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Two Tauranga men accused of manufacturing $2.3 million of P and conspiring to supply the drug have been acquitted by a jury - but the pair still face the prospect of years behind bars for other P-dealing offences.
The jury took almost four hours in the High Court at Rotorua yesterday to find Royce Allan Duncan, 49, of Omanawa, and Wallace Bramley, 38, of Papamoa not guilty of manufacturing 2.35kg of methamphetamine between March 2 and 3, 2010 and conspiring to supply the drug.
The jury was told that Duncan and Bramley had earlier pleaded guilty to a raft of other P-manufacturing and supply charges, including the manufacture of almost $1 million of methamphetamine on March 7, 2010.
On August 30, 2010, police also found 6kg of washed pseudoephedrine in the back of Bramley's car at Bureta Park Motel which the jury heard was capable of producing $2 million worth of P.
The pair had also pleaded guilty to possession of large amounts of other precursor substances, chemicals and equipment they had planned to use in their drug-dealing business.
That included Duncan being caught with 74kg of iodine and 70-80 litres of toulene stored at his house when it was searched on September 20, 2010.
That amount of iodine was capable of being used to produce up to 56kg of P, the jury was told.
The Crown alleged that Duncan and Bramley had produced the $2.3 million worth of P during a 12-hour period on March 2-3, 2010.
Two of the men's associates were also on trial.
Former police officer and real estate agent Nigel David Walker, 47, was found guilty of one count of conspiring with Duncan to money launder some of the proceeds of his P-dealing business.
The offence relates to Duncan's planned purchase of an industrial unit at Mount Maunganui's Aerodrome Rd in September, 2010.
The jury also found 36-year-old Stacey Helen Clark, aka Russell, guilty of one count each of supplying equipment, namely scales, to Duncan, knowing they would be used to manufacture P, and possession of cannabis for supply.
When police searched Clark's Pyes Pa Rd address on September 20, 2010 they found eight shopping bags full of cannabis, almost 3kg inside a tupperware container in her garage.
The cannabis was worth up to $31,000 if sold.
Duncan is the father of Clark's 1-year-old child.
The drug charges laid against Duncan, Bramley, Walker and Clark stem from a large-scale police covert surveillance operation code named Operation Safari carried out during 2010.
Police searched several properties in Tauranga and Waikato, and analysed 115,000 text messages and intercepted phone calls between the accused and associates.
Clark and Walker will be sentenced in the High Court at Rotorua on February 8.
Justice Peter Woodhouse granted the pair bail pending sentence with strict conditions.
No sentencing date has yet been set for Duncan and Bramley in relation to the charges they earlier pleaded guilty to.


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On the SPFI throttle body, which fuel line is the input and which one is the output? I've got it setup with the upper one as the input and the lower one as the output. Is that right? I'm doing the SPFI conversion on Suby, lotsa fun!!
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Which ones which? Fuel lines, that is
Started by subynut , May 06 2005 01:02 AM
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Posted 06 May 2005 - 01:06 PM
Hummmm......odd. Nobody knows?
Posted 06 May 2005 - 01:17 PM
Carnk your motor over, see wich one throws fuel.
Posted 06 May 2005 - 02:12 PM
Line in from pump to bottom of throttle body. Line out from Fuel Pressure Regulator on throttle body to fuel tank.
Posted 06 May 2005 - 06:46 PM
Cool, thanks! Figures, I was backwards. Thank you!
Posted 07 May 2005 - 10:35 AM
Glad to help
Had mine swaped at one point also. After I was redoing some intake manifold gaskets.
Had mine swaped at one point also. After I was redoing some intake manifold gaskets.
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Hey, folks. I just thought I pop in really quick to tell you that I just got my copy of Hyrule Historia today in the mail. Of course, I didn't just get that today, I also got my copy of Ni No Kuni. YAY!
And man, I am conflicted about which to unwrap first since I know whichever one I choose, I will end up getting full adsorb in for rest of my night's worth of free time.
Hm...Maybe I should ask you all which one that I should unwrap first? Nah, I can do that myself, especially considering that would required me to wait even longer to unwrap them since you folks usually don't comment here for me instantly.
Uh, I was going to talk about something else here as well, but I think I hear something calling my name. So yeah, thanks for taking the time to read this short entry and I hope you all have a good day. Talk to you later, BZPers.
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Soda Mountain Wilderness Council
Saturday, June 29: Botanist John Villella and SMWC board member Lori Cooper (email@example.com; 541-899-1117) will explore the area where Rogue Valley oak savannah meets Cascadian conifer forest, hiking from Round Mountain to Green Springs Mountain. The first part of the trip is cross-country; the second part is on the Pacific Crest Trail. The five-plus-mile hike is moderate to difficult. Meet at 9 a.m.
Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument
Friday-Saturday, July 5-6: On Friday, Peter Schroeder will give a talk from 6 to 7 p.m. about the role of butterflies and other pollinators in the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, at Southern Oregon University, Science Building, Room 171. On Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Schroeder will lead a hike to view a butterflies and other pollinators living in the monument. The group will meet at the Hobart Bluff trailhead on Soda Mountain Road. For reservations, email firstname.lastname@example.com. Find more information at friendsofcsnm.org or the Facebook page at www.facebook.com/pages/Friends-of-Cascade-Siskiyou-National-Monument
Southern Oregon Nordic Club
Sunday, June 30: The cross-country ski club is organizing a hike to the top of Wagner Butte. The hike will cover about 11 miles round-trip, with a 2,200-foot elevation gain. For time, meeting place and other details, call Kevin Wood at 541-261-3547.
Saturday, Aug. 10: Hike to Campbell Lake in the Marble Mountain Wilderness in Siskiyou County, Calif. The trailhead is about a 90-minute drive from Ashland. The group will explore Campbell and Cliff lakes, and those wanting a more strenuous hike can continue to Summit Lake. Expect a long day that could run as late as 7 p.m. For time, meeting place and other details, call Kevin Wood at 541-261-3547.
Lithia Park nature walks
Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays: Trained volunteer naturalists from Ashland Parks & Recreation lead free, easy, 1.5-hour nature walks through Lithia Park. Saturday walks are offered in July and August. Topics include trees, flowers, birds, climate, water, geology and the history of the park. Meet at the park entrance, across from the Plaza in Ashland. Registration is not required.
Rogue Valley Walkers
Saturday, June 29: 10K walk in Rogue River coincides with the annual Rooster Crow celebration. Meet at 7:45 a.m. at Palmerton Park on West Evans Creek Road. For information, call 541-245-9356.
Saturday, July 13: 10K hike to explore historic Jacksonville will meet at 7:45 a.m. at the parking lot on D Street, near the Jacksonville Library. For more information, call 541-245-9356 or see www.roguevalleywalkers.com/-ourclub.html.
Saturday, July 27: 10K walk in Eagle Point, with a 5K option, will meet at Bob Moore Park on Main Street at 7:45 a.m. For more information, call 541-245-9356 or see www.roguevalleywalkers.com/-ourclub.html.
Rogue River Rooster Crow Run
Saturday, June 29: A 5K and 2-mile walk begin at 8 a.m. at Beck Field in Rogue River. For details, see the race calendar at www.sorunners.org.
Ashland Fourth of July Run
Thursday, July 4: Ashland's 37th annual Fourth of July 10-kilometer run and 2-mile run/walk will start at 7:45 a.m. Both races begin at the corner of Main and Third streets. The cost is $22, and $10 for ages 12 and younger. Register at www.ashland.or.us/julyrun by 3 p.m. Monday, July 1, or register between noon and 5 p.m. Wednesday, July 3, at the Ashland library, 410 Siskiyou Blvd. Call 541-488-5340 for information.
Britt Woods Firehouse Run
Saturday, July 13: 12th annual 10K run in Jacksonville Woodlands begins at 8 a.m. Two-mile and four-mile exhibition run/walks will begin at 7 a.m., and a 100-yard fun run for kids will start at 7:30. The 10K features a staggered start for all runners, with start times based on age and sex. The event is a fundraiser for the volunteer fire department, Jacksonville Engine Company No. 1. Runners can meet above the Britt Pavilion above First and Fir streets at 6 p.m. every Monday (rain or shine) from now until race week for a Britt Woods training run. For details, call race director Doug Naverson at 541-890-7240.
Siskiyou Velo Club
Some club rides listed below are leisurely; others are more intense. All rides are designed and led by a ride leader. Coffee stops to socialize are included on all rides. For more information, see siskiyouvelo.org.
Every Saturday: Velo Slo-Mo rides begin at various morning hours from different locations. Pace: 7 to 10 mph over 12 to 18 miles on mostly flat terrain. Contact Phil Gagnon, 541-488-4289.
Every Saturday: Velo Mello rides begin at various morning hours from different locations. Pace: 11 to 13 mph over 20 to 25 miles on slightly hilly terrain. Contact Sandra Wetzel, 541-482-2995.
Every Saturday: Velo Ship rides begin at various morning hours from different locations. Pace: 14 to 16 mph over 20-plus miles with long climbs. Contact Jean O'Donnell, 541-488-6186.
Every Saturday: Race-pace rides begin at 9 a.m. at Cycle Sport in Medford and cover more than 20 miles. Contact Alex Hayes, 541-857-0819. See www.roguecycle.com.
Every Sunday: Velo Slo-Mo rides begin at various times from different locations. Pace: 7 to 10 mph over 12 to 18 miles on mostly flat terrain. Contact Purk Purkerson, 541-857-6513.
Every Monday: Coffee ride begins at 9:30 a.m. at Colver Park in Phoenix and goes to Jacksonville. Pace: 14 to 17 mph over 25 flat miles. Contact Ray Forsyth, 541-245-0312.
Every Wednesday: Coffee ride begins at 10 a.m. at Rogue Valley Roasting Co. in Ashland. Pace: 16 to 17 mph over 32 to 60 miles. Contact John Grimbergen, 541-488-1735.
Other recurring rides
Every Sunday: Cycle Analysis, 535 N. Fifth St., in Jacksonville hosts a two- to three-hour road ride at 8 a.m. All fitness levels welcome. Riders regroup at major intersections, and there are cutoff spots to make the ride shorter if needed. Contact Jana Jenson at 541-899-9190 or see cycleanalysis.net.
Every Tuesday and Thursday: Mountain-bike rides organized by the crew at Ashland Cycle Sport, 191 Oak St., Ashland. Meet at the Plaza in Ashland at 6:30 p.m. Riders of all abilities are welcome on the Tuesday ride. The Thursday ride is usually longer (two to two-and-a-half hours) and faster paced. Lights are highly recommended. Helmets and a safe, functioning bike are required. Call Scott at 541-488-0581 or see www.roguecycle.com.
Every Wednesday: Starting at 6 p.m., Cycle Analysis, 535 N. Fifth St., hosts a two-hour mountain-bike ride on either the Britt trails in Jacksonville or nearby Johns Peak, which has almost 200 miles of trails. All comers are welcome — no age or ability limits. Helmets are mandatory, and lights are required during the winter. Contact Jana Jenson at 541-899-9190 or see http://cycleanalysis.net.
Rogue Valley Audubon Society
Wednesday, July 3: First Wednesday bird walk at Denman Wildlife Area in White City begins at 8:30 a.m. The walk lasts about three hours and covers about three miles. Meet at the Agate Road entrance gate to the WMA by 8:25 a.m. This is an ongoing citizen-science project to record the numbers of different species observed by walk participants and enter the data in the Cornell Ornithological Laboratory's e-bird database. You don't need to be an experienced birder to join in, but taking part will help you become one. The walk coordinator is Murray Orr. Contact him at 541-857-9050 or firstname.lastname@example.com if you are willing to help.
Klamath Bird Observatory
Saturday, July 6: Vince Zauskey will lead a bird walk in the vicinity of Mount Ashland to look for white-headed woodpeckers, flycatchers, warblers and anything else that flies nearby. The group will meet at 8 a.m. at Northwest Nature Shop in Ashland to carpool, then will head out from the parking lot at Mount Ashland to the Forest Service mini-camping area (with restrooms) just down the road. Bring a lunch, water and warm layers. The group will eat at the available picnic tables around noon before heading back to Ashland. Limited to 15 people. Call 541-482-3241 to register.
North Mountain Park
Saturday, July 13: Local birding experts will lead bird walks from 8 to 9 a.m. on the second Saturday of each month through summer at North Mountain Park, 620 N. Mountain Ave., Ashland. Binoculars will be available to rent. Admission is free. Register at www.ashland.or.us/register or by calling 541-488-6606.
Weed Whomping Wednesdays
Wednesday, July 17: The Southern Oregon Land Conservancy holds half-day stewardship work parties on conserved lands in the Rogue Basin from 9:30 a.m. to noon on the third Wednesday of the month. Besides whomping noxious weeds, the group may map weeds or rare plants, plant native trees and shrubs or conduct other land-stewardship activities. Treats will be provided. For details, contact Kristi at 541-482-3069 or firstname.lastname@example.com. On July 17, the group will work at Oredson-Todd Woods in Ashland to remove non-native blackberry and ornamental shrubs.
Fly-casting instruction
Mondays through Sept. 30: Rogue Flyfishers will offer free casting instruction every Monday from 6 to 7 p.m. at Hedrick Middle School, 1502 E. Jackson St., Medford. All skill levels invited. Bring your rod or use theirs. Instructors are Otis Swisher and John MacDiarmid. For more information about the club, see RogueFlyfishers.org.


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I have a 4 month old son who I'm trying so hard to EBF.
He has a lip tie and a tongue tie but our hospital (the only one that accepts tricare) won't cut them until he's 6 months old, and when I told them we have a hard time nursing they said "just switch to formula. It's not a big deal."
After he was born he was taken from me for the first hour without my consent, and when he was returned to me, he wouldn't nurse. The Hospital LCs told me that he wouldn't nurse for a few days and that was normal. And then they shoved him on my breast and walked awya and wouldn't help me any more.
I went home, I struggled, but I kept up the best I could, despite a shallow latch, and the fact that his lips tucked in when he nursed. His lips actually blistered. They're still blistered... or really, calloused, now.
A month postpartum I was still struggling, and ended up hospitalized for mastitis and retained placenta, with a fever of 104.3. I had a DnC, my supply ended up dropping dramatically, and that's when the screaming started. Every time I put him to breast he'd fight and scream and absolutely just freak out. My husband started giving him bottles, not being supportive. Not only that, but fast flow bottles. So of course, my son got even more frustrated at the breast.
I started fighting to get my supply back up, to keep him latching, but it was just a constant battle. My supply dropped so steeply he would get dehydrated, even though I was constantly pumping, taking supplements, everything.
When things started lookig up I got thrush, the thrush is now ductal, and the doctors won't believe me. I'm battling off mastitis, caused by the thrush, I assume.
And suddenly, he just started refusing the breast today. Screaming bloody murder. Even with an SNS. I'm at such a loss, I'm trying so hard, and nothing is working.
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More travelers finding hotel space via mobile cyberspace
Online communication is going global and mobile – and so is the hotel business.
In just four years the number of internet connections is projected to zoom from 10 billion to 19 billion worldwide, according to research conducted by Cisco Systems. That will be more than two internet connections for every man, woman and child on the planet.
Why so many?
Because of the proliferation of mobile devices that often require that working people on the move need separate connections for their work computer, tablet and smart phone. There has been an explosion in mobile internet traffic, and the impact of that trend is being felt right here in the hotel business.
"We are receiving more reservation via mobile devices, some just minutes before they show up at the front desk!" says Tom Walker, sales manager of The Rose Hotel.
We are pleased to say that we had the foresight to redesign, upgrade and optimize our website about three years ago. Shortly after that it became apparent that the smart-phone revolution required yet another step – the creation of a mobile website, one that is more easily read and navigated on smart-phones' small screens. We later added a Quick Response code (or QR code for short) to our online repertoire.
"There has been an increase in visits to our mobile website since the introduction of our Quick Response code," Walker says.
The Quick Response code, whose digital image is pictured with this article, appears on the hotel's printed materials, such as key holders, business cards, presentation folders and the like. Millions of people who own smart phones – such as the Android, iPhone, and BlackBerry – and have downloaded Quick Response code applications can scan the code and be taken directly to our mobile website. From there guests can get information or make reservations.
This is easier and faster than having to do a conventional search or typing of URL addresses.
All of the aforementioned technologies are only going to become more important because the universe of technologically equipped travelers is growing fast. Take the stupendous growth in the number of internet connections mentioned at the top of this blog post. The countries that will see the greatest rate of internet traffic growth are India, Brazil and South Africa – all of which have rapidly expanding middle classes that have begun traveling the globe.
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Gas prices are utterly crazy! Just the thought of paying over $4 for a gallon of gas gets me upset. If you think that is high, wait to you see what people pay in Africa.
Last week, the average cost of gasoline in the United States was $3.84. In places like Los Angeles, the price has jumped to $4.23 a gallon. These increases are correlated to conflicts in Middle Eastern oil-producing nations.
These costs might feel like an all-time high, but that's nothing compared to other places around the world. According to a November 2010 study by German research firm GTZ, some countries are paying as much as $9 a gallon.
At $7.08 a gallon, it might be worth leaving the Vespa in the garage and walking to get your espresso in Italy. In France, it's probably better to ride your bike to the fromagerie – it'll cost $7.49 per gallon to fuel your Peugeot.
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A seat belt and an airbag saved the life of a Hickory man Thursday after his car crashed into a tractor trailer.
Eduardo Cervantes, 31, was driving in the 1500 block of U.S. 70-A in Conover at 8:21 a.m. when his car hit the back of an 18-wheeler, according to Shannon Roberts of the Conover Police Department.
The tractor trailer was stopped in the roadway attempting to turn, and Cervantes told police the sun prevented him from seeing the truck until it was too late, Roberts said.
The roof of Cervantes' 1993 Toyota Corolla was ripped from the vehicle's passenger side and partially from the driver side. The car was totaled.
Cervantes was transported to Catawba Valley Medical Center with non life-threatening injuries.
He was wearing his seat belt and the vehicle's airbag deployed, which likely saved Cervantes' life, Roberts said.
There was minor damage to the tractor trailer, and the driver, Gary Hockaday Sr., 58, of Sophia, wasn't injured.
No charges were filed in the incident.
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A two-car collision Thursday sent one person to the hospital.
According to Conover Police, a red Hyundai SUV was traveling south on Thornburg Drive SE in Conover around 11:15 a.m. when it collided with a Mazda 626.
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The driver of the Mazda complained of neck pain and was transported to Catawba Valley Medical Center, but no other injuries were reported.
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Since you say there's no gift opening at the party, I'd just get a gift for the child you know.
In this situation, we only gave a gift to our niece, not her friend who we didn't know. My niece had a lot of family members present, and her friend didn't, so there was a pretty big disparity in the number of gifts, and they opened them at the party anyway.It's their choice to have a joint birthday party - I'm only attending in honour of my niece, so only one gift.
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Gerard Houllier retains the support of Aston Villa owner Randy Lerner despite the club's slide towards the Barclays Premier League relegation zone.
Houllier will be backed in the January transfer window and is close to sealing the deal to sign France's Under-19 skipper Gueida Fofana from Le Havre for around £800,000.
Villa are only a point ahead of the relegation zone after their woeful performance in Tuesday's 4-0 defeat at Manchester City - and next on the agenda is Sunday's trip to champions Chelsea. But sources at Villa indicate Lerner and chief executive Paul Faulkner remain confident Houllier will eventually revive Villa's fortunes.
Houllier took over in mid-September after the summer transfer window had closed and has presided over only three league wins since replacing Martin O'Neill.
He has been handicapped by a series of injuries to senior players including Stiliyan Petrov, Emile Heskey, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Nigel Reo-Coker, Steve Sidwell and Luke Young.
In addition John Carew, Stephen Ireland and Richard Dunne's days at the club appear numbered.
Lerner recognises the seriousness of Villa's current plight - a stark contrast to top six finishes in their previous three campaigns.
But speculation that he and Faulkner met Houllier in Manchester after the debacle at Eastlands are wide of the mark and the Villa manager travelled home on the team coach.
After the trip to Stamford Bridge, Villa entertain Sunderland next Wednesday ahead of an FA Cup clash at Sheffield United three days later.
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Gracie: Anderson Silva 'not a humble guy'
Friday, June 28, 2013
Renzo Gracie is a legend in mixed martial arts and perhaps one of the most respected members of the community. Gracie has been a big part of helping Chris Weidman prepare for UFC 162, and when asked about Anderson Silva, had some choices words about the champion:
Gracie tells The Fight Network (video here) it's because Silva does not respect his opponents.
"Anderson is a guy that rubs many people the wrong way. He's not a humble guy. Even though he may speak humbly when he talks, when he's in the ring he doesn't act humble. He puts down his opponents. He acts in a way that again, we always know what is right and wrong, and by looking at that, we know it's wrong. It's like you can beat your opponent, but do it with respect."


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Korean specialist to join Asian Studies ProgramUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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The Asian Studies Program in the School of Pacific and Asian Studies at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa will welcome a new faculty member, Dr. Young-a Park, beginning August 1. She will teach a course titled, "Globalization in East Asia."
"The Asian Studies Program is fortunate to have a Korean specialist of Professor Park's caliber," said Dr. Yung-Hee Kim, a professor and director of the Center for Korean Studies. "We are excited about the new dimensions she will bring to Korean studies at UH Mānoa."
Park obtained her BA and MA from Seoul National University and PhD in anthropology from Harvard University. She is currently an assistant professor of anthropology at Knox College in Illinois.
Her research and teaching interests cover issues of post-authoritarian politics, film industry, social movements, globalization, and migration in South Korea. Park's book, "Unexpected Alliances: Post-Authoritarian State, Independent Film Networks, and Film Industry in South Korea," is currently under review by Stanford University Press. In it, Park investigates the cultural and institutional roots of the Korean film industry's phenomenal success in the context of Korea's political transition in the late 1990s.
Park is also conducting a new line of research on North Korean refugees in South Korea. While the rhetoric of "One Korea, One Nation" is prevalent in two Koreas, the social and cultural differences between North Korean defectors and South Koreans are articulated in both public discourses and everyday lives. Through this research, she examines how the social inequality between the North Korean defectors and South Koreans is being newly structured despite the strong ideology of equality based on ethnic nationalism.


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There was buzz about delivery pet food too.
Just because there's buzz, doesn't mean it's a good idea.
Just because there's buzz, doesn't mean it's a good idea.
I had not even heard of the term 'hypertext fiction' until I looked at the Wikipedia article. I thought he was talking about the New York Times. I can't imagine trying to either write it or read it as a novel. Basically it's a text based computer game. Apparently there isn't a whole lot of interest in same.
Quite frankly I find reading hypertext manuals and the like a lot more difficult than straight serial text with footnotes and references. But at least there's some justification for "click here to get more information on..." In fiction, it just makes things more awkward and hard to follow. It becomes a horrible distraction.
Reading Microsoft manuals in their outdated help app is a pain.
Behold, a Firefox extension for reading CHM files. [mozilla.org]
Good point. If I want a text based computer game, I'll play http://armageddon.org/ [armageddon.org] (such a cool game).
What is the literary problem that hypertext is solving? In most cases there's no need for it. Infinite Jest might work better with hyperlinks -- if you can stand reading something like that on a screen.
There's tons of literature on the web now. If you write poetry or fiction and you're name isn't Stephen King or something, that's where you're publishing. In fact there is a good deal of literature in html format, but most of it doesn't use hyperlinks because the work doesn't call for it.
I write
The only example of a literary work that I think might be improved by hypertext is the Bible. Possibly there are other works of the same kind. Maybe "Grimms Fairy Tales". Basicly collections of well known stories that already HAVE external links in the outside world. E.g., "Snow White" is linked to "Snow White and Rose Red", etc.
Or possibly some of Zelazny's works could have links to others of his works in the same universe. The links are already present, but they are currently implicit rather than exp
the definitive "hyperlinks" for the bible were published in 1890 and known as Strong's Concordance (which is, btw, possibly the most badass-sounding book title in the history of english), or more accurately Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. there's a modern hyperlinked version here [biblestudytools.com] based on it, called the Interlinear Bible, which is remarkably similar and effective.
the problem with hyperlinks in literature is, i think, that they have to be both thorough and noticeable in order to be any better than mere footnotes. however, this means that they are going to be distracting, and most readers will end up skimming through the entire book wikipedia-style instead of reading it. i remember reading some awful literature on a cd-rom on my middle school computers, that tried to exploit this, but it didn't work very well. i guess a custom reader could be made to restrict hyperlinks somehow, but this is aesthetically hard to design; will probably have compatibility problems; and may even be intrinsically frustrating to the reader.
it's notable that much of the function of Strong's Concordance is to help the dedicated reader work through translation issues. it's a "metatextual" scholarly tool.
some kindle books have a feature where you can read other peoples' annotations. i think it's kind of sleazy to put a social network in a book, but it's maybe the only literary hypertext that is actually at all functional right now. note, again, this is metatextual.
The only example of a literary work that I think might be improved by hypertext is the Bible. Possibly there are other works of the same kind. Maybe "Grimms Fairy Tales".
I could see Niven's Known Space series working well with hypertext, not that the stories would change much, perhaps abridged to reduce local retelling. Referencing concepts detailed in other works could make an interesting reread.
Problem is: who would tie into a multi-novel 8x the size of Lord of The Rings? And, what would the publisher try to charge for it? The result of these two factors leads to an audience approaching zero, unless the links were "pay as you click..."
Just because there's buzz, doesn't mean it's a good idea.
Now that "Don't Be Evil" is dead, I think your statement above should be Google's new mantra! Only with a capital B.
I don't know if I got the "hypertext literature" bit too well, but I think blogs are literature as much as books. So I don't believe that only because the format is different, "hypertext literature" is in itself dead.
Blogs are not hypertext literature any more than an webpage or a heavily annotated eBook would be considered hypertext literature.
Hypertext literature is an entirely different beast. Aaraseth's Cybertext: perspectives on ergodic literature discusses it at length. Unfortunately (or fortunately!) he's one of the few who took the medium seriously.
Janet Murray also writes briefly about it Hamlet on the holodeck and Nick Montfort (the average slashdotter should know who he is) mentions it briefly near the beginning of Twisty little passages.
For actual works of hypertext literature, you should check out Jackson's "Patchwork girl" and Joyce's "Afternoon". Of course, after you stumbled through those two, you'll see why hypertext literature never really took off
Yup. Samuel Delany tries a little of this here and there and it not only looks strange, it's also difficult to read. Hyperlinking is throwing off some ideas like multiple finishes to a novel. If it's going to flower as a new art form, it has to start with an idea that is really new and not just an obvious mechanism. It's probably even odds that someone has actually come up with genuinely new fiction that is enhanced a lot by its hyperlinking, and it's sitting on a drive someplace with the creator wondering what it is for.
1 + 2 + 4 + 8 + 16 + 32 + 64 + 128 + 256 + 512 + 1024 + 2048 + 4096 + 8192 + 16384 + 32768 + 65536 = 131071
Come on, people! This is Slashdot! There is exactly one odd summand of the left-hand side, so the sum must be odd.
It is really hard to write fiction with multiple hyperlinked threads. It is also not very pleasant to read
Oh yeah, with this there can be no disagreement. As to that part of fiction that is called literature, I do not think that it is even possible to write it as hypertext.
Literature is a one dimensional thing: one word follows another, one sentence has meaning because of the sequence of sentences that came before it, each chapter or verse can be uniquely identified by a single number: its distance from the beginning. Other uses of language are not so limited: think of organizational charts, flow diagrams, an
Literature is not inherently one-dimensional. It's just almost always presented that way for many very good reasons. Economy of effort is one of those.
Consider, I believe it was, Rashomon. The same event cycle was repeated as seen though the eyes of several different characters. Quite effective. Definitely literature. Extremely difficult to do.
Whenever several narratives take place in the same "world", and interact, then each thread can be handled separately, yet it still makes sense to link them at t
Most audiences above the age of 6 just want to be told a story, not to direct it themselves. There just isn't a demand for choose-your-own-adventure storytelling.
Furthermore, there's little excess supply of it because how many writers want to tell stories that way? When I sit down to write a story, it's because I have a plot in mind for it, or at the least a character arc in which the protagonist begins at point A and ends at point Z. The possible detours off to M, Q, and V... just don't interest me.
Most audiences above the age of 6 just want to be told a story, not to direct it themselves. There just isn't a demand for choose-your-own-adventure storytelling.
What about video games? Some of the most popular games are basically choose-your-own-adventure movies.
Bullshit. I am 31 and I am very much into visual novels. Ever17 FTW.
... and discover girls
This is
for certain meanings of 'game controller'
To hit puberty and discover girls, go to page 23.
To become a eunuch go to page 82.
To hit puberty and discover unix, go to page 64.
To become a eunuch go to page 82. To hit puberty and discover unix, go to page 64.
Why would those have different paths?
To become a eunuch go to page 82. To hit puberty and discover unix, go to page 64.
Why would those have different paths?
Once you discover Unix, it helps to have an epic beard.
... but I would say lack of money, i.e. no commercial potential. Lots of endeavors are difficult, but if they pay off, great. If not, not so great.
I haven't read TFA, but if the summary is anything like right, then they are dead wrong. From very recently,
http://www.apple.com/education/ibooks-textbooks/ [apple.com]
http://www.pottermore.com/ [pottermore.com]
And more people are reading more than ever before using hypertext - fiction, fact, opinion - every kind of literature you can think of. I think it's called the web, or something.
To clarify:
The books that existed before Hypertext came along were the way they were because of the medium. Books are linear, searching is a PITA, pictures were expensive and static..
HTML and related technologies changed that. Many forms of delivering literature have flourished - youtube.com, 4chan.org and bbcnews.com spring to mind of examples of completely different formats of delivering content that can include story-telling, education and much more.
There's more literature out there than there ever has b
It's a gimmick, it's like 3D movies and internet-enabled television. While there might be a few success stories(Avatar, Hugo), there are mostly failures(most 3D movies and almost all 'smart' tv). That doesn't mean the success stories have no value, nor does it mean that there won't be more, but does the average reader want literature in the form of a reference work? Nope, just like the vast majority of movie goers don't want the hassle and extra expense of 3D, and the *extremely* vast majority of televis
The concept of "literature" as purely book-bound started to die when Dickens published as serials in magazines, short stores and bound novels, and also by reading extracts from his work on lecture tours. It was inevitable that ideas like hypertext would find new forms of expression. The premise of the article seems to be as if the car industry had developed by building tractor units to replace horses, and then never got around to the idea of combining them with the passenger wagon. The first motor vehicles were simply tractors. We don't look at the roads now and say "Whatever happened to the idea of pulling carts with engines?"
Because it turns out that it is great for documentation, hence Wikipedia, but a really lousy way to tell a narrative.
I like to read up historical topics on Wikipedia, and all those branches and different developments and final reunion of history lines are really faszinating and a good read. So yes, hyperlinking can be a very interesting way to tell a narrative, which in turn consists of many different interwoven narratives.
There are also narratives you can easily turn into hyperlinking, so for instance Michael Ende's Never Ending Story [wikipedia.org] has lots of points which you could turn into hyperlinks - often there is a substory indicated but not written down, instead you find the sentence: "but this is a different story and shall be told at another time".
Or imagine all those fan fiction written for the likes of Star Trek or Star Wars, which takes some characters and develop a separate story around them - they could have been turned into hyperlinks woven into the main story.
The Silmarillon stories could have been hyperlinks inside of the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings, and the Disk World novels form a large network of stories which are connected by places, names and concepts - and which could be hyperlinked at those connections.
The main problem with that concept is that it is a gargantuan task to write all those sub-plots and sub-stories, make them consistent with the main story, and don't lose your drive. I guess not many writers are productive enough to give it a try.
Otherwise, you're just creating a world and throwing a reader into it to do the work of building his own story. There's nothing wrong with it for the tiny minority who want to do it,
Not such a tiny minority, but gaming (both computer and pen-and-paper) is much better way to achieve this than "hypertext literature".
A tiny minority want to do hypertext stories, but the minority that wants to get a created world and be thrown in it to buildtheir own story is not so small. It's estimated that 20 million people have played Dungeons and Dragons. The problem isn't that people don't want to build their own stories in a structured setting, the problem is that hypertext sucks at that--gaming does it much better.
gp. When I last read "hypertext fiction", it was actually called a MUSH. Multiple authors participated with each other in creating an interactive, reader driven story. The branching paths are simply too much work to depend on a single author for.
The problem with MUSHing was that simply some people are better storytellers than others. That, and the griefers, of course.
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Back when I had an overnight job I spent a whole night playing around on that twisted "chose your own adventure" game/hypertext story.
Really, I think the best "hypertext" books were the Broaderbund Dr. Seuss stories I got for my daughter. They really were pretty cool and brought the book to life. The Ted Talk [ted.com] I watched last night sort of approached the subject as well.
Though it wasn't hyperlink, I have read a few works of fiction that seemed to think it was neat to put gobs of stuff in footnotes. Now these weren't footnotes that explained obscure things the reader might not know to be skipped if you understood, it was explaining a completely fictional concept/historical event in the universe of the work in question.
This thoroughly breaks the flow no matter how you slice it. If you can't work some material more naturally into the narrative than hyperlinks/footnotes/jarring parentheticals, then something is very wrong. It severely detracts from the enjoyment of the story if I stop mid sentence to read it. If I chose to defer reading the material, then some things may make no sense until I get to the footnote and I have to figure out where the footnote ties back into the narrative in some cases where it isn't quite self-evident.
I do hope you're not talking about Terry Pratchett who tends to make footnotes just a part of the fun.
There's links all over this page!
Submitter, meet Wikipedia.
As so often, the proponents of this forget that technology can only ease the least significant step in writing, namely replication. Creation of the content is a creative act and "hyperlinked" literature is very hard to create. I might also point out that there were examples of this long before the web, with manual links ("go to page xyz, section a") and that never caught on either, for exactly the same reason.
People that are surprised here do not understand content creation at all and vastly overestimate the worth of technology in aiding creativity. It is almost nil. What the Internet can do well in this regard is content delivery/content replication, but that is it. Does not make writing the stuff any faster or easier.
First, like any other piece of literature, you need a narrative that's going to keep the reader's attention. A fancy interface only goes so far if the underlying message is boring.
Second, you need an interface that's going to complement the story. If you litter your text with hypertext links and call it a day, you're doing favors to nobody.
Third, both writing and coding something worthwhile take effort, and doing both at the same time, with the intent of making them work well together, takes even more effort than doing either separately. Frankly, it's just not worth it much of the time.
There are narratives that work well in a hypertext medium, though. Two that come to mind are Hobo Lobo of Hamelin [hobolobo.net], a fable that's being written slowly but surely, and Bear 71, a 20 minute 'interactive documentary'.
Of course, it always was (;-)) Hyperlinks were invented for footnotes and case citations.
For a quick look, see What's hot on CanLII This Week [www.slaw.ca]. I love the Leroy Smickle case described there (go to then end of the case link for the link array )
In literature, of course, they're pretty much a done fad.
The genre was killed off by a gag book in 2003, "Escape from Fire Island. [amazon.com] It's a gay zombie hyperlink novel: "If you run toward the nearest ferry terminal, turn to page 44. If you flirt with the cute twink, turn to page 55. If you throw caution to the wind and join the nearest circuit party, turn to page 80." It was published as a paper book, and was badly timed -- the gay novel boom was over, and the zombie novel boom was years in the future.
Because hypertext doesn't lend itself well to fiction. There isn't really much that you can add to a story with hypertext, and while a branching storyline sounds interesting in theory, that's exactly what it is: An interesting idea. By now the idea has been explored and found to be lacking.
Hypertext is great for non-fiction text, and I hope that the "revolution in textbooks" that Apple is trying - and the momentum that this will create for competition, results in more utilization in that sphere. A history b
Interesting that TFA has this quote near the bottom:
"With the rise of the Web, writing has met its photography.
I completely disagree. Photography and painting are different art forms; and telling a story linearly is different from giving the reader the option of following different paths through a hypertext document.
Bottom line is that good writing is already hard to do, adding this extra dimension makes it beyond the ability of most writers (and readers).
Authors are as a class people who are in love with words, specifically their own. When they write a novel, they want the reader to consume it from beginning to end, not missing a single word. So for them, there isn't much joy in pouring a significant amount of work into a target hypertext segment where 90% of the readers will miss it. And if it's going to be skipped over anyway, why waste time polishing their words? What's the point of them coming up with a secondary narrative flow that is in no way essential to the plot? On the other hand, if the hyperlinks are essential, meaning the reader is obliged to click on every link to get a full understanding of the plot, then at best it's no longer a novel, but a puzzle or gimmick. (Which are fine endeavors, no doubt, but the cross-section of high quality puzzle-creators and good novelists is rather small, and the people who care to do both at once, even smaller. (Think of parentheses as proto-hypertext, for instance. How many authors can successfully place parentheses within parentheses, without the whole exercise turning into a mess (and how many would even attempt such foolishness)?)) And at worst you have an exercise in tedium, both in terms of reading and in terms of creation.
So for them, there isn't much joy in pouring a significant amount of work into a target hypertext segment where 90% of the readers will miss it.
Actually, if something isn't pie-in-the-face obvious, 90% or readers will miss it anyway. Even *intelligent*, *attentive* readers. Extracting nuance from a story is a tricky and unreliable process. So you can either talk down to your readers, or you can try to make the story work on more than one level. The advantage of not talking down to your readers is that you're more likely to produce a story that readers can read over and over again.
Sometimes authors put in details that only a one-in-a-million reader
Hypertext doesn't respect intellectual property boundaries. Linking is stealing! </sarcasm>
Trying to fix HTML is like trying to graft arms and legs onto hamburger. There's got to be something better-- but XML is the same thing and worse. EMBEDDED MARKUP IS A CANCER. (See my article "Embedded Markup Considered Harmful", WWW Journal, 1997 or 1998.) The Web is a special effects race, FANFARES ON SPREADSHEETS! JUST WHAT WE NEED!. (Instead of dealing with the important structure issues-- structure, continuity, persistence of material, side-by-side intercomparison, showing what things are the same.) This is cosmetics instead of medicine. We are reliving the font madness of the eighties, a tangent which did nothing to help the structure that users need who are trying to manage content. The Xanadu® project did not "fail to invent HTML". HTML is precisely what we were trying to PREVENT-- ever-breaking links, links going outward only, quotes you can't follow to their origins, no version management, no rights management. The "Browser" is an extremely silly concept-- a window for looking sequentially at a large parallel structure. It does not show this structure in a useful way.
(emphasis added).
Ted raises some interesting points; it is hard for me to think that HTML is the be-all and end-all of information.
I don't know that his "zigzag" thing is ever going to get traction, but
Show me any medium where non-linear fiction is popular
As I stated in another thread in this article: gaming.
Show me any medium where non-linear fiction is popular
As I stated in another thread in this article: gaming.
For a popular nonlinear work: Homestuck.
The entire (albeit vaguely defined) genre it belongs to is almost exclusively nonlinear as well.
Dude. I know the concept, thought I invented it while pulling an herbally influenced all nighter in college. I stayed up endlessly trying to write James Joyce worthy digressions and offshooting paragraphs which violated the system (both because I was violating the rules on "digression", and because I had a term paper due I was procrastinating). The next morning, I found out it was crap, or at best would have taken an exponential number of days to edit. For now, traditional allusions and/or sequels are t
A lot of people pointed out various problems with hypertext fiction, but I think one of the bigger ones is the fact that an author wants a story read from beginning to end so that they don't waste effort on stuff the reader won't read. A lot of people have also mentioned that most examples of hypertext fiction have instead been called games, and I think a successful one would probably need to be approached more like developing a game than writing a story, with multiple writers branching off of a main trunk
I'm thinking actual novel, not a pick your own adventure.
Why not do it through an intricate set of links on character's names? Every name when mentioned the first time in interaction, would be linked to the current story from their point of view. It would be interesting as a collab.
Everyone writing one POV, but must interact per scenes.
I would go with an arc and definite plotline, and leave ALL subplots to the interaction as it developed.
In fact it's still probably http://www.journeyman.cc/~simon/bookshelf/hyper/mgi/ [slashdot.org]"> the largest hyperfiction ever written. It's not very good and I'm not very proud of it. The reason people aren't writing things called 'hyperfictions' any more is because they're now writing things called 'role playing games' - but they're still immersive non-linear narratives.
I guess the main reason is that it is very difficult to really use the possibilities in the right way. What replaces the storyline? I think what comes closes to "Hypertext literature" are games. And even there the balance between the hardcore gamers, who want to explore the level for 80h and the casual gamers who want to finish the game in an evening usually goes wrong.
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ALLIANCE, Ohio — Christopher Ryan's "Surfaces & Spaces" art exhibit will be on display from February 6 through March 6 at the University of Mount Union's Crandall Art Gallery.
Ryan is an associate professor of art (painting) at Hiram College.
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The Landscape Series began in 2010 and features landscapes from northeast Ohio, as well as works completed in Tuscany and Umbria, Italy.
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The duffle coat is the only item in the male wardrobe named after a town in Belgium. Duffel, population 16,000, lies 15km to the south of Antwerp, and lent its name to the heavy woollen cloth from which these coats were originally made. The weight of cloth was useful in WWI, when the British Royal Navy issued duffle coats to its sailors. In WWII the coats became indelibly associated with Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, a British commander, which made their adoption by beatniks and peace protesters in the 1950s rather ironic.
However, this autumn the duffle coat is back on the agenda as part of the appetite for a contemporary and urban take on preppy 1970s style. Here Mr Ed Smith, of literary and talent agency Curtis Brown, models five of our favourites.


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The stakes could not be higher as visionary director Robert Lepage, several of the world's greatest operatic artists, and the Metropolitan Opera tackle Wagner's Ring Cycle. In an intimate look at the enormous theatrical and musical challenges of staging opera's most monumental work, Susan Froemke's film chronicles the quest to fulfill Wagner's dream of the perfect Ring.
Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen is preceded by the broadcast of award-winning filmmaker Susan Froemke's documentary "Wagner's
Dream," which chronicles the backstage story of the creation of this ambitious new staging of the cycle.
Wagner's Ring Cycle on Great Performances at the Met
September 10-13 at 8pm & September 14 at 8:30pm on PBS North
9.10 - "Wagner's Dream"
The companion documentary, Wagner's Dream, chronicling the backstage challenges of creating the Met's landmark production, begins week-long Wagner festival.
9.11 - "Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold)"
In the first opera in the Ring cycle, the gods of Valhalla clash with underworld dwarves and brawny giants, with disastrous consequences.
9.12 - "Die Walkure (The Valkyrie)"
The mysterious hero Siegmund finds shelter in the strangely familiar arms of a lonely woman named Sieglinde.
9.13 - "Seigriend"
To fulfill his destiny, the young hero Siegfried must overcome one more opponent.
9.14 - "Gotterdammerung (Twilight of the Gods)" at 8:30pm
A trio of scheming humans separates the two heroes in a desperate attempt to steal the ring for themselves.


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Streak at 13 for Benton after rout
BENTON – The Benton Lady Panthers added to their already impressive season with their second 15-0 win in a row on Thursday. Benton beat JA Fair on Tuesday in three innings. El Dorado got a bitter taste of Benton on Thursday as Benton extended their winning streak to 13.
Starting pitcher Lauren White started the game in the circle and sat down El Dorado in order in the top of the first.
Despite getting their first two runners on in the home half, Benton could not push across andearly run as the first ended in a 0-0 tie. White allowed her only base runner to reach in the second inning on a single. She sat down the next three to end the top of the second.
Benton wasted no time getting on the board in their half of the inning. Taylor Atkinson started Benton off with a single. Bailey LeVart followed and monstered a shot over the left-field wall to give Benton the early 2-0 lead. Jessica Harding kept Benton going with a single, but was forced out at second on a fielder's choice by Hailey Durham. Drew Melton followed with a single to put two on with only one out in the second for Benton. An error by El Dorado allowed Daphney Bono to reach and scored Durham to make it 3-0 Benton. The Lady Panthers continued to pour on the runs as they continued for five more in the inning including an RBI single by Atkinson, followed by a two-RBI double from LeVart.
White sat El Dorado down in order once again in the third, sending Benton back to the plate needing just seven runs to end the game early.
That is exactly what they did as Benton pushed across seven more runs on five hits and four walks. Seven Lady Panther hitters each had an RBI in the third.
Benton ended the game in the third with a 15-0 rout of El Dorado to get to 13-1 on the year and 5-0 in conference.
Atkinson led the Lady Panthers with a 3 for 3 showing at the plate. She also scored three times and drove in two.
LeVart went 2 for 3 with four RBIs and scored once.
The Lady Panthers will head to Greenbrier on Tuesday for another 6A match. First pitch is set for 4:30 p.m.


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posted by Thom Holwerda on Wed 5th Jan 2011 21:22 UTC
Just - just hold on a second. This is big: NVIDIA, maker of graphics accelerator chips, has just announced, during its keynote at CES, that it is developing a high-performance ARM-based processor together with ARM, targeted squarely at the desktop, server, and even high-performance computing markets. That Windows on ARM thing? NVIDIA referenced it multiple times! Update: Boom, and we have a press release. "NVIDIA announced today that it plans to build high-performance ARM based CPU cores, designed to support future products ranging from personal computers and servers to workstations and supercomputers. Known under the internal codename 'Project Denver', this initiative features an NVIDIA CPU running the ARM instruction set, which will be fully integrated on the same chip as the NVIDIA GPU."
The keynote only just ended, so we'll probably be updating this article as events unfold. The news is this: inside NVIDIA, a team has been working in collaboration with ARM to develop a high-performance targeted at the desktop, server, and even high-performance computing. The project is called Denver.
It's in development at this point, so this is all I could gather from the liveblogs. Stay tuned for more - I'm sure Microsoft's keynote tonight has something to say about this as well!
Exciting times!


text: As they have for several years, the Red Sox will celebrate the life of Jackie Robinson on the occasion of his birthday Thursday (he would have been 94), and the pioneering Hall of Famer's son will be here to lend a hand. Former Sox player Tommy Harper and storyteller Dick Flavin will join David Robinson and others at Rogers Middle School in Hyde Park and McCormack Middle School in Dorchester. Lexington resident Steve Schlein, who met Jackie Robinson as a kid and became something of a Robinson scholar, will also be there. In 1947, Robinson became the first African-American to play in the major leagues. He's also the subject of a new movie, "42 " (his number), directed by Brian Helgeland and starring Chadwick Boseman and Harrison Ford. The film opens in April.


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Reno Bighorns player and former Syracuse Basketball star Damone Brown was arrested in Reno this morning on a felony count of money laundering.
Brown is accused of leasing a safe deposit box at a Buffalo bank for an alleged drug kingpin to store his drug proceeds in. Authorities seized $170,000 from the box before he was arrested.
The news comes after a FBI agent was shot in an early morning drug raid in Buffalo, NY, Damone's hometown.
A spokesperson for the Reno Bighorns said they are aware of the situation, but are unable to comment at this time. The team says information is still being gathered and they plan on addressing it when appropriate.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Guerra says he does not know whether Brown benefited financially from the arrangement. He could
face up to 20 years in prison if convicted.


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It's often said that the January transfer window is a tricky time to do business - mid-season moves often involve inflated fees and rushed, ill-thought out purchases. Andy Carroll a case in point.
But if clubs are prepared to wait until the summer there's some bargains to be had. These 11 players are out of contract at the end of the season, and were free to sign pre-contract deals with foreign clubs as of 00:00 on January 1.
From Ashley Cole and Frank Lampard at Chelsea to Rio Ferdinand and Paul Scholes at Manchester United, teams across Europe's big leagues will be poised to strike a bargain, hopeful of landing one of these big names for absolutely nothing come the end of the season.
Check out 11 of the best players currently available for free at the end of the current campaign...
Mark Schwarzer - Goalkeeper
The Fulham shot-stopper is edging towards retirement, but he remains one of the most consistent keepers in the Premier League.
The 40-year-old would be a great addition to most teams, and Fulham may yet decide to offer him another short-term deal. Whether he settles into a back-up role like Brad Friedel at Spurs, or continues to wear the number one jersey, Schwazer is a player that would improve most squads.
William Gallas - Centre back
The Spurs centre-back may just be edged out at White Hart Lane come the end of the season, with the emergence of Steven Caulker and the impressive recent performances of Jan Vertonghen and Michael Dawson. But the France international still has the ability, even if his pace is slowing, to command a starting place at most top-flight club.
Rio Ferdinand - Centre back
The Daily Mail report Ferdinand is out of contract at the end of the season. And as Jonny Evans was handed a new United deal last month, that could spell the end for Ferdinand at Old Trafford. Still a classy performer, he would be hugely in-demand if United decide not to renew his contract.
Kolo Toure - Centre back
The Manchester City star has flitted in and out of the team, but it goes without saying that he's far from first choice at the Etihad Stadium. A move away beckons, and there's sure to be more than enough suitors.
Danny Simpson - Right wing back
The Newcastle right-back played every minute of every game for the Magpies last term, but the imminent arrival of France international Mathieu Debachy, according to reports, could shepherd Simpson out of the exit door. A solid, dependable defender who would make a good addition to most Premier League squads.
Ashley Cole - Left wing back
Barely a week passes without another report linking Cole with a Chelsea exit. Paris St-Germain, Manchester United and Real Madrid were reportedly interested at various points, and the England international could still join one of these top European clubs. After all, he remains one of the best left-backs in the world.
Paul Scholes - Centre midfield
The Manchester United legend is extremely unlikely to leave Old Trafford for another club - retirement is a more likely option when his short-term deal expires at the end of this season. The only club that could tempt him for a sojourn away from United - how about Oldham Athletic - the club he watched on the terraces as a boy.
Ryan Giggs - Centre midfield
Like Scholes, the Manchester United winger is unlikely to swap Old Trafford for anywhere else. But he is out of contract - Premier League clubs it's up to you to convince him...
Frank Lampard - Centre midfield
The 34-year-old doesn't look like he'll be getting a new Chelsea contract, ending an 11-year plus association with the Stamford Bridge club. He's a legend in west London, but he'd be in demand if he did decide to move on. Queens Park Rangers, LA Galaxy, Inter Milan and a number of Chinese teams have been linked.
Theo Walcott - Forward
The Gunners winger could still sign a new contract, but now we're into January, Walcott is free to discuss terms with foreign clubs. He may stay, but if he decides to go, they'd be no shortage of suitors for one of the most direct attackers in world football.
Andrey Arshavin - Forward
The little Russian has gone off the boil at Arsenal, but it wasn't so long ago that the likes of Barcelona were interested in Arshavin. Now 31-years-old, a chance to move to another top club has probably passed. Reading is the most likely destination for the wide-man, but he could always return to the homeland if he doesn't sign a new deal.
Who would you like your club to sign on a free transfer? And, if you're a fan of one of the clubs whose players could leave at the end of the season, do you think your team should offer them a new contract - Frank Lampard at Chelsea and Ryan Giggs at United for example?
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Plymouth State alumnus Michael Moffett, '78, '89G and Afghan-American military interpreter Fahim Fazli will be featured at a book-signing event at Gibson's Bookstore on South Main Street in Concord at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 7. Their book, "Fahim Speaks: A Warrior-Actor's Odyssey from Afghanistan to Hollywood and Back," chronicles Fazli's life journey, including his escape from Communist-dominated Afghanistan in 1983, his years as a refugee, coming to America, becoming a Hollywood actor, and then returning to Afghanistan with the Marines.
Published by Warriors Publishing Group, "Fahim Speaks" won a Gold Medal for Top Biography from the Military Writers Association of America. "Fahim Speaks" was also nominated for "Book-of-the-Year" with the Oral History Association of America and for the prestigious General Wallace M. Greene, Jr. Award for distinguished non-fiction dealing with U.S. Marines.
Featuring a cover endorsement by Tom Hanks, who worked with Fazli on the movie "Charlie Wilson's War," this book was co-authored by Fazli and Moffett (Lt. Col., USMC, ret). The two met in the Marine Corps' area of operations in volatile Helmand Province, Afghanistan, in 2010. A reserve infantry officer and professor at NHTI-Concord, Moffett was in-country as a field historian for Marine Corps University. Fazli was so effective as a translator, bringing together Americans and Afghans, that the Taliban put a price on his head.
Dedicated to his mother and to all the women of the world, "Fahim Speaks" is an adventure story, a love story, a Hollywood story, and a war story. It's an inspiring account of perseverance and patriotism—and of the special love that one man developed for his adopted country—and for the United States Marine Corps.
Fazli's Hollywood experiences are extensive, and include two of the "Iron Man" movies, as well as "Argo," which won the Academy Award for Best Picture of 2012. Fazli just returned from Morocco, where he had a role in the filming of "Rock the Casbah" with Bruce Willis, Bill Murray, Zooey Deschanel, and Kate Hudson. Fazli can be seen in "Fort Bliss" with Michelle Monaghan, due out in September, and in Clint Eastwood's "American Sniper" with Bradley Cooper, which is tentatively slated for a November release.
A California screenwriter is presently working on a movie script proposal based on "Fahim Speaks."
For more information about the book or the book-signing event, contact Michael I. Moffett, 491-0553 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Sunday, August 16, 2009
Civil War California
The glittery metal was just a part of California's legacy. Its social and political characters and conflicts were as interesting as any other state, and its military volunteers ranged all over the West ensuring civil order, policing emigrant trails, garrisoning forts, and fighting hostile Indian bands. Given the magnifying glass that's been taken to legions of Civil War subjects of far less significance, a comprehensive look at The Golden State would seem to be in order.
David, put off your writing no longer. Your project awaits.
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- Chris EvansAugust 16, 2009
I agree about how little there is written about California's role in the Civil War. More should be done.ReplyDelete
I remember a interesting segment on the old show 'Unsolved Mysteries' about the various 'ghosts' of the Civil War-era Drum Barracks in Wilmington, California. Looked like a neat Civil War related site to visit.
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Not just hostile ones. The volunteers who replaced the regulars took the opportunity to clean house of friendlies and hostiles alike.
Thanks for the encouragement. I'm really going to have to renew my B&G subscription. You're right -- CW California is my book! I'll thank you in the acknowledgments.
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In this day and age of iOS this and iPad that you'd nearly forget it, but the gadget maker from Cupertino actually makes personal computers and an accompanying operating system as well. It's been nearly three years since the last substantial release, so it's about time: Apple has just announced a press event titled 'Back to Mac', with a lion on the invite.
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What does iTunes have to do with porting all Carbon elements of OS X to Cocoa? iTunes is NOT an integral part of OS X, unless you had not noticed.
Then porting Itunes should be easier. I'm not saying it is easy but I doubt it is comparable to photoshop. We get version after version of Itunes that is carbon based, I bet itunes 11 will still be carbon. They keep adding features to itunes; features that are adding to the "porting tax" if they ever move to cocoa.
See what happened with QTX. It is modern but completely devoid of features (compared to QT7), simply because they couldn't develop the features in time due to the cruftiness and complexity of the QT codebase.
There aren't that many carbon apps left. But Itunes is a prime example of an app that could benefit from cocoa. It isn't a piece of framework but it is part of OSX.
No, no they didn't. It took them almost 10 years.
Adobe did the majority its porting development between versions. It took them 10 years because they were coasting on carbon and originally apple promised them that it would be maintained. They dropped it because apple is dropping further development of carbon.


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Square Enix's flagship series has been so influential to the genre that it's almost synonymous with RPG. Use this space to share your favorite Final Fantasy moments or gossip about the happenings in Vana'diel. What's your favorite Final Fantasy?
Ok AAR is in Beta right now, and will be releasing in a few months on both PC and PS3 (same time this time).
I'll give some general info on it since I'm sure not everyone is familiar with it. It's a MMO on both PC and PS3. It's a cross platform game meaning that you can play both versions (PC and PS3) with the same account. This wasn't confirmed, but I'm guessing you will need to buy both versions separately if you wish to play on both (wasn't confirmed by Yoshi P the producer/director). There will also be a monthly subscription 8-13$ based on how many characters you want (should be clear that you do not need more than one character since you can have multiple classes/jobs on one character just like you could in FFXI).
So there you have it. This is a re-release of the disastrous FFXIV game that I'm sure many of you have heard about. Hence the name FFXIV: A Realm Reborn.
This game has been completely re-written and re-designed from the ground up for both PC and PS3, and the old version (v1.0) has been scrapped. I'm looking forward to this and will be picking both versions up day one. I'm just curious to see how many of my fellow GI community and FF group members might be interested in this as well.
So, whose in?
Well, the original was a flop and I'm glad to hear that they've practically rebuilt the game, but I have a feeling I'll probably place my cards on FF XI, which is still running and has established some ground. Depending on how things go, I might try out ARR.
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Some Beta testers have talked about their experience with the game now (GIO just had a blog put up today about it) and I would really love to get into this game, but I just don't have the time to invest in a subscription-based game...but, do we have any fears/hopes that this will go free-to-play? Look at DCUO on PS3 and Guild Wars 2...both quality MMOs that allow for casual time investment and no monthly bleeding of my wallet...I will most assuredly jump ship if FFXIV goes that route eventually, but not up front.
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I doubt that Squeenix will follow that model. They were asked about it, and apparently, it's not exactly high on their list of priorities, which is understandable given how the company's been having some problems and what-not. However though, I have to say that it's pretty excellent - my brother got a beta key to play it - and nearly everything that was messed up about the first is fixed and improved dramatically. Although I still lean toward XI - it has more content, naturally - ARR is definitely not a waste of money.


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Ortiz Eye & Hearing Associates of Morris announced that Shelby Haynes, a graduate of Morris Community High School, is the recipient of its annual $500 scholarship.
The cash award is presented to the most-qualified graduating senior at MCHS planning to major in a health-related field. Haynes plans to attend Lewis University, where she will major in Nursing-BSN.
Shelby, the daughter of Angela Haynes of Morris, had a cumulative grade point average of 4.804. During high school, she was inducted into Delta Phi Art Club; attended the Honors Banquet, the World Affairs Seminar 2012 and ACT Conference; and was JJC Show Participant.
In her scholarship application, Shelby said at the beginning of her sophomore year, she knew she wanted to be a nurse practitioner specializing in the field of pediatric oncology. She said knew she would be a great candidate because she had seen firsthand what nurses had to do caring for extremely sick patients.
During her sophomore year, she became very ill and the doctors told her parents she was going into kidney failure and they did not know why this was happening. She was rushed by ambulance to Loyola University Medical Center, where a team of nurses and doctors found that the NSAID medicine she was taking for a knee injury had caused the kidney failure.
A week after her release from the hospital, her father became ill, and a month later was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Shelby helped her mom take care of him, making sure he got his shots every night because of his blood clots. He passed away five months later at the Joliet Hospice Home surrounded by family and very caring nurses.
In her scholarship application, she said the award would mean a lot because, "I am living on a single income from my mom and that goes to pay for the bills."
Shelby said she has a lifeguarding job before school and wakes up at 4 a.m. to go to work until 7:30 a.m. and then directly to school, where she said she is a dedicated, efficient and punctual student, while making sure all her work is done as soon as she gets home from school.
"The money I make will not be enough to pay for my college tuition. These are just a few of the reasons that I would be a great candidate for this scholarship," she wrote.


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CC bumps Manchester 3-0
Columbia City senior Madi Sjahfiedin bumps a ball over the net as teammate Hailey Woll (7) backs her up. The Lady Eagles hosted Manchester Tuesday night sweeping the Lady Squires in three games 25-23, 25-18, 25-22. Kalisha Goree and Maddie Hinen led in boths kills and digs. Goree had 10 kills and 18 digs while Hinen had eight kills and 16 digs. Sjahfiedin had three aces from the service line while Jenee Schneider led with 15 assists. Post & Mail photo / Mark Parker