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Every day Poets & Writers Magazine scans the headlines—from publishing reports to academic announcements to literary dispatches—for all the news that creative writers need to know. Here are today's stories:
The Academy of American Poets has elected Claudia Rankine, Marilyn Nelson, and C. D. Wright [2] to its board of chancellors. They'll each serve a six-year term, replacing chancellors Sharon Olds, Carl Phillips, and Lyn Hejinian. (Harriet)
The American Booksellers Association added forty new independent bookstores [3], which opened across the country in 2012.
Just in time for Burns Night, lost manuscripts of Scottish bard Robert Burns have been discovered [4]—correspondence and poems, including an early version of "Ode to a Woodlark," which disappeared in the mid-late nineteenth century. (Guardian)
In Hollywood news, poet and novelist Julianna Baggott's bestselling Pure [5] is set for adaptation by film director James Ponsold, whose movie Smashed is at Sundance now, and Karen Rosenfelt, who executive produced the Twilight saga. (Hollywood Reporter)
Kevin Hartnett details his career evolution as a freelance writer [6], including a stint assisting Seth Mnookin with The Panic Virus. (Millions)
"Sixty-one percent of book purchases by frequent book buyers take place online [7], but only seven percent of those buyers said they discovered that book online." Laura Hazard Owen takes a hard look at online book discovery. (paidContent)
On her blog, award-winning author Sandra Beasley shares what happened in her first weeks teaching poetry [8] at Lenoir-Rhyne University in the North Carolina foothills.
To celebrate the publication of Sherwood Anderson: Collected Stories, the Library of America has posted audio of nine authors—including Charles Baxter, Siri Hustvedt, and Antonya Nelson [9]—reading ten works by the short fiction master.


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Graeme McDowell closed with a 4-under-par 68 at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, Calif., and held off Keegan Bradley to carry him to a three-shot win in the World Challenge on Sunday, his first victory in two years. McDowell finished with a 17-under 271. Bradley, two shots behind with five holes to play, never got any closer. He wound up with a 69. Tiger Woods, the tournament host and defending champion, didn't make birdie until the 13th hole and closed with a 71 to tie for fourth . . . Martin Kaymer shot a 3-under 69 to earn his first title of 2012 at the Nedbank Golf Challenge in Sun City, South Africa. Kaymer finished at 8-under 280, two ahead of Charl Schwartzel. American Bill Haas was third after a 71. Louis Oosthuizen (74) was fourth. Two-time defending champion Lee Westwood's run at Sun City ended with a 73, seven shots behind the winner . . . Australia's Steven Bowditch shot an 8-under 64 on PGA West's Jack Nicklaus Tournament Course in La Quinta, Calif., to take a one-stroke lead after the fifth round of the PGA Tour qualifying tournament. Georgia native Kris Blanks sits in second. Bowditch had a 23-under 337 total in the six-round event. The final top 25 and ties will receive 2013 PGA Tour cards and the next 50 and ties will earn Web.com Tour cards . . . Canada's Rebecca Lee-Bentham shot a 5-under 67 to tie Thailand's Moriya Jutanugarn for the top spot in the LPGA Tour qualifying tournament. Lee-Bentham and Jutanugarn finished the five-round event at 13-under 347 at LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Fla. Jutanugarn shot a 74 after taking a six-stroke lead into the day. The top 20 finishers earned full status on the LPGA Tour.
Shields lifts BC women past Rutgers
Kerri Shields hit a driving layup with four seconds to play, giving the Boston College women's basketball team a 58-56 win over Rutgers (3-3) at Conte Forum. Freshman Nicole Boudreau led the Eagles (5-3) with 14 points . . . Despite 17 points from Nicola Zimmer and 16 from Faziah Steen, Dartmouth (1-5) fell to Old Dominion (5-1), 73-59, in Norfolk, Va. . . . Chiney Ogwumike had 21 points and 11 rebounds to help No. 1 Stanford (8-0) beat Gonzaga (6-2), 69-41, in Spokane, Wash. . . . Tricia Liston scored 22 points to help No. 4 Duke beat No. 10 California, 77-63. Chelsea Gray added 13 points for the host Blue Devils (6-0), who built a big lead early with a 22-2 run in the first half. Brittany Boyd scored 23 of her career-high 28 points in the second half to lead the Golden Bears (6-1) . . . In State College, Pa., No. 6 Penn State (6-1) routed Fairleigh Dickinson (1-5), 101-44, behind Maggie Lucas's 24 points . . . Jasmine Hassell scored 22 points and No. 8 Georgia (9-0) held Georgia Tech (3-4) to 30.2 percent shooting in a 60-50 victory . . . No. 9 Kentucky topped in-state rival and seventh-ranked Louisville, 48-47. The visiting Wildcats (6-1) got 14 points from DeNesha Stallworth, and the Cardinals (8-1) got 13 points from Shoni Schimmel.
Gilligan backstops UNH women to win
The UNH women's hockey team notched a 3-1 upset win over No. 9 Northeastern at Matthews Arena. The Wildcats (7-10-1, 4-3-1 Hockey East) got 31 saves from goalie Jenn Gilligan and scored three unanswered goals after the Huskies (9-5-2, 5-4-1) took a 1-0 lead on Kendall Coyne's goal eight minutes into the game. Nicole Gifford and Sara Carlson scored power-play goals for UNH . . . In San Diego, the North Carolina women scored three goals in the second half to beat Penn State, 4-1, and win their 21st Division 1 soccer title. The Tar Heels got the winner from Hanna Gardner 48 seconds into the second half . . . The Creighton men's soccer team scored with 1:30 left in the game to upend host UConn, 1-0, in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division 1 tournament. Christian Blandon scored for the Bluejays, who will face Indiana in the semifinals on Friday in Hoover, Ala. The Huskies' loss snapped a 38-game home unbeaten streak, which was tied for the third longest streak in NCAA history.
Winter Sports
Vonn wins 56th career World Cup race
Lindsey Vonn completed a weekend trifecta in the World Cup, winning the Super-G in 1 minute, 22.82 seconds at Lake Louise, Alberta. Vonn won the downhill events on Friday and Saturday. With 56 victories, the four-time World Cup champion is now the second most successful skier in the history of the competition behind Austria's Annemarie Moser-Proell, who has a record 62 wins. Julia Mancuso finished second, 0.43 behind Vonn. Slovenia's Tina Maze retained the overall World cup lead by finishing a solid fourth, 0.62 off Vonn's pace . . . Ted Ligety easily captured his second straight World Cup giant slalom race with a flawless and fast final run. He finished in a combined time of 2 minutes, 25.59 seconds to hold off top rival Marcel Hirscher of Austria by 1.76 seconds in Beaver Creek, Colo.
Guadalajara fires Dutch great Cruyff
Johan Cruyff, a former Barcelona soccer coach and Dutch national team member, has been fired as an adviser to Guadalajara club Chivas. The club released a statement saying Cruyff's contract ''had been terminated.'' The move came just nine months after Cruyff was hired to help turn around the slumping Mexican side . . . In the NBA, the Chicago Bulls say veteran guard Richard Hamilton has torn tissue in his left foot. The team says an MRI confirmed he tore the plantar fascia tissue and will return ''as his symptoms permit.'' Hamilton left Saturday's game against Philadelphia in the third quarter and returned to hit three of four free throws in the final 20 seconds, clinching a 93-88 win.

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For me, recalling my junior year is like trying to drive to school in the morning when it's raining – everything appears blurry, and I seemed asleep for the better half of it.
I do, however, recollect one point from my U.S. history course. It is easier to remember the bad aspects of someone rather than the good ones. For example, most people dwell on Richard Nixon's involvement in the Watergate scandal and not his help in establishing the EPA. (And how could someone ever forget that awesome proboscis?)
The United States has much the same problem as our big-nosed friend. America the Beautiful does have a blemish or two, but for all the acts of corruption, stealing, more corruption and lying, it shouldn't bear the label of a crooked country.
If the stereotypes of America held true, fire-belching monster trucks would line up Randall Road; McDonald's would fill up every street corner with golden arches; and, by law, every citizen would own a 10-gallon hat.
While looking like John Wayne may not seem all that bad, I believe Americans should throw all those labels out the window and have a little more pride and positive attitude. Disregarding all the negative portrayals, we do a good job.
Imagine America as a gigantic egg carton. Maybe it's not the most nutritious or intelligent carton in the refrigerated section, but each individual slot holds one grade A, hardworking and patriotic yolk.
From time to time, a spoiled egg appears and stinks up the bunch, but it doesn't mean the rest have gone bad.
All yolking aside, America is full of individuals who work long hours and sacrifice countless things in order to serve other people. News may come of the latest indignity or disaster, but I know the American spirit will persist and endure for years to come.
Given the option to live in any place in the world, I would always choose the U.S. Whether it's the artery-clogging goodness of an American beef hot dog at a baseball game, or the amazing wealth of diversity in every city, the uniqueness and beauty of our country is unparalleled.
Thousands of miles away, many American soldiers continue to sacrifice in order to protect and allow our nation's citizens to enjoy the rights given by our government. Many people in the struggling countries of the underdeveloped world would love to have just a few of the rights I hold simply because I am an American.
For that, I am forever proud and indebted. For that, I'll toss those stereotypes. Thanks to all the industrious folks keeping this place running.
• Kurt Zepeda is a St. Charles resident and a senior at Marmion Academy in Aurora. He enjoys running, writing and the occasional confection. His column runs every other Thursday in the Kane County Chronicle. Contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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I taught my first Yoga Classes after 'The Day' on Tuesday night. Of course, I had to mention my great mood, & many others whooped it up, too. I began each Class by reading the following quote, saying that it was spoken a famous Yoga Guru, asking the Students to guess which one:
"I try to tell myself all the time to relax & take deep breaths, control the breathing. It helps me relax & stay calm & act like it's not a big deal."
No one guessed it, but a couple of Students were on the right baseball track (one said 'Yogi Berra'). Then, I repeated the first part of the quote & continued:
"I try to tell myself all the time to relax & take deep breaths, control the breathing. It helps me relax & stay calm & act like it's not a big deal. Obviously it is, it's the World Series. I just tried to go out there & relax, & it's worked out," said Madison Bumgarner, 21-year old Starting Pitcher & Winner of Game 4 for the 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants!!!!!!!!!!
I then challenged them to control their breathing throughout Class, because, if a 21-year old Kid pitching in the World Series could do it, then they could, too. They had great Classes, especially their breathing!
Yesterday, I took my first Class since 'The Day'. Vince was teaching the Class. He's a Yankee fan, but helped me out by trading Classes, so I could watch games & was genuinely happy & supportive throughout. Also in the Class was a long-time Student, John Boller, who had bet me $5 on the Phillies series, then double-or-nothing on the World Series. I insisted that he pay me in Class, so I practiced next to my new $10 bill (helping to inspire me throughout a very hot Class - in reality, the bill may have been green, but it looked orange & black to me!). There was a Woman in the Class named 'Audrey', but Vince called her 'Aubrey' throughout the entire Class! After Class, I heard him talking to her to verify her name, so I reminded him that it was 'Aubrey Huff' who had confused him!
Hands down, my favorite Giants' speech of the day yesterday was Buster's - I think that he will become more & more of a Team leader than he already is & will back it up:
"San Francisco Giants, World Series Champions. Let's enjoy this today, tomorrow, this week, this month. Then, let's get back to work & make another run at it," he said, as he pounded his fist on the podium for emphasis.
Translation: have some fun, enjoy it, work hard again IMMEDIATELY, but baseball's tough (notice that he didn't see that we're going to win again, he said that 'you make another run at it'). 29 other Teams are out there going after it, too, so success doesn't just happen every day or every year. Take care of the details. Don't take anything for granted.
I LOVE THAT GUY - he really has it together, & he is our Catcher for a long time to come!!!!!
While the feelings of disbelief come & go, I always get giddy talking about what happened, the Games, the interviews, the Parade, the history behind my Giants' fandom, my 'good-luck charm' Family (who show up & get to celebrate in only their second full season), you guys, everything. And, emotional, especially when talking about our mutual Candlestick Park Section 30 history, Zo's situation, & every time I see Willie McCovey. I became a Giants' fan, when Mays, Marichal, & McCovey were all there. I saw all of them play. But, mainly because of his exciting return to the Giants in 1977 & his part in the 1978 season, an ultimately frustrating, but unexpectedly good one, I will always feel more fondness for Stretch. His big 3-run HR in the Friday night game (http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SFN/SFN197805260.shtml) of the series against LA which was eventually capped by Mike Ivie's pinch-hit Grand Slam on Sunday (http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SFN/SFN197805280.shtml), was a hugely emotional moment. I'll never forget Lon's call:
"The Fans really want Willie to tattoo one here ... Here's the pitch ... There's a high drive to right field ... Way back ... Way back ... You can tell it 'Goodbye'!!!!!"
Big Mac also seems to be barely hanging in there, physically, so I think that this victory meant more to him than the others. He looked great yesterday in the Parade! Seeing him was my teary-eyed moment of the day.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Giants Fever Everywhere!
Starting pitcher: Ron
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- M.C. O'Connor said...
I have a new Giants shirt. It says "World Series Champions" on it. I am wearing it tomorrow. Everyone is going to be so jealous.
Posey will soon be anointed "Team Captain" and be running things all on his own like a good catcher should. Expect to see his face at the end of every game. Jon Paul Morosi of Fox Sports calls him the Giants version of Derek Jeter. We've been seeking a home-grown position player to complement our great young pitching, and we've found him. What's perfect is that he's part of the pitching staff, too!
It looked like they had a great parade in SF, wish I could have gone.
- Thu Nov 04, 04:50:00 PM PDT
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Stuff'll kill you. If that ain't strict, I dunno what is.
"The person or persons detectives are looking for use gopher bait, or strictnine poisoning on top of cooked chicken which they placed under the community mailboxes."
There are many ghits for this. Oddly, Google kept replacing strictnine with strychnine in results, foiling the search. I discovered under search tools a new option, "verbatim," which when checked corrects this. So they have integrated spellcheck into search results, eggcorn hunters will need to be sure to check "verbatim."
Anyway, one odd aspect of this one is I found many people using the phrase "strictnine poisoning" to refer not to a kind of poisoning a person suffers from, but rather as the name of the substance itself instead of just strychnine. That might be an artifact of my search method, though.
Not only that, there's love potion No. 9, there's LSD-125, and then there's strict nine.
It is LSD and it is "antiquated style" made with strict nine
http://www.medicalfaq.net/gelatinous_ma … a-47373/p6
We will be doing the DNA tests. The hostile ones will be injected with strict nine.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index … 655AABLFLx
my friend told me to be careful cus blotter acid has strict 9 on/in it and it can be really dangerous, so i asked my bro, he gave it to me, and he said its coo and all acid has strict 9. So my questions are:
Whats strict 9?
http://www.bluelight.ru/vb/archive/inde … 32601.html
You might have turned up a vein of eggcorns for words ending in "nine". I didn't look further than this one though.
We'll hook up with some hot guys to get your mind off that two- timing, chauffenistic, rude, not worth your while rock star you call your man. It's time you move on and find someone else who'll treat you right unlike that ass and nine fool.
Is that like an ass and a half? One ass and 9 horses?
Is it chauffenistic to open a woman's limo door for her?
(This made me search for "show furs" driving limousines, but no success so far.)
(hey wait…has Montreal somehow taken over the eggcorn database? Is "poo ten" in the database yet? Does poo ten come after strict nine?)
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All your database are belong to us.
La vraie poutine does contain fromage en crottes, after all, which we might translate delicately as "cheese droppings".
"Strictnine" feels to me more like a WTF typo.
The last syllable would only be heard as "nine" in NA, wouldn't it? Don't UK speakers (and some Canadians, to be sure) say "neen?"
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
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"Strictnine" feels to me more like a WTF typo.
The last syllable would only be heard as "nine" in NA, wouldn't it? Don't UK speakers (and some Canadians, to be sure) say "neen?"
Well I've heard people actually pronounce the second "t" in strictnine, Insulation becomes installation, etc., we have a lot of that around here.
I've noticed that even though it makes it actually harder to say, we often seem to want to separate syllables with a hard consonant, tossing t's or k's about willy-nilly.


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Pictured: Rally against abortion regulations
RALEIGH – The state Senate gave final approval Thursday to a bill that will tighten regulations for abortion providers in North Carolina. Hours later, the House passed drastic changes to the state's current election laws.
House Bill 589 was revamped by Senate Republicans Tuesday to include provisions that go beyond the original voter I.D. requirement. The new version of the bill shortens the early voting period in general elections from 17 to 10 days, prohibits counties from extending early voting hours on the Saturday before Election Day to accommodate crowds, eliminates same-day voter registration during early voting, and eliminates straight-ticket voting, among other provisions.
One form of identification that would not be accepted is the student I.D., and some believe this is targeting the collegiate vote. Protesters, including UNC students, have been rallying and have even been arrested at the General Assembly this week, outraged because of the legislation.
The abortion bill now goes to Governor Pat McCrory, who previously said he would sign it into law. Backers of the bill steadfastly pushed the bill through the General Assembly. Senate Republicans originally attached the measure to a bill concerning Sharia Law. The next week, the abortion regulations were tacked onto a motorcycle safety measure, Senate Bill 353. It is the version now awaiting the Governor's signature.
Democrats and pro-choice advocates have criticized the legislation, saying it would close abortion clinics and force many women to resort to unsafe methods to have an abortion. The bill makes regulations for abortion providers similar to those in ambulatory care centers without "unduly restricting access."
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"If you consider the average person sweats about a pint each night," he said, pausing to let his words sink in...
"... you sweat one liter a night, and all that stays in the bed..."...
And then, like Mr. Burney, Mr. Ashe began tearing into Tempur-Pedic. "Take Memory Foam," he began. "It's synthetic, it's dense, it doesn't breathe, it's hot, you end up lying in a pool of your own perspiration."
The sweat again. How much did Mr. Ashe reckon the average person dropped in a bed each night? Was it, and I quoted Ms. Schleenvoigt, a liter?
"That's disgusting," he said. "I'm not sleeping with you. I'd say a cup, max."
It sounds like these characters are all trying to dissuade you from going with the Tempur-Pedic. But if you're oozing that much water, do you really want it all seeping into the mattress? I think an impervious mattress with a thick, washable cover would be better.
And what's with the mattress salesman guy joking about sleeping with the customer? That's creepy! The writer doesn't flag it as creepy, though, so I'm assuming the guy is extremely handsome. Wouldn't you have to be to sell $50,000 beds?


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PHILADELPHIA (MCT) — The first step toward Ryne Sandberg becoming the next manager of the Philadelphia Phillies was put into motion Thursday when the Hall of Fame second baseman was named the team's third-base coach and hitting instructor.
General manager Ruben Amaro Jr. denied that was the intent after he recited the myriad changes to the coaching staff following the .500 season that ended the Phillies' run of five straight National League East titles.
"Obviously, that's the sexy thing to think about," Amaro said. "But the fact of the matter is he's not the heir apparent. We've made no promises to Ryne Sandberg."
Actually, it is almost inevitable that Sandberg is the next manager and it was current manager Charlie Manuel who made that loud and clear during a 43-minute question-and-answer session at Citizens Bank Park.
"If I get thrown out of a game, Sandberg will manage," Manuel said, drawing laughter from a media crowd that had questions about the relationship between the manager and the man who many believe will succeed him.
History tells us Manuel will be ejected at some point in 2013, so the only thing that could possibly prevent Sandberg from being the Phillies' next manager is if he lands a big-league managing job elsewhere.
"I have told Ryne that this will not preclude him from getting an opportunity if someone calls for him and asks for his services to be a major league manager," Amaro said.
A Phillies spokesman said Sandberg was in Cooperstown, N.Y., and unavailable for comment Thursday. That's unfortunate because this was a significant day for the man who started his big-league playing career in Philadelphia, but built his Hall of Fame resume with the Chicago Cubs after one of the most infamous trades in Phillies history more than three decades ago.
After six seasons as a minor-league manager, including the last two at triple-A Lehigh Valley, Sandberg is finally back in the big leagues for the first time since 1997 and that was the goal for a man who has worked every bit as hard at managing as he did at playing.
"One of my goals is to be at the major-league level," Sandberg said in August. "Right now the Phillies are close to my heart as far as having this opportunity and going back to a place that originally drafted me. I enjoy the organization and the people I've been around the last two years going way back when. In a lot of ways, it would be the ultimate (to work in Philadelphia)."
Some managerial jobs will be vacant this offseason. In fact, Bobby Valentine's job in Boston opened Thursday. Sandberg, 53, should refuse all offers and prepare for one season as the third-base coach in Philadelphia before ascending to the managerial job that Amaro insists is not guaranteed.
Given the fact that Sandberg the player got away from Philadelphia makes this potentially a great story, especially when you add in the fact that he was shunned by the Cubs when they needed a manager.
There is no doubt at least a few unhappy Phillies fans would love to see Sandberg become the manager in 2013, which is absurd. One .500 season after eight winning ones that included five division titles, two National League pennants and a World Series title is no grounds for dismissing Manuel.
Turbulent times are bound to arise in 2013 as they do over the course of any 162-game season, but Manuel should not have to worry about his job. He deserves to manage the entire 2013 season regardless of what happens. After that, he will turn 70 years old. He made reference to his age Thursday and he also talked about how much he likes and respects Sandberg.
"His responsibilities will be a lot more than coaching third base," Manuel said. "In the dugout, he will be our defensive guy. He'll work with the infielders and he'll move the defenses and things like that. Also, we're going to use his hitting expertise because he's a Hall of Fame hitter. He's got some real good ideas and he talks a lot about hitting the way that I like. I think he's going to be very valuable to us."
One of Amaro's most interesting statements Thursday was about the people who work for good organizations.
"One of the things I think makes an organization stronger, frankly, is being able to hire people that may eventually take our jobs," he said. "I hope there are people here that we've hired in our front office that when I'm let go or I move on they're able to do that. That's one of the beauties of hiring strong people. Give them opportunities to grow."
Even without a guarantee, it seems like Ryne Sandberg is about to grow into the role of the next Phillies manager.


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Well first off, I hope all of you out there had a great 4th of July holiday! I had a friend in town (MISTY! YEY!) over the long weekend and believe me did we ever make the most out of the couple of days we had! Believe it or not? Our plans had NO FIREWORKS in it at all. Speaking of fireworks…the July race in Daytona will ALWAYS be the Firecracker 400 to me. Coke Zero- you know I love you…at least you should since I swill enough of it to float a pontoon boat.
Of course we worked all of our fun around watching the race. I admit I was a wee bit worried that it would rain all night in Daytona and our Sunday plans would have been ruined- but luckily they were able to get the race underway with just a 90 minute delay for a thunderstorm that passed through.
There I go getting ahead of myself though- so while I was out and about something happened during practice and Tony ended up wrecking in the primary car and resorting to a back up car. One of the things that irritates me the most about Daytona is the fact that one lap my driver can be running 5th and the next 35th…all depending on how the draft was working out. Tony was working his car towards the front of the race and even led the race twice (yey for bonus points for leading a lap) only to be caught up in "The BIG ONE" on lap 148 pf the race. This "Big One" was aptly named because 19 cars were involved in the accident. It was huge. Although if you were watching the TNT race coverage you would think that the only car that was on fire was Mark Martins. Nope…as Misty said…I guess Tony's Burger King sponsored car took "flame broiled" a bit too literal:
That picture caption up there is NOT something I wrote …I just had to point that out- they are written by the source of the photos…because I would have never worded it "Tony Stewart bursts into flames" because that makes it sound like the man spontaneously combusted or something….I just had to clarify that. Anyway, those flames look like they are right on my name. My name was probably all melted and charred.
After seeing a photo like that you might be surprised to know that Tony's pit crew did an awesome job fixing up the 14 Burger King chevy and were actually able to get him back on the track. You might be surprised to find this out because TNT never really mentioned it at all.
You can see from the above picture that the crew got Tony's car back out on the track- granted it didn't look the same. From the Tony Stewart Facebook race report:
"Really proud of everyone on this race team," said Stewart, who started ninth after qualifying was rained out on Friday and the field was set by car owner points. "Everyone had a role and they worked quickly and efficiently to get me back out to make enough laps to where we ended up picking up a lot of positions. Little things like that make a big difference."
I think Tony and the whole #14 crew should be really proud of getting back onto the track and not giving up and just loading up the hauler and heading back up to Charlotte. Tony was able to gain back several positions (7!) and really didn't too much of a hit in the points. Tony finished the race 25th and is currently 9th in points. Race winner was Kevin Harvick. Notes About Daytona:
- TNT's Wide Open Coverage? Kind of stinks when you have a small TV. I am just saying. I also find it kind of stressful because I don't feel I have a moment's break.
- Speaking of TNT- you know what was kind of sucktastic about the broadcast? That they never really talked about Tony after "the big one" and honestly they didn't really talk too much about him before it. But the only thing I heard about Tony was "Tony Stewart (long pause that made Misty look over at me with a worried look) released from the infield care center." Yep that is all they said. It would have been nice to grab a look at the team repairing the car in the garage or maybe the car as it rolled back out onto the track or something…anything.
- I forgot how FUN it is to watch a race with Misty. She is competitive and it definitely spills over into her NASCAR loving.
- My favorite moment from the race was watching the Lowe's pit crew guys drag Mark Martin from his burning car…it was so brave and yes I know they are teammates but I bet they wouldn't have done it not matter who it was. Good thing Mark Martin is on the smallish side and was probably a bit easier to help get out of the car!
- Did anyone else catch the Burger King commercial about Tony actually working at a Burger King? I have looked ALL OVER for more information on this and haven't found any. Let me know if you come across any information…I would love to write about this.
- I also wanted to pass along this article from Raygan Swan at NASCAR.com about a woman who got her minivan skinned by Newman sponsor TORNADOS as well as got to visit him in Daytona…it's a great read.
Next week: Chicago at Night! Whoo!


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Take the curse off Jordan Leopold!
ANAHEIM – I must admit, it takes a lot to shock me anymore in this business, but today it happened when Joel Quenneville passed on the news that Jordan Leopold was hurt again.
This guy played in 156 of the previous 164 games with Calgary before being traded to the Avs last year. Since then, he's been healthy for 25 of 115 games with Colorado.
Just a few days after returning from his latest long-term injury, down he goes again after a freakish injury – then re-injury – of a laceration to his thigh originally suffered from an errant skate blade in practice from teammate Ben Guite.
The Curse of the Bambino apparently has been transferred to Jordan Leopold. Therefore, being a long time, previously suffering Red Sox fan, I suggest the following to Leopold to call off the gods of wrath when he comes back:
– Expect the worst – or at least complete and total mediocrity from life – and just be pleasantly surprised if it turns out a little bit better. This works well for me.
For instance, tonight I went to a national steakhouse chain for dinner because it was pouring out and I didn't want to walk far. I expected bad service and mediocre food, and the fact that I got only slightly better than bad service made it a winning night for me.
I expected a quick, insincere greeting from the hostess and I was rewarded. I expected a noisy table near the kitchen and I was not disappointed. I expected the entree to be served too fast after getting the salad – served by someone other than my waiter, something I never understand – and they came through with flying colors. I expected the food to taste hastily prepared and I got just that.
Only the waiter's earnest attention and compliance to have a dessert served in a half-size portion (and price) made me feeling like dancing a jig out the door, feeling like Gene Kelly Singin' in the Rain.
I suggest, when Leopold comes back, to saying something like this to the media:
"First of all, don't stand too close to me. I have just petitioned Gary Bettman, and he has agreed to let me replace the Avalanche logo on my sweater with that of a black cat. I would write this statement out to you guys, but I was afraid I would sprain my index finger and be out a month.
"I am here to announce that, while I am back for a few games, I am looking forward to finding out how I will next be sidelined. Because, we all know it's going to happen. While I know I have a long way to go to catch Peter Forsberg at the top of the Avalanche's "Most Numerous and Freakish Injury" leaders, I am confident that I can eventually get there. Thank you, and see you back on the injured list soon!"
Maybe if he said something like that, the curse would lift. Every other time, Leopold has faced questions from reporters who good-naturedly knocked on wood, with answers like, "Yeah, it's good to be back. Looking forward to getting some games under my belt and getting back to full speed."
Nowhere to go but down with that attitude. My way, and you can't lose. You can either say, "Told you so" when the next injury happens, or, if not, feel like Gene Kelly.
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5 Tropical Drinks to Order at Paddy O'Beach
Here are 5 beach-inspired, tropical drinks that you can order while dipping your toes in the sand at Paddy O'Beach.
1. Margarita
Definitely the most obvious choice, you can never go wrong with a good margarita. You can order this drink on the rocks or as a frozen concoction, and there are as many flavor combinations and variations as you can dream up.
2. Mojito
The combination of rum, lime, mint, sugar, and sparkling water served over ice is one of the most refreshing tropical cocktails. Traditionally made with rum, this drink can also be made with vodka.
3. Pina Colada
The pina colada has had a long history in the Caribbean. Typically served blended or shaken over ice, this cocktail features rum, pineapple juice, and coconut cream.
4. Blue Hawaiian
This colorful cocktail is a blend of rum, blue Curacao, pineapple juice, and sweet and sour mix. Occasionally, vodka is added to make this fruity drink a little more potent.
5. Sex on the Beach
A beach party wouldn't be the same without this signature summer cocktail. Typically served on the rocks, this drink is comprised of peach schnapps, vodka, cranberry juice, and orange juice.
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Clay looks to win the Three Rivers Athletic Conference title with top players, from left, Bryce Castilleja, Lucas Robson, Jordan Grosjean, Ty McAtee, and Matt York. The Eagles reached the Division I regional semifinals last season.
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Clay went deeper into the 2012 state baseball tournament than any other Three Rivers Athletic Conference team, and St. John's Jesuit won the conference playoff championship.
Those accomplishments, plus the returning talent for each team, were enough to convince TRAC coaches to vote the Eagles and St. John's to place first and second, respectively, in a preseason poll.
Clay (15-16 overall, 8-5 TRAC), which advanced to the Division regional semifinals before losing 5-2 to Ashland, is led on the mound by senior ace right-hander Jordan Grosjean (5-3 record, 3.05 ERA) and at the plate by senior Lucas Robson (outfielder/pitcher, .365 batting average, 15 RBIs).
Other returnees include senior Ty McAtee (catcher) and juniors Bryce Castilleja (third base/pitcher, .297) and Matt York (pitcher/DH/utility).
Newcomers expected to contribute include juniors Kyle Row (utility), Josh Pennington (pitcher/utility), and Jay Smith (outfielder/catcher), and sophomore Ryan Fournier (infielder/pitcher).
"We will have a strong pitching staff, and we will be returning five starters from last season that will all be in the No. 1 through 6 spots in our hitting lineup," fourth-year coach Garry Isbell said. "This year's team has more team speed and defensive versatility than last season's team."
St. John's (21-7, 8-2 TRAC) begins the season under former longtime Cardinal Stritch coach Greg Christian, who came to the Titans as a varsity assistant last year. He steps into the head coaching post as St. John's attempts to defend its conference title.
The Titans were hit hard by graduation with the loss of four-year starters Jesse Adams (9-1 pitching, .387 average) and Nate Pearson (TRAC batting champion at .487), who have gone on to Boston College and the University of Toledo, respectively. Pitcher/outfielder Joe Robie (3-2, .384) also graduated, and current senior Liam Allen (.326) will miss his final season after undergoing surgery to repair a football injury.
The Titans hope to reload around returning senior starters Corey Tipton (catcher) and Jimmy Scott (shortstop/pitcher, 1-0, .033 ERA), along with junior Nolan Silberhorn (pitcher/first baseman).
Joining them will be juniors Jacek Czerwinski (pitcher/outfielder) and Collin Korte (pitcher/outfielder), and sophomores T.J. Lake (outfield) and Devon Garcia (infield).
"We will need to utilize the small-ball game and manufacture runs," Christian said. "We will lean on our starting pitching to keep scores close. The pitching looks like our biggest strength with Nolan, Jacek, Collin, and Jimmy."
At Central Catholic (15-14. 6-4), Jeff Mielcarek, the TRAC's dean of coaches, begins his 27th season confident in senior right-hander Jake Rudnicki, but also wondering if his Irish can find pitching depth, and if his lineup can consistently generate enough offense.
Rudnicki, who will pitch at Ohio University next year, was 5-3 with 87 strikeouts and a 1.18 ERA in 53 1/3 innings in 2012. Also back are senior outfielders Joe Solomon (.301, 21 stolen bases) and Mitch Cochell, and juniors Chad Kuebler (outfielder/pitcher), Kam Weber (catcher), and Derich Weiland (third baseman/pitcher)
"Other than Jake, we have lost nearly all of our other innings pitched from last season," Mielcarek said, "so pitching is a big question mark as we head into the season, along with our offensive production.
"With the entire outfield back, as well as a catcher and a couple of infielders, the defense looks to be a strength."
Findlay (12-13, 4-6) looks to improve on its 2012 TRAC finish, and eighth-year coach Jeff Stutzman will count heavily on Notre Dame-bound senior pitcher Jimmy Orwick (3-4, 2.90 ERA, .354 average), who also plays outfield or first base when off the hill. Another key cog will be Nolan Atwood (pitcher/first base/outfield, .308, 2-4 pitching).
Other returnees expected to contribute include Tim Koch (third base), Wyatt Krupp (center fielder), and Dietrich Hinesman (1B/DH).
"We will compete for the league title," Stutzman said.
St. Francis de Sales (19-9, 7-3) wasn't far off having a big season in 2012, and seventh-year Knights coach Tim Gerken hopes his seven returning starters will bring enough production to push the team over the top.
Back are twin brothers Eric Zmuda (shortstop, .340) and Matt Zmuda (first base/pitcher, .384), Max Lyon (outfield/pitcher, .349), Miccoy Drzewiecki (third base, .321), Michael Wagner (catcher, .350), Joey White (outfield, .370), and Cody Lewis (outfield).
The Zmuda twins will play at Dension, and Drzewiecki will play at Adrian after graduation.
The Knights look to have plenty of plate potential, so finding pitching depth will be the key to their success.
Whitmer (14-14, 5-5) entered the inaugural TRAC baseball season in 2012 coming off a championship in its final year in the City League. But 14th-year coach Gary O'Connor's Panthers could not carry over the momentum.
They will take another run at it this year led by Jack Linch (catcher/third base, .426), Luke Hickey (shortstop/pitcher, .314, 1-3 pitching, 3.09 ERA), Blake Melchert (pitcher, 4-4, 3.41 ERA), and Kyle Craig (outfield, .470), who ranked third in the TRAC batting.
Also back is Rex Rutherford (third base/outfield/pitcher, .317), and some top newcomers include Tylor Schneider (outfield/pitcher), Danny Tober (catcher/outfield), Nick Kozak (pitcher), Anthony Okdie (infield), and Blake Merrill (catcher/first base).
"Our strengths this year should be the depth of our pitching, and our defense," O'Connor said. "With several returning starters in key positions, those should be the parts that lead us. Our seniors have provided much needed leadership."
Fremont Ross (18-11, 4-6) reached the finals of the TRAC tournament last year before falling to champion St. John's, and it will rely heavily on returning starters Tyler Wolf (pitcher/shortstop, .400, 7-2 pitching, 2.59 ERA), Michael Egbert (outfield, .393), and Brandon Weiker (third base, .347), who should get help from six other returning letter winners.
Providing depth are Cole Bowers (second base), Kole Amor (catcher), and Michael Hufford (outfield).
"We have a strong nucleus of returning starters, along with a deeper pitching staff than we've had in years," sixth-year coach Mark King said. "We believe that if we play to our potential, we can compete."
Lima Senior (0-21, 0-10) and third-year coach Wesley Schroeder look to make strides with seven varsity returnees. Back are senior Aaron Kellum (catcher/pitcher), juniors Brady Allen (shortstop/pitcher), Justice Graham (outfield/pitcher), Aaron Reed (first base/catcher), and Mike Holobaugh (outfield), and sophomores Khiry Williams (first base) and Taylor Mericle (outfield).
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Vietnamese chef, Charles Phan, owner of the Slanted Door restaurant in San Francisco, creates his specialty - Vietnamese Fish Rolls. Other recipes include My Phuong's Black and White Tuna - and from the Hawaiian Islands - Big Island Chicken Long Rice. The Kitchen Goddess gives a primer on Tiki Bar drinks.
Visit the Website: www.coastalcookingwithjohnshields.com
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Reports have emerged from Syria of looted museums, damaged heritage sites and the trade of antiquities for arms.
The Independent reported that government museums at Deir ez-Zor, Raqqa, Maarat al-Numan and Qalaat Jaabar had been looted.
The newspaper also quoted Syrian director of museums Hiba Sakhel, who said items from the National Museum of Aleppo had been moved to the vaults of the central bank in Damascus for safekeeping.
Sources in Syria are also reporting looting at museums in Homs and Hama, while a recent report in Time magazine found evidence of a trade in arms for antiquities on the Lebanese border.
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Harvard will set its sights on the Heptagonal Championships
Oct. 27 in Princeton, N.J. (Harvard Athletic Communications).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Harvard cross country team announced its 2012 schedule Monday, and the Crimson will compete in seven meets in the upcoming season. The Crimson kicks off the 2012-13 season at the Bryant Invitational Sep. 8 in Smithfield, R.I.
"I am really looking forward to this cross country
season," said Jason Saretsky, director of Harvard track &
field and cross country. "The season is laid out where
we have a competition roughly every two weeks and I feel confident
it should provide a great opportunity for our student-athletes to
shine at the end of the season when it matters most."
The cross country team will travel to New Haven, Conn., on Sep. 14 for the annual HY(P) meet. On Sep. 28, the Crimson travels to the Paul Short Invitational hosted by Lehigh. Two weeks later, Harvard will split its squad, sending runners to either the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational Oct. 12 in Madison, Wis., or the Princeton Invitational Oct. 13 in Princeton, N.J. Following another two week rest, the Crimson travels to Princeton, N.J. for the Heptagonal Championships Oct. 27.
The NCAA Regionals will take place Nov. 9 in Hammonasset, Conn., and the NCAA Championships and ECAC/IC4A Championships take place a week later on Nov. 17.


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This week Dennis Wholey speaks with U.S. Ambassador Thomas Pickering. Ambassador Pickering holds the title of Career Ambassador, which is the highest rank in the Foreign Service and is nominated by the President. Ambassador Pickering has served as U.S. Ambassador to Russia, India, Israel, Jordan, El Salvador, Nigeria and the United Nations. Dennis and the Ambassador discuss how the United States fits within the world and the ways in which the country can improve its standing diplomatically in a variety of ways.
Visit the Website: http://www.thisisamerica.net/
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USFWS National Digital Library
National Wildlife
Refuge System
Coloring Book
U.S. Fish & Wildlife ServiceThe National Wildlife Refuge System Coloring Book was developed to introduce primary grade students to the Refuge System, which manages the world's premier system of public lands and waters set aside to conserve America's fish, wildlife and plants. The Refuge System has grown to more than 540 refuges with at least one in every state and one about an hour's drive from most major metropolitan areas.
To find a national wildlife refuge near you, go to www.fws.gov/refuges.
Katie R. Schipp did the drawings in this coloring book when she was a student at the Art Institute of
Washington, D.C. She says: "I've always loved animals and drawing so you will see there are animals in
a lot of my drawings. I love cartooning the best and hope to continue doing it for years to come." America's national bird is the bald eagle.
Have you ever seen one?Many eagles live on national wildlife refuges where they
find a habitat that is just right for them.A habitat is where animals find everything they need to
live — food, water, shelter and space. Trees and plants
near your home provide habitat for birds and other animals.Look carefully for signs of animals in the grass, bushes,
trees, ground or water in your neighborhood. What kinds
of animals, big and small, have found habitat in
your neighborhood?Special places called national wildlife refuges have
different types of habitats. Each of these animals
has found a home on a national wildlife refuge
with everything it needs.NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGEU.S. Department of the InteriorFish and Wildlife Service
This is the blue goose sign. You will see it when you
visit national wildlife refuges. Look for this hidden
sign on many of the next pages and keep track
of how many you find.www.fws.gov/refuges
Today, there are more than 540 national wildlife
refuges in the United States. Circle the refuge
closest to your home.At national wildlife refuges, people work hard to make
habitats even better for wildlife. They create wetlands
or ponds, keep rivers clean, pull weeds and plant trees
or special kinds of grass.
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGEU.S. Department of the InteriorFish and Wildlife Service
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SERVICEPresident Theodore Roosevelt created the first national
wildlife refuge more than 100 years ago. He chose
Pelican Island in Florida as a safe place for big water
birds like pelicans.Four national wildlife refuges were created especially
to be homes for eagles. Karl E. Mundt National
Wildlife Refuge, which is in South Dakota, is a home
for hundreds of eagles.Bear Valley National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon provides nesting places and roosts for eagles. A roost is a place where birds sleep. Sometimes, 300 bald eagles are sleeping at this refuge at the same time.Which animal do you think is protected at Crocodile Lake
National Wildlife Refuge in Florida?Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma is a
home for bison. These giant creatures need lots of
space and lots of grass.Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and
Fish Refuge on the Mississippi River gives these ducks a
place to rest when they fly north for the summer or
south for the winter.The huge Desert National Wildlife Refuge in Nevada has six mountain ranges where desert big horn sheep live.At Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge in Hawaii, there is a lighthouse that looks out over the ocean where you can see humpback whales.Wetlands are lands covered in water most of the time.
At Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge in Delaware,
267 kinds of birds live in the wetlands, including
red-winged blackbirds.The biggest national wildlife refuges are in Alaska.
They are home to many animals such as moose, salmon and even polar bears.Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in
New Mexico has a festival every fall when thousands
of sandhill cranes and snow geese come back to
stay for the winter.Some animals at national wildlife refuges are harder
to find. At Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge in
South Carolina, red-cockaded woodpeckers hide way
up in the pine trees where they look for insects to eat!At Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge in
West Virginia, 40 kinds of mussels live silently
on the bottom on the river.What can you do when you see birds and other animals
at a national wildlife refuge? Watch how the birds and
animals live. Watch them watch you. Use this
space to draw a picture of wildlife you have seen.Make a list of wildlife you have seen. Birdwatchers keep
lists of all the birds they have seen in their whole lives.
These are called life lists.Snap a photograph. Some national wildlife refuges
have little cabins called photo blinds. You don't sleep
in these cabins. You wait quietly to take pictures of
animals when they come close to you.Try to catch some fish at national wildlife refuges that
allow fishing. If you do not plan to eat the fish,
put it back in the water.You can ride your bicycle at some national wildlife
refuges or walk a trail to look for animals.
Be very quiet so you don't scare the wildlife.Many national wildlife refuges have visitor centers
where you can learn about wildlife and habitats.
At Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge in Ohio, you can
see what it is like inside a muskrat house.Will you help protect wildlife? Remember not to throw
trash on the ground because animals might think it is
food. Put it in a trash can or recycle.In the spring, you can plant flower seeds for a butterfly
garden. Marigolds, zinnias and sunflowers are all beautiful flowers that butterflies like.When you grow up, come work for the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service on a national wildlife refuge.
You can help protect habitat for animals.NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGEU.S. Department of the InteriorFish and Wildlife Service
How many blue goose signs
did you find in this book?Visit a national wildlife refuge near you.
Find one in your state at:
Mission of the National
Wildlife Refuge System
The mission of the System is to
administer a national network of
lands and waters for the conservation, management, and where appropriate, restoration of the fish, wildlife and plant resources and their habitats within the United States for the benefit of present and future generations of Americans.
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GLEN ELLYN – A Glen Ellyn man was sentenced July 1 to four years in prison for aggravated child pornography, according to the DuPage County State's Attorney's Office.
Liviu Babei, 45, of the 800 block of West Driveway in Glen Ellyn, was charged on May 22, 2012, with one count of aggravated child pornography, a Class Two felony, said Paul Darrah, DuPage County State's Attorney's Office communications manager.
Babei pled guilty to the charge, and as part of a plea agreement, received four years in the Illinois Department of Corrections, Darrah said. He will receive credit for time served from May 24, 2012, through Dec. 19, 2012, he said.
Babei also must register as a sex offender and pay $825 in court costs, Darrah said.


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All the Phoenix proposal does, is provide a somewhat standardized way for doing vendor-specific extensions to the command set. Drive vendors *already* have the ability to do this - "vendor specific" command codes have been part of the ATA standard for years. Up until now, though, there was no way for a disk drive to report *which* vendor-specific command codes it implements, or what interpretation it puts on them.
The Phoenix proposal reserves a range of 8 command codes (previously listed as "obsolete") for the new "generic command" feature. It allows a drive to use these commands to implement *any* sort of vendor-specific features that the manufacturer and customer might want. The drive can make available a 128-bit code intended to identify the command set. This 128-bit GUID (Globally Unique ID) is *not* an encryption key - it's simply a way of identifying which command set the drive implements.
Vendors could implement all sorts of useful capabilities using this mechanism. It might be a way to support drive-based data compression, or to "tune" drive performance in customer-specific ways, or to retrieve information about the drive's health which goes beyond what's available in the normal drive error and performance logs. Heck, it could be used to implement a "play a tune by chattering the drive head back and forth" feature if you wanted to, or to issue "perk" and "pour" and "clean filter" commands to a robotic coffeemaker attached to an ATA interface if you wanted to do something that silly.
The Phoenix proposal is not a "similar copy-prevention plan". It does *not* enshrine any sort of copy protection algorithms, rules, keys, key management strategies, or licensing rules into ATA-6 in the way that the CPRM proposal would have. It says nothing about copy protection at all. I spoke with the gentleman from Phoenix who wrote the proposal, and he told me that it was an idea that he'd been thinking about for some years because he could see that it could have a lot of useful applications. The CPRM hoorah was what prodded him into actually writing it down and proposing it.
The *only* relationship between the Phoenix proposal, and any sort of copy control, is that the generic commands _could_ be used as the interface to a copy management scheme if a vendor chose to use them in that way. But, as I said above, vendors could ALREADY be doing this if they wanted to, through the "vendor specific" command codes that have been in ATA for years.
The Phoenix proposal also gives the drive user a way to shut off whatever generic command set is supported by the drive. This can be done either via the SET FEATURES command (disabling the generic features until the drive is physically powered down) or via DEVICE CONFIGURATION OVERLAY (disabling the features even across powerdown). The proposal states that these disable features "shall" be supported - which means that the disable is *mandatory*. A drive which was sold with a generic command set and GUID (of *any* sort) that could not be disabled, would be in violation of the ATA-6 spec - this would cause the drive to fail qualification at a *lot* of customers.
The T.13 committee is not going to be "registering" generic command sets, their 128-bit GUIDs, or their interpretation. That is *strictly* up to the drive manufacturers and their customers (assuming that the Phoenix proposal passes, that is). That's the biggest reason why the GUID was spec'ed with so many bits in it... a drive vendor can simply pick a GUID for their feature set at random, and not have to worry about the chance that another vendor will choose the same GUID.
As I said, folks, I think we won one this time around. The committee members were well aware of how much public upset there was over CPRM. If IBM hadn't withdrawn the CPRM proposal, I believe it would have been voted down. I can't predict the future, but I personally doubt that they'll ever try to reintroduce it.
The bigger battle to come will almost certainly lie elsewhere - in the courts, and in Congress.
The T13 web/FTP sites seem to be going through some changes at the moment (this was mentioned at the meeting), and I don't see a copy of the Phoenix proposal on-line yet. Keep your eye on the technical-documents directory [t13.org]. The proposal will be document e01112r1 when it's posted there.
Read through it for yourself and see what it says. And, if you still have concerns, come to the next T.13 meeting, in April - they're open to the public, they're free, and no preregistration of any sort is necessary.
In contrast, there's lots of activity over at LinuxBIOS [lanl.gov].
If you want to replace everything from operating systems to games with Free/Open Software then I suggest we start looking into ways that would alow the community to fund developers to write these programs full time.
Developers will only be able to devote themselve's full time if they can afford to do so. Since free software isn't about price, and all about freedom why is it that the users of Free Software do not provide the developers with the resources required to better serve us?
Where the hell did you get that idea? There is no legal basis for this. And who is "everyone"?
The problem is, every time the floppy drive hit an error, it would reset itself by "banging" the head repeatedly against the stop, eventually knocking it out of alignment.
This ought to be illegal under computer misuse legislation. Sadly I don't think it's practical for real people to use this against corporations.
See the Register article [theregister.co.uk] on the same topic.
It gets a modest thumbs up from ATA guru Andre Hedrick:
Although the proposal - which has not yet been published outside the open meeting - does not specifically prevent any command sets such as CPRM from applying to fixed hard drives at a later date, Hedrick says the important point is that the owner of the drive could disable the features. And furthermore, it gives users of operating systems that let such features through block them. However, he plans to reserve his final judgement until review of the published document.
Let's see it this way: mandatory copy prevention mechanisms are just a pain in the ass for user and manifacturers, and unreasonable as it is, I doubt it would ever be popular. OTOH, optional copy prevention mechanisms are somewhat less evil, but they can be as bad if they ever become widespread (i.e. try surfing the web with cookies disabled, as someone pointed out in another post).
Now thing are presented to the mass as if you have only two choices and you have to choose only between them. Basically, they are trying to force you to choose between something evil and a compromise. But when you are faced with two options there is always a third option: the status quo (no compromises at all).
Briefly: the media industry asked for 200 and obtained 0, the media industry now is asking for 100 (which is the goal of the media industry, and is less unreasonable than 200, but still unreasonabe). People accepting this compromise just because is less evil than what was originally proposed are just pawns the media's game.
If a quarter million Slashdotters each Paypal in a buck or two that might make a good start if it winds up in the hands of someone that can be trusted not to blow it all on administrative salaries like some "charities", and if that someone knows the right way to manage the project and the money.
I can e-mail you a copy of whatever Reg article you can't get if you let me know which one.
Nope, it's really easy.
First, you get a logo designed and trademarked. Then, in your Copious Spare Time, you evalute a bunch of devices. If they prove compliant, then you send a polite letter to the manufacturer saying, "Congratulations! Your Flabloden model #XP-Z7 meets the conditions for bearing the OMI compliance symbol. As you may be aware, OMI is an organization dedicated to promoting the values of [blah blah blah...] So that consumers will be able to more readily identify your product as safe, you are authorized to use the OMI logo on the specific-named product, and on product-related promotional literature and Web sites. Encapsulated Postscript and PNG files of approved logo imagery may be obtained from..."
Some manufacturers may choose not to bother, but their stuff still gets listed on the OMI Web site. So a central resource listing approved devices still exists, and people can still make informed choices.
Yes, it's a massive exercise in reputation-building. No better time to start than now...
I know damn well it's up to us, not you, to dig for both sides of the story
100 million people? That's about the death-count attributable to automobiles since they exist. Now, automobiles are quite a capitalistic product; so, try to imagine what the total death count of capitalism would be, when you ALSOinclude the victims of worplace disease and injury, ill-paid workers who can't afford doctors, and third-world workforce that work in sweatshops, all the result of your fine capitalist system.Oooooh...capitalistic. How terrible. Please propose a system which works better than capitalism. There are about hundred million dead people from Stalin, Mao, and other various Communist goons' experiments in non-capitalism.
Not in the USA, where "anyone with big bucks" ==* "government".I hate to say it, but it seems to be truer than ever. It used to apply just to governments, etc.; now it applies to anyone with big bucks.
* I did put the "==" to make believe that I
program in C, but in reality, I'm a Delphi [borland.com]
Oooooh...capitalistic. How terrible. Please propose a system which works better than capitalism. There are about hundred million dead people from Stalin, Mao, and other various Communist goons' experiments in non-capitalism.
I don't understand how you can believe that a physical item can be owned but a non-physical item can't. Of course, if you don't believe in private ownership of physical items, please post your address and leave your door open tonight. Someone will stop by and borrow your stuff.
True socialism would be fully government organized redistribution of all goods and services. I don't think Canada does that, but it's been a few years since I've been there.
I'm not even talking about the totalitarian aspects of the USSR. But they do logically flow from a lot of Communist theology. How do you force people to give up their private property and give according to their skills and only take according to their means? A one-way trip to Siberia was the prime motivator, since the kindness of people's hearts wasn't working.
This is a bit tangential, but it's interesting to note how many of the peace and love and sharing gurus are serious control freaks. Draw your own parallels to the rise of totalitarianism in the USSR.
And these things have nothing to do with anything inherit in captialism. Collective farms and not allowing individual initiative have everything to do with communism. Try again.
Our punishment for socially unacceptable behaviour is not that different, despite our best efforts to convince us otherwise.
Yes, but our rules are different. Rather than THOU SHALL most of them are formulated as THOU SHALL NOT. It's easier to NOT do something than it is to do it. It's also more moral, IMHO, to hold people accountable for sins of comission rather than sins of omission. If you can't see the difference between the two, I don't have anything to say to you.
If it weren't for this greed factor, I'm sure socialism or communism would work extremely well.
Well, duh. You mean a system that works based on motivations that people actually have is a good idea? Wow! You know, if it wasn't for gravity, I bet I could jump really high!
And I agree completely with you. I am one of the few people who doesn't mind paying taxes. I get stuff for them, even if that stuff is educating someone else's kids. It's all in my best interest, because it builds a better society.
What I was disagreeing with was the use of the word "Capitalist" as a slur. Capitalism is the best system yet devised to distribute goods and services. The distribution might not always be as equitable as everyone would like, but it beats all the alternatives.
You mention three conditions for something to be "property." Your third condition is that it is possible to destroy it. How does, oh, land, fit that requirement? Sure, you could nuke it, but for most of the 5,000 years of civilization, land was permanent. It met your first two requirements, but not your third.
How about digital streaming video? It meets all three of your requirements; it can be used by the owner, the owner can lend it out ON HIS OWN TERMS, and it can be destroyed (the original is deleted). If you don't like the terms, don't use it. If you agree to the terms and ignore them, you're a liar. If you don't agree to the terms and use it anyway, you're a thief. Take your pick.
For those who don't know, C-64 copy protection often seemed to involve intentionally messing up part of the disk in a particular way, so that when you tried to read from that part, you'd get an error code. Then, they'd just have their program try to read the disk in that spot - if there wasn't an error, or it wasn't the RIGHT error, it was obviously a copy ("Obviously", copy programs wouldn't copy errors, would they? [More advanced bit-for-bit 'nibbler' copiers popped up in short order that DID, so you could once again make functional backups of your software...but I digress.]) The problem is, every time the floppy drive hit an error, it would reset itself by "banging" the head repeatedly against the stop, eventually knocking it out of alignment.
Ah, yes, when I was in high school, I worked afternoons and weekends in the local computer store as a bench technician on C64s. Our number one service request was realigning the r/w head on the 1541 drive because of this. At $65 a pop (in 1980's money) it was quite lucrative...
Unless you are a health care provider....In that case it is illegal to try to sell your services outside of the govt run socialist system.
Not so fast there with those conclusions, pardner! Socialist systems have no competition to spur them to improve. If the socialist service sucks, and no private alternative is available, then you are up a creek. I work in healthcare along side plenty of ex Canadian docs and nurses with all types of horror stories of how long people would have to wait for an operation to end their pain. And in many cases, the care simply would not be provided and the canadian citizen has to fly down to the states and get pay to get the care they need. It is illegal for Canadian docs to even offer alternative services to those of the socialist system. This is unlike the British system where there are private health care alternatives for those who aren't content to wait a long time to get service. It's all about options - options are a good thing from a consumer standpoint.
I would like to see private education companies compete for the business of running local schools (they would win contracts and use public buildings). Outcomes could be measured and contracts would be renewed on a merit basis. If the education company gets a good rep, then they'll get more contracts. In the current public school system, there is little pressure for schools to compete and improve.
I agree with you on law enforcement.
As far as IP relates to either Socialism or Capitalism, I think that IP is an inherently anticompetitive construct. I would like to see companies compete purely on the basis of timely delivery of quality products and services at the best possible price. IP adds artificial constraints to competition and in that sense is anticapitalist IMHO. Allowing ideas and patterns to become "capital" stifles the competition that is essential to capitalism.
So let the hard drive industry push ahead with their own plans. If they want another rerun of DivX, that's fine with me.
I think that everyone would agree that the content creator should have the last word over how his content should be used.
You're right - copy prevention would have been a better term.
My bad.
John "Dark Paladin" Hummel
Don't blame Windows--if you were a Microsoft operating system, you'd have problems too.
So when the media distorts things like DeCSS and makes it sound like those "hackers" are equivalent to those that break into other people's systems, tell them this: There is a BIG difference (morally and legally) between using a Slim Jim to break into someone elses car versus breaking into your own (e.g. you left the keys inside or the door locks froze in the winter, etc).
It should be the same with computers. But the DMCA [cornell.edu] changed that. Any code which restricts your rights is illegal to bypass. Content providers have legislative power to set their own copyright law for their products. Unlike legislators, they aren't elected by the people.
We see this often -- people will use any arguments they can against their favorite enemy, whether or not those arguments can rationally go together. If you don't believe in intellectual property, then you should be against copyrights of any kind, limited or not.
Either side is arguable; I tend to agree with those who push for limited copyright protection, but can see that the "anti-intellectual-property" argument has some logic to it as well. But you destroy your credibility if you try to argue both.
Capitalism's greatest enemies are successful capitalists.
Kind of like "Napster helps independent bands" is a sad effort to try to find some credible partner function for illegal music copying?
What these guys are doing is trying to pull the same kind of scam over our eyes.
There is an old quote, going back to WWII, and maybe even back to the revolution in various forms:
"The Price of Freedom is Eternal Vigalance"
I hate to say it, but it seems to be truer than ever. It used to apply just to governments, etc.; now it applies to anyone with big bucks.
Thanks for not using the Industry's propaganda terms like "copy protection". "Copy prevention" is more accurate, but the best term to use would be "access control".
Damn, I sound like RMS..but...everytime some writes or says those propaganda words, they are implicitly supporting the Industry's arguments!
If you are sued, then the proscribed measures are in place, and OMI certification is denied. QED
As for getting manufacturers to submit to testing, that would happen on a "pro-bono" basis, at least initially. Since an OMI certification currently has no value in the marketplace, manufacturers would have no reason to seek it. So studies and certifications would be done in a sort of "Consumer Reports" manner. Once OMI compliance becomes a consumer requirement, manufacturers will seek certification directly.
It's a risky proposition -- the risk being that the public may Just Not Give a Damn -- but I think it's worth a try.
You know, I'm not big-time "hacker" (or "cracker", for that matter) or anything, but I can say that the very first thing I ever did with a computer that I could call a real "hack" involved exactly this issue.
For those who don't know, C-64 copy protection often seemed to involve intentionally messing up part of the disk in a particular way, so that when you tried to read from that part, you'd get an error code. Then, they'd just have their program try to read the disk in that spot - if there wasn't an error, or it wasn't the RIGHT error, it was obviously a copy ("Obviously", copy programs wouldn't copy errors, would they? [More advanced bit-for-bit 'nibbler' copiers popped up in short order that DID, so you could once again make functional backups of your software...but I digress.]) The problem is, every time the floppy drive hit an error, it would reset itself by "banging" the head repeatedly against the stop, eventually knocking it out of alignment.
Many years ago, I owned a copy of "Stellar 7" for the Commodore 64, and this one was particularly egregious about copy protection. As I recall, it read errors from the drive four times when you started loading, two or four times when you started a game, and two or four times every time you progressed from one level to another.
I got really tired of listening to my floppy drive knocking itself to pieces whenever I wanted to play a game, so I dug out a sector editor, found the bit of code that said (essentially) "if you don't get this error, stop" and tweaked it so that it would continue whether the error was there or not. Then I copied the disk sans errors, so I could play without ruining my floppy drive.
[sniffle]...ah, those were the days
is there any? am I missing something??
If you're so dead set against "intellectual property", then what does the perversion of copyright law have to do with anything?
That's how I feel today about all these news reports - the Feds teaming up against alt2600 in the DCCS case, Napster all but gone, and now these proposals to prevent our own information from being traded about.
Yes, I understand the need for copy protection - I hate it when folks sell pirated copies of games because I know that's money that should have gone to a hard working developer. But it seems that corporate interests have gone out on such an insane bend to make certain that the people who might rip them off don't - even at the expense of the privacy and freedoms of law abiding citizens.
Probably the worst part is the possibility of what might follow. There was a joke made that the RIAA will sue people who sing copyrighted songs in the showers. On Ubersoft [ubersoft.net] they have a joke about a gigantic company's word processing software preventing the federal government from prosecuting them for illegal actions by detecting what words are typed and changing them.
And that's what makes me so depressed about these articles. It always starts off for "the good" reasons - copy protection good, so copy protection technology has to be good too. The problem is that we all know we can't trust other people to make our own decisions for us, and the second that the power is taken out of our hands, the possibility for corruption is there. What happens when the "copy protection" technology is modified to not allowed "unsupported" or "illegal" software (ie: "dangerous" GPL software that doesn't make the corporations any money).
That's the problem with the copy control schemes. I don't fear people taking my words and claiming them for their own. I fear the people who might prevent my words from being seen at all in the name of "the good of the business" interests.
John "Dark Paladin" Hummel
It seems there should be better fora for floating this idea, but I can't think of what they may be, and it seems time is no longer on our side. Thus:
The biggest problem is that the copy control technologies are insidious: They are inserted into flashy, cool devices or software without informing the customer they're there, thus thwarting their desire (or not) to avoid them. For example, did you know the latest WinAmp contains copy control measures from InterTrust? Of course not. AOL conveniently "forgot" to tell you.
We could create a list of products, companies, and/or technologies to avoid, but then the copy control philistines would simply change the names of their stuff on a regular basis, and the fight would devolve into a shell game. This lets them say, "Oh, no, we stopped incorporated CPRM at customer request!" and then fail to tell you that it simply got renamed to ICST (Insidious Citizen-Screwing Technology). You're still screwed, but they get to play PR games with us.
Thus, my proposal: I propose the creation of the Open Media Initiative, a non-profit entity whose charter is to analyze new digital hardware and software, and report whether they contain copy control measures. The Open Media Initiative (OMI) would promote the following values:
Note that only technological measures are addressed. Social and legal restrictions are free to exist (or not); the OMI simply prohibits their ensconcement in code or hardware. (For the purposes of the OMI, executable programs are considered data.)
Devices and software meeting this three-pronged test shall be eligible to use an OMI certification logo on their products, so that consumers will be able to immediately identify compliant, safe products, and avoid non-compliant ones. A list of products receiving certification would also appear on the OMI's Web site.
Yes, publicizing OMI and the OMI logo, at least in the "traditional" manner, would be horribly expensive. However, as things stand now, if you're a member of the tech community, and are rightfully repulsed by these encroachments on the freedoms we worked so hard to build into our systems, explaining the issues to, say, your grandmother could be a laborious process. However, if you could simply tell her, "Don't buy anything unless it has this logo on it," the problem is considerably simplified.
By way of example, current CD-ROM burners would be eligible for the OMI logo, as would Linux and the most recent rev of Unreal Tournament. SDMI-enabled MP3 players, Windows, and Quake3:Arena would not.
So, who's with me?
(Dear Lord, what have I let myself in for?)
"I shall expect a chemical cure for psychopathic behavior by 10 A.M. tomorrow, or I'll have your guts for spaghetti." -- a comic panel by Cotham


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On Wednesday, Jan. 16, President Obama announced his new sweeping gun laws. Many of us realize that this is just a knee-jerk reaction to the school shooting in Connecticut which left 26 dead, including 20 children.
I think all us regret this horrible act of one person, but we don't want our decision to adversely affect the rest of our approximate 300,000 people in the U.S. We also do not want to be responsible for trampling on our sacred Constitution.
In 2011, a small arms survey showed that there were 270,000 guns owned in the United States. That would translate to 89 guns for every 100 people. Today the ATF has a 438,000-square-foot building in Washington. It has nearly $300,000 in extras for the new director's suite, including a $65,000 conference table and more than $100,000 for hardwood floors.
The administration requested $1.163 billion for the ATF. That includes $1.115 billion in salaries. Wednesday the president was suggesting that congress spend an additional $4 billion to keep an additional 15,000 police on the streets.
The president wants to ban armor-piercing bullets. We all know that for years, many criminals have worn and have access to flack jackets. Now who will that hurt, the average law-abiding citizen?
Obama is proposing that Congress allocate $50 million for schools to help them hire more resource officers. In addition to all this, Lee County wants to place a police officer in every school.
How much more can we stand?
Let's each one of us take a few minutes and contact our congressional representatives and ask them to oppose as much of this is possible!
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