset with their son's school because, they say, the staff refused to feed him lunch due to an unpaid bill and left him to finish out the remainder of the day hungry.
According to Silvia and John Caravella of Matawan, New Jersey, their son John Robert was not allowed to eat lunch on his fourth day at Cliffwood Elementary School because of an outstanding bill they say only fell behind because they did not fully understand the school's payment procedures.
The couple says what's worse is that not only did the school let their son go hungry over a few dollars, but no one at the school made any attempt to even reach out to them to try to settle up the debt. "He's in lunch, he's supposed to eat, why don't you make a phone call?" said John Caravella. "Can I have a credit card? Can you drop off some lunch? I would have done anything to get him some food."
The Caravellas say because of their son's autism, he cannot verbally communicate, which prevented him from expressing to members of the school staff just how hungry he was.
Matawan school officials say the episode was an "unfortunate oversight."
"It's never happened here before and we will work to ensure that it will never happen again," said the Matawan school superintendent.

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There's nothing conventional about the Department of Theatre, Film & Dance's David Scheerer. Let's start with his education. For most aspiring filmmakers, a two year stint at graduate school in Los Angeles is de rigueur, but not if you're looking to avoid the crowded, urban lifestyle and corporate filmmaking style of Southern California. For someone who connects more with nature than with traffic and smog, heading to Utah to study film was a good choice.
"Sundance was 20 miles up the canyon and Sterling Van Wagenen, who founded the festival, was also founding the MFA in screen writing at Brigham Young University at the time. This person who was strategically critical in building the independent cinema movement 20-plus years ago was my mentor. I had so many more golden opportunities in Utah than in L.A," says David. "It launched my career as a director and producer of independent films that never would have happened if I had gone the traditional route."
Life outside L.A. opened up opportunities for David to pursue his work and his education, and inspire the schooling of others. At Montana State University David worked to establish a Master's of Fine Arts in Science and Natural Filmmaking—not only the first program of its kind, but David was right there developing the curriculum and working with the Discovery Channel and Sony to make it a world-class program.
David also takes his unique approach to the business side of filmmaking. On The Music Inside he's worked with other filmmakers to create a cooperative form of financing that aims to benefit everybody working on the film. Soon, David will be heading into the studio and on location to finish shooting the film and he's extending the opportunity to his students to be a part of this revolution in film financing.


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makemeadesign necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 241 diseños de 79 diseñadores freelance.
Cable Warehouse
We are launching a bunch of e-commerce stores based around products in the IT industry, there will be many new concepts coming soon for designers to try and win. This store is Cable Warehouse.
We will be looking for a website to be designed later once we are happy with the logo and color scheme.
The business is based in Australia and will be shipping all over the country.
I'm targeting all consumers but given the products are of an IT nature most of my customers will be 16-45 with a greater proportion of male customers. We are also targeting regular users of cables such as IT Technicians, HIFI technicians, as well as government departments.
If you need any more information to assist in designing these concepts please let me know.
We are looking for a modern looking logo that will catch the eye of ecommerce buyers looking for cables. The types of cables we will be are mainly computer cables, such as HDMI, DVI, Network cables, etc. The logo and slogan also needs to be printed onto the top of the polybags (a photo of a sample polybag has been provided). Please note there will be different sizes of the polybags but they will all have the same height band at the top where the company logo will go.
The company name is Cable Warehouse and the slogan is "Lifetime Guarantee!"
You can be as creative as you like, I have no idea about designing so I would rather not put any design ideas out there in case I restrict you too much. I will know what I want when i see it!
Good luck!
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Oct/Nov 1999 Editorial
Smoking Does Not
Cause Lung Cancer
By: James P. Siepmann, MD
Yes, it is true, smoking does not cause lung cancer. It is only one of many risk
factors for lung cancer. I initially was going to write an article on how the professional
literature and publications misuse the language by saying "smoking causes lung
cancer"1,2, but the more that I looked into how biased the literature,
professional organizations, and the media are, I modified this article to one on trying to
put the relationship between smoking and cancer into perspective. (No, I did not get paid
off by the tobacco companies, or anything else like that.)
When the tobacco executives testified to Congress that they did not believe that
smoking caused cancer, their answers were probably truthful and I agree with that
statement. Now, if they were asked if smoking increases the risk of getting lung cancer,
then their answer based upon current evidence should have be "yes." But even so,
the risk of a smoker getting lung cancer is much less than anyone would suspect.
Based upon what the media and anti-tobacco organizations say, one would think that if you
smoke, you get lung cancer (a 100% correlation) or at least expect a 50+%
occurrence before someone uses the word "cause."
Would you believe that the real number is < 10% (see Appendix A)? Yes, a US white male (USWM)
cigarette smoker has an 8% lifetime chance of dying from lung cancer but the USWM
nonsmoker also has a 1% chance of dying from lung cancer (see Appendix A). In fact,
the data used is biased in the way that it was collected and the actual risk for a smoker is
probably less. I personally would not smoke cigarettes and take that risk, nor
recommend cigarette smoking to others, but the numbers were less than I had been led to
believe. I only did the data on white males because they account for the largest
number of lung cancers in the US, but a similar analysis can be done for other groups
using the CDC data.
You don't see this type of information being reported, and we hear things like,
"if you smoke you will die", but when we actually look at the data, lung
cancer accounts for only 2% of the annual deaths worldwide and only 3% in the US.**
When we look at the data over a longer period, such as 50 years as we did here,
the lifetime relative risk is only 8 (see Appendix A). That means that even using
the biased data that is out there, a USWM smoker has only an 8x more risk of dying from
lung cancer than a nonsmoker. It surprised me too because I had always heard numbers
like 20-40 times more risk. Statistics that are understandable and make
sense to the general public, what a concept!
The process of developing cancer is complex and multifactorial. It involves
genetics, the immune system, cellular irritation, DNA alteration, dose and duration of
exposure, and much more. Some of the known risk factors include genetics4,5,6,
asbestos exposure7, sex8, HIV status9, vitamin deficiency10,
diet11,12,13, pollution14 , shipbuilding15 and even
just plain old being lazy.16 When some of these factors are combined they can
have a synergistic effect17, but none of these risk factors are directly and
independently responsible for "causing" lung cancer!
Look in any dictionary and you will find something like, "anything
producing an effect or result."18 At what level of occurrence would you
feel comfortable saying that X "causes" Y? For myself and most scientists, we
would require Y to occur at least 50% of the time. Yet the media would have you believe
that X causes Y when it actually occurs less than 10% of the time.
As ludicrous as that is, the medical and lay press is littered with such pabulum and
gobbledygook. Even as web literate physician, it took me over 50 hours of internet time to
find enough raw data to write this article. I went through thousands of abstracts
and numerous articles, only to find two articles that even questioned the degree of
correlation between smoking and lung cancer (British lung cancer rates do not correlating
to smoking rates)19,20 and another two articles which questioned the link
between second hand smoke (passive smoking) and lung cancer.21,22 Everywhere I
looked, the information was hidden in terms like "odds ratio," "relative
risk," or "annualized mortality rate." Most doctors probably could
not accurately define and interpret them all these terms accurately, let
alone someone outside the medical
profession. The public relies on the media to interpret this morass of data, but instead
they are given politically correct and biased views.
If they would say that smoking increases the incidence of lung cancer or that smoking
is a risk factor in the development of lung cancer, then I would agree. The purpose of
this article is to emphasize the need to use language appropriately in
both the medical and
scientific literature (the media, as a whole, may be a lost cause).
Everything in life has risk; just going to work each day has risk. Are we supposed to
live our lives in bed, hiding under the blanket in case a tornado should come into our
bedroom? We in science, have a duty to give the public accurate information and then let
them decide for themselves what risk is appropriate. To do otherwise is
a subtle imposition of our biases on the populace.
We must embrace Theoretics as a discipline that strives to bring objectivity and logic
back into science. Every article/study has some bias in it, the goal is to minimize such
biases and present the facts in a comprehensible and logical manner. Unfortunately, most
scientists have never taken a course in logic, and I'm sure that English class was not
their favorite. Theoretics is a field of science which focuses on the use of logic and
appropriate language in order to develop and communicate scientifically credible theories and ideas which
will then have experimental implications. As someone whom I respect says, "Words mean
things." Let us use language and logic appropriately in our research and
in the
way that we communicate information.
* * * * *
Yes, smoking is bad for you, but so is fast-food hamburgers, driving, and
so on. We must weigh the risk and benefits of the behavior both as a society and as an
individual based on unbiased information. Be warned though, that a society
that attempts to remove all risk terminates individual liberty and
will ultimately perish. Let us be logical in our endeavors and true in our pursuit of
knowledge. Instead of fearful waiting for lung cancer to get me (because the media and
much of the medical literature has falsely told me that smoking causes lung cancer), I can enjoy my
occasional cigar even more now...now that I know the whole story.
The Untold Facts of Smoking (Yes, there is bias in science)
"I feel like the Fox Network" (a bastion of truth
in a sea of liberalism)
*This article was revised after errors in the
data and calculations were noticed by Charles Rotter, Curtis Cameron and Jesse
V. Silverman. This is the corrected version. A special thanks to both.
**WHO data of member countries
Keywords: lung cancer, mortality, tobacco, smoking, Theoretics,
language, WHO, cigarette, cigar, logic.
(I back up my statements with facts,
will those who respond do the same?)
1. Articles:
2. Websites:
3. The World Health Report 1999, chapter 5 and Statistical Annex
and CDC data (http://www.cdc.gov/scientific.htm).
4.Mutat Res 1998 Feb 26;398(1-2):43-54 Association of the NAT1*10 genotype
with increased chromosome aberrations and higher lung cancer risk in cigarette smokers.
Abdel-Rahman SZ, El-Zein RA, Z
5. Schwartz AG, Rothrock M, Yang P, Swanson GM, "Increased cancer risk among
relatives of nonsmoking lung cancer cases," Genet Epidemiol 1999;17(1):1-15
6. Amos CI, Xu W, Spitz MR, Is there a genetic basis for lung cancer susceptibility?,
Recent Results Cancer Res 1999;151:3-12
7. Silica, asbestos, man-made mineral fibers, and cancer. Author Steenland K;
Stayner L Cancer Causes Control, 8(3):491-503 1997 May
9. Ignacio I. Wistuba, MD, Comparison of Molecular Changes in Lung Cancers in
HIV-Positive and HIV-Indeterminate Subjects, JAMAVol. 279, pp. 1554-1559, May 20, 1998
10. Kumagai Y, Pi JB, Lee S, Sun GF, Yamanushi T, Sagai M, Shimojo N, Serum antioxidant
vitamins and risk of lung and stomach cancers in Shenyang, Cancer Lett 1998 Jul
17;129(2):145-9 China.
12. Sinha R, Kulldorff M, Curtin J, Brown CC, Alavanja MC, Swanson CA, "Fried,
well-done red meat and risk of lung cancer in women." Cancer Causes Control
1998 Dec;9(6):621-30.
13. Young KJ, Lee PN, Statistics and Computing Ltd, Surrey, UK. Intervention studies
on cancer, Eur J Cancer Prev 1999 Apr;8(2):91-103
14. Long-term inhalable particles and other air pollutants related to mortality in
Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1999 Feb;159(2):373-82.
15. Blot WJ, Fraumeni JF, Lung Cancer Mortality in the US: Shipyard
Correlations Source, Ann N Y Acad Sci; 330:313-315 1979 UI: 80659437
16. Lee IM, Sesso HD, Paffenbarger RS Jr, Physical activity and risk of lung cancer.
Int J Epidemiol 1999 Aug;28(4):620-5
19. Lee PN, Forey BA, Trends in cigarette consumption cannot fully explain
trends in British lung cancer rates, J Epidemiol Community Health; 52(2):82-92 1998
20. Pandey M, Mathew A, Nair MK, Global perspective of tobacco habits and lung
cancer: a lesson for third world countries. Eur J Cancer Prev 1999
21. Jahn O, [Passive smoking, a risk factor for lung carcinoma?], Wien Klin
Wochenschr; 108(18):570-3 1996
22. Nilsson R, Environmental tobacco smoke and lung cancer: a reappraisal,
Ecotoxicol Environ Saf; 34(1):2-17 1996
23. Finch GL, Nikula KJ, Belinsky SA, Barr EB, Stoner GD, Lechner JF,
Failure of cigarette smoke to induce or promote lung cancer in the A/J mouse, Cancer
Lett; 99(2):161-7 1996
For those of you who actually read the whole article...
As long as I'm being controversial by presenting both sides of the story, do I
dare tell you that a woman is three times more likely to die from an abortion than from
delivering a baby (WHO data).
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1. Re: Compatibility with Adobe Audition 3.0Ron_Day Nov 9, 2010 11:23 AM (in response to P.W. Fenton)
Unfortunately there is no way at this time to open a .ses file into the new version of Audition.
What you can do however is open sessions saved in XML format.
If you have Audition 3, here's what you can do:
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3. Open that .XML file into the new version of Audition.
Let us know how that works for you.
2. Re: Compatibility with Adobe Audition 3.0P.W. Fenton Nov 9, 2010 11:51 AM (in response to Ron_Day)
I sort of figured that out for myself (I haven't tried it yet). But my goal is to never boot up a Windows computer again. Is it planned that we will be able to import sessions from 3.0 without having to boot up Windows and export as XML? It seems like that ought to be part of 4.0
P.W. Fenton
Hudson, Florida
3. Re: Compatibility with Adobe Audition 3.0_durin_ Nov 9, 2010 3:12 PM (in response to P.W. Fenton)
.SES files will not be natively supported in this release, though the XML format will be. We tried to get that word out earlier in the year. There will potentially be tools to perform batch conversions of old sessions to compatible formats available as we get closer to release. In the meantime, if there is a session from Audition 3.0 you wish to open in this beta, please save it as an Audition XML session in Au3 first.
4. Re: Compatibility with Adobe Audition 3.0P.W. Fenton Nov 9, 2010 3:22 PM (in response to _durin_)
5. Re: Compatibility with Adobe Audition 3.0RadioCliff Nov 10, 2010 7:41 AM (in response to P.W. Fenton)
I realize this is a beat release. However with a long history of .ses files associated with Adobe Audition going all the way back to 1.5 the official release of this really must be able to read the older sessions. Having to go back to an older version and re-save in another format is too cumbersome.
6. Re: Compatibility with Adobe Audition 3.0Kyran_M Nov 10, 2010 9:50 AM (in response to RadioCliff)
So are you saying that. No in the beta we wont be able to inport old .Ses files. but we can expect something like that in the release version?
Was talking to (and showing) My production manager Audition 4 yesterday. He was saying that we should upgrade to it when it comes out. Problem is, at work we currently use Audition 2.0. And 2.0 doesnt have the the .XML option.
Just a thought. I understand this is a Beta. I just hope we see an option for .Ses and .Sesx in the release. (at least in the windows version, if there is one)
7. Re: Compatibility with Adobe Audition 3.0_durin_ Nov 10, 2010 10:52 AM (in response to Kyran_M)
There will not be native support for .SES files in the official release. We are exploring alternate methods for converting legacy session files to the new .SESX session format and I hope to make more information available in the near future. I would not be surprised to see third-party solutions appear after release once an SDK is made available.
8. Re: Compatibility with Adobe Audition 3.0Kyran_M Nov 10, 2010 11:15 AM (in response to _durin_)
Thanks Durin!
9. Re: Compatibility with Adobe Audition 3.0Buddaghauns Nov 10, 2010 11:34 AM (in response to P.W. Fenton)
Agree with replies/questions on this thread so far.
Given the many users of CEP / AA, backward compato for ".ses" files to at least AA 1.5 is an essential.
AA is the industry standard for so many radio producers and the thought of having to do a workaround with a third party program just to open archive sessions is stomach churning. Surely - at this beta stage - there's the option of including a native solution to this - like Batch Processing for legacy .ses files?
10. Re: Compatibility with Adobe Audition 3.0P.W. Fenton Nov 10, 2010 12:01 PM (in response to Buddaghauns)
O.K. Perhaps I should have put it this way... there is no point in me buying this Mac version if I still have to run Windows to load the hundreds of sessions I have. If I have to run 3.0 in Windows... then I might as well work in 3.0 which did everything I've ever wanted to do. This seems so basic. Why would I want to switch to software that breaks with the software I have been working with for more than 5 years?
It's like if Photoshop 5 decided that it was going to replace .psd files with something new and wouldn't even load .psd files, but instead required the user to load up Photoshop 4 and export each layer of a .psd file to a .tiff file. and then reassemble those in Photoshop 5.
It's kind of absurd.
11. Re: Compatibility with Adobe Audition 3.0Buddaghauns Nov 10, 2010 12:31 PM (in response to P.W. Fenton)
Way to go P.W. Fenton!
Absurd is the word.
Backward and cross compato b/t Intel Mac & PC should be a given in all DAW software. I get the whole commercial argument of 'forcing' users to upgrade - but where does that leave the long time user of CEP and AA?
12. Re: Session Compatibilityjeremiahsypult Nov 11, 2010 10:24 AM (in response to _durin_)
You can add me to the pool of people who think the lack of opening older sessions is absurd. This should be a requirement for software that has been around for this many years.
I use Audition every day, both personally and professionally as a sound designer for video game development. I have been using it since it was simply Cool Edit for Windows 3.1 and eventually became Cool Edit Pro (released in the mid-to-late nineties). I have been multi-tracking with Cool Edit Pro for well over 10 years since the feature was added.
I would like to point out that THE CURRENT RELEASE of Adobe Audition v3.0 sessions DEFAULT to saving a .ses session file. It has been that way since Cool Edit Pro v1.0.
I have over 10 YEARS of old sessions - old and new - that I would love to open on the Macintosh.
I also have experience programming on both Windows and Macintosh. While the platforms are different, there is absolutely NO REASON that Adobe cannot engineer a method of opening or importing "legacy" sessions originating from earlier Windows versions. The ONLY data that is "incompatible" within the .ses file format is the file paths to the audio files used in the session. That can EASILY be remedied and engineered. The simplest implementation would be to intervene the session loading process and ask the user to select a file path to link media against. Windows file paths can be converted and/or stripped in order to attempt to search for matches based on file names (and/or directories).
Other cross-platform audio, graphics and video applications are perfectly capable of opening documents which require separate asset linking. Files across multiple platforms can be relinked in applications from competitors AND EVEN some of Adobe's own products. Linked audio, graphics and video assets can be re-linked when the file names match.
Asking users to hand-convert over 10 YEARS of legacy session data in a separate operating system - one session at a time - is absurd. There is no good reason for Audition on the Mac to be prohibited from opening older sessions.
I strongly hope the Adobe Audition leadership team will reconsider.
13. Re: Compatibility with Adobe Audition 3.0Odd man out Nov 11, 2010 6:54 PM (in response to _durin_)
Perhaps you can help me. As many users on here I have a good 5-7 years of .ses files on my windows pc. I have taken your advice and saved about a dozen of them as .xml files, have moved them over to my mac, and have discovered that not a single plugin has loaded- not even the native EQ's or compressors.
Is there a way to fix this? It is one thing to shift your file format to promote upgrades, but if I cannot load a session on my mac that with the plugins whach I had completed on a PC, this software appears litterally usesless to anyone who is not a first time user.
Please tell me that I am missing something.
14. Re: Compatibility with Adobe Audition 3.0mixman_2 Nov 11, 2010 11:50 PM (in response to Odd man out)
why not just create dry/wet stems as needed from the old stuff and go from there? I've migrated from daw to daw plenty of times in my career and its just far easier to bang out tracks/stems on the few items you really need (and it's probably less than you think), and just leave the rest behind. I have piles of old CEP/early Audition work on hand but never touch it anymore, if I need it I'll fire up the old version. I keep all of my template sessions as wet/dry stems anyway to avoid just this issue.
15. Re: Compatibility with Adobe Audition 3.0_durin_ Nov 12, 2010 9:12 AM (in response to Odd man out)
There is some additional work being done with the Au3XML import to support additional parameters, so the implementation in the public beta is not complete. However, it will not be possible to create 1:1 translations of many of the effects as additional parameters and channelization options were introduced into most tools.
I don't want anyone to feel the lack of native support for legacy sessions was an easy decision, or one reached without considerable thought and discussions with our pre-release users and some of our close customers. We are continuing to investigate solutions that will make this transition simpler and better. I hope to have more information to share soon.
Would you mind sharing some information about the sessions you have and the cases where you revisit them? What scenarios require you to bring up legacy sessions and what, if any, modifications do you usually perform? Are these old sessions archived together or are they spread about various locations or media? Would you benefit from a single batch conversion process?
16. Re: Compatibility with Adobe Audition 3.0Kyran_M Nov 12, 2010 9:34 AM (in response to _durin_)
I know for my situation, as a Radio Producer.
I need to be able to go back to a Session that, rather I or previous Producers, have created for a client. Where the client wants to run an identical commercial that they did say 2 years ago. Cept I need to change the dates or minor information. So Multitrack info needs to be the same as the original.
Or in a second scenario, I need to be able to take a commercial where I access a session that was created in the past. Only to change a few prices, everyday, or more information on a monthly basis.
and I suppose the last scenario would be If I'm doing music mixes for Imaging, I would like the ability to open a legacy session to change and mixdown certain elements with or with out transitions (aka stingers or other sfx) that are used in the session. But again effects need to be maintained in the original state.
My only concern with a batch conversion tool, is that it would need to be able to go into sub directories and save the .sesx back into the same folder as the original. But I would only want to have to select the entire Drive (containing the works of the station since the purchase fo Cool Edit, or the original Audition)
I hope that last part made sense. I don't want to have to re-organize all the new .sesx files back into the folders I expect them to be.
Also, the XML file transfer system wont work for everyone. The station I currently work at has only Audition 2.0. and it hasn't been in the "budget" to upgrade to 3.0. But with 4.0 around the corner, an upgrade is looking very possible. Problem is, our 2.0 systems don't have an option to .xml export.
17. Re: Compatibility with Adobe Audition 3.0jeremiahsypult Nov 12, 2010 10:04 AM (in response to _durin_)
Professionally, I revisit past session archives to review elements that can be re-purposed in new work. Sometimes it's multi-tracked voice over and/or foley recording, some times it is multi-tracked sound design (to video when we have it). Archived project sessions are stored across multiple network shares.
Personally, I have many years of music multi-track recordings -- finished or unfinished -- that I worked on in Audition. They are spread around a couple of computers and external drives. Audition 3 is perfectly capable of loading up these old sessions. Throughout the years I've been perfectly able to get nostalgic and load up old stuff.
I can understand the want or need to have Audition (Mac) version SAVE out a NEW session file format. However, the best case scenario shouldn't need to go through a different process of opening a session. File > Open Session could (should) still load up legacy Cool Edit/Audition session files (to the best of it's ability), but saving and opened "legacy" session would force the user to save in the newer format. Then there is no need to run any sort of batch convert. The user can read legacy sessions on demand. If a change or save is desired the new format is forced
Partial-success is better than nothing. I haven't relied heavily on the real-time track effects and automation features in my work - so simple session asset, track configuration, volume/pan/cross-fading would get me "nearly all the way there", making me happy. I can't speak for anyone else though.
Worst case scenario (besides having zero access to legacy sessions), some sort of separate application or process that handles the conversion one at a time through a user interface. At least console applications can be scripted to do batch processing.
Finally, the inability to load legacy sessions makes it really difficult to put the new Audition through it's paces and actually test great work that has already been done in previous versions. Will Audition on the Mac handle some really complex, sound design to picture session work I've done that has LOTS of tracks and LOTS of assets? I can say I'm not about to undertake any new projects in the beta to find out. Therefore, the inability to load up existing or archived work makes the Audition beta a 'toy' to test and play around with to me.
I think you guys are missing out on some great beta testing. Building stuff from scratch can take a long time with a new app. There's no reason we can't put the new Audition through it's paces with old projects that have already been completed.
My $0.02.
18. Re: Compatibility with Adobe Audition 3.0Odd man out Nov 12, 2010 10:35 AM (in response to _durin_)
_durin_ wrote:
Would you mind sharing some information about the sessions you have and the cases where you revisit them? What scenarios require you to bring up legacy sessions and what, if any, modifications do you usually perform? Are these old sessions archived together or are they spread about various locations or media? Would you benefit from a single batch conversion process?
I have been in the process of recording an album for a while now. Over the course of time I have improved as a mixing engineer, and have also picked up a Mac.
I live about 30 minutes away from my studio, and I have always worked on mixes there, but I have my mac set up at home.
I saw this release as an opportunity to shift all my work over to my mac where I can work at home and not be in the studio. All the plugins I have invested in are on both machines, and I don't see why there should be any difference when I load a session file on my mac from my PC.
A scenario that comes to mind is this: All sound is relative. When you lower the volume of a guitar to sit farther back in the mix, you may reduce whatever compression you have on the track to assist you. So a temorary solution- if I were only interested in what would essentially be a pre-master secondary mix- would be to bounce each individual track with the effects on the pc, move them to the mac, then alter the volume. But that's not what I am interested in doing.
I don't have any intention of going back and looking at 7 years of recordings- I have almost 300 completed tunes- some of which have no hope for them. However, there are several which were recorded very well, and just need some TLC in the mixing department. I would like to be able to do that mixing from my Mac, but in order to do that, the plugins need to migrate with the tracks. True, perhaps some of these will get replaced in my quest to better the tune, but I have no plans of starting the mixing from scratch, but rather just improving what I already have.
A batch file conversion system would be fantastic- but only if it carries ALL the metadata. I'll sooner drive the 30 minutes than invest in a program that will cause more hassle becuase I can't load the plugins that make the song actually sound good.
Again, I have owned Cool Edit Pro through Audition 3. I understand that companies need to make changes to better their software, but I just do not believe it is reasonable to not offer the ability to simply load an Audition 3 file in Audition for Mac.
Thank you for your time, as it is greatly appreciated.
Ryan Axford
19. Re: Compatibility with Adobe Audition 3.0Chris Lowrie Nov 20, 2010 12:19 AM (in response to P.W. Fenton)
Hello from London UK. I think the best we can hope for is that a third party creates some software to allow legacy sessions to be used in the Mac version. The other challenge I have is; I work in a team of Producers that share work in the studio and working from home and the ability to put your audio on a flash memory stick and take it home and work on it makes life so much easier - this new version will end that functionality. By the way I have Audition at home on our last surviving pc laptop. Although I did load Audition for Mac beta onto a Mac at work and at least one of the staff gasped with amazement. Again there is no budget to upgrade at work.
20. Re: Compatibility with Adobe Audition 3.0jeremiahsypult Nov 23, 2010 8:48 AM (in response to _durin_)
For the people wondering about third party tools today, be prepared to shell out $59-$159 (USD) -- AND be forced to do your conversions on Windows:
I find it saddening that Adobe is relying on third parties to support their own product.
It is going to be 2011 before Adobe officially supports a retail port of Audition to the Mac - nearly 6 YEARS after acquiring Syntrillium Software in the middle 2003. Adobe's own Photoshop has had 4 revisions in that time (The first of which was a port to Mac OS X - in 2003!). Photoshop CS4 went 64-bit on Windows in mid-2008. CS5 went 64-bit on the Mac earlier this year. Mac OS X has gone through 4 OS revisions in that time frame frame.
Audition has had half of the revisions in that time, is just now showing signs of running on Macintosh, does NOT read file types created with ANY previous version and is being "rewritten" as a 32-but application.
The thought of needing a separate Windows computer or purchasing and installing an entire virtual machine just to read and convert files is torturous.
The state of the built-in sample editing filters and effects - some which are outright missing or lacking features comparable to Audition 3.0 - is even more disheartening.
I am a sad Audition user.
21. Re: Compatibility with Adobe Audition 3.0typecase Nov 30, 2010 9:58 PM (in response to P.W. Fenton)
Add me to the list of people who need the software to open the .ses files. I was really thrilled about this release, exitedly downloading it and then the sinking feeling realizing that it doesn't load my years of previous .ses files. I'm not sure why I need to justify wanting to open my old recordings but there's much that I've captured in the past that I want to enhance, tweak, etc.
Opening .ses files is essential for me to even consider buying this. I haven't opened the beta since I discovered this. deficiency
22. Re: Compatibility with Adobe Audition 3.0BIG_Yack Dec 6, 2010 1:12 PM (in response to P.W. Fenton)
Dear comembers,
it is the same reason from which I flied over the Beta forums in need of confirmation and justification on official reason about rearranging the multitrack session file format.
It would only be spamming if one wanted to hear personal reasons of mine to use .ses and that is why here is a brief explanation. First of all, happy with the successful download of the software skipping the long-lasting install process present on Windows I excited to launch the software and I did. Audition surely changed, I though, with the discovery of panel "misplacement" and features added. But, suddenly, areas of workflow seemed fairly new even though I knew them for three years now. Then, I thought, I can open an older project and review how and where some parameters appear and lear about the new features that way. The message of unsupported file types shocked from the screen, just a bit really.
Due to financial status on some cooperators at a radio station, where Audition is individually used and bought / borrowed from member to member, we do have all versions of it still working. There will be a problem where one would like to correct or support the other producer with another (older) version of Audition. The files are usually networked on a certain server, but we would not benefit from a cluster upgrade because many error could occour and I could not correct every single .ses since 2002 by myself or even with some help.
Another statement on implementing the legacy format back, is again the financial situation. For a studen radio station such as ours with many audio currrents and ever changing staff members, it is already hard to equip everyone to similar conditions. What would happen, if a firm dependent on budgets of theri cooperators first had to buy Audition from Adobe and later at least 10 copies of third party software. I assume discussion already was taken, but hope on great reconsideration with all the factors in sight - I call you to take you responsibility.
In my opinion, many more aspect are present to demand .ses back, aren't there? If not, what were your main reasons to cut support on it? Why is it so hard to implement?
Thank you!
Best regards from Slovenia.
23. Re: Compatibility with Adobe Audition 3.0cccbilla Mar 10, 2011 9:24 AM (in response to BIG_Yack)
Add me to the list of very disappointed customers.
24. Re: Compatibility with Adobe Audition 3.0SuiteSpot Mar 10, 2011 1:21 PM (in response to BIG_Yack)
Big_Yack there has been no mention of paying for 3rd party software. I thought I had made it pretty clear that no matter what else happens or doesn't we intend to implement as donationware a standalone application which would convert in bulk to sesx all ses formats from CEP through to AA3. Our intention is to convert as many internal affects as makes sense for v1.5 & v3 (and maybe v2) or is possible and we will do what we can with external vsts.
We plan to do this as soon as we can establish that AA4 comes out of beta
25. Re: Compatibility with Adobe Audition 3.0Terrry Wilson Mar 16, 2011 7:34 AM (in response to _durin_)
The most important things I think are (in order of descending importance) for importing older ses files :
1 - Correct track and time placement of original files, referring to the original files, full handles available.
2 - Correct importing of track and clip based automation for volume and Pan
3 - Ability to convert all audio media to a new standard format upon import (ie. convert all files to 48K WAV)
4 - Track based plug-ins would be nice
errr...that's about it really.
26. Re: Compatibility with Adobe Audition 3.0SuiteSpot Mar 16, 2011 8:26 AM (in response to Terrry Wilson)
Thanks Terry,
We plan to provide much more than that eg fades, clip envelopes, clip lock, clip mute, bus routing, bus tracks, track solo, track mute, track eq, etc, etc
I think you get the picture - and as much of that that makes sense for ses files as far back as CEP.
27. Re: Compatibility with Adobe Audition 3.0azmikehike Mar 20, 2011 8:56 AM (in response to P.W. Fenton)
It's ridiculous. I was so excited to see this version and then stumbled into this forum. What is the point other than marketing?
I have no clue. Good point on the Photoshop analogy.
28. Re: Compatibility with Adobe Audition 3.0SuiteSpot Mar 20, 2011 9:20 AM (in response to azmikehike)
AFAIK Adobe have let it be known for many months at least that AA users should be saving their sessions as XML and not ses files.
And I guess if you are using a mac then you can't be using AA and therefore wouldn't have any files to import - unless of course you had old ones from when you used AA on a PC. And I guess if they are 'old' then they can't be that important otherwise you would be still using them. And if you are still using them then its because you still have AA on a PC and therefore you can save those sessions as an XML and use them on a mac with AA4.
Maybe I'm missing something?
29. Re: Compatibility with Adobe Audition 3.0alan-ng.net Mar 23, 2011 8:04 PM (in response to _durin_)
Yes, batch one-way conversion from .ses to .sesx would be sufficient for me. The way I would use it would be on the rare occasion that I need to re-use or re-issue an old track, then I would convert that single session to modern .sesx. Files would be located in one of many Windows backup volumes dating back to when I had a Windows machine (1990s through 2010).
30. Re: Compatibility with Adobe Audition 3.0theiiru Mar 25, 2011 3:19 PM (in response to P.W. Fenton)
i saved my session as Xml in Audition 3, but that doesn't work correctly when i open it with the beta version.
it's a little bit topsy turvy.
31. Re: Compatibility with Adobe Audition 3.0SuiteSpot Apr 7, 2011 5:55 AM (in response to theiiru)
Not sure how the xml conversion will work when AA4 is released but we are confident that we will have a fairly detailed conversion utility ready for when AA4 is released.
32. Re: Compatibility with Adobe Audition 3.0SuiteSpot Apr 11, 2011 3:51 AM (in response to SuiteSpot)
Audition CS5.5 was announced about 6 hours ago and our team has raced to try and finalise our ses conversion utility.
We are confident that it will be of significant benefit to Audition users and we will continue to maintain and update it as necessary.
Feel free to download it from http://www.aatranslator.com.au/ses2sesx.html
33. Re: Compatibility with Adobe Audition 3.0AlaskaJaxx Apr 13, 2011 9:09 PM (in response to SuiteSpot)
This plug in is for Windows machines running the older versions, correct? Not for Mac install? I've completely switched over the Mac for the home and office studios...but like many, I work in radio and we've got about a dozen "seats" with various 1.5/2.0/3.0 installs, all on PCs.
Should I be executing this plugin to the corporate (radio) machines (all Dell)? To do the .ses/.sesx conversions for use in AA 4.0 on Mac? Guess I was confused and tried it the other way around....d/l'ed to my Mac Pro at home tonight, opened the .zip and it popped up in TextEdit as gibberish and unable to run in "DOS" :-)....So, am I correct to assume I should be doing it the other way around? From there, is it possible to batch convert everything to sesx? And then transfer all session files to Mac?
Sorry....I'm a bit confused, but not nearly as concerned as others in the thread...as MOST sessions I've done have been mixed out to final and I've moved on (IE, old promos, liners, sweeps, bumps, et al...that won't be needed), and all of my sfx/bed/V/O files are saved in regular library, as .wav(s) not as .ses. I do, however, utilize FCP quite a bit in conjunction with After Effects...and I rely on AA for ALL of my audio production. I own Logic, but don't use it. Audition will be my audio editor of choice. And it's really, really, REALLY cool to completely git rid of my Windows partition on my Macs...which was solely there for Audition and a rare session of Flight Sim X:) Anyway...I digress. Thanks Adobe, this is awesome...and I'm slowly convincing the engineer at the station to augment one of our Prod Rooms with a new iMac and AA 4.0 beta. Who knows?? Maybe we can end our marriage at some point with Dell:-)
Thanks for the plug in. Donation forthcoming (payday is Monday!)
34. Re: Compatibility with Adobe Audition 3.0SuiteSpot Apr 14, 2011 2:45 AM (in response to AlaskaJaxx)
"This plug in is for Windows machines running the older versions, correct? Not for Mac install?"
It is a PC application but it should run fine under emulators like Wine (you will need to download mfc42.dll from http://winetricks.org/).
"So, am I correct to assume I should be doing it the other way around? From there, is it possible to batch convert everything to sesx? And then transfer all session files to Mac?"
Sure - download and run on a PC (or mac under an emulator like Wine) - with the registered version you can select multiple ses files and batch convert to sesx. You can then transfer the sesx files to your mac.
You can select to create the sesx file(s) in the same folder as the original ses file or you can select another folder to send all your sesx files to.
35. Re: Compatibility with Adobe Audition 3.0AlaskaJaxx Apr 14, 2011 8:12 AM (in response to SuiteSpot)
Thanks Suite...Much appreciated. Cool site with some awesome projects as well. Appreciate the link
Take care,


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text: Glauber Expects Return to Normal Yields in 2013-14 February 21, 2013 04:07 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Meghan Vick Pro Farmer News Editor Email Twitter USDA Chief Economist Joseph Glauber gave attendees at the USDA Ag Outlook Forum "Managing Risk in the 21st Century" a broad overview of what USDA expects for 2013 in terms of farm income, exports, yields and production and ethanol and he will leave the details to those speaking on Friday. Glauber began by taking a look back at the 2012 growing season, which despite a historic drought, resulted in record farm income and strong exports. He did mention however, that there were sharp differences between sectors as the uninsured farmer was certainly hit by crop losses and the livestock and poultry industry struggled with high feed prices. Looking forward, Glauber said USDA expects a rebound in yields, record corn and soybean production and lower prices. This should result in improved profitability for the livestock and poultry industries. Taking a look at exports, Glauber sees agriculture exports in 2013 declining from 2012's record high of $142 billion to $112.5 billion. China is expected to remain the top destination for U.S. exports for the second year in a row, with soybeans and cotton dominating the total. The value of ag exports are expected to rise in 2013, while volumes are expected to decline. Corn is a notable exception in terms of value, as they are expected to decline 37.5% in 2013 from the year prior. Another notable change on the ag export front is that Brazil corn exports in 2013 are projected to surpass U.S. corn exports, due to a record-large Brazilian bean crop, a poor U.S. corn crop as well as an increase in corn use for ethanol. Also due to the poor 2012-13 U.S. corn crop, global ending stocks for 2012-13 are projected at just 50 days of use, which is the lowest level since 1973-74. This compares to carryover of 54 days of use in 2011-12. Global soybean ending stocks are expected to rise by 4 days of use from 2011-12 to 84 days of use. Glauber also briefly touched on USDA planting projections for 2013. He expects planted corn acreage of 96.5 million, which compares to 97.2 million acres last year. Soybean acreage is expected to rise to 77.5 million from 77.2 million in 2012-13. Wheat is also expected to pick up acres in 2013, rising from 55.7 million to 56.0 million acres for 2013. Cotton acres are seen at 9.8 million, down sharply from 12.1 million in 2012. While significant drought remains embedded in the Central Plains and much of the Corn Belt still sees some drought, there has been improvement in the last six months, according to Glauber. While he says this has major implications for the HRW crop, he still expects a return to normal yields and thus a rebound in production for the corn and bean crop. Following are his production projections: · Corn production: 14.530 billion bushels · Soybeans: 3.405 billion bushels · Wheat: 2.100 billion bushels · Cotton: 14.00 million bales Glauber explained that there is little correlation between rainfall one year and rainfall the next. Thus, he says there is no reason to think we are heading for another poor crop. Further, Glauber said that empirical data indicates there is low correlation between pre-season low subsoil moisture and yield reasons. For that reason, he says there is no reason to think we will not be looking at normal yields in 2013. This is expected to result in lower average crop prices in 2013-14 of: Corn: $4.80, down from $7.20 in 2012-13. Soybean: $10.50, down from $14.30 in 2012-13. Wheat: $7.00, down from $7.90 in 2012-13. Glauber also spent some time on ethanol as it is a major driver in the corn market. He projects U.S. corn use for ethanol to rebound in 2013-14 but to remain below 5 billion bushels. This is due in part to a decline in gasoline consumption in recent years due to high prices, improved energy efficiency and the recent recession. Livestock prices are expected to rise in 2013, with cattle prices expected to average $129.50, up from $122.86 in 2012, and hog prices are expected to increase to $63.00, up $60.88 2012. These higher livestock prices are expected to translate to higher food prices in 2013, though the Consumer Price Index is expected to remain below 2008 and 2011 levels. All of this is expected to result in lower net cash income for producers in 2013 of $123.5 billion, though this total is still high relative to historic levels. Back to news


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Approvals to build new homes in Australia rose moderately in November thanks to an ongoing shift to apartment living, while lower mortgage rates and a growing population augur well for a further recovery this year.
Thursday's data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed building approvals increased by 2.9 percent in November, to be up 13.2 percent on the same month of 2011.
All the gains came in the multi-unit sector which climbed 10 percent in the month and over 36 percent for the year. That is important as the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has increasingly been counting on a recovery in the housing market to bolster the economy when the current boom in mining investment starts to crest later this year.
Home building and renovation is worth around A$68 billion a year in Australia. That is a little less than 5 percent of annual economic output but it can swing sharply from year to year, making an outsized impact on growth.
The fundamentals for housing would seem to be healthy. After a series of
rate cuts last year, mortgage rates are now well below long-run averages.
Combined with flat home prices and rising incomes, that has made property more
(Watch Now: How The RBA Lifted Australian Property)
Australia's population is also expanding at the fastest pace in almost three years as the resource-rich nation attracts a flood of skilled migrants. The latest figures show the population grew by 1.6 percent, in the 12 months to June, 2011 up from a trough of 1.14 percent the previous year.Net overseas migration added 208,300 people, an increase of 22 percent on
the year, many of whom would obviously be looking for a home.
In a promising sign the Housing Industry Association this week reported
sales of new homes rose 4.7 percent in November, for a second straight month of


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NBA stars putting welcome pressure on peers and competitors to up their fashion game
NEW YORK – Tall, trim and wearing catwalk clothes: Pro basketball stars have stepped up their style to become influential tastemakers.
On the court, of course, they're in uniform, with a lot of red and black donned by the Miami Heat, and silver and black on the San Antonio Spurs, during the NBA Finals. But actual play time is only 48 minutes, leaving a whole lot of time for a statement wardrobe.
And what statements they've been making of late: Capri pants, polka dots and floral prints, fedora hats and lens-less glasses are among the looks that have garnered them almost as much attention as their hard-court moves. Some of the top players now have stylists, and you'll find players like Dwyane Wade, Tyson Chandler, Amar'e Stoudemire, Rajon Rondo and Russell Westbrook in the front row of fashion shows.
In fact, Wade is already planning a trip to Milan Fashion week after his Miami Heat wrap up their attempt to defend their title in the NBA Finals (it remains to be seen whether he'll be going in a celebratory mood; the Heat lost Game 1 of the seven-game series, which resumes on Sunday).
Carmelo Anthony of the New York Knicks, who describes his own style as "a little edgy," is a fashion show front-row regular who finds that world intriguing.
"Fashion is a very different world than basketball. ... It all happens so quick," said Anthony, the league's leading scorer this season, in a recent interview. "There's all that time they put in for a three-minute fashion show."
The 6-foot-8 star, who gets many of his threads custom-made, came into the NBA already a fan of fashion. He doesn't consider all the attention and energy that goes into it a distraction: "I just like it, I like to look good and I feel good about myself."
The high-fashion, even nerd-fashion sported by the NBA's top athletes are a far cry from the hip-hop, baggy-pants street style that permeated the league in the 1990s, best exemplified by the likes of Allen Iverson.
The league frowned upon that look, and in 2005, instituted a dress code that demanded players dress in "business casual" attire when they were on league business.
But instead of wearing uniform suits, many NBA players have used the opportunity to showcase their individuality. Westbrook's shirts, which have ranged from leopard-print to bright cartoon designs, could hardly be described business-like, but they are certainly casual and unique.
Wade took a lot of flak when he started down the more flamboyant route, says Calyann Barnett, Wade's stylist, but now it seems everyone else is nipping at his Christian Louboutin wingtip-sneaker heels.
Lang Whitaker, an editor for the NBA style blog, likes seeing someone such as Wade take a fashion risk, including the shrunken pants a la directional designer Thom Browne. "A lot of guys wouldn't have tried it, let alone pull it off. Dwyane knew he'd get made fun of on (TNT'S) 'Inside (the) NBA,' but he still wore it and wore it well," he said.
Barnett says there's a reason why basketball stars are becoming fashion trend-setters.
"Basketball is more fashionable than other sports," said Barnett. "First of all, you see their faces. You don't see a football player's face most of the time, they're wearing a helmet. And basketball players have the best bodies. They are tall, muscular and wear clothes well. A lot of football players get thick in the neck, and baseball players can get thick legs."
Cam Newton, quarterback for the NFL's Carolina Panthers, takes issue with that. He says all top-tier athletes should dress well to show respect for their fans and appreciation for their opportunities. First of all, he was raised that way, wearing a suit to church in Atlanta on Sundays, and, he says, his coaches have emphasized it.
But Newton allows that the NBA's overall look has nudged players in other sports to get their fashion game on.
"I don't think it's not manly to say, 'Wow, did you see that nice tuxedo that guy had on?' It makes me want to look better," says Newton, who is launching his own fashion label at the Southern department store chain Belk.
Of course, fashionable athletes didn't sprout up in the last decade. Back in the 1970s, players such as Walt "Clyde" Frazier and Julius "Dr. J" Irving prided themselves on their flashy looks. Now, Frazier says his style is as much a part of his persona as the legends of his playing days. "My brand is style and cool. That's why we're talking, right? The pressure is on me every time I go out."
Frazier, a broadcaster for the New York Knicks, stays on top of trends — and hopes to make some.
"I go to fabric stores and take the fabric to my tailor. I've taken cow, leopard, tiger prints to him. And there's another guy who does my ties, and another guy who does my shoes. When I first started, I wore penny loafers and plain button-down collared shirts, but I live in the mecca of fashion and I've learned," he said.
As for today's fashion-forward players, Frazier said: "These guys are millionaires and should act like it.
"They stay in four-star hotels, go to the best restaurants, it's not appropriate to go to these places in a tracksuit. If they worked at that high a level for any other corporation in America, with their salaries, they'd have to wear a suit and tie. It's not too much to ask."
Michael Conley Jr. of the Memphis Grizzlies doesn't mind. He says his clothes are a way to introduce more of his personality to fans.
"I realized that my appearance both on and off the court went hand-in- hand with the leadership role I was going to be taking on this year with the Memphis Grizzlies. I especially felt that off the court, it was important to improve and invest more time into my appearance, which would hopefully translate into a positive professional image," Conley wrote in an email to The Associated Press.
"It just comes down to knowing who you are and where you're going in your career and what you want to be known for."
Fashion is another way to have a little friendly competition, too.
"It is fun seeing all the guys showing off their style during the season and especially during the playoffs. It makes for good conversation and locker-room jokes," Conley says.
Whitaker recalls that when he first starting covering the NBA, it was a parade of jeans, sweatshirts and boots coming off the bus at each stop. "Now, they have to dress up," he says, "and it's about who can dress up best."
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1. A cat that enjoys being in water.
2. A sopping-wet pussy.
3. Term of endearment.
1. Cry of warning to persons in a swimming pool who are in danger of being struck by airborne cat.
Origin(s): late-2000s, a scuba-diving calico featured on an episode of Discovery Channel's "How Stuff Works" show, with its own commercial.
- "Chester hates getting wet! ... Yeah, he's no scuba cat."
- "Miss u Scuba Cat! Sending u lotsa luv & kitty kisses! home by 8PM! xoxo" (via text)
- "Heads-up! ... Scuba cat!!" (throws cat into pool)


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adbutt necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 72 diseños de 22 diseñadores freelance.
UK Freelance web designer, emigrating to Perth Australia, needs a creative logo for his new portfolio/blog.
My new site will serve as a business portfolio of all my previous work & personal blog. Successful Designer will have plenty of opportunity to work with me on further projects.
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I am a UK based Freelance web designer, in around 7weeks I will be emigrating to Perth Australia. In order to display my work to potential employees I am currently creating a portfolio/blog style website. I have toyed with many design ideas for the logo, but havent really made any decision on it, hence me asking the talented designers on this site for help.
I want a logo that can be used on both my new website and any print materials i may require ie.. Invoices, Letterheads, Flyers etc.
The logo must be creative & professional looking, without being to corporate.
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- Maybe use of the country's flags or something that signifies perth,Australia,England (not UK)
- Emphasis on POM
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Today was the first day of the festival on the beach at Lyme Regis, Otherwise known as primary school day! Through the day, hundreds of school children from twenty local primary schools filltered through the tent, enjoying all of the fabulous activities and sights! A popular activity was the shark sieving, with children searching through sediment from Abbey Wood to find and identify shark teeth and shells - which they got to keep at the end!
The equipment for shark sieving and the sediment
The British Geological Survey were showing off their 3D scanning equipment and printer. This was rather amazing! I was also very impressed with the British Antarctic Survey's specimens, particularly one ammonite that had incredible sutures.
Museum staff had a very busy day with all of their activities, with Mike Rumsey and Helena Toman especially busy with their gold panning. Jerry Hooker and Noel Morris dealt with many fossil identifications.
I was sucessful in identifying the meteorite in a task designed by Caroline Smith and Deb Cassey - it is often difficult to identify a true meteorite! The DNA activity got many children very excited, with lots going past our fossil stand waving their tubes and enthusiastically telling us that they had DNA.
A girl hunting for 'gold' at the gold panning station.
'Barry' our Baryonyx skull watching over us as we work.
Many of the Museum stations and associated staff inside the tent (but not all of us!)
Emma and I were also intervied for Palaeocast, a podcast about palaeontology. Emma talked to them about fish and I discussed ammonites.
Emma and me being interviewed for Palaeocast
Tomorrow the tent will be open to the public so we are expecting a busy couple of days ahead. If you are nearby do pop in and say hello!


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Two were 'like brothers' before slaying of store owner
Gary Clarke and Cosmo Frieson were "like brothers" before they were implicated in the botched robbery that led to the Oct. 12, 2007 shooting death of New London package store owner Jared Silva.
Testifying at Clarke's murder trial in Superior Court Monday, Frieson said the two men had hung out together "on a daily basis" after meeting three or four years earlier. Clarke and Frieson's sister, Laquesha, have a daughter together and lived in a Buchanan Road apartment.
Frieson, 22, and Clarke, 24, now find themselves on opposite sides. Frieson, who said he confessed to police at the urging of his grandmother three years ago, has accepted a plea deal that requires him to testify against his one-time friend. He will be sentenced at a later date to up to 20 years in prison for attempted first-degree robbery. Clarke, charged with felony murder, murder and attempted robbery, has pleaded not guilty and opted for a trial.
On Monday, Frieson seemed to peer directly at Clarke after two correction officers led him past Clarke's seat at the defense table to his perch on the witness stand. Dressed in a neon orange prison jump suit and shackles, he rocked back and forth in his chair and spoke softly as he answered a series of questions about the crime. He looked into the gallery, where family members and friends of both men and the mother and sister of the victim were listening to the details of what officials have deemed "a senseless slaying."
The motive, according to Frieson, was his sister's overdue rent payments.
"He (Clarke) said he needed money because my sister was losing her apartment," Frieson testified.
Frieson's sister would later leave her daugther with Clarke's mother and move out of the area, according to testimony.
Frieson said that on that October 2007 night, the two men met at a 24-hour store at Ocean Avenue and Bank Street and planned to rob another convenience store farther up Ocean Avenue. Frieson said the men changed their minds and targeted Jared's Packy because it was too cold to walk farther.
Frieson said he provided Clarke with a gun that he bought for $50 from a friend who had stolen it from a car. He said the two men waited until the store closed, and Clarke approached Silva with the gun as Silva walked out of the store. Frieson then went on to describe the last moments of Silva's life. The 46-year-old Niantic man, mourned by many as a kind and generous man, had owned the store for about a decade.
"He (Clarke) told him, 'Don't move,' '' Frieson testified. "Jared turned around and started fighting."
Frieson said it looked "like the gun was coming up to Gary," so he ran up and punched Silva. He said Silva fell on his back, and he ran.
"I heard a gunshot," he said.
Frieson said he and Clarke met up a few houses away and Clarke realized he had dropped his cell phone. Clarke gave Frieson the gun and his jacket and went back to retrieve the phone, Frieson said. In crime scene photos viewed by the jury last week, a cell phone was lying on the ground, in a pool of blood, between Silva's arm and torso.
Frieson said he took the gun to the house of Tyshaun Smith, who lived a few doors down from the package store, and hid it in a couch. He said he took off his hooded sweatshirt, which was black with red "skull" designs on it, and donned a sweater that Smith gave him. With a couple other men, they watched from a balcony as police arrived at the crime scene. Frieson said a police officer walked a dog up the street in an attempt to pick up a scent and that he arranged for a ride away from the area.
"Jared had just died, and I was a part of it," Frieson said when State's Attorney Michael L. Regan asked why he wanted to leave.
Later, Frieson said he met up with Clarke at Clarke's apartment across town.
"I asked him why he shot Jared," Frieson testified. "He said he was nervous."
They watched the news to see if the crime was reported, he said, and he left the apartment next morning. He said he never again saw the gun, which he described as a .357-magnum revolver, and that the men did not get any money from Jared that night. Frieson said he got his "hoodie" back when he saw it being worn by Smith's cousin.
A few days before his arrest, Frieson said he ran into Clarke on West Pleasant Street.
"He just said the cops were looking for me and to stay low," Frieson said.
While Regan is attempting to convince a jury that Clarke was the shooter, Clarke's attorney, Jeremiah Donovan, is pinning the blame on another man, Smith, who he said Monday belonged to a street gang called The Third Set with Frieson. Smith is expected to testify later this week.
Donovan was attempting to discredit Frieson through cross-examination when the trial ended for the day Monday. Dwelling on Frieson's previous conviction for a purse-snatching and false statements he gave to police, Donovan asked Frieson, "Isn't it fair to say that you would say just about anything in order to get what you want?"
"No," Frieson responded.
"You would agree you have repeatedly lied to police?" Donovan asked. "Yeah," was Frieson's answer. He said that once he got an attorney - Sebastian DeSantis - he admitted he had lied about some things and sat down with the state's attorney's office to tell the truth.
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So, it's our last week of Fairy Tale Month, and I'm going to just come out and admit it – I didn't even have a chance to get the book for this week.
Between all the puking and the cleaning-up of puke, and oh yeah, more puking, it just didn't happen this week.
Luckily, Tangled came to the rescue.
It's not my favorite Disney movie, but I'm okay with it, which is saying quite a lot (for Disney).
To be completely honest, the mile-long hair kind of freaks me out. I preferred Rapunzel after her haircut.
And I find this seriously funny.
Source: fakeposters.com via Jaleesa on Pinterest
So, despite the lack of literature, we've been working on Rapunzel-themed projects and I'll post them as soon as we finish…which will hopefully be tomorrow.
Meanwhile, here are a few versions of the book that I wished I'd read this week….
Rapunzel: Berry Fairy Tales (Strawberry Shortcake) – HELLO! We all know this would have been a hit around here. Bad me for not finding it in time.
And finally, although this isn't a picture book, I'd like to find this and see if it's worth reading to my girls.
Letters from Rapunzel by Sarah Lewis Holmes
I'll be back soon to share our awesome Rapunzel projects.


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OGLESBY — Illinois Valley Community College has received a third nomination for the prestigious Bellwether, a national award which recognizes outstanding and innovative community college programs.
IVCC's nomination for the 2013 award is for edible car contests which a team of IVCC faculty have been offering throughout the college district to engage students in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and also promoting nationwide.
In addition to this year being the second time the IVCC edible car project has been nominated, IVCC's Making Industry Meaningful In College (MIMIC) project was one of 10 finalists for the award, presented at the Community College Futures Assembly at the University of Florida, last year. The Bellwether Award recognizes cutting-edge, innovative programs that are leading community colleges into the future.
"Edible car contests, like MIMIC, are proof that simple projects can engage students," said Dorene Perez, the program coordinator of computer aided design and computer aided engineering and one of the IVCC contest organizers.
IVCC offered its first edible car contest in 2006 as a celebration of Engineering Week.
"We knew that designing vehicles from food would challenge students to solve problems and be creative, skills that are critical in engineering," Perez said. "As we offered that first contest, we began to see how much potential the contests have to get students excited about an unlimited number of other subjects."
Since that first contest, Perez and a team consisting of Jim Gibson, Rose Marie Lynch, and Sue Caley Opsal, have offered edible car contests to second-graders through college-age students. Gibson is the program coordinator of electronics; Lynch is a communications instructor; and Caley Opsal is a biology instructor.
Edible car contests are especially suited for creating interest in and providing hands-on applications for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). While the vehicles created from food are low tech, the IVCC team showcases high tech equipment in the speed competition. A programmable logic controller is connected to a human machine interface (HMI), with reflective photo eyes located at the start and finish of the track.
With support from a National Science Foundation grant, the IVCC team has written a "how to" handbook and has given workshops at a number of national conferences to encourage and assist teachers to organize contests as a fun way to provide hands-on experience for classroom content.
"People of all ages like playing with food," Perez said. "So we are encouraging others to capitalize on that interest."
Bellwether Award finalists will be recognized at the Community College Futures Assembly in Orlando Jan. 26–29.


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