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Through InsideTrack, Wisconsin lawyers can showcase expertise in different areas of the law and are now (as of Sept. 30, 2013) eligible to receive up to 15 CLE credits for writing articles.
Interested in writing for us? Our writing guidelines explain the process.
Jan. 2, 2014 – With federal and state legislation and court decisions impacting lawyers and their practices, contributing authors covered a lot of ground in the 2013 issues of WisBar InsideTrack. Here we highlight the year's top 10 articles.
Numerous attorneys submitted articles for publication in InsideTrack, which is published online twice per month and provides timely information to State Bar members. We certainly thank those who contributed this year.
Special congratulations to attorney Marcus Berghahn, of Hurley Burish & Stanton S.C. in Madison, who had the most-read article of 2013. Without further ado, we present the top 10 InsideTrack articles of 2013:
In this article, Marcus Berghahn discussed a U.S. Supreme Court case decided in April, noting that the decision would impact prosecutions for drunk driving here at home.
The case involved a Missouri man, Tyler McNeely, who declined a preliminary breath test, then refused to have his blood drawn. However, a blood sample was taken anyway, and it revealed that McNeely was over the legal limit.
In Missouri v. McNeely, the court ruled that "dissipation of alcohol" does not support a categorical exception to the warrant requirement when police want breath or blood samples. In McNeely's case, the court ruled that the sample must be suppressed.
"As a result, Wisconsin's categorical exception is no longer valid," Berghahn wrote. "Thus, McNeely changes how Wisconsin trial courts review evidentiary blood draws."
Landlord-tenant law is always a hot topic in Wisconsin. In this article, State Bar Legal Writer Joe Forward discussed proposed legislative changes in this area, gaining insight from both tenant- and landlord-side lawyers. The bill became law on Dec. 14, 2013.
Enrolled as 2013 Wisconsin Act 76, Forward explained that the bill would allow landlords to "serve eviction actions by postal mail, fast-track eviction trials, and give landlords more options to deal with the personal property of evicted tenants."
The U.S. Supreme Court made some landmark rulings related to same-sex marriage in 2013, including U.S. v. Windsor. On its face, Windsor does not impact people in states, like Wisconsin, where same-sex marriages are not recognized as valid.
But Madison attorney Christopher Krimmer, in his article, explained that the Windsor decision still impacts gay and lesbian couples who reside in Wisconsin.
"Although the hundreds of state benefits and privileges associated with marriage will remain unavailable to same-sex couples in Wisconsin," Krimmer wrote, "the Windsor decision does open the door for same-sex couples to receive some federal benefits."
Watch for Krimmer's article on federal benefits for married, same-sex couples in the January Wisconsin Lawyer magazine.
ObamaCare drew a lot of headlines this year, but Milwaukee lawyer Todd Cleary drew his own readership with an article on rule changes involving protected health information under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
The article explained new rules for employers that sponsor group health plans, and other changes related to an individual's right to obtain protected health information.
"Employers with health plans have a lot of work to do," wrote Cleary. "Employers, with the help of lawyers, should carefully review the new rules to determine if any other changes may affect their practices and activities."
West Allis lawyer Bruce Tammi, in this article, was one of the first to describe how the proposed 2013-15 budget bill would impact individuals who received long-term care by expanding the type of property the state could "recover" and from whom.
"Gov. Scott Walker's budget bill incorporates statutory changes expanding estate recovery to the probate and non-probate estates of community spouses, meaning Medicaid estate recovery claims live on after the recipient dies," Tammi wrote.
Tammi's article highlighted important changes buried deep within the budget bill, and played a role in having some of these provisions removed through another bill highlighted recently in an article by Wauwatosa lawyer Carol Wessels.
Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau lawyers Bruce Hoesly and Michael Duchek, in this article, explain how changes allow legislation to be published electronically. In addition, they explain that electronic citations can be cited as primary authority.
"Act 20 establishes a legal requirement for the LRB to electronically publish updated versions of the Wisconsin Statutes and Annotations on the Internet and allows the LRB to publish the statutes in other electronic formats as well," the authors wrote.
Madison attorney Timothy Fenner kicked off the summer with an article on waivers of liability, those contract provisions that supposedly insulate host entities or individuals from liability for injuries sustained during activities like swimming or boating.
But do they really? Fenner asked. "Waivers of liability are not invalid per se. But provisions of any such waiver are closely scrutinized and strictly construed against the party seeking to rely on it," Fenner wrote.
In the spirit of the July 4 holiday, Joe Forward explained the state's fireworks laws, noting that "state law allows local police to impose fines up to $1,000 for possession or use without a permit, extending to parents who let their kids use fireworks."
Forward highlighted what constitutes a "firework," and spoke with DNR representatives about the forest fire dangers of fireworks and what happens if fireworks set them off.
"Once a responsible party is identified, there could be charges brought against that individual at the prosecutor's discretion," said a DNR forest fire prevention specialist.
In this article, Forward provided an update on various bills that were explained or otherwise covered by the State Bar or contributing authors during the year.
Those included bills on criminal procedure, estate recovery for long-term care, landlord-tenant law, and informed consent in the physician-patient context, among other bills.
In this article, co-authors explained how Wisconsin's adoption of certain federal discovery rules "manage the difficulties that arise when privileged communications and trial preparation materials are inadvertently disclosed during discovery, particularly in the course of producing large volumes of electronically stored information."
Former Richland County Circuit Court Judge Edward Leineweber, current Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Richard Sankovitz, and Judicial Council attorney April Southwick note that around 90 percent of discoverable information is produced electrically, and e-discovery battles are waged even in small claims cases.
The Affordable Care Act (ACA), referred to commonly as Obamacare, was passed several years ago. But the law is slowly being implemented. Madison lawyer Gesina Seiler, in this article, discussed what employers (and their lawyers) should know about.
"This article gives an overview of some requirements that employers will need to comply with now and in the near future," Seiler wrote. "Lawyers should continue to monitor proposed regulations in order to properly advise clients on ACA requirements."


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Get a Free Song from Indie-Rockers Typhoon
Typhoon frontman Kyle Morton has been working on his band's new album for a long time — for his whole life, really. "White Lighter," due Aug. 20 on Roll Call Records, doesn't veer sharply away from the themes Morton has explored on previous records so much as refine them: after a bug bite led to organ failure and a kidney donated by his father, the singer, songwriter and guitarist has been operating on the premise that his time is borrowed.
"I don't know if for me there's any escaping that vein," Morton said by phone from the band's hometown of Portland, Ore. It's a concept he's explored in different ways on a pair of Typhoon LPs, two EPs and some singles, all of which, he said, have led to "White Lighter."
"It's taken up to now from when I first started writing, in a long sense," Morton said. "I've been working at writing this way. I haven't perfected what I've been trying to do, and I don't know that I ever will."
In addition to announcing "White Lighter," Speakeasy today offers a glimpse of Typhoon's latest by offering the song "Dreams of Cannibalism" as a free of charge download. The tune, the sixth track on the album, is a lushly orchestrated blend of piano, guitars, horns and rhythm, all of which frames Morton's searching vocals.
"That's kind of in the grouping of songs toward the beginning that I associate with early to middle youth, when one starts becoming very self-conscious," Morton said. "It's easy for one to go through life feeling like they're constantly being accused or indicted for a crime they're unaware of, and that song to me is that feeling."
Download "Dreams of Cannibalism" after the jump.

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Dancers to 'strut' across the stage
From the waltz to jazz steps and everything in between, the Rainbow of Rhythm show enters its 11th year showcasing the many talented dancers of Sun City.
This year about 100 dancers take the stage to the theme of "Struttin' on Broadway." Mary Maitland Kimball started the show in 2002 to combine the community's four dance clubs.
Dance was Kimball's career. She taught dance at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and Radford University before retiring to Sun City. Once she moved to the community, she again returned to choreographing not only the Rainbow of Rhythm shows, but also The Follies, the Synchronettes and other musical shows.
"I wanted to celebrate the International Dance Week which is honored during the week of April 28," Kimball said. "While we don't always get to perform during that week anymore, Rainbow of Rhythm is still a celebration of dance."
The ballroom dancers, linedance club, Sun City Squares and Sundancers, which features tap, jazz, ballet, Irish, practice all year to perform this 24-number show.
As the dancers prepare to strut their stuff on the stage, the choreographers were challenged to come up with music from a Broadway show.
For Jean Bye, this year's show is extra important to her as she was named producer. While she has danced her entire life, starting at five years old, Bye has never produced a show.
She practiced jazz, tap and baton twirling until she was 13 years old. In college, she taught tap on Saturday mornings and choreographed a few high school shows. When she moved to Sun City, she was happy to return to dancing.
"It has been mentally stimulating to be the producer. I am surprised at the many people who step up and help prepare for the show," she said. "I'm the type of person who doesn't like to procrastinate so I started planning in August."
Bye has almost everything prepared and said the rest is up to dancers. While she is not only the producer, she is also a performer in three numbers with the Sundancers.
"It is a lot of fun learning the dances and enjoying the camaraderie as we practice new steps and skills," Bye said.
Since September, the Sundancers have practiced once a week the new songs and steps required for the show. Several outside dance teachers teach inside Sun City.
Dawn Rosa and Sanny Wartko from Bluffton School of Dance along with Beaufort Middle School dance teacher Nancy McDuffee are just a few of the teachers who challenge the residents with new steps and dances.
The songs included this year will give the audience a glimpse from popular Broadway shows. Tango dancers will move to "Buenos Aires" from "Evita." Other songs sure to captivate are "Be Italian" from "Nine" and a piece from "Hairspray" and "Thoroughly Modern Millie."
"The costumes are amazing and the dancers spend a lot of money on it so we aren't going to have a big backdrop that would take away from them," Bye said. "In the 'Hairspray' number, we have a lot of fun. Some will have the bouffant hair as we try to look like teenagers doing the swim, stroll. It's a very aerobic dance."
What: Rainbow of Rhythm presents "Struttin' on Broadway"
When: 7 p.m. April 12, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. April 13
Where: Magnolia Hall
Cost: $15
Details: Tickets can be purchased at the Magnolia Box Office from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and one hour before each show. For more information, call Vince Taylor at 705-7707.


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a question came up: Dzogchenpa* how can we translate it into Pali (meaning from a theravada view)
Can you help me out what are the attributes (mental, proficiency...) of Dzogchen
equivalent something likerdzogs chen - great perfection, great completeness, mahasandhi, maha ati, total completeness, absolute perfection, total natural perfection
rdzogs - finishing, completion, to be exhausted, finished, out of, perfectly comprehends, consummated, will completely manifest, is perfected, perfectly
chen great
Now it is needed to prove the qualities of both. Thanks!!Arahatta
Arahatta1 (nt.) [abstr. formation fr. arahat˚, 2nd base of arahant in compn.: see arahant iv.2] the state or condition of an Arahant, i. e. perfection in the Buddhist sense = Nibbāna (S iv.151) final & absolute emancipation, Arahantship, the attainment of the last & highest stage of the Path (see magga & anāgāmin). This is not restricted by age or sex or calling. There is one instance in the Canon of a child
*Dzogchen on a hint edit into Dzogchenpa


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I had never heard of any of this shitte before, but apparently there are a large growing category of computer/phone/tablet games called "Free-to-Play" (or F2P) that use highly sophisticated psychological manipulation techniques to induce players to spend money to "upgrade" their experience of the game and progress faster and/or farther than otherwise. And some players spend thousands of dollars per year doing so!
Here is an interesting quote from the linked article:
"Hard" Boosts include things like the random rare creatures that are sold in PaD for $5 each. Having these in your stable effectively lowers the difficulty of the game enough to allow you to get a little bit further with each purchase. A technique that is very popular in Asian games with hard Boosts (PaD included) is to allow hard Boosts to be "merged" to allow for even bigger hard Boosts. This makes the math involved in figuring out exactly how expensive a very high quality hard Boost will be, daunting. It may even be completely invisible to the consumer due to the various drop %s being hidden. Thus the best hard Boosts in these games typically cost thousands of dollars, a fact that is hidden to the user until they are already invested for at least a few hundred dollars. This puts the consumer in the difficult position of giving up and losing the equity already purchased, or going "all the way" and spending some unknown large amount to get the top Boost. Some of these techniques, sometimes called "kompu gacha", are already facing regulation in Asia due to their excessive layering and lack of transparency.


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Bully For Michigan!: Religion Exemption For School Harassment May Fail
Good news from Michigan! The state legislature is moving toward anti-bullying legislation that does not include an exemption for religiously motivated harassment.
As we reported to you earlier, the state Senate passed a measure to deal with bullying in public schools. But, remarkably, senators included an exemption for those who act out of "sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction."


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DETROIT - As a young man, James A. Hearn, knew that he would one day become a teacher. There was something in his spirit that motivated him to relate to young children. He concluded that whatever talents that the Lord had been placed in him, he could use them to touch the lives of children.
He has been serving in the Detroit Public School System for 21 years, 8 of those as a principal at Marcus Garvey Academy. Marcus Garvey is a school of choice with close to 500 students. It is located on the east side at Van Dyke and Kerchaval. For those who enter this Detroit Public School, they will enter into a world of learning, motivation, personal growth, excitement and fun, with Principal Hearn clearly at the helm.
The school is painted with bright colors with black, green and red being the base colors. There is plenty of lighting and decorations on all the walls. Each decoration has a meaning. Each hallway is a boulevard, like the Obama Boulevard. Each classroom is named after a college or university. As the students walk the hallway there is a green line on each side, they all walk on that line. The center of the hallway is clear; teachers and other personnel walk up the middle. There is no loud talking or misbehaving. The students are pleasant with smiles and bright eyes.
While visiting various classrooms with Principal Hearn, I noticed when he walks in the room, and acknowledges the teacher, the teacher then looks at the students and they stand and say a little welcome to him. Upon visiting a fourth grade class, the students were doing their geometry work, with a computer. He would ask them various questions about what was on their worksheet. Each one explained how they were calculating the angles and feeding the answers into the computer. WOW, fourth graders in a Detroit Public High School.
Principal Hearn mentors young men after they graduate from his school. Every teacher, male and female, must mentor at least one student.
When asked what keeps him up at night. He says, "Did I give it my best today. Did I miss impacting a child that needed to be motivated"? He says he runs different faces through his head, remembering how he interacted with each one.
As a handsome well educated man, who is single, I asked "Are you married to your job? He states, "Kind of sort of, but I am starting to look at my options now" and laughs.
Principal James Hearn is an "Everyday Hero, who is making a big difference.
On a daily basis in spite of ones life's struggles and challenges, there are some people who reach out an make a positive impact on the lives of others. That is why Local 4 and a prominent local clergyman, Rev. V. Lonnie Peek, Jr. have teamed up to find those people and tell their stories.
Do you know an everyday hero in your life? E-mail us and tell us about them.
About Rev. Lonnie Peek, Jr.
Rev. V. Lonnie Peek, Jr. located in Detroit in 1975. After teaching 2 years in DPS, he went to WSU receiving a Masters of Social Work, an activist on campus he created the Association of Black Students. He is an entrepreneur and serves on such civic boards as New Detroit, Inc, Detroit Riverfront Conservancy and the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation. With extensive radio background expanding 25 years, he writes a weekly column for the Michigan Chronicle. He has been a regular on local/ national television shows dealing with political and social issues An ordained minister and seminary graduate, he serves on the executive committee and is the public relations chairman for the Council of Baptist Pastors of Detroit and Vicinity and is Assistant Pastor at Greater Christ Baptist Church.
Copyright 2012 by ClickOnDetroit.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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Party spokeswoman Candace Martin said John Wolfe hasn't complied with Arkansas' delegate selection rules and hasn't turned in two mandatory documents. Martin said the national party has told the Arkansas Democratic Party that delegates Wolfe might claim won't be recognized at the national convention.
"The national Democratic Party has informed us that Mr. Wolfe isn't a candidate who's been participating in good faith. He's been completely noncompliant with the Arkansas delegate selection plan," Martin said in an interview with The Associated Press, the party's first public acknowledgement that Wolfe wouldn't be entitled to delegates.
Wolfe missed deadlines to certify an authorized representative for his campaign in the state and to provide a necessary statement of participation to the state party, Martin said. The Louisiana Democratic Party last month refused to award Wolfe any delegates for the same reason, despite him winning 12 percent of the vote in that state's primary.
Wolfe, who filed paperwork with the state on March 1 and paid a $2,500 filing fee, blasted the party's decision.
"The people of Arkansas will speak, and if they want to disenfranchise the people who vote for John Wolfe it'll be a terrible reflection on the Democratic Party nationally and in Arkansas," Wolfe said.
Wolfe could win a significant amount of the vote in Arkansas, where Obama remains deeply unpopular. The president hasn't visited the state since 2006, before he was a candidate, and many of the state's top Democrats have said he has little to no chance here in November. Obama lost Arkansas by 20 points to Republican nominee John McCain in the 2008 general election.
Wolfe has said he's running because he believes the president hasn't been progressive enough, but he and other Democratic candidates are attracting votes in conservative states.
Keith Judd, who is serving time at the Beaumont Federal Correctional Institution in Texas for making threats at the University of New Mexico in 1999, won 41 percent of the vote in West Virginia's Democratic presidential primary earlier this month. In Oklahoma, anti-abortion protester Randall Terry got 18 percent of the primary vote in March.
Before Thursday's decision, Wolfe would have been allowed to compete for delegates if he had won at least 15 percent of the vote in Arkansas' primary.


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Are you ready for Renegade?
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Heads up and index classes join the Mr. Gasket $53,100 Super Series twice in 2013.
NORWALK, Ohio – "What do you think about drag racing?"
Tom Cowle looked intently at Kristal on their first date, searching for a flicker of shared interest.
"Before eight years ago, I had never been to a drag race," Kristal said. "I said, 'I don't know anything about it.' By his reaction I didn't know if there would be date number 2."
Racing a 1994 Camaro at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio at the time, Tom Cowle introduced Kristal to his race track world. She embraced it; they married.
Now Kristal Cowle carries on Tom's passion and legacy at the helm of the Renegade Racing Association which Tom Cowle and three other racers – Paul Suloff, Al Matuska, and Chris Klink – founded in the fall of 2009.
"Four years ago there was a group of displaced racers," said Kristal Cowle, Geneva, Ohio. "Four guys got together to create a home for them. In 2010, our first season, we had one class, an 8.90 index with 13 racers."
Jim Curtis allowed the group to race at Thompson Raceway Park, Kristal Cowle said.
"Once the Founding Four got it off the ground, Tom took over as the director," Kristal Cowle said, adding that about the same time, the young family coped with Tom's diagnosis of Lou Gehrig's disease and frustrations of the degenerative illness.
Often, the Renegade Racing Association buoyed Tom's sense of purpose.
"When the series started I came home from work one day," Kristal Cowle said. "It was like Christmas morning, he was so excited. He lived vicariously through the racers."
In 2013 the eight events on the schedule include two – June 1 and Sept. 7 -- along with the Mr. Gasket $53,100 Super Series at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio.
To expand the association, Kristal Cowle negotiated with Kurt Johnson, track manager at Summit Motorsports Park, to spice the Mr. Gasket $53,100 Super Series with heads up and index racing.
"I got the green light from Kurt just enough to say we were coming to Norwalk," Kristal Cowle said. "I saved it for the end of my banquet. The uproar; the excitement; the cheering -- it was exciting!
"And 2013 is setting up to be by far the best, expanding to Norwalk," Kristal Cowle said.
The four current classes in the Renegade Racing Series include:
• Mickey Thompson Outlaw Unlimited Street, a heads up class where the first one to the finish line wins.
• Jim Mikesina Security 8.90 index, the original class of the series, with cars hitting speeds of 140 mph to 153 mph.
• 2Fast Garage 9.90 index, in its second season, with speeds of 120 mph to 130 mph.
• Chumley Motorsports 10.50 index, in its third season, with speeds of 118 mph to 128 mph.
Linking her husband's passion to the next generation, Kristal plans to rebuild Tom's 1994 Camaro so their now 14-year-old daughter may race it in the 10.50 class some day, she said.
And any age of racers hungering for a little bit of heads up or index action gather information from the Renegade Racing Association Website.
"We do quite a bit of posting on our Facebook page," Kristal Cowle said. "We tell everyone to go to our Website for the rules. Because we're a street-appearing class, we don't allow decals on the cars.
"It has to look like it can be driven on the street," Kristal Cowle said.
While the two events at Summit Motorsports Park count in the Renegade Racing Association season points race, people not entered in points may participate. The cost is $55 at the gate for index classes, or $75 for outlaw unlimited street, Kristal Cowle said.
"Coming to Norwalk, I anticipate good car counts there," Kristal Cowle said, adding registration lasts until May 11, 2013 for the season points race.
Tom left Kristal and the children with his legacy and the people he loved. Through the most difficult times, friends in the Renegade Racing Association made all the difference.
"We are like one huge family," Kristal Cowle said. "It's a great family group of people.
"The last year I stayed at home with him," Kristal Cowle said. The responsibility of running the association gradually shifted to her. "This is what we did, day in and day out. I didn't know I was being prepped for this.
"He really only had a bad two weeks," Kristal Cowle said. "We went on vacation in January. In 2012 in February, he passed away on a Sunday. On Friday he was still working on Renegade stuff.
"He wouldn't let me tell them that he had taken a turn for the worse, because they couldn't change anything."
A hands-on single mom with three children ages seven through 14, Kristal tends the fledgling organization between packing lunches and after-school functions.
"I was substitute teaching for a while," Kristal Cowle said. "I was talking with a coworker at the time. The job I don't get paid for is literally the best job. I can't imagine not doing what I do. Ten years ago if you asked me what I was going to do in 10 years, I never would have come up with this.
"It's heartbreaking at the same time how I got it," Kristal Cowle said. "Tom left us with something to fill our days. This is the best medicine, it really is: getting to carry on."
Each season the Renegade Racing Association advances further into the mainstream drag racing community.
"Jim Curtis gave us the opportunity and Kurt (Johnson) and Bill (Bader Jr.) opened the doors and welcomed us in," Kristal Cowle said. "It's really exciting. I'm so excited to get to Norwalk and get to run there. It will be great."


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YULEE, Fla. - A jury on Tuesday convicted a man charged with causing a crash that killed six members of an extended family on U.S. Highway 1 north of Callahan in 2010.
Pedro Alcazar, 42, who's represented himself, was found guilty of six counts of vehicular homicide in the deaths of two women and four children. He now faces up to life in prison. A sentencing hearing is set for Feb. 13.
Alcazar took the stand Tuesday and had an emotional breakdown, saying his car had a tire blowout, which caused him to crash.
"Your honor, I'm innocent. I didn't do those things," Alcazar said. "I promise to those kids' lives I didn't do this. Those are the wrong accusations."
The state, however, said his reckless driving caused him to have a blowout while he was spinning out of control. Prosecutors said he was speeding and driving erratically.
"Mr. Alcazar, you lost control of your car because you were going too fast, over the speed limit, you were trying to pass a car and didn't leave enough room to make the pass. Isn't that what happened?" prosecutor Stephen Siegel asked.
"If those are your assumptions, you're wrong and so are they because that never happened," Alcazar said.
THE VICTIMS: LEFT: Brenda Mitchell Edwards, 57, of Jacksonville, and Melissa Mitchell, 39, of Lawrenceville, Ga. RIGHT: Miya Mitchell 11, of Lawrenceville, Dhanja Mitchell, 16, of Jacksonville, and 4-year-old…
The crash happened just before 5 p.m. April 2, 2010, near Kelly's RV Park, about five miles north of Callahan.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, all the victims who died were riding in a four-door Nissan.
The driver, 39-year-old Melissa Mitchell, of Lawrenceville, Ga., along with her 11-year-old daughter Miya and 4-year-old twin boys Christian and Keyshawn were killed in the wreck.
Brenda Mitchell Edwards, 57, of Jacksonville, who was the front-seat passenger and Mitchell's mother, and her 16-year-old granddaughter D'hanja also died in the crash.
Investigators said a Chevrolet Camaro, driven by Alcazar, was headed south at a high speed and attempted to pass the victims' vehicle.
Troopers said the Camaro sideswiped the Nissan, causing it to lose control and overturn.
As the families left from opposite sides of the courtroom Tuesday, Alcazar's loved ones embraced the Mitchells and apologized, something they say they've been wanting to do for nearly four years.
"It means a lot to me," said Loretta Bailey, a relative of the victims. "It really does. It means a lot to me to know that at least they can feel what my family is feeling."
Bailey said Melissa Mitchell will be remembered for her soft-spoken voice; D'hanja, for her love of writing music; the twins, who got a kick out of confusing their family; Miya, who she says was as sweet as a baby doll; and Brenda Edwards, for her ability to make others laugh.
"They were wonderful, absolutely wonderful," Bailey said.
Edwards was former Jaguar Larry Smith Jr.'s mom.
"It's very hard watching and reliving, and all the events that took place and seeing the evidence and the photos, and just listening to all the testimony, it was real grueling," Smith said.
"He took my mother, which is my first love, my sister, that was my best friend, my first niece, my twin nephews and my daughter," Monique Mitchell said. "I can never see any of those kids grow up. My mom can't see them anymore. He took everything from me."
Alcazar has also lost out on seeing his granddaughter, born on the day of the accident.
"We have to look at her every day and see the loss of those six people, and our heart goes out to them," said Tammy Masse, the mother of Alcazar's daughter.
It's a been a painful road for the Mitchells, who are so appreciative of the community's support.
"For feeling our pain and sharing in our pain, and I thank them for that," Bailey said.
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Location: Peanut ResearchTitle: Clonality and sex impact aflatoxigenicity in Aspergillus populations Author
|Carbone, Ignazio
|Horn, Bruce
|Olarte, Rodrigo
|Moore, Geromy
|Worthington, Carolyn
|Monacell, James
|Singhi, Rakhi
|Stone, Eric
|Hell, Kerstin
|Chulze, Sofia
|Barros, German
|Wright, Graeme
|Naik, Manjunath
Submitted to: Fungal Genetics Conference/Asilomar
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 2/20/2013
Publication Date: 3/12/2013
Citation: Carbone, I., Horn, B.W., Olarte, R.A., Moore, G.G., Worthington, C.J., Monacell, J.T., Singhi, R., Stone, E.A., Hell, K., Chulze, S.N., Barros, G., Wright, G., Naik, M.K. 2013. Clonality and sex impact aflatoxigenicity in Aspergillus populations. Fungal Genetics Conference. Pacific Grove, CA. March 12-17, 2013. Interpretive Summary: none required.
Technical Abstract: Species in Aspergillus section Flavi commonly infect agricultural staples such as corn, peanuts, cottonseed, and tree nuts and produce an array of mycotoxins, the most potent of which are aflatoxins. Aspergillus flavus is the dominant aflatoxin-producing species in the majority of crops. Populations of aflatoxin-producing fungi may shift in response to: (1) clonal amplification that results from strong directional selection acting on a nontoxin- or toxin-producing trait; (2) disruptive selection that maintains a balance of extreme toxigenicities and diverse mycotoxin profiles; (3) sexual reproduction that results in continuous distributions of toxigenicity; or (4) female fertility/sterility that impacts the frequency of sexual reproduction. Population shifts that result in changes in ploidy or nuclear DNA composition (homokaryon versus heterokaryon) may have immediate effects on fitness and the rate of adaptation in subsequent fungal generations. We found that A. flavus populations with regular rounds of sexual reproduction maintain higher aflatoxin concentrations than predominantly clonal populations and that the frequency of mating-type genes is directly correlated with the magnitude of recombination in the aflatoxin gene cluster. Genetic exchange within the aflatoxin gene cluster occurs via crossing over between divergent lineages in populations and between closely related species. During adaptation, specific toxin genotypes may be favored and swept to fixation or be subjected to drift and frequency-dependent selection in nature. Results from mating experiments in the laboratory indicate that fertility differences among lineages may be driving genetic and functional diversity. Differences in fertility may be the result of female sterility, changes in heterokaryotic state, DNA methylation, or other epigenetic modifications. The extent to which these processes influence aflatoxigenesis is largely unknown, but is critical to understand for both fundamental and practical applications, such as biological control. Our work shows that a combination of population genetic processes, especially asexual/sexual reproduction and fertility differences coupled with ecological factors, may influence aflatoxigenicity in these agriculturally important fungi.


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Game On at the CU Water Cooler Symposium: Onsite Coverage
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — It's literally game on at the CU Water Cooler Symposium.
This year, the 125 attendees gathered at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts were issued a gaming challenge for prizes ranging from Brent Dixon's new album and variety of cool gadgets, to an interactive badge granting access to SXSW.
The top prize? Becoming a CU Water Cooler editor, who in addition to blogging, sharing their daily links of what they're reading, will have the opportunity to speak at the next symposium.
- WATCH the live stream from the CU Water Cooler Symposium
- READ more coverage of the CU Water Cooler Symposium
Described at the start as the true interactive game-fication of the conference, attendees were split into randomly selected teams indicated on their badge by colors of red, purple, green, blue or gold.
The teams and individuals have one day to complete missions ranging from publishing a blog post about how to apply retail lessons of Nashville's Broadway to credit union operations and asking a question during the Q&A to performing karaoke to a country song of choice.
Each task has been assigned a range of points, and attendees turn in their sheets Friday morning.
While for the most part honor-based, ultimate verification happens on Twitter. If it hasn't been posted, then it didn't happen.
The true goal? Get people exploring, thinking and networking in a new way; basically living the whys behind launching the CU Water Cooler and Symposium three years ago.


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Cody Zeller is in the top-3 of every NBA general manager and scout that ESPN's Chad Ford has communicated with.
Zeller is playing a lead role on Indiana, the No. 1 school in the country.
Zeller likely would have been a top-10 pick in 2012, but the development and increase in strength he has undergone over the past few months has elevated his draft stock.


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Chairman Mario Cordero announced that the following FMC Senior Executives have taken on new leadership responsibilities:
FMC Chairman Mario Cordero stated: "I thank the Commission's Senior Executives for their continued commitment to the important work of the Commission, and especially thank Ms. Carr, Ms. Fenneman and Ms. Kusumoto for taking on their new leadership responsibilities. I look forward to working with them in their new roles."
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"We are trying to crack the problems other people won't face" – How Ormiston is helping East Anglia's forgotten children
PUBLISHED: 10:42 15 November 2012 | UPDATED: 10:46 15 November 2012
In the first of a week-long series focusing on the work of East Anglia's leading children's charity, MARK SHIELDS reports on Ormiston Children and Families Trust's mission to support children, whatever challenges they face.
Introducing Ormiston
Ormiston Children and Families Trust works across seven counties in the East of England to bring about its vision of "a world where every child is loved, nurtured and valued".
The Ormiston Trust was founded by the family of Fiona Ormiston Murray, who died tragically in a car crash on her honeymoon in 1969.
The charity trust became a separate entity in 1992, and works to identify and respond to children's needs, whatever challenges they face.
With 160 staff and around 140 volunteers, it runs more than 40 services in East Anglia, including children's centres, visiting support services in prisons, family intervention projects and parenting support programmes.
Last year, it received £5.74m through fundraising, trusts and foundations, and public and statutory grants, and reached more than 130,000 children.
This week the Eastern Daily Press will be shining a light on the main strands of Ormiston Children and Families Trust's work in the region, and explaining how you can play your part in supporting the charity's work.
To find out more about Ormiston's work, see www.ormiston.org, call 01473 724517 or email firstname.lastname@example.com
When Geoff Prescott insists the causes the Ormiston Children and Families Trust supports are not popular – "not the glamorous ones" – there is not a trace of bitterness to his voice.
"That's the reality of the situation," says its chief executive. "The challenging causes we take on are the ones that other charities and other groups will not.
"We are looking to crack really difficult problems. We don't mind failing because we are trying. We are trying to crack the problems other people won't face."
What Ormiston is trying to crack – and, more often than not, succeeding in cracking – is how to offer support to children and young people on society's margins: those affected by drug and alcohol abuse, domestic violence, imprisonment and the effects of poverty.
Last year, Ormiston reached more than 130,000 children in East Anglia – working in homes, schools, children's centres and prisons – but funding is harder than ever to secure, and demand shows no sign of abating.
"What we do is identify and respond to the needs of children, whatever challenges they face," said Mr Prescott.
"We deal with the most challenging children and carers.
"The kind of people who are never supported by other charities and not dealt with."
"We try to focus on them in a holistic way, which means if we can't solve the problem with the child on their own, we look for what is causing the problem and deal with the whole thing together."
One of Ormiston's flagship projects is its pioneering outreach programme for gypsy and traveller communities. It has been one of its biggest successes and an example of the charity's determination to engage with groups that risk being forced out of mainstream society and forgotten.
"Gypsy and traveller families are subject to more racism than any other community in the UK," said Mr Prescott.
"The children grow up with a lot of issues. They are 18 times more likely to die in the first year of life than other children. They have issues with literacy. They often leave school early because of problems with bullying or prejudice.
"It's unjustified – like all forms of racism – and we work with them because others don't."
Ormiston teams work with traveller communities to engage teenagers in educational projects, offering them the chance to overturn stereotypes and showcase the positives of their culture.
One recent course in Cambridgeshire culminated in a photography exhibition which is currently touring East Anglia, with all participants receiving a GCSE-equivalent qualification to open the door into continued study or employment.
It is just one of Ormiston's schemes to extend a hand to those who risk being forgotten or who may feel they are being actively cut out of society.
All but one of East Anglia's prisons have visitor centres run by Ormiston Children and Families Trust, where teams of staff and volunteers work to maintain and strengthen bonds between families separated by the prison walls.
By reducing the destructive effect of a parent's imprisonment on children, Ormiston tries to make sure families do not have to pay twice for an offence, and nor does society.
"When people go into prison, their families are often plunged into poverty, they suffer bullying and their lives are turned upside down," said Mr Prescott.
"And the figures show that around 70pc of children of male prisoners will themselves be in the criminal justice system pretty quick.
"That's a terrible thing for society." Ormiston has led the way in developing special "children's visits" to prison where, once a month, children can spend quality time with the parent in jail in as close to a family setting as possible. The visits, however brief, allow the parent an active influence in their child's life by helping with school work or simply playing together.
The model has proven such a success it has been adopted by other authorities and charities and is now in use across the country.
Funding for the charity – and indeed the entire voluntary sector – is becoming increasingly hard to access, with people having less disposable income to donate to such causes.
At the same time, economic conditions mean the services Ormiston provides to some of those in greatest need are needed more than ever.
"We have been very heavily affected by the cuts," said Mr Prescott, adding that in just a year the value of Ormiston's statutory funding had dropped by 44pc, though it still remained the major source of income. Figures show that 98pc of funds received by the charity in the past financial year were put towards charitable expenditure, placing it among the most efficient in the sector.
"We have had to look closely at how we will raise money. The reality is that the challenging things we tackle are not the popular ones," said Mr Prescott. "We have to raise money, and as conditions get difficult we are having to do more and more."
"When we tell people about what we do, they are supportive and positive. But not enough people know about us – we are trying to change that."
Part of Ormiston's strategy has been a rebrand and relaunch, funded by a dedicated grant, in an attempt to make more people aware of its work.
A winter shopping bazaar fundraiser in London last week attracted the Duchess of Cambridge, her sister, Pippa Middleton, and Princess Beatrice.
But glamorous evenings in Mayfair are not Ormiston's aim, Mr Prescott stresses, merely a means to achieving them. "This is not a business disguised as a charity," he said.
"We have people here who want to help. We are trying to make a difference to people's lives, and we are deadly serious about it."


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Today's tip is provided by Juan Soto, Senior Access Developer at AccessExperts.net. His blog is at AccessExperts.net/blog and you can subscribe to it by clicking here. Juan is a frequent speaker at Access user groups nationwide and was a participant in the last Access developers kitchen for Access 2010. He can be reached through his website or his blog.
The TempVars collection has the ability to save you time, improve the reliability of your programming and provide you with new ways to share information across your application.
TempVars were introduced starting in Access 2007 and represented a major addition to the arsenal of tools for professional developers. With it, developers can now store their global variables in a stable environment that will retain values regardless of program crashes.
Before TempVars, developers had limited choices when using application wide variables: module level variables; hidden forms or tables. There are drawbacks to each approach, with module variables being the worst since they initialize if your program encounters an error, losing their assigned values in the process.
Use TempVars Everywhere
TempVars have no such limitation. They retain their values when your code encounters an error and can be used in Forms, Queries, Reports and code. You initialize them when your application starts and they disappear when your application terminates. In short, their a great way to share information across your program!
TempVars Collection
The Add method is how you add new variables to the collection.
TempVars.Add Name, Value
Where Name is the name of your variable and Value is of course the value you wish to assign it. Some examples:
TempVars.Add "strAppName", "Test Application" TempVars.Add "lngClientID", 123456789 TempVars.Add "bolLoginAgain", True
Once assigned you can now use the value in your queries and code using the following methods:
All three methods above would return "Test Application".
Remove Method
Use this method to remove the variable or use RemoveAll to get rid of all of them.
One particular advantage of using TempVars is their availability in queries, which you can't do with global variables without using a function. I created an entire multi-franchise database system using TempVars to differentiate between franchisee data. It made my life easier and improved the reliability of my application.
I encourage you to start using TempVars in your code and your queries in place of module variables or classes, providing your users with a better experience and making your code more powerful.
Juan Soto
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Standoff suspect pleads not guilty
BRATTLEBORO -- Less than 24 hours after police forced his surrender with tear gas following a lengthy standoff, a Vernon man was released from custody Tuesday.
Thaddeus Cross, 42, still faces three charges related to the Monday incident, which brought more than 30 police officers to his Fort Bridgman Road apartment and forced evacuations. He also must report daily to police, refrain from drinking and adhere to other rules.
But Judge John P. Wesley, relying in part on an expert's evaluation, decided to not impose bail that might have kept Cross behind bars. That came at the request of defense attorney James Valente, who argued that his client will not flee and is not dangerous.
"The person who did his assessment -- his mental-health assessment -- found he was not a risk to himself or others," Valente said.
Cross appeared in Windham Superior Court Criminal Division for arraignment and entered a not-guilty plea for three charges -- unlawful restraint, reckless endangerment and simple assault attempted by menace.
He had been held overnight at Southern State Correctional Facility in Springfield after police said he threatened himself and others during a day-long standoff at 4591 Fort Bridgman Road.
More details emerged Tuesday in a court affidavit. Vernon police Sgt. Bruce Gauld said he was notified at 7:39 a.m. that Cross had been cutting himself in his apartment.
"I was also informed he had threatened to shoot any police officer that responded," Gauld wrote.
While Cross' criminal record consists only of a conviction for driving under the influence, the affidavit shows he is no stranger to police.
"I know him to frequently consume alcohol. He has a past history of depression and threatening suicide," Gauld wrote. "I also know him to have several firearms in his residence. I have witnessed a rifle behind his apartment's front door, which in the past he claimed was loaded."
Due to those circumstances, Gauld called for backup. A number of Vermont state troopers responded, including the state police tactical support unit.
The affidavit says another tenant in the building had been receiving suicidal text messages and photos from Cross starting at 2:30 a.m.
The tenant, a woman, responded by asking Cross whether his guns had been put away.
"Cross responded that they were," Gauld wrote. "She asked if she could bring him some bandages, and he said she could."
She went to Cross' apartment and, before she could knock, the suspect opened the door and pulled her in, police said. Locking the door behind her, Cross stood between the woman and the door "waving a gun around," Gauld wrote.
"Cross told her not to worry, it was only a BB gun," the affidavit says. "He then put the gun to his own head and pulled the trigger but nothing happened."
Police said Cross also took the woman's cell phone but became distracted when it rang, allowing the victim to escape.
"Cross ran after her and gave her back the cell phone and then retreated to his apartment," Gauld wrote. The woman "then started getting text messages from Cross again, calling her names and telling her he had the gun in his mouth."
Acting Vernon Police Chief Keith Clark has said others tried to coax Cross from his apartment, but with no success. The same was true for police who lost contact with the suspect around 6:30 p.m. Monday and resorted to using tear gas a few hours later.
Cross surrendered after police fired a second round of tear gas, authorities have said. No injuries were reported, but the standoff forced evacuation of several other apartments in the same building and closed a section of Route 142.
In court Tuesday afternoon, Windham County State's Attorney Tracy Shriver asked the judge to maintain $2,500 bail that had been set for Cross after his arrest.
She called his behavior "erratic" and "unpredictable," noting alleged "indications by Mr. Cross that he was not going to go quietly."
But Valente, in an interview after the court proceeding, cited the expert assessment of his client and said "the problem here is not a mental-health issue . . . but the result of excessive intoxication."
He also referred to Cross as "very competent."
"I was pleasantly surprised how grounded he was and self-conscious," Valente said.
In court, Valente also said Cross -- who has lived in Vernon for a dozen years and has family in the area -- is not a risk to flee from authorities.
"His ties to the community are extremely strong," the attorney said.
In fact, Valente said his client intended to return to his apartment upon leaving the courthouse Tuesday.
After hearing those arguments, Wesley noted that "bail is intended to be imposed only when there is significant danger of nonappearance" for future hearings.
In this case, Wesley said, the other conditions imposed on Cross "not only are appropriate to protect the public but also to ensure appearance."
Those conditions include:
-- Cross must report to police daily between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m. Because Cross also must take a test to show he has not been drinking, and because Vernon police don't have the proper equipment for that test, he must travel to the Brattleboro police station.
-- He is not allowed to have any contact with the woman he allegedly threatened or with the building's manager.
-- He must be fingerprinted and photographed.
-- Cross also must complete a substance-abuse assessment within 30 days.
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Ronald Reagan State Building
300 S. Spring Street
2nd Floor, North Tower
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Tel: (213) 830-7000
Clerk's Office Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Located in the Ronald Reagan State Building, the court is near the Los Angeles Civic Center, at the corner of 3rd & Spring Streets. The court is freeway accessible from both the 110 freeway (4th street exit) & 101 freeway (Spring Street exit), with public parking available across the street from the building.
The pedestrian entrance to the Ronald Reagan State Building is located on Spring Street between 3rd and 4th Street. The building is located on the corner of 3rd and Spring Street.
The Courtroom is located on the Third Floor of the Ronald Reagan State Building and is accessible from either tower, but the simplest route is via the north tower.
If you are taking the stairs next to the pillar with North Tower printed on it, when you reach the third floor, turn left and take the small walkway to the Courtroom.
If you are taking the elevator to the right of the pillar with North Tower printed on it, when you reach the third floor, exit the elevator to the right. Proceed to the right and take the small walkway to the Courtroom.
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Clerk's Office Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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From the North: 101 South - Exit Ventura Ave. Proceed 1 block to Santa Clara St. Turn right on Santa Clara St. Continue 2 blocks to the Court House (corner of Santa Clara St. and Figueroa St.). Right turn into parking lot.
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Personal computing discussed
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leftyassassin wrote:Thanks everyone for the insight. It sounds like a 7850 will be no problem at all.
Just out of curiosity, though... what about a 7870? A 7950? A GTX 670? Would any of those be feasible?
clone wrote:Phildoe wrote:Should be alright, but I would never chance it. a 500w PSU can be had pretty cheap from the egg.
that is true but a quality 500 watt will cost triple that and in the end his Antec 400 watt is likely more than enough.
vargis14 wrote:I hope the 7870, although the 7850 is also a fine choice and they both overclock great. Overclocked i think the 7850 runs just as fast as the gtx580 at less then half the voltage. The 7870 overclocked beats it at half the the voltage along with 2gb of memory over the 580s 1.5gb.


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Clarke's call is for action, not words
AUSTRALIAN skipper Michael Clarke says talk is cheap so he won't be encouraging his men to stir the pot in the media before the four-Test series against India starts next Friday in Chennai.
Cricket's hall-of-famers Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath were fond of marking their territory on the eve of a series by putting a target on an opposing player's head, while India's tormentor Harbhajan Singh has celebrated his recall to the Test squad by saying he wants to teach the Australians a lesson about how cricket's played in India.
''It's no good us making statements or comments and not backing them up,'' Clarke said on Friday when asked why his side lacked the aggression of previous teams led by Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting.
''I'd rather people say less and do more. To me it's not about what you say, it's about what you do. That's our goal, to perform well on the field.''
The 89-Test veteran recalled making his debut in Bangalore in 2004.
That side included Justin Langer and Matthew Hayden, Adam Gilchrist, Warne, McGrath and Jason Gillespie, all heavyweights in Australian cricket. Ponting was injured and Gilchrist led Australia to its first series triumph in India since 1969-70.
''Seven or eight of the Australian players when I made my debut were as good as any seven or eight players in the world,'' Clarke said.
''When you look at the team now, we're a lot less experienced. We know for us to have success we have to perform well as a team.
''It's not about the individual player making 200 or taking five wickets. That's not going to give us the success we want over a long period of time.
''We need every player to be performing and not rely on certain individuals because we haven't got the great individuals right now that we had when I first played for Australia.''
Clarke carries a massive reputation as Test cricket's No. 2-ranked batsman. But as he points out, he struggled in India in 2010 when he averaged 8.75. ''Reputation is irrelevant,'' he said.
Clarke says he's a fan of the decision review system and supports the drive to use technology, but India's opposition to it means it won't be used in the four-Test series.
''If we use it [in India], great. If we don't, great,'' Clarke said.
''It doesn't bother me as captain of the Australian team and it doesn't bother any of the Australian players.
''I would like to see it consistently used. I'd like us to either say yes we're going to use it in all the Test matches, in all the one-dayers or we aren't.
''The DRS has been fantastic in the times I've used it. The game of cricket is trying to get decisions as consistent as we possibly can and I think technology has helped that.''
■A massive cloud of smoke swept across Chennai's Guru Nanak College Ground on Saturday as a fire broke out behind the Australian change rooms during their tour game against India A. Play continued and no one was injured. The fire broke out in a shed thought to contain building materials.
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Some of music's royalty came together to honor The Queen of England, but it was a British ska band that truly raised the roof… by literally playing on the roof of Buckingham Palace.
The concert celebrated the 60th anniversary of the Queen of England's reign. The Queen was in attendance, although her husband, The Duke of Edinburgh was not, due to a bladder infection. Prince Charles was there, as were other members of the Royal Family.
Early performers included pop singer Robbie Williams, dance music star Kylie Minogue, will.i.am of hip-hop group Black Eyed Peas (he's a coach on the UK version of The Voice), Cliff Richard, Grace Jones, Tom Jones, Annie Lennox and Shirley Bassey (who sang the James Bond theme song "Diamonds Are Forever"). Elton John, recently released from the hospital after a respiratory infection, played a three song set which was followed by fellow keyboardist Stevie Wonder.
Wonder's set opened with the funk classic "Sir Duke," followed by "Isn't She Lovely," which saw him changing the lyrics for the occasion ("isn't she special/a young eighty-six years old/I can't believe what God has done/let's celebrate the royal one"). After that, he was joined by will.i.am for his version of "Happy Birthday" (not the traditional song, rather the tune he wrote in 1981 for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.). That hit a ill note with many Brits, with scores of tweets pointing out that it isn't actually the Queen's birthday. His spirited version of "Superstition" seemed to make up for it.
After that, the action shifted from the main stage to the roof of Buckingham palace, where British ska legends Madness played their biggest hit single, "Our House" followed by "It Must Be Love" using the entire palace as a video screen displaying different rooms.
Paul McCartney wound the show up with a rocking performance that included "Magical Mystery Tour," "All My Loving," "Let It Be" and "Live And Let Die." Before his final song, "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da," he strapped on a bass decorated as the Union Jack, and joked that Her Majesty requested that after the show, attendees leave in an orderly fashion, "Or she will be forced to unleash the corgis," referring to her favorite breed of dog.
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David Byrne has installed a giant inflatable globe underneath the High Line Park in NYC. Perhaps some cartotalker was involved in its production?
NY Magazine article with photo: http://nymag.com/art...gh-line-2011-9/
Press reslease with an earlier photo, this looks like it was a prototype of the globe: http://thepacegaller...0Byrne_2011.pdf
David Byrne's giant globe
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Posted 13 September 2011 - 12:36 PM
From the photo posted, it doesn't look like the cartography is too detailed.
Posted 13 September 2011 - 03:28 PM
Is that a flat polar quartic projection?
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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - The Beach Ball Classic has had plenty of future NBA players come through its event in the past 27 years. Dequan Jones just might be the next big name to play in the Classic. Is he an emerging NBA prospect who is developing as a prospect with the tools to take it to that level?
Wheeler (Ga.) 76, Bishop O'Connell 70
Dequan Jones- 19 points on 9-11 shooting, 1-3 from three, 10 rebounds, 3 blocks, 4 assists, 4 turnovers in 32 minutes
His body and athleticism scream NBA, and his skill game is catching up to his natural physical tools. During the pivotal stretch of the game when Wheeler took control, Jones had two coast to coast drives with multiple dribble moves that ended with high level assist passes. He also had an assist off a drive to the middle in the half court. His shooting mechanics are sound although the results can be erratic. I would expect his shot will steadily improve with repetition. His ball handling does need to tighten up, but regardless, he is a high level finisher who plays above the rim and has a pull up game, a hustling playmaker on defense and a player who appears to get it. Put it this way. The wrong players in this game were wearing NBA socks. They need to hand theirs over to Jones.
Richard Howell- 18 points on 6-15 shooting, 6-9 from the line, 15 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 assist, 5 turnovers in 24 minutes
Athleticism is not his game, but Howell plays wide and rebounds outside his position. He makes up for a lot of what he lacks vertically, by controlling horizontal space. When he gets the ball in his hands, he does a nice job of putting his defender in a compromising position by taking his action to the rim.
Phil Taylor- 23 points on 6-19 shooting, 3-9 from three, 8-9 from the line, 2 rebounds, 2 steals, 5 assists and 2 turnovers in 32 minutes
Would like to see him work harder to set up teammates more than to create his own shot. He has a craftiness with the ball that could create a number of scoring opportunities. Taylor did take care of the ball and came up big for Wheeler with a critical three-pointer from the corner and 7-8 free throw shooting down the stretch.
Ari Stewart- 7 points on 3-5 shooting, 0-1 from three, 1-2 from the line, 4 rebounds, 1 block and 1 turnover in 26 minutes
Stewart impressed scouts and coaches with his play on the travel circuit but has struggled to produce at the same level this high school season. A talent with upside, he needs to figure out how to succeed in a more structured attack. He did have a shot block that sealed the game for Wheeler.
Kendall Marshall- 12 points on 4-10 shooting, 1-4 from three, 3-4 from the line, 5 rebounds, 1 block, 1 steal, 7 assists, 5 turnovers in 27 minutes
His numbers weren't that bad, but it was not one of Marshall's best games. The 2010 North Carolina commitment left some important shots on the front rim and was not much of a presence late in the game.
Jason Clark- 17 points on 7-19 shooting, 1-3 from three, 2-5 from the line, 11 rebounds, 4 steals, 2 assists, 1 turnover in 25 minutes
Losing Clark to foul trouble in the second half really hurt the Bishop O'Connell cause. Clark will bring a lot of versatility to the Georgetown attack as a long shooting guard with point guard type skills. He has a good mind for the game, does a great job with penetration and pitch, rebounds, posts up and knows how to move without the ball.
Boys & Girls (N.Y.) 78, St. Edward (Ohio) 75 OT.
Brandon Romain- 32 points on 15-21 shooting, 1-1 from three, 1-2 from the line, 5 rebounds, 2 blocks, 3 steals, 1 assist and zero turnovers in 36 minutes
His teammate David Imes did a great job defending Tom Pritchard, but the overall play of Romain made him the most valuable player in Boys & Girls win. A left handed 6-foot-3 shooting guard with an enormous wing span, Romain is a tough competitor with an unorthodox game. Defensively, he got his hands on the ball in a lot of different situations including the game winning shot block when St. Edward was going for the game tying three at the end of overtime. Just an average athlete, he utilizes a crafty hesitation move to get in pockets and then can finish shots a lot of different ways. In the end, Romain is a great looking mid-major prospect and was the best player on the court in this game.
David Imes- 9 points on 4-4 shooting, 1-5 from the line, 6 rebounds, 2 blocks, 3 steals, 1 assist and 1 turnover in 32 minutes
A strong athlete at 6-foot-6, Imes didn't look that comfortable with the ball, but he did finish at the rim. His true value in this game was his defensive work on Pritchard. Only one of Pritchards three field goals came at his expense. Imes is another quality mid-major prospect on the Boys & Girls squad.
Clayton Sterling- 19 points on 5-13 shooting, 1-3 from three, 8-14 from the line, 4 rebounds, 1 block, 2 steals, 7 assists and 2 turnovers in 30 minutes
Sterling did a nice job running the point for Boys & Girls. He did take some questionable shots in the second half, but he also made some big plays down the stretch. Throughout the game, St. Edward was unable to contain his dribble penetration.
Patrick Jackson- 7 points on 2-9 shooting, 0-3 from three, 3-4 from the line, 4 rebounds, 1 block, 2 steals and 2 turnovers in 19 minutes
It wasn't the best night for Jackson, a Rutgers signee. In fact he spent almost the entire second half on the bench.
Tom Pritchard- 10 points on 3-9 shooting, 0-1 from three, 4-7 from the line, 11 rebounds, 1 block, 1 steal, 1 assist and 3 turnovers in 31 minutes
Pritchard missed the presence and high post passing of injured teammate Delvon Roe against the athletic Boys & Girls squad. Pritchard is a smart player who knows how to carve out position with his wide body to get easy buckets, but he struggles to score when he has to manufacture his scoring opportunities. Even though it was the three-point shooting of guards Andre Eanes and Mike Hartnett that got St. Edward back into the game in the fourth quarter, several of those buckets were the result of St. Edward's inside/outside play.
Duncanville (Texas) 68, Scott. Co. (Ky.) 62
Shawn Williams- 16 points on 5-12 shooting, 2-7 from three, 4-6 from the line, 7 rebounds, 3 blocks, 1 steal, 1 assist and 2 turnovers in 32 minutes
Besides hitting some threes, Williams also did a nice job drawing fouls on his drives to the basket. A high level shooter with marginal athleticism, Williams will become a more productive all around player once he builds up his body in the weight room.
Roger Franklin- 17 points on 6-13 shooting, 0-1 from three, 5-6 from the line, 9 rebounds, 2 blocks, 1 steal, 1 assist and 2 turnovers in 23 minutes
Franklin continues to develop as a small forward, but there is still work to be done. His ball skills aren't far off, but his comfort level and vision are a bit off. A physical defender, he does a great job on the boards. Even if he remains in that undersized tweener mode, I still expect his game to translate at the high major level. He shoots it well from the midrange and can score inside with a steady jump hook.
Brian Talley- 7 points on 2-12 shooting, 1-8 from three, 2-2 from the line, 3 rebounds, 2 steals, 3 assists and 2 turnovers in 32 minutes
Southern is getting a good one in Talley, whose appearance and game resembles Darren Collison of UCLA. Like Collison, he does a great job of pushing the tempo, seeing the court and defending the point of attack.
Richie Phares- 15 points on 6-8 shooting, 3-6 from the line, 6 rebounds in 18 minutes
Scott Co. got some strong second half minutes from Phares after he only played three minutes and went scoreless in the first half. A nice looking mid-major power forward prospect, Phares has a finesse game with a little bounce to it.


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my take is this -- because grand prix final is in canada. I think the canadians skaters have the edge
1-2 would be davis/white or virture and moir with 1st going to virture /moir for it being in canada./being ogm medalist.
3rd places is a fight between the rest of them.
i can see it going to weaver/poje because of canadian. the cynic in me.
however if bobrova/soloviev, shibutanis, pechalat/bourzat can all take 3rd.
1) patrick chan
2/3 daisuke takashi or javier fernandez
with jeremy abbot, michal brezina, yuzuru hanyu rounding it out.
but anyone can take the medals.
how the men skate will determine the podumium.
1-3 -savenchko/szolokowy, voloshar/trankov, kavaguti/smirnoff rounding out the medals.
1) mao asada
2) alissa czisny
3) caroline kostner,
why the pcs scores if they skate clean and to the i think they will medal. if the top 3 don't mess up their short program
5) akiko
6) alena
that can go in any order due to how the women skate.
but i think if the top 3 keep their technical content the pcs would be enough to stay in the podium
otherwise i can see elizaveta winning it due to the elder mistakes. after all elizaveta won the short in both sc and teb, and got overtaken in free due to pc scores, but elizaveta won due to people beating her by enough points in free.
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I am such a fool for roses' seductive ways that I cannot stop buying them. I have no spot for one more rose, much less the six I just ordered. I have this affliction in common with Empress Josephine.
When sunny exposures in the ground were taken, I started planting young bushes in medium-size pots. This means my paths throughout the garden get narrower and narrower as my obsession persists, and pots crowd the thruway.
My newest infatuation is antique French roses. I have always grown creations from long-dead French breeders. Many from the recognized class Old Garden Roses (OGRs) turn out to be hardy enough for a Dallas garden, with its drought-prone tendencies and waterlogged clay soil: 'Blush Noisette,' 'Cécile Brunner,' 'Sombreuil,' 'Madame Alfred Carrière,' 'Monsieur Tillier,' 'Duchesse de Brabant,' 'Souvenir de la Malmaison,' and so on.
Most of the roses listed above were recommended to me by Mike Shoup, the proprietor of the Antique Rose Emporium near Brenham. I have been a customer since the mid-'80s, when his business was young (so was I, come to think of it) and I was searching for the kinds of roses I remembered from elderly great-aunts' cottage gardens. Fragrant, fulsome flowers or generous clusters of smaller buds.
Chamblee's Rose Nursery in Tyler is another oft-visited source for own-root roses, and local nurseries that stock up when remontant roses bloom in spring and fall.
Now it is 19th-century French hybrids I covet.
My unremitting need began in 2010 with a special offer from Gregg Lowery's Vintage Gardens nursery in Sebastopol, Calif. He proposed to import "very rare" roses from prominent French nurseries — Roseraie Fabien Ducher, La Roseraie du Désert and Roses Loubert, a national collection — grow them for three years while in USDA quarantine, and ship small, well-rooted plants to customers who reserved them in advance for $20 each.
I fell in line, researching roses on a dizzying list of possibilities and placing my order. I was in way over my head and, at the same time, drowning in luscious images of full blooms and spring perfumes.
Since I placed the order, financial woes have forced Lowery to close the nursery. Friends of Vintage Roses, aided by the Heritage Rose Foundation, now owns Lowery's collection in hopes of keeping the heirloom stock alive for future generations.
Vintagegardens.com is still live and shows a few imported roses are available, for $30 each. No one answers the phone, nor can you leave a message. Whether you want to buy a rose or not, the photographs and descriptions are delicious.
Other mail-order nurseries have own-root antique French roses for sale, including angel gardens.com, rosepetalsnursery .com, roguevalleyroses.com and rosesofyesterday.com. Many varieties are sold out for the year, and I cannot navigate others.
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Following some literature I was able write the code below to dynamically allocate a two dimensional array. I made the attempt to extrapolate the code to a the three dimensional array. The code below for the 3-D array compiles, but gives me a fatal run-time error. Since the 3-D array is not used anywhere in the code (I am just setting it up for now), the run-time error must come from the algorithm I am using to allocate. Evidently, I don't fully understand what is going on. I appreciate any help I can get.
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For only 6 months that looks really good, looks like you've been doing it for a while.BTW what brand oven is that, is it an Ambrigo?
What a beautiful set of pizzas. The dough looks spot on. Congrats to you.John
Nick,Glad the tools are working out ! Its what they are turning that looks even better! great work on the pies!! dough looks awesome. It was a pleasure meeting you and your lovley wife and the new little guy hes adorable ! Allways great to talk pizza with a fellow Mobile operator Best of luck its a no brainer with poies like that!John C.
weemis,This is just awesome man...so glad you finally found time to post up what you are into...dang you are look'in good!! A close up of that killah wrap on the truck would be fun for all....not to mention that new walking stick you're sport'in ! Thanks and good luck.....
Is the oven a dragon? Killer looking setup.
weemis, pm me i got a request to do a ohio state tail gate party 9/1/12 ,to far for me. looking at your pies i see they would be a happy group. i will give you the contact info.
The pies look great Nick. Glad the oven tip helped.A couple questions on the first pies in the thread.- Where do you get sunflower sprouts and what do they taste like?- Were the smoked oysters canned? If so, how did they work out on the pizza? Do they get dry? Did that pie taste as good as it sounds?
wee: Those are some nice looking pizzas you're putting out. Good luck! I want to know the story behind that truck and beer can dragon...lol
weemis,I agree you are making tasty looking pizzas! Norma
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If Kim Kardashian has her way, she may be addressed as Mayor Kardashian one day.
In a bonus clip from the "Khloé and Lamar" show Sunday, the two sisters are filmed driving around in Dallas — and pass by the Ross Perot Museum. This prompts Kim to say, "That guy ran for president." And that she is going to run for mayor of Glendale in "like, five years." Kim explains she is looking into the requirements, such as residency: "I have to a buy a house there."
The reality TV star is even thinking strategy with her friend Noelle Keshishian, who will help with her campaign. Why Glendale? "Because it's like Armenia town." Kim has done her research: Of the town's population of about 200,000, one-quarter is Armenian — the largest population outside of Armenia.
Khloé pipes in that she's going to be mayor of Dallas, so maybe there's a new political dynasty coming our way. Not to be killjoys, but according to the city of Glendale's website, the government operates on a "council-manager" system: Five council members are selected to serve four-year terms, and each year the council selects one member to serve as mayor.
The good news: the mayor oversees council meetings and ceremonial responsibilities. (Ribbon cuttings! Parades!) That has Kim's name written all over it. Mayor Kim — now there's a reality show we'd watch.
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Discussion in 'General Trek Discussion' started by Rush Limborg, Mar 3, 2009.
The Federation capital city is Paris, not San Francisco. As Arlington, Virginia, houses the Pentagon a relatively small distance away from Washington, D.C., so does San Francisco house Starfleet Headquarters a relatively small distance away from Paris.
Unlikely. Most of the senior defense advisors to the Federation President would have been Starfleet admirals who worked in the field and knew what the real galaxy was like.
The Federation simply has a more pacifistic value system than yours, even given bitter experience. Probably because the UFP is made up of cultures that have experienced war at its worst and know that almost anything else is preferable.
I was referring to the Federation Council Building, as per Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.
Well, I suppose it depends on the president...doesn't it?
Sadly, Nerys, that mindset is all too common....
Strictly speaking, patriotism is "love and devotion to one's country". Jingoism, the belief in "my country, right or wrong", is simply a corruption of the noble idea of patriotism.
Natima Lang, for example, is a true patriot. Her love and devotion to Cardassia is what fills her with a desire to change it for the better, because she knows that the millitaristic path her world has taken will in the end only lead to destruction. (For these reasons, Legate Ghemor--and eventually, Legate Damar--are also true patriots.)
Gul Dukat, however, is a jingoist. He used his "love" for his homeland to justify sanctioning of atrocities and promotion of tyranny in the name of Cardassia.
True, and I agree with all your points save one (and it's minor). I would argue that Dukat was not even a jingoist. He was a Dukat-ist. He always put Dukat before Cardassia. He was, ultimately, selfish, which is as far from the Cardassian ethic as you can get. I would argue he didn't even truly care about Cardassia at all- the "good" of Cardassia was just the excuse (the first person to believe Dukat's lies was always Dukat himself). In "What You Leave Behind", Winn speaks of "the invasion of Cardassia" and Dukat doesn't even blink. Okay, he had fully descended into madness by then, but even prior to this, his own desires always came first. Terok Nor was his private castle in the sky where he could essentially rape the Bajoran women he found attractive and have his ego stroked. It was not the prosperity of Cardassia he was concerned with. During the Dominion War, his comments to Weyoun show that it is reclaiming HIS position that motivates him, again, not the good of Cardassia. Maybe during season four, with the Klingon invasion, he had the opportunity to grow and change and actually put Cardassia first- but he threw it away by selling his nation out to the Dominion.
^As ye say, lad.
Pardon me -- I forgot that not everyone reads the novels. Yeah, the Federation Council building seemed to be established as being in San Fran in ST4. But, really, that was such a lame-ass building that I tend to whole-heartedly embrace the retcon made in the novel Articles of the Federation, where the Federation Council is established to normally meet on the first floor of the Palais de la Concorde in Paris, with the President's office being on the top floor. (We can assume that the Federation Council building in San Fran is a regular alternate meeting site -- maybe the Palais was undergoing renovation!)
Or...maybe the 'Frisco building was the old, TOS-era HQ for the Council, but someone afterwords thought it would be better just to (as you've said) rennovate the Palais ground floor--make it bigger--and hold the Council there....
Articles of the Federation referred to the Federation Council Chamber in the Palais as having been used by the Council as early as the 22nd Century, so I always presumed the 'Frisco building was the one they used before the Palais finished construction and that they used afterwards as an alternate meeting site.
Hi evry body you know it actually gos like this.-
"Among the stars
We all join hands
Brothers in harmony
We take a stand
Different worlds diverse tons
We join in one song
Peace bolstered by u___nity
We shall be strong
Space faring se___ntients we lend aid
To all who urn for peace were air they may
Diplomacy is our creed our course is set
United Federation of planets!"
Hi evry body you know it actually gos like this.-
"Among the stars
We all join hands
Brothers in harmony
We take a stand
Different worlds diverse tons
We join in one song
Peace bolstered by u___nity
We shall be strong
Space faring se___ntients we lend aid
To all who urn for peace were air they may
Diplomacy is our creed our course is set
United Federation of planets!"
I'm pretty sure the anthem has words. I know there are anthems without them but I think the Federation which is founded on certain principles would want to incorporate them in the anthem for everyone to identify with.
I wouldn't worry so much about translation, after all, the International exists in a lot of different languages, so it shouldn't be that much of a problem.
I've also written words for the first verse, which proved a bit more difficult than anticipated. Granted, it's not very easy to sing but I tested it, and it's possible. I have ideas about a second and third verse, too. But anyway, here's the first:
Come, gentlebeings, galaxywide,
from our dark and troubled past emerge to the light,
make a dream of old become reality,
friend and old foe in
a federation of the free.
Citizens of the universe we are,
bound to each other all through the stars.
Our nations might be as different as night and day.
Diversity is our friend
but united we stand.
One vote here for making The Internationale the Federation anthem, with appropriately intergalactic lyrics.
A song glorifying a violent rebellion against liberal democracy in favor of an ill-defined political movement that has inevitably led to a small elite monopolizing resources and oppressing the masses is hardly the sort of thing the Federation would use to represent itself.
Besides, we've already heard the Federation Anthem. It sounds nothing like "The Internationale."
Hey, folks, FWIW, I've finally taken the liberty of writing some lyrics myself, for the first verse. I tried to emphasize pacing as well as meter. And of course, the intent is to stir patriotism within the hearts of the citizens of the nation, as any anthem should:
Hear, all ye peoples, far and wide,
Rise with integrity, honor, and pride,
Stand for this Empire of Liberty,
This One and United Federation!
BTW, here's a YouTube of the full anthem with the annoying applause edited out....
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Glenn Greenwald has a must-read piece that reveals what is actually going on in the investigations and prosecutions of people like Aaron Swartz. He says that Aaron Swartz was a pawn in the US government's war against one antagonist that challenges their power and that they feel they have insufficient control over – hackers.
The US has become a society in which political and financial elites systematically evade accountability for their bad acts, no matter how destructive. Those who torture, illegally eavesdrop, commit systemic financial fraud, even launder money for designated terrorists and drug dealers are all protected from criminal liability, while those who are powerless – or especially, as in Swartz's case, those who challenge power – are mercilessly punished for trivial transgressions. All one has to do to see that this is true is to contrast the incredible leniency given by [Massachusetts' US Attorney Carmen] Ortiz's office to large companies and executives accused of serious crimes with the indescribably excessive pursuit of Swartz.
Beyond this specific case, the US government – as part of its war to vest control over the internet in itself and in corporate factions – has been wildly excessive, almost hysterical, in punishing even trivial and harmless activists who are perceived as "hackers". The 1984 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) – enacted in the midst of that decade's hysteria over hackers – is so broad and extreme that it permits federal prosecutors to treat minor, victimless computer pranks – or even violations of a website's "terms of service" – as major felonies, which is why Rep. Lofgren just announced her proposed "Aaron's Law" to curb some of its abuses.
This immunity for people with power needs to stop. The power of prosecutors is particularly potent, and abuse of that power is consequently devastating. Prosecutorial abuse is widespread in the US, and it's vital that a strong message be sent that it is not acceptable. Swartz's family strongly believes – with convincing rationale – that the abuse of this power by Ortiz and [Assistant US Attorney Stephen] Heymann played a key role in the death of their 26-year-old son. It would be unconscionable to decide that this should be simply forgotten.
This is not just prosecutorial abuse. It's broader than that. It's all part and parcel of the exploitation of law and the justice system to entrench those in power and shield themselves from meaningful dissent and challenge by making everyone petrified of the consequences of doing anything other than meekly submitting to the status quo.
Matt Stoller also weighs in:
What killed [Swarrtz] was corruption. Corruption isn't just people profiting from betraying the public interest. It's also people being punished for upholding the public interest. In our institutions of power, when you do the right thing and challenge abusive power, you end up destroying a job prospect, an economic opportunity, a political or social connection, or an opportunity for media. Or if you are truly dangerous and brilliantly subversive, as Aaron was, you are bankrupted and destroyed. There's a reason whistleblowers get fired. There's a reason Bradley Manning is in jail. There's a reason the only CIA official who has gone to jail for torture is the person – John Kiriakou – who told the world it was going on. There's a reason those who destroyed the financial system 'dine at the White House', as Lawrence Lessig put it.
There's a reason former Senator Russ Feingold is a college professor whereas former Senator Chris Dodd is now a multi-millionaire. There's a reason DOJ officials do not go after bankers who illegally foreclose, and then get jobs as partners in white collar criminal defense. There's a reason no one has been held accountable for decisions leading to the financial crisis, or the war in Iraq.
This reason is the modern ethic in American society that defines success as climbing up the ladder, consequences be damned. Corrupt self-interest, when it goes systemwide, demands that it protect rentiers from people like Aaron, that it intimidate, co-opt, humiliate, fire, destroy, and/or bankrupt those who stand for justice.
In the furor over the death of Swartz, we should not forget that he was just one of many who suffered from prosecutorial abuse but that most of the others were poor and unknown and no one heard of them. Swartz had friends in high places that has resulted in such widespread outrage and I hope that changes that benefit everyone will occur as a result.


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int main()
cout << "Hell World";
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test.cpp: In function 'int main()':
test.cpp: 'cout' undeclared (first use this function)
text.cpp: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in.)
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