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China's inability to safeguard intellectual property rights limits the manufacturing of high-end technology goods in China and erodes the value of brand names because the public confuses their products with shoddy counterfeits. Because many U.S. exports contain a high degree of proprietary intellectual property, China's failure to sufficiently enforce intellectual property laws may yield a major trade dispute.
Intellectual property rights in China are predominantly honored in the breach. And intellectual property theft in China has a far greater impact than a first glance would suggest. Commercial piracy extends far beyond the rampant proliferation of bootleg DVDs and CDs. In fact, many basic physical goods are greatly impacted by commercial counterfeits in China. For example, leading Western consumer goods firms, many of whom have spent tens of millions of dollar building their brand in China, regularly see knock-offs of their products appearing throughout the country – resulting in a loss of market share, a loss in sales, and a cheapening of their brand in the eyes of a consumer who buys a shoddy knockoff without any awareness that it is fake. Luxury goods manufacturers are especially at risk.
From an investment trends perspective, developments in China's intellectual property protection regime have several important effects, ranging from lost profits to impacts on foreign direct investment, long-term productivity growth, and whether the country can move up-market in its technology and production.
Companies developing software, entertainment, intellectual property, or with name-brand recognition all stand to lose from piracy.
Domestic manufacturers and suppliers can benefit initially from copying other software or content but ultimately will face the same problem themselves from smaller competitors if they develop into a larger player.
Fighting Chinese piracy does create a few winners. Investigation firms like Kroll (a division of Marsh & McClennan), Securitas's Pinkerton, and Dun & Bradstreet.
Another winner thus far from piracy may be Chinese search engine Baidu. Baidu offered an MP3 search capability to let Chinese Internet users find songs online, regardless of whether such songs were posted illegally. Analysts suggest this feature greatly enhanced Baidu's popularity.
Companies that sell software, but reap the larger share of their revenue by charging for online community access or transactions are benefited by piracy because it spreads the software that users need to become paying members of the online community. Massive multiplayer online role playing games, such as Everquest (from Sony) and Worlds of Warcraft (from Vivendi) win when users pay their monthly fee, regardless of whether they bought the underlying software. Likewise, even if electronic storefront software is pirated, online exchanges like EBay (EBAY) still gain from transaction fees.
The pursuit of pirates and counterfeits is expensive. Because Chinese law enforcement may not pursue such cases aggressively, often aggrieved Western companies will hire their own private detective to gather evidence of the counterfeiting, trace its source, and then bring a civil suit in China's court system. However nearly 80% of U.S. firms that export to China are small and medium sized enterprises, rather than Fortune 500 companies. The cost of hiring private detectives and waging a lengthy legal battle in the Chinese court system can be particularly daunting to businesses of that size.
Large exporters to China, despite having deeper pockets to fight pirates, are also larger targets because pirates want to leverage the brand name of larger companies. Pharmaceutical industry experts, for example, estimate that China is the source of thirty percent of all counterfeit drugs produced worldwide, with a particular emphasis on bestsellers like Pfizer's Viagra. Similarly, well-known auto parts manufacturers face billions of dollars of Chinese counterfeits each year – resulting in both reduced sales and damage to their own brand name.
On April 9, 2007, U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab announced that the United States will begin World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement consultations with the People's Republic of China over 1) deficiencies in China's legal regime for protecting and enforcing copyrights and trademarks on a wide range of products, and 2) over China's barriers to trade in books, music, videos and movies.
The WTO consultation request focuses on provisions of Chinese law that create a "safe harbor" for wholesalers and retailers who distribute or sell pirated and counterfeit products in China below a certain quantity. These safe harbors seem to allow sales of sufficient quantities of counterfeit goods that many large-scale wholesalers and distributors can operate below high thresholds without criminal liability, thus permitting large-scale piracy and counterfeiting. The U.S. also seeks that China destroy seized counterfeit goods, rather than allowing them to be sold into the marketplace after removal of their label. And that China protect foreign copyrights while such works are being reviewed by Chinese censors; and allow a greater importation of foreign media, such as movies.
A request for consultations is the first step in a WTO dispute. Under WTO rules, if the parties do not resolve a matter within a 60-day consultation period, then the complaining party may refer the matter to a WTO dispute settlement panel. Ultimately, this could trigger a trade war between the U.S. and China. See U.S. – China Trade Dispute
The U.S. Commerce Department estimates that, on average, twenty percent of all consumer products in the Chinese market are counterfeit. When counterfeit products fail, it can impact the real brand's reputation as well. In China and around the world, counterfeit Chinese medicines have injured and killed hundreds of thousands, ranging from toothpaste and cold medicine in Panama to diet pills in Japan. Chinese authorities estimated that nearly 200,000 people were killed in China in 2001 due to counterfeit medicines. In a recent raid on a printing factory in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong, police seized bogus packaging and labels for Coca Cola bottles, Wrigley's chewing gum, General Mills'Trix breakfast cereal, and Nestle's Purina cat food. In order to prevent a scare similar to the Tylenol-tampering episode in the U.S. many years ago, foreign companies need shift into publicity overdrive to discredit and distinguish dangerous or shoddy counterfeit goods, lest their own products be tarred.
Similarly, counterfeit products impinge on the ability of Western companies to select and control their own distribution channels. Thus, even though Starbucks (SBUX) invested heavily in training its Chinese workers, it had to rush to court in 2003 to stop a copycat rival from misappropriating its logo and store look under the name "Xingbake" in 2003. "Xing" means "star" in Mandarin and "bake" sounds like "bucks" when pronounced in Chinese.
The Motor and Equipment Manufacturer's Association estimates that eighty percent of all counterfeit automobile parts imported into the U.S. originate in China or Hong Kong, costing the auto industry over $9 billion per year in lost sales. Likewise, hundreds of millions of dollars per year are lost to due to the export of China pirated DVDs and CDs each year; this figure may accelerate with the proliferation of new digital movie formats, including HD-DVD and Blu-Ray. U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents, working in conjunction with the Chinese government and private industry, conducted the first ever joint U.S.–Chinese enforcement action on the Chinese mainland and seized more than 210,000 counterfeit movie DVDs. Similarly, DHS agents recently stopped a combined Chinese and Middle-Eastern organization that was responsible for the smuggling and nationwide distribution of over 100 containers of counterfeit trademark merchandise, valued in excess of $400 million, that had already been smuggled into the U.S in less than a year..
Chinese counterfeits are hurting the country's own future export potential. A recent case of counterfeit ingredients poisoning medicines in Panama and Australia has put authorities there on guard against all Chinese imports of food and medicine. Similarly, dangerous fake dog food ingredients from China have made U.S. consumers wary of any foodstuffs coming from there. It is true.
Foreign direct investment in China is limited by fears of counterfeiting. Many Western companies who possess proprietary technology are hesitant to move production, let alone research and development to China, for fear it will be copied. This means China is losing valuable opportunities to move its production to more sophisticated, higher value-add and higher margin products, as well as missing opportunities to train its workforce on more sophisticated product development techniques. As low-wage competitors like Vietnam develop their industrial output, China will be forced to compete solely on the basis of wages if it cannot improve its know-how and export product mix.
The Chinese have taken some steps to combat piracy and counterfeiting, although there remains much more to be done in actions vs. issuing statements. The recent creation of the State Intellectual Property Offices, is one small step.
China only joined the WTO in 2001, until recently the country was in a discretionary period which they have just gotten out of. This period gave them some leeway in terms of which of the organization's rules the country had to adhere to. Now that the probationary period has ended the country is trying to demonstrate an effort towards compliance. Universities are endeavoring towards IP law and there is some effort by the National Copyright Administration to close down unlawful websites and servers.
China has dramatically increased its patent filings producing over 200,000 patents in 2006. While some would say that this increase of patents gives them more reason to abide by international law, it remains to be seen whether this is proven.


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Katie Graham and Andrew Matthews may well be this generation's answer to Kevin Smith. They've so accurately honed in on a specific group of geek, and made a movie about, by, and for them, that surely Zero Charisma will be studied and hailed for years to come. They didn't set out to do this, though. Making the movie independently in Austin, TX, they had simply a story to tell and the desire to tell it. We spoke to Graham and Matthews about their experiences in making the film, the way in which there are no true heroes or villains, and what movies they'd pair with their own.
NERDIST: With Zero Charisma, you've created a film that analyzes the parts of geek culture that sometimes aren't talked about because of how much Hollywood is streamlining it. What inspired you guys to want to talk about what people call "pure geek," that guy who is reclusive and holds on to these things so dearly. What was the driving force in creating that kind of film?
ANDREW MATTHEWS: I think it's mainly the subject matter, the background of the world that the characters live in is motivated because of our experiences, or my upbringing, but it was really more about the emotional content, the insecurity of the main character, and I feel like it's probably not just geek culture that has experienced some kind of mainstreaming of their hobbies and interests. I imagine it has happened to a lot of subcultures, but this was one I was more familiar with. We just wanted to make a movie about a character who feels like their turf is being threatened and how people can respond to insecurity and how you deal with it, and it seemed like a good match to have the antagonist character be somebody who is hip and cool and interested in the same things as the main character; he likes the same things, but he's also hip and cool and doesn't have the same problems, which seems unfair in a way. For me personally, I'm glad geek-related things get popular, but there's a little piece of you that goes, "Oh, I used to have special ownership of this, but now it's not special. It's the thing that made me special that I knew about these things; now everyone knows about these things. What do I have anymore?" I think that's the resentment that was a good springboard to look deeper into this character.
KATIE GRAHAM: I think also the metal nerd was kind of an exciting character to show in film. I've seen goth nerds hundreds of thousands of times but never really seen in film or television. So it was fun to do a representation of that.
AM: It was exciting to find things that we believe to be true but for whatever reason not represented in mainstream movies. Its fun to capture that. When I was growing up, playing Dungeons and Dragons, everyone in our group was into metal like that was a given. I had never seen any connection between D&D characters and metal in film or television and thought, "Why is that? Let's do that."
N: Sam Eidson and Garrett Graham are both very good actors, and I know that Sam gets more screen time, but Garrett, at the same time, had a great arc, and I was wondering how early in the process did you find those actors and what did they bring to the table that excited you about them playing the characters?
KG: Sam, we met in 2011 when we were gearing up to do the IndieGoGo teaser to raise money. We actually never met with anyone else. We met Sam and were like, "He might be a little too comedy"; at first, we were worried about that but we cast in the IndieGoGo trailer and he did an awesome job and it was really fun working with him. We raised 10,000 dollars past our goal on IndieGoGo, and we felt that it had a lot to do with Sam. So that's how we cast Sam.
AM: It was also really important to us, that he, in real life, is very likable, a very sweet-natured guy and we knew that if you're going to make a movie about a guy that potentially be very unlikable that it would be a lot wiser to cast somebody who was naturally vulnerable and sweet then push them to put on this front of toughness and domination rather than cast someone naturally jerky.
KG: Or very, very confident. That would give off a different vibe and maybe a more unlikable guy.
AM: Garrett came on much later, because we auditioned a lot of people for that role. We actually thought that was going to be a really easy role because when you live in Austin, there is a hipster culture there. So we thought it would be easy but it turned out to be really difficult because it's a hard role, you have to strike just the right balance — if the guy is too cool, I just wouldn't believe that he would be into this stuff, but then he has to be cool enough to be a source for insecurity, he has to be confident but not too confident.
KG: And be believable that he'd be into this stuff.
AM: We actually did auditions, we had Sam do a lot of the auditions with different actors, and Sam actually had a lot of friends who would have been right for the role as well — actors in Austin — but we didn't want to have someone Sam was comfortable with; We wanted him to keep him on his toes a little bit, and when he auditioned with Garrett, Sam was like, "This guy intimidates me." Garrett was great, he had a more mysterious role. He had a lot of questions like what was my motivation here and am I really into this stuff and he really made us think a lot about the character and forced us to come to some decisions about who exactly miles is, what his background is and how malicious is he or is he being playful, and that kind of stuff.
N: One of my favorite things about Graham's character was that I could go back and, if you remade this film from his perspective, it would be about him getting terrorized by a metal geek. Did you intentionally try to create that balance where they're both on an equal footing, nobody's really done anything to the other? Was that completely intentional or did you hope people would pick a villain?
AM: Some reviews we've had have said things like "Oh, you kind of love and hate the hero and villain in equal measure," and I love to hear that personally, because within the first draft of the treatment, not so much the script phase, when we were originally talking about it, "wouldn't it be great if there was this game master who's very obsessive and passionate and in comes this hipster villain who ruins his game?" The hipster character was much more the villain in the original idea, but when we just talked about it and tried to hammer out a story more, we realized that it was much more interesting and more accurate if there wasn't a villain, because there's no villain in real life. That's what makes it more resonant, as it's just people from different backgrounds or different personality times who are thrown in together, and the movie is about Scott, and if its a character study about Scott, the major problem is majorly internal for him. It's something I've struggled with my whole life, to blame your problems on outside sources, but that's Scott's big thing, it's him looking inside and how his own behavior is affecting things. So we're careful to give Miles a few lines here and there that are one of the more honest lines that you hear in the movie, like this is a game supposed to be fun, or it's your own fault that no one likes you and he might be too harsh about it; It might be non-empathetic with Scott, but he's not totally wrong.
KG: But, yeah, it's kind of a "we do it to ourselves" sort of thing, and that's much more of a real life sort of thing that everybody deals with.
N: He knew them for all of two weeks, why would he invite them to the party too quick?
KG: I have a lot of friends who don't mingle with other friends, and that's just how it is.
AM: And that's what makes Scott different, because he's aware of the social structures, and he cares about his social image and what the other guys do, but that also makes him an understandable source of resentment. These hobbies and games, they were popularized and kept alive by people who did work sensitive to their social standing, and there's that resentment there.
N: And I will posit this other theory: how do we know that the hipsters aren't the fake friends he's trying to take a break from with real people?
AM: That's true, too. Anytime you write something you try to see it from every character too otherwise it will be a cartoonish villain kind of thing. When I was in college, I was like, "oh, I'm going to be cool now," and "I still played Dungeons and Dragons but I didn't want my cool friends to know I played Dungeons and Dragons." That soon failed, but I do remember that guilt, how I was dividing my friends up, and that kind of goes into that character.
N: You guys filmed this in Austin, and that's a very organic community that's very close knit. What does it mean to you to make it in Austin and be able to share it with that community that is so close?
KG: Well, I mean, Andrew and I grew up in L.A., and when we came to SXSW with a documentary we worked on, we were like, we just really love the town and we loved the environment and there was a rising film community and growing up in LA, you don't even understand what a film community is, it's an industry, so we were like lets go out there, lets try to make a movie.
AM: I think being born or raised in L.A., you kind of feel like an outsider in LA because everybody else moved there so there's that kind of that weird, we go move to Austin and we become the outsiders again. We just really took to it. The opportunity that it afforded us, film making wise, I don't think we would have had in Los Angeles.
KG: Plus, often in terms of low budget productions, (they) are just more possible: we shot in our backyard behind our house, our house became the production house where the crews would have lunch, and we got great deals on businesses — they would just open up their doors. It just felt like a community that was so open to helping us make the movie, and it just happened to be — we didn't know how prevalent nerd culture is in Austin, so we moved there and we were like, "My God, this is the perfect place to make the movie."
AM: It's hard to explain, but there's this meant-to-be-this feeling there where things feel easier, they work out, you meet the right people at the right time; in L.A., it feels like such an uphill battle all the time.
N: You guys have been in many film festivals, but what movies would you like to see Zero Charisma be paired with in a double or triple feature?
AM: Well, one other Austin-shot indie that is sort of about nerds this year that came out at SXSW but we didn't see until Maryland Film Festival was Computer Chess by Andrew Bujalski, but that's more of an art film than Zero Charisma is. It's a period piece about the early days of computer programmers teaching computers to play chess, but it's an art film that's got a great sense of humor. We really enjoyed that movie.
KG: I heard, actually, that it should be paired with Big Fan, but then it might get a little too depressing.
AM: People might be like I've had enough of these loners for the day.
KG: People have been comparing it with Clerks, because it's an old school version of what's going on in nerd culture and now this modern day version.
AM: We're also big fans of the 2000 Dungeons and Dragons movie with Marlon Wayans. I actually have it on Blu-ray. It's not a good film…
If you're in New York this weekend and want to see Zero Charisma (produced by Nerdist Industries and Tribeca Film), go to one of the special Q&A screenings at Cinema Village on Friday, October 11th, and Saturday, October 12th, by getting tickets here. Can't make it to one of those? No sweat! The movie will be playing there all week, too! You can get the movie via digital download on Amazon, iTunes, Vudu/Ultraviolet, and Xbox.


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February 01. 2013 10:07PM
John Habib's City Sports: Keeping alive the legacy of Dan Duval
By JOHN HABIB
New Hampshire Union Leader
Nick Vailas has dedicated much of his life to community service, and last year the Moore Center recognized his efforts with a testimonial dinner. But as grateful as he was for the honor, Vailas was more concerned with recognizing the service of another member of Manchester's expansive sports community, the late Dan Duval.
As founder of the CHaD New Hampshire East-West High School Football All-Star Football Game, Vailas created the Dan Duval Community Service Award to recognize the player in the game who raised the most money for its main beneficiary, Children's Hospital at Dartmouth. And as a member of the New Hampshire Union Leader Board of Judges, he proposed a Special Recognition Award be presented posthumously to Duval on Sunday, Feb. 10, at The Leaders: a Celebration of New Hampshire Sports Champions, the Union Leader's annual sports banquet.
The board - the voting body for the Union Leader's Athlete of the Month program (which is sponsored by Vailas' Apple Therapy Servics and Bedford Ambulatory Surgical Center) and other awards presented at The Leaders - agreed.
Like Manchester Central alumnus Vailas, Duval was a star athlete in high school, leading Trinity in football and basketball. But unlike Vailas, who played college football at Plymouth State before becoming a successful businessman, Duval never fulfilled his athletic promise, his use of drugs and alcohol ending his career at St. Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where Vailas was an assistant coach.
But Duval got back on track, in fact became a better person. Recovered from substance abuse, he made it his mission to help young people - many of them athletes - avoid the mistakes he'd made or straighten out lives gone out of control. Countless students - not only in Manchester but around New England - gained from his motivational speeches, and many others received one-on-one guidance from a man who knew and understood their problems.
Duval died much too young, felled by a heart attack last May at 54, but his legacy lives on in the many lives he touched.
"Danny loved people, and people loved him," said Vailas. "In the latter stages of his life, Danny fought for a good cause and that was helping many people, particularly kids.
"The one lesson anyone learned after meeting Danny was never to give up. More importantly, if you knew him for a half-hour, he was a friend for life."
Familiar with Duval because of their Queen City backgrounds, Vailas first got to know him when their paths crossed in Canada.
"I got to see Danny play a little for Trinity when I was attending school and playing for Plymouth State," Vailas said. "When he got to St. Mary's, I was an assistant coach there, and I got to really know him as a person. I wasn't aware of his drug addiction at the time, but I knew I was in the presence of someone who had an incredible personality. He was one of those guys you would meet and never forget him - in a positive way."
As a football player, Vailas said, Duval "didn't look like an athlete, but he played like one. He had a tremendous hand-and-eye coordination as an inside linebacker, and he was always around the football. He was definitely a competitor."
Vailas said Duval's competitiveness also shined off the field.
"If I was in a foxhole being overrun by the enemy, he's the one guy I'd want to be in there with," said Vailas. "He'd always have your back, unconditionally."
Vailas said Duval's recovery from addiction was an ongoing process and a major part of that recovery was giving something back to others.
"Through his contact with others, through his amazing motivational speeches and even as a coach, Danny found ways to improve people's lives," Vailas said. "Countless people - in the thousands, and many of them kids - were touched by him. He was a very special person, someone I'm blessed to say I met and called a friend."
Many more friends - along with Vailas, the Board of Judges and the Union Leader - will honor Vailas next weekend. Other honorees will include the Athletes of the Month, the Union Leader All-State athletes and coaches of the year, winners of the Walter A. Smith Award for coaching and John R. Clark Award for officiating, and another Special Recognition Award recipient, Paralympics world champion swimmer Victoria Arlen of Exeter.
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ALSO ON Vailas' busy agenda is next month's Safe Sports Social, a fundraiser for the Safe Sports Network, the organization he founded to help provide quality sports-medicine care for local athletes. The New Hampshire Orthopaedic Center will serve as presenting sponsor for the event, scheduled for March 27 at the Derryfield Country Club.
Videos and guest speakers will describe how kids in high school and youth sports benefit from Safe Sports programs. For more information, visit www.nhmi.net and click on the Safe Sports Social logo.
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EVER SINCE he was 17, Jim Lauzon said, he dreamed about becoming a football head coach at the college level. Recently, he took another step toward realizing that dream, when he accepted an offer to join the staff of St. Anselm College head coach Pat Murphy as assistant coach in charge of tight ends and wide receivers.
"It's an opportunity I couldn't refuse," said Lauzon, who said he formally resigned from his post as head coach at Manchester High West three weeks ago to make the move to nearby St. A.
"This is a chance to get my foot into the door on the college level. If I passed up this opportunity, I don't know if I would ever get another chance to coach on the college level. I'm 24 years old, and I need to start building my resume with college jobs. My hope and dream is to become a college head coach some day. My wife told me that if I didn't accept the offer from St. Anselm, I may never know if my dream would come true."
As to whether his new job at St. Anselm is a paid position, Lauzon said, "It's still being discussed."
Lauzon, a paraprofessional at Manchester West, got married last summer. The couple celebrated the birth of a son, Shawn, in November.
Entering the open door at St. Anselm came after the difficult decision to close one at Manchester West.
"I really hated to leave, hated to leave the kids who worked so hard to build the program back into a contender," said Lauzon, who inherited a 1-9 team when he became the Blue Knights' head coach in 2011.
West was 3-7 in 2011 and 4-6 last season, including a a 36-14 upset of a highly touted Keene team that entered the game at 6-1. But the greatest indicator of the job Lauzon did at West may be the number of players the Knights had on last season's roster: a robust 81.
"So as much as I hate leaving the program, I leave knowing the program is better than it was two years ago," Lauzon said.
"City Sports" appears Saturdays in the New Hampshire Union Leader. Email staff reporter John Habib at


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Girl and Goldfish.
Clerk Saunders.
The Annunciation. The Flower of God.
Wedding of Sir Tristram.
Princess Sabra (The King's Daughter).
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St. George and the Dragon.
The Heart Desires. The Pygmalion Series.
The Hand Refrains. The Pygmalion Series.
The Soul Attains. The Pygmalion Series.
The Godhead Fires. The Pygmalion Series.
Chant d'Amour.
Three Trumpeting Angels.
The Beguiling of Merlin (Merlin and Vivien).
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The March Marigold.
Hesperus. The Evening Star.
Phyllis and Demophoon.
Tree of Forgiveness.
'The Briar Rose' series, I: The Prince Enters the Briar Wood.
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Laus Veneris.
The Challenge in the Wilderness.
The Escape of Perseus.
The Passing of Venus.
The Sirens.
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The Golden Stairs.
The Hours.
Portrait of Katie Lewis.
The Wheel of Fortune.
King Cophetua and The Beggar Maid.
The Mirror of Venus.
The Tree Graces.
The Baleful Head.
The Fall of Lucifer.
Portrait of Cecily Horner.
Nymphs of the Stars.
Last Judgement.
Girl's Head.
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Elizabeth J. Outten, 88, of Townsend, died Tuesday, February 28, 2012.
Elizabeth J. Outten, 88, of Townsend, died Tuesday, February 28, 2012.
Elizabeth was born in Chicago, IL in 1923 and is survived by her husband of 59 years, Harold Outten. Also surviving are children Thomas Outten and his wife K. Ann of Loxahatchee, FL and Mary Wagner of Hatboro, PA. A daughter, Katie Raiser, is deceased. Son in law, John Raiser, also survives, as well as four grandchildren, Jennifer and Amy Wagner and Christian and Elizabeth Outten. Four brothers and one sister are deceased.
Elizabeth was a graduate of Mundelein College in Chicago (now a part of Loyola University in Chicago). After teaching briefly she left and moved to Hawaii and taught school one year on Ford Island. She met her husband in Hawaii and they married in Newport, RI in 1952 as he was then teaching at the Officer?s Training School. Because of his career in the Navy, they moved often so she did teach in other states too. She was a member of the Blessed Virgin Mary Sodality at St. Polycarp Roman Catholic Church in Smyrna.
A memorial mass was held at St. Polycarp on Saturday, March 10.
Interment was privately held in the Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Newark, DE.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Donor Service Center, P.O. Box 97151, Washington, D.C. 20090-7151.
To send a condolence, visit www.matthewsbryson.com.
Arrangements are by Matthews-Bryson Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Smyrna.


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When the Colorado Supreme Court overturned a ban on bicycles in Black Hawk on Monday, Ron Wheeler of Durango celebrated.
Wheeler, a cycling advocate, created a Facebook page, Bicyclists and Tourists Boycott Black Hawk Colorado in June 2009, to fight the ban, getting more than 1,900 followers.
The ban was basically a blight on the entire state, he said.
Black Hawk is on the southern end of Peak to Peak Highway, a scenic route popular with cyclists. Those passing through town had to walk their bikes along the towns casino-lined streets.
Cities in Colorado can ban bicycles on busy streets, but must provide an alternative bike route within 450 feet.
Incidentally, the high courts ruling mentions Durango several times in establishing Colorado as a bicycle-friendly state, noting that the Durango Wheel Club was established in the late 1800s and Durango hosted the first World Mountain Bike Championship in 1990.
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SALEM - Dozens of parents crowded the Walter F. Haigh Elementary School multipurpose room on Tuesday night to vent their frustration about the 60-year-old school's state of disrepair.
Voters at the March 12 polls rejected Article 3, which asked for $805,237 towards heating, ventilation and air conditioning improvements at Haigh School, but embraced Article 2, a $16.2 million bond article that included minor renovations at Haigh School and more major renovations at Fisk and Soule schools.
In 2012, a $21.5 million bond to renovate those three schools was rejected by voters, though the other elementary schools in the district had already undergone renovations similar to the ones being proposed.
Several board members defended their decision to offer two separate warrants, with Peter Morgan telling parents he believed that Article 2 passed "because the HVAC improvements were separate."
"The decisions we've made up until now have been the hardest ones we've ever made," board member Patricia Corbett said.
Superintendent Michael Delahanty assured parents that Haigh School hasn't been forgotten, but added that it might not be open forever.
"This is as viable and important a school as any other school in our district," Delahanty said. "We're interested in maintaining its quality right now."
The superintendent added that the school could close "at some point down the road" for economic reasons, but that's not part of the immediate plan.
According to board member Bernard Campbell Jr., Haigh School would open again this fall and "there is no date certain that an action to close this school will occur."
However, school officials agreed that enrollment levels are declining, in general, and recent studies indicate the trend will continue.
Campbell said if a decision to close Haigh School is made, it would still be "at least 15 months after that" before the school would close.
Meanwhile, parents continue to take issue with the fact that other district schools are being renovated, while Haigh School languishes.
"I need you to show my little girl and my boys that you love Haigh," parent Joseph Brito told the board. "You say it, but I don't see it."


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topic: pictures item: More from Doni date: Saturday November 10th 2007
topic: baseball item: Monster Seats! date: Sunday October 14th 2007
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topic: baseball item: Liane and I witness a no-hitter!!! date: Sunday September 16th 2007
topic: pictures item: Liane Visits Evanston for the First Time date: Tuesday September 11th 2007
topic: pictures item: Weekend in NYC! date: Tuesday July 17th 2007
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Peas N' Rice (I will pretend I didn't know there was pig fat in it).
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Race and gender are not often the most pressing of topics in the sci-fi/fantasy world — supernatural beings, mechanical monsters and general good versus evil can take precedence — but in the real world of the writers who help create that speculative fiction, such issues still weigh against the industry.
Eisner-nominated writer Brandon Easton — who recently won multiple 2014 Glyph Awards (honoring the best in comics made by, for and about people of color) for his comic series "Watson and Holmes" — decided to delve into questions and concerns that minorities working in the genre biz face by producing a documentary titled "Brave New Souls: Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Writers of the 21st Century."
Hero Complex caught up with Easton, who premiered the film at the 2014 Eagle Con on the campus of Cal State L.A., and got some answers about the project and the issues it raises.
Before completing the documentary, what did you see as the biggest problem facing black speculative fiction writers, and did that change once you finished?
The biggest problem is the lack of a marketing and promotion infrastructure. That's the ultimate obstacle, unless you're independently wealthy or have access to a sizable marketing budget. As I spoke to the various creators featured in "Brave New Souls," I realized that a few of them have been rebuffed by black geeks who seem to be under the impression that the product from black creators is automatically going to be inferior to anything produced by the mainstream. The combination of low visibility and outright rejection from our potential audience has created a perfect storm of market inaccessibility. I don't know how to change that; it's definitely going to be a serious challenge.
What was the most surprising bit of advice that came out of the documentary?
Most of the creators interviewed revealed very similar kinds of advice from mentors and industry colleagues, but the one thing that stood out was Tony Puryear and Erika Alexander talking about using radio locally and on the international stage as a way to cultivate an audience. Radio is a very personal but ubiquitous medium that can reach people quickly, and I don't know too many speculative fiction creators who use radio on a regular basis.
Is it true that women seem to have different obstacles in getting their work recognized?
There's definitely a Venn diagram of similar experiences between men/women of color and white women in how the industry and the genre audience perceives them. However, there are some different obstacles in play. Prominent white women creators get harassed publicly on a regular basis (and this doesn't mean that women of color don't get harassed; it just doesn't seem to be as public). On the other hand, white women tend to have a lot more support than creators of color in the marketplace. The genre community appears to be more willing to take a chance on a new white female creator than a creator of color. At least that's my observation.
For comic book creators, the indie route seems the way to go. Were there any you spoke to from the Big Two, and how did their experiences differ?
During the production of the documentary, I don't believe there were any black writers at the Big Two. As far as the indie route is concerned, it is liberating to have complete creative control over your material, but, again, without a large-scale marketing plan in place, you could have the most brilliant graphic novel ever created and few would know it exists.
This question permeates throughout the rest, but how did most writers overcome the stigma that may come attached with them being black?
The only way to overcome any stigma is to be exceptional. All the black writers I know are incredibly talented individuals whose work speaks for them. Quality material can supersede bias and prejudice within the industry, but convincing fans to take a chance on you is difficult. Another thing to consider is that blacks aren't stigmatized in the traditional sense across all mediums. There's less of a barrier for entry for black writers in the world of novels and short stories in relation to the mainstream comic book industry or Hollywood cinema and television. However, we have plenty of black genre authors out there with critical acclaim and modest sales, and there are a few shows and movies with black writers and directors, so the answer is complicated. Clearly, there are creators out there who've found a way to navigate the tough waters and build solid careers over the last few decades.
You premiered this at Eagle Con, which you helped set up. Do you plan to go the convention circuit or the film festival circuit, or both? Maybe the Comic-Con International Film Festival?
I plan on screening "Brave New Souls" at as many comic book conventions and film festivals as possible over the next year. I've applied for San Diego Comic Con, but I missed their film festival cutoff so I hope to get a small screening for interested parties. I want the conversation to continue, and based on the response at Eagle Con, this is a dialogue that needs to happen as often as possible.
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The BBC has been accused of a "cover up" over its role in the police raid on Sir Cliff Richard's flat following sexual assault allegations.
South Yorkshire police chief constable David Crompton claimed the corporation appeared to "distance itself from what had happened" after it broadcast the raid on the pop star's penthouse.
The BBC, which had a film crew on the scene, broke the news of the search but has been heavily criticised for its handling of the story.
The BBC has been accused of a cover-up in events concerning the police raid on Sir Cliff Richard's house
Mr Crompton said the BBC's misleading and inaccurate portrayal of its involvement in what happened led to the force making a formal complaint.
Keith Vaz, home affairs committee chairman, said the claims were a "matter of deep concern".
He has summoned the chief constable and BBC d irector general Tony Hall to appear before the committee on September 2.
The singer's apartment was searched by officers from South Yorkshire and Thames Valley police last week as part of an investigation into an alleged sexual assault on a young boy at a religious event in 1985.
Sir Cliff, who was in Portugal when the search took place, has firmly denied any wrongdoing.
Mr Crompton said the force was approached by a BBC journalist with detailed information about its investigation.
It "reluctantly agreed" to give the reporter notice of the day officers planned to search the property to dissuade the corporation from publishing details in advance and protect the "integrity of the investigation".
"It was not done in order to maximise publicity, contrary to some press reports," he wrote in a letter to Mr Vaz.
Mr Crompton said an article appeared on the BBC website on the afternoon of the raid that suggested there had been a deliberate attempt to "ensure maximum coverage" by the force.
"The force contacted the BBC but the corporation refused to withdraw or adapt the article," he said in the letter.
"This appeared to be an attempt by the BBC to distance itself from what had taken place and cover up the fact that it had initiated contact with the force about the story.
"This was misleading and was known by the BBC to be inaccurate."
Lord Hall has insisted that BBC journalists "acted appropriately" in its coverage of the story.
MPs on the committee will grill both men separately in an afternoon session in the first week back after the summer recess.
Mr Vaz said: "These are serious matters which deal with the sensitive issue of how the police conduct their investigations.The balance between mass and individual public interest must be struck appropriately and the relationships between the police and the media must always be ethical.
" I am grateful for the information provided, however, it raises even more questions. In his letter the chief constable accuses the BBC of a 'cover up' which is a matter of deep concern."
Sir Cliff's fans have rallied round the veteran star since the allegation became public and are showing their support by buying copies of his 1992 Number Seven hit I Still Believe in You with the song headed for this weekend's Top 40.
Lord Hall said the police investigation into the pop star was " clearly a significant story".
In a letter to Mr Vaz, released yesterday, he said: "I believe that BBC journalists have acted appropriately in pursuing this story. As you rightly say, the media has a right to report on matters of public interest.
"Sir Cliff Richard is one of the most successful British entertainers of all time and has been a prominent public figure for several decades. Investigations into historic sex abuse cases have - and will continue to have - a profound impact on the lives of well-known individuals and the standing of public institutions.
"The disclosure of a sex abuse allegation against Sir Cliff Richard and the police search of his property was clearly a significant story and the BBC was not alone in providing extensive coverage."
A BBC spokesman said: "We have set out our position. The story was clearly in the public interest. The police complained specifically about an analysis piece on the BBC website and subsequently, and highly unusually, we confirmed that South Yorkshire Police was not the source of our story."
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Out here we have FS folks who were cleaning up after 200,000 acre fire.. that's done for now. fucking stupid
If you mean that the RCA gets a company to come in with their own porta-potties then that would probably be OK I think. I doubt that the FS will let the RCA pay to clean their facilities.
Is it kosher to link to the donation page here? If not, it's not hard to find on the RCA website.
I was wondering what is the situation with the WM National Forest campgrounds? Are they closed completely, i.e, chained or gated so there is no access; or is access still possible to the sites but with no services.thanks
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*Editor's Note: This opinion is in response to an article titled "Medicaid expansion: A tough pill to swallow?" published in the Tuesday, Oct. 1 Lake Sun.
Kudos to your staff for publishing a well-researched and referenced article about Medicaid expansion in our state. The unbiased, well documented research your article describes shows the real facts of Medicaid expansion. Not only will it be much more cost effective than the current system, it will give the people who need it most access to medical and mental health care. Your article points out the hidden tax everyone with private health insurance pays for those without insurance. This cost shift is calculated by a study by Families USA. In 2008 the cost for uncompensated care for those with private and employer sponsored insurance was $1,017 per family or $368 per person.
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Until Medicaid is expanded, hospitals — often the largest employers in rural areas — will lose money, and perhaps ultimately will have to close their doors. At the very least, there will be lay-offs. This will have a big negative impact on the quality of life for all of us. Also, those of us who do have private health insurance will continue to pay an extra $300-$1,000 a year in our premiums for uninsured care. This is simply a hidden tax. Please contact your representatives to vote for Medicaid expansion to save lives, to save our hospitals, and to save money for all of us.


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text: SALINA � The Newton High School girls' track team barely survived a challenge from Valley Center to claim the title of the Class 5A regionals Friday at Salina District Stadium. On the last event for the girls, the 4x400-meter relay, Newton could clinch the meet by finishing no worse than one spot behind Valley Center. The Hornets took fourth and the Railers were fifth, preserving the regional title. Newton scored 113 points, followed by Valley Center with 112, Salina Central with 87 and Hays with 69. The Newton boys finished fourth out of eight teams. Hays dominated the field with 188 points, followed by Salina South at 96, Great Bend at 83 and Newton at 68. "This was the first meet we had where � it wasn't really hot � but it was hotter than most of our other meets," Newton coach Tad Remsberg said. "It was tough on our kids. We didn't run as well as we hoped. The 4x4's struggled. But overall, we did really well. In the girls' throws, senior Brooke Regier won the discus in 130-1 and fourth in the shot put in 36-11 1/2. Freshman Payton Roberts-Parker took second in the discus in 128-1 and second in the shot put in 40-1 3/4. "My shot put was pretty average today," Regier said. "I've done better. My discus wasn't my best, but it was pretty good. I'm hoping to go about 140 at state next week. I'd like to go 39 or 40 in shot. We've been practicing outdoors about the last two weeks, and that's helped. It's been nice to finally have some good weather." "It's just been an incredible year," Roberts-Parker said. "I got first in my first varsity meet. I've gotten so much support from the coaches." Roberts-Parker competed in the AAU Nationals last year, placing in fifth in the shot put, seventh in the javelin and ninth in the shot put in her age group. "The coaches didn't want me to (compete in javelin) this year," Roberts-Parker said. "I just went with what they wanted." She said her goal was to hit a 43 in shot put and just to win discus. She said Regier has been positive influence on her this season. "She is such a supporter," Roberts-Parker said. "She is never mean. She helps me a lot. We have been back and forth in discus many a time. When she is on, she is very hard to beat." "It's been nice to have someone like her to compete with," Regier said. "We've been able to help each other and push each other." Regier has signed with Fort Hays State in track. She expects to compete there in discus, hammer throw and weight throw, an indoor event. "I really liked the coaches there," Regier said. "It's a four-year school, but it's a small community, and I liked that. I like the fact that about everywhere on campus is in walking distance." "Our throwers did really well," Remsberg said. "Brooke had a very good day. We're going to miss her. She's done a lot for our team � not just competing, but her work with the summer team. We're really going to miss her. Pete (Anderson) and Justin (Helmer) have done a really done a great job with our throwers. They've been the strength of our team this year> The 4x100-meter relay team of Hailey Valdez, Larissa Espinoza, Sarah Bartel and Lauren Anderson won in 50.69. Andrea Baron took second in the 100-meter high hurdles in 15.75. The girls' 4x800-meter relay team of Ashlyn Glann, Sadie Winter, Jaiden Ochoa and Kasey Stucky placed second in 10:14.51. The Railers surged at the finish line to hold off two other teams. Lauren Duerksen took third in the javelin in 111-5. Espinoza took third in the long jump in 15-10 1/2 and third in the triple jump in 34-7 1/2. Anderson took third in the 100-meter dash in 13.02 and third in the 200-meter dash in 28.07. Valdez took third in the 400-meter dash in 1:03.23. Sarah Bartel took third in the 300-meter low hurdles in 48.22. Stucky finished third in the 3,200-meter run in 12:36.94. "Lauren Anderson had a great meet," Remsberg said. "She's been battling some shin splints. She ran very well. Larissa Espinoza has been coming on strong. She is a good jumper, a talented kid. She wasn't with us at the start of the season, but having her back has really helped us." Junior Cory Martens won the discus in 165-2 and took third in the shot put in 52-8. "(Discus) felt pretty good," Martens said "I've been practicing pretty hard the last couple of weeks. Coach Andy has been working with me in a lot of stuff, and I have improved. I haven't been able to practice very much. I think 170 is going to win (state). There's a thrower from Maize South who has been getting close to that. I know last week, he threw a 168. Whoever throws 170 will win it." Martens took third in a loaded shot put field. Teammate Joseph McConnell couldn't finish any higher than sixth with a mark that would have probably qualified in most of the other regionals. Martens had a personal best 55 last week at AV-CTL Division I to win it, "Kade Sharp from Hays threw a 56 today," Martens said "I saw him throw 58s in warm-ups. He's really good. I would like to take first in disc and second in shot at state." The 4x100-meter relay team of Peter Nelson, Matt Willis, Seth Hill and Alex Tuszynski won in 43.70. Both the boys' and girls' 4x1's were able to pull away with good exchanges with the anchor legs, while some of the other contending teams struggled with exchanges. "We worked hard on that," Remsberg said. Nelson took second in the long jump in 21-6 1/2. Zack Alexander took third in the pole vault at 11-0. Willis took third in the 110-meter high hurdles in 15.30 and fourth in the 300-meter intermediate hurdles in 40.49. The 4x800-meter relay team of Mark Krieder, Ryan Stuchlik, Joshua Robinson and Dylan Moore finished fourth in 8:38.61. "Peter Nelson jumped really well today," Remsberg said. "We were hoping to get all of our relays in. We didn't get our 4x4s in, but anytime you get your relays in, you can bring a couple of alternates and get some extra kids the state experience. That's good." Newton has about 15 state entries for the girls and about eight for the boys. The state meet is Friday and May 25 at Cessna Stadium in Wichita. "We'll try to do as well as we can," Remsberg said. "The girls have been on top of about every meet this year. The guys have been a rebuilding year for them, but I'm still proud of them. I think they'll continue to do well next week. I think some people didn't expect us to win (AV-CTL I) last week, but the kids expected it. Our guys our young. We're returning a lot of guys. We're also going to have a good freshman class next year."


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hearty turkey sausage crumbles. We have a hearty amount of sage growing in our herb garden, and I always have sweet potatoes on my shopping list. Turkey, sweet potatoes and sage-- Thanksgiving? Well, sort of. But how would I put this all together? A quiche? Pastry... pie... aha!
It's been a long time since I've had a Cornish Pasty (PAST-TEE). I've never been to Cornwall, but I've traveled around England...and I have to say that these lovely savory hand pies left a good impression on me. On occasion, my husband will join me at a British tea room (which are hard to find in our California neck of the woods), and he enjoys eating a traditional Cornish Pasty, filled with beef, onion and rutabagas. So, I did a bit of research on Cornish pasties, and developed a recipe that breaks from the traditional Cornish pasty. The pastry, however, is perfect for making traditional pasties. For American purposes, I'd say these are "Sausage Hand Pie".
For those of you who aren't familiar with pasties, here's a little bit of history:
By the end of the 18th century it was the staple diet of working men across Cornwall. Miners and farm workers took this portable and easy to eat convenience food with them to work because it was so well suited to the purpose. Its size and shape made it easy to carry, its pastry case insulated the contents and was durable enough to survive, while its wholesome ingredients provided enough sustenance to see the workers through their long and arduous working days. Source from here:
One can skip this step and buy a refrigerated pie crust. I won't judge. But, if you look in my "Recipes by Category" Index, I have shared numerous recipes for making your own pie crusts. I'm not an expert, but my family says that I make great pies. They are my most honest critics, so I thank them.
Decisions, decision, on making the dough. All butter? All shortening or lard? The more I read about pasty recipes, opinions are greatly divided. So, I decided to meet the debate half way.
I used one stick of unsalted butter and four ounces of shortening (I used Spectrum organic vegetable shortening).
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Where are you getting your information? I'm not familiar with this being a regular practice, but consider it more of an extreme solution to a problem. Kind of like hitting a nail with a thermonuclear warhead.1. Why then is a blanket block on unresolvable IP addresses becoming increasingly popular?
Hard to say. Some government systems may intentionally not resolve. Also, and I don't know the regulations over this, but many agencies may intentionally not reverse their IP's for the purpose of client privacy and such. Hard to say.2. Any opinions as to why ISP and the like do not atleast use a resolvable in.arpa reverse resolution? Especially considering that large blocks can be written out with a simple bash script?
I think it comes down to this...blocking unresolvable IPs is an option. So is instituting a white-list, black-list, ACL, etc. But just because some folks consider it an acceptable solution for THEIR situation (and maybe these folks are championing their position for whatever reason) doesn't make it a panacea for YOUR situation. I would certainly consider it a valid option if you had a limited audience for the services being presented.
For example, my client has an external FTP server specifically for business partners to push and pull (encrypted) data files through. There is a short list of partners who would use this. If we began to see suspicious activity, recon or probe attempts, etc. then instituting a policy like this would probably be a good initial step. Certainly not a complete response, and you have to be mindful of clients being cut off...but its an option.
Personally, I think I have better ways to spend my time and energy actually solving the problem. My $0.02.


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Slightly Stoopid have played a lot of different venues since forming in San Diego in the mid-1990s. Given their near constant touring schedule, you'd probably have a harder time finding places that haven't hosted the laid back reggae-rockers, who have also been a staple of the festival scene for years. Yet the band had never performed in a setting quite like TRI Studios, a state-of-the-art recording studio and "virtual venue" in San Rafael, CA owned by none other than Bob Weir.
On September 13, 2011 Slightly Stoopid gathered some friends for TRI's second-ever pay-per-view concert, which featured guest appearances by Karl Denson, Dumpstaphunk's Ian & Ivan Neville, reggae icon Don Carlos and, of course, Bob Weir. The event was also hosted, in appropriately Slightly Stoopid fashion, by celebrated comedian and marijuana enthusiast Tommy Chong. Over the course of two sets and 31 songs, Stoopid and co. dug deep into their catalog as they burned through hits like "Closer to the Sun," "Ain't Got A Lot of Money" and "Ocean," as well as covers of choice tunes like "I Know You Rider" and "Cissy Strut." While the fantastic performance was webcast live at the time, it was also recorded in crisp high definition for a future release. Now, over 18 months and a few cable broadcasts later, Slightly Stoopid and Friends: Live at Roberto's TRI Studios is finally available on DVD, CD and digital formats. We recently spoke with one of the band's frontmen, Miles Doughty, about the TRI experience, the band's 4/20 show at Red Rocks, the influence of the Grateful Dead and more.
Let's talk about your recent 4/20 show at Red Rocks. How was that?
Honestly, the 4:20 show was like heaven on earth for us as far as being in the vibe of Colorado and what you get from Red Rocks itself. You know, it was cold weather and a little bit rainy and there was snow on the ground outside the compound. But we had Cypress Hill, Tribal Seeds, Slightly Stoopid and the whole marijuana legalization movement. It really couldn't have been better and you couldn't have asked for a better crowd to play in front of too. The Colorado fans are ridiculous, it doesn't matter what the weather's like, there's ten thousand people there going nuts. So it was pretty epic.
Could you sense a different vibe there now that the marijuana laws have changed?
The vibe still the same, it's just now it's more legal. I think as far as the marijuana movement, people that smoke it and use it, it's been a culture for so long that the fact that it's legalized just means you don't have to worry about the law enforcement, but I don't really think it changed the vibe. People in Colorado have always been really cool, and that's always been a thing. For me it was more like, finally. [Laughs]
How did this TRI performance with Bob Weir come about?
Our manager got in touch with Bob Weir's people about going up there and was able to set up the jam session. Honestly it all came together, even with Ian and Ivan Neville, Don Carlos, Karl Denson, so it was pretty much like twelve-piece arsenal going to work up there. It was really cool, just the whole experience, getting to play with Bob and we've worked with the Nevilles before and the other guys. But being a fan of what The Dead have done over their careers and whatnot, it was a trip. Being in the dressing room with Bob singing harmonies with him. I was just sitting there with my guitar thinking, "Holy shit I'm sitting here with Bob Weir jamming out 'I Know You Rider'.'' So it was pretty amazing, just a surreal moment, going "Wow." And what was awesome about it was just the whole vibe it had. The microphones are all in the ceiling and the walls and everything, so it has a real ambient sound that's pretty amazing. I've never seen anything like it as far as a recording room goes, and they let you kind of set it up with your vibe and I was really happy with the finished project. It was cool because we just left the jam open. We had a list of songs we wanted to play but we didn't really sit there and do a big rehearsal together and go over it. We kind of just went for it and what you see is what you get, so it was pretty cool.
Has Slightly Stoopid been influenced by The Dead in any way?
I think that the biggest thing that we took from them was just the power of touring. It's really what no band had done before, the level they took touring to. They were a band that wasn't known commercially for their music or their CDs and whatnot, they were a touring entity that just brushed across the country. Deadheads would just travel forever and, I'm not comparing us to the Grateful Dead, but our fanbase, we like to call them Stoopid Heads, and they do the same kind of thing. They travel everywhere and watch the shows and you see the way the summer tours are and the way it always is, the fans are crazy. It's kind of like it's its own ship now, you just pull into port and it fills up with people. It's pretty crazy and we've learned that that was kind of how we liked to model our touring life, just always being on the road and realizing the blessing you have to be able to play music and give that to your fans.
Have any elements of their musical style influenced you guys?
Well yeah. We like to improv, we like to jam with a lot of different artists and have fun. Every time we go on tour we'll bring the other bands up with us and play. And I think the biggest thing is interaction with our fans. That's something that Slightly Stoopid has always done. You know, we like to play music. We're there to play music with the fans and we like to get them involved in the shows whether they're singing along or calling out songs or just situations like that and I think that's important. I think the Dead really appreciated that and they would jam forever. Their jam instrumentals were ten times the length ours are, but we definitely like to have the freestyle and the crowd participation.
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I'm attempting to find some property to hunt hogs. I just moved to the pan handle of Florida for EOD school. I'm hoping that I can find some property to go out on the weekends and relax after the stressful week of school. If anyone knows of anyone with property that is trying to get rid of hogs please let me know.
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There is quite a bit of National Forest land in and near the panhandle. The forest rangers would love for you to cull some hogs.
IIRC, you must have a Florida sprtsman's/hunting licence even though hogs are not a game animal in Florida
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Eglin and Tyndall AFBs both have hunting opportunities.
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They may or not have weekend hog hunting opportunities after deer season close. I haven't heard yet... private land is harder to find.
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So with some free time and a keyboard...
None of the WMA's I am aware of have year around, unfettered hog hunting. Blackwater (and a couple others perhaps) realize a hog population situation...
They offered some weekend hog hunting days last summer...
Private land is harder to gain written permission on but if you do find some land owners willing to let you hunt, they did away with "gun and light at night" restrictions for hog hunting on private land...
We can now do this without special permitting... But keep your ducks in a row as you may be explaining yourself to a deputy or game cop... the written permission must be in your possession while hunting private lands...
And don't shoot no runnin' dogs as there are quite a few hog doggers in the area...
We don't consider our dogs worth feeding sometimes but if one gets shot, it and all future possible offspring will be valued north of $10,000 each...
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Maureen McCormick, who played Marcia on "The Brady Bunch," claims Eve Plumb, who played her sister Jan, is upset because McCormick claimed they had a lesbian affair on the set of the '70s sitcom.
McCormick, blogging this week on Fancast.com, said all six Brady "kids" were invited to re unite on the Oprah Winfrey show in September: "All of us said yes except for one person, Eve Plumb, who used to be my best friend but now apparently wants to distance herself from the show and, most troubling, from me ... I have no idea why, unless she's mad at the joke I made a few years ago that we'd had a lesbian love affair. I made the crack to be funny — and for shock value. I'm sorry if she took off ense."
McCormick "joked" about their sapphic sex last year just before her autobiography, "Here's the Story," was published. The "joke" made the book a best seller.
Plumb's agent, Mark Measures, downplayed any animosity: "No one from 'Oprah' called. We haven't turned down anything. There is no feud."


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GREENVILLE, N.C. (June 20, 2013) —
The James and Connie Maynard Children's Hospital at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville officially opened June 20 with officials predicting that it will become a special healing place for the hundreds of thousands of children whose families live east of I-95.
The ribbon cutting on the $48.2 million facility was attended by Gov. Pat McCrory, executives of Vidant, leaders of the Brody School of Medicine and scores of community leaders. It becomes the first and only facility designed and built specifically for children in the 29-county region served by Vidant.
"This children's hospital serves the entire eastern third of the state," said Dr. Ronald Perkin, co-medical director of Maynard Children's Hospital and chair of Brody's Department of Pediatrics. "This place is more than concrete and steel; it's a place where miracles happen."
Brody Medical School dean Paul Cunningham, left, speaks with North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory, who traveled to Greenville to attend the ribbon cutting ceremony. Photo by Cliff Hollis.
Special guests for the occasion were James and Connie Maynard of Raleigh, whose $9 million gift was the largest contribution received during a fundraising campaign. The Maynards made a separate $1.5 million gift to fund an endowed chair in pediatrics at Brody. Maynard is a co-founder of the Golden Corral restaurant chain and CEO of Investors Management Corp.
As the first person to hold the Maynard chair in pediatrics, Perkin led the planning for the hospital since ground was broken almost exactly two years ago.
"The one word I have heard again and again from people after they tour this facility is, 'Wow,'" said Vidant Medical Center President Steve Lawler.
The 78,000-foot addition to the existing hospital is brightly decorated in colors soothing to children. Officials said a key focus of the design was to provide an environment conducive to patient- and family-centered care.
The facility has 130 inpatient beds, 67 outpatient beds and a special care nursery consisting of 21 beds, each in a private room.
It also has the Kids Immunosuppressed Specialty Unit (KISU), a six-bed unit for children with cancer, blood disorders and other conditions that require treatments which compromise their immune systems.
Eastern North Carolina is a place where children are valued, Perkin said. "We are working to solve our own problems of access to care," Perkin said. Quoting a recent speech by President Barack Obama, Perkin said that in this region, "We are all parents, and they are all our children."
"This first-class facility was designed by people who wanted to make the care of children and their families the best it could possibly be," said Dr. David Hermann, CEO and president of Vidant Health.
Maynard said he and his wife, who both are ECU graduates, were pleased to see this day come. "We both were raised in eastern North Carolina and we love it. Both of us do bleed purple." The Maynards were accompanied by their children and grandchildren.
The new children's hospital is so bright and welcoming that "I thought I was at Disneyland," Gov. McCrory said. He said it was heartwarming "being in an atmosphere of innovation to our children for their healing."
In addition to Maynard Children's Hospital, the ECU pediatric outpatient center receives nearly 60,000 patient visits annually.
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