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The Roofing, Siding and Insulation industry primarily sells building materials to professional contractors and developers who use them to construct, renovate or repair residential and commercial buildings. Over the past five years, revitalized demand from both residential and nonresidential construction markets has helped accelerate industry growth after three consecutive years of poor performance prior to 2010. Consequently, IBISWorld expects revenue to grow in the five years to 2015. Industry revenue is expected to grow in 2015, driven primarily by a spike in demand from the residential new construction market, with housing starts expected to jump up during the year.

The industry's reliance on the remodeling market, which is significantly less cyclical than the new construction market, has helped industry sales recover quickly during the past five years, says IBISWorld Economic Analyst Ibrahim Yucel in the updated report. A variety of factors bolster remodeling expenditure, including housing trends such as rising property values and the steadily aging US housing stock, economic trends such as improving disposable income levels and climatic factors such as the frequency of major hurricanes, blizzards and hail storms. For example, rising property values encourage homeowners to enhance the exterior appearance of their homes, boosting demand for vinyl siding products. Likewise, major storm events such as Hurricane Sandy forced homeowners and businesses to repair damaged roofs and exterior walls, bolstering demand for asphalt shingles and fiberglass insulation from both the residential and nonresidential markets.

Over the next five years, the industry will continue to benefit from expanding remodeling activity and stabilizing new construction markets. In particular, private spending on home improvements is expected to rise during the next five years, while the value of nonresidential construction is forecast to grow during the same period. Furthermore, the frequency and intensity of major storms such as hurricanes are expected to continue increasing over the next few years, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Yucel says in the updated report. Accordingly, IBISWorld expects revenue to increase over the five years to 2020. Despite aggressive acquisition activity among the major players, the highly fragmented industry will likely remain dominated by small businesses that operate locally.

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IBISWorld industry Report Key Topics

This industry wholesales nonwood roofing, siding and insulation material, including asphalt shingles, metal roofing, tarred felt and vinyl siding. These products are primarily used for residential and nonresidential remodeling and renovation. This industry does not wholesale wood roofing or wood siding material.

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Prof. Eugene Volokh, UCLA Law School *

I. Text of the Second Amendment and Related Contemporaneous Provisions II. Calls for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms from State Ratification Conventions III. "The Right of the People" in Other Bill of Rights Provisions IV. Some Other Contemporaneous Constitutional Provisions With a Similar Grammatical Structure V. 18th- and 19th-Century Commentary A. William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765) B. St. George Tucker, Blackstone's Commentaries (1803) C. Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States (1833) D. Thomas Cooley, General Principles of Constitutional Law (1880) VI. Supreme Court Cases A. United States v. Miller, 307 U.S. 174 (1939) B. Dred Scott v. Sandford, 60 U.S. 393, 416-17, 449-51 (1857) C. United States v. Cruikshank, 92 U.S. 542, 551 (1876) D. Presser v. Illinois, 116 U.S. 252, 264-66 (1886) E. Logan v. United States, 144 U.S. 263, 286-87 (1892) F. Miller v. Texas, 153 U.S. 535, 538-39 (1894) G. Dissent in Brown v. Walker, 161 U.S. 591, 635 (1896) (Field, J., dissenting) H. Robertson v. Baldwin, 165 U.S. 275, 280 (1897) I. Maxwell v. Dow, 176 U.S. 581, 597 (1900) J. Trono v. United States, 199 U.S. 521, 528 (1905) K. Twining v. New Jersey, 211 U.S. 78, 98 (1908) L. United States v. Schwimmer, 279 U.S. 644 (1929) M. Dissent in Adamson v. California, 332 U.S. 46, 78 (1947) (Black, J., dissenting) N. Johnson v. Eisentrager, 339 U.S. 763, 784 (1950) (Jackson, J., for the majority) O. Knapp v. Schweitzer, 357 U.S. 371, 378 n.5 (1958) (Frankfurter, J., for the majority) P. Konigsberg v. State Bar, 366 U.S. 36, 49 & n.10 (1961) (Harlan, J., for the majority) Q. Dissent in Adams v. Williams, 407 U.S. 143, 149-51 (1972) (Douglas, J., dissenting, joined by Marshall, J.) R. Lewis v. United States, 445 U.S. 55, 65 (1980) S. United States v. Verdugo- Urquidez, 494 U.S. 259, 265 (1990) T. Casey v. Planned Parenthood, 505 U.S. 833, 848 (1992) (dictum) U. Concurrence in Printz v. United States, 521 U.S. 898, 938-939 (1997) (Thomas, J., concurring) V. Dissent in Muscarello v. United States, 524 U.S. 125, 143 (1998) (Ginsburg, J., joined by Rehnquist, C.J., and Scalia and Souter, JJ.) VII. Relevant Statutes A. Militia Act of 1792 B. The currently effective Militia Act C. The Freedmen's Bureau Act (1866) D. The Firearms Owners' Protection Act (1986) VIII. Other Materials IX. State Constitutional Right to Keep and Bear Arms Provisions (Current and Superseded) A. Sorted by state, though including both current and superseded provisions B. Sorted by date, from 1776 to the present

These materials can be useful for discussing how the Second Amendment ought to be interpreted. I intentionally include more materials here than any teacher will likely use, to give people flexibility in picking and choosing.

Second Amendment: A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

English Bill of Rights: That the subjects which are protestants may have arms for their defence suitable to their conditions and as allowed by law (1689). 1

Connecticut: Every citizen has a right to bear arms in defense of himself and the state (1818). 2

Kentucky: [T]he right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the State shall not be questioned (1792). 3

Massachusetts: The people have a right to keep and to bear arms for the common defence (1780). 4

North Carolina: [T]he people have a right to bear arms, for the defence of the State; and, as standing armies, in time of peace, are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be kept up; and that the military should be kept under strict subordination to, and governed by, the civil power (1776). 5

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Even though pitchers and catchers weren't required to be at the ballpark on Sunday, a handful of Blue Jays showed up to get some extra work in. One of those was veteran left-hander Mark Buehrle, who is ready to get going after the club's offseason additions of Russell Martin, Josh Donaldson and Michael Saunders.

"We know what Russell Martin brings to the table and his competitiveness," Buehrle said. "It's on paper right now. We have seven or eight months of baseball to play to see if it works out and how good it works. We'll just go out there and play, start here in Spring Training, start gelling together, and we'll see where it takes us."

The Blue Jays will spend the next week and a half going through morning workouts in preparation for the start of their Grapefruit League schedule, which opens with an afternoon game against the Pirates on March 3. Exhibition play will continue through a two-game series against the Reds in Montreal on April 3-4.

Outlook: Pompey has speed, should reach base often

Dalton Pompey is only 22 years old, but has a shot to start for the Blue Jays due to his impressive speed and ability to reach base

There should be a number of competitions to keep a close eye on throughout camp. Dalton Pompey and Kevin Pillar are vying for the starting spot in center, and there could be as many as five players in the mix for the starting job at second base, with Maicer Izturis, Ryan Goins and Devon Travis the early frontrunners.

The biggest uncertainty on this team, though, can be found in the bullpen. Toronto lost Casey Janssen to free agency, and the club has come up short in its attempt to add another big piece. That has caused plenty of speculation that the bullpen will become a major weakness on the roster, but left-hander Brett Cecil doesn't want to hear about that.

Cecil pointed to the fact that the bullpen was supposed to be a weakness in 2013 and ended up becoming a major strength. Last year, the opposite was true, as expectations were high and the results were subpar, at best.

"Stuff like that can definitely shift from year to year," said Cecil, who is expected to compete with rookie Aaron Sanchez for the closer's role. "We have some new faces in here, and I'm looking forward to the competition that you're going to have throughout the entire field in this Spring Training. It's going to be interesting."

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GIMP for Unix-like systems

It's very likely your Unix-like system such as a GNU/Linux distribution already comes with a GIMP package. It is a preferred method of installing GIMP, as the distribution maintainers take care of all the dependencies and bug fix updates. Please note that many distros decide to pin a specific version of GIMP to their releases.

Ubuntu or Debian users can run apt-get install gimp to install GIMP. Ubuntu users may also install GIMP from Software Centre, this includes recent GIMP versions from PPAs.

SUSE users can install GIMP by running yast -i gimp or zypper in gimp, depending on the distribution version.

Similarly to the above, Fedora users can install GIMP by running yum install gimp.

Mandriva Linux users can install GIMP by running urpmi gimp.

GIMP is also available for the BSD family of systems such as FreeBSD and OpenBSD.

GIMP can run on Solaris.

Since the 2.8.2 version GIMP runs on OSX natively. No X11 environment is required.

Currently there are two main installers:

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Cases are dribbling in that show that one customer-centric element of the Altoona Water Authority's $6.6 million meter automation and replacement project is working.

As a corollary to its automation of readings, the authority is notified when a residential customer's usage never drops below a gallon per hour for 48 consecutive hours, according to authority billing director Ron Becher.

That indicates a leak, and when it happens, the authority notifies the customer, who can then check and have the leak repaired.

It takes three days between the time a leak begins and the notifications go out, he said.

Before meter automation, it took 45 days, as the authority only read meters once in 30 days, then had to work through the billing process before high-usage for one customer would come to the attention of officials, who could then notify the customer, Becher said.

The improvement is "quite huge," Becher told the board last week.

One case - a vacant building in a shopping center - indicates the potential value.

The authority received an alert, notified the shopping center office, and the center repaired a pipe that had frozen and burst.

Enough water had leaked to generate a bill of $1,200.

Had the same thing happened before automation, the loss would have required an additional zero - $12,000, Becher said.

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Building construction permits over $10,000 in value that were approved in Boulder between Feb. 9, 2015 to Feb. 15, 2015. Listed below are: the case number; address; total project valuation; owner name; contractor (if applicable); and description.

PMT2015-00410; 1517 Seventh St.; Atrium Properties and Stephanie Ridgway; $30,800; Interior remodel to existing single-family dwelling. Scope of work involves renovation of kitchen to create island, removal of non-code complaint staircase, with new stair relocated to dining area; relocated bedroom closet on first floor, remove closet in main level bed to convert to a family room. New egress window in upper level bedroom. Includes associated electrical and plumbing. Please reference attached structural drawings. Change of scope Feb. 11, 2015 addition of new windows and French doors on main level only.

PMT2015-00457; 751 Marine St.; $19,500; David Armstrong; Blue Spruce Design & Construction; Remodel of 241 square feet of existing kitchen and three baths for single-family dwelling. Includes structural changes to remove wall in kitchen, replacement of wood burning stove with new gas fireplace, and associated MEP.

PMT2015-00127; 3595 Eastman Ave.; $218,600; Diane Weller; Addition and remodel to single family dwelling. Scope to include small addition and remodel on main level for kitchen expansion and foyer, and a second story addition for a new master suite. Also includes new front porch and rear deck. Mid-roof inspection required.

PMT2014-05354; 929 Pearl St.; $49,956; West Pearl; Faurot Construction Inc.; Exterior remodel to existing professional office space. Scope of work includes structural reinforcement of existing awning system, small demolition of section of existing awning, as well as small awning addition. Future photovoltaic array to be installed on awnings (under separate permit). Permit approval does not include the enclosure of the upper level outdoor patio, except as shown on the revised sheet S0.1 (dated 2/11/15).

PMT2014-05483; 4801 N. 63rd St.; $3,641,860.33; CEG Boulder; Integrated Interiors; Interior tenant remodel to establish manufacturing (30,229 square feet) and administrative office (24,223 square feet) spaces in existing structure. Scope of work includes all associated MEPs.

PMT2015-00147; 3065 18th St.; $310,000; Jill and Jordan Grano; Two-story addition and remodel to detached single-family dwelling. Scope includes expansion of main level and conversion of two existing bedrooms into living common space and stairs. Second floor addition includes three bedrooms and two baths. Also includes rear deck on main level.

PMT2014-05567; 4138 Clifton Court; $460,437.22; North Boulder; Coast to Coast Residential Development; New three-story single-family residence. Scope to include an attached two car garage and an unfinished basement with rough-ins for one bath. Main level to include kitchen, dining, living, and powder room. Second level to include master suite, two additional baths, and two other bedrooms. Upper level includes a loft area mid-roof inspection required.

PMT2015-00448; 9 Navajo Court; $25,724.16; Lisa Larsen; Owner/contractor flood recovery scope of work includes the installation of a new sump pit, replace water-damaged insulation, repair flood cut drywall, install new 150-amp electrical panel, replacement forced air furnace, and minimal framing.

PMT2014-05519; 3200 28th St.; $115,000; 3200 LLC; Commercial Building Services; Valley Chrysler Dodge addition of an entry element to the west building elevation. Scope of work also includes squaring off the rounded corners of the existing fascia.

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By Keiko Morris

Jersey City isn't the fashion industry's new Garment District or Midtown South, the hot spot for technology and advertising firms.

But New Jersey's second-largest city has been making the case that it is an up-and-comer in the office-space market, attracting clothiers and publishers as well as building on its base of financial-services companies.

The growing diversification, taking place at Jersey City's waterfront, is being attributed by real-estate experts and landlords to a combination of factors: New York City's rising rents, generous state incentives and the booming residential development in that area.

In just the past several months, apparel company Charles Komar & Sons Inc. signed a lease to move its offices and showroom from three sites in Manhattan after receiving a 10-year, $37.2 million economic-development tax grant from New Jersey. Also receiving 10-year state incentive packages last year were Forbes Media LLC for $27.1 million and VF Sportswear Inc. and its subsidiaries for $13.1 million.

As for leasing more space to the financial sector, Jersey City landed J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and RBC Capital Markets last year as well with the help of $303.6 million in state tax credits over a decade. J.P. Morgan, which already had operations in the city, has promised to create 1,000 jobs and RBC already has begun to move some of about 900 positions.

In 2013, New Jersey merged its economic-incentive programs and has aggressively used tax credits to bring and retain jobs, and spur development.

Since then, the state has announced more than $430 million in tax grants, which will be awarded over time, to attract and keep companies in Jersey City. Those incentives are expected to bring more than 3,000 jobs.

"In 2000, when you had the first big wave of office occupancy coming to Jersey City, a lot of that occupancy was financial services, broadly speaking," said Harrison LeFrak, vice chairman and principal of LeFrak, which developed and owns much of the Jersey City waterfront megadevelopment of residential towers, offices and retail space called Newport. "Today, it is becoming very financial technology-focused and we are starting to see retail and apparel companies."

Attracting different kinds of sectors is making the Hudson waterfront even more of a bright spot in New Jersey's otherwise weak office market. More suburban areas have been weighed down by older office parks that once were home to pharmaceutical and telecommunication companies.

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