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YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — Kristen Clark doesn't sugarcoat her thoughts on business at Liquor and More.
"We're still here," said Clark, who managed the former state contract liquor store before taking ownership in September. "But (hard) alcohol is not a stand-alone product you can have a business on."
So she is selling greeting cards, wine and gift items alongside bottles of Jack Daniels, Bombay Sapphire and other popular liquors at the store at 316 S. First St. in Selah.
Clark and others who took over liquor stores when the state got out of the alcohol business last June have had to continually tweak their business strategies to order to stay competitive with national grocery store chains and even their distributors.
"You have to know how to buy, you have to know the business, you have to make it work the best you can," said Ted Eaton, general manager of Wenatchee-based Good Spirits, which took over four state-run liquor stores, including one at 6 N. Fair Ave. in Yakima. Good Spirits spent $153,600 to purchase the license rights for the store from the state Liquor Control Board.
The biggest challenge to many of these store owners is a 17 percent fee all retailers are required to pay on gross hard liquor sales.
Large food stores, such as Safeway and Costco, can absorb that cost with margins from other items, said Jas Sangha, president of the Washington Liquor Store Association, a newly formed group of business owners running former state-run and contract stores. The association has about 80 members.
With hard liquor making up roughly 80 percent to 90 percent of sales for many small liquor stores, they have little choice but to pass on the fee directly to consumers, who are already paying other taxes and fees on their purchases, Sangha said.
The fee has also made it difficult to offer competitive prices to restaurants. Under the state's new regulations, distributors do not have to pay the fee and can sell directly to restaurants at lower prices, Eaton said.
"It makes our price points completely out of whack," he said.
That's led many liquor store owners to sell other products not only to draw new customers, but provide a revenue source that is not taxed with the 17 percent fee. For example, Good Spirits expanded its beer selection and started selling growlers — half-gallon glass beer jugs.
Clark, of Liquor and More in Selah, is selling items used in mixed drinks, such as orange juice, soda and half-and-half.
She's also in the process of adding lottery tickets and cigarettes to her offerings. She believes that people will be drawn by the convenience of one-shop shopping at smaller stores such as hers.
"After a hard day, you don't have to run around the grocery store," she said.
But a smaller store doesn't mean fewer products for Craig Paddock, owner of the Union Gap Liquor Store, a privately owned liquor store that had operated under contract with the state before last June.
Paddock's strategy has been to expand his inventory by including items not sold at grocery stores. He estimates that his 2,000-square-foot store at 1209 E. Washington Ave. sells 1,000 different products.
"We're having new customers because they heard we got a (wider) variety," he said.
Such products include miniature-size bottles of liquors commonly sold on airline flights.
A fifth of Crown Royal, he said, costs about $40. A miniature-size bottle cost just a few dollars.
"It's a great way for people to sample things without being beat to death on the (higher) prices" of the full-size bottles, Paddock said.
Though many of the former state-run and contract liquor stores remained open under the new owners after liquor privatization, some customers believed they were gone.
"I still heard throughout the holidays, 'I didn't know the liquor store was still in business,' " Clark said.
And while they are competing against each other, these owners are still inclined to help each other out.
Clark often calls around to the other independent liquor stores if she doesn't have a certain product, just as she did when it was a contract liquor store.
Good Spirits retained all the employees who worked at the state-run stores.
These employees are used to providing drink recipes or helping customers understand the different types of spirits, Eaton said.
"The customer service is good," Eaton said. "That's probably the key thing for any of us to make it.
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Panaji: Taking a dig at the numerous Bollywood awards, actor Abhay Deol said Saturday that most awards are either rigged or actors attend them because they are paid for their presence.
"Talk to any actor off record and he will tell you, you either go because you are winning an award or you go because you are getting paid. Otherwise, you don`t go," Abhay said during an interactive session at the 43rd International Film Festival of India (IFFI) here.
"In that case, pay me and I`ll perform. If you tell me you are awarding talent, then no. It is just an exercise in appeasing those you have worked with or appeasing those you want to work with," he said candidly.
He recalled an instance from 2009 when his movie 'Dev D', a radical take on the iconic 'Devdas' film, rocked the theatres, and despite an electrifying and a well-appreciated performance, Abhay was not nominated for any awards.
"I was promoting `Road, Movie` at the time the Filmfare Awards were happening, and no one wanted to talk to me about `Road...`. The entire press wanted to know why I wasn`t selected for an award. And I said, `It was a family fare. If you are part of the family, then you will get it.` And I stick by that," Abhay said.
"The validation that I might be doing something right is the fact that I didn`t get the award," he joked.

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And not we hear from a very long-winded soul…
Name: Needing help badly
Gender: Male
Age: late 30s
Location: North America
Good day, and hoping this email finds you well. Me and my partner of nearly 10 years are experiencing a problem, it goes something like this. I am always interested in having sex; he is almost never interested in having sex.
Initially we started out with the typical "honeymoon" period where there was sex nearly every night and twice on Sundays (grin). After a brief while this preceded normally to a couple times a week maybe a little less. After a few years it has deteriorated to me almost always having to beg for even a hand job and perhaps we do more (oral/anal) a handful of times a month and I only get to top once or twice a year.
My partner almost never initiates sexual interaction and complains that I am "always asking." We are very compatible in other respects and really love each other, but I have a 20 libido on a scale of 1 to 10 and he has a 1 or 2 on the same scale.
This is starting to lead to tension in other parts of our relationship even though we try our best not to allow it. We are currently in a closed relationship, with my partner citing, in the past, personal beliefs about monogamy and monogamous relationships. Recently he has been entertaining the idea of opening the relationship up to allow me to seek relief for my sexual needs through other channels. He states that of late his views have changed and that he is taking a more realistic view at how we should proceed.
We just discussed rules for the opening of the relationship and are in the process of looking at our options for secondary partners. The rules we have thus far are as follows:
- Either of us may play with other people outside the relationship.
- The primary partner has ABSOLUTE veto powers over the choice of another play partner.
- Safe sex must be observed at ALL times and absolutely no transfer of bodily fluids outside of the primary partnership.
- If a play partner comes to our house to play and the primary partner is home, an offer to allow them to join in must be made.
- As soon as possible after an outside encounter, or preferably before, the primary partner must be told of the play session. Not the gory details, just "hey me and _____ had some fun last night" to keep the lines of communication open.
- More discussion may be initiated at the request of the non-playing partner, but not readily offered.
- You always, always, always come home to your primary partner at night.
- Secondary play partners must maintain discretion about our play sessions and respect the boundaries established by the primary partnership.
Can you advise me on the following:
- Do you think this will help or hindering our relationship?
- Do you think the rules we have set down are adequate?
- Any other suggestions for the rules.
- Any other comments or suggestions in general?
Thank you.
First, I'd suggest you guys rethink your choice of words when taking about your relationship. Monogamous means one wife…ya know, as opposed to polygamous, meaning more than one wife. Since neither one of you is a woman, that word doesn't fit your situation.
I know, I know, the popular culture uses that word indiscriminately to describe any sexually exclusive relationship, but we don't have to misuse words just because everyone else does. Language is important. And in some instances, like this one, precise language is not only helps with clarity, it helps you better understand what is possible between you two. Besides, as we all know, some monogamous relationships are not sexually exclusive.
Try using the less culturally encumbered word "exclusive" as opposed to the culturally laden "monogamous" when speaking about your primary relationship. I think you'll find that it will free you up from outdated ways of thinking about your relationship. It will also help in dispelling guilt associated with violating cultural norms. Don't believe me? Try it yourself. Say out loud — "Ours is not an exclusive relationship." Now say — We are not monogamous." There is a big difference, huh? I told you so.
And the best part about all of this is you get to define what "non-exclusive" means. For instance, you guys seem to want your primary relationship to be emotionally exclusive, but not necessarily sexually exclusive. In other words you are not considering polyamory, right? Nothing wrong with polyamory, it's just not what you are considering at this time, I'm guessing.
I applaud your negotiating skills. I think you guys have come up with a viable framework for launching out in search of satellite relationships. You will probably find that some fine-tuning is necessary as you make your way, but I believe your foundation is sound.
There's one thing for sure, your bullet point #8 is completely outside of your control. You will learn, in short order, that you won't be able to manage your satellite partners' behaviors. Expecting discretion from a casual hook-up or even a newly found fuck-buddy is unrealistic. The "girls" are gonna talk, hun, no matter what you say.
Finally, I suggest that you and your primary partner keep an open mind about it all. You'd also do well to maintain a sense of humor.
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Thought Leadership
Putting a premium on risk
Investors these days are much happier to embrace a wide range of assets in their portfolios as they search for more diversified, and therefore more certain, returns. Unfortunately, as the experience of the last few years attests, the results are still sometimes unpredictable.
Investors these days are much happier to embrace a wide range of assets in their portfolios as they search for more diversified, and therefore more certain, returns. Unfortunately, as the experience of the last few years attests, the results are still sometimes unpredictable.
The truth is that an understanding of the underlying risk factors in a multi-asset portfolio - and whether or not they are being properly compensated - is an essential part of modern portfolio management. Asset classes are convenient categories, but they are in reality made up of combinations of risk premia. It is only through an understanding of these underlying risks that we can build portfolios that more accurately reflect the insights of the investment team and help to ensure more diversified portfolios.
What is a risk premium?
All investments start with one goal: earning a return (or premium) in excess of cash that compensates the investor for the risk taken. The extra risk can be idiosyncratic(security specific) or systematic (market-related), or it can be a result of structural or behavioural factors. Identifying a portfolio's exposure to these different risks is the key to understanding whether a portfolio is diversified. Idiosyncratic risk (for example) can be diversified away, so investors should not expect to be paid for this exposure.
One of the roles of investment research is to understand whether these risks are adequately compensated – in the short, medium or long term. Take style-based investing as an example. There is a risk premium associated with value investing (buying companies with low prices relative to fundamental attributes such as dividends, sales, book value, earnings or cashflow), but no such systematic long-term premium is associated with the growth style (buying stocks that are growing more rapidly than the market overall). It should be remembered, however, that risk premia are time varying.
From asset classes to risk premia
Despite the fact that the concept of risk premia is well covered in academic research, investors still tend to organise their portfolios along asset class lines. The problem with traditional asset class descriptions is that they are
merely labels. They do not provide information about the risks associated with them, and this
limits the ability of investors to predict the way in which different market events may affect
portfolio returns. An asset class can be thought of as being like crude oil: it is familiar and
traded easily but it is only when it is cracked and refined into its component elements (such as
gasoline and propylene) that it becomes much more useful.
An investor may believe his or her portfolio to be diversified because it contains a variety
of different asset classes. However, several asset classes can be sensitive to the same
underlying risk factor, and a portfolio diversified along the lines of asset class alone could
suffer significant losses under certain scenarios. Breaking asset class exposures down into
their constituent risk factors allows concentrations of risk from the same sources to be identified.
A 'risk premium' is the return that an investor expects to receive for assuming
a systematic risk (see box 'What is a risk premium?').
In some cases, an asset class may best be represented by a single, dominant risk premium; in others it may best be described as a combination of several risk premia. Either way, this knowledge is vital in determining whether or not an asset should be included in a portfolio, and in what quantity.
Deconstructing an asset class according to its risk premia
In Figure 1 we show how the composition of the yield on US investment grade credit (measured by analysing the spread differential between US cash, government bonds and investment grade credit) has varied over time. We look at two snapshots, one taken at the end of October 2008 and the other five years later in 2013. Over this period, not only has the overall yield level decreased significantly, but the composition of the underlying risk premia exposures has also changed. In 2013, the exposure to the duration risk premium (compensation for the risk of rising interest rates) has become the dominant proportion of the yield on investment grade bonds. This has serious implications since, if investors were positive on credit but negative on duration in October 2013, then a long-only investment in investment grade bonds would be unlikely to reward them.
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LAKEVIEW – Barbara Jean Hill, 75, of Russells Point, OH passed away Saturday morning, January 25, 2014 at Mary Rutan Hospital, Bellefontaine, OH.
She was born on July 25, 1938 in Springfield, OH to the late Kenneth L. & Myrtle A. Teach Palmer. On February 14, 1981, she married Robert T. Hill and he preceded her in death on January 28, 2003. She was also preceded in death by three brothers, Robert P. "Feeney" Palmer, Jerry L. Palmer, and Ronald L. Palmer.
She is survived by five children, Shelley (Ralph) Hale of Payson, AZ, Lisa Duvall of Cable, OH, DeAnne Goebel of Scottsdale, AZ, Jerry (Jan) Houy of Bentonville, AR, and Dawn (Chuck) Stevens of DeGraff, OH, 11 grandchildren, Renee, Kandi, Morgan, Danielle, Nicole, Heather, Desirea, Jeri, Taylor, Caleb, and Brooke, five great grandchildren, two sisters, Shirley Clark of Russells Point, Kay Reprogle of Lakeview, OH, a brother, Donald Palmer of Lakeview, several nieces and nephews, and her adorable puppies, Skipper and Sissy.
Barbara attended Stokes Local Schools in Lakeview and retired from Holloways Sportswear in Jackson Center, OH. She enjoyed being on Indian Lake, baking, traveling, fishing and gardening. Her greatest enjoyment was being with her family.
Pastor Bryan Meadows will conduct funeral services beginning at 1:00 pm, Wednesday, January 29, 2014 at Shoffstall Funeral Home, Lakeview with visitation two hours prior to services. Burial is in Huntsville Cemetery.
Arrangements are in the care of SHOFFSTALL FUNERAL HOME, Lakeview. Condolences may be expressed at shoffstallfuneralhome.com.
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Connecticut Beaches And Swimming Areas
Whether it's a beach or state park, Connecticut has plenty of wet places to cool down. Here are some of the state's most popular areas. Also, check out our interactive map to plan out your visits. Source: Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
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Clemson, SC -Junior righthander Daniel Gossett pitched 7.0 strong innings with seven strikeouts to lead #13 Clemson to a 5-2 victory over Maine at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Friday afternoon. The Tigers, who took a 1-0 lead in the series, improved to 3-1 overall, while the Black Bears fell to 1-3.
With the win, Jack Leggett recorded his 1,267th career victory, tying him for 10th place with the late Ron Fraser in Division I history. Leggett also reached the top 10 against his alma mater.
"I thought we played really well overall," said Leggett. "The most important thing to me is we win the ball game tonight, so it feels good going home. We will come back ready to go tomorrow."
Gossett (1-0) allowed just four hits, one run, and no walks to record the win, while Zack Erwin recorded his second save of the year by pitching the final 1.2 innings without allowing a run. Black Bear starter Tommy Lawrence (0-2) suffered the loss in 7.0 innings of work.
Clemson scored three runs in the first inning and never relinquished its lead. Steven Duggar drove home the first run with a run-scoring single that extended his hitting streak to 13 games, then Chris Okey's two-out double plated two more runs.
Clemson and Maine play game-two of the three-game series Saturday at 2:00 PM.
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Following up on Streetwise, his powerful documentary on the homeless kids of Seattle, director Martin Bell returned to that city for a dramatic feature. Nick Kelson (Edward Furlong) is a troubled teenager whose mother has been dead for many years; he spends much of his time with other throwaway kids roaming the city. When Nick's father Jack (Jeff Bridges) is released from a long stretch in prison, the father and child reunion is a bumpy one. Jack senses an obligation to his son but is trying to focus on taking responsibility for his own life before he can extend himself. Nick is wary of his father's criminal background, but he also craves the stability of a real home life. Aware that a return to the city whose mean streets spawned his criminal career might pull him back into his old ways, Jack talks about moving to Alaska to make a fresh start, but it's not clear if Nick is part of his plan. The film's unsentimental look at its characters always on the verge of backsliding didn't endear it to ticket buyers, but it was lauded by many critics for its honesty and for Bridges' strong performance, which won an Independent Spirit award. ~ Tom Wiener, Rovi
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The Oscar Pistorius trial has become a worldwide blockbuster, but the fate of the Blade Runner paralympian is in the control of one judge who will pronounce the athlete innocent or guilty of murder in his girlfriend's shooting death.
Interested in ?Add as an interest to stay up to date on the latest news, video, and analysis from ABC News.
In South Africa, jury trials were abolished in 1969 -- during the white minority rule known as apartheid -- as there were fears of racial prejudice by jurors.
Here's a look at how the trial is expected to progress and what Judge Thokozile Masipa will have to weigh as she makes her decision.
Read More: Key Questions in Oscar Pistorius' Murder Trial
Meet the Judge
Judge Thokozile Masipa will be helped by two assessors, who will likely be legal experts, as she decides her verdict.
The assessors were appointed by the judge but have not yet been named, according to the Associated Press.
Masipa, who used to work as a newspaper crime reporter before turning to law in 1990, was the second black woman to be appointed a judge in the country.
The judge, 66, has a reputation for being tough but fair.
Last year, Masipa sentenced a serial robber and rapist to 252 years in prison, according to the Telegraph.
In 2009, she handed down a life sentence to a policeman who was convicted of killing his ex-wife during an argument over their divorce settlement.
The Charges
The prosecution is trying to prove that Pistorius, 27, intended to kill Steenkamp when he fired four shots through a locked bathroom door -- fatally wounding the 29-year-old model, lawyer and reality TV star.
Apart from the murder charge, he's also accused of illegal possession of ammunition and two counts of discharging a firearm in public. The additional firearms related charges, two of which were only added late last year, are not related to the Steenkamp shooting. One refers to an accidental firing in a restaurant and the other alleging Pristorius fired a gun through the sunroof of a girlfriend's car. Those charges will form part of the state's tactics to prove that Pistorius was a gun-toting hothead with a violent temper.
Judge May Consider Reduced Charge
Aside from finding him guilty or innocent of premeditated murder, the judge may also be able to consider a lesser charge of culpable homicide, which is basically the equivalent of manslaughter.
Decision Time
After closing arguments, the court will adjourned until a later date when Masipa will hand down the verdict. Her judgment will contain a summary of all the evidence. She might also comment on the credibility of witnesses.
If Pistorius is found guilty, he will be led down to the holding cells. His legal team will then bring an application for his bail to be extended as he awaits sentencing.
The Sentencing Process
When sentencing proceedings start, the state will call witnesses to testify in support of aggravation of a sentence while the defense will call witnesses to testify in support of mitigation of sentence. After witnesses are called on both sides, the state and defense will deliver closing arguments.
What's At Stake For Pistorius
If Pistorius is convicted of murder, he faces a mandatory life sentence, which in practice boils down to 25 years behind bars. South Africa does not have the death penalty.
A culpable homicide charge could send Pistorius to prison for up to 15 years, although a non-custodial sentence could also be imposed.
The Appeals Process
The appeals process to South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal would likely take years.
"Unlike in the U.S., the appellate court in South Africa has a bit more latitude to review the facts," ABC News' chief legal affairs anchor Dan Abrams said. "In South Africa you have a judge trial. Here in the U.S., appellate courts try not to review the facts based on a jury finding. Generally they don't want to overturn a jury, they want to review the legal decisions made by a judge. Because it [the verdict] was made by a judge, there is more latitude."
If he's not guilty, the legal drama could still drag on for Pistorius, who could also face a civil lawsuit from Steenkamp's family.


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If the Nuggets don't sign point guard Ty Lawson by Wednesday, he can be a restricted free agent next summer. At $2.55 million per, Lawson currently is making less than eight other players on the Nuggets.
Negotiations are ongoing, and it was clear from coach George Karl's words today that he hopes his top guard is signed soon:
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Berry season is upon us and so I want to take a moment to highlight why you should eat berries for beautiful skin.
Berries are essentially super foods; this is not just because they taste 'super' but also because they are packed with nutrients that have an amazing effect on your bodies health.
The berry family consist of blackberries, blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, cranberries, elderberries and gooseberries. That said the avocado, tomato, watermelon and olive are all types of berries too so we'll include them in here for beautiful skin purposes.
Berries are power packed with nutritional goodness such as vitamins, minerals, flavanoids, antioxidents and lutein.
Berries contain a huge amount of vitamin C which helps to prevent the formation of wrinkles. They also contain fibre which helps your body deliver nutrients and eliminate toxins helping to boost your skins health. They are also excellent for helping to reduce inflammation.
Eating these foods the way that nature intended really helps to boost your bodies health and improves circulation.
Eat berries in season as much as possible; try to buy organic or go one step further and pick your own. The only other tip I need to give you is to stay well protected from the sun and ensure you apply a strong SPF!
What are you waiting for?
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Montréal, Québec, Canada | November 1-5, 2013
Olha Buchel, University of Western Ontario
Monday, 10:30am
This paper presents a conceptual model for geobrowsing of text collections. This model combines best features and principles from predecessor models that purported to transform geobrowsing to creative visual browsing in geo-semantic spaces. Within the proposed model semantic document collections linked to maps have at least three conceptual spaces: geographic, semantic, and cognitive. All these spaces must be made visible to users by means of representations. Unlike previous models that visualize geographic and semantic spaces separately and often overlook the importance of cognitive spaces, our model blends all these spaces together. This results in place names being the primary objects with attributes derived from the semantic space. Besides representations, visualizations should support interactions with representations to enable users to switch from one set of details to another based on their needs.
The proposed model was evaluated in a small informal study. GeoPubMed visualization prototype was used for communicating and illustrating the conceptual idea of geobrowsing to users and for testing out how the model would work in the context of a real collection the collection of medical documents in particular. The results of the study reveal that the model was accepted favorably by the study participants. The participants saw the fit of the model for browsing health-related documents and proposed several use scenarios of their own. They also made recommendations for improving the map index, tours in the visualization, and some representations.


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Meet the Girls of '@SummerBreak' (Exclusive Videos & Pics)
Meet the the girls of the new series @SummerBreak – a brand new reality show that can only be followed on social media and is intended to be viewed on your mobile devices in real time!
The show will follow nine teenagers from the Los Angeles area throughout their last summer break before most of them go to college. There will be 60-second daily "episodes" produced by professionals that will be posted on YouTube within twenty-four hours of when the events happen. You will be able to follow the events in real time by checking the cast's Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr feeds, which will be updated often throughout every day. Each week, a wrap-up video will be posted running 3-5 minutes long.
The four girls in the cast are Alex, Clara, Lena, and Nia. Click through the slideshow below to watch their bio videos and to learn about them!


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Exploring the REST and AtomPub as WS-* Stack Alternatives(via)
Kurt Cagle of The Burton Group, explores the "RESTful Stack" as an alternative to WS-* web services and looks at the growing importance of standards and technologies such as Atom, the Atom Publishing Protocol, and XQuery. Presented as part of HR-XML's webinar series. see http://www.hr-xml.org/blog
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Group: alt.religion.scientology Date: Mon, Aug 15, 2005, 8:45pm (CDT-2)
From: firstname.lastname@example.com (Praxis)
By STEFAN C. FRIEDMAN
August 15, 2005 -- ED KOCH has rejected a request from advisers to Mayor Bloomberg to endorse the embattled Margarita Lopez for Manhattan borough president as new revelations about Lopez's cozy relationship with Scientologists came to light.
Officials close to Bloomberg, who has made no secret that he holds a soft spot for Lopez, asked the still-influential former three-term Democrat mayor to throw his support behind Lopez, the borough president-wannabe, to give her campaign a badly needed boost, sources said.
But after revelations that Lopez took massive donations from Scientology members and had other problems with the Campaign Finance Board, Koch decided that she wouldn't be getting his nod.
"I don't know who I'm going to endorse, but it's not going to be her," Koch told The Post.
"It's not so much the Scientology as it is the involvement with the Campaign Finance Board," Koch added, referring to a board decision to withhold Lopez's matching funds because she allegedly didn't return excess cash from a 2001 City Council race.
"The failure to return money is unacceptable," Koch continued.
Despite the former mayor's insistence that disclosures about Lopez's relationship with Scientologists did not play a major role in his decision, insiders say the Scientology controversy didn't help her chances.
Although Republican Bloomberg considers Lopez "a friend," according to people close to the mayor, he's unlikely to endorse anyone in a Democratic primary and was hoping Koch, a chairman of the mayor's campaign, could act as his surrogate.
Koch's decision came as The Post discovered that more than a third of Lopez's more than $115,000 in campaign donations from Scientologists were collected by a single member of the brass at the New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Project.
That's the center, co-founded by Tom Cruise, that benefited from tax dollars steered to it by Lopez.
Keith Miller, a spokesperson for the project, was the intermediary for $36,750 in donations to Lopez's campaign, campaign-finance documents show.
ED KOCH Puts Kibosh on LOPEZ Endorsement * NYPost * 8/15/05
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As part of the ongoing relationship between law enforcement agencies and Special Olympics Missouri, Lee's Summit Police officers will be serving at Habanero's to raise money for nearly 17,000 athletes around the state. LSPD will be hosting this a Tip-A-Cop event from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, April 17, at Habanero's, 1008 S.E. Blue Pkwy., Lee's Summit.
There will be a taco eating contest at 3:30 p.m. For a $10 donation, anyone can see how many tacos they can eat in a set amount of time.
Special Olympics provides people with intellectual disabilities continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, and experience joy as they participate in the sharing of gifts and friendship with their fellow athletes, their family and friends, and communities across Missouri. More than 17,000 athletes participate in 21 Olympic-type sports throughout the state.
For more information, visit Special Olympics at www.somo.org or on Twitter @somissouri; fb.com/specialolympicsmo.


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Bomb kills 9 soldiers in northwest Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A roadside bomb targeting a passing Pakistani army convoy exploded Sunday, killing nine soldiers in a tribal region near the border with Afghanistan, authorities said.
The roadside bomb exploded in a village near Miran Shah, the main town in the North Waziristan tribal area, the army said in a statement. It said the bombing killed nine soldiers, but did not say if anyone was wounded in the attack.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the blast, which happened in a region home to a mix of local Pakistani, Afghan and al-Qaida-linked foreign militants.
Pakistan has been dragging its feet in launching a military offensive against the militants in the region, saying that it's forces were already too stretched fighting the militancy in other tribal areas along the border.
The outgoing Pakistani government of President Zardari carried out several military offensives against the insurgents. The newly elected government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has a stated policy that it will give priority to a peace dialogue with the homegrown militants instead fighting them out. Sharif's party also took this line as one of the main themes of his campaigning for May 11 elections, which brought him in power.
While there's no Pakistani military offensive in the region, the U.S. carries out suspected drone strikes there targeting militants. One such suspected strike Saturday killed three alleged foreign militants in an abandoned seminary in the region. In a statement, Pakistan's foreign ministry condemned the strike, calling them "unilateral" and a violation of Pakistan's sovereignty.
While a source of tension with the U.S., Pakistan is believed to privately support some strikes.


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Mh2 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 83 diseños de 28 diseñadores freelance.
ipv6security and ipv6hacking
The web site is meant as a non-profit information resource for security information on IPv6, the new Internet protocol.
For those who don't know: Currently the Internet is run on IPv4, however the address space is nearly depleted. Because of this, IPv6 as defined which requires a lot of changes on the Internet, even for end users.
As this has security implications, interested people will need information on how to secure IPv6 installastions.
And the web site this logo is for should function as a central resource for this. People will be able to contribute content and discuss topics.
The web site is meant for administrators, security gurus, hackers, students, programmers - who are interested in ipv6 and security.
The web site will have two entry points:
one for ipv6security and one for ipv6hacking information to cater to the two different views on the IPv6 topic.
Therefore the logo should reflect the security/protective part as well as the hacking/offensive part of the web site.
Overall the style should be conservative and business like looking.
To clarify: one logo for both web site entries.
ipv6security and ipv6hacking - or a visual combination of these - have to be in the logo.
Beside that there are no further requirements so far. If entries go into an interesting direction, there will be comments and input on it.
If a font is used, it must be free of charge (no license fee necessary for non-profit use). Clip arts and pictures are not allowed in the logo.
Format: .JPG, smallest side minimum 360pixel, plus an EPS file.
NOTE: as an added value for the designer - if you want, you can be fully named on the web site as the designer of the logo with contact information and web site.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Was this the end for the Kings in Sacramento?
The chatter around Sleep Train Pavilion centered on that question Wednesday night. With NBA owners debating whether to approve the franchise's sale and relocation to Seattle, the ever-faithful fans of the Sacramento Kings pushed the uncertainty aside and did what they have done for parts of four decades during a 112-108 loss in the regular-season finale against the Los Angeles Clippers.
They rallied.
Maybe for the last time.
Hope rang out in those trademark cowbells. Optimism showed through purple-painted faces and in the jerseys of players past and present worn throughout the announced sellout crowd of 17,317.
Stacey Petit-Williams, 32, held a hand-made sign that read: "TAKE MY LIFE BUT NOT MY KINGS." Her husband, Kenneth Williams, 33, carried another that said: "BEST FANS IN THE NBA SINCE '85."
"The Kings are like our stepchild," said Kenneth Williams, born and raised in Sacramento. "It's like family. We're here to cheer something we love."
Fans cheered at full throat during player introductions and often shouted "Sacramento!" Dozens more held up signs at any stoppage with phrases such as "NBA Please Don't Take Our Team" and "This is NOT goodbye." Thousands stuck around for about an hour after the final buzzer, chanting "here we stay" and "save our team" while security guards lined the court with ropes to prevent fans from storming the hardwood again.
Coaches and players returned to the court after showering and getting dressed to thank fans for their support. Guard Marcus Thornton signed autographs with "See you next year."
At one point, Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline" blared over the loudspeakers as a tribute to the victims of the bombings during the Boston Marathon. Assistant coach Bobby Jackson, a former player, finally told the crowd: "Kings ain't going anywhere."
The scene was a far happier one than the home finale two years ago, when the Maloof family that owns the Kings was making plans to move the franchise to Anaheim, Calif. Everybody from fans to arena workers — even the team's broadcasters — shed tears on the court long after the Kings lost 116-108 in overtime to the Los Angeles Lakers.
With Sacramento once again standing on the ledge of its NBA future, this season's finale felt more like a pep rally.
"It's still nervousness, but it's a lot more confidence this time," Petit-Williams said. "Our city, our mayor, our fans, we've been here before and won."
Former Kings guard Mitch Richmond sat in the first row behind the basket closest to the home team's bench. Richmond looked up at his No. 2 jersey retired in the rafters just before the game, saying "I don't even want to think about the possibility of that being taken down."
"It's time to give this team back to the fans," Richmond said.
Brad Miller, who played for the Kings from 2003 to 2009, sat in the Maloofs' courtside seats. He also came with his 6-year-old daughter, Aniston.
"Felt I had to be here," said Miller, stayed late to shoot baskets as arena workers cleaned up.
Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, in full cheerleader-in-chief mode, also sat in a courtside seat. He fist-bumped "Slamson," the team's lion mascot, as players took the court. He said at halftime he feels confidents about Sacramento's bid to keep the Kings.
"I think the advantage has to go to the home team. We're an incumbent," Johnson said. "We have fans here, still filling up Sleep Train Arena."
Others couldn't help but feel nostalgic.
Gary Gerould has been Sacramento's radio play-by-play announcer since the Kings moved from Kansas City in 1985. He hopes to continue for several more years, but only if the team stays because his family lives in Northern California.
He sat down in the morning and did the math on games he has missed during his career. In his 28 seasons in Sacramento, the 72-year-old Gerould has called 2,198 games — including preseason and playoffs — by his count.
Wednesday night might have been his last.
"It's a weird feeling," Gerould said. "Two years ago, I was absolutely convinced this team was gone. There was not a doubt in my mind. Now there's at least a ray of hope."
The Maloofs have had a signed agreement since January to a group that wants to buy the Kings, move them to Seattle and rebrand them the SuperSonics — who left the Pacific Northwest for Oklahoma City in 2008. Led by Johnson, Sacramento has fought back over to make the sale and relocation of the Kings a real debate.
Johnson streamlined an arena financing plan through the Sacramento City Council and assembled his own group, which submitted a written offer to the league Tuesday night. The NBA's joint committee assigned to give a recommendation between the two offers convened again Wednesday in New York.
The annual meeting of the league's Board of Governors, consisting of all 30 owners, is Thursday and Friday. NBA Commissioner David Stern said a decision is unlikely until at least May, leading to all the uncertainty in Sacramento's season finale for everybody involved again.
"For the most part, it's a shame that every year I've been here you get the same type of questions and it's the same situation at the end of the season — is this going to be our last game here?" said Kings forward Jason Thompson, who was among the players who came back on the court to thank fans two years ago in what felt like goodbye. "It's a tough situation for the players and for the fans who spend money to watch games. It's just a tough situation."
The arena parking lot was packed with TV trucks. Radio stations also set up booths along with businesses touting promotions. The Maloofs never surfaced.
When Smart walked of the locker room before the game and saw a half-dozen TV cameras and another dozen reporters, he joked, "What is this, the NBA Finals?"
Carmichael Dave parked his purple RV outside the arena. He drove to New York and back over the last three weeks on his "Playing To Win Tour," stopping at NBA cities to rally for Sacramento's cause. He encouraged his fellow fans to treat this game as the "season finale, not the finale."
John Silva wore a purple "Maloof the Maloofs T-shirt," using the owners' name as a derogatory verb that has become part of the vocabulary in California's capital city.
"I'm optimistic the Kings will be back. The main thing this time is our bid is more concrete," Silva said. "There was a lot of uncertainty last time (in 2011). It seems like it was a miracle that the Kings were able to stick around for two more years. I'm optimistic the Kings will get a fair shot by the commissioner and the NBA owners. This time it won't be a Maloof decision."
Others aren't so sure.
Clippers coach Vinny Del Negro was drafted in the second round by the Kings in 1988. He said both Sacramento and Seattle deserve to be NBA cities.
Coincidentally, the first game of Del Negro's career for the Kings also was the franchise's first in the current arena, a 121-103 loss to Portland on Nov. 5, 1988.
"It means I'm getting old," Del Negro said. "I played in the first game here, and I may be coaching the last one here."


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Sub Pop takes Friday's Experimental Stage
Wolf Eyes, Clipping., Lyla Fox, Protomartyr & Rose Windows
Katowice, Silesia, Poland
In 2009 the OFF Festival guest of honour was Sub Pop boss Jonathan Poneman, since then artists signed to America's legendary Sub Pop record label have been frequent guests at the OFF Festival, but in 2014 things have been taken one step further! On Friday, August 1, Sub Pop will be taking over the Experimental Stage for an entire day, serving up a line-up that features Wolf Eyes, Clipping, Rose Windows, and more!
For some of the younger 'uns out there, Sub Pop is the Seattle-based label took inexperienced rookies and their bands under its wing: Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and changed a generation of music.
Though Sub Pop started out as a rock label, it's made a name for itself outside the guitar world, fostering the careers of such greats as The Postal Service, Fleet Foxes, and Shabazz Palaces; with the experimental hip-hop on Black Up being one of the most interesting things to happen musically in 2011.
Highlights for us:
WOLF EYES: Industrial, noise, free jazz, hardcore, metal, and avant-garde electronic music. Honestly, we'd call it an "experience in noise".
CLIPPING.: Break, bits, beats and noise, think early Crystal Castles meets east-coast hip-hop made west-coast boys. This is one for us although they went a little friendlier with Work, Work the hooks are noice! makes us want to Play.
Sub Pop have also offered up Lyla Foy, more folksy melancholy. Protomartyr, Lazy comparisons; think part early 2000s guitar noise (The Strokes) Occassional Pixie Basslines and Nick Cave lite vocals (they love their over pronunciation of "P" , perfect festival back drop music, Rose Windows more folksy festival melancholic fayre.
Worthwhile non-Sub Pop performer mention goes to the Wild Books, "Walk of Shame, again has that come-back early 2000s guitar noise, it is a true pastiche but in the right way. We reckon' it has just the right amount of everything to get a crowd going.
More information: OFF Festival


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DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI::Replicated::Balancer::Random - A 'random' Balancer
This class is used internally by DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI::Replicated. You shouldn't need to create instances of this class.
Given a pool (DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI::Replicated::Pool) of replicated database's (DBIx::Class::Storage::DBI::Replicated::Replicant), defines a method by which query load can be spread out across each replicant in the pool.
This Balancer uses List::Util keyword 'shuffle' to randomly pick an active replicant from the associated pool. This may or may not be random enough for you, patches welcome.
This class defines the following attributes.
A number greater than 0 that specifies what weight to give the master when choosing which backend to execute a read query on. A value of 0, which is the default, does no reads from master, while a value of 1 gives it the same priority as any single replicant.
For example: if you have 2 replicants, and a "master_read_weight" of
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You can set it to a value higher than 1, making master have higher weight than any single replicant, if for example you have a very powerful master.
This class defines the following methods.
Returns an active replicant at random. Please note that due to the nature of the word 'random' this means it's possible for a particular active replicant to be requested several times in a row.
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package active dry yeast
cup warm water (110 degrees F)
Pinch sugar
1 1/2
teaspoons salt
1 1/2
tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for coating bowl
2 1/2 to 3
cups all-purpose flour, plus more if necessary
Cornmeal, as necessary, for dusting pizza peel
In a large bowl combine yeast with water and sugar and stir well to combine. Set aside until foamy, about 5 minutes. Add the salt, olive oil, and half of the flour and mix well to thoroughly combine. Add all remaining flour except 1/2 cup and mix well with your hands, working to incorporate the flour little by little. The dough should be slightly sticky to the touch. Transfer dough to a lightly floured work surface and knead dough for at least 5 and up to 7 minutes, adding enough additional flour as necessary to form a smooth and elastic dough that is not sticky. Transfer dough to a lightly oiled 2 or 3-quart bowl and turn to coat with oil. Cover with a damp towel and let rise in a warm place until doubled in size, usually at least 1 hour. Preheat oven to 500 degrees F and if you have one, place a pizza stone on the bottom rack of the oven. Divide dough into 2 portions (for 2 (12 to 14-inch) pizzas and form into balls. (See note below for calzones.) Place on a lightly oiled baking sheet and cover with a damp towel. Let rest for 15 minutes, then transfer to a lightly floured surface, shape as desired and roll out to a 1/8-inch thickness. Transfer dough to a pizza peel (sprinkle with cornmeal to help facilitate moving dough) and top with toppings of choice. Transfer to the preheated pizza stone and bake until crispy and golden brown, usually12 to 18 minutes (depending on the toppings and the thickness of the crust). Remove from the oven with a metal peel or spatula and serve immediately. Note: For calzones, divide the dough into 4 equal portions and form into 4 balls. Place on a lightly oiled baking sheet and cover with a damp towel. Let rest for 15 minutes, then transfer to a lightly floured surface and roll out into 4 (8-inch) circles. Place filling of choice in the center of 1 side of each circle, then fold dough over filling to meet edges of filled side. Crimp edges with a fork or your fingers, then cut a small slit in the top of the calzone to allow steam to escape while cooking. Cook on a preheated pizza stone or backs of cookie sheets in a preheated 475 degree F oven for about 8 to 10 minutes, or until well-browned. Remove from the oven with a metal peel or spatula and serve immediately.


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The Setlist: Heaven & Hell (BLACK SABBATH) kick off world tour, plus Tony Iommi's Rig
The Setlist You Know: Heaven & Hell kick off world tour
Heaven & Hell — Black Sabbath by another name and featuring Tony Iommi (guitar), Ronnie James Dio (vocals), Geezer Butler (bass) and Vinny Appice (drums) — began their world tour last night (Tuesday, May 5) at Coliseo Cubierto El Campín in Bogota, Colombia.
It seems to be a shorter set than the band usually plays but fans will notice three songs (Bible Black, Fear and Follow The Tears) were premiered live from their excellent new album, The Devil You Know. Also Dehumanizer track Time Machine has been added to the set, along with a snippet of Mob Rules' Country Girl – a song very rarely played live.
Heaven & Hell's setlist was as follows:
02. Mob Rules
03. Children of the Sea
05. Bible Black
06. Time Machine
07. Drum Solo
08. Fear
09. Falling off the Edge of the World
10. Follow the Tears
11. Die Young
12. Heaven & Hell
13. Country Girl (not whole song) / Neon Knights
The Tony Iommi live rig consists of the following constituent parts:-
1) The speakers
The main stage sound comes from eight Laney straight fronted 4 x 12″ speaker cabinets. These cabinets are mounted in four steel frames. The cabs are loaded with Celestion G12H loudspeakers. The cabs have been modified to take Neutrik Speakon connectors in parallel with 1/4″ jacks.
There are also eight 2 x 12″ wedges custom made by Laney distributed around the stage powered from within the guitar set-up. Along with a pair of earlier made but similar wedges for the drums, these serve as guitar monitors for Tony and the rest of the band to 'lock on' to a pure guitar sound as they move around the stage. These wedges are loaded with Celestion G12 75T loudspeakers.
2) The amplification
. The GH 100 TI is an all valve (tube) 100 watt amplifier head. The amplifier is designed in such a way that the power amp section can be used independently of its pre-amp section. One of the heads is designated the master head and its pre-amp drives all eight heads as slave power amplifiers. See below for how this is configured. The output tubes used are the TAD EL 34STR, which have proved to be the best of all tested.
All of the monitor wedge speakers are powered by HH V800 power amplifiers, driven via an HH EQ 125 graphic equaliser, from one of the output sections of the Pete Cornish control rack.
3) The signal routing and control
At the heart of the system is a custom built signal routing and control unit from Pete Cornish. At the front end, the guitar plugs in. At the back end, the final guitar signal is fed out to all the power amps.
The guitar signal input can be switched between cable and radio sources. If a wireless system currently used, is the Shure ULX P. After many years of using cables, this is the only unit that Tony has felt happy with.
After the guitar input there are A/B switches for guitar swapping. Then there are 4 in-line relay switched effect send & return loops. Following them are 4 side-chain relay switched effect send & return loops. Following them are another 2 in-line effect send & return loops. Following them are the mute switch, dry mute switch and output boost controls for the various outputs that the Pete Cornish device has.
The first three in-line loops enable a wah, a compressor and an octave divider. Currently, these devices are a Tycobrahe Parapedal wah, a Drawmer LX20 compressor and either the Boss or Digitech stomp box octave dividers.
The fourth loop is the pre-amplifier of the master amp head. The send from the routing rack goes into the front high input of the head, and the return comes from the effects send of the head. The dry signal then continues through the unit with portions being tapped off for, and mixed back in from, the 4 side-chain effect loops. These are a short slap-back delay from a Korg SDD 1000, a longer delay from another Korg SDD 1000, a chorus from a Korg DL 8000 R multi-tap delay and a combination of effects as required from a Peavey Addverb III.
Next are two more in-line loops enabling a graphic equaliser and a Rocktron Guitar Silencer unit. All the signal cabling within the routing system is run as balanced line resulting in a significant drop of background noise compared to the previous system, it is not usually necessary to switch the Guitar Silencer in line. The graphic EQ in the system is an MXR stereo 15 band rack mount model, used in mono. This is the final unit before the output section that sends the signal to all the power amps. The purpose of this final unit is to iron out the differences in sound on stage due to the differing auditoria that Sabbath perform in.
After these devices the signal is fed to the power amp sections of all eight GH 100 TI amp heads for the main 4 x 12″s and a series of HH V 800 stereo power amps for the wedge monitors.
There is a remote Pete Cornish foot pedal board that houses parallel control of most of the effects loops and also the Tycobrahe Parapedal wah.
The Tony Iommi/Laney collaboration
By Mike Clement
From the time that I started working for Tony in September of 1990 up to mid 1993, Tony had been using a variety of amps and speaker systems for live and recording work. The live rig was a Marshall system, based on the tube 9000 series. Physically there were;
- steel cages, each with fixed castors and containing 2 Marshall 4 x 12″ speaker cabinets.
- 2 amplifier rack cases, each containing 3 Marshall 9005 50 watt stereo tube power amplifiers.
- 1 control/effects rack case, containing 2 (1 as a spare) Marshall 9001 tube pre-amplifiers, various effect units and a Pete Cornish relay effects switching unit.
The main advantage that this amplification system offered for live work was the splitting of the pre-amp and power amp sections. It is worth a little side-track to expand on this.
The traditional method of running a number of stacks on stage was basically to split the guitar signal into as many amp heads as there were set up, set the controls on each of these heads to more or less the same settings and hope for the best! Although some purists may argue that this is the rawest and best signal, the method is fraught with dangers. The first of these is whether the splitting is active or passive. This may not be as simple a choice as it first appears. If the guitar lead goes straight to a passive splitter box and then out to the individual amp heads, there is a direct effect on the behaviour of the pick-up within the guitar. The "loading" that a pick-up is working against must be maintained at a constant value for the guitar sound itself to remain consistent.
An active splitter at this point in the system is very likely to colour the sound unless very well designed (I am unaware of any commercially available units for this purpose other than custom designed).
If, however, the player is using effect pedals, and they are placed between the guitar and the amps, then the guitar signal is "buffered" and the signal that is subsequently fed to the various heads is going to maintain its workable integrity (hopefully).
The main problems that occur with this type of set up are that, at best, the guitar signal fed to each amp head is wholly dependent on the sonic quality of the effect pedal circuitry used and, probably more importantly, in order to alter the sound being produced on stage, each amplifier will have to be adjusted individually. When we talk about players of Tony's stature, these variables are unacceptable.
Splitting the pre-amps from the power amps gives a much more consistent control of the sound of the system.
Again, a bit of explanation: the pre-amplifier is the smart bit of the system. It is this that takes the raw stage signal and "shapes" it into the required sound determined by the musician or sound system controller. This control or "shaping" affects the frequency content (tone: treble-high, bass-low), the deliberate distortion of the sound (its drive) and its level. The power amp is there to provide the electrical muscle to drive the loudspeakers themselves, it does what it is told to do, i.e. make sound signals bigger but again, the technology applied has an effect. When valves are pushed enough they start to distort softly and affect even harmonics. Transistor solid state technology though tends to distort on the odd harmonics. Power amps usually have a gain (or, more properly, sensitivity) control and sometimes a simple tone control as in the presence control of the Marshall 9005.
It can now be seen that if the player has one pre-amp to adjust and a satisfactory sound signal produced, this can then be fed out to as many power amps are necessary to drive the required number of speaker cabinets with a uniform signal. By adjusting one pre-amp, all the power amps follow suit.
As alluded to above, effect units are a vital part of the system. It is far better to use "in line" effects e.g. compressors, wah pedals, octave dividers etc. before the pre-amp, and other "side chain" effects such as delays, chorus and reverb are much better placed after the pre-amp.
In the studio, there were a number of amplifiers being used. Among these were the Marshall Jubilee 2554 100 watt tube combo, the Marshall 2558 100 watt tube combo and the Marshall 9001 tube pre-amp d.i.'ed for clean bits.
On the sessions at Rockfield Studios in 1992 for the Dehumaniser album, we had selection of amplifier heads sent down to us by Nunu Whiting, who was then at FX Rentals and has now moved on to set up The Music Bank in London. Among these was an old Marshall JCM800 that stood out head and shoulders above the rest. When I mentioned this to Nunu he told me that it had been modified by Paul Reed Smith of PRS Guitars fame and that it was a valued item of hire stock and not for sale! Subsequent to this I contacted Paul Reed Smith himself and Tony bought a modified JCM 800 from him. This then became the main rhythm track amplifier.
The usual method of recording was (and still is) to have the amp (head or combo) in the studio control room and drive 4 x 12″ cabinets in the sound area via long speaker cables. Different combinations were used for lead and rhythm tracks, the final bit of lead drive usually being delivered by a trusty old Ibanez Tube Screamer pedal. The live gear didn't have the right sound in the studio, so everything seemed a bit hit and miss, as good as all these amps were.
In spring of 1993 Sabbath were in the writing sessions for what was to become the Cross Purposes album in Westfield, a house near Henley in Arden, a little town just south east of Birmingham. During this time, Van Halen played a show at the Birmingham NEC. Eddie Van Halen is a great admirer of Tony and he jumped at the chance to come and jam a little with Sabbath at the house. While there he told Tony about his collaboration with Peavey that had resulted in the 5150 amp head and how happy he was with the result. He also promised to arrange for a couple of 5150 stacks to be sent for Tony to try out.
In early summer of 1993 the band moved into Monnow Valley Studios near Monmouth in South Wales (a place that has featured regularly in the history of Black Sabbath, from the very earliest to the most recent) to record Cross Purposes. The 5150 stacks arrived and Tony tried them but although good and obviously excellent for Eddie, they just were not right for Tony. The seed was sown though. While discussing the situation one beautiful sunny morning, we decided that the best course would be to try to find a manufacturer that could translate Tony's needs into hardware and produce an amp that could work on stage, in the studio, fit into the existing system architecture (i.e. a pre and power amp split), carry Tony's signature, be available to the market and above all sound great!! It didn't take long to think of Laney. So it was one June afternoon that I made a phone call to Bob Thomas at Laney's Cradley Heath headquarters that changed the course of amplification history!!
Tony had started off in Sabbath using Laney and had known Bob Thomas and the young Lyndon Laney from their beginnings. Bob had been a promoter in the Birmingham area and apart from fining his acts for playing too loud was a tireless champion of "our amp". In the early eighties however, they had hit a bad patch where their quality control had been knocked sideways by a series of bad suppliers and Tony had started to look elsewhere.
After listening to the basic outline of the proposal, Bob suggested that he, Lyndon Laney and Dave Hirons (the main design engineer) should drive down to Monnow Valley and start talking and listening. This they duly did and a listening room was set up with the all the existing gear. Tony played through all the combinations and we explained and pointed out the good and bad points of this and that amp and speaker etc. We outlined the features that Tony wanted (e.g. pre & power amp split capability) and they said that they would love to have a crack at it.
It was decided that the best way to address the project would be very much a "hands on" approach, which would benefit both parties. Dave Hirons would start designing and building prototypes and that at any stage that he felt he needed guidance as to which way to go, Tony and I would go to the factory with a guitar and do some A/B tests.
The main design criteria of the Tony Iommi signature model were:-
- The amp was to be a traditional style self contained 'amp head'.
- The amps that Tony himself would use would be no different from those distributed for saleon the open market.
- It would have the necessary inputs and outputs to enable the placement of effects after the pre-amp and before the power amp.
- It would have the necessary inputs and outputs to enable a system to be built for live usage whereby one head could be used as a master pre-amp controller and additional heads could be used as slaves to drive extra speakers.
In the years in between Tony's original involvement with Laney and the project in hand, the company had settled into a niche market with the bulk of its product centred on solid state technology. This was manifested in its Linebacker guitar combo ranges and having acquired HH Electronics, a well respected share of the middle ground p.a. market. Although the company may not have had a particularly high profile during this period,
- They had an amplifier production line, set up for solid state and tube technology.
- They had a wood workshop that could make any sized cabinets (amp or speaker) as required.
- They had complete control over every aspect of loudspeaker driver design and construction through the acquisition of HH (just around the corner in Cradley Heath).
Throughout the summer and fall of 1993 Tony and I were called upon to go along to the Laney factory in Cradley Heath to test out the options that were coming out of the design workshops of Lyndon Laney and Dave Hirons. There were many aspects to consider:
One of the first items for design consideration was the pre-amp. This was made with a large amount of extra gain. The Iommi signature model was not to be an item of compromise. It was not just a question of plonking in an extra pre-amp tube, the extra gain was shaped and controlled in a unique way that suited the 'Tony sound'.
The next was the power amp section. The first decision was the type of output tube to use. The traditional British tube for the 50 watt and above amp head has always been the EL34. In the golden days of Mullard, this was the absolute classic tube. However, Mullard and the other top quality western European manufacturers had ceased production as the tidal wave of transistor technology swept the world in the sixties and seventies. By the early years of the 1990s, there was at one stage only one factory in the world making tubes, and this was in China. Quality was variable and at one stage the factory was reported to have dropped the EL34 from its production schedules due the demand for the 6L6 and other American style output tubes from the large US manufacturers.
Although there were large stocks of EL34s around and some Russian and eastern European factories starting up again, the British amp manufacturers were nervous and they started to look for alternatives. The closest of these was a tube called the 5881 which is heavy duty version of the 6L6. Marshall Amplification actually started using this tube as its standard issue in all new tube amps. I am informed by Pete Cornish that this tube is a Soviet design, very close to the 6L6 and could be used in combat jet aircraft, it being capable of performing at huge g forces! The EL34 is in fact notoriously delicate and very sensitive to mechanical shock. The 5881 however is extremely robust and electrically consistent.
This was the first test we had to make regarding the power amp section. As above, Tony and I would go along to the factory with a guitar and do A/B tests. Nice as the idea was though, the 5881 just didn't sound quite as good as the EL34. The 5881 has a harder, more brittle sound which would definitely suit some players, but not Tony. It was decided therefore to go with the EL 34 for Tony, but to include a bias switch on the back panel of the amp that would allow the user to choose either the EL 34 or the 5881 as the output tube.
In order to accommodate the use of effects, an effects loop was put in. This came in the 'gap' between pre and power amps. A 3 way switch was included that added another dimension to the loop. All the effects that we wished to include at this point are 'side chain' in nature. That is, a portion of the guitar signal is split off, then it is 'effected' and mixed back in varying degrees with the straight dry guitar signal. The 3 positions of the switch are by-pass, side chain and insert. The by-pass position is obvious, it closes the loop. For the average player who may want an echo or chorus at this point, the switch is set to side chain, the effects units can be set to maximum 'wet' and minimum 'dry' output. The mix back with the unaffected guitar signal within the amp is then made with an effects return control on the back of the amp.
The heart of Tony's live rig is a Pete Cornish relay control effects switching system. It is this unit that performs the 'side chain' configurations within itself. This is why we needed the 3rd switch 'insert' position, in which whatever goes between the effects send and the effects returns sockets is totally self contained.
In order for the amp to perform its function as a master/slave unit, there are another two sockets on the back, a slave out and a slave in. A line is taken from the slave out socket of the master head then fed to the slave in sockets of all the slave heads in the rig. In Tony's rig there are 4 stacks of 2 (4 x 12″) cabinets. Each stack is driven by one head. The architecture of Tony's rig has changed recently with the arrival of a new Pete Cornish control system, but the amp is still used in essentially the same way. More of this elsewhere in the site.
By the late fall of 93 the first prototypes in their new casings were ready. Their first use was for studio overdubs at the mixing sessions for the 'Cross Purposes' album at the Wool Hall studio near Bath in England. Straight away they proved their worth, giving all the drive and tone needed without external boosters and the like. To this day, in the studio we set up a couple of heads in the control room and a couple of cabs out in the sound room and away we go!
In preparation for the touring in support of Cross Purposes in early 94, Laneys put 8 of their 4 x 12 cabs (more on the speakers elsewhere on site) into the steel frames used to house the touring speaker stacks and new amp head flight cases were built. Up to this point the amps had not been given the final 'real' testing, i.e. on stage, on tour. Tony did the US leg of the tour in Jan/Feb with the old Marshall 9000s driving the Laney cabs. When we got back to the UK the first batch of production heads, now named the GH 100 S, were ready and cased up. Then, on the European leg of the tour, in spring 94, Tony took the plunge and the new amps were fired up in a 'combat situation'! The guitar sound developed a lot more punch and power and straight away triggered much critical acclaim.
After the touring finished in late summer, the band started the writing sessions for what was to become the 'Forbidden' album. Again the amp proved its worth being able to maintain the quality of its sound in writing, rehearsing and recording situations.
In February of 95, Laneys invited Tony to the Musik Messe exhibition in Frankfurt, Germany, to help in the promotion of the new amp. This annual trade show is a staggeringly large event (and, to our American friends, yes it is much bigger than NAMM!!). Although the appearances by Tony at the Laney stand to sign posters were very hectic (unlike the US NAMM show, there are public general admission days at the end of the trade only session), we had a great time seeing many old friends at the show and then after hours sampling the beer and local cuisine of a small satellite town south of Frankfurt where Laneys set up camp.
Tony was out on the road for most of the latter part of 95. It was during the European leg of this tour that the Laney support network showed its mettle. As part of the ongoing process of testing the amps under road conditions, we took on a new set of amps in between the US and European legs of the tour, so that Dave Hirons could examine the amps that had just completed the US tour to test for any signs of road fatigue. As it happened, the amps we took on board had been fitted (unknowingly of course) with a batch of bad output transformers that had been supplied to Laney from an outside contractor. This is something that happens to all manufacturers at some time or another. As they started popping though, we had instant support from AA Meinl, the German distributor, and also a flying visit from El Maestro himself, Dave Hirons. It is experiences like this that show the way forward (they do not, however, help this writer's blood pressure).
In February 96 Tony again went to the Frankfurt Musik Messe to help out in the Laney promotion, enjoying more of the fun mentioned above re. the 95 visit. By this time Bob Thomas had retired, leaving Lyndon Laney himself holding the reins. (As an aside, it was in the closing stages of this show that we had the meeting at the Gibson stand with JT Riboloff, Rick Gembar, Mike Maguire and Scott Johnson that has led to the whole new Gibson link-up.)
Throughout the remaining period to date, the amp (now re-named the GH 100 TI to reflect its lineage), has been used constantly in recording sessions and as the long awaited re-union of the original Black Sabbath line-up has become a reality. During the Ozzfest tour in the summer of 97 and the NEC dates in Birmingham, England, in December of the same year, the guitar sound that Tony was producing continued to draw universally favourable comment from audience, sound engineers and musicians alike.
It is worth noting that during this whole period described, from 93 to date, the company has designed and put into production a whole new range of tube amplifiers and combos. These cover all the classic types of tube amps, especially the British range covering high power heads and the class A combos. The company has, under Lyndon's control, taken hold of a sizeable chunk of the tube amp market which reflects Lyndon's love of the tube and its associated technology. It also reflects the genuine abilities and dedication of ALL the Laney staff, big thanks to all at the brand new headquarters, especially Lyndon (curry soon?), Dave Hirons, James Laney and Simon Fraser-Clarke.
All of this from one phone call on a beautiful sunny morning in Monmouth in June 93…………..well, that's what we like to think!!!
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GENEVA — A U.N. panel reported Thursday it believes the Syrian government is committing a crime against humanity by making people systematically vanish, and that rebels have also recently begun making their opponents disappear.
The expert panel said it found "a consistent country-wide pattern" of Syrian security, armed forces and pro-government militia seizing people in mass arrests or house searches and at checkpoints and hospitals, then making them disappear — and denying that they even exist. Most of the victims have been young men.
The disappearances are "part of a widespread campaign of terror against the civilian population," and amount to a crime against humanity, reported the U.N. Syria war crimes panel, chaired by Brazilian diplomat and scholar Paulo Sergio Pinheiro. The panel pressed Syria's government to provide information and called on both sides to stop the practice.
The U.N. panel doesn't quantify the phenomenon, but says the accounts it has received "only hint at the scope of the crisis ... and the state of fear in which ordinary citizens live." Among the cases were a 60-year-old woman put in Homs prison for asking about her missing son, and a peaceful protester's brother taken in a house raid by political security agents.
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The four experts' report said that rebel groups such as the al-Qaida-linked Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant that control large parts of northern Syria also have begun seizing people and running secret prisons.
It said the opposition's abductions of human rights advocates, journalists, activists, humanitarian workers, religious leaders and perceived supporters of President Bashar Assad's government usually differ because the victims tend to be taken as hostages for ransom or prisoner exchanges, and their existence isn't concealed.
However, in recent months the groups have also begun adopting the government's practice of making people vanish.
Amnesty International also reported Thursday, based on interviews with former detainees, that the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant has "ruthlessly flouted the rights of local people" at secret prisons in northern Syria at which torture and summary killings are common.
In an 18-page report, the Britain-based watchdog said children as young as eight are held along with adults in seven ISIL-run detention facilities in Syria's Aleppo and Raqqa provinces. Many are held for challenging ISIL's rule, crimes like theft or for committing purported "crimes against Islam" such as smoking cigarettes.
Syrian human rights monitors have said the number of those gone without a trace is in the thousands and the targets often are doctors, aid workers, lawyers and other peaceful regime opponents.
The allegations from the U.N. panel and Amnesty International came just hours after the U.N. General Assembly approved a resolution expressing outrage at "widespread and systematic gross violations" by Syrian authorities. The resolution was initiated by Saudi Arabia on behalf of dozens of countries, including the United States.
While General Assembly resolutions are not legally binding, they offer a strong expression of world opinion. Nearly three years of fighting between Syrian troops and opposition forces has killed more than 120,000 people.
In Damascus, Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faysal Mikdad blasted the United Nations, telling Syrian state TV that the world body's role in the crisis is "disgraceful."
Mikdad also criticized Western countries, saying that while they criticize Damascus they remain silent about crimes committed by the rebels, including the recent killing of some 100 people by opposition forces in the Damascus suburb of Adra last week.
Meanwhile in northern Syria, government war planes have bombed rebel-held districts of Aleppo for the fifth straight day, leveling apartment buildings, flooding hospitals with casualties in attacks that have so far killed nearly 200 people, activists said.
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Name: Genesis Alvarez
Species: Lycan
Age: 28
Hair:Dark Brown w/blonde highlights, slight curl, hanging to mid-back
Eyes: Hazel
Height: 5'
Weight: 105lbs
Orientation / Marital Status: In a Union / Straight
Current Occupation:'Independent contractor'
Past Occupation: Former U.S. Marine, Military Police Officer, E-5 rank. 2 tours in Afghanistan served. Brief time on Marksmanship Team.
Genesis was not born into a loving environment. Her father was unknown to her, her mother a bit of an overly promiscuous woman. However, Genesis was born a natural Lycan, like both her mother and father, and as such, she learned from birth how to control her abilities.
Genesis isn't much one for material things. A bit of a tom-boy, she prefers comfort and practicality over what's currently fashionable. She's right at home in a pair of jeans, cargo pants or shorts and a t-shirt.
Genesis is rather sullen in expression. A hard life has left her feeling older than her 28 years. But when she finds something that brings her joy, her smile is so radiant, it makes others around her want to smile as well, and her laugh is light and somewhat musical.
Though short in stature and slight in weight, Genesis is in peak physical condition. She carries herself proudly, and though short, she stands tall, never slouching, despite her 'leave me alone' facial expression.
She was not much one for socializing since the military, but has come to find a few people she has come to call friends.
Genesis was former military police. Women couldn't be scout snipers, but she was so spot on, she did receive the Crossed Rifles and spent a bit of time on the Marksmanship Team. It didn't count for much in a man's Corp, but in the private sector she was valuable.
It should be noted that Genesis will oft times resort to weapons, primarily guns, before shifting to Lycan forms.
Genesis has three primary forms:
Human: Slightly stronger than an average human, with highly enhanced senses.
Were/Crinos: Partially Wolf dominant minded. Genesis grows to nearly 6 1/2 feet tall, with added muscle and bulk bringing her to nearly 300lbs. Eyes hazel with a golden sheen. Highly enhanced senses, razor sharp maw of teeth, and slashing claws. Also has the ability to heal from wounds quicker in this form.
Wolf: Nearly completely wolf mind dominant. She stands at nearly 3 1/5 feet at the shoulders. Her fur being dark and soft, eyes golden.