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Paul McCartney was one of the biggest proponents of that attempt to get retroactive copyright extension of sound recordings a few years back. Maybe he's changed his attitude towards copyright since then.. or maybe he's just interested in making a buck (or a bob) any way he can.
Paul McCartney was one of the biggest proponents of that attempt to get retroactive copyright extension of sound recordings a few years back. Maybe he's changed his attitude towards copyright since then.. or maybe he's just interested in making a buck (or a bob) any way he can.
Yeah, I don't think he's doing it because he's suddenly anti-copyright.
This is a particularly good time in the history of the recording industry to be one of the "good guys" who drops the DRM and gets press for doing it.
Notice the huge free ad he just got on Slashdot?
And think about it -- if you're choosing between paying for a Metallica vs. paying for this one, what goes through your head?
* I hate that @#$%in' DRM...
* Metallica! Those DRM-loving pricks. @#$% 'em, I'm just getting this one off the internets.
* McCartney! He removed the DRM... Maybe I shouldn't rip him off.
It's a marketing experiment. There'll probably be more freeloaders, since the people who *wanted* to get their music for free but couldn't figure it out will have an easier time of it. But if sales are boosted enough by the good press and goodwill, the experiment will have succeeded.
>>>There'll probably be more freeloaders..... but if sales are boosted enough by the good press and goodwill, the experiment will have succeeded.
Yes that's the flaw with this "try before you buy" model:
(1) Under the old paradigm I had to buy the CD to discover I didn't like it. So record company gets + $12.
(2) Under the new paradigm the record company has a loss of 0.1 cent (approximate cost of bandwidth I used). 0.1 cent may not sound like much but when multiplied by a few million non-purchasing
After all, most slashdotters are not anti-copyright. The industry position on DRM is based on confusing DRM with copyright and (ironically) compensating musicians.
Acknowledging a sizable die hard "information wants to be free" contingent, I think the consensus position here is that artists should be able to make money with copyrighted but DRM free music, priced reasonably, and packaged for convenient purchase and use. True, that means the only the most efficient distributors make money, which is bad for so
Napster Bad!!!!
Yesterday I have seen the first TV advert on German TV which said (in german obviously) somthing like: "musicload.de: pure MP3, no digital restrictions".
AFAICT DRM was a topic for gamers but not the average music customer. The DRM topic has hit the mainstream Media now.
I think with the wide proliferation of portable music players since 2001, there's a big market for portable music files anyway. I think every musician is starting to realize that if they want to capture this market they have to find a way to make it easier to copy music to these portable music players.
Mind you, I'd like to see everyone on the commercial side gravitate towards using AAC-encoded files, since they tend to sound better than MP3-encoded files and the fact that most generation Apple iPods support
I'm impressed that he lets you try the album before you buy it, and that it's in flash. Of course, nobody would ever download the file and convert it to an mpeg because that wouldn't be honest.
Meh, some obviously will. But what's the quality on that MP3? And of course the obvious realization: you can bet a lot of people in the music industry watch these experiments very carefully.
If more people just find a way to get the album without paying for it (because that's obviously easier without the DRM... though still not completely trivial for the average fan)
It's a money experiment. Dunno how they'll measure exactly... I suppose they can
The audio is a 128 kb/s mp3 audio stream packed inside of a flash video file.
Mplayer will demux the stream and dump the audio to a file with no loss in quality (I imagine that most semi-functional video software will do this).
So it isn't good enough for someone who is fussy, but it is plenty good enough for your typical music fan (who is going to be playing it back on $2 headphones, or their laptop or cellphone).
People listen to music on $2 headphones? What a bunch of morons. I paid around three times that for mine!
In fact it's been there since the 20th November.
One point to make though is that Paul McCartney is the sort of guy who can afford to go DRM free, if this album is ripped, lobbed on bit-torrent and limewire then Macca is unlikely to be out on the streets through lost revenue. Its great that he has done it but the _fear_ of being ripped off is going to be less for one of the biggest selling artists of all time than it would be for the average band.
Kudos indeed, but this isn't just a random artist choosing DRM this is the bloke from the Beatles who co-wrote the first hit for the Rolling Stones and the Frog Chorus.
...if this album is ripped, lobbed on bit-torrent and limewire then Macca is unlikely to be out on the streets through lost revenue.
It's another test, in the eyes of the music industry & other artists. Naturally they're all watching to see how this goes.
And obviously everyone knows he's filthy rich, and doesn't need their money... so you won't have people buying the album (vs. snagging elsewhere for free) simply because they feel he needs the money. That could be a factor for less well-known artists.
So, yeah, let's see how the test goes. For all the people who argue that *this* is the more profitable way to release an album -- t
I honestly can't see how DRM has any material effect on album profit either way, because:
1) DRM is absolutely no barrier to it hitting P2P within seconds of its release.
2) For every raving Freeeeeeeeeeeedom loving nerd who withholds their money in outraged pique, there's ten thousand purchasing goobers who couldn't even spell DRM if you gifted them the D and R and hummed "Mmmmm" at them.
There may be an effect on overall earnings, in that giving it away might build goodwill for concert and moichandising
You make a good point, and it's all about risk. Anyone who is wealthy can easily release music without DRM, but so do many very small unknown bands. The ones who would be surprising to see release DRM are the ones in the middle - on the verge of success or moderately popular. They may not get a lot of revenue but are somewhat comfortable. If a middle of the road band (monetarily) starts releasing DRM-free music, that would be news.
Janis Ian [wikipedia.org] claimed quite the opposite in an article [baen.com] from all the way back in 2002: It's the "biggest selling artists", if anyone, who are to be concerned about sharing - the "average" band/artist hardly receives money from their label but gets a lot more exposure (and thus income) from shared music.
Then again, that is more-or-less also the argument behind the existence of the Baen Free Library [baen.com] in the first place, where this article is hosted. Go check it out if you like SF.
Let's count the number of posts that occur before the first complaint about "no ogg vorbis".
That would be 4.
Problem is, Ogg Vorbis is not a format you can play on the familiar brands of portable music players out there (Apple, Creative, Microsoft, Samsung and Sony). You could modify a player to do it, but that's something the vast majority of users are not wanting to do.
I do think we will start seeing a movement towards more AAC-encoded files, given 1) Apple owns the majority share of portable music player usage and sales and 2) most of the newer non-Apple players are now starting to support non-DRM'd AAC-encoded
I play Ogg Vorbis on my Samsung all the time thanks to RockBox [rockbox.org]. Why let the crappy software your music player comes with determine what you can or cannot do?
And as for complaining about not having Ogg: if you cannot convert from FLAC to Ogg, you should go straight to Nerd Jail, do not pass GOTO, do not collect 200 zorkmids.
I play Ogg Vorbis on my Samsung all the time thanks to RockBox [rockbox.org].
While that sounds like a good idea I'm not sure if most end users want to upgrade their firmware to do this--it's potentially dangerous and could result in a non-functional player if you don't upgrade properly.
Remember, we want to keep things as simple as possible, and doing third-party upgrades can sometimes cause more problems than necessary.
Yes, but try to find a Cowon player in a "brick and mortar" retail store--not so easy!
His conceptual album 'Ghost' was released 100% digitally & DRM free with the first (out of 4) CD freely distributed.
And the whole album was released under a creative commons license. So those of us who want the whole album for free can download it legally in flac form from TPB.
since the albums are both released under a creative commons license that allows redistrbution here are some torrent links
Ghosts: http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4061815/Nine_Inch_Nails_-_Ghosts_I-IV_%5B2008_FLAC_Lossless%5D [thepiratebay.org]
The slip: http://dl.nin.com/data/dl/Nine_Inch_Nails_-_The_Slip_-_Flac.torrent [nin.com]
Anyone know good sources of legal free downloadable music? There's a lot of it out there, but sometimes hard to find. Here's what I've stumbled upon recently.
CASH music has a nice setup. Creative Commons music (complete tracks, and some mix stems to play with), with open source site code:
http://cashmusic.org/ [cashmusic.org]
Mostly of interest to me for solo stuff by Kristin Hersh (of Throwing Muses), but there are now half a dozen other artists to check out.
Overclocked Remix [ocremix.org] for all your videogame remix needs.
Triple J archives [abc.net.au], and new music [abc.net.au] for mp3 downloads, plus plenty more streaming goodness available on the site.
A McCartney album that's actually worth the money!
Perhaps FCC Commissioner Taylor Tate [slashdot.org] will make it her personal project to ban his DRM-free album as unfair competition?
This is good news, even if it's another major artist, rather than the whole record industry!
The producer that is the other half of the project - Martin Glover a.k.a. Youth is well known in music production circles.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Glover [wikipedia.org]
His side projects Dragonfly Records and Liquid Sound Design lean towards the more psychedelic aspects of trance and dub. The liquid dub styles promoted through Liquid Sound Design in particular are releases that are well worth a listen and feature some re
Well, seeing as you can get the flash plugin for Windows, Mac and Linux really it's not all that bad, there will be very few who cannot access it.
I vaguely remember that he was one to the people consistently pushing for extensions to copyright length here in the UK.
Note how here in the UK copyright is now Life + 70 years
In my opinion, his choice for DRM free formats is a natural followup to the same considerations that lead Recording Companies to go ahead and support the new Amazon music store which sells DRM free music in MP3 format: they were scared shitless that Apple was becoming the Microsoft of the Digital Music Distribution world and thus
"payed for the rest of his life for his 6 months of light work in 1966"
Sorry to reply if you are trolling, but I think you'll find from any reliable biography that he and the rest of the group actually did a lot more than what you so dismissively describe as "light work" before, in, and after, 1966.
Paul McCartney has an estimated worth of $1.6 Billion so it's not as if he's going to be affected by people pirating it so is far better placed than up and coming groups to be able to afford to take the hit.
$1.6 Billion in the bank allows you to be able to afford to have altruistic ideas.
However, the vast majority of musicians aren't in such a position so need the sales.
Big freaking deal. We are back to 1982 - digital music without copy prevention - plus the internet. This is where we would have been over a decade ago if the MPAA hadn't taken the DRM detour.
I guess the guy deserves some credit for not participating in the DRM clusterfuck, but he's still a decade behind where the industry would be if all the cocaine snorting suits running the business weren't a bunch of colossal idiots more intent on putting the internet genie back in the bottle instead of getting their p
But selling music downloads 'DRM free' is not new. I haven't bought any physical CD's for a year or so. Nowdays I buy music from Amazon, they have a section for MP3 downloads (tracks and albums). Generally the albums are priced less than the CD counterparts, and you don't have to pay for shipping. (You also save a trip to the vets office)
These mp3's are DRM free, I can just copy them to SD cards and put that in my mp3 playwr.
There is a lot of talk here on slashdot about other digital formats (FLAC , OGG) bu
I am guessing "no", but I'll ask just in case.
Just purchased the MP3 version. It is, as claimed, mpga 320K, DRM-free. In addition to the tracks, you get cover artwork and liner notes as jpgs.
The range of purchase options is very interesting. $8.99 for MP3 files and artwork, $12.99 for a CD, $29.99 for a direct metal mastered double vinyl record, and $79.99 for a DVD containing 24bit 96Khz tracks, and a second DVD containing multi-track session files for a selection of the album tracks.
The purchasing experience was flawless: create an account, give a credit card (with optional choice of saving the number or not; I chose not), get a zipfile of the downloads. Not a wasted keystroke or mouse click.
This really is the way I want to purchase my music. Two big thumbs up from the consumer angle. Lots of choices, low prices, immediate downloads, supports the artists.
The perfect shopping experience.
The site seems to be using some sort of Flash animation to process the payments and it's not on an SSL / HTTPS URL. At least, not in the usual sense. It says data is sent using SSL in the Flash animation itself, but there's no padlock in the browser, etc.. so no guarantee it really is using SSL.
(For what it's worth, I ran netstat to check it is using SSL, and it appears to be. But does Joe Public know that when they're told to look out for the padlock icon?)
Am I missing something? I've bought dozens of DRM free albums over the years. Nothing on Amazon MP3 or 7Digital.com has DRM as far as I'm aware, so how is this news? At first I thought the album was also FREE (price wise), but it's not - you have to pay for it, so I don't get why this is a story??
He's still releasing albums?! I thought by now he'd be reduced to playing at the local Waffle House for the free coffee refills.
We're the good guys, right? DRM is evil (true that), and we offer alternatives. But the fact is that before DRM came along, piracy of music on the internet was rampant. People (good and bad) didn't give it much thought since it was just so easy to copy. We now say "give it to us without DRM, and we'd gladly pay a reasonable price." But for most people, this is a lie. If it weren't for DRM, they would have no concept of the value of the thing they're copying. They would not have "paid a reasonable price" because they would just have downloaded it for free. Only when they were threatened by having that taken away did they think about opening their wallets.
The RIAA and DRM have been an important corrective event in our society. Because of them, we have become more aware that the producers of this content have a right to protect their investment. Whether you're an artist publishing a song or a coder licensing under GPL, respecting copyright is important for our economy, our access to artistic works, and our freedom.
We still have an uphill battle against the RIAA and their efforts to lock down every little bit of content and take away our right to listen to the content we paid for on any device we wish, let friends listen, etc. When the dust settles, a happy compromise will be reached where sharing with a friend (who will probably turn around and buy the whole album as a result) is reasonable fair use, while the same is not true for posting the copyrighted work on a P2P sharing network, completely taking away the livelihood of the artist who created the work.
My favorite band is They Might Be Giants. Not all of their stuff is fantastic, though, so I have sought ways to listen before buying. But in the end, I have legally bought and paid for every one of their albums. Maybe that's mostly because I'm a fanatic, but I also see it as a statement of respect to people whom I want to produce more of the same kind of brilliant stuff.
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St. Edward boys basketball coach P.J. White has two things most coaches would die to have on their teams: depth and balance.
Theyre two significant pieces of success for the Green Wave this season and when White saw two key players have off nights in Elgin Wednesday night, there wasnt any worry.
In the Green Waves 60-48 Suburban Christian Gold Blue win over Marian Central (3-23, 2-6), Anotnio Domel, Danny Favela and John Butzow carried the slack. Butzow poured in a game-high 15 points while Favela scored 13 and led the team in rebounds with 9. As for Domel, he had 9 points and 4 assists as the three spearheaded the Green Waves full-court defense, a major problem for Marian Central in the first half.
Thats the nice thing about this team this year, said White, on a night where Adrian Ponce and Davontae Elam combined for just 13 points. Last game I looked and we had four or five guys in double figures, and if it wasnt five, the last guy maybe had eight, so it spreads itself out a little bit. One week its these three, the next week its those three and that makes it kind of nice.
Domel and Butzow were major catalysts in the second quarter, when the Wave (19-5, 7-2) stretched a 9-point lead to 16 at the half. Domel started the quarter off with a 3 in the left corner, and Butzow was busy being a thief. Three of his 4 steals came in that quarter and he was rewarded at one point from Domel, as he hit Butzow on a cut into the lane with 3:10 left that put the Green Wave up 27-16. Favela scored a 3-point play on the next possession and a Domel layup with 1:59 remaining made it 34-16.
The Wave shot 22 of 42 from the field and Domel, Butzow and Favela were a combined 15 for 25 shooting. The lead was pushed to as many as 19.
You got to pick it up, because Adrian and (Davontae), theyre really physical, Domel said. When theyre off the floor you have to pick it up to the next level.
Although the Hurricanes (3-23, 2-6) outscored the Wave 28-24 in the second half and won the glass 27-23, the game went into a major lull in the fourth as White went away from the pressure the Wave applied to Marian in the first half.
Key to our game was pressure. Were up by 17 and I didnt think we should press, I just didnt think that was appropriate, White said. So we just stayed in a zone and kind of let them hang around a little bit but on the other hand, we were going too fast on offense, we werent coming down trying to run an offense, we were coming down, one pass and shoot and dribble or go to the basket. We werent scoring, they were going down and scoring, we never ran any clock.
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DeKALB – As the executive director, Derek Gibbs is proud of what Feed 'Em Soup has been able to do for DeKalb.
But he wants it to help more people.
To that end, the soup kitchen has started Feed 'Em After Dark – a late-night weekend eatery that will help Feed 'Em Soup to become self-sufficient. Feed 'Em After Dark is open from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. every Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the kitchen at 122 S. First St.
"As we grow and start expanding our services, there won't be any interruptions in that," Gibbs said. "We'll have a regular income, feed people more often."
Feed 'Em Soup is an organization that offers free meals on the second, fourth and fifth Wednesdays of every month.
Starting in January, the organization will increase its number of community meals to once a week. The meals also will become pay-what-you-can. Under this pricing model, a person would give what money they have, if any at all.
It also allows the organization to not rely heavily on donations. Gibbs said the organization could be financially vulnerable if a fundraising event goes poorly for whatever reason.
Gibbs said Feed 'Em Soup's current free meal service can turn away people who feel that they might not be poor enough to use their services. By having people pay what they can, it removes that guilt, Gibbs said.
"It's like Robin Hood, kind of," Gibbs said. "Those who are able to contribute can pay the money who might not have the money to contribute."
Feed 'Em After Dark, however, has low prices for the food it offers. For instance, one classic cheeseburger slider is $1. The highest priced item on the menu is $2.
Alex Smith, the executive chef at Feed'Em Soup, said part of the After Dark menu is flexible, which he likes. Working with Smith on Thursday were three volunteer assistants who help him with anything that needs to be done.
The three volunteers – Talon Foulker, Brooke Wilson and Destiny Johnson – all have culinary aspirations of their own, and each of them spoke to the experience Feed 'Em After Dark was giving them.
"I want to go to culinary school, so I thought I'd volunteer in the kitchen," Wilson said. "I liked it so I started coming to every meal."
Johnson said the experience Feed 'Em After Dark offers is something that cannot be matched anywhere else. Her culinary dream is to start her own bakery.
Both Smith and Gibbs, who have been with Feed 'Em Soup for a number of years, have same vision for their organization: Each of them imagine the soup kitchen giving free meals to people in need four or five times a week.
"We've got people coming in on meal days who haven't eaten in three or four days," Smith said. "So if we can get more food available to people, there's clearly a need for it."
One step at a time though, Gibbs realized. In order for Feed 'Em Soup to offer regular meals once a week, their After Dark program will have to make $1,200 every weekend. On Thanksgiving weekend, After Dark brought in $400 to $500, Gibbs said. The next weekend, however, that dollar amount jumped to $500 to $600.
The $1,200 a week wouldn't pay for all of their expenses, Gibbs added, but it will allow them to get "cash in the bank."
"This is not, by any means, our sole source of income," Gibbs said. "But it provides stuff coming in on a more regular basis other than stockpiling and hoping we get through the next couple of months."


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Wake up, get out of bed, but before you drag that comb across your head you might take a quick shower. Soap up. Wash your hair, condition it, maybe use shave cream. Towel dry, deodorant, maybe skin lotion, maybe styling gel for the coif. Freshly laundered clothes. Maybe cologne, maybe aftershave.
Common Ground Country Fair Keynote Speeches
The Dawnland Diet
by Kerry Hardy
Kerry Hardy grew up in Lincolnville, Maine, exploring the outdoors extensively and eventually writing about traditional foodways of Maine in his book
Notes on a Lost Flute.
He now lives on a Hopi reservation in Arizona. He was the keynote speaker at the Common Ground Country Fair on Sept. 24, 2010. This article is based on his talk.
Observations from Thirty-five Years of Watching the Maine Organic Community Grow
by Jim Gerritsen
Jim and Megan Gerritsen have owned and operated Wood Prairie Farm in Bridgewater, in Aroostook County, Maine, for 35 years, and they are raising their four children there as well. Their farm, MOFGA-certified organic since 1982, focuses on producing organic early generation Maine Certified Seed Potatoes, seed crops, vegetables and grain. The Gerritsens sell their seed potatoes and other goods through their retail mail order catalog and Web business, and they sell wholesale to several national mail order seed houses.
Slow Money
by Woody Tasch
Woody Tasch, founder of the Slow Money movement, author of Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money and resident of New Mexico, presented the keynote speech at the Common Ground Country Fair on Saturday, September 25, 2010.
'Duborskian' rice grown in Maine by Roberta Bailey. English photo.
Harvest Kitchen: Growing Rice in Central Maine
By Roberta Bailey
I grew rice this year! And I actually harvested mature rice heads. The entire process entertained me all summer. It has been ages since I grew something about which I knew absolutely nothing. It gave me a glimpse into the world of the new gardener, packet of seed in hand and no idea what comes next. That newness, that blank slate, kept me grinning and marveling.
Winter Gale? Time for Cassoulet!
By Cheryl A. Wixson
When the skies turn a dark, mottled gray and the clouds start to scurry as the winds pick up from the northeast, my heart flutters. As the elegant spruce trees bend into swirling white snowflakes and our lights flicker, my taste buds quiver. There's a winter gale coming: time for a pot of cassoulet.
In the Organic Orchard: Planning for Pruning
By C.J. Walke
As the ground freezes and winter takes hold, our fruit trees become dormant and settle in for their own winter's nap. The trees may be dormant and we may spend more time indoors, but some pests are still active – specifically deer and meadow voles, emphasizing the importance of winter preparations.
Selling Eggs? Know the Regs
By Diane Schivera, M.A.T.
Selling organic eggs in Maine requires knowing the regulations for licensing, certification, labeling, etc. Here's a summary of some of those rules, with links to more extensive information.
Maine's Winter Farmers' Markets Showcase Diversity and Determination of Growing Local Food System
By Melissa White Pillsbury
Farmers' markets tend to conjure images of customers strolling aisles of outdoor stands on sunny summer days, but Maine's evolving and expanding local food movement challenges the notion of a "typical" farmers' market.
Address the Causes of The Great Recession, by CR Lawn
USDA Should Invest in Biological Systems
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The book was published in 1962, so we're just shy of 50 years since Carson clearly articulated the dangers of DDT and the impact of thinking about a piece instead of the whole.
Always Growing
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Per Mertesacker says the break in Arsenal's schedule has come at the right time for the under-pressure Gunners squad.
Arsenal do not have a game until a week on Wednesday, when they will try to overturn a 3-1 deficit in the Champions League at Bayern Munich.
Guus Hiddink has refused to rule out a return to Chelsea after confirming he is considering his future at Russian side Anzhi Makhachkala. The Dutchman led the Blues to an FA Cup trophy in 2009, after taking over from Luis Felipe Scolari as caretaker manager.
Tottenham duo Emmanuel Adebayor and Mousa Dembele are both expected to be fit for the Europa League clash against Inter Milan on Thursday night. Dembele and Adebayor limped out of the north London derby on Sunday afternoon, but Andre Villas-Boas remains hopeful both will return for the match at White Hart Lane.
Borussia Dortmund want to sign Edin Dzeko this summer if they sell in-demand forward Robert Lewandowski. The reigning Bundesliga champions have identified three possible replacements for Lewandowski, with Dzeko their preferred choice.
Rio Ferdinand trained with teammates on Monday after missing the weekend's match against Norwich with the flu. The United defender is expected to feature against Real Madrid on Tuesday, while Tom Cleverley is also in contention for a recall.
Barcelona have agreed a new sponsorship agreement with Qatar Airways to begin from next season. The deal is reportedly worth $45m a season, and replaces the charity Qatar Foundation as official Barcelona shirt sponsor.
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5 Bryan Tews
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|High School:
|Loyola Academy
As a Junior in 2006: Started all 40 games, either in the field or on the mound ... Was First Team All-Ivy as a second baseman and Second Team All-Ivy as a pitcher ... Led the Ivy League and was 44th in the nation with a .390 batting average ... Was fifth in the Ivy League with 57 hits ... Had a 13-game hitting streak from 3/30 to 4/15 ... Went 3-for-5 with two home runs, two RBIs and three runs scored against Greensboro College (3/30) ... Had five hits in six at-bats in the second game of a doubleheader against Penn (4/1), driving in four and scoring four runs. Had eight hits over the two games with six runs, six RBIs, two doubles and a home run ... Was named Ivy League Player of the Week after hitting .579 in four weekend games at Penn and Columbia. He hit .472 with four home runs and 13 RBIs in eight games that week (3/26-4/2) ... Made nine appearances on the mound, tying for the team lead with nine starts ... Led the team with five complete games ... In a stretch of six starts from 3/26 to 4/28, pitched 41 of 42 possible innings ... Was second on the Bears with three wins ... Had a season-high eight strikeouts in seven complete innings against Princeton (4/9) ... Gave up just three hits, two walks, and two unearned runs in seven complete innings against Dartmouth (4/15). As a Sophomore in 2005: Served double duty as a starting pitcher and infielder ... Named Second Team All-Ivy as a utility player ... Played in 27 games, starting 23 on the field ... Hit .322 in 90 at-bats ... Tallied 29 hits and 27 runs, which ranked fifth on the team ... Drove in 17 runs ... Went 4-5 with a grand slam against Dartmouth (4/17) after allowing one run off two hits in seven complete innings on the mound the previous day, earning Ivy League Player of the Week honors ... Appeared in 10 games on the mound, all starts, throwing two complete games ... Led the Ivy League with 60.0 innings pitched ... Led the team in strikeouts with 46 ... Posted a 2-3 record with a 5.55 ERA, third among starting pitchers ... Walked just 15 batters for a 2.25 per nine innings average ... Struck out a career-high 10 batters in a 4-3 win against Penn (4/9). As a Freshman In 2004: Earned a spot in the starting conference rotation at the end of the season ... Appeared in 13 games, starting three ... Led the team with a 2.31 ERA ... Went 2-0 on the year ... Pitched seven complete innings against Marist (4/21), allowing no runs and just three hits ... Pitched all nine innings against Yale (5/1), allowing just two runs in a 4-2 win ... Walked just five batters in 35 innings of work, finishing third on the team in strikeouts with 25 ... His 13 appearances were second on the team ... Allowed just three runs in eight innings of relief, spanning 10 appearances ... Earned six starts in the field ... Went 3-for-4 against UConn, scoring twice and driving in two. Before Brown: A graduate of Loyola Academy ... Named All-State in 2003 and to the I.H.S.B.C.A. All-Chicagoland Team ... Also named to the Pioneer Press All-Regional Team and to the Chicago Catholic League All-Conference Team ... Loyola Academy Team MVP and Captain in 2002 ... Helped lead Loyola to 2001 & 2002 Regional Championships ... Tied the school record for hits per season ... Also tied 30 year old school record for regular season wins with ten ... Led Loyola in all offensive categories ... Batted .519 ... Finished varsity career with 17-3 record as a pitcher ... Named a Chicago Tribune Top Baseball Performer four times ... Selected to play in the Jack Kaiser Memorial All-Star Game at Comiskey Park ... Named Loyola's JV Team MVP as a freshman ... Also football at Loyola, playing defensive back and kicker ... Illinois State Scholar and Loyola Scholar ... Earned First Honors all eight semesters ... Secretary of Torch Club, Loyola's oldest organization. Personal: Bryan Tews is the son of Valerie Tews of Park Ridge, Ill. ... Double-concentrating in Public & Private Sector Organizations and Economics.


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Smuggler swallowed 220 diamonds
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - Police in South Africa say they've arrested a 25-year-old man who swallowed 220 polished diamonds in an attempt to smuggle them out of the country.
Captain Paul Ramaloko of the South African Police Service said investigators arrested the man Tuesday night as he waited in line at security at O R Tambo International Airport just outside of Johannesburg.
Ramaloko said a scan of the man's body showed the diamonds, which later were recovered. He said the man had been on his way to Dubai.
According to Ramaloko the diamonds are worth about US$2.3 million. Authorities believe the man belongs to a smuggling ring, as another man was arrested in March attempting the same thing.
South Africa is one of the world's top diamond producers.
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December 7 2012
Vicki E. Alger
Want a tax revenue windfall? Tax the rich, right? Wrong—as Britain's finding out.
Back in 2009-10, more than 16,000 Brits reported incomes of £1 million of more (about $2 million).Then former Prime Minister Gordon Brown hiked the top rate to 50 percent.
If all had worked as planned, that'd be at least £8 billion. Cheerio!
Or cheeri-no, as it turned out. The move actually lost tax revenue, as The Telegraph reports:
In the 2009-10 tax year, more than 16,000 people declared an annual income of more than £1 million to HM Revenue and Customs. This number fell to just 6,000 after Gordon Brown introduced the new 50p top rate of income tax shortly before the last general election. …
It is believed that rich Britons moved abroad or took steps to avoid paying the new levy by reducing their taxable incomes. …
Harriet Baldwin, the Conservative MP who uncovered the latest figures, said: "Labour's ideological tax hike led to a tax cull of millionaires. Far from raising funds, it actually cost the UK £7 billion in lost tax revenue. "Labour now needs to admit that their policies resulted in millionaires paying less tax and come clean about whether they would reintroduce this failed policy if they were in power."
The President should keep this example in mind—along with the fact that the number of Americans taxed out of the country has doubled.


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BreadMan wrote:Wow, I guess I've been lucky - I can't think of a single time I've gotten a set with pieces missing. The closest thing is I once complained that the viking chess set had four figs with black speckled euro-armor that was cut just before production to save costs but still showed in the box-top pics, and they promptly sent me the four armors which made this customer quite satisfied. If I were you Elmas I'd be stoked - free polybags from a sweet, more expensive set! That'd be worth the wait for the replacements for me.
Yea, I agree. Again, if the have crappy packers/sorters they do a good job compensating with good customer services so, all in all, just a nuisance in the moment but well compensated in the long run.


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O'Leary joined ARRC in 2001 as vice president and chief financial officer, tasked with overseeing the financial activities of the corporation, as well as the human resources and supply management functions. O'Leary was promoted to chief operating officer in March 2013, when his duties expanded to oversee rail transportation, engineering, mechanical, safety, labor relations, marketing, customer service and grant administration functions. O'Leary also served as interim CEO from April 1 to September 22, 2010.
"It is particularly gratifying to see a lifelong Alaskan at the reins of the Alaska Railroad," said Alaska Railroad Board Chair Linda Leary. "Bill's experience with the railroad business environment and railroading operations make him a solid asset. The ARRC Board is very pleased Bill has accepted the CEO post."
"There are a number of great opportunities for the Alaska Railroad as we look ahead," said O'Leary. "I look forward to working with our employees, our customers and the state to foster that potential and to continue to provide safe, reliable year-round transportation that supports Alaskan commerce."


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How Signs (About Exercise) Perk Up Physical Activity at Parks
|Author: Written by Alexandra Sifferlin Added by Lan X
Date: Thursday, October 17th, 2013
That's what researchers from the RAND Corporation, a nonprofit institution that helps to improve policy and decision-making through research and analysis, found when they conducted an experiment in 50 Los Angeles parks.
In the study, published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, scientists randomized the parks into three groups. Park directors in one group worked with the researchers to direct $4,000 toward advertising programs such as exercise leagues, classes, or new walking paths. In the second group, the researchers worked with park directors and park advisory boards to allocate the $4,000 budget to more general promotional marketing about the parks. And the final group did not receive extra help or funding.
Over the five year study period from 2007 to 2012, all the parks were monitored for how people used their various facilities and programs. Scientists evaluated what people in the park did, from sitting to walking, or participating in vigorous activities such as running or biking. Thirty-two of the 33 parks that received additional funding through the study purchased signs and banners that invited park goers to participate in a park-sponsored activities. The parks that adjusted their signage to feature such activities saw its participants become more physically active compared to those in parks without the notices.
The results, while not surprising, highlight how even modest changes can encourage more exercise among park-goers. Simply informing them of opportunities to become more physically active, whether by joining a walking group or biking league, was enough to motivate some to increase their activity. By that logic, say the researchers, adding more signage outside of the park to encourage people to visit could also draw in more members of the community and encourage them to get moving as well.
Original Source: http://healthland.time.com/2013/10/17/how-signs-about-exercise-perk-up-physical-activity-at-parks/
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Originally Posted by Cache Maine
No chili for anyone sleeping near me!
Then how about baked beans? You can do those in a crock pot too?
Hummm, the Geotruckers web site has recipes - maybe I should check them out.
Cameoooooo, do you know how many people attended this great event??
85 people. That equates to about $23205.00 in Pirate Cash, not including the millions. Glad that you could come down from NB.
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Kevin Nash gives his opinion of the Aces and 8s storyline
Kevin Nash via Twitter:
Taz has an iron clad contract,that allows him to interact in felony acts and keep his job.Why don't they raise 4 fingers on each hand? Ouch!
That's all I wanted to comment about, story line is getting weak buy adding sub mid card players, history always repeats itself.
I love watching pro wrestling, not trying to s–t on the product.Just feel the show should revolve around Angle.who would kill the crew
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Last weekend, I took my son to a three-day swim competition. Because of the distance, we stayed in a hotel. He's been swimming competitively since he was eight, so we've done this type of trip many times before.
But this time is different. Now he is taller than me. He has five armpit hairs, and counting. He is 13, a teenager.
We're in the car just two minutes when he takes control of the sound system to listen to what he calls his "jamming" playlist, a collection of pop, rap and rock that "pumps him up" before races. I know the first few songs and am starting to think I'm a pretty hip mom when a rap song I don't know begins playing. I'm horrified by the lyrics. He is completely puzzled by my reaction, oblivious to the language and sexual overtones. "It's no big deal Mom," he says and then explains how he accidentally downloaded that song while trying to purchase a different one… yep, on my credit card. I tell him it's time to put on my radio station. He agrees, puts on his headphones and we continue to our destination in our separate musical universes.
At the hotel, he asks me to define dating rules for him – homework for Health class. Hmmm… an interesting assignment since the thought of him dating at this age hasn't crossed my mind. Let me think. He doesn't drive. He has a bedtime. He doesn't even have a girlfriend. Most importantly, at 13, we control his every move. Should be easy, right?
Any anxiety I may have had about the homework is put to rest when he spends the first night watching YouTube videos of a "guy on a buffalo," a parody that he thinks is hysterical. I think to myself, he's such a boy.
Our second night is another story. We enter the hotel lobby where we bump into a group of girls he met at the swim meet. They begin firing questions in his direction, "Hey, what's your name? What are you doing later? Want to hang?" With me by his side, he feigns disinterest. We head to our room, me poking fun at him the whole way. After a shower, now decked in his flannel pants and hoodie, he grabs change from my purse and announces he's going to check out the vending machine. A half-hour later, I am panicked and planning a door-to-door search and rescue. My cell phone buzzes with his text, "Mom, if you're wondering where I am, I'm in the lobby hanging out." I think to myself, he's such a man (almost). Maybe I should give serious thought to those dating rules.
The next day, I drop my son at the front door of the sports complex as I'd done the previous two days. He's on his own in there. He knows where he needs to go. He doesn't need me to hold his hand anymore. "I got this, Mom."
My son's swim season begins in September and culminates in a series of championship meets in February and March. This is one of those meets. Every race is important.
My son steps up on the block for another one of those important races. He looks for me and I give him a thumb's up sign from my seat where I've been all weekend. I have butterflies as usual. He races fast and achieves his goal time. Still in the pool, he finds me again and gives me a triumphant thumb's up to answer my earlier one. In that instant, I am Mrs. Phelps and my son is a champion. It is his moment, but it is mine too.
My son is growing up. He has his own taste in music. Girls are noticing him, and he is noticing back. He's not a boy, but he's not a man yet. I know he doesn't always need me, but sometimes he wants me to watch. He still looks for me in the bleachers.


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There's a difference between fraud and deception, but it's not a line consumers want to see crossed when it comes to their financial affairs.
For proof, consider the odd case of Pastor David Rollins of First United Baptist Church. Depending on where you live, or where he reached you, that church could be in Massachusetts, Texas, Louisiana, North Carolina or elsewhere.
The e-mail I received from Rollins noted that he was on the board of a company called Christian Mortgage, "a mortgage refinance company based on Christian principles. We can help you refinance your mortgage and get a lower monthly payment. Your next mortgage payment could be HUNDREDS less per month. We try our best to help ALL Christians. Even if your credit is not the best, or if you have been denied by other lenders, we can still help you!"
The note went on to suggest that the company's foreclosure rate is lower than average "because we only lend to Christians," which purportedly helps reduce monthly payments.
"We work with over 100 of the biggest banks and financial institutions. We have them compete against each other to get you the lowest monthly payment."
That last statement may indeed be true; it is, in fact, what lenders and mortgage brokers will do to compete for business would appear to be at the heart of this matter.
The email was convincing. It had a link to the church website — although in my case the site said the church was two towns south of me while the e-mail had the church three communities to the north — that included a picture of Rollins, a schedule of services but no contact details.
The link to ChristianMortgage.org — a web site that, like the church site, has since been taken down — ultimately was for a "lead generator," a service where consumers enter some very basic information and it gets sent out to companies looking for prospects to sell to. In short, this is how the information got out to the financial institutions that were competing to get that low payment.
Ultimately, however, the church was a fake. It doesn't exist, though there are churches with similar names a town or two away.
It's a classic case of affinity fraud, where a consumer's affiliation with a group, school, community or organization becomes the door-opener that lets the wolves in.
In this case, however, authorities — and this columnist — are having a hard time finding the fraud.
The point of this whole exercise does not appear to be identity theft, because the information that the lead-generation site was collecting was less damaging than what someone could find out using a phone directory.
There would be a problem with banking authorities if the firm selling the mortgage was using discriminatory lending practices — and the religious-based statements in the e-mail would qualify — but there's no evidence that's happening.
Instead, it appears that the spammers behind this plot are simply hoping to drive traffic to a lead generator, where they get paid a buck or two for every new sales opportunity they create.
That's sneaky and disingenuous, but no regulator I talked to — from several states' banking, lending, securities, real estate and state departments — could find an actual crime there.
Indeed, I talked to an embarrassed woman from Louisiana who had responded to the e-mail she got from the fictitious Rollins by filling out the form on the mortgage site; she was almost immediately inundated with calls from prospective lenders, none selling her anything based on her religion or willing to even discuss her religion. Likewise, Steve Southwell of the Lewisville Texan-Journal reported that he filled out the form, and was shortly thereafter contacted by several lenders, none of whom claimed any knowledge of the Christian mortgage programs.
As nefarious spam e-mail campaigns go, this one could be considered comparatively benign. It's not a pump-and-dump stock fraud sucking an innocent victim into a situation where they are the dead money in the game. It's not someone falling for an advance-fee fraud — sometimes called a 4-1-9 scam for the part of the Nigerian Criminal Code that deals with fraud — where someone gets a note about how they can help a long-lost relative or a supposedly concerned citizen earn some massive fortune; to get their cut of the money, all the sucker has to do is pay "advance fees," most likely enough to empty their bank account, to help secure the big payday, a windfall that never comes.
The problem is this: It's a very small step from a deception like this to a much larger fraud. If this can work and allow the perpetrators to generate some decent fees for generating sales leads, there's no telling where it goes next.
That being the case, consumer advocates suggest caution.
"It's always something, and you have to keep your guard up," said Ed Long, a consumer advocate for seniors and the founder of SeriousGivers.Org, a site that helps consumers determine if they are dealing with legitimate charitable organizations. Long noted, for example, that churches don't have to register with the Internal Revenue Service, "which makes it easier for someone to be slimy through a church, and harder for a consumer to be sure that the group they are dealing with is real."
Experts suggest that anyone receiving any type of solicitation by e-mail look for errors and slip-ups, items like the inconsistent location of the church in the e-mail/web link sent to me, or the lack of contact details for anyone who might have responded to the fictitious member of the clergy.
Ask why you were so lucky as to receive this "special offer" or invitation. If there's not a great reason — or if the pitch uses your special interests to lower your guard — be doubly wary.
Finally, remember that if the bad guys can find you, you can find the good guys on your own, with just a little bit of patience.
"If someone comes to find you with a deal, you should be wary and see if you can do better by yourself," said Long. "Knowing that there are so many people out there trying to get at your money — or to use you the way these mortgage guys are — you either have to protect yourself or think that someday you might wind up as a victim."


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Too bad we don't have a way of keeping the Earth in the same orbit/on the same axis of rotation.
We did until George Bush ordered it to be defunded.
The only downside is rising ocean levels
No it isn't:
"Desertification comes to mind..."
That's a huge concern right now, but sadly, that's mostly a matter of land-misuse, not warming.[1] [ciesin.org] In fact, a great many of the threats to our continued health are from forms of environmental damage and pollution that have nothing to do with temperature change in the climate. However, most of those are ignored as the public latches onto global warming as the number-one environmental issue, even in the face of massive chemical spills in China and India that could affect huge
70% of all vertebrate species died in under a million years, leaving fungi dominant. Something of a mass extinction event, eh? (In fact, Earth's worst mass extinction event.) Observe the big temperature spike at PETM. (Top right corner)
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The world's worst extinction event is the Permian-Triassic extinction event (251 million years ago).
That temperature spike is the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum (55 million years ago).
Wikipedia has a chart of extinction events over time [wikipedia.org]. Note the lack of a spike near 55 million years ago.
Man, why do people like you just draw random assertions out of a hat and pretend that's the divine truth. Let's actually look at the science, eh?
Here's a crowbar. You might need it to extract your foot from your mouth.
My problem with the whole GW crowd is how they will quickly object or attempt to marginalize anything which doesn't support their view. At the same time any little piece of information which supports their view is held forth as indisputable fact.
Interesting how one can read "GW" as either "Global Warming" or "George W" and have the statement remain accurate -- and also reinforce your point.
We can barely predict the weather from day to day let alone week to week. We can't accurately predict the number of hurricanes, typhoons, or the like. Yet at the same time you want me to believe that enough is known to tell me that we are all going to die in 10 years?
I know that the idea that inability to predict tomorrows weather implies inability to predict long term climate, seems intuitive but it is incorrect. There are many examples of similar situations. We cannot predict (or even measure) with exact
Though is is worth noting that something happened either to the earth's orbit or its speed of rotation in the 8th century BCE. History shows civilizations around the world dumping their 360-day calender at right about the same time after having used it for over 1000 years, followed by a struggle to come up with a 365-day one. Attempts to hand-wave this away as "silly ancients couldn't make an accurate calendar" or "it was just a ceremonial calendar" are clearly wrong. With a 5 day variance like that the calender would become 180 degrees out of phase in only 36 years-- within one person's lifetime-- so obviously someone would've noticed and adjusted it and not just left it alone for 1000+ years. As for the second, that ignores the entire purpose of the calender: agricultural planning. A calender so inaccurate you can't plant crops by it is worthless. No, clearly the mechanics of earth's orbit were altered. Probably not enough to make any significant climatic difference, but an orbital alteration nonetheless, and within recorded history. Worth keeping in mind lest people get the idea that we live within a static systembefore anyone starts getting all 'see, all you global-warming believers, this is a perfectly rational natural explanation for the current warming trend,' the periods of these natural cycles are on the order of 1.2 and 2.4 million years. not exactly fast-acting.
At the moment, the Earth is at the beginning of a cycle
What the hell does that mean? The whole point of a cycle is that every point in the cycle is a 'beginning'. Roll forward a few million and we get the same thing again. Much better to read the original Nature article.
http://www.nature.com/news/2006/061009/full/061009 -7.html [nature.com]
Firstly, we are talking local effects
I guess wobble is an accurate term, except that to me it implies something irregular. In a system as big and isolated as the Earth's orbit around the Sun, or the Earth's rotation, momentum is king, and very little could cause an irregular change. These changes are just precession, and they're perfectly regular.
Well, except that it is precession in an environment with two significant masses (Moon and Sun) and a bunch of minor ones (Jupiter and Venus in particular). There's plenty of chaotic, non-regular
...and asteroid impacts, close passes by rogue planets, ice ages, orbital wobbiling, development of nuclear weapons, and the occasional odd supernova in your immediate vicinity, you go on to develop advanced civilization and the Double Whopper with Cheese (tm).
Give me the place to stand [and a very long and strong bar], and I shall move the earth.Too bad we don't have a way of keeping the Earth in the same orbit/on the same axis of rotation.
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CARLINVILLE, Ill. -- The men's basketball team kept their hold on the fifth place position in the SLIAC standings with a 72-56 Saturday win at Blackburn. Ron Harris' double-double of 18 points and 12 rebounds led Greenville.
After topping Blackburn by 40 points at home in December, the Panthers had a more difficult time Saturday despite holding at 15 point lead at the halftime intermission. In the second half, the Beavers kept up with the Panthers, but they were not able to put a dent in Greenville's halftime advantage.
Among Greenville's other leaders, Alex Mumphard chipped in 16 points. Nick Trisko collected eight rebounds, and Harris paced the team in blocks with 3.
The Panthers (12-8, 8-5 SLIAC) will close their season with five home games. The first will be a contest against Webster on Wednesday night at 8 p.m. Currently, GC trails Westminster by 1 1/2 games for the fourth conference tournament position.


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Super Bowl Tomato Sweet Basil Sauce
Makes 6 Cups
This is a great dish to make ahead to be ready for Super Bowl Sunday! Be sure to use fresh basil because dried just doesn't make it. This sauce goes great with either chicken, beef, veal or seafood, or over pasta or rice.
¼ cup olive oil
3 cups finely diced onions
1½ sticks unsalted butter or margarine
4 teaspoons minced fresh garlic
3 cups chicken (or seafood) stock
2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon Chef Paul Prudhomme's Poultry Magic® OR
Chef Paul Prudhomme's Seafood Magic®
1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil
3 teaspoons light brown sugar
6 cups chopped peeled fresh tomatoes
how to prepare
Heat the olive oil in a 4-quart pot over high heat for 2 minutes. Add the onions and cook, stirring occasionally, until they start to brown, about 3 to 5 minutes. Add ½ stick of the butter (or margarine) and turn the heat to medium. Continue cooking, stirring frequently, until the onions caramelize (turn a rich brown color). Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute. Add the stock, Worcestershire sauce, Poultry (or Seafood) Magic, basil and sugar. Turn the heat up to medium-high and cook, stirring occasionally, until the mixture is reduced by one‑fourth, about 6 minutes. Add the tomatoes and cook, stirring occasionally, for 15 to 20 minutes. Reduce the heat, whisk in the remaining butter (or margarine), and cook for 2 minutes. The finished sauce should be thick and shiny.
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University News
Timely Warning: Burglaries
October 20, 2010
MACOMB, IL -- Western Illinois University Director of Public Safety Bob Fitzgerald has issued a notice to students regarding recent burglaries from residence hall rooms.
On Oct. 20 two students from Thompson Hall reported that while they were sleeping during the late afternoon hours someone entered their unlocked residence hall room and stole money and other items. One of the residents woke after hearing the door close, and discovered the missing items.
On Oct. 15 a student Tanner Hall reported that he woke up to find two unknown males in his unlocked residence hall room going through his belongings. After yelling at the subjects, the pair fled from the room. Nothing was found to be missing.
Fitzgerald reminds students to guard personal property by locking their room. Students also should be observant of suspicious behavior and report anything out of the ordinary to the Office of Public Safety at 298-1949. Individuals with information about the recent burglaries should also be reported to OPS.
Other safety tips recommended by OPS include:
1. Be aware of your surroundings. When walking, place books and other valuable items in a backpack.
2. Don't leave backpacks, purses, bags or books unattended. It only takes a moment for someone to steal unattended backpacks or books.
3. Students should lock their room when they leave, even if it's just for a few minutes, and when sleeping. The majority of burglaries reported to OPS involve unlocked residence hall rooms.
4. Avoid leaving items in plain view in a vehicle overnight.
5. Don't leave laundry unattended in the laundry rooms.
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Story: In the Bleak Midwinter
Part: In the Bleak Midwinter
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Setting: Post-DH
Status: Completed
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In the Bleak Midwinter
Hermione Granger had grown to dread the winter. The season seemed almost to have a grudge against her.
A new beginning
When Hermione woke, it only took her a moment to remember the previous night and to smile at the very fond memory, but several seconds before she realised that she was no longer resting in Ron's arms.
It was silly, she knew it was silly, but she didn't dare open her eyes in case once again, he wasn't there ...
The voice cut short her moment of panic. Hermione opened her eyes; Ron was lying with his head propped up on his hand, elbow resting on the pillow, and looking at her with his lips quirked as if he couldn't quite dare let himself believe what his eyes were telling him he was seeing.
"Hi, yourself," she said, grinning. Now she was fully awake, she realised that his lower leg was in fact crossed over hers with a kind of easy intimacy that she marvelled at. "Thought you'd gone for a moment."
"Never again." The earnestness in his voice surprised her. "Not if I can help it, I mean, I know all sorts of stuff could happen — but, well." He took a deep breath. "You and me, right? Together now, going to stay that way? If that's all right with you."
It was still awkward and incoherent and Hermione loved him for that. She sat up and kissed him, a kiss with which she tried to express both love and triumph. "That is more than all right with me."
It was odd, she thought, as they dressed and made their way downstairs to find another taxi, but she seemed to have lost most of her nervousness at the thought of meeting her parents again. After all, if things could go so much the way she wanted with Ron, why not with Mum and Dad? The weather when they stepped out of the hotel was cold bordering on icy, but she didn't really care — she felt gloriously warm inside, as if wintertime could no longer hold any special fears for her. Indeed, as they rode through the morning traffic of Melbourne she found herself wondering about a new problem — how on earth she was going to introduce Ron to her parents.
Unfortunately, the nerves returned in full force as soon as they reached the house.
There was a car parked outside; it hadn't been there before, and seemed only half-unpacked. Hermione rang the bell and tried to take deep breaths to calm herself, a tactic which hadn't got anywhere close to success by the time the door opened and a woman blinked at them in surprise.
"Can I help you?"
It was her Mum, looking tanned and well and safe, and Hermione choked up. Ron came to her rescue. "We're the Mortons from England — er, well, sent by them actually. Can we come in for a minute?"
"Oh yes, the man next door mentioned that. Come in." The Melbourne weather had changed again, Hermione noted with some small detached part of her mind; it had become almost mild, but didn't match her mood any more now than it had earlier. Her mother had given no hint that she had any idea who Hermione was, and even though that was only to be expected it still left her feeling chilled. "Wendell? Frank got it wrong, it's not Eric and Jenny, it's a young couple. Apparently they asked them to call?"
Her Dad was in the living-room, balancing a pair of skis against the wall, and he too showed no signs of recognition. "Er — hello. Are you related to the Mortons then?"
Hermione gathered herself. "No, not related to them. I, er, have something for you though." As her parents exchanged puzzled looks, she pulled out her wand — which made their expressions even more mystified — and braced herself to cast what seemed at that moment like the most important spell she would ever cast in her life.
She moved her wand in a sweeping motion. "Finite Incantatem!"
Her parents' eyes went blank for a few seconds, then they blinked, looked about them in shock, and gaped at her as one.
"Hermione?" cried Mum.
"What ... where are we ..." added Dad. Recognition of their surroundings seemed to dawn on him as his gaze roved around the room. "We've been here for the last year ... you weren't, what happened ... are you all right?"
"Yes!" She flung herself at them and hugged them so tightly that her arms soon became numb. Tears were streaming down her face again, but she didn't care any more. "Oh, I've missed you! I'm sorry, I'm so sorry I didn't tell you what I was going to do, but it's all right now, you're safe, we're safe, I'll tell you all about it, please, please forgive me ..."
"Hermione." Her Dad's voice was firm, but he was smiling, albeit in an uncertain manner that suggested he would have a great number of questions to ask later. "You're our daughter. As long as you're all right ... well, the rest is details." He looked up and raised his eyebrows. "Is this your friend Ron? He's grown since we last saw him."
"Yes — well, not so much friend, as ..."
"More?" asked her mother, with a knowing look.
Ron rested his hands on Hermione's shoulders; she could feel the slight tremor of nervousness there, but his voice was confident as he jokingly supplied an answer that she could be happy with.
"I'm the man in her life."
He bent down to kiss her cheek, and as he did so winter sunlight began to stream through the windows like a benediction from the season. Hermione found herself enfolded in the twin loves of Ron and her parents, her two worlds now one again, bathed in warmth without and within.
Written for the Checkmated challenge prompt: "Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired." (Robert Frost), which had to be incorporated as a line of dialogue, plus the colour "cerise" which had to be used in an 'obvious way'. The rules of the challenge said that the entire story had to be set in winter — but not that it all had to be set in the same winter, or the Northern Hemisphere winter, which suggested a 'Hermione goes looking for her parents' story.
I'm sure the pattern of bad things happening in winter is purely a meta-effect — as the books run summer to summer, winter tends to be the middle section where plot lines are complicating — but it came in handy as a framing theme. :)
Thanks to muggle_prof for the original beta.
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So, is this bad news for ebooks? Have we reached the limits of their usefulness? Not necessarily. While there is evidence that enhanced ebooks don't enhance education, an older study from 2012 showed that students who study with an e-textbook on an ebook reader actually scored as well or higher on tests than a control group who did not. While that doesn't prove the newer research wrong, it does suggest that further study is required. What has your experience been with both recall and enjoyment when reading ebooks?


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San Dimas High School pitcher Peter Lambert threw a one-hitter to beat Pomona 10-0 in a mercy shortened six-inning game to close out the Valle Vista League on Thursday — but the lone hit is worth a lifetime of memories for Red Devils senior Tim Collins.
Collins is a mentally challenged special needs student who has been on varsity for the past two season's. Thursday's hit was the only hit of his high school career.
"Tim is on our team but he's only had four or five at bats this season," Pomona coach Jason Albaugh said. "San Dimas asked us before the game if they could do something nice for him. It was an incredible gesture, because their kid (Lambert) could have thrown a no-hitter, but they did this and it meant everything to (Collins)."
When Collins came up in the third inning, Lambert tried throwing pitches he could hit.
"He (Collins) loves to swing the bat, he just started taking his cuts," Albaugh said.
Collins fouled off a few pitches and hit a pop fly toward first that Saints first baseman Logan Murratalla let drop in front of him.
"He (Murratalla) could have gotten it," San Dimas coach Mike Regan said. "But we wanted to see him keep swinging."
Finally, Collins hit a blooper to left that dropped in front of outfielder Josh Corona for a base hit, and you couldn't wipe the grin from Collins' face.
"I give our kids all the credit for it," Regan said. "They came up with the idea and it was a special thing to do. The game didn't mean anything, we already had wrapped up league. So for our guys to want to do something special for him, I thought it was great."
And so did Albaugh.
"San Dimas is just a class act for doing it," he said. "We went 0-12 in league. We didn't win a game. But that right there was the perfect way to end the season. I just wanted to thank San Dimas for what they did. It was special to watch, and I'm sure (Collins) will remember that moment forever."


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Alonzo Harding Mourning, Jr.
February 8, 1970 in Chesapeake, Virginia
High School:
Indian River (Chesapeake, Virginia)
Georgetown University (1988-1992)
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Charlotte Hornets, 2nd Overall, 1992 NBA Draft
6-10 ;
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Career Statistics
- (1992-2008)
Points - 14,311
Rebounds - 8.5
Assists - 946
Blocks - 2,356
Steals - 414
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NBA Champion 2006, 2 x NBA Defensive Player of the Year, 1 x All NBA First Team, 1 x All NBA Second Team, 2 x All NBA Defensive First Team, 7 x NBA All-Star, All Rookie First Team, FIBA World Championship Bronze Medalist (1990), FIBA World Championship Gold Medalist (1994), Olympic Gold Medalist (2000), NCAA All-American.
High School and College
During his time at Indian River High School in Chesapeake he led the team to 51 straight victories and a state title his junior year (1987). As a senior he averaged 25 points, 15 rebounds and 12 blocked shots a game. He was named Player of the Year by USA Today, Parade, Gatorade, and Naismith. Mourning played college basketball for the Georgetown University Hoyas. He led the nation in blocked shots his freshman year and was an All American his last year there.
NBA career
Mourning was selected second overall in the 1992 NBA Draft by the Charlotte Hornets, behind Shaquille O'Neal. Mourning was named to the league's all-rookie team in 1993 after averaging 21.0 pts, 10.3 rebounds, and 3.47 blocks. He finished second to Shaquille O'Neal in rookie of the year voting. He posted the highest scoring average of any rookie in Hornets history. Mourning and O'Neal were the first NBA rookies since David Robinson in 1989–90 to average 20 or more points and 10-plus rebounds in their first seasons. Mourning shattered Charlotte's blocked-shots records, becoming the Hornets' all-time career leader in the 49th game of the season. The greatest moment of Mourning's rookie season came on May 5, 1993 in Game 4 of a first-round playoff series against the Boston Celtics. His 20-footer at the buzzer gave the Hornets a 104–103 victory in the game and a three-games-to-one victory in the series.
In the 1994–95 season, Mourning and teammate Larry Johnson led the Hornets to a 50-win season and took them to the playoffs. Mourning ranked first on the team in scoring (21.3 ppg), rebounding (9.9 rpg), blocked shots (2.92 per game), and field goal percentage (.519).
Friction with Johnson and contract issues forced a change, so after three years in Charlotte, he was traded to Miami Heat, where he played for the Heat for the next seven seasons, including highlights such as signing a $105 million contract with the Miami Heat in 1996. He was the centrepiece of the Pat Riley-coached Heat, averaging close to 20 points and 10 rebounds per game, and dominating the paint with his intimidating shot-blocking. He won the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award twice during this period and was named into the All-NBA First Team after leading the Heat in scoring (20.1 ppg), field-goal percentage (.511), rebounds (11.0), blocked shots (3.9) during the 1998–99 NBA season. He and Tim Hardaway led the Heat into the 1997 playoffs, where the rivalry between the Heat and the New York Knicks intensified. The Heat and Knicks faced off in the conference semifinals that year and the Knicks led 3 games to 1, but the Heat were able to overcome the deficit and win the series to advance to their first conference finals. The series was marked by a brawl in the fifth game in which multiple suspensions were handed down.
In the next round, with the Heat down 3–0 to the Chicago Bulls in the Eastern Conference Finals, Mourning guaranteed a victory in Game 4. The Heat won the Game 87–80 but lost the series in five games. The next season, Miami would be eliminated in the first round by the Knicks, a series in which Mourning was suspended for the 5th and deciding game due to an on-court fight with ex-teammate Larry Johnson, and Knicks Head Coach Jeff Van Gundy hung onto Mourning's leg in an attempt to break it up. Miami would also be eliminated by the Knicks in the playoffs the following two seasons.
In 2000, Miami underwent an overhaul to attempt to put together the pieces to win a championship, and expectations leading up to the season were high. However, prior the start of the 2000–01 season, Mourning was diagnosed with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, a disease of the kidneys, that had caused him to miss the first five months of that season. Even after the diagnosis, Mourning returned and played in the 2002 NBA All-Star Game. Because his condition worsened, Mourning did not play during the entire 2002–03 season and his expiring contract was not renewed by the rebuilding Heat.
As a free agent, in 2003 he signed a four-year deal with the New
Nets. But on November 25, 2003 Mourning retired from the NBA due to complications from his kidney disease. On December 19 of that year he underwent a successful kidney transplant. In 2004, he started practising with the Nets again, and made the team's regular season roster during the 2004–05 season. However, he did not play a significant role with the Nets and openly complained to the media that he wanted out of New Jersey, especially after the team traded away Kenyon Martin. Mourning was traded to the Toronto
on December 17, 2004. Mourning never reported to the
and was bought out of his contract, at a remaining 9 million dollars, on February 11, 2005.
team officials later said that he did not meet the medical conditions to play for the team. Mourning then finished the season with the Miami Heat being paid a second salary, the veteran's minimum.
After being unhappy at the prospect of playing for a losing franchise, Mourning re-signed with the Heat on March 1, 2005. His role was reduced as a backup because of superstar Shaquille O'Neal, although he was called upon as a starter due to O'Neal missing stretches due to injury. O'Neal and Mourning even played together on the court at times, with Mourning playing power forward. Because of physical limitations, his minutes were reduced, but was still a steady contributor. Mourning's tenacious defense, steady offense, and all around hustle helped the Heat gain and maintain the second-best record in the NBA's Eastern conference during the 2005–06 season; his intensity had earned him the nickname "The Ultimate Warrior" amongst Miami Heat fans. Mourning finished the regular season ranking third in blocked shots at 2.66 per game, despite only playing 20 minutes per contest.
The Miami Heat and Mourning finally won the NBA Championship in the 2006 NBA Finals, defeating the Dallas Mavericks 4 games to 2. Although he was used as a reserve center behind Shaquille O'Neal during the Finals, he contributed 8 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 blocks in the decisive Game 6 of the series and was a strong force throughout.
After winning the championship, Mourning announced that he would return to the Heat in 2006–07 to defend their title, despite receiving offers of more money from other teams, including the San Antonio Spurs. In 2007, Mourning announced he would return for one more year with the Heat and his 15th season. "It will definitely be my last year", Mourning said. After starting the season on a solid note averaging 6 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.75 blocks in just over 16 played per 24 games, Mourning tore his patellar tendon in his right knee on December 19, 2007, during the first quarter of a loss in Atlanta. The injury, which occurred on the fourth anniversary of his successful kidney transplant, was said to be career-threatening, but rumors persisted about a return come the 2008–09 season, and Mourning himself said that this wasn't the way he wanted to end his career considering all he had been through already.
Mourning has averaged the most blocks in the NBA per 48 minutes with 5.46.
During the 2007–08 season, he became the Heat's all-time leader in points scored.
Mourning announced his retirement from the NBA on January 22, 2009. In his press conference he said "I'm 38 years old and I feel like I have physically done all I can for this game."
On February 28, 2009, the Miami Heat announced they would retire Mourning's number 33 jersey, making him the first Heat player to be so honored.
In May 2009, he was named to the Hampton Roads Sports Hall of Fame, which honors athletes, coaches and administrators who contributed to sports in southeastern Virginia.
On June 26, 2009, Mourning announced that he is returning to the Heat as the Vice President of Player Programs and Development. He will also mentor young players.
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More than three years after the Deepwater Horizon spill, much of the oil has been cleaned up, a BP spokesman said.
More than three years after the Deepwater Horizon spill, much of the oil has been cleaned up, a BP spokesman said.
"We drilled approximately 16,000 auger holes and found that only 3 percent of the sites contained oiling levels that required cleanup, and 86 percent had no oil at all," said BP spokesman Jason Ryan said.
Crews are patrolling and performing maintenance on 76 of the 3,192 shoreline miles in the area of response, Ryan said. Another 20 miles are pending approval or completion of the inspection process.
Nearly 34,000 holes and pits have been dug in search of debris across more than 32 million square feet of segments that include Fourchon Beach, Elmer's Island and Grand Isle.
About 2.9 million pounds of material has been collected, but the majority of it is sand, shells and water — not oil, Ryan said.
"This comprehensive effort gives us confidence that we have removed substantially all the material that is feasible to recover and are moving closer to completing cleanup activities," Ryan said.
Public beaches, such as the ones in Fourchon and Grand Isle, have always been a focus, said Michael Anderson, U.S. Coast Guard public information officer. But the Coast Guard is checking for any place that needs cleanup.
Some tar balls have been found just off the shore of West Timbaliar Island and a sizeable oil mat was removed from Grand Terre Island, Anderson said.
"Nothing is really that much different in terms of cleanup. We've got our teams, shoreline cleanup and assessment teams, looking at the beaches. If there are spots that need to be cleaned up then we clean those," Anderson said.
No timetable has been set on when the response work will be completed, Anderson said.
The work on the beaches is ongoing but has slowed down because endangered species nest this time of year along some beaches on the barrier islands. Cleanup efforts are halted in those locations.
Nesting season closed at the end of August and work is expected to resume shortly in all areas.
But the cleanup hasn't taken place without controversy.
The work has had a negative impact on some beach areas, said Amanda Phillips, secretary-treasurer of the Edward Wisner Donation, which owns about 9.5 miles of beach at Fourchon.
"When they came out to clean the beaches, they disturbed the alluvial clay, and it has undermined the integrity of the beach in some areas," Phillips said.
Fourchon Beach is also one of the fastest-eroding points on earth, losing 40 to 50 feet of beach each year, Phillips said.
"In our opinion (cleanup work) has accelerated the erosion," she said. "Storm events, like Hurricane Katrina, can accelerate, but the response work has exacerbated it as well."
How cleanup work will affect the environment is a major factor in the decision-making process, Anderson said.
Environmental effects "are something we are looking at. We're reaching a point where our cleanups may negatively impact the shoreline. We take that into consideration," Anderson said.
State officials have expressed concern about oil resurfacing in storms.
Most public beaches are improving, Anderson said, but that can change by the day.
"It's been ongoing for three years. It slows down. But after a storm event, more is uncovered. The beach changes hourly with the tide. Things that are buried today will be uncovered at some point in the future," Phillips said.
Some state officials, including Gov. Bobby Jindal and Garret Graves, Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority chairman, have remained critical of BP and the Coast Guard.
Graves has insinuated that the Coast Guard is taking orders from BP, but Anderson said that is not true.
"We're doing what we're mandated to by federal law. That's who we answer to," Anderson said.
Jindal said BP has focused too much on its image and needs to turn its attention to the real problems.
"BP needs to stop spending hundreds of millions of dollars on their public relations campaign telling us how great they are and start proving it by addressing their Clean Water Act and Natural Resources Damage liabilities now," Jindal recently said. "While Transocean has stepped up to the plate and paid much of their liability, BP has not."
BP Vice President Geoff Morrell disputed Jindal's complaints.
"Any suggestion that BP has failed to address the cleanup of the Louisiana coastline is both false and irresponsible. The facts, however, are irrefutable, and our progress in Louisiana has been significant," Morrell said. "Overall to date, we have spent $26 billion on response, cleanup and claims. Repeated assertions that we have spent more money on advertising than this are grossly in error and seem purposefully intended to mislead the public."
Staff Writer Jacob Batte can be reached at 448-7635 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Now, mind you, that's not what he called it (I think there was something about sex in the name he used), but it would be the right name for the dish.
I decided to do this recipe because it dawned on me that this method would nail the mushroom dish I mentioned in another thread having had in Switzerland 20 years ago. It was my very first experience with chantarelles ever, and I have longed for that taste ever since. So I followed his instructions exactly, though I used just a scant teaspoon of masala curry seasoning as well. To serve, I folded the mixture inside buckwheat crepes that I'd just made and paired them with a a vegetable side dish of brussels sprouts roasted with lardons of bacon and whole cloves of garlic. A salad of fresh escarole, bibb lettuce and fresh mint in dijon vinaigrette started the meal, and a bottle of Copain pinot noir was our wine.
It was a perfect dinner straight out of a Paris bistro. Excellent. Thanks, Bill!