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A Herald News analysis of arrest reports in Fall River District Court indicates that police officers in Greater Fall River have arrested people for video- and audio-recording them.
FALL RIVER — George E. Thompson claims he held his iPhone at arm's length and recorded a Fall River police officer, whom he alleges was cursing and talking on his cell phone during a street construction detail outside his house.
The officer, Thomas Barboza, says Thompson, 51, was secretly recording him during the Jan. 6 confrontation on Thompson's Locust Street front porch. Barboza arrested Thompson on grounds that he violated the state's wiretap law, a charge that Thompson says he will fight "as far as it goes."
"The officer told me, 'It's a federal offense what you're doing. You can't videotape me,'" said Thompson, whose case is pending in Fall River District Court.
"We've got the right to record police officers on the street," Thompson said. "I don't have to ask his permission. That's the law."
A 2011 federal court ruling appears to support Thompson's position, although that has not stopped some local police officers in recent years from arresting people for using their cell phones to record them in public settings.
A Herald News analysis of arrest reports in Fall River District Court indicates that police officers in Greater Fall River have arrested people for video- and audio-recording them, on the basis that those recordings were done without the officers' knowledge.
In their reports, the officers cited the state's wiretap law, which says it is illegal to audio-record someone without their permission. There are no definite statistics, but several police officers across Massachusetts in the past several years have used that statute to arrest people who were recording them and to confiscate their phones.
"We are still seeing people who are openly recording and they are having police officers tell them, 'Hey, you can't do that. Stop that or I'm going to arrest if you keep doing that,'" said Sarah Wunsch, a staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts.
"Police officers are actually interfering with people's rights when they arrest them for that," Wunsch said, adding that the ACLU has also received recent complaints from residents about Massachusetts State Police Troopers arresting them for video-recording the troopers.
"We hope to have a discussion with the head of state police about this issue," Wunsch added.
With the proliferation of smartphone technology, more people than ever are walking around with video- and audio-recording capability, which presents a new reality for police officers on the beat.
"I think police officers should just assume that they could be recorded at anytime," Westport Police Detective Jeffrey Majewski said, adding that he believes there might be some situations — such high-risk search warrant executions — where preventing someone from recording an officer in public may be warranted.
"Anything short of that, it's absolutely legal to be recording the police in public," Majewski said.
However, Somerset Police Chief Joseph Ferreira said he believes people can record police officers only as long as they do so in an open and public manner.
"As far as I'm concerned, if anyone secretly videotapes anyone or electronically records them without their knowledge, it may very well violate the wiretap law," Ferreira said. "If that happened in our jurisdiction, I would press for criminal charges under the wiretap statute, then let the DA make the determination."
Since 2008, six people in Greater Fall River — including Thompson — have been arrested on wiretap charges for allegedly video-recording police officers, according to the Herald News analysis. Of the four cases that have been disposed, three defendants had the wiretap charge dismissed while one man pleaded guilty and was placed on probation for one year, according to court records.
For example, during a February 2008 traffic stop in Freetown, Officer Shane Kelley noticed the driver was recording the stop with a digital camera on his dashboard. Kelley said he warned the driver, "It's illegal to record a police officer in Massachusetts." The wiretap charge was later dismissed, according to court records.
In September 2008, according to court records, a Massachusetts State Police trooper arrested a Fall River man who video-recorded the trooper during a traffic stop. The trooper wrote that the defendant told him he was recording, but then the trooper later wrote in his report that the defendant denied recording the stop. The wiretap charge was later dismissed when a defense lawyer filed a motion that said the cell phone video recording was "not an interception of a conversation."
In July 2010, a Fall River man pleaded guilty to an unlawful wiretap charge and was placed on probation for one year. Police officers accused of him of secretly recording them with his cellphone during a confrontation on the street, according to court records.
Besides Thompson's matter, the other wiretap case pending in Fall River District Court involves a man who is accused of audio-recording a Fall River police officer during a confrontation last November outside the Rockland Trust Bank at 768 Robeson St. Officer Timothy Giunta said the defendant, Matthew Mello, 60, of Fall River, secretly recorded their interaction outside the bank.
"It was without a doubt that Mr. Mello was recording our conversation while trying to keep that information from me," Giunta wrote in his arrest report.
Since the U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in August 2011 that the First Amendment allows citizens to record police activity in public, local police departments in Massachusetts have instructed their officers that they cannot arrest someone for recording them in plain view, though several police officials appear to have taken a different position on the question of secret recordings.
"I've said to heads of those police departments that they are threading on thin ice," Wunsch said, adding that the First Circuit ruling makes no distinction between secret and public recordings of police officers and other public officials in the course of their official duties.
"It's kind of regrettable that the First Circuit wasn't more specific," said Peter Elikann, a Boston criminal defense attorney who spoke on behalf of the Massachusetts Bar Association.
"The First Circuit didn't even mention the distinction between secretive and non-secretive recordings," Elikann said. "It basically said that at anytime in whatever fashion, citizens are allowed to record public officials carrying out their public duties."
The First Circuit ruling affirmed the First Amendment rights of Simon Glick, a Boston lawyer who was arrested in Octoer 2007 after he used his cell phone to record three Boston police officers who he felt were using excessive force to arrest a teenager in Boston Common. The officers arrested Glick on charges that he violated the state's wiretap law.
Glick's case was later thrown out by the courts, and he pressed his rights in a federal civil rights lawsuit. The First Circuit's ruling, which allowed the lawsuit to move forward, said it was unconstitutional for the state to prosecute people under the Massachusetts' wiretap law for recording the police in public.
However, the First Circuit's ruling conflicts with a 2001 Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decision that upheld the 1999 conviction of Michael Hyde, a former Braintree man who secretly audio-recorded Abington police officers who Hyde felt were abusive to him during a traffic stop. Instead of getting the officers in trouble, Hyde was prosecuted and convicted of violating the state wiretap law.
In a sharply-worded dissent, former SJC Chief Justice Margaret H. Marshall said the state wiretap statute was not intended "to shield public officials from exposure of their wrongdoings."
As it stands now, it seems the First Circuit ruling nullifies the SJC decision since federal law trumps the state trial court.
"There is a factual dispute that has to be resolved," Wunsch said. "The state statute makes it a crime to secretly record, but the statute itself may be unconstitutional."
"It would be helpful if Massachusetts clarified this on their own law books, once and for all, either by the Supreme Judicial Court or by the Massachusetts Legislature," Elikann said.
Meanwhile, Fall River defense attorney Daniel R. Igo said he will file a motion to dismiss the wiretap charge against Thompson in Fall River District Court.
"There is no probable cause to believe that (Thompson) violated the wiretap statute based on the facts of the police report," Igo said.
Fall River police officer Thomas Barboza wrote in his report that Thompson told him he was recording him on his iPhone, but that he was also secretly audio-recording him on another phone allegedly hidden under Thompson's left hand. Barboza also wrote that Thompson at first tried to hide the fact that he was first video-recording him on the iPhone by holding the device close to his chest, though Thompson claims he was recording the officer in plain sight the entire time.
Thompson — who also alleges Barboza cursed at and threatened him — has filed a complaint with the Fall River Police Department's Office of Professional Standards, which is similar to an Internal Affairs division. Thompson said a Professional Standards investigator recently told him that his iPhone's memory was cleared on Jan. 8, two days after Barboza arrested him and seized his phones.
Fall River Police Detective JD Costa, a police department spokesman who is assigned to Professional Standards, declined to comment on Thompson's complaint.


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In the 60knot winds of Pozo one Brit stood out, on the final day of competition, flying through heat after heat in the double elimination to finish a highly credible fourth place, especially with a broken toe. We are of course talking about the competition master Robby Swift, who always turns it on when he needs to.
Boards caught up with Robby in Tenerife, chatting about Pozo, training, equipment, looking forward to the next competition, and of course the injury!
Boards: First of all massive congratulations for a great result in Gran Canaria, did you have any aims/expectations of where you thought you could finish?
RS: I was hoping for top three and I thought that was a realistic expectation. Anything can happen in the contest but I felt like I was sailing well enough to come top five, and if you can come top five you can come top three! I was a bit gutted to sail worse in the heat against Dario than I had been sailing in the previous heats but sometimes you just don't get the waves. I was happy with fourth and pleased that the effort and money I put in to go there a month early and train paid off.
Boards: You were out in Pozo for a while before the event, how long were you out for and what did you have to change most about your sailing for the conditions?
RS: I arrived there on the 4th June so had a month to get ready. I didn't have to change much. I came fifth there the year before and sixt last year. This year I had to get over my foot operation and didn't start sailing again till March but I went to Chile twice (March and May) and had plenty of port tack training there, I had new boards and sails this year, which helped a lot.
One special thing that I did this year was to order the 3.4! In the month I was there before the comp I had 3.7 as my smallest sail and there were five days when it was too windy to use that. I emailed Robert Stroj, the NeilPryde designer to see if he could make me one in time and he did so that was a big advantage. I think we will put that sail into production next year too, as currently we only make a 3.2 and for my size that is a little small.
Boards: You lost to Brawzinho in the first round, then faced him again in the double. Did you think you could beat him second time around?
RS: Yes, I thought I could. I knew it would be hard as his waveriding is amazing there. He is so good at the freestyle tricks. I knew I could jump as well as him and so I needed to get some solid waves. I did a good 360 and forward of the lip combination and another wave with a forward off the lip and a taka. He was unlucky to fall on a lot of waves in that heat, but he went on 3.7 while I was on 3.4 and the wind was extremely strong so that probably helped me in the end.
Boards: Did you have a specific plan for each heat, i.e. an order of jumps to do?
RS: Yes, I wanted to do a double and a push loop forward in every heat! That only worked out in two heats but I did a good double in every heat and a push table top and a back loop so that was solid. I also wanted to do two waves with at least a forward off the lip and a taka on them. I did that in every heat except he one against Dario where I simply couldn't find the waves and that is why I lost.
Boards: What equipment were you using most of the time?
RS: 3.4 2013 Combat prototype and 75L JP Single Thruster prototype for 2014. That is pretty much the exact board that will go into production so it definitely works!
I had a Maui Ultra Fins X-Thruster set up with a 16.5cm fin in the back and 11.5cm fins in the sides.
Boards: And finally how is your toe? Do you think you'll be fit for Tenerife?
RS: Toe is pretty sore still. I can walk now which is an improvement on the last couple of days but will be very hard to sail. I will compete though for sure and hope that I can make the podium here!
Find out more about Robby Swift on Boards here.
Robby is entered into the Red Bull Storm Chase and definitely deserves your vote! Head to http://www.redbullstormchase.com/#voting where you have ten votes to send through who you would like to the final 10.


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Vice President Joe Biden and Republican V.P. candidate Paul Ryan will debate tonight, the first and only time the two will go head-to-head before next month's election.
The debate will take place at Centre College in Danville, Ky., and will be broadcast live on all the major networks, as well as several cable channels, beginning at 9/8c. As a result, the following shows will be pre-empted: Grey's Anatomy and Scandal on ABC; Person of Interest and Elementary on CBS; The Office, Parks and Recreation, and Rock Center with Brian Williams on NBC; and Glee on Fox.
The debate will be divided into nine 10-minute segments, each covering a foreign or domestic issue. It will be moderated by ABC News correspondent Martha Raddatz.


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the glow in the dark mixtape: international swagger
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we believe in santogold
So recently I have been following M.I.A. and her crew. I'm sure you've all heard that she's been working with Baltimore's own Blaqstar and with his pro toge RYE-RYE (if you wanna know more about her Google), but enough about them, I'm stuck on Santogold! She's a new artist who has been doing her thing in the music business for some time now. She has been recognized by Rolling Stone as an "artist to watch" for her quirky beats mixed with reggae, hip hop, and techno and her "bizzare approach to lyrics". Santogold, born Santi White has a degree and all that jazz, but still has this youthful swag about her--talk about a role model. Her new single Creator/Les Artistes is popular with music heads everywhere and is perfect for those indie-dont-give-a-damn-hipsters who just love to make "ART". She has toured with M.I.A and even opened for Bjork and has still maintained her own unique sound (she is DIFFERENT than M.I.A)! Her debut album, "I Believe In Santogold" is sure to be hot shit. This Brooklyn girl is on the rise, and we mos def. love her over here.
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the coolest nigga huh?
I would just like to say that I am not deep enough and can clearly not solve the problems facing today's world because I do not understand Kanye's hot ass video, but all you have to do is READ THE LYRICS. I have been reading blog after blog, comment after comment, getting the sweet low down on the deepest shit since Jesus wrote the Bible. Take this comment for example, that I read off of popwatch blog on EW.com:
People, people, people! The song is in fact about the paparazzi catching Kanye in the act of cheating...DUH DUH DUH...the whole point is there is no reason for him to be murdered! Is he speaking out against domestic violence, has Kanye become an activist? Maybe he should have killed a paparazzi in the trunk, I could have accepted that. . I'm not anti-Ye, I'm just pro-makingsense.
P.S...i don't think Kanye's that damn deep either he's like a simile not a metaphor, and that is the beauty we get from his music, his ability to stylistically state the obvious with a touch of wit and humor....just READ THE LYRICS
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Where to go in Chile
Given Chile's great length, and the huge distances that separate the main attractions, it's important to give careful thought to your itinerary before you go. Chile splits roughly into two halves, with Santiago the jumping-off point for both the sunny north, all vineyards, beaches and desert, and the capricious south, comprised of glaciers, mountains and steppe. Many travellers choose to focus on one half or another rather than spread themselves too thin, especially if time is a factor. If, however, you want to hit both extremes, a LAN air pass or inexpensive Sky Airline flights should aid you in your quest.
Santiago, though boasting some fine monuments, museums and restaurants, with its ceaseless noise and traffic and heavy pollution, is not a destination city like Río or Buenos Aires, and two or three days here is enough for most visitors. The capital is handy for visiting some of the country's oldest vineyards, while both a string of splendid beaches and the fashionable if rather bland seaside resort of Viña del Mar sit on its doorstep. Nearby, the quirky port of Valparaíso – Chile's other major city – provides an interesting contrast, with its snaking alleyways decorated by local street artists, its gritty vibe and the funiculars allowing splendid views of the bay from its many hills.
North of Santiago, highlights include the handsome colonial city of La Serena and the lush, deeply rural Elqui Valley, with hills ideal for horse treks. The valley is also home to pisco – a drink that's the source of great dispute between Chile and Peru. Another succession of idyllic beaches lies spread out along the dazzling fringe of the Norte Chico, a region comprising semi-arid landscapes and hardy vegetation that takes all the moisture it needs from the mist rising from the sea. At the northern edge of this region, the tidy little mining city of Copiapó serves as a springboard for excursions to the white sands and turquoise waters of Bahía Inglesa, one of the country's most attractive seaside resorts, and east into the barely trodden cordillera, where you'll find the mineral-streaked volcanoes of Parque Nacional Nevado de Tres Cruces and the almost impossibly turquoise Laguna Verde.
Further north, the parched Atacama Desert, stretching over 1000km into southern Peru, presents an unforgettable, moonlike landscape, whose sights number ancient petroglyphs (indigenous rock art), abandoned nitrate ghost towns and a scattering of fertile, fruit-filled oases. Up in the Andes, the vast plateau known as the altiplano, as high and remote as Tibet, encompasses snowcapped volcanoes, bleached-white salt flats, lakes speckled pink with flamingoes, grazing llamas, alpacas and vicuñas, tiny whitewashed churches and native Aymara communities. The best points to head for up here are Parque Nacional Lauca – the highest of Chile's many national parks, and accessible from the city of Arica – and Parque Nacional Volcán Isluga, near the busy seafront city of Iquique, popular with surfers and paragliders.
South of Santiago, the lush Central Valley, with its swaths of orchards and vineyards, dotted with stately haciendas, invites you to find Chile's best vintage by sampling the offers of the various vineyards. Further south, the famous, much-visited Lake District presents a picture-postcard of perfect, conical volcanoes (including the exquisite Volcán Osorno), iris-blue lakes, rolling pastureland and dense native forests, perfect for hiking. A short ferry ride from Puerto Montt, at the southern edge of the Lake District, the Chiloé archipelago is a quiet, rural backwater, famous for its rickety houses on stilts, unique wooden churches, rich local mythology and a Polynesian-style regional dish.
Back on the mainland south of Puerto Montt, the Carretera Austral – a 1000km-long unpaved "highway" – carves its way through virgin temperate rainforest and past dramatic fjords, one of which is the embarkation point for a 200km boat trip out to the sensational Laguna San Rafael glacier – a fast-disappearing landmark. Beyond the Carretera Austral, cut off by the Campo de Hielo Sur (Southern Ice Field), lies Patagonia, a country of bleak windswept plains bordered by the magnificent granite spires of the Torres del Paine massif, Chile's single most famous sight, and a magnet for hikers and climbers. Across the Magellan Strait, Tierra del Fuego, shared with Argentina, sits shivering at the bottom of the world, a remote land of harsh, desolate beauty, steeped in dreams of a gold rush past.
Finally, there are Chile's two Pacific possessions: Easter Island – one of the most remote places on earth, famed for its mysterious statues and fascinating prehistoric culture – and the little-visited Isla Robinson Crusoe, part of the Juan Fernández Archipelago, Chile's largest marine reserve, sporting dramatic volcanic peaks covered with dense vegetation and a wealth of endemic wildlife.
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Sunday, May 13, 2012
Red Flannels
I hurried into the drugstore and collapsed the borrowed umbrella. The night sky was pouring out rain like there was no tomorrow, but inside it was dry and bright. As I hurried over to the appropriate aisle to grab a couple of pints of Blue Bell, I glanced at the line forming at the checkout counter. My sister was waiting in the car. It might be a long wait.
I patiently took my position in line behind 3 others and scanned the immediate area. There was a tall, older man at the front of the line. He seemed to be in a good mood despite the weather and the lateness of the evening. We had missed closing time at the first store we stopped at by 10 minutes. The cashier was called away from her post for a moment. My eyes wandered distractedly to the floor.
I noticed the shoes first. Tennis shoes. The kind that kids wear. Then the pants. The ensemble was topped off with a plain white tee shirt. But it was the pants that drew my attention. They were red plaid flannel pajama pants, the kind that even adults wear out in public. I shook my head. What can be said about a culture that accepts pajamas as appropriate street wear? We have gone past informal to ridiculous. I wondered if this middle schooler would wear pajamas to a job interview.
Then, in the middle of my rant, my eyes were drawn to the counter. There lay a small package of inexpensive chocolates, and underneath, a Mother's Day card. He handed the cashier a ten dollar bill, received his change, and vanished into the dark and the rain.
I won't forget him. Or the mother that inspired him to brave the weather to express his love for her in a simple way. I wish I had had the time to say something to him, to thank him for inspiring me. But those moments had been wasted. In my inner tirade about fashion, I had missed the glorious humanity that stood before me, the act of love that was unfolding.
I had dashed in for ice cream, but left with something much more substantial in my soul: the picture of a young man who braved a rainy night to find a gift to express his love for his mom.
In red plaid flannel pajama pants.
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So what can be done to keep your kids safe online? Restricting your child from using any social networking site is impractical and perhaps a little excessive. Computers are available almost everywhere now, so an alternative approach would be to educate your child about the potential risks these sites pose, and about how to stay safe when using them. Some simple yet effective ways to let your child safely socialize online include the following:
- Carefully select which social networking site your child wants to join. Most social networking sites will allow anybody to create a profile, but most have age restrictions that do not allow anyone under the age of 14 to join. If your teen's sole purpose is to keep in touch with friends, chances are all her friends will be on the same networking site.
- Monitor your child's network usage. It is not unreasonable to insist on knowing your child's password for logging onto any social networking site. This will help you keep track of whom she is talking to and the kind of information she is posting on her profile. If you feel this is too invasive, create your own profile and request your child as a friend. That way you can still monitor her profile without being overbearing or nosy. It is also reasonable to set limits on how much time your child spends on the sites each day.
- Keep your child's personal information private. There is no need for your child to post his address, phone number, Social Security number, or any other personal information on his profile. Posting personal information makes it easier for online predators to learn your child's identity and to find him offline. If your child is going to post personal information, make sure that he posts only those facts that he is comfortable with everyone knowing. Also remember: Once he posts information online, he can't take it back. Even deleted information may still exist in older versions of the site on others' computers.
- Set the privacy settings to restrict access to your child's page. Your child's friends will still be able to access and view her whole profile, but outside users and anyone who is not on her friend list will not.
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Broxton rejoins Reds in St. Louis after rehab
ST. LOUIS -- Reds reliever Jonathan Broxton was back with the team on Monday but wasn't activated from the disabled list. Broxton, who got a late start to Spring Training because he was working back from August right forearm surgery to repair a torn flexor mass tendon, spent two games on a rehab assignment at Double-A Pensacola.
"Everything is good," Broxton said. "I felt good. I bounced back good."
Broxton pitched on Friday and Saturday for Pensacola, totaling two scoreless innings with one hit and one hit batter.
"Our intentions are to activate him over the course of the series here with the Cardinals," Reds manager Bryan Price said. "There's a good chance he will be activated tomorrow. He pitched back-to-back days. We wanted to give him at least two days off of recovery time after that, and then he will be in our mix."
There's a strong chance that Broxton will become the Reds' primary closer until the injured Aroldis Chapman returns from the DL. Chapman, who was struck in the head by a line drive, just resumed light throwing over the weekend.
When asked if he was ready to close games, Broxton deferred.
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The brother of one of the three women killed in the Brookfield salon shooting last October took her story to Capitol Hill Wednesday.
Elvin Daniel is calling for a change in gun laws. He wants universal background checks for all gun sales, and he's not alone.
Daniel was part of a large group, including Milwaukee Rep. Gwen Moore, that gathered at the U.S. Capitol to call for gun law reform.
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Daniel's sister, Zina, and two others, Maelyn Lind and Cary Robuck, were shot and killed at the Azana Salon and Spa by Zina Daniel's estranged husband, who bought his gun the day before the shooting without a background check.
Elvin Daniel told WISN 12 News' exclusive Washington bureau that he wants to try to prevent that from happening to anyone else.
"If we can save just one life, I think we owe it to ourselves to do that. If we can save a family from going through what my family is going through, I think we owe it to ourselves to do that," Daniel said. "The reason we're doing this is because Zina's not here to speak for herself. We're here to speak for Zina in one voice."
Daniel's mother was also part of that group in Washington, as was a woman from northern Wisconsin, Sarah Engle, who survived after being shot by an ex-boyfriend.
The event in Washington was timed to coincide with end of Domestic Violence Awareness Month.


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Irondale Youth Hockey Association Board Meeting Minutes
IYHA Board of Directors Meeting: September 17, 2009.
Called to order at 6:35 by President Kevin Bourassa
Board Members Present: Chris Drews, Theresa Spiering, Mike Nundahl, Tom Johnson, Dan Marcouiller, Beth Soberg, Monica Crandall, Nina Dojan
Board Members Absent: Kara Chamberlain
Guests: Torri Johnson, Rick McKelvie, Rick LaPorte, Jeff Henderson, Colin Crandall
Minutes: The minutes of the last Board meeting were read.
Brent Eilefson moved to approve August meeting minutes as read. Theresa Spiering second. Passed without debate.
Board Roundtable:
President: Quicker meetings would be nice. Attended D1 meeting. Need to think hard about D2/D10 for next year if something happens to D1. City of Lakes is struggling (Edison). Those players can register with us—no waivers needed. D1 game scheduling 10/24. We will play through D2 once. Blaine wants out of Centennial HS arena (Centennial wants them out). Blaine owns ¼ share in that rink. Any options there for us? A lot is going on. Recruiting at skating events. Playoffs same as last year. No A/B/C for mites this year. MN hockey meeting tomorrow—topic re: residency among other topics.
Vice President: Tourney prep is ongoing. Need trade show leader due to previous volunteer resignation.
Secretary: Draft minutes will go out early following meeting.
Treasurer: 2009 financials released and going to tax preparer. Loss shown is due to timing of refunds. Went over 2010 numbers-- does not include refund checks that were sent out. $61k cash balance, need carryover to cover operating costs of $45-$50k prior to receipts. Budgets need to be submitted by board members. Will get folks who owe money to coordinators to monitor for non-paid/documented players trying to participate.
Boys Program Coordinator: Teams: Peewees=3 teams, coaches notified; bantams=3 teams, coaches plenty; squirts have 28 skaters currently registered, so 2 teams, we need 33 skaters to get to 3 teams-- Would move up a couple mites if agreeable. Let's wait to see what happens. Pool of coaches at each level has been identified and is published below. Team coaches will be tentatively identified by 9/28, contingent on the coach's child being selected for the particular team.
Dan Marcouiller moved to waive all late fees through 9/27 for all levels. Chris Drews second. Passed.
Squirts: Mark Hentges, Brent Eilefson, Chris Drews, Robert Woldt, Pat Fagerlee, Dan Schoeller, JJ Rosener.
Peewees: Dan Marcouiller, Kip LaMotte, John Fuhr, Tony Mauricio, Phil Herbert, Erich Kliewer.
Bantams: Mark Rupp, Brent Eilefson, Mike Martinjako, Tadd Tuomie, Dan Jobin, Rich Sonterre, Chuck Ferraro, Paul Dulin.
Girls Program Coordinator: Training camp has started for all levels. McKelvie and Maria on the ice. Some growing pains with the MV-combined teams. U10 still working on whether there will be two large teams or 3 small teams.
Initiation Program Coordinator: 2 free skates complete. Successful! Lots of people have come out. October 10 is the last free skate event. Let's try hockey event scheduled for 9/20 at SuperRink, 3:10-5:20. Handouts at schools are subject to central district approval process, not a problem. Coaches meeting within next couple weeks.
District Representative: Langford (part of Como) wants to skate at B level; Como says no. Washburn/Southwest/Richfield/St. Louis Park are co-oping this year—750 kids. Johnson-Como coop at A levels and possibly B levels, with separate C teams. So D1 will have 4 teams. Need to look at where we want to go. We need an ACE coordinator. Two rule changes to note. Check coaching clinics—go to USA hockey to register. 12/31 coach certification deadline.
Ice Commissioner: Ice was distributed to D2 Sunday night. Ice has been given out for the month of Sept and Oct. Except for Mites. In the process of getting at least 60-100 more hours from Blaine that will be at Super Rink 2 (due to Blaine girls program folding). As soon as I get that I will look at getting dates and times to the Mite program. Also receiving hours from East Bethel--we should have more than enough hours of ice. Thank you to all that have helped!
Registration Coordinator: 209 players registered at this time. 22 new families: 8 minis, 7 mites, one 14U, 2 squirts, 3 peewees, 1 bantam. Cancellation policy is in place, no refunds. Practically, however, will assess refunds on a case by case basis—family emergency, etc.
Equipment Manager: Dave's offers $100 gear (no skates and stick). Jerseys/socks in. Propose equipment swap at 5K event.
Standing Reports:
Player and Coach Development Committee: On ice with girls 3 hours already. Martin to help with peewee and bantams training camps. Coaches need to register and then they are welcome to skate at training camps. Gorg to do 4 hours of goalie clinic. Look into MN Hockey/Carroll goalie deal. Parent meeting good—thanks to Dan and Martin.
Lake Region: No Report.
Fundraising Committee: Various checks coming in for Knight Outs. Dunn Bros cards coming (no cost to us, we get %) distribute to everyone you know. Cookbooks: 195 sold. Proposal to do discount cards at 3 cards per family @ $20 each, IYHA gets $10. Soccer teams already doing this and struggling to find acceptance--not successful. Benefits of fundraising are to reduce per-player cost of playing.
Monica Crandall moved that IYHA do discount card fundraising effort per the motion MC presented at the Board meeting, the text of which will be forwarded to the Secretary for inclusion in the final Minutes. Tom Johnson second. Defeated. Monica Crandall abstained.
Three current committee members are stepping down, have 3 interested in joining. Will be contacted to commence October 1. Chair of committee to be someone other than VP. VP to remain Board liaison. Discussed committee membership process. To be discussed at next board meeting based on info to be provided by Monica Crandall. 5K event, if IYHA member brings in a non-IYHA runner, IYHA runner's fee is waived. 9/26 is the date—need more runners.
Potential Partnership Committee: Dormant.
Website Update: Note: youth hockey night 1/21/09 at IHS game. 10,000 puck club reminder—there's still time-go for it! Boys tourney dates to get loaded onto calendar, girls tourneys are up already. Survey results need to be prepped for website.
New Business:
1. Mite Accounting: Executive committee to meet to discuss mite accounting.
2. Registration late fees: Waived through 9/27 for all levels.
3. SuperRink Bond return: Next year or two. Need to have a plan—have a purpose for any returned money. Plant the seed.
Beth Soberg motion to adjourn at 8:57p.m. Theresa Spiering second. Passed.
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In Sickness and in Health
- Robert Reynolds
Professor Daena Goldsmith BS '86 studies communication in couples dealing with a chronic health condition such as heart disease, cancer, or HIV.
Her husband's heart attack was a shock to Cindy.* She was grateful he survived it but terrified it would happen again. When the doctor sent Jim home from the hospital with instructions to change his diet, Cindy cleaned the pantry and fridge, removing anything that might count as junk food. Jim's favorite ice cream, bacon, and eggs were no more. When he confronted Cindy, she said, "You can't eat those things. I can't believe you'd be so irresponsible after what we've been through." Jim, feeling resentful, indulged in milkshakes and onion rings when he went golfing with friends. After all, he was still the same person, wasn't he? Cindy was mystified when, at Jim's three-month checkup, his weight and cholesterol levels were unchanged.
Couples like Cindy and Jim represent one approach to talking about illness. According to Daena Goldsmith BS '86, professor of communication at Lewis & Clark, anxiety and stress often create such (mis)communication. Research shows that strategies such as criticism and attempts to control behavior actually decrease patients' compliance with health advice.
Goldsmith studies couples who are coping with one member's chronic health condition, such as heart disease, cancer, or HIV. Her work is based on findings that the quality of a couple's communication can predict other aspects of the relationship, including the partners' overall satisfaction. Health research also shows partners play important roles in illness and recovery. Health-care providers frequently enlist partners to support patients who need to make lifestyle changes.
Because chronic illness is so prevalent in the United States— more than 11 million people are living with cancer, and 1.1 million have heart attacks each year—Goldsmith's research has far-reaching implications. Her former colleague John Caughlin, associate professor in the communication department at the University of Illinois, says, "Daena's research gives insight into how people can successfully manage some of the most difficult but important challenges of their lives. Questions like 'How do you get your spouse to enact more healthful behaviors without coming across like a nag?' seem simple, but the consequences of handling these challenges poorly can be dire, ranging from undermining one's marriage to damaging one's health and well-being."
From Student to Professor
A native Oregonian, Goldsmith grew up in Redmond on the east side of Oregon's Cascade Mountains. She wanted to attend an in-state college, and Lewis & Clark recruited her for the debate team. "It was just far enough from home," she says. The school's urban setting was also attractive. "I planned to study broadcast journalism, and Portland offered the most opportunities," says Goldsmith, whose friendly demeanor and warm smile might still make her a natural on television. "Ultimately, I majored in communication, minored in political science, and considered going to law school."
Her direction changed when Goldsmith did a research project with communication professor Leslie Baxter, looking at communication in dating couples. "We asked, 'What do couples not talk about?' There were definitely taboo subjects, including one's past relationships and the state of the current relationship."
Goldsmith was hooked on communication research. "I loved talking to people about relationships, gathering data, and solving puzzles." Baxter, now the F. Wendell Miller Distinguished Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Iowa, recalls her former student: "Daena Goldsmith was the best undergraduate student I have had the pleasure of working with," she says. Inspired by her first foray into research at Lewis & Clark, Goldsmith attended the University of Washington, where she received an M.A. in communication in 1988 and a PhD in 1990.
In graduate school, Goldsmith began developing her own research direction. "I worked with one of my professors on a paper about social support for test anxiety," she recalls. Studying which types of communication were helpful—and which were not— prompted her to study advice giving. Among other questions, she investigated how hearers' perception of advice affects their responses, a strand that continues in her current research.
After she earned her PhD, Goldsmith was assistant professor in the Department of Speech Communication at the University of Maryland at College Park. In 1993, she joined the Department of Speech Communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and began studying how couples communicate about health issues. "There was some illness in my family, and several of my colleagues were in health communication," she says. "Those things sparked my interest." To date, she has authored numerous articles on communication as well as the books Communicating Social Support (Cambridge University Press, 2004) and Communicating to Manage Health and Illness (with colleague Dale Brashers; Routledge, 2009).
Goldsmith's research is based on interviews with couples. While much couples research is conducted by administering surveys or observing interactions, she says interviews allow researchers access to different information. "We can hear directly from both members about why they communicate as they do, and ask for interpretations," she explains. "We can also ask if they avoid certain subjects or treat them cautiously." For example, Goldsmith and research assistant Greg Miller BA '10 recently found that couples dealing with cancer find it hard to talk about relationship burdens and inequalities—how one person has to do more or make sacrifices because the other is sick. Partners tend to discuss this difficult subject infrequently.
Creative Communication vs. Criticism
Among Goldsmith's research subjects were Sandra and Mary. When Mary, a librarian, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, she planned to have a local surgeon remove the tumor. Her partner Sandra researched Mary's condition and discovered that patients treated by a specialist in gynecologic oncology (cancers of the female reproductive system) had better outcomes than those treated by nonspecialists. Mary wasn't interested. "I just want the cancer out," she said.
Still concerned, Sandra bought a book on ovarian cancer that explained the importance of specialized treatment. She told Mary, "I got this book for myself, but I think it might interest you." Mary read the book, decided to see an oncologist, and was successfully treated.
Sandra and Mary's story illustrates a key tenet of Goldsmith's work. "Communication should validate the patient's identity and the relationship," she says. This sometimes means not talking, but finding other ways to communicate. Knowing Mary was an avid reader, Sandra used a book to convey her message. She didn't dismiss her partner's right to select her own treatment, but she also refused to abandon her concern or her conviction that specialty treatment was best. Whether they are communicating verbally or nonverbally, Goldsmith suggests partners consider three things: the urgency of the message, their desire to honor the relationship, and their wish to honor the partner as an individual.
The Impact of Illness and Anxiety
Among Goldsmith's other findings: verbal communication is more effective if the patient perceives it as supportive and encouraging rather than controlling and critical. She writes, "Most people will interpret 'Why can't you remember something as simple as reading a label?' as more critical than 'I know it's a drag having to read all of these labels, but if we look before we buy it, we won't have anything we can't eat sitting around the house.' " Partners can also communicate their support nonverbally. Other communication researchers have found that in some cases, nonverbal communication is more effective than talking; for example, preparing nutritious foods is more effective in helping patients follow healthful diets than nagging about dietary changes. "Changing the environment and your routines may mean you actually need to talk less," Goldsmith says, emphasizing that each couple can develop a range of verbal and nonverbal communication strategies that work for them.
If your partner is chronically ill, getting support for yourself can improve how you communicate, Goldsmith says. Having an ill partner can create anxiety about many issues, from the possibility of losing the partner to illness to finances and household chores. Seemingly mundane concerns such as who mows the lawn become challenges, and partners can be tempted to air their frustrations in ways that can worsen the relationship and the patient's health. "As spouses, much of what we say comes out of our own need to cope," says Goldsmith. "Nagging can result from our anxiety," more than from something the partner is or isn't doing.
Goldsmith notes that having a chronic health condition affects a patient's identity, and how partners communicate about limitations can affect the character of the relationship. While someone who can no longer do yard work or lift heavy things might feel less competent, "they often want to remain the same person," Goldsmith says. If a partner communicates excessive concern, he or she "risks crossing the line from partner behavior to parental behavior," and straining the relationship. According to Goldsmith, "The key is to think: What mental and emotional place is my partner in? How is my partner hearing what I say?"
Effective communication can reinforce a couple's shared identity. Another couple in Goldsmith's studies, Heather and Joe, were coping with the aftermath of Heather's uterine cancer when they spoke to the research team. Heather was in her 30s, and her treatment meant she and Joe could not have children. "They viewed the diagnosis differently," says Goldsmith. "Joe saw his wife's illness as more dire than she did—she kind of took it in stride." After they discovered these differing perspectives, Heather and Joe didn't talk much about her prognosis, but they spent time playing the video game World of Warcraft as a team. "It was almost as if they were saying, 'Even though we see things differently, we're in this together.' "
Their story shows how, as Goldsmith says, "People are tremendously resilient and creative in the ways they communicate." She adds, "There doesn't seem to be a single 'right' way for couples to talk—the frequency, the style of speaking, and the type of conversation vary, and each strategy may work under some conditions." Her research provides key data about the effectiveness of various strategies. This evidence is crucial for health-care providers— trained to look for hard evidence that something works—who need to give patients and partners more nuanced communication advice. "There's a tendency to say, 'Just be open,' " Goldsmith says, "but research shows effective communication isn't that simple."
Instead of teaching one-size-fits-all skill courses, Goldsmith suggests that health-care providers encourage couples to explore how they are communicating, what the communication means to them, and what other options they might consider. (For practical tips based on Goldsmith's research, see related story at right.) In her long-term research, she aims to further discover "how, when, and in what conditions communication helps." From there, her findings can continue shaping the advice couples receive.
Mentoring Current and Future Researchers
Since 2006, Goldsmith has been back at Lewis & Clark. From her airy Howard Hall office, she gestures toward the lush foliage outside her windows. It's late spring, and the rhododendrons are in full bloom. Working on the campus where she studied as an undergraduate feels like coming home. "In Illinois, I missed the mountains," she says. "I love seeing Mount Hood from the Lewis & Clark campus." Academically, it's also great to be back, she says. "Some of my former professors are still here, but it doesn't feel like I'm still an undergrad—my career was well established when I returned." She also relishes teaching Lewis & Clark students. "They write well, they think well, and you don't have to sell them on doing research," she says. "Many communication students are working on senior theses or research projects. Just as I did, they find it exciting to gather data and solve puzzles." Recent Lewis & Clark graduate Gregory Miller BA '10 has worked closely with Goldsmith since the spring of 2009. Though his degree is in international affairs, he spent time as a communication major and has benefited from Goldsmith's help as an advisor and mentor. "If I didn't understand something, I'd go and talk it out with her," Miller says.
Former student Kristen Lindholm, now associate professor of communication at Trinity International University, concurs, "Daena is an encouraging mentor. I could not have asked for a better guide, a more constructive critic, or a greater supporter of my efforts."
Miller took all of Goldsmith's courses, beginning with Introduction to Communication his first semester at Lewis & Clark. In their research work together, supported by a student-faculty research grant, they studied her interviews of couples living with cancer. In April, they presented their findings at the University of Kentucky Conference on Health Communication.
In addition to making a valuable contribution to research as an undergraduate, Goldsmith points out, Miller will be able to enter graduate school already experienced at analyzing data, writing up findings, and sharing them with colleagues. "It's a wonderful opportunity students have at Lewis & Clark, one that most institutions don't offer until grad school," she says.
Miller and Goldsmith have been discussing his next steps as a researcher. In 2009, he spent the fall semester in India studying how the government of that country communicates information about elephantiasis, a mosquito-borne parasitic disease that causes enlargement of certain body parts. "Officials put information on posters and in radio announcements," he says. "But in many cases, the people they are trying to reach don't respond to these methods of communication." Like his mentor, Miller is interested in discovering the strategies that work best for real people struggling with illness. His studies in international affairs and communication give him many good options for graduate study, says Goldsmith.
Whatever direction he chooses, Miller's interest in research has been ignited at Lewis & Clark, just as Goldsmith's was. "The field of communication studies is stronger because of her scholarship," says Erin Donovan-Kicken, another former student, now assistant professor of communication studies at the University of Texas at Austin. While this is undoubtedly true, Goldsmith's dedication to her research has strengthened the field in another way: by inspiring younger scholars to find their own research directions and continue piecing together the communication puzzle.
Genevieve J. Long is a Portland freelance writer and editor.
*Throughout this story, couples' names have been changed to protect privacy.


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We've known very little about director Neill Blomkamp's follow-up to 2009's District 9, the sci-fi pic Elysium, until recently. The only images we've seen are a few set photos of a bald Matt Damon wearing some device on his chest from last year, but now the first official image of Damon in the film has landed online. Just as District 9 tackled issues of segregation and xenophobia, the first synopsis for Elysium reveals that the sci-fi, future-set story will be delving into the immigration debate. Set in 2159, two classes of people are roughly divided: the wealthy live on a man-made space station called Elysium, while the rest of the humans inhabit an overpopulated and ruined Earth.
I have no clue as to what this gun and Damon's garb could be hinting at plotwise, but with the first footage set to be unveiled next week at Comic-Con we'll hopefully have a much clearer picture of what to expect from Elysium soon. The film also stars Jodi Foster, Sharlto Copley, William Fichtner and Diego Luna, and opens on March 1st, 2013.
Here's the synopsis for Elysium:
In the year 2159 two classes of people exist: the very wealthy who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. Secretary Rhodes (Jodie Foster), a hard line government official, will stop at nothing to enforce anti-immigration laws and preserve the luxurious lifestyle of the citizens of Elysium. That doesn't stop the people of Earth from trying to get in, by any means they can. When unlucky Max (Matt Damon) is backed into a corner, he agrees to take on a daunting mission that if successful will not only save his life, but could bring equality to these polarized worlds.
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Crystal Cove Spook Museum was a tourist attraction in Crystal Cove, owned by Velma Dinkley's parents, Dale and Angie.
Velma sometimes helps give tours.[1] She has no enthusiasm about it because she knows all the ghosts are fake.
One of the activities is a "Mystery Tour" run by Angie.[2]
When Mystery Inc. destroyed the Evil Entity, the universe was altered, creating a town that was unaffected by its influence and thus having no need to make a museum for all the strange phenomena and fake monsters terrorizing Crystal Cove.[3]
- Angie Dinkley (museum owner and tour guide of the Crystal Cove Mystery Tour Bus)
- Dale Dinkley (museum owner)
- Lady Marmalade (barista) [4]
- Velma Dinkley (tour guide) [1]
List of museum exhibits
- Captain Cutler's Ghost
- Charlie the Haunted Robot
- Creeper
- Flim-Flam
- Giggling Green Ghost
- Luna Ghost
- Miner '49er
- Scrappy-Doo
- Space Kook
- Monster exhibit: Once the costumes have been removed from the bad guys, they are placed here.
- The Broken Spine: A gift shop, bookstore, and coffee bar.
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
Season one
Velma led a tour group there, and ended getting shushed by her parents for being too honest about the fake ghosts.[1]
The gang looked through an extensive collection of vampire books in the museum's gift shop.[5]
Professor Pericles was getting ectoplasm from the museum to mix an antidote for Aphrodite's hypnotic mind powers (but what he really wanted and obtained there was an industrial-grade drill-bit).[6]
Fred Jones and Daphne Blake visited the museum after-hours as a date. They mentioned that Flim-Flam was in jail for con artistry, and that in regards to Scrappy-Doo, Fred swore that they would never to speak of him again.[7]
Velma and Shaggy Rogers went there to look for an incantation to break a curse of the Headless Horror. While there, they attempted to rekindle their relationship.[8]
The gang went there and met Lady Marmalade, barista and exorcist.[4]
Season two
A man was in the Spook Museum when Crybaby Clown scared him off.[9]
The gang went there to pretend to look up information about the Krampus. They also pretended to be surprised to find the Charlie the Haunted Robot exhibit missing.[10]
The gang went there to get information about aliens.[11]
In response to a distress call the gang went there and found the place had been raided by the Gluten Demon.[12]
Insert details here. (Gates of Gloom)
When the Evil Entity was destroyed, it altered reality for all of Crystal Cove; meaning there was nothing to make profit from. There was no sign above the front door, implying it was just a regular shop.[3]
- Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
- 101. Beware the Beast from Below
- 111. The Secret Serum
- 116. Where Walks Aphrodite
- 120. The Siren's Song
- 122. Attack of the Headless Horror
- 123. A Haunting in Crystal Cove
- 201. The Night the Clown Cried
- 213. Wrath of the Krampus
- 216. Aliens Among Us
- 219. The Devouring
- 224. Gates of Gloom
- 226. Come Undone
- All the exhibits were the previous foes which the original incarnation of Mystery Inc. had solved in the past, from Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!. The Luna Ghost, however, appeared in the first live-action adaptation.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Beware the Beast from Below
- ↑ The Song of Mystery
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Come Undone
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 A Haunting in Crystal Cove
- ↑ The Secret Serum
- ↑ Where Walks Aphrodite
- ↑ The Siren's Song
- ↑ Attack of the Headless Horror
- ↑ The Night the Clown Cried
- ↑ Wrath of the Krampus
- ↑ Aliens Among Us
- ↑ The Devouring


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Pumpkin Angel Cake
I created this recipe last fall when I had a bumper crop of pumpkins. Many holiday desserts are high in fat and calories, but this cake is a healthier alternative. It's perfect for holiday entertaining-light enough to serve after a big meal.
Total TimePrep: 45 min. Bake: 40 min. + cooling
Makes12 servings
- 1-1/2 cups egg whites (about 10)
- 1 cup cake flour
- 1-1/4 cups sugar, divided
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1-1/2 teaspoons cream of tartar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup canned pumpkin
- Confectioners' sugar
- Let egg whites stand at room temperature for 30 minutes. Sift the flour, 1 cup sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg together twice; set aside.
- In a large bowl, beat the egg whites, cream of tartar, vanilla and salt on medium speed until soft peaks form. Gradually beat in remaining sugar, about 1 tablespoon at a time, on high until stiff glossy peaks form and sugar is dissolved. Gradually fold in flour mixture, about 1/2 cup at a time. Fold in pumpkin.
- Gently spoon into an ungreased 10-in. tube pan. Cut through batter with a knife to remove air pockets. Bake on the lowest oven rack at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until lightly browned and entire top appears dry. Immediately invert pan; cool completely, about 1 hour.
- Run a knife around sides and center tube of pan. Remove to a serving plate. Sprinkle top of cake with confectioners' sugar.


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Mazda Mazda5 Expert Review
- Compact footprint
- Available manual
- Fold-flat third row.
- No factory navigation system
- There are only two power ports - one in front, and one in the trunk.
- Cramped third row, with uncomfortable (for adults) seats.
Updated extensively last year, the 2013 Mazda5 mini-minivan essentially remains in a class of one, with no real direct competition. The Mazda5 is a Mazda3-based minivan with two rear sliding doors, three rows of seating, and room for up to six passengers. Consider it a smaller, more efficient alternative to the big bruising minivans that currently occupy the market (and rental fleets) around the country. The Mazda5 is powered by a 2.5-liter I-4 that makes just 157 hp and 163 lb-ft of torque. Even so, paired with a five-speed automatic (a six-speed manual is available), it's capable of accelerating from 0-60 mph in 9.1 seconds. That's a bit slow, but the Mazda5 is miserly at the pump, achieving an EPA-estimated 21/28 mpg city/highway with the manual, and 22/28 mpg with the automatic.
The Mazda5 is rather fun to drive, thanks to its Mazda3 bones. During our First Test of the automatic model, we wrote that, "The tiny size makes the Mazda5 easy to maneuver through cramped streets and parking lots. It's rather fun to throw around, thanks to responsive and communicative steering." We also noted that the interior worked brilliantly, and that "A bank robber might enjoy using [the Mazda5] as a getaway car."
For 2013, Mazda has refined the 5 with minor content changes, which include a USB port, new paint options, and backup sensors and higher trim levels.
The 2013 Mazda5 gets new door mirrors this year, and some new paint options. The 5 also now has revised seat trims, and a new shift knob. Other changes consist of a new USB port up front, and backup sensors on Touring and Grand Touring trims.
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Benjamin Graham's Stock-Picking Strategies
Plenty of Web sites have stock screens based on methods established by the father of securities analysis.
Is there a Web site for stock screening that uses Benjamin Graham's value-investing rules?
Benjamin Graham, the father of securities analysis, outlined his stock-picking strategies in The Intelligent Investor, published in 1949, and those strategies have been widely disseminated -- including on the Internet -- ever since.
Graham advocated buying a stock at a price well below the company's intrinsic value. His goal was to get a dollar of assets for less than 50 cents. That discount gives investors a margin of safety, which insulates them from the whims of the market.
Plenty of Web sites have screens based on Graham's methods. For example, he prized companies with net cash holdings (cash minus outstanding debt) equal to at least 50% of their stock-market value.Nasdaq's Web site offers a free Graham screener that selects Nasdaq-traded stocks that pass the test.
Morningstar.com offers a customized screen that applies a broader array of Graham's criteria. The screen is part of Morningstar's premium membership, which costs $15.95 per month, or $145 for one year. Or, for less than $20, buy The Intelligent Investor and create your own Graham-inspired screens at Kiplinger.com or Yahoo Finance.
A word of caution: Graham's criteria can lead you to stocks that are value traps, meaning the shares are cheap for good reason and unlikely to appreciate. Screens are a good place to start, but don't buy without doing your research.


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Blackhawks non-committal on Shaw's Game 4 returnby Brian Hedger / Chicago Blackhawks
CHICAGO-- The availability of Chicago Blackhawks forward Andrew Shaw remains uncertain for Game 4 of their Western Conference Second Round series Friday at Xcel Energy Center (9:30 p.m. ET; NBCSN, TSN, RDS).
Chicago leads the Minnesota Wild 2-1 in the best-of-7 series. Minnesota won 4-0 in Game 3 on Tuesday in St. Paul, the second straight game Chicago played without Shaw.
A hit from Wild defenseman Clayton Stoner knocked Shaw out of Game 1 in the first period with a lower-body injury and his prognosis is unknown. Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville first told reporters prior to Game 2 at United Center that he was hopeful Shaw would play in Game 3.
Quenneville then said Shaw might make the return trip to the Twin Cities for Game 4, but now that possibility seems up in the air.
"We'll see," Quenneville said Wednesday. "That's to be determined."
Asked if Shaw is progressing in his recovery, Quenneville again was non-committal.
"He's been OK," Quenneville said. "It's tough to say right now."
Quenneville also fielded questions about his decision to scratch defenseman Nick Leddy for Game 3 in favor of Sheldon Brookbank. Leddy, who's from Eden Prairie, Minn., played 46 seconds in the third period of Game 2 after being on the ice for the Wild's goal in a 4-1 Blackhawks win.
Leddy played all 82 regular-season games, and has two assists and a minus-1 rating while playing the Blackhawks' first eight Stanley Cup Playoff games. He played in all 23 playoff games during Chicago's run to the 2013 Stanley Cup despite going through similar struggles and being benched in games for long stretches.
The difference this time, according to Quenneville, is how well Brookbank played against the St. Louis Blues in the first round filling in for defenseman Brent Seabrook, who was suspended three games for an illegal hit.
"Going into that building, I thought [Brookbank] physically probably [gave] us a little bit more," Quenneville said. "We felt it was going to be a hard game. [He] played important minutes and played against some top lines [against St. Louis], as well. We were comfortable with the move and I thought he played pretty well."
Quenneville said 23-year old Leddy has some room left to grow on the player development chart. He likes Leddy's speed and ability to convert turnovers by opponents into offensive chances, but he'd like to see Leddy use those skills more often.
Quenneville didn't say whether Leddy would return for Game 4.
"He's progressing [as a player]," Quenneville said. "I still think he's going to be a big part of this series and our success here going forward. We're going to need him here and we want him to be a part of it."


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General background. Coach Meagan just recently graduated in May 2009 from Pennsylvania College of Technology with a double major in Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management.
While at PCT, she played on the Lady Wildcats basketball team all three seasons, where all three seasons they made it to the Final four. During her Lady Wildcat career, Meagan registered many accomplishments on the court, including being second in scoring and rebounding for two out of three seasons, shooting 40% behind the 3 point line, and starting all three seasons as a point guard even though she was a natural small forward-wing player.
Coach Meagan played high school varsity for 3 years, but it was in college where she flourished on the floor and truly refined her basketball skills.
Meagan believes that hard work and determination will definitely pay off!
Coaching experience. Coach Meagan has been assisting with basketball since she was 14, as just a freshman in high school. Her experience ranges from house league to travel to AAU.
She truly loves giving back and seeing the excitement in the girls' eyes after they have mastered a move after all the work they have put in it. Coach Meagan believes basketball isn't just a sport, but a chance for you to make lasting friendships, learn lessons about life and help to understand what your strengths and weaknesses are beyond the court.
For the 2009-2010 FCYBL season, Coach Meagan was the assistant coach for Arlington travel 8th grade team. In her spare time, Coach Meagan loves to cook, read and play recreational basketball.
This will be Coach Meagan's second year with the Matrix. Last year, she was the assistant on the Matrix bronze medal winning 12U Black team and she is looking forward to another year on the sidelines for the Matrix Basketball Organization!!!!!
Coaching Philosophy. Meagan is seriously excited about the start of the season.
Meagan stresses that basketball is a team sport and this quote is one she refers back to, "one man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team." Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
As we embark on this journey, Coach Meagan emphasizes that we remember we are all teammates, starting with the young ladies, continuing to the three coaches and finishing with parents and supporters. WE ARE one team!
Coach Meagan will be working with head coach Chazzy Morris, both of whom are defensive minded coaches that place high priority on teaching fundamentals and on developing sound basketball players.
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Buddhism says that all existence is 'conditioned' — it is all conditional on other conditions. Lord Buddha said:
All conditioned things are impermanent.
Everything is interconnected. Everything affects everything else. Everything that is, is because other things are. The fact that everything is nothing more than a set of relations is consistent with the modern scientific view of the material world. What is happening now is part of what happened before, and is part of what will happen next. It's hard not to notice similarities with Einstein's theory of relativity. Isn't it? Lord Buddha explained:
When there is this, that comes to be;
with the arising of this, that arises.
When there is not this, that does not come to be;
with the cessation of this, that ceases.
Cambridge online dictionary defines impermanence as "not lasting forever or not lasting for a long time". In Wikisource, the word is defined as "The quality or state of being impermanent." Both of these definitions make sense. It is a very important concept of Hinduism and Vedanta and is one of the essential doctrines or three marks of existence in Buddhism.
In Sanskrit, it is called Anitya (अनित्य). The term Anitya appears in the Katha Upanishad, one of the Principal Upanishads. In Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 9, Verse 33), we see Lord Sri Krishna is saying to Arjuna:
kiḿ punar brāhmaṇāḥ puṇyā
bhaktā rājarṣayas tathā
anityam asukhaḿ lokam
imaḿ prāpya bhajasva mām
Translation: How much more this is so of the righteous Brahmanas, the devotees and the saintly kings; therefore, having come to this impermanent, miserable world engage in loving service unto Me.
The Impermanence doctrine of Buddhism asserts that all of conditioned existence, without exception, is "transient, evanescent, inconstant". All that arises, ceases.
In a letter written to the Maharaja of Mysore on June 23, 1894, Swami Vivekananda said:
This life is short, the vanities of the world are transient, but they alone live who live for others, the rest are more dead than alive.


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Neat event photography idea: A slow-mo photo booth
What a cool concept from Seattle's excellently named Super Frog Saves Tokyo: a photo booth set up at a wedding featuring a RED Epic camera capable of shooting at 160fps.
As PetaPixel reports, the creators had this to say:
We just made sure the look was clean in camera and then did color correcting afterwards. Blaine Ludy (Director/Editor of this project) is just really great at getting people to do stuff. In the beginning, people were timid, but as he showed them takes they began to understand what we were doing. Also, it was a wedding with an open bar. The video is edited (mostly) chronologically so you can see people get progressively less inhibited as the night went on.
Super cool. Here's hoping the necessary camera tech keeps coming down in price, putting this kind of production into more people's reach.


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ODOT Innerbelt Bridge Safety Plan:Interstate 90 Eastbound over the Innerbelt Bridge to Close Overnight Wednesday
Cleveland (Monday, November 2, 2009) – In the latest phase of ODOT's Innerbelt Bridge Safety Plan, crews on behalf of the Ohio Department of Transportation will institute a limited closure of I-90 eastbound over the Innerbelt Bridge overnight Wednesday in order to perform work on the structure.
Beginning at approximately 8 p.m. on Wednesday, November 4, crews will close one lane of I-90 eastbound over the Innerbelt Bridge. Beginning at 10 p.m., crews will close Interstate 90 eastbound over the Innerbelt Bridge. The eastbound lanes will remain closed until approximately 6 a.m. on Thursday, November 5. Eastbound motorists will be detoured via I-490 eastbound to I-77 northbound and back to I-90 eastbound.
Because of limited space on the eastbound side of structure, this closure is necessary as crews pour a portion of the bridge's concrete deck. Interstate 90 westbound will remain open for service.
This phase of ODOT's Innerbelt Bridge Safety Plan is part of the department's $10 million investment on the Innerbelt Bridge. Repairs will allow for the reopening of the W. 14th Street ramp to I-90 eastbound – which has been closed since May of 2008 – and the Ontario Street ramp to I-90 westbound as early as late November.
At least one, additional weekend closure of the structure is anticipated in order to complete work as part of this phase of the Safety Plan, however that closure will take place following late November/early December after all ramps and closed lanes have reopened. Minor steel repairs will continue through the winter of 2009. Impacts to traffic are not expected as minor steel repairs take place. Details will be forthcoming.
After late November, I-90 westbound traffic will be returned to its original configuration – including heavy truck traffic – and motorists will again have use of the Ontario Street ramp to I-90 westbound. Interstate 90 eastbound traffic will reopen to three, through lanes of traffic and one, dedicated lane for those motorists entering I-90 from W. 14th Street. The right lane of I-90 as it merges onto the I-90 Innerbelt Bridge at the I-71/I-490 split will remain closed and heavy truck traffic will remain detoured from the bridge in the eastbound direction in order to accommodate W. 14th Street ramp traffic and reduced lane widths.
Reopening the ramps will improve connectivity to the Tremont and Gateway neighborhoods, which have had limited access to I-90 since ODOT restricted traffic on the aging structure in October 2008.
This phase of work was made possible only after extensive, detailed analysis of the steel members and connections of the main structure. In coordination with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), ODOT engineers found that the construction of a segment to widen the W. 14th Street on-ramp in the early 1980's added considerable additional weight and stress to the existing truss. After careful consideration of the analysis, the project team agreed that the best way to ensure safety of motorists on the bridge – while optimizing the traffic-carrying capacity of the structure – would be to remove the 300,000 pound widened segment of the W. 14th Street ramp.
The Innerbelt Bridge is a vital link into downtown Cleveland. In October 2008, ODOT engineers restricted traffic on the 50-year-old bridge after inspections revealed that a number of steel members were aging faster than expected. In March 2009 ODOT announced plans to construct a new westbound Innerbelt Bridge, utilizing federal transportation stimulus funds made available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Construction of the new westbound bridge is expected to being in 2011.
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Jack Layton's casket is expected to leave Toronto in a hearse, and with a police escort, at 4 a.m. Wednesday morning and arrive on Parliament Hill in Ottawa at 10:25 a.m.
RCMP officers will act as pallbearers as the casket is removed from the hearse and the Peace Tower bells toll 15 times.
The closed casket will be laid in the foyer, right outside the House of Commons chamber, where officials and Layton's family will have about 90 minutes to grieve privately.
Afterwards, members of the public will be allowed to enter Centre Block through the main entrance, sign condolence books in the main lobby, then make their ways down the hall to pay their respects to the felled NDP leader.
Public visitation hours are from 12:30 p.m. until 8 p.m. Wednesday, and from 9 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. Thursday.
Five House guards will keep vigil with Layton's body the entire time it rests in Ottawa, with one at either corner of the casket, which will be draped with a Canadian flag, and another at the side.
When Layton's body leaves Parliament Hill for the last time on Thursday, RCMP officers will once again act as pallbearers and transport the casket to the hearse as Layton receives a 15-gun salute, and the Peace Tower bells play O Canada.
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Auto Angle Adjust (A3) hipbelts and shoulder harnesses adapt to your unique body geometry for a custom fit every time you shoulder the pack. This patented system allows both harnesses and hipbelts to rotate independently of each other, delivering a dynamic yet stable ride that adapts to your body's movements over different terrain. Response A3 helps align your center of gravity over your walking path, saving energy you'd otherwise spend on stabilization. That little bit of energy saved adds up with every step, increasing your overall efficiency—and preserving your bliss—as the miles tick by.
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