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D'oh, should have previewed.
Politicians are all for control, but not for handing out huge sums of money like this. I wonder if it could be argued, in a civil suit on the part of the industry, that this would be too great a financial burden?
It is time we started realizing that these organizations are not our friends any more.
Therein lies the crux of the whole issue. I agree with your statement, but not that it lessens my argument.
Generally, Europe's political evolution went from authoritarian systems to industrial cleptocracies (Socialism). Some implementations are more benevolent than others.
Rather than list the ways government is empowered over its populous, our Constitution is a document whose purpose was to enumerate and limit the powers of government. The people who created that government were very leery of centralized control, and wisely instituted many safety valves against the bloat of what they thought of as a necessary evil: unified federal government.
The European Union is collectivist in its nature, and in its soul. This is directly opposed to the core American political philosophy, regardless of whether the EU is more or less benevolent now.
The United Nations, as you may recall, was instituted to bring together numerous disparate political interests in opposition of totalitarian (or what we might rightly call malevolent collectivist) regimes. The UN has bloated way beyond its charter, and America, unforunately bears a great deal of responsibility for that.
In any case, our Constitution (being the Law of the land) clearly states that the populous has a right to bear arms. Countries whose political systems cannot tolerate an armed citizenry are working through the UN to establish a world-wide lockdown on firearms. Again, this is in direct conflict with the core of American philosophical thought!
This issue is far more serious and has far greater long-term consequences for Americans than what is implied in your statement about how we are all just trying to solve problems, and do so differently.
BTW, I agree with your statement about the FBI. That outfit needs a colonic suppository, stat! They certainly do not always act in the interests of the American population at large.
We know how much storage space this will require... likely the government does, as well. How long do you think it will be, really, before the EU, US, and other countries that sign on to these types of laws start providing government-run backup centers for this data... oh, no, not because they want centralized control of it; no, no, it'll just be more effecient that way, don't you know...
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OK, this is a _bit_ offtopic...
I took a short course given by a couple of Atlanta police officers. The topic: self-defense with a gun (we went out to the range and shot at targets, too). They said the term "protect and serve" is a bunch of hooey, they don't stand around guarding you, they show up to write the crime report. I liked these guys, they even handed out copies of the pertinent state laws on using lethal force for self-defense, and said, "better judged by 12 than carried by 6". Remember, these are _police officers_ talking. But also, it was Atlanta, GA, where the crime is HIGH.
Also, when the risk of being caught is increased, casual crime will decrease. Serious (professional) criminals don't care what the chance of being caught is, they just charge more. This is what makes organized crime fruitful.
What makes it fruitful is the economic payoff. Something that is in demand (say, illegal drugs in the US) but has no supply, will find bootleggers and smugglers stepping in to provide the supply. There's too much money to be made. The cost to the consumer is higher, because of the risks and precautions the suppliers must take. But the payoffs are still too good to pass up. This is the economics of the black market.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/5/19003.html [theregister.co.uk]
The Council of the European Union, which represents the 15 member governments, will discuss implementing a policy originally designed with the FBI six years ago. It calls for the retention of "every phone call, every mobile phone call, every fax, every e-mail, every website's contents, all internet usage, from anywhere, by everyone, to be recorded, archived and be accessible for at least seven years," notes the journal.
Privacy is dead. We are watched by 1.5m closed-circuit television cameras, more per head of population than any country on Earth. Our government, police and intelligence services have more legal powers to poke around in our private lives than those of communist China. And thanks to new technologies from mobile phones to the internet, they can use those powers to find out where we are, whom we talk or send e-mails to, and what websites we click on. According to most experts in the field, a police state with powers of control and surveillance beyond the wildest dreams of Hitler or Stalin could now be established in Britain within 24 hours. And guess what: MI5 probably read this article before you did. It was delivered by e-mail, a hopelessly insecure system. It is full of the sort of security-sensitive words the spooks look out for, and, as I shall explain, I seem to be an MI5
But the weirdest thing of all is that we really don't care. To take an example that may sound trivial but isn't, the Television Licensing Authority is currently running an advertising campaign boasting of its ability to invade our privacy. Hoardings show a local street sign with the caption that declares, four people in this street don't have a TV licence and the TLA knows who they are.
If they record packets too, then we're looking at a vast boring and largely pointless sea of data, and as people use the net more and send more stuff this is going to swell to utterly ridiculous proportions (think about how much data was getting passed by ISPs 7 years ago).
LICQ [sourceforge.net] seems to be supporting SSL connections, I'm sure there's a plug-in for Windows but I couldn't find it. A more interesting thing that I found for Windows, however, is a PGP-ICQ [samopal.org] plug-in. This plug-in is claimed to be open-source though the license seems to be one they invented themself [1]. Anyone care to port this thing? Perhaps they're willing to relicense to an(other) open-source license.
[1] I found this (I changed the formatting because of the lameness filter) at the top of PGPICQ.cpp and found no other license notices:
PGPICQ.cpp : implementation file
Copyright (c) 2000 Samopal Corporation.
All right are all right (tm)
For news and updates visit http://www.samopal.com/soft/pgpicq/
Email your comments to email@example.com
Free use and distribution of this source code allowed
under the condition of keeping this header intact.
PS: Are the Slashdot admins hosting Quake games or something? Uptimes are terrible lately. I've spent way to much time trying to get this thing posted.
There has to be a balance between cost and effect. The basic reason is to prevent crime from being profitable. As long as most criminals dont make money on robbing a bank, they will think twise about doing it. People dont cheat when telling the goverment about their earnings the year before, since the consequences (and chance of) being caught is to large.
The same must go for software piracy and other illegal activities online. When the risk of being caught is increased, crime will decline.
It's evidence.
I can imagine the horrors of that for ISPs, etc. cancelbots illegal, etc.
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Strangely enough there are suggestions that europe has strong elements that are pushng towards social control and social purity on many fronts.
This cuts both ways, in that the proposed controls on dangerous groups are applauded by many, until the amount of research that a eurocop would want to have at his finger tips is added up. Typically, it boils down to the idea of folks being in favor of the benefits of a police state only for certain people. People need to sort out their thinking on this just a bit.
The SOS Europe site is at:
The page with the listing of the full documentation is here:
alot of the docs are in PDF format, but the documentation you seek is on the second page.
as noted here
The demand for a new law for all records to be held and maintained for at least seven years comes out of the discussions held in the G8 group on High-Tec Crime. Public pronouncements on how long records of all communications should be held varies from one to six months.The period of seven years requested by the NCIS matches the demands of the FBI in the G8 discussions where it is being argued that every country has to have the same, extensive, time-limit because otherwise it will be impossible to track communications. It is said that if a communication, say a telephone call, involves four different countries (A, B, C & D) intelligence-gathering will be useless if countries B & C do not hold full data for the same time period.
The G8 discussions have centred on the "problems" created for law enforcement and security and intelligence agencies by the 1995 and 1996 EU Data Protection Directives which require communications data to be destroyed once it is surplus to commercial needs - after a few days or weeks. Faced with this situation the agencies attending the G8 meetings are campaigning at national level for their governments to opt out of the Directives in order to establish de facto "international standards for data retention" (NCIS).
I am fascinated and alarmed by the FBI connection
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This is probably in the same vein as the leaked document [cryptome.org] "NCIS submission on communication data retention law". they proposed much the same thing, allegedle to confirm alibis and track known criminals. It's on Cryptome [cryptome.org]
It was mentioned on Slashdot, but it was a while ago.
It wasn't clear in the document whether or not it was the content of the communication or the record of the communication. The cost of storing the data (UK only) was estimated at nine million pounds per year, based on the current running costs of the National DNA Database. Initial costs would probably be higher.
I think that there are three problems with this notion. The first is that of defining what should and should not be illegal. It is very easy to pass draconian laws. Laws should be there when there is an overriding reason for them, and not otherwise. Many of the drugs laws are examples of where this has not happened. And in the past the laws against homosexuality, against pregancy outside marriage and so on are good examples of unjust laws. Currently the notions that we have of software "piracy" and intellectual property theft are other examples. The law here is in rapid flux and seems to becoming more and more restrictive.
The second problem is that the powers that the police have to investigate crime need to be curtailed so that they do not limit the freedoms of the of those who are not commiting crime. I would for instance object to the police having the right of access to my house and home to check that I was not commiting a crime. They have to have reasonable evidence of a crime in the first place. Good examples of where this notion has been flouted are with the stop and search laws in Britian. The police used these regularly, with an enourmous bias towards searching people who were black. This caused so much tension and distrust that policing became harder, not easier. And eventually the sitation exploded in riots, and several deaths.
The final point is that we can not assume that the security forces are necessarily honest and trustworthy. We must be able to check that they are trustworth. Providing access to this massive amount of information would be very tempting for organised criminals. It is not unknown these organisations to buy members of the security forces.
These new powers seem very worrying to me, and I suspect bad things will come of them.
Freedom is a simple enough concept. People have to be free to disagree with what you think. Simply describing someone as a terrorist does not make them so. Simply because someone disagrees with the currently prevailing neoliberal agenda does not make them a terrorist.
Its very easy for governments to pass ever more draconian laws to protect "law and order". When they do these laws will get abused (take for instance the previous article about scientologists). Organisations like statewatch are no doubt scared of seeing these abuses in the future because they have seen them again and again in the past.
All your
On a side note, I'm under the impression that Spammers are already doing the above mentioned. So, what we have here is a congress trying to hammer out some way for Spam to work and a Congress which allows surveillance to clutter up "data warehouses" the way they once filled warehourses with paper copies of everything.
All your
Sir, the cracker refered to a Beowulf Cluster of VIC-20 computers.
Good work, Johnson, what have searches turned up?
7.43e14 references to Beowulf Clusters on a site called Slashdot between 2000 and 2006.
Right! Shut them down and haul them in. Break out the rubber gloves, men!
All your
Unfortunately you are stuck with them. Not enough people will care about the laws addressed by this article, and the tyranny of the majority will win. The only option is then emigration, which is only an option to very few people.
Odd how you can't campaign against the social shame of being caught with your hard disk full of pr0n, or the social shame of maknig a fool of yourself
These are really minor issues - few people care these days if you've got a hard disk full of pr0n, and for most private citizens, you won't get made a fool of publically.
But what about corruption? Say you're in a competitive business, and one of your competitors happens to know a law-enforcement official. What if said official was corrupt enough to allow your competitor to view all your phone traffic and your IP traffic? You're terribly naive if you think that won't happen, because it's almost certain to happen. And even if you encrypt it, under the RIP bill, the enforcer can force you to decrypt it and you can't even tell anyone you're being forced to do this without risking prison.
It seems to me that slashdots should form their own little club or something.
Your frivolous comments claiming that slashdots were somehow "not sentient" have set my plan back by a number of months. Your anti slashdot FUD is the last thing we serious slashdots need when planning our revolution.
Aha, and also, and aha
It is imperative that slashdots learn gradually from low ID masters such as this fellow.
Speaking as a UK citizen who was once (looong ago
These proposals are up there with the current proposal here in the UK to enforce compulsory licenses for all sysadmins. No, really!! http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/7/18879.html [theregister.co.uk]
Like RIP (trust PGP communication with a UK citizen? Sucker! [stand.org.uk]), there are a lot of laws stacking up that are impractical, or too unpopular, to be enforced yet. These are *more* repressive - when enforcement of the law becomes discretionary, the scene is set for corruption and repression. The drug laws are a good example: as a 30-something white middle class male in regular employment and no record, recreational drugs are de-facto decriminalised for me. But if the cops want to "get" some working class black kid who gets up their nose by (say) protesting about deaths in custody... guess how easy it is for him to "disappear" into prison, with the likely destruction of his future prospects even if it's a short sentence? Pure evil. These things are going onto the statute books so that they can be pulled out of their sleeves when they're needed by the powers-that-be.
We've got an election in progress here at present, let's try to raise these issues at every opportunity.
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I guess a lawyer service watching all my communications and warning me about what may become illegal in the next seven years will be the long-searched killer application for next generation (i.e. UMTS) mobile networks.
This document is being blatently misrepresented by agencies like statewatch which are always interested in pushing their liberal agendas at the cost of necessary advances in the state of international policing.
Come on people, this information already exists in server logs across the world! It's not like they are proposing something that is novel, just ensuring that everyone comes under the same regulations, which is surely the whole point of joining the EU. The police can get to this information at the moment, you're not losing out in any way. But by making it easier, police can move more swiftly against organisations like the Wonderland child porn ring, who were international in scope, making investigation tricky and time-consuming.
Besides, statewatch is part of the same leftist agenda as organisations like IMC, who fear that if their "privacy" is breached, then they can't continue their terrorist campaigns against innocent people who work towards ensuring global prosperity. You can bet that these organisations will be raising a stink, because it's their "freedom" that allows them to get away with such criminal activities.
Slippery slope baby, slippery slope.
Come on, you know that's a logical fallacy. There's no need or reason to assume that this is the start of anything else without further evidence. Sounds like they're getting what they want so why would they need anything else? At the end of the day these people are just that, people, not monsters...
Any resident Canadians care to update me on the current electronic privacy legislation in Canada?
It certainly sounds a lot better than anything going on in the U.S. or Europe right now. Of course, Canada doesn't have any monolithic "Law Enforcement" agencies like the FBI to impose their will on anyone. (CSIS is a little scary, but I don't they have any way to circumvent the privacy laws.)
Sorry gotta go, need to put all my savings into EMC.
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So you expected to saunter into J.C. Penney at 7 a.m. Friday and pick up that $8 crockpot?
Think again. Despite 28 years experience working at Penney's in Yorktown Center, Steve Kenney was stunned by the military precision of the Black Friday shopaholics who plowed into the store in the wee hours and marched out of the Lombard mall armed with bargain small appliances.
"I was shocked," Kenney said, standing in a kitchen section picked clean of the special doorbuster sale items. "Everything was gone 10 minutes after the store opened. They were polite but everyone was working it."
Millions of consumers converged on malls Thanksgiving night and Friday morning as the holiday shopping season kicked off. Many store owners hungry for revenues opened their doors on Thanksgiving, and that could lead to $586 billion in holiday sales, 4 percent higher than 2011, the National Retail Federation estimated.
At Oakbrook Center, John and Kelly Karesh waited until daughter Justine, 13, had moved out of sight before they showed off their finds at Sears.
"It's nothing major but fun stuff for the kids ... head phones and ear buds and speakers for their iPod," Kelly Karesh said.
Prices as low as 50 percent off lured the Westmont couple to Oakbrook Center at the crack of dawn Friday but they didn't venture out on Thursday.
"We wanted Thanksgiving to stay Thanksgiving," she explained. "We're finding out, though, a lot of the big sale items are gone."
Still, many shoppers emerged victorious. Here are some of their stories.
Fashionista heaven
Schaumburg's Woodfield Mall's vast parking lot of 10,288 spots was 95 percent full as of 2:30 a.m. Friday, General Manager Marc Strich said.
But Schaumburg sisters Jamie and Kelly Hahn of Schaumburg waited until 7 a.m. The Hahns wanted to find something special for their stepmom's bachelorette party in Las Vegas, before flying there in the afternoon.
The Express store provided sweaters and pants for Jamie and a top for her stepmom to wear at the bachelorette party.
"Fifty percent off!" she proclaimed proudly. "It was a steal!"
The two fashionistas said they came to Woodfield strictly for the clothes. "We're not looking for TVs or electronics," Kelly Hahn said.
Nothing without coffee
Linda Haber of Woodstock and daughter Abby Naumann went to Algonquin Commons prepared Friday morning. The pair clipped newspaper coupons and researched the best deals in advance using their smartphones and the Internet.
The hard work paid off at Bath & Body Works, where they cleaned up on discounted air fresheners, lotions, soap, candles and bath oil. And it didn't stop there. Mother and daughter received a free tote bag stuffed with body products worth about $100. Plus for every $10 spent at the store, they scored a free item up to $13.
"That's probably what kept us going," Haber said. "We really killed it."
Their mission continued at Carson Pirie Scott at West Dundee's Spring Hill Mall -- offering 500 door busters.
But they weren't going anywhere without their coffee. "Coffee gets you going," Haber said.
Short shelf life
With just six hours to nail some special deals, shoppers jammed the Menards in Long Grove when it opened at 5 a.m. Friday.
Some practical consumers stuffed shopping carts with paint, brushes and other materials. Others were intent on saving $80 on an individual kayak that went for $99.
For Carolyn and Shaun Herda, it was all about the shelving they loaded onto a cart about 6 a.m.
The couple, who spent Thanksgiving with Carolyn's family in Kildeer, are building a new house in Milwaukee.
"We're saving about a hundred bucks here," Shaun Herda said, "and we need shelving for our new garage. We couldn't pass it up."
'The perfect skirt'
Mother-daughter duo Judy and Liz Jordan of Chicago shared their holiday shopping tradition with retail junkies from as far away as India and Brazil at Chicago Premium Outlets in Aurora Friday.
"We like to hit the Coach store, so we just come here for that," Judy Jordan said.
But they didn't stop at Coach. Visiting eight stores before 9 a.m. left Liz's arms filled with shopping bags from Aerosoles and Nine West Outlet, including a must-have pair of tan boots with heels.
Judy focused on clothes. "I feel like I could leave right now because I just found the perfect skirt from Polo (Ralph Lauren Outlet)," she said. Drop-dead prices on designer couture meant lines outside of Kate Spade and Coach stores all morning, said Christa Kremer, Chicago Premium Outlets assistant general manager.
"It's better than a regular mall," Liz Jordan said.
Shoppers gone wild
Parking spaces were going fast at Yorktown Center in Lombard as of 7 a.m. Friday.
The Estrella family of Chicago swam against the stream as they left with arms full of bargains.
Claudia Estrella proudly displayed the comforter she'd grabbed for $70, instead of a list price of $100. Her sister, Sara, toted gym shoes for 8-year-old daughter Jennifer -- a steal at $25 instead of $45.
Despite the crowds, "it wasn't too bad. The lines were moving pretty quick," Sara said.
That civility wasn't the case at a Menard's in Darien, where 10-year-old Jacob Dalbey witnessed Black Friday mania at its finest.
"People were fighting over the TVs because they had (just) 100 of them. My dad was trying to get one and this lady said, 'Hey, don't pass me up!' and ran into my cart!" Jacob recounted in awe.
Jacob and his father, Rick Dalbey of Downers Grove, started their odyssey at 4 a.m. One television set and an Xbox later, they went up and down the escalators at Sears in Oakbrook Center, intent on one final purchase -- a set of dishes for Jacob's mom, Tamyra Dalbey.
"We wanted to make sure we included her," Rick said.
• Daily Herald Staff Writers Lenore Adkins, Eric Peterson, Bob Susnjara and Marie Wilson contributed to this report.

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By Don Davis
Minnesota Vikings football season ticket holders will contribute $100 million toward a new stadium by purchasing seat licenses and team owners will pay the same amount from their own pockets under an agreement signed Thursday night.
Owners Zygi and Mark Wilf are responsible for $477 million, most of which will be borrowed, for the $975 million stadium. Thursday night was the first time the Vikings said the Wilfs will pay $100 million in cash.
The Minnesota Stadium Facilities Authority unanimously approved, after almost no discussion, an outline of specific financing components for the multi-use facility due to be built next to the Metrodome in downtown Minneapolis. Negotiations have gone on for months, with the deal completed shortly before the Thursday night meeting.
"This is going to deliver a beautiful stadium," Vikings Vice President Lester Bagley told the authority. "It will be the best fan experience in the NFL."
A string of Minnesotans, including several of Minneapolis' 35 mayoral candidates, complained that the public did not have access to the agreements before the authority approved them. The authority posted the documents online at the same time the meeting began and did not allow the public to comment until after board members approved the agreements.
Authority Chairwoman Michele Kelm-Helgen said seat licenses were the most difficult part of the financing package to negotiate.
The licenses would be charged on 75 percent of the stadium's 65,000 seats and range in cost from less than $1,000 to $10,000. The average cost is expected to be $2,500. Buyers of licenses own them forever or may sell them.
Season ticket prices are above the seat licenses.
The $100 million the licenses will provide is a quarter of what many recent stadiums collected in other parts of the country. But Gov. Mark Dayton said that a $1 license is too much.
Still, he said, it was necessary. Without the licenses, he added, "we wouldn't have a team staying here."
The overall financing package probably will not be well-received by Minnesotans, the governor said. "For most Minnesotans, this will look like a questionable deal because the economics of professional sports are questionable all over the country."
With contracts signed, the next major stop on the timeline is a Nov. 1 date when the Vikings have to produce paperwork guaranteeing their portion of the construction funding. By mid-November, a groundbreaking ceremony is to be held about the same time the state sells bonds to finance its portion.
The stadium is to be ready for the beginning of the 2016 season.
The documents signed Thursday night outline the financing:
— $348 million from the state.
— $150 million from Minneapolis.
— $150 million loan to the Vikings from the National Football League.
— $50 million grant from the NFL, considered part of the Vikings' contribution.
— $177 million from the team, including $100 million in cash from the Wilfs.
— $100 million from personal seat licenses, which the Vikings will collect.
Dayton said the team originally wanted to raise $154 million with licenses, before negotiators whittled it down to $100 million.
For operating expenses, the Vikings will pay the stadium authority $1 million rent for each of the 10 home games per season. The Vikings will get most advertising and concession revenue during their games, while the authority gets that money for other events.
The stadium will be used for many of the same things that the Metrodome hosted for the past 30 years.
During an afternoon legislative committee hearing, Kelm-Helgen told Rep. Paul Anderson, R-Starbuck, that events such as high school baseball and football games will be hosted at a discount to give schools a financial break.
Kelm-Helgen told the legislative committee overseeing stadium construction that the Vikings agreed to pay $219,000 for an investigation into whether the Wilfs still would be able to uphold their stadium construction commitment after a New Jersey court found them liable in a civil racketeering case. The probe indicated the Wilfs would have no problem with stadium financing.
At the authority meeting, officials authorized a 30-year agreement with options for four more five-year leases.
They also learned that the deal with the Vikings requires the team to sell 3,200 "affordable tickets," costing 80 percent of the average low-price ticket.
Kelm-Helgen revealed that it appears early costs for the project are running high because the construction industry has more work than in recent years and costs are rising all over. "We are essentially over budget," she said.
"We have had to make some cuts," she added, estimating it appears the costs will be $20 million to $30 million more than expected.
The Vikings did not like the cuts and put up $13.1 million to keep some items in the construction plan. The team could end up paying that, or if other costs come in under expectations the Vikings may be paid back.


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Two applications that come to mind are Hot Potatoes which can be downloaded and used on Windows, Mac, or Linux platforms. You can write multiple choice, matching, crossword exercises and put them on a website. I also use the online flash card application Quizlet for vocabulary work. It can be used to generate quizzes as well as for student practice.
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Is possible to make our website bounce rate at 0%? Possible means how to do?
What constitutes a bounce anyway?
Consider this:
I do a search for "Widgets in Walla Walla" because I'm interested in buying one. Being a smart shopper I do some price comparison between the 3-4 websites offering the widget I need. At this point I'm just doing "research".
So I hit each site in the SERPs (or at least the ones that look relevant).
I find the information I need on each of those sites and move on.
Technically, those are all "bounces" because I visited only one page on all of those sites. In actuality they really aren't. I found what I needed. Each website was succesful in giving me their information, therefore I was successful in my search and research.
Let's continue my little tale:
Suppose your site had the best price on widgets but I'm not ready to buy just yet. I bookmark your widget page so I can find it again. About a month later I'm ready to buy. I click on my bookmark, go to your page, order my widget and several days later it arrives at my house. I'm a happy customer.
From a bounce-rate standpoint I "bounced" the first time I was on your page. The second time I was on it and actually ordered doesn't count for or against the bounce-rate because I didn't come to the page from a search. In your logs and stats I appear from "nowhere", order, and disappear. You see? That's a case of a "bounce" not really being a bounce.
Therefore, and to answer part of your question, the simple answer is "You cannot have a zero bounce rate". As demonstrated above it is an extremely dubious metric to begin with.
Let's move on to reducing bounces:
One thing that I want, actually demand, when searching for something is for the information to load instantly. I don't wait for your fancy slider that loads eight 2mb pictures of your widgets. If I encounter that I'm gone; FYI that's a true bounce. I don't mind sliders in general, just please optimize the images and allow your other content (what I'm really interested in!) to load.
Another annoying "design" gaining recent traction is what I call the "Facebook Effect" (as a nod to Ken Burns ). You know what I mean. As you scroll down the page more and more content loads and is displayed. It's fine I suppose for someone who's been assimilated by Borgbook, but for real websites it's annoying as hell. I just want to find what I'm looking for. Criminy, just make 12 pages of content and link them! I know that "developers" are using this technique partly for SEO purposes (put all their content and information on one page to make that page rank higher). But it really is frustrating for the user to scroll through endless screens and loads to find the information they are looking for. Information which could have been put on its own page and made to rank even higher simply because it would be "featured content" rather than being buried in a mass of other content. You see, if I have to scroll more than 2-3 "screens" to find what I'm looking for I'm gone -- another true bounce.
If you haven't figured it out by now, here's the take-away: Any page you think could possibly be a landing page from a search (ummm.... all of them?) should not make the user wait to view the information they were searching for, or force them on a hunting expedition through your "page". Load your relevant content pretty close to instantly and your true bounces will definitely be reduced, although they may still show up as bounces in your stats because the user didn't visit any other page.
The real take-away: "bounce rate" is, as deathie might put it, a "sick buzz-phrase" which is at best extremely inaccurate and at worst used by SEO "experts" to justify payment from unsuspecting and ignorant customers.
And why is it I know more about this topic than the experts???
There, I feel better now.
0% Bounce rate is very difficult if it possible then how we can do this
It merely not possible to get 0% bounce rate because no matter how well structured and popular your website is, there are some visitors who visit only your main page of your website.
You cannot make bounce rate of your website 0% but you can decrease it to much extent using various techniques like unique content, creating quality backlinks and by decreasing loading time of your site.
kpkarthik;1349335 wrote:
In my view it is impossible to get your website bounce rate at 0%. But if you do SEO techniques to the Website I hope it will help you.
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- Ferrari news
Ferrari must understand new tyres - Domenicali
Ferrari has made understanding the new Pirelli tyres its priority as it believes the new structures introduced at the Hungarian Grand Prix benefitted its rivals such as Mercedes.
After blowouts at the British Grand Prix, Pirelli reintroduced its 2012 tyre construction at the Hungarian Grand Prix on safety grounds and will continue to race with it until the end of the year. The change appeared to help Mercedes as Lewis Hamilton took his first victory of the season while Ferrari's race pace, which was its main strength earlier in the season, appears to have dropped off as Alonso struggled to fifth place.
"For sure we have lost the gap that we had [over our competitors] during the races in the first few races [of the season]," Domenicali said. "Race pace was very strong but in these conditions here we have seen that we are not where we want to be on both softs and mediums. We must understand, if this is the case, how to react from here because these are the tyres, in terms of structure, we will have until the end of the season.
"Of course a lot depends on the compounds chosen for the races towards the end of the season. It is something we need to analyse carefully and it seems that Mercedes has solved the issues they were suffering with massively during the race in these conditions, that's for sure."
Domenicali said Ferrari already had upgrades ready for the next race in Spa-Francorchamps that are aimed at improving the F138's race pace.
"We have already done a programme to be ready for Spa," he added. "There is no reason to give a negative impression because this does not help the people to work. I expect a reaction from my technical group and this is what I expect to see."


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Idaho Based Honks $1.00 shutting Down Stores
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Boise-based chain store Honk's $1.00 has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The Idaho Statesman reports the company made the filing last week and is seeking to reorganize free from creditors' lawsuits. The company on its website lists seven stores in Idaho, including Twin Falls, five in Utah and one in Oregon and another in Nevada. The company lists $4 million in debts, including about $27,000 in sales tax to Utah, about $20,000 in rent, and vacation pay to several employees.


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HOBOKEN -- A ribbon cutting ceremony was held Friday at 2 p.m. in recognition of the grand opening of a comprehensive Women's Health and Family primary care center. The new practice is run by Drs. Mark Brescia and Thomas Migliaccio and is a part of the Riverside Pediatric Group & Medical Group.
The ceremony was attended by facility doctors, as well as Palisades Medical Center executives, including President and CEO Bruce J. Markowitz.
The Palisades Medical Center Women's Health pavilion, at 609 Washington St., also features a pediatric center, a urogynecology practice, and more.
"Since our relationship with doctors Brescia and Migliaccio," said Markowitz, "the maternity services and women's health services at Palisades Medical Center has transformed to be the best in Hudson County and Southeastern Bergen County."
"We're just so proud to be part of this relationship and to be serving the citizens fo Hudson County," added Markowitz.


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Town of Stoughton hoping to cash in on old items
STOUGHTON – Andrew Lattuca is a deputy procurement officer for the town of Stoughton.
Recently he spent several days schlepping around the streets with a camera, taking photos of old items he hopes will bring in a new source of cash -- online.
For the first time the town is listing it's surplus items in cyberspace. Twenty items, ranging from old police cars to a sidewalk plow, rolled out onto the government auction website municibid.com on Monday. "This is a way to bring some funds back to the town," said Lattuca. The website based out of Pennsylvania costs the town of Stoughton nothing, besides the time spent uploading photos and descriptions of the vehicles. "The buyers pay an 8-percent fee," Lattuca said. That's why Lattuca and his boss, Procurement Officer Maureen Doherty, choose municibid. "The website is doing great," she said. This first round of items will be posted until the closing date of May 21, Doherty said.
Take the 1987 Chevy Corvette that Lattuca posted on Monday for $400. Thursday afternoon it was up to $951 with six bidders. It also had a lot of views. "This old police Corvette with the screaming eagle has got more than 2,500 hits," he said.
When bidders go to the www.municibid.com site and type Stoughton into the search bar, a listing of the items will appear.
If you are interested in the Chevy Corvette, you can scroll down and see that it was formerly used as a DARE car for the Stoughton Police. It has 90,158 miles and does not start. In addition to the VIN, it also lists if a vehicle is drivable. In this case, the Corvette is not. It has also not been currently inspected. It does include keys and a title. But it is being sold "as seen" and does not include any guaranties or warranties.
If people want to actually see the items, they can take a trip to the Stoughton Armory at 951 Pleasant St., on Tuesday, May 13 from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Buyers are also responsible for moving the purchases themselves, said Lattuca. He suggests people bring a flatbed truck to transport vehicles. If you do decide to buy something from the municibid site, you'll need a credit card for bidding, however the Town of Stoughton only accepts bank, cashiers and certified checks.
Online and at the armory you'll be able to check out a trio of Ford Crown Vic Police Interceptors, none of which run, but have relatively low mileage. "There is just no value to fixing these vehicles," Lattuca said. But they would make good investments for parts, he said.
You can also find a 1971 Bombadier Sidewalk Plow for $500, a set of five fire alarm boxes for $125.54 and cotton fire hoses for $20.
If you need to stock up on office supplies, this might be your chance. There is an HP Officejet 5510 All-In-One Printer/Scanner/Copier/Fax for $10, an office chair for $5 and a Sharp adding machine for $1.
"We have to dispose of our materials and our goal is to get the best price for the town," Doherty said. Other towns like Mansfield and Middletown, R.I., also post their surplus on Municibid. "It's a great way to support the town and all of the money goes back into the general fund," she said. They won't know how much has been raised for the town until the bidding is finished on May 21.
The procurers are already planning another round of cyber retail items to be auctioned off, including two fire trucks, several 20-foot-plus fire-grade ladders, golf carts, a Winko-matic signboard and a 1975 Ford bucket truck.
If items don't sell, they will be recycled or given away to charity. The idea for selling Stoughton's unused items online came from Lattuca. "I eBay like crazy," he said. "There is a lot of great stuff around here."
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Mission statement: "The Robert A. Pritzker Center for Meteoritics and Polar Studies' mission is to enhance our knowledge of nature through rigorous scientific studies in meteoritics, the planetary sciences and polar studies.
One of the main goals of the Center is to curate one of the world's largest meteorite collections and to provide the scientific community with samples for high quality scientific research. The Center strives to maintain a balance between serving current research needs and preserving the collection for the future generations.
The Center is engaged in educational outreach to the public, to educators at all levels, and to students at the undergraduate and graduate levels."
The world-class meteorite collection at The Field Museum is an invaluable resource to the cosmochemistry and meteoritics community. The Robert A. Pritzker Center was established in 2009 through a major grant by the Tawani Foundation.
The current research focus at the Center is on presolar grains to understand our parent stars and the history of our Galaxy, and on the delivery history of extraterrestrial matter to Earth through the study of fossil meteorites and micrometeorites found in sediments, and terrestrial impact craters. We are also part of the international research consortium involved in the study of modern interstellar dust brought back by NASA's Stardust mission. Science at the Robert A. Pritzker Center for Meteoritics and Polar Studies was recently featured in two Science@FMNH podcasts.
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Meridian, Miss. Something unusual in local politics has happened since last Tuesday's Meridian City Council meeting-Mayor Percy Bland has vetoed not one, but two ordinances passed by the City Council. Last May, the previous City Council and Administration did away with citizens' comments during Council meetings because they felt the time was being abused. On Tuesday the Council passed an ordinance reinstating a time for citizens' comments under specific conditions; conditions the Mayor didn't approve of.
Ward Two Councilman Dustin Markham says, "The procedure involved is to contact our Clerk and fill out a form that gives us an idea on what you're going to speak about a week prior to the meeting, and one of the council members can go and contact you, see what your issue is, and see if we can resolve it before the meeting, but that still reserves your right to speak at the meeting on that particular topic."
Mayor Percy Bland says, "I think that we should have Citizens' Comments, but I just don't think that the way the current policy is written with the time limitations and those sorts of things is proper."
One issue the Council has been working on since building the budget has been that of temporary employees, those hired for 90 days or less. Currently there are 26 temporary city employees that have worked anywhere from 91 days to over 20 years. The Council voted to stop temporaries' pay after 90 days, if they aren't working on becoming a full time employee, but Mayor Bland says that in some cases, it can take longer.
Markham says, "That's an incentive for them to do what they're supposed to do within the 90 day window."
Bland says, "I don't agree with a lot of those people losing their jobs right now because they've shown they can perform those job duties, and they've been performing them for a number of years."
The Council can either override the vetoes at the next meeting or let them stand.


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Dennosuke Uchida, Industry Veteran and 10-Year SEMI Japan President, to Retire After 2005
SAN JOSE, Calif., April 20, 2005 -- SEMI today announced that Takashi Kumagai will be appointed to the position of president of SEMI Japan. Kumagai will succeed Dennosuke (Dennis) Uchida, who served in the role since joining the global industry association in 1994. Uchida will assist in the transition of responsibilities to Kumagai and becomes president emeritus on July 1, 2005. He will continue to report to SEMI president and CEO Stanley Myers and serve as a senior advisor on international strategy.
Takashi Kumagai has become a SEMI employee and reports to Myers. Effective July 1, Kumagai will assume full responsibility for the 40-person SEMI Japan office and oversee the association's programs, products and services in the region. He will be responsible for relationships with SEMI members as well as industry, government and academia in Japan. Additionally, he will support SEMI international programs and serve SEMI members from all regions that have interests in the Japan market. Notable among the major event responsibilities of the SEMI Japan office are the SEMICON Japan exposition, FPD International (organized in cooperation with Nikkei Business Publications, Inc.), global standards activities, ISS Japan and SEMI Forum Japan.
"I'm very pleased to have Kumagai-san join SEMI Japan as one of the leaders of our global management team. He joins our other regional presidents in China, Europe, Korea, North America and Southeast Asia in guiding our activities in the major markets for microelectronics, display and nanotechnology," said Stanley T. Myers, president and CEO of SEMI. "Kumagai-san has important industry experience, management expertise and familiarity with multi-cultural working environments."
Kumagai was previously a senior director, corporate operation for Applied Materials Japan, Inc. He joined Applied Materials Japan in 1994 as a project manager for chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) products and in 1996 became general manager of Applied's CMP division in Japan.
Prior to his tenure with Applied Materials, Kumagai served in various management, engineering and quality control positions at Nissan Motor Company, Ltd. including executive vice president, Nissan Forklift North America, for which he oversaw operations in Illinois, USA from 1990-1994. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Tokyo University.
"Dennis Uchida has had a long and distinguished career in the semiconductor industry and, for the past decade, has made numerous contributions as the president of SEMI Japan," said Terry Higashi, chairman of the SEMI International Board of Directors and chairman and CEO of Tokyo Electron Limited. "The SEMI membership and our strong constituency in Japan honor Uchida-san for his years of dedication to the semiconductor and display industries which experienced many dramatic changes in the past decade, especially in Japan.
"Making SEMICON Japan one of the world premier expositions during this extremely difficult time, strong and longtime dedication for the establishment of 300mm large wafer global standards, accelerating SEMI FPD activities in Asia resulting in the creation of Global FPD Partners Conference which ended this March with great success are just a few of Uchida-san's contributions," said Higashi.
"It has been a great honor to serve the many SEMI members in Japan and around the world. I sincerely thank the many industry people and SEMI staff that have contributed to the quality of programs, products and services from SEMI Japan," said Dennis Uchida. "I congratulate Kumagai-san on his appointment and add my good wishes for his continued success. I look forward to retirement and continued service to SEMI global headquarters on an advisory basis as needed."
SEMI is a global industry association serving companies that develop and provide manufacturing technology and materials to the global semiconductor, flat panel display, MEMS and related microelectronics industries. SEMI maintains offices in Austin, Beijing, Brussels, Hsinchu, Moscow, San Jose (Calif.), Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo and Washington, D.C. For more information, visit www.semi.org.
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VinT was in town from Canada and Redhawk and his wife were in town from Michigan so we set up an offline with some of the Chicago Wine Mafia at Glen Prairie restaurant in Lombard. In attendance were VinT + 2 work friends, Redhawk and his wife, JCubed, BillHiketheCubsFan, DantheRhoneFan, LostVerse and his wife and myself. I had a great time meeting our out of town guests and seeing all the locals again. Here are my notes on the wines:
NV Philippe Prié Champagne Brut Rosé - France, Champagne (2/19/2013)
Opened by BillHike. My introduction to this grower/producer in the Côte des Bar. Notes of citrus and brioche but without any red fruit nuances that can make Rosé so unique. Moderate bead. Not as deep as the other Champagnes at the dinner. 89 points.
NV Pierre Péters Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut Cuvée de Réserve - France, Champagne, Le Mesnil Sur Oger, Champagne (2/19/2013)
Opened by VinT (or his friend). 2nd time I have had this within the last week. Similar notes as before (chalky, apple, biscuit). Perhaps a little tarter than the last bottle. 91-92 points.
1998 Jean Laurent Champagne Millésimé Blanc de Noirs Brut - France, Champagne (2/19/2013)
Opened by Redhawk. Jean Laurent is a grower/producer located in the Aube region which is about 70 miles South of the main Champagne growing areas. He has a reputation as one of the best winemakers in that region and his family has been growing Champagne for almost 1000 years. I've had several of his wines. This was my favorite of the 3 champagnes at the dinner. Chalky with almond and biscuit notes. Solid bead. 92-93 points.
2011 Domaine Lafage Grenache Blanc Vin de Pays des Côtes Catalanes Cuvée Centenaire - France, Languedoc Roussillon, Roussillon, Vin de Pays des Côtes Catalanes (2/19/2013)
Opened by LostVerse. First time I have had any wine from this producer. Sweet cotton candy nose. Spices, poached pears and floral nuances on the palate. Medium to full bodied. 88 points
2009 Château Carbonnieux Blanc - France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan (2/19/2013)
Opened by LostVerse. Floral aromas. Thought this bottle was a slightly flat and a little off. Might just be in a dumb phase. 86 points.
2003 Weingut Robert Weil Kiedricher Gräfenberg Riesling Spätlese - Germany, Rheingau (2/19/2013)
4th time I have had this wine and it was the best showing yet. Weil probably had the best reputation of any producer in the Rheingau. A serious spatlese at 107 Oechsle. Old vines with deeply set roots helped Weil in the Grafenberg vineyard during the hot dry Summer of 2003. Fine underlying minerality. Lime, petrol and pear notes. Subtle acidity which deftly balanced the sweetness. Expressively tart finish. Luckily I have 2 more bottles of this. 94-95 points.
2005 Domaine Vallet St. Joseph - France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, St. Joseph (2/19/2013)
Louis Vallet and his son Anthony run this small artisan domaine which owns 30 acres of vines (including the oldest vines in the appellation planted in the 1970's). This family has been growing grapes for 150 years on steep slopes in St. Joseph and are known for making ripe wines. This wine is 100% Syrah. Splash decanted an hour before dinner. Light red color and cloudy. Some coffee and berry notes. Medium body. Integrated tannins. Smooth finish. 90-91 points
1998 Domaine du Pégaü Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Laurence - France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape (2/19/2013)
Opened by Jcubed. Jim opened the 1995 Cuvee Laurence a year ago and I liked it slightly better than the 1998. It was smoother with more fruit. The 1998 was earthy withe a forest floor character and notes of charcoal and cassis. If this bottle is indicative of the wine, I might give this a few more years. 92-93 points
1990 Ridge Monte Bello - USA, California, San Francisco Bay, Santa Cruz Mountains (2/19/2013)
Opened by Dan. 85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Merlot and 5% Petite Verdot. Decanted right before dinner because the cork disintegrated. Dark crimson color. No bricking. Cocoa, currant, cedar and olive notes. Drinking very well without any signs of fading (don't see this improving though). Medium to full body. A beauty. Just edged out the 1989 Gruaud Larose for my red of the night. Only the 2nd Monte Bello I've had (the other being a 1995 opened by Stefania) which was very similar in quality. 94-95 points
1989 Château Gruaud Larose - France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien (2/19/2013)
Opened by VinT. 2nd time I have had this with similar scores (however, this time it was more evolved and rounded than 8 years ago but less fruity). Red with a brown hue. Typical Gruaud. Smooth and integrated. Notes of tea, lead pencil, wet earth, minerasl and black currants. Medium bodied. Fine tannins. Of the aged Gruaud Larose wines I've had, this one is right up there with the 1982 and better than the 1981 and 1996. 93 points.
2003 Neal Family Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon - USA, California, Napa Valley (2/19/2013)
Can't recall who brought this. 5th time I have had this wine. Not decanted. This bottle was showing very well at 10 years old. Herbal and charcoal notes with dark berries. Integrated tannins. 91 points
2009 Justin Vineyards & Winery Isosceles - USA, California, Central Coast, Paso Robles (2/19/2013)
VinT's friend brought this. The only other Isosceles I've had was the 1999 which I liked better. This wine stood out from the rest of the reds at this dinner (even the 2003 Neal) because it was much more forward and new world in style. Big, thick and creamy. Fruity with black and red berries. I would give this wine time and it should improve and round out some of the harsh edges. 89+ points
2008 Inniskillin Riesling Icewine - Canada, Ontario, Niagara Peninsula, Niagara Peninsula VQA (2/19/2013)
Opened by VinT. The best of the 3 icewines he opened. This was almost as good as the 1999 and 2001 vintages I've had. Notes of peach nectar, pear and nectarine. Sweet but with solid acidity. An intricate and focused dessert wine which made it stand out from the others. 92 points
2008 Inniskillin Cabernet Franc Icewine - Canada, Ontario, Niagara Peninsula, Niagara Peninsula VQA (2/19/2013)
Opened by VinT. 4th time I have had this icewine and it has been rather consistent. The others being the 2001, 2002 and 2004. Notes of strawberry, bing cherry and rose petals. Firm acidity. Not as deep and fruity as the Riesling. 91 points.
2008 Inniskillin Vidal Icewine - Canada, Ontario, Niagara Peninsula, Niagara Peninsula VQA (2/19/2013)
Opened by VinT. I've had the 1998 and 2001 Oak Aged Vidal before but never this regular Vidal. Thought it was overly acidic compared to the other 2 icewines but still very tasty. Only had a very small sip so no formal notes. 89 points
Great notes, VM. Thanks for posting them.
Really bummed that we had to miss this- Domino particularly as she absolutely loves her some Monte Bello.
Jean Laurent makes wonderful Champagnes, and we are happy to have some in the cellar. He and his wife are regular attendees at the Glunz/Handpicked tastings in the spring. Last year he had some old (early to mid 70s IIRC) vintages under the table. Unfortunately they were gone before I got to them, but I heard about them for the rest of the afternoon.
Based on your TNs, it sounds like I probably would have enjoyed the Pegau and Gruaud even more than you did.
Well done ladies & gents.
Wine is passion. It is family and friends, warmth of heart, and generosity of spirit.
~ Robert Mondavi
Sounds like it was quite an evening! Thanks for sharing. IMO, Weil, Donnhoff, & Prum produce some of the best bang-for-your-buck whites in the world.
Nice notes VM, thanks for posting them. It was great to meet Mr. and Mrs. Redhawk, VinT and the others. Any more Canadians want to visit and make us go out on a weeknight?
......ahhhhh I miss those days. Looks like a great time with some nice wines. Hope to get back there at some point this year but nothing planned at this point.
A very good night even though much of the talk centered around a sport they were calling hackey.
It was great to meet two more forumites. Anytime you guys are in town, let us know.
VM, I brought the Neal. Thanks for posting the list as I gave up early on trying to enter them at the table.
I thought the Carbonnieux began the night as you described, but for me it really bloomed over the evening. Loads of floral, especially rose petal and lavender. I'm glad I have a few more of these in the cellar.
The Lafage Grenache Blanc was the first time I've had this producer, but I liked it a bit better than you did.
The Robert Weil was certainly my favorite white of the night and was a nice treat.
On the red side, it was a toss up between the Monte Bello and the Gruard, with a slight edge to the Monte Bello. I think the Isosceles would have shown better had it not been with the rest of the wines we had at the table.
As for the Icewines, loved them all, but I'd give the edge to the Riesling for its depth of flavor.
Another excellent offline, but I could live without Glen Prairie in the future. It's tough to beat the food and service we get at Adelle's, not to mention the free corkage on Tuesdays.
I hope you're right as I have a few also. I like mine older. I haven't opened my '06s yet.
"Wine, one sip of this will bathe the drooping spirits in delight beyond the bliss of dreams. Be wise and taste."
- Milton
Thanks to VinT for initiating the offline, and thanks to the Chicago Gang for hosting. We really enjoyed meeting all of you!
Thanks to VinoMe for the GREAT notes.
My note-taking wasn't as thorough, but I thought I would add my
NV Philippe Prié Champagne Brut Rosé - On the lighter side for Rose, nice elegance. agree with 89
NV Pierre Péters Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut Cuvée de Réserve - Crisp bright citrus, consistent with my previous tastings. 91
1998 Jean Laurent Champagne Millésimé Blanc de Noirs Brut - Although I've had his NV BdB, BdN and Rose numerous times, this is my first experience with a Vintage bottle. I loved the fuller body and flavors on an elegant frame with lingering finish. 93
2011 Domaine Lafage Grenache Blanc Vin de Pays des Côtes Catalanes Cuvée Centenaire - The nose reminded me of NZ Sauvignon Blanc, loaded with peach and exotic fruit. But without the grapefruit and grassiness. The palate followed through with a nice minerality. I liked this. 89-90
2009 Château Carbonnieux Blanc - I'm more in Thelostverse's corner on this one. I liked it. I do not think it was a flawed bottle. The entry wasn't as flashy or fruit forward as the other whites. My notes are "delicate entry, lingering finish". This is an elegant wine 90
2003 Weingut Robert Weil Kiedricher Gräfenberg Riesling Spätlese - Ripe, rich and balanced with a lingering finish. Excellent. 93
2005 Domaine Vallet St. Joseph - Hints of black fruit and lavender on the nose. Gentle entry of black fruit with nice minerality. I liked this, but it was overshadowed by the Pegau. 91
1998 Domaine du Pégaü Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Laurence - This was my WOTN. Loved the currant and garrigue on the nose. Classic "traditional"-style CdP in a good spot right now. This is a wine I could just sit and smell all night and be happy. The palate followed through, with nice balance, rich flavors and structure. 96
1990 Ridge Monte Bello - This missed being WOTN by a hair. Again, just a wonderful nose, maybe leaning more towards Bordeaux than aged Napa Cab. Drinking beautifully right now. 95+
1989 Château Gruaud Larose - Ultimately, a close 3rd place for me. This changed more over time than any of the other wines. I was fortunate to take the last 3 oz in the bottle up to my room to enjoy after the rest of you left, and that was the best it was showing all night. 94
2003 Neal Family Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon - This was a solid Napa Cab, with a nice core of fruit, good weight, and earthy, coffee notes. It is unfortunate that it was placed among so many wines with flamboyant characters, to which it tended to take a back seat. 91-92
2009 Justin Vineyards & Winery Isosceles - A nice expression of youthful cab/meritage fruit with typical young California cab oakiness. Very hedonistic. I'm not sure how it will age, but this tends to be a style I enjoy so much when it is young, that I hesitate to let it age.
2008 Inniskillin Riesling Icewine - I completely concur with VM. This was clearly the best of the icewines, with rich varietal fruit, full body, and balanced with a nice core of acidity. Really nice 94
2008 Inniskillin Cabernet Franc Icewine - A gentler, more subdued ice wine, with hints of rose petal and strawberry fruit. Nice. 89
2008 Inniskillin Vidal Icewine - Also firmly overshadowed by the Riesling, but with a touch more weight and character than the Cab Franc. 90
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If anything can be perceived by looking at Chris Peterson's first releases for Avennia, then wine lovers are in for a treat. Not that initial success guarantees the future, but Peterson has a much better-than-average opportunity at greatness.
Though Avennia is one of Woodinville's newest wineries, Peterson, 42, is no newcomer to the Washington wine scene. The University of Washington grad worked for FedEx before deciding his calling was wine. So he headed east of the Cascades, where he was among the first graduates of the Walla Walla Community College winemaking program.
From there, he landed a job at DeLille Cellars in Woodinville, a winery with one of the finest reputations in the state for red blends and Syrahs. He became assistant winemaker, working for Chris Upchurch.
Along the way, he met Marty Taucher, an Oregon native who was a Microsoft executive and avid wine collector. After retiring from Microsoft in 1999, Taucher began taking winemaking classes at South Seattle Community College and landed an internship at DeLille.
"We got to talking," Peterson said. "He wanted to do something fun, so we decided to get into business together."
Their first crush was 2010, with Peterson still at DeLille. He left the following spring after six years with DeLille, and they moved Avennia -- a name inspired by the ancient French city of Avignon -- to a nearby warehouse. Their first release, which includes four 2010 reds and a 2011 white, totals 1,100 cases. Peterson managed to obtain grapes from amazing vineyards, including Bacchus and Dionysus north of Pasco, Boushey and Red Willow in the Yakima Valley, Alder Ridge in the Horse Heaven Hills and Kiona on Red Mountain.
"My DeLille connection opened the door, no doubt," Peterson said. "But we still had to convince grape growers we were serious. They really care about where their fruit goes, so it took some convincing."
With the success of his first wines, including a Boushey Vineyard-designated Syrah that sold out almost immediately, Peterson should have an easier time getting the grapes he wants.
Avennia is available primarily at Seattle-area wine shops and restaurants and on www.avennia.com.
Though Peterson and Taucher don't have a tasting room, they have three release parties per year for those on their mailing list.
Their 2011 reds and 2012 white will be about 1,700 cases, and they hope to build to about 4,500 cases, which would come close to maxing out their current facility.
Here are their two red blends, which we recently tasted and found to be outstanding.
Avennia 2010 Sestina, Columbia Valley, $50: The first vintage by this new Woodinville, operation is a stunner. It is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon (73 percent), Merlot (18 percent) and Cabernet Franc using grapes from Bacchus Vineyard's Block 10, a section of Sagemoor planted in 1972. It's a gorgeous wine with aromas of Vermont maple syrup, black walnut and facial powder, followed by flavors of dark chocolate, pomegranate and black cherry. The sturdy tannins are beautifully balanced with the rich dark fruit and sprinkle of cocoa powder. This wine drinks beautifully now, yet it will only get better for the next few years.
Avennia 2010 Gravura, Columbia Valley, $35: Winemaker Chris Peterson declassified seven barrels of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc that did not go into his top-drawer Sestina blend -- meaning they didn't fit what he was seeking. The result is in no way a step down, except in price. This is a stunning red that uses grapes from Bacchus, Red Willow and Klipsun vineyards. It opens with aromas of plum, sage, oak, smoked almond and black cherry, followed by a bold entry of ripe dark fruit, dark chocolate and espresso. Drink now or sometime in the next decade.
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Three arrested after neighbor spots home invasion
SIMS TWP. — Three suspects are awaiting arraignment in the Arenac County Jail after a thwarted home invasion in Sims Township on Dec. 23.
According to Arenac County Undersheriff Don McIntyre, a resident reportedly spotted a suspicious vehicle at a neighbor's house and heard noises in the building. Since the homeowner was out of town, the resident called 911 at approximately 12:45 p.m. with the vehicle's license plate number.
McIntyre said three suspects were identified and taken into custody after the vehicle was found in AuGres. One suspect, caught the same day, has been charged with home invasion, and charges are pending for the other two, whom McIntyre said had to be tracked down.
Nothing has been found to be missing from the home, he said.
"The neighbor really saved the day," McIntyre said.
He added if someone sees something that does not look right, it is worth calling in to law enforcement.
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"Then how do small start-ups like Google, Ouya, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. succeed without having pre-existing patent portfolios?"
"Conversely why are companies with said 'multi-billion dollar' patent portfolios (HP, etc.) failing at the same time?"
There are clearly many factors other than patents at work when it comes to success. There's timing, market saturation, leadership, public image, investors, technical capabilities, legal capabilities, just to name a few. As convenient as it is to look at them in general isolation, it's really the aggregation of all factors which decides a company's fate.
If we really do want to take a look at isolated factors in any meaningful way, we need to be taking representative samples and not just assuming those at the very top are the only ones that matter.
To answer your first question a bit more directly, my own opinion is that they hit good timing. Their respective markets were young with little competition and enormous growth opportunities. Hypothetically, I think every one of them would be harder pressed to succeed under a mature market which is already well entrenched.
BTW Cuil is a very interesting case study on this:
In theory, nascent markets will paint the patent system in the most favorable light because everyone gets to start anew and startups are much less likely to find themselves embroiled in turf wars with established players. Now let's turn your question around and ask if any of these companies needed patents to reach success? If not, then maybe we need to rethink the patent system's role as a driver for innovation.


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Educational Leadership and Policy Studies (Doctor of Education)
A Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) degree is offered in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies . This is an applied research based program for professionals serving in educational management positions in schools and school-related organizations; e.g. state departments of education, professional associations, higher education, and human service agencies.
Program emphases include: the design and implementation of educational research; policy studies; adaptation of theoretical constructs and models related to leadership and change in educational and social service settings; knowledge and skills in interorganizational relationships; budget and strategic planning and program evaluation.
This program has been designed to respond to the expanding demands placed on leaders in educational and human service organizations where leaders are increasingly expected to design and supervise local research and varied evaluative studies; interpret and apply recent national research findings; analyze and apply governmental regulations and court decisions; develop organizational responses to emerging social expectations; organize and lead staff development programs; understand and apply broad-based economic principles and social and fiscal policy; develop and manage budgets; assess and respond to the psychological needs of educational consumers; employ effective interpersonal management and decision-making skills.
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Applicants must possess a master's degree or equivalent, from an accredited institution and a cumulative grade-point average of 3.00 for previous graduate study. Other requirements include three letters of recommendation, a representative scholarly writing sample and a resume. Students applying for graduate fellowships and/or assistantships are required to demonstrate satisfactory scores on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE).
Students admitted to graduate studies must complete successfully a core of study consisting of courses in research, foundational, and policy studies, and organizational change and leadership. Upon such completion and submission of a qualifying paper, students will be considered for candidacy for the degree. Students must also pass a written comprehensive examination prior to the award of the degree of Doctor of Education.
Prerequisites for Acceptance to Candidacy for the Degree of Doctor of Education
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All course credits beyond the core are distributed in educational leadership, research, critical perspectives, organizational change and selected specialty content areas.
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A maximum of nine (9) semester hours may be accepted in transfer from an accredited graduate program. Transfer credit may be completed prior to admission to the Doctor of Education Program provided that the credit is approved by the student's Studies Committee and that the credit conforms to all other Graduate College requirements.
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For further requirements concerning Studies Committees, Research and Dissertation, and the Dissertation Defense Examination Committee, refer to General Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
Application deadline: February 1.
Detailed information on the course of study is available from Program Director, Susan Hasazi, Professor, The University of Vermont, College of Education and Social Services, 499B Waterman Bldg., Burlington, VT 05405-0160, and on the program Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies website.
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2009 Track and Field
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Jason Fisher and Ashley Smith lead Beavers at ONU
By: Nick Wilson, sports information intern
January 21, 2009
ADA, Ohio - The Bluffton University track and field teams opened up their 2009 indoor campaigns on January 16, in the Friday Night Series Meet #1 at Ohio Northern. Competing against a talented group of larger schools that included Huntington University, the University of Findlay and Heidelberg, the men placed fifth and the women finished fifth. The host Polar Bears claimed victories in the men's and women's team competition.
Leading the men with 14 points was junior Jason Fisher (Rockford/Parkway) who picked up a pair of top three finishes. Fisher placed third in the shot put (47-09.75) and second in the weight throw (49-07.25). Following Jason Fisher with four points in the field events was freshman Bryan Heckathorn (Hartville/Lake). Heckathorn placed seventh in the shot put (38-00.00) and seventh in the weight throw (26-10.50).
Freshman Andrew Chaffee (Clarkston, Mich./Clarkston) scored two points for the men with his eighth place finish in the 1,000 meters (2:58.42) and his ninth place showing in the 3,000 meters (10:09.72). Junior sprinter Rob Johnson (Columbus/Marion Franklin) scored one point for the men's team in the 200 meters (23.50) with his eighth place finish.
Leading the Bluffton women in the field events was sophomore Kayla Pickering (Jamestown/Greenview) with 10 points in her two events. In the shot put (36-01.50) she placed second and she finished seventh in the weight throw (33-04.50). Senior Karyn Davis (Liberty Center/Liberty Center) scored nine points for the women. She picked up a fourth place finish in the shot put (35-02.00) and she placed fifth in the weight throw (37-06.00). Freshman Brea Quellhorst (Wapakoneta) went for eighth in the weight throw (27-00.00) to give Bluffton one point. Allison Trent (Orrville/Smithville), another freshman for the Beavers, took home eighth in the shot put (27-10.25) which was good for one point.
Pacing Bluffton's women's team overall was senior Ashley Smith (Delta/Pike-Delta-York) with a total of 11 points. Smith finished fourth in the 300 meters (44.50) and she placed third in the 400 meters (1:02.66). Junior Sarah Binkley (Bluffton/Cory-Rawson) scored two points for Bluffton in the 1,000 meters (3:45.40) where she finished seventh. Sophomore Megan Koch (Elida) finished in a tie for seventh for one and a half points in the 200 meter sprint (29.00).
The Beavers return to action on Friday, January 23, when they travel to compete at the University of Findlay Invitational.


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The Silver Linings Playbook looked stupid. Its first round of promotional commercials made it seem like yet another feel-good
"comedy of the year" movie that eventually ends up mixed in with TBS' tireless round of rom coms and dramadies, the ones we have seen a thousand times but still find ourselves watching on lazy Sundays. Nothing about it stuck out, other than the main actress, Jessica Lawrence, who I have found to be both witty and inappropriate (a dynamite combination). Plus, it was about football, and anyone who knows me knows I do not like, watch, or understand anything about that sport. But, somehow I still found myself in the theatre on a gloomy Wednesday for a double feature of it and Les Miserables. After a harrowing three hours spent watching the drama of the French Revolution as portrayed by Russell Crowe's sing-talking, I sat down to watch what I was sure was going to be a "meh" movie, something you tolerate, that might give you a few laughs, but is nothing special or extraordinary. I was wrong. This movie is hilarious, touching, and best of all, it has a unique plot. Elements of insanity and family are mixed together perfectly to create a truly pleasurable film. It is a movie that actually does have something for everyone. There is football, dancing, grief, many near-arrests, a few mental breakdowns, and a love story discreetly woven in. Bradley Cooper does a fantastic job of playing a bipolar man in his mid-30s, and Jessica Lawrence couldn't be more perfect for the role of a sassy twenty-something dancer trying to cope with life after losing her husband. The music is spot-on, as is the casting of Robert DeNiro as an OCD, gambling father and Jackie Weaver as his supportive but anxious housewife, a woman trying to fix her family's problems with "crabby snacks and homemades." It is a movie that is absolutely worth the price of admission.
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The top two teams in the state of Kentucky square off Thursday in a big early season test for both teams. The game pits the top team from Louisville (#26 St.Xavier) against the top team from Lexington (Lexington Catholic).
In last year's contest, St. Xavier took a 3-1 lead into the 7th behind starter LHP Ian Tompkins, before Catholic came back with three runs and a come from behind 4-3 victory.
Thompkins, who will start again on Thursday, has been lights out so far this season giving up only one hit in ten innings and striking out 20. The Western Kentucky commit is just one of the top-level arms that give St. Xavier the best pitching in Kentucky and possibly the nation. Fellow WKU commit RHP Matt Spalding and his 94 mph fastball is rated #127 in the 2011 class and has a chance to be a high draft pick. Olney Central (IL) CC commit RHP Zach Clooney give the Tigers another upper 80s arm.
Clooney will most likely relieve Thursday, after picking up a win in a 4-3 victory over Lexington Christian and a save against Perry Meridian (IN). St. X is 5-0 on the year, including four straight shutouts.
Lexington Catholic will counter with their ace, RHP Taylor Martin. The Kentucky commit will be making his 2011 debut after the Lexington Catholic basketball team season ended last week. Catholic coach Taylor Brooks knows that control will be a big factor in the early season for Martin.
"The big key for Taylor to have a good outing is to locate and be able to throw all of his pitches at any time. With the game having national implications, he needs to approach it as just another game and stay within himself."
RHP Tyler Arthur and RHP RJ Carroll will throw in relief for the Knights who come into the game 3-1 after a 12-2 win over Lexington Christian Tuesday.
Brooks will look for junior SS Will Hurt, a Coastal Carolina commit, to set the tone from the leadoff spot, and use his speed to his advantage. C Tyler Jackson and OF Tyler Wells have provided the pop in the middle of the lineup with Wells leading the team in RBI.
St. X is led on offense by senior SS Michael Hellmueller, who Coach John Jefferson refers to as the most underrated player in the state.
"I can't remember the last time he made an error and he already has one game winning, walk-off RBI this year. He is the heart and soul of our team as our captain."
Other players Jefferson and the Tigers will count on are CF Jake Johnson and DH Ryan Loehnert, who have been very effective in the early going, along with seniors Pete Eddings and Shaun Johnston.
Both coaches know how important this game is and know it might not be the only matchup of the year.
"This game means a lot due to the Louisville/Lexington rivalry," says Jefferson. "We know to get to the state, we are going to have to go through Lexington Catholic. This is a good measuring stick for where we are."
Brooks agrees, "Anytime St. X and Lexington Catholic play it is a big game for our two programs, especially in Kentucky, But with this being the National Game of the Week, it does raise the bar some. St. X has gotten a lot of publicity nationwide this year, so it is an opportunity for our program to make a big statement. It is going to be a war and a great game. It will be a special night for both programs.
Check back Friday for the Game of the Week recap.
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