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2012-13 UMBC Men's Tennis News
Justin Carter Earns a Pair of America East Honors, Four Other UMBC Men's Tennis Players CitedMay 07, 2013Cambridge- UMBC freshman Justin Carter (Randallstown, Md.) was named to the America East Conference Men's Tennis First Team in singles and doubles, highlighting a group of five Retrievers to earn all-league honors.
Young Men's Tennis Squad Falls in America East Championship MatchApril 28, 2013BALTIMORE-Top-seeded Binghamton won its sixth consecutive America East Conference Championship, defeating a young UMBC squad, 4-0, at the UMBC Tennis Complex.
Men's Tennis Bests Stony Brook, Will Face Top-Seeded Binghamton in America East Title Match Sunday MorningApril 26, 2013BALTIMORE- For the eighth time in the last nine years, the UMBC men's tennis team has advanced to the America East Championship match, as the second-seeded Retrievers knocked off No. 3 Stony Brook, 4-1, in the semifinals at the UMBC Tennis Complex.
Men's Tennis Seeded Second, Will Take on No. 3 Stony Brook in America East Semis at Home on Friday AfternoonApril 24, 2013BALTIMORE- The UMBC men's tennis team will be the No. 2 seed in this weekend's America East Conference Championships, which are being held at the UMBC Tennis Complex.
Senior Gaulthier Berret Earns Final 2013 America East Men's Tennis Player of the Week HonorApril 23, 2013Senior Gaulthier Berret (Lagny Sur Marne, France/Institute Deschamp (Belgium)) was named America East Conference Men's Tennis Player of the Week, for matches ending April 21, 2013
Men's Tennis Wraps Up Regular Season With 5-2 Victory at TempleApril 20, 2013Philadelphia—The UMBC men's tennis team went into America East Tournament play on a high note, as the Retrievers finished the regular season with a 5-2 victory at Temple.
Binghamton Edges Men's Tennis in Hotly-Contested MatchesApril 13, 2013BALTIMORE- Eight of the nine matches were nail-biters, but visiting Binghamton prevailed in seven of the eight and defeated UMBC, 6-1, at the UMBC Tennis Complex.
Berret, Carter Continue to Shine, but Men's Tennis Drops Heartbreaker at Georgetown, 4-3April 11, 2013Washington, D.C.- UMBC lost a hearbreaking match, 4-3, at Georgetown on April 10.
UMBC to Host America East Men's and Women's Tennis ChampionshipsApril 10, 2013Cambridge, Mass-- For the first time in its ten-year America East Conference history, UMBC will host the league's men's and women's tennis championships.
Men's Tennis Wins for Fourth Time in Five Outings In 6-1 Triumph at HowardApril 06, 2013Washington, D.C.- The UMBC men's tennis team went over the .500 mark for the first time this season and won for the fourth time in five matches as they defeated host Howard, 6-1, on April 5.
Men's Tennis Dominates Singles Play, Triumphs, 5-2, at Stony BrookMarch 29, 2013Stony Brook, N.Y.- Visiting UMBC captured five of six singles matches and defeated America East Conference foe Stony Brook, 5-2, at Stony Brook's University Courts.
Justin Carter Continues to Dominate America East Men's Tennis SceneMarch 26, 2013Cambridge, Mass.- For the third time in 2013, UMBC freshman Justin Carter (Randallstown, Md./National Connections Academy) has been named America East Conference Men's Tennis Player of the Week.
Carter Continues Torrid Play, but Men's Tennis Edged at College of CharlestonMarch 21, 2013Mount Pleasant, S.C.- Visiting UMBC nearly cooled off a red-hot College of Charleston squad, but the Cougars won their sixth consecutive match, edging UMBC, 5-2, at the CofC Tennis Center.
Back-to-Back: Justin Carter Earns Second Consecutive America East Player of the Week HonorMarch 13, 2013Cambridge, Mass.- For the second consecutive week, UMBC freshman Justin Carter (Randallstown, Md./National Connections Academy) has been named America East Conference Men's Tennis Player of the Week.
Men's Tennis Posts Weekend 5-2 Victories Over Navy and DelawareMarch 10, 2013BALTIMORE- The UMBC men's tennis team evened its record at 5-5 on the season by defeating Navy and Delaware by identical 5-2 scores at home this weekend.
Justin Carter Named America East Men's Tennis Player of the WeekMarch 05, 2013Cambridge, Mass.- UMBC freshman Justin Carter (Randallstown, Md./National Connections Academy) was named America East Conference Men's Tennis Player of the Week for matches ending March 3, 2013.
Carter Triumphs vs. St. Joseph's and Penn in Singles; Men's Tennis Splits with Hawks and QuakersMarch 02, 2013Philadelphia, Pa.- The UMBC men's tennis team split a pair of matches in "The City of Brotherly Love" this weekend, defeating St. Joseph's, 5-1, on Friday, before dropping a 6-1 decision to Penn at the Levy Tennis Pavilion on Saturday.
Men's Tennis Blanks Drexel, Drops Tough 5-2 Decision to Richmond in Local Weekend ActionFebruary 25, 2013The men's tennis team split a pair of home matches over the weekend, blanking Drexel, 7-0, on Feb. 23, before dropping a tough 5-2 decision vs. Richmond the following day.
Men's Tennis Drops Opener at Old DominionJanuary 27, 2013The UMBC men's tennis team dropped its spring opener, 6-1, at Old Dominion Sunday afternoon at the Folkes-Stevens Indoor Tennis Center.
UMBC Announces Under Armour As Official Outfitter Of Retriever AthleticsDecember 03, 2012BALTIMORE- UMBC Athletics today announced that Under Armour, Inc., the Baltimore-based leader in athletic performance apparel, footwear, and accessories will be the official outfitter of Retriever Athletics through 2018.
Men's Tennis Outlasts Competition at Navy Gold InvitationalOctober 07, 2012Annapolis, Md.- UMBC opened play at the Navy's 2012 Gold Invitational by taking seven of nine matches against the host Midshipmen.
Freshmen Carter, Drean Compete at ITA Men's All-American ChampionshipsOctober 03, 2012A pair of UMBC freshmen, Justin Carter (Randallstown, Md./Home School) and Alexandre Drean (Bayonne, France/Lycee Largente) took part in the 2012 ITA Men's All-American Championships held for the eighth straight year, at the University of Tulsa's Michael D. Case Tennis Center.


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Talelayu Opiitlu (Talelayu with Owl), 1979
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Call it street art, call it reverse graffiti, or call it architectural sculpture - whatever it is, Portuguese artist Alexandre Farto's portrait series is mesmerizing and fascinating. Farto has been interested in street art since he was 13 years old and now this 23 year old artist has taken up scratching faces into the facades of buildings all around the world. These architectural embellishments, or rather subtractions, are hauntingly beautiful and created using jackhammers, picks and hammers.
A street artist since he was 13, Farto is also known as Vhils and began his career painting trains on a railway line near his home in Seixal. Farto has traveled all over Europe and even into the US to compose and chip away his portrait series. You can find his faces in Moscow, Italy, London, Portugal and NYC. Some are quite large and take over the entire facade of a building, while others are small and tucked away and others yet are almost imperceptible and like a ghost image play tricks on the eye.
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posted on Sunday, November 23, 2003 - 1:27 pm
I have 5 repeated measures (rep1, rep2, rep3, rep4, and rep5).
I like to model compound symmetry and auto regressive error structure respectively.
I tried to set up a commend file for myself but Mplus gave me error messages.
I looked for setting error structure at the Growth Modeling section of Mplus manual and the addendum to the Mplus user's guide I can't find one.
How do I set a command file ? Could you give me an example in MODEL commends ?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Monday, November 24, 2003 - 10:16 am
Compound symmetry is an intercept only model. The MODEL command would be:
i BY
rep1-rep5 (1); ! hold residual variances equal
We would model autoregression as adjacent residual covariances:
rep1-rep4 PWITH rep2-rep5 (2);
posted on Sunday, January 25, 2004 - 12:30 am
How can I model an unstructured error?
I typed like this;
rep1 WITH rep2;
rep1 WITH rep3;
rep1 WITH rep4;
rep1 WITH rep5;
rep2 WITH rep3;
rep2 WITH rep4;
rep2 WITH rep5;
rep3 WITH rep4;
rep3 WITH rep5;
rep4 WITH rep5;
It doesn't seem right. Mplus didn't give any S.E values.
Could you help me to set up a proper command for this ?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Sunday, January 25, 2004 - 9:24 am
You need to send the full output to
so I can see why the model is not converging.
Michael J. Zyphur
posted on Saturday, November 19, 2005 - 8:00 pm
Hi Linda,
I know that Mplus doesn't currently allow chi-square difference testing when there are model constraints in place. However, I was wanting to test for the difference between a model with no covariance among errors and a first-order auto-correlated structure. Can you think of any way to "jury-rig" Mplus to allow such a test?
Thanks for your time!
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Sunday, November 20, 2005 - 10:13 am
I think what you are saying is that when you use MODEL CONSTRAINT you do not get chi-square. You do, however, get loglikelihood values and can use -2 times the difference in loglikelihoods to test nested models. This difference value is a chi-square value.
Michael J. Zyphur
posted on Sunday, November 20, 2005 - 1:27 pm
True, however, perhaps I should give more info: I am running a model with an estimator robust to non-normality (why I am using the "difftest" option). Will this estimator bias the difference of the -2LL values just as with chi-square? If so, is there a quick way around this?
Thanks again!
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Sunday, November 20, 2005 - 3:18 pm
With weighted least squares, there is no loglikelihood. I am not sure if you are talking hypothetically or if you are actually getting a loglikelihood. If you are getting one, then check the summary of your analysis to see which estimator you are using. If this does not help, please send your output to
so I can see exactly what you are doing.
Kathrin Gasser
posted on Saturday, July 23, 2011 - 10:47 am
Does increased model fit due to the specification of a correlated error structure (autocorrelation) and/ or invariant residual variances (homoscedasticity) indicate that the errors actually do exhibit autocorrelation and/ or homoscedasticity? Or is it possible that the increased model fit be spurious due to misspecification of the underlying residual covariance structure?
Thank you already in advance.
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Saturday, July 23, 2011 - 11:00 am
It seems possible that the fit improvement may be spurious as you say.
Kathrin Gasser
posted on Saturday, July 23, 2011 - 11:23 am
Thank you very much for your prompt reply. So, do you suggest to argue theoretically which error covariance structure is most appropriate to assume?
I ask you that question because I read in the paper of Willett, J. B. (2004). Investigating individual change and development: The multilevel model for change and the method of latent growth modeling. Researuch in Human Development, I(1/2), 32-57 on page 44:
"In fact, in any analysis of change it is good practice to try out several multilevel models with alternative error covariance structures and compare them, using standard CSA indices of model fit, in order to figure out which Level 1 error covariance structure is most appropriate for the research problem."
I interpreted this quotation as to compare models with different assumptions about the error covariance structure and selecting the one with the best fit. So if increased model fit might be spurious, I run the risk of choosing a wrongly specified model?
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Saturday, July 23, 2011 - 1:10 pm
I think one can never know if a model is correct even if it fits well and better than other models. This is the equivalent model dilemma. You just have to think of alternative models and among those that fit well see how different the results are. Aspects of models can of course be tested, such as the need for correlated errors, but you never know if a totally different model has generated the data. The real danger arises when you are forced to do a long sequence of model improvement, risking capitalizing on chance; see, e.g.:
McCallum, R.C., Roznowski, M., & Necowitz, L.B. (1992). Model modifications in
covariance structure analysis: The problem of capitalizing on chance. Psychological
Bulletin, 111, 490-504.
Kathrin Gasser
posted on Saturday, July 23, 2011 - 4:39 pm
Thank you so much! That is really helpful to me!
Kathrin Gasser
posted on Monday, July 25, 2011 - 1:41 pm
I have a follow-up question: Would analyzing a hold-up sample be a good approach to this problem?
Kathrin Gasser
posted on Monday, July 25, 2011 - 1:57 pm
excuse me, but I meant hold-out sample, where you analyse several randomly selected samples (50-75%) of the entire sample.
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Monday, July 25, 2011 - 2:32 pm
It's always a good idea to cross-validate your results if you have a large enough sample to do so.
posted on Friday, November 03, 2017 - 3:18 am
What is the default covariance structure used in multilevel models (fixed effects) such as:
yanti_OT ON wave0 Qwave;
yanti_OT ON c_fanti_OT;
yanti_OT ON c_komanti_OT;
How do I modify the default covariance structure to compare it with the unstructured, compound symmetry, autoregressive etc.?
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Friday, November 03, 2017 - 5:22 pm
Compound symmetry due to the random intercept.
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Like Vampires? Check out this new Site with Vampire Killing Kits by CRYSTOBALPosted on August 30th, 2013 No comments
Yes, Vampire Killing Kits!
If you dig cool stuff from the past, then you probably dig Dracula movies, BW vampire flicks and other assorted old Horror stuff. Something that has always been a favorite vintage "oddity" of mine has been the turn of the century Vampire Killing Kit.
I first saw one in the Ripley's Believe it or Not Museum in St. Augustine, FL about 30 years ago. I thought it was crazy fantabulous, and always wanted one for myself.
What is a Vampire Killing Kit?
A box or satchel filled with the tools necessary to kill a vampire. They were originally made (according to Ripley's) in the late 19th Century, for American tourists traveling to Transylvania (after the book "DRACULA" became an international hit). They usually contained a pistol, vials of holy water and garlic oil, a crucifix, and of course a wooden stake. Some were a little more elaborate with dental tools for removing the vampire's fangs, a dagger, and something called "secret serum" which was supposed to heal vampire bites.
This new site showcases the new, vintage-style Vampire Killing Kits created by CRYSTOBAL, self-proclaimed vampire hunter and Gothic artist. CRYSTOBAL and I go back a long way…in fact, I have a few of his kits that he's made over the years as part of my collection of pop culture junk!
CRYSTOBAL has been making these kits for years, and has created his own style – "modern primitive" – for his kits. Unfortunately, unscrupulous individuals have attempted to copy his style and take credit for resurrecting the vampire killing kit craze. But dig, he is the real deal.
Click here to visit Vampire Killing Kits by CRYSTOBAL.
Check out the site. It's filled with photos of his work, and information on the history of the kits. Our book, "How to Kill Vampires because they are unnatural jerks" is also available through the site. Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you…I wrote another book, with CRYSTOBAL as the source, called "How to Kill Vampires because they are unnatural jerks". It's pretty cool, a little funny and very artistic. Check it out!
-Tiki Chris P. reporting from the Halloween shop down the street from Tiki Lounge Talk
"Murder Under The Boards: The Atlantic City Paranormal Mystery" by Christopher Pinto now available!Posted on May 14th, 2013 No comments
It's here: The third novel in the Detective Bill Riggins series, "Murder Under The Boards: The Atlantic City Paranormal Mystery" by author Christopher Pinto (that's me) is now available in print and for Kindle download at Amazon.com!
For those of you who follow my books, you'll be thrilled by this new supernatural noir adventure featuring our intrepid NYC cop, Lieutenant Detective Bill Riggins. In this book, which takes place in 1957 with flashbacks to the 20s and flash-forwards to 1982, Riggins finds himself staying at the world famous Marlborough-Blenheim hotel in Atlantic City, NJ. It's only a matter of hours before he encounters a ghostly apparition in his room…and finds out one of his best friends from childhood has been murdered in cold blood under the Atlantic City Boardwalk.
Fast cars, cool jazz, hot dames, steamy summer nights, a serial killer, a secret network and more ghosts than Hackney's has lobsters, "Murder Under The Boards" is the perfect book for people who dig the mid-century scene. From the world famous Steel Pier to Lucy the Margate Elephant, this book is packed with cool and fun stuff from Atlantic City's colorful past.
Available through Amazon.com for Kindle for only $3.99, this 300-page book will keep you guessing till the last sentence! Print version also available to Tiki Lounge Talk readers at a 10% discount. Visit www.StarDustMysteries.com for more details and buying options.
Tropical Storm Isaac washed out a Weekend in South FloridaPosted on August 26th, 2012 No comments
Living in the Tropics is great. There's no better way to enjoy the Tiki good life than having a pool you can use year round, an outdoor Tiki bar and palm trees in your front yard. The downside is, you get Tropical Storms and Hurricanes now and then.
We got luck with Isaac. Unlike some of the other storms we've been hit with, so far this one is just dumping tons of rain on us. It's already after 5:00pm on Sunday as I write this, and we've been lucky enough to not even have a power outage. The winds have been minimal and street flooding is no worse than we usually get during a rain storm.
But it is a wake-up call. We haven't had a major storm hit our home in Sunrise (about 12 miles west of Fort Lauderdale Beach) since Wilma tore apart the area in 2005. Many of you out of the area may not even remember Wilma…it was overshadowed by Katrina, which caused substantial damage. But the fact is that Wilma was and still is listed as the most costliest storm in American history. So we've been lucky for 7 years…
It was Hurricane Wilma which gave me the idea for my Tiki-oriented murder mystery book, Murder on Tiki Island. Living through a Category 1 (up to 3) Hurricane was a real eye opener. It made me think of what it would have been like had it hit us head on…basically that would have meant almost total destruction. That led me to research storms of South Florida, which reminded me of the 1935 "Storm of the Century", a Cat 5 'cane that destroyed a large chunk of the Florida Keys. That, and my own experience in the storms here, were the inspiration for my book.
All weather reports are indicating the worst of the storm is over for us. Tomorrow will probably be rainy but quiet. We dodged the bullet, again.
-Tiki Chris reporting from the storm shelter inside Pirate's Cove Tiki Lounge
Noir Mystery "Murder Behind the Closet Door" By Chris Pinto availabe FREE for Kindle!Posted on March 3rd, 2012 1 comment
Many of you know that I write noir-style murder mystery ghosts stories. Well, here's some great news…
Yours truly is now a 5-star rated, Top 10 Amazon Best Seller! That's right, Murder Behind the Closet Door has hit the #7 spot on the top 10 list for fiction-horror-ghosts, and the #10 spot for fiction-mysteries-hardboiled! So, in celebration…
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Murder Behind the Closet Door is a murder mystery-ghost story that takes place in Wildwood, NJ in the late 1970s, with flashbacks to the 1930s and '50s. The book, written over a span of eight years, is a modern noir-style thriller mixing a fifty year-old murder mystery with the occult. Truly entertaining and original, Murder Behind The Closet Door opens a door on a very plausible, supernatural world where anything is possible.
About the book:
"A dilapidated house with an evil secret in the basement. An auto-wrecking yard with the devious, rusted remains of a murderer's getaway car. An unsolved bank robbery with hundreds of thousands of dollars never found. A detective trying to solve an age old murder before his ticker runs out. A slow, agonizing death for an unfortunate victim and his soul reaching from beyond…
"Murder Behind The Closet Door" is a murder murder mystery ghost story that keeps you engaged and guessing from the first paragraph. Creepy, riveting, this story reveals another existence, one just beyond our own, where the occult and the paranormal meet reality and everyday people find themselves swept into very extraordinary circumstances."
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Bogart Cocktail and A Flash of Noir: Both FREE, here at the Tiki LoungePosted on January 6th, 2012 No comments
There's a tinge of brandy in the air on this steamy night in Tikiland. The darkness is so thick and cruel that even the mice don't want to step out for a crumb. A door creeks open in the darkness, and a man in a black trench coat and tilted fedora carefully picks his way through the tables until he reaches the bar…
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Yes, ladies and gents, it is that time again! As well all know, we ALL only have room for one more tank, and I am no different! A friend here at work is selling a 75 with stand and lights for $200. She kept Rocky the bearded dragon in there and Rocky, at the tender age of 11 has passed. A moment of silence for Rocky....
Okay! I've been eager to make an effort to consolidate some tanks, and this is an excellent opportunity. I currently have these tanks running: 125, 55 x2, 37
It's been a while since I have been able to focus on this recaulk job, but tonight I made some more headway and want to share my progress. Tonight I managed to scrape all the rest of the old caulk off the tank, clean the tank with alcohol, and apply the caulk. In the following pictures you will find:
1. How very clean the glass has to be. You have to make sure there is ZERO old caulk on the glass.
2 - 3. Wipe down the glass with a clean cloth with alcohol. Make
In these last steps you will see how much progress I made tonight. Also, you will see that if you indeed choose to recaulk your tank, you will indeed scrape yourself and you will indeed need several razor blades.
In the last picture, just like a proud fisherman, I am holding up some more of those "long runs" that make caulk removal easier.
Please check back for the next step of "How to Recaulk a Tank in Three Easy Steps".
Thanks for
I got a bit more work done tonight than just my previous blog entry so here for your viewing pleasure are some more photos documenting my progress tonight.
In the following pictures you will see the alcohol and water mix and rags I used, and you will also note how thin the caulk is on the upward lines of the tank. It's really no wonder the thing didn't leak sooner!
You will notice that as I got to work on the caulk on the bottom of the tank, I managed to scrape/peel the
I don't know why it is, but I seem to do my best thinking and spontaneous thinking late at night! For your reading pleasure I am going to document how I am going through the process of recaulking my 55 gallon tank.
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Saturday afternoon I had a surprise celebrity chauffer waiting for me at the Austin Straubel airport. I was a little groggy so couldn't quite remember where I had come from or where I was going, but since this was a dream, it really didn't matter.
First thing I remember is the long Crown Victoria. It pulls up curbside and the passenger door opens. I look in at the mystery driver and who looks back at me? None other than the Jungle's own manliest of mans, the one and only Jim Rome. Without thinking twice, I jump in – almost like Rick Moranis in Ghostbusters 2 when he boards the city bus that Slimer is surprisingly driving.
Louis: Oh, it's you?
Slimer smiles, welcoming him in.
Louis: OK, but I didn't know you had your license.
Soon, Rome and I were on our way along the dreamscape highway, while his radio show played in the background. Jim was explaining that he was using one of his vacation days to pick me up. He takes a lot of vacation, you see, because he gets a lot of vacation. Just as I was about to thank him, something struck me to the core on the radio. Someone calling himself the "Packer Ranter" had phoned in and was giving a take on the air!
"WHOTHA!? WHATTHA!?" I blasted incoherently.
"Hadn't I heard?" Rome asked. The "Packer Ranter" supposedly had been calling in every day for about a week now and was "killing it." I kind of went ballistic, telling him that no, I didn't know this because A) I don't listen to his show all the time and B) I was one-half the real Packer Ranter and C) the other was a close friend of mine, and there's NO WAY that was Franklin on the air and that CONCLUSION) Someone was posing!
Jim, however, was more interested in something else I said. "So, you don't listen to my show?" he asked deadpan. "Um, I mean, I do listen to the show, just not every day. I work during your show times usually. It's good. I listen whenever possible, etc." I said. But it wasn't working. Rome had enough of my BS. He shot me a demeaning smile that said, "yeah sure, sport-o".
And with that, the conversation (and potential friendship?) was over. We just drove the rest of the way (to Dark City I think. I had just watched that movie the week before, so it would make sense.) As we listed to the "Packer Ranter" on the radio, I couldn't decide if I should be mad about this or not. After all, it was great publicity and could lead to more hits on the site… I then woke up in a puddle of sweat and anxiety.
No more tequila for this guy!
Monday, May 24, 2010
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4 comments:
- David aka IronManMay 24, 2010 at 3:46 PM
Haha. Awesome dream. Rack em.ReplyDelete
You're lucky you made it out alive. Never piss Rome off. Ever.ReplyDelete
No one would ever pretend to be us, dude.
Side note: if there is ever another Robocop movie, I would hope he he rides a unicorn.
Yeah, that was part of the shock. Who would EVER want to pose as us?ReplyDelete
Well, my Robocop reboot script has him riding a horse. Be an easy enough switch to a unicorn I think.
- The Real Packer RanterMay 27, 2010 at 9:14 AM
I feel your pain. For you see, I am The Real Packer Ranter.ReplyDelete
I wish you guys would stop pretending to be me. I mean, it's flattering and all, but yeesh, Robocop on a unicorn? Where do you come up with this stuff?
It's enough to make this Real Packer Ranter cave and just let you have the title (as tainted as it may be).
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A good season for the Chiefs has often meant something relatively trivial like winning more games than they lost. Starting badly and finishing with a pointless roar was their speciality.
All that changed with an enormous bang in 2012, when the Chiefs stormed to the franchise's first Super 15 title under a new coaching team led by Dave Rennie.
They smashed the Sharks 37-6 in the final at Waikato Stadium after a 12-win, four-loss regular season in which they finished second behind the Stormers before pipping the Crusaders in a tense semifinal. This represented a dramatic turnaround for a team thrashed in their only previous final.
Rennie - who had shown his potential at lowly Manawatu - was assisted by veteran test coach Wayne Smith. Officially the defence and counter-attack co-ordinator, Smith also gave Rennie a built-in mentor in what turned out to be a brilliantly conceived combo.
On style alone, the Chiefs deserved the title, playing a terrific brand of rugby. In the process, they promoted or enhanced the All Black prospects of co-captain Liam Messam, Brodie Retallick, Tawera Kerr-Barlow, Aaron Cruden, Sam Cane and Ben Tameifuna although others such as Hika Elliot did not make similar strides. Former Crusader Sonny Bill Williams finally found a cosy, low-key home in his controversial career, and his highly influential Chiefs role pushed him past veteran Ma'a Nonu in the test lineup.
The Chiefs even produced a cult hero in try-scoring prop Sona Taumalolo. And in lock Craig Clarke they found a leader who revelled in the trench warfare.
Perhaps co-captain Clarke and Samoan captain Mahonri Schwalger were the unheralded heroes because they set the tone in a tight five that was expected to struggle.
The Chiefs, who have lost Williams, will face tougher questions as reigning champions, rather than Super 15 darlings, in Rennie's second season.
But Rennie appears a tough old-school coach who can draw more out of his charges, and Smith signalled his commitment by turning down the chance to join England. The Chiefs could well be in the title-chasing business for the long haul.
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The way Congressional Republicans see it, farmers will have to sell their land and small businesses will have to put their firms on the auction block if nothing is done to prevent the inheritance tax from rising next year.
Their solution: completely end what they call "the death tax."
But, on the other side of the aisle, Congressional Democrats view eliminating the tax as yet another gift to the ultra-wealthy. Under President Obama's plan, the rate would actually rise from current levels.
Unless the two sides can find a common ground, the estate tax will rise far higher than either party's proposal. The change in estate tax rates is one of several tax law changes slated to occur in January, when the Bush era income tax cuts will expire.
Currently, the inheritance tax is 35 percent with a $5 million exemption per estate. On January 1, the rate jumps to 55 percent with a $1 million exemption.
According to Republicans, citing the non-partisan Joint Committee on Taxation, this would increase the number of estates that would pay the tax from 3,600 to 55,200.
"Remember, Americans work all their life paying income taxes, property taxes, sales taxes—only to have the government raid their farms, ranches and small businesses when they pass away," said Utah's Sen. Orin Hatch (R), the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee in a statement.
President Obama has proposed moving the top rate to 45 percent with an exemption of $3.5 million per estate. That would be same formula that was in effect in 2009.
However, analysts who follow the issue say not all Democrats support Obama. "The Democrats are all over the map," says Pete Davis of Davis Capital Investment Ideas, which supplies Washington intelligence to Wall Street firms. "Some are silent or in favor the Republican position, some Democrats would like to see a lower rate," he says.
As for the Democratic leadership, they are not saying much. In mid-July Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D) of Nevada said he did not envision any "big changes" to the estate tax. Under current law, that would indicate the tax would rise on January 1st . House Speaker Nancy Pelosi calls the 2010 renewal of the Bush tax cuts a one-time event in order to get extended unemployment benefits.
In 2010, when the Congress agreed to the current rate of 35 percent with a $5 million exemption, Republicans also agreed to extended unemployment benefits and more generous provisions for the Child Tax Credit, the Earned Income Tax Credit, and a tax credit to help defray a portion of higher education costs. All of those tax credits expire at the end of this year.
According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), if Congress does not renew those credits, a married couple with three children and earnings at the 2013 poverty line of $27,713 will receive $1,934 less in tax credits.
In an analysis, CBPP, a liberal think tank, estimates that extending the current inheritance law would cost the US Treasury an extra $119 billion over the next ten years compared to the Obama proposal. However, within the context of the US budget, it only represents about 1 percent of government receipts, according to a 2008 Congressional Research Service (CRS) report released in 2009 by WikiLeaks.
Nevertheless, all of those billions would flow "to the heirs of the wealthiest three out of every 1,000 people who die, since those are the only estates that would owe any estate tax under the 2009 rules," says the CBPP.
Republicans view it differently. According to Sen. Hatch, it would result in 24 times more farming estates hit by the death tax, 13 times more small businesses, and 15 times more taxable estates.
Despite the increase in rhetoric, Joe Rosenberg, a research associate at the Urban Institute-Brookings Tax Policy Center in Washington, doubts Congress will do anything before the election. In fact, since estates take so long to settle, he says Congress could actually set the rate retroactively in 2013. "I doubt the exemption level will stay at $1 million," he says.
Mr. Rosenberg adds, "This will be a boon to estate lawyers and planners. I don't know how big a concern it will be to ordinary persons."


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NBC has committed to turning over "The Tonight Show," now hosted by Jay Leno, to Jimmy Fallon. The timing of the changeover hasn't been set. John Jannarone reports. Photo: AP.
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Ideally I need a solution that can handle pagination within Wordpress, this is my code to get the curent page URL that I spotted on another thread but how do I create a new string from it?
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The organ in St. Magnus in Marktoberdorf (Germany) is looking back on an interesting history. It has been built by the reputed firm Steinmeyer in 1962 for the cathedral St. Lorenz in Nuremberg, where it replaced the previous "Laurentiusorgel", which had been built in 1937 and was destroyed in the war. The organs in St. Lorenz with a total of 162 stops distributed on the Main-Organ, Laurentius-Organ, and Stephans-Organ are the second largest organ installation in Germany following Passau cathedral.
When it was built in 1962 the new Laurentius-Organ however was considered not strong enough for its intended function and the huge cathedral space, which resulted in several modifications throughout the years. When the complete organ installation in St. Lorenz was renovated starting in 2004, the Laurentius-Organ from 1962 was abandoned and replaced by a new organ from the Klais company. The main organ, also built by Steinmeyer, was restored and kept to a large extent. The Laurentius-Organ as well as the monumental historic main console were rescued from destruction by the Culture and Organ Center of Dr. Sixtus Lampl in Valley, Germany. The organ was sold to Marktoberdorf in 2008, where since then it is filling the St. Magnus church with its beautiful sound.
The instrument comprises 31 stops on two manuals and pedal, and could be played from its own console (still in operation at St. Magnus) as well as from the large main console. This main console is now on display in the Zollinger Hall at the organ museum in Valley as a living monument. The special feature of this exhibit is that it is now possible to play one of the original organs from this historic console by using Hauptwerk and this sample set. (click here for more info)
The sound of this organ is colourful and typical for the second half of the past century. A rich palette of foundations creates warmth, while aliquotes and mixtures are providing a radiating crown to the sound. The organ features a very responsive electrical action as well as electrically controlled stops.
The console gives evidence of various alterations and is typical for its time. In St. Magnus it is located on a moveable platform on the balcony and connected to the organ via a single wiring harness. The organ is built along the eastern wall of the cross-shaped church and its sound can travel freely into the room. The church has a splendid acoustics with a reverberation time of 3-4 seconds, and the organ can be heard very clearly everywhere in the building.
For more information please download the PDF booklet for this sampleset.
Please also have a look at the Sample Set Spotlight done by David Lamb on the Contrebombarde website!
Hauptwerk (I) C-c''''
Harfenprinzipal 16' Prinzipal 8'Rohrflöte 8' Salicional 8' Octave 4' Quinte 2 2/3' Octave 2' Cornett 5f Mixtur 4f Tremulant (nur Cornett)
Positif (II) C-c''''
Koppelflöte 8'Quintadena 8'Prestant 4'Rohrflöte 4' Nazard 2 2/3' Flageolett 2' Terz 1 3/5' Zimbel 2f Dulcian 16' Bärpfeife 8' Schalmey 8' Tremulant
Pedal C-g'
Subbass 16' Harfenprinzipal 16' (aus I) Zartbass 16' Prinzipalbass 8' Salizetbass 8' Prinzipal 4' Piffaro 2f Terz 3 1/5'Carillon 4fPosaune 16'Bombarde 8'
Couplers etc.
II/I I/II I/P II/P octave II/P expression for Positifcrescendo
The sample set has been updated with newly processed samples to achieve a much crisper attack and improved staccato release behaviour (Version number 1.2). The demo recordings also have been updated accordingly.
The organ was recorded in 2015 with high end microphones in four-channels. Each pipe was recorded separately with three release layers (staccato, portato, and long notes). The pipes of the Positif have also been recorded with the tremulant turned on. The blower sound was recorded as well, stop and keyboard action noises are only provided for the front channels, since they are almost inaudible at some distance of the pipework.
The direct channels have been recorded close to the organ to get a rather dry sound, which is highly suitable for an installation in a room with a good acoustic. The ambient channels were recorded from a position near the center of the nave, from where people would normally here the organ.
The recordings have been done in 24bit/96kHz without any analogue filtering. All sample processing steps were performed with our in house developed sample processing tools. Our custom denoising algorithm is optimized for the characteristics of pipe organ samples resulting in a previously unknown quality of the denoising without effecting the pipe speech characteristics.
The sample set provides a virtual copy of the instrument with all its original registration aids for the Hauptwerk software. The only exception are the two free combinations available on the real organ, these have been ommitted since Hauptwerk is providing a much more flexible combination system. The only extension with respect to the real organ is an expression pedal for the Positif.
The Hauptwerk tremulant is only effecting the Cornett stop, just as on the real organ.
The user interface of the virtual pipe organ consists of various screen pages which are optimized for touchscreen use. The screen pages have been designed with a very high resolution (4972x2772) so that displays with extremely high resolution can be used with maximal quality.
Special Features
The virtual organ provides several special features, which will be explained in this section:
The crescendo can be programmed freely by the user, a special screen page is provided for this in the user interface. This page shows the stops as they are engaged at the various crescendo steps. The programming can be changed by clicking on the indicator fields.
Buttons to control the blower, keyboards, stops, and tremulant noises are located on this page as well. The settings of these buttons are memorized, so they will be kept when reloading the sample set. The blower noise sample also contains the starting up and stopping phase of the wind supply, so it does take a while after turning it on until the stable background sound is reached.
Also worth mentioning are the tremulant options. The tremulant for the Positif stops is available both as sampled and as modelled tremulant (using Hauptwerk's tremulant waveform modelling technique). The sampled tremulant does sound much more natural and realistic, however, the modulation is not synchronized. It also requires extra memory to store the samples. The modelled tremulant on the other hand is synchronized across all pipes, but the sound is not as perfect as the sampled one. The change will become active the next time the tremulant gets switched on. In addition the user can select the retrigger mode for the sample tremulant. When set to "retrigger" the sampled tremulant will also effect currently sounding notes by retriggering them. This will however cause the attack phase of the pipe to sound again.
This sample set requires a powerful Windows-PC or Apple Mac-OS computer with 64-bit operating system and the Hauptwerk™ software (Advanced version, 4.2 or higher). For best results a powerful CPU (e.g. a modern quadcore CPU) and sufficient main memory (RAM) are essential. The memory requirements in MB for the sample set are specified in the table below for the most important sample loading options (loading with compression):
The compression used by Hauptwerk when loading samples is lossfree, i.e. loading samples compressed does not result in any loss of quality. It results however in an increase in CPU load of about 15% during playing. The best quality is obtained when loading the samples in 24-bit resolution, loading in 16-bit will cause a small but noticeable loss of quality. Since these options can be selected for each stop separately it is possible to individually adjust the options to match the available RAM.
Approximately 15 GB of free space is needed on the harddisc to install the sample set.
Licence Agreement
§1) This agreement defines the licencing agreement between Pipeloops Reiner Suikat and the user of the sample set of the Steinmeyer organ of St. Magnus in Marktoberdorf. The sample set consists of the samples, images, database, and other files.
§2) Pipeloops grants the customer the perpetual right to use the sample set. Pipeloops retains all rights, including all copyright and intellectual property rights, to the sample set and all copies thereof.
§3) A licence key is required to fully use the sample set. This licence key is issued by Milan Digital Audio LLC (producer of the Hauptwerk software) and stored on the Hauptwerk dongle. Without this licence only the trial version of the sample set can be used.
§4) Any use of this sample set for commercial purposes is not permitted.
§5) The customer is allowed to make backup copies of the distribution media as needed. Use of part of the sample set (i.e. samples or graphics) for other products is not permitted.
§6) The customer is allowed to resell the sample set. In this case the licence key must be removed from the customer's Hauptwerk dongle and installed on the new customer's dongle.
§7) The sample set comes without any warranty. Pipeloops can not assume any liability for the use of the sample set.
On this page we collected a number of pieces played on this sample set by various organists to demonstrate the sound and versatility of this instrument. These recordings are available in several formats: "Direct"-channels (dry) only, "Ambient"-channels (wet) only, and all channels mixed set to 50% direct and 100% ambient. All of these are available compressed (mp3) and uncompressed (wave-format) for best possible sound.
We would like to thank the performers for their permission to post these works here on our site.
To start with here are some works played by Bastian Fuchs, a young and gifted musician, who is currently assistant to the cathedral organists in Passau and Regensburg:
Here is a nice improvisation by Korbinian Maier, showing the variety in sound of this organ:
Some very nice performances by Anton Doornhein:
And some wonderful improvisations played by the internationally known concert organist Eric Dalest
In addition Carson Cooman has played a number of more recent pieces which fit this organ dating from 1962 perfectly. Since the use of such recent pieces would need to be licenced from GEMA, I would only be able to post them here at a considerable cost. Hence I am posting a link here to Carsons Website, where he is posting these pieces himself. Many thanks for this support!
Trial Edition
Again we are offering you the possibility to thoroughly evaluate this sample set before a purchasing it. We are still the only producer giving the customer full access to all samples and functions of our sample sets before actually buying it. This sample set fatures the same advanced testing option we introduced with the Oberlinger organ (Bonn-Beuel): You can test the set with all stops, but with the periodic muting of the sound known from our other sample sets, but also play with a small number of stops without any interruption for as long as you like. As long as not more than five stops are drawn, the interrupt timer is disabled and you can play continuously. As soon as you draw more than five stops, the periodic muting of the sound is switched on. This gives you the best evaluation options currently available for any sample set that we know of.
Detailed installation instructions for your Hauptwerk version are given in the Hauptwerk Main User Guide. This can be called up from Hauptwerk at any time via the Help menu.
You can choose to receive this sample set on a set of 3 DVDs or as downloadable files (appr. 10 GB). During the installation a dialog will appear displaying the licence agreement for this sample set, which you can also find in this booklet. You must accept this agreement in order to continue with the installation.
The full version of the sample set requires a lience key issued by Milan Digital Audio LLC, the owner and producer of the Hauptwerk software. You will receive a mail shortly after your purchase with all information required to get and install the key on your system. Without this licence update you will only be able to install and run the trial version of this sample set.
If you want to install the full version after your purchase and you already have the trial version installed, please avoid to uninstall the trial version, as Hauptwerk will remove all your configuration and voicing data for this organ in that case.
Here you can find the downloads for this sample set. For the trial version you will need to download disks 1-3. For the licenced version you also need the "licencedODF" file, which does however require the dongle licence upgrade to be placed on your Hauptwerk dongle, before you can install it in Hauptwerk.
Download links: disk1, disk2, disk3, licencedODF.


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U.S. admits Afghan airstrike may have killed 86 civilians
WASHINGTON — An internal military investigation into an U.S. airstrike in western Afghanistan acknowledged that U.S. forces may have killed as many as 86 civilians and said the military needs to re-examine its rules to reduce future civilian casualties.
The report, which suggests that troops need a refresher on how to best use airpower, how to avoid civilian casualties and how to communicate with the Afghan civilians they're being sent to protect, will probably do little to endear the coalition with the Afghans, a cornerstone of the U.S. counterinsurgency plan.
And its issuance raises questions about whether the U.S. should use a B-1B bomber — an expensive Cold War-era supersonic bomber originally designed to penetrate the former Soviet Union's airspace and drop nuclear weapons — to rout out Taliban hiding among Afghan civilians.
The airstrike, in the western Farah province, has drawn the ire of local and national leaders, strained relations between the U.S. and Afghanistan and become an issue in August elections there. Afghan investigations have placed the civilian death toll as high as 140.
The report found 26 confirmed civilian casualties but concedes that it is impossible to determine a final number because some were buried before investigators arrived. However, it also cites an investigation by the Afghan Human Rights Commission shortly after the May 4 incident, which found 86 casualties. The report doesn't say how many suspected Taliban fighters were killed in the offensive.
The eight-hour battle began when Afghan security forces discovered that as many as 300 Taliban were amassing nearby and threatening residents. A nearby U.S. Marine Special Operations team told the Afghan forces they should take a few days and plan an attack, but the Afghans decided to go after the Taliban, the report said, and U.S. forces agreed to be on call in case they needed additional help.
When the Afghans came under attack, the Marines deployed ground troops and eventually four F-18s. Despite that, the report said, "enemy direct fire subsided for a brief period, but never completely." Those attacks didn't lead to civilian casualties, it said.
When the fighting didn't subside, the military decided to deploy B-1B bombers that launched three strikes. The report suggests that the criteria for launching attacks were vague.
The first attack occurred when the bomber "spotted a group of similarly-sized adults moving in a tactical manner — definitively and rapidly in evenly spaced intervals across difficult terrain in the dark — behind the enemy's front lines. The ground force didn't receive direct fire from this group at any time while the B-1B crew tracked and targeted them," the report said.
The second strike took place near Afghan forces and targeted a building where suspected fighters had taken cover. However, no one confirmed whether civilian were inside the structure before the attack was launched, the report said. The third strike occurred inside a village, and again U.S. forces saw fighters run into a structure, but didn't check if civilians were inside before striking it.
In some instances, forces didn't follow guidance, and that "resulted in civilian casualties." The report, however, didn't recommend curtailing the use of the airstrikes.
The seven recommendations included improving coordination with non-governmental organizations, improving investigative skills, a review of U.S. rules governing airstrikes and better strategic communications.
"There are additional changes that I think that we're going to clearly have to make to ensure that we do absolutely everything to make sure civilian casualties are eliminated, if possible, or certainly minimized in every situation," said Navy Adm. Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Thursday.
Pentagon leaders had wavered about whether to release the report's findings.
Although the report has been complete and approved since June 8, U.S. military officials decided to not release it until late Friday. The military didn't release a video of part of the incident, despite a promise from Gen. David Petraeus, the commander of U.S. Central Command, shortly after the incident.
Pentagon wavers on releasing report on Afghan attack
U.S. says airstrike killed 50 Afghans, mostly insurgents
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Officers take to ice for charity hockey tournament
Proceeds from Police, Fire & Military Winter Games benefit Shriners' Hospital
Normally, their job is to serve and protect, but Saturday, it was to face off against their fellow officers.
Officers from police and fire departments as well as members of the National Guard took to the ice in Lewiston for the International Fire, Police and Military Winter Games. All the proceeds from the hockey tournament benefit the Shriners' Hospital in Boston and the Children's Burn Center.
For many participants, it's a chance to earn bragging rights over their rivals.
"We have Maine Fire versus Lewiston Police Department; they're always rivals," said Brenda Espinoza, the event organizer.
For others, the fun of playing the game and the charity aspect are more important.
"We are having fun, but at the same time raising money. Such a great cause," said Air National Guardsman Steve Michaud.
The three-day tournament is capped by the championship round on Sunday. Sanford Police Department plays Lewiston Police Department for the championship at 6 p.m.


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All that's needed is Peyton Manning's autograph.
The Denver Broncos have scheduled a 3 p.m. news conference for Tuesday afternoon, ostensibly to introduce the four-time MVP. There was no announcement that a deal was finally completed, but the last details were expected to be a formality.
After being pursued by teams around the NFL, the quarterback with four MVP awards is headed to the land of John Elway and Tim Tebow, agreeing to a contract with Denver that could make the Broncos an instant Super Bowl contender. It could also send one of the NFL's most intriguing young players packing.
So much for Tebowmania.
Manning called Elway on Monday and told the Broncos executive that he had chosen Denver over the Tennessee Titans and San Francisco 49ers in the wildest free-agent chase of the offseason.
The Broncos and Manning's agent then hashed out details of a deal that's expected to be worth about $96 million over five years.
Manning was wooed to Denver by Elway, the Hall of Fame quarterback who led the Broncos to two Super Bowl titles in the late 1990s and now serves as their vice president of football operations. Elway never sounded all that convinced Tebow was the answer at the league's most important position, and could trade the hugely popular quarterback who energized the Broncos in a run to the playoffs last season but was plagued by erratic play.
Manning turns 36 on Saturday and missed the 2011 season because of multiple neck operations, which made him expendable to the rebuilding Indianapolis Colts. They cut him March 7 rather than pay a $28 million bonus.
But Manning's success in the past made him a prize that teams from San Francisco to Miami felt they couldn't pass up.
"There's a lot to be excited about," Broncos defensive end Robert Ayers said outside the team's complex. "Just being on his team is going to make you want to play better."
By luring Manning to Denver, Elway has delivered his biggest victory for the Broncos since he led them to their second straight Super Bowl title in 1999. He retired shortly after that 34-19 win over Atlanta and the Broncos have won just two playoff games since.
Manning won the NFL championship in 2007. No starting quarterback has earned a Super Bowl ring for two different teams,. But when Manning when he arrives at the Broncos' headquarters to sign his new deal, he at least can see the two Lombardi Trophies in the lobby that Elway won when he was 37 and 38.
Elway returned to the Broncos last year after the franchise hit rock bottom amid scandal — the team was caught videotaping a 49ers practice — and a four-win season that cost coach Josh McDaniels his job. It was McDaniels who drafted Tebow with the 25th pick of the 2010 draft.
The big question now facing Elway is what to do about Tebow, who has three years left on his contract.
Tebow took over a 1-4 team from Kyle Orton last year and led the Broncos to an 8-8 finish and the AFC West crown with a series of stirring comebacks that captured the attention of the NFL and beyond.
Tebowmania reached its apex in the playoffs, when he threw an 80-yard touchdown pass to Demaryius Thomas on the very first play of overtime to beat the Pittsburgh Steelers. The next week, though, Tebow was smothered by the New England Patriots, who routed the Broncos, 45-10.
Afterward, Elway declared Tebow was the Broncos' starting quarterback heading into training camp this summer but said the left-hander would have to improve his flawed mechanics and footwork to win the job heading into the season.
He also said he'd spent time tutoring Tebow himself and would add more quarterback competition through the draft and free agency.
Several Broncos predicted the free agency floodgates will swing wide open once Manning officially joins the team.
"I think we'll sign some guys, probably a few guys, like Dallas Clark, Jeff Saturday, guys waiting to see what Peyton was going to do," Ayers said. "Defensive guys want to play with a lead, and I'm pretty sure guys are going to assume Peyton will put up points in this offense, we have some weapons."
With Manning joining the Broncos, oddsmakers in Las Vegas immediately made Denver one of the top choices to win the Super Bowl next season, which will be played in Manning's hometown of New Orleans.


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A former Boeing employee has been sentenced to five months in prison, a $110,000 fine and five months of home detention after pleading guilty to sabotaging a CH-47 Chinook at the company's Ridley, Pa. assembly plant. During his September 2008 hearing in federal court, Matthew Montgomery, 33, of Trevose, Pa. pleaded guilty to cutting approximately 70 electrical wires on a $24 million Chinook while working his last shift. He told the court the stress of working a repetitive assembly line job and Boeing's unwillingness to transfer him to another facility led him to commit the crime. During his sentencing, the judge took into account that the damage would not have threatened lives, because it rendered the aircraft impossible to fly. For related news


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