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The Stunning Villa Amanzi by Original Vision Studio in Phuket, Thailand

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The Villa Amanzi by Original Vision Studio is a breathtaking modern vacation residence in Phuket, Thailand. Original Vision Studio specializes in "leisure architecture" throughout southeast Asia.

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New Haven School Board update

Submitted By New Haven Unified School District

The Board of Education on May 6 approved a proposal to set a tax rate target and bond issuance maximum value for a possible bond election in November.

Facing more than $300 million in facility and technology needs and seeking to maintain its investment in 21st century learning, the District is considering asking voters to approve a measure that would raise approximately $100 million to $150 million through a property tax increase of $50 per $100,000 of assessed value. Under CaliforniaÕs Proposition 39 requirements for general obligation bonds, passage would require the approval of 55 percent of voters and a Citizens Oversight Committee would monitor and review all expenditures.

Also, the Board received a presentation on a proposal from the Union City Kids Zone and other partners to establish a building trades pre-apprenticeship program on the campus of the former Barnard-White Middle School. The program would provide training in life skills, applied mathematics, construction trade skills and job readiness for at-risk young adults 18-24. Partners include Union City Youth and Family Services, the Cypress Mandela Training Program, Inc., the Alameda County Building Trades Council and the Bay Area Pipe Trades Association. If approved by the Board at a future meeting, the program would be developed in two phases, starting in September.

The Board also received a presentation from Alameda CountyÕs Safe Routes to School (SR2S) program, which promotes walking and biking to school as a way to decrease traffic and pollution and increase health. The program is in place at more than 100 schools, including Alvarado, Eastin, Emanuele, Kitayama, Searles and Pioneer elementaries and Cesar Chavez Middle. SR2S. It promotes Bike to Work and School Day, and also sponsors International Walk and Roll to School Day each October and a Golden Sneaker Contest each March, as well as school assemblies, bicycle clinics and other activities.

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Originally built as a camp to host Roman Emperor Augustus's troops protecting the northern border of Italy, Turin has remained unchanged for nearly 1,500 years.

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Turin is both capital of the Savoy Kingdom and of the motor car industry providing a unique juxtaposition between modern industry and a culturally rich background.

Located in Italy's northwest corner close to the Alps, Turin is a great starting point for any skiing holiday.

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Mt. Baldy lies in the Chiwaukum Mountains on the eastern side of the central Cascade Range. The route to this peak is a classic mid and late spring ski tour that is accessible from the Scottish Lakes...

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This is THE backpacking destination in the state of Washington. Wander through soft tundra meadows, glacial-cirque lakes, crystal clear trickling streams, and impossible granite rock formations in...

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Stuart Lake is at 5600 feet elevation in the Enchantment Mountain range. It is about a 30 acre lake with clear water and easy fishing access in many places. The lake has a very healthy population of...

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Circular cycle route along side of Coniston Lake

23 Mile circular route
Rating: 5 out of 5 by EveryTrail members
Difficulty: Moderate
Length: 23 miles
Duration: Half day

Overview :  23 Mile circular route starting at Far Sawrey through Graythwaite, Rusland, Oxen Park, Nibthwaite, Brantwood, Hawkshead Hill,... more »

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1. Windermere Ferry

The Windermere Ferry has been operating for more than 500 years. The original craft were rowed across the lake, later ferries were steam driven and the most recent ones have had diesel engines. The current ferry 'Mallard' is the largest so far; a modern craft which carries up to 18 cars and over 100 passengers.

The ferry takes people, vehicles,... More

2. View of Lake Windermere

Windermere, at 10.5 miles long, one mile wide and 220 feet deep, is the largest natural lake in England

3. St Paul's Church, Rusland

The Parish of St. Paul, Rusland is a small country parish in breathtaking scenery. Since 2003 it has been part of the Benefice of Hawkshead with Low Wray and Sawrey and Rusland and Satterthwaite, and enjoys an especially close relationship with All Saints, Satterthwaite, sharing all social events. The church building is listed and lies on a rocky ... More

4. Coniston Lake

Coniston Water is the third largest lake in the English Lake District. It is five miles (8 km) long, half a mile (800 m) wide, has a maximum depth of 184 feet (56 m), and covers an area of 1.89 square miles (4.9 km²).

It was the scene of many attempts to break the world water speed record. On August 19, 1939 Sir Malcolm Campbell set the... More

5. Brantwood

Former home of John Ruskin. Brantwood is one if the most beautifully situated house in the Lake District.

John Ruskin was born in London in 1819, the only son of a successful Scottish sherry merchant. His father encouraged him to take up painting and poetry; his mother hoped that he might be a minister. He was educated at home and at Christ... More

Hawkshead is a picturesque and charming village in the heart of the Lake District National Park.

Nestling in the beautiful vale of Esthwaite, Hawkshead is characterised by the cluster of whitewashed houses and is within easy reach for Sawrey, Outgate, Satterthwaite, Grizedale and Hawkshead Hill.

Hill Top is a time capsule of Betrix Potter's life. Full of her favourite things, the house appears as if Beatrix had just stepped out for a walk. Every room contains a reference to a picture in a 'tale'. The lovely cottage garden is a haphazard mix of flowers, herbs, fruit and vegetables. Hill Top is a small house and a timed-ticket system is in ... More


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The Phoenix Also Rises in Dublin

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Length: 11.4 miles
Duration: Half day
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Overview :  Celebrating 350 years, Phoenix Park still reverberates with Victorian sensibilities, pomposity and power, medieval, majestic, and... more »

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The park dates back to 1662, when the Duke of Ormonde fenced off land north of the Liffey and established a Royal Hunting Park for visiting British monarchs. A large herd of the descendents of the Duke of Ormonde's original fallow deer still roam the park.

The very best place to spot them any time of year is at the Papal Cross, the start of this... More

2. Deerfield Residence

The Deerfield Residence, originally built in 1774, is the former residence of the Chief Secretary for Ireland and before that was the Park Bailiff's lodge. It has been the official residence of the United States Ambassador to Ireland since 1927.

Among the prominent Chief Secretaries who have occupied this residence were Sir Arthur Wellesley,... More

3. Phoenix Monument

The Phoenix Monument was erected by the fourth Earl of Chesterfield in 1747. The column is carved in Portland stone. It is in the shape of a Corinthian column with a Phoenix bird rising from the ashes at its pinnacle. It is located in the centre of the Park and forms a focal point of a large roundabout on the beautiful tree-lined Chesterfield... More

In the 12th century, the lands Phoenix Park now occupies were granted to the Knights Hospitaller who were closely linked to the Knights Templars. The Knights controlled most of Europe's ecclesiastical power, military and finance.

In the 1430s, they built Ashtown Castle, a medieval tower which was found hidden within the walls of a much larger... More

Home to the Presidents of Ireland since 1922, Aras an Uachtarain has also slept Queen Victoria and George V. American presidents hosted here include John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, all of Irish descent.

In 2011, Queen Elizabeth II became the first British monarch to visit the Áras on the... More

The park’s Victorian empire ethos is extended with the Victorian Polo Pavilion on the Nine Acres, and the cricket club which is on the opposite side of the main road, Chesterfield Avenue. The Phoenix Park Cricket Club was founded in 1830 by John Parnell, father to Charles Stewart Parnell, known as the “father of the nation.” The oldest cricket... More

7. Zoological Gardens Dublin

The Royal Zoological Society of Dublin was established at a meeting held at the Rotunda Hospital on 10 May 1830 and the Zoological Gardens Dublin was opened the following year.

It is no coincidence that the founders of Dublin Zoo were members of the medical profession. Their interest was in studying the animals while they were alive and getting ... More

8. Wellington Monument

Wellington Monument is Europe’s tallest obelisk, standing at 62 metres high. Originally, the intention was to make it taller and to build a bronze monument of the Duke of Wellington astride a horse. However, they ran out of money and had to make do as is.

Completed in 1861, the esoteric-looking monument commemorates the heroic feats of... More

9. Magazine Fort

Magazine Fort, which sits atop the man-made Thomas Hill, was built in 1611 to protect the city. However, at the time the city was an impoverished ruin, prompting the satirist, and author of Gulliver’s Travels, Jonathan Swift to write:

Now's here's a proof of Irish sense
Here Irish wit is seen
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It's live and loud and 'Hot' at EMPAC

Brian Rogers on the set of his experimental "Hot Box" at EMPAC.

TROY -- How best to describe the working life of Brian Rogers? Director? Choreographer? Filmmaker? Not filmmaker? Performance artist?

"My work has really changed," said Rogers, founder of the New York-based experimental-performance venue The Chocolate Factory, occupying a converted industrial warehouse in Queens.

"I started out as a more traditional theatrical director, directing formal plays, and gradually worked around into this place somewhere between dance and theater. It's been a long, gradual shift." And to those live-performance disciplines, he has added the vocabulary of film -- but not an actual, physical finished film.

Of his latest work, "Hot Box," he said, "it's a live performance, but a performance that's experienced through video. Basically, we're constructing a film in real time, using a series of cameras that pan and zoom. It's the idea of making a movie that doesn't actually exist as a product afterward. Very important to me is the feeling that it came and went and is gone forever."

Confused? At least, experience "Hot Box" before deciding. It will be presented this weekend in the region's leading venue for experimental performance mediated through technology, RPI's Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC0.

"I've been to EMPAC a number of times before as an observer, an audience member, but I'm really excited to have the opportunity to perform there," Rogers SAID. "EMPAC is really unique. One of the things the arts really need, and that is really hard to come by, is equipment, and they are really well equipped to support this kind of multi-media performance art." It is one of only two such large-scale venues in this region, he said, the other is MassMoCA in the Berkshires. These kinds of venues outside New York City are increasingly important to the experimental arts community, Rogers said. "Opportunities are diminishing in the city to perform such work as the city is changing, as New York is becoming more and more expensive for artists to live and work."

"Hot Box" is designed to be seen by only small groups of 15 or so, perhaps as many as four such separated groups at a time, each in spaces tightly cordoned off with a series of translucent panels within a larger room -- "A room that's pitch black, filled with fog," Rogers said.

With a loud ambient sound in the background, the audience is in close quarters with a live performer, moving through the space, but the audience observes the performer's movements in close-up on a series of projection screens, while the performer is filmed from the periphery of the performance space.

"It's a series of meditations on faces and atmosphere," Rogers said. "Gradually, the audience will sort of see the mechanics of how the film is being made, but it will always be very much on the periphery. I'm really interested in creating an environment that's disorienting and yet an environment that's very personal."

Hot Box

Where: Studio 2, Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center, RPI, Troy

When: 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday

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2005 Chevy Silverado 2500 HD - Larger Than Life

Big Power, Lift, And Trophies

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Jun 20, 2007
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Yes, this truck is incredibly sick. Now that we have the obvious out of the way, the fashion in which it was built is just as intriguing as all of the detail put into the '05 Chevy 2500HD. With a six-figure price tag, it may also interest you to know that Mike Kazi of San Bernardino, California, had a hand in each phase of its creation. So why the huge lift, crazy paint, and insane interior? As Mike told us, "I wanted to be on the cover of Truckin' magazine."
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Being a humble business man, Mike doesn't like the limelight, but you may recognize his shop's name, Auto Accessory Warehouse, from the popular MTV show, "Trick It Out." Appearing on the customizing show twice, and winning both challenges easily, Mike and his team have a true talent for creating awe-inspiring cars and trucks. When it came time to build his own rig, Mike knew it would have to be an over-the-top wild ride that could be parked in front of the shop and stop traffic. Check out how they got there.
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Mike started with an unmolested '04 Chevy 2500HD and immediately removed the cab from the frame. With the body off, All Auto Body in San Bernardino, was recruited to smooth and paint the large Heavy Duty frame. On went multiple coats of House of Kolor Kandy Apple Red with airbrushed skulls and tribal licks on the metal. Nice and bright, the Auto Accessory Warehouse team went to work making the Chevy sky-high.
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Bolting on a 14-inch Bulletproof lift, along with 4-inch lift spindles, huge rear leaf springs, and a 3-inch body lift, the 2500HD is now in its own stratosphere. Combine the huge lift with the fact that every piece of undercarriage and lift kit, including Fox Racing Shox, leaf springs, spindles, calipers, and even the axle, was either chrome plated or painted Kandy Apple Red. Mike's truck could literally blind you with its bling. Trying to fill the void created by the monster lift are Goodyear Super Single tires sized 445/65R22.5. Mounted inside of those 45-inch Goodyears are 22.5-inch custom-cut Alcoa polished wheels. The duo really added to the ruggedness of this bad boy. Trying to stop those massive rollers are upgraded Powerslot rotors and Hawk brake pads. Other trick touches under the truck include a grand total of six huge train horns powered by two separate compressors and four extended and chromed Sidewinder steps.
Driving the truck was under-whelming , so Mike decided several power adders were in order. On went an Edge performance module and RBP turbo-back exhaust system. The two helped spool the turbo up more quickly and get the chromed driveshaft spinning quickly.
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Known for their incredible audio and video systems, Auto Accessory Warehouse went to work creating one of its loudest systems to date. Pulling out all of the interior, the truck was gutted and Dynamat was applied everywhere. With the seats out of the truck, the rear bench was cut and made to be a pair of buckets. This one done to create enough room for the custom center console that starts underneath the dash and makes its way to the back wall. Housed in the suede-covered center console are six Orion amps, two of which are 800-watts for the highs, and four are 2,400-watt mono-block amps to power the eight 12-inch MMATTS subwoofers in the bed. Cutting the rear wall allowed the team to showcase some of its build talents. By laying down top and bottom mirrors in between the V-shaped enclosure, it gave an infinite subwoofer appearance.
Keeping tabs of the power are two 50-farad Stinger caps and two Optima batteries. An Eclipse AVN50D provides the signals for the subs and MMATS three-way components in the doors. Before covering them in two-tone suede and snake skin, the crew added 10-inch SAVV DVD headrests to the seats. With suede covering the headliner, three monitors were installed, which included one 15-inch and two 10-inch swivel screens. Seven-inch screens were also installed into the suede-wrapped sunvisors and the dash was smoothed and painted Kandy Apple Red with flames shaped into the mold.
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Sky high and sounding great, the truck was not quite up to cover-story standards. In stepped All Auto Body of San Bernardino with paint and airbrush guns in hand. The entire truck was covered in House of Kolor Kandy Apple Red with sinister faces, skulls, and tribal designs appropriately airbrushed onto the surface. The paint is very much in-your-face and the details are amazing. Lastly, a Precision Billet Grille was added along with flame door handles and the bed received red bed lining with flames and an AAW logo.
While talking at the shop, we asked Mike what the toughest part about the build was. He laughed and said, "Spending the cash and thinking it wasn't going to get done because there were parts everywhere." According to Mike, the best part of the truck is "everyone's reaction when they see it." Mike parties like a rockstar and builds trucks that make rockstars envious. Besides his crew and shop, Mike wanted to thank his wife Kelly, and his two little girls Kimberly and Kalila, for all of their love and support.

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Nissan Frontier Diesel Runner Concept First Look

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Feb 6, 2014
When we first saw the advanced press material on the Nissan Frontier Diesel Runner concept, we simultaneously thought "Awesome!" and "We told you so." Awesome because it presents the strong possibility of a third midsize diesel truck in the U.S. market, and "we told you so" because reading between the lines of comments made by Nissan and Cummins officials at last summer's Nissan 360 event, it was clear the two companies were considering collaborating on other projects beyond the officially announced Titan diesel. The Nissan Frontier Diesel Runner concept is proof that Nissan is strongly considering a Cummins diesel option for the junior member of its truck family.
Based on the current-generation Desert Runner two-wheel-drive model, the Diesel Runner employs Cummins' 2.8-liter I-4 diesel producing close to 200 hp and more than 350 lb-ft of torque. It's mated to a ZF 8HP70 eight-speed automatic transmission enabling the combination to achieve up to 35 percent better claimed fuel economy than the current V-6 Frontier, meaning highway fuel economy could be as high as 28 or 29 mpg, and payload and towing capacities comparable to the current Frontier V-6.
Photo 2/19   |   Nissan Frontier Diesel Runner Concept Hood
For the concept truck, the unique powertrain is designated by generous applications of red accents throughout the exterior and interior of the truck, with red being Cummins' signature color. The Diesel Runner gets painted a in a unique red and silver two-tone paint scheme with carbon-fiber film accents. To make sure observers know what's under the hood, a section of the hood is transparent acrylic showing the carbon fiber engine cover featuring the Cummins logo and "Cummins Turbo Diesel" front fender badges. The front wheels are silver with satin black accents, while the rears are red with black accents. The brake calipers are the inverse: red in the front, and silver in the back.
On the inside, the Diesel Runner gets carbon-print leather trimmed seats with red accents and gray stitching and "tracks" embroidery. The Diesel Runner also gets a diesel-specific three-gauge pod on the instrument panel, embroidered floormats, and shift knob and steering wheel accents.
Nissan says it built the Diesel Runner to gauge customer interest of a diesel engine option in a midsize truck. We have a feeling it will be overwhelmingly positive.
Photo 3/19   |   Nissan Frontier Diesel Runner Concept Rear Three Quarters
Photo 19/19   |   Nissan Frontier Diesel Runner Concept Interior View

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2013 Land Rover LR2 First Drive

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Kirill Ougarov
Feb 11, 2013
Despite its extensive off-road capability, the Land Rover LR2 has began to fall off the map in the last few years as new competitors entered the market loaded with fresh style and the latest technology. In the meantime before the all-new model came due, the LR2 needed a proper freshening. With the 2013 Land Rover LR2, a proper freshening is just what Land Rover provided.
Photo 2/47   |   2013 Land Rover LR2 Front Profile
The Brits must not think there's anything wrong with the LR2's exterior, because the sheetmetal remains almost the same. Exterior updates are limited to new HID headlights, LED taillights, and a few tweaks to the front and rear fascias. A more significant update to the sheetmetal would have been welcome, but nobody can blame Land Rover for spending the money on replacing the older and far more profitable Range Rover instead.
Photo 3/47   |   2013 Land Rover LR2 Rear
Changes under the skin are far more substantial. Under the hood, the 3.2-liter I-6 makes way for the Evoque's 240-hp, 250-lb-ft, 2.0-liter turbo-four. The engine swap not only increases output by 10 hp and 16 lb-ft, but also increases fuel economy by a couple of mpg in the city and on the highway. (Final EPA numbers are not yet available.) The new engine improves towing capacity to 4400 pounds. Fortunately the LR2 didn't inherit the Evoque's overly aggressive throttle tip-in, a complaint of ours that was also addressed on the 2013 Evoque. A six-speed automatic remains the only transmission offered.
Where the 2013 refresh is most apparent is inside the cabin. The 2013 LR2 gets a new gauge cluster with a center LED display, an updated steering wheel, and a completely revamped center stack and center console. The former dispenses with the sea of buttons design that characterized the old one in favor of a much cleaner layout anchored by a 7-inch touch screen, while the latter offers more storage space by replacing the handbrake with an electronic parking brake and the Terrain Response knob with a simple button-based selector. The overall effect is a cleaner, more modern design.
On the road, the 2013 LR2 is surprisingly smooth and quiet for an SUV -- and if you really want to drown out the noise, you can crank the up volume on the optional 825-watt (!) Meridian sound system. A storm rolled in as we made our way from Montreal to Mont-Tremblant, providing us the opportunity to see how well the LR2 handled snowy pavement. The answer: quite well, even on twisty back roads. Only when it hit the occasional patch of ice did the SUV become at all unsettled, and that has more to do with ice's inherent slickness than the car. Even though the LR2 uses a Haldex setup that's biased towards the front wheels, the all-wheel system gets the job done without fuss or unpredictability. After all, Land Rover does know a thing or two about this sort of thing.
Photo 10/47   |   2013 Land Rover LR2 Front 05
Of course, there was an obligatory off-road section on the drive. Thanks to the storm, it was a bit snowier and muddier than Land Rover may have anticipated, but with Terrain Response in Snow (and, one section, Mud) mode, the LR2 didn't have any problems keeping up with the leading LR4 as it made its way through the forest trail. Like the LR4, the LR2 is also equipped with hill descent control, a feature that came in handy on the steep downhill sections of this expedition. We wouldn't take it onto anything that would challenge the LR4 or a Jeep Wrangler Rubicon, but the LR2 will definitely be able to tackle just about any casual off-roading trail.
Photo 11/47   |   2013 Land Rover LR2 Front 03
There is one complaint to lodge, and that's with the LR2's steering. It's completely devoid of feel or feedback to the point that asking if it's actually connected to the steering rack doesn't seem unreasonable. For suburban duty, it's not a big deal, but the lack of feedback increases the sketchiness factor of an off-road expedition by a not-insignificant amount.
Photo 12/47   |   2013 Land Rover LR2 Dash View
Overall, Land Rover has done enough to keep the LR2 putting along in an increasingly crowded segment until an all-new model is ready, without making its price-leading offering substantially more expensive. In fact, at $37,250 to start, the 2013 LR2 is just $700 more than the 2012 - and still noticeably cheaper than a BMW X3. Its styling may be starting to get stale, but anyone that's looking for a luxury compact SUV that needs to go to places few other than a Land Rover can will find the 2013 LR2 to be a suitable companion.

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NEW YORK, Feb 7 (Reuters) - New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez on Friday dropped his lawsuit against Major League Baseball over his record suspension for allegedly using performance-enhancing drugs, according to court filings.

In documents filed in Manhattan federal court, Rodriguez's lawyers informed the court that he had dropped two lawsuits, one challenging an arbitrator's decision to suspend him for the entire 2014 season and one accusing baseball investigators of unethical behavior.

The brief papers did not offer an explanation. A league statement said it had been informed that Rodriguez had "reached the prudent decision to end all of the litigation related to the Biogenesis matter."

Rodriguez's lawyers did not immediately respond to requests for comment. (Reporting by Joseph Ax; Editing by James Dalgleish)

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JVC Claims World's Thinnest TVs

When it comes to claiming a World's something-est title there seems to limit to the lengths a company will go to. JVC for example is touting its 46in LT-46SL89 and 42in LT-42SL89 as the world's thinnest LCD TVs… with integrated tuners. That's not so say that at 2.9in at the thickest and 1.5in at the thinnest parts the TVs are fat by any means, just that the title is a tad superfluous.

Both sets offer 1,920 x 1,080 Full HD resolutions, unspecified contrast ratios (we never believe them anyway) and a specially-developed backlight panel which is apparently 40 per cent smaller than conventional LCD backlights. Supposedly this thinner backlight technique means the TV can be made thinner without compromising the evenness of the backlighting, which would usually require the addition of more CCFL tubes, or some method of diffusing the backlighting. In simple terms, it's a no-compromise solution.

Connectivity is good for both TVs, with three HDMI ports, two component inputs an S-Video input and a PC (VGA) connector. Touch-sensitive front controls, USB picture and an illuminated remote are also touted.

JVC says the LT-42SL89 and LT-46SL89 will be available in July with approximate retail prices of $1,899.99 (~£960) and $2,399.99 (~£1,220), respectively. No UK information, but we expect to see a launch here in due course.

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Has the Pebble Blue Galaxy S3 been delayed?

With only a few days to go until pre-orders for the Samsung Galaxy S3 start to land on punter's doorsteps, it would appear there may be a delay to the Pebble Blue version.

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Reports are coming in that Samsung has had serious issues sourcing enough correctly made Pebble Blue backs, after a manufacturing defect in an initial run caused 100,000s of the waffer-thin bits of plastic to be ditched.

Clues first emerged from Dubai where the handset has been available to buy for a few days, but only in the white version. But now more sources are beginning to confirm that only the Marble White version of the handset is arriving at retailers.

It looks like here in the UK we won't have too many issues but other countries around Europe may see significant delays.

We're still waiting for an official statement from Samsung on this but will follow up with more when we have it.

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Sony has unveiled the slim, light and waterproof Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet at MWC 2014 alongside the flagship Sony Xperia Z2 smartphone.

The Xperia Z2 Tablet runs on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor and features a 10.1-inch full HD Triluminous display.

"The Xperia Z2 Tablet represents the pinnacle of tablet innovation and is a true flagship in our premium line. We have evolved our cutting-edge design to create the slimmest lightweight tablet matched with Sony’s latest technologies to deliver a unique user experience." said Kunimasa Suzuki, President and CEO of Sony Mobile Communications. "And with our new range of dedicated accessories, you can further now enhance your tablet experience whether for work or play, at home or on the go."

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The Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet features a 10.1-inch full HD display running Android 4.0 KitKat via a Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 with 2.3GHz quad-core Krait CPU and Adreno 330 GPU.

With 3GB of RAM plus a 6,000mAh battery powering the Xperia Z2 Tablet, the device comes packaged within a body just 6.4mm thick making it the slimmest waterproof tablet. Plus, it only weighs 426g (Wi-Fi only), so it's the lightest waterproof tablet too.

If you fancy 3G or 4G LTE connectivity, then the weight is pushed up a little to 439g, which still isn't a dead weight.

Sony claims the battery offers around 10-hours on one charge, but has also increased the battery charging speed by 75 per cent over the original Sony Xperia Tablet Z model.

In the rear is an 8.1-megapixel camera, coupled with a 2.2-megapixel front-facing option for video calling and the obligatory selfies.

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The Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet release date has been pencilled in for some time in March, with full pricing details yet to be revealed.

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By Richard C. Sansing, Professor of Accounting, May 2012
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Warren Buffett made headlines last year when he lampooned the tax code for giving him a lower effective tax rate than that of his secretary.

Since then, the so-called Buffett Rule, which would require households with more than $1 million in adjusted gross income to pay at least 30 percent of it in taxes, has been put forth as a more equitable way for the government to raise revenue.

Yes, framing tax policy analysis in terms of the effective tax rate—the ratio of individual income tax to taxable income—is simple and convenient because the data needed to compute the rate for an individual in one year can be obtained from a single tax return. However, this approach misses the larger picture.

Warren Buffett has a low individual effective tax rate because dividends and realized long-term capital gains face a tax rate of 15 percent, even though other forms of income are taxed at rates up to 35 percent.*  Consider "Thurston," a hypothetical high income taxpayer with ordinary income (salary less deductions) of $2 million and dividend income of $13 million.**  Suppose that without the dividends, Thurston would have an income tax liability of $660,000, yielding an effective tax rate of 33 percent ($660,000/$2 million). The dividend income increases Thurston’s tax by $1.95 million ($13 million x 15 percent) but lowers his effective tax rate to 17.4 percent ($2.61 million/$15 million). Buffett refers to Thurston’s low effective tax rate as "coddling the super rich."

What this line of reasoning fails to acknowledge is that the dividend income eligible for the 15 percent tax rate has already been taxed at the corporate level, so the individual tax on dividends is the second tax on the income, not the total tax. Suppose that a corporation owned by Thurston invests in a manufacturing plant that generates annual pretax cash flow and taxable income of $20 million in perpetuity and is depreciated for tax purposes at the same rate that it decays economically. The government collects $7 million annually in tax, and the remaining $13 million is distributed to Thurston. A very different picture of the taxes associated with Thurston emerges if we consider all the income and all the taxes. The pretax income for Thurston is really $22 million: $2 million ordinary income and $20 million of pretax corporate earnings. The tax on this income is $9.61 million: $7 million paid by the corporation and $2.61 million paid by Thurston, giving Thurston a combined effective tax rate of about 43.7 percent. The Buffett Rule would raise this figure even further.

The 43.7 percent figure never appears on any single tax return, but it is a far more meaningful measure of the tax associated with Thurston in this setting than the 17.4 percent individual effective tax rate that is more easily calculated.

Now suppose that the manufacturing facility is "tax-favored"—the tax code allows it to be depreciated more rapidly for tax purposes than the rate at which it decays economically. This would decrease the corporate taxes paid in the early years of the project, increase them in later years, and decrease the present value of the government’s tax collections over the life of the project. The combined tax rate in any one year could be higher or lower than the 43.7 percent figure in the first example, so no single year would necessarily be representative of the combined tax rate on the entire project.

Further complicating the analysis is that tax favored projects often involve lower pretax rates of return, as entry into the tax-favored industry drives the prices of inputs up and outputs down. The decrease in pre-tax rates of return represents opportunity costs, or "implicit taxes," that don’t show up on the tax return of either the corporation or the individual taxpayer but that are critical to understanding the burden of the corporate income tax.

Regardless of the tax rate you think Thurston should pay, it is disingenuous to frame the problem in a way that focuses only on the shareholder tax on dividends while ignoring the corporate tax on the income that made the dividends possible in the first place. The Buffett Rule should be debated on its merits. The individual effective tax rate provides a convenient sound bite, but it is not useful for informing the debate.

*The 15 percent tax rate on dividends is a relatively recent change in U.S. tax law. Prior to 2003, dividends were taxed as ordinary income. Unless extended, the lower rate on dividends will expire at the end of 2012.

**Similar issues arise with respect to realized long-term capital gains from stock sales, but the analysis is more complicated.

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Pending on agreement negotiations, the Stanislaus County Environmental Services Department may terminate the Waste Reduction and Recycling Program services agreement with the City of Turlock come August, bringing an end to several key programs and services relating to solid waste.

Last summer, the Turlock City Council voted to direct Turlock Scavenger – the city’s primary waste management company – to send waste to the Merced Regional Waste Authority as part of a 120-day trial. The decision, which was made in an attempt to reduce costs, may have serious implications for the County’s entire solid waste system, say multiple county officials.

On Tuesday, the Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors voted to authorize a termination of the memorandum of understanding between the City of Turlock and the County for such services, should the two be unable to reach an agreement by Aug. 12.

City Manager Roy Wasden says that although Turlock has not finalized an agreement with Merced, the contract would be for 15 years should the City opt to leave the Stanislaus system.

“We’re currently taking our garbage to Merced on a temporary basis,” said Wasden. “We’ll be talking with the county and working with them to see if we can reach an agreement. If not, then we’ll do a long term agreement with Merced.”

According to the Stanislaus Environmental Services Department, the discontinued services from the City of Turlock would result in a corresponding reduction in staffing impacts and the costs to purchase goods such as educational materials and advertising. More importantly, says County Director of Environmental Services Jami Aggers, the additional costs would be shifted to the remaining jurisdictions in the county.

“We have to deliver 243,000 tons to the waste-to-energy facility, and within that there’s a monthly total requirement,” said Aggers. “In November, because Turlock had not participated, we were unable to meet the obligation which resulted in a penalty that had to be paid for by the City of Modesto and Stanislaus County.”

Jocelyn Reed, solid waste manager for the City of Modesto, said that the November penalty was due to an 800-ton shortage.

“Since Turlock left, Modesto has picked up most of the extra tons that are required, where we can,” said Reed. “In November, we were short on garbage…We have directed our haulers to pick up the slack, but it was still short. It was a bit of money that we ended up paying, for garbage that we didn’t dispose of…We are meeting the requirements pretty much, but it’s going to be increasingly difficult, and quite frankly I don’t understand why Turlock is pursuing this option.”

In the long run, Reed says, Turlock’s decision to pull out of the system could hurt their diversion requirements, as California law mandates a 50 percent diversion requirement from each city. The requirement, which will soon increase to 75 percent under Assembly Bill 939, demands each city within the state to divert 50 percent of their solid waste out of landfills to renewable energy facilities. In addition to several services, participating jurisdictions in the County are given a 10 percent diversion credit to go towards their 50 percent requirement — a security that Reed says is critical to meeting the mandate.

“From a solid waste management standpoint, they’re not going to be able to meet their diversion state mandate required to reduce our disposal in landfills,” said Reed. “All the garbage that they are taking away from our waste-to-energy plant is now going to a landfill, and at some point the state is going to say that they cannot claim waste-energy credit anymore, because that’s not where their garbage is going…I don’t think Turlock is factoring in the new laws, or preparing a plan on how they’re going to implement that law when it increases to 75 percent. It doesn’t seem like all of those implications have been flushed out and explained to the decision makers in Turlock. Their staff needs to take a hard look at their long-haul goals because participating in the waste-to-energy project is good for everybody in the county.”

Additionally, Reed says, the waste-to-energy facility produces nearly 20 megawatts of power, or roughly the amount it takes to power 20,000 houses. From an environmental standpoint, Reed believes that Turlock’s lack of participation would mean producing decreased amounts of renewable energy and clean electric power, while also adding more waste to local landfills.

According to Wasden, the City initially decided to move their waste to the Merced landfill after Stanislaus increased their disposal fees at the Waste to Energy facility from $28 per ton to $39 per ton, in addition to a $33 per ton tipping fee at the Fink landfill. Furthermore, says Wasden, the County would require Turlock to commit 30,000 tons of waste to the Waste-to-Energy facility — nearly 75 percent of the city’s total annual waste.

“Having to take 30,000 is a vast majority that we would have to commit to waste-to-energy,” said Wasden. “The reason for concern is that it costs the most. The premium is almost $500,000 above that of Merced, so that’s what we’re exploring now.”

Should the City of Turlock enter an agreement with the Merced landfill, which requires a tipping fee of $18 per ton, Wasden says the City could avoid having to raise ratepayer fees.

“The County obviously wants us to stay with them, but if it is better with Merced for our ratepayers, who bear the tipping fee costs, then we’re going to choose the option that is most equitable to the residents of Turlock,” said Wasden. “When the County costs go up, ratepayer fees have to be increased, as Turlock Scavenger would have to adjust what they charge.”

While pulling out of the system may save Turlock residents and the City money, a number of state mandated services would be discontinued, including the Household Hazardous Waste Management program the City is currently provided with through the County. Still being required by state law to have such a program, the City proposed paying Stanislaus County for the individual program and others, which was rejected by county officials.

“What we explained to Turlock is that you can’t just use an ‘a la carte’ approach,” said Aggers. “You can’t just pick and choose from the programs that we provide; you need to also support the infrastructure.”

Being part of the entire solid waste service program has allowed the City of Turlock to receive funds for implementing vital programs such as the Household Hazardous Waste Management program, which would come to a halt should the City enter an agreement with Merced. Turlock’s proposal to pay for the individual program, Wasden says, would result in revenue of $225,000 which would be more than adequate to cover AB 939 and household hazardous waste expenses.

“The state requires every city to provide that service, which is paid for by the tipping fees,” said Reed. “Turlock won’t get that money anymore if they’re not participating, and therefore won’t have a state-required program. They will have to fund and build their own household hazardous waste program, along with several other programs which will all add up…I know they talked about contracting with County for that specific program, but that’s not fair to everybody else and the taxpayers who would have to subsidize a city that’s not even participating…Don’t pick and choose. Help us meet our goals as a venture, or figure out your own.”

Although both Aggers and Reed have claimed that Turlock leaving the system puts a significant strain on the entire solid waste system, and that without Turlock’s tipping fees, the County will be unable to cover the costs of AB 939 related activities, Wasden testified to the Board of Supervisors that this was factually incorrect.

According to Wasden, from 2008 to 2012, the City of Turlock pulled 1 percent of its waste outside of the county for 309 tons, while the contracting communities, Modesto and Stanislaus County, hauled 28 percent out of the county.

“Turlock has fully funded the activities the County provides Turlock under the Memorandum of Understanding,” said Wasden. “Turlock has no intention of negatively impacting other agencies and is willing to cover its fair share of the costs…Our average total tonnage each year is about half of what Modesto and the County exported out of the County. So to say that us pulling out is going to break the system doesn’t make sense, when they haul more garbage out of the county than we even produce. It’s hard to make it credible that we’ll break the system.”

The City of Turlock and County will continue their negotiations over the coming months, however, Wasden says that it “seems clear that the County has rejected the City’s various proposals and is intent on terminating the memorandum of understanding.”

“Turlock is capable of diverting the percentage required without using waste-to-energy, and will continue to make our credit available to those cities that have a hard time meeting the 50 percent diversion,” said Wasden. “Regardless of what happens, we don’t have any intention to end working with them, and our diversion is available to help them. We’ll see if we can reach an agreement, but will ultimately go with the direct flow that is most equitable to the residents of Turlock.”

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Analysts and insiders-including Linus Torvalds-say they think that Microsoft's move to start a dialogue with the open-source community shows that the company is recognizing that open source has real, lasting value.

After a series of friendly moves towards open-source developers, Microsoft Corp. has talked with Michael Tiemann, president of the Open Source Initiative and vice president of open-source affairs at Linux vendor Red Hat Inc., about meeting with him to "begin a productive conversation" between proponents of open source and Microsoft.

What could Microsoft have to talk about with the open-source community?

Well, for one thing, Microsoft might be trying to cool off the high emotions flying between fans of open source and of Microsoft.

"It appears that Microsoft is attempting to change the environment from its currently highly charged, highly emotional state to something more constructive," said Dan Kusnetzky, IDC's system software vice president.

Linus Torvalds, primary creator of Linux, said he would welcome such a change.

"Hey, I'm all for being friendly," Torvalds said. "To me, Microsoft has never been the competition, and it's never been a Linux vs. Microsoft thing, despite that obviously having been how a lot of people end up slanting it."

Microsoft may also have developers within it that truly want to contribute to open source.

"Non-constructive executive rhetoric aside, there are substantial bodies of people within Microsoft that either already have or are ready to make good faith contributions to the open-source world," said Stephen O'Grady, a software analyst for RedMonk.

Tiemann of Red Hat even went so far as to suggest that the Microsoft Shared Source program represents "an attempt to quell an internal civil war" at Microsoft.

George Weiss, a Gartner Inc. vice president and distinguished analyst, said he doesn't buy this theory: "The people I know at Microsoft feel like they're part of an elite and they're proud of their work. Yes, some of them have interest in open source, but I don't see an internal divide with two camps warring with each other in Microsoft."

Instead, Weiss said he believes that Microsoft is trying diplomacy with the open-source community because the Redmond, Calif.-headquartered company has "recognized that they have to play in an eclectic world, which includes open source."

Now, this "doesn't change Microsoft's basic business premise or its position on intellectual property or its business model, but they realize that they have to play with the open-source world to be successful," Weiss said.

Yankee Group Research Inc. analyst Laura DiDio agrees.

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Amy Poehler

Amy Poehler

9/16/1971, Burlington, Massachusetts

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Amy Meredith Poehler

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Amy Poehler is an American comedian and actress. She rose to fame on Saturday Night Live, where she was known for her impressions of Sharon Osbourne, Kelly Ripa, Madonna, Avril Lavigne, Nancy Grace, Michael Jackson and most famously, Hillary Clinton. She was promoted from featured player to full…more

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  • Trivia

    • On Friday August 6 2010, Amy and her husband Will Arnett welcomed their second child, Abel James Arnett to the world.

    • In September 2009, Amy rejoined Seth Myers at the Weekend Update anchor desk on Saturday Night Live for a pair of special Thursday editions. The appearances were to help promote and lead into the new episodes of the second season of Parks and Recreation.

    • After joining the ImprovOlympics comedy group, Amy was mentored by comedy coach Del Close, who had also helped develop the comedic skills of SNL legends like Gilda Radner, Bill Murray and Chris Farley.

    • While in high school, Amy was known to her friends as "Crazy Amy". Her other nicknames include "Cool Cat Amy" and "Poehlercoaster".

    • Amy and partner Will Arnett welcomed their first child, a boy, Archie Arnett, on October 25, 2008.

    • In 2008, Amy was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her work on Saturday Night Live.

    • While on Upright Citizens Brigade, Amy once played a young girl in sketch featuring the "Real Unabomber". She now plays the same character on SNL.

    • In 2008, Amy starred in Baby Mama, a comedy film also starring her former Saturday Night Live co-star and close friend, Tina Fey.

    • Having already performed before an audience and acted as a producer for "Parks and Recreation", Amy would like to try directing as her next step forward in show business.

    • In her free time, Amy enjoys cooking and watching the Food Network channel. She often tries out the new recipes at dinner parties for friends and family.

    • Amy and Tina Fey are close friends off-screen as well as having worked together in a number of projects for over 15 years.

    • Amy enjoyed putting on comedy shows for her friends and family as a child, always thinking that she was meant to make people laugh as a career.

    • Her comedic influences include Lily Tomlin, Gilda Radner, and Lucille Ball -- all great female performers of Improv humor.

    • Amy joined fellow SNL alums Mike Myers and Eddie Murphy to voice the character Snow White in the Shrek sequels.

    • Amy appeared on Comedy Central's Night of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Benefit for Autism Education, on October 15, 2006.

    • Amy was featured on the cover of Bust magazine in the October 2006 issue.

    • Amy starred in both Mean Girls and Envy, which opened on the same day in 2004.

    • On SNL, Amy was famous for her many hilarious impressions of celebrities such as Kelly Ripa, Marcia Cross, Avril Lavigne, Madonna, Julia Roberts, Sharon Osbourne and Hillary Clinton.

    • Amy graduated from Boston College in 1993, and was a key member of America's oldest collegiate improv comedy troupe, My Mother's Fleabag.

    • Amy's favorite baseball team is the Boston Red Sox.

    • Amy is 5'2" (1.57 m).

    • In 1993 she moved to Chicago where she studied at the Second City and Improv Olympics along with fellow Alumni: Mike Myers, Tina Fey, Ossie Beck, Adam McKay, and the late Chris Farley.

    • She succeeded Jimmy Fallon as Tina Fey's co-anchor of Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update sketch and making it the first all-female team beginning with the 30th season of NBC's Saturday Night Live.

    • Amy has been married to Arrested Development star Will Arnett since August 29, 2003.

  • Quotes

    • Amy Poehler: I want to go on the record and say I have never urinated in public. But the night is still young.

    • Amy Poehler: (in reference to "Parks and Recreation") We don't want to overreach, but every single episode will have life, death, happiness, sadness, anger, rebirth, redemption and a very clear conclusion. Again, I don't want to overreach.

    • Amy: If family violence teaches children that might makes right at home, how will we hope to cure the futile impulse to solve worldly conflicts with force?

    • Amy: Housework is the only activity at which men are allowed to be consistently inept because they are thought to be so competent at everything else.

    • Amy: America is a nation fundamentally ambivalent about its children, often afraid of its children, and frequently punitive toward its children.

    • Amy: Although Freud said happiness is composed of love and work, reality often forces us to choose love or work.

    • Amy: (on kids, due to her pregnancy) I'm great with kids. I think I'm still a big giant kid. I understand them and usually we're the same size. I think I understand the way they look up at the world. I get it.

    • Amy: I've never watched old repeats of Saturday Night Live because I can't bear it. I mean reruns of older seasons of stuff, because if the scene's funny I'm jealous that I didn't think of it. It's too intimidating. I just can't compare myself. I love it so much I can't even watch it.

    • Amy (on her life outside her work): All we do is watch The Wire and go out to dinner with our friends. I wish I could tell you that we had these crazy comedy competitions of hilariousness, but at the end of the day, all I want is a good cry and an hourlong drama.

    • Amy (referring to her film, "Blades of Glory"): Every time that we'd do something funny (Will) Ferrell would accidentally like hit the camera or lose the film. Hair in the gate, all that crap. We did get to do a lot of stuff, a lot of stuff that I remember being genius, but we got to play around a lot. We improvised a lot of stuff too so that was fun.

    • Amy (referring to her film "Blades of Glory"): It was really fun to play the bad guy because as a woman sometimes you don't get to do that. You have to be nice.

    • Amy: I had the best time making Mean Girls, that was a fun bunch of ladies. I was given a lot of creative freedom as well, to just go with what felt funny, and I believe that was a huge part of the movie's flow.

    • Amy: There's a couple of enemies to improv, and one of them is editing; when you edit on TV it makes it seem like it's not really improv.

    • Amy: Improvisation is almost like the retarded cousin in the comedy world. We've been trying forever to get improvisation on TV. It's just like stand-up. It's best when it's just left alone. It doesn't translate always on TV. It's best live.

    • Amy: I also think if you're an actor and you can improvise, when you go on an audition and you can improvise you're just a genius. If you can, you know, take a Tide commercial and you can just say one funny line that's not in the commercial they think you're a genius.

  • Amy, you are freaking COOL.

    I have been a longtime viewer of "Saturday Night Live", and I may honestly say that Amy Poehler is one my all-time favorite performers. Unlike many actresses, Amy possesses an innate ability to make people laugh. When she appears on "SNL", I sit up and pay closer attention to her than I do to some of the people who've been guest hosts. One of my favorite characters she's played is Caitlin (did I spell the name right?), the hyper little girl. I absolutely crack up when I see her as Caitlin, and I wish they'd have more sketches with her. I may be the only person to say this, but if you watch Amy on "SNL", she sometimes gets this devilish twinkle in her eyes which I find endearing. I wish her well always, and hope she will be around a long time!moreless
  • Not that funny.

    I will admit that she was kind of funny on SNL. I actually thought that she should have stayed on the show for life because I thought she wouldn't be able to last outside of the show. I think I am right. Outside of SNL, she is not even close to being funny. Plenty of humor that she emulates is forced and seems to predictable. I have always wondered why so many people think she is funny when I can't see anything that they see. Overall, not a funny person unless she is on SNL. I guess that is the point. Thank you.moreless