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Totally useless and a mere inconvenience for the die-hard file swappers. New sharing sites will pop up faster than I can say "First Post!" and new protocols to circumvent those blocks will have arrived by the time the mods have moderated "First Post" down to -1.
Or, if they implement this how I think they will, a quick DNS server switch should do the trick.
We could trade files right here on slashdot.
Bit of steganography and we could hide music in our rambling car analogy loaded posts.
It's like duct-taping a thumb drive to your undercarriage and driving across the border.
we could hide music in our rambling car analogy loaded posts.
Do you have a car analogy for that?
Sounds good to me
People are going to be teaching themselves all matter of upgrades
Upgrades? You mean they're going to go into the woods, kill lots of squirrels and level up?
And most protective measures on the net against this are leaking like a colander.
but as long as you can discourage the general population
Haven't we pretty much established that they can't? They've tried it every which way except capital punishment and I doubt that'd do any better. There's too many, they're not afraid and they don't agree. Even if they were afraid they'd use any one of the slightly more secure ways than public torrents or just share with their friends. Many of the pirates are also their best customers, buying much and downloading more. Downloading is getting cheaper, faster and more secure every day. For each passing year ano
Totally useless and a mere inconvenience for the die-hard file swappers. New sharing sites will pop up faster than I can say "First Post!" and new protocols to circumvent those blocks will have arrived by the time the mods have moderated "First Post" down to -1.
True as this undoubtedly is, I think this is the wrong attitude to take. Simply saying, "OK, Mr. Government, if you want to block bits of the internet go ahead, we'll just work round you." gives the impression that they have the right and justification to censor bits of the internet at will and it's up to us to work round that.
While the sort of people who read slashdot are able to circumvent this kind of thing, does that make it right to censor the internet for the rest of the less technically savvy population?
Totally useless and a mere inconvenience for the die-hard file swappers.
But on the good side, it's the one story where it's appropriate to talk about Irish Evil
Yeah, it's the virtual equivalent of paying thugs to block access to a store.
Call the lawyers.
You must be to describe IRMA so prefectly.
It must be noted, however, that IRMA is fighting to protect the meagre incomes of people like U2 and Enya - who are all just managing to survive with one castle each.
Sarcasm aside, due to the fact that musicians have a tax exemption (cos lord knows U2 need it) - there are unfortunately a lot of them here, and they also have great wadges of cash. This in turn makes IRMA far more powerful than it should be.
I still don't think the other ISPs are just going to rollover - Eircom is a joke. They are largest because they were originally a monopoly - and there is a large number of users that are slow to change.
Depends on which single band member we're talking about.
You know who I mean: starts with B, ends with Oh No! and rhymes with shutthefuckupbonoyouselfabsorbedgit.
Except that in this case, the thugs are the virtual equivalents of the local sheriff, and he things you're the bad guy in town.
More like paying thugs to block access to a roof overseeing a concert venue where people would otherwise congregate to listen without paying
The fucking article mentions Pirate Bay as one of these "music swapping" sites. So basically, they're after torrent trackers.
I won't go into explaining the difference between a hypothetical "music swapping" site and a tracker. Insert here gun, car and other analogies.
I won't go into explaining the difference between a hypothetical "music swapping" site and a tracker. Insert here gun, car and other analogies.
So, basically, it's like Fannie and Freddie are angry because you drive your car way to fast in front of their subprime real estate and then hatch an evil plan to bring down the entire car industry. Awesome!
Irma, which represents major music groups EMI, Sony-BMG, Warner and Universal, is to begin compiling lists of websites that it claims are damaging its business.
Does this include sites like Magnatune, which offer independent music at much lower prices or even for free? I mean, that's damaging to its business, right?
If only Ford, Chrysler and GM could compile a list of car salesrooms that are damaging their business!
If the list was compiled by a disinterested party then it's one thing. But this is just an industry lobby group compiling a list of what it doesn't like, i.e., what the companies it represents doesn't like. Legitimate uses or not, surely it is only a matter of time before bittorrent traffic is filtered out at the network level, whether it is carrying a Linux ISO or a Project Gutenberg Archive.
So Rapidshare is blocked, then? And Megaupload? And Mediafire, Sendspace and Badongo? And the hundreds of other free filesharing services that seem to pop up everywhere?
This is completely futile.
My problem with this is that sharing files is not illegal, nor is sharing music. Sharing copyrighted files without rights to do so probably is in Ireland, but forcing ISPs to block legitimate sites in a broad manner like this because they have the potential to "damage" your business is bullshit. And blocking the Pirate Bay is another brand of bullshit since the only file-sharing going on there is with
And IRC, and messengers, and usenet, and skype, and social pages, and...
Does that leave anything but corporate sites open?
Have they blocked *other users*? That is where the shared data is ACTUALLY coming from.
In other news, a huge spike in sales of VPN services was reported.
I just scanned the article but this looks like a misleading subject.. basically only one ISP is doing this (although it's the biggest), and the others have been threatened with legal action (just like what is happening here in Australia, with one of our ISPs targeted by the media industry and currently getting sued [ausgamers.com] (disclosure: our site) for not taking action against file sharers).
So, this is basically ISPs caving to legal threats - which I guess either means they're complete pussies, or they have deals with the ISPs to provide content themselves (ie, sell music to their subscriber base) so its in their financial interests to comply, or they've actually crunched the numbers with their lawyers and Irish law doesn't look so good for ISPs.
If that latter is true, THEN I would believe reduced revenues might be likely - or if this ISP is just the biggest because it has a monopoly on infrastructure or whatever. If it's not though, users should just vote with their feet and jump ship on this ISP and go to one that is not going to tell them what they can and can't do with their Internet connections.
All ISPs in the Irish Republic report reduced revenues and profits.
If the ISPs really do see a drop in profits then they may try to fight the decision, even if it's for the wrong reasons.
Once they go down the road of blocking sites they can no longer make the perfectly reasonable defence that they're a service provider, not a censor. It *is* a slippery slope and only harm will come from it. If all ISPs give in, then the next thing will happen is the government will "helpfully" step in with a national firewall and force all providers to go through it. Internet access will become as repressive as it is in Australia or other countries that think they can control people by restricting what they can see.
I'd add that sites like the pirate bay are service providers too. It may well be that most of their content is copyright infringing, but not all of it. Furthermore, they just host tracker files so Eircom isn't even preventing piracy by shutting off that site. It wouldn't surprise me either if distributed search, trackers and crypto make it extremely difficult for Eircom to EVER shut off piracy or say with certainty who is downloading the latest Ubuntu and who is just downloading the latest copy of Windows.
By the way, does anyone know a decent and affordable VPN service in the US I can subscribe to?
Next up, socially and politically insensitive speech, porn, nude/violent/graphic images, low price merchants, and communication with unenlightened societies.
So many to choose from, it makes me dizzy just from thinking... oh, thinking!
Between political correctness on the left, intolerance on the right, and pressure from crony capitalists to wall off their monopoly profits, pretty soon the only thing you'll be able to post on the internet will be cat pictures.
(Filter error: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.)
lolcode is worse than yelling. By quite a bit.
"pretty soon the only thing you'll be able to post on the internet will be cat pictures.
How dare you?? Don't you know that underneath all that fur, those cats are completely naked?
(insert relevant cat picture here)
So it's true. The internet, once created to distribute knowledge, exchange ideas and generally contribute to propagate information is reduced to the same crap TV was reduced to a while ago.
First they brought in the AOLlers. But I didn't speak up because they didn't step on the same turf I went, and I didn't care because "my" internet was vastly different and richer than theirs. Then they brought in the companies. But I didn't speak up because they had money, but
Sure. Download two of those pictures, take a binary diff of the LSB of each pixel and out rolls the latest by U2... or download one kitty and a file containing random noise, decrypt the noise with kitty and Hello U2 again. This block will be sooooo effective...
pretty soon the only thing you'll be able to post on the internet will be cat pictures
You mean at least one website [tessums.com] is still safe? So, the internet won't be entirely gone then?
...Ireland is one of the most conservative countries of western Europe. Remember that access to information about abortion thing? Apparently abortion isn't just still banned in Ireland, a situation which is by the way fairly representative of the general state of Irish law, but Ireland even tried (from 1983 to 1993) to ban access to information on abortion. Fortunately, it couldn't possibly work, not unless they would pull a China on us.
For a related discussion on free (and non-RIAA) music, see:
I've just downloaded one artist's Creative Commons songs, and it's not half bad. I'd imagine he might earn cash on freelance composition.
Clearly, now the ISPs are responsible for any music-swapping that occurs since they've taken it upon themselves to determine what is or isn't legal.
...since they've taken it upon themselves to determine what is or isn't legal.
No. They are just accepting IRMA's determinations.
...that will prove how incompetent and underhanded the music industry [is]
Incompetent? No. just that they see no need to actually verify that the content actually violates their copyrights. Besides, according to TFA, the agreement is that IRMA will supply lists of site they deem harmful to their business. Clearly, in their view, indy artists giving away music is harmful to the businesses of IRMA.
Simply in terms of gross earnings, the music companies make peanuts compared to some other very big industries being negatively impacted by all this anti-piracy hullabaloo (sure, corporations probably don't pirate music, but this DRM and filtering and other BS all carry a cost for anyone working online). Are they just that much better at lobbying? Have they somehow nobbled all the right people? What gives?
I live here. They're my ISP, for about another ten minutes.
Ireland is notoriously corrupt. Eircom didn't even fight the court case. I smell brown envelopes.
It goes something like this:
Music industry lobby
Lobbyist: Hi Mr MP, how would you like to meet Bono?
Lobbyist: Okay, just implement these laws otherwise Bono will be a very very sad person and might not want to come out and see you
MP: Sure!
IT industry lobby
Lobbyist: Hi Mr MP, how would you like to meet Richard Stallman?
MP: Who?
More seriously though, I think the issue does seem to be at least from my experience of reading into comments from various British MPs that the music industry is much better connected and MPs are much more likely to bow down at their feet simply because although some people of their generation are the founding fathers of IT as we know it, many more simply missed the boat with the IT thing and MPs nearly always fall into the latter- they just don't get IT, but they ALL know who Bono and so on is and they all worship these types of people. We don't have any IT literate MPs here and I'm not sure it's much different abroad, Obama is one of the first politicians I've seen that actually seems to have a decent grasp of technology.
I think the crux of it is that people in the music industry and politicians seem to get on well, they just seem to have the same mindset whilst IT and Science simply don't seem to get on with politicians as well. In that scenario it doesn't really matter what an industry is worth, most politicians don't seem to take a logical approach to decision making like that. They're more fallable to arguments such as "Piracy is wrong, it's illegal, it always has been, it must be stopped" than they were to reasoned arguments producing statistics showing piracy is only bad for the major labels but probably good overall for the population as a whole. If politicians did follow a logical, reasoned way of thinking then in the UK at least we wouldn't be seeing this consistent push for ID cards despite the population, the opposition parties, ex-security service leaders, employers/businesses being against it and costs for the scheme ballooning into many many billions of pounds- no logical or reasoned thought would lead to the conclusion that continuing such a scheme is a good idea.
One final note is that a few weeks back David Cameron mentioned that if the Conservative party made it into power next that he would appoint someone from the creative industry to be in charge of deciding the UK's broadband future. One has to wonder what on earth the logic behind that is when he could choose someone from the technology industry. That coupled with his speech to the BPI a couple of years ago that was full of ignorance and many other comments and events through the past few years along similar lines are a pretty good demonstration that David Cameron and the Conservatives are strongly tied to big media. I do not think Labour is any different judging by their actions. So one thing is for sure, their actions and comments in favour of big media over technology certainly add weight to the idea that yes, they have a much stronger lobby at very least or simply offer more "incentives" to MPs than technology does.
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we shall fight on the web and on usenet,
we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Internet, whatever the cost may be,
we shall fight on the servers,
we shall fight on port 443,
we shall fight in the VPNs and on P2P,
we shall fight in the darknets;
we shall never surrender, and even if, which I do not for a moment believe, this Internet or a large part of it were subjugated and censored, then our digital Anarchy beyond the web, armed and guarded by thepiratebay fleet, would carry on the struggle, until, in good time, the New Internet, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old."
Oh God !!! Why did you have dig him up ???
Never liked Churchill but why destroy such a great speech?
heres a decent quote that fits the situation
"Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear." --Harry S. Truman, message to Congress, August 8, 1950
"Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear." --Harry S. Truman, message to Congress, August 8, 1950
1950 eh? So this was around the time that the entire country went bug-nuts over rounding up and silencing the dreaded communists?
With the notable exception of Bill Gates (because he's filthy rich and does good charity work) and Steve Jobs (because Apple is as much a fashion company as a technology one) there is nobody in the technology sphere that has anywhere the celebrity power of most media stars.
I think Europe tends to follow the United States in terms of policies. I would imagine it's because the trading with the US is so important, they want to stay on the good side of the US. Also, there's probably a strong lobby in Europe as well.
The music industry's war against its consumers is a guaranteed losing battle. We have already decided that music costs too much and we are refusing to pay their artificially high prices. They can either change or die. They chose to die. So this is just their attempt to
That's it, really. How sad.
Freedom isn't defined by the ability to download music for free.
This does amuse me. All these measures do is bring about new technology for sharing files. Well, that and win the people who came up with the idea promotions/votes.
Anyone who thinks of things like this should be sat down and made to watch a film about prohibition. Then they might just realise how stupid they're being. Just arguing that they're doing the wrong thing won't work, because they don't think they are, and anyone who says they are is '
well said.
I love the kids who sat on their ass playing halo when guantanomo bay was set up and when the USA invaded iraq on the pretence of finding WMD that didn't exist, and which the USA had sold them anyway, but OMFG LOOK OUT! TAKE TO THE STREETS! because they might have to pay for music like honest people.
Some people have weird priorities and senses of what is right and wrong
So Irish governments have had the idea of making Ireland a tax haven for "creatives" - writers, musicians and artists. Given the current financial doo-doos, caused in part by the diversion of so mu
As a consequence Irish People will be the first to develope good skills in circumventing internet blocking. Easy to use software to get around those things will be developed there for the use of us all if ISP's around the world get into the habit to try the same nonsense. Hey! I love darwinism!
1. Find some reasonably popular band who is sharing, or is willing to promote their music on torrent sites.
2. Throw out a little press, get a reasonably large number of people outside Ireland to download/seed.
3. Sue the IRMA for tortious interference with contract, anti-trust, whatever shit you can make stick.
4. Profit?
Since it's not the government you can't really demand your rights from a private ISP but it seems to me that they're then also opening themselves up for lawsuits based on interference with business, something you couldn't do against a law.
Didn't Nine Inch Nails already do steps 1 and 2 ?
I'm not Irish so I can't help you with step 3.
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No, you do not have license to be rude just because you are in pain.Sometime it cannot be avoided and in those cases, once someone regains their self control they are ashamed at their behavior and offer apology for it. You seem to want to use it as a justification for having a fight with your roommate. Yes, he was rude for yelling to you from another room particularly when he did not know what was going on. FWIW, running a smashed finger under cold water can help too.But, you turned all our anger of the situation on him and made it worse. Understandable, but not OK. The two of you should probably sit down and talk about it so that you an both apologize to each other and so that you can explain that you don't like being yelled to from another room whether you are being stubborn about something or not. That seems to be the crux of the problem.
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Canon EOS 5D and Canon EOS-1D Mark II N Firmware Updates
Canon has released two firmware updates, one for the EOS 5D and one for the 1D Mark II N. The EOS 5D update (version 1.0.3) will fix the following:
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4. Fixes the mistakes in the Swedish-language MENU displays.
See the EOS 5D Download Library.
The EOS1D Mark II N update (version 1.0.2) has these improvements:
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Microsoft has release version 1.0 (build 50) of their RAW Image Thumbnailer and Viewer add-in. They've added support for the Canon EOS 5D and Nikon D50, D70s and D200 cameras.
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The Carl Zeiss website has been teasing folks over the last couple of days. Currently, when you visit the lens area of their site, you see a banner image saying: "Carl Zeiss Presents ZF!" and that more details are coming on December 28th. Previously, they had a message stating that "Millions of SLR Photographers Will Soon Discover a New Dimension in Photography."
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text: Home > Sports Rory dampens Monty Ryder Cup momentum by Allan Kelly, Agence France-Presse Posted at Jan 14 2013 05:57 PM | Updated as of Jan 15 2013 01:57 AM Share Save Facebook Twitter GPlus LinkedIn PARIS - Rory McIlroy has made his views clear over who should be Europe's next Ryder Cup captain and it appears he would not endorse a second term for Colin Montgomerie. In a Twitter comment, McIlroy said he was against any player holding the Ryder Cup captaincy twice. He wrote: "RC captaincy should be a 1 time thing... Everybody deserving gets their chance and moves on... Would love to play under Paul McGinley in '14" The choice to skipper the Europe team which will defend the title at Gleneagles, Scotland in 2014 is due to be taken at a meeting of the Tournament Players Committee in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday. Until recently the contest to succeed Jose Maria Olazabal, who skippered the Miracle in Medinah victory over the United States in September had been seen as a straight contest between McGinley and fellow Irishman Darren Clarke. But all that changed when the Americans, still shellshocked from the final day collapse in Chicago, brought back golfing legend Tom Watson, nearly twenty years after he was captain for the first time. The choice of Watson for Gleneagles 2014 took many by surprise, but it was largely applauded as a masterstroke given his stature in the game, especially in Scotland where he is adored for his British Open wins. That decision opened a debate over whether, given the popularity of Watson, it would be worthwhile to widen the European captaincy field with the name of 2010 European captain Montgomerie coming strongly into the picture especially as he would be on home turf. McIlroy's tweet, however, will act as a potent buffer to the Montgomerie momentum as he is the top ranking golfer in the world and the biggest name in the sport alongside Tiger Woods. Compounding the situation is that McIlroy, from a Catholic family in Northern Ireland, is currently stuck in a quagmire over who he should represent should he qualify to compete in the 2016 Rio Olympics when golf returns to the games. He has the choice, as an Ulsterman, of playing for Britain or Ireland, and faces strong opposition no matter which way he leans -- if he decides to take part at all. McIlroy was part of the European team that regained the Ryder Cup from the United States under the captaincy of Montgomerie at Celtic Manor, Wales in 2010 and was part of the team that retained the cup under Olazabal in Chicago in September. His Twitter comments are a clear endorsement of McGinley as Europe's Ryder Cup captain and would make relations between himself and Montgomerie difficult at the very least should the Scot get the nod in Abu Dhabi. © 1994-2012 Agence France-Presse Share Save Facebook Share on Twitter GPlus LinkedIn Read More: golf ryder cup Rory MacIlroy /sports/05/27/18/nba-warriors-not-counting-on-iguodala-in-game-7/sports/05/27/18/nba-rockets-injured-chris-paul-an-unknown-for-game-7/news/05/27/18/libo-libong-motorcycle-riders-nakilahok-sa-unity-ride/entertainment/05/27/18/your-star-will-always-remain-piolo-assures-sarah-as-she-returns-to-asap/life/05/27/18/troubled-exhibits-5-disputed-museum-treasures


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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- A Florida jury of six women found George Zimmerman not guilty of all charges in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.The verdict was read at about 10 p.m. Saturday after the jury deliberated for more than 16 hours over two days. Zimmerman, who faced the possibility of life in prison if found guilty of second-degree murder, smiled and shook hands with his defense lawyers. Judge Debra S. Nelson of Seminole County Court polled the jurors, each of answering that not guilty was her verdict. Martin's parents, Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, who attended the trial every day, were not in the courtroom for the reading of the verdict. Martin's father wrote on Twitter, "God blessed Me & Sybrina with Tray and even in his death I know my baby proud of the FIGHT we along with all of you put up for him GOD BLESS." Don West, one of Zimmerman's attorneys, said: "I think the prosecution of George Zimmerman was disgraceful. ... I'm happy this jury kept this tragedy from becoming a travesty." Jury deliberations got under way Friday and resumed Saturday morning. On Saturday evening the jurors requested regarding the manslaughter charge. They were sent a message from the judge stating that if they had a specific question, the should submit it. But the jurors apparently went on to reach its verdict without any clarification. On Friday, closing arguments for the defense lasted three hours, and Zimmerman's legal team contending that he was "completely innocent." The defense finished closing arguments and the jury began deliberations shortly before 2:30 p.m. Eastern time, according to media reports. Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer in a gated community in Sanford, Fla., encountered Martin on the evening of Feb. 26, describing him as a "suspicious guy," in a call to the police. He claims to have, a few minutes later, shot Martin in self-defense during a struggle in which, the teenager was reaching for Zimmerman's gun, tucked into his waistband. Martin, who was a guest in his father's home in the neighborhood, was returning from a trip to the store to buy snacks. He was unarmed. The shooting has been widely perceived as racially motivated, because Martin was black. Zimmerman has alternately been described as white and Hispanic.
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Linebacker Calvin Pace signed with the New York Jets on Monday.
Pace, who was cut by the Jets in February in a cost-cutting move, had 55 tackles and three sacks in 16 games last season.
The 32-year-old Pace has spent the past five seasons with the Jets after signing as a free agent from Arizona, where he played his first five seasons. The Wake Forest product has 495 tackles and 42 sacks with 17 forced fumbles and three interceptions in 139 career games.


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DeKALB – A Northern Illinois University police lieutenant punished for failing to give prosecutors two witness statements in a rape case could return to work next week after a merit board sided with him.
The University Civil Service Merit Board voted Tuesday to throw out the disciplinary charges against Lt. Kartik Ramakrishnan, with a majority finding that NIU leaders couldn't fire him because former Chief Donald Grady had already written him up in the incident, Ramakrishnan's attorney Howard Levine said.
NIU officials could appeal the decision in DeKalb County Circuit Court, but Levine did not know if they planned to do so. NIU spokesman Paul Palian said NIU officials had not received the merit board's written decision late Thursday.
"As of today, he is not in his position and is not on the university's active payroll," Palian said. "We await the merit board's written order, the substance of which we are unaware at this time. This remains a personnel matter, and the university cannot comment further at this point."
Levine said Ramakrishnan wants to return to work when the merit board issues a written order, likely next week, Levine said. Ramakrishnan, who was hired in April 2002, made $92,000 annually. If he is awarded back-pay for the past five months, he could receive more than $38,000.
"It's been a significant hardship on him and his wife, but he's looking forward to resuming a successful and productive career with NIU," Levine said.
NIU officials could appeal the decision in DeKalb County Circuit Court, but Levine did not know if they planned to do so. NIU spokesman Paul Palian did not return calls for comment, and Bill Nicklas, NIU's vice president for public safety and community relations, declined to comment.
The merit board's decision seemed to turn on Grady's written reprimand, which was issued the same day former NIU President John Peters gave control of the university's police department to Nicklas. Grady issued the written reprimand Nov. 9, and Grady and Ramakrishnan were put on paid leave the next day.
Grady was fired Feb. 19, and Ramakrishnan was notified of the university's intent to fire him and later removed from the payroll in April.
The disciplinary action against both leaders centered on two NIU students who talked with them about a rape case pending against former NIU police officer Andrew Rifkin, 25, now of Northbrook. A woman claimed Rifkin raped her in his Cortland apartment while he was off-duty Oct. 14, 2011, and reported the incident about two weeks later.
Later, two of her friends told Grady and Ramakrishnan that they believed the encounter was consensual based on what the alleged victim told them and how the alleged victim acted when Rifkin stopped returning her text messages and was seen with other women. Ramakrishnan took statements from the two women but placed them in Rifkin's internal personnel file rather than giving them to prosecutors.
DeKalb County Presiding Judge Robbin Stuckert ruled Nov. 2 that NIU police intentionally withheld the evidence favorable to Rifkin from prosecutors, and a week later, ruled that jurors could learn about police officers' actions if the case went to trial. Then-State's Attorney Clay Campbell dropped the charge against Rifkin; the charge was later reinstated by State's Attorney Richard Schmack, who defeated Campbell in November's election.
The case remains pending, and is next due in court Oct. 23. Rifkin has pleaded not guilty.
During a Nov. 2 hearing, Ramakrishnan said he "made a very, very bad mistake" by putting the statements in the personnel file. He said his failure to write a police report about his conversation with the two witnesses, as would be customary, was an oversight.
But during a civil service discharge conference March 29, Ramakrishnan said he believed the two statements were related to Rifkin's firing, and not the criminal matter, according to an April 11 memo from Jesse Perez, NIU Human Resource Services' director of labor.
Perez also warned Steven Cunningham, NIU's acting executive vice president for business and finance, that "industrial double jeopardy" could complicate the university's efforts to fire Ramakrishnan, according to the April 11 memo. Industrial double jeopardy prohibits employees from being penalized twice for the same offense.
"The former Chief of Police was within his scope of authority to issue corrective action against Lt. Ramakrishnan on Nov. 9, 2012, for mishandling witness statements," Perez wrote in the memo. "Because the written charges that counsel for the department successfully presented are based on the same offense, industrial double jeopardy is a barrier to the proposed termination."Lt. Ramakrishnan's Motion to Dismiss


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Nick Dancer, a sophomore in high school, checked in recently to give an update on his experience with the Trout Lake-based World Class Kayak Academy. The student kayakers and teachers were in transition from an extended trip in China to the West Coast of the U.S., where they will spend the rest of the school year paddling and studying.
In an interview with the Hood River News, Dancer wrote the following about his trip:
I first heard about World Class Kayak Academy when I started kayaking at the age of 13.
It is a high school for whitewater kayakers, and I was always interested in doing it because it seemed like the ultimate place to become a better kayaker.
I'm now attending WCA during my sophomore year of high school. There are nine students in the school; six sophomores, one junior and two seniors. There are two kids from Canada, one from Bali and the rest were from around the United States. Everyone in the group is already a solid paddler, which allows us to run harder whitewater.
Each semester at WCKA is broken up into two parts. For the first part we travel to an exotic location which, this year, was the Yunann region of China to paddle the Yangtze, Mekong and Salween Rivers. The second half of the semester, which is where we are now, will take place along the West Coast of the United States, traveling through California, Washington and Oregon in search of classic whitewater runs.
The program at WCKA puts academics first.
Students have to maintain a 70 percent (grade average) or above to be able to go kayaking. Every school day we wake up, have morning workout and start classes after breakfast. We usually finish classes in the early afternoon, in time to load gear and head to the paddling destination for the day. The routine keeps everyone motivated to work hard on school work because we know that as soon as we are done, we will be able to hit the river.
Going to China was absolutely incredible.
It is very sad to see that no one seems to appreciate the rivers there. Everyone looked at us like we were aliens. Most people there have never even seen a kayak before. The scenery was incredible, mountains carving out rivers that were so unique and so different than anything I had ever paddled before. China has huge-volume rapids creating massive holes and huge waves. Here in Hood River, we have low-volume, steep creeks. The transition from low volume to big water kayaking was a great experience for me. Kayaking a variety of whitewater has really improved my paddling skills.
In China, our day-by-day living situation was varying. We stayed at different hostels in small river villages and towns. Usually we had two or three students to a room. You can imagine how cluttered the room gets when you have three teenage kayakers living in it. The hostel would usually provide us breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Everyone in the group is a kayaker and has a loving passion for kayaking. We have all becomes great friends with each other, including with the teachers. It has been really interesting to live with my teachers. I have found that living with a teacher is very useful for education.
My kayaking improved greatly during my trip to China. When you go to a certain destination for just kayaking, it keeps you motivated to focus as much as you can on improving your skills.
The teachers are also very good at giving tips and advice. I've learned so much through my experience with WCKA.
Kayaking is my life. I love everything about the sport. It is something I will be doing until the day I die. I love the places kayaking takes you and the people you meet. The sport itself is so unique and unlike any other sport. It's a sport where you become so focused on one paddle stroke and one moment where nothing else matters except getting to the bottom of a big rapid or waterfall successfully.
Now that we're back from China and I can reflect on the experience, I've learned to appreciate everything I have back home: friends, family, good food, warm house and clean clothes, to name a few.
We Americans are so lucky to have what we have, and I believe that a lot of us take it for granted. Going to China really opened my eyes to how lucky I am to have what I have.
For the rest of the semester we will be traveling through California, Oregon and Washington, letting river levels lead us to our destinations.
After the trip is over I plan to spend the summer working at the Kayak Shed. I'm looking forward to being back home and spending a wonderful summer in Hood River.
This experience changed my life forever. It has changed me in ways that I can't even explain. Going to World Class Academy has been the greatest experience of my life.
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Zeta Petroleum plc, the ASX listed Romanian focused oil and gas exploration and production company, announces that the Musenita-1 exploration well ('Musenita') on the producing Suceava gas concession in Romania (50% Zeta; 50% Raffles Energy S.R.L. (Operator) was drilled to a depth of approximately 600 metres on 22 November 2012. Reservoir sections were encountered as expected and three tests were subsequently performed on the well. No commercial gas flowed to surface and as a result, Musenita is now being plugged and abandoned by the Operator.
Musenita was assigned a one in three chance of success and was just one of a number of step out exploration targets from the nearby Climauti gas field which continues to produce gas at 16,000m3/day. The partners in the Suceava concession intend to drill further step out targets in due course.
The drilling of Musenita has fulfilled all current work programme commitments on the Suceava gas concession. Zeta Petroleum plc Managing Director Stephen West said, "Suceava remains a highly prospective development project with the potential to hold unrisked resources of up to 80Bcf gas. Notwithstanding Musenita, multiple step-out exploration targets from the producing Climauti field that can be drilled at similar low cost levels remain, and it is the intention of the operator Raffles and ourselves to drill these in due course. In addition, we are currently evaluating the feasibility of monetising several stranded gas assets in the southern end of the concession by utilising gas to power technology. As a result, considerable options remain with regards to unlocking the value of Suceava, 50% of which we acquired earlier this year.
"In the meantime, NIS Gazprom Neft, remain on course to drill a well in December 2012 on the Jimbolia concession in which we retain a 39% interest. The well is targeting oil. Under the terms of the farm out, NIS Gazprom Neft will earn a 51% interest in the licence by fully funding the well costs. With a Pmean prospective oil resource of 1.72MMbbls, the Jimbolia well has the potential to significantly increase our existing production and reserves."
Source: Zeta Petroleum plc
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The list was compiled by Rolling Stone. It's what you'd expect. Two entries are below.
#11 - George:
George Harrison and I were once in a car and the Beatles song "You Can't Do That" came on, with that great riff in the beginning on the 12-string. He goes, "I came up with that." And I said, "Really? How?" He said, "I was just standing there and thought, 'I've got to do something!' " That pretty much sums him up. He just had a way of getting right to the business, of finding the right thing to play. That was part of that Beatles magic – they all seemed to find the right thing to play.
George knew every obscure Elvis solo; his initial influences were rockabilly – Carl Perkins, Eddie Cochran, Chet Atkins, Scotty Moore – but he always added something to it. Even going way back, I used to just swoon over that solo in "I Saw Her Standing There." You just can't imagine anything else there. He had that knack. And how many Rickenbacker 12-strings did that guy sell? That was a whole new sound too – Roger McGuinn got the idea from George, and then Roger took it to his own place with the Byrds.
When he moved over to the slide guitar later in the Beatles' career, it was a really beautiful thing to hear him play that. He once said to me, "I think modern guitar players are forgetting about pitch," and that was something he really cared about. He was very in tune when he played, the slide was very precise, and just a beautiful vibrato on it. It really sounded like a voice, like a very distinct, signature voice that came out of him. Just listen to those records. They're so immaculate, so inventive. He was a guy who could just add so much. - Tom Petty
#55 - John:
When Rolling Stone founder Jann S. Wenner asked John Lennon how he rated himself as a guitarist, Lennon replied, "I'm not technically good, but I can make it fucking howl and move. I was rhythm guitarist. It's an important job. I can make a band drive." It is, and he did: Lennon was the Beatles' spark plug and bloodletter, often adding rawness to pristine pop songs. Listen to the airborne strums that power "Help!," the circular riffage of "Day Tripper" or the deceptively sloppy "The Ballad of John and Yoko" – where, with George Harrison away on holiday, Lennon turned rudimentary lead and rhythm lines into sharptoothed magic. He was also capable of generating a truly ferocious tone: In the live promo clip for "Revolution," Lennon makes his hollow-body Epiphone Casino screech like a very angry lawn mower. Still, he didn't get his due as a guitarist in the Beatles' heyday. "They call George the invisible singer," Lennon said. "I am the invisible guitar player."


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Day: September 19, 2013
Saks Incorporated announced plans to open seven new Saks Fifth Avenue Off 5th outlet stores next year, including one in South Florida.
Saks is the latest upscale retailer, behind Nordstrom and Neiman Marcus, to push forward with its outlet line instead of the full-line department stores. The Off 5th stores range in size from 25,000 to 28,000 square feet and will be modeled in the brand's "luxury in a loft" store design, according to a statement.
"We look forward to the continued expansion of the Saks Fifth Avenue Off 5th store base into new markets and to provide our customers with a state-of-the-art shopping environment," said Robert Wallstrom, President of Saks Fifth Avenue Off 5th, in a statement. "The seven new stores are located in key communities and will be important additions to the company. We are excited to serve the customers of these communities with premium designer brands at an extraordinary value."
The outlets are expected to open in the Palm Beach Outlets in West Palm Beach, Fla; The Outlets at Bloomfield in Pearl, Miss; Potomac Mills in Woodbridge, Va., Outlet Shoppes at Louisville/Lexington,Ky.; Twin Cities of Eagan in Minneapolis, Minn.; The Mayfair Collection in Mayfair, Wis.; Easton Gateway in Columbus, Ohio.
Saks Off 5th stores will sell merchandise for men, women and children, as well as jewelry, beauty items, shoes, handbags and sunglasses.
In celebration of the openings, each new store will host local launch festivities with special discounts and giveaways.
Saks operates an existing Off Fifth outlet store in the Ellenton Premium Outlets in Manatee County.
Photo by Dan Wagner, Herald-Tribune staff.
For more shopping news in Southwest Florida, follow reporter Justine Griffin on Twitter and Facebook or email her at email@example.com. Read What's In Store in print on Tuesdays.


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Let bygones be bygone. The Jets were supposedly on the outs with Braylon Edwards and signed him twice. And re: Rhodes' private life. This isn't the 5th grade and Rhodes has been with as many women as Woody's hero Tim Tebow.
Would make this defense top 3 in the AFC(easily):
OLB: Coples
ILB: Davis
ILB: Harris
OLB: Barnes
CB: Cro
CB: Millner/Wilson
SS: Dawan Landry
FS: Kerry Rhodes
Let bygones be bygone. The Jets were supposedly on the outs with Braylon Edwards and signed him twice. And re: Rhodes' private life. This isn't the 5th grade and Rhodes has been with as many women as Woody's hero Tim Tebow.
Misleading thread title and horrible premise.
Such a misleading thread title. So lame.
Okay; I get it. It's definitely not a mainstream idea; but I'd be for it. Anything to improve the team.
Depends how Bush comes along. If Rhodes would play like he did early in his career and like he did when he first arrived in AZ I could see Rex being open to the idea..... but if he is going to pull his diva crap and only play hard when he wants too I rather stick with Dawan and the young guys.
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not facing the pat TE's makes a cover FS less a priority. I'd rather the jets get somebody that can tackle
My favorite play he ever did was against the Giants when he stripped Brandon Jacobs, picked up the football, and ran it in for a TD. So amazing.
He seems to play in the back end nicely.
Highly doubt he gets signed now that its out he is gay.. Rhodes is too good of player to be out there this long.. This is only reason I can think he is out there now.
I know t his is suppose to be a new age with gay pride and all that stuff.. But a sports locker room behind the scenes is ran by Men . Who would probably feel real uncomfortable showering and walking around naked in front of gay guys ..
Just my opinion tho.. But just watch lets see if Jason Collins and Kerry Rhodes get jobs this year..
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I don't think it is just b.c of the ghey thing. He signed a contract extension with the Jets and immediately became soft. He started doing some modeling/acting gigs and music videos and he was never the same player. Worst of all he stopped tackling. His first couple of seasons he played well and had some great performances against the Patriots that helped endear him to us fans. But that was a looooong time ago.
Adrian Wilson had a worse year and was picked up in the same week after his release..
I know for fact there a lot of players the feel the same way Chris Culliver does when he made those anti - gay comments last year..
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I haven't been paying close attention to him, but PFF has him as the 4th rated safety last year. 6th rated in run defense. For a free safety obviously not in a position to make a lot of tackles, he had 63. QBs had a 64.5 QB rating against him. Compare that to LaRon at 97.5, and Bell at 88.2. I'd be all for signing him to a short term, incentive based contract. He might be able to fluster Brady as well. That's a plus.
We are also forgetting to consider what his relationship was like with Rex. If their was a complete regime change then I might be able to see it. But I think Rex and him butted heads a bit and he did not play up to Rex's expectations. The ghey thing is obviously a factor no matter what people say publicly but I think even if that didn't exist he wouldn't be coming here b.c of how things went down with Rex.
Call me a bigot if you want but I can sympathize with a team being concerned about the ghey thing. It is a distraction. And in NY it would be 10 times as much. You also have to take into consideration that there are 52 other players in that locker room plus the PS. If I was an owner of GM he would have to be an Aaron Rodger/Adrian Peterson/JJ Watt type player to justify putting up with the possible distractions and locker room chemistry issues. We like to think that everyone would be tolerant but we know that is not the case.
Rhodes, despite the ambiguities surrounding his personal life, will be signed by some team after week 1, thus avoiding having to guarantee his contract.
As much as Rhodes short-comings are, he still would represent an upgrade for the Jets ... but Ryan does not strike me as open to a do-over with Rhodes.
Ironically Rhodes might have helped himself this off-season by coming out - there would be a team somewhere in the league that wants to be perceived as progressive - i.e. the first team in the league to ever sign an openly gay player. As it is, no one believes Rhodes protestations that he is straight so he comes across as disingenuous in his "I am straight" protests.
Merge this with the "We are the top offense in the AFC" thread and lets start talking Super Bowl.
Defense is not the problem, even the 85' Bears D couldn't counter this O.


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He catageorized the team's recent offer as being 'legit,' 'respectful,' and 'generous.'
"I would think that this contract is gonna get it done," he said, "unless he doesn't want to be here."
In addition, Francesa said:
"My understanding is the offer is legitimate. ... You cannot say the Mets have not made a fair offer. They have made a legitimatley fair, sound, offer. The biggest issue is how much is front-loaded, how much is in the later parts of the contract. Is there deferred money after the contract ends? Clearly, how you structure the contract is still open for debate. ... I think the Mets have put forth a contract that is substantial and is respectful in every way. ... I was a little surprised by some of the comments from Wright's camp, but it's posturing. ... The only thing I wanted to find out is whether the deal is legit, and the deal is legit. Does he want to stay? I would think he does. I would categorize them as being very close."To listen to WFAN online, go to WFAN.com.
Thanks to Danny Abriano for transcribing this information.
In regards to contract extensions, R.A. Dickey and Wright, Mets GM Sandy Alderson said this to Newsday last week:
"Between Thanksgiving and the winter meetings, we need to have a little more clarity than we have now, certainly. ... At some point, we need resolution on these discussions to be able to move on. ... We did get started early, but these things take on a life of their own. So I'm not surprised in either case that things have gone on as they have."
Well, it's that time. The Winter Meetings start next Monday. Thanksgiving was last week. Everyone is back to work, hustling before shipping off to Nashville. Yesterday's news cycle indicates Alderson wasn't kidding when he said he wanted 'clarity.'
Clearly, the Mets and David Wright have gone back and forth on what a new contract should look like. The Mets obviously feel they've done what is necessary to get Wright a serious, worthwhile contract. And yet talks continue... and the clock is ticking.
The above statement doesn't mean Alderson is demanding Wright ink a deal sooner than later. But, at the very least, it reads like he needs to know Wright's honest intentions so he can create a plan of attack for the Winter Meetings.
I'm sure Alderson's plan will be significantly different if Wright intends to be a free agent one year from now, as this also impacts how he handles Dickey (especially if there is a chance to trade him).
My bet is the team leaked details of their final offer a) because it lets us know they're serious about bringing him back, and b) because they need to force his hand (either to sign their offer, or at least say he will or won't (as they continue work on minor details). Hopefully the Mets were successful in their messaging, and Wright soon lets them know what's what, because the Mets need better players and Alderson has a flight to catch...


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Mount Union College Announces New Major for Fall 2007
April 15, 2010
The Department of Education at Mount Union College is adding a new major to its curriculum. Beginning in the 2007 Fall Semester, students will have the opportunity to pursue a major, minor and teaching license in intervention specialist (special education).
The intervention specialist major, with additional coursework, will lead to a license in teaching learners with special education needs. The candidates will major in intervention specialist and minor in an area of their choice. The candidates will also choose an area of focus, either early childhood intervention specialist or mild/moderate intervention specialist.
'We are pleased to offer a new special education major that leads to the intervention specialist license and to have the opportunity to help alleviate the shortage of special education teachers,' said Dr. Linda Burkey, professor of education and chair of the Department of Education. 'Having the opportunity to offer this license will provide local schools the qualified teachers that are in demand.
The early childhood intervention specialist teaching license is valid for teaching learners with mild, moderate and intensive education needs from ages three through eight and prekindergarten through grade three.
The mild/moderate intervention specialist teaching license is valid for teaching learners with mild/moderate education needs from ages five through 21 and kindergarten through grade twelve.
At the end of the summer, the Department of Education was awarded a one-year grant and the status of a Charter College of Education by the Ohio Department of Education and began offering intervention specialist licenses to currently licensed teachers this fall.
'This program has been a great success,' said Burkey. 'Now we have the opportunity to offer this in-demand program to our undergraduate students as well.'
In addition to the new license, the Department of Education also offers majors in early childhood education and middle childhood education, as well as minors in multiage education and adolescence to young adult education, all leading to licensure.


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AMERICUS, Ga. – The 2011 Georgia Southwestern men's soccer season centered around a thrilling two-week span, which included the team's battle for its first-ever PBC Tournament appearance. While the Hurricanes fell short of their post season goals, the man who propelled the attack for much of the season was awarded for his efforts.
Senior midfield Shane McKay was named to the 2011 PBC Men's Soccer All-Conference Second Team. McKay appeared in all 16 matches this season, starting in 15 of them. He led the team with five goals and single-handedly kept the Blue & Gold in the playoff hunt in the month of October.
After tallying two goals in the Hurricanes' first two games of the season, McKay would tally three goals in one week in October. The Sheffield, England native would score the equalizer and the go-ahead goal in the early going of the second half at Clayton State. The Lakers would eventually come back to defeat the Hurricanes 4-3, but not after being forced to overcome McKay's two goals in two minutes and 19 seconds.
McKay would his third goal of the week three days later against Lander. His goal in the 56th minute against the Bearcats would force GSW's first-ever draw against a PBC opponent.
The senior captain is the third Hurricane to receive post-season honors in the program's young history. His all-conference accolades follow Sam Hooke's Second Team All-Conference Defender award in 2010.


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In response to the cries about the Asian carp threatening to invade the Great Lakes, Congress has asked the Chicago District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to prepare a feasibility study to investigate the potential environmental, economic and social effects of the measures being considered that would implement a range of possible modifications to the electric barriers, the only present-day battlefields against the carp. These adjustments would improve the efficacy and the evaluation of other fish deterrents and additional barriers in the Chicago Area Waterway System (CAWS).
The CAWS covers Lake Michigan, the Chicago River, the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal (CSSC), the Calumet rivers, the Calumet Harbor and the Calumet-Sag Channel. Other studies could be initiated later that would involve the hydrological severance and reversal of the direction of the Chicago River, returning it to its original course into Lake Michigan. This would entail the physical separation of the CSSC from the Illinois River and would halt all navigation between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi River.
Formidable issues would remain: What would be done with the sewage-laden Chicago River if it could no longer flow into Lake Michigan before the costly removal of the waste and cleaning of the water? Reversing the course of the Chicago River could be an attainable engineering feat, at an astronomical cost, by reconfiguring the massive underground tunnels that were designed 100 years ago. Adding this cost to real estate taxes is an unaffordable option.
Reversing the direction of the Chicago River is the wish of every environmentalist that abhors what was done a century ago. Was the decision well-researched before its execution? It's not difficult to understand that there may have been a rush to judgment in the days of the stockyards, when the river was used as a dumping ground. Were the environmentalists of those days too short-sighted to predict that invasive species might threaten the Great Lakes? Five Great Lakes states are suing for the immediate and permanent sealing of the Chicago locks, where all of the CAWS watersheds intersect with Lake Michigan.Read more at http://blog.tradeonlytoday.com/tradetalk/?p=174%22
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The first drunken-driving arrest of the new year occurred shortly after midnight on Jan. 1, when East Hampton Town police stopped Selma C. Caplan, 46, of Northwest Woods, saying she had been swerving over road lines into oncoming traffic and back onto the shoulder. She was stopped on Cedar Street after making the turn from North Main Street.
The officer who pulled her over reported that she became irate with him, causing him to request backup. She reportedly failed roadside sobriety tests and was taken back to the station house, where she failed the chemical breath test as well, as disclosed in court.
Ms. Caplan was released later that morning without bail, due to her longtime roots in the community, but with a future date in court.
A driver who failed to dim his brights ended up under arrest at about 1 a.m. on Jan. 2 on the charge of driving while intoxicated. Police said Luis O. Garcia, 35, of Irvington, N.J., was driving south on Three Mile Harbor Road as a patrol car was headed north, and failed to dim his lights as required by law.
The officer reported that Mr. Garcia appeared to be in a drunken state, and when asked to step out of the car did so with difficulty. He was charged with D.W.I. after failing standard field tests and taken to headquarters, where he consented to a chemical breath test. Police recorded his blood-alcohol content at over the legal limit, .08 of 1 percent.
Bail was set later that morning at $750.
An officer questioning a motorist who, driving in the oncoming lane, had turned from Springs-Fireplace Road onto Hartley Boulevard in Springs at 5 a.m. on Dec. 31, was greeted with the strong smell of marijuana, according to the police report. Asked if he'd been smoking pot, Michael D. Peralta Munoz, 19, of East Hampton, handed over a glass pipe with a burnt substance in the bowl.
Charged with driving while impaired by drugs and possession of marijuana, he spent the remainder of the night at the station house before being released in the morning without bail.
A Springs man faces two separate D.W.I. charges in connection with a single incident, which occurred on the morning of Dec. 22. After a 911 call came in at about 7:40 a.m. reporting a one-car crash on Springs-Fireplace Road, officers found a 2005 Mazda in the woods at the Abraham's Path intersection. The car had plowed through the woods and into a tree.
There was no sign of its driver, but a few minutes later one of the officers saw a 2004 GMC driving away from the crash scene. It could not be determined from the redacted report why the officer suspected the driver, Jony G. Guazhambo, 38, as being involved in the accident, but the officer pulled the GMC over. The Mazda was, in fact, registered to Mr. Guazhambo's wife, according to the report.
Mr. Guazhambo allegedly acknowledged that he'd been driving the Mazda, and said he'd been texting his wife as he approached the intersection. Police, concluding that he was inebriated, had him perform sobriety tests, which he reportedly failed.
He was arrested and charged with misdemeanor D.W.I. for each vehicle. He also faces two additional misdemeanor charges of aggravated driving without a license, indicating that his driving privileges had been suspended. He was taken to headquarters and given a breath test there, which he reportedly failed.
Bail was set later that morning at $500.


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An annual event that includes royalty coronation and talent show.TALENT SHOW: Each club is invited to present two talents or two skits, or one talent and one skit. Skits are judged and all receive a ribbon (blue, red, or white). The top two (2) skits are presented at a regional event. Skits should be 3 - 5 minutes long. Skit may be pantomime, lip sync, original play, or individual talent. Adults may provide accompaniment. Clover Kids may participate just for fun but are not eligible to be in club skits for county competition. Skits must be pre-entered by the county deadline please. Props and scenery are encouraged.COUNTY ROYALTY: Each club is invited to select up to six candidates in the appropriate age groups to participate in the royalty contest. Candidates must be members in good standing and must not have won in their age category for prior years. A score sheet is sent to the office by the deadline. Interviews are held and one winner in each of the 6 categories is selected. Queen, Princess, and Junior Princess receive flowers and tiaras. King, Prince and Junior Prince receive boutonnieres and belt buckles. Sponsors are used for flowers, buckles, etc. Royalty are 4-H ambassadors during the year and are invited to promote 4-H at a variety of events.
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Here's an app that can help make your road trip more organized and less full of the kinds of surprises that leave you shaking your head.
Name: Road Ninja
Available for: iOS and Android devices
What it does: Identifies your location and points you, exit by exit, toward gas stations, hotels, shops, camping, restaurants, pharmacies, coffee and more. You could even find popular hot spots for sushi, tacos and desserts, and it can handle unusual requests such as hot dogs or bagels or even finding government services.
Cost: Free
What's hot: There are plenty of other apps out there that show you what services are at the next exit, but I found this app to be more streamlined. It was visually easy to use while in the car (as a passenger — don't use it if you're the driver unless you're stopped) and can quickly toggle between a visually branded view with distance (example: Chevron gas station in 0.9 miles) and the next screen with a map, directions, share features, prices, reviews and more. The hotel choices felt solid because Road Ninja is partnered with Hotels.com and has access to 20,000 exclusive mobile hotel deals daily.
What's not: Sometimes the results were a little slow to generate when I was on the freeway. But not every time. I was testing on an iPhone 4S with AT&T Service. It was always faster on Wi-Fi.


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Zygerria is a picturesque world with fortress-capped mesas that extend above windswept plains. Graceful brezak creatures catch the wind currents and soar effortlessly from butte to butte. The beauty of the planet hides the fact that Zygerria's cities were all built upon the backs of slaves. For thousands of years, Zygerria supplied slave labor the the galaxy; the Zygerrian Slave Empire became wealthy and powerful, as did those who exploited their chained subjects. After the Jedi Knights cracked down on the slave trade, Zygerria diminished. Its old fortresses and slave markets are still impressive edifices, though their luster has faded from time. Some Zygerrians are actively plotting a return to the old ways, and are finding eager allies in the Clone Wars.
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Anakin Skywalker
Discovered as a slave on Tatooine by Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker had the potential to become one of the most powerful Jedi ever, and was believed by some to be the prophesied Chosen One who would bring balance to the Force. A hero of the Clone Wars, Anakin was caring and compassionate, but also had a fear of loss that would prove to be his downfall.
The light-bodied brezak is a species of large lizard with skin flaps that, when extended, allow the beast to glide on the air currents surrounding the mesas of Zygerria. Domesticated brezaks are used by the royal Zygerrian guards to patrol the ground for escaped slaves. The beast's skin flaps are anchored to a flexible rib cage that allow the brezak to spread them wide. Its flat tail serves as a rudder, giving the animal -- and a capable rider -- a remarkable degree of control in the air.
Atai Molec
Atai Molec is the ruthless prime minister of Zygerria who will do whatever it takes to bring his homeworld back to its former majesty. He also serves as Captain of the Guard, leading the royal sentinels sworn to protect the Queen and enforce Zygerrian dominance over their slaves. Despite his rank, Molec often took a hands-on approach. He has been known to personally prowl the markets on foot, vigiliant for any inklings of rebellion, and he delights in breaking slaves himself, brandishing the Zygerrian electro-whip with unrivaled cruelty.
The Zygerrians were a powerful people in the days of the Old Republic, before the Jedi Knights tore down their empire of slavery. When slavery was outlawed in Republic space, the Jedi Knights liberated countless beings from bondage, and the despicable trade the Zygerrians excelled in was pushed into the shadows of the underworld. Zygerrians are a humanoid species, with strong, angular features. They are very strong, able to easily dominate the weak when on equal footing. They are also quite cunning at ensuring they always maintain the upper hand in any situation.
Queen Miraj Scintel
The Queen of Zygerria, Miraj Scintel longs for a return to glory for her people. Ages ago, the Zygerrian Slave Empire stretched across many sectors, supplying luckless labor to unscrupulous masters in the galaxy. Scintel takes advantage of a Republic distracted by war to grow the slave trade, allied by the Separatist Alliance. When Anakin Skywalker goes undercover to infiltrate Scintel's court, and discover the whereabouts of a vanished colony of Togruta artisans, the wily Queen takes interest in him. She sees in Anakin a prize to own and overpower, and uses her seductive charms to her full advantage.


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Big 12 Morning Five: 11.14.11 EditionPosted by cwilliams on November 14th, 2011
- Baylor freshman Quincy Miller has wasted no time putting up big numbers for the Bears. After scoring 17 in its season-opening victory against Texas Southern, Miller again dropped 17 on Jackson State in a lopsided 92-59 Baylor victory. Miller scored just two points in the first half, but went off in the second, scoring 15 of his 17 points in the game's final 20 minutes. A common concern for freshmen is a lack of confidence on the court, but Miller appears to have no issues in that department, stating, "my coaches told me to be confident from the start and shoot the ball, and that's what I did."
- Many Iowa State fans feared that a transfer-heavy team like their Cyclones might not be able to mesh as a cohesive unit this season, resulting in poor on-court results. Some of these worries were put to rest this weekend, however, as all four Iowa State transfer players scored in double-figures in an 86-77 victory over Lehigh. On paper, a Patriot League vs. Big 12 matchup would appear to be an easy power conference victory, regardless of which teams were participating. However, this Lehigh team is the defending PL conference champion, and narrowly lost to St. John's earlier this season. While all transfers performed splendidly, Minnesota-transfer Royce White stole the show, dropping 25 on the Mountain Hawks.
- The good news is all Big 12 teams won their season openers. The bad news? Many of the teams did it in an uninspiring fashion. Missouri struggled with Southeast Missouri in the first half before pulling away for a 15-point victory. Oklahoma narrowly defeated Idaho State, 88-84, while Texas Tech escaped Troy with a five-point victory. Kansas State found themselves down 14 at one point against Charleston Southern before clawing back for a 72-67 victory, and Baylor did not look very dominant in a 20-point victory over Texas Southern. That said, I wouldn't look into these narrow victories too much (even though I just did). Many teams struggle in season openers, whether due to jitters, new faces, or rust.
- NewsOK.com examines if the Big 12 Tournament could return to Oklahoma City soon, where it was hosted in 2007 and 2009. The men's tournament is under contract to remain in Kansas City's Sprint Center until 2014. However, with the expected change in Kansas City' conference culture due to Missouri's departure to the SEC, many folks think that the Big 12 will not be interested in renewing its contract to for Kansas City and instead will look somewhere else. Oklahoma City and Dallas are the only two cities who have hosted a Big 12 tournament, other than Kansas City, so one of those would seem to be a natural fit.
- While Texas faces the daunting task of replacing many star players not returning from last year's team, J'Covan Brown seemed to have no problem carrying the Longhorn offense in 2011-12. Brown dropped 28 points as the Longhorns cruised to a 82-46 victory over Boston University. One concern for the Longhorns, however, was their performance on the glass, as BU snagged 18 offensive rebounds. With Jordan Hamilton and Tristan Thompson now gone, Brown will need more help from his guards when it comes to grabbing defensive boards.


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Student or Learner
I am learning about the different tenses that we can use to express the future and in my book it says that:
- present continuous to express arrangements made before the moment of speaking: ex. Are they installing the new computers next week?
- present simple for timetables, arrangements and fixed events (which the speaker cannot change): ex. the bus to the science museum leaves at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning.
My question is for he following sentence:
We ................................ a press conference about our new discovery on Tuesday.
Is it correct to put either "hold" or "are holding" because it is an arrangement.
Thank you for your help
Well, they say you can use simple present to talk about scheduled events in the near future: ENGLISH PAGE - Simple Present.
"Hold" does not work. The simple present can express future time when events are on a definite schedule or timetable. Only a few verbs are used in the simple present to express future time. The most common are arrive, leave, start, begin, end, finish, open, close, be.


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Extension > Garden > Yard and Garden > Vegetables > Green manure cover crops for MinnesotaPrint an info sheet (752 KB)
Green manure cover crops for Minnesota
Sabrina Hart
Figure 1. Clover
Cover crops are plants sown thickly to form a living mulch in gardens. They help reduce soil splash and erosion, and keep weeds in check. When cover crops are turned into the soil to provide organic matter and nutrients, they're called "green manures." Green manures include legumes such as vetch, clover, beans, and peas; grasses such as annual ryegrass, oats, rapeseed, winter wheat, and winter rye; and buckwheat.
Some gardeners sow these plants in spring, especially in new garden plots to improve the soil and choke out weeds. In established vegetable or flower gardens, plant a green manure early in the season to improve the soil. After you turn it under, plant warm-season vegetables, bedding plants or container-grown perennials.
If you dig a new garden bed in spring or early summer, grow one or two crops of heat-loving buckwheat or beans. If you start a new garden in late summer, plant ryegrass, rapeseed, or oats, which grow quickly in cool weather. In late fall or the following spring, turn in the dead plant material and plant flowers or vegetables in the new, improved bed. The soil will contain more organic matter and more beneficial microorganisms, and there will be fewer weeds than before.
Another way to use green manures is in established vegetable gardens after early-maturing vegetables have been harvested. You can plant green manure where these vegetables were growing to keep garden weed-free, prevent soil erosion, and add organic matter to the soil. Turn in the dead plant material after a killing frost in late fall.
Sow the seed thickly to create a cover that won't allow weeds to compete. Mow the plants down if they flower, to prevent them from self-seeding and becoming weeds themselves. In spring, turn dead plant material from green manures into the soil before sowing seeds or transplanting seedlings. This is also the time to add fertilizer to the soil. If the green manure is one that doesn't die over winter, wait about two weeks after you turn in the living plant material before seeding or transplanting.
Nitrogen fixation
Many plants in the legume family, such as peas, beans, vetch and clover, grow in cooperation with soil-dwelling bacteria. These bacteria live in nodules on the roots of legumes. They take nitrogen gas from the air and convert it to a form plants can use. This process is often referred to as "fixing nitrogen." When the legume dies and its roots begin to decompose, residual nitrogen in the nodules becomes available to other plants. Minnesota farmers take advantage of nitrogen fixation when they plant soybeans in rotation with corn. The soybeans fix nitrogen in the soil; the following year the corn plants use the nitrogen.
Most soils in Minnesota have adequate populations of the bacteria needed to form the association with legumes, but you may choose to buy a powdered inoculum containing the bacteria when you buy the legume seed, to ensure that fixation occurs. In order to accumulate enough fixed nitrogen in the soil to nourish future plants, leguminous cover crops would have to be grown for an entire season.
Most commonly grown green manures in Minnesota
Annual ryegrass oats
A thick mat of oats or ryegrass prevents erosion and keeps weeds out. Although they will grow in cool weather, both die over winter. Chemicals released as ryegrass decomposes may keep small seeds, such as those of carrot and lettuce, from germinating.
Buckwheat, rapeseed
These broadleaf plants grow quickly in warm weather and effectively smother weeds. Buckwheat flowers are a favorite nectar source for bees, but if you allow either of these species to flower and set seed, hundreds of plants will come up the next year. Buckwheat has no frost tolerance, however, rapeseed may survive mild winters.
Clovers fix nitrogen. Many are somewhat winter-hardy and may begin growth again in spring. The giant variety of white clover known as 'Ladino' makes a particularly good cover crop.
Hairy vetch, alfalfa
Like clover, vetch and alfalfa fix nitrogen. They will survive winter and grow again in spring.
Peas, beans, soybeans
These are legumes and fix nitrogen. They can be grown as both green manures and edible crops: first harvest the pods, then turn the plants under. If sown in fall or late summer, they will die over winter.
Winter wheat, winter rye
These grains are cold hardy and if planted in late summer will begin growing again in early spring. They're good for areas that will be planted late in spring with warm-season vegetables such as tomatoes, peppers or squash. Turn the green manure into the soil in mid-May, then plant heat-loving vegetables at the end of the month or in early June.
Rye can develop a very extensive and tough root system that may be difficult to break up, making tilling and planting more difficult. Rye also has the same allelopathic qualities as ryegrass.
Edited by Jill MacKenzie, Former Extension Specialist, Horticulture, University of Minnesota Extension 9-07
Reviewed by Cindy Tong, Extension Post-Harvest Horticulturist, University of Minnesota Extension, 1-08 and Vince Fritz, Extension Horticulturist – Vegetables, University of Minnesota Extension 1-08.


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Vulture 1, Eyjafjallajökull nil (half time)
BA, beaks, unions invade pitch in second half
From the Ash Cloud If the latest tranche of volcanic ash has cut off chunks of the UK from Europe again, it certainly didn't hit the traffic of the M25 yesterday morning.
But as the taxi came out of the umpteenth 40mph zone, just ahead of the Terminal 5 turnoff the driver looked up to the sky and declared, "Nope, it's very clear. Not a plane in the sky."
Just how long was it worth staying in the airport before you realise that you may make that HP Conference in Berlin, but no one else seems to be going anywhere?
Terminal 5 was its usual self - a bland Eno track on constant play.
There were visitor information people to help those passengers who were finding it hard to grasp that, other than the odd flight to Northern Europe, no one was going anywhere right now.
One business type was fuming after being told BA was laying on coaches to take passengers to Edinburgh.
"What? Spend hours getting a coach to Edinburgh? After I've paid hundreds of pounds for a flight? Where do I get a train?" If he'd shut up five seconds, the woman might have been able to tell him. She was very patient but it was only early days yet. Will BAA lay on extra defibrillators for the duration of the ash crisis?
I asked what would happen if I went through security but realised the whole meeting had been cancelled and it wasn't worth getting on the flight. "I don't know, sorry," she said, "You'd have to ask BA." I think she'd have thought it bad form if I had a flight available and didn't actually take it.
Needless to say, getting through security was exceptionally quick, and departures relatively quiet. There was the usual smattering of Monday morning business travellers, a number of very orthodox-looking Jewish families, and a rather jangly Masai warrior. He made quite a racket just sitting down, so heavens knows what he'd sound like pogoing.
It really looked like a BA advert, without the opera in the background.
The gate was called, on time, and was A15 - ie in the main terminal, in full view of the main shopping area and coffee shops. It was almost as if BA wanted to at least keep up the pretence it was getting people on planes. Not sure if it made those passengers going nowhere feel any better though. I imagine most of them were still the other side of security. Or at home, or on the M25.
Boarding was also exceptionally fast. The pilot told us that while most of the UK was shuttered by the ash, the path to Berlin was clear. But apparently most people travelling today wanted to go south, and would be staying in London.
We were on the runway five minutes after the scheduled departure time, and over the North Sea after 20. It really was just like a commercial, except that to the North you could see a particularly grubby wall of cloud. Of course, the clouds in commercials will have been touched up. Nothing to do with the ash. Was it?
So, at half time, we appear to have beaten the ash cloud. Of course, there's still getting back tomorrow to worry about, at which point there's the small matter of the BA strike - or those bits of it which didn't hear about the court judgement in time - to deal with. ®
There'll be more from Joe Fay from Berlin - and the Ash Cloud - later.
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Managing diabetes is all about setting a healthy routine of medicine, eating, exercise, and sleep. But when you work night shifts or have changing work shifts, it can seem like there's nothing at all routine about your life.
It's definitely more of a chore to manage diabetes under such conditions, but it can be done. These tips may help.
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- Kansas is seen as hostile political territory for Democratic President Barack Obama, but part of the crowd at a Topeka event featuring first lady Michelle Obama booed Republican Gov. Sam Brownback.
The first lady spoke Friday at a ceremony honoring Topeka's high school graduates. Brownback shared the stage with her, along with Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins and other local dignitaries.
Former U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius also was on stage and received loud cheers, as did the first lady. Sebelius is a former two-term governor.
But when Brownback was introduced, cheers and applause for him were matched by booing.
Barack Obama received only 38 percent of the vote in Kansas when he was re-elected president in 2012. Brownback is a frequent critic of the administration's policies.
Posted by: Nick Viviani