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How Poor Planning and Tainted Opinion Added Up to a $36.7 Million Accuracy Penalty
September 9, 2010
In a case of first impression, the Tax Court in Canal Corp. et. al. v. Commissioner, 135 T.C. No. 9, was presented with a leveraged partnership transaction. As a result of poor planning, sloppy paperwork and a tainted opinion by PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC), the Tax Court held that the transaction constituted a disguised sale, resulting in a $522 million capital gain and in the imposition of a $36.7 million accuracy related penalty. There are lessons to be learned from Canal in structuring a leverage partnership transaction and in avoiding an accuracy related penalty.
What Is a Leveraged Partnership Transaction?
A leveraged partnership transaction involves the formation of a partnership to which the owner of the assets, who wants to sell the assets, transfers the assets in exchange for a minor interest in the partnership and a special cash distribution, while the other party who wants to buy the assets transfers cash and possibly other assets in exchange for a majority interest in the partnership. The special cash distribution is funded from the proceeds of debt financing of the partnership and is guaranteed by the party receiving the proceeds. Under this technique, the immediate receipt of the special distribution should not be taxable to the partner receiving it until a later time.
The success of the technique is dependent upon the validity of the guarantee to create a risk of loss in the party receiving the special distribution, so that the debt is allocated to that party under Code Section 752. To pass muster, the leveraged partnership transaction must satisfy one or more anti-abuse rules of the regulations that provide a partner's obligation may be disregarded if undertaken in an arrangement to create the appearance of the partner's bearing the risk of loss when the substance of the arrangement is in fact otherwise.
Facts of the Canal Case
In restructuring its business, Canal (formerly Chesapeake Corporation) wanted to sell its tissue business owned by a separate subsidiary (Sub) to Georgia Pacific (GP). Because of a low basis in the subsidiary, Canal decided against a direct sale of the subsidiary. Instead, upon the advice of its investment bankers, Canal entered into a leveraged partnership transaction with GP. The Sub and GP contributed their tissue businesses to a joint venture, with GP receiving a 95 percent interest and the Sub receiving a five-percent interest and a special cash distribution of $755.2 million financed by funds the joint venture borrowed from a third party. GP guaranteed the joint venture's debt and the Sub agreed to indemnify GP if it had to pay under its guarantee. The indemnity agreement was limited to only the principal of the debt and GP had to first proceed against the joint venture's assets before demanding indemnification from the Sub. In addition, the Sub would receive a proportionately increased interest in the joint venture if it had to make an indemnity payment. The indemnity agreement was silent with respect to the Sub maintaining a certain net worth. After the Sub used the special distribution to pay off certain debt, to distribute a dividend to its parent and to loan $151 million to Canal its assets amounted to the $151 million note from Canal and a corporate jet worth $6 million, while the Sub's exposure under the indemnification agreement was $755.2 million.
PwC had provided Canal with a "should" tax opinion (the highest level of comfort PwC offers to a client regarding whether the position taken by a taxpayer will succeed on the merits) for a flat fee of $800,000. At trial, Canal could only produce a disorganized and incomplete draft of the opinion with numerous typographical errors.
Tax Court Opinion
The Tax Court held that the Sub's contribution of assets to the joint venture and the distribution of $755.2 million was a disguised sale. A disguised sale is when a partner contributes property to a partnership and soon thereafter receives a distribution of money or other consideration from the partnership. Such contribution and distribution transactions that occur within two years of each other are presumed to be a sale, unless the facts and circumstances clearly establish otherwise.
For disguised sale purposes, the regulations except certain debt financed distributions. A distribution financed from the proceeds of partnership debt may be taken into account for disguised sale purposes only to the extent the distribution exceeds the allocable share of the partnership debt of the partner who received the proceeds. To some extent this exception mirrors the treatment of the contribution of property which is subject to debt placed on the property immediately before the contribution of the property and for which the contributing partner remains liable for the debt after the contribution to the partnership.
A partner's share of partnership recourse liability equals the portion of the liability for which the partner bears the risk of economic loss. A partner bears the risk of economic loss to the extent that the partner would be obligated to make a non-reimbursable payment to any person (or contribute to the partnership), if the partnership was liquidated and the liability became due.
Anti-abuse regulations provide that a partner's obligation to make a payment may be disregarded if the facts and circumstances indicate that a principal purpose of the arrangement is to eliminate the partner's risk of loss or to create a façade of the partner's bearing the economic risk of loss of an obligation or the facts and circumstances of the transaction indicate a plan to circumvent or avoid the obligation.
The Tax Court held that the Sub's contribution of assets followed immediately by a special cash distribution constituted a disguised sale, unless the debt financed distribution exception applied. The Tax Court found that the Sub's indemnity agreement should be disregarded under the anti-abuse rules for allocation of partnership debt, since it was found to have been designed to limit the risk of loss of the Sub and lacked any economic substance. Because the agreement was disregarded, none of the partnership debt was allocated to the Sub and the exception did not apply. Therefore, it held that the Sub should be treated as having sold its assets to GP when it contributed the assets to the joint venture in 1999.
Accuracy Related Penalty
The Tax Court held that Canal was liable for a $36.7 million accuracy related penalty for a substantial understatement of tax. If a taxpayer can show that it acted with reasonable cause and in good faith with respect to the transaction giving rise to the substantial understatement, the penalty does not apply. Relying on a tax advisor generally constitutes reasonable cause and good faith, but the advice must be based on reasonable assumptions and the advisor must not have a conflict of interest. Having planned the transaction, PwC was found to have a conflict of interest and therefore Canal did not act with reasonable cause or in good faith in relying upon PwC's opinion. The most troubling facts were that PwC received a flat fee of $800,000, rather than an hourly rate, the opinion was disorganized and incomplete and was "riddled with questionable conclusions and unreasonable assumptions." The final nail in the coffin was the Tax Court's finding that "considering all the facts and circumstances, PwC's opinion looks more like a quid pro quo arrangement than a true tax advisory opinion."
Is the leveraged partnership technique dead? No! A meaningful, fully funded and real guarantee from the partner receiving the special distribution should provide the essential element missing in Canal. One can only guess whether a guarantee from Canal, rather than Sub and an opinion from an independent tax advisor would have tipped the scales in favor of Canal.
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Thomas R. Wechter, JD, LLM, is partner at Schiff Hardin LLP and concentrates his practice in the area of tax planning for individuals, corporations and partnerships and also handles matters involving tax controversies. Wechter has an LL.M. degree in Tax from New York University.


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In the latest set of National Computer Rankings compiled by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA), both the men's and women's teams are ranked in the top-25.
The men's team checks in at No. 16 nationally, while the women cracked into the top-25 at No. 25. Florida leads the charge for both the men and the women. The Huskers are the top-ranked Big Ten team on the men's side, while Penn State leads the women at No. 19.
The Huskers will close the regular season this Saturday with the Nebraska Invite at Ed Weir Stadium, set to begin at 1 p.m.
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Thursday, April 19, 2007
Brent Burns Is The Man!
The silver lining to watching every minute of this otherwise disappointing NHL Playoff Series is that I have been able to witness the coming of age of Brent Burns. There has never been any doubt that Brent Burns has tons of talent. I did at times in the past question his toughness and leadership ability. After watching him step up his game late this year and then take it to the next level versus the Anaheim Mighty Ducks I no longer have any doubt that Brent Burns has become an elite defenseman in the NHL. I can't wait to see him take the next step whether it is tonight or next year. GO WILD!!!
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- Wisconsin Music Man said...
Good luck next season! I hate it when the Mid-Western teams get booted out of the playoffs so early. Go Wild!
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Corporate Office Properties Trust, the Columbia-based office real estate investment trust, is issuing $350 million in debt, the sale of which is expected to close next week, the company announced Thursday.
The senior unsecured notes are due in ten years and will pay 3.6 percent interest, according to a statement from COPT. The closing is expected on Monday, the firm said.
COPT's operating partnership plans to use the funds raised by the offering to repay borrowed funds and for general corporate purposes.
Fitch Ratings on Thursday assigned the debt a "secure" rating, indicating there is now a low expectation of COPT failing to make payments.


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 29th Dec 2008 17:10 UTC, submitted by jeanmarc
A long time ago, when Windows was busy crashing into walls, when the Mac OS was running around naked in the woods looking for someone to protect its memory, and when Linux was frantically jumping up and down with a lollipop in its mouth, we were blessed with the BeOS. It was new, free of legacy nonsense, fast, and designed from the ground-up to make sense (which it didn't, but at least they tried). It could do all sorts of fancy stuff that the other operating systems could only dream of, but at the same time, trivial things like actually getting networking and the internet to work brought it to its knees. Sadly, it didn't make it because Windows and the Mac OS were bullying BeOS, and of course it didn't help that BeOS' parents didn't really know anything about the real world either. The community around BeOS, however, never really died out, and the central hub, BeBits, weathered all storms. It found a new owner today.
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not likely
by jonas.kirilla on Tue 30th Dec 2008 14:37 in reply to "I hope it doesnt"
Someone pushing a Linux-based "BeOS" is not likely to see much value in BeBits. 1: The software published on BeBits will not run on Linux. 2: Popular Linux distros use a package manager of some kind. I think that is where you're supposed to look first, for additional software, rather than visiting a product-specific website or a software catalogue (like BeBits).
I find it unlikely that someone would find value in changing BeBits' focus from BeOS/Zeta/Haiku to something else. The only non-BeOS synergy I can think of would be adding Syllable as a supported platform, but this too is unlikely. I don't think they'd be interested and they are clearly capable of creating their own infrastructure.
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Kelsey Grammer has found many ways to make headlines in his long and diverse career, from arrests for substance abuse and numerous marriages — he's currently on his fourth — to his hit TV series and flops.
Well, infamy has found him again: Grammer is the victim of an online Ponzi scheme.
In a story so strange it only could have happened in LA, actor Lydia Cornell has named the "Boss" star in a $100 million, 27-count lawsuit involving a Web site called Starpoly.
The social networking site, now taken down, was run by a character named Alex Varanos (who has two aliases, Alex Zamboni and Alex Zaronos), who apparently convinced Grammer and many others to invest, with the promise of selling "channels" to them.
The suit, which runs the gamut from fraud and embezzlement to false advertising and extortion, alleges that Varanos used Grammer's image and name to attract other investors such as Cornell, who once played Ted Knight's daughter on the ancient sitcom "Too Close For Comfort."
Grammer has threatened to counter-sue. His attorney, Marty Singer, said in a statement, "Any claims filed against Kelsey Grammer concerning Starpoly are absurd and without merit. Grammer has been substantially damaged in this venture, and, in fact, lost $1 million of his own money. Grammer received nothing from the venture, monetarily or otherwise.
"Grammer has not been contacted by any of the attorneys in the lawsuit, [has] not been served and has not been contacted by any governmental agency," Singer said.
"If Alex Varanos told people that [Starpoly] was Grammer's network, then it was done without Grammer's authorization, and against Grammer's strenuous objections.
"The parties and attorneys who sued Grammer on these fictional claims will be exposed to significant liability for malicious prosecution."


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Flat File Source
The Flat File source reads data from a text file. The text file can be in delimited, fixed width, or mixed format.
- Delimited format uses column and row delimiters to define columns and rows.
- Fixed width format uses width to define columns and rows. This format also includes a character for padding fields to their maximum width.
- Ragged right format uses width to define all columns, except for the last column, which is delimited by the row delimiter.
You can configure the Flat File source in the following ways:
Add a column to the transformation output that contains the name of the text file from which the Flat File source extracts data.
Specify whether the Flat File source interprets zero-length strings in columns as null values.
The Flat File connection manager that the Flat File source uses must be configured to use a delimited format to interpret zero-length strings as nulls. If the connection manager uses the fixed width or ragged right formats, data that consists of spaces cannot be interpreted as null values.
The output columns in the output of the Flat File source include the FastParse property. FastParse indicates whether the column uses the quicker, but locale-insensitive, fast parsing routines that Integration Services provides or the locale-sensitive standard parsing routines. For more information, see Fast Parse and Standard Parse.
Output columns also include the UseBinaryFormat property. You use this property to implement support for binary data, such as data with the packed decimal format, in files. By default UseBinaryFormat is set to false. If you want to use a binary format, set UseBinaryFormat to true and the data type on the output column to DT_BYTES. When you do this, the Flat File source skips the data conversion and passes the data to the output column as is. You can then use a transformation such as the Derived Column or Data Conversion to cast the DT_BYTES data to a different data type, or you can write custom script in a Script transformation to interpret the data. You can also write a custom data flow component to interpret the data. For more information about which data types you can cast DT_BYTES to, see Cast (SSIS).
This source uses a Flat File connection manager to access the text file. By setting properties on the Flat File connection manager, you can provide information about the file and each column in it, and specify how the Flat File source should handle the data in the text file. For example, you can specify the characters that delimit columns and rows in the file, and the data type and the length of each column. For more information, see Flat File Connection Manager.
This source has one output and one error output.
Configuring the Flat File Source
You can set properties through SSIS Designer or programmatically.
For more information about the properties that you can set in the Flat File Source Editor dialog box, click one of the following topics:
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Friday, October 05, 2007
Know Your Foe - Eastern Michigan
History – Eastern Michigan University was founded by the Michigan legislature in 1849 as Michigan State Normal School, and the first classes took place in 1853. It has undergone 3 name changes since then, first to Michigan State Normal College (1899), then to Eastern Michigan College (1956), and finally to Eastern Michigan University (1959). Boy they couldn't have just saved a name change in '56 by calling it a university instead of a college? Imagine the wasted money spent on letterhead because of that lack of foresight. Your tax dollars at work. EMU's enrollment boomed in the '60s, and peaked at just over 25,000 in 1992. Current enrollment is about 23,000, with 90% from in-state, and 60% female. Hey, guys at Michigan: That's a pretty good ratio. And they're right down the street!
Location – Ypsilanti, Michigan. Certainly the most interestingly-named hometown of any team Michigan plays, Ypsi was first settled in 1823 as a fur-trading post. The town is named for Demetrius Ypsilanti (or Ypsilantis), a hero in the Greek war for independence. Ypsi's population is about the same as the enrollment for EMU, and the town – like many in Michigan - has long been heavily involved in the auto industry. Punk rocker Iggy Pop grew up there, and indie rocker Sufjan Stevens included a song, For The Widows In Paradise, For The Fatherless In Ypsilanti on his Michigan album. Though long looked down upon by it's Washtenaw County neighbor Ann Arbor, Ypsi has seen a bit of a revival in the past decade. Many families and upwardly mobile singles in the area have settled there, finding the rents and mortgage payments far more reasonable on the east end of the county. On a weekend night, Depot Town is as lively as Main Street in A2.
Nickname – Eagles. The nickname was changed from Hurons in 1991 and the change still rankles many EMU alums, with a number of them refusing to donate money to the university, with some forming an organization to bring the name back. Know Your Foe has two problems with the name change. First, Hurons was an excellent, unique, and descriptive moniker. The Huron River runs through Ypsilanti, and the indigenous people for whom the river was named were native to southeast Michigan. Second, the nickname chosen is about as generic as they come and has no particular elucidatory significance to the area. There are over 50 colleges in the U.S. that use the nickname Eagles - most notably Boston College - and countless high school teams. The EMU regents would have been much more creative if they'd chosen one of the runner up names in 1991, Green Hornets or Express. Come on, you're Eastern Michigan. You're down the street from a prestigious, world-renowned university. Your sports teams rarely rise above mediocrity. Stand out for something, even if it's for your nickname.
Eastern wasn't always known as the Hurons. Previous nicknames included the Normalites and Men from Ypsi. Hurons was chosen as the winner of a naming contest in 1929. The name was submitted by two students and was chosen over the runner-up, Pioneers. Interestingly, that's the nickname of one of Ann Arbor's big high schools, but not the one named Ann Arbor Huron. They're, of course, the River Rats, which is still a better name than Eagles.
Mascot – Swoop, the Eastern Eagle. Coincidentally, a costumed eagle was used at EMU sporting events since 1985, six years before they adopted the Eagles nickname, though when it originally debuted many thought it was a duck. Swoop debuted in 1994 and has undergone a couple of facelifts in that time.
Colors - Green and White. This is a surprisingly uncommon color combination in college football. According to the College Football Tradition Web site, there are only five schools that use this combination and Michigan will be playing two of them this year. Along with EMU, there is Sparty, of course, as well as Marshall, North Texas, and Eastern's conference rival, Ohio. Though Know Your Foe's loyalty to the Wolverines has never been in doubt, the green and white combination has always been a favorite. Along with being unique, it's crisp and classic. Besides, green's always been our favorite color, though we had some nightmares about green at Michigan Stadium this year.
Logo – A green block "E" with a confused-looking Eagle head on the left. Along with the poor nickname choice in 1991, EMU did themselves no favors when they changed their logo in the same year. Prior to '91, the logo was unique to EMU, and though it could have used some updating, it had the makings of a classic. Add to that the fact that they used this logo on their football helmet for almost 15 years and the shame of the name change is compounded.
Since 1991, Eastern has had changed their logo twice.
The helmet changes have come much more frequently and with even more disastrous results. Eastern has changed helmet designs every two or three years since '91, including emulating two NFL teams. There was even a dalliance with silver on the helmets in the late '90s. The current version is totally generic and it even has a black facemask even though black isn't one of EMU's colors. Their current headgear looks like a lame high school helmet.
As always, all images of the helmets are from the incredible Helmet Project site, and the logos are from the equally wonderful SportsLogos.net.
Fight Song – Eagles Fight Song, which replaced Hurons Fight Song in 1991. Know Your Foe has to be honest here. We'd never heard the EMU fight song until doing this research. It sounds like a fight song that would be used in a 1950s movie about college. Some of the lyrics were changed after the Hurons became the Eagles (and a nod to Title IX was included), which makes the current version strange in that it doesn't seem to be able to decide what era to be from. The lyrics invoke such old-time classics as "Fight!" "Rah!" and the truly quaint "Hold that line." But in the middle it starts to sound like a bad Bette Midler song.
Eastern Eagles hats off to you!
Fight, fight, fight for old EMU
Look to the sky,
The Eagles will fly,
The bravest will defy
Rah! Rah! Rah!
Hold that line for old green and white
Sons and daughters show your might
So FIGHT! FIGHT! for old EMU and victory
Compare those to the original:
Hurons, Hurons, Hats off to you!
Fight, Fight, Fight for old EMU.
Shout to the sky the Hurons' war cry
The bravest will defy!
Hold that line for old Green and White
Loyal sons come show your might
Fight! Fight! for old EMU and victory!
Academics – According to the most recent U. S. News' ranking of America's Best Colleges, Eastern Michigan falls in the "Universities–Master's (Midwest), third tier" category (whatever that means) with fellow Michigan schools Ferris State, Northern Michigan and U-M Flint. Eastern has long been considered a "Teacher's College" and was the first teacher's college outside of the original 13 states. If you went to high school in Michigan, you were likely educated by several EMU grads.
Athletics – Eastern Michigan plays in the Mid-American Conference and is in the West Division in football. Though the overall athletic program is not stellar, there have been highlights in the past, and the recent past is impressive. EMU won conference titles in eight different sports in 2006-07, a MAC record. They also have won 26 MAC titles in men's swimming and diving (1978, 1980-1996, 1998, 2000-2005, and 2007), the most titles in one sport in the conference. And, amazingly, the then Hurons finished second in the 1976 College World Series. The basketball team has produced a number of NBA players, and has appeared in four NCAA tournaments, highlighted by their defeat of Duke in 1996.
The football team, however, has had very limited success. They suffered through a 27-game losing streak in the early '80s, but did win the MAC title and the California Bowl in 1987. But that 10-2 season is the only year they've been able to win the MAC, and they've had only one winning season since. Attendance is a continuing problem, as Eastern is in a constant battle to average over the 15,000 barrier to remain at Division I-A. With over 100,000 fans getting their college football fix seven miles up the road, EMU has had to resort to night and weekday games, as well as playing one game a season at Ford Field in Detroit to boost attendance.
Famous alums –Eastern isn't a major, national university with 40,000 students so their list of famous alums reflects that. Granted, they've had some decent athletes come through, most notably NBA Hall of Famer George Gervin, as well as miniature current NBAer Earl Boykins, and 1990 American League Cy Young Winner Bob Welch. But looking over this list, Know Your Foe barely recognizes anyone except for the captain from the horribly written Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, a winner of Last Comic Standing, and Judge Mathis. It's amazing they have people to profile in their alumni magazine.
The Game – Most people think this will be an easy game for Michigan. But this year, unless they're playing the dregs of college football, there's no such thing as an easy game for the Wolverines. And EMU doesn't quite qualify as a dreg, anyway. Michigan will win, but it will be ugly and will not be decided until the second half. MICHIGAN 28, EASTERN MICHIGAN 13.
10 comments:
- Crazyswordsman said...
At times I really wish Eastern were good at something. I love crosstown rivalries, and in college football there are precious few of them (well, there's only one that actually could mean something in football).
- October 05, 2007 3:47 AM
- Mikoyan said...
I think the mascot you mentioned before Swoops was actully supposed to be an emu and not an eagle, but I'm not 100% certain on that. I know we used to call him a duck.
- October 05, 2007 9:08 AM
- whetstonebuck said...
"With over 100,000 fans getting their college football fix seven miles up the road"
There's another team playing Div. 1 college football in the state?
Must be a typo. Regardless, thanks for the info. I love "Know Your Foe."
- October 05, 2007 10:41 AM
- Andy said...
"60% female" and "seven miles up the road"
I am sure there are others that will agree, but given the typical Michigan co-ed...I can confirm that the AATA bus ride down Washtenaw to EMU for girlfriend company was not a bad option...
- October 05, 2007 11:47 AM
- Collegefootballfansite said...
Don't forget, Ypsilanti is home to the world famous Deja-Vu. 100s of beautiful girls and 3 ugly ones.
- October 05, 2007 12:24 PM
- Steve said...
What? Not a single mention of local hero and Super Bowl (backup) Champion Charlie Batch?
- October 05, 2007 12:27 PM
- kristy said...
Thanks guys for your weekly post of "know your foe". I really enjoy all the bits of school trivia and and how it is all done with the usual great sense of humor.
Not a lot of other sites would be as mature as that.
Keep up the super job!!
has anyone gone back and read the Appy State version of KYF? kinda funny to read it now.let's hope emu doesn't surprise us like that!!! Ugh!!!!Thanks again!!!
- October 05, 2007 2:24 PM
- Terrin said...
Prior to 1956 Eastern Michigan College only had one discipline. Namely, Eduction. As such, it wouldn't have been appropriate to call it a University. Universities have more then one discipline. Over time, EMU expanded and offered more disciplines, and thus changed its name.
Michigan from its inception was intended to offer more then one area of study and thus was always referred to as a university.
- October 05, 2007 10:23 PM
- MGoBlue93 said...
For the geographically or ticket challenged...
The EMU game is on DirecTV CH. 219. DirecTV only has CH. 220 active during the week but on football Saturdays, you'll find other channels active just for the games.
Here is a link to the gamecast.
Here is a link to streaming audio over the Meeeechigan Football Network.
Go Blue!!!
- October 06, 2007 12:23 AM
- cmadler said...
I know this is an old thread, but I thought I'd toss out a correction. The original words to the fight song date to before the mid-50s name changes:
Hurons, Hurons, Hats off to thee!
Fight, Fight, Fight for MSNC.
Shout to the sky the Hurons' war cry
The bravest will defy!
Hold that line for old Green and White
Loyal sons come show your might
Fight! Fight! for MSNC and victory!
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Verona "Ronnie" (Schwenzer) (Vanderhorst) Farno , 92
Verona "Ronnie" (Schwenzer) (Vanderhorst) Farno , 92, of Minster, passed peacefully from her "life well lived" on Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012.
She is survived by her children, Dan Vanderhorst (Judy) of Las Vegas, Nev., Joy Knopp (Bob) of St. Paul, Minn., and Mary Jackson (Dave) of Weatherford, Texas; Bernie's children, Carol Weiland (Jim) of Dayton, John Farno (Diana) of Minster and Janie Perryman (Clif) of Perrysburg; her many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 40 years, Harry Vanderhorst; her husband of 18 years, Bernie Farno.
We will all remember Ronnie in her recliner crocheting an afghan for one of her grandchildren with Muffy by her side. We will miss her infectious smile and her unreserved love of a good time with family and friends. Though her children and grandchildren scattered to the four winds, she was never reluctant to encourage them to follow their dreams.
For 25 years, she demonstrated her caring nature by volunteering at Joint Township Memorial Hospital in St. Marys.
A Memorial Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Nov. 23 at St. Augustine's Church in Minster.
Visitation will be held one hour before the Mass. After Mass, there will be a gathering at the Minster Eagles to celebrate her life.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer's Association.


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DURANT, OK -- Around Midnight Tuesday, a pickup truck crashed on Hwy 91 just West of Achille.
"Looks like it's just what would be our typical accident. Somebody ran off the road. Attempted to over correct, and rolled their vehicle," said OHP Lt. Scott Hampton.
But the truck was driven by an off-duty Durant Police officer - Brandon Carbaugh, 36. And Hampton said Carbaugh failed a field sobriety test.
"And the trooper did place Mr. Carbaugh into handcuffs and put him into his patrol car," he said.
Hampton said OHP followed protocol on the arrest.
"And we had started making plans to take him to a different jail. It's not safe for him to be in a jail in the jurisdiction where he works," he said.
But Hampton said Carbaugh was injured and requested medical treatment.
"The trooper could not place him into jail without a medical release until the hospital could give one. So the trooper gave him his court date," he said.
Durant Attorney Jeremy Elliott said that's standard procedure.
"It's pretty common for them to be taken to the hospital for evaluation and then released to come answer for the charges later," Elliott said.
Whether they are released depends on if they are a danger to society, he said.
"And if someone was going to be charged with DUI, as long as they weren't driving, then there shouldn't be any harm to society," he said.
Hampton said they're still waiting on the toxicology reports from the state before they file formal charges. In the meantime, Carbaugh has a tentative court date of October 31.
"Is he at a level that just deemed driving under the influence, or aggravated driving under the influence," Hampton said.
Durant Police wouldn't comment on the matter since it's under investigation, but say Carbaugh has been placed on administrative leave.


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...a guy isn't safe checking his wet dry hygrometer in the morning.
Lets blow up all the hygrometers so bad weather can never happen again!
To the people making threats:
The scientists' work has already been published. They can't revoke those publications no matter how much you threaten them. You may discourage them from publishing more work, but that doesn't take back what has already been said. On the other hand, you may also make them more zealous in defending their cause. This isn't only bad for you, but it's bad for science. Either way it's a lose-lose situation, so use your conscience and don't make threats.
Many activists are more interested in making grand gestures and gaining status within their own organisation, than bringing about actual change. Even terrorist organisations tend to follow this pattern.
Any murderer worth his salt will get them while they are at home...
Diabolical super-criminals with a grudge against weather scientists are pretty rare. Stupid ones are much more common.
I think these guys are probably safe - basically if someone holding a gun in one hand and a picture of you in the other asks you if you're 'you', point the other direction, say "I think I saw him go that way" and just keep walking.
In the beginning, there was only climate science.
Then came some skeptics, and all was well. And the discussion was between scientists.
Then came some denialists, and all was not well. The discussion was now between politicians.
Now come the death threats, and all is getting worse. The discussion is now between activists.
What's next? Violence? And a 'discussion' between armies?
I'm so glad to see that a lack of knowledge does not hold the world back from taking violent action.
-- Is there any record of a scientist who threatens a religious leader for not agreeing with the Books of Science?
I think Dawkins has come close to punching a few of them.
I think Dawkins has come close to punching a few of them.
You'd think Dawkins would get along fine with religious leaders, seeing how they have the most dominant personality trait in common: neither can stand people not caring about what they care about.
What a bizarre argument. There is obviously a difference. Atheists not believing in something does not lead directly to immoral behaviour and the persecution of others. Christians discriminate against women and homosexuals, and they seek to impose their dogma on others.
The typical response at this point is that atheism is as much dogma and seeks to impose its will on other too, but that is incorrect. Since there is no God to hand down morality and punish you for disagreeing everything is up for debate and only a persuasive argument will work.
Just like with religious people there are many different types of atheists. Not all, heck not even many are of the type you describe. I know I cringe when I see people on TV claiming to speak in God's name about things and they are full of hatred and anger. These two things have no place in Christianity as Christ commanded us to love those that hate us. It's hard to do sometimes but all that hatred is a poison to the soul. Most atheists I find hate any mention of God and react almost violently to any m
Christ commanded us
There is the problem. Christ can't be wrong because he is he son of God, therefore what he said must be true*. Fortunately in this case the message is a good one, but not all of them are.
* Or rather, what the Bible claims he said, and with any modifications various saints/popes/copyists/translators made along the way. You have no way of knowing for certain.
Most atheists
...who make themselves known to you as atheists - ie. a self selecting sample of activist atheists.
I think you'll find most atheists just don't care.
there are many different types of atheists
Actually, there are just two types: those that disbelieve all religions, and those that disbelieve all except for one religion. For some reason, the latter category don't like being labeled atheists though.
there are many different types of atheists
Actually, there are just two types: those that disbelieve all religions, and those that disbelieve all except for one religion.
No, by definition, those are monotheists. Atheists believe either that there is no god or that god is impossible; neither group disbelieves all but one religion. English? You fail it.
No you fail at comprehension. It was a joke. The reason a Christian doesn't believe in thousands of different gods is pretty much the same as the reason the atheist doesn't believe in them.
The only difference is that the atheist also doesn't believe in the Christian god.
It's a modification of the quote:
"I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours"
Stephen Roberts
What a bizarre argument. There is obviously a difference. Atheists not believing in something does not lead directly to immoral behaviour and the persecution of others. Christians discriminate against women and homosexuals, and they seek to impose their dogma on others.
I truly can't say if you honestly believe in this absurd oversimplification, or if this is supposed to a parody [wikipedia.org].
The typical response at this point is that atheism is as much dogma and seeks to impose its will on other too, but that is incorr
I'm not going to argue semantics with you. Answer my point directly.
Go to any forum where atheists and theists debate each other and watch the arguments used. Are they persuasive?
You seem to think that "atheism" is some kind of group or philosophy. It isn't, it is merely non-belief in theism, i.e. God. It does not represent any group, any philosophy, merely a lack of faith in a higher power. So either you are saying that people who don't believe in God are not persuasive about anything, or you hold this mistaken belief.
I am an Atheist because I do not follow any religion or believe in God, but that says almost nothi
Yeah but I think that's more about trying to knock some sense into them for their own good than doing them harm.
I've said it before and I'll say it again.
Science will not cure politics.
Politics will corrupt science.
Why are scientists calling for a carbon tax?
It's a serious question. It's all fine to be a scientists and seek truth about how our world works. But far too many scientists are going well beyond this and into policy advocacy.
Some cheer this. As a engineer and lover of science, I resent it. It will corrupt the field of science. Power always does.
I believe global warming is occurring. The scientific fa
Hey, didn't British send their common criminals to Australia, religious nuts and crooks to America? With only two latter conditions being hereditary? Australians were supposed to be the sane ones!
Hey, didn't British send their common criminals to Australia, religious nuts and crooks to America? With only two latter conditions being hereditary? Australians were supposed to be the sane ones!
University of NSW senior psychology lecturer Jason Mazanov said the emails were indicative of a ''closed room'' mentality where people have lost all sense of what is normal.
They must've been originated from America: with this big space available, the Australian can't stand closed rooms...
The problem with Australia, strangely, is very different. It is not at all about criminals; it is because Australia is a society based on working class British culture which used to be highly unionised. Australians see high incomes and profligate use of
How many carbon credits can i claim if i kill someone?
Gotta be worth something... They won't be producing carbon ever again. Just maybe some methane as they rot.
As the facts continue to mount against them, these groups...
Climate change skeptics
Evolution denialists
"Birthers" (USA only)
become increasingly more extreme due to cognitive dissonance. I guess the end is when they can no longer even separate the facts from the messengers and having lost the factual battle seek to strike back in any way they can.
How pathetic.
On the other hand we keep voting in people with green policies. Must be some psychological factor at work which makes it easier for us to do the right thing collectively but not individually.
It just depends on the change. The threats in Australia are currently misguided aggression towards the retarded carbon tax policy that is being proposed by the government.
The current proposal is a tax on carbon. Oh but don't worry, apparently the actual polluters (people) won't be out of pocket, they are only taxing the producers. The way they will manage the increase in energy costs is
The end result of all of this is that the producers charge more to break even. The consumers (polluters) will either be compensated completely (the poor), or compensated partially (the middle class and the rich). What is left over for "green innovation"? Less than 10% of the tax collected. What a bargain for bureaucracy.
There's one other key player though, customers who can't claim money back through the tax return. That has the net effect of simply disadvantaging Australia, a country that generates a large portion of its wealth through mining and energy exports. In the meantime the two biggest polluters in the world are effectively pissing the Kyoto protocol against the wall.
It may sound selfish but as much as the world needs to stop polluting, all this is going to achieve is to grossly disadvantage the country in a time where energy resources (its greatest export) is one of the most critical agendas in international politics. There has got to be a better way.
While I think it's great people want to get involved with the environment, stop and think about this like a computer scientist.
If carbon dioxide produces global warming, we will run into problems as the ratio of humans to trees changes. Soon we will have more humans than trees, which means more carbon dioxide than nature can re-absorb.
The only solution is for us to use less land, and have more trees on it, which requires we have fewer humans.
We're like an obese person on a sofa who can't stop spreading out over the whole thing. Soon there will be no sofa left, only fat. What then?
Go find a medical researcher who works with animals and ask him for his death threat collection....
There is an excellent reason why climate scientists are being targeted personally. This is -- and has been -- the deniers' game plan all along.
The evidence for AGW is scientifically fairly certain, but powerful vested interests have attempted to derail regulation and legislation, firstly by lobbying, then by paying shady PR outfits to do "doubt mongering" and whip up the unhinged elements of the political Right.
Now that governments are paralyzed, the vested interests hope of tackling climate change have been foiled, by the climate action lobby appealing to the public directly.
The logical counter? Vilify climate action activists and climatologists, depict it as yet another battle of the Culture Wars, and whip up the lunatic Right into an even greater frenzy -- and make it has hazardous and dangerous as possible to advocate action on climate change.
The WORST thing we can do right now is back down in the face of abuse, vilification and threats, because if we do, then the oil majors and Koch Industries wins.
Meanwhile, floods [bbc.co.uk] and fires [chron.com] continue. I have always thought that the first major impact on society will be on food supplies, with a concomitant increase in food prices [telegraph.co.uk]. This will at first bring civil unrest [telegraph.co.uk] in poorer countries, as food takes up an increasingly large proportion of their livelihood. Eventually these high food prices will have a severe economic impact [un.org] on wealthy nations as well.
FTA: "One researcher told of receiving threats of sexual assault and violence against her children after her photograph appeared in a newspaper article promoting a community tree-planting day as a local action to mitigate climate change."
Death threats for planting trees? WTF?
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LAKE PLACID - The state Department of Environmental Conservation has decided to remove Marcy Dam, which was severely damaged by Tropical Storm Irene in August 2011.
The dam is one of the most visited places in the Adirondacks by hikers, skiers and snowshoers. It is located a little more than 2 miles from the start of the Van Hoevenberg Trail, which leads to many of the most popular High Peaks including Mount Marcy, New York's highest point. The trail starts in the parking lot for the Adirondack Mountain Club's High Peaks Information Center.
In a statement, the DEC gave numerous factors it considered in the decision.
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A broken Marcy Dam is seen in September 2011, about two weeks after heavy rain from Tropical Storm Irene swelled Marcy Brook to the point of breaching the wooden structure.
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DEC officials said the "dam no longer holds back water during low flow periods and has an inadequate spillway."
The dam would also have to be rebuilt to comply with dam safety regulations. Because of its location in a wilderness area, it would have to be made of natural materials. These factors would make rebuilding very expensive.
In addition, "the benefits provided by the dam are almost wholly aesthetic," the DEC stated. "It provides no practical or environmental benefit. The ponded water upstream of the dam is mostly filled with sediment and does not provide habitat for fish. The dam prevents the movement of fish upstream."
DEC officials also said the principles of "wilderness management include allowing rivers and streams to flow unfettered and to minimize human-made structures."
DEC also considered allowing the "dam to fail on its own; however, a catastrophic failure would result in ecological damage from the release of the silt behind the dam and possibly result in injury or death of people."
The DEC plans to remove the dam in stages over a five-year period in order to allow vegetation to grow on the sediment behind the dam, therefore anchoring it and minimizing the amount of sediment carried down Marcy Brook.
Shortly after Irene, hikers started using a crossing on Marcy Brook about a quarter-mile downstream from the dam, which had its pedestrian bridge washed out during Irene.
In June 2012, the DEC had a log-stringer-style wooden footbridge constructed 250 feet below Marcy Dam that allows people to cross the brook without getting wet.
Adirondack Mountain Club Executive Director Neil Woodworth's organization owns nearby property and operates the information center, nearby campgrounds and the Adirondak Loj. He said his organization doesn't have an official stance on the removal of the dam.
However, Woodworth said the DEC doesn't have the resources to rebuild the dam, which he guessed would cost at least $1 million to replace because of dam regulations, which have gotten stricter in recent years.
"Given the heightened scrutiny on dam construction and safety procedures, I'd have to believe you couldn't take a Depression-era dam and simply rebuild it," he said.
From a personal standpoint, Woodworth said he used to love the view of the impounded water and mountains.
"But I'm getting used to how it looks now, and it's a different kind of aesthetics now, and over time people will get used to that different (view), to what nature is doing to transform that area," he said.


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MACHESNEY PARK -- The Village of Machesney Park has announced that the Utility Tax Rebate program for eligible residents begins today, July 1, 2013.
The Utility Tax Rebate program offers a maximum rebate of $150.00 annually per household on the municipal electric tax and municipal gas use tax. Residents can apply for the basic low documentation rebate, which they only need to submit one electric bill and one gas bill showing the tax was applied to their account, and they can receive up to $50 annually ($25 for electric and $25 for gas). If a resident would like to be rebated the actual amount of taxes they have paid, they will need to submit copies of each monthly bill, for both electric and gas, and the Village will rebate up to $150 of the actual taxes paid.
Bills can be submitted either on a quarterly or annual basis for reimbursement. The individual must have been a resident of the Village of Machesney Park, paid the utility taxes, and be in a low-income household. Low-income thresholds are dependent upon the number in the household: one person would need to have less than $30,000 in adjusted gross income (AGI) to apply for the rebate; two people would need to have less than $35,000; three people less than $40,000; four people less than $45,000; five people less than $50,000; and six people less than $55,000 in AGI based on their last tax return.
The Utility Tax Rebate program was established this year as part of a revenue plan to boost public safety through increasing the number police officers, performing road improvements and maintenance, and spurring economic development through job growth. At least 55% of the revenue will be used towards roads.
Instructions and applications are available at Machesney Park Village Hall, 300 Roosevelt Road or by downloading the forms from the Village web site, here.
For more information, contact Gregory Anderson, Community Development Coordinator, Village of Machesney Park, (815) 877-5432.


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The Memphis Grizzlies have made quite the early impression.
Following back-to-back convincing wins over last year's NBA finalists, Memphis beat this season's last unbeaten team Friday and continued its best start in franchise history.
Zach Randolph had 20 points and 15 rebounds and Marc Gasol added 24 points and seven boards in the Grizzlies' 105-95 victory over the New York Knicks.
Rudy Gay netted 17 points and Mike Conley tallied 16 points and eight assists for Memphis, which is perfect since a season-opening loss to the Los Angeles Clippers and surpassed New York as the league's top team for the first time in frachise history at 7-1.
The Grizzlies, who extended their home winning streak to 15 games, throttled Miami, 104-86, on Sunday before beating the Thunder in Oklahoma City, 107-97, on Wednesday.
New York, which was trying to begin 7-0 for the first time since 1993-94 -- a team that reached the NBA Finals --, was led by Carmelo Anthony's 20 points.
The Knicks calmly and cooly came back from a fourth-quarter deficit against the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday, but were unable to duplicate the feat a night later.
The visitors lost their composure against Memphis in the third quarter.
"It was one of those nights," Knicks center Tyson Chandler said. "Tonight it was just rugged and frustrations came out,"
After Ronnie Brewer's jumper pulled New York within 58-55, Anthony was called for a technical on the play for arguing a foul call.
Memphis then went on an elongated 19-1 run in which Rasheed Wallace was also called for a technical and J.R. Smith was whistled for a flagrant foul.
Tony Allen's three-point play gave the hosts a commanding 77-56 advantage midway through the third before they held an 85-67 edge heading into the fourth.
A 16-5 Knicks swing in the final frame got them within 93-85, but Randolph's bucket and Gay's triple on Memphis' next trips up the floor gave it a 98-85 edge with 3:13 left.
"Very pleased with the way we executed down the stretch," Conley said.
Memphis led 29-25 after a quarter of play and took a 54-49 margin into the half.
Game Notes
Gasol was 12-of-13 from the foul line ... The Knicks shot 51.4 percent (37- of-72), while Memphis finished 48.7 percent from the field (37-of-76). Smith and the Grizzlies' Jerryd Bayless earned double technicals during a scruffle in the second.


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Dec. 17, 2012 10:03 AM
Bloomberg Vault, Bloomberg's cloud-based enterprise information management service, announced today it is positioned as a Challenger in Gartner's 2012 Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Information Archiving.
Developed by Gartner, Magic Quadrants offer visual snapshots of a market's direction, maturity and participants. Gartner defines companies positioned in the Challenger quadrant as those "that execute well against their current vision."
"We are honored to debut as a Challenger in Gartner's Magic Quadrant this year," said Harald Collet, global business manager for Bloomberg Vault. "Bloomberg Vault offers enterprises a cloud-based information management platform that can scale globally and address stringent risk, compliance and data archiving requirements. More than 500 enterprises already archive in excess of 66 billion messages with Bloomberg Vault, and we're leveraging our global data center infrastructure to meet data privacy challenges with the Local Vault service. "
Bloomberg Vault launched in 2010 with a premium enterprise platform for corporate message compliance, eDiscovery and archiving. It is the first enterprise information management service to address unstructured data as a cost-effective, managed service for global firms. Bloomberg Vault leverages the reliability, security and scalability of Bloomberg's global private network, including biometric authentication of users for security and redundant data centers for disaster recovery.
In the last year, Bloomberg Vault added new capabilities, which were considered in Gartner's assessment of the product:
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Donald H. Mallette, 45, of Bokar Street, a lineman for Verizon for 13 years died December 28, 2011 at Kent Hospital as a result of a tragic hunting accident. He was the loving husband of Lori B. (Goldman) Mallette.
Born in Warwick, Don was the son of Kenneth M. and Rachel (Kennedy) Mallette. He was a graduate of Pilgrim High School, Class of 1984, a veteran of the U.S. Army and a proud baseball coach for Warwick Continental Little League. Don was an avid hunter and fisherman.
Don cherished his time with family members and friends. He was a dedicated father and a selfless man who was always ready to lend a helping hand. He touched many with his love for life and will be missed.
Besides his wife and parents he is survived by two children, Daniel W. and Karley R. Mallette; four brothers, Kenneth M. Jr., Joseph P., Michael D. and Arthur W. "Skip" Mallette, and several beloved nieces and nephews. He was the son-in-law of Harvey E. and Faye R. (Tebrow) Goldman, brother-in-law of Michael B., Steven I. and Rhonda E. Goldman and brother of the late Pamela A. Salzillo.
His memorial service was held Jan. 3 at Thomas & Walter Quinn Funeral Home, 2435 Warwick Ave., followed by interment with military honors at Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Exeter.
Contributions to the American Heart Association or the American Cancer Society would be appreciated. For Information and condolences visit www.thequinnfuneralhome.com.


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Instagram closes $7 million in funding. Path supposedly rebuffs a $120 million acquisition offer from Google. Over a 100 million photos are uploaded to Facebook each day. There is a renaissance in social photography. The relatively new field, started by Flickr only a few years ago and dominated by Facebook today is seeing a flurry of new, predominantly mobile entrants, all showing promising early traction. Photos are becoming instantly shareable and are being marked-up with a vast array of data from face-tags to geo-location to paint a more complete story of the "captured moment" than ever before. We explore the convergence of photography with mobile and social technologies, discuss whether the new startups in this field are fad or future, and imagine what the long-term future of social photography might look like, including its cultural, commercial, and social implications.
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November 10, 2011 — This month's Literacy Night/Meals for Minds at Pickle Elementary on Tuesday, November 15th, will focus on the KLRU-TV, Austin PBS, program Sesame Street's Food for Thought. The project will help approximately 400 families in the Austin area.
Sesame Street's Food for Thought, a bilingual, multimedia program, is designed to help families coping with uncertain or limited access to affordable and nutritious food. With a focus on families with children ages birth to 8, the project provides resources including recipes, menu guides, shopping lists and tips for families. Sesame Street's Food for Thought also features one of the show's newest characters that will help children learn about food issues.
"It's an important sign of the times that Sesame Street has introduced a new Muppet, Lily, who lives with food uncertainty, and that the nationwide reaction to Lily has been so strong," said Ben Kramer, KLRU's Director of Educational Services. "We're thankful to take part in this project, a remarkable collaboration of Austin organizations tackling hunger, nutrition, and education."
November's Literacy Night/Meals for Minds at Pickle Elementary takes place from 5-7:30 p.m. on November 15th and includes dinner for the invited families, teaching activities and food distribution. The event is part of a Target and Capital Area Food Bank grant called Meals for Minds, which brings food to feed elementary school students and their families most in need. With nearly 1 in 4 Texas children now living at risk of hunger the Capital Area Food Bank in partnership with Target, created this program to combat childhood hunger, and its impact on children's education, while increasing parental involvement in their child's education. Other sponsoring agencies include Austin ISD, City of Austin Parks and Recreation, Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services Department, Austin Public Library.
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Louder Than Hell-The Definitive Oral History Of Metal (Book review)
April 2013
Released: 2013, It Books
Rating: 2.5/5
Reviewer: JP
Reading this book was a little bit of an emotional rollercoaster for me. At first I was excited to learn about it's pending release. LOUDER THAN HELL would be the first of it's kind. There have been a couple of other, small, sub-genre specific, oral histories published but nothing as extensive as what was being attempted here. For clarification an oral history is basically a telling of history via published interviews. The main author/editor pulls together the story using a variety of sources, so the story is told from the mouths of the participants themselves, not a third-party observer or analyst, like Ian Christe's book, SOUND OF THE BEAST for example. This is the first really big one in the history of the genre and it runs well over 700 pages. It's a monster. I think it was a good move naming the book after the 1996 Manowar album of the same name.
When I got the physical book, even before reading it, I was a little apprehensive. The table of contents made me nervous…chapters about hardcore, industrial, nu-metal, metalcore…not a good sign. The description on the back cover says, "…interviews with members of Black Sabbath, Megadeth, Korn, Pantera, Van Halen, Limp Bizkit… another major red flag. The biographies of the authors (Wiederhorn and Truman) on the back state that they wrote for such magazines as Rolling Stone, Spin, Alternative Press, and, Entertainment Weekly which was another big warning sign. Those magazines historically have been non-supportive of Metal at best and most of the time blatantly anti-Metal in their editorial stance and coverage. Wiederhorn also writes for Revolver, the big trendy Metal magazine with a very narrow focus, so based on a 'guilt by association' assumption and their lack of experience writing about Metal, my impression of the credibility of the authors to tackle the history of Metal was not good. However, they both have written for Metal Hammer and ultimately an oral history the bulk of the text comes from Metal people so I wasn't really concerned at the authors credentials, just more surprised that Metal was something they would even want to write about.
At first I was a bit disengaged reading the same old stories again and again. These stories have been told and retold so many times frankly, I was bored. However, these stories HAVE to be included to be comprehensive. Ozzy bites a bat and pisses on the Alamo. Dimebag gets shot. Randy Rhoads dies in a plane crash. Rob Halford is gay. Alice Cooper fans killed a chicken. Mustaine got kicked out of Metallica. Benton burned an upside-down cross in his forehead. Poison dressed like girls. Grishnackh killed Euronymous and burned a church etc, etc, etc… these stories have all been told ad nauseum for the past two decades. But again, these stories have to be included so I tolerated it. I actually put this book down for a week. I wasn't enjoying it at all. However, I knew my preconceived notions and biases were probably interfering with my enjoyment and my ability to do a good job reviewing this book, so I took a break. When I resumed reading I took the perspective that LOUDER THAN HELL is designed as an introductory overview to Metal and I adopted a more critical, analytical perspective when thinking about my review. I found I enjoyed it much more as I finished it but it still has a lot of problems.
There are four major flaws in this book. Primarily, the authors have unwisely, in my opinion, decided to have a very inclusive and liberal attitude about what constitutes Metal. So, unfortunately large portions of the book are quotes from people that are, well, to be blunt, not metal musicians. Courtney Love, Fred Durst, Trent Reznor, Ice Cube, and members of Deftones, Linkin Park and any number of mallcore people were included which is a shame. While I applauded, to a small degree, the authors' attempts to be inclusive, the four chapters about the spin-off musical genres that were influences by Metal should not been included. Certainly for the sake of being thorough the authors could mention that there was a whole glut of mostly American, commercially derived bands that evolved and took influences from Metal but they could have eliminated entire chapters; Chapter Six on Hardcore (40 pages), Chapter Eight on Industrial Music (40 pages), Chapter Nine on Nu-metal (with the horrible sub-title of 'For All The Nookie') (62 pages) and lastly Chapter 12 on Metalcore (57 pages). They could have even dramatically reduced the final chapter on Modern American Metal (another 65 pages) covering bands like Slipknot, Disturbed, Godsmack and that whole scene. It would have been wiser to take those 250+ pages and dedicate it to actual real Metal bands. That leads us to our second major problem.
LOUDER THAN HELL skips entire genres of Metal. Completely. Power Metal is completely skipped. Many of the world's longest running, most influential, most successful bands are completely skipped. Progressive Metal was completely skipped. The entire genre of Guitar Heroes is missed. Doom only gets the very briefest of mentions, a very few lines thrown in the NWOBHM section for some reason despite being a totally distinct genre with thousands of bands over 30 years. The section on Thrash is painfully narrow in it's focus. The authors cite a handful of American bands and skip pretty much everything else. They do include quotes from Sodom, Kreator and Destruction (but somehow missed mentioning the fourth band of the Big Four of Germanic Thrash, namely Tankard) and those bands get half a page of coverage. Yes, only half of one page! Sepultura gets a couple of quotes but that's about it. The rest is basically quotes from the American Big Four. In the sense of covering the types of Metal genres, this book is akin to writing the history of World War II but forgetting to mention the campaigns in Italy, Africa, Russia and Asia. It's woefully incomplete.
Another systemic flaw in the book is that it is not very contemporary at all. I understand the authors could not include everything but they touch on genres and then just suddenly stop at a certain point in time. For example the Chapter (roughly) based on glam (called 'Youth Gone Wild') wild covers only a short period of time. Well, what about the last 20 years of melodic Metal and the hundreds, perhaps even thousands of bands in this style that still exist, tour, record and release albums? The people the authors gathered quotes from are excellent but lacking any contemporary feel. The flaw happens for the NWOBHM chapter, The Death Metal chapter, the Black Metal chapter, the Thrash chapter…all thriving, growing, vibrant genres but the way the text is presented it is as if these entire genres were short-lived and inconsequential. Yes, I understand the contradiction in accusing a book about history of not being contemporary, however, the authors could have expanded the scope to include material past 2000. The Thrash chapter covers 1981-1991. The Hardcore chapter covers 1978-1992. The Death Metal chapter covers 1983-1993. The aforementioned Mainstream Metal chapter covers 1978-1992. It irks me that the genres that have only limited Metal credibility (Nu-Metal, Metalcore, Modern Metal) gets lots of contemporary coverage. I'm sure was a commercially driven decision to include contemporarily (and temporarily) popular bands like Godsmack and Disturbed but miss some of the worlds largest, most successful bands (in various genres) on the planet right now like Nightwish, Saxon, Rage, Helloween, Hammerfall, Dream Theater and Blind Guardian, Yngwie Malmsteen, Soilwork, In Flames for just a few examples. The chapter on Thrash revisited (1987-2004) is basically a 50 page love-letter to Pantera with no mention of the utterly massive, global thrash phenomena or the Gothenburg sound.
That brings us to our final major flaw. LOUDER THAN HELL is horribly narrow in it's global perspective. I would estimate 85% of all the people interviewed are American and an even higher percentage of the bands covered are American. The vast majority of the bands that are not American are found in the chapter on Black Metal. Sure Sabbath, Maiden and Priest are mentioned and quoted but virtually nothing from the rest of the world. Japan, Canada, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Australia, Russia, Brazil are all neglected. I've experienced this problem with American journalists before, they just lack international perspective and experience. It's not surprising because they write for American publications that want to focus on what is popular and contemporary at home, because that is what sells magazines. Accordingly, the vast majority of their source material would be American. Naturally, the book is being published and primarily sold in America as well so it really would not make sense to talk about the global Metal scene because the guy buying this book from Wal-Mart in Buffalo-Dump, Nebraska would probably rather read about Slipknot and Pantera than Loudness from Japan or Angra from Brazil. I understand the authors have to customize the book to a marketable audience for commercial reasons but that doesn't make it any more palatable when the (so-called) 'The Definitive Oral History of Metal' focuses on primarily on a few American bands and a pile of not-Metal bands.
It may seem that with all my criticism that I hated this book. Far from it. LOUDER THAN HELL has many, many good points. There are so many great stories and anecdotes, it's wonderful to read these tales of the early days of various bands. I know I said iI was bored but if I had not read these tales many times before, this would be an incredible collection of the highlights of Metal. The authors have lots of little insights and comments that make me think they really do know what they are talking about. For example, they referenced Shrapnel Records, which is cool because nobody remembers that Shrapnel is one of the very first (and longest running) American Metal labels. Everyone else always talks about the higher profile, Metal Blade. Another point I was pleased to see is that in the chapter on Black Metal they did not dwell strictly on the controversial events of the early 90's scene in Norway. In fact it was about 30 pages into the chapter before the crimes came up, which was a wise move. The book was logically organized, maybe not to my preference but it flows well and is largely free of technical errors. I like how the authors included quotes from not only metal musicians but industry people, producers, friends and family and a host of others who really help to bring a bit of an outsiders perspective and balance to the story. This is important because some of the musicians stories of sex, drugs and rock and roll while titillating, often make the musicians look, well…kinda dumb party animals or at worst dangerous, stupid and mean. There is not as much focus on music per se but the lifestyle surrounding being in a bus or playing bars, which is a shame because a lot of these people are very intelligent creative people, but that doesn't sell as well as tales of backstage drug orgies.
I took a long time to write (and re-write and re-write again) this review and in the end, I felt this book had so much missed potential. There are so many serious flaws I would have a hard time recommending it to a serious fan of real Metal. It is engaging, fun, easy to read with lots of neat stories but that only takes you so far. As a light read about Metal lifestyle and stories from the top 1% of big names and big bands, it is superb and highly entertaining. As a serious work and a 'Definitive History' it fails on many levels. In the final analysis, LOUDER THAN HELL balances out to be a very average book.
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At the time, Mark Giordano didn't think anything of the play.
To the Calgary Flames defenceman, he engaged in an upper body board battle against Dallas Stars forward Antoine Roussel amid Sunday's 4-3 road victory and was penalized.
However, at second glance of the video replay, he could see the error of his ways — a slew foot that upon review of the National Hockey League's department of player safety cost him $10,000.
"Honestly, during the game when it happened, I didn't think it was much," Giordano was saying before Wednesday's match against the visiting Los Angeles Kings, speaking to the media for the first time since the phone hearing on Tuesday. "Then, I heard about the hearing the next day and looked at it again. If you look at it, it is, I think, maybe a little bit of a dangerous play just because of the way the guy fell. I didn't intend to slew foot him . . . but I pull him down and he comes up close to the boards so I think the league wants to take that play out of the game."
During the game, Giordano received a minor tripping penalty but the play was reviewed after the game. Based on his otherwise clean record, the maximum fine Giordano could be fined was the lesser of $10,000 or half of his daily salary.
The 29-year-old blueliner reviewed and discussed the incident with the Flames coaching staff — end of story.
"We went over it," Giordano said. "We sort of thought that when the puck squirted into the corner, we engaged as a battle in the corner. An upper body thing. Just because he was in front of me and I wrench on him, He sort of goes against my body.
"I totally understand how it looks. And it doesn't look that great on the video replay obviously, especially that close to the boards. But there wasn't an injury on the play and I'm glad for that. I'll just try not to make that play again."
Head coach Bob Hartley said Wednesday that he's aware the NHL wanted to take a closer eye at the slew foot which, by the books (NHL Rule 52, to be exact), is defined as "the act of a player using his leg or foot to knock or kick an opponent's feet from under him or pushes an opponent's upper body backward with an arm or elbow, and at the same time with a forward motion of his leg, knocks or kicks the opponent's feet from under him, causing him to fall violently to the ice."
Giordano understands why.
"They're more worried about the slew footing and dragging guys down because of the way they can fall on their back and eventually their head can probably hit the ice," he said. "I honestly thought during the game that it was a hold. I went in and grabbed the guy and engaged."
Giordano added he'll accept the fine and move forward. Hartley was also of the same opinion.
"Gio's not a dirty player, by any means," he said. "But Brendan Shanahan (and the department of player safety), they watch every game. They're in there for player safety and everything. They fined Gio for $10,000 (Tuesday) and today is another day."
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- Iran says a "spy drone" invaded its airspace and was shot down
- ISAF says operators lost control of a reconnaissance aircraft over Afghanistan
- A U.S. official says it's unclear whether the drone was shot down
- In July, Iran made a similar claim, but later backtracked
Iran's military on Sunday claimed it shot down a U.S. drone into eastern Iran.
State media cited a military official who identified the aircraft as an RQ-170 Sentinel.
NATO's International Security Assistance Force said a U.S. unarmed reconnaissance aircraft was flying a mission over western Afghanistan -- which borders Iran -- last week when operators lost control.
A U.S. official with knowledge of the incident said the crew operating the unmanned drone reported a loss of flight control just before the drone went down.
U.S. officials believe the drone Iran is referring to may be the same one, but the U.S. government has not confirmed that it was shot down, the source said.
The RQ-170 Sentinel is a stealth drone developed for the Air Force to help provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. Although the Sentinel was developed for the Air Force, the U.S. official did not say whether it was the U.S. military or the U.S. intelligence community operating the drone at the time of the incident.
The official said the drone's mission was to fly over Afghanistan. American officials over the years have been adamant that U.S. assets do not fly over Iranian air space.
Iranian media reported that the RQ-170 was slightly damaged and in the hands of Iranian forces.
"Armed forces with a dominant control over the country's borders managed to identify and down the invading plane," the Islamic Republic News Agency reported.
The unnamed Iranian military official called it a "clear example of aggression" and added that Iran is "fully ready to counter any aggression," the report said.
In July, Iran's military made a similar claim, saying it downed a U.S. "spy drone" flying near its Fordo nuclear enrichment plant in Qom province. But Iran backtracked on the statement a few days later, saying the incident was actually part of a training exercise.


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WESTOVER — The temperatures may have been dropping Monday night, but the Lady Chucks' shooting percentage and play on the court was rising.
Punxsy jumped out early and kept building its lead as the game went on to make quick work of host Harmony, 67-22, in Westover.
"The girls played solid for 32 minutes on both ends of the floor," explained Lady Chucks head coach Randy Reitz. "The kids shot the ball really well inside and outside. We also did a nice job on the break."
The Lady Chucks (9-6) scored eight of the opening 10 points of the contest and never looked back.
Punxsy opened a comfortable 21-5 margin after the opening eight minutes of play. The visitors fell just shy of equaling their same efficiency in the second quarter by a 19-5 tally for a commanding 40-10 intermission score.
The Lady Chucks were able to further extend the difference to an almost 40-point lead, 56-17, by the end of the third stanza.
Taylor Newcome finished with high-scoring honors with six baskets for 12 points.
Freshman Hope Bridge came off the second half bench for five buckets of her own for 10 points as the other double-figure scorer.
Alyssa Reitz contributed eight points, while both Ashley Reitz and Nicole DiPietro hit for seven tallies.
Jensen Constantino and Anna Horner each added six points. Allie Fye and Emma White chipped in four points apiece. Shaina Painter rounded out the scoring line with three points.
Harmony (0-15) received 10 points from both Alyssa Raho and Lindsay Welteroth.
"We hope the shooting confidence we had tonight will carry over against DuBois," added Reitz.
The opening contest was a prelude to the late game. The junior varsity Lady Chucks (12-2) shut out the Lady Owls in two of the four quarters on the way to a 28-7 victory.
Punxsy netted all 11 points of the first quarter. Harmony made the second period a bit closer, 7-4, but still trailed 18-4 at the half.
The JV Lady Chucks added the lone seven points of the third quarter but an even, 3-3, final period made for the 28-7 final.
Bridge paced Punxsy with eight points. Claire Smith and Ivy Ferko added six and five points, respectively. Morgan Doverspike connected for two baskets.
White and Mikeelee Brink finished with two tallies, and Amber Ward downed a free throw.
Punxsy will return to host DuBois on Thursday starting at 6 p.m.