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Should the exemption granted for jailbreaking cell phones apply to game consoles like the Xbox 360 and PS3 as well?
I'm a developer, who would like to play with some nice hardware.
Devil's advocate: That's what a PC is for. Even midrange graphics cards for the PC are stronger than the Radeon 9000-class Hollywood GPU in the Wii, the Radeon X1900-class Xenos GPU in the Xbox 360, and the GeForce 7800-class RSX GPU in the PS3. It's even rumored that the Wii U is just an Xbox 480. What does a console give you that a living-room PC with a comparable GPU does not, other than the assurance that your users won't try to run your game on a PC with an Intel GMA (Graphics My [Behind]), fail, and c
So? The console hardware is usually cheaper if you want the bundle.
They sell it at a loss? Cry me a river, how is that my problem?
The console hardware is usually cheaper if you want the bundle.
Cheaper, but not by much. There are three current major high-definition video game platforms: Windows, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3. Without any family members who own a PS3, I'm not qualified to comment on that platform, so I'll comment on what I know. Windows: An Acer Aspire X1 with a quad-core AMD CPU, NVIDIA graphics, 1 GB RAM, and a 1 TB hard drive costs $400 at Walmart. Xbox 360: An Xbox 360 costs $540: $300 for the console with only a quarter TB drive and $240 for four years of Xbox Live Gold service,
oh no, sir. They sell it at a loss in your perception - in reality they start selling it at a profit, and then all the games are sold at a profit. The result is you get crap hardware over time, and the costs for consoles have skyrocketed.
$200 consoles 10 years ago -> $300-600 today. Blech.
The makers of the major video game consoles don't even want there to be a public discussion "about whether you should be *allowed* to do so". They might try to preempt such discussion by arguing that there is already an open alternative to video game consoles, namely gaming PCs. The existence of such an open platform thus lessens "the impact that the prohibition on the circumvention of technological measures applied to copyrighted works has" under 17 USC 1201(a)(1)(C) [copyright.gov] and takes away the pressing need to ja
You write for it, and anybody else with that platform can use it. No worries about differing performance or hardware within a defined range (you can say needs Kinect or Move, and then you know exactly what extra hardware they have).
But that matters not. It's your stuff, you do with it as you will, no need to justify it to anyone. It's not about needs, it's about wants, and wants are all that are required when it comes to freedom.
Same with free speech. Why do you think you should be able to say that? None of
You write for it, and anybody else with that platform can use it.
Good luck distributing it to "anybody else with that platform" when the next patch will disable the jailbreak on which it relies to start running. So you'd need to make an exception not only for developers but also for users.
Devil's advocate: That's what a PC is for.
Response: If I wanted to modify a PC, I'd modify a PC, but I'm not - I'm trying to [run custom software on, improve hardware wise, etc] [insert console name here], so the point is moot.
the goal was about making something else do those things
Now prove to a government regulator's satisfaction that this goal is worthy enough by itself to justify making an exception to a federal law. Or, as the console makers would put it: "Our products were never intended for doing these things. People who want to make a device do those things can buy a PC in the first place instead of buying our products. Therefore, the exemption that the petitioners seek is not necessary, and we request that you deny it."
Couldn't your clients break in to the court computers after the trial and change the verdict to "not guilty"?
How much does it cost to defend against these sorts of lawsuits?
10 years ago, what would've you said would be the most pressing issue regarding personal electronics/personal data use?
10 years from now, what do you think will be the most pressing issue regarding personal electronics/personal data use?
One question per post! Is that too much data for you to interpret?
After seeing the heartless machinations of our political and legal system up close, are you still hopeful that an individual can get a fair shake in our system? How rampant is prosecutorial abuse, such as that suffered by Kevin Mitnick (e.g. the NORAD whistle)? Is the complete lack of accountability for incompetent, corrupt, and malicious prosecutors and judges as serious of a problem as it appears from the outside?
What is your advice to someone who has absolutely no faith whatsoever in the legal system?
Become a lawyer. Individual lawyers have a huge amount of discretion, including federal prosecutors, and as a skeptic, you could make a difference. The legal system is complicated, and sometimes it's arbitrary and unfair--often most so to the weakest members of society--but the discretion of individual lawyers in their application of the law can make a huge difference.
Given the vast disconnect between society's common opinion on data piracy and the large fines and penalties being pursued in the legal system by copyright holders, do you think the 'unlocking' argument could lead towards more leniency in civil cases involving copyright violations, or will that be confined to purely criminal violations?
Is is possible to get a fair Jury trial for these highly technical cases? It seems like the prosecution would generally aim to eject any jurors remotely technical, and the general public is highly susceptible to sensationalization because of how technology and hacking is portrayed in the media.
Is it possible to get a fair trial AT ALL, Jury or single judge, given that NEITHER has a hint of a clue regarding the technology?
I would say the entire voire dire process in the US needs to be changed.
Dismiss a juror only for direct cause. Do you know the defendant and/or his close relatives/associates? Do you have any direct stake in the outcome? Have you already given an opinion on innocence or guilt? Everyone else is the luck of the draw, as it should be, a jury of your peers, not a jury of a few very carefully selected people.
Long ago a relative of mine had a DUI a few years before he was called to sit on a jury for a DUI. He vot
you know the "the defendant obviously was guilty" part actually kinda makes me wonder if your relative had ever heard of jury nullification and why it's significant. Plenty of people focus so much on the facts that they forget about their rights as a jury, of course the opposite can happen too.
To him, the prosecution had easily overcome the burden of proof in that case, so he voted guilty.
He had no desire to use jury nullification. He admits he screwed up with his own DUI and had no objection to the law.
Bringing suit or taking creative non-traditional enforcement actions against hackers, cheats, in-game spammers, RMT sellers, and others who disrupt the game experience;
I like the creative non-traditional enforcement route but I have to question why would you bring suit against this group of users? You might not agree but the way I see it is that I paid for my phone, I'll now do what I want with it. What do you care if I'm running different software on it? Similarly, I paid for this game and what do you care that I'm selling items for real money on the side? Or writing a bot to farm gold? It seems like users that derive an alternative means to enjoy something they buy outside of the intended usage get targeted and locked out when it happens. They're both cat and mouse games between user and corporation, why is one a legal right to do whatever you want with something you paid for and the other is prosecuted by your firm?
You're right to modify technology you hold ends where a service you subscribe to starts. Yes, you can modify your phone to run whatever program you want. If you install a program that automatically sends out text messages, that's ok. If you use that program to send out heaps of sms spam, you are violating the terms of your service contract. Same things for games. You want to install a bot to play a game on your own computer, that's fine. You want to connect a bot to someone else's server, you are violating
It seems to me that they just don't like how you play the game. If the server owners feel like banning them, though, fine.
The government grants copyrights through the power of the Copyright Clause of the Constitution. That clause explicitly states the reason,
"To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts"
Then "secure
We'll never have real copyright reform until all of Congress and most of the public remember th
Advising clients on EULAs, Terms of Use, and related contract issues;
What do you tell your clients (who apparently include Blizzard Entertainment, Square Enix, Disney and Zynga) when that "thing" I agree to before playing their game is unreadable and painfully lengthy? Are you providing them more legalese or are you saying, "Look, no gamer is going to 1) sit down and read all of this and 2) have the background to comprehend some of these terms." Because right now, in the software world, those EULAs are a complete joke. Is your firm making any positive headway on shoring up that gap between the understandings of both company lawyer and end user? If so, how?
And: Is an EULA a contract? How can an EULA be enforced if the person agreeing (in the US) is under the age of 18? The parent didn't agree, someone who is not legally eligible to enter into a contract has.
This is where the bloodthirsty license agreement is supposed to go, explaining that Interactive Easyflow is a copyrighted package licensed for use by a single person, and sternly warning you not to pirate copies of it and explaining, in detail, the gory consequences if you do.
We know that you are an honest person, and are not going to go around pirating copies of Interactive Easyflow; this is just as well with us since we worked hard to perfect it and selling copies of it is our only method of making anything out of all the hard work.
If, on the other hand, you are one of those few people who do go around pirating copies of software you probably aren't going to pay much attention to a license agreement, bloodthirsty or not. Just keep your doors locked and look out for the HavenTree attack shark.
Disclaimer: I used to work there, back in the day. Great place, with the right attitude. (And, yes, there actually was an attack shark.)
Now that may fit under some laws and may even full under phone unlocking.
Now what psystar did was selling full systems with mac os x loaded on them but if you where to do it on your own will you be ok?
What if I want to load a office full of pc with mac os x and I buy a OS X Lion USB Thumb Drive at $70 each for each system will I be ok?
I'd think the interesting cases are the borderline ones, as those are the ones that are most likely to shape the law rather than be shaped by it. Assuming that, what area of computer law do you see being so vague and ill-defined that it's actually essential that case law be produced for it?
No. We have real lawyers [law.com] willing to work for free. Have fun paying your student loans.
GREAT question!
There have been a few law suits over being forced to rent them but there is a other board line legal part with people who clam that all the boxes on e-bay and other places are stolen even when you have owned boxes from Canada, Boxes from smaller cable systems. There was this small college that to get tv on the dorm cable system you needed to buy a cable box. Also real board line part is the big cable systems list a unturned cable box price now if you pay that price you should now be the owner of the box rig
Hi Jennifer, what are your thoughts on the recent Sony PSN Terms of Service revision including a class-action lawsuit waiver? Is this legal?
I believe this type of thing was recently upheld in court (class action waiver). I'm not Jennifer, but I thought I'd share.
Personally, I think they should be illegalized as very much against public policy.
What are the more interesting ways you have seen prosecutors prove that the person sitting at the defendant's chair was the person committing the cybercrime at the keyboard.
My question for Jennifer:
I've observed in work and professional life (my job is 50% nerd whisperer, 50% energy policy and political matters) that while laws that protect "the little guy" are practically worthless unless one is willing to shell out several hundred dollars for a lawyer--and perhaps even $10K+ for a litigator.
It's also scary and disheartening to hear an experienced and successful friend say that he selected a US Government-owned patent for technology his startup is implementing--if only because he hopes the Feds will come to his defense if he's sued for patent infringement.
Could you please suggest some political and/or legislative outcomes that we need to pursue to try to make access to law more egalitarian from technology and innovation standpoints?
(My apologies... posted anonymously.)
Just about every PC game out now or in development is using SteamWorks [wikipedia.org] [wikipedia.org]. Square Enix's products are some of those that do.
SteamWorks makes a game DVD into a Steam game so it's no different than buying it online with no DVD. Because of this, the buyer isn't allowed to trade, lend or resell the DVD under the TOS [steampowered.com] [steampowered.com]. If they are found doing this the account and the DVD key may be terminated. Unlike MMOs this is being applied to single-player games that don't use the internet at all. This may be unprecedented.
Several questions arise from this. We're only supposed to ask one so I guess just pick the one you like best!
1) Is there any legal precedent for or against this practice? ie Does the Right of First Sale apply? (As this is a physical medium rather than digital-only, as it has been confirmed to apply to digital data on a disc (UMG v. Augusto) regardless of the copyright holder trying to restrict the sale.) If not, even though it's a maxim that "software is licensed not sold" what is the relevant actual law that says this?
2) If the EULA that enforces this is in fact legally binding (which has not been established with any regularity as there have been decisions for and against) does this mean that these discs should not legally be allowed to be sold to minor persons who can't sign contracts? (This is to be contrasted with online purchases where the buyer is presenting evidence of being age of majority by their method of payment. Someone else also asked this before I was done typing mine.)
Many people use an IM add-on called Off-the-Record. On top of encryption, it also provides deniability by not proving any digital signatures for the other party to present to a court, and the procol ensures everyone can make false messages in the past. How strong do you this technical protection would be from a legal perspective if one of the two parties has a logfile with all messages?
I remember hearing stories courts ordering people convicted of computer crimes to not touch a computer for 10+ years (sorry, I'm too lazy to find one right now). Are these stories true? Can courts really order someone not to own or use a computer or not to use the Internet?
If so, is the fact that this probably makes the person ineligible for a huge number of jobs (all jobs in their field for many) and is essentially taking away his livelihood taken into account?
What constitutional arguments have been made i
Do you agree that, for many people who are wrongly accused, it is cheaper to settle or plea than to fight and win?
And if you do, how will you suggest to fix the system?
I don't have any questions, I just wanted to make a Futurama reference.
Dear Pedantic,
Yes, I know she is married to Brad Stone. Which part of 'just wanted to make a Futurama reference' do you not get?
The other day there was a story about the fines associated with file sharing [slashdot.org]. Like many here on slashdot I feel that a $675,000 fine is way over the top.
So here is my question.
Is there any legal definition to the limits that the eighth amendment would seem to imply as it applies to an individual?
Who has written the book or article that works out how American patent and copyright law can be brought back to benefiting the people?
One critic a few years ago said that we are living with a "Pre VCR Law in a digital You-Tube age."
So the question I have is, what political group or thinker has a draft of a better more citizen favourable patent and copyright law? Who understands how to get enough elected politicians all moving on patent and copyright law reform?
I think to myself, in the '80's Ralph Nader was
In less than a century, computers will be making substantial progress on ... the overriding problem of war and peace. -- James Slagle


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Sheridan clinches No. 3 seed with win
The Sheridan Yellowjackets defeated Texarkana 10-5 Friday night to secure the No. 3 seed in next week's 6A State Tournament in Marion.
Zac Perkins pitched a complete game, with really one bad inning coming in the third. Two walks, two errors and a hit allowed for Texarkana to score three runs to trim the deficit to 6-3, after Sheridan had scored six runs in the bottom of the first.
In the first, Justin Willis led off with a single and moved to second on a hit-and-run by Alec Pender. Sheridan coach Mike Moore said Pender had to hold up at second because the ball was hit too sharply to move to third.
Nick Ware bunted for a hit to load the bases and a walk to Grady Finley forced in the game's first run. Zach Perkins hit a RBI single to left to score Pender and Miller hit a fly ball to left, which the outfielder mishandled allowing a third run to score.
Lawson Easley grounded out to short but a fielder's choice plated Finley and allowed Easley to reach. Jake Smith bunted to load the bases again and Wicker walked to force in another run.
With the bases still loaded, Pender reached on a walk to score the final run of the inning.
Sheridan scored three more runs in the fifth.
Wicker was hit by a pitch and back-to-back walks to Willis and Pender loaded the bases. Ware walked in a run and Perkins hit a sacrifice fly for a RBI.
Willis finished the game with two hits and two runs scored. Pender had a hit, three walks, scored three times and was hit by a pitch. Ware had a hit and a RBI and Finley had a hit and two RBIs.
Perkins had a hit with two RBIs while Wicker had a hit, a RBI and scored a run.
"We had a pretty balanced attack tonight," Moore said.
The Yellowjackets will play the No. 6 seed from the 6A East Friday at 2:30 p.m. at Tilden Rogers in West Memphis.

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Police are searching for a 15-year-old autistic boy from Massachusetts who was reported missing Sunday evening.
David Ruiz, of Lowell, was last seen near Fairview Avenue in Nashua, N.H. at about 3:45 p.m., according to a press release from the Nashua Police Department.
Ruiz is described as 5 foot, 8 inches tall, about 130 pounds, with short, brown, curly hair, police said. He was wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, black jeans and red and black sneakers when he was last seen.
Nashua police and several neighboring police departments are searching for Ruiz.
Anyone with any information is asked to call Nashua police at 603-594-3500.Matt Rocheleau can be reached at email@example.com.


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The 2013 U.S. and Women's Chess Championships are under way in St. Louis, Missouri. Host Michel Martin speaks with two of the competition's youngest players. Kayden Troff is the current under-14 World Youth Chess Champion, and at 15, Sarah Chiang is the youngest woman competing in the Women's Chess Championships.
Checkmate! Teen Chess Stars Make Their Move
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Behind the play of Xander Centenari, who went 3-1, reaching the quarterfinals, the Dartmouth men's tennis team had a solid performance at the USTA/ITA Northeast Regionals over the weekend. Centenari defeated Penn's Ismael Lahlou, Harvard's Kelvin Lam and Columbia's Ashok Narayana before falling to Matija Pecotic of Princeton in the quarterfinals (6-3, 6-1).
Additionally, the doubles pairing of Centenari and Cameron Ghorbani reached the third round of doubles competition, going 2-1 in tournament action. The duo defeated teams from Lehigh and Brown before falling to Harvard, 8-2.
Overall, the Big Green compiled a 4-6 singles record with a 3-2 doubles mark.
Dartmouth returns to the courts Oct. 26-28 for the Harvard Halloween Classic.
Complete Results
Sam Todd (1-2)
Nicholas Mahlangu (Harvard) defeated Todd, 6-3, 6-7, 6-2
Sam Todd defeated Garrett Lane (Quinnipiac), 7-5 6-2 in consolation round
Davies (Princeton) defeated Sam Todd, 7-5, 6-1 in consolation round
Xander Centenari (3-1)
Centenari defeated Ismael Lahlou (Penn), 6-1, 6-4
Centenari defeated Kelvin Lam (Harvard), 6-4, 6-2
Centenari defeated Ashok Narayana (Columbia), 2-6, 6-3, 6-3
Matija Pecotic (Princeton) defeated Centenari, 6-3, 6-1
Chris Kipouras (0-1)
Bert Vancura (Columbia) defeated Kipouras, 1-6, 7-5, 6-4
Erik Nordahl (0-1)
Dan Richardson (Princeton) defeated Nordahl, 6-2, 6-1
Cameron Ghorbani (0-1)
Emilio Mora (Fordham) defeated Ghorbani, 6-4, 6-3
Centenari/Ghorbani (2-1)
Centenari/Ghorbani defeated Gilman/Petersen (Lehigh), 8-3
Centenari/Ghorbani defeated Fife/Spector (Brown), 8-5
Nguyen/Hu (Harvard) defeated Centenari/Ghorbani, 8-2
Kipouras/Nordahl (1-1)
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Ryan Crawford has joined the Harvard University football coaching staff as a defensive backs coach in an announcement by Tim Murphy, the Thomas Stephenson Family Head Coach for Harvard Football.
Crawford will be responsible for recruiting the Atlantic coast section of the United States including Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas.
Crawford comes to Harvard after spending four seasons at the University of Rhode Island. Last year, he served as the Rams' defensive coordinator and also served a previous stint as the program's recruiting coordinator.
Over his final three seasons at URI, Crawford's secondary intercepted 30 passes in the tough Colonial Athletic Association.
Crawford has mentored a pair of all-conference defensive backs including Jarrod Williams, who left URI in 2010 among the school's all-time leaders in interceptions.
Prior to his tenure at URI, Crawford spent three years as a cornerbacks coach at Bucknell. In 2007, the Bison led the Patriot League with 14 interceptions.
Crawford also spent two years at his alma mater, Davidson. He spent one year coaching the quarterbacks before switching to defense in 2004 to coach the defensive backs.
A 2001 graduate of Davidson with a degree in biology, Crawford earned Associated Press first team All-America honors in 1999, when he led the nation with eight interceptions as part of a Davidson team that led the nation with 28 picks. In 2000, Crawford was named the I-AA Mid-Major Defensive Back of the Year as well as the I-AA Independent Defensive MVP. In 2000, he was named Davidson's Special Teams Player of the Year as well as the school's Male Athlete of the Year.
After graduation, Crawford played semi-pro football for the Carolina Cowboys and professionally with the Indiana Firebirds of the Arena Football League. He was also a 2007 camp invitee with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League. He also worked as a stuntman and a featured extra in the Sony Pictures movie 'Radio,' starring Cuba Gooding, Jr.


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After signing up for a (free) account on tunnelbroker.net and creating a (free) tunnel with my ipv4 address as the endpoint I was able to easily configure my AirPort Extreme. View your tunnel, then click on "Example Configurations" and then "Apple Airport."
In TCP/IP prefs for my MacBooks Network/AirPort Preferences I have "Configure IPv6" set to "Automatically" Then BOOM "ping6 en.blog.wordpress.com" works just fine.
IPv6 without needing my ISPs support and it didn't cost me an extra dime. Happy World IPv6 Day


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"People actually want to believe in heroes, so they'll believe in Glenn Beck, they'll believe in Barack Obama, they choose individuals to believe in but won't believe in politics itself," says Walter Mosley, author and activist. Obama may have been pressured into releasing his "long form" birth certificate this week, but that won't heal the hurt in our politics, Mosley says, until Americans stop trusting heroes and experts and start trusting each other.
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Compiled by the Newton Historic Preservation Commission
75 Years Ago This Week – 1938
A "Soap Box Derby" for Newton youth building their own miniature cars will be staged at the YMCA. The cost of material may not exceed $10, only one person can ride in the car in the final race, and no attachments for starting or propelling the car will be permitted…Employees of J.J. Newberry Store (112 N. Second Ave. W.) honored Mr. and Mrs. F.H. Searls at a farewell picnic… Camp Anderson is home to 250 national guardsmen here to preserve peace and order. Guardsmen stand guard duty near the Maytag Plant, in the Courthouse and along the boundaries of the camp…A formal demand upon the Governor that he open the Maytag Company for operation by its employees, closed since July 20 by the National Guard, was sent by E.H. Maytag, president of the Maytag Company.


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SDSU announces Cross Country schedule
The South Dakota State Cross Country teams have announced their 2013 schedule on Wednesday, which will feature eight meets. The men's team is looking to defend their 2012 conference championship and the women are in search of their second league title.
The season will begin on August 30th when they travel up to Fargo, N.D. to compete in the NDSU Triangular. North Dakota will also compete in the meet.
A week after the NDSU Triangular, SDSU will head to Falcon Heights, Minn. to take part in the OZ Memorial hosted by the University of Minnesota. The OZ Memorial is on September 6th.
Following the OZ Memorial, the Jackrabbits will prep themselves for the famed Griak Invitational on September 28th. This will be the 28th running of the Griak Invitational, which is one of the largest Cross Country meets in the nation.
After the Griak Invitational, SDSU will be home on Friday, October 4th to host their annual SDSU Classic at Edgebrook Golf Course starting at 6pm. At the SDSU Classic last year, the men finished first with Trent Lusignan taking first place and Michael Krsnak claiming second.
SDSU will be attending the Bradley "Pink" Classic on October 18th, which will have all the competitors wearing pink uniform tops for breast cancer awareness. This meet draws competitors from several Midwest conferences and "It should provide a good assessment of the teams fitness prior to the Summit League Championships", according to head Coach Rod DeHaven.
The Summit League Cross Country Championships are slated for November 2nd in Fort Wayne, Ind. The Jackrabbit men are the defending champs and the women will be looking to improve on their third place finish from last year.
The Jackrabbits will have their final tune-up for the Midwest Regional meet when they travel to Collegeville, Minn. to take part in the Fall Finale on November 8th. The Fall Finale is hosted in joint effort by the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's.
On November 15th the Jackrabbits will head to Ames, Iowa to compete in the NCAA Midwest Regional where the men finished 11th and women finished 15th among the 30 plus schools in the region. The 2013 NCAA Midwest Regional is hosted by Iowa State on their on-campus cross country course.


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The Colony girls basketball team escaped with a narrow 47-46 win over Soldotna in Saturday's third-place game of the Northern Lights Conference tournament.
The final seconds of the game ended in a furious scramble under Colony's net as the Stars tried to tip in a game winner, but heavy contact that was not called by the officials as the buzzer sounded sent Colony to the locker rooms as the winners.
SoHi guard Kaillee Skjold's 16 points led the Stars, but Colony's Mary Klapperich was able to lead all scorers with 19.
Even with the loss, Soldotna remains in solid position to qualify for the state tournament, less than two weeks away. As of Saturday afternoon, Soldotna was sitting in sixth place in the Win Percentage Index (WPI) standings, which is calculated by averaging the teams win percentage and their opponent's win percentage.
A variety of factors could knock SoHi out of state, but the biggest is the Mid-Alaska Conference tournament in Fairbanks. West Valley toppled top-seeded Lathrop 53-45 on Saturday, which means the Wolfpack clinched a state berth.
As of Saturday afternoon, Lathrop was seeded fifth in the WPI — above Soldotna — while West Valley was ninth. In the MAC tournament, only one (the championship team) qualifies for state, so Lathrop's loss means the final state berth is going to come down to either them or SoHi, as Colony is almost guaranteed a spot due to their WPI position.
But on Saturday, all the Stars were worried about was winning the game. Colony streaked out to an 18-6 lead in the first quarter, but SoHi clawed its way back.
In the second quarter, SoHi went on a 12-0 run that knotted the game up at 22 apiece, but Colony still held a one-point lead at halftime (27-26).
Soldotna owned the third quarter, beginning with 10 unanswered points that put the Stars up by nine. However, the Knights put up a rally of their own to take what ultimately became the final lead change with 36 seconds left in the period.
"It hurt us when Kaillee had four fouls and we had to sit her," said SoHi coach Doug Blossom. "If I had to do it over again, I would play her. We had about an eight-point lead, so it was a tough call."
With under a minute remaining in the game, Colony held a 47-43 lead after Faith Farris made one of two free throws. Both teams transitioned to the other end of the court, and junior guard Kelci Benson connected on a monster 3 to make it a one-point game with 31 seconds left.
Soldotna junior Julie Litchfield fouled trying to stop Klapperich's layup with 27 ticks left, but Klapperich missed both free-throw attempts.
After Blossom called a timeout with 11.8 seconds left, it was up to the Stars to work their magic.
Benson let loose another arcing 3-pointer, but it bounced off the rim and into the hands of Kaillee Skjold, who dumped it off to Heidi Westerman, and she attempted to get in a layup before the buzzer, but was blocked in the chaos by a Colony defender. The clock ran out, but many fans were calling for a foul, and the officials quickly left the gym.
Blossom, who typically isn't one to criticize the officials, was not pleased with how the game ended.
"We basically were going to run our normal offense," Blossom said about the final possession. "I thought Makayla (Wong) had some open looks down low, I thought Heidi or Katelynn (Kerkvliet) could get an open elbow shot, and I thought Kelci took a good open shot at the end and I thought it was going in. I thought Kaillee got a good rebound and got it to a teammate who put up a good shot. I thought the refs kind of dodged a bullet by running out of the gym.
"You don't ever hear me say anything bad about refs, but that was a bad no-call. Let the kids decide. Make the call, she hits a free throw, see what happens, if she misses, then it's over. I don't think anyone in the gym would argue the foul."
Colony coach Jeff Bowker said he was not surprised in the least about the close nature of the game, and was relieved about the call at the end.
"I wanted to make sure we were in the gaps to stop Kaillee and any of her dribbles in the gaps, and they run that stagger high-four scheme that we talked about," Bowker said. "We said that we got to get our hands up and we were able to stop her, but then Benson got that look, and I was like, 'Oh lord'.
"You can't tell at the end of a game like that, the ball's going everywhere, everyone's going hard for the ball. I imagine if you're on one bench, everyone's calling for something, and if you're on my bench, you're glad the clock ran out."
Blossom was able to put a positive spin on things by saying that he was pleased with the effort of his team.
"Bottom line on this one, I thought the kids fought hard, played together and we gave (Colony) some easy shots early in the game, and they hit them, but we got into our rhythm and started coming back," he said.
Soldotna boys 76, Kodiak 56
The Stars made Saturday's victory look easy — at least compared to the girls game — as they hit nearly half of their shots to take third place.
Once again, senior guard Cory Carver led the way for Soldotna with 19 points on 7-of-13 shooting and seven rebounds. Senior teammate Noah Fowler added 18 points and Colton Young put up 11.
Kodiak's Josh Obas and Elijah Hiner each had 15 points to pace the Bears, and Hiner grabbed 11 boards as well.
SoHi coach Matt Johnson was particularly pleased with the defensive play of Fowler, Max Conradi and Austin Kruse, as the trio held Kodiak forward Austin Frick scoreless the entire game.
"We shot really well, but again, Noah, Max and Austin held Frick to zero points, and he only got three shots up, and that's a kid who had 28 and 26 against us earlier in the year, I think," Johnson said. "He's really put up some points against us this year, so for them to take him out of the game was a huge shot for us.
"They're a great group of kids, we've received a lot of compliments this weekend, and everyone has seen how hard they work. It's one of the best group of kids I've been around. I feel like we peaked this week, and we've played our best basketball at this tournament."
Soldotna's chances of qualifying for the state tournament are slim due to their ranking in the WPI standings.
Johnson also said he wanted to recognize the seniors on the team — Jared Tovoli, Preston Penrod, Carver, Josiah Martin and Fowler — for their contributions in the tournament and throughout the season.
The biggest differences in Saturday's game was shooting. Soldotna took an outstanding 30 shots from 3-point land, and converted on 14, meaning the Stars had 42 points on 3s alone, while Kodiak had none. Colton Young, Kruse and Fowler had three each.
SoHi also outrebounded Kodiak 43 (30 defensive) to 31, and scored when it counted the most, putting up 25 points in the third quarter.
Nonetheless, Kodiak coach David Anderson left with a positive attitude.
"We came into this tournament with the attitude of getting the first win, and hope we play well enough to beat Palmer (on Friday)," Anderson said. "There were a couple of things that went on in that game, it was close.
"We've played (Soldotna) a couple times this year so they've obviously set up for us. They shot well tonight, and if they had shot that well last night we wouldn't have played them. They're a good shooting team. I think the game yesterday took a lot out of our guys."
Wasilla girls 61, Kodiak 29
The Northern Lights Conference championship came down to the top-two seeded teams on Saturday night, and it was the ever-dominant Warriors cruising to an easy win.
Alysha Devine led Wasilla with 18 points on 8-for-12 shooting, and teammate Alexis Imoe added 17. Kyle Dinkle also had eight points but grabbed 11 rebounds.
Hannah Wandersee led Kodiak's effort with eight points and six rebounds.
Wasilla started with a 21-8 lead in the first quarter and didn't stop there. After going another 10 points without Kodiak answering, Wasilla stretched its lead to 24 points at halftime, amassing 40 at that point.
Wasilla also got 34 points off of turnovers, while Kodiak had nine.
Wasilla and Kodiak will be the NLC representatives at the state basketball tournament in two weeks, and Soldotna could be the third.
Palmer boys 63, Colony 54
Like the girls NLC championship, the boys featured the top two teams, but it was the lower-seeded of the two that came out ahead in this mild upset on Saturday.
The Moose rallied back from an eight-point lead late in the first half to take the championship, but both teams will compete in the state tournament two weeks' time.
Connor Looney put up a big 25 points to lead Palmer, and was followed by teammate Brian Selmer with 17. Hunter Eisenhower paced Colony with 19 points.
The biggest hindrance Colony suffered from was 15 turnovers, compared to only eight for Palmer.
Trailing 31-26 at halftime, Palmer put up a 12-2 run in the third quarter, but had to continually fight off threats from Colony. The final lead change happened when Selmer hit a field goal 16 seconds into the fourth quarter.
Saturday boys
Stars 76, Bears 56
Soldotna 14 17 25 20 —76
Kodiak 10 12 17 17 —56
SOLDOTNA (76) — Carver 7 3-4 19, N. Fowler 7 1-2 18, Tovoli 1 0-0 3, Penrod 3 0-0 7, Young 4 0-0 11, Conradi 0 0-0 0, Furlong 0 0-0 0, Spence 0 0-0 0, Kruse 3 0-0 9, Martin 3 0-1 7, McElroy 1 0-2 2, D. Fowler 0 0-0 0. Totals 29 4-9 76.
KODIAK (56) — Obas 7 1-2 15, Hiner 6 3-6 15, Mangalus 2 0-4 4, Frick 0 0-0 0, Medina 5 0-2 10, Jimenez 0 0-0 0, Lenon 1 0-0 2, A. Hall 3 0-0 6, T. Hall 0 0-0 0, Mutch 1 0-0 2, Garcia 0 2-2 2. Totals 25 6-16 56.
3-point goals — Soldotna 14 (Young 3, Kruse 3, N. Fowler 3, Carver 2, Tovoli 1, Penrod 1, Martin 1); Kodiak 0.
Team fouls — Soldotna 13; Kodiak 12. Fouled out — none.
Saturday girls
Knights 47, Stars 46
Colony 19 8 11 9 —47
Soldotna 10 16 10 10 —46
COLONY (47) — Klapperich 7 1-4 19, Farris 3 2-5 9, Tweed 2 2-2 7, Stephens 1 0-2 2, Turcotte 1 0-0 2, Willardson 0 0-0 0, Brumbaugh 0 0-0 0, Michaelson 1 4-6 6, Solano 1 0-1 2. Totals 16 9-20 47,
SOLDOTNA (46) — Skjold 6 3-5 16, Benson 3 1-2 8, Kress 0 0-0 0, Litchfield 1 0-1 2, Wong 3 2-4 8, Hendricks 0 0-0 0, Kerkvliet 2 0-0 4, Westerman 4 0-0 8. Totals 19 6-12 46.
3-point goals — Soldotna 2 (Skjold 1, Benson 1); Colony 6 (Klapperich 4, Farris 1, Tweed 1).
Team fouls — Soldotna 20; Colony 13. Fouled out — Litchfield.


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Hi fellow bloggers....as you have already read in our earlier post our new challenge will be starting on 5th December but officially from January so to get you all started I have some followers candy on offer. All you need to do is...
- Post a photo of the candy in your sidebar
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- Enter our first challenge on 5th December
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Title: Twilight Hunter
Author: Kait Ballenger
May Contain Spoilers
From Amazon:
Hunters of the supernatural, the Execution Underground are an elite group tasked with protecting humanity…but what happens when danger collides with desire?
Jace McCannon has one loyalty: the Execution Underground. Despite his mixed blood, his hatred for the werewolves he hunts is legendary. But in his search for a sadistic killer, Jace finds himself face to face with a stunningly seductive packmaster…and longing for a night with his mortal enemy.
Nothing can stop Frankie Amato from defending her kind–or catching the rogue responsible for killing women in her territory. For that, this alpha female needs Jace's skills more than she wants to admit. But as their investigation exposes evil truths, need burns into a passion that dare not be fulfilled. For to do so will have deadly consequences for them both…
I was trying to put my finger on why I don't didn't really care for Twilight Hunter, and I think I finally figured it out. Kait Ballanger's Execution Underground world is grim, bleak, and brutal, and it's not one that I would want to visit. There is nothing cutesy about the series or the characters, and there are times when the darkness caught me off guard. This installment focuses on Jace, a half-werewolf whose abusive childhood shaped him into a cold, hard killer. Jace hunts werewolves for a living, and every rogue werewolf has him hoping that it's his father he's hunting down. He will never forgive his father for beating his mother, and worse, for walking out on them so many years before.
When a serial killer begins preying on young women, torturing, raping, and ripping them to shreds, Jace is certain that a werewolf is committing the horrible crimes. He's determined to stop the killer before he murders again, but he can't catch a break in the case. Finding Frankie at one of the murder scenes, he's positive she has something to do with the deaths. She's an abomination, isn't she? She has to be responsible for the killings, or know who the killer is. What Jace doesn't know is that Frankie is the leader of the local pack, and she's on the trail of the killer, too, in part to avoid the full moon and her expected joining with her childhood friend Alejandro. Now, she's Jace's captive, and if he doesn't back off, they are going to be doing the bronto bop when her estrus is at its height.
Mating rituals is a component of werewolf stories that I don't like. It kind of takes all of the guessing out of the game if whenever that full moon looms overhead the protagonists are so compelled by their wolf that they will jump the first available prospect they see. In this context, it gave Jace something else to beat himself up over, because he was too weak to keep himself from sleeping with a werewolf. It also gave him another excuse to hold Frankie in contempt, because she would obviously sleep with anybody. Sigh.
One thing that I do like about werewolves stories is the action, and there is a ton of it here. The fighting scenes are a blast to read, and Frankie is a kick-ass heroine. She doesn't back down from anything or anyone, especially when she's defending her position in her own pack. Not all of the members are happy that she's their leader, and it's a constant struggle to maintain her place. Her parents were murdered a few years ago, and she took their place in the pack. The altercations within the pack are no-holds barred exchanges, and only Frankie's fighting skills and determination have kept her in charge, and still breathing.
Both Jace's and Frankie's pasts collide during their attempts to capture and kill the murderer. The killer is one sick puppy, and his demise couldn't come soon enough. He made me uncomfortable, with his remorseless drive to inflict pain and death. At first I was afraid that there wouldn't be an explanation for his behavior, other than that he was a psycho (which he was, in spades), but there was rational behind his nutcase behavior.
Twilight Hunter will appeal to fans who enjoy grittier tales with a high steam factor and lots of intense action.
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Career Preparation
No matter what your major, career preparation is a key part of preparing for life after graduation. The earlier you begin to focus on your career development, the more prepared you will be to pursue a wide range of options and opportunities.
The Career Services Center provides a variety of resources to help you with your Career Development. This section of our website, Career Prep, give you the tools you need to set up a career development plan, explore career options with your major, as well as help in setting up job shadow/informational interview opportunities.
The Career Services Center encourages you to take advantage of all our resources, programs and events offered by our office.


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WWF co-hosts a discussion about the Carpathian Sustainable Tourism Strategy
The discussion starts at 6 pm on 23 October 2013 at Sport Hotel in Poiana Brasov, Romania. It is one-hour side event at the Second European Ecotourism Conference which takes place in the Romanian mountain resort on 22-25 October 2013.
A variety of stakeholders from governments, national tourism agencies, NGOs and tour operators from across the Carpathians will learn about the outcomes from several workshops on ecotourism that have already taken place in order to help draft a Sustainable Tourism Strategy.
The strategy is being developed under the umbrella of the Carpathian Convention.
In 2010, a protocol on sustainable tourism was adopted by the conference of the seven parties to the Carpathian Convention, which provided a legally binding framework for the development of sustainable tourism in the Carpathians.
To assure the implementation of the protocol, a special project - "Development of a Sustainable Tourism Strategy for the Carpathians" (CarpatSusTourStrat) - seeks to elaborate the strategy for the Carpathians in coordination with all relevant stakeholders. The project is managed by Ecological Tourism in Europe (E.T.E.) with the support of WWF, CEEweb for Biodiversity, the Interim Secretariat of the Carpathian Convention and the Carpathian Network of Protected Areas.
Over the course of the project, various meetings with stakeholders are being organized – at a national, regional and local level, including state, non-governmental and private stakeholders - to reflect their opinions and needs in the strategy.
The first meeting with NGOs from the Carpathians took place on 12-15 June 2013 in Slovakia, where the first draft of the strategy was up for discussion.
Additionally, 14 tourism development initiatives will be compiled and the process of the elaboration of the strategy will be documented. This will potentially serve as a model for other regions where there are attempts to develop such a tourism strategy.
The project runs until November 2014 and is financially supported by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Protection and Nuclear Safety.
About the Carpathian Convention
The Carpathian Convention with the Interim Secretariat, based at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) - Vienna, aims to protect and sustainably develop the Carpathians by improving the quality of life, strengthening local economies and communities, and the conservation of natural values and cultural heritage.
The Framework Convention on the Protection and Sustainable Development of the Carpathians (Carpathian Convention) was adopted and signed by the seven Parties (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Ukraine) in May 2003 in Kyiv, Ukraine, and entered into force in January 2006. It is the only multi-level governance mechanism covering the whole of the Carpathian area and, besides the Alpine Convention, the second sub-regional treaty-based regime for the protection and sustainable development of a mountain region worldwide.
WWF has been an important player in the development of the Carpathian Convention from the very beginning and seeks to support the implementation of the convention through various projects related to nature conservation and regional development.


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Hoag places third at golf championship
BROOKVILLE – For the second year in a row, Elk County Catholic High School's Kristy Hanes finished in the runner-up spot among the Class AA golfers in the District 9 Girls' Golf Championship, three strokes behind the leader. The scenario was unfortunately a familiar one for Hanes, who tied for second last year with Union's Larissa Roberts while coming in three strokes behind Redbank Valley's Samantha Dinger. In this year's event, which was held at Pinecrest Country Club in Brookville, Hanes carded an 88 on the day, while Keystone's Amber Hess shot an 85 to take the title.


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MEDIA — The wife of former University of Pennsylvania basketball standout Matthew White, charged with first-degree murder for allegedly stabbing White to death while he slept, waived her right to a preliminary hearing Monday.
Maria Reyes Garcia Pellon, 52, who had been employed as an instructional support teacher at Nether Providence Elementary School, entered a straight waiver before Magisterial District Judge Stephanie Klein. In addition to first-degree murder, she is charged with homicide, third-degree murder and possession of an instrument of crime.
White, a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and the Wharton School, was the starting center on a Quakers team that made an improbable run to the Final Four of the 1979 NCAA Tournament. Coached by Bob Weinhauer, the team toppled Iona, North Carolina, Syracuse and St. John's before falling to a Michigan State team that featured Magic Johnson in the semifinals.
White's body was found in the couple's Parkridge Drive home Feb. 11.
Police allege that Garcia Pellon waited until her husband fell asleep early that morning, pulled out a knife from under the bed they shared and stabbed him in the neck.
When taken into custody later that day, Garcia Pellon allegedly told police, "I caught him looking at pornography, young girls. I love kids. I had to do it."
District Attorney Jack Whelan said investigators did not hear any reference to child pornography in their initial interviews with Garcia Pellon.
Police from Upper Providence and Media detained Garcia Pellon at 12:44 p.m. on Feb. 11 after she pulled into the driveway of the rancher she shared with White on the corner of Parkridge Drive and Ridgewood Lane, according to an affidavit of probable cause prepared by Nether Providence and county detectives.
Along with Nether Providence police, they had been dispatched to the address after a neighbor called 911 to report a stabbing at the couple's home.
When they entered the house, "police discovered a male, lying in bed with obvious signs of trauma and a stab wound to the neck," Nether Providence Detective Michael Erickson and county Detective Michael Jay wrote in the affidavit of probable cause.
Riddle Memorial Hospital paramedic Rich Myers pronounced White dead at 1:02 p.m.
A 52-year-old native of Spain, Garcia Pellon is being held in Delaware County prison without bail. Her formal arraignment is scheduled for March 28 in Media.
Information frm the Delaware County Daily Times, www.delcotimes.com


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The office of International Studies Education (ISE) seeks to reflect the Core Mission of Neumann University and the spirit of St. Francis by providing high quality programs and services that
Foster transformative learning experiences
Prepare students to thrive in a multicultural, interdependent world
Increase global citizenship and servant leadership.
International Studies Education encompasses the following two areas:
Study Abroad administers all overseas educational opportunities for Neumann students.
International Student Services facilitates the international student's transition to life in the United States and to Neumann University by offering immigration advising, orientation, student activities and support services.
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What do the Apple, Victoria's Secret and IKEA brands have in common? They're all from the same archetype.
The brand are "Creators," according to a case study from marketing firm Added Value.
It's all about how consumers are able to use the brands to create their own identities. Creator brands allow people to "tap into their potential and re-invent themselves — their minds, personalities, environments, bodies, ambitions, and dreams," according to the report.
OK -- I curated this piece because it show how specific archetypes are reflected in organizations. It is a very brief article and starts to get us thinking about how this information can be used in marketing, branding, and advertising. But make sure to click through to Added Value http://www.added-value.com/culturaltraction/index.html and poke around their site for more info, case studies, and their tool.
But here is what I find disturbing about this short post and the Added Value website -- nowhere does anyone mention that these archetypes originally came from Carol Pearson's and Margaret Mark's book The Hero and The Outlaw: Building Extraordinary Brands Through the Power of Archetypes (2001) http://www.amazon.com/The-Hero-Outlaw-Extraordinary-Archetypes/dp/0071364153/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1337476690&sr=1-1
Enjoy poking around the websites, but go read the book!! It contains a wealth of fabulous information and how-to tips you can use immediately for articulating your brand and targeting your communications (I'm not affiliated in any way with the authors).


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If you recall, back in December of last year, I began "cleaning up" my Legacy database. By the time I left on my travels at the end of January, some progress had been made but not much was done on it again until I returned to Indiana five weeks ago.
In the process of moving information from notes into events and sourcing it, I came to the disturbing realization that my sources were an absolute mess! There was no consistency in how the citations were entered and none are even close to "the standard" or any standard for that matter. I could come up with several excuses for this sad state of affairs, but what good would that do?
I have so many documents from my several visits in the last two years to Salt Lake City that need to be reviewed, analyzed and entered... but I made the difficult decision to not enter any new data until the "old" source citations were reviewed and standardized. All of them. So, yes, I must be crazy. Especially after I found out how many sources I have entered and how many individuals use those sources. Rather mind-boggling actually.
The other "big" decision made on the first of June was to begin using Legacy's SourceWriter. I understand there may be some issues with transferring sources via GedCom but using that feature would (hopefully) force me into a standardized format. That and I finally purchased the digital version of Evidence Explained. I figured it might help me to understand why a source had to be cited in a certain way ;-)
As might be expected, I had a few questions. I had recently joined the Legacy Virtual User's Group Community (LVUG) on Google+ (G+) so posted a question there. You can find it as well as the responses by clicking on the "Sources" link on the left hand side of the G+ LVUG Community landing page.
Some good ideas and information was offered by JL Beeken, Tessa Keogh, Monique Riley, Marla Larson, Richard Hallford, Melanie Armstrong, and Linda McCauley, all of whom I would like to thank for their ideas, suggestions, and input. It really helped me make a few decisions as to how I wanted to do the sources.
With over 7200 people and more than 700 sources in the database this is a monumental undertaking. But it really needs to be done. The number of individuals using a source varies considerably. Quite a few (probably more than half of the sources) are used by under 10 people while about 35 are used by more than 200. The source used by the most people is the Social Security Death Index with close to 1500 people - and each of those individuals has 2-3 citations for the SSDI (birth, death, and the event). Thank goodness for the source clipboard and Legacy's tagging feature! It would be an impossible task without those features.
On June 1st I started working with the source citations from Ancestry.com and FamilySearch databases and have gotten about 2/3 of the way through that list, eliminating about 15 duplicate sources. I've been working on the SSDI source citations for most of two days and am about half-way through with it.
I will be holding off on updating sources for census records until the Legacy team releases version 8 sometime later this year. It seems they may be implementing a feature for "shared" events such as census records that sounds rather intriguing. I sure am looking forward to the new version of Legacy!
Blog posts will be few and far between for the next month or two, as if they haven't been already this year! Most of my time for the next month will be devoted to this project. I will be attending G.R.I.P. the week of July 21st and (very optimistically) hope to have much of it completed by then. And, sometime the end of July or first part of August I'll be moving into my new apartment! And then there is the FGS Conference in August, which I am also looking forward to attending.
I hope that when this project is completed (or as complete as it can be) that I will still have a few faithful readers left. Thanks in advance for sticking around... and wish me luck!
Published under a Creative Commons License.
Becky Wiseman, "You can call me Crazy," Kinexxions, posted June 18, 2013 (http://kinexxions.blogspot.com/2013/06/you-can-call-me-crazy.html : accessed [access date])


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Adrian McPherson, along with some Leon County inmates picked up trash at Tom Brown Park following the Fourth of July celebration.
McPherson is serving out his 30 months of probation, 50 hours of community service and 90 days in the sheriff's work camp. A member of parks and recreation, who spotted McPherson, says the punishment fits the crime.
McPherson could be off probation in 18 months if he meets all of his requirements. Violation of his probation could get him up to 20 years behind bars


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The Metro Public Health Department received gold and silver medals for their participation in the Mayor's Workplace Challenge. MPHD received a gold medal for its efforts on creating a healthy workplace and a silver medal for its green and sustainability practices.
MPHD takes pride in being a healthy workplace and has adopted policies and implemented programs that help make the healthy choice, the easy choice for employees. MPHD has policies that support healthy food and beverages in the workplace, provide accommodations for breastfeeding mothers, and encourage employees to be physically active during the workday. MPHD's Wise Moves program provides employees information about healthy lifestyles while supporting physical activity throughout the workday. MPHD is also committed to being a sustainable and green workplace. MPHD actively promotes recycling and incentivizes carpooling, active transit and mass transit use. MPHD is currently constructing a new building for its operations that will be a LEED certified building.
The Mayor's Workplace Challenge, launched last spring, is a three-tiered challenge to local organizations to encourage them to make their workplaces and Nashville an even more livable city by being healthy, green and involved in the community. Participating businesses complete three, separate online scorecards with a series of questions related to workplace policies and practices in the areas of health, sustainability and volunteerism. Organizations can achieve bronze, silver or gold status with their answers and have the ability to continuously update and improve their scores throughout the challenge.
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Darren Sharper's career numbers rank with those of the best defensive backs in NFL history
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Rod Woodson says he doesn't mind that New Orleans Saints safety Darren Sharper is threatening to erase his name from the NFL record books.
With Sharper's game-breaking heroics becoming almost a weekly occurrence, the 13-year veteran is sprinting closer and closer to Woodson's career marks for interception return yardage (Woodson 1,483, Sharper 1,353) and interceptions returned for touchdowns (Woodson 12, Sharper 11).
"Honestly, they should be broken, " said Woodson, a 2009 Hall of Fame inductee who seemed almost proud that a wily veteran is getting the better of some of the young passers around the league. "The league is set up now so you throw the football, and that really gives defensive backs an opportunity, especially when you play against young quarterbacks.
"That play he had against (Jets rookie quarterback) Mark Sanchez, when he took it 99 yards for a touchdown, he disguised it well. He acted like he was going to (cover) the inside receiver. That comes from him playing for 13 years against a young guy."
But then there are also the interceptions that seem to find Sharper -- like the bobbled pass that was tipped up by Saints cornerback Tracy Porter last week at Miami, then snagged by Sharper and returned 42 yards for a touchdown.
"What's the old saying, 'The harder you work, the luckier you get, ' " said Woodson, who now works as an analyst for the NFL Network. "You have to have some of those types of plays in your career. But I think the saying is true. You work hard, and you know the game better than the young quarterbacks in the league, you're going to make plays."
Although Sharper earned four Pro Bowl trips in his first 12 seasons with Green Bay and Minnesota, he seems to have emerged quietly as one of the game's all-time interception leaders.
With six interceptions this season, Sharper has 60 for his career, ranking him ninth in that category -- three spots behind Ronnie Lott, eight behind Dick "Night Train" Lane, 11 behind Woodson and 21 behind leader Paul Krause, among other Hall of Famers in that select company.
Saints linebacker Scott Shanle admits he was a little surprised when he saw how prolific Sharper's résumé was when he joined the Saints. But now he's plenty aware of those credentials.
Shanle said he was watching some ESPN analysts debate whether Sharper belonged in the Hall of Fame the other night. As they hemmed and hawed and said, "Well, maybe, " Shanle thought to himself that Sharper "must be one of the most underrated players ever."
Lott, however, said that depends on whom you ask.
"Well, yes and no, " Lott said. "He's underappreciated maybe in the minds of certain people. But not in the minds of guys who have played the game and guys who know the position.
"One thing I've always liked about Darren, he has this unique ability, like Rod Woodson and like Ed Reed and those guys, they have an intuition of where the ball is going to be probably 90 or 95 percent of the time. And they have a really good sense of understanding how to play defense.
"Some people play the game of defense, and they're just playing it. Some people understand all the reasons for what everybody is doing out there. Darren really understands it, and that's what makes him unique. He understands the defense and the offense. A lot of people don't have that mindset."
Sharper, 33, said the one thing he thinks he has most in common with those all-time greats is his longevity.
He hasn't missed a game since 2005, and he has missed only 10 games since he was drafted by Green Bay in the second round out of William & Mary in 1997. He earned his lone Super Bowl ring that season as a backup, then became a full-time starter in his second season.
"That's what allows me to kind of get up there with those guys as far as statistical numbers, " Sharper said. "And I think that's the main thing that I'm proud of -- playing at a high level for a number of years, consistently."
Lott, who played cornerback and safety in his 15-year Hall of Fame career spent mostly with the San Francisco 49ers, is now a successful businessman in northern California.
He met with the Saints this summer when they traveled to play Oakland in the preseason and spent some one-on-one time with Sharper, offering pep talks that resonated with the veteran.
Lott provided one of the Saints' motivational slogans for this year: "Smell Greatness." And Sharper said Lott encouraged him to enjoy every practice and every game as if he were a rookie all over again.
"What I remember from that talk is that sometimes you don't see the greatness that other people see in you, " Lott said. "I think Darren Sharper has greatness written all over him. You can see it. You can smell it.
"And what you're seeing today when you watch him is he's elevated his emotion and his passion for playing the game. Not everyone owns that."
Clearly, Sharper also has been revitalized by his union with Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams -- something he, Woodson, Lott and Shanle all pointed to as a perfect match.
Williams' aggressive, attacking style puts pressure on quarterbacks, and he allows Sharper to be just as aggressive, attacking on the back end of the defense, going after balls as if he's the intended target.
Williams is the first to admit that Sharper has the kind of instincts that can't be taught. But he's more than happy to exploit them.
"Coach Williams allows me to trust my instincts and allows me to just play. He doesn't put any handcuffs on me, " said Sharper, who has often talked about the limitations he felt in Minnesota's effective but strict Cover 2 scheme. "It's always within the scheme (here), but our scheme is so much to my liking and it fits me so well, it really allows me to be productive.
"In this system, I'm allowed to move around so much and play so many different parts of the football field, it's kind of hard to peg, not just myself but any of our defenders, on where they're going to be. So a lot of times you're able to catch teams by surprise, and when they don't think you're going to be somewhere, then you're there. Next thing you know, big play."
The results have been remarkable for the Saints, who used to get burned by the deep ball, but now almost dares teams to throw it.
Now, Shanle said, when the ball is in the air, you don't have "that lump in your throat."
"For the guys who have been here a long time, to feel that security blanket back there is huge, " Shanle said. "Because we've lost, I don't know how many games we've lost with the deep balls. And with him, you're not only feeling like, 'They're not going to get a deep ball on us, but he's going to intercept the ball and get a nice return.'
"There probably are guys who read a quarterback well, but they don't trust their instincts enough to pull the trigger like he does."
Sharper, who has notebooks full of scouting reports he's accumulated on quarterbacks and receivers, agreed.
"A lot of people prepare themselves and study, but once the game comes and things are happening so quick, they don't trust what they study or trust what they see, " Sharper said. "I have no problem believing what I see, and I'm going to go get it."
Thanks to those touchdown returns, and thanks even more to the Saints' 6-0 start, Sharper is probably getting as much attention and recognition now as he has at any point in his career.
He was selected the NFC's Defensive Player of the Month earlier this week, and he's often mentioned as a leading candidate for the NFL's Defensive Player of the Year honor.
That's not bad for a guy who sat around for a few weeks on the free-agent market in the spring because of concerns that he was slowing down, before the Saints stole him with a one-year, $1.7 million deal.
But Sharper said there's only one accolade that he's interested in at this point of his career -- the one that led him to sign with New Orleans in the first place.
"From playing so long, my career kind of speaks for itself. So it's one of those things where when you get to a certain point in your career you don't have to prove anything else, " Sharper said. "The only thing I want to prove to myself is that I can win a Super Bowl ring. That's the main question I have, and that's why I came here."
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great article. im loving darren sharper indeed one of our best FA pick ups of all time..
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I was previously a Packers fan and Darren Sharper was among my favorite players there. He went to the Vikes and I of course did not appreciate him much, now that I have gone onto greener pastures with being a solid Saints fan (now my #1 team, was #2), the guy is again one of my favorites, I went to the mall today to pick up a Saints Sharper jersey, they didnt have any so I bought a beastly Saints jersey! Hope our boy Sharper tears it up tonight and destroys the birds with picks galore!
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Debutants made up half of the 2013 AA team, as twelve new faces joined fifteen former All-Australians.
Geelong Cats star, Joel Selwood, has been awarded with All-Australian captaincy, ahead of the likes of Scott Pendlebury and Gary Ablett (AA vice-captain).
For those unaware of how the All-Australian team works, it is essentially an AFL all-star side chosen by a select panel of people at the end of the home-and-away season. The All-Australian coach is selected upon the conclusion of the finals, with the award going to the coach of the eventual premiers.
Bulldog ruckman Will Minson is a worthy debutant, with a Round 10 matchup against Port Adelaide that saw him collect the sixth most amount of single-game hitouts in AFL history (57), with a season hitout average of 39.09, second highest of all-time.
Fellow Bulldog, Ryan Griffen, also makes his All-Australian debut, hitting a rich vein of mid-season form that saw him top 29 disposals a staggering seven weeks on the trot. 37 and 41 disposal games later in the season saw him firmly cement his spot in the side.
Other first timers include Coleman Medalist Jarryd Roughead, Port Adelaide captain Travis Boak and Sydney threesome Jarrad McVeigh, Kieran Jack and Dan Hannebery.
The 2013 All-Australian Side:
FB: Corey Enright (Geelong), Scott Thompson (North Melbourne), Michael Johnson (Fremantle)
HB: Jarrad McVeigh (Sydney), Harry Taylor (Geelong Cats), Sam Mitchell (Hawthorn)
C: Ryan Griffen (Western Bulldogs), Joel Selwood (C) (Geelong), Scott Pendlebury (Collingwood)
HF: Patrick Dangerfield (Adelaide Crows), Travis Cloke (Collingwood), Kieren Jack (Sydney Swans)
FF: Jarryd Roughead (Hawthorn), Jeremy Cameron (GWS Giants), Chad Wingard (Port Adelaide)
R: Will Minson (Western Bulldogs), Dane Swan (Collingwood), Gary Ablett (VC) (Gold Coast Suns)
I/C BENCH: Travis Boak (Port Adelaide), Dan Hannebery (Sydney), Andrew Mackie (Geelong), Jobe Watson (Essendon)
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Tenth-year NFL player, with a Super Bowl ring from Green Bay, is in his second season with Bengals ... Has not played this regular season, due to injury ... Joined Cincinnati in Week 2 of 2011 and made significant contributions while battling through injuries to play in nine games, plus the Wild Card playoff ... Had key gains in wins at Seattle and Tennessee ... Played 15 games with six starts for Super Bowl winner Green Bay in 2010, and played in all four Packers postseason games, with two starts ... Played 15 or more games in all eight of his previous seasons prior to 2011.
2012 HIGHLIGHTS: Inactive for Games 1-2, due to thigh strain ... Played in all four preseason games, with three starts.
CAREER TRANSACTIONS: Selected by Miami in fifth round of 2003 NFL Draft (156th overall) ... Signed with Dolphins on 6-16-03 ... Waived by Miami on 9-4-05 ... Signed as a free agent with Green Bay on 9-6-05 ... Released by Green Bay on 3-2-11 ... Signed with Philadelphia on 7-30-11 ... Released by Philadelphia on 9-3-11 ... Signed with Cincinnati on 9-13-11 ... Became an unrestricted free agent on 3-13-12, and re-signed with Cincinnati on 4-13-12.
PREVIOUS SEASONS: 2011 - Released by Green Bay on March 2 ... Signed by Philadelphia on July 30 ... Played in all four Eagles preseason games, with nine catches for 92 yards, and was released by Eagles on Sept. 3 ... Signed by Bengals on Sept. 13 ... Played in nine games (Games 3-8 and 14-16) for Cincinnati, and credited with four starts ... Inactive in Games 9-12 due to foot injury, and active DNP in Game 13 ... Started vs. Buffalo, at St. Louis and vs. Baltimore when Bengals opened in two-TE formation; started Nov. 6 at Tennessee in place of injured Jermaine Gresham ... Had 11 receptions for 115 yards, and aided pass protection effort that ranked tied for fourth in NFL in fewest sacks allowed (25) ... Made Bengals debut Sept. 25 vs. San Francisco, with one reception for 11 yards … Had a two-yard reception Oct. 16 vs. Indianapolis … Second on team in receiving Oct. 30 at Seattle, with three catches for 44 yards … Two of his three receptions at Seattle converted third downs, a 14-yarder on third-and-11 and a 26-yarder on a third-and-four … Three catches for 49 yards Nov. 6 at Tennessee, including gains of 22 and 25 yards on Cincinnati's second-quarter TD drive ... Two receptions for nine yards Jan. 1 vs. Baltimore ... Had one reception in Wild Card playoff 1-7-12 at Houston, a 36-yarder that was Cincinnati's longest scrimmage play of the game.
2010-Had 11 regular-season receptions for 73 yards and three TDs for Packers ... Scored on one-yard TD receptions in back-to-back wins Dec. 26 vs. N.Y. Giants and on 1-2-11 vs. Chicago ... Five-yard TD catch Oct. 10 at Washington ... Caught two-for-27 in win Oct. 24 vs. Minnesota.
2009—Helped lead Packers to 11-5 record and Wild Card playoff berth ... Fourth on team with 37 receptions, for 260 yards and TD ... Played 16 games with 10 starts, and started playoff game at Arizona.
2008—Played every game for Packers with 14 starts, and finished third on team in receptions (39), for 303 yards with five TDs ... Caught season-high six passes for 33 yards, in Nov. 16 win vs. Chicago.
2007—Was No. 1 TE for most of season as Packers won NFC North with 13-3 record and advanced to NFC Championship game ... Started both postseason games ... Logged career highs in catches (48), receiving yards (575) and TDs (six) ... Five catches for 51 yards with TD in postseason ... Caught four or more passes in eight games in regular season ... Had career-long 60-yard reception from Brett Favre on Oct. 14 vs. Washington ... Scored two TDs Nov. 18 vs. Carolina.
2006—Played 15 games with two starts for Packers, with 10 catches for 150 yards ... Second on team in special teams tackles (15) ... Made four tackles on punt coverage Sept. 17 vs. New Orleans.
2005—Spent preseason with Miami, and waived Sept. 4 ... Signed Sept. 6 as free agent with Green Bay ... Played 15 games with five starts for Packers and finished fourth on team in receptions (33), gaining 294 yards with two TDs ... Had 26-yard TD catch Oct. 9 vs. New Orleans.
2004—Played 16 games with 10 starts for Dolphins, catching 13-for-110 with TD.
2003—Drafted by Miami in fifth round (156th overall) ... Played in every game with five starts as rookie ... Seven receptions for 110 yards, including TD catch Nov. 9 at Tennessee.
COLLEGE: Was a four-year letterman (1999-2002) at Mississippi State, playing 45 games with 30 starts ... Had 61 career receptions for 611 yards and three TDs.
PERSONAL: Hometown is Maben, Miss. ... Attended Maben High School, where he lettered in football, track and basketball and was named one of Mississippi's top 20 prep football prospects by USA Today ... A member of the Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll, he earned a degree from Mississippi State in physical education ... Has sponsored a Pop Warner football team in Jackson, Miss. ... Enjoys hunting and fishing ... Has two children, Donsha and Don Jr.


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STERLING – An Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training workshop will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 29 and 30 at Bethel Reformed Church, 230 E. 23rd St.
The 2-day interactive workshop is for anyone "who wants to feel more comfortable, confident and competent in helping to prevent the immediate risk of suicide," according to LivingWorks, which developed the program.
Cheryl K. Robinson, the Rev. Kenneth Zuithoff and Jeff Hippen, all of Sterling, will administer the workshop.
Registration is due by Friday, Nov. 23. The course is free to Sterling Public School employees and to students 16 and older; it's $100 for all others, but scholarships are available so that cost does not prohibit anyone who wants the training, Robinson said.
Resource materials, breakfast and lunch for both days are included.
Contact Robinson at firstname.lastname@example.com or 815-499-1655 to register or for more information.


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Elks to raffle Herby Derby car
The Blackfoot Elks are raffling a "Herby Derby" Demolition car and giving it away at the Demolition Derby 'Kick-off' Party at the Elks Lodge on Sept. 6. The annual "Herby Derby" raffle and the ever popular Demolition Derby held each year at the Eastern Idaho State Fair, are sponsored by the Elks each year to raise money for local youth organizations.
Misty Myler, an Elks member and secretary for the Demolition Derby, said that this is about the fourth year the Elks have raffled off a "Herby Derby" car and that the raffle and kickoff party have become a highly anticipated event for the derby drivers, crew members and the community.
This year's Herby Derby car was donated by Ron Mangum of Economy Truck & Auto. It was built and decaled by Renny Hill of Homeland Auto.
"Whoever wins the car gets to drive it in the "Herby Derby" round of the demolition derby. The car has never gotten less than the third place the last few years," she said. "Last year's Herby Derby winner was Amber Parris and she came in second place."
Raffle tickets for the Herby Derby car are $5 and can be purchased at the Blackfoot Elks Lodge or at Bower's Collision. The Herby Derby car will be on display at Bower's Collision until the day of the giveaway. Tickets can be purchased at the Elks Lodge right up until the car is given away at 7 p.m. at the Demolition Derby Kick-Off Party on Sept. 6.
Myler said everyone is invited to come and celebrate at the Demolition Derby "Kick-off" party. There will be dinner, drinks, entertainment and prizes.
"The kickoff party is a big event. It's to celebrate the derby, the drivers, the pit crew...the whole derby crew and their families. It takes hundreds of man-hours to put on the derby each year and we couldn't do it without the help of the entire derby crew," Myler said.
Last year the Elks was able to donate about $37,000 to over 25 local youth organizations such as Boy/Girl Scouts, Bingham County's Youth Coalition, Hoop Shoots, 4-H and High School Rodeo through money raised from the raffle and the derby. This year's goal is $40,000.
The Demolition Derby at this year's EISF will be held in grand stand area on Saturday, Sept 7, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 for adults and $16 for children. For a complete fair schedule go to www.funatthefair.com or call 785-2480.


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Now that Zionism has existed in its modern conception for a hundred years, the time has come to test its relevancy on two planes: The first as a basic analysis of Jewish existence, and the second, as a solution which can act as a guideline for the present and for building the future.
Zionism Negation of Galut
Rejection of Zionism is the rejection of Israel
Changes in the World and in Jewry
The Holocaust- a Dimension That Dare Not be Concealed
Young Jews Taking New Stands
Nation and Nationalism After a Hundred Years
Does Diversity Separate or Unite?
Jewish Nationalism in the Twentieth Century
The Centralized State and the Right to be Different
Within the Affluent Society
Canaan or a Jewish State


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Constance (Perry) Gauthier
Constance (Perry) Gauthier, 89, formerly of Warwick, passed away Saturday at Hallmark Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
Born in Warwick, she was a daughter of the late Manuel and Emilia (Barrie) Perry. Mrs. Gauthier's family would like to thank Hallmark Nursing & Rehabilitation Center and Care Alternatives Hospice for the exceptional care given to Constance.
She was the beloved mother of C. Robert Gauthier, Jr. of Apopka, Florida, and Gail A. Lucas of West Warwick. Loving grandmother of Billy and Mindy. Cherished great-grandmother of Ethan and Brittany. Caring sister of Frank Perry of Warwick. She was also predeceased by six siblings.
Relatives and friends are invited to visitation on Wednesday, July 31, 2013 from 11:00 a.m. until 12 noon in The Prata-Murphy Funeral Home, 78 Providence Street, West Warwick followed by a Graveside Service at 12:30 p.m. in St. Joseph Cemetery, Gough Avenue, West Warwick.
In lieu of flowers, gifts in her memory to a hospice organization of your choice would be appreciated. www.murphyfuneralhomes.org


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MONTREAL — Bixi will post a loss in 2012 but international customers who were scared off by the planned sale of part of the company are returning, the city of Montreal says.
"The announcement that Bixi is selling the international part made our customers a little fearful," Robert Lamontagne, the city's director of finance and a member of Bixi's board of directors, told The Gazette Friday.
Bixi's city-controlled parent company, the Public Bike System Co., "had to reassure both current and future customers," he said. "Due to that, there was a slight slowdown to the business."
Having now reassured customers, "business is picking up more closely to what we expected," Lamontagne said, noting the PBSC is now in talks to sell Bixi bikes and bike stations to several cities.
Audited financial statements will only be ready by March but Lamontagne said the PBSC expects "a little loss compared to the slight profit we anticipated."
Four potential buyers of the international operations are almost finished analyzing the PBSC's finances, and formal purchase offers are expected in January, he said.
"I expect that by the end of spring, (the sale) would be a done deal," Lamontagne said.
After months of uncertainty and bickering between Montreal and the Quebec government, the city announced in June it would sell most international operations, including contracts with New York City, Boston and Melbourne. The sale will not include Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa or London, England.
Glitches in Bixi's software have affected some Bixi customers but Lamontagne said those difficulties did not spook potential buyers.
He said the PBSC has now fixed the software problem, the main reason behind an embarrassing delay in the launch of New York City's bike-sharing service – from July 2012 to May 2013.
"Now that (the software works), there is a little bit of fine-tuning that remains to be done, but nothing really that has to be worried about," Lamontagne said.
In June 2011, Montreal's auditor-general concluded taxpayers stood to lose millions in Bixi because of administrative irregularities, an illegal organizational set-up, incomplete planning, and lack of oversight and accountability.
Montreal gave Bixi a financial bailout that included $71 million in loan guarantees and credit lines, and a $37-million loan.
Lamontagne said about $32 million of the loan is outstanding. "They're paying $250,000 back each and every month and that is on schedule," he said. "We're expecting that money to be repaid when we sell the international business."
In Montreal, Bixi closed for winter Nov. 15. Last year, three days after the end of the season, the PBSC provided a rundown on its Montreal operations and made executives available to the media.
This year, no year-end summary was published and officials are keeping a low profile. Michel Philibert, the PBSC's director of communications, did not return calls from The Gazette this week.
Lamontagne said details of Bixi's Montreal season will be made public early in 2013. He said in 2012, Bixi Montreal reached 50,000 customers and local operations are expected to break even.


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Spain will show true Mercedes advantage
Mercedes executive director (tenchincal), Paddy Lowe, believes the Spanish Grand Prix will provide a good barometer for the true extent of his team's advantage over the rest of the field.
Mercedes has won every race this year by over 20 seconds to its nearest competitor and heads to the start of the European season with a raft of upgrades for the W05. Its rivals are all hoping to make ground after a three-week break and Lowe said the result of the weekend will set the tone for the rest of the season.
"The break in on-track action presents an opportunity to work on the cars and to bring more new parts to the next event than you would see during back-to-back race weekends," Lowe said. "Aside from being the first European race of the season, Barcelona is classically seen as the first big milestone for upgrades from the teams and we can expect to see quite a range of developments throughout the pit lane.
"The circuit itself is highly demanding on the cars: arguably requiring the best combination of power, handling and aerodynamics seen during the entire season. It's often said that a car which performs well in Barcelona will be a great car for the season, so we're looking forward to seeing where we stand relative to the competition."
Lowe insists Mercedes is not dwelling on its position at the front, and is determined not to give its rivals an inch in their pursuit.
"There has been no sense of complacency or backing off just because our car has shown strong performance in the opening few races. The objective is to not only match, but to better the development rate of our rivals and to build on our lead in both championships."


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FORT WALTON BEACH - The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office (OCSO) and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) announce a reward for information leading to the whereabouts of Marie Jane Carlson, 38. She was last seen at her Fort Walton Beach, Fla. residence.
Ms. Carlson was last seen with James Flanders, 44, the father of her newborn child, in mid-October 2011. The couple shared a home together in Fort Walton Beach. Ms. Carlson lived in Sierra Vista, Ariz. from Aug. 2010 to Feb. 2011. Flanders currently lives in Cochise, Ariz., near Tucson with the couple's child.
On Oct. 19, 2011, a text message, purportedly from Ms. Carlson, was received by several people. The message stated that she left Fort Walton Beach to do something she always wanted to do. No additional information was contained in the text.
Ms. Carlson's vehicle was located at the Northwest Florida Regional Airport on Oct. 21, 2011 by Flanders. The investigation into Ms. Carlson's disappearance determined that she did not leave the Fort Walton Beach area by flying or renting a vehicle from the airport. The investigation also determined that she did not leave the United States.
Ms. Carlson was reported missing/endangered to the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office, on Oct. 24, 2011 by Jeff Carlson, her ex-husband, who resides in KY.
Investigators urge anyone with information about the disappearance of Marie Jane Carlson to contact Investigator Keith Matz (OCSO) at 850-609-2000 or Special Agent Ronnie Austin (FDLE) at 850-595-2045.
Anonymous tips can be made through the Emerald Coast Crime Stoppers at 888-654-TIPS or their website http://emeraldcoastcrimestoppers.com.
A $10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the discovery of Ms. Carlson's whereabouts. The reward is being offered through private donations.
Ms. Carlson has a unique tattoo on her right wrist with the inscriptions "Pray Without Ceasing." She was born October 7, 1974 and is 5'04, 130 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes.