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1969 Ford XL - 'Behind The Scenes
Big NotYes, we know the difference between a Rat and a Mouse. The photo on page 42 of the Nov. '06 issue also got switched when we were out at the cleavage caf. Coming next month: disciplinary action!
Not A MustangWhile we were at the Mustang Roundup in Seattle last summer, we almost walked right by this elephant in the room. It's a sleeper '69 Ford XL with a stock interior and paint job. The only giveaway was the huge 315 meats in the rear and the Monster tach on the shift console. We got a peek under the hood and found a 514 with Edelbrock heads.
Too LateIf you sent an e-mail about the photo of the crank in the Nov. '06 issue's Behind the Scenes, you are one of many. Somewhere between the art guy and the printer, the photo got switched. Here is the real deal, a Chrysler that was picked clean before we could nab the 4-4-0.
Needs PaintWhile on a shoot for the Feb. '07 issue, we found this '68 Road Runner with '69 fenders up on 'stands. We stared and schemed until the owner said he already had $6,000 tied up in it so that's what he wanted to sell it for. Notice the lack of any straight panels? It is an original burgundy 383 automatic car minus the engine, paint, and interior trim.
Giant MicAt our buddy Scott Gillman's, we had to shoot this giant Starrett micrometer he had on his wall. Imagine the crank journal it has to measure.


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Get an inside view of ways that artists are making the age-old medium of painting contemporary with Painter Painter artists Dianna Molzan and Alex Olson.
Rather than deconstructing painting, Molzan says she's "exploring and maximizing everything up for grabs inherent to it." Olson focuses on making works "that prompt a desire to read, but without providing precise language to do so."
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Los Angeles–based Molzan received a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2001) and an MFA from the University of Southern California (2009). She has had solo exhibitions at the Institute of Contemporary Art Boston (2012), the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2011), and her gallery, Overduin and Kite in Los Angeles (2009). Several of her works were included in the show All of this and nothing at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2011).
Olson, who also lives and works in Los Angeles, received a BA from Harvard University (2001) and an MFA from California Institute of the Arts (2008). She is represented by Lisa Cooley, New York; Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago; and Laura Bartlett Gallery, London. Her work is included in the permanent collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; and the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles.

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1. What's included in the quoted daily rate? When obtaining quotes from car rental services, verify that all applicable taxes and fees are included in the quoted price; otherwise you might end up with a higher-than-expected cost. For example, if you rent a vehicle from an airport location, you'll likely pay more due to airport surcharges – make sure the quote rate includes your pickup and drop-off location.
2. What is the mileage plan? Many rental companies offer unlimited miles for the car rental period, allowing you to drive the car as much as you want without facing extra fees. But others may assess extra fees for surpassing a daily mileage maximum. If you rent a vehicle, especially for a period more than a few days, make sure you have unlimited miles or sufficient miles to cover your travels.
3. What if the car develops a mechanical problem? Cars in rental fleets tend to be very well maintained, but make sure you know what your options are should the vehicle break down. Ask the rental company what type of mechanical issues are covered, if any, in the quoted daily rate? Most companies will gladly give you a new car if the one that was initially provided has a problem, but what if the car breaks down on the road? Will the company provide a free tow truck to get you back and into a new car?
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- Book early: Book your vehicle as early as possible. Rentals can sell out of available vehicles, especially at busier locations like airports and during peak travel periods.
- Shop online: Along with almost everything else travel related, like plane tickets and hotel bookings, you can often find the best deals, discounts and freebies by performing plenty of researching and shopping online ahead of time.
- Avoid the airport: Look for rental car locations that are located outside of airports. Airport locations often have higher prices due to the zoning and taxes associated with being located on airport grounds.
- Opt for the compact: Unless your trip calls for something larger, only rent as much car as you need. Although compact and smaller rental cars are usually in higher demand by business travelers, you'll save money on the rental itself and on the gas you'll use during the rental period. If you're offered an upgrade to a larger vehicle, be wary of gas guzzlers.
- Think twice about purchasing additional insurance: Check your existing auto insurance policy or credit cardholder agreement – both may already provide insurance that covers your rental car. If you do purchase an insurance product, make sure you know what exactly the insurance does and doesn't cover. The collision damage waiver or CDW, also known as the loss damage waiver, waives you of responsibility for loss or damage to the rental vehicle.
- Check extra thoroughly for damage upon inspection: Most rental car fleets are maintained meticulously, but damages like scratches or dents in the body or spills, stains or tears in the interior can go unnoticed. If you see any wear, damage or defect during the inspection, make sure you immediately make the company aware – or you might end up paying for it.
- Return the rental car on time: Returning your rental car late can cost you money – as much as a full day's rental, depending on the rental company. Make plans to allow for plenty of time to return your vehicle on time.
- Top off the tank yourself: Although it's a lot more convenient to have the rental company top off the tank for you rather than you doing it yourself, it's an unnecessary expense that can be avoided with a quick trip to the gas station.


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I have been an active member of the STC for more than a dozen years. I have served on the managing bodies of both the Israel Chapter and the UK and Ireland Chapter, where I have served as President and as Treasurer. I am now Co-Manager of the Europe SIG and serve also on a number of Society-level committees. In the past I have been a loyal supporter, and have advocated STC membership for many reasons:
- STC membership puts you in touch with an international community of tech comms professionals, most of whose members are in the United States
- STC membership provides you with a peer-reviewed quarterly academic journal
- STC membership provides you with a regular magazine of interest to tech comms professionals
- STC membership gives you heavily discounted access to conferences (mainly in the USA)and Webinars
...and so on. This has been STC's "value proposition" - the things that it provides that its members value enough to pay money for.
Recently, I have begun to feel that there is not much value left in STC as it stands today, and it is in need of a radical overhaul in order to survive. I believe that outside the rarefied atmosphere of the STC Board and Head Office, this view is widely shared.
The elected leadership has now invited suggestions on solving the financial crisis. Most of the member suggestions I have seen are about reviewing or changing the Society's core activities, not about saving costs or generating revenue. To me this is an indication of a dangerous disconnect between the deliberations of the elected Board on the one hand, and the concerns of the membership at large on the other. Do Board members not realise that the financial crisis is just an acute symptom of an underlying chronic condition, which is the decline of the Society? One Board member at least has acknowledged the breadth of the problem. Mike Hughes has written that he probably would not recognise proposals to make STC appealing to a new generation of professionals.
Elsewhere, Sarah O'Keefe has summarised the STC's ills by writing that it lacks "velocity", "community", and "openness". This contrasts with the official statements from the STC Board, which imply that all the Society needs now is more money.
In another blog, Keith Anderson suggests that a core problem of STC is that it tries to cater for too many interests, including those of academics and those of professionals. As a professional who is also a part-time academic, I would have to agree that this is problematic, and the result is that STC fails to serve either community adequately.
Many people are contributing to an open debate on Twitter, sending suggestions with the hashtag #stcorg . I have contributed several myself, some of which are expressions of my frustration as a community leader. Here are the ideas I posted to Twitter:
- embrace the social media technology we champion as professionals
- provide affordable branded training courses at all levels of the profession
- provide pro-active support for volunteer local leadership
- provide excellent service to individual members and local volunteers when they call the office on any topic
- remember we are a non-profit membership org that needs business-like management, but we are not a business
The unstoppable Tom Johnson has a more detailed list of even more practical suggestions.
As an active and loyal STC member, I have been saddened by the conclusion I have now reached. If STC fails, I don't believe that anything irreplaceable will be lost. Local groups may or may not continue, meeting in person or on the web. The social media tools available now at low cost or no cost make community-building on the Internet almost childishly simple, and show STC to be behind the times. Techcomm bloggers and pundits will continue to write and self-publish articles, while STC publications recycle blog articles that have been in circulation for months. Some conferences will still take place. Outside the USA, other national techcom societies will certainly continue (and within the USA other societies exist as well).
So to answer my own question, does STC deserve to survive: if it can join the current communications game of blogs and wikis rather than email and print; if it can slash its overheads and extricate itself from damaging contractual commitments; if it can establish the kind of zero-based budgeting that it wants to impose on its local communities, and if above all it can make itself relevant and vital to the profession in the 21st century, then of course it should survive. The articles from Tom and Sarah and Keith mentioned above have plenty of suggestions about what could be done to achieve these goals, and I am more than willing to contribute constructive ideas for a revitalised STC, and to continue to commit my energies to them. What we need from the Board is inspiration to achieve them.
But if all the Board wants is more of my money, then I'm afraid I'll be giving a different answer.


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In response to increased investment in West African land, the Sahel and West Africa Club (SWAC/OECD) is leading a regional dialogue with key stakeholders.
Pressures on West African land
Reconciling development and investment policies
Bamako (Mali), 9 December 2009
Bringing together some 200 participants, the Bamako meeting highlighted a large diversity of viewpoints on opportunities and risks related to land transactions. Discussions paved the way for consensual solutions and proposals for co-ordinated actions in West Africa, calling for more synergy between regional institutions.
press release | > summary record | > learn more
SWAC follow-up actions
Regional study on regulatory frameworks for land transactions in West Africa
Co-ordinated by the SWAC Secretariat, this study analyses coherence between national legal frameworks, local practices (especially local conventions), land transaction procedures and regional investment policies in West Africa. Drawing on five case studies (Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, Niger and Senegal), policy recommendations for decision-makers will aim at promoting investment without restricting land access rights of the local populations. Outcomes of this study will be available in April 2010. > Contact: [email protected]
The OECD Policy Framework for Investment (PFI) applied to agriculture in Burkina Faso
Building on the OECD Policy Framework for Investment, the SWAC Secretariat and the OECD Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs (DAF) analyse how to set up an incentive framework for investment in West Africa. The PFI has already proved to be an effective tool in several countries in Asia, Latin America, North Africa and southern Africa. It proposes political and structural reforms which could particularly support national investment policies as well as the establishment of the regional mobilisation programmes within the framework of the Regional Partnership Compact for the implementation of ECOWAP/CAADP. An analysis will be conducted in Burkina Faso in 2010 at the request of the Burkinabese government. > Contact: [email protected]
The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Companies, West African perspectives
These guidelines propose a set of legally non-binding recommendations signed by 39 adhering governments (representing all regions of the world and accounting for 85% of foreign direct investment). Within the revision process of these principles (starting in 2010), the SWAC Secretariat, together with the team of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, will make proposals on how these recommendations could be applied within a West African context. In particular, the SWAC proposes to organise a meeting which will bring together all concerned actors involved in the implementation of these principles and West African actors. > Contact: [email protected]
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Posts Tagged with 'mit'
Arts at MIT "Being Material" symposium (April 2017)
The past Friday and Saturday (April 21st & 22nd) I had the unique experience of attending the Arts at MIT "BeingMaterial" symposium held in Boston. Read more »
Hacking Arts 2016 event (November 18-20)
I was just reminded that the yearly "Hacking Arts" event at MIT is being held November 18-20th.
What is "Hacking Arts"?
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Reality Virtually hack event at MIT last weekend (VRATMIT)
This past weekend at MIT, was an extended weekend-long hackathon centered around Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Mixed Reality (i.e. VR/AR/MR) called: "Reality Virtually". The event consisted of Friday Workshops followed by two days of hacking to transform the future of immersive technologies. Read more »
MIT Computational Fabrication Symposium next month at MIT through CSAIL
There is a great symposium event being held next month at MIT: "Computational Fabrication" hosted by CSAIL. Read more »


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Bones - Season 7, Episode 11 (Review)
The Family in the Feud
Episode Summary
A yokel is out hunting for truffles, but the giant pig finds a dead body whose eyes emit a scary red glow. The Jeffersonian is dispatched to the scene, and Brennan guesses that the person was a Caucasian male based on the large and projecting mastoid process, broad chin, and high nasal root, and from the porosity of the ulna, she guesses the man was about 80 years old at death. Hodgins identifies the weird glow as the result of railroad worms in the eye orbits; they can glow green or red to scare off predators. Although Brennan infers that the man was killed by penetrating trauma that caused a lot of blood, none of the highly trained FBI agents bothers to look for a bullet near the body.
Back at the Jeffersonian, Brennan and Saroyan disagree on the man's age at death. Brennan is still insisting 80 because of the porosity (indicative of osteoporosis and aging), but Saroyan thinks 40 because of the robusticity of muscle attachments. Both stick to their assessments, even though porosity is a crappy way to tell age from bone (as it could be affected by disease) and robusticity is a crappy way to tell age as well (as the person could have been unusually fit or weak). Brennan doubles down on stupidity, insisting that carbon dating the bone will give her the most accurate result. Fortunately, the man had six toes (polydactyly), so he was easy to identify based on hospital records (I think?) as Tug Babcock. Neither the polydactyly nor the surprisingly robust frame is ever mentioned again. Daisy finds that Tug was shot from the left side at a range of about 15 feet, and the bullet nicked the fourth lumbar vertebra before inexplicably shattering the right half of the pelvis.
The immediate suspects, based on the Babcocks' assertions, are the Mobleys, who have had a long-standing feud with them. Actually, there are only two Mobleys, it seems, some older dude and a young girl stereotypically named Sue Bob. Another suspect is Dennis Timmonds, who had a contract to dig for copper on Tug's land after he died. Mobley is initially ruled out, since the casing and bullet (which Angela had to go out with a metal detector to find embedded in a tree) aren't a match for his gun, and Timmonds is dispatched quickly too.
Daisy reconstructs the shattered right pelvis and finds a 2mm bore hole with little remodeling, likely from a bone biopsy done just days prior to Tug's death. Saroyan runs some tests and finds out that Tug was suffering from osteogenic chondrosarcoma. At stage 4, it was widely metastatic, and he had just weeks to live.
Brennan takes the bullet and casing home, as Daisy and Angela found bone dust not matching the victim's in it. She can't figure out why there is "tunneling" in the bone, and Hodgins thinks it looks archaeological, so she sends it off to be carbon dated. It comes back within hours, during a smoothie-klatch among the women of the Jeffersonian, as being 120 years old. Bone dust was packed into the ammunition - bone dust from Stonewall Mobley, the great-great-great-grandfather of the current Mobley guy. He commissioned the bullets from what I presume is a large stash of Stonewall's bones that have been lying around for over a century. Mobley admits to having the bullets, but they were taken by Claire Babcock when she came to destroy the half of his house that was encroaching on the Babcocks' land. Since Claire was Tug's lawyer, she stood to lose a lot of money if the feud ever stopped. They search her house and find the bullets and her gun, which she insists she can't shoot. Brennan suggests she'd have an injury from the recoil, and she does, but it's only circumstantial. Hodgins gets a warrant to test Claire's clothes for truffle spores, and he finds them, placing her at the scene in the right time-frame. She confesses.
In the B plot, Hodgins and Daisy work together to figure out why the truffles he collected taste like ass. Turns out, a nearby stream is contaminated by all sorts of nasty heavy metals and has been since the 1800s. And yet people trolled the area for truffles that tasted like ass for over a century? The Mobley-Babcock feud didn't start because one had poisoned the other - they had accidentally poisoned themselves by drinking tainted water.
In the C plot, Christine was kicked out of the Jeffersonian's daycare purely so Ryan O'Neal would have something to do. Brennan gives her father chance after chance not to screw up, but he keeps doing so. In spite of her expressed desire to get Christine a nanny and have one-on-one tutoring in the Montessori or Waldorf styles, she goes with her deadbeat felon of a father. 'cause blood is thicker than heavy metal-riddled water. (I have to say, though, a multilingual, multicultural song time is not too much to ask.)
Forensic Comments
- As usual, the assessment of sex could use a few more markers than just the mastoid (which is larger in males). I'm not sure what "broad chin" means; not specific enough.
- A high nasal root is one of the features of the skull that can suggest European ancestry. But I'd been pretty happy that Bones hadn't gotten into the whole "race" debate this season.
- Railroad worms are usually found in orchards, not forests with truffles.
- As noted, porosity of bone - of one bone, no less - is a terrible way to estimate age-at-death. Sure, our bone density tends to decrease with age, but any number of things could make bone more or less porous.
- If the cancer was so widespread that Tug's pelvis could shatter, someone should have seen evidence of the cancer in the bones, not just the hole from the biopsy needle.
- Dear Bones Writers: First, carbon-dating tells you how old a bone is in chronological time, not how old the person was at death. Second, you can't carbon date forensic remains; they are too recent. In sum, carbon dating tells you when a person died (provided it was 50+ years ago) but not the age at which the person died. Having Brennan assert she could tell the man's age with accuracy is just dumb, dumb, beyond dumb. At least the bone dust in the bullet could actually be carbon dated.
- Why wasn't the polydactyly mentioned again? In a plot about a family feud, you'd think there would be a big reveal about this genetic trait - Tug Babcock had it, and Sue Bob Mobley had it too - gaaassssp, they are related! Way to squander an awesome sixth toe on the victim's ID.
- Booth tells Brennan to stay back at Mobley's house because "I don't want Christine to lose both parents." Yeah, so, you'd think the FBI would have rules against parents being partners because of exactly this scenario.
- Brennan just looks through bone dust at home with her super powerful microscope while waiting for Max. Like ya do, 'cause chain of custody isn't a biggie and there's no way she'd compromise evidence in a murder trial.
- Oh, I forgot to rag on the accents. They were horrific. Actually worse than the fake accent of the intern... I don't have the energy to look up his name. Anyway, if you're going to make people do "hick" accents, at least make them all do the same "hick" accent. Those were all over the place.
- So why do people hunt for truffles on land that's poisonous and makes truffles taste horrible? Who buys those truffles?
- Why doesn't Brennan's front door have a peep hole? Why does she just unlock and open it without asking who's there?
Forensic Mystery - C. I was excited about the weird worms and the polydactyly, but the writers disappointed me by dropping the ball on the latter.
Forensic Solution - D. Taking off a lot of points here because of the ridiculous Brennan/Saroyan fight in which they both came off looking like idiots who should take a remedial osteology course.
Drama - C. Again, I was excited to think that there was going to be a big twist related to the feud, but there wasn't. The Brennan-Max subplot lined up nicely with the inter-family feud, but I still found it hard to believe. And I still think Brennan and Booth kissing looks weird.
Next Week: Bones gets all meta as Brennan's book (whose protagonist, you may recall, is conveniently named Kathy Reichs) is made into a TV show. I'm actually looking forward to this, in a weird way.


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Lessons Learned
Cherokee Launches Mainstream GreenHome Virtual TourRaleigh, N.C. – Homebuilders and buyers across the country can experience Cherokee's Mainstream GreenHome through a new, online virtual tour at www.mainstreamgreenhome.com. The interactive tour showcases the cutting-edge features of the Mainstream GreenHome, an idea home that brings green building to a home that looks and feels like its neighbors yet uses less energy and water and provides a healthier living environment.
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Who Else is Building Green?
Chicago Museum of Science and Industry's Modular Green Home. Chicago, IL.
BASF's Near Zero-Energy Home. Patterson, NJ
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Q3: Is there a better, full-proof way to get the proper Remoteables list used by a Rack Extension device ?
A3: Sure, from the Rack Extension device's documentation... if/when available :)
(or, the tedious manual way already mentioned on the previous Part I post)
So, try getting the Rack Extension User Manual, Remote Mapping Chart or even the MIDI Implementation Chart if available and check the index or (usually) the last pages of the User Manual (or try searching for "Remote", "Mapping", "Chart").
The only current example (that I know) of proper Remote documentation:
PEFF Buffre Beat Repeater: Go to the "Product website" or the "Product support page" and download the Operation Manual. Check Page 35 (true for v1.0.1) and there it is, the Remote Mapping Chart.
The previous page has the current MIDI Implementation Chart, if you need or want to control Buffre purely through MIDI CCs, without messing around with Remote mapping.
Some examples of how a MIDI Implementation Chart can also be helpful:
Propellerhead Pulsar Dual LFO: Go to the "Product website" and at the bottom of the page, look for the "MIDI Controller Chart" and download it. Not really a Remote Mapping Chart but you can check the Parameter column and try those parameter IDs as Remoteables. I know, I know, still hit'n'miss territory here... but if there's no Remote Mapping Chart, this could be the closest thing.
...oh and don't forget to get the Operation Manual and take a look at it. There's always something in there that you missed while simply using the device ;)
Propellerhead Polar Dual Pitch Shifter: Go to the "Product website" and again, at the bottom of the page, look for the "MIDI Controller Chart" and download it. Exact same thing as above... not really the Remote Mapping Chart but you can try using those parameters and see if those work as the Remoteables. Also, get the Operation Manual and check if there's anything you didn't know about Polar :)
Propellerhead Radical Piano: Already implemented on the "factory" provided Remote Maps, installed with Reason 6.5 but, like the above, there's a "MIDI Controller Chart" available, if needed in the "Product website" link :)
At the time of this post (and last update), I wasn't able to find anything like the above for:
- Audio Damage
- Synapse
- Sugar Bytes: There are manuals but no MIDI Implementation or anything Remote related.
- Softube: There are VST-version manuals with no specific info for the Rack Extension versions.
- iZotope's Ozone Maximizer: A User's Guide exists with lots of interesting info, but no reference to Remote or MIDI Implementation.
- FXpansion's Etch Red: Lots of excellent information, videos, demos and documentation, but nothing about Remote. Maybe the best would be to ask them in the dedicated support forum :)
- GForce's Re-Tron: Excellent User Manual, video and demos but nothing about Remote or MIDI Implementation
- Korg's Polysix: Lots of interesting and useful info but nothing about Remote Mapping.
- AudioRealism's ABL2: There's a Manual (draft) but no Remote or MIDI Implementation info (yet?).
- Sonic Charge's Bitspeek: User Guide exists, but nothing about Remote or MIDI implementation.


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We may have reached a moment in California when our politics and government aren't about what the state needs right now, in terms of jobs, the budget, schools or prisons.
Our politics are all about 2013 -- and the question of whether Democrats will control 2/3 of the legislature by then.
Two-thirds matters in California because the state government has so many special fiscal rules, including a sea of supermajorities.
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Among the most crucial of these supermajorities are rules requiring a 2/3 vote of the legislature to raise taxes (and in some cases lower taxes if they're part of a package raising taxes), raise fees, or suspend the school funding guarantee.
In effect, these supermajorities mean that the majority party can't shape the state and its budget as it wants -- unless it controls a two-thirds supermajority of the legislature.
It's not clear whether Democrats really can reach 2/3 in the legislature. But Democrats and their backers -- and Republicans and their backers -- clearly think it's possible.
This belief is based on Republicans' political difficulties in California; it's also based on uncertainly -- I would say hype -- about the impact of the new redistricting scheme and new primary rules.
So almost everything everyone in Sacramento is doing right now seems calculated to help (or hurt, in the case of the GOP) the Democratic push to win 2/3 of the legislature in the 2012 elections.
As a voter watching this arm-wrestling match, you should not take anything said or done right now in Sacramento at face value.
For example, the much touted recent "jobs" push by Democrats was -- by the admission of even some Democrats -- mostly an attempt to portray Republicans as using their leverage under the 2/3 system to oppose jobs measures -- and thus build the case for electing enough Democrats to get the party to 2/3.
That's good politics.
But a better alternative -- if the overriding concern of legislators was actually jobs -- would be finding policy changes that could boost the employment and the economy (making life easier for homebuyers and homeowners would be one area of focus) and would require a majority vote.
On the Republican side, the party is so panicked about losing its ability to block things with supermajority votes that key officials are making foolish decisions.
Most seriously, the party is foolishly launching a referendum to challenge new district lines for the state senate out of fear that Democrats will gain 2/3 there.
Even in the unlikely event that the GOP can qualify the measure (funds are short) and get voters to approve it (more than, yes, 2/3 of California voters aren't Republicans), a victory in a referendum means judges would draw the lines.
There's no guarantee that those lines wouldn't be worse for Republicans than those drawn by the Citizens Redistricting Commission.
What does the fight over 2/3 mean for you?
In 2013, it may mean a whole lot, particularly if Democrats succeed in winning supermajorities in the legislature.
But for the 16 months between now and then, it means that Sacramento won't be focused on making the lives of Californians better. It will be focused on a struggle for power.
Let us know what you think. Comment below, send us your thoughts via Twitter @PropZero or add your comment to our Facebook page.


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If you think there's no such thing as a good man, Niecy Nash is ready to set you straight.
"When you believe that there are good men out there, you will draw them to you," said Nash, a comedian and actress who dishes out relationship advice in her book, "It's Hard to Fight Naked" (Gallery Books). "What people don't realize is you attract the kind of person you are inside, so if you are broken and damaged, you're going to attract someone who is broken and damaged."
Nash, who married her second husband, Jay Tucker, in 2011, said you have to heal your wounds before you can be in a healthy partnership.
"Wanting love doesn't make you ready for it," she said. "If you want to get a ring, it starts by being comfortable in your own skin. Once you start working on your healing process if there needs to be one, the more whole, the more sound you are — the better the people are who show up."
Here are some of Nash's tips for relationship success:
No partner can complete you.
"You have to remember that a relationship is like money, it's only going to enhance what you already have and what you already are. It's not like this man or woman shows up and they are your cosmic bellhop giving you whatever you want or need and desire in life. You can't have your happiness and your well being contingent on what a partner will or won't provide. That's too much pressure."
Honesty really is the best policy.
"I told my husband in the first five minutes — he asked me, 'Do you want more children?' and I said, 'I got my tubes tied sir. I can't give you nothin' but a good time!' 'Do you want to get married?' 'I was married for 16 years and I would do it in a heartbeat for the right man.' Then he said, 'Let me get your number.' When you are honest, what you will find surprisingly is there is always someone out there who is going to want the same things you do."
Speak softly if you want to be heard.
"We have been socialized that if you talk loud, yell, if you're antagonistic or aggressive, that this is the way to be heard. But if you go back to the title of the book, when you are naked, you are your most vulnerable. Emotionally, you are exposed. In that place, there is no need for the carrying on."
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StorySlam on the theme "Stories of Survival", Saturday, March 16th at 7PM
Offered in partnership with Bangor Area Story Slam, audience members are invited to tell their own stories of survival. All stories must be true and must have happened to you, the storyteller. Those with stories put their names in a hat during the night of the event, and ten per evening are chosen at random. Each may tell a five-minute story that adheres to the theme (but keep in mind, varied interpretations on the theme are accepted and expected). This event is free, but requires reservation (call 207-942-3333). For more details visit: www.bangorstoryslam.org
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I have to say I am surprised a bit by what I've seen and read about the necromancer in GW2. I've posted a bunch on GW2Guru about my thoughts, though most of my posts were speculation before the profession was revealed at Gamescom. I was hoping for some sort of unique mechanic associated with the gathering of souls and speculated about a soul battery based on some sort of energy gained for slaying baddies that could be used to affect spells.
Yeah, we got something like that alright.
I appreciate the concept of the Death Shroud, especially regarding both the updated mechanics of death in GW2 and the general lore associated with necromancers. As a unique profession mechanic, I'm still not sold. I am a big fan of versatility and, from what I've seen about the death shroud, you've got 4 skills and a limited amount of time to use them, and it's unclear whether these give you an advantage in combat. Sure, it's pretty cool and I like how it looks in the demos, but after the novelty of "ooh, that's cool looking" wears off, I'm not so sure I'll see much benefit in using it in battle. This is, of course, me speaking out my butt since I haven't personally played the demo and I know there's a good chance that the final version will be different from what was presented at Gamescom. But hey, what's a blog without opinions?
What I do like about the death shroud is that it also plays the role of the necromancer's downed skills. It makes sense that, of all the professions, necromancers would be most proficient when they are dieing. This is where I see a clear advantage for the death shroud. Warriors have "Throw Rock," but necromancers have "Doom." If nothing else, the downed skills for the necro sound like the necromancer is in control.
I see a lot of returning skills that I like. I'm also appreciative of the return of minions and I hope that necros a) get a few more to play with both in quality and quantity, and b) get a flesh golem equivalent in GW2. I'd like 10-12, personally, and the demos showed 6-7. As for blood magic, a big thank you to ANet for resurrecting that wonderful, if underused and misunderstood, attribute line. It gets a lot more use in GW2 and appears to be tied to daggers (hooray for logic!). I'm also a fan of the fact that necros get to use axes. Because really, what's more menacing than a creepy guy carrying an axe?
Death magic appears to be strewn throughout the skill lineup without specifically saying it is death magic. Curses are, well, I'm not sure where. There's a big debate about curses and hexes in general on the GW2Guru forums. I'm not sure how curses will play out in GW2. I guess we'll have to wait and see. I'm happy to report that wells are returning and I'm curious about "marks." Mark of Blood and Reaper's Mark are two reported skills that use this mechanic. I hope we'll learn more about this tomorrow in the official reveal on the GW2 website.
All that being said, I'm gonna roll a necro. At this point, I'm 99% sure that my necro will not be Belzan. I've come to this decision for a number of reasons including character lore and personal interest in other professions (and possible professions). People change a lot in 250 years…


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The first of two articles
The questions asked most frequently of restaurant writers are: "What is your favorite restaurant?" "Where do you get the most for your money?" and "What new restaurants have you gone to that are really good?" The answers to these questions and more will be contained in the following paragraphs, which encompass our favorite dining experiences from the year 2010. They are listed in random order, not in order of preference:
•Cin Cin, 7838 Germantown Ave. (215-242-8800; www.cincinrestaurant.com): Every year for the past 12 years myself, my wife, my brother and sister-in-law have experienced the "New Year's Eve Grand Celebration Menu" at Cin Cin. Every year the restaurant is a virtual beehive at 7 p.m., when we arrive. The waiting area is packed with so many people, half of them almost have to inhale while the other half exhale. Every time the door opens and more people squeeze in, I'm afraid a bunch of us will fall out the door (as in the scene in "A Night at the Opera," by the Marx Brothers).
And every year we insist the food could not get any better. And then it does. Cin Cin is unquestionably the best and most successful and creative restaurant in Chestnut Hill; most entrees are under $20, and we are very fortunate to have it here. I can't even imagine the kind of beatific press it would get if it were in center city.
The four-course New Year's Eve banquet, a bargain at $49.95 a person, contained one spectacular dish after another: truffle-oiled vegetable spring roll filled with shiitake, button and Portobello mushrooms and cabbage; potato-crusted crab cakes with fresh asparagus and sweet pepper sauce; wok-tossed Maine lobster with jumbo shrimp, shiitake, snow peas, shallots, scallions and ginger and a rice wine mushroom sauce; duck with fresh corn, Japanese pumpkin, zucchini and sweet rice in an orange Pinot Noir emulsion, and more.
•Zacharia's Creek Side Cafe in the Center Point Shopping Center, 2960 Skippack Pike (Route 73) in Worcester, 20 to 30 minutes from Chestnut Hill (610-584-5650; www.zachariascreeksidecafe.com):
These days almost everyone is looking for bargains, and as I have said before in this space, one silver lining to the current economic cloud is that many upscale restaurants have lowered their prices or at least begun to offer lower-priced options in addition to their regular menus. Zacharia's is an obvious case in point. Every Tuesday through Thursday, they offer a three-course, prix fixe menu for $29.99 that is a spectacular bargain. The quality and quantity of the food are so impressive (and it's BYOB) that you can't help but smile when the check comes. (And there's a good chance you'll have leftovers for a very enjoyable meal at home.) And as far as the food is concerned, there is not a joker in the deck.
•Old Guard House Inn, 953 Youngsford Rd., Gladwyne (610-649-9708 or visit www.guardhouseinn.com): Albert Breuers, 67, a native of Dusseldorf, Germany, and for the last 31 years the owner/chef of Old Guard House Inn, instituted a $30-for-three-courses policy on non-weekends after the recession took hold. This is less than the price of some of the entrees alone if one orders from the regular menu. (It's about two minutes from the Gladwyne exit off the Schuylkill Expressway.)
Old Guard House Inn has won every award imaginable from area newspapers and magazines in the past few years ("Best Crab Cakes," "Best Lobster," "Best Bartender," "Best Restaurant Overall," etc.), and Chestnut Hill restaurateur Paul Roller, who is notoriously hard to please, has often told me how much he admires Albert Breuers because "he does everything the way it should be done. He represents 'Old School' in the best possible way."
Food-wise, I would give them more plugs than General Electric. And the rustic 200-plus-year-old log cabin-like building with low ceilings and walls of wood bark on slab pine has an atmosphere as comfortable as an old pair of shoes. Some of the items on the $30 menu have been appetizers such as goat cheese brulée with mixed greens and balsamic vinaigrette; and traditional Caesar salad; entrees such as baked monkfish with a mustard hollandaise; filet of beef pot pie with asparagus and mashed potatoes, and baked rainbow trout with lemon caper butter, accompanied by vegetables and potatoes. The portions are the same size as on the regular menu, and we always wind up taking significant leftovers home.
•Portofino, 1227 Walnut St. (215-923-8208 or www.portofino1227walnut.com): This is a classic Italian restaurant that has survived for 37 years because it is consistently great and because owner Ralph Berarducci is one of a kind. Since he is so modest, Ralph doesn't want me to write about his almost unbelievable charitable activities on behalf of the most impoverished Philadelphians.
Therefore, I'll just write about the restaurant itself. Portofino is like the most fashionable supper club of the 1930s and '40s. The sauces and daily specials are sublime, eliciting oohs and aahs at table after table, and on Sundays through Thursdays you can order a complete three-course dinner for just $29. (And Sundays and Mondays are BYOB nights.) There are lots of new Italian kids on the block, but Portofino is still at the head of the class. And the service is as impressive as the food.
•Shangri-La Inn, 138 Montgomery Ave., Bala Cynwyd (610-668-2100 or www.toshangrilainn.com): On April 2, 2003, a fire completely destroyed Shangri-La Inn. For many businesspeople, such a catastrophe might be the end of the story. But anyone who knows the Chau family, who own the restaurant, knows that their spines are unusually stiff.
The patriarch, Dr. Song Chau, a medical doctor, brought his family here from Beijing two decades ago to escape Communist totalitarianism. In addition to Shangri-La Inn, the Chau family owns Samurai, a Japanese restaurant in Rosemont; and Sampan Inn, a Chinese and Japanese restaurant in Havertown.
When the family reopened Shangri-La Inn in July of 2004, it was not only twice as big, but it is also a Japanese restaurant as well as a Chinese restaurant. There are two new rooms strictly for teppanyaki, the Japanese form of theatrical tableside cooking, as well as a stunning circular bar, a new sushi bar, Italian tile floors, granite tables (at least I took them for granite), hand-carved windows, upholstered chairs and more. As with all of their restaurants, both the Japanese and Chinese cuisine at Shangri-La Inn are outstanding, and the prices are ridiculously reasonable. If I had $10 for every person who has thanked me for recommending the Chau family's restaurants down through the years, I'd be able to open my own restaurant.
•JG Domestic, 2929 Arch St. (215-222-2363 or www.jgdomestic.com): Jose Garces' seventh restaurant opened in mid-October on the ground floor of the spectacular Cira Center, just yards from the 30th Street Train Station. And it is falling into the embrace of the cocktail crowd, boldface names and young professionals who once filled the Old City nightclubs that have since been hijacked by the bar hoppers, meatheads and Snooki wannabes.
Blandness is not on the menu at JG Domestic. For example, two of the innovative items on the menu are the heirloom crimson popcorn ($5) and the Maine lobster "cappuccino" with a butternut squash dumpling ($14); and Garces really wanders into the culinary outfield with the Jidori chicken (lunch, $12; dinner, $16), fried-chicken coated in cornflakes and served over chicken liver gravy, etc.
A selection of domestic artisanal cheeses such as bleu cheese, triple cream and sheep's/cow cheese from Vermont ($16) were yummy in the tummy. And it's wicked hard to stop eating the large rectangle of wood oven flatbread — like a thin pizza crust with chanterelle mushrooms, shaved cheddar cheese, black truffle and egg yolks ($12).
After tasting the chilled heirloom baby beets (as opposed to grown up beets?) with whipped crème fraiche and molasses vinaigrette ($9), I was as excited as a Bedouin shepherd seeing his first whale. And a recent study revealed that the Kabocha squash with black kale, sheep milk cheese and candied squash seeds ($10) is a spectacularly original and savory dish. (The study was conducted by the University of My Taste Buds.) An entree of prawns had a New Orleans-style spiced tomato broth that could extend your life expectancy if you ate it every day ($20).
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I notice at times my computer being non responsive, with the light indicating activity on. A few minutes later whatever was happening is completed.
Is there a program that logs CPU / RAM memory / hard drive usage so I can see what services/processes occur and when, and whether I can pinpoint what exactly makes my computer non responsive for minutes at a time.
Even at times I get a message saying Explorer has stopped responding. I don't know if its related to the fact that Norton Utilities cannot complete a disk de-fragmentation due to an CRC error, and running Disk Doctor as it suggests no errors are found. What that is in regards to I have no idea.
Sometimes I log onto my laptop, go get my coffee and return to find out its restarted and upon logging in again I'm told that the system rebooted due to an error, and to send a report to Microsoft. I don't know what that is about, either.
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Under clear skies on the lawn of Colby's Miller Library, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair advised the 465 members of the Class of 2012 to continue learning with humility, to maintain an open mind, and to serve others.
Blair, who now works to promote peace, respect, and understanding worldwide, spoke at the College's 191st commencement ceremonies May 20. Blair followed class speaker Samuel Deeran '12 of Falmouth, Maine, and the awarding of the Condon Medal by President William D. Adams. The medal, for constructive citizenship and the only award presented at graduation, went to Nicole G. Sintetos '12 of Winslow, Maine. Following the speeches Adams presented honorary degrees to five distinguished recipients and bachelor of arts diplomas to each graduating student.
Blair shared seven lessons in life.
Lesson one: "Never stop learning. Carry on. And have the humility always to know that you can learn more," he said. "Successful people are not defined by a restless search for fame and fortune but by an insatiable desire to be better and an infinite curiosity as to how. They're perpetual voyagers on the journey of self-improvement."
Lesson two: Maintain an open mind. "Be open to those of different faiths, cultures, races, and nations," Blair said. "These things are the boundaries of division in history, but the open mind crosses them."
Lesson three: "Giving is as good as getting," Blair said. "Compassion is as important as ambition. So don't just choose a career, choose a cause. There are many to choose from. … The noble causes—believe me they're there amongst all the drudgery and self obsession of human existence—find them and save a bit of yourselves for them. It's worth it."
Lesson four: Friendship matters, and family matters most. "It's in the family that you learn one of the most important lessons of life: that it is not all about you."
Lesson five: Be a leader, not a follower. "And above all else, be a doer and not a critic, Blair said. "Human progress has never been shaped by commentators, complainers, or cynics. Progress is forged by the courage of the change-maker. Courage is not the absence of fear, it's the overcoming of fear. And the leaders that I've met—all of them have always had their doubts, anxieties, periods of acute lack of confidence, worry," he said.
Lesson six: Make use of the interconnected world. "It's a fascinating and energizing and exciting world out there," Blair said. "Take advantage of it. See the world. See its possibilities."
Lesson seven: This time of challenge presents unprecedented opportunity. "Have confidence," said Blair. "Because we're not an empire based on interest but a way of life based on values. And those values—democracy, liberty, the equality of each human being regardless of race and religion, faith, or gender, free enterprise, fair play—these values that define your nation at its best and my nation at its best—they're not a monument to our past, they are humanity's best hope for the future."
In a discussion of the benefits of failure, Blair said, "Sam [Deeran] is right; don't be afraid to fail—we all do. Be afraid of not trying. That's a lot worse."
In his speech Deeran recounted a failure of his own. As a sophomore he left Colby to attempt stand-up comedy in Los Angeles. During a stint as a telemarketer Deeran realized how much he had left behind. "I had gone on thinking that a magical real world existed somewhere and that I just needed to find it."
"I don't know any better than you what your new world will be like," Deeran told his classmates. "It will be at first unreal. My question to you, the Class of 2012, is what will you do to make it real?
Five individuals with very real accomplishments were awarded honorary degrees: David E. Shaw, managing director of Black Point Group and founder of IDEXX Laboratories; Ralph J. Cicerone, president of the National Academy of Sciences and chair of the National Research Council; Tonya Gonnella Frichner, president and founder of the American Indian Law Alliance; Robert D. Putnam, Malkin Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University; and National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master and 2011 Guggenheim Fellow Randy Weston.
The procession of students was led by Erin Powers '12 of Fairfield, Conn., a chemistry major who was named class marshal for the highest grade point average.


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As I finally got around to uploading photos from January to current on Facebook, I realized that 2009 has already been a year to remember (although I don't look photogenic in any of the moments!).
Yes, it's true I have joined the ranks of the unemployed, but I've also been motivated and inspired to follow my dreams of launching a career in book publishing, started this blog which has become quite an enjoyable hobby, begun to really appreciate Chicago and all it offers, been to my first Bulls game, Cocokey Resort with three of my best friends, had the #1 bracket in my pool as of NOW (sorry, MSU, I bet correctly that UNC would pull off the win), started a volunteer relationship with a worthwhile organization (<3 to you, Open Books), been blessed with a baby nephew, and been lucky enough to have the love, support and enjoyment of a wonderful family and system of friends.
Alright, fine, I may be a little tipsy from watching the pathetic game that MSU just played, but I am thankful for all this year has already brought (I cannot believe Easter is this Sunday – time has flown by) and all it promises in the future. I hope you all enjoyed my Miller Lite induced ramblings (potentially found some inspiration yourself?), but hopefully this little nugget will serve as a reminder for the important things next time I get frustrated when job searching or waiting for spring to come to Chicago.
Heading home on the train tomorrow, looking forward to some quality MI time with the family and good books, while curled up in my favorite chair! Hopefully book reviews to come shortly… Hitting the "publish" button before I can overthink and delete this…


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Zina Daniel's brother says he'd like tougher firearm restrictions
The brother of Zina Daniel -- the woman at the center of the Azana Salon and Spa shooting -- said he never knew there was trouble.
Now, he's calling for new laws in Zina's honor.
"I am an NRA supporter, but we have to all agree, at some point, some people should not have possession of a firearm," Elvin Daniel said.
Daniel said he'd like to see tougher restrictions on the books in the wake of the shooting that killed his sister.
"Zina never said anything. I think she was trying to protect us, I think," Daniel said.
Daniel said he saw Zina and her husband, Radcliffe Haughton, at least once a month and didn't know anything was wrong in their marriage.
"Nothing stuck out as something was wrong. It was a normal family," Daniel said.
Since the shooting last month, Daniel has been caring for Zina's 13-year-old daughter, whom he officially got custody of Tuesday.
"She's coping with it better than all of us, to the point where I asked her, I said, 'You see us all falling apart around you. Teach me what do you know.' She's just got an amazingly strong personality," Daniel said.
As for Daniel's thoughts on the shooter:
"Radcliffe committed a horrendous and monstrous act, killing three people and wounding four others, but he was not a monster. Rad was a sick man that chose not to seek help," Daniel said.
Carmen Petri with the Soujourner Truth Peace Center said resources exist for abuse victims and potential abusers.
She said abuse is a learned behavior.
"So you need fathers talking to sons, you need men talking to young men about what does it mean to be a man. How do you be a man without hurting other people?" Petri said.
Daniel said he is extremely grateful to the community for their support. He's especially grateful for the numerous fundraisers.
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After viewing a detailed PowerPoint presentation spelling out a unanimous decision by the Chestnut Hill Community Association's Web Portal Task Force to establish a Web portal for Chestnut Hill, the CHCA board voted only to "investigate establishing" such a portal.
The board's unanimous vote came in response to the PowerPoint presentation by Rob Remus, a Chestnut Hill Community Association board member, and a motion to establish "an entity to operate this portal on behalf of the whole community."
Remus said the task force had two recommendation: (1) to create the Internet portal, and (2) to acquire new technology upon which the portal would be constructed and which would also be used to update the Chestnut Hill Local's website. He proposed turning the task force into a formal committee to work with the stakeholders (whom he defined in his presentation as Chestnut Hill residents, the community association, the community fund, the business association, local institutions, and "citizen journalists").
Remus explained his concept of the portal as a community marketing tool, envisioning a "social coordinator" who could "push out" information about events and other happenings to individuals who had registered with the site.
"This portal would serve the stakeholders and their mission," he said.
Remus emphasized throughout his talk that competition for such a Web portal was imminent, referring repeatedly to a company called AOL Patch. According to its website (www.patch.com), AOL Patch is "a community-specific news and information platform dedicated to providing comprehensive and trusted local coverage for individual towns and communities."
Remus explained that AOL Patch is "all about getting visitors – they don't care about us." He warned the board that such competition could "radically change the landscape" and create a Web presence that would deprive the community association of any control over content.
"We add value to our content," he said.
Before taking questions from the board, Remus pointed out that the ownership structure of the portal hadn't yet been defined, nor had any discussion taken place regarding ad revenue projections.
Board member Mike Chomentowski referred to an article in Time magazine ("Are Hyperlocal News Sites Replacing Newspapers?") that suggested the more successful community portals were those run by journalists. Chomentowski asked him to comment about the decision not to use the Local as a means of creating the portal.
Remus explained that there were two different skill sets involved here: a technical capability to manage and present information versus those who generate the content on a website. Remus explained that while the sites begun by newspapers had been successful, their success came about as a result of being run from a business development standpoint.
"Editorial control alone is not the common model," he explained.
Board member Tom Hemphill questioned whether the new portal would be a friend or a competitor to the Local and its website.
Remus explained that the whole portal would serve the Local's needs.
"If anything," he said, "it gives the Local an online presence that they couldn't get themselves."
Board member Art Howe presented Remus and the board with a copy of the Ellsworth American, published in Bar Harbor, Maine, which has a strong community portal and a printed newspaper and, he said, "is doing very well."
"I think you're spot on with your presentation," Howe said to Remus, but stated that advertising would require personnel to both sell and manage, and asked who would sell these ads? Remus responded that the staff of the Local would be trained on how to take orders for those ads and put them online.
Art Howe then addressed Larry Hochberger, the Local's associate publisher, asking whether he thought his staff could handle that responsibility.
"If so, then there's no question about who owns it and who controls it – it's the Local," Howe said.
Remus disagreed, but could offer no response. Board member Bob Rossman suggested the discussion was getting ahead of itself, as the motion before the board dealt solely with whether or not to establish a portal.
Board member Stephanie Chomentowski expressed hesitation about voting to establish the portal. Instead, she suggested the matter be investigated further and that the language of the motion be amended to reflect this. Mike Chomentowski agreed and suggested the board reconsider the option of running the portal.
"Ultimately, this is about protecting the Local," said Howe.
Chestnut Hill Community Fund Biannual Report
Treasurer Bill McGuckin delivered the biannual Trustees Report of the Chestnut Hill Community Fund to the board.
The report of the latest fiscal year, which ended March 31, still is with the auditors and won't be complete until some time in mid November. McGuckin told the board that the report would be posted to the Internet at that time for all to read.
"We've done significantly better this year than last year," McGuckin said.
He reported that there had been little change halfway into the current fiscal year, from April 1 to Sept. 30. He explained that the annual fund drive works to collect and distribute money to 22 different beneficiaries that include free concerts, organizations, schools, groups, and beautification efforts, "all for the betterment of the community." The Fund's basic objective, he said, was to improve life in the Chestnut Hill Area.
"The good that we do is phenomenal, and something we should promote," he told the CHCA board. He emphasized the importance of being well informed about the things the community fund does so as to make known all of their good causes.
In the last year, in addition to the more than $100,000 raised by the Annual Fund Drive, thousands of volunteer man-hours had been given to the Association, McGuckin said.
In addition to the fund drive, an anonymous five-year bequest has allowed the community association and the fund to hire an administrative coordinator. That five-year period ends this year.
Community Fund president Jean Hemphill explained that there may be additional funding from this donor, but said "she [the donor] was unwilling to make a formal commitment beyond this year." Hemphill explained that the donor was unlikely to make another five-year commitment to the CHCA.
"But there might be an extension," board president Walter Sullivan said.
"I think there can be more money to come, but I think her thought was that the organization needs to figure out how it's going to have this without her," Hemphill said.
Community fund trustee Fran Lane reported on the management and investment activities of the fund. He reported that the fund's market value holdings of $583,000 were split between actively managed and inactively managed funds.
Community fund secretary Stan Moat reviewed the status of Town Hall, the fund's only real estate. He said two rentals are available in this building, which contains the offices for the Local, and that those rental revenues are now being spent on deferred maintenance of the building.
This maintenance includes dealing with water seeping into the basement and foundation. The window wells have been blocked up, new concrete has been replaced in the alley outside the building, and new drainage and a new sump pump have been installed.
Water has also damaged the building from the top down – a condition he said the fund will take steps to fix, with roof replacement scheduled for next month.


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Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows reached new records in the subregions of East Asia and South-East Asia in 2011, UNCTAD's World Investment Report 20121 reveals. FDI records were also set for the year in major host economies such as China, Hong Kong (China), Singapore, and Indonesia (see figure 1).
The World Investment Report 2012 , subtitled "Towards a New Generation of Investment Policies," was released today.
Total inflows to the region rose 14 per cent to $336 billion, accounting for 22 per cent of the global total, compared with the level of about 12 per cent before the 2008 global financial crisis. Within the region, South-East Asia is catching up: with inflows of $117 billion, up 26 per cent, it continues to experience faster FDI growth than East Asia, which is still dominant at $219 billion, up 9 per cent.
Among the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) economies, four – Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore -- saw considerable rises in FDI inflows in 2011. The relatively low-income ASEAN countries, namely Cambodia, the Lao People's Democratic Republic and Myanmar, also performed well in terms of attracting investment. Overall, as East Asian countries, particularly China, continue to experience rising wages and production costs, the relative competitiveness of ASEAN in manufacturing has been enhanced. According to an annual survey undertaken by UNCTAD in 2012, the rankings of Indonesia and Thailand among the top priority host economies chosen by transnational corporations (TNCs) have risen significantly, and prospects are promising for further increases in FDI inflows to the two countries.
In East Asia, FDI flows to China reached a historic high of $124 billion in 2011. The second largest recipient in the subregion, Hong Kong (China), saw its inflows increase to $83 billion, also a record. In China, FDI flows to services surpassed those to manufacturing for the first time as the result of a rise in flows to non-financial services and a slowdown in flows to manufacturing. FDI in finance is also expected to grow as the country continues to open its financial markets and as foreign banks expand their presence through mergers and acquisitions (M&As) and through organic growth.
Partly as a result of the significant appreciation of the Japanese yen in 2011, TNCs from Japan have increased their investments abroad, particularly in low-cost production locations in South-East Asia. TNCs from Europe, meanwhile, have slowed their pace of expansion in East and South-East Asia. The investment activities of TNCs based in the United States have varied. Some TNCs, in industries such as home appliances, have been relocating production facilities back to the United States of America, while others, in industries such as automotive manufacturing, continue to expand in Asia.
FDI outflows, after a significant increase in 2010, dropped 9 per cent from East Asia but recorded a 36 per cent rise from South-East Asia, the report says. FDI from Hong Kong (China), the region's financial centre and largest source of FDI, declined in 2011 by 14 per cent to $82 billion (see figure). Outgoing FDI from China declined by 5 per cent to $65 billion. In contrast, outflows from Singapore grew substantially, while those from Indonesia and Thailand surged.
The overall stagnation of FDI outflows from the region was mainly the result of a 12 per cent decline in the value of overseas greenfield projects – that is, ground-up investments by firms based in the region in new ventures abroad. This decline was offset only partly by cross-border M&As. M&A purchases worldwide amounted to $68 billion in 2011, slightly higher than the previous record set in 2010. The region's cross-border M&A activities demonstrated diverging trends – total purchases in developed countries increased by 31 per cent to $46 billion, while those channelled to developing countries declined by 33 per cent to $22 billion. The rise in M&As from the region in developed countries as a whole was driven mainly by surges in Australia, Canada and the United States, while the value of total purchases in Europe decreased slightly.
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Figure 1 - Top five recipients and sources of FDI flows in East and South-East Asia, 2010 and 2011(Billions of dollars) a) Inflows
b) Outflows
Source: UNCTAD, World Investment Report 2012.Note: Countries ranked on the basis of the magnitude of 2011 FDI flows.
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A question to ponder: Is the support of 1,000 True Fans better than the here-today, gone-tomorrow affections of a quarter million or more Lesser Fans?
The idea that an artist could be supported by only 1,000 True Fans was first crystallized in March 2008 in a sort of manifesto by Kevin Kelly, a NorCali futurist type whose greatest claim to fame is co-founding Wired Magazine in the early 1990s, a place where he still holds the title Chief Maverick. (This preceded Sarah Palin by many years. He is, to put it mildly, on the liberal end of the ideological spectrum.) If the portrait below is any reflection of his character, he's a rather optimistic sort.
Kelly was not making a literal argument with 1,000 True Fans. His manifesto was loaded with caveats. He did not think that nurturing a core fanbase vs. attracting more casual fans was an either/or position — rather he emphasized that "processes you develop to feed your True Fans will also nurture Lesser Fans." In addition to contributing proportionally more income to an artist's bottom line, True Fans would work hard to spread word of mouth about their favorite artists' work. Kelly also admitted that you might need more or less True Fan support depending on the medium you worked in: a video maker might need 5,000 fans while a painter might need 500. (A more technologically driven creator simply required a higher level of resources to produce.) Kelly later followed-up his original post with several follow-ups that leavened his argument by sharing the perspective of an artist who had actually utilized the True Fan model in his career. These follow-up posts were less-than-starry-eyed about the real world practicalities of appealing mainly to True Fans.
Earlier this month Jeremy Schlosberg — creator of music proto-blog called Fingertips Music — posted a kind of counter manifesto titled "Farewell to the casual music fan." Schlosberg's fear is that Kelly's 1,000 True Fans model will become a literal reality. His core contention is that nurturing True Fans does not help to build a larger fanbase, but rather that it curtails an artist's ambitions in such a way that large, communal art experiences may cease to exist.
Overall I found Schlosberg's essay to be rather rambling & dire, but there was some very real wisdom in it. I've excerpted his core argument below. Read more »
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Tags: Casual Fans, Chamber Music, Fingertips Music, First Mover Advantage, Flaming Lips, Futurism, Jeremy Schlosberg, Keith Kelly, Literacy, Mars Volta, Opera, The Community Function, The Problem With Nostalgia, True Fans, U2


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Nice little game
Very nice little game with the interesting addition that you can search for ghosts in with a different view on every screen.
All together, the whole thing works very well and every game mechanism does so too.
Nice little game
Very nice little game with the interesting addition that you can search for ghosts in with a different view on every screen.
All together, the whole thing works very well and every game mechanism does so too.
A beauty
This truly is a beautiful game. The hand painted sceens are a joy to behold and everything seems to fit together very well.
Co-op fun like nothing else
Well this game is everything a Co-op shooter should be. Flashy graphics, nice weapon handling, cool and distinct characters, quest sharing and everything else.
If you want to have a good time playing Co-op, play this Borderlands 2.
Well this is a average tower defence game with ok graphics and nice gameplay. The difficulty rises pretty quickly and so I have never been able to finish this game.
Master of Magic in 3D
Well as the title states, this game is the old master of magic in 3D. All the good things of original can be found here. So if you liked Master of Magic, you will like this game too.
The only "problem" with this new version is the only thing they have changed form its predessor - the 3D graphics. They are nicely done and pretty colorful but tragically this really, to a degree at least, takes away the easy overview you had in the old Master of Magic. It is now way more difficult not to overlook a crucial mapicon.
Sweet, sweet chocolate
Ah, this is a game for everyone who loves chocolate. Just the unique creations you can make by combining different incrediants have inspired me to try stuff like that in real life.
This is just simply a game I can enjoy whole heartily.
Yes! Finally! YAY!
In summation: I endorse this game!
Nice try in simulation
Well, this game really tries to simulate the complex World War II warfare. As far as games go, the game seems to find the balance between simulation and playabillity.
Anyway, this game is good, but you have to give it a bit of time to get used to the controls. Be prepared to replay some of the missions over and over again.
Finally a BIG daddy!
Even though this game is rather similar to the first Bioshock, it still is great and fun to play. The story, again, plays out in the underwater city of rapture where uncontrolled DNA experimantation has turned most people into insane mutants.
For the first time you play as a Big Daddy to save the little girls that are being used to harvest 'adam'.
Anyway if you want to know more of the incredible story, play for yourself.
The first of a great series
If you like FPS full of action ....
.... then you should definitively buy this game! :-)
The Beginning
Or in other words: The first game that successfully used bump mapping and displacement textures.
This game is a beautiful and scary shooter that really everyone should have played at least once in their life.
Wow, just wow!
Really this game has it all:
- Civilization-like settling and city building.
Together Endless Legend is one of those games that anyone who has interest in roundbased strategy should buy and play.
Tastes like vertigo
What can I say about this game?
You play a strange little blob that eats and eats and eats and eats and eats.
While the blob it eating he grows and grows and grows and grows and grows.
This doesn´t sound like much but is in fact fun and sometimes really difficult (because you have a time limit on each of the levels). A waring though: I know someone who got vertigo from playing this fast paced game.
Finally a good Superhero game!
Yep that about says it. This is a good superhero game.
Anyway, if you like the caped crusader in his best dark knight persona, if you like dystopic cyberpunk settings, battling strange and weird enemies with a hero that takes himself very seriously and much much more, than you have to buy this game.
Trust me, you wont regret it.
by Avarchillion, Germany - Oct 13th 2014
What can I say? This game is beyond words to describe. It is ... it is ... hm ...
In about 20 years of gaming this is the most beautiful game I have ever played. Even the graphic setting, style and fell of this virtual world is like a strange dream, that when you wake up you can only remember in a loose mix of serene pictures and story fragments.
Buy it! :-)
by Avarchillion, Germany - Oct 13th 2014
Storytelling like it should be
This game is like watching a great movie in which you control the main plot developments. Anyone who likes a comic-style, a bit melodramatic and very well thought out story with a bunch of twists and turns, should definitively buy this game.
Nice but not perfect
This is a stylish but simple hack & slash game set in the great Star Wars universe.
Football simulation in perfection
This game is Football simulation as it should be. The content size is gigantic, the player development realistic on a level that is startling (sometimes I find a young unknown player that I nurture up to become a star only to see this same player come from obscurity to superstardom in real life a few years later).
Space Strategy like Master of Orion
If you like games were you control a specific race and try to conquer the world (in this case the universe), you will like this game. You control every aspect of your society, from colonization of planets (even the buildings and facilities on said planets), to research projects, diplomacy, the hire of heroes and of course rather cool space warfare.


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I must say, I've baked 100's or even 1000's of cake recipes. Really. That many. I love to bake and I can't resist a new recipe.
This Waldorf Astoria Red Velvet Cake is my all time favorite, number one, bestest of the best cake recipe. The cake, the frosting, it is my favorite as well as my family, my parents and my sister and her family.
Valentine Day means 'Red Cake', Christmas means 'Red Cake', a birthday or two a year = a 'Red Cake'. This year I baked if for our office Christmas party. It was a hit.
I've tried different variations of my recipe. I put together this tripled recipe in 1993 (it says so on the recipe card) and I have stayed true to it. I like FULL 10" round cake pans. I don't like a skimpy small cake. I like 4 or 6 layers. If I'm doing a tall cake I'll bake in 3 pans. If I'm baking a shorter cake (which is tall for most) I will use 2 pans, cutting into 4 layers.
Tonight I put this together for Christmas Eve. I have a bit of a problem. I no longer eat this stuff. I still want it, however. Tonight I baked it right after I ate 3 cups of sauteed broccoli, onion and garlic; 6 ounces of cod. I was too stuffed to even be tempted to lick my fingers!
I have an addiction to sugar. The only way I can keep sane is to stay off of it completely. Kind of like tequila, gin and beer. My old favorites. Sugar is now one of those.
Here is the recipe. Try it! You'll love it!
4 eggs
1 c shortening
3 c sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
4 1/2 c cake flour
2 c buttermilk
1 t salt
1 tsp vanilla
(alternate dry/wet)
1 bottle red food color
1 T cocoa
Add to creamed mixture
2 t soda + 1 t vinegar
will bubble; fold into mixture
Be SURE to line your cake pans with oil AND wax paper. Cake will stick to pans and that will be a travesty! Wax paper is the key!!
Bake at 350 for 30-35 minutes. DON'T OVER BAKE. It will become dry. Believe me; I know. I've made this 1000 times and have screwed it up. Now I know the way to complete the cake correctly!
Let cake cool 5 minutes; cover pan with plate, flip cake onto plate and pull off wax paper. Let cool 30 minutes. Wrap each cake in saran wrap until cool. The steam makes the cakes moist. A good thing.
I usually make the cake one night, the frosting the next.
9 Tbs flour
3 c milk
Cook on medium until thick. Real thick. Stir constantly and cool all of the way through. If this is even a bit warm, it will melt your frosting. Believe me. I know. Let it be cold!
3 c sugar (granulated-not powder!) yeah, been there, done that.
3 c butter (not margarine. butter)
3 t vanilla
Beat until fluffy-I beat 10 minutes. Add COLD flour mixture and beat beat beat. A kitchen aid works best. I beat another 5 minutes.
Unwrap cakes. Pull a piece of dental floss in the middle of each layer, halving the layer. This works better than a knife. Yup, I know.
You'll have 4 (or 6 if you did 3 pans) layers. Fill each layer FULL. No skimpy cakes here, fill it full. A couple of cups into each layer. You'll have enough frosting. Frost the top and then sides last. Refrigerate or sit in the garage during the winter; it firms up quickly!
Wonderful. Beautiful. Fantastic Cake! Let them eat and be merry :)


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If you're looking for a quiet and well-established area, then the Oak Hill and Forest Hills neighborhoods might be for you. Located in the southwest corner of Davidson County, you'll find beautiful homes with yards to match. This neighborhood is almost completely residential with no commercial development, and the homes range in style from large ranch homes with an acre of land to sprawling estates.
You'll find more people working in creative occupations in this area than in most communities across the nation. If you consider yourself an urban sophisticate and a supporter of the arts, you'll be among like-minded people.
The Oak Hill and Forest Hills neighborhoods offer excellent school systems, and the local homeowners are generally avid supporters of education. You won't find a lot of nightlife, but you're only a short drive away from the excitement of downtown Nashville.
In Oak Hill, you'll find the Radnor Lake State Natural Area with wildlife and five miles of unpaved trails. And Forest Hills borders on Edwin and Percy Warner Parks where you can hike, bike, horseback ride and even play some golf.


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