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Featured Acquisitions - August 2013
World War II Law and Lawyers: Issues, Cases and Characters by Thomas J. Shaw
The Second World War saw the rise not only of new technologies, new freedoms, new terrors, and a new world order, but of new legal issues.
This book takes a global perspective in looking at the legal situations in seven major countries affected by the war. Fifty legal issues are identified from the war, ranging from subverting the judiciary and creating a divine military to economic and social issues to genocide and nuclear weapons. And more than 300 lawyers and judges, from more than 20 countries around the world, are brought to life.
Whether you want to read this book to gain a global perspective to WWII legal issues or gain a comprehensive understanding of the legal issues involved this book has something for everyone, lawyer, history buff, or general reader.
Thieves of Book Row: New York's Most Notorious Rare Book Ring and the Man Who Stopped It by Travis McDade
No one had ever tried a caper like this before. The goods were kept in a secure room under constant scrutiny, deep inside a crowded building with guards at the exits. The team picked for the job included two old hands known only as Paul and Swede, but all depended on a fresh face, a kid from Pinetown, North Carolina. In the Depression, some fellows were willing to try anything--even a heist in the rare book room of the New York Public Library.
In Thieves of Book Row, Travis McDade tells the gripping tale of the worst book-theft ring in American history, and the intrepid detective who brought it down. Author of The Book Thief and a curator of rare books, McDade transforms painstaking research into a rich portrait of Manhattan's Book Row in the 1920s and '30s, where organized crime met America's cultural treasures in dark and crowded shops along gritty Fourth Avenue. Dealers such as Harry Gold, a tough native of the Lower East Side, became experts in recognizing the value of books and recruiting a pool of thieves to steal them--many of them unemployed men who drifted up the Bowery or huddled around fires in Central Park's shantytowns. When Paul and Swede brought a new recruit into his shop, Gold trained him for the biggest score yet: a first edition of Edgar Allan Poe's Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems. Gold's recruit cased the rare-book room for weeks, searching for a weakness. When he found one, he struck, leading to a breathtaking game of wits between Gold and NYPL special investigator G. William Bergquist.
Both a fast-paced, true-life thriller, Thieves of Book Row provides a fascinating look at the history of crime and literary culture.
Duel with the Devil: The True Story of How Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr Teamed Up to Take on America's First Sensational Murder Mystery by Paul Collins
Duel with the Devil is acclaimed historian Paul Collins' remarkable true account of a stunning turn-of-the-19th century murder and the trial that ensued – a showdown in which iconic political rivals Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr joined forces to make sure justice was done. Still our nation's longest running "cold case," the mystery of Elma Sands finally comes to a close with this book, which delivers the first substantial break in the case in over 200 years.
In the closing days of 1799, the United States was still a young republic. Waging a fierce battle for its uncertain future were two political parties: the well-moneyed Federalists, led by Alexander Hamilton, and the populist Republicans, led by Aaron Burr. The two finest lawyers in New York, Burr and Hamilton were bitter rivals both in and out of the courtroom, and as the next election approached—with Manhattan likely to be the swing district on which the presidency would hinge—their animosity reached a crescendo. Central to their dispute was the Manhattan water supply, which Burr saw not just as an opportunity to help a city devastated by epidemics but as a chance to heal his battered finances.
But everything changed when Elma Sands, a beautiful young Quaker woman, was found dead in Burr's newly constructed Manhattan Well. The horrific crime quickly gripped the nation, and before long accusations settled on one of Elma's suitors, handsome young carpenter Levi Weeks. As the enraged city demanded a noose be draped around the accused murderer's neck, the only question seemed to be whether Levi would make it to trial or be lynched first.
The young man's only hope was to hire a legal dream team. And thus it was that New York's most bitter political rivals and greatest attorneys did the unthinkable—they teamed up.
Legal Orientalism: China, the United States and Modern Law by Teemu Ruskola
Since the Cold War ended, China has become a global symbol of disregard for human rights, while the United States has positioned itself as the world's chief exporter of the rule of law. How did lawlessness become an axiom about Chineseness rather than a fact needing to be verified empirically, and how did the United States assume the mantle of law's universal appeal? In a series of wide-ranging inquiries, Teemu Ruskola investigates the history of "legal Orientalism": a set of globally circulating narratives about what law is and who has it. For example, why is China said not to have a history of corporate law, as a way of explaining its "failure" to develop capitalism on its own? Ruskola shows how a European tradition of philosophical prejudices about Chinese law developed into a distinctively American ideology of empire, influential to this day.
The first Sino-U.S. treaty in 1844 authorized the extraterritorial application of American law in a putatively lawless China. A kind of legal imperialism, this practice long predated U.S. territorial colonialism after the Spanish-American War in 1898, and found its fullest expression in an American district court's jurisdiction over the "District of China." With urgent contemporary implications, legal Orientalism lives on in the enduring damage wrought on the U.S. Constitution by late nineteenth-century anti-Chinese immigration laws, and in the self-Orientalizing reforms of Chinese law today. In the global politics of trade and human rights, legal Orientalism continues to shape modern subjectivities, institutions, and geopolitics in powerful and unacknowledged ways.
Shadow Nations: Tribal Sovereignty and the Limits of Legal Pluralism by N. Bruce Duthu
American Indian tribes have long been recognized as "domestic, dependent nations" within the United States, with powers of self-government that operate within the tribes' sovereign territories. Yet over the years, Congress and the Supreme Court have steadily eroded these tribal powers. In some respects, the erosion of tribal powers reflects the legacy of an imperialist impulse to constrain or eliminate any political power that may compete with the state. These developments have moved the nation away from its early commitments to a legally plural society--in other words, the idea that multiple nations and their legal systems could co-exist peacefully in shared territories.
Shadow Nations argues for redirecting the trajectory of tribal-federal relations to better reflect the formative ethos of legal pluralism that operated in the nation's earliest years. From an ideological standpoint, this means that we must reexamine several long-held commitments. One is to legal centralism, the view that the nation-state and its institutions are the only legitimate sources of law. Another is to liberalism, the dominant political philosophy that undergirds our democratic structures and situates the individual, not the group or a collective, as the bedrock moral unit of society. From a constitutional standpoint, establishing more robust expressions of tribal sovereignty will require that we take seriously the concerns of citizens, tribal and non-tribal alike, who demand that tribal governments operate consistently with basic constitutional values. From an institutional standpoint, these efforts will require a new, flexible and adaptable institutional architecture that is better suited to accommodating these competing interests.
Argued with grace, humanity, and a peerless scholarly eye, Shadow Nations is a clarion call for a true and consequential rethinking of the legal and political relationship between Indigenous tribes and the United States government.
Copyright and Mass Digitization by Maurizio Borghi and Stavroula Karapapa
In an age where works are increasingly being used, not only as works in the traditional sense, but also as carriers of data from which information may be automatically extracted for various purposes, Borghi and Karapapa consider whether mass digitisation is consistent with existing copyright principles, and ultimately whether copyright protection needs to be redefined, and if so how?
The work considers the activities involved in the process of mass digitization identifying impediments to the increasing number of such projects such as the inapplicability of copyright exceptions, difficulties in rights clearance, and the issue of 'orphan' and out-of-print works.
It goes on to examine the concept of 'use' of works in light of mass digital technologies and how it impinges on copyright law and principles; for example considering whether scanning and using optical character recognition in mass digital projects qualify as transformative use, or whether text mining on digital repositories should be a permitted activity. These issues are considered in the context of both European and US law. Consideration is also given to mass digitization in the wider context of 'law and technology', comparing mass digitization issues with those of genetic databases, online privacy and data protection.
Illustrating how mass digitization unveils a number of unsettled theoretical issues within copyright, the book proposes a new regulatory framework for the use of works in the context of emerging technologies, providing a new rights-based approach to dealing with copyright.
Proceed With Caution: A Diary of the First Year at One of America's Largest, Most Prestigious Law Firms by William R. Keates
Prestige. Famous clients. High-profile cases. Not to mention a starting salary approaching six figures. It's not hard to figure out why so many law students dream of getting jobs at huge law firms. But when you strip away the glamour, what is it like to live that "dream?"
In Proceed With Caution, the author takes you behind the scenes, to show you what it's really like to be a junior associate at a huge law firm. After graduating from an Ivy League law school, he took a job as an associate with one of the country's blue-chip law firms. He also did something not many people do. He kept a diary, where he spilled out his day-to-day life at the firm in graphic detail.
Proceed With Caution excerpts the diary, from his first day at the firm to the day he quit. From the splashy benefits, to the nitty-gritty on the work junior associates do, to the grind of long and unpredictable hours, to the stress that eventually made him leave the firm – he takes you behind the scenes to show you the reality of living the life many people dream about.
The Ashgate Research Companion to International Criminal Law: Critical Perspectives edited by William A. Schabas, Yvonne McDermott and Niamh Hayes
International criminal law is at a crucial point in its history and development, and the time is right for practitioners, academics and students to take stock of the lessons learnt from the past fifteen years, as the international community moves towards an increasingly uni-polar international criminal legal order, with the International Criminal Court (ICC) at the helm. This unique research companion takes a critical approach to a wide variety of theoretical, practical, legal and policy issues surrounding and underpinning the operation of international criminal law as applied by international criminal tribunals. The book is divided into four main parts. The first part analyses international crimes and modes of liability, with a view to identifying areas which have been inconsistently or misguidedly interpreted, overlooked to date or are likely to be increasingly significant in future. The second part examines international criminal processes and procedures, and here the authors discuss issues such as victim participation and the rights of the accused. The third part is a discussion of complementarity and sentencing, while the final part of the book looks at international criminal justice in context. The authors raise issues which are likely to provide the most significant challenges and most promising opportunities for the continuing development of this body of law. As international criminal law becomes more established as a distinct discipline, it becomes imperative for international criminal scholarship to provide a degree of critical analysis, both of individual legal issues and of the international criminal project as a whole. This book represents an important collective effort to introduce an element of legal realism or critical legal studies into the academic discourse.
Forgotten Justice: The Forms of Justice in the History of Legal and Political Theory by Allan Beever
Throughout much of the history of political philosophy, many of the great philosophers begin their work with an investigation of private law. Why is this? And why is the central focus of our modern concern, the state, examined so late in their works? This book suggests an answer to these and related questions. It reveals that there are two general ways of thinking about the legal and the political: the modern which sees all through the lens of the state, and the traditional which begins with individuals and with the normative relations that exist between them building only slowly towards the community and the state.
In the modern view, private law is understood as a method for achieving certain social goals. As such, it can be overlooked by political philosophy. For the traditional view, on the other hand, private law is of central philosophical importance, because it is there that we observe a society's enunciation of its most fundamental political and legal values. Arguing that an understanding of the traditional view is essential to an understanding of private law and political life, this book highlights how the modern conception is seriously distorting in this regard.
A story unfolds throughout the chapters: the story of the growth and decline of the traditional view in political and legal thought. It challenges the modern fixation with the state, arguing for a return to the traditional view of legal and political community.
America's War on Terror: The State of the 9/11 Exception from Bush to Obama by Jason Ralph
The US response to 9/11 was exceptional. The 'war on terror' went against the norm in the sense of being unusual and it challenged certain international norms as articulated in international law. This book focuses on four specific exceptions: US policy on the targeting, prosecution, detention, and interrogation of suspected terrorists. The Bush administration argued that in each of these areas the US was not constrained either by customary international law or by treaty law. This policy program has been cited by followers of the legal theorist Carl Schmitt as evidence supporting his claim that liberal internationalism was responsible for the occurrence of ever more violent types of war. Professor Ralph argues that the Schmittian thesis is useful for interpreting aspects of America's response to 9/11 but that it is wrong to conclude that the exception is inherent to liberal internationalism. The reason the war on terror fits so squarely with Schmittian thinking is because it was conceived by conservatives who sought either to defend American liberalism (in their realist guise) or to promote liberal democracy abroad (in their neoconservative guise). Liberal internationalists, particularly defensive or republican liberals, opposed the American exception. They were supported in many instances by defensive realists who argued the exception did not make the United States safer. The book considers the political strength of these arguments in the post-Bush period and concludes that the post-9/11 exception continues to influence US policy despite the election of President Obama.
Art on Trial: Art Therapy in Capital Murder Cases by David E. Gussak
A man kidnaps his two children, murders one, and attempts to kill the other. The prosecution seeks the death penalty, while the defense employs an unusual strategy to avoid the sentence. The defendant's attorneys turn to more than 100 examples of his artwork, created over many years, to determine whether he was mentally ill at the time he committed the crimes. Detailing an outstanding example of the use of forensic art therapy in a capital murder case, David Gussak, an art therapist contracted by the defense to analyze the images that were to be presented as evidence, recounts his findings and his testimony in court, as well as the future implications of his work for criminal proceedings.
Gussak describes the role of the art therapist as an expert witness in a murder case, the way to use art as evidence, and the conclusions and assessments that professionals can draw from a defendant's artworks. He examines the effectiveness of expert testimony as communicated by the prosecution, defense, and court, and weighs the moral, ethical, and legal consequences of relying on such evidence. For professionals and general readers, this gripping volume presents a convincing account of the ability of art to reflect a damaged and dangerous psyche. A leading text on an emerging field, Art on Trial demonstrates the practical applications of an innovative approach to clinical assessment and treatment.


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Oman Air-Musandam wins Route des Princes first leg into Lisbon
Wednesday, 12 June 2013
Sidney Gavignet and the international crew of Oman Air-Musandam broke the finish line off Lisbon at 12:41:38 hrs local time (11:41:38hrs TU) to win the first leg of the inaugural Route des Princes multihull race around Europe from Valencia to Morlaix, France via stopovers in Lisbon, Dun Laoghaire Dublin and Plymouth.
Since starting from Valencia, Spain on Sunday afternoon the crew of Oman Air-Musandam have been the most consistent race leaders, only passed twice since the first and only turning mark at Benicarlo, 30 miles north of Valencia. Each time they were overtaken it proved only very temporary and, sticking with their strategies, they drew ahead again to win into Lisbon by 44 minutes and 52 seconds ahead of Yann Guichard's crew on Spindrift.
Skippered by France's Sidney Gavignet, Oman Air-Musandam, has the most international team in the race, composed of two crew from France, two from Oman, one from England and one from Ireland.
After finishing a disappointing fourth on the six race inshore series in Valencia, Oman Air-Musandam bounced back with the perfect first offshore leg, earning maximum points – 40 for winning the leg and 2 points apiece for leading at the Benicarlo and Gibraltar marks. The Oman flagged team now lead the overall standings on 44 points, four ahead of Spindrift.
When Gavignetg and his team pushed out to the west early this morning in search of the favourable shift in wind direction on which they were pinning their hopes of securing their victory on, they ceded their long standing lead to their pursuers Spindrift but the shift came and they were able to extend away again to win.
Though they lead for most of the course, holding a margin of some 20 miles or thereabouts for the majority of the course through the Mediterranean out into the Atlantic, the race for the Multi 50 class proved to be incredibly close.
Most of the time the two main protagonists fought it out within sight of each other with an intensity which was more akin to a round the buoys regatta. In the end it was Lalou Roucayrol's Arkema-Région Aquitaine which prevailed by just 13 minutes and 18 seconds ahead of Yves Le Blevec's Actual after 3 days 3 hours 46 minutes and 15 seconds.
"It was an incredible race. Since the start with Actual we sailed more or less side by side, covering, watching each other, even luffing like we were racing round three buoys. Yves Le Blevec and his crew sailed really well and so we are very proud to win, especially as this is our first big race." Smiled skipper Roucayrol after finishing their first major race with his recently launched boat with a win.
In fact skipper Gavignet himself was the architect of the key move which allowed Oman Air-Musandam to earn an initial small lead during very early Monday morning which they were able to multiply to become more than 20 miles.
With no designated, specialist navigator in their crew, Gavignet assumes most of the responsibility for drawing down the weather information and preparing strategic choices which he then discusses with his main lieutenants. As they passed the first point on the descent of the Mediterranean, Cabo de la Nau he chose to stay further offshore than their rivals, thereby sailing a few more miles but they were able to stay with a more solid breeze and so build the lead which was to prove decisive.
"To be honest I was asleep when Sidney made that call so he deserves all the credit for that, which really was the key move of the race." laughed British veteran round the world racer Neal McDonald
"The move to stay east offshore on the first night was Sidney's call, it was trade off between sailing the breeze and sailing more miles and it was probably the call of our race, we made that ten or 15 miles buffer on that one call."
Gavignet paid tribute to his one pre race day seminar with renowned French meteo specialist Jean Yves Bernot for bolstering his confidence in his Mediterranean weather strategies:
"I had just one day with Jean Yves Bernot on the weather before the delivery to Valencia and to be honest that made a lot of thing more clear in my mind. I would dedicate the leg to him. It was just one day but I would say that before I felt the weather might be a weakness, because we don't have a dedicated navigator, but after that day I was feeling much more confident. I was feeling strong, so it feels good to have made these calls."
Final standings Leg 1
Multi 50's
1 Arkéma - Region Aquitaine, Lalou Roucayrol finish 12/06/2013 15:46:15 average 8.9kts
2 Actual, Yves Le Blevec finish 15:59:33, 8.87kts
3 FenêtréA – Cardina, Erwan Le Roux, 17:14:40, 8.73
DNS Rennes Métropole - Saint Malo Agglomération, Gilles Lamiré
1 Oman Air – Musandam, Sidney Gavignet, finish 12/06/2013 11:41:38h average 11.08kts
2 Spindrift, Yann Guichard, 12:26:30, average 10.96kts
3 Edmond de Rothschild, Sébastien Josse, 15:31:36, 10.51kts
4 Virbac - Paprec 70, Jean-Pierre Dick, 15:43:25, 10.49
1 Maxi 80 Prince de Bretagne, Lionel Lemonchois 13 12:20:58, 10.98
Rankings after Valencia Inshore and Leg 1 Valencia to Lisbon
1 : Oman Air – Musandam (48 pts)
2 : Spindrift (44 pts)
3 : Edmond de Rothschild (42 pts)
4 : Virbac-Paprec 70 (34 pts)
1 : Maxi 80 Prince de Bretagne (44 pts)
Multi 50
1 : Arkema – Région Aquitaine (42 pts)
2 : Actual (36 pts)
3 : FenêtréA-Cardinal (32)
4: Rennes Métropole - Saint-Malo Agglomération (28)
Sidney Gavignet (FRA): "We are happy, we did some good work and made only a couple of small mistakes but it is a good feeling. This just means we are working well together as a team. Last night it was a bit difficult. We had Spindrift and Prince de Bretagne inside us on the coast and they were catching, catching and the wind shift we were looking for was not coming, so that was tricky.
"In fact we were all together coming out of Benicarlo but when we stayed further offshore that was where we got our lead that we extended to 20 miles. We were well positioned then and I suppose if there was a key moment of the race that was it."
"I had just one day with Jean Yves Bernot on the weather before the delivery to Valencia and to be honest that made a lot of thing more clear in my mind. I would dedicate the leg to him. It was just one day but I would say that before I felt the weather might be a weakness, because we don't have a dedicated navigator, but after that day I was feeling much more confident. I was feeling strong, so it feels good to have made these calls."
"With no dedicated navigator I bring down all the weather files and examine them and we make the calls together."
Neal McDonald (GBR) Oman Air-Musandam : "It is good. I think the two days of inshore racing in Valencia did not really reflect our level and maybe this proves what we are capable of. It is a reward for all the hard work that we all put in before, it has paid off a dividend now."
"Last night was a bit tense. There was no half measures when they were ten or 15 miles behind us because it would not have made sense to go back and try and cover them and you can't see them so we had to do something different. We were pretty confident in our option."
"The move to stay east offshore on the first night was Sidney's call, it was trade off between sailing the breeze and sailing more miles and it was probably the call of our race, we made that ten or 15 miles buffer on that one call."
"Either your calls are brave or conservative at different times and I think we got the balance right. We were confident in our option last night, but it was a bit tense at times. There was always going to be some compression as we were going into the lighter breeze, but there was no really big surprise when we extended away again today."
Yann Guichard (FRA) Spindrift: " I feel good because Oman sailed really well. There was not the wind for us to finish better than second. We sailed really well after the first mark. I am happy with the speed of the boat, with the team spirit, so I am really confident for the future.
The balance is not to take too many risks. They were first after the first mark and so then you had to decide whether you pass inside the DST at Cabo de la Nau, so they stayed outside. But even just after that at sunrise at 0500hrs we saw Oman were only three miles in front of us but they then left with the breeze and that was it.
When you have to pass Gibraltar with a W'ly wind you only have one good way and so everyone took the same way, with 25kts maximum. We only sailed upwind. The situation was clear after Gibraltar we stayed on starboard for a long time and the wind increased and increased all the time, us waiting for the shift and it built and built until we had a small shift to the left and then we went directly to Faro. We were too close Faro, only two miles off, when the wind dropped for us a little.
I did not think we would get past them this morning. For sure I was saying we have to keep the pressure on them, because anything can happen. But we could see the shift coming and there was no real chance to get past them.
The first mark and just after that we made a big, big mistake. The wind was just 200 metres in front of us, we tacked away and lost five miles. So after that we decided to be focused on sailing fast in a good way and we sailed really, really well after that.
It does not feel very different from last year, but we have three different crew. But we have a really good crew. The rhythm and feeling with the team was really good. I am really confident.
Gibraltar was great but so was finishing. To finish in sunshine, with 20kts of wind and in second it is not a bad result. For me the best team, our main adversary this year, will be Gitana. Oman were really impressive on this leg."
Lalou Roucayrol (Arkema-Aquitaine):"It was an incredible race. Since the start with Actual we sailed more or less side by side, covering, watching each other, even luffing like we were racing round three buoys. Yves Le Blevec and his crew sailed really well and so we are very proud to win, especially as this is our first big race. The guys worked very hard with very little sleep, we gave it everything as we had to to stay in the game. It was beautiful, what a race. And if Actual had won I would have been proud for them too!"
Lionel Lemonchois (Prince de Bretagne): "It was complicated but a good race. The weather in the Mediterranean was just as it normally is, a bit random. Suddenly there was too much wind then just as suddenly not enough. It was very close. Oman Air-Musandam managed to escape but the others were close and mostly were behind. We were with Edmond de Rothschild and did better at the Strait of Gibraltar which was fairly simple and then we sailed hard and close against Spindrift. We were fighting with them for a long time. It was good on board. We have a youngster in Jean Luc Nélias who is not too bad at the navigations (note: Nélias won the Volvo Ocean Race recently and is one of the most experienced around). Since last night we got back at Oman Air-Musandam a bit and then they disappeared over the horizon. They did well, bravo! Getting here to Lisbon is great. It is a city people love to come to. I am happy, the boat was good and it is going faster and faster."
Sabina Mollart Rogerson
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BELOIT (WIFR) -- On Tuesday, January 14, the Rock County and Beloit officials executed a search warrant at 1100 block of 9th Street in the City of Beloit. The search warrant was a result of a Rock County Special Investigations Unit (SIU) investigation that began in July of 2012.
SIU deputies, including an officer from Milton P.D., GROC, and the Milwaukee HIDTA Interdiction Team, all assisted in the investigation and the search warrant.
During the search a half kilogram of suspected methamphetamines with a street value of approximately $20,000.00, a .45 caliber handgun, cash and drug paraphernalia were seized. The Rock County S.W.A.T. Team then arrested 23-year-old Kirk Mickelson and 21-year-old Briana Ketelson, the occupants of the residence. Both Mickelson and Ketelson were each charged with Possession with Intent to Deliver Methamphetamines within 1000' of a school, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Prohibited Acts B. Mickelson was also charged with Felon in Possession of a Firearm
Both suspects are currently facing similar charges in Hawaii for Possession of Methylone. They are scheduled for Jail Intake Court in Rock County on January 17, 2013.


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Sunday, November 25, 2007
Welcome to Our New Blog!!
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Welcome to Our New Blog! We have just transferred from our previous blog, so we will have new posts shortly. We beg your patience and understanding during this transition. The entries below are from our previous blog. Please feel free to read the messages as they are posted, and to leave comments, share ideas, or ask questions. This blog will be used to share events, trends and ideas, vendor news, and other items.
We hope you enjoy our blog, and please feel free to visit our website: Love, Laughter & Elegance: Wedding & Event Planning.
Happy Planning! The Love, Laughter & Elegance Staff.
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Ideas for a Green Wedding
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Being Eco-Friendly is a growing trend in all events, including weddings. We have one planet, let's keep it in good working order!
Some ways to honor your commitment to each other, and our home, by planning a green wedding:
1.) Have the caterer use foods found locally. If you plan to serve fish, make sure it's certified by the Marine Stewardship Council.
2.) Use eco-friendly paper, recycled materials, and vegetable-based inks for your invitations, save-the-dates, and other special stationary. Check out www.blueskiesanddaisies.com/resources/green.html
3.) Rent your linens and table settings, and ask the caterer to not use materials singularly if at all possible. Be sure you have recycling containers nearby.
4.) Wedding attire can be stylish and earth-friendly at the same time. Visit greatgreenwedding.com/attire.php for some great ideas!
5.) Wedding jewelry can also be part of the plan. Fair-trade jewelers are great for this. The buzz right now is to look for conflict-free diamonds.
6.) Photography has come long way from flash pans and powder, and bulbs the size of eggs. Digital imaging is the way to go!
7.) While favors are traditional, they can be pricey, and sometimes unappreciated. Make a donation to your favorite charity in your guests' names, and set out recycled place cards with the information. Encourage guests to do the same.
(Source: Deirdre Shevlin Bell, Alternative Medicine, June 2007)
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Sunday, 4 November 2007
A new book for all of you crafty brides out there!
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Hello Everyone!
I wanted to let everyone know about a new book that will be coming out shortly. It's called The DIY Bride, by Khris Cochran. It will feature all kinds of crafts and ideas that will make your wedding fabulous!
Below are some reviews from Amazon.com:
Editorial Reviews
"DIY Bride is a classy, sassy, oh-so-fun crafty approach to livening up your big wedding day. Khris Cochran serves up a delectable tray of clever ideas that are frosted with style and originality and proves that having a luxurious, signature wedding doesn't mean you have to empty your bank account. Just your glue gun!" Kathy Cano-Murillo, CraftyChica.com
Book Description
From choosing a delicious menu to assembling the guest list, hundreds of details go into planning a successful wedding. The DIY Bride helps brides put their stamp on the big day without breaking the bank. Written by the creator of the number one Web site for wedding crafts, DIYBride.com, this fun, easy guide showcases unique, easy-to-do craft projects that range from beautiful handmade announcements and invitations to personalized favors and much more. Khris Cochran includes valuable cost-comparison sidebars that clearly detail the huge savings involved. She also shows brides how to involve their friends and families in the project-making process, making this a fun journey for all. The DIY Bride is an essential purchase for any woman who dreams of an unforgettable wedding–from the inside out.
About the Author
A DIY Bride herself, Khris Cochran is the creator and founder of the award-winning DIYBride.com, one of the most popular bridal crafting websites out there today. The DIYBride website is one of the most-linked sites, with links from The Knot, Modern Bride, and Brides magazines, and hundreds of references to the site from wedding message boards. In addition to dishing out wedding expertise daily on DIYBride.com, Khris teaches craft classes in the San Francisco Bay Area. This is her first book.
The list price on the book is $19.95. Pre-order your book at Amazon.com, and save!!
Khris's website is: www.diybride.com
Enjoy! I can't wait to start crafting!!
Posted by cl-kimber0613-ivil at 8:02 PM EDT
Updated: Sunday, 4 November 2007 8:23 PM EDT
Mansfield, Ohio Couple Reclaims Precious Memories
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There is always a place to find lost items…..as is evidenced in the following local news story:
Lost wedding memories found 27 years after Mansfield couple's big day
MANSFIELD — A teen couple didn't have the $150 to pay for their wedding photos in 1980 and thought the pictures were gone forever.
Eighty-year-old Jim Wagner took the wedding pictures and recently came across them, then set out to find the bride, Karen Cline. He walked into the Taylor's Country Diner last week, where Karen works.
"I didn't recognize him, I did not know who he was and he said maybe this will help you remember and he handed me the photo album from twenty-seven years ago," says Karen Cline. "He gave me the photo album and I opened it up and there it was, there were the pictures from my wedding album."
"She gave me a big hug and then another big hug and another big hug and I said I got more hugs than I got in a month," says Wagner. "And she laughed and cried, laughed and cried, laughed and cried."
Karen and Mark Cline will celebrate their twenty-seventh anniversary Thursday. They have two sons and a daughter, a granddaughter and are expecting a grandson in January. But they didn't have anything to help them remember their special day in 1980.
"They're priceless," Karen says. "My mom's gone. My husband's parents are gone, our grandparents are gone and there they were on one of the most special days of our lives!"
Karen wrote a check to Jim for $150 to square her account.
Posted by cl-kimber0613-ivil at 3:49 PM EDT
Sunday, 7 October 2007
Weddings at your local Wal-Mart, the next big thing?
Mood: quizzical
Hello Everyone!
Does anyone remember the 2000 movie, "Where the Heart Is", with Natalie Portman, Ashley Judd, and Stockard Channing? In the movie, Natalie plays a pregnant 17-year old who tries to rebuild her life after being abandoned in a Wal-Mart in Oklahoma. She meets her love, Forney Hull in the local library, and they eventually get married in the local Wal-Mart store at the end of the movie. Good movie, I highly recommend it.
There are many DIY brides out there, who do find acessories and wedding-related items at their local Wal-Mart. I can always find a bargain, or items to make a craft for an event. Although I would not have imagined a couple actually using a Wal-Mart store as their chapel of love, there is a couple in Ohio that did! Please read on:
Love blooms in Wal-Mart aisle
Sat Oct 6, 3:17 PM ET
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio – Attention Wal-Mart shoppers, wedding in lawn and garden. Employees Chet Eldridge and Danna Hornback tied the knot Thursday amid the retailer's flowers, shrubs and lawn chairs.
Eldridge, 51, an automotive manager, and Hornback, 45, an arts and crafts associate, met during the store's employee orientation. She agreed to their first date in the furniture section. After the couple became engaged, a manager suggested they exchange vows at the store.
"We met here; he asked me out here. Why not?" Hornback said.
The only unexpected turn occurred when the familiar "Attention Wal-Mart shoppers" announcement over the public address system broke into the ceremony.
After the couple was pronounced husband and wife, the cheers could be heard in customer service on the other side of the store.
Springfield is about 40 miles west of Columbus
Posted by cl-kimber0613-ivil at 9:52 AM EDT
Updated: Sunday, 7 October 2007 10:06 AM EDT
Saturday, 6 October 2007
"The Chapel in the Moonlight"
Mood: lyrical
Hello Everyone!
I am still working on my signature event: The Chapel in the Moonlight. I came across an old TV Broadcast of a group called the Bachelors, who performed "In the Chapel in the Moonlight".
The song was also recorded by a few different artists. Patti Page is one, and Dean Martin is another, perhaps the better known of the two. This song is the theme to my event.
Posted by cl-kimber0613-ivil at 11:37 AM EDT
Thursday, 4 October 2007
Celebrating a love that has stood the test of time!
Mood: amorous
Hello Everyone!
Just thought I would share a story I saw this morning, about a couple who has been married for a very long time! Enjoy!
Ala. couple celebrate 80th anniversary
Tue Oct 2, 9:56 PM ET
SCOTTSBORO, Ala. – A Scottboro couple recently celebrated their 80th wedding anniversary, one of the longest marriages among living people when compared to reports in the 2007 Guinness Book of World Records.
Alonzo, 97, and Beulah Sims, 94, celebrated their anniversary a day early Sunday at the nursing home where they have lived since May 2002.
Without their families' approval, the two teens married in 1927, when he was working at a farm, plowing fields with a mule and picking cotton for 50 cents a day.
The couple, who raised six children, credit their long lives to hard farm work and eating lots of vegetables. They moved frequently to find farm work, going from Paint Rock Valley near Garth to Atchley Bottom in Madison County and then to Woodville in the 1960s.
They said their eight decades of marriage have been virtually free of fussing.
"We've been too busy to fight," Beulah Sims said.
Alonzo Sims retired from farming in 1966 and did janitorial work at Redstone Arsenal until 1972. They also operated service stations in Paint Rock and Woodville for a few years. Now, they spend their time visiting other residents at the nursing home, listening to gospel music, and playing bingo.
"After all these years," he said, "I still enjoy being with her."
Information from: The Huntsville Times, http://www.al.com/hsvtimes/hsv.html
Posted by cl-kimber0613-ivil at 7:49 AM EDT
Wednesday, 19 September 2007
Come party with me!! It's my birthday!!
Mood: party time!
Hello Everyone!!
It's my birthday today!! I thought I would share some of my favorites, and my wish list (just in case anyone was wondering, LOL).
Under the category of Birthday Cakes:
Birthday Dinner Settings:
And now, for the gifts………
Lastly, where I would love to go back to on a Birthday Bash Weekend:
The NH Krystal Resort in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. We went there for a 2nd honeymoon in 2002, and had a fabulous time! Can't recommend the place enough!!
That's all for today! I'll check back in when I've recovered!!
Posted by cl-kimber0613-ivil at 11:42 AM EDT
Friday, 14 September 2007
Upcoming Wedding Trends for 2008
Mood: surprised
It's the weekend, finally!! I wanted to post some trends that are upcoming for 2008. These are from the blog at About.com: weddings
A Guide to the Hottest Wedding Trends of 2008
Incorporating some of the latest wedding trends is a great way of ensuring your wedding feels fresh and up-to-date. But with many engagements lasting a year or more, figuring out what the the trends will be is a tricky business. Fortunately, I've done the hard work for you. Here's what I predict will be the biggest 2008 wedding trends.
1. An Emphasis on the Waist for Wedding Dresses
Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for IMG
After a tumultuous affair with the trapeze dress, America is ready to re-embrace the waist. And not a moment too soon in my opinion! At the Spring 2008 Fashion Week, designers showed nipped in waists, often accented with wide belts. Look for wedding dresses to follow suit, with a reinvigoration of the obi belt, and contrasting color sashes.
2. Great Wedding Invitations
Letterpress wedding invitation from Dauphine Press
A wedding invitation is the first clue guests will get about your wedding style and theme. It helps get them excited for the big event, and even gives guests clues about what to wear! Letterpress wedding invitations will be an especially big wedding trend for 2008, with couples designing custom invitation packages to reflect their personality. But if your wallet doesn't stretch for top-of-the-line letterpressed invitations (like this one from Dauphine Press), there are many other options. Consider making your own wedding invitations using an at-home screenprinting kit like Print Gocco, or even finding affordable letterpress at Costco!
3. Yellow
Photo by Nina Callaway
Yellow was all over the spring 2008 runways, which is great news for brides. This ideal wedding color is fresh, energetic, and summery. For a day-time wedding, consider yellow and white for your wedding colors, with yellow daisies, gingham accents, and cheery yellow ribbons tied around vases, napkins, bouquets, and waists. For an evening wedding, pair lemon yellow with chocolate brown. Or, choose a brighter yellow paired with silvery gray.
4. Silver
Photo by Fernanda Calfat/Getty Images for IMG
The bride who wears a metallic silver wedding dress is sure to stand out and be remembered. If you're more traditional, incorporate the silver wedding trend in other ways. Your bridesmaids could wear grey satin bridesmaids dresses, or carry bouquets of white roses mixed with eucalyptus, Artemisia Silver King and/or Dusty Miller. Decorate your reception space with silver linens, branches painted silver, and rhinestone accents. Or punch up your own look with silver heels peeking out from under your dress, and a rhinestone hairpin.
5. Other Bold Colors
Photo by Nina Callaway
Jewel tones are back in style! If you love rich purples, bright greens, and shocking pinks, you'll be excited by 2008 wedding trends. But stay far away from the '80s. Today's couples should look to use jewel tones sparingly, mixing brights with cream or gray, or more muted versions of the same color. Avoid the satin jewel tone bridesmaid dress – it's definitely one look she won't wear again. Instead, look for chiffon or other matte fabrics to carry off this look.
6. Green Weddings
Photo by Carlo Allegri/Getty Images
Many couples are realizing that if we don't take care of our planet, who will? A wedding is full of opportunities to make ethical informed decisions as well as many opportunities for waste. If you're an environmentalist, consider using organic flowers in your bouquet, recycled paper in your invitations, local and organic foods at your reception, and even biodegradable plates and forks. Each step can make a difference in this world!
Posted by cl-kimber0613-ivil at 4:20 PM EDT
Wednesday, 12 September 2007
The Chapel in the Moonlight
Mood: happy
Hello! It's time for me to again begin planning what is becoming my signature event: The Chapel in the Moonlight. This is held every year on New Year's Eve in downtown Akron, Ohio, as part of the city's First Night Celebration. This is my 3rd year as the committee chair, and I am looking to kick things up a bit this year, and really turn on the pizzaz!! The Chapel in the Moonlight is where couples may come and get married or renew their vows, free of charge. Quite a way to ring in the New Year!
One of my colleagues, Susan, came up with this inspiration board when I asked several people to help me with ideas for this event. Here is what she envisioned. Enjoy!
Posted by cl-kimber0613-ivil at 11:21 PM EDT
Sunday, 9 September 2007
Sweet Dreams: Dreaming of a Parisian-inspired wedding.
Mood: happy
Bonjour! Have you ever thought of planning a Tres Chic Affaire? Here are some ideas to have you swooning in no time:
Some of the most beautiful French-inspired note cards, from Shabby fufu, http://www.shabbyfufu.com/pastelle-paperie.htm. These adorable cards made me want to go out and buy some baguettes!
This wonderful, hip bridal shower, as shown on www.hostessblog.com, has a color pallet that I feel is essentially French, pink, black and white:
Jen's Bridal Shower: Modern Parisian
My good friend Jen is getting married June 9! Here are a few snapshots from the bridal shower I co-hosted this weekend. Jen got engaged at the Eiffel Tower and LOVES modern style, so we did a Modern Parisian theme with fluffy feathers, scroll patterns, and a color palette of pink, black & white. (Studio pics and details on how to recreate this theme will be up on the website soon too!)
The shower was held at Kinara Cafe in L.A. – in an amazing private outdoor patio filled with tons of lush greenery, flowers, a loungy sitting area, and a gorgeous fountain…such a beautiful setting to work with!
Amy did a great job on the rehearsal bouquet…not too long before Jen will be holding the real thing!
Congrats, Jen! We're so glad you loved the shower – and now the countdown begins…!
Emily's wedding is a Vintage Inspired, Chic French Garden Wedding…
Finally, for the ultimate in Parisian wedding flair, there is an American-owned agency in Paris: www.parisianevents.com. Kimberly Petyt is the owner and director. She is the also the author of her company's blog, Parisian Party, http://parisianevents.com/parisianparty/.
Hope these ideas inspire you! If you would like to learn how to incorporate some of these elements into your event, just contact us!
Au revoir!
Posted by cl-kimber0613-ivil at 5:53 PM EDT
Sunday, 19 August 2007
Great Father-Daughter Dance Songs!
Mood: lyrical
|This is a great mix of classics and contemporary tunes! What a Wonderful World
You should be able to find one to suit you perfectly!


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danryan is the overall winner
All the 25 different recipes have been made by the restaurant and each was served to 5 people.
Everybody finished all their dishes.
I had the impression that most of you had fun and looking to the time some people took for a specific dish I think some had a good date
Complete status overview can be found in post2 as well as in the first post at page 2
The 3 predictions made on 12 June (time of first post) had a mistake of 0%; 6% and 27%. So average 11%.
Compared to other predictions this is a typical value to expect
Premiums as well as non-premiums are welcome in this restaurant.
At the start you play one game and 2 weeks after the start you play in two games.
At entering you should fill in the next form:
Name of dish: ………
Kind of dish: ----- / ----- /-----/ Drinks / -----*.
Recipe: Map: ………**
- Game type: Standard / Terminator / Assassin / Doubles / Triples*.
Spoils: Escalating / Flat Rate / No Spoils*.
Reinforcements: Chained / Adjacent / Unlimited *.
FOW: Sunny / Fog*
**Maps related to WWII are not allowed and all maps have to be unique
*just take one of these options.
From each kind of dish I need 5 recipes. Each starter will be freestyle all others sequential.
Giving the complete needed information in another way is also possible; as long as your information is not complete you will be added to the reserve list. Edit (19-6): in case only one or two settings are missing I will just put something in.
edit1: taken out Desert as option: full.
edit2: taken out Main dish as option: full.
edit3: taken out Starter as option: full.
edit4: taken out Soup as option: full
After the Desert you get from me some Vodka from the Soviet Union, basically to talk over the complete Dinner Date. At finishing that game you will terminate this tournament, since it will be your last game in this tournament. Of course we don't want our Vodka to be spoiled, but it could cause some fog in your head. (In other words game-settings: Map: Soviet Union; Game type: terminator; Spoils: No Spoils; FOW: Fog)
In case you have no idea for a dish look at one of the earlier Dinner Dates:
Start first games on 4 July. You need to be able to start your game at that moment.
From 18th July onwards you need to be able to play two games within this tournament
Bring Your Own Recipe Dinner Date
This time we would like to do something special with the Dinner Date series. We would like to give you the opportunity to put something personal in it, so we let you bring in your own recipe. Don't worry about the preparation, we have a very good cook: he can make nearly everything only Quadruples are too difficult. Since this is becoming personal we expect that everybody is visiting for the date (and not to for getting a free dinner). Since you get your own recipe, you better take care it will be something to be proud of. And to thank you for a nice dish, you will get the double amount of tulips for your own dish.
As in all Dinner Dates the group of 25 people is too large for one big table. This is solved as follows: All people are divided over 5 tables (5 people each). You will get your starter there, but it will be 5 different starters depending on who of your table did bring a recipe as starter. For the soup you have to change over to another table; in fact the 25 people are reshuffled over 5 tables again. In fact the people of this dinner date you meet at your soup will be different compared to your starter table. And also here the kind of soup you get depend on who of your table did bring the recipe. In fact this swapping persons in between dishes continues until the end. Each time a dish for you is served you have 48 hours to start eating, we have to be nice to the people who did bring in the recipe.
Using the windmill system makes sure that the end of the six dishes you will have been on a table with all 24 other participants visiting this dinner date.
You start at one table, but since everything is served on different tables you have to walk through the restaurant after two weeks. In that way you still see the interesting people that you met before with another dish.
I expect that you all will enjoy your time at my restaurant.
The recipes
That is all up to you now accept for the 6th dish the vodka:
6th Dish: Soviet Union; sequential; terminator; No Spoils; Fog
As score we use the windmill score. You will get more tulips in case you leave a table later. You will get for each game 21, 17, 13, 9 or 7 tulips depending on your position. The winner gets 21 tulips
The reason why WWII maps are not allowed is because they have another score.
Your score for the map & settings you did bring in, will double. So in case you would be third in that game you get 13+13=26 tulips, while the winner in that case still "only" gets 21 tulips.
In case of teams the teammates in the tournament will share the tullips of their complete team. Teams end at 1st, 2nd or third place depending on the last player of that team in the game. For assassin games the winner gets the 21 tulips; the person eliminated is at last place and the other remaining people share the remaining tulips.
In case there is at the end of the competition a tie in number of tulips collected, the results of game(s) in which those persons where in together will show there relative position. In that case the doubling of a score will not count.
Any needed reserve will get the same number of tulips as the person at position 7 at that moment. Furthermore he -or she- will get one extra bonus tulip.
Predictions like this are easily not 100% correct, see my earlier tournament with predictions: link. The problem is that they really are only predictions.
• Expected start first games at 4 July.
Invitations send on the 4th. So here a score of 100%
• Expected start last game on 17 September
In reality last invitations send on 23rd, that is 6 days too late. Prediction made on 12 June. 23 Sep - 12 Jun = 103 days. 6/103= 6% mistake
• Expected the very last game to be finished at 19 October
In reality the last game ended already on 6 December. Calculating in the same way that is a mistake of 27%


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ELGIN – The St. Charles East baseball team used a pair of excellent pitching performances to sweep Elgin on Saturday, 5-0 in Game 1 and 3-1 in Game 2.
In the first game, starting pitcher Nick Huskisson (5 innings, one hit) and reliever Mike Boehmer combined on the one-hitter.
Isaac Nimick (two RBIs), Jack Dellostritto, Brian Sobieski and Brannon Barry each had two hits to pace the offense.
The Saints (9-5, 7-2 UEC River) then received six innings of shutout ball in the second game from Troy Dykhuis, who struck out 11. Barry picked up his second RBI of the day on a single in the second game.
East committed only one error in the doubleheader.
Batavia 10-4, Larkin 5-2: At Batavia, Micah Coffey had five hits on the day and Laren Eustace went 2 for 3 with a home run in Game 1 as the Bulldogs (13-2, 7-2 UEC River) swept Larkin. Batavia's Luke Horton threw the complete game in Game 2.
Geneva 7-12, Streamwood 0-6: At Streamwood, Jordan Touro threw a one-hitter for Geneva in the first game while Bobby Hess went 4 for 5 and hit for the cycle in the second game for the Vikings (7-7, 4-5 UEC River). Freshman Nick Derr triple and doubled twice for the Vikings in the Game 2.
Legends Classic: Aurora Central Catholic saw its winning streak swell to 15 games with wins against Woodland (6-0) and Marquette (10-6). Matt Miller went 4 for 4 with a double against Woodland.
Oswego 8, Rosary 4: At Oswego, Jessica Wade went 2 for 3 with a home run but Rosary (3-5) was unable to dig out of a 6-0 hole after the second inning.
Naperville Invitational: Geneva knocked off Conant, 3-1, as Amanda Lulek supplied a goal and an assist. Megan Kozlow and Mary Landry also scored the the Vikings (6-7). The Vikings won their group and were one of eight teams to advance in the event.
Kaneland 8, IMSA 1: At Aurora, Brittany Olson scored three goals and had an assist and Emily Chapman added a pair of scorers for Kaneland (5-4-1).
Addison Trail Invite: St. Charles North won the invitational title to take its third tournament championship of the season. Jon Orech (31 kills, 23 digs), Kevin Beach (29 kills, 24 digs), Jack Harbaugh (25 kills, six digs) and Ryan Dal Degan (51 digs) led the North Stars.
Peterson Prep Invitational: The host Kaneland boys won the meet behind three victorious relays, easily outpacing runners-up DeKalb. Burlington Central finished fourth and Geneva came in sixth.
Walther Luther Invite: Aurora Central Catholic won the boys side of the invitational, as Joey Perez won the long jump (18-06) and came second in the triple jump to St. Francis' Adam Izewski (38-06). The Chargers' Colin Hendrick won the high jump in 5-10. The St. Francis boys finished third.
On the girls side, St. Francis was runners-up to victorious Walther Lutheran and ACC took third. St. Francis' Amanda Nunley won the 100 hurdles in 16.30 seconds.
Oregon Invitational: The Burlington Central girls team won the 14-team event behind a meet record 800-meter run from Kayla Wolf (2:18.69).
St. Charles North 12, Lincoln-Way West 6: At New Lenox, Collin Bawolek made 17 saves to lead the North Stars (10-11-1).
St. Charles North 9, Lincoln-Way West 3: At St. Charles, Nicole Guyett scored five goals and Sarah Stern scored two goals and had two assists for North.


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Huge play by the Stanford D.
Wisky has to go for it.
Huge play by the Stanford D.
Glennon has horrible footwork like Eli Manning,but he has a more than enough arm,height,accuracy.I like this kid and that school is the real qb...u.Rivers and Wilson are both starting right now.One thing you know with Glennon is he can throw down the field.
I would draft either Mingo/Jones/OL in the first round and then draft Ball/QB in the second round
I wouldn't touch Ball until Round 4. Too many miles on his legs and needs a great oline to be productive. We already have Greene and Powell that can get us yards that are blocked for them.
I think Lacy and Taylor are also products of dominant offensive lines.
If Randle comes out, I would take him over Ball.
I don't know if Franklin's going to be there for us.
I don't I would take Ellington over Ball.
Randle would be the only one I think would be there that I would take over Ball.
Even with our offensive line, I would still take Lacy & Taylor. Very big on Taylor.
I think Gillislee will be second in the 2nd or 3rd at latest. He reminds me alot of Demarco Murray.
And Ellington is much more explosive than Ball. Ellington = DeAngelo Williams 2.0. And DeAngelo was a very good back prior to his big payday.
The Wisky oline has been horrible this year and Ball has led them.Ohio St absolutely embarassed them with a dozen sacks.Ball is no oline product,he's a product of determined running.I would take Ball in the late first....but we are at number 9 and you go qb there.
I am serious without Ball...Wisky has 0 wins this year.He has led them in every single game,and their qb has been awful,just as bad as the Mich St qb.
I think Jonathan Franklin would be a great back for the Jets. Should be a lot of movement with these backs between now and April.
Looking at Gillislee's numbers this year, there were only 5 games where he had 20+ carries. Now if he splits them with Powell or Greene, that would be fine. But are we looking for one overall back or a tandem? Also Gillislee has not had much experience catching the ball which would help this offense.
The same can be said with Ellington, who only rushed for 100 yards+ in 3 games this year. Now that could be because Boyd took up some of his carries. His (Ellington) highest number of carries for the year is 25 twice. He has had experience catching the ball, so actually he might be closest to Ball in my book.
But if Joseph Randle comes out, I would take him.
Last edited by Eckesg1; 01-01-2013 at 06:55 PM.
I wouldn't complain if the Jets took anybody from these two schools in the draft. They are incredibly well-coached football teams.


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3-7-07 - Head coach Bob Stoops held a press conference Wednesday morning in advance of Oklahoma's first spring practice of the 2007 season.
The Sooners are slated to work at Owen Field on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday in the opening week of spring ball.
The NCAA allows 15 sessions during the spring. OU will conduct 12 practices, two scrimmages (March 14 and 31) and the annual spring game at Memorial Stadium on April 7.
The Sooners return 29 players who filled starting roles last season. Joining the Sooners for spring practice are two juco transfers, linebacker Mike Reed (No. 10) and offensive lineman Phil Loadholt (79), plus three early enrollees from high school: linebacker Austin Box (7), offensive lineman Kody Cooke (64) and quarterback Keith Nichol (6).
Select Coach Stoops Quotes
"We're all kind of looking forward to getting started today, getting out there, getting a lot of good work. There's a lot of experience and strength on our team that is back. I think its obvious that when you look at the players in positions we have coming back, that the quarterback will be the main center of attention for sure.
"(The quarterbacks) are a great group of guys. I've really loved the way the have worked through the winter. All of them – Joey Halzle, Sam Bradford and Keith Nichol – they work together really well which is fun to see as a coach. They are pushing each other, helping each other. We're just anxious to get them all out there, get them snaps, repetitions. They are all talented guys and we expect a lot out of them.
"I think it's obvious, and I set it last year when Paul (Thompson) was making the transition back to quarterback...that our team is much more capable of helping that position and being a better offense around that position than we were the year before because of the increased experience. That will, for sure, be the case even more this year.
"We're getting started a little earlier than usual. We want to be able to finish our Spring Game and spring a little earlier in case you get any kind of major injury there's a chance to recover more fully. Though we haven't had that much in the spring, it is my thought to start it sooner to get players back in time for the season.
"We're still thin (on the offensive line). Most teams will start spring ball with 15 to 18 guys on their offensive line. So we're still thin at that position, but I don't think anybody would argue with the quality of players that we have there.
"We want to get guys like Keenan Clayton and Quinton Carter more snaps. We'll work Brian Jackson a little bit up at safety. We've got good speed and coverage ability. We're going to continue to work Reggie (Smith) some at corner. Just bringing more of those guys along and seeing if they can handle the pressure.
"There's good players (at defensive end). John Williams and Alonzo Dotson have played a lot of football for us. They're seniors; they've played a significant amount over the last several years. You have some young guys coming up. Auston English played as a true freshman for us and then redshirted last year. Alan Davis has moved back there (from fullback). Tim Johnson and Pryce Macon are some young guys that we can continue to develop. But we feel like we've got some quality players there.
"We've got strong and quality guys (at running back) and some young guys we're going to continue to develop. We're excited about that. They, like the quarterbacks, need to continue to get more snaps.
"They all have different styles. Allen (Patrick) is a tough, hard-nosed running back. Chris (Brown) is a little shiftier. Mossis Madu and DeMarco Murray are talented guys that are also a little more shifty that also have great hands. We'll find the best way to use those guys. We are excited about Mossis and what he's been able to do and DeMarco and what he's done in winter conditioning, building his speed and explosiveness."


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By Ben Levisohn
Brazil's tech companies blame the high cost of doing business in Brazil for their poor performance in 2012. The benchmark Bovespa stock index fell 0.8% today. The real surged 1.2% against the dollar after Brazil's central bank intervened to boost its currency.
The world's longest high-speed rail opened in China on Wednesday, covering in eight hours a distance equal to traveling from New York to Key West, Fla., the New York Times reports.
The son of former Turkish President Turgut Ozal wants the full autopsy report of his father released to the public, Reuters reports. The Dow Jones Turkey Titans Index rose 0.4% today.
Former South African President Nelson Mandela was released from the hospital after three weeks of treatment for a lung infection and gallstones. South Africa's stock market was closed today.
Ancient human skulls shaped into cones were found in the Mexican state of Sonora. Mexico's IPC stock index closed unchanged today.
Are the Chinese bad business partners? Read Steve LeVine's piece in Quartz and decide for yourself.
Suntech Power Holdings Co. (STP) surged 7.6% today. It's now gained 53% during the past month–boosted by China's decision to spend more on solar–but is still down 43% on the year.


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This tournament for men and women featured an individual format that awards 'points' for net scores on each hole.
Net eagles were worth five points, birdies two points, pars no points, bogies minus-one points and double bogeys or worse were worth -three points. A total of 60 players participated in six flights.
Carrie Mobley scored a tourney-high 14 points while winning the third flight followed by sixth-flight champion Jason Crisipin's 12.
George Mussell and Dave Hunter tallied 10 points each en route to winning the first two flights. Fourth-flight champ Ken Bellendir scored nine and fifth-flight winner Greg Gotto netted four.
The complete top finishers in each flight:
First flight: George Mussell 10, Sammy Guzman 9, Kevin Kirchmar 9, Nash Bledsoe 7.
Second flight: Dave Hunter 10, Cliff Reich 8, Harry Lechman 6, Lisa Samples 5.
Third flight: Carrie Mobley 14, Kalen Felzien 8, Tom Keller 5, Erin Keller 2.
Fourth flight: Ken Bellendir 9, Kerry Mobley 6, Ed Engle 3, Scott Elders 1.
Fifth flight: Greg Gotto 4, Fred Jacoby 2, Sue Reed -3, Dave Samples -4.
Sixth flight: Jason Crispin 12, Anthony Gonzalez 1, Ben Brunner 1, Cindy Alexander -4.


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Supporting my theory that Greta Van Susteren ruins everything, Louis C.K. recently revealed that the Fox News commentator was pretty much the reason he pulled out of hosting the Radio & Television Congressional Correspondents Dinner.
"I wasn't going to stand there and defend something I didn't really feel like doing anyway," he told TheWrap. "I wasn't that excited about it, I didn't want to cause them problems, I didn't think it was what they invited when they hired me. And I didn't think about it much."
In an early March blog post, Van Susteren called C.K. a "pig," and suggested the media join her in a boycott of the 68th annual Congressional Correspondents Dinner.
"It was like one morning I woke up, I heard there was static," said C.K. "I'm in production, so I have no reason to be in conflict with anybody right now."


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When SVB Financial Group's banking unit Silicon Valley Bank opens a branch or office or j/v here, we will know that S'pore has made it into the Silicon Valley ecosystem. It has juz opened its first int'l branch: in London. It will target Britain's technology, life science, private equity and venture capital sectors
Silicon Valley Bank counts Cisco Systems, Mozilla and Pinterest, among its US clients.
Silicon Valley Bank also has offices in Israel, India and is expected to open a joint venture bank in China with Shanghai Pundong Development Bank.
When it comes to town, bang balls KennethJ, TJS, TRE, TOC, E-Jay, SDP etc. But don't worry guys, it'll be a long time, if ever, before the PAP government's rhetoric becomes a reality*. In tomorrow's post, I'll link to stories which show how competitive Vietnam is becoming in software development to places like India, and that even Cambodia, with an American's help, can use the internet get into a global biz competing with China and India.
*I mean juz see the BS around the comment made on LSD use, and on sex between adults juz because they are not married. So intolerant.


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Investors need to keep an eye on inflation because it affects different types of investments in in different ways.
by Gavin Lumsden on Feb 01, 2013 at 11:53
The aim of investing is to grow your money ahead of inflation so that you have enough to live on when you retire. The trouble is different types of investment behave differently depending on what the level of inflation is.
This is the latest video in The Lolly Investor Programme series, aimed at explaining the basics of investing to beginners.
Can't watch now? You can read my video script instead.
Hello, the whole point of investing is to protect your money from inflation so that you have enough to live on when you retire.
What makes this difficult is that different types of investment behave differently depending on whether inflation is high or low, or whether there is deflation, which is the opposite of inflation when prices are falling.
Inflation is an important issue to consider right now because the Bank of England is thinking of reviewing its policy target of keeping inflation at 2%.
Outgoing Bank of England governor Sir Mervyn King and his successor, the George Clooney lookalike Mark Carney, have both talked about whether the Bank should pay more attention to achieving growth in the UK economy.
This has got some alarm bells ringing. The Bank's current target already requires it to balance the need to keep inflation in check with the need to have growth in the economy.
Modifying the policy target could risk the Bank being seen as soft on inflation, which would have huge implications for all our finances.
Mervyn King insists he is not soft on inflation.
However, under his watch the Bank's record on forecasting inflation has been poor. In recent years inflation has generally proved to be higher than the Bank said it would be.
Britain's most pressing need is to cut its £1 trillion pound debt mountain.
The most effective way to do this would be to restore economic growth.
But there is another way.
We could inflate our debts away. There's a sneaking suspicion that's what the Bank wants to do.
How would inflation reduce our debts?
We all know inflation increases the price of goods and services we buy.
For example, the price of a pint of milk rose by a third in the 10 years between 1999 and 2009, from 34p to 45p.
That's happening all over the place.
As time passes inflation means your money is worth less.
The same happens to your debts: their real value falls under inflation, making them easier to pay off.
Suddenly inflation doesn't sound so bad!
Before you decide to become a fan of inflation bear in mind interest rates also rise with inflation, so the cost of servicing a lot of debt goes up too.
Nevertheless, this shows why some people think the Bank of England is prepared to let inflation to continue to rise above 'expectations'.
And don't forget the £375 billion of new money the Bank of England has created with 'quantitative easing' in response to the financial crisis.
The Bank has massively increased the 'monetary base' of the economy.
This has avoided a Depression but all that extra money sloshing around could risk a spike in inflation, unless the Bank can find a way of removing it once the economy starts to recover.
So what happens to investors if we get a bit more inflation?
Last year two US academics Kenneth Washer and Lee Dunham published an article looking at the performance of the main asset classes in relation to inflation between 1972 and 2011.
Their results are very interesting and although based on US markets, are relevant to UK investors.
In times of moderate inflation between 1 and 2% Washer and Dunham found shares were the best asset class.
On average shares rose 1.4% above the rate of inflation in each quarter when inflation was moderate.
This is probably because companies can push through price increases on their products and continue to grow their dividends.
Shares beat gold and property shares, although their returns were positive.
Bonds did worst of all, losing money in real terms as they returned 0.5% less per quarter than the rate of inflation.
In periods of higher inflation the investment picture changes entirely.
In quarters where inflation ran at more than 2% there was only one winner gold returned an average of 3.2% more than inflation in these periods.
Bonds again did badly as their fixed rate of interest is eroded by inflation.
But property shares and other shares did worst of all. High inflation made their dividends less attractive and share prices fell, returning 1.4% on average less than the rate of inflation in the case of shares.
These are challenging findings for investors. Property shares and ordinary shares only beat gold in periods of low inflation.
And in quarters where there was deflation or falling prices shares did surprisingly well. On average they returned 6.5% above the level of deflation, which averaged at minus 0.7%.
Deflationary periods were the best for bonds which returned 3.4% above the level at which prices were falling in each quarter.
To sum up, bonds are a very poor defence against inflation but shares do actually worse when inflation is high.
Gold is a brilliant defence against inflation which is why there has been so much investor interest in the precious metal in recent years.
Investors can only hope we find the growth solution to our debt problem. Using inflation to erode our debts would hit all our pension plans.
6 comments so far. Why not have your say?
Feb 02, 2013 at 02:41
The problem with looking at history is that history never quite repeats itself. The degree to which the future may resemble the past is also influenced by major structural changes. For the past several decades interest rates have been on a steady downward trend. Now that tend is over, as the rates cannot move significantly lower. Bank rates in the USA have reduced to near zero, and in the UK the 0.5% bank rate has no useful distance to fall further. At some time in the foreseeable future interest rates are going to move up significantly.
In economic terms we live in a strongly irrational world largely driven by populist politics. The economic equivalent of the force of gravity will eventually have its effect, but not for so long as our political class can possibly delay it. And with a new UK election appearing on the distant horizon the politicians will be very keen to postpone the moment of reckoning to the other side of the next election if possible.
Against this background the value of the £ has been following a crazy path against the currency of our principal trading partners in the European Union. Since the summer the pound exchange rate has varied from a high point in the region of 1.29 euro to the latest level of 1.15 euros, a fall in relative value of over 10% in a few months. The instability in currency exchange rate clearly operates strongly against the interests of British exporters. It puts a brake on trade because of the costs and uncertainties it introduces. Of course the soaring value of the pound in midsummer 2012 reduced the pound cost of food and other products sourced from Europe, and thus provided a short term reduction in the inflationary pressures felt within the UK. But now we are on the opposite tack. January has seen the pound falling in what is increasingly looking like a free fall. The consequence is obvious. Inflation is likely to take off significantly in the coming months and even more so if the BoE continues with QE in one form or another . Of course a weaker currency can help stimulate UK production. But there is an appreciable delay before any currency devaluation advantage can feed its way through. In the meanwhile the increased cost of imports will be felt first with the result that the trade deficit of the UK will increase, and this in turn will put further pressure on the pound. The situation does not appear stable and one can imagine a situation in which the pound enters a downward spiral accompanied by a very significant increase in the level of inflation. This situation, if it arises will be a financial crises created through the ineptitude of the BoE and of the senior partners in the coalition. Telling our principal trading partners that we are considering tearing up our treaty relationships with them is not the best way of reassuring markets or encouraging trade.
So, miracles apart, inflation is coming whether the BoE likes it or not. Interest rates will probably stay low because any increase will promote a fresh round repossessions and send the housing market down strongly, a politically unacceptable situation.
In summary,
1) The UK rate of Inflation is likely to increase whatever the BoE does.
2) The findings from the historical review are interesting, but only provide a poor guide to the future because we are in a different structural situation with rising interest rates.
3) Euroland may have been passing through a year of financial crisis, but the BoE should have intervened more forcefully to damp out the extremes of fluctuation in exchange rates.
4). David Cameron's disastrous attempt to find a middle road between UKIP and pro-European elements within the conservatives has put party interest above the national interest, with immediate adverse consequences for UK trade and influence within Europe, and the value of sterling.report this
Feb 02, 2013 at 09:12
Lovely post. High inflation, low interest rates. Right, so borrow quick, do up your house and then sell, repeat... before it all comes tumbling down?report this
Feb 02, 2013 at 09:17
Analysing quarters and seeing which investment type did best against inflation is a nice academic excercise, but a lot of us investors have experienced the worst financial crash in our lifetime, interest rates for cash at almost zero and an economy that's harder to get started than a second-hand Reliant Robin. Even with a Buoyan FTSE I wouldn't want to predict the best place for my cash right now, and deep down, I suspect most of these so-called financial pundits would would agree. The general lack of enthusiasm for Bonds does, however, suggest it is probably still an attractive option for the investor with some spare cash.report this
Feb 02, 2013 at 10:11
Well said, Pilgrim. I do think Cameron has sunk the pound with all the consequences you describe. To salvage a little from this sinking ship, the best the private investor can do is shift money abroad or invest in UK listed overseas investment funds / trusts. It is very hard to see the bottom for the pound. Since this is a UK-made problem, I don't think US history will be much of a guide, especially since the Washer and Dunham analysis is of a period during most of which the US was a much more dominant economic influence than it is now. Gold might be an option if inflation were to become global, but there is little sign of that yet, and UK inflation alone is likely to be too small an influence to move the global price of gold.report this
Feb 02, 2013 at 11:58
One effect of rising inflation would be to force an increase in bond yields and this would have an interesting knock-on effect in reducing the quantified values on pension fund liabilities for surviving final salary schemes, potentially reducing or eliminating deficits with a corresponding positive impact on corporate balance sheets. Just a thought!report this
Feb 03, 2013 at 08:32
Please pass Pilgrim's analysis of the situation on to David Cameron and leaders of the B. of E. as he has hit the nail on the head!report this
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(RNN) - With all the political ads making rounds ahead of the presidential election, trying to separate fact from fiction can be enough to make anyone's head spin. It can leave you wondering where the millions of dollars in advertisements are coming from.
Well, there's an app for that.
Glassy Media and the Sunlight Foundation released free apps last week to identify groups behind the ever-present presidential ads, using technology popular for identifying songs through the Shazam app. When activated the apps listen to political ads playing on TV or a computer and create an "audio fingerprint" which is then checked against the app's ad database.
"These days, our smartphones are always within reach," said Tom Lee, director of Sunlight Labs with the Sunlight Foundation. "Instead of checking texts or identifying a song on the radio, you can now use them the moment you hear or see a political ad."
The Sunlight Foundation released Ad Hawk to the Apple App Store and Google Play. Turn on the app, click "Identify this ad" and within 30 seconds the app comes back with the name of the ad, the sponsor, background on the sponsor and financial information.
The information includes how the group - typically a Super PAC - has spent money on positive or negative ads, and which party those ads focused on.
New political spots are added to the Ad Hawk database constantly, but it sometimes lags behind. Of four ads tested, Ad Hawk identified three and give full information on two of them.
The programs are in response to the 2010 Supreme Court decision in Citizens United, which opened the door for companies looking to spend unlimited money on political elections.
The ruling, "basically allows any individual or organization to contribute to a political message in unlimited degree, which is new and unprecedented," Co-Founder of Glassy Media Dan Siegel said in an interview with the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship.
Glassy Media released Super PAC App to the Apple App Store. Unlike Ad Hawk, it focuses on deciphering whether claims in the ads have any basis in fact.
"When you hear Super PAC, it sounds like something that should be in a comic book," Glassy Media Co-Founder Jennifer Hollett said in an interview with the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship.
"In many ways, that's accurate, because Super PAC represents millions and millions of dollars being poured into the 2012 U.S. presidential election for the first time because of court rulings in 2010."
Like Ad Hawk, the Super PAC App listens to a few seconds of a political ad and pops back with the sponsor, money the group raised and spent, a link to explore claims made in the ads and a voting system where users can rank an ad.
The app recognized advertisements slightly faster than Ad Hawk, but it doesn't identify the big-dollar backers in the Super PAC. It recognized all four advertisements presented to it.
According to The Washington Post, more than $381 million has been spent on advertising thus far in the race. Super PACs have spent $214 million, according to the Sunlight Foundation.
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I think Braylon does what he wants, let's hope he wants.
I think Braylon does what he wants, let's hope he wants.
Typically the tweet looks like this
A few pointsRich Cimini @ISpewBull****
I'm hearing much of the same RT @GirlishMehta69: Anonymous sources say #jets beat writer @ISpewBull**** loves the cock. #lgbt #jets
the bolded name at the top shows the actual name of the tweeter
anything following an "@" is the account name of the user.
when you see "RT" it means it's a retweet (something someone else tweeted).
when you see text before RT, that's a response to the text that follows RT (think of it like a quote)
the "#" is what's called a hashtag. It's used to make your tweet show up whenever some searches for that specific hashtag. Also used by some as an extra little side comment (for example: omg, I hate this fake as Rich Cimini. #GetSkill #Realtalk)
That's pretty much the basics of it.
Hell, I wouldn't re-hire a guy if he's called me an idiot in front of other colleagues.
It's one thing if we were resigning a prime Curtis Martin. But Braylon has not been productive the past 2 seasons. The negative far outweighs the little positive he can bring.
Rich Cimini @RichCimini
Hearing that Rex thought Edwards was talking about Tannenbaum and Tannenbaum thought he was talking about Woody Johnson
Manish Mehta @MMehtaNYDN
Apparel Revival: http://tinyurl.com/bwd3tra RT @OfficialBraylon I'm ready to rock and roll. And the beard is back. #nyj
How pissed is the Jets Shop that they retailed the Edwards jerseys for $19.99 the past two years?
They'll have $100 Nike ones up in no time.
Betcha if they threw McElroy's Jersey in there, they'd be snapped up like hotcakes for the final home game. Half the stadium would be wearing them. But of course, this is about winning.


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Hockenberry's piece recalls how software distribution was difficult and expensive before the advent of the web. "In the days where software was distributed on magnetic media, such as reels of tape, cassettes, or floppy disks, it cost a lot of money to get the product to a customer," he recalls, "As a result, large companies and software publishers were the only ones with the financial resources to get these applications into a retail channel. There were very few independent software developers; and those who did exist were very small operations."
The internet changed everything. Suddenly, it became dead cheap for developers to get into contact with their customers and distribute their software to them. This allowed many a small independent developer to work on their passion, while still earning a nice living.
The success of the modern mobile application stores, however, are having a negative effect on independent software developers. Sure, on the surface it's looking great - easy distribution, massive reach - but at the same time, this success has attracted an evil small developers never faced before: IP lawsuits. The Iconfactory was hit by Lodsys, too.
"The scary part is that these infringements can happen with any part of our products or websites: things that you'd never imagine being a violation of someone else's intellectual property," he writes, "It feels like coding in a mine field."
"From our experience, it's entirely possible that all the revenue for a product can be eaten up by legal fees," he continues, "After years of pouring your heart and soul into that product, it's devastating. It makes you question why the hell you're in the business: when you can't pay salaries from product sales, there's no point in building it in the first place."
He continues that only the large companies have the funds and means to bear these costs. "My fear is that it's only a matter of time before developers find the risks and expenses prohibitive and retreat to the safety of a larger organization. We'll be going back to square one," he adds.
The sad thing is that the only ones who can change this are the ones who have no interest in changing this at all. Apple, Microsoft, Oracle, IBM, and so on, all have a vested interest in keeping the patent system as it is - the only changes they are lobbying for are changes to make it harder for smaller entities to use the patent system. While this may stop lawsuits going from patent trolls to the larger companies - it will also turn the patent system into even more of a stomping ground for these same large companies than it already is.
The large companies will lobby for changes to the system that will protect them from smaller companies, but this in turn also grants them the ability to just stomp all over other people's works. Filing for patents is already prohibitively expensive, so small developers can't build up their own defensive portfolio, leaving them wide open to abuse from the larger companies - who will in turn use their portfolios to block small developers who could pose a threat to their business.
The picture painted by Hockenberry is grim, but in my view, reality is far worse. If things like a grid of icons can be patented, claims that it is impossible to write a single line of code without violating a software patent suddenly become a whole lot more believable. To make matters worse, we have vocal individuals who are actually actively advocating software patents, only because not doing so would put them at odds with their pet companies.
Leon Festinger would chuckle.


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SCORCHING heat, bursts of rain and fierce lightning strikes have hit the Hunter over the past two days and could remain for the next week.
The bizarre mix of conditions has sent people from running for the beach to scrambling for cover.
Temperatures are set to gradually soar with Scone, Singleton and Muswellbrook looking at seven straight days of plus-30 degree weather.
As the Hunter Valley towns brace for a draining 41 degrees on Friday and 42 on Saturday, it won't deter thunderstorms.
Rural Fire Service crews are observing conditions amid a number of fires sparking in the area.
RFS Hunter Valley Superintendent Paul Jones said 4000 lightning strikes had been recorded on Monday night with 15 fires reported, eight of which were still burning, albeit under control, last night.
''Most of them are around the Singleton and Putty Road areas and one at Hebden in Muswellbrook,'' he said.
''We expect more fires to come to light as the days warm up further down the week.
''It's a matter of how much rain comes with the storms but we'll be keeping an eye on them.
''The ones that are concerns are old dead trees and logs that smoulder for days unnoticed and then flare up with strong winds.''
Temperatures along the coast won't reach the lofty heights experienced inland but will still rise from the mid-20s to early 30s as the weekend approaches.
Newcastle Herald readers have submitted photos from Monday night's electrical storm, including the one featured on our front page, by freelance photographer Dan Irwin.
His shot of Newcastle Harbour from Fort Scratchley, using five 30-second exposures, shows the awesome nature of the spectacle.
''Monday night's storm would have to be one of the best lightning shows I have seen in years, it lasted well over two hours,'' he said.
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I've read articles about protecting wp-config.php using .htaccess as well as setting the correct file permissions but I want it all in one place. What should my .htaccess file look like and what folders is it safe to have 777 vs 755 permissions?
Hardening WordPress on the WordPress Codex is a very good article on how to secure your WordPress blog, which goes into quite some detail on file permissions, as well as some other methods of securing WP.
Generally, it's never a good idea to have 777 set on anything. Read the links Thomas provided for more detail, but as a general rule 755 for folders and 644 for files is a good practice.
I am not an expert on this, but I hear that there is no need for .htaccess if you are using newer versions of Apache (IIS had this feature for quite some time.) You can disable directory browsing in your Apache config. It is the Indexes option in the Options directive of the Directory directive.
I don't know if 777 is required by any. 755 is probably safe for content folders.
There are 3 type of users in apache, or almost any webserver
users, groups, other
add user give him right permissions add him in webserver write permissioned group
give him owner ship of web root ,
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It's never too early to start talking about the Draft!!!
I say our 1st round pick should be either a DT or SS, whichever one is the best. Whichever one of those you don't take in 1st, that's what you take in 2nd.
3rd: Tightend; I saw a boy from USC, looked AWESOME! Anybody got any info on him? Any other top-flite TE's who will be draft-eligible?
4th: I say take another Defensive lineman, a DE. There should be some quality available at this point. (maybe switch picks 3 & 4 depending on personnell available A BEAST)
After that, I say draft Safeties further to be back-ups and special teamers. No offense to this current bunch of safeties but they needs ta go.
Obviously, if a superstar playing outside these positions falls in our laps at some point, you throw the list out the window and take them but this draft, as I envision, would definitely help solidify the areas that need the most help.


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Dear Editor,
At 53 years old, and at the age when parts of my body start to ache more than they used to, I am reminded of how lucky I am when I see someone less fortunate, or more physically challenged than my infrequent sore knee's or lower back pain, especially during these holidays.
I also have much more compassion and respect for veterans and members of the military than when I was younger. I was too young for the Vietnam draft and too old for Afghanistan. I could have volunteered, but selfishly, I was either in love, in school, too busy working, or " didn't want to go to war, anywhere". And now, members of all branches of the military are my hero's, especially veterans.
I recently became a member of my local Rotary Club in Cedar Falls. I felt the need to join so I could give back and volunteer to help out causes I believed in. As a result, I have had the pleasure of meeting Taylor Morris, the Cedar Falls veteran who had his life changed completely after being nearly killed in an explosion in Afghanistan in May. He has inspired me to treat others with even greater respect. Taylor is my hero.
I have another hero, and his name is Max Morrison.
I work in the film and television production industry, and I had the pleasure of working on the "A Place for Hero's "movie in Traer and Clutier, Iowa. Max Morrison became the films biggest cheerleader, along with Cecilia Podhajsky and Clutier resident, Ardene Cross, and making this film would have been impossible without them all.
Film Director Scott Thompson, told me that Max was his first contact in Traer, Iowa prior to setting the stage to film here. I had the pleasure of getting to know Max and his lovely wife Sue over the course of the near month long filming.
Max was instrumental in helping us make contact with the veteran groups and organizations on the state and local levels, and he was our "GO-TO-GUY", and his efforts helped make "A Place for Hero's", a great movie.
When I was informed that Max was severely injured and burned in a plane crash, I was devastated, and bewildered. "This happens to other people, not my friends".
The news coverage quoted several eyewitnesses that Max was attempting to extract the pilot, another veteran, and his friend of many years, Bill Konicek, from the plane after the crash, despite his own injuries, which were already extensive, and created additional burns on his already punished body. This is, and always will be the sign of a true Marine, "Leave No Man Behind."
Max has always been an up-front champion for others, and volunteered for many activities around the area. Now its our time to return the favor.
On Sunday, January 6th, 2013, there will be a pancake breakfast to honor the memory of the late Bill Konicek with the free will offerings going to his family.
Pancakes, sausage, eggs, coffee, milk and juice will be served from 8am until 1pm at the Traer Memorial Building. Anyone wishing to assist with this project can contact Cecilia Podhajsky, at 319-478-2947.
I would also like to let everyone know that a "BENEFIT FOR MAX MORRISON", including a meal, bake sale, silent and live auctions will be held on Saturday, February 16th, 2013 starting at 10:30am. This benefit will also be held in at the Traer Memorial building.
We are in need of items, services, food, etc to be donated for this cause, as well as many volunteers. If you have any questions, please contact Carrie Holst at: 319-415-5814 or Bridgette Barthelmes, 319-415-4307.
Thank you,
Jon Van Allen, Filmmaker
& Cedar Falls resident


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Manchester City defender Gael Clichy believes Yaya Toure could not be the dynamic force he is without Gareth Barry beside him.
Toure has given City's Barclays Premier League title charge a shot in the arm with two outstanding performances in victories over Blackburn and Bolton since returning from the African Nations Cup. City look a much tougher proposition with him back but Clichy also wants to highlight the role of a relatively unsung hero in Barry.
"Of course Yaya is impressive, but it's always the way in football that the players who score goals or make a difference in the final third are the ones we look at. But without Gareth Barry, Yaya wouldn't be the same player," said Clichy.
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