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A week ago, as President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney were facing a historic election, small dolls that look like them had just plummeted to Earth from the edge of space.
Following in the footsteps of Felix Baumgartner, who broke the sound barrier during a historic jump last month, mini-Romney and mini-Obama escalated toward the heavens in a balloon, reaching 120,000 feet – nearly as high as Baumgartner.
They got there through a project by Earth to Sky Calculus, a group of middle and high school "science enthusiasts" in Bishop, California. They're practicing "launching balloons into the stratosphere for a satellite launch in 2013."
Thanks to their adviser, Tony Phillips, for sending along these images of what I like to call "Bobblegangers." Be sure to click the video to watch the floating – followed by the plunges. And send us your best captions.
Who should get to jump next from the edge of space – vicariously, via smiling figurine, of course?
Not wasting my brain cells watching something as stupied as this.""""")))))====
Maybe the Mitt doll can help them find planet Kolob.
Will Obama ever 'fly' up to the International Fake Station? This would indeed be a worthy PR stunt for NASA....
they should have used the real mitt..
Wait a sec... Wasn't the Air Force all butt-hurt about space debris and wanting to put the "fence" back together? Now, NASA, or whomever that was, decides to put more garbage into low-orbit? Seems as though the nation has its priorities screwed up in space just as much as it does on earth.
read the damn article.
See, this is why Obama won. He's much more animated when dropping through the atmosphere as a bobblehead doll.
rschweiz is RIGHT!!! 30 kilometers up is NOT SPACE – its less than one third of the way there. Calling it Space is a cancer of inaccuracy – or at best, a virus. Calling it Space is like calling William Shatner an Astronaut because he once played Captain Kirk. The media needs a better standard of accuracy than this. And before any bright sparks or d1ckheads follow my comments with sarcasm or so-called humor: you shouldn't call a famous black person a racist name – so why call less than one-third of the way up Space? There: slam-dunk logic that can't be argued with or punctured with a troll's so-called humor or sarcasm. rschweiz and I know what's what...
" you shouldn't call a famous black person a racist name – so why call less than one-third of the way up Space?"
This might be one of the stupidest correlations I have ever read on here. thanks for the laugh.
This isn't space; it's the stratosphere. I wish people would stop calling this and Felix Baumgartner's freefall as having been from space because that's not the case at all. Were these jumps from space, they'd be floating in zero gravity, far from the reaches of the Earth's gravity; not being pulled by gravity.
oh quit your beeching and go with the flow. }:o)
what flow? a news source has falsely stated something. what flow should i go with? the false statement?
just bob your head......
There is no such thing as "zero gravity" no matter how far "out" you go...
True (though the levels and effects vary greatly). Ironic how this and so many other things we are taught are not accurate perhaps simply because what is false is easier to understand. Use an elevator or rollercoaster as an example and I think even kids can comprehend that astronauts do not float because there is no gravity or they are weightless, but rather they are in a perpetual free fall along with the craft they are in. Sometimes not all scientific explanations are hard for people to grasp so why we don't teach and report accurately who knows
not to nitpick but there still is gravity no matter where in space you are. no such thing as zero gravity. just micro gravity. even if they were past the imaginary line we call space the objects would eventually return back to earth if their vertical and horizontal velocity aren't quick enough.
If watching paint dry no longer provides you with the the thrill and excitement it used to, be sure to watch this, it's pretty much like that but in a new a different form.
did i really waste brain cells watching this?
I did =]=]=]


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Worcester County Public School bus routes are broken down into three major routes: the Northend Routes, the Pocomoke Area Routes and the Snow Hill Area Routes.
The Board of Education provides safe bus transportation for all elementary, middle, and high school students who live more than one mile from their school or those students who face hazardous walking conditions.
School bus drivers undergo a thorough initial training program and continue with inservice training during each school year. In addition, bus drivers are required to meet health and driving record standards. Each bus is thoroughly safety tested and inspected according to guidelines set by Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration.
From the Procedure Manual:
Section XI, Item F
Students shall be expected to walk the same distance to the bus stop as students who are not eligible for transportation - one (1) mile.
All school buses have been equipped with state-of-the-art digital video recorders (DVRs). The DVRs provide our bus drivers and school administrators with monitoring enhancements to ensure the safe transportation of all students. The digital monitoring system is able to record at night, provides expanded visibility, is temperature resistant, and records in color.
The DVR equipment is not intended to circumvent the responsibility of the bus driver to manage students' behavior and maintain a safe atmosphere on the bus.
The digital recordings will provide additional information to school administrators to (1) resolve situations that the bus driver does not witness; (2) resolve accusations against a bus driver made by a student or parent; (3) clarify events that the bus driver did not witness in their entirety; or (4) provide information to support the investigation of an accident involving a school bus.
The conditions regarding the persons who may view the taped information, the specific segments of a tape that may be viewed, and the procedures for viewing taped information are determined by the Superintendent of Schools.
Parent Responsibilities
Students should stand in a safe location away from traffic but within 100 feet of the designated bus stop. Parents should discuss bus rules and appropriate behavior with their child. When necessary, parents should monitor behavior at stops.
Always follow directions given by the driver who is responsible for your safety. If a street must be crossed, stand 10 feet in front of the bus and wait until the driver indicates by P.A. System that it is safe to cross!! Students must not cross divided highways!
Be on time at the bus stop! Please be at your bus stop five minutes early. The bus can not and will not wait for late students.
All riders will be assigned a bus. Stops are designated by the Supervisor of Transportation.
Riders must get on / off at their assigned stop. If you wish to get on / off at any other stop, a written request must be approved by a school administrator.
During bus evacuation drills or emergency evacuations, follow directions given by the driver and student monitors.
Do not stand or play in the roadway while waiting for the bus.
Remain seated at all times. Do not extend arms and / or heads from the windows.
No objects shall be thrown out the windows.
For your safety, eating or drinking is not allowed on the bus. Food and drinks should be kept in a lunchbox and/or brown bag. Pencils, crayons and any other pointed objects, needed for school, must be kept in book bags or notebooks.
Large items, such as band instruments, cannot be put in aisles or under seats. They must be held.
All riders will be assigned a seat by the bus driver. Students will be responsible for maintaining the assigned seat and will be held accountable for damages to the seat. Students who intentionally damage the bus will also be subject to disciplinary action.
The privilege of riding the bus will be denied to those whose behavior jeopardizes the safe operation of the bus or infringes on the rights of other students on the bus.
All students will receive a copy of the School Bus Discipline Procedures. Included will be information on student responsibilities, bus driver responsibilities, bus infractions and the range of consequences for misbehavior.

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Science Of Sleep Package Deal consisting of: 1x Science Of Sleep 'Hellmouth' CD, 1x Science Of Sleep 'Logo' T-Shirt, 1x Science Of Sleep 'Hellmouth' Poster, 1x Science Of Sleep 'Hellmouth' Sticker.
SCIENCE OF SLEEP release their second full-length album "HELLMOUTH".
The Band from Braunschweig (Germany) are back and the sound is darker and heavier than ever before. Inspired by the most violent and darkened tunes in the metal industry the 11 track Longplayer blasts through your head with non-stop blastbeats and heavy breakdowns. The lyrics dig very deep into the depths of the human mind and all the tremendeous horros of our world.
The album also features big names of the metal industry such as Nico Webers (War From A Harlots Mouth) and Matthi (Nasty) on guest vocals.
All songs were recorded by Simon Hawemann (War From A Harlots Mouth) and mastered by Andy Marsh (Thy Art Is Murder). (Bastardized Recordings)


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One of the nation's top political strategists, Ron Dotzauer, will keynote commencement exercises at Central Washington University. The CWU alumnus and former chair of the Board of Trustees will address a crowd of more than 8,000 graduates, friends, and family in Ellensburg on June 8.
"I feel very honored to be asked to do this," said Dotzauer, chief executive officer and founder of the Seattle-based strategic positioning firm, Strategies 360. "I'm treating it with the earnestness it deserves."
Dotzauer said his commencement addresses will challenge the Class of 2013 to be willing to travel the "path less certain."
"It will involve a variety of stories from different points in my life, the risks I've taken, and how they've helped move me along," Dotzauer added. Those stories will include what he terms an epiphany that occurred a month into his military service in Vietnam.
After returning from Vietnam, Dotzauer came to CWU, which he says gave him a chance to grow educationally and mature. At Central, he was named "Outstanding Student in Political Science," served as president of the Young Democrats, and produced the TV series "Politics and Personalities."An Everett native, and the first member of his family to graduate from college, Dotzauer earned his bachelor of arts degree in political science 1972.
In its November 2012 edition, Campaigns & Elections magazine named Dotzauer to its list of the country's top 500 political influencers, noting "His firm is a force and he may be the one person in his generation of consultants who's built a legacy."
Dotzauer's nearly 40-year career in politics started in 1974, when he became the youngest elected county official in the State of Washington by winning the election for Clark County Auditor. He defeated five people in a primary for the open seat.
Dotzauer later successfully directed the electoral campaigns of U.S. Senators Henry "Scoop" Jackson and Maria Cantwell, and Governor Booth Gardner. The firm he founded, Strategies 360, is one of the country's leading strategic positioning firms, with 14 offices in 10 western states. Dotzauer also served on the CWU Board of Trustees from 1989 to 1996. Appointed by Gardner and reappointed by Governor Mike Lowry, Dotzauer was chairman of the board from 1994 to 1996.
CWU will confer a total of 3,023 bachelor's and 292 master's degrees during the 2012-13 academic year. A total of 1,534 candidates will participate in two separate Ellensburg commencement ceremonies.
At 2:00 p.m. a ceremony begins for bachelor's and master's degree candidates in the College of Business and the College of Education and Professional Studies.
Media contact: Robert Lowery, CWU Public Affairs, 509-963-1487, firstname.lastname@example.com
Mary Alice Heuschel, the Chief of Staff for Washington Governor Jay Inslee, will keynote commencement exercises for Central Washington University on Sunday, June 9 in Kent.
A combined crowd of more than 3,500 family members and other well wishers will hear the address by Heuschel, who earned her own academic credentials at CWU, during the 1:00 p.m. ceremony in the ShoWare Center.
"Every graduate should be proud of what they've accomplished and, from this point forward, options are limitless for them," Heuschel said. "These folks have demonstrated the tenacity to set their goal and to reach it; it's the beginning of endless possibilities."
In 2012, Heuschel was named Washington State Superintendent of the Year when she led the Renton School District. As superintendent, she annually presented the commencement address to the graduating classes at Renton, Hazen, and Lindbergh high schools.
Previously, Heuschel held administrative positions as deputy state superintendent in the Office of Superintendent of Public Institution, assistant state superintendent, and principal in the Yelm School District.
At CWU, Heuschel earned her principal's certificate in 1992 and her special education administration credentials the following year. She says she chose CWU's program for its reputation, and because Central offered unique learning opportunities for developing technical and leadership skills, and established long-lasting relationships among students and staff.
Now, as the chief of staff, Heuschel manages the governor's office, and oversees all executive departments and statewide agencies. Calling the new position a "challenging journey," she says she was prepared for those challenges because of her "training, passion, and commitment to contribute to making a difference."
"Leadership skills develop over time and become part of who you are, and those skills are transferrable to any situation," she added.
Heuschel says she will reference her most recent job change in her graduation remarks, and will challenge the class of 2013 to "keeping options and opportunities open—make sure the door is always open, [and] be willing to risk and contemplate sacrifice today for a better tomorrow."
A total of 374 bachelor's- and 30 master's-degree candidates are expected to participate in CWU's Kent commencement.
Media contact: Robert Lowery, CWU Public Affairs, 509-963-1487, firstname.lastname@example.com


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The 59th and 5th Power Grid
Ever wonder why the CEO at your company has a $10,000 telescope parked in the corner of his office? It's not to admire the birds. Or even to peek at the woman in the neighboring office building who changes her blouse at precisely half past five. It's to look in the offices of other CEOs, obviously.
Okay, fine, the telescope was probably a gift from his wife and now serves as a glorified coat rack (and yet another symbol of his vast riches). But if his office happens to be in the vicinity of 59th Street and 5th, there might just be something interesting to look at. Within just a few blocks, you'll find the offices of dozens of New York's most powerful financiers, fashion moguls, lawyers, hedge fund managers, and real estate titans.
Above, we've mapped the offices of various titans against a high-resolution image of the area. (Use the controls at the bottom to move around and zoom in/out.) As for whether Henry Kravis actually tries to peer into Carl Icahn's office a few hundred feet away, well, you'll have to ask him.
For those who would like to print out the map, you can download the image here in PDF format. And if you notice any errors—or have any suggestions about other neighborhoods that we should map out—let us know.


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My girlfriend and I tried the new Crispy Basil restaurant, inhabiting the old Friendly's on Western Avenue. It is the second Crispy Basil in the area. As I drive along that stretch of Western Avenue every day, I have peeked at the Crispy Basil parking lot and have noticed that they do not attract much business. I was somewhat concerned about whether or not our food would be good, but I wanted to try something new.
Crispy Basil has tons of coupons in this month's Coupon Clipper magazine. One of the coupons is two salads for $11.99. My girlfriend and I were in the mood for something relatively healthy after working out at the gym, so we figured we would take advantage of this great deal.
The restaurant is fairly well appointed on the inside, especially for a pizza place. It is a casual fare restaurant than a fine dining experience. There is no waiter/waitress service. There is seating for around 20 people.
Upon entering the restaurant, the first thing we encountered is the display case of pizza. The pizza in the display case did not look too appetizing. It did not look inedible, but it looked like it had been sitting there all day. That confirmed my idea that business is slow at this establishment.
We ordered our salads from the owner and picked up two drinks from the refrigerator. We handed him our coupon but he allowed us to keep it, which we both thought was very nice of him.
Both of us got very nice sized salads, as you can tell from the picture below. Mine was a chicken salad with the chicken tossed in mild buffalo sauce. The lettuce was high quality romaine, which I appreciated. The chicken was fresh off the grill and in plentiful supply. I liked my salad a lot.
Overall, we had a very positive experience at Crispy Basil. Now that we still have our coupon, we will go back again for salads. I will not be buying my Super Bowl pizza from them though. I will get it from Price Chopper, which surprisingly enough has excellent pizza for a supermarket.
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The wind industry has almost come full circle when it comes to marketing. In the early days, publicity vehicles for new products and services were limited to a small number of respected trade publications and events. The wind boom at the end of the last decade has seen a surge in the number of magazines, websites and events as people scrambled to get involved in a growing market. As media coverage of wind power increased, some companies even began advertising in national newspapers. But once the global recession started to bite, many companies have reverted back to a much more targeted approach.
Inevitably, the large wind companies are at the forefront of this shift in strategy. For example, over the past year, Vestas has been working with media-services group Zenith Optimedia Worldwide, which acts as the turbine giant's communications adviser and buys its advertising space. Vestas has also used Saatchi and Saatchi for its "Wind. It means the world to us" campaign and works with creative agencies globally, such as Kunda in Copenhagen. This is a big change for the Danish manufacturer, which had previously handled all its marketing in-house.
Saren Hoegsberg, international vice-president of marketing at Vestas, says the company's marketing strategy has changed radically in recent years. Before the financial crisis, there was little need for marketing as the wind industry was booming. However, when the crisis hit, manufacturers suddenly found themselves with a glut of turbines and Vestas realised it needed to use its marketing to stand from the competition.
In the past year, the company has moved from advertising in national newspapers to focusing on very small stakeholder groups or one-to-one marketing.
"We want to link the marketing we do to the megawatts we sign," Hoegsberg says. "We are in an industry where we depend on 10-15,000 people globally who determine whether we will be successful or not, so we need to reflect that in our communications and marketing, and not go out in mass media."
Vestas' marketing campaign for its V112 3MW turbine used this strategy. The company identified 62 potential customers and placed advertising in very specific locations to target these individuals near their company headquarters, Hoegsberg explains. It targeted pension funds in a similar way, with marketing aimed to convince them of the reliability of the V112.
Vestas is also experimenting with social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter and is partnering with professional networking website LinkedIn for its next campaign to target potential customers on a one-to-one basis.
The growth spurt the wind industry has experienced in recent years has led to a proliferation of new magazines, websites and events, increasing the need for companies to be more strategic in their marketing. This is where marketing agencies come in.
Catherine Fitzgerald, international account director at Zenith Optimedia Worldwide, says: "There are so many players, particularly in the trade sector, that have sprung up in the past few years. You can have a kneejerk reaction that you should be in everything and that is a highly unwieldy and unstrategic way of operating."
Third parties such as Zenith work with a lot of other brands, which gives them expertise on what is happening in the wider media world, particularly in fast-moving digital media, she adds.
Specialist knowledge
Others believe that specialist agencies are where the future lies. Jonathan Collings has worked in marketing in the industry for the European Wind Energy Association and developer RES. Last month he launched marketing agency Collings and Monney specifically to advise the wind industry.
Collings realised there was a gap in the market after working with non-specialist agencies. "I've been in touch with a number of agencies before and realised they know nothing about our sector, so you have to pay them for upfront learning time," he says. "Even then, they can't learn in ten days what it has taken others years to learn."
Many companies are focused solely on wind rather than renewables in general and they are best served by people who know the marketing platforms well, he believes. "There are so many platforms out there that it becomes really hard for the marketing manager to tell a good opportunity from a bad opportunity," Collings says.
As well as winning new customers, the wind industry needs to win over the public, particularly when it comes to individual projects. There is nothing like a wind farm to polarise local opinion and turn people who claim to be pro-renewables into NIMBYs (Not in My Back Yard).
Steve Sawyer, secretary general of the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), believes the industry's track record is improving, although there is more work to be done. "We're no longer a niche industry of backyard tinkerers putting up little toys with some dream of a renewable future," he says. "It's a grown-up industry and it therefore is required to act like one."
In the UK, where opposition groups are often established long before a formal permit application and consultation process begins, developers have had to learn to be quicker off the mark to get their message across. One common tactic is for developers to visit a community door to door and get their views on a proposed wind farm. A spokesman for trade body RenewableUK says that this was a change from the traditional practice of sending out information such as leaflets and just "hoping for the best".
"It's a much more progressive, more integrated approach of engaging the public, which I think is going to become more important as time goes on," he says. Changes in the permitting system in the UK that could result in local referenda on developments such as wind farms mean developers will be compelled to campaign for their projects, not just advertise them, he adds.
Commentators all agree that there is little point trying to persuade those opposed to wind farms to change their minds. As with elections, the difference can often be made by winning over those who have not yet formed strong opinions either way. "A lot of people will listen to arguments and respond positively if they see some flexibility on the part of the developer," Sawyer says.
Making friends
There are examples of developers encouraging the formation of groups to campaign in favour of a wind farm. Consultancy Pendragon has used this strategy in its work for developers. One of the projects it worked on was Infinergy's 17-turbine wind farm on the Lochluichart Estate in the Scottish Highlands. Several wind farms had been approved in the area, but there was growing opposition from well-organised groups campaigning on a local and national level.
Pendragon identified supporters of the wind farm at a consultation event and encouraged them to set up a group, which then spread and grew. It devised a simple way for them to express their support to the Scottish government through ready-drafted letters of consent. This proved successful: local councillors decided not to object against the recommendations of the planning officers responsible for assessing construction permit applications - and the Scottish government approved the project.
"There are often a lot of people who are undecided or don't really care either way, and they have the potential to be turned into supporters or opponents," says Richard Bowen, a consultant at Pendragon. Sending out accurate information to these people is important even if they do not become active supporters of the development, as it could prevent them becoming opponents, he adds.
The UK wind industry this year formalised its practice of offering financial benefits to communities that host wind farms. RenewableUK's community benefits protocol requires developers to put £1,000 (EUR1,150) per megawatt per year into a fund for the community. The government is supporting this approach and is taking forward legislation that will allow a community to keep business rates from a wind farm.
However, developers have been offering such benefits to communities for several years. There is no evidence that they have any positive impact on permitting. They do not necessarily help in terms of public relations as opponents often deride them as bribes.
One view is that developers could find it easier to get through the permitting process if the industry's general image improved. Many myths about wind power are recycled daily by global media - for example concerning their efficiency and health impacts - which gives additional ammunition to those opposed to particular developments. "Has the industry communicated sufficiently with the general public and the world at large to absolutely nail a positive narrative for itself?" asks Ross Cathcart, a senior director at PR firm Ogilvy. "The jury is still out on wind power for far too many people."
Setting standards
Various efforts are under way to improve this. One is is the WindMade standard, which was launched in January by GWEC and Vestas. Companies certified as WindMade will be allowed to use a logo informing consumers that either they or their product use wind energy.
The global standard aims to do for the wind industry what the Fairtrade label has done for workers in developing countries by both raising awareness of the issues and demand for products. The organisation has yet to announce the companies that have signed up to the standard, although Lego is one of its founding members. A WindMade spokeswoman says several "global consumer goods companies" are signing up and will be announced this month.
Those behind WindMade are determined to avoid any accusations of companies using the standard to "greenwash" their image. To attain certification, companies must commit to sourcing 25% of their electricity consumption from wind energy. There are only three ways they can achieve this.
The first is to invest directly in building wind turbines on their own land. They could also buy a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) from a power operator. The wind farm should be less than two years away from commissioning when the PPA is signed and the contract needs to be for a minimum of five years to ensure that the deal has a tangible impact on the viability of the project.
The final way is for companies to cover their electricity needs with renewable energy certificates (RECs) from a WindMade-approved programme. These have been vetted for additionality, so, for example, a company cannot buy RECs from a hydro dam in Finland that has existed for 50 years.
Verification of the standard will be carried out by an independent third party. WindMade has extra clout as it is backed by the United Nations Global Compact - an initiative to encourage businesses to adopt sustainable and socially responsible policies, and to report on their implementation. Environmental campaign group WWF helped to draw up the standards.
Once the standards for certifying whether a company can use the WindMade logo are launched, work will begin on certification for individual products. This will be even more complicated, given the huge number of parts in a product. It could prove hard to convey the concept in a simple way to the general public.
WindMade is aware of the huge challenge it faces. "Whether we can change NIMBY attitudes with a label on a yoghurt pot, I'm not convinced, but at least what we can do is raise public awareness and get more of a discussion going," a spokeswoman says.
WindMade hopes it is pushing at an open door. A global Gallup poll carried out earlier this year questioned 31,000 consumers in 26 countries about their attitudes to renewable energy. Twenty per cent of respondents said that they would be more willing to buy products from a company that uses wind energy.
Cathcart says the WindMade initiative is to be applauded. Wind has it all to play for, since there is now a latent acceptance that alternatives to fossil fuels have to be found, he notes.
However, he warns that the industry will have to be prepared for a long-term battle for hearts and minds. First of all, it needs to have arguments in favour of wind ready to counter criticisms. Rational arguments are rarely the tipping point in changing people's mind, but they have to be there nonetheless, he says. Then it needs to recruit independent voices to endorse wind. If possible, it should find someone who would not be perceived as an obvious choice, in the way that the Chinese government used the Dalai Lama's support to help it win its bid to host the 2008 Olympics. "There isn't going to be any overnight Damascus experience for consumers and the detractors of wind - it's only when there's a critical mass of acceptance for something like this. It needs a 15-20 year gameplan," he says.


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CHIANCA: Theme park hurts like the Dickens
I remember in the ninth grade, when I was reading "Great Expectations" and trying to figure out exactly why Mrs. Haversham had been sitting there in her wedding dress for 20 years, there was one thing I wasn't thinking — namely, "This would make a great interactive thrill ride!" But what did I know? I also predicted a great future for Dexy's Midnight Runners.
Luckily, there was someone who apparently did see that Charles Dickens could equal family fun, which is why today England is getting ready to debut Dickens World, a $115 million theme park based on the author's work. Meaning if you're depressed about the impending death of literature, you can forget your troubles by going over to Dickens World and kicking a street urchin.
As you might imagine, this idea has had some divisive results. In one camp are the people who say Dickens was nothing if not a populist, and if he were alive today he probably would have come up with the idea on his own, in between writing movies about naked showgirls and getting his picture taken for bags of Oliver Twisties. Then there are the purists, who think Dickens should be enjoyed in the traditional fashion, namely, by putting his books on a shelf in your study and leaving them there until you die.
Personally, I come down somewhere in the middle. On the one hand, anything that might get even a few young people excited about literature has to be a good thing. So rather than trying to get them to read all 528 pages of "A Tale of Two Cities," you could instead bring them to Dickens World, where presumably they'd be able to see an animatronic French revolutionary get guillotined right in front of them. As anyone who's seen what happened to Count Dooku in "Star Wars: Episode III" can tell you, this type of thing is very appealing to the under-8 set.
On the other hand, I can't help but wonder where this could lead. "Steinbeck World," where people are piled into Model Ts and caked with fake dust? "Hemingway Island," featuring the interactive Old Man and the Sea boating adventure and bullfights on the half-hour? "Faulkner Village," where the tour guides go on forever without using punctuation? Actually, to an English major none of those sound too bad.
Besides, in the end, aren't parents just looking for some sort of diverting activity to occupy their children? It doesn't matter if that activity has its roots in classic fairy tales, beloved TV and movie characters or tortured literary figures who are pushed into their own open grave by a vengeful spirit. What matters is whether or not these places have cotton candy and — ideally — a mist tent.
Look at the classic example of Disney World. Why do we traipse our families down there at great personal expense? Well, yes, because the Disney company has brainwashed our children, much in the same way I suspect they indenture their Disney Channel actors and make them live in the studio in crates.
But I guess the concern is that, while we go to Disney World expecting that they'll push their movies and merchandise on us — in fact, it's part of the fun to come back with Mickey bathroom accessories that at home you would literally run away from, possibly screaming — somehow literature is expected to have aspirations beyond mere commerciality. In fact, real literature is never considered truly successful unless nobody beyond a smattering of college professors even knows that it exists. I think Danielle Steel said that.
So when you look at it that way, maybe the Dickens theme park isn't a bad idea after all — there are worse things than dragging literature kicking and screaming out of the under-funded libraries of the world. Who knows? It could actually get kids curious about Dickens' books, and once they're curious, you know what they might do next.
No, not read them, but they might be interested in the video game. Anyone for a round of "Grand Theft Barouche"?


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The information in this document is based on these software and hardware versions:
Cisco IPCC Express Edition version 3.x and later
Cisco CallManager version 3.x and later
The information in this document was created from the devices in a specific lab environment. All of the devices used in this document started with a cleared (default) configuration. If your network is live, make sure that you understand the potential impact of any command.
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After you install, reinstall, or rebuild the Cisco CRS server, you cannot log into the Cisco CRA Administration page as the Administrator user. This is the sequence of operations for the login failure:
Start Internet Explorer (IE).
Enter http://<CRS Server Name>/AppAdmin in the address field of the browser window (see arrow A in Figure 1). Here, <CRS Server Name> can either be the IP address of the CRS server, or a valid CRS server name that the Domain Name Service (DNS) server can resolve.
Note: An alternative method to access the CRA Administration page is to select Start > Programs > Cisco CRA Administrator > Application Administrator from the CRS server.Figure 1 – Authentication
Enter Administrator in the User Identification field (see arrow B in Figure 1).
Enter ciscocisco in the Password field (see arrow C in Figure 1).
Note: The default password for the Administrator user is ciscocisco.
Click Log On (see arrow D in Figure 1).
The login to the CRA Administration page fails, and the Unauthorized page appears (see the red rectangle in Figure 2).Figure 2 – Unauthorized: Failure to Log into CRS
Complete these steps in order to resolve this issue:
Rename the ccndir.ini file that resides in the C:\winnt\system32\ccn folder.
Set the com.cisco.wf.admin.installed entry to False in the appadmin.properties file that resides in the C:\Program Files\wfavvid folder.
Then, complete these steps:
Navigate to the C:\winnt\system32\ccn folder.
Rename ccndir.ini to old.ccndir.ini or any other name you select.
Navigate to the C:\Program Files\wfavvid folder.
Locate the appadmin.properties file (see Figure 3).Figure 3 – Locate the appadmin.properties File
Edit the appadmin.properties file with a word processor such as Notepad.
Set the com.cisco.wf.admin.installed entry in the appadmin.properties file to False (see arrow A in Figure 4).Figure 4 – Modify the appadmin.properties File
Save and close the file.
The problem no longer occurs after you complete this procedure.
Choose Start > Programs > Cisco CRA Administrator > Application Administrator from the CRS server to launch the Application Administrator, and log in as the Administrator user with the ciscocisco password.
The login is now successful.
Note: If you are unable to access the CRA Administration page after you change the IP address of the Cisco CallManager, you need to update the Cisco CallManager IP address in the CRS Serviceability Utility. Refer to the Updating Cisco CRS IP Address Information section of the Cisco CRS Administration Guide 4.1(1) for information.
If the initial cluster configuration has already been completed with the CRS Administrator users configured, and if you do not have their usernames or passwords, then complete these steps:
Access the LDAP (either Active Directory or DC Directory).
Drill down to ou=Cisco, ou=CCN Apps, ou=configurations, ou=<profilename>.__$$CRS40$$, ou=usergroup.xxxx.
On the right pane, right-click on users?array and choose Properties.
In the value field, there should be a list of either Administrator or Supervisor users for CRS. Users listed with the suffix (1) are considered to be the CRS Administrators.
Note: Users listed with the suffix (2) are considered to be the Supervisor users.
Use one of the Administrator users' accounts in order to log into AppAdmin. If you do not have the password, then reset the password either through CCMAdmin or Active Directory.
When you try to log into the CRA AppAdmin Page, this error message is received: Active Server Pages error ASP 0113. Script timed out. This issue occurs when the Cisco CallManager IP address has been changed recently, but the ccndir.ini file in the CRA client still points to the old IP address.
Complete these steps in order to resolve this issue:
Verify and/or modify the ccndir.ini file which is located in the c:\Winnt\system32\ccn directory on the client desktop.
Use the correct Cisco CallManager IP address for the LDAPURL property as shown here:
After you make the changes, restart the IIS Service.
You receive one of these error messages (which is followed by a blank screen) when you log in to the CRA AppAdmin page:
I/O AXL error
URL /j_security_check
When you try to log in to the UCCX web interface, the application times out with this message: AXL operation time out, please try again. Use the browser back button to go back to the authorisation page.
Complete these steps in order to resolve this issue:
On the CRS server, go to C:\Program Files\wfavvid\, and double-click the cet.bat file.
Click No when the warning appears.
Right-click the AppAdminSetupConfig object in the left pane, and choose the Create option.
Click OK.
In the new window, click the com.cisco.crs.cluster.config.AppAdminSetupConfig tab.
Choose Fresh Install from the drop-down list in order to change the value for Setup State.
Click OK.
After you create the AppAdminSetupConfig object, log in with the user name Administrator and password ciscocisco, and run the setup again.
Restart the Tomcat service from the SSH command line. In order to use the console on the Cisco Unified Communications Manager server, log in and type this command: utils service restart Cisco Tomcat.
The UCCX App admin page does not load and displays a blank page.
Complete these steps in order to resolve the issue:
Make sure that the IIS and the WWW services are running.
Delete the appadmin folder at this location: C:\ProgramFiles\wfavvid\tomcat_appadmin\webapps
Restart the Cisco Unified CCX Node Manager service from the Windows Service tool.
During the initial setup of UCCX v7.0.1, a blank Web Page Dialog pop-up window appears at the top of the screen along with an "Axlhandler request" message at the bottom when accessing the Cisco Unified CM Configuration page. Also, the user only sees the Publisher in the available CTI manager box.
The cause of the error is because AXL Serviceability is designed in a such a way that you must assign the Standard CCM Admin Users role to the user group for authentication in order to gain access to the AXL Serviceability API. In order to resolve the issue, add the AXL admin role in the Cisco CallManager to the AXL user.
The AppAdmin page displays the Page cannot be displayed message on the browser. While restarting the World Wide Publishing Service, it gets stuck in stopping status.
In order to resolve this issue, perform these steps:
Open Internet Explorer and type http://crsIPAddress:6293/appadmin/.
Log in to AppAdmin, and go to the Control Center page.
Choose the CRS Administration process radio button, and click Restart.
Exit the browser and launch AppAdmin normally from the Start Menu.
Also, refer to CSCsu22366 (registered customers only) for more details.
The user is unable to access the application and this error message is received:
"The Update Utility is unable to read the profile.ini file. Please check that it exists."
The cause of this error is the corrupted profile.ini file.
In order to resolve this error, complete these steps:
Go to any working server, copy the profile.ini file from the C:\Program Files\wfavvid\ClusterData path, and replace the corrupted file.
Once the corrupted file is replaced, reboot the server.
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WASHINGTON — Forty-four senators have written to Cuba's president to call for the release of a Maryland man imprisoned in Cuba for almost three years.
The one-page letter released Tuesday is signed by 34 Democrats, nine Republicans and independent Joseph Lieberman. It says that the detention of Alan Gross is a major obstacle to improving relations between Cuba and the United States.
Among the letter's signatories are both of Maryland's senators, Democrats Benjamin Cardin and Barbara Mikulski, as well as two former presidential candidates, Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.
"As we approach the three year anniversary of Alan's imprisonment, we call on you to take action and grant him the belated release his situation warrants," the letter says.
It urges Cuban President Raul Castro to release Gross on humanitarian grounds.
Gross was working as a U.S. government contractor when he was arrested on Dec. 3, 2009. The 63-year-old was sentenced to a 15-year prison term for crimes against the state after he brought restricted communications equipment to the communist island nation while on a democracy-building program.
"Members of the Senate have traveled to your country, written to you and your dignitaries, and employed other creative means to encourage Mr. Gross's release. Yet these attempts thus far have been futile, and Mr. Gross's ongoing detention in your country presents a major obstacle to any further actions to improve our bilateral relations," the letter says.
The letter was dated Monday and addressed to the Cuban Interests Section in Washington, which Cuba maintains instead of an embassy. A spokesman for the Cuban Interests Section did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday morning.
"Until Alan is released and returns home, we will let the world know how Cuba is violating the rights of an individual American citizen," Cardin said in a statement released along with the letter.


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Andrew Mollenbeck, wtop.com
WASHINGTON – An investigation into an incident on NBC's Meet the Press that may have violated D.C. gun laws appears to have been complicated by a misunderstanding.
On Sunday's show, David Gregory held up what appeared to be a 30-round gun magazine during his interview with Wayne LaPierre, head of the National Rifle Association.
"You're telling me that it's not a matter of common sense that if you don't have an ability to shoot off 30 rounds without reloading, that just possibly, you could reduce the loss of life?" asked Gregory with the ammunition clip in his hand. "That Adam Lanza may not have been able to shoot as many kids if he didn't have as much ammunition?"
The issue is with the ammunition clip. An official with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, who wished to remain anonymous, said the confusion surrounding the incident is the result of a misunderstanding.
The official said he took a phone call on Friday from someone at NBC who wanted to know about showing ammunition and a gun magazine on the show. Since the ATF bureau does not enforce city law, the official contacted D.C. police, who told the official that NBC could not show ammunition but could show the magazine.
The official relayed the message back to NBC and Gregory only showed the gun magazine on Sunday's show.
Police are still referring to their statement on the matter, released by Araz Alali with the Metropolitan Police Department.
"NBC contacted MPD inquiring if they could utilize a high capacity magazine for their segment. NBC was informed that possession of a high capacity magazine is not permissible and their request was denied. This matter is currently being investigated."
A city code outlawing the possession of a large-capacity ammunition device states that it does not matter if such a device is attached to a firearm. From the D.C. Official Code 7-2506.01:
(b) No person in the District shall possess, sell, or transfer any large capacity ammunition feeding device regardless of whether the device is attached to a firearm. For the purposes of this subsection, the term "large capacity ammunition feeding device" means a magazine, belt, drum, feed strip, or similar device that has a capacity of, or that can be readily restored or converted to accept, more than 10 rounds of ammunition. The term "large capacity ammunition feeding device" shall not include an attached tubular device designed to accept, and capable of operating only with, .22 caliber rimfire ammunition.
TMZ was first to report on the possible miscommunication.
Watch the "Meet the Press" clip below. David Gregory shows the magazine for ammunition at 9:45 minutes:
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Be part of our store team and help us make a positive impact in our customer's lives. Working with us is like working with FAMILY. We promise our Team Members open and honest communication and opportunities for growth with our company. Our leaders lead with passion and purpose, and celebrate you with meaningful recognition. We promote a healthy life balance because we believe your personal well-being is essential.
We have a passion for food, and we share an inspiring vision, "To change the way the world eats, one plate at a time."
The range displayed reflects the range the company reasonably expects to pay for the position. The actual compensation offered to the selected individual(s) will depend on their relevant education, training, or experience, among other bona fide factors.
A Bakery Team Member is a responsible, friendly Team Member who can safely work in a fast-paced environment and provide excellent customer service.
A Bakery Team Member's responsibilities include:
- Icing sheet cakes and decorating with spatulas, icing bags and icing tips per customer order or at decorators discretion.
- Providing memorable customer service during daily customer interactions
- Preparation of food, including baking bread, decorating cookies, creating fresh offerings
- Sharing food knowledge with customers
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- Day to day production, merchandising, and quality control of all department offerings
- Stocking, rotating, and merchandising department products
The Cake Decorator Clerk responsibilities will primarily be in the Bakery department but may also work in other departments as needed.
Desired qualifications include:
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- Customer service, restaurant, barista, food service, grocery or similar experience desired
- Self-motivated, with a high attention to detail, quality and presentation
- Skills to communicate effectively with coworkers and customers
- Ability to work independently, effectively manage time and multitask in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to read, understand and follow through on verbal and written directions
- Ability to reliably meet required work schedule and adhere to company attendance policy
Employees may occasionally experience the following physical demands for an extended period:
Standing, Sitting, Lifting + Stocking (Up to 50 lbs.), Pushing, Keyboarding, Telephone Use, Walking, Bending
Must be 18 years of age.
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Fred Hochberg, president of the Export-Import Bank of the U.S., thinks I'm wrong to worry about a trade war, and that the president's goal for doubling U.S. exports over the next five years is on track. Writing in the Huffington Post, Hochberg says:
Reich's argument contradicts the message I've heard from leaders of the world's emerging economies who know that American innovation will help sustain their rapid infrastructure growth.
According to data released yesterday by the Department of Commerce, U.S. exports of goods and services increased by 17.7 percent during the first five months of 2010, compared to the same period last year. If this trend continues, the President will meet his goal of doubling exports in five years. The key: targeting export markets strategically.
At the Export-Import Bank, we're focused on countries that have weathered the global recession and want to grow in areas where U.S. companies have a comparative advantage…. Commerce's May data illustrate the potential of an export strategy tailored to countries and sectors that suit our strengths.
With due respect, Mr. Hochberg is being misleading. The same Commerce Department report shows that America's trade deficit with the rest of the world has continued to widen. American businesses sold $152.3 billion of goods and services overseas in May (an increase of just over 2 percent from April) but the U.S. imported $194.5 billion (a jump of 2.9 percent).
In fact, according to the Commerce Department, America's trade deficit expanded in May to its highest level in 18 months -- rising 4.8 percent to $42.3 billion. Our monthly trade deficit with China alone jumped $3 billion, to $22 billion.
When the president promised to double exports over five years in order to create more jobs in the U.S., most people assumed he was talking about net exports -- that is, exports minus imports. A doubling of net exports would help fill the demand gap caused by American consumers who can't spend what they used to spend because they can no longer borrow to the gills.
But regardless of how much we export, if imports continue to exceed that amount, we're heading in the opposite direction. Trade can't possibly be a source of new American jobs. To the contrary, it reduces overall demand in the United States. The widening trade deficit remains a drag on the nation's economic growth.
As a practical matter, the widening trade imbalance means no more trade agreements because Americans, worried about their jobs, don't want to risk losing more of them to foreign workers.
Today (Wednesday), leaders of big business are meeting with the president and vice president (along with former President Bill Clinton) to urge that the White House push stalled trade-opening agreements with South Korea, Panama and Colombia. They're calling it a "Jobs for America Summit" and holding it at the offices of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington.
The irony is that many of America's surging imports are coming from these same American-based companies. They're either employing foreign workers to make things for sale in the U.S., contracting with foreign companies to do so, or contracting for parts and supplies. Jobs for America Summit? These executives don't care about American jobs. They care about their own bottom lines. That's what they're paid to care about.
But their bottom lines have little or nothing to do with good jobs for Americans. They have to do with good returns for American investors.
Not all corporate executives are marching to the same drummer. Recently, Andy Grove, chairman of Intel, wrote that America should levy an extra tax on the product of offshored labor and give the money to American companies that will use it to grow their U.S. operations and create more jobs in the United States. The only small problem with this idea is it violates international trade law and would almost certainly lead to retaliatory tariffs against American exports. Grove doesn't seem too bothered. "If the result is a trade war," he writes, "treat it like other wars -- fight to win."
But trade wars damage everyone, as we should have learned in the 1930s from Smoot-Hawley. What Grove doesn't say is that over 70 percent of Intel's revenues now come from its sales abroad. A trade war is the last thing Intel (whose share prices are rocketing) needs.
Yes, America must keep the pressure on our trade partners to open their markets and not manipulate their currencies. By the same token, America also has to reduce its dependence on oil (which accounts for a large portion of our trade imbalance).
But the essential point is we can't expect foreign consumers to fill the shortfall in demand left by American consumers who can no longer maintain their pre-recession standard of living. The only answer is to lift the standard of living of Americans. How?
That question has direct bearing on the other part of the business agenda at today's faux "Jobs for America Summit" at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Business executives (all of whom are now raking in just about the same seven- and eight-figure salaries and bonuses they did before the recession) are also telling the president to hold off increasing taxes on the rich (that is, ending the Bush tax cuts that had been scheduled to end this year) and to cut the budget deficit.
But the only way the president could meet both these objectives -- other than by cutting Medicare, Social Security, and defense spending, which he won't -- would be to cut back even further on services going to the lower middle class and poor, including those that rely on federal support to state and local governments. Without these, including extended unemployment benefits, tens of millions of Americans are being forced to trim their family budgets even more than they did last year. And that means fewer customers to purchase what these companies are selling in the United States.
Someone should remind business executives that their plan for America is eroding their customer base in America.
The way to get jobs back is to increase federal spending in the short term in order to make up for the gap left by consumers and businesses (the fastest way to get this money into circulation is by extending unemployment benefits and aiding stranded state and local governments).
Over the longer term, we can lift the wages of the vast majority of Americans by expanding and extending the Earned Income Tax Credit -- an income supplement -- up through the middle class, and pay for it by a higher marginal income tax rate on the top. And while we're at it, exempt the first $20,000 of income from payroll taxes, and pay for that by lifting the cap on Social Security taxes on all incomes in excess of $250,000.
Beyond that, and over the still longer term, America's vast middle class and the poor need to be more productive and innovative, so they can add more value to an increasingly integrated global economy. That means better education. Instead of firing schoolteachers, closing libraries, and increasing tuitions at public universities, we have to do exactly the opposite.


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Zombie's Record Collection: ELTON JOHN'S GREATEST HITS
Welcome to a brand new weekly feature from Rob Zombie.
Every week RZ will open up the vaults that are his record collection and share these with his fans, including his views on the album and more.
"To start things off I figured I would pick the absolute first album I ever bought with my own hard earned cash and by "hard earned cash" I mean it was most likely birthday money or something.
The time was 1974, I was about nine years old and ready to rock. Elton was of course already a world-wide superstar and I was a huge fan from listening to him on FM radio… but now… now it was time to make the move to vinyl! So, playing it safe I picked up the amazing ELTON JOHN'S GREATEST HITS. Back then greatest hits records were always the way I started my journey into an artist work. I figured start with the hits and work your way backwards.
Anyway, it goes without saying that every single song on this record is a modern classic and I don't have to waste your time telling you about "in my opinion Elton is one of the greatest songwriters of all time, bla, bla, bla"… but if for some strange reason you don't know anything about Elton John… then go get this record. From "Rocket Man" to " Bennie And The Jets" to "Levon" it is a killer disc all the way.


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PORTLAND, Ore.—On a sunny January afternoon, 12 stories above a busy street, a newly engaged 19-year-old woman jumped to her death from a spectacular arch bridge west of downtown Portland. Last month, in the middle of the night, a 40-year-old man did the same. Last week, yet another person—a 15-year-old girl—plunged from the span.
The deaths sadden but no longer surprise those who live and work near the Vista Bridge, known colloquially citywide as "The Suicide Bridge." They have come to expect such tragedies at the structure, from which there is a majestic vista of the city skyline; the opening shot of the TV series "Portlandia" was shot from the span.
Attorney Kenneth Kahn shares an office with his wife, a life coach, that sits almost directly underneath the bridge. Over the years he has heard the horrible slam of bodies on pavement and discovered the remains of eight strangers.
"Just imagine a human being detonating," he said.
Now the Kahns are leading a group, Friends of The Vista Bridge, that is pressing the city to install suicide-prevention barriers, a step taken at bridges throughout the world, from the Cold Spring Canyon Bridge in Santa Barbara, Calif., to the Bloor Street Viaduct in Toronto and El Viaducto de Segovia in Madrid. Jumping from a bridge is an impulsive act. A barrier, the group contends, introduces a pause that may make someone think twice.
But the group, which formed after the January suicide, faces its own obstacle: money. City leaders, though receptive to the idea, are tackling a $20 million budget shortfall, and it is projected to cost $2.5 million to put architecturally appropriate barriers on the bridge, which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The city may seek a federal grant.
"We certainly think of it as a high priority," City Commissioner Steve Novick said. "But there's a whole mess of competing priorities and not much money."
The group must also overcome the skepticism of those who believe that people who are determined to kill themselves will find a way. There is no shortage of spans in this city known as "Bridgetown," and within recent weeks people have jumped to their deaths from the eighth floor of a homeless shelter and the rooftop bar of a downtown hotel.
"I don't particularly feel that throwing money at an issue necessarily solves it, and altering the bridge because of a few people who want to end their life seems pointless," said Les Anderson, a magician who is among several who've voiced their opposition on the group's Facebook page. "You're not going to stop someone who wants to end their own life."
At least 17 people have killed themselves at the Vista Bridge in the past decade, although there is no reliable estimate for how many people have committed suicide there since it opened in 1926.
Signs placed on the bridge last September promote a suicide-prevention hotline. Three callers have specifically referenced the sign when phoning for help, said David Westbrook of the nonprofit Lines for Life.
Several studies have found a reduction or elimination in suicides from bridges with barriers. For example, the number of suicides off the Duke Ellington Bridge in Washington, D.C., went from an average of four a year before a fence was installed in 1986 to one in the five years following, with no corresponding increase at another nearby span.
And a 2010 study found that suicides ceased at Toronto's Bloor Street Viaduct after construction of a $5.5 million barrier there, although the city's overall rate of suicide by jumping didn't change.
Barrier supporters also cite a 1978 study by psychologist Richard Seiden of the University of California, Berkeley, who found that less than 10 percent of the more than 500 people who were stopped from jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge between 1937 and 1971 eventually killed themselves.
However, Garrett Glasgow, a political science professor at UC Santa Barbara, noted that the Golden Gate jumpers were stopped not by a barrier but by human intervention, which he calls a "more effective suicide-prevention technique."
There is no suicide barrier at the famous San Francisco landmark, from which more than 1,500 people have killed themselves. Officials have approved a design for a $50 million net that would catch people who try jumping, but construction has not begun because officials are still hunting for funding.
In a paper published in the Journal of Social Science and Medicine, Glasgow examined the relationship between suicide and bridges across more than 3,000 counties in the U.S. While jumping as a method of suicide increased in those places, he found that counties with unprotected bridges did not have higher overall suicide rates than counties without such bridges.
Glasgow added that no study has shown a statistically significant drop in the regional suicide rate even when a barrier is in place. In Oregon, 709 people killed themselves last year, mostly by shooting, hanging or poisoning themselves, so a barrier on the Vista is unlikely to make much of a dent in the overall state suicide rate.
Eric Caine, director of the Injury Control Research Center for Suicide Prevention at the University of Rochester, said communities must decide whether the cost of such prevention methods is worth the payoff.
"When a community has an iconic suicide site, and they know it, what do their values say about preventing suicide at that site, even if it's a small number overall?" he said.
Another consideration is the public nature of the Vista Bridge deaths, which happen on a heavily traveled street, affecting scores of people. The teenager who killed herself last week landed on some light-rail tracks under the bridge, shutting down train service in both directions for more than an hour as police investigated. Commuters became unwitting witnesses.
"There's a reason we have flesh," Kenneth Kahn said. "We're not supposed to see this stuff."
Kahn's wife, Bonnie, saw the aftermath of 19-year-old Aris Bishop's jump in January. She remains convinced it was a terrible, spur-of-the-moment decision, and that Bishop would be alive today if there had been a barrier.
"She had just painted her fingernails," she recalled.
Some days later, Bishop's fiance unexpectedly visited the Kahns' office. Agitated, he paced back and forth, wanting to know precisely where she had died. The Kahns showed him.
The young man walked to the spot and sat. Then he rose and sprinted down the street.


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To take usury for money lent is unjust in itself because this is to sell what does not exist.
This is not to rule out lending per se, but to rule out usurious lending. It is not to rule out interest per se, but usurious interest. These distinctions obtain, even granted that money can operate as a store of value (although I would point out in respect thereto that money's capacity to function as a store of value depends entirely upon its general acceptance as a medium of exchange; "stored value" is just a way of saying "deferred exchange").
Perhaps the distinction might be made clearer by tracing the aetymology of "usury," which derives from the Vulgate usare, "to use." A usurious loan is one in which the lender expects to continue to enjoy the value of the use of his money, *in addition* to his enjoyment of the value of his equity interest in the project for which his money has been lent.
The equity interest of a creditor in his debtor's project is realized – is implemented in economic history – via the collateralization of the note by some really actual asset belonging to the debtor. In effect, the creditor uses the principal of the loan to "buy" the collateral from the debtor, which the creditor then rents to the debtor in exchange for interest – the interest being the debtor's rent payment. The asset that the creditor has invested in the debtor's project, then, is his equity stake. There is no theologically given upper limit to the interest rate that is just under such an arrangement. Rather, the justice of the interest rate will depend upon the circumstances, as justice ever does.
Such "non-recourse" loans are not usurious:
Non-recourse debt or a non-recourse loan is a secured loan (debt) that is secured by a pledge of collateral, typically real property, but for which the borrower is not personally liable. If the borrower defaults, the lender/issuer can seize the collateral, but the lender's recovery is limited to the collateral. Thus, non-recourse debt is typically limited to 50% or 60% loan-to-value ratios, so that the property itself provides "overcollateralization" of the loan.
To the extent that the lender has recourse to other assets not specifically collateralized by the note – including the human life value of the debtor – his note is usurious.
Why is such excess interest – i.e., & NB, not "interest that is too high," but "interest in excess of the creditor's equity interest in the project" – immoral? Because it represents an attempt by the lender to have his cake and eat it too. How so? "Having his cake" is "having the use of his money." It is enjoying the option of doing whatever he likes with his money. But once he has invested his money in the debtor's project, that optionality has utterly disappeared from the world, even as a potentiality. He has "eaten" it, and he is no longer free to have done other than as he has done. The very notion of such a freedom is nonsense. By investing in the note in the first place, he has used up his option to use his money, and it is just gone. It is perverse then for the creditor to expect to be compensated for what no longer exists, which therefore he does not possess.
A proscription of usury would not destroy the credit markets as we know them. It would merely forbid recourse loans. This would prompt creditors to undertake more careful due diligence than they now do, to ensure that the assets they are specifying as collateral do actually exist and are actually worth what their counterparties say they are worth. It would also prevent borrowers from overextending themselves in their use of credit.
But neither of these would be bad things. Indeed, they would be good things. They would have prevented the Crash of 08. They would ensure that we (as an economic polity) did not commit ourselves to funding projects for which the economic resources did not actually exist. They would, that is to say, prevent us from lying to ourselves, or misleading ourselves about what it is really possible for us to undertake, given the resources we have actually on hand. And this would in turn greatly reduce the moral hazard of the credit markets, by reducing the opportunities for misleading others provided by the current prevalence of recourse loans. If recourse loans were proscribed, the risk embodied in the credit markets would be reduced to a fantastic degree. This is another way of saying that such a proscription would increase the perfection of the credit markets, by decreasing the noise to signal ratio of its pricing mechanisms. Proscription of recourse debt would increase the accuracy of the credit markets, and this would tend to prevent booms and crashes generated by misinformation.
Nor would proscription of recourse loans even necessarily reduce the velocity of the credit markets. All it would do is push them away from unsecured lines and toward secured lines, which are next door to preferred stock. The market for preferred stock is perfectly liquid, and the velocity of finance implemented via such instruments is just as great as for common stock. There is nothing, e.g., to prevent a syndicate of banks from agreeing to provide Apple with a secured line; this would be tantamount to an agreement to buy from Apple each day as much preferred stock in Apple as Apple desired to put to them, and sell back as much as Apple desired to take (this would not be a new kind of business; it is exactly what market makers now do on the floor of the NYSE).
A proscription of usury would reduce the size of the fake economy, and increase the size of the real economy; and by reducing noise and moral hazard, it would make the good more apparent to all economic agents, so that over time it would operate to increase the proportion of the real economy that was engaged in the production of real goods, as opposed to evils. It would increase the likelihood that social assets would be invested in such a way as to promote human flourishing.


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If you have curious kids and pets, you'll want to look for a model with a safety sensor. These shut off automatically if hands are too close or come in to contact with the shredder's mouth. Alternately, you can look for a model with a slimmer paper entry, so little fingers won't fit.
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Where are you planning to set up your shredder? If you'll have it at your feet, look for one with a simple vertical mouth that will be more comfortable to feed. An angled mouth is better for a shredder you'll set up on your desk.
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A jam-prevention may seem like a good idea in theory, but in practice, we found that it can be a pain. Instead of letting you stop the shredder and remove the offending sheet, these often just push the paper back out, causing even more of a mess.
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New Breed Inc. is enhancing its Memphis operations with a new distribution warehouse lease in the Southeast industrial submarket.
The High Point, N.C.-based firm has inked 404,400 square feet in Southpark Distribution Center Building O, 4585 Quality Drive, in a space that formerly housed part of Cleo Inc.'s Memphis operations before it vacated the market last year.
Privately held New Breed specializes in outsourced third-party logistics (3PL) and supply chain consulting. The new lease brings New Breed's Memphis footprint to about 3 million square feet.
Joe Hauck, vice president of sales and marketing at New Breed, said Memphis is one of the company's larger markets, along with Dallas. Founded in 1968, New Breed entered Memphis in the early 2000s; the company's first operation was for Siemens Medical Solutions, a partnership that continues to this day.
"Memphis is really a big focus area for us," Hauck said. "It's been a great growth area for us – many of our clients like to be there, want to be there. You have the advantage of location and then services of the various carriers. It's become a very good labor market for us."
New Breed will use the warehouse as a multi-client operation, some of which will start during the first quarter of next year. Hauck said over the next couple of years, the space will create "a couple of hundred jobs easily."
Dallas-based Hillwood Investment Properties bought the Southaven Distribution Center warehouse in July from TIAA Realty Inc. as part of a larger, $37 million portfolio sale. Situated on 21 acres on Shelby Drive at U.S. 78 (Lamar Avenue), the Class A facility has 30-foot clear height and 46 dock doors.
Hauck said New Breed will make "substantial" investment in "totally up-fitting the building."
Treat Macdonald, partner of Crump Commercial LLC, represented New Breed in lease negotiations. Brad Kornegay and Tim Mashburn with Colliers International Asset Services were the listing agents on behalf of Hillwood.
• In other commercial leasing news, Keller Williams Realty has expanded by 1,644 square feet in Lynnfield Office Park, 1355 Lynnfield Road, bringing its total lease to 10,113 square feet.
Anna Tranum and Bentley Pembroke with Cushman & Wakefield/Commercial Advisors Asset Services LLC represented the Lake Worth, Fla.-based building owner, In-Rel Properties Inc.
Psychiatrist Adrian Blotner has leased 1,165 square feet in Poplar Towers, 6263 Poplar Ave. Tranum and Brand Cook, also with Commercial Advisors Asset Services, represented In-Rel.
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Also renewing is Tennessee Special Olympics for its 788-square-foot lease in Lynnfield Office Park. Tranum and Pembroke were the landlord reps. Chip Brown of Bomar & Brown LLC co-brokered the transaction.
• Meanwhile, Blake Pera and Tommy Bronson III with CB Richard Ellis' multi-housing group represented the sellers in three separate regional transactions over the last three weeks.
Belvedere Apartments, a 10-story, mid-rise property on Union Avenue, sold for $2.6 million, or $28,890 per unit.
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Also, Belmont Apartments, a 164-unit property in Hattiesburg, Miss., sold to an Alabama buyer in September for an undisclosed price.
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CBRE represented the lender and receiver in the distressed sale.
"While the property was approximately 50 percent occupied at closing, the buyer plans to reposition the asset through significant capital improvements to capitalize on the location and strong performance of surrounding properties," according to a CBRE statement.
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San Francisco or East Bay residents who have had that 'one too many' can get home free and safely by calling for a taxi.
The Safe and Sober program will run from 3 p.m. to 3 a.m. on Wednesday, March 17.
Remember, rides will be given from a bar or restaurant to a residence, not to other drinking locations.
Let the operator know that you need a "Safe and Sober Free Cab Ride Home " and mention Berg Injury Lawyers when requesting a free ride.
For a free ride home within the city of San Francisco, call Luxor Cabs at (415) 282-4141.
For a free ride home within Alameda, Oakland, and Berkeley city limits, call Veterans Cab at (800) 281-4488.
Thanks to the Berg Injury Lawyers Safe and Sober Program
AAA is offering a free five-mile tow home (make sure your bar of choice is within 5-miles from home) for you, or your tipsy friend.
Obviously a tow truck will not hold all your friends, so keep it to two.
Call the AAA operator @ 800-222-4357 (AAA-HELP) and say, "I need a Tipsy Tow".
Note: You or your tipsy friend need not be a AAA member!
Where: The San Francisco Bay Area
When: St.Patrick's Day – March 17th
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(CNN) - Brushing off suggestions Tuesday the media is not critical enough of his administration, President Obama couldn't help but take aim at one cable news channel in particular.
"It's very hard for me to swallow that one," Obama told CNBC when asked whether he thinks the media is too easy on him. "First of all, I've got one television station entirely devoted to attacking my administration."
The interviewer quickly assumed Obama was referring to Fox News, a suggestion the president didn't disagree with.
"Well, that's a pretty big megaphone," he said. "And you'd be hard-pressed, if you watched the entire day, to find a positive story about me on that front."
"We welcome people who are asking us some, you know, tough questions," he continued. "And I think that I've been probably as accessible as any president in the first six months–press conferences, taking questions from reporters, being held accountable, being transparent about what it is that we're trying to do. I think that, actually, the reason that people have been generally positive about what we've tried to do is they feel as if I'm available and willing to answer questions, and we haven't been trying to hide them all. "
Obama struck a similar tone on the matter last month in his appearance before the White House Correspondents Dinner, during which he joked to the crowd, "Most of you covered me; all of you voted for me, apologies to the Fox table."
President Obama is 100% correct. The commentators are bitter and can find no common ground. Even though i disliked Bush, there were instances where i agreed. No such luck from FOX. Their hatred and self-centrist views are exactly why minorities, women, and young adults shy away from the network.
Way to go Fox...at least one station isn't so in "awe" of him that they are not afraid to call him out of certain things. I'll watch Fox anytime over the other networks because of their bias towards Obama...checks & balance!
What!? You mean someone dares to question our president and his actions on the hill? Maybe SOMEONE is getting some BRAINS finally!!
Get over it B.O. The media is always in the liberals corner.
A little criticism is good for you
A little thin-skinned, I'd say.
What other news channel will nuetralize the Socialists?
When Pres. Bush was in there he had every news outlet in the world criticizing every move and not one comment was made about that. Now one, just one news medium puts presure on Pres. Obama and thats alot. You dont even have to be good at math to see the liberal idea of logic here doesn't add up. They want to be able to say whatever to whomever whenever they want and no one has the right to hold them accountable for it. But let someone tell them they're wrong and watch what happens.
FOX News should change its name to the Cheney Network.
Welcome to the real world, Barry. At least there's only ONE channel "entirely devoted to attacking [your] administration" - Bush had about 5 or 6 of them. If it's any consolation, the REST of the media is entirely devoted to slavishly supporting everything you say and do. But we understand; after all, this is your first real job, so it must take some getting used to when someone gives you a hard time.
It should not be called Fox "news" because a news program is one that covers a story. Fox only editorializes on bit and pieces of news and soundbites in order to appeal to its client base, which need not be described.
My president cracks me up.
It's completely true, yet dissent and opposition are part of a democracy, no problem with FoxNews attitude or with the preident's statements. However,.............
FoxNews is the "Rush" of brodcast journalism...
Too much hate.....
Too much bigotry....
Too much vulgarity.....
Bush was relentlessly hammered by MSNBC, and still is. I never heard him even refer to that so called newsnetwork. What a whiner Obama is.
Note to Obama-Not everyone loves you, you freak. In fact, about 47% of the country did NOT vote for you.
Is he saying that Fox News is a right wing attack machine? Shocking, but they are soooo fair and balanced. You can ask their former news manager Joseph Goebbels.
How dare someone in the media question The Chosen One. Better get used to it lightweight.
Fox is absolutely anti-Obama. There is no denying that. Every other network tends to be at least slightly pro-Obama, so that does CREATE the need for a critical platform to be presented.
If the networks would do their JOBS, I think fewer would be willing to give Fox so much air time.
I likes CNN for some reasons, I like foxnews for other reasons, it is fair balance for me to review of your job at white house.... Thank you, Foxnews and CNN for all your dirty job whatever you believe in since 1990's
HA! Figures he brushes off the love fest of the rest of the media and points out that one is actually critical of him. In the reverse it was Fox alone that didn't deride Bush into the ground and turn the country against its president like EVERY other news station did.
Pres. Obama – I love you man, but you have really not been all that transparent. Continuing many of the Bush era policies on secrecy (down to the Secret Service denying access to who has visited the White House) does not really fit that bill.
We all know Fox News is 100% far Right Propaganda Machine.
Always was.
Although President Obama's ego won't allow it, thereare some people who don't agree with all the things he does and thinks about doing. Thank goodness for other people's thoughts, since the media in general is biased in his favor.
This just in!!!
Obama kills fly during interview!!!!
Watch this hard hitting report as it happens!!!
but Faux news isn't real news –its faux news all the time
LOL... he has one station somewhat trying to tell the truth he means. Obama is a joke. We all know it. Only those naive people who are in the tank for him (including ABC, CNN, NBC, and CBS.) but guess what OBAMA.. we aren't buying what you are selling.


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