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17-2171.00 - Petroleum Engineers
Devise methods to improve oil and gas extraction and production and determine the need for new or modified tool designs. Oversee drilling and offer technical advice.
Sample of reported job titles: Completion Engineer, Completions Engineer, Drilling Engineer, Drilling Manager, Engineer, Operations Engineer, Petroleum Engineer, Petroleum Production Engineer, Production Engineer, Reservoir Engineer
Tasks | Technology Skills | Tools Used | Knowledge | Skills | Abilities | Work Activities | Detailed Work Activities | Work Context | Job Zone | Education | Credentials | Interests | Work Styles | Work Values | Related Occupations | Wages & Employment | Job Openings | Additional Information
- Assess costs and estimate the production capabilities and economic value of oil and gas wells, to evaluate the economic viability of potential drilling sites.
- Develop plans for oil and gas field drilling, and for product recovery and treatment.
- Direct and monitor the completion and evaluation of wells, well testing, or well surveys.
- Analyze data to recommend placement of wells and supplementary processes to enhance production.
- Monitor production rates, and plan rework processes to improve production.
- Interpret drilling and testing information for personnel.
- Specify and supervise well modification and stimulation programs to maximize oil and gas recovery.
- Assist engineering and other personnel to solve operating problems.
- Confer with scientific, engineering, and technical personnel to resolve design, research, and testing problems.
- Coordinate the installation, maintenance, and operation of mining and oil field equipment.
- Maintain records of drilling and production operations.
- Write technical reports for engineering and management personnel.
- Assign work to staff to obtain maximum utilization of personnel.
- Evaluate findings to develop, design, or test equipment or processes.
- Simulate reservoir performance for different recovery techniques, using computer models.
- Design and implement environmental controls on oil and gas operations.
- Coordinate activities of workers engaged in research, planning, and development.
- Take samples to assess the amount and quality of oil, the depth at which resources lie, and the equipment needed to properly extract them.
- Supervise the removal of drilling equipment, the removal of any waste, and the safe return of land to structural stability when wells or pockets are exhausted.
- Inspect oil and gas wells to determine that installations are completed.
- Conduct engineering research experiments to improve or modify mining and oil machinery and operations.
Technology Skills
- Analytical or scientific software — SAS ; The MathWorks MATLAB ; TRC Consultants PHDWin; Well Flow Dynamics Wellflow (see all 14 examples)
- Business intelligence and data analysis software — TIBCO Spotfire
- Computer aided design CAD software — Autodesk AutoCAD
- Data base user interface and query software — Landmark Graphics TOW/cs; Microsoft Access ; Oracle software ; Structure query language SQL
- Development environment software — Eclipse IDE ; Software development tools
- Electronic mail software — IBM Notes ; Microsoft Outlook
- Enterprise resource planning ERP software — SAP
- Financial analysis software — DFA Capital Management GEMS; GeoGraphix ARIES Portfolio; IHS QUE$TOR
- Graphics or photo imaging software — Microsoft Visio
- Internet browser software — Web browser software
- Object or component oriented development software — C++ ; Oracle Java ; Python ; R (see all 5 examples)
- Office suite software — Microsoft Office
- Operating system software — Linux
- Presentation software — Microsoft PowerPoint
- Project management software — Microsoft Project ; Oracle Primavera Systems
- Spreadsheet software — Microsoft Excel
- Word processing software — Microsoft Word
Hot Technology — a technology requirement frequently included in employer job postings.
Tools Used
- Engineering and Technology — Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
- Mathematics — Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
- Physics — Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes.
- Computers and Electronics — Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
- Administration and Management — Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
- Economics and Accounting — Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
- Chemistry — Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
- English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Complex Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Writing — Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Monitoring — Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Coordination — Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Systems Analysis — Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
- Time Management — Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Active Learning — Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Social Perceptiveness — Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Systems Evaluation — Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
- Management of Personnel Resources — Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
- Science — Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
- Instructing — Teaching others how to do something.
- Mathematics — Using mathematics to solve problems.
- Negotiation — Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
- Operation Monitoring — Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
- Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
- Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
- Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
- Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
- Written Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
- Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
- Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
- Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
- Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
- Category Flexibility — The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
- Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
- Fluency of Ideas — The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
- Mathematical Reasoning — The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
- Selective Attention — The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
- Flexibility of Closure — The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
- Originality — The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
- Visualization — The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
- Number Facility — The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.
- Time Sharing — The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources).
- Far Vision — The ability to see details at a distance.
Work Activities
- Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
- Interacting With Computers — Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
- Analyzing Data or Information — Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
- Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings — Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
- Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information — Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
- Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
- Processing Information — Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
- Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
- Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others — Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.
- Documenting/Recording Information — Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
- Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
- Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others — Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
- Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People — Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
- Provide Consultation and Advice to Others — Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics.
- Developing and Building Teams — Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
- Developing Objectives and Strategies — Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
- Scheduling Work and Activities — Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
- Thinking Creatively — Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
- Monitoring and Controlling Resources — Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money.
- Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards — Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
- Communicating with Persons Outside Organization — Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
- Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates — Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
Detailed Work Activities
- Analyze costs and benefits of proposed designs or projects.
- Prepare detailed work plans.
- Analyze physical, survey, or geographic data.
- Direct quality control activities.
- Develop technical methods or processes.
- Explain engineering drawings, specifications, or other technical information.
- Monitor the productivity or efficiency of industrial operations.
- Direct energy production or management activities.
- Determine operational methods.
- Resolve operational performance problems.
- Confer with other personnel to resolve design or operational problems.
- Direct equipment maintenance or repair activities.
- Direct installation activities.
- Maintain operational records or records systems.
- Prepare technical reports for internal use.
- Create models of engineering designs or methods.
- Design environmental control systems.
- Supervise engineering or other technical personnel.
- Direct design or development activities.
- Interpret design or operational test results.
- Collect samples of raw materials or finished products.
- Inspect equipment or systems.
- Research advanced engineering designs or applications.
- Design industrial equipment.
- Test performance of electrical, electronic, mechanical, or integrated systems or equipment.
Find occupations related to multiple detailed work activities
Work Context
- Electronic Mail — 100% responded "Every day."
- Telephone — 82% responded "Every day."
- Structured versus Unstructured Work — 70% responded "A lot of freedom."
- Face-to-Face Discussions — 66% responded "Every day."
- Indoors, Environmentally Controlled — 73% responded "Every day."
- Freedom to Make Decisions — 51% responded "A lot of freedom."
- Contact With Others — 62% responded "Constant contact with others."
- Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results — 54% responded "Very important results."
- Spend Time Sitting — 57% responded "Continually or almost continually."
- Duration of Typical Work Week — 72% responded "More than 40 hours."
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate — 60% responded "Very important."
- Frequency of Decision Making — 43% responded "Every day."
- Coordinate or Lead Others — 43% responded "Very important."
- Work With Work Group or Team — 38% responded "Extremely important."
- Time Pressure — 48% responded "Once a week or more but not every day."
- Responsibility for Outcomes and Results — 33% responded "Very high responsibility."
- Letters and Memos — 45% responded "Once a week or more but not every day."
- Importance of Repeating Same Tasks — 64% responded "Very important."
- Consequence of Error — 34% responded "Extremely serious."
- Level of Competition — 45% responded "Highly competitive."
- Frequency of Conflict Situations — 34% responded "Once a month or more but not every week."
- Responsible for Others' Health and Safety — 29% responded "Moderate responsibility."
Job Zone
|Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
|Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
|Related Experience
|A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
|Job Training
|Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
|Job Zone Examples
|Many of these occupations involve coordinating, supervising, managing, or training others. Examples include real estate brokers, sales managers, database administrators, graphic designers, chemists, art directors, and cost estimators.
|SVP Range
|(7.0 to < 8.0)
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- Investigative — Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.
- Realistic — Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.
- Conventional — Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.
Work Styles
- Analytical Thinking — Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
- Cooperation — Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
- Dependability — Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
- Integrity — Job requires being honest and ethical.
- Achievement/Effort — Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
- Initiative — Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
- Attention to Detail — Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
- Independence — Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
- Innovation — Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
- Persistence — Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
- Adaptability/Flexibility — Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
- Stress Tolerance — Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations.
- Leadership — Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
- Self Control — Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
- Concern for Others — Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
- Social Orientation — Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job.
Work Values
- Independence — Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.
- Working Conditions — Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions.
- Achievement — Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement.
Related Occupations
Wages & Employment Trends
|Median wages (2019)
|$66.21 hourly, $137,720 annual
|State wages
|Local wages
|Employment (2018)
|33,500 employees
|Projected growth (2018-2028)
|Slower than average (2% to 3%)
|Projected job openings (2018-2028)
|State trends
|Top industries (2018)
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2019 wage data and 2018-2028 employment projections . "Projected growth" represents the estimated change in total employment over the projections period (2018-2028). "Projected job openings" represent openings due to growth and replacement.
Job Openings on the Web
Sources of Additional Information
Disclaimer: Sources are listed to provide additional information on related jobs, specialties, and/or industries. Links to non-DOL Internet sites are provided for your convenience and do not constitute an endorsement.
- American Association of Drilling Engineers
- American Association of Petroleum Geologists
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers
- American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers
- American Petroleum Institute
- Independent Petroleum Association of America
- International Association of Drilling Contractors
- National Society of Professional Engineers
- Occupational Outlook Handbook: Petroleum engineers
- Society of Petroleum Engineers
- Society of Petroleum Evaluation Engineers
- Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts
- Society of Women Engineers
- The Geological Society of America


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Location: Ancona - via Brecce Bianche - ingresso 3
Access: Open access
Order: D.M. 270/04
Type: First cycle Degree (3 years)
The three-year bachelor course in Biomedical Engineering (L-8 class) is located in Ancona at the Faculty of Engineering of the Polytechnic University of Marche. The aim of the course is to create solid culture in the interdisciplinary technical-biological field, based on the integration of basic methods and basic contents with the methodologies and technologies that characterize the Biomedical Engineering field and that are related to the Information Engineering and to Industrial Engineering too. In fact, the biomedical engineer is an engineer, not a healthcare professional or biotechnologist, with highly interdisciplinary knowledge and able to apply such knowledge to the solution of problems of medical and biological interest.
Initially, students will mainly deal with mathematics, physics and computer science, as well as elements of electromagnetism, as well as treating a foreign language (typically English). Subsequently, students will mainly deal with subjects that characterize the L-8 class such as Electronics, Electrotechnics, Controls and Mechanics as well as Chemistry and related subjects. Finally, the disciplines will be predominantly those that characterize the biomedical engineering sector as well as other related topics in the area of Measures, Materials, and free choice courses chosen by the student; the internship and the final exam will complete the course of study for a total of 180 credits (CFU).
Function in a work context:
A multifaceted professional figure that is able to fit into the various work and professional opportunities in between advanced technologies and medical-biological problems, with particular reference to: the ability to describe analytically, simulate and analyze systems and signals of medical and biological interest; the ability to interact with healthcare staff and with the highest qualification technicians; basic skills for the study of biomaterials, for the use of devices and instruments for diagnosis, therapy and rehabilitation; knowledge of the organization of patient care facilities, and the related ethical criteria, as well as the management of health information systems.
The course of the biomedical engineering studies, thanks to the good technical and scientific bases that can be acquired during the training course, can enable profitable integration into the job world within companies that develop or produce medical devices, public or private clinical / healthcare companies , or in the business sector of the devices or services. Deepening of their skills is then possible by continuing the studies in the one-year (first level) or two-year (second level) master's degree programs.
After completing the state examination, and enrolling at the corresponding engineers' list in accordance with current regulations, a bachelor degree in Biomedical Engineering allows freelancer (feasibility studies, design, technical arbitrations, expert inquiries or as expert Court, etc.) and access to public competitions (eg at various ASURs).
Skills associated with function:
The bachelor graduate in Biomedical Engineering should be able to:
- apply the basic knowledge of mechanical, chemical, physical, electronic, computer science for the definition of general technical specifications for prototype construction and for measuring activities;
- Apply knowledge relative to the operating principles of biomedical instrumentation for their characterization, testing, maintenance, and training;
- Apply knowledge of the physico-chemical properties of biological materials and biocompatible materials to evaluate their behavior;
- to apply analytical and numerical methods for the analysis of physiologic systems and their interaction with artificial components;
- Appropriate techniques and tools for the acquisition, processing and analysis of biological signals and data;
- Apply knowledge of movement biomechanics to medical and sports fields
Employment Opportunities:
The professional fields for bachelor graduates in Biomedical Engineering are extremely varied and rapidly becoming. It is foreseeable that they will address various types of stakeholders (in health, industry, services, etc. sectors) and that will have to analyze, quantify, monitor, optimize the impact of technologies on biological and human phenomena. The main employment areas are:
- biomedical engineering services (or clinical engineering / biomedical technologies) in public and private healthcare facilities, in the sport, physical exercise and entertainment sectors;
- medical informatics applied to health information systems and to software for data and biomedical signals processing, telemedicine and telematic health applications;
- the production and marketing industries of: special materials, prostheses / orthoses, implantable and portable devices, robotic systems for the biomedical sector, and equipment for prevention, diagnosis, care, rehabilitation and monitoring;
- the pharmaceutical and food industries as regards the quantification of the interaction between drugs / substances and biological parameters;
- the manufacturing industry in general, regarding the ergonomics of products / processes and the impact of technologies on human health.


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You are currently browsing the tag archive for the 'true north realty associates' tag.
It's great to see more and more people "get" the fact that buyers need/deserve representation in the real estate transaction.
"Corcoran was following in the footsteps of Re/Max Beach Properties in Southamption, which was shuttered in July, after two years in operation.
But here's the counterintuitive part: the Re/Max Beach chief, Michael Daly, didn't cave in; he changed tactics, opening a buyers' agency, True North Realty Associates, in North Haven.
"Nearly 98 percent of real estate agents in New York only represent the seller," even if they are taking the buyer on tour to see properties, he said. "Those buyers are now looking for representation in the transaction."
Op-Ed Columnist
Swedish Spoken Here
"I would also bet that more and more of the foreign investors who come our way are going to want to buy hard, tangible assets — skyscrapers, real estate and real companies — not just mutual funds, T-bills, bank stocks or other equities." rest of article HERE
The Benefits of Buyer Agency
As you may (or may not) know, traditionally agents work "for" the seller in the real estate transaction, meaning that they owe their fiduciary responsibility to the seller of the property, not you, the buyer. Why? Because that's just how the business has been done for years. You know that NYState Disclosure that you are asked to sign, and someone mutters "Oh, just sign here acknowledging that I really work for the buyer, it's just a formality". Well, at that time, you are signing away your rights to be represented in perhaps one of the biggest business deals of your life.
So, why hire a Buyers Broker to represent you?
We represent your interests, not the interests of the seller
· We have access to all homes for sale on the market
· We point out the strengths and weaknesses of the desired property, including market value
· We analyze current market data to determine an appropriate offering price, keeping your negotiating strategy in strict confidence
· We co-ordinate the interdisciplinary professionals involved in the home buying process (Attorneys, Mortgage Officers, Engineers, Seller Agents)
Will hiring a buyer broker cost me more money?
· In a standard real estate transaction, it doesn't cost a home buyer any more to use a buyer broker.
Who really pays the real estate broker?
· Whether a real estate broker represents the buyer or seller, there is always a brokerage fee paid from a real estate transaction when a broker is involved. More often than not there are two brokerage firms involved. One broker usually works for the seller; the other broker works with the buyer. Both brokers typically share the commission in the form of a "co-broke" or "cooperating broker fee." Because the brokers share the transaction commission, there is no additional cost to either the buyer or seller for using their own individual broker.
Serving The Hamptons, Shelter Island and the North Fork
631 725 0554 (o) 631 525 6000 (m) www.beachamptons.com
Michael Daly, Principal Broker
Serving The Hamptons, Shelter Island and the North Fork
631 725 0554 (o) 631 525 6000 (m) www.beachamptons.com
After 10 years as a salesperson, broker, executive and owner in Hamptons real estate, I and my brokerage, True North Realty Associates have become an Exclusive Buyers Brokerage. True North will be working only with BUYERS seeking to purchase real estate in the Hamptons, Shelter Island and the North Fork. TNRA will not take listings and will not represent those selling their properties in this market.
WHY? We see the need for buyers, who are NOT BEING REPRESENTED in the current market, to have an advocate; someone who will accept the Fiduciary Responsibility to protect their interests in the real estate transaction. Someone willing to take the time to get to know you, the buyer, to find out what makes you tick, what truely fits your needs, both personal and financial and do the research necessary to build the business case for your purchase.
With all that is taking place in the financial markets; Bear Sterns, Lehman, AIG, Countywide – one thing that is becoming clear is the concept of "Moral Hazard" and we see the preponderance of Listing Agents pushing their own listings, showing customers (who, by the way, are NOT clients – clients get fiduciary) the properties that THEY want to sell them, not what the customer wants to see, as a true Moral Hazard, one that the industry is not yet willing to face head on. Interestingly enough, the name of our brokerage, True North, was inspired by Stephen Covey literature (Seven Habits, First Things First), where "true north principles" lead to decisions that are guided not merely by the "clock" of scheduling but by the "compass" of purpose and values.
In the following days and weeks, we will be adding posts, separately and as links below, explaining the nuances of Buyer Brokerage; how it works, from the "head" to the contract agreements to the commissions. One thing is for sure, it doesn't cost any more or less to use a Buyers Broker. All the commission comes from the same place, the proceeds of the sale.
For those of you who I have represented as sellers over the last 10 years, I will be happy to assist you in finding the best suited listing agent for your property. We can do a thorough analysis of who has the best experience in your particular market and who would be the perfect fit for your needs.
Here's an explanation of Buyer Agency from About.com in fairly easy to understand terms.
|Buyer Agency
Part 1: What is Buyer Agency?
Buyer agency is defined as a principal-agent relationship in which the broker is the agent for a buyer, with fiduciary responsibilities to the buyer. What does that mean? It means that as a buyer's agent you are tied to the buyer, and that all of your loyalties are to the buyer.
Buyer agency is a relatively new concept for the real estate world. In the past, agents were Seller's Agents, working for the person who signed a contract employing them to sell real estate. Over time that arrangement resulted in too many misunderstandings. A buyer working with a Seller's Agent often regarded that person as his agent, and felt free to make confidential statements, not understanding they would be passed on to the seller.
Complaints were made to real estate commissions, and lawsuits were filed. As a result, many states now require us to explain agency status to the buyer. New York State requires that the buyer or seller is presented with a disclosure on the first substantive contact.
In today's real estate world, you'll find agents who work as Seller's Agents and Buyer's Agents, and in some areas you'll see Dual Agents and Designated Agents. Here's a simplified recap of those terms.
|Seller's Agent
|Your duty is to obtain the best deal for the seller. You are allowed to give the buyer only material facts about the property.A Seller's Sub Agent is an agent from another office who is not working as a Buyer's Agent.
|Buyer's Agent
|Your duty is to obtain the best deal for the buyer. You may pass on any and all information you obtain about the seller or the property.
|Dual Agent
|You must be loyal to both parties. Dual agency occurs when a real estate agency owns a listing, and an agent from the office, working as a buyer's representative, shows that listing.
Here are subsequent posts with more info on the Buyer Agency subject as it pertains to the Hamptons market:
Why Work with a Buyer's Broker?
Looking at a Transaction from the Buyers Side
Duties of a Real Estate Agent – Fiduciary


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Upon leaving a "spiritual cleansing" journey in Costa Rica, cops busted "The Hills" star Spencer Pratt for bringing a gun to the airport on his way back to the U.S.
The reality TV personality was arrested for illegal possession of a firearm in the Central American country on Saturday, according to TMZ. He was booked, processed, and shortly released at a local jail after carrying his gun with him to the flight.
Heidi Montag's estranged husband explained in a statment, "As part of my spiritual cleansing I've spent the last week living alone in the jungle, reflecting on my past transgressions, and working to become a better person. I had to live off the land, and hunt to survive. As I departed the country this morning to continue my spiritual journey, I mistakenly brought my hunting weapons to the airport. It was an honest mistake, and they sent me on my way."
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After the busy chain of events, Pratt tweeted on Sunday afternoon, "Arrested in Costa Rica. If I knew the gov't was Team Jacob, I wouldn've kept my mouth shut" and then later, "Costa Rican jail smells like children's tears. And soup. Delicious soup."
The week-long introspective venture in the jungle came after fellow "Hills" star Montag filed for divorce in May. Pratt told MTV that he met up with wife Heidi in Costa Rica last month with hopes to mend their damaged relationship.
"We're working things through," Pratt, 27, then told MTV. "Clearly I care for her, but the divorce is a superficial title 'cause I didn't cheat on her. And then she divorces me to clean her image. That doesn't fly with me.... You can't be Speidi and then all of a sudden get a divorce."
It wasn't the couple's first time in the jungle; both took part in the reality show "I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!" on NBC but quit in July 2009, citing Heidi's health issues. In July, Pratt admitted to People.com that their marriage was "a show" for reality television. "The Hills" documented their turbulent relationship in 2007 and Speidi put a ring on it in November 2008.
The spotlight-hungry celeb has been given legal permission to leave the jungle. Although few would probably complain if the Costa Rican government kept him there.


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Obituary for Gregory Roesler
Gregory Dwayne Roesler, 51 years young passed away on Wed. Nov. 30th, 2016 at a work related accident. He was born on March 21, 1965, the only child of Gordon and Myrna Roesler. He grew up in Turah, MT and graduated from Hellgate High School in 1983. Soon after, he joined the Navy and served his country as a machinist mate on the U.S.S. James Madison submarine.
In 1987 Greg married the love of his life Christina Lynn Walls of Missoula, MT, they had almost 30 years of marriage with four children; Amanda, Natasha, Gene and Courtney.
During his short life he worked at ABLE Movers, Long Machinery, Roscoe Steel, Bretz RV, the University of Montana, Pyramid Lumber and finally BMC. He was a man of many talents but enjoyed auto mechanics. You could usually find him under the hood of a vehicle with grease up to his elbows. He could make just about anything run again.
Whenever a situation came up and layoffs would happen, Greg's sense of responsibility always moved him quickly to another job.
Greg was a wonderful husband and father and always provided for his family's needs. When he wasn't working overtime or doing odd jobs for friends, he loved hunting, camping out rough style, and playing horseshoes with his family in the backyard or floating down the Blackfoot River. Greg was a Christian and was a member of Potomac Bible Church and was blessed with an extended Christian family through the church.
He was also blessed to be a grandfather to three special children; Emma, Kyndra and Orion.
Greg was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents John and Emma Roesler and maternal grandparents Henry and Elsie Nygaard.
He is survived by his parents Gordon and Myrna Roesler, his wife Christina and their children; Amanda (Jessie) Storm, Natasha Roesler, Gene Roesler and Courtney (Harley) Barr, plus grandchildren and numerous family members throughout Montana.
A Memorial Service will be held on Sat. Dec. 10th at 2:00 p.m. at Garden City Funeral Home with a reception following in the funeral home's community room.
Condolences and memories may be shared with the family at www.gardencityfh.com
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Than to be in Carolina watching baseball.
Coming to you live and in person (okay, in cyberspace) from Durham Bulls Athletic Park (fondly known as the "DBAP" to distinguish it from its predecessor, the "DAP," Durham Athletic Park) as the host Bulls take on the Charlotte Knights in an all-North Carolina International League showdown. Blue skies, sunshine, about 70-something degrees.
A little slice of heaven.
But before I continue, please let me point your attention to the links on the right. They are there courtesy of my new best friend, Firefox. Someday I might learn to actually listen to people who are more knowledgeable than I am when they make technical suggestions. My co-workers and my husband have been trying to convince me to download Firefox for awhile, basically every time I whine about my slow computer and lousy connectivity. Of course, I'm still the dinosaur on dial-up (until Friday when Comcast comes to install high speed internet!).
However, I'd been baffling even our techiest techies with my inability to install/fix links. Until now. Firefox has freed me. I'm gonna be a link-adding fool, I tell you. PLUS it will apparently make it easier for me to watch our own MLB.com/MiLB.com games online. I may NEVER get out of my desk chair now …
So go check out some of my links! Nothing quite expresses your true identity like the links you post, right? Which makes me … um … a hot dog-eating, soy sauce-loving, snarky obscure music fanatic with a slightly necrophiliac tendency. All righty then.
But back to baseball. Drove about 300 miles down I-95/I-85 with the torrential rain following me pretty much every tread-track of the way. Spent the last two afternoons/evenings over at Five County Stadium in Zebulon, home of the Double-A Carolina Mudcats, to work on a feature package on their outstanding center field prospect, Cameron Maybin, which you'll be able to read at The Farms Almanac starting on Friday, April 25.
Five County is definitely one of my favorite stadiums. Sure, it doesn't have quite the same architectural charm of, say, a DBAP. Sure, location-wise it doesn't have quite the downtown appeal of, well, a DBAP. But it has a soft spot in my heart for several reasons.
For one thing, Five County may have the best ballpark food in the Minors. As far as its concession stands go, it has everything from fantastic Carolina barbecue (my weakness) to catfish sandwiches (their logo is a catfish) as well as all of the more traditional favorites. But it also features a gourmet-quality full-service restaurant called Cattails which is open year-round.
For another, you gotta love their mascot Muddy Mudcat. You might think there really isn't anything cute and cuddly about a catfish but they managed to make Muddy adorable. On Tuesday night, as the torrential rains dwindled into scattered showers, he roamed the stands wearing a jaunty yellow poncho and rain cap.
I also got to witness something I have heard about for years but thought was one of those urban legends until Tuesday night: a batboy being sent out in search of the key to the batters' box.
It's one of those rites of passage that I thought might, by this point, be apocryphal. Could anyone still fall for such a ruse in this day and age? Apparently so. For several innings, I watched this kid running back and forth between the dugouts, between the clubhouses (located at the far end of each outfield foul line), up to the radio broadcaster's booth, even to the chef at Cattails, in search of that elusive key. I won't mention his name here and I won't out the player who sent him on his fruitless search (though I will say it WASN'T Maybin, who himself was a batboy for the Asheville Tourists for three years as a teenager).
But at one point, I saw him carrying a small box down the right field line and could not figure out what that was about. Turns out, when he asked the Mudcats clubhouse attendant for the key, the clubbie told him he didn't have it but asked him if he could please find him some left-handed curveballs and handed him the box to collect them in. Double whammy.
I wasn't around when he was finally let in on the joke. But I am told he took it like a good sport. I am hoping the players tipped him well last night, Especially … well, player that sent him on the search, you know who you are! And so do I.
To save your eyes and sanity, I am going to sign off for now, but will return to blog tomorrow all about Durham, since the parks, old and new, deserve an entry of their own.
But in the meantime, HAPPY BIRTHDAY FERNANDO PEREZ!!!


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SEATTLE, Oct. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Omeros Corporation (NASDAQ: OMER) today announced that the Company's OMS824 Investigational New Drug Application (IND) has been cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration(FDA). With this clearance, Omeros may commence enrollment in its Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating OMS824, the Company's lead compound from its phosphodiesterase 10 (PDE10) program for schizophrenia and other cognitive disorders.
OMS824 selectively inhibits PDE10, an enzyme expressed in areas of the brain linked to a wide range of diseases that affect cognition, including schizophrenia and Huntington's disease. The planned Phase 1 dose-ranging study will evaluate the drug's safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics in healthy subjects, and Omeros expects clinical data before year end.
"PDE10 inhibitors, a new class of therapeutics, have been shown in preclinical studies to improve cognition without some of the side effects associated with many of the antipsychotics currently on the market," said Gregory A. Demopulos, M.D., chairman and chief executive officer of Omeros. "OMS824 is a highly selective and potent PDE10 inhibitor, and we look forward to evaluating its potential as a new and effective drug for patients with cognitive impairment."
About Omeros' PDE10 Program
PDE10 is an enzyme that is expressed in areas of the brain linked to diseases that affect cognition, including schizophrenia and Huntington's disease. Cognitive dysfunction occurs early in these diseases and is responsible for substantial disability. Omeros' proprietary compound OMS824 inhibits PDE10 and is being developed for the treatment of cognitive disorders, including schizophrenia where OMS824 could also have a beneficial effect on the positive (e.g., hallucinations) and negative (e.g., flat affect) symptoms of the disease.
About Omeros Corporation
Omeros is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to discovering, developing and commercializing products targeting inflammation, coagulopathies and disorders of the central nervous system. The Company's most clinically advanced product candidates are derived from its proprietary PharmacoSurgery™ platform designed to improve clinical outcomes of patients undergoing a wide range of surgical and medical procedures. Omeroshas four ongoing clinical development programs. Omeros may also have the near-term capability, through its GPCR program, to add a large number of new drug targets and their corresponding compounds to the market. Behind its clinical candidates and GPCR platform, Omeros is building a diverse pipeline of protein and small-molecule preclinical programs targeting inflammation, coagulopathies and central nervous system disorders.
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This press release contains forward-looking statements as defined within the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which are subject to the "safe harbor" created by those sections. These statements include, but are not limited to, Omeros' expectations regarding when it will announce data from its Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating OMS824; the potential clinical benefits of OMS824; and that Omeros may have capability, through its GPCR program, to add a large number of new drug targets and their corresponding compounds to the market. Forward-looking statements are based on management's beliefs and assumptions and on information available to management only as of the date of this press release. Omeros' actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements for many reasons, including, without limitation, the risks, uncertainties and other factors described under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 7, 2012. Given these risks, uncertainties and other factors, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, and the Company assumes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements publicly, even if new information becomes available in the future.
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Designing Web Interfaces Q&A
I was fortunate to have recently interviewed Bill Scott and Theresa Neil, the authors of Designing Web Interfaces, published by O'Reilly, about the challenges of creating compelling, intuitive interfaces for web apps, especially for Rich Internet Applications. Read on for their insightful comments.
Mike Riley (MR): Before we talk about some of the web design principles you explore in the book, I have to mention that I really like the way the book is presented in 4-color throughout. Was this a publishing decision you insisted upon or was it a choice made by Mary Treseler, the book's editor?
Bill Scott (BS): We decided early on that 4-color was a necessity, something that Mary was also insistent upon from the start. I have given a talk about some of these principles 40 or 50 times and it was very interactive, lots of screencasts embedded in the presentation, showing these various examples. A concern both Theresa and I had was how do we translate that into the book, so color had to be provided as well as showing a way how the interactions between pages took place.
MR: Can you tell the listeners about the six design principles the provided the framework for your book?
BS: When I was at Yahoo, someone had asked if I could give some quick tips for designing Rich Internet Applications. I had been mulling over this for a while, collecting information. I jotted off nine quick suggestions, and six of those are in the book, entered with a web twist. The first one, make it direct, is about this principle of keeping things as direct as possible. Keeping it lightweight is really about shortening the path of interactions so that users feel like there's not a lot of effort to do things in your application. Another one is staying on the page, and that has to do with on the web it's so easy to create web page to page experiences and much more challenging to create those more interactive interesting moments that happen inside the page to keep the users engaged. The forth principle is around providing invitations, these simple, subtle things you can do to during an interaction that guide the user from step to step. Using transitions is the fifth, about cinematic effects and using those to reinforce communication which show what has happened or what is going to happen. And the last one is about being immediately reactive. That is important because with that, the interface will feel sluggish, not intelligent. You really expect something appropriate to come back quickly when interacting with an application.
MR: What was the most challenging aspect of design that you determined when writing the book?
BS: It's this whole concept of being able to design for microstates, those little tiny interactions that make or break the nuances. Understanding how to make an interaction much more lightweight is so important. This is where, in the past, Apple has gotten it right with attention to very detailed nuances.
MR: In your opinion, why is it so hard for web application developers to understand and practice the subtleties of good web interface design?
Theresa Neil (TN): I honestly think it's lack of exposure to really good interfaces. Especially a few years ago, there were really so few good examples of effective user interfaces for desktop applications so the bar was very low for designing something really effective.
BS: That's a good point. When you look at other fields such as architecture, you go to school to study the best architects. In our field, there are so many examples and articles of what is good and bad that it's really hard for someone to curate the best ideas. That's what we try to do in our book and our blog, to continue to surface what we think is an outstanding user experience. And by highlighting these examples and giving them design pattern names, we contribute a little bit to the eco-space of better design.
MR: Which AJAX libraries do you personally gravitate toward when designing new web interfaces, and why?
BS: I find myself as of late gravitating toward jQuery. In fact at NetFlix, I switched us over to jQuery. It's doing a great job from a production perspective but it's also great for rapid prototyping. It's a wonderful library and my best choice.
TN: Since I work as a consultant, I don't recommend any specific technology that my clients use. But I think that good interface design can be implemented with pretty much any of the technologies. We just did a blog posting comparing 15 different major RIA frameworks, including AJAX, Flex, Silverlight and Laszlo, comparing which ones have the essential controls for building an RIA. It looked to me that jQuery, Dojo and ExtJS certainly seem to be the most robust frameworks out there, and of course Flex definitely has a lot of what is needed if you're building an enterprise application.
MR: With so many design interface choices to make, how can designers and developers make the smart choice to restrain themselves from filling the web pages with every conceivable UI widget, overlays and inlays available?
BS: You have to remember that it's really about the user and not about the technology. You need the context of what you're trying to do. A simple technique I suggest is try to create an experience the minimal amount of visual contrast, interactions, transitions, animations and see if you can turn the knob up a little bit to increase the communication where you need to. Don't start the other way around where you're throwing everything in. Every interaction, visual style and the color you put on a page places a penalty on attention bandwidth, so understanding how much you're going to pay for it down the road is really important.
MR: Do you find web design tools like Dreamweaver to be adequate in today's multi-library, multi-syntax composed web world?
BS: Dreamweaver has made a lot of improvements, but I don't personally use tools like that. This can almost get into a religious war with people. I prefer IntelliJ or TextMate, tools with good macro perspectives and syntax highlighting. The problem for me with tools like Dreamweaver they bring a heavy style with them, so I tend to like things that are more open source.
TN: It definitely depends if you're putting out a website, a publicly facing web application or an enterprise application. I spend a lot of my time in the enterprise application world, which I really enjoy the challenge of redesigning large suites and looking at data visualization challenges. As such, most of my clients are not using products like Dreamweaver, but there are a lot of good RIA's coming out that are allowing people to use a GUI interface for building out their RIA. I looked at a couple today, one of which is WaveMaker and the other is 280 Atlas by the 280 North guys, and those tools look absolutely amazing. I can't wait to play with 280 Atlas a bit more to see what that is going to bring to the AJAX development world.
MR: With Rich Internet Applications touted as the next big thing in web applications, what do you see as the future of successful web interface design?
BS: Interface design hasn't changed a lot in the last 20 years. Good design has always been about understanding the context of the user and had an eye towards what was technically possible without being severely limited by that. So as we move from the desktop arena to a web presence such as comparing, say, Microsoft Word to Google Docs, the same design principles hold. The difference is a different context. On the web, a lot of actions are links as opposed to buttons (although links can be buttons), and the web is more content-driven instead of control-driven. In enterprise applications, you tend to have more controls and the data you're outputting them on, and on the web, you tend to have content that you make more interactive. The same principles, the same design challenges exist in both of those spaces. It's just that you have to have a sense of the tools you have at hand. This is one of the problems designers are faced with today. They have to know enough about the technology to know what is possible and then apply all the best practices from the years of good design already identified.
TN: I definitely noticed with my consulting that there is a real struggle with the right balance between using desktop paradigms versus web paradigms and pulling them together in an RIA design. As we progress, we'll definitely have standards develop but for right now, all we can do is rely upon the standards we have for the desktop and ideas like those Bill and I put forth in the Principles for Rich Interaction and rely upon these until we come to some good decisions on what is the best way to present an RIA.
MR: Where can listeners go to learn more about your book, Designing Web Interfaces?
TN: We have a nice site that we set up called designingwebinterfaces.com. It has an active blog - Theresa has been very active blogging all things RIA. We also have a companion Flickr site that designingwebinterfaces.com references that has all our figures and references from the book that are available with the Creative Commons license for use in presentations, so we simply ask for that form of attribution. There are also about 400 screencasts on that Flickr site that show the live interactions. You can also find out more about the book from desigingwebinterfaces.com as well as links to our personal blogs for Theresa and myself.


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Laurence Archer – LA (1986) breaks the bank again at $590
Don't you wish you could go back to '86 and snatch up as many copies as you could of this in the Import Section of your local record store? This album is getting to be a regular feature in this column but the price seems to be going down from the lofty heights of $1376.34 & $777.77. I would really like to hear this album just so I know what the hype is all about. More info at Heavy Harmonies.
Metallica – Kill'em All (1983) sealed longbox goes for $457
And this isn't even the 12 song version! I can go down to a number of local stores, drop $15, have KILL'EM ALL on CD. What makes this different from other is the shrinkwrap and cardboard that's worth an additional $442!
Dirty Blond – Cardboard (1995) is a bargain at $262
Never heard of them. From what I've read at Heavy Harmonies, this is supposed to be really good…..but is it that good? I can picture myself buying this for $10 in '95 at one of their shows but this is a little too much. The seller is a respected collector so it's most likely the real thing and not a bootleg. But who are they?
Fanatix – s/t (1992) sold for $203.51
Another band I've never heard of. It's an independent release from the band which means you could have bought this at their local shows or through mailorder in 1992. I checked at Heavy Harmonies and there isn't much information aside from the album info. I like the band picture.
The Accused – The Return Of Martha Splatterhead (1986) gives the seller a nice return of $166.60
Where do people get the money? Where do the sellers get these BUY IT NOW prices from? The vinyl goes for under $20 at any given time.
Saints & Sinners (1992) fetches $133.50 for the Japanese version.
Go to Ebay right now and you can get the U.S. release for under $20. There are no bonus tracks on this disc, you can count the 10 tracks on the picture.
Pretty Boy Floyd – Bullets & Lipstik (1989) ends at $101.11
I didn't remember PBF releasing this album so I went to the best source to find out more info, Heavy Harmonies. It's not the same PBF, it's another one from Canada that came out at the same time as the PBF we are all familiar with. Another rare release, but released officially, that seems to have gotten some exposure in European markets in 1989.


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Ron Moon, co-owner of CJI Guns in Tucker, Ga., holds a pair of 100-bullet-capacity magazines for an AR15 assault style semi-automatic rifle on Wednesday.
Anticipating staunch resistance from gun-rights groups to any effort to ban assault-style rifles, some pro-gun control lawmakers are instead trying to leverage the national outrage over the school shooting in Newtown, Conn., to enact federal legislation outlawing high-capacity ammunition clips.
House Democrats, emboldened by President Barack Obama's call Wednesday for quick, "concrete" proposals to curb gun violence, are pushing House Republicans to quickly consider a ban on high-capacity clips.
The move follows the massacre of 20 schoolchildren and six adults on Dec. 14 at Sandy Hook Elementary school. The gunman, 20-year-old Adam Lanza carried three guns, primarily using a Bushmaster XM-15 — an AR-15/M4-type rifle -- which police said was fed by 30-round magazines. He also was armed with a Glock 10mm handgun and Sig Sauer 9mm handgun. Although authorities didn't reveal the models of those weapons, both of those handguns allow high-capacity clips -- including 15-round magazines for one model of 10mm handgun that's sold by Glock.
The bill's list of co-sponsors this week grew from 113 to 135, according to a spokesman for Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, D-N.Y., the measure's author. In 1993, a man armed with a gun and several 15-round magazines shot and killed McCarthy's husband, Dennis, aboard a Long Island, N.Y., commuter train. Five others also died and 25 were wounded.
"We've been here before," McCarty said Wednesday on Capitol Hill. "All too often, we see these mass killings and yet all our lives go on. Everybody is asking: Is this time different? It is ... This time is different because there is so much anger."
"We can get the job done," added House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., one of the bill's co-sponsors. In an interview Tuesday with NBC's Andrea Mitchell, Pelosi predicted: "Right away we could pass ... the ban on the assault magazine."
NRA blames media, music and more for culture of violence
Obama demands 'concrete proposals' on gun violence by January
In the other house of Congress, Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., is simultaneously pushing for a rapid vote on his almost identical proposal to outlaw the possession, import or sale of any ammunition clip that hold more than 10 rounds, saying: "These high-capacity magazines, which were used in Newtown, Aurora, Tucson, Virginia Tech and so many other tragedies, were designed for one purpose only — to shoot and kill quickly."
From 1994 to 2004, high-capacity ammunition magazines were illegal as part of the Federal Assault Weapons Ban, but that provision lapsed when the legislation expired. Congressional Democrats have made several attempts to similar legislation barring possession of rapid-fire assault-style weapons since then, but those efforts have failed.
Legislators also have pushed legislation banning specific types of bullets – with one notable success: In 1986, President Ronald Reagan signed legislation that outlawed armor-piercing "cop-killer" bullets.
But other recent ammunition-cutting proposals have failed to gain traction in Congress. Last summer, a bill filed Lautenberg and McCarthy sought to significantly curb the ability of Americans to buy unlimited amounts of ammunition via the Internet. That bill never made it beyond the Senate Judiciary Committee, a spokeswoman for Lautenberg said this week.
So in a country where the right to bear arms is held sacred, firearm foes are refining their pitch to focus on the delivery mechanism. One of their main talking points is asking why such high-capacity clips are necessary.
"I've been a hunter all my life, and there's no reason to have a magazine that holds 30 shells," said Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Calif. "Call it what it is: an assault magazine. And we don't have any reason to assault anyone in our communities, in our neighborhoods. ... Why do you need 30 shells in a magazine?"
"Who needs these? The answer is sports shooters," responds Mark Walters, co-author of "Lessons from Armed America" and host of a syndicated radio show "Armed American Radio." "For example, if you were target shooting or practicing for an upcoming (shooting competition), it's nice not to have to change magazines on a regular continual basis."
In the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, the National Rifle Association held a news conference in Washington, D.C, on Friday and blamed the media and video games for cultivating a culture of violence.
What's more, many ranchers use firearms like AR15s — manufactured to carry 30-round magazines — to protect their herds from coyotes and clear their land of prairie dogs, added George Hill, an employee at Basin Sports in Vernal, Utah.
The talk of banning "assault magazines" emanating from Washington appears to be driving sales of the high-capacity clips, according to Walters and Hill.
"I came in at 8 this morning and I have been non-stop on selling AR15s and ammo. Nonstop," Hill said Wednesday afternoon. "Those (30-round clips) have been going out, and I've been selling those two, three, 10 at a time. Everybody's worried about the politics behind it and that's generating a lot of these sales. They're worried about it being banned.
"I would be real happy to only sell Benelli goose-hunting guns and Browning deer rifles. And that's normally what we sell this time of year. But the politics has super-heated the tactical market. Normally, I sell somebody 50 rounds, maybe 100 pounds. Instead, I'm selling them 500 or 1,000 rounds."
While Walters and Hill each oppose the proposed ban on high-capacity clips in principle, they argued as well that such a crackdown won't slow gun violence in this country.
"This is all symbolic legislation that will do nothing. Absolutely nothing. If I could say something different, I would admit that," Walters said. "But the facts don't bear that out. It's just feel-good legislation being backed into a horrible event."
They note that gun ownership has increased over the past decade, with the number of instant criminal background checks conducted by retailers required by federal law rising each year. In November alone, more than 2 million such point-of-sale investigations were performed nationally on people seeking to purchase firearms — the most in any single month since federal officials launched the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) in 1998, according to the FBI. By comparison, gun retailers and federal authorities completed 842,932 background checks in November 2003.
"There are millions of rounds of ammunition already in the public's hands — high-capacity or standard-capacity magazines already in the public's hands," Walters said. "If they pass this ban, in the days prior to the date (it goes into effect), stores will sell 10 years' worth of these capacity magazines.
"But beyond that, it's irrelevant. A seasoned, experienced firearms enthusiast, including myself, can change a magazine out, including a tactical reload, in under a second," Walters said.
Moreover, such ammunition doesn't degrade over time, he added.
"It's a plastic magazine with a spring. Magpul (based in Erie, Colo.) makes the most popular 30-round magazines, PMAGs, which are selling for $13.99," Walters said. "I have five of them being reserved at my store because they're selling like crazy. I know I could keep them in my safe forever. I can open it in 20 years, take it out of the plastic bag, and if I want to use it, I can use it."
Any federal ammo ban — or mandated purchase limits on certain clips or bullets — would simply create an "underground market," Hill said. Today, scores of gun enthusiasts — including many hunters — make their own bullets as a hobby. They're called "reloaders."
"People have been making ammunition themselves since the 1880s. That's something anybody is capable of doing with a little bit of know-how," Hill said. "Those kinds of bans are like throwing a steak on the grill for like 10 seconds and calling it cooked. It just looks like it's cooked but it's not.
"You can reload. Or, you can order online and get stuff from outside the U.S. It's too late for any of that," Hill said. "And it never works."
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Because I'm getting a lot of questions and because it may come in handy to anyone who may find themselves in a similar position, my advice for the day is that when leaving a social situation where you may have emotional ties, just do it. The longer you stretch it out the worse it is.
While some explosive drama would have entertaining, leaving my guild really wasn't that exciting. On the night I was leaving (which took place after I had written the shared topic post), I wanted to do one thing, others wanted to do something else. It wasn't working, so I wished them luck and left. Because it was already an emotional time, I took it personal and there are still hard feelings, but in hindsight, there was no way that was going to end well. It's always harder with online stuff too since you can't rely on body language to let others know whats going on. I'd also be lying if I said that leaving my guild was all bad, I had some great talks with many people that night and I'm definitely not being fair to all those who went out of their way to wish me luck!
What would have worked better would have been to get together with the people I was closer to and planned from there. It's not out of the picture, but I'll have to wait until I figure out what my gaming time is going to be like.
The server transfer went well. My DK was transferred instantly and my pally took about 20 minutes. My new guild seems great and I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone in it. I was included in an alt 10 man run, which was nerve wrecking (I always want to make a good impression!) but refreshing at the same time. The added pressure does spice things up! And I finally got my wish for 2 man healing 10 mans.
I don't know how often I'll be updating this thing until I get back into a gaming routine. I want to avoid the diary format of blog but I don't foresee myself pondering specific topics or game mechanics until the novelty of a guild change wears off.
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I tried to generate a applepie.dll, which used some functions defined in a header file called Apple.h. But the compiler showed error in linking process as below:
applepie.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: double __thiscall Apple::Function2(void)" (?Function2@Apple@@QAENPBD@Z)
.\ applepie.dll : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals
The Apple application is used to generate another Apple.dll
Please let me describe how the problem happened in more detail. In ApplePie.cpp, I try to use the functions defined in Apple.cpp like:Code://Apple.h//////////////////////////////////////////////// Class Apple{ public: double Function1(const char* arg); double Function2(void); } //Apple.cpp//////////////////// double Apple::Function1(const char* arg){ //Do something here; } double Apple::Function2(void){ //Do something here; }
Apple* m_Apple;
m_Apple=something //some method was used to get the pointer to class Apple.
double weight;
weight= m_Apple-> Function2();
The compilation process does not show error, but the link error will show up. I searched online, and included Apple.lib in the applepie application using Project->settings->link, following the instructions to similar error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol problems that many people have, but this did not help.
However, I found that if I put virtual before the definition of function 2, like:
virtual double Function2(void);
then the compiler can link successfully, no error shows up.
I am totally confused about whats happening here, why a virtual statement could cancel the linking error?


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Press Release World Baseball Classic, Inc.
While the radar gun in Taichung, Taiwan was measuring fastballs in the Chinese Taipei-Australia game, the first contest of the tournament, the World Baseball Classic was getting off to an even faster start on the other side of the world. In Phoenix, Ariz., on Friday night, the car sponsored by World Baseball Classic Inc. won the NASCAR Mexico Toyota Series race. Driven by Abraham Calderon, the "05" car, which featured World Baseball Classic branding along with Calderon's race suit and pit signage, took the checkered flag at Phoenix International Raceway, winning the first ever NASCAR Mexico Series race held outside of Mexico.
World Baseball Classic Inc. sponsored the car to mark the beginning of World Baseball Classic training camps and exhibition games in Phoenix this week.
World Baseball Classic is on-site for all three days of NASCAR racing this weekend, with a promotional display space on the midway. Fans are able to purchase World Baseball Classic tickets and enter to win prizes. World Baseball Classic media partner KHOT-FM in Phoenix is running an exclusive on-air promotion to win a meet and greet with the car driver and World Baseball Classic goods.
In addition to the car, Team Mexico pitcher and member of the 2012 World Champion San Francisco Giants Sergio Romo served as the grand marshal and helped start the race. Arizona Diamondbacks legend Luis Gonzalez also attended the event and participated in race activities.
The 2013 World Baseball Classic, which is the third edition of the tournament, is the premier international baseball tournament featuring the world's best players representing their countries and territories. Thirty-nine games will be played in seven venues in four nations and territories from March 2 through March 19, 2013. Team Japan is the two-time defending champion of the World Baseball Classic, having won in 2006 and 2009.
Chase Field and Salt River Fields at Talking Stick in Arizona will host games in Pool D, featuring Canada, Italy, Mexico and the United States from Thursday, March 7th – Sunday, March 10th. Salt River Fields will host the opening game on March 7th at 1:00 p.m. between Mexico and Italy. Team USA, managed by Joe Torre, will debut on the night of Friday, March 8th vs. Team Mexico at 7:00 p.m. at Chase Field in Phoenix.
Tickets are available for games in Phoenix, as well as other tournament venues, online at www.worldbaseballclassic.com. Fans are also able to purchase tickets at the Chase Field Box Office Monday through Friday 9am-5pm and Saturday 9am-1pm (local time) and via phone at 602-514-8400.
MLB Network and ESPN Deportes will be the exclusive English and Spanish-language broadcasters in the United States and 33 international broadcasters will televise games in 12 languages in more than 200 countries and territories. The World Baseball Classic, which is officially sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation (IBAF), will for the first time in 2013 be recognized as the official national team World Championship, with the winner being crowned the 2013 World Baseball Classic Champion and the IBAF World Champion.


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The new season of Yankee-flavored Top Gear debuts tomorrow night on History so we've invited co-host and L.L. Bean flannel model Rutledge Wood to come explain why he was driving around Tijuana, Mexico in an old VW van with a Mariachi band in the back.
Other topics he can discuss is his foisting of a Merkur XR4Ti on me, his amazing collection of cars only people on watchlists desire, and the proper maintenance of a beard. Did Tanner Foust sleep with that Ford GT?
So many questions.
Wood will be online from around 11:00 AM eastern standard time until he has to go get on a plane. Fire away.


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Rick Bales has published more than eighty scholarly articles and authored or co-authored five books, on employment arbitration, alternative dispute resolution in the workplace, employment law, labor law, and arbitration law. He has spoken widely on topics pertaining to innovative ways of teaching employment and labor law courses. Recent presentations have been in Berlin, Brisbane, Cartagena, Moscow, Paris, Phnom Penh, Prato (Italy), Saigon, and Siem Reap. He has twice been selected as a Fulbright Specialist, once each to Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta.
Before coming to ONU Law, Dean Bales was a faculty member at NKU Chase College of Law, where he was the Director of the Advocacy Center and he was Associate Dean of Faculty Development. Before that, he taught at the University of Montana Law School, Southern Methodist University Law School, and University of Houston Law School. Prior to his teaching career Dean Bales litigated employment cases for the Houston-based law firm of Baker & Botts and the Cleveland-based law firm of Baker & Hostetler.
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Could the next nostalgic movie sequel for Jeff Bridges be Starman 2? He's certainly open to it. In fact, he's got a few questions from the original he'd like answered in the sequel.
The 1984 flim, directed John Carpenter, is a story about an alien life form who responded to the message Earth attached to an old space probe asking any alien life forms to please visit Earth. Naturally, when he shows up the whole planet freaks out.
In an interview with HitFix Bridges threw Starman on the table as another past movie he'd seriously consider revisiting:
"'Starman,' what happened there? That's kind of set up. Y'know Karen Allen is preggers. She's got that little ball and stuff. What's up with that? Y'know what I mean?"
Amazing, he even has notes. But seriously, no. Please just let Starman be that awkward little alien picture from the 80s.
Would you object to Starman 2?


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The New York quartet - Grizzly Bear - are bringing their resplendent, harmony-soaked chamber-pop to New Zealand for the first time in their career with shows planned for Auckland in late 2012.
After taking a break from extensive touring to record their fourth (currently untitled) studio album, Grizzly Bear will bring their surreal live experience to the shores of New Zealand.
Although their debut album Horn of Plenty may have put them on the map, it was really their sophomore effort—and first as a quartet—Yellow House, that firmly established Grizzly Bear's signature ethereal sound.
Following tours supporting Radiohead and Feist, and with the stunning endorsement of Johnny Greenwood (Radiohead), who declared them his "favourite band in the world", Grizzly Bear released their critically acclaimed third album in 2009, Veckatimest. A work of musical bliss, it reached #8 on the Billboard Top 200 and littered best of end-of-year lists worldwide: #1 Wall Street Journal, #4 Spin Magazine, #6 Pitchfork, #6 New York Times, and many more.
More recently the band featured on the soundtrack for the movie Blue Valentine (2011) starring Ryan Gosling. A further announcement about Grizzly Bear's fourth album is expected later this year.
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Fans of Selena Gomez can rest easy-- the singer is out of the hospital and singing again.
The former star of Disney's "Wizards of Waverly Place" said she had to cancel her Friday Santa Monica concert because "I was just very malnourished, so I was low on iron and exhausted," People reported.
But the 18-year-old was back on stage and ready to rock on Monday, greeting over 500 young fans at an outdoor mall.
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"I want to thank you so much for coming," she said. "If you guys came on Friday, I'm so sorry that I couldn't be there... I love you guys very much."
Looking as chipper as ever, Gomez belted out "Who Says" and "A Year Without Rain" without any problem, reassuring her fans, "I do feel better!"
Justin Bieber's girlfriend was feeling nauseous and had a huge headache after an appearance on NBC's Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Thursday. She was sent to a Los Angeles-area hospital for routine tests.
Selected Reading: People, E! Online, Us Magazine


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Tip: How to Read Turkey Labels
"There seems to be more and more choices every year, and I don't know about you, but I think there's a conspiracy afoot to befuddle and confuse us with these choices.
Just consider what we are confronted with: fresh, frozen, frozen basted, free-range, free-roaming, all-natural, heritage fresh, heritage frozen, organic, wild, kosher fresh, kosher frozen. It's mind-boggling."
To help you navigate your way through the turkeys, we've put together a brief guide to reading turkey labels.
- Fresh: Any turkey labeled "fresh" has never been cooled to a temperature lower than 26°F, which is the point that turkey meat begins to freeze. A fresh turkey should be cooked no later than 2 days after it is purchased or by the "use by date" on the label, otherwise it must be frozen until it is ready to use. You may also find "fresh" replaced with the "refrigerated."
- Frozen: A turkey cooled to a temperature of 0°F or below via a flash freezing process, ensuring that when the turkey is defrosted it will be at the same level of freshness as the day it was originally frozen.
- Natural: Turkeys that have limited processing with no artificial ingredients, solutions, or colors added. Often but not necessarily free-range.
- Organic: The birds have been raised without any antibiotics or animal by-products in their feed.
- Heritage: These are free-range, small farm, pure breed birds that typically have superior flavor, texture and tenderness. Popular breeds include: Jersey Buff, Bourbon Red, Black Spanish, and Narragansett. See also the official definition from the American Livestock Conservancy.
- Kosher: A kosher turkey must be raised and processed with strict guidelines under rabbinical supervision. The turkeys are free-range birds that are fed only grain, are never given any antibiotics, and are individually inspected. When they are processed, the turkeys are soaked in a salty brine solution.
- Basted, Self-Basting, or Enhanced: A turkey injected with various ingredients, such as oil, juices, and seasonings, before it is frozen. When the turkey is roasted, the added ingredients keep the meat moist and tender as well as provide extra flavor.
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Bulgarian Iron Church's Restoration in Istanbul
The Istanbul Municipality and the provincial administration have joined efforts to restore the Bulgarian "St. Stefan" church.
According to Hurriyet Daily News, "the parts of the church that have become dirty and carbonated will be cleaned thoroughly with detergent water, while the missing ornaments on the façade will be replicated using original material. The crooked parts of the roof will also be renewed."
The same publication informs that the restoration is scheduled to begin next month and will cost TRL 2.5 M.
The Bulgarian "Saint Stephen" Church, also known as the Bulgarian Iron Church, is a Bulgarian Orthodox church in Istanbul, Turkey, famous for being made of cast iron. The parts were manufactured in Vienna and then transported via the Danube River to Bulgaria and through the Black Sea to Istanbul. The Church was inaugurated in 1898 by Exarch Joseph and marks the beginning of the Bulgarian exarchate.
According to a legend, Sultan Abdul Azis, was not inclined to let Bulgarians have their own church, but yielded to the pressure under one condition – for the church to be built only in a month. Bulgarians found the solution by making the church from cast iron.
In the last few years, the Bulgarian State and the Istanbul City Hall have made significant efforts to raise funds for the church's renovation and maintenance, but those funds are still insufficient. The 110th anniversary of the iron church was celebrated at the end of 2008.
Source: Pravoslavie.ru


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Neither team has been able to do much of anything on offense in the first half, but Notre Dame managed to take a lead against Michigan State to the break after scoring a late touchdown for a 10-7 lead. T.J. Jones caught a pass from Tommy Rees at the back of the end zone to extend his reception streak to 31 games. If Jones did not bring in that pass the Irish may have gone to the locker room with their heads dropped after a frustrating first half.
Connor Cook's 12-yard touchdown pass to a back-peddling Macgarrett Kings Jr. gave the Spartans the lead midway through the second quarter, but Tommy Rees and the Irish moved down field before halftime to grab the lead back. The late score by the Irish was aided by one of three pass interference penalties called against the Spartans in the first half.
This game was expected to be more about the defense than the offense, and for the most part that has held true. Michigan State is finding out rather quickly that the offense they discovered last week against Youngstown State is having a much more difficult time this weekend in South Bend. Neither offense has been able to do much, but neither offense has made any costly mistakes. There were no turnovers in the first half. Given the recent history of this rivalry, the first turnover could become a huge factor in the second half.


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Hamish Douglass, Magellan's CEO and CIO, discusses and dismantles some perceptions in the market around the recent performance, and why its incorrect to view our Global Strategy as US centric.
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Earlier this week I posted on G+ and my FB page in response to James Tanner's Any New on FamilySearch Certification of Third-Party Products. "Extremely sad that +FamilySearch permits this continued dysfunction. THIS is why I waste no time with FamilySearch Family Tree and WHY Ol' Myrt here insists on maintaining my own genealogy database. There is NO WAY the concept "one big family tree" can work. It was a beautiful ideal, but owing to human frailties in research and in use of technology, FS Family Tree just w.i.l.l.n.o.t.w.o.r.k!!!"
Yesterday James wrote Genealogical Ownership and Isolationism where he states "In a recent pate of online discussion about FamilySearch.org's Family Tree, I was mildly amused to see so many comments from genealogists who were not going to use Family Tree because they didn't want some one to mess with "their data." It might be a revelation to some of these folks, but the fact is that you don't own your genealogical data." He then goes on to discuss copyright as some genealogists erroneously see it.
My beef isn't that I believe my genealogy is mine alone. (It isn't.)
It's that the concept of one great big, pie in the sky, family tree database just doesn't work.
+James Tanner, I am not sure you were speaking directly to Ol' Myrt here, but...
Remember you are talking to the queen of genealogy social networking here. I cut my genea-teeth on a 300 baud modem, using dial-up in the FIDOnet days. That's how important I think it is for genealogists to collaborate. I believe it is essential to share my research with others who may spot my mistakes. That's why I maintain my genealogy blog and have several Ancestry Member Trees, etc.
Peer review is an essential component for Ol' Myrt here to keep climbing the right branches in the family tree of man.
Happy family tree climbing!
Myrt :)
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A contribution to this week's photo challenge:Collage
Sunsets from across Africa.
A contribution to this week's photo challenge:Collage
Sunsets from across Africa.
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This bug relates to TidTcpClient->Connect() an EIdConnectTimeout Exception is NOT always triggered when there is NO physical connection to the network.
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tcp->ConnectTimeout = 200;
tcp->Connect(); //at this point I would expect an EIdConnectTimeout Exception
tcp->IOHandler->WriteDirect(writeA, 19, 0); //I would also expect a timeout here
if(tcp->IOHandler->Readable(500)) //I would NOT expect this would be readable
tcp->IOHandler->ReadBytes(bufA, 255, false); // Yes, this triggers an EIdReadTimeout Exception
In my humble opinion, code following Connect() should never be executed in cases where an EIdConnectTimeout Exception is thrown, this is certainly the case when the EIdConnectTimeout Exception is caught.
When an EIdConnectTimeout Exception is NOT caught, my Quota Non Page Pool Usage grows to a point where it is exhausted and crashes the system causing all kinds of inexplicable behavior in the application including Cannot write to canvas, No MDI available and others ....
I do hope that someone from the Indy Pit Crew can answer this and suggest a work-around until it is fixed.
I have carried out my tests confirming this a large number of times, the result is always the same but I am happy to be proven wrong if it can be shown that I have missed something.