Futurist kicking off Thousand Oaks' plans for the next 50 years

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As Thousand Oaks celebrates its first 50 years, city officials will host a speaker Wednesday night to help the public envision the next 50.

Joel Kotkin, a futurist and author of the book The Next Hundred Million: America in 2050, will discuss the future of Southern California and what Thousand Oaks could be like in 2064.

Kotkins free lecture, which is open to the public, kicks off the Thousand Oaks 2064 visioning program. A series of community discussions will start April 2 and continue through October.

The five focus areas are environment, infrastructure, economy, municipal services, and civic and community. A City Council member will spearhead each topic.

Kotkin is the Roger Hobbs Distinguished Fellow in Urban Studies at Chapman University in Orange. He also is the executive editor of Newgeography.com and a weekly columnist for Forbes.com.

Kotkins lecture will be at 7 p.m. in the Scherr Forum Theatre at the Civic Arts Plaza, 2100 Thousand Oaks Blvd. Seating is limited to the first 400 people. Early arrival is encouraged.

The talk will be broadcast on TOTV and streamed live on the citys website, http://www.toaks.org.

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Animal Rights vs. Religious Freedom: Muslim & Jewish leaders slam Danish anti-ritual slaughter law – Video

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Freedom From Obesity I – Weight Loss Specialists of North Texas Educational DVD – Video

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Watch the Freedom Tower BASE Jump Everyone's Talking About

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Three guys jumped off the Freedom Tower in NYC last September, and a video posted this week shows the daredevils' stunt which has since led to their arrest. Jumpers Andrew Rossig, James Brady, and Marco Markovich parachuted off the skyscraper on Sept. 30, climbing the stairs to the top of the 1,776-foot tower while a fourth friend kept watch below. Rossig's lawyer has stated that the men didn't run into any security guards, sparking debate about the appropriate level of security at the building. That night, after they opened their parachutes and landed on West Street, a Goldman Sachs security guard called the police, but they weren't immediately found. In January, detectives identified a few of the men and found GoPro cameras with footage of the jumps.

On Thursday, all four men were charged with burglary, reckless endangerment, and jumping from a structure, and Rossig's attorney stated, "No one was harmed except for Port Authority whose lack of security was exposed." For his part, Rossig said, "We just kind of walked in. It's supposed to be the most secure building in the world. God forbid it was somebody else getting in there with a real intention to harm New Yorkers." Of the jump, he called it "exhilarating," saying, "You really get to enjoy the view of the city and see it from a different perspective."

The group's jumping video comes just days after a New Jersey teenager was arrested for heading to the top of the Freedom Tower in the middle of the night and taking pictures. Sixteen-year-old Justin Casquejo crawled through a hole in the fence at the site, then took an elevator to the 88th floor with an elevator operator before climbing the stairs to the 104th floor and making his way to the antenna. When he left two hours later, he was spotted by a construction worker and taken into custody, charged with misdemeanor trespassing.

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Brownells Extends Support for Injured Warfighters to Freedom Alliance

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Montezuma, Iowa (PRWEB) March 25, 2014

Brownells is proud to announce its support for Freedom Alliances Support Our Troops program. The $10,000 donation will go directly toward the Outdoor Adventures program, which provides outdoor-related recreational opportunities for combat-wounded U.S. Servicemen and women and their families.

Brownells commitment to honoring and supporting those who serve our country is well known, said Freedom Alliance President Tom Kilgannon. Were grateful to Brownells for their generous support. This gift helps us to take injured service members into a naturally therapeutic environment the American Outdoors and allow them to escape the hospital setting.

Freedom Alliances Outdoor Adventures also provides wounded troops with the opportunity to meet fellow warriors in similar circumstances, and recommit themselves to their long and challenging road to recovery, added Kilgannon. Together, Freedom Alliance and Brownells are helping Americas heroes to benefit from Americas great heritage of outdoor sports and recreation.

The Outdoor Adventures initiative is a part of Freedom Alliances Support Our Troops program. This program includes troop appreciation events, dinners, dream vacations and a multitude of other programs to support troops families at home.

Its always a great privilege for us to honor veterans, particularly those whove suffered injuries as a result of their service, said Pete Brownell, CEO of Brownells. We know our injured heroes often have long stays in hospitals and rehab centers, so we hope that providing them with an opportunity to get outside, relax and enjoy themselves will help lift their spirits and speed their recoveries.

In addition to Freedom Alliance, Brownells backs a number of veterans and injured veterans support organizations including the Special Operations Wounded Warriors, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans and the NRA Life of Duty.

To learn more, or to donate to the Freedom Alliance, visit their website.

About Freedom Alliance

Freedom Alliance is an educational and charitable organization which sponsors numerous program activities aimed at supporting and honoring our service members and their families. Freedom Alliance is recognized by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as a public charity organized under Section 501(c)(3) of the IRS Code.

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Beaches Jazz Festival supporters launch petition to save funding

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Watch:Beaches Jazz Festival supporters launch petition to save funding. Carey Marsden reports.

TORONTO Beaches Jazz Festival supporters have launched an online petitionto urge Ontarioto restore funding to the free summer event after an annual provincial grant was not renewed this month.

The festival, which attracted an estimated 500,000 people last year, received $75,000 from the Celebrate Ontario program in each of the last six years.

Organizers were told on March 13 that they would no longer receive the funding this time around.

This year, the festival is in danger of being drastically reduced in size and scope because the funding that it has regularly received for the past 6 years has not been renewed by the government, the petition wrote.

Critics argued the move seemed odd as the governing Liberals reportedly awarded a $300,000 grant to multimillionaire rap star Drake was to stage his two-day OVO Fest in Toronto this summer.

Watch: (Mar 20) The Beaches Jazz Festival has been denied a provincial grant it has received in the past. Carey Marsden reports.

Meanwhile, Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, a company thats estimated to be worth $2 billion, wants $10 million from the province to upgrade BMO Field in Toronto a city-owned property.

The company that owns the Toronto Maple Leafs, Toronto Raptors, and Torontos professional soccer team says it will put in $90 million for the upgrade, but only if it gets $30 million from the city, province and federal government.

Tourism Minister Michael Chan defended the decision on Monday, saying Celebrate Ontario is a competitive program, which attracted 441 applications last year, and supports many events across the province.

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Physics and Astronomy to Host Annual Open House on April 12

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Event runs from 1 to 4:30 p.m. at Physics Building and features free admission and free parking

By Ross French on March 25, 2014

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RIVERSIDE, Calif. The Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Riverside will host its annual open house on April 12, 2014 from 14:30 p.m., allowing visitors to campus to have one-on-one interactions with faculty and students and get to know all about the cutting-edge research the department conducts.

The annual open house will be held in the Physics Building as well as outside in the adjacent courtyard. Parking in Lot 30 is free.

Presentations that showcase the research being done in the department will be held in the lobby and classrooms of the Physics Building. The presentations will each be about 20 minutes long. Presentations on astrophysics, cosmology and condensed matter physics will start at 2 p.m., take place in Room 3041 (the Reading Room), and be given twice; the talk on high energy physics will be ongoing in the lobby.

Fun, hands-on demonstrations will take place in the courtyard and inside the Physics Building. The demonstrations, which in the past have been very popular with children, will cover a variety of topics, including electricity, magnetism and sound/music.

The open house is on the same day as Highlander Day.

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AlchemyAPI aims deep learning at ad inventory

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Summary: Advertising and media is a big market for AlchemyAPI, which specializes in artificial intelligence algorithms.

AlchemyAPI on Wednesday will roll out new deep learning tools that aims to improve ad targeting and inventory management.

Talking deep learning with AlchemyAPI CEO Elliot Turner

The launch, expected at the Ad:Tech conference, includes Taxonomy and Sentiment Analysis application programming interfaces (APIs). Advertising and media is a big market for AlchemyAPI, which specializes in artificial intelligence algorithms.

Taxonomy API covers 1,000 topic categories with five levels of hierarchy. Publishers and advertisers can create categories on any phrase to target niche terms.

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Deeper levels allow you to classify content into more accurate and lucrative sub segments. For instance, an application focused on identifying content discussing personal lending practices can narrow its classification into sub topics that target decisions with finer resolution.

/finance/personal finance/lending/credit cards /finance/personal finance/lending/home financing /finance/personal finance/lending/personal loans /finance/personal finance/lending/student loans /finance/personal finance/lending/vehicle financing

As for the Sentiment Analysis API, AlchemyAPI said that the updated deep learning tool will be more accurate processing short texts, poorly written tweets, slang and other sentiment curve balls.

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