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Remembering Andy Porterfield (1931 – 2012)
April 25, 2012 by Art Evans 7 Comments
By Art Evans | Photos as credited
Andy Porterfield (Photo: William Edgar)
On the morning of April 18, 2012, I received a call that Andy Porterfield had died the night before. I knew he had been ill and in the hospital; I had been expecting a call telling me it would be ok for me to visit. His is survived by his wife Judy, daughters Pamela and Melanie, plus a son, Tracy. Andy and I were best friends and Judy recently told me that I was also his oldest friend.
I remember the Readers Digest used to have a series of articles titled something like "The Most Unforgettable Character I've Ever Met." High on my own list of such characters was Andy. He was amazing for a number of reasons. Among other accomplishments, he won more than 400 SCCA races. One time I asked him about it and he said, "I don't know the exact number; I didn't keep track; I just wanted to race."
I met Andy in 1956 at a race at Santa Barbara. Next we raced against each other two times in 1957 at that long-abandoned course in Southern California's Agoura Hills, Paramount Ranch. In those days, Andy was racing a 1957 Corvette and I my 1954 XK120 Jaguar. When I wrote a book about Paramount Ranch (Paramount Ranch Remembered, 2006, EnthusiastBooks.com, 800-289-3504), Andy related his own remembrances to me: "The thing I remember about those races was that I really didn't know how to drive yet. Paramount was a lot more challenging than the Santa Barbara Airport. At the first one, I finished about a minute behind my friend, Art Evans. I did a lot better at the second one and came in second overall and way ahead of Art. The brakes in the Corvette were the weak link and this got me thinking about their importance." Most of us in the over-1500cc production group knew one another or were at least acquainted. During those long-ago days, Andy and I struck up a friendship that lasted his lifetime. Even after all of those years, we still got together for lunch every month or so. Our last was on January 18 of this year. He told me all about a new engine he was installing in his Camaro and his racing plans for the year.
During the late fifties, Evans Industries was the distributor of Devin products including the Devin SS. I started to race the prototype at Southern California circuits, but soon realized I was more suited to the Jaguar. I decided to enter the 1959 Times Grand Prix at Riverside, but wanted a driver more talented than myself. Impressed with Andy at the wheel of his Corvette, I asked if he was interested and he was. It was Andy's first professional ride. Unfortunately, the car failed to finish due to my inept preparation. (Nevertheless, my distaff driver, Ginny Sims, managed to set a ladies' speed record of 163.3 mph down the back straight during the Ladies' Race). Andy and Ginny raced it again a few times during 1960.
Andrew Tracy Porterfield was born on June 1, 1931. He lettered in track at Mark Keppel High School in Los Angeles and was awarded a degree in business administration from Chico State College. In addition to racing, he played racquetball and water skied, always keeping himself in good condition.
Until the mid-eighties, Andy was a partner in a company that built all sorts of parts for nuclear power plants. When those he called "the tree-huggers" got politically powerful, he could, he said, see the writing on the wall and managed to sell his share of the company before the bottom fell out.
During his time racing Corvettes, Andy had learned that stopping is as important as going. Initially, Corvettes were sadly lacking in the stopping department, so he fitted Ferodo brake linings. One day at Riverside Raceway in 1985, he was approached by a representative of the British Ferodo company who asked if Andy would consider taking on a U.S. distributorship for their brake products. He accepted and continued in the brake business ever since.
Today, Porterfield Enterprises manufactures its own brake pads and rotors as well as distributes for other companies. The Porterfield pads are molded in Las Vegas and Ohio with the finishing work done at Andy's plant in Costa Mesa, California. His pads and other brake parts are vital to the racing community. In addition, he makes high-performance street pads and supplies brakes for U.S. military aircraft.
After initial successes in the 1957 Corvette, Andy obtained sponsorship from a Los Angeles dealer, Harry Mann Chevrolet. The '57 was followed by a '58 and then a '59. During those years, Andy was the California Sports Car Club Champion in his category. In the early sixties, he went to a Camaro for awhile, but then, in 1968, he bought a new Corvette and raced it for quite a few years. In 1978 and again in 1979, he won the SCCA National Championship. He also raced a sprint car and a stock car a few times.
Andy Porterfield in his Corvette starting down the hill at Laguna Seca in 1957. (Photo: Andy Porterfield Collection)
Andy Porterfield won the SCCA National Championship in both 1978 and 1979. (Photo: Andy Porterfield Collection)
Andy in the Harry Mann Corvette at Sears Point in 1978. (Photo: Andy Porterfield Collection)
At the professional level, Andy competed in some 40 TransAm events and more than 20 IMSA races, where, in 1993, he won several GTO events. In the TransAm, he finished in the top ten 13 times and twice was third overall.
In 1981, he went back to a Camaro and raced one ever since. He had raced every year—including the current one—since 1956. After 1985 he stopped competing in the SCCA Runoffs because the way they are presently constituted requires competitors to travel. "To be competitive at the Nationals," Andy told me, "You have to be there for three weeks. That's a lot of time and I don't want to do that anymore."
Competing in the western half of the U.S. in SCCA Nationals and Regionals, Porterfield won the Southern Pacific Division Championship an unprecedented 22 times. In 1978, he was voted the SCCA "Driver of the Year." Andy drove my Devin SS in memory of his first pro drive for me at the Vintage Grand Prix in Palm Springs in 1985. Then, for a number of years, he drove a Devin SS at the Monterey Historics. The car was owned and entered by Dr. Mark Brinker of Houston, Texas.
After racing Corvettes for many years, Andy switched to Camaros. (Photo: Andy Porterfield Collection)
During the seventies, Porterfield started to get active in club governance, serving on the California Sports Car Club Region Board for 16 years. He was the Regional Executive (president) for five years. In 1985, he was elected to the SCCA National Board where he served for 12 years. (The elected SCCA Board governs the organization; the president and other officers are hired help).
In 1985, SCCA started an ancillary spec-racer business called SCCA Enterprises. After considerable start-up problems, Andy was named Chairman of the Board. Initially, Enterprises sold Sports Renaults, but then Chrysler wanted out of racing and discontinued making the car, so Enterprises continued the project on its own. Later, the engines were changed to Fords and the name was changed to Spec Racer Ford. In addition, Enterprises imports Van Diemans from England and installs Mazda engines. These are known as Formula Enterprise cars. The Formula SCCA series runs Spec Racer Fords. The success of Enterprises is largely due to Porterfield's stewardship which continued until his death.
When the Long Beach Grand Prix was established, course workers were supplied by the Cal Club. After some initial problems, Chris Pook asked Andy to take charge of the workers and he did so from then on. He was also in charge of workers at the California Speedway for certain events. Amazingly, Andy performed all of his club-related activities—including SCCA Enterprises as well as management of course workers—on a volunteer basis. His income was derived from investments and his brake business.
At its annual convention in 2008 the SCCA presented Andy with the McGill Award for making the most significant contribution to the Club Racing Program. The following year, he received the Woolf Barnato Award for the most outstanding long-term contribution to the organization. This is the highest honor the club has to bestow.
Andy Porterfield made some truly significant contributions to motorsports. His brakes furnish products unavailable elsewhere, making safer those who use them. He has probably volunteered more time and effort than any other SCCA member without any expectation of material reward. SCCA Enterprises was on its way to failure until Andy took over. The Long Beach Grand Prix and the California Speedway also have benefited from his long-time expertise and leadership. To top it off, Andy raced in and won more SCCA events than any other member.
[Source: Art Evans]
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Parker Wilson says
Thanks for sharing about your good friend. R.I.P. Andy.
Melanie Mathis says
Thank you Art for the wonderful tribute to my Dad at the service. Melanie
Michael Jacobsen says
I remembered Andy's great drives from the '50s, and when I found he was still at it 40 years later when I came back after a long absence, it was a delight. So sorry one more weekend hero of the Fab 50s is gone. Bet he's still got his foot down.
Valerie Davis says
I worked with Andy at the LB Grand Prix and looked forward to seeing him every year….what a stellar guy…he will be missed greatly.
Mike Savin says
Hi Art!
Thanks for your biography of Andy. I found, from your article, that he and I had attended the same high school!
(not the same class, however – I was class of 1960).
About 2 years ago, I was on a contract engineering job in Newport Beach – and found I was within 2 blocks of Andy's place – so I dropped in a couple of times to get acquainted. I enjoyed knowing him – even though my own relationship was certainly not as deep as yours nor as lengthy.
Thanks for all the wonderful books you've written – and for your services to the Fab50s – so we can all rub elbows.
Mike Savin
hi Art,
Thanks to share your feelings about this fab period. It is often mentioned in motor trend that andy porterfield drove a kellison j4 grey at santa barbara or Riverside in 1959 with a photo on the grid by al pallacy. Can you confirm this and do you have more pictures of this car?
marc coschieri, a french enthusiast and a regular user of porterfield drum brake pads that are very reliable!
why didnt my father give a shit about me andrew tracy porterfield jr


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There are only actually 58,000 tickets available in the first place once "seat kills" for the big screens, media positions and the like have been catered for. Around half go to the British public.
The situation is similar in the velodrome, but the numbers much smaller. On the biggest nights when Sir Chris Hoy and Victoria Pendleton will be aiming for glory, as few as 2,250 tickets will be taken by the public.
In the face of their continued refusal to break down the figures, London Assembly members accused organisers of running a "closed oligopoly" with a "chronic lack of transparency". The problems were exacerbated by the fractured relationship between Locog and Ticketmaster, the world's biggest ticketing company.
When the ticketing platform fell over in January, Locog was quick to blame Ticketmaster. Insiders at the company have claimed Locog has been an erratic client.
The original ballot, which saw 1.9m people make 22m applications, highlighted the scale of demand but also provoked criticism. Although the statistics proved otherwise, it gave the impression the rich could spread their bets by applying for dozens of tickets while others missed out.
Then came technical problems during a hastily arranged "second chance sale" in June during which an unwieldy Ticketmaster system first crawled to a halt, then took payment from 20,000 people but assigned them no tickets. The most embarrassing technical snafu came at the start of this year when a resale scheme flagged by organisers as a customer service coup turned into a PR nightmare.
Locog was forced to close the website after it collapsed as hundreds of thousands of people chased handfuls of tickets listed for resale.
Even the most recent batch of sales, offering 928,000 tickets to those who missed out in the opening two rounds, drew many complaints – despite organisers claiming it proceeded smoothly.
Some were annoyed they had to play "hunt the ticket" – endlessly clicking on apparently available options until their payment was accepted. Others believe Locog is hiding behind its status as a private company to avoid handling complaints properly.
There is potential for further embarrassment when the 500,000 remaining tickets go on general sale on Wednesday on a first come, first served basis. Organisers warned that customers could wait more than half an hour in peak periods.
On Tuesday night a Ukrainian Olympic official, Volodymyr Gerashchenko, was suspended following allegations by the BBC that he offered to sell up to 100 tickets for cash. Ukraine's committee received about 2,900 tickets in its official Olympic allocation.
It is illegal to sell the tickets on the black market, with fines of up to £20,000. Gerashchenko said he never planned to sell tickets in the UK.
Ticket resale site Viagogo predicted the Wednesday sale would provoke the biggest rush since the Take That reunion tour, with 25,000 tickets a minute being snapped up.
To guide potential buyers, Locog released a list of sports that have sold out, including events in the aquatics centre, the main stadium and the velodrome.
Aside from paying for a hospitality ticket (at up to £6,500) or one bundled with a short break from Thomas Cook, the only way to see those sports will be to try to secure one of the 200,000 tickets to be released for sale through public box offices once the final seat configurations are decided.
Attention will then turn to the battle to shift those football tickets and the embarrassing possibility of swaths of empty seats.
There is also the technical complexity of ressurecting the resale scheme that caused all the problems earlier this year and ensuring unused sponsors' tickets find their way into the hands of the public. Not to mention inevitable issues around touting and scam websites.
Coe and Locog chief executive Paul Deighton have expressed sympathy for those who missed out and suggested disappointment was a simple case of supply and demand.
Yet some of the errors were avoidable. Sir Keith Mills, the Locog deputy chairman who owned a large ticketing company in the late 1990s, admitted Ticketmaster had "struggled" and confessed communication with the public could have been better.
"When you're selling 10m tickets for a thousand different events and you've got massive demand, the technical complexity is enormous," he said.
Ultimately, Locog will point to the plaudits they have received from the IOC in selling out stadiums for sports that traditionally struggle to draw crowds, while hitting its revenue targets with ease.
Tickets contribute about £650m towards Locog's £2bn privately raised budget for staging the games. Privately, they say they would far rather deal with the consequences of overdemand than be struggling to balance the budget.
Mills, like Coe and Deighton, believes they have made it through with public goodwill intact as tickets start arriving this week. "Do I think we have delivered the fairest possible system? I absolutely do. We got it about as right as we could. We wanted to hit our revenue targets, we wanted full stadiums and we wanted to treat everyone as equally as we could," Mills said.


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Un framework de CSS es una biblioteca de estilos genéricos que puede ser usada para implementar diseños web. Aportan una serie de utilidades que pueden ser aprovechadas frecuentemente en los distintos diseños web.

Ventajas
Un framework de CSS, si está bien diseñado e implementado, proporciona las siguientes ventajas:

Proporcionar una forma fácil y por tanto rápida de implementar diseños web.
Nos aseguran que el diseño va a funcionar en una amplia gama de navegadores
Nos aseguran que su código cumple cierta normas estándar.
Nos aseguran cierto grado de fiabilidad en la eficacia de las utilidades que nos aportan. El framework se supone que está bien probado para asegurarnos que no hay errores.

Inconvenientes
El uso de un framework de CSS puede llevar aparejado las siguientes desventajas:
La importación de código del framework que no es necesario en nuestro diseño web concreto. Esto provoca un incremento innecesario del consumo del ancho de banda y del tiempo de descarga.
Hay un menor control por parte del maquetador de lo que realmente está sucediendo en la visualización de la página web. Esto suele ser un problema cuando se tiene que corregir algún efecto indeseado.
Al diseñar con código prehecho, podemos estar limitándonos en cuanto las posibilidades de elección del diseño web.

Clasificación
Podemos clasificar los frameworks de css en dos tipos:
Multipropósito: Proporcionan un conjunto de utilidades variadas útiles para distintos aspectos del desarrollo de un diseño web. Ej Cascade Framework.
Propósito específico: Están orientados a proporcionar herramientas para un propósito determinado. Por ejemplo, hay frameworks de CSS orientados a proporcionar herramientas para el desarrollo de rejillas (Ej. Responsive Grid System, Skeleton, Semantic Grid System), orientadas al control de la parte gráfica de la interfaz de usuario (Ej. Accordion, tabs, slideshow), orientados a la tipografía, etc.

Ejemplos
Algunos ejemplos de framework de CSS son:
 awsm.css
 Armazon
 Baseguide
 Bootstrap
 BoxySheets
 Cascade Framework
 Cascade Framework Light
 Chopstick
 Concise
 Flexify
 floatz
 Foundation
 Ink
 inuitcss
 Jalsonic Opinion
 Kathamo
 Kube
 Kule Lazy
 Material Design Lite
 Materialize
 Modest Grid
 Pure CSS
 Responsee
 Responsive BP
 Responsive Grid System
 Schema UI / Built with LESS
 Semantic UI
 Sierra SCSS Library
 Tacit
 uikit
 Unsemantic
 Visual Component Library (VCL)
 W3.CSS
 Wee
 Brian
 Buildit
YUI Grids

 Patrykstyle

Referencias
"Speaking in Styles: Fundamentals of CSS for Web Designers", Jason Cranford Teague. New Riders 2009

Diseño web
CSS
Usabilidad
Interacción persona-ordenador
Interfaz de usuario
Frameworks


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Look Around è il terzo singolo estratto dall'album I'm with You dei Red Hot Chili Peppers. Il video della canzone è stato reso pubblico il 25 gennaio 2012, in contemporanea col lancio radiofonico del singolo.

Attualmente il videoclip del brano, pubblicato dall'official channel della band su YouTube, ha raggiunto un totale di più di  51.000.000 di visualizzazioni.

Struttura
La canzone presenta caratteristiche vocali e strumentali riconducibili alle vecchie sonorità funk e rap rock del gruppo. L'intro parte con un riff di chitarra e rulli di batteria in stile funk rock.

Nella parte intermedia è possibile udire i cori del chitarrista Josh Klinghoffer, inoltre la canzone è caratterizzata da un forte battito (presumibilmente di mani) udibile soprattutto nel ritornello.

Videoclip
Il video, reso pubblico il giorno stesso della pubblicazione del singolo, vede come protagonisti i componenti del gruppo, ognuno in una stanza diversa di una casa, alle prese con situazioni stravaganti. in particolare il cantante Anthony Kiedis canta, salta e si scatena con un cane, una ragazza, che esce da un frigorifero, e suo figlio, Everly Bear.

Successivamente, sul sito della band, è stata resa pubblica la versione interattiva del video, dove l'utente può ruotare tra le varie stanze e vedere i comportamenti dei componenti del gruppo durante l'intera canzone.

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On 22 November 1944, a P-47D-23, assigned to the Combat Cargo Task Force, 1st Air Commando Group, 5th Fighter Squadron, departed the airfield at Fenni on a combat mission over the Mu River. It was last seen at about 1615 hours near 22º 10' North & 94º 50' East. The pilot was 2ndLt Walter C. Lair, # 0-678065. He was last seen by 2ndLt Ernest R. Dornbush, 0-715493, and 2ndLt Rudolph (NMI) Melichar, 0-714967.
Walter C. was born on 9 April 1919 in Hazelwood, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, to Addison Walter Lair (1882-1928) and Daisy (Flick) Lair (1888-1978). Siblings included Virginia Adele Lair (1916-1977) and Raymond Additon Lair (1917-2016).
He registered for the WW II draft on 16 October 1940, resided at 2700 W. Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh, PA, employed by Harwood Insurance, and described himself as 5'8", 158 lbs, with blond hair and blue eyes. He had a scar on his forehead. After enlisting in the USAAF 30 March 1942, he completed flight instruction through advanced schools and earned his commission and pilot wings as a fighter pilot. He was sent overseas to India. On 22 November 1944, a P-47D-23, assigned to the Combat Cargo Task Force, 1st Air Commando Group, 5th Fighter Squadron, departed the airfield at Fenni on a combat mission over the Mu River. It was last seen at about 1615 hours near 22º 10' North & 94º 50' East. He was last seen by 2ndLt Ernest R. Dornbush, 0-715493, and 2ndLt Rudolph (NMI) Melichar, 0-714967. He rejoined his squadron after surving six weeks in the Burma jungle. His best friend, Capt. H. R. Davidson wrote his mother, sending home his personal effects. Chaplain Marlin F. Kerstetter of the First Commando Group wrote her that "After six weeks of kiving and traveling in the jungle, [your son] has been found. He is undernourished and weak but we expect to bring him to the home base within a week. The saga of your son during his mission over Burma; of the technique of abandoning the plane and living in the jungle; of the help he received from friendly natives, is thrilling; but it is a greater profound fact that he has survived and is safe again. His mother said, "I just got down on my knees and prayed and thanked God." She has another son, First Lieutenant Raymond Lair, USAAF, stationed at Casper, Wyoming. He was separated from the USAAF on 17 March 1948. He died on 21 December 1992 and is buried in the Riverside Cemetery, Fort Benton, Chouteau Co., Montana.
His brother, Raymond A. Lair, born 12 December 1917, served in the USAAF, a First Lieutenant, # 0-868209, from 16 January 1943. He retired from the U.S. Air Force Reserves, a Major, after 25 years service. He died on 30 March 2016 and is buried in the Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.


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Q: Strange Smarty Variable Behavior With Input Fields I am encountering some odd behavior with Smarty but I believe solution is fairly simple. I am admittedly not an expert w/ Smarty but I still find this rather strange.
Some background, $PF_SHOP_CART_GIFTS is an integer, either 0 if no gifts are in cart or a positive number if gifts do exist in the cart.
I have a section loop defined as the following:
{if $PF_SHOP_CART_GIFTS}
<input type="text" name="iGifts" value="{$PF_SHOP_CART_GIFTS}" />
{section name="gift_memberships" loop=$PF_SHOP_CART_GIFTS}
 // A bunch of stuff happens here but it isn't related to my question
{/section}
{/if}

The problem is that the value of the input field "iGifts" always ends up being NULL (value="" when I view source) which is weird because if I just output the smarty variable:
{$PF_SHOP_CART_GIFTS}

I see the correct integer value that it is set to.  Is there something that prevents me from using smarty variables in the context of input field values?

A: I ended up rewriting part of the controller that inits the form.  All data is now accessible (in a logical fashion) and life is good. /phew

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Someday – singiel amerykańskiej piosenkarki Laury "LP" Pergolizzi, który został wydany 2 czerwca 2014 roku. Utwór promował trzeci album studyjny artystki zatytułowany Forever for Now.

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namespace windows_stream_handle_compile {

void write_some_handler(const boost::system::error_code&, std::size_t)
{
}

void read_some_handler(const boost::system::error_code&, std::size_t)
{
}

void test()
{
#if defined(BOOST_ASIO_HAS_WINDOWS_STREAM_HANDLE)
  using namespace boost::asio;
  namespace win = boost::asio::windows;

  try
  {
    io_service ios;
    char mutable_char_buffer[128] = "";
    const char const_char_buffer[128] = "";
    archetypes::lazy_handler lazy;
    boost::system::error_code ec;

    // basic_stream_handle constructors.

    win::stream_handle handle1(ios);
    HANDLE native_handle1 = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
    win::stream_handle handle2(ios, native_handle1);

#if defined(BOOST_ASIO_HAS_MOVE)
    win::stream_handle handle3(std::move(handle2));
#endif // defined(BOOST_ASIO_HAS_MOVE)

    // basic_stream_handle operators.

#if defined(BOOST_ASIO_HAS_MOVE)
    handle1 = win::stream_handle(ios);
    handle1 = std::move(handle2);
#endif // defined(BOOST_ASIO_HAS_MOVE)

    // basic_io_object functions.

    io_service& ios_ref = handle1.get_io_service();
    (void)ios_ref;

    // basic_handle functions.

    win::stream_handle::lowest_layer_type& lowest_layer
      = handle1.lowest_layer();
    (void)lowest_layer;

    const win::stream_handle& handle4 = handle1;
    const win::stream_handle::lowest_layer_type& lowest_layer2
      = handle4.lowest_layer();
    (void)lowest_layer2;

    HANDLE native_handle2 = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
    handle1.assign(native_handle2);

    bool is_open = handle1.is_open();
    (void)is_open;

    handle1.close();
    handle1.close(ec);

    win::stream_handle::native_type native_handle3 = handle1.native();
    (void)native_handle3;

    win::stream_handle::native_handle_type native_handle4
      = handle1.native_handle();
    (void)native_handle4;

    handle1.cancel();
    handle1.cancel(ec);

    // basic_stream_handle functions.

    handle1.write_some(buffer(mutable_char_buffer));
    handle1.write_some(buffer(const_char_buffer));
    handle1.write_some(buffer(mutable_char_buffer), ec);
    handle1.write_some(buffer(const_char_buffer), ec);

    handle1.async_write_some(buffer(mutable_char_buffer), &write_some_handler);
    handle1.async_write_some(buffer(const_char_buffer), &write_some_handler);
    int i1 = handle1.async_write_some(buffer(mutable_char_buffer), lazy);
    (void)i1;
    int i2 = handle1.async_write_some(buffer(const_char_buffer), lazy);
    (void)i2;

    handle1.read_some(buffer(mutable_char_buffer));
    handle1.read_some(buffer(mutable_char_buffer), ec);

    handle1.async_read_some(buffer(mutable_char_buffer), &read_some_handler);
    int i3 = handle1.async_read_some(buffer(mutable_char_buffer), lazy);
    (void)i3;
  }
  catch (std::exception&)
  {
  }
#endif // defined(BOOST_ASIO_HAS_WINDOWS_STREAM_HANDLE)
}

} // namespace windows_stream_handle_compile

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------

BOOST_ASIO_TEST_SUITE
(
  "windows/stream_handle",
  BOOST_ASIO_TEST_CASE(windows_stream_handle_compile::test)
)


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In February, the board of Hillsborough County's transit agency unanimously selected its next CEO, Ben Limmer. He began work at the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority late last month. He had been the assistant general manager at MARTA, the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority. Limmer was a guest on WMNF's MidPoint.
Last November, Hillsborough County taxpayers approved a sales tax increase that could bring $1.4 billion to HART over the next ten years – but it's in limbo right now because of a lawsuit by County Commissioner Stacy White. The current budget is about $80 million. The potential new tax revenue could be more than $130 million. We heard from Limmer about how to go about running a transportation agency without knowing what next year's budget will be, especially since the budget needs to be in place by October.
Limmer also talked about his experiences in other cities, especially Phoenix, which has light rail. At first glance it seems very similar to Hillsborough County – a large population but spread out to distant suburbs. Rail funding was approved by a sales tax increase referendum.
"As far as how it compares to Tampa, the Phoenix system was by-and-large constructed in city streets. There's some opportunity to do that here. But also, given some of the traffic congestion challenges that we have, we will be looking for other right-of-way opportunities. That's kind of what's unique about the Tampa region. It's more like what we had in Atlanta when we were looking at light rail lines there," Limmer told WMNF.
Other right-of-way options includie using CSX tracks.
We talked about FDOT's proposals to expand interstate highways through what's called Tampa Bay Next (previously, TBX) and how HART could work with the Florida Department of Transportation.
We also looked at regional transportation connections including an express bus option from St. Petersburg through Hillsborough into Pasco County.
Also on the show we heard a preview of an action that's happening Monday night in St. Petersburg. Faith and Action for Strength Together or FAST Pinellas is holding its annual Nehemiah Action at Tropicana Field. WMNF spoke with Robert Ward. He's pastor of the Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist Church and a former co-chair of FAST.


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I'm a Christian and this is why I vote Green
By Gillan @ God and Politics in the UK on February 10, 2014 • ( 8 )
Today's guest post by Stephen Gray is the third in a series where writers are asked to discuss the reasons for their own political views and how they tie with their Christian faith. The first two are I'm a Christian and this is why I vote Conservative and I'm a Christian and this is why I vote Labour. The hope is that this series will facilitate an open conversation on how faith may be tied to differing political streams of thought. It builds on the findings of the recent Theos report that has analysed voting patterns of Christians, revealing some clear political divisions between some Christian groups.
Stephen lives in Coventry. He has stood as a candidate for the Green Party at both local council and Parliamentary elections. He blogs, far less often than he would like, at greenchristian.co.uk.
I'm a Christian, I vote for the Green Party, and I have done every time they've been on my ballot paper. There are two main reasons why I support the Greens and, whilst my faith is certainly not the only influence on my politics, both of these reasons are rooted in my theology. I'll start with the reason you're probably all expecting me to bring up: the environment.
The first reference to government in the Bible is Genesis 1:26, where God says "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." This is pretty clear that God put us in charge of the rest of creation. The obvious implication is that He intends us to properly steward it. Because of this, I believe that we have to at least consider environmental issues when thinking about politics.
And today we live in a world where environmental issues are a major concern. Humanity has always shaped the natural world around us, but modern technologies mean that we can have a global impact on the environment, rather than just a local one. Growing up in the 80s, things like climate change and the hole in the ozone layer were big news and convinced me that the planet we live on is actually quite fragile. To make matters worse, our society is heavily dependant on some of the technologies that cause the most damage. This means that the biggest political issues of the 21st century will inevitably be climate change and peak oil (extraction of conventional oil has, in fact, already peaked).
Regardless of your political philosophy (and there are many that are compatible with Christianity), it is impossible to come up with long-term solutions to any of the other problems our society faces unless we put dealing with these two issues at the heart of our political agenda. Sadly, however, the main parties simply haven't done this. At best, they treat climate change as a secondary, albeit important, issue and ignore peak oil. At worst, they deny both climate change and peak oil. Regardless of whether the Greens have the right solutions, they are currently the only political party in the UK that is even asking the most important political questions of our age.
However, environmental issues aren't the only reason I vote Green. One of the major themes of the Bible is God's heart for the poor. So, like Lois Sparling – who wrote the Labour post in this series – I think that helping the poor should be one of the major themes of Christian engagement in politics. But, of course, the big question is how to do this in 21st Century Britain.
Since 1979, successive British governments have all believed that the neoliberal school of economics is essentially correct. This school of thought says that the state is very bad at running things, that public services would be better off being privatised – in whole, or in part. And also that if you help the rich get richer, then their wealth will "trickle down" to the poor. It claims that such a model will make everybody better off. Blair and Brown were less ardent believers than Thatcher, Major, and Cameron, but still followed the same model.
However, in that period neoliberalism hasn't delivered what its advocates claim. Economic growth has actually been slower than it was in the 50s, 60s and 70s, when the consensus was quite different. From the 80s onwards, unemployment has consistently been higher than it was before, and those at the bottom of society have definitely become worse off in relative terms, with many being worse off in absolute terms. Meanwhile, those at the top have consistently acquired a greater share of the nation's wealth than ever before. All this contrasts with the substantial body of evidence that inequality is strongly associated with a whole range of health and social problems.
It is, therefore, my belief that the neoliberal project has failed to build a better world for those at the bottom – the poorest amongst us, the dispossessed, and marginalised. And many of the current government's welfare reforms appear to be doing even more harm to those at the bottom (particularly the sick and disabled). But, as with climate change and peak oil, the Greens are the only party of any significance that are proposing anything different from the neoliberal consensus (and no, the Green alternative is not Soviet style State Socialism). Labour have begun to suggest a few policies that go against the flow in the last year or so, but nothing so far that suggests they are looking for an alternative economic model.
So that's two major reasons I consider the Green Party to be the one that is most in line with my values, but many people whose views are similar to mine don't vote Green (except maybe in European Parliament elections). In 2010, the website Vote for Policies allowed people to find out which party's policies were most in line with their views, and the Greens actually had the most popular policies. Why is this? The main reason is that many people think that the Greens will never win (or at least "not round here"). This is, of course, a self-fulfilling prophecy – if your natural supporters don't vote for you, then it's difficult to convince anybody else to do so.
But if, like me, you believe that a smaller party (whether it's the Greens or somebody else) is the only one saying the right things about the most important issues of the day, you have two options. You can either get into a larger party and try to change it (which is easier said than done), or you can support that party, as the more votes they get, the more likely it is that their issues will be taken seriously by the other parties, the media, and ultimately the public. And the more likely it is that they can then build the necessary support to get people elected and make a direct impact.
I expect that many of my brothers and sisters in Christ will disagree with me on the issues, and that's fine. No political party has a truly Christian position on every issue, and which party we favour often reflects which issues are dearest to our heart. Some of us will differ on the practical ways to achieve things – Neill Harvey-Smith, who wrote the Conservative article in this series, clearly disagrees with me about the best way to help the poorest in our society. Only very rarely do we disagree on the theology that leads us to care in the first place. And even then, the things we disagree about aren't exactly first order issues. What unites us as Christians – our love of Christ – transcends our political divisions.
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Categories: Environment, Government, Party politics
Tags: Green Party, neoliberalism, peak oil
Nim Bees
Thanks Stephen, you've described most of the reasons why I as a Christian also vote Green.
I voted Labour all my life but as they drifted ever further to the dark side thanks to Blair's wholesale adoption Thatcherite/Reagan neoliberal 'Greed is good' economics (brilliantly depicted in Naomi Klein's "The shock doctrine's" Disaster Capitalism), and hence (inevitably) its steady drift away from Labour's Christian roots, I jumped ship finally a few years ago.
The Greens (for me) are the only party to seriously address reality – that we're hard up against ecological limits which is already having increasingly disastrous global consequences (droughts, floods etc). The reality of resources depletion (especially peak oil), climate change, with increasing inequality; all of which Labour pays lip service to, while the – business as usual – Tories mostly deny exists at all.
Particularly Influential reading for me: Richard Heinberg's 'the party's over' and "Snake oil – how fracking's false promise of plenty imperils our future"; Nicholas Shaxson's 'Treasure Island – the tax havens and the men who stole the world'; Steve Keen's 'Debunking economics', in which he describes current economics as more hocus locus than anything resembling a science.
I have had some criticism from fellow Christians for voting Green because they, 'worship' the earth. I take this to mean all the new age stuff. Personally, I find 'a sense of the spiritual' refreshing.
Really hope my 'tone' doesn't upset anyone
I faced exactly the dilemma you mention at the bottom – join the Greens to try to put climate change on the political agenda, or join a larger party (in whose philosophical tradition I feel more comfortable). It's a tough choice!
In the end I chose against the Greens – seems to me that it's just as hard to get electoral support for the Greens as it is to change a party from the inside, and we can try to put climate change on the public agenda in other ways.
I somehow still find myself hoping for a big Green vote in the upcoming European elections though…
If you want a big Green vote in the European elections, then at least you know who to vote for in May…
And I can totally see where you're coming from on this one, even though I've taken the opposite course. My view of how easy it is to change the major parties is influenced by many of the ex-Labour and ex-Lib Dems who have joined the Greens having given up on changing their parties, and so is probably a bit more pessimistic than the reality.
On the other hand, you may be too pessimistic about the possibility of Greens getting electoral support. Yes, at the moment it's difficult to get Green support up across an entire constituency, but we've certainly been increasing our representation on local councils. And sometimes dramatically so – last May, I was involved in a campaign that took what used to be a solidly Labour council ward with 62% of the vote. And our new councillor there is also a Christian.
Ultimately I expect that people like you, who are trying to green the main parties, will have an easier time if people like me, who are trying to make the Greens more significant, do well. Organisations are far more likely to change if they have pressure from both the inside and the outside. I hope and pray that both you and me will have a decent impact on our respective local communities and political parties.
Babibell
I really enjoy these articles, thanks a lot. Could you maybe do one about the Christian Party – I don't know what to make of them! Thanks 🙂
Thank you Stephen, this piece resonates with me in many ways and reflects why I have voted Green in the past. I live in Brighton and Hove, where we have the country's first Green MP who is a very good and in many ways principled politician. We are also home to the Country's first Green Council (a minority administration- always a challenge). This has not been a success. The economic climate and cut backs from central government have made this a particularly challenging period for the administration and the Greens have been unfairly criticised for many things. They have achieved some very good things, for example introducing the living wage in Brighton and Hove.
However, the Green Group on the council is in a mess, and they are not able to govern themselves adequately, let alone the city. It seems that it is a difficult move from an identity of challenging authority and the established view (which the Greens have had a vital role in doing in recent decades), and actually being IN authority. While 'outside' government, the Greens have pushed other's boundaries, but now in government, they do not seem to have any boundaries of their own within which they are able to operate in any kind of united way. This has been incredibly damaging for the party, and also very detrimental to the city.
Do you have confidence that the Green Party nationally is able to move forward in unity, and deal with the disagreements in ideology that definitely exist within the Greens, in a mature and tolerant way?
The short answer to your question is yes. I think that a lot of the circumstances that prompted the factionalism in Brighton and Hove are fairly local, and have a lot to do with being a minority administration at a time when central government is forcing local councils to operate on – at best – a shoestring budget. Also, I think that other local parties are looking a what's gone wrong in Brighton and Hove and working out what went wrong, in the hopes of avoiding it themselves (I expect that we'll have a full investigation into what went wrong in Brighton and Hove if – as seems likely – we lose control of the council in 2015)
On a national level, the Greens are a lot more united than the Brighton and Hove Greens are. During the time I've been a party member (since 2008), even the most contentious national disputes have been handled in a much more mature and tolerant manner than the disputes we've seen in Brighton and Hove. Hopefully the governance review that is currently in process will improve our ability to act in that way. Perhaps, in part, because party conferences provide an effective venue for airing and resolving most disputes.
It's also worth noting that there have been Labour, Conservative, and Liberal Democrat run councils which have been just as dysfunctional, if not more so (and I expect that there will be similar examples with some UKIP groups if and when they are in the position of running local councils). Not that that excuses the problems there have been in Brighton and Hove, I mention it just to point out that the kind of infighting that there's been in Brighton and Hove isn't a problem that is exclusive to the Greens.
Thank you, hopefully what has happened in Brighton and Hove will result in some constructive reflection!
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By Peter | Prosophos	Guest Post, Inspiration
Guest Post: Aaron C. Greenman.
Aaron C. Greenman has previously contributed to this site and has even been a Featured Photographer. Normally, his work is informed by his previous experiences in newspaper journalism, and his interest in graphic arts. This time, however, Aaron wanted to contribute something a little different. I'll let him tell you, in his own words.
Aaron C. Greenman writes:
"I rarely if ever post photos of members of my family, but this is a photo of my daughter, who was performing in a high school theatre production of Michel de Ghelderode's "Le Sommeil de la Raison," written in the early 20th century, between the two world wars. It is a surrealist play about a man who hallucinates in a dream that he meets the seven deadly sins, and death itself, and the play is a comment on man's hopeless actions toward itself.
My daughter played the main female character – Lust – and As a service to the theatre troupe, I made some photos of one of the final dress rehearsals. She has been preparing the role for almost nine months, and no one in our family had ever heard even one word of text around the house.
During my sneak peek of the play, it was as if watching my teenager transformed. In this one moment, in which Lust wrestles with death, her eye caught the camera (and her father), and with a single, momentary glance, surrounded by a frenzy of color, light and shadow, I felt like she was announcing her power, self-reliance, individuality and arrival as an adult to her father."
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mewanchuk says:
Congratulations to both of you, Aaron!
An amazing capture, and a fantastic moment.
-M.
Brava! Sometimes life's little moments are very big moments….and sometimes, if one has a camera, a knowing eye, and an open heart….these moments become beautiful images, too. Thank you for sharing it with us.


The origins of stadiums and theatres date back as far as ancient Greece, in fact, the word stadium originates from the Greek word Stadion. It described a measurement of distance of approximately 192 metres or 600 human feet. This measurement was used during running competitions in Olympia – the birthplace of the Olympics, and home of the world's first stadium. The Greeks were also responsible for developing the amphitheatre, today's stadium bowl seating arrangements are largely based on this design.
The Panathenaic Stadium in Athens was built in marble in 144AD and is still in use today.
Stadium, or arena seating as it is also referred to as, is commonly used for watching sporting events – seating surrounds the centre pitch with each row positioned at a slightly higher level than the one in front it, providing an unobstructed view and ample leg room. Seats are generally installed onto a stepped floor surface, which also serves as stairs in the aisles.
A good atmosphere is key to the success of any arena. In order to achieve this, there must be a visual and audible connection between spectators and the event. Visibility and acoustics play a key role; even those sitting in the furthest seats must feel connected to the event.
The noise of the crowd is vital to the experience, a silent stadium where sound is lost lends itself to an unmemorable experience. This is no better in the eyes of the spectator than staying at home to watch the event on television. With home entertainment systems becoming ever more sophisticated, stadiums must keep up. Acoustics can also have an impact on the players themselves, intimidating the opposition when playing on home turf and cheering on the home team.
Architects and engineers invest serious planning into their designs – acoustics, stadium shape and arena seating are paramount to the success. Many of the European stadiums have partial roofs which help deflect the sound back to the crowd.
Attending any sort of sporting event in a stadium be it football, rugby, cricket or another sport, should be an all-encompassing entertainment experience, providing excitement, comfort and above all safety.
Good visibility, safety and comfort are key requirements when designing stadium seating. Fans must have an unobstructed view of the game in order to feel a connection with the event itself. Access to and from the seat should be easy and safe – and the chosen seats need to comply with all safety regulations and operating licenses. Comfort is also of great importance in today's world, tickets to watch Premier League football games are not cheap, and visitors generally expect a certain level of comfort as well as easy access to facilities.
VIP areas and sky boxes are premium seating areas with access to exclusive facilities such as members only lounges and bars. They are specifically designed for distinguished guests and elite corporate functions. VIP stadium seating generates a much higher revenue than other ticket types – and therefore must be of a higher and more luxurious standard to suit the clientele. VIP seating is often customised with embroidery, incorporated heating, cup holders and so forth.
Ferco seating supplied both general admission seating and VIP seating to corporate and executive areas at the Emirates Stadium. Riviera VIP Seating was chosen for its luxurious and comfortable design.
The Riviera VIP was also chosen for Chelsea football club's Millennium suite, heated seating was incorporated into the design.
VIP seating is however, reserved for the minority – there is a wide range of other seating solutions available for general stadium admissions to cater for different visitor requirements.
Many fans want to have the option of either sitting or standing, especially at football matches. The RailSeat was designed to specifically suit this purpose, it was developed in a way which allows fans to either stand safely or be seated if they choose to do so. The built-in rail and its height allows fans to stand safely in arenas without the risk of falling onto the rows beneath them, it is becoming an increasingly popular solution in Europe, especially in Germany where fans view standing as an integral part of watching the game.
The football fans federation have supported RailSeat solutions in the UK – Celtic in Scotland were the first to install such seating in the country.
A multi-purpose sports facility inaugurated in 2015 with a 16,000 capacity. Spectator comfort was a primary focus with spacious and sumptuous seating required. Several models of Ferco Seating's ARC collection were installed for their ergonomic design, durability and attractive appearance.
The ARC Max VIP Stadium Seat is shown in the images beneath, engineered for comfort, ease of maintenance and luxury appearance.
Tip up seating at its finest, the ARC Lite and the ARC One have been installed in numerous stadiums throughout the world including Saracens Rugby club, where 10,000 seats were installed in 9 different blocks.
The ARC One with embroidered logo was chosen for Leicester City Football Club for its robustness, ease of maintenance and spectator comfort.
The ARC Shell was the arena seating of choice in this multi-purpose stadium in Sana'a Yemen, 25,000 seats were installed in vibrant colours. The ARC shell benefits from being able to be directly installed onto tiering.
One of the main venues for the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, opened to the public in 2014, the centre has a 17,500-seat capacity. The FCB-M was chosen as the ideal spectator arena seat for its contemporary design, comfort and durability.
FCB-M arena seating is fitted throughout the legendary Maracana stadium.
A multi-functional sports complex located in France with a 5000-spectator capacity, the FCB-S arena seat was chosen for the project. The design is a closed all-round shell seat without any sharp edges or gaps – it forms the starting point of the FCB seating range.
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The undercover videos of Planned Parenthood showing unthinkable behavior have brought much discussion about whether taxpayer money – $500,000,000 – should be used to help fund them when they do only a few medical exams (no mammograms) and dispense birth control. Other community clinics offer far more services (but no abortions) and do not receive taxpayer funding.
The videos show Planned Parenthood workers discussing how they rearrange the baby prior to delivery in order to maximize the "value" of the baby's organs. In some cases, the baby is delivered alive then killed by carefully crushing some less marketable organs in order to preserve the valuable organs. In one video, the organs are shown on a pie plate as a technician moves them around. It's reminiscent of someone using chopsticks to move Chinese food around. It's absolutely sickening to listen to the Planned Parenthood people laugh about the procedures while they're eating their salad and sipping wine, and negotiating prices for the organs.
Americans were outraged that such barbaric atrocities were occurring in a civilized society, let alone that taxpayer money was funding such an organization that was profiting from the sale of organs, which is illegal. Americans put pressure on their Representatives and Senators to stop the funding and investigate the apparent illegalities.
So far, Senate Leader Mitch McConnell has been unable to get enough votes to support defunding Planned Parenthood in the Budget. Obama has said he will veto any Budget that doesn't include the funding.
Yesterday House members voted on a Bill that would clarify that it is an act of murder to kill a baby who survives an abortion. Unbelievably 177 House Reps voted AGAINST this bill!
In Ohio, FOUR of our Representatives – all Democrats – voted AGAINST the bill: Rep Joyce Beatty, Rep Marcia Fudge, Rep Marcy Kaptur, Rep Tim Ryan.
To check how you state's Representative voted, the list is given HERE.


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The Victorian almshouses were demolished in 1972, having been deemed unsuitable for improvement and with the purchase of five adjoining properties trustees commissioned the rebuilding of the almshouses which were completed in 1974. A further refurbishment was completed in 1999.


OMG you are wonderful culture minister. I worship at your shrine. This says it all.
What a great reminder of what Palin believes, and the direction she would try to take this country - though I have serious doubts she could take us anywhere if she got the chance since she doesn't have the experience and gravitas to do it, which is a problem in itself.


Tax avoidance by multinational corporations will be forced into the open under proposals to be unveiled by European regulators on Tuesday following the Panama Papers revelations.
The European commission will put forward legislation requiring large multinationals operating in Europe to disclose profits earned and taxes paid in each of the EU's 28 member states, as well as fiscal havens.
All large companies trading in Europe, including subsidiaries of non-European businesses, would have to publish how much tax they pay outside the EU, including detailed country-by-country information on their finances in tax havens.
The commission was already working on measures to force international companies to disclose their earnings and tax bills in the EU. Following the leak of 11.5m files exposing the tax secrets of the global elite, officials have toughened up their plans to include tax havens.
Lord Hill, the European commissioner in charge of financial services, confirmed on Monday that the proposals were being extended to tax havens, in response to the public outcry over the revelations in the Panama papers.
The massive data leak had "shifted the public mood" and it was sensible to reflect that in the proposals, he told the Guardian and two other European newspapers in an interview.
The original proposals were drawn up after public outcry over large corporations, such as Apple and Starbucks, paying little tax despite earning healthy profits. The EU loses up to €70bn (£56bn) a year through corporate tax avoidance, according to the European parliament.
Under the plans all multinational companies with a turnover greater than €750m would be obliged to meet tougher standards on public disclosure.
He said it was hard to justify to small- and medium-sized companies "why they should be paying at a higher effective tax rate".
The proposals, which are expected to be published at 2pm BST, still have to be agreed by a qualified majority of EU finance ministers and the European parliament before they can enter into force.
One pitfall is that the EU does not have an official list of tax havens, although commission officials have promised that one will be ready within six months. A list of 30 "non-co-operative tax jurisdictions" that included Panama and the British Virgin Islands was published by the commission last year, but later withdrawn after it was rubbished by some member states. The British government does not have a list of tax havens and had criticised the list as unhelpful.
Officials in Brussels are counting on public outrage generated by the Panama papers to help reach a speedy agreement on the proposals, as well as an EU blacklist of tax havens. Pierre Moscovici, the European commissioner in charge of tax policy, has insisted that no government can now waver on these measures. "After the Panama Papers, there must not be a single hesitation from anybody, that we need country-by-country reporting," he said.
Ahead of the release of the proposals, transparency campaigners warned they may not go far enough.
Business groups are also unhappy with plans to compel companies to disclose their profits to the public and not just the tax authorities.
Hill rejected the arguments that his proposals were anti-competitive and bad for business.


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