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oh but nokia's been xlicensing traditionally, since that was the old way mobile companies worked and kept new entrants from coming. ms/nokia and apple/nokia and ms/apple full cross licensing deals kind of step on that though.
that they don't want the deals public is a bit shitty for the common stockholder though.
the real reason I suspect MS wanting to seal the documents is that they state that when you're big enough you can get MS licenses for android in exchange of giving WP phones a shot - along with patent licenses to whatever both platforms need.
It is far more likely that different companies get different rates depending on how well they negotiate and how much they have to offer in return.
A good example is the Nook. They really had nothing in terms of patents to counter with. I guess that's why they were considered a pretty weak target. But they got so outraged and vocal about their opposition, that Microsoft just had to shovel lots of money their way just to keep them quiet about the whole scam.
Microsoft does not want to disclose which patents they're using to get royalties for Android/Linux. Apart from the VFAT patent, it is not publicly known which 235 patents Microsoft claim to own that cover the Linux kernel - they only reveal that to parties they approach to intimidate, a really bizarre and perverse state of affairs if you ask me.
Two things. One, there are no software patents in Europe. Two, money. The Linux Foundation doesn't have tens of millions of dollars to piss away on lawyers. Microsoft has hundreds of millions of dollars to piss away on lawyers. No point in starting a fight where you're outfunded by an order of magnitude.
One, there are no software patents in Europe.
Wrong, but the obviousness requirement is applied much more stringently so there are far fewer software patents granted. Getting a patent for being 6 months ahead of the competition is a problem, getting one for being 15 years ahead is not.
Now there is the possibility to patent a specific model of hardware like a phone including the firmware within but it's not easy or anywhere close to the US system.
Given that this page exists in Europe and hasn't been forcibly taken down?
http://www.videolan.org/developers/x264.html [videolan.org]
Pretty much. You can't enforce software patents alone in Europe. When you put them into hardware (e.g. a TV that decode H.264, for instance), things become a little more tricky, and there is still "licensing", just not necessarily patent licensing going on.
For example, the people who developed the VLC implementation and library actually license their version to other people for a fee. It'
Since 1985 the EU patent office keeps a registry where you can deposit plans that could be turned into patents even though the relevant law of 1978 does specifically not recognise computer programs a patentable.
The 2005 vote in the EU parliament dismissed the idea of software patents with 648 out of 729 votes.
I hear this a lot, but if you look at some actual cases, you find out software patents are valid and enforced in EU. Maybe there are less software patents than in US but they are there. Look for example at this case: http://www.dailytech.com/German+Judge+Bans+Androids+for+SwipeUnlocking+Despite+Prior+Art/article24027.htm [dailytech.com]
Swipe to unlock IMO is software patent - you input something using the touchscreen and the software in the phone performs some action.
Maybe this is just german specific and is unenforcable i
Getting a patent for being 6 months ahead of the competition is a problem, getting one for being 15 years ahead is not.
Once you've gone to market, however, how do we know you were really 15 years ahead, and not only 6 months?
Because most of the companies that promote Linux are nowhere near as powerful as Microsoft is in the legal arena. Further, most of Microsoft's stuff is not open source, making it much harder to actually prove infringement occurred.
No, Microsoft has released details of the claimed license, by Samsung of its 'Android patents'. But leaks came out that Sammy would get 'marketing money' back from Microsoft, and lo and behold they did.
Here's Microsoft and their fake claim to IP rights over Android:
Here's money back from MS to Samsung:
Now suddenly they want the real details sealed? Yet they were keen to claim it was a patent license for IP claims over Android!
MSFT Investors need to wonder what the truth is here, because Samsung doesn't mind the unsealing, but yet MS does? But MS were the ones making the public claim, not Samsung!!
Wait, what now? Slashdot's summaries are starting to get quite childish. Microsoft is scared, really?
Normally I would agree with you, in the name of professionalism and all. However, in this case the greater issue is that Microsoft is actually not scared, so the statement is factually incorrect. What TFA actually states is (no joke, paragraph 2):
Microsoft's hair is on fire about it
Obviously this is not a cause for Microsoft to be "scared," because its fearless leader doesn't have hair [wikipedia.org]. It would be more accurate for the summary to state, "Microsoft execs are laughing themselves to sleep tonight after a pointless attempt by Apple to set Steve Ballmer's hair on fire."
Realistically, even if Ballmer had hair, this wouldn't set it on fire. Microsoft has a long history of doing things that either land it in court (bundling, monopoly abuse, etc.) or result in throwing huge sums of money away (Windows Phone 7 [wikipedia.org], Zune [wikipedia.org], 5 billion lost on the Xbox [wikipedia.org], Ultimate TV [wikipedia.org], Actimates [wikipedia.org], BOB [wikipedia.org], SPOT [wikipedia.org], Kin [wikipedia.org], etc.), but none of those things set his dome on fire because Wall Street doesn't care as long as the majority of the world's personal computers are running Windows. I'm not saying Wall Street is correct in doing so, but stock prices rarely have much to do with a company's actual performance, and most public companies teams are focused on "shareholder value." And the shareholders always let Microsoft come out of this stuff unscathed. If this were something that materially threatened Windows or Office, Ballmer's dome might be on fire. But we're not likely to see that show until the new Surface is released and the strategic partners Microsoft just blew off decide what they want to do about it.
Obviously this is not a cause for Microsoft to be "scared," because its fearless leader doesn't have hair [wikipedia.org]
How do you know it's the hair on his head they mean?
Wait, what now? Slashdot's summaries are starting to get quite childish.
Starting to???
in a word, yes. Or as other sites say "Microsoft's hair is on fire". (as noted elsewhere)
Microsoft wants to keep their patent settlements high and the risk of DOJ investigations low. They have a lot of negative press awaiting if their shakedowns are mae public. Also on groklaw: "IBM's motion has been denied [PDF] by the magistrate judge. Reuters gets to publish" So it appears that an IBM agreement will be able to be published.
Pretty much the second big companies that have questionable settlements are made p
But the courts and public (and lawmakers) have never really been informed of what these deals entail... Even though 90% of tech industry patents would fall under these.
This is the kind of thing that can push for REAL REFORM... Nobody with the cross license deals WANTS the situation fixed. They essentially have their own little "extra legal" club going on the big guys use to bully little guys with actual innovation.
Steve wanted to protect his patents or burn down the house... THAT is why the big kids don't
Methinks we're going to see who the real villains are in this story. Apple may be evil and all, but that's just the tip of the iceberg. Note that Apple being villain and all is all due to the fact that they make their patent dispute public, unlike the rest of the field which hides it under a thick veil of secrecy. I'd be very interested to know exactly who gets paid what over there.
The reason Apple does it publicly, is that they have to defend their image as spectacularly innovative. They couldn't just have handed over the patents to a proxy and sued with that - although it would have been a lot less risky. They need to defend the idea that rounded corners are innovative, not just in court but in public opinion as well (at least, the part of the public that buys their products).
The part of the public that buys their product will be very willing to continue buying their product. Because it's the evil Samsung stealing from their beloved Apple. A court decision will not change their mind, any more than it would change our minds if Apple won.
I'm not so sure. Apple has publicly claimed at several occasions that they dislike the patent system and find it hurtful. And in the long run, the suing spree that Apple is currently leading could do a lot of good. Already some judges have made public statements that the patent system is just out of control.
All in all, Apple is raising awareness on the silliness of the patent system, and I think that's good. And I can't imagine that nobody at Apple is aware of that fact.
Really? they declared patents hurtful? Was this before or after they declared that they will sue all their competitors and claimed that the competitors "stole" from them things that apple never even developed?
It was well after they had started their suing spree. The way I see it is this: If you want to be competitive and survive you have to play by the rules. The rules state that you can't use some stuff that is patented without explicit permission and/or licensing fees which are not guaranteed to be granted or even fair unless your patent if a FRAND one. If ${BigCorp} wants to be competitive they have to enforce those rules on their patent, to counteract the fact that they're paying everyone up on theirs and thus bleeding money to the competition with no counterpart.
Apple's stance is not to license, but to restrict which is their perfect right. Some people don't like it.
The fact that they play by today's rules is a necessity. It doesn't imply at all that they like the rules.
Was this before or after they declared that they will sue all their competitors
I'm guessing it was back before then, when all of their competitors were suing them. Or don't you remember when Apple was the patent whipping boy, and everyone from Nokia to Kodak to Creative was using patents to sue the crap out of them?
Or is it only a bad thing when it's a company you don't like doing the suing?
when was apple ever the patent whipping boy? They are the ones that pretty much kicked this mess into high gear.
Yeah, they are, actually. They're the ones that forced Apple to take such an aggressive stance on patents.
And if you'd actually do your research, you'd find that they had gotten the crap sued out of them through most of the 2000s, especially when they first came out with the iPhone.
Patents ARE A MONOPOLY. There is no LEGAL reason Apple has to share. Apple wants to SELL iPhones. They want to protect that multi billion $$$ from poachers. There are plenty of ways to make tablets and phones that aren't "just like" iDevices.
I'm reminded of the Dyson Vacuum commercial. They were the first ones to make bagless vacuums really work and to sell them.. Then every body started copying. If you're not going to ENFORCE legit patents, why play the game?
The reason it is public is because Apple are using their patents in the courts to restrict competition from entering the market rather than licencing for a reasonable sum to make money.
And licensing fees doesn't keep competition out?
They couldn't just have handed over the patents to a proxy and sued with that -
It actually seems they do. http://techcrunch.com/2011/12/09/apple-made-a-deal-with-the-devil-no-worse-a-patent-troll/ [techcrunch.com]
They need to defend the idea that rounded corners are innovative
They never claimed rounded corners are "innovative". They did, however, claim that rounded corners are cornerstone of the iPhone/iPad design, and that Samsung blatantly copied that in a way that would confuse consumers.
If differing companies are paying differing licensing rates on the same patents it would change all future negotiations. It's no wonder MS and Motorola have filed emergency motions. Who is charging how much for what is something that I doubt most companies want revealing. Particularly Microsoft, with it's claims against Andoid. We know of FAT and probably activesync, but they claim patents on a great deal more.
What I'd like to see is the consequences of this case eventually shedding light on the US Patent Office and why some of the more dubious patents are granted. This case could easily be far wider ranging than it first appears.
However, I doubt any of it is much of a brake on real technical progress. The limitation on that, at the moment, is battery technology. And that has been the limitation on mobile technical progress since the first mobile phones.
Which he does [wordpress.com] very well indeed [northupinfo.com].
I'm not a phrenologist or anything, but anyone with a tongue like that should be treated very suspiciously. It's a sign of the devil.
If you're expecting the state to pay because you throw your toys out of the pram then everything should be made public.
Don't want your dirty laundry aired in public, then either grow up or pay an independent arbitrator to make the decision. What is it with people wanting to eat their cake and have it too?
I think I agree with you but I have no idea wtf a pram is.
I think I agree with you but I have no idea wtf a pram is.
Pram is a common shortening of "perambulator" ** -- a baby carriage on wheels. These days they're not so common as baby buggies (smaller lightweight versions) have taken their place as 'traditional' prams were bigger, heavier coachbuilt affairs - more room for the baby and with bigger wheels/better suspension but not very practical for transporting in cars.
Throwing ones toys out of the pram is a common expression in the UK. It's roughly equivalent to "throwing a hissy fit" / "having a tantrum" -- ie exhibiting impotent rage and/or childish behaviour, making a lot of noise and fuss yet gaining nothing but causing inconvenience to others as they have to retrieve them [or not]
** Perambulator - in the sense it let the baby and carer go for a walk (perambulate) -- Old fashioned and I don't know anyone who still says perambulator these days [or even said it in my childhood many years ago]
A pram is a type of baby carriage.
Parameter random access memory. It's what you zap when your mac starts acting a little.... errrr..oh... never mind
Also it's Apple and Samsung that are throwing their toys out of whatever a pram is, Microsoft was just standing nearby and got hit by one of them.
...IBM's motion to prevent Reuters from publishing what IBM gave them has been denied already. Those of a conspiracy turn of mind will now cue the old boy network where IBM execs get together with Reuter's execs at the Old Boys Club and work out what Reuters gets for not publishing after all.
Reuters may gleefully print the whole thing, but that seems unlikely. More likely they'll excerpt it anyway, even without any alleged backroom deals.
I know I know, I read TFA. I'm sorry... it won't happen again.
I know I know, I read TFA. I'm sorry... it won't happen again.
IBM's motion to prevent Reuters from publishing what IBM gave them has been denied already. Those of a conspiracy turn of mind will now cue the old boy network where IBM execs get together with Reuter's execs at the Old Boys Club and work out what Reuters gets for not publishing after all.
Presumably, what they would get for not publishing is not sued for publishing. They request for an order for them not to publish was denied as a prior restraint, which doesn't require the court to find that the publication
In my opinion they don't want to keep only the public from viewing these agreements, they want the other corporate partners not to know the details, because they could use it to renegotiate the terms.
Imagine this hypothetical situation:
Microsoft has an agreement both with Sony and with Apple. They both agreed on different but confidential patent agreements.
Sony paid (or swapped) more than Apple.
Apple releases their agreement.
Sony sees this and has a reason to renegotiate.
Well duh, why would we have a right to know when the dispute in question has nothing to do with Microsoft?
Imagine this hypothetical situation:
Microsoft has an agreement both with Sony and with Apple. They both agreed on different but confidential patent agreements.
Sony paid (or swapped) more than Apple.
Apple releases their agreement.
Sony sees this and has a reason to renegotiate.
As well they should, now that it's public knowledge that everybody copied Sony's phones.
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Absolutely on target. I did work for a porn site for a while, between "regular" gigs. I did not want to have checks from their payroll account, for a lot of reasons (one of which was the divorce i was going through....).
I did work as a contractor, consulting for project fees. So my work wasn't anything but standard piece work in the eyes of the court, and others. As a graphics guy, I figured that a pixel was a pixel, some were just pinker than others.
Do you want to isolate yourself from the two-faced employers out there who might reject you because of a porn site job? Then do two things. First, get a dba (Doing Business As) registered in your state. Better yet, incorporate a sole proprietor corporation. Then you are a company, not an employee. You are an employee of the corporation,and the corporation is the one with the seedy contract.
Second, get paid from the site's owner account. Every porn site has at least one parent company with a tame sounding name. Much better to work for "Take Six Enterprises" than "Hot Horny Sluts". If possible, get the contract done so their shell pays your shell. You are not trying to hide money from the IRS, just make it look better on your resume.
Remember, if you are a coder, you are writing code, not licking nipples. What I mean is, if you are programming something, then the application is your product, not what data is fed into the app. Most porn sites need the same kinds of things that any other site needs, like shopping carts and secure transactions, multimedia object feeds, etc. It's all in what you call them.
Yes, Virginia, there is life after porn, and if you are careful about the details that are public (like on your resume), then the HR managers who get their knickers in a twist over "morality" issues won't be the wiser.
Just a friendly note from a "survivor"...
Moreso, this is almost certainly a question which will come up in future interviews. If I were hiring someone who had worked for a porn site, I would want to know why s/he thought that was morally acceptable. I'd certainly give more leeway to someone who had a somewhat reasonable justification (even if I didn't personally agree with that justification), rather than someone who ignored morality and did it "just for the money".
If you personally do not believe porn should be accessed by minors, what is your company doing to stop minors from accessing it? Does your company treat its porn actors properly? What is the net effect of your company on society? Positive? Negative? Neutral/Chaotic? If you believe the net effect is negative, I suggest you look for a different job.
The very fact that an individual worked at a porn site proves the individual believes their action is morally acceptable.
My questions wasn't if the individual believes their action is morally acceptable, it was why.
I am under no obligation to provide any justification of my beliefs/morals what so ever and if I was I believe several pieces of civil rights legislation would prove otherwise.
And likewise I am under no obligation to employ you as long as my reasons are not related to disability, religion, national origin, race, color, or sex.
If I were a possible employer of this person, I would most probably look quite highly on the skills they posses. The individual is obviously used to working in a "for profit" business environment. In short, the kind of person I want working for me.
Skills are an important factor, for sure, but I want to hire someone who is going to to be reliable and consistent. I want someone who is likely to follow his/her terms of employment, regardless of whether or not s/he is likely to get caught, and that means that 1) the person is morally opposed to breaking contractual agreements and 2) the person is not likely to break his/her morality whenever it is convenient or profitable. These questions go to 2).
And just how does one determine the "net effect" on society??????
It obviously isn't a mathematical formula, it is a guess, but it is a guess that many people make all the time. When the FSF decides whether to release a library under the GPL or the LGPL, it is making an educated guess about which will have a more positive "net effect" on society. Either will have both positive and negative effects, but in each case the FSF has made an educated guess about that.
The only difference between the Taliban and the puritanical rightwing moralists in the United States is the day of the week they pray on.
I'm not sure the relevance of that comment. Are you accusing me of being a puritanical rightwing moralist? Moralist perhaps, if you meant "One who follows a system of moral principle" (dictionary.com), but according to your comment at the top, everyone always follows a system of moral principle, so everyone would be a moralist. As for right-wing, I voted for Nader in the last election (and wanted Gore to win). As for what day of the week I pray on, I don't. And as for your comparison, I'd say you missed a few differences (such as harboring suspected terrorists).
But why is religion included? Religion has no physical connecdtion to one's birth circumstances or DNA, and is simply a set of beliefs and activities one _chooses_ to accept or practice. And since adhering to these precepts IS a personal choice, why _can't_ we hold the individual responsible?
IANASCJ (supreme court justice), but I would think that "religion" in this law would only apply to private home worship practices. Even with disabilities, you can still discriminate as long as your discrimination is based on ability to perform the job requirements.
In any case, as far as I'm concerned companies should be able to discriminate against anyone for any reason they choose. As long as the government cannot discriminate, there will still be jobs available, and as long as all people have a right to life, freedom, and education, those companies which do the discrimination will be the only losers in the long run. I agree with you that it's immoral to discriminate based on national origin, race, color, sex, and even religion (and disability if it doesn't make the job nearly impossible), but I don't think it should be illegal, mainly because it is pretty much impossible to enforce.
Yeah, opinions change... but, morality has a tendency to move slower. Logically, it makes a better reference for analysis/judgement.The Mom test is about values that may (of course, or may not) have changed.
There are a lot of issues that use this same argument (i.e, take out 'porn' put in 'x'), but it requires the assumption that it is morally acceptable to begin with. For many, porn just simply doesn't fit in 'x'. (I realize some may have a hard time understanding that... so, try something like x = incest, x = war or x = polygamy.)We'll never get rid of porn
... so why not accept that, and try to make it a cleaner, safer, and more socially acceptable industry for all involved?
When I talked to recruiters, it was strongly suggested that I write my resume in such a way that the gory parts about the job were downplayed while the technical aspects that I wanted to expand upon in future jobs were highlighted. I even referred to that employer by their initials rather than the full name (which has "Wound" in it), just to cut down on the uncomfortable interview questions (for the interviewer, not really to me).
But now, I'm starting to find bioinformatics interesting, so I'm doing the opposite with recent versions of the resume. I don't hide the nature of that job or the name of the company, and I make it clear that I am comfortable working in a medical environment. It's already landed me one job, albeit a temp one, and I'm hoping I can go further with it.
The point is, having an uncomfortable spot on your resume can be both good & bad, depending on where you want to go and who you want to work for. As one commenter noted, having pornsite experience isn't at all a bad thing if you want to keep working for pornsites -- they are profitable after all. And if you don't want that sort of job in the future, then just downplay it.
Either way, the idea is the same: have an idea of what sort of work you want to find and what sort of work enviroment you'd like to be in, and then draft your resume in such a way that you draw attention to the areas that such a job would find as strengths. No "black mark" is fundamentally a problem if you can use it to your advantage somehow.
If this had been a front page story, methinks Anonymous Coward might be retiring by now.
translates to BANDWIDTH to me. There's a reason a lot of hosting services won't carry porn, and not necessarily the obvious one.
I'd think that future employer that deals with high-bandwidth, load-balancing applications, would want someone with technical experience in that area.
Then again, I wouldn't put PORN in large print on my resume -- stress the tech.
Do it as contract work if you can.
Then again, there are worse places to work. "Please don't tell Mom I work for Microsoft. She thinks I'm a piano player in a whorehouse."
I'd at least get some cigarettes and whiskey in the deal.
you'd think that someone who had a moral problem with porn would want to hire this guy to get him OUT of the porn business.
The reasoning went more along the lines of (vast amounts of paraphrasing here) "I'm not sure I'd want someone with the loose morals of a porn site developer to be working for me".
"You mention here you did freelance work. Do you have any URLs I can give clients?"
"Well, I do, but they're actually adult sites..."
"Oh, wow! I always wondered who did those, you see so many of them, but no-one ever admits to it! How cool!"
Your morals matter, sure, and the morals of those you care about do, too, but this isn't about morality, per se. It's about always leaving yourself with viable options. And, frankly, once you get into the dark underworld of the Adult Industry, you're not going to have any.
And it is an underworld. Whether you think that it should be, or not, is not important. What matters is that it is. It is a VERY high-stakes industry, with VERY high cash-flows, VERY little regulation of any kind, and absolutely no incentive to play fair, when playing dirty makes the big bucks.
As an IT person, you'd be behind-the-scenes and therefore expendable. And there's no real reason to assume that would include a pink bit of paper. Once you've produced your 100% stable, 100% secure, 100% dazzler of a site, what the hell do these people need to keep paying you for? Some concrete shoes, or a car mishap, and they can keep the site of the century, without the overheads.
Of course, there's no reason to assume your employers would be unscrupulous. After all, it's merely money. The competitors would probably feel much the same... you hope.
And once you do decide to leave, what then? You think you're going to get a glowing reference? When a poor one might get you back, at a discount?
Oh, and never forget the honesty with the pay. When sites are willing to defraud customers of large sums of cash, through credit card fraud, you think that they will always be sincere about paying you your wages? A bit here, a bit there, and you probably won't notice, but it'll make them a tidy extra bit of tax-free cash. Well, not quite tax-free. You'd be paying the tax for them.
First things, first, as mentioned elsewhere. Could you in good mind work for a company like that. Could you do so and not have any problems at all? Not mind telling your mom? If you can't and your back isn't against the wall (ie: need job now) then forget it. Sleeping at night is a nice ability to have.
If you've got no moral objections then there is the resume issue. Will it be "suicidegirls inc?" that pays your check? Or will it be "naked sluts inc?" or "Horizon Entertainment Inc?" Clearly you can see the difference.
Will you be a contractor or a full regular employee?
Will you be in the code or will you have to have a lot of hands on experience, so to speak, with the content? I've built e-commerce sites where I had no idea what they were selling. It may not seem like much but content doesn't have to be part of the job if you're not a graphics designer.
Is this something that pays the bills until a new php job shows up or are you thinking about making this part of your long term plan? Huge difference on the resume. If this is an 18month gig then it can melt off in to nothing on the resume after a couple years. If you're there for 5 years then it's harder to hide. Employers will want to know what you've done for the last 5 years.
I would think that you could get away with it and not have it harm your career too much or at all. It depends on how long you work there.
It depends partially on what you go after next, you may not be able to point future employers at your site to show them your work, which isn't terribly uncommon in web work. I've lost jobs because I did a lot of PHP on an internal site and didn't have something I could show them. Is your resume full of experience and skills and education already? The degree from MIT and the 5 years at MS and the other jobs kind of outweigh a typical 18month job if they are there, if "Worked at beasitality.com for last 18 months" is half of your CV then you might want to think twice about it.
Do you see yourself working at a place like that, not having any problems with it and then working at a place that would have problems with it and not minding that? Let me explain, I try to be as professional as the next guy and I don't really care or judge my employer too much, I'd have a big problem if they judged me a lot though. Suppose I like porno and my employer is ultra-non-porno for some reason; I can respect their opinions and point of view, after all we're not in the porno business but if they judged me because I liked it then I'd probably have a hard time there even if it had nothing to do with my work. I liken it to being an election volunteer with the Greens and then because you know how to do that and it's your career, getting a job as an election volunteer with the reform party and not minding it. Most of us couldn't do it and would mind the differences in policy.
Resumes are dynamic, not static documents. You should always produce custom resumes for every job you are trying to land instead of the same piece of one-size-fits-all document. Sometimes listing a porn tech job is absolutely the right thing to do like if you are applying for something that requires tech heavy skills. The same things goes for a non-porn job. If you are applying to work for the Moral Majority, you wouldn't list it. An non-tech example would be *NOT* listing on a resume that you were the CEO of a Fortune 500 when you are applying to be a secretary.
Good porn sites frequently use some of the most sophisticated web technologies around. Someone having been a geek at a porn site wouldn't prevent me from hiring them. Someone having worked for a site that provided poor customer service, failed to pay its bills or generally was disreputable would keep me from hiring them. These are not the same thing.
Does anybody recall that opinionated cam-girl Malice, of beautydestroyed.com (currently offline)? She lost her dotcom job when her employers discovered her web site and she refused their demand to shut it down. I suspect they were less bothered by her erotic pictures and stories (pretty sporadic and low key in any case) than her anti-religion and nuke-the-world rants.
Illegal firing, you say? Probably. Problem is, lawsuits are expensive, time-consuming, and not, on average, profitable.
Bottom line. There's a lot of social prejudice out there. And most kinds of prejudice are perfectly legal. For that matter, even victims of illegal discrimination rarely have much recourse. I can't offer hard numbers, but there are surely a lot of people out there that will simply ignore a resume that mentions porn.
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The problem is me, not my husband. I don't think I'm attractive.
Help! I can't find an emotionally mature, ambitious guy who's ready to commit to marriage.
Mikvah helps to transform the act of intimacy into an act of holiness and the highest expression of husband and wife.
I miss smoking marijuana. Is it really so terrible?
My leg wasn't the only thing that got shattered that fateful day.
Should I detach from my father?
I never live up to my New Year's resolutions. So this Rosh Hashanah, why bother trying?
Physical intimacy is a barometer of the relationship as a whole.
I am almost paralyzed by the fear of having a baby.
Help! My mother is hyper-critical and chipping away at my sanity!
Cruelty and abuse, whether physical or emotional, should never be tolerated.
My husband believes there's only one right way of doing things – his way.
What happened to the man of my dreams?
Why having an affair is such a serious transgression.
Help! My husband's negativity is dragging me down.
My husband has been looking at inappropriate websites. What should I do?
Finding that delicate balance between love and discipline.
Who do I honor more: my birth mother or my adoptive mother?
How far does honoring parents go?
Does ending my marriage also mean turning my back on God?
Why should the most special person in my life have to suffer so deeply?
Should I let people know about my hearing disability?
How do I maintain respect for my mother when she falls short in so many crucial areas?
During these difficult economic times, my husband's company is crumbling apart and he's rather down. How can I help him?
Pain in life is inevitable but suffering is optional.
My husband's friend is poisoning our relationship. What should we do?
Adopting the attitude: "it's not about me."
My boyfriend is an observant Jew, I want to convert, and my mother is freaking out.
Practical advice on what it takes to build a Jewish home.
An old woman who took advantage of every opportunity to compliment and affirm others, leaves behind a powerful lesson.
Freedom from is not enough. It must be followed by freedom to.
Passover often brings up memories of loss, but it can also bring up memories of our initial connection with God at Sinai.
Charity does, indeed, begin at home. And it isn't easy.
I try to listen to my inner voice, become a better person, grow spiritually, break habits… but it's just not happening!
In a world that values leisure over work, how can I attain a strong work ethic?
My marriage is gratifying but I can't stop daydreaming about this other guy I once dated.
Finding a voice of hope and sanity in our frightening world.
The tyranny of our personal "pharaohs" keeps us enslaved. The preparations for Passover give us a glimpse of freedom and the greatness of our potential
I can't stand it when my wife brags about my accomplishments in public.
Our decision to wait seems to keep getting longer. Are we viewing the situation correctly?
Choosing closeness instead of anger.
Eating disorders point to an imbalance in the body-soul dynamic.
In case of a miscarriage, stillbirth, or death of a new baby, the sense of loss can be overwhelming. Here's how to cope.
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A decade of envy, illusions, and negativity has come crashing down. How to crawl out of the darkness?
The loudest sound in the universe is the breaking of a bad habit.
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A WHOOPING cough epidemic has led NSW to record its highest number of new cases of the disease.
More than 13,000 people were infected in 2011, and one baby died, surveillance figures published in the CSIRO's NSW Public Health Bulletin show.
Experts do not know how to stop the spread of the disease, as even people who are vaccinated are at risk because the vaccine begins to wear off after only a couple of years.
Alexander Rosewell, who led the surveillance report team, said 2011 was an epidemic year.
"It is largely due to a build-up of susceptible people in the community," he said. "When there are low levels of protective antibodies in the community you are more likely to see an outbreak."
Mr Rosewell said most people vaccinated their children, but the high rates of whooping cough helped create a chain-reaction.
"When there's more disease around then … the people who are susceptible have a greater chance of being exposed," said Mr Rosewell, who is a vaccine-preventable diseases epidemiologist with Health Protection NSW.
The director of health protection for NSW Health, Jeremy McAnulty, said adults could be unaware they had it.
"When you are an adult you might just have a cough and it doesn't go away, but you can spread it to little babies who are the most vulnerable to the disease,'' he said.
Overall, vaccine-preventable diseases increased in 2011, with rates of measles more than tripling from 26 cases in 2010 to 90 in 2011.
Vaccination rates are currently greater than 90 per cent for one and two-year-old children, according to separate research published in the same journal.
Study leader Brynley Hull, an epidemiologist from the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, said a high-profile increase in so-called "conscientious objectors" across Australia had not affected vaccination rates.
But there were still areas where rates were lower, particularly among teenagers who needed booster shots.
"It means there are pockets of susceptibility," he said.
Helen Quinn, a research fellow with the centre, said people who were vaccinated but caught whooping cough got a less severe form, but could still pass it on.
"Age is a big factor with pertussis (whooping cough); being young is more dangerous," she said.
NSW, in line with the rest of the world, had switched vaccines more than a decade ago to one that had fewer side-effects but appeared to not last as long. But adding more booster vaccinations probably would not work.
"You can't fund it and people aren't going to want to have vaccines that often," she said. "There is still a need for long-lasting better vaccines".
A senior research fellow at the school of public health at the University of Sydney, Julie Leask, said there had been too much attention paid to vaccine-objectors, when many people were simply stopped by ''logistical issues'' such as poverty, and difficulty getting to their doctor on time.


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Study of the Effective Factors on the University Students' Underachievement in English Language Learning
The present study investigated the effect of university students' demotivational status, language learning strategies and learning style preferences on their underachievement in English language learning. To begin, 260 Iranian undergraduate students were selected through the multi-stage cluster sampling method. They were put into two successful and unsuccessful groups using the median of their General English scores. Then, they answered the questionnaires of language learning strategies, styles and demotivation. On the next stage, the data gathered was analyzed via several statistical analyses. The results revealed that the reliability and validity of all three questionnaires calculated using exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses and Cronbach alpha coefficients were satisfactory. Moreover, the results of the logistic regression analysis confirmed that there is a difference between the successful and unsuccessful groups in English language learning regarding their motivational status and learning strategies. However, their learning style preferences were not significant predictors of their achievement in EFL classroom. It was also found that from among all subscales of demotivation and learning styles and strategies, only the Lack of Perceived Individual Competence, the Lack of Intrinsic Motivation, the Inappropriate Characteristics of Teachers' Teaching Methods and Course Contents and the Metacognitive strategies predicted university students' group membership significantly.
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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -- A Washington state Senate committee heard testimony Tuesday on a bill that would ban two carcinogenic flame retardants in car seats, strollers and other products made for young children.
The measure considered by the Energy, Environment and Telecommunications Committee to ban TCEP and chlorinated Tris — also known as TDCPP — was scaled back from the version passed by the Democratic-controlled House earlier this month. The ban would take effect by 2015.
Both versions would make Washington the first state to ban chlorinated Tris, a chemical that rose in use after Washington state banned a class of flame retardants known as polybrominated diphenyl ethers, or PBDE's, from children's products in 2009.
New York state banned TCEP from children's products two years ago.
Most of those testifying at the hearing spoke in favor of the underlying House bill, which they said would provide more protection to children, adults and firefighters.
"We have enough exposure to toxic chemicals in the course of our occupation that we don't need more toxic soup mixed into the smoke that we're already exposed to," said Geoff Simpson, a lobbyist for the Washington State Council of Fire Fighters.
Unlike the House bill, the current Senate version doesn't include banning the two retardants from sofas and other household products. It also removes a provision barring the replacement of banned flame retardants with other likely toxic chemicals.
Proponents of giving the state Department of Ecology the authority to ban chemicals from use in children's and household products point out that Graco Inc., a manufacturer of car seats and other children's products, recently stopped using chlorinated Tris in favor of TBBPA, a derivative of Bisphenol A that the Department of Ecology lists as a chemical of high concern to children.
"This is truly an unfortunate example of the toxic treadmill," said Erika Schreder, science director for the Washington Toxics Coalition.
Speaking against the House bill were the Association of Washington Business and the Washington Retail Association, the latter of which also opposes the Senate version.
"There's risks that we take and there's exposures we take every day," said Brandon Houskeeper, a lobbyist for the Association of Washington Business. "We're not looking to expose people but we have to have a process that works for everybody, not just for one side of the equation."
Last year, a Chicago Tribune investigation found that an expert witness for the flame-retardant industry, Dr. David Heimbach, a burn expert from Seattle, had fabricated testimony before state lawmakers across the country. In that testimony, Heimbach told of treating infants suffering severe burns because of children's products not containing flame-retardant chemicals.
In the wake of the Tribune report, the companies that manufacture flame-retardant chemicals closed their public outreach arm, the Citizens for Fire Safety Institute, and shifted their lobbying efforts to the American Chemistry Council.
Bryan Goodman, an American Chemistry Council spokesman, did not respond to written questions about the Washington state legislation provided to him Monday.
No one at the hearing spoke on behalf of the companies that manufacture the chemicals.
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With the Eagles coming off a 17-2 demolition of Bend Saturday afternoon, they figured the winless Cleveland Warriors would not be much opposition for Hood River Valley Tuesday night.
The Eagles quickly found they would have to step up their game to ensure that wound up being the case, so step up they did.
HRV outscored Cleveland 11-1 in the second, including 10 consecutive goals, to beat the Warriors 18-4 at Henderson Stadium.
The game was not a blowout until midway through the second half. The Warriors were as close as 4-3 in the first half and trailed only 7-3 at the half.
The Eagle offense, though, could only be bottled up for so long once the three-headed monster of Eric Nance, Jesse Keopaseuth and Ryan Foster reared its head.
"We found our set," Nance said. "We are really working well together."
The trio combined to score 13 of HRV's 18 goals, with Nance and Keopaseuth scoring five each for HRV.
"Our attack unit is really working well," HRV coach Mac Jackson said.
Nance and Keopaseuth also dished out three assists each for HRV.
Miles Mayer also had a big game for the Eagles, scoring three goals, including the first of 10 straight the Eagles got from the 6:33 mark in the third quarter through the end of the game.
Andrew Thompson had the other two goals for HRV.
The Eagles led 8-4 after Carson Ralls scored for Cleveland 1:15 into the second half.
"That really ticked us off," Nance said.
From that point on it was all HRV.
Myer answered two minutes later to extend the lead to five. Then Keopaseuth, Nance and Mayer all scored within a minute and a half of each other to blow the game open and push what had been a one-goal margin at one point to eight and put the Cleveland defense completely on its heels.
"We were frustrated tonight by getting off to that slow start," Jackson said. "We didn't really get clicking until that third quarter."
The Cleveland defensive unit had done well to support goalkeeper Joseph Boyle - who also made several nice saves - in the first half, but as the HRV goal barrage intensified they became more disorganized and the Eagles capitalized again and again.
The HRV defense also acquitted itself well early, but didn't have much to do by the time the fourth quarter rolled around.
Goalie Malcolm McCurdy made two saves, including one just before the half, to keep HRV's lead at four at the half. Matthew Harris collected six ground balls for the defensive midfield and the Eagles won 13 face-offs.
The Eagles lost 20-5 at Lincoln Friday and now face three more road games, including a key battle at Wilson Tuesday that may determine who finished third in the league.
"I'd like to see us come out strong in each one of these games" Jackson said. "I'd like to see us improve on our performance from each from the first round."
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BOSTON — U.S. officials denied a suspect was under arrest Wednesday in the deadly Boston Marathon bombings.
A law enforcement official briefed on the investigation told The Associated Press earlier in the day that a suspect was in custody. But the FBI and the U.S. attorney's office in Boston said no arrests had been made.
The official who spoke to the AP did so on condition of anonymity and stood by the information even after it was disputed. The official, who was not authorized to divulge details of the investigation, had said the suspect was expected in federal court in Boston. Reporters and police converged at the courthouse.
Several media outlets reported that a suspect had been identified from surveillance video taken at a Lord & Taylor department store between the sites of Monday's two bomb blasts, which killed three people and wounded more than 170. The dead included a child, a young woman and a female student from China.
A news briefing was scheduled later Wednesday.
"Contrary to widespread reporting, there have been no arrests made in connection with the Boston Marathon attack," the FBI said in a statement. "Over the past day and a half, there have been a number of press reports based on information from unofficial sources that has been inaccurate. Since these stories often have unintended consequences, we ask the media, particularly at this early stage of the investigation, to exercise caution and attempt to verify information through appropriate official channels before reporting."
President Barack Obama called the attack on the world's most famous marathon an act of terrorism. Obama planned to attend an interfaith service Thursday in the victims' honour in Boston.
Law enforcement agencies had pleaded for the public to come forward with photos, videos or any information that might help them solve the twin bombings near the race's finish line. The bombs exploded 10 or more seconds apart just next to the race course, tearing off victims' limbs and spattering streets with blood. The blasts went off minutes after the four-hour mark of the race.
The bombs involved kitchen pressure cookers packed with explosives, nails and other lethal shrapnel. But the FBI said nobody had claimed responsibility.
An intelligence bulletin issued to law enforcement includes a picture of a mangled pressure cooker and a torn black bag that the FBI said were part of a bomb that exploded during the marathon.
Authorities have recovered a piece of circuit board that they believe was part of one of the explosive devices, and they found the lid of a pressure cooker that apparently was catapulted onto the roof of a nearby building, a law enforcement official said Wednesday. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because this person was not authorized to publicly discuss evidence in the ongoing investigation.
The blasts killed 8-year-old Martin Richard and 29-year-old Krystle Campbell. The Shenyang Evening News, a state-run Chinese newspaper, identified the third victim as Lu Lingzi. She was a graduate student at Boston University.
Scores of victims remained in hospitals, many with grievous injuries. A 5-year-old child, a 9-year-old girl and 10-year-old boy were among 17 victims listed in critical condition.
The trauma surgery chief at Boston Medical Center says most of the injuries his hospital treated were to the legs.
"We have a lot of lower extremity injuries, so I think the damage was low to the ground and wasn't up," Dr. Peter Burke said. "The patients who do have head injuries were blown into things or were hit by fragments that went up."
At Massachusetts General Hospital, all four amputations performed there were above the knee, with no hope of saving more of the legs, said Dr. George Velmahos, chief of trauma surgery.
"It wasn't a hard decision to make," he said Tuesday. "We just completed the ugly job that the bomb did."
Pressure-cooker explosives have been used in Afghanistan, India, Nepal and Pakistan, according to a July 2010 intelligence report by the FBI and the Homeland Security Department. One of the three devices used in the May 2010 Times Square attempted bombing in New York City was a pressure cooker, the report said.
"Placed carefully, such devices provide little or no indication of an impending attack," the report said.
But information on how to make the bombs is readily found online, and U.S. officials said Americans should not rush to judgment in linking the attack to overseas terrorists.


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"Wow, you must be quite the technical wizard, do be able to *need* all those apps that you didn't illegally obtain."
I do a lot of stuff (none of which involve my first post about not pirating all those apps;) ).
Example: I am working on a website called The Social Fish Tank ( www.SocialFishTank.com )that is a chat room client but in a 3d fish tank environment like those great 3d fish tank screen savers. The technology is based on the Unity 3D engine 2.5 ( www.unity3d.com )and each user can create custom "tanks" (chat room environments created as fish tanks that they can populate with items you would see in fish tanks and corel and all sorts of stuff), and invite their friends who create their fish avatar (or go with the default generated at random) and they swim around as you talk. you can also control the fish in it's environment and have it interact with things and the other fish. each "tank" is prive and has it's own link, the option to make it publicly avalible is also there.
I haven't posted the site as I am not anywhere near done (and funding for the project got lost in this troubled economy) but eventualy thats what will be there. To save time I am contimplating creating it as a front end to www.tinychat.com but i like to create my own things.


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NMCL's most recent laboratory testing indicates that the Black Berkey Purification Elements will initially reduce Fluoride up to 99.9%. Typically carbon based elements that reduce Fluoride begin to lose that ability rather quickly. This is the case with Black Berkey elements as their efficiency at removing Fluoride plays out long before the 3,000-gallon life of the element.
There are a number of filters on the market that utilize carbonized bone char (a media that NMCL purposely chooses not to use), and that make claims for Fluoride reduction. One major problem with such elements is that it takes a very large amount of media to remove small amounts of Fluoride. Therefore, there is not enough media in such filters to remove Fluoride effectively over the long term. For example, we have testing for a competitor's 3-filter system that utilizes bone char for their Fluoride removal claims and, as one would expect, those elements become quickly exhausted. Testing shows that their efficiency declines from 100% removal to 81.4% removal after filtering a mere 45 gallons. This is equivalent to only 15 gallons per element required to experience this dramatic decline in efficiency.
This same effect occurs with Black Berkey elements after a few hundred gallons. For that reason NMCL developed a more durable and longer lasting solution for Fluoride reduction by creating the replaceable Berkey PF-2 Fluoride reduction elements. The media in a set of Berkey PF-2 elements can reliably remove Fluoride contaminants for up to 1,000 gallons, which is less than the 3,000 gallon life of the Black Berkey elements but again, that is why they were designed to be replaceable. This enables the users to reliably remove Fluoride contaminants from their water while taking full advantage of the 3,000 gallon life of their Black Berkey elements.
Therefore, the Black Berkey Purification Element's job is to remove a wide variety of potential contaminants, while the Berkey PF-2 Post Filter's job is to remove Fluoride contaminants that the Black Berkey Purification Elements begin to miss after extended use.
Are the Black Berkey Purification Elements or Berkey PF-2 and PF-4 recyclable?
We don't recommend the recycling of the Black Berkey Purification Elements, PF-2s or PF-4s. The shells of the Berkey PF-2 and PF-4 are made of Polypropylene, which is Recycle Code 5. Uses of Polypro (for short) include catsup bottles, yogurt containers, margarine tubs & medicine bottles. However, there is no recycle code for the Berkey PF™ elements. As we understand it, a recycle code cannot be assigned since the element is sealed and contains material inside for arsenic & fluoride reduction. To recycle, one would have to cut the element open and remove the material before recycling the plastic shell.
The same issue applies to the Black Berkey Purification Elements. The complex matrix of materials involved in the manufacture of the BB9 elements does not allow the elements to be easily classified by a single recycle code. In addition, with both of these types of elements, there is no way of knowing what contaminants are in the media after use.


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Scott Byers Named to BVU Board of Trustees
Scott Byers Named to BVU Board of Trustees
Buena Vista University has announced that Scott Byers of Roaring Brook Township, Pa., has been elected to the Board of Trustees.
Byers is president and chief executive officer of EDM Americas. He also serves as a board member of EDM Group in London.
"Scott brings a rare combination of higher education and business experience to the Board. He is a very successful executive, and we look forward to working with him," says BVU President Fred Moore.
Byers earned his bachelor's degree in accounting and finance from Robert Morris University in 1987 and went on to earn his masters of business administration in 1992 from American University. He received his juris doctorate in 2001.
Earlier in his career, Byers worked at US Airways, and then served as a financial analyst at American University with several promotions to Assistant Vice President and Treasurer. He became CFO and general counsel at Wilkes University before transitioning to his current company, Diversified Information Technologies, Inc. (DIT) as president and CEO. In March 2013, he constructed a purchase of DIT with the EDM Group out of the UK, and he now serves as president and CEO of EDM Americas.
"I have a long history in the higher education world and believe I can contribute value to Buena Vista University to help make a difference. BVU and higher education has some serious challenges and opportunities, and I believe BVU is ripe to make the most of those for the benefit of past, present and future students," says Byers.
His wife, June, works at Moses Taylor Hospital as a registered nurse. They have four children: Elliott, a recent graduate of Stanford University; Evan, a junior at Bucknell University; Benjamin, a freshman in high school; and Alexandra, a fifth grader.
Among his civic activities, Byers serves on the Geisinger Community Medical Center Advisory Board and TeamPA Foundation Board of Directors.
His hobbies and outside interests include spending time with his family and attending their sporting events.


text: This weekend the gang will head out to their local theater to check out "Daybreakers" for the podcast. To get you ever more excited then you already are we have posted up a few new clips from the film. I don't want to jinx it but I'm liking what I see so far and let's face it, who can argue with Ethan Hawke's dreaminess. No one, that's who!


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Michael Brophy just sent the following message to a local genealogy club, and probably to others, and I felt his information was interesting and helpful, especially for those doing research here.
I quickly wrote him to obtain permission to copy his message to my blog. He kindly gave approval. Michael's blogs are at Brophy Professional Genealogy and Heir Tracing and Brophy's Irish Genealogy Blog.
"While visiting the Massachusetts Vital Records Office in Boston yesterday, I discovered that the registry has now made birth records available online inside the registry for the first time. The years covered are 1953-1986 and do not include marriage or death records. There is not remote access at this time.
This service improvement should held researchers work more efficiently in the often crowded and under serviced research room. The new access to the records eliminates the limitation on viewing these records by waiting for a "call for slips" after obtaining a volume and page number from an index. The registry charges a step fee of nine dollars per hour to access vital records in the research room and has cut down on their research hours in recent years.
Secretary Nyberg of the Vital Records said that future plans for the project are to expand access. In a tour of the Vital Records Registry in 2009 by the New England Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists, he said that the goal is to have the records viewable at town halls throughout the state."
Michael Brophy
My blog has been changed to make it more appealing for those who have New England ancestors and want to see the area through photos. Things I'll include are typical white New England churches, libraries showing their genealogical collection, historical societies, cemeteries, war memorials, in general, anything to do with history.
For four years I've blogged mostly about my personal genealogy in New England (Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, and New Hampshire), New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and the Eastern Townships of Quebec, Canada. I still will, can't forget my own roots.
Please check out the labels on the right side for articles. The header tabs at the top are a work in progress.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Massachussetts Vital Records Birth Record News
4 comments:
- Heather Rojo said...
That is great news! Last fall, at the Vital Records, I spent a painful hour there in line with someone applying for Mayflower papers. Only one person ahead of us, and it took that long before we were out the door. Incredible.
- May 24, 2011 at 4:16 PM
- Barbara Poole said...
Thanks Heather for writing. This is a step in the right direction.
- May 24, 2011 at 7:09 PM
- Wendy said...
Oh wow, what good news! I have always wanted to visit the Vital Records office, and it is great to know that so much more is available now.
- May 25, 2011 at 3:02 AM
- Yvette Porter Moore said...
Thank you for sharing the good news!
- September 27, 2011 at 8:24 PM
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Mildred L. (Millie) Koval
Mildred L. (Millie) Koval, age 84, of 2886 Rt. 219, Brockway, died June 20, 2011, at her residence.She was born Feb. 28, 1927, daughter of David and Katherine Gustafson Moberg. She married Richard "Dick" Koval, she predeceased her July 15, 2010.She was a retired packer at Brockway Glass Co. and was a member of St. Tobias Church in Brockway. She collected cow knickknacks and enjoyed spending time with her family, grandchildren and friends.She is survived by one daughter, Sharon (George) Falkenstern of Furnace; one sister, Marie (Donald) Truesdale of Brockport; one brother, John Moberg of DuBois; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.She is preceded in death by her parents; one brother, Donnie; and one sister, Betty Moberg.Visitation will be Thursday, June 23, 2011, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Carlson-Shugarts Funeral Home. A Vigil Service will be held at the funeral home at 8:45 p.m. Thursday, June 23, 2011. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Friday, June 24, 2011, at 9:30 a.m. at St. Tobias Church with monsignor Charles Kaza presiding. Place of burial will be St. Tobias Cemetery, Brockway.Memorials, if desired, may be made to the Humane Society of Falls Creek.


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LOWELL -- The Lowell Philharmonic Orchestra, celebrating its 25th anniversary this fall, has plans for a big year ahead.
The festivities continue its annual Fall Concert on Friday, Nov. 16 at 8 p.m. at Pawtucket Congregational Church, 15 Mammoth Road, Lowell.
The program for the concert includes Beethoven's Symphony No. 5, Sibelius' Finlandia, and concertos by Mozart, Weber, Vivaldi, Villa-Lobos and Bruch, performed by LPO members.
Under conductor Valerie Taylor's direction since 2000, the LPO orchestra has flourished.
"Our membership and musicianship are at the highest mark, which enables us to present such a strong program," said Patricia Milner, LPO's personnel manager.
The concert is free, but donations are welcomed. Refreshments served.
A fundraising party will be held in the spring.
Visit www.lowellphilharmonic.org for info.
On the marquee
- NOW PLAYING: The Huntington Theatre Company presents Harold Pinter's Betrayal through Dec. 9 at BU Theatre, 264 Huntington Ave., Boston. www.huntingtontheatre.org.
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Cryology: It's not the study of what makes you cry (answer: Sarah McLaughlin for SPCA, wild animals reuniting with previous owners), it's actually the study of freezing, and we're delving into it this Friday Night at HMNS' second LaB 5555.
Join HMNS Educational Program Coordinator Carolyn Leap in the Grand Hall from 8 to 9 p.m. as she does live demonstrations with liquid nitrogen and explains the processes that cause matter to rearrange itself and freeze. Get here early for these scintillating science demonstrations AND free mini cups of Blue Bell ice cream!
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news here in australia says that the police have arrested a man for the murder of bob woolmer.
Career cricket
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BBC had said in it's headlines on tv that a man has been arrested about an hour or so ago.
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R.I..P ........ Fardin Qayuumi
that rumour said that he was not a Jamacian national. THis rumour came out of Pakistan/India
But since then a report has come out of the WI saying htis is not true
My 2008/09 stats
Games: 10 Innings: 10 Nout Outs: 3 Runs: 489 Average: 69.86 Highest: 154 Fifties: 0 Hundreds: 3
Catches: 7
BBC saying Jamaican police have denied arrest of any man and they are not involved if such an arrest has taken place. Lots of rumours and conflicting reports flowing in various news channels as well..
Just make sure you don't buy anything a subcontinental news channel cooks up.
When I heard of Bobs death I was shocked and suspicious. For the coach of Pakistan to pass away so suddenly after such a dramatic and suprising result, my first thought was he was met with foul play.
To hear that he was murdered is just sad. It is only a cricket game (I know some people take it very serious) but really if you want to blame someone, blame the players more then the coach. They are out on the field.
I read about autobiography, was he exposing people involved in match fixing? And pages were missing? IF he was good on him for trying to expose but pity it cost him his life.
"I can accept failure, but I can't accept not trying." MJ
Well, I suppose Sarfraz was right in this instance, at least to the extent that it is now confirmed that Woolmer was killed.
This is the most depressed I have ever been w.r.t cricket.
We miss you, Fardin. :(. RIP.
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Horrible, horrible, horrible.
Can't believe this could have happened because of a sport which is supposed to be played for entertainment, a very bad day for cricket.
Thoughts go to the Woolmer family, I can't imagine what this news will do to their states of mind.
A True Champion - Bob. Rest in peace. 15/04/06
"People today have too big a devil and too small a God"
- Stephen Currie
"The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?" Psalm 27:1
I just don't know what to say. it was bad enough when I thought it was a jock Stein style heart-attack..but this I don't want to specualte but as the police seem to think there was no forced entry (and there seemed to be nothing stolen) we're dealing with a nut job fan or some people who wanted to shut him up. I don't want to add to speculation so I'll just ask: Is it true that after the game against Ireland fans in Pakistan were chanting "Death to Bob Woolmer"? If so I hope they are ashamed of themselves One other point: I feel sorry for Ireland in all this. How long before someone says that game was dodgy? (I'm not going to speculate but I bet someone will).
Ian Botham, Freddie Flintoff, Kevin Pietersen, Brian Laudrup, Gazza and Daniela Hantuchova....a fan of you all FOREVER!!!
Can't wait to see Australia field a crap leg-spinner like Hollland or Hohns again.....
Congratulations to Daniela Hantuchova on her 3rd career title....
Bob Woolmer 1948-2007..farewell to the best coach England never had...
Arise Sir Beefy....
Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble, Grubb...
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My paternal 6th-great grandaunt, Deborah HURLBUT, was baptized on this date in 1747 in Woodbury, Connecticut. Deborah was the daughter of Moses and Rebecca (WARNER) HURLBUT, and the younger sister of my Israel HURLBUT. Nothing further is known at this time.
My maternal 3rd-great grandaunt, Ellen W. LAMBERTSON, was born on this date in 1850 in Ohio. Ellen was the daughter of John and Sarah A. (WILLSON) LAMBERTSON, and the younger sister of my Carey W. LAMBERTSON. Ellen was married in 1865 in Butler Co., Ohio to ________ SOCKEY. Ellen married secondly on November 10, 1870 in Butler County, Ohio to David L. MENGLE, son of George and Susana (RUMBARGER) MENGLE. David was born August 7, 1849 in Ohio. They lived in Jackson Township, Montgomery County, Ohio and raised 4 children. David died July 4, 1938 in Jackson Township, Montgomery County, Ohio. Ellen died September 16, 1933 in Jackson Township, Montgomery County, Ohio. Both are buried in the Holp Cemetery, Farmersville, Montgomery County, Ohio.


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Hot on the tails of his successful Olympics 2012 Opening Ceremony and the completion of his upcoming film Trance, BAFTA Los Angeles was honored to welcome acclaimed filmmaker Danny Boyle to our popular Behind Closed Doors series.
Danny took the sold-out captive audience of BAFTA Members and Guests on a journey through his eclectic catalogue of work, including the iconic Trainspotting and Shallow Grave, through to his recent award-winning Slumdog Millionaire and 127 Hours.
Our Behind Closed Doors series is an exclusive series of intimate conversations with the industry's elite. Distinguished, award-winning individuals join us for career-spanning interviews before a live theater audience, chronicling their careers and experiences within the film and television industry. Learn more about our Behind Closed Doors series here.
We would like to thank our friends at Fox Searchlight for their valuable assistance in arranging the discussion, and we were able to capture this event with thanks to our partners The Camera House.
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Saturday, June 20, 2009
What is a Sloop?
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- Evelyn Yvonne Theriault said...
I love this post and your explanation of sloops. One of my ancestors, Philippe Luce of Jersey(Channel Islands to Gaspe,Quebec)eventually settled in the Shippegan area of northern N.B. and owned fishing boats. I've actually found the listing and name of his boat but haven't had time to research exactly what boat he would have had.
I don't know if one life is enough time to track down all this information!
Evelyn in Montreal
- July 10, 2009 at 10:02 PM
I'm afraid some of your information seems false or confused. "Sloop" is a painfully generic term which fails to be truly informative. What's more is you comparative image is mislabeled. In terms of men-of-war a sloop is any vessel that is not rated, number of masts or sail plan has little to do with being a sloop or not. If the vessel is not rated, in that that carries less than 20 guns and/or is command by anyone under the rank of post captain (in the royal navy) than it qualifies as a sloop. Many sloops in the service were cutter (one mast), brig, or ship rigged as well as barca longas (luggers), schooners and even polacca. In mercantile terms, "sloops" tend to refer to cutters, ketches or other similar rigs utilizing a single mast. Two masts sans a main gaff sail (fore and aft on the rear most mast, constitutes a brig or brigantine while the inclusion of that the gaff sails makes a snow or snow brig. Three masts with a large lanteen on the mizzen is a bark or barquentine, while square sails on that rearmost mast make a ship. Frigates of the 5th and 6th rate are considered ships as well as larger 4th, 3rd, 2nd and 1st rate ships-of-the-line. I apologize, if this seems terribly contradictory, I'm just trying to offer a favor.
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text: Wilma Mae Bowen was born on September 8, 1927, in Ainsworth, Iowa, the daughter of Virgil and Hazle (Henry) Winn. She grew up and attended school in Downing, Missouri. On May 23, 1942, Wilma was united in marriage to Robert Loren Bowen in Edina, Missouri. The couple made their home in the communities of Des Moines, Oskaloosa, Dysart, Clutier and Traer. For the past seventeen years, Wilma made her home in Cedar Rapids. She worked at Sunnycrest Nursing Center in Dysart, Sunrise Hill Nursing Home in Traer, and did household cleaning for many families in the area. Wilma enjoyed going to Florida, Branson, Chicago and Kansas to visit family. She also loved sewing, cleaning and cooking. Wilma died at the age of 86 on Friday, December 28, 2013, at the Cottage Grove Health Center in Cedar Rapids. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; two brothers, Floyd and James; and a son in law, Butch Johnson. Wilma is survived by four daughters, Mary (Craig) Untiedt of Shorewood, Illinois, Donna Johnson of Fort Myers, Florida, Doris (Warren) Holst of Cedar Rapids and Alice Bowen of Cedar Rapids; two sisters, Mary Couch of Carthage, Illinois and Myrtle Fisher of Oskaloosa; five grandchildren, Kim Gilman, Tracey Durham, Renee Schuldt, Shawn Holst and Scott Holst; seven great grandchildren; and three step great grandchildren.


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BOLINGBROOK – The winds are gently spreading peace among students, staff and parents at Independence Elementary School thanks to hundreds of pinwheels decorated in art class and placed on the Bolingbrook school's front lawn last week.
A part of the nationally-acclaimed Pinwheels for Peace Project, the Independence pinwheel effort is designed to help students understand the connection between living peacefully and school expectations of being respectful, responsible, safe and kind to all.
"This helps us continue our anti-bullying discussions about creating a sense of community where we are all kind to one another and help each other," Principal Kim Mulcahy said.
While assisting students in creating their own pinwheels, Independence art teachers Kimberly Coultis and James Battle facilitated conversations with students about peaceful places and what it feels like to be peaceful.
The Pinwheels for Peace idea grew from International Peace Day efforts by two Florida high school art teachers who saw the pinwheel as a childhood symbol that reminds of a time when things were simple, joyful and peaceful.
Each year students in more than 3,500 locations around the world make pinwheels in recognition of Peace Day.


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Suspension/Expulsion of a Non-Exceptional Student (non-disabled)
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22 Pa Code 12.6 Exclusions from school
22 Pa Code 12.7 Exclusion from classes-in-school suspension
School Board Policy
Section 510 of the School Code states in part " The board of school directors in any school district may adopt and enforce such reasonalble rules and regulations as it may deem necessary and proper....regarding the conduct and deportment of all pupils attending the public schools in such district, during such time as they are under the supervision of the board of school directors and teachers, including the time necessarily spent in coming to and returning from school."
The Regulations of the State Board of Education, 22 Pa. Code 12.3, deal with the authority of the school board "....to make reasonable and neecessary rules governing the conduct of students in school" and the limitations on that authority. 22 Pa. Code 12.3(c) requires the school board to "....adopt a code of student conduct which shall include policies governing student discipline...."and requires the publication of this code and distribution to students and parents. 22 Pa. Code 12.6(a) requires the school board to "....define and publish the types of offenses that would lead to exclusion from school."
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Merrimack at Hampton Beach
Enjoy these quick glimpses of Merrimack life. Or, maybe you want to submit a photo of your own? Email photos to firstname.lastname@example.com or add #macksnap to your social media uploads!
May 22, 2013
Merrimack Higher Education graduate fellows set up camp at Hampton Beach in NH last weekend to have one final get together before Commencement.


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Olympic champion Brink and new partner Fuchs progress
Fuzhou, China, April 25, 2013 – Reigning Olympic champion Julius Brink with new partner Sebastian Fuchs from Germany finished second in Pool A at the Fuzhou Open in China on Thursday.
Brink won gold at the London 2012 Olympic Games with Jonas Reckermann and following Reckermann's retirement joined forces with 26-year-old Sebastian Fuchs for the 2013 season.
Brink and Fuchs won their third pool match against Austrian qualifiers Alexander Huber and Robin Seidl (21-19, 21-15) on Thursday to progress to the first round of single elimination on Friday.
Please click here for full results of the Men's Main Draw
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U.S. stock futures edge higher on Thursday, as European stocks wobbled and investors remained on edge after fiscal-cliff concerns triggered a post-election plunge for Wall Street the prior day. See full story.
Coffee prices fall, but not at Starbucks
Why consumers see no savings from plummeting Arabica bean prices. See full story.
Starbucks instant latte no bargain brew
A latte brewed with Starbucks's new instant machine costs six times as much as one made with a traditional espresso maker. See full story.
Europe stocks recoup on Greece relief, earnings
European stock markets take Wednesday's U.S. selloff in stride, stabilizing as Greece approves a key austerity vote. The ECB and the Bank of England both left interest rates unchanged. See full story.
Gephardt warns of 'bad days' for markets
There is a risk that the public could hear some "histrionics" from Democrats and Republicans playing to their bases as Congress works on spending cuts and tax reform, all of which could severely unsettle the markets, says former House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt. See full story.
The Republican candidate wants to talk tough but comes across as sounding reckless, writes media columnist Jon Friedman See full story.
Stocks? Bonds? Commodities? How about putting your money into something a bit more fun. See full story.


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Featured News
'06 alumnus Derek Schmidly advises Evangel Student Investment Group
September 21, 2012 | Ian Richardson
Derek Schmidly is one of the rising stars on the Springfield business scene. He currently owns his own financial advising company and works as an adjunct professor and mentor of the Student Investment Group at Evangel University. In March, the Springfield Business Journal recognized Derek as one of its "40 Under 40" for 2012, an honor for the finest young businesspeople in the area.
Schmidly is a 2006 Evangel graduate with a major in Biblical Studies and a minor in Finance. A native of Mount Vernon, Missouri, Derek decided to attend Evangel because he was impressed with the people he knew who had graduated from Evangel. Coming in on a football scholarship, Schmidly punted for the Crusader football team all four years.
"The nice thing about coming in as a freshman and being on a sports team," he says, "is it gave me a large group of friends and acquaintances from the very beginning. That made me feel a part of the campus community quickly." He was also involved in leading worship for Chapel services, and one year he went on a service trip to Thailand.
Schmidly says that early on he was undecided when it came to choosing a career path.
"When I came in as a freshman I was not sure what direction I wanted to go," he says, "but decided to go with Biblical Studies because I believed that no matter what career I pursued, a foundation in biblical principles would be critically important."
Schmidly's indecisiveness quickly changed. During his sophomore year, he was approached by a member of his church, Paul Ebisch, who is the current president of the Assemblies of God Credit Union. At the time, Ebisch was working for AG Financial Services and in the process of starting an investment advisory business. Ebisch said that he thought Schmidly could be very good at investment analysis and management. For the next two years, Ebisch served as Schmidly's mentor.
During his final semester at Evangel, Schmidly took the Series 65 exam, the licensing exam for investment advisers. He went on to the University of Missouri and earned his MBA in 2008 and then returned to Springfield and became the majority owner of Ebisch's investment advisory business, taking over all of the day-to-day management responsibilities.
Though finance was not Derek's major area of study in college, he still attributes his time at Evangel to teaching him values about running a business. "Evangel prepared me with the knowledge to build a business on godly principles, whereas my studies outside of school and at Mizzou helped me with the career-specific skills I needed for the job I have."
Today, Schmidly is the owner of Auxan Capital Advisors, LLC. The business provides investment management, financial planning, and financial forecasting services for individuals and startup businesses. Along with his business responsibilities, Schmidly teaches at Evangel as an adjunct professor.
Student Investment Group
In the past few years, Schmidly has been responsible for pioneering Evangel's Student Investment Group, an organization composed of students working together to manage the investments of an endowed fund. Membership is open to students of any major. Schmidly was asked to help start the organization in 2009. By applying his investment background and what he had learned from participating in a similar group at the University of Missouri, Schmidly proved instrumental in getting the Student Investment Group up and running. What began with an investment of $5,000 has now grown to $40,000 due to a combination of donations and investment growth.
"Derek volunteered to help oversee the Student Investment Group and to provide investment training to the participants," says Bernie Dana, chairman of Evangel's Business Department. "His expertise and time have been invaluable to the success and sustainability of the Student Investment Group."
As someone who has experienced the feeling of indecisiveness firsthand, Schmidly has useful advice for current and prospective students when it comes to navigating the college years. He recommends weighing every decision in prayer and taking advantage of opportunities to save both time and money. He also says, "When you're picking your major, take a close look at the professors in the department. Chances are by the end of your studies, you'll think like they think. So, if you see the professors and think to yourself, 'I want to become like them,' that's a sign it might be the major for you."
Just as Derek's journey has proven, having the right kind of mentor can open up a world of opportunity.
– Ian Richardson, sophomore English major at Evangel University


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- July 25, 1925 - December 21, 2012
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Mary M. Willford, age 87, resident of Shelby died Friday, December 21, 2012 in Elmcroft of Ontario.
Born July 25, 1925 in Akron to Marshall and Freda (Jackson) Roberts, she had been a Shelby resident since 1939. A homemaker, Mary enjoyed sewing, crafts and baking.
Survivors include one daughter, Phyllis Willford Paramore of Crestline; four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; three sisters, Evelyn Wilson, Ginny (Jim) Reed all of Ontario and Freda Ann (Lee) Fenner of Mansfield; five sisters-in-law, Marian Roberts of Monroeville, Dorothy (Bob) Ward of Shelby, Eldora Willford, Doris Enderby and Mary Forquer all of Plymouth; nieces, nephews and other relatives.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 66 years, Melvin Willford, in 2011; one daughter, Anita Giller; and three brothers, James, Robert and George Roberts.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Wednesday, December 26, 2012 from the Barkdull Funeral Home in Shelby. Reverend John Wanamaker will officiate with interment in Oakland Cemetery. Calling hours will not be observed. Memorial expressions may be made to MedCentral Hospice.


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Police Search for Missing Boater off Highlands
The search for a missing man in the water off Highlands after his sunken boat was discovered has ended for the day.
The Monmouth County Police, Fire & EMS Facebook page reports the search started Sunday morning for Edward Broderick, a while male age 36 or 37 with blonde hair standing 5 foot 9 inches wearing gray or green sweatpants. The search will continue on Monday morning.
His friend Ray Phillips called the Coast Guard Sector New York in Staten Island on Staten Island to report Broderick he had not heard from Broderick as of 10 p.m. Saturday night. He was heading to a clamming faculty in Highlands.
State Police tell the Star-Ledger the search is focused on the area around the Captain's Cove Marina and the mouth of the Shrewsbury River where Broderick's 25-foot clam boat was sighted by a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter who have been joined by the New Jersey State Police Marine Unit in the search.
The National Weather Service issued a Small Craft Advisory for Sunday as yesterday's storm intensified off the New Jersey coast on Sunday morning causing strong winds out of the southeast 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30.