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GENTLEMEN, fellow gerbils, to all in attendance... please, sit down.
A matter of great importance has presented itself to me, recently. You see, it turns out that my internet service provider (Optimum, a subsidiary of Cablevision) allows individuals to host HTTP and e-mail servers from their own connection, provided that they subscribe to the SpeedBoost plan, for 30 mbps downstream and 5 mbps up. I intend to take advantage of this, produce a website for my own small business, and host and serve it on my own connection.
Now, I've played around with hosting servers before, but this'll be the first time that I'll be doing anything serious with it. Plus, it'll be the online face of my business, so I want it to run well. My plan, thus far, is to purchase one of these Foxconn NanoPC barebone kits with the AMD E-350 in it (I figure it's fast enough for the kind of site I want to host and the amount of traffic I'm expecting to encounter), slap in the maximum 4 GB of RAM permitted, and connect an inexpensive, "large enough" SSD to store the data. I figure that ought to be a pretty good, low power webserver... but maybe I'm totally off-base.
Anyways, I came here for advice on the SSD, since I'm totally new to SSD's. I was looking at the OCZ Vertex Plus R2 60GB, but there seemed to be some trepidation on the internet as to its level of reliability. Is there any free SSD-testing software, like memtest86, that I can run when I get an SSD? Do most SSD manufacturers provide firmware updates and utilities on their websites?


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International Week at Cheyney University April 14 - 18
April 9, 2014
International Festival Week April 14 - 18 offers variety of enriching cultural experiences for the entire campus community.
Cheyney University's International Festival Week April 14 - 18 offers a variety of enriching cultural experiences for the entire campus community.
Monday April 14 The International Banquet
The annual favorite that attracts faculty, staff and students from near and far, features a shared buffet of cuisines from around the world. All are invited. Donations welcome -please rsvp firstname.lastname@example.com Marcus Foster Auditorium 6 – 8 pm
Tuesday April 15 Careers in International Affairs/ Diplomacy
Panelists discuss Opportunities in International Affairs. Featured presenters from the World Bank, US AID, the State Department, Peace Corps and others. Sponsored by the Office of Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell. Marcus Foster Auditorium 3 - 5 pm
Wednesday April 16 Musical Performance: Al Bustan
Seeds of Culture Musical Ensemble presents Arabic music demonstration and percussion workshop. Bring your own drum and join in the fun! Sponsored by the Middle East Center of the University of Pennsylvania Marcus Foster Auditorium 6:00 8:00 pm
Thursday April 17 Study Abroad Fair
Go on and get out there! Discover the world, Bring something back to share! Learn about exciting programs overseas, funding and scholarship opportunities to earn credits towards your degrees! Programs by Arcadia University, School for International Training, Institute for Study Abroad, American Institute for Foreign Study, Cultural Experiences Abroad and more. Marcus Foster Lobby 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Friday April 18 Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for International Scholars Induction
Celebrate the accomplishments of International Students and all who have studied abroad. Marcus Foster Auditorium 5 - 6 pm


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CARDINAL CORNER . . . The Stanford field hockey team held its first official practice on Thursday. Stanford is set to host three exhibition matches, tentatively slated for Aug. 12, 14 and 18. Stanford's 18-game regular-season slate includes eight contests to be played at the Varsity Turf, beginning with the home opener on Aug. 24 against La Salle in what represents the Cardinal's earliest start to a season in school history ... Defending national champion Stanford has been projected to win a fourth consecutive Pac-12 women's soccer title by a vote of conference coaches. Stanford, which opens its season Aug. 17 against visiting Santa Clara, received all but two first-place votes, though coaches could not vote for their own team. UCLA received the others and is predicted to finish second, with Cal third and Oregon State fourth. Stanford will play at UCLA on Oct. 28 and at Cal on Nov. 4 in back-to-back matches, and Oregon State comes to Laird Q. Cagan Stadium on Sept. 27. Stanford (25-0-1 overall and 11-0 in the Pac-12 last year) enters the season on a 31-match conference winning streak, the third-longest all-time in collegiate women's soccer. ... Football fans can catch a preview of the 2012 Stanford Cardinal on Saturday, as the team's seventh practice of training camp will be open to the public. Saturday's practice session will begin at 9 a.m. on Elliott Field and conclude at approximately 11 a.m. Stanford football will host its annual Open House event on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Stanford Stadium and Dan Elliott Practice Field. The event, which will include admission to Stanford's open practice, behind-the scenes tour of Stanford Stadium and its locker room facilities, football skill stations, a mini fan fest and player autographs, is free and open to the public. Fans will also have the opportunity to take photos with the 2011 Orange Bowl Trophy, an Andrew Luck cutout and learn more about the upcoming season and the Pac-12 Networks. 2012 football posters will be distributed on a first-come, first-serve basis while supplies last. Fans will also have the opportunity to select their seats for new season ticket purchases.
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Nobody's satisfied after Lenox, Wahconah girls soccer teams tie
DALTON -- On a dreary Tuesday afternoon, neither team walked off the soccer field losers. That was small consolation to the coaches of the Lenox or Wahconah Regional girls.
Shannon Lussier's direct kick five minutes into the second half knotted the game for the Warriors and was the final tally in a 1-1 tie.
"We've got to raise soccer IQs," Wahconah coach Pat West said. "They have an idea they want to pass to space, but they don't quite know where the space is and they don't know when. We have to get there."
Lenox coach Matt Cote didn't need much time to think when he was asked after the game if this was a good tie or not.
"My girls played hard, but they didn't play well," Cote said. "For us to come away without a victory is very, very disappointing."
Especially for a Lenox team that needed only three minutes to get on the scoreboard.
Alessandra Arace had the ball for Lenox just past the midfield line and she sent the ball ahead to Jen Delasco. Delasco beat the Wahconah defenders and tucked a shot into the lower right corner past Warriors goalkeeper Jamie Downer.
Cote said one of the more frustrating aspects of the contest was that was not Lenox's only chance to score. The Millionaires would either miss the net or a Wahconah keeper would make a save.
"We had five or six spectacular chances and we connected on none of them," said Cote.
Perhaps the most spectacular of those chances came with six minutes remaining in the contest.
Lenox's Josie Marshall served the ball from the left wing at midfield ahead for Tova Brown on the right. The Lenox forward got to the ball and was met by Wahconah goalie Payton Hines, who made the stop.
"This kid over here has had a bad ankle," West said of Hines, who sprained an ankle during a preseason scrimmage. "As a result [Downer] has been in and doing a great job. The ankle is better and it's a nice thing to have two keepers."
Hines was tested as early as the third minute of the second half and had four saves in the final 40 minutes. None, however, was as big as the stop on Brown.
"I just decided to go for it and not hesitate. We had contact, which was good. Because that meant the ball was somewhere near me, and I was able to get it," said Hines. "It's a big reaction. I don't think often on those saves."
Wahconah's tying goal came off a direct free kick. A Lenox foul was whistled in the fifth minute of the second half and Lussier took the shot from about 30 yards out. Her blast hit underneath the crossbar and deflected past Lenox keeper Kathy Prescott and into the net.
Prescott finished up with two saves, both in the second half.
Lenox 1 0 -- 1
Wahconah 0 1 -- 1
First half
L -- Jen Delasco (Alessandra Arace), 3:41.
Second half
W -- Shannon Lussier (DK), 45:03.
Saves -- L: Kathy Prescott 2. W: Jamie Downer 2, Payton Hines 4.
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Dismantling Washington
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Washington, D.C. (which the DC part now stands for dirty cesspool) should become a thing of the past. Society has outgrown the need for a centralized government full of power hungry aristocrats, greedy lobbyists, and corrupt white collar criminals.
When I say criminals I am not just talking in the abstract; I am referring to real criminals.
According to a study from the online publication Capitol Hill Blue, the American people have elected a bunch of politicians that are better at breaking laws than making laws. America's low information voters have chosen some real class acts to represent them.
Just how bad are some of our members of Congress?
29 members have been accused of spousal abuse, 7 have been arrested for fraud, 19 have been accused of writing bad checks, 117 have bankrupted at least 2 businesses, 3 have been arrested for physical assault, 71 have such bad credit that they can't even qualify for a credit card, (yet with their special clearance as a member of Congress they get an Amex card without having a credit check.) 14 have been arrested on drug related charges, 8 have been arresting for shoplifting, and at least 84 members of Congress have been stopped for drunk driving but subsequently let go once they showed they were members of Congress.
If all that hasn't made you lose your lunch this sure will.
According to the 2013 Congressional schedule, Congress will take 239 days off! That means they will only "work" 126 days of the year. If that wasn't bad enough these hardly working, drunk driving, womanizing, bad credit, criminals get paid a minimum of $175,000 a year. Not bad for 126 days of so called work. They have worked themselves so hard that they don't even have the strength to create a budget. The last time our dedicated public servants passed a budget was April 29, 2009. That is an unbelievable mind boggling 1,415 days without a budget, and counting.
This article's intent is not to highlight the ineptness and unprincipled actions of our corrupt Congress; instead its purpose is to illustrate just how incidental and unnecessary Washington, DC has become. Former Republican Presidential nominee Rick Perry may not have been able to talk his way out of a paper bag; however he had the political will and courage to tell the American people that if he were to be elected President he would make Congress a part time job.
I couldn't agree with him more. In fact, I'd like to take his suggestion a little further and dismantle Washington, DC altogether; and here is how we can do it.
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We live in a virtual and digital society in which nothing seems impossible. The constant advancements in technology have created a very mobile society. We live in a world where you can start your car, turn the lights on and off in your house, and check your blood pressure, all by using your I-phone. There is no reason why Congress can't conduct official government business from their respective state Capitols. Think about how much money they could save in travel expenses and housing alone?
With email, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, video conferencing, and websites such as gotomeeting.com; there is no shortage of technology that could be utilized to perform the everyday functions of Congress from outside of Washington, DC.
According to census.gov, 1 out of 10 workers over the age of 65 works from home. This is a growing trend that is only going to continue as more businesses look for ways to cut operating expenses and increase productivity. With so many older workers still in the workforce due to the Obama economy; many of these workers work from home.
Companies that employ workers who telecommute save on expenses such as office space, equipment, furniture, and supplies. Employees who work from home are able to save money on such expenditures as clothing, childcare, parking, and gasoline. Also, some studies have shown that workers who telecommute are more effective and efficient at their jobs than those who work in the office. Why not extend that same invitation to members of Congress?
According to statistics from the 112th Congress, the average age of a member of the House of Representatives is 57 years and the average age of a member of the Senate is 63 years. These folks should be required to work remotely from their respective states and only come into Washington a few times a month to cast votes.
Washington, DC is 68.3 square miles of influence, corruption, and centralized power. The only way to change Washington is to remove the influence, corruption, and power from it; and that starts with Congress. The only way to do this is by forcing members of Congress to not congregate permanently in Washington, DC.
A suggestion would be to pass a law in which no member of Congress is allowed to have permanent residence within 100 miles of Washington, DC. By doing this you automatically decentralize the influence and power, and make it harder for lobbyists and power brokers to influence fiscal policy. This is how you change Washington, DC.
To some who are reading this I understand it may sound a bit Orwellian. Telling free people where they can and cannot live may seem a little extreme. What is more extreme is having career politicians drunk with power spending future generation's money on programs they can't pay for. We are at a time in our nation's history in which the only real solutions require real drastic measures.
The truth is that absolute power corrupts absolutely. If we take away Congress's power we can return it to its rightful owners; we the people. Most Democrats who read this will think I'm crazy. Even some Republicans will think this is a bad idea; however most limited government Conservatives will love it. My only hope is that those members of Congress who believe in freedom, liberty, and limited government read my article and introduce legislation based on this idea. A good idea can only become a great idea when it is acted upon.
As a political strategist, commentator, and radio talk show host my job is to give solutions, not talking points. I may not always be right, but I am always thinking outside the box about different ways to make America a better, stronger, and freer country. If we are serious about saving this country and truly believe in a limited government it is time we put our money where our mouth is and dismantle Washington, once and for all.
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Radio Talk Show Host, Writer, and Political Strategist Josh Bernstein was born and raised in Northern New Jersey. He is the youngest of three children. He grew up in a predominately liberal household in an upper middle class suburban neighborhood about 23 miles south of New York City. He is a divorced father of one amazing seven year old boy who provides all the motivation he needs to continue in the fight to save the country. He currently resides in Phoenix, Arizona where he is raising his son.
The Josh Bernstein Show exposes liberal hypocrisy, dissects leftist ideology, and dismantles liberal policy with intellect and facts. To hear the show click here anytime: http://www.doublewidenetwork.com/index.php/Shows/detail/the_josh_bernstein_show
Josh has recently been named to www.toptalkradio.com "Top 100 Conservative All Stars" (this is a list with great names in Conservative talk such as Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Michael Savage, and Mark Levin.)
Josh is also the Director of Campaign Communications for Candidate Vetting for The Tea Party Community. This allows him access to some of the biggest names running for Congress. Josh has interviewed just about everyone running for Congress as well as some other big name notables in Conservative Politics. Josh has interviewed Television stars, radio stars, Former White House Officials, Former Military Commanders and Generals, even a few folks on the right from Hollywood.
Radio Talk Show Host, Writer, and Political Strategist Josh Bernstein was born and raised in Northern New Jersey. He is the youngest of three children. He grew up in a predominately liberal household in an upper middle class suburban neighborhood about 23 miles south of New York City. He is a divorced father of one amazing seven year old boy who provides all the motivation he needs to continue in the fight to save the country. He currently resides in Phoenix, Arizona where he is raising his son.


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Ok, I came back from the exciting men's event in Vancouver to sunny Sydney last night and what do I find on telly? Johnny Weir interviewed live on Australia's Channel Nine! His comoments included something to the effect of:
-I can't wait to put my speedo on in downunder
-In the Olympics different countries are deemed to represent the podium. Lysacek medal= No medal for me.
-I can't wait to "See Nicol Kidman at the Opera House and all those things."
He was honest, quick witted and a good sport. I'm a fan!


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Thursday, January 23, 2014
US dollar reaches 8.01 pesos, 'blue' climbs to 13.06
The US dollar broke the 8 pesos barrier today reaching 7.99 pesos for buyers and 8.01 pesos for sellers, followed yesterday's largest mark in 12 years.
Shortly after midday, the currency had soared to 8.31, before falling back across the rest of the day's trading. The closing price represents a mammoth 88.5 cent jump from the rates recorded yesterday evening.
Meanwhile, the parallel "blue" dollar flew up 60 cents to a new record at 13.06 pesos (for selling) in unofficial markets. The price is 91 cents higher than that recorded the previous day.


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Personal computing discussed
Moderators: SpotTheCat, Nemesis
just brew it! wrote:Short answer: Buy the biggest one that doesn't break your budget.
Are you just trying to ride out brief glitches and brownouts, or are you trying to keep your system running long enough to finish what you're working on and shut down cleanly in the event of a total power failure? Do you have any other equipment (e.g. broadband modem/router, network switch, printer, etc.) that also needs to be on the UPS? The answers to these questions will have a big effect on what kind of UPS you need.
The only way to make an accurate determination is to use a wattmeter to measure the power draw of the equipment you will be putting on the UPS, then consult the UPS specs to see what kind of run time you can expect.
bdwilcox wrote:Line interactive units do normally come with AVR, but AVR is not in the definition. The best UPS type that you can get is actually an online UPS, where it is running off the battery as its primary power source.Make sure the UPS you buy is "line interactive" i.e. has AVR (automatic voltage regulation) to smooth out any voltage dips (brown-outs).
bdwilcox wrote:If I didn't know better I would have thought you sounded like shilling for ZeroSurge.Don't put too much faith in the surge suppressing capabilities of UPSes and mainstream surge suppressors since they use MOVs. If you're serious about reducing spikes, put a ZeroSurge surge suppressor between the outlet and your UPS. It costs more, but nothing comes close to its ability to suppress spikes; plus, it comes with a lifetime warranty and is built in the USA like things used to be built. And remember, nothing stops lightning strikes. In an electrical storm, you should power your equipment down and unplug it from the wall, if possible.
bdwilcox wrote:Is CyberPower any good?BTW, APC is always a good UPS brand. Tripp-Lite is good as well. I'm sure other people can recommend some but those are the ones I've had the best luck with.
Flying Fox wrote:Is CyberPower any good?
The short answer is that I'd like to do both smooth over glitches and make a clean shut down in case of a total power failure. I'm not looking to ride out a significant length failure (as some of my friends do
Is CyberPower any good?
just brew it! wrote:If you have really dirty power (lots of spikes/sags) and a standby UPS without AVR, the UPS will switch to the inverter and back very frequently, since the inverter will kick in every time the line voltage goes out of spec. This is not good for the UPS or the battery.
bdwilcox wrote:Regulating voltage to equipment prolongs the life of that equipment. Extended brown-outs, sags, overvoltages and spikes all put stress on a computer's power circuitry and shorten its life.
Flying Fox wrote:I was actually under the impression that sagging power (brownouts?) means not enough power and the computer will just shutdown below a certain threshold for a certain time (let's say it sags below 20% nominal for more than 0.2s, long enough for the PSU to behave like you unplug the thing?).
westom wrote:The short answer is that I'd like to do both smooth over glitches and make a clean shut down in case of a total power failure. I'm not looking to ride out a significant length failure (as some of my friends do
An answer without numbers explains why some of your replies are vague, misleading, or just wrong.
westom wrote:Your UPS power is defined by a number located where power connects to that appliance. You record and sum each. For example, a high performance desktop consumes typically 200 watts. Therefore it is a 350 watt consumption. (The naive will then recommend 500 and 800 watt supplies to only do what the 350 watt supply is doing). Monitor may have a 60 watt number. Record and sum all those numbers in watts, VA, or amperes.
Now, a UPS typically is as cheap as possible. For example, its battery life expectancy is maybe 3 years. So you look at your power consumption. Then maybe double that wattage for the UPS - so that the UPS can do fast degrading and still provide sufficient power 3 or more years later.
The technically naive are told what to think rather than learn what it means. For example AVR and other functions are already made completely irrelevant by the power supply. View output of a typical 120 volt UPS when in battery backup mode. This one outputs two 200 volts square waves with a spike of up to 270 volts between those square waves. And that is perfectly ideal power to all computers because all computer power supplies are so robust. Even do those AVR and other functions - better. You don't need all they hyped 'miracle' solutions.
A UPS power output can be so dirty as to be harmful to small electric motors and power strip protectors. And because all computers are so robust – make 'dirtiest' UPS power irrelevant – then you don't need all that nonsense hyped by the electrically naïve such as power conditioning and AVR.
Up top are how to answer your original question with numbers. Lower half demonstrates why so many hyped nonsense such as AVR. Nonsense comes from those told how to think from retail brochures. Who did not always demand spec numbers. Sum up power numbers. Double it (or something less) because a UPS quickly degrades. Only useful answer means numbers.
westom wrote:We don't do that here. May be he was referring to a different forum.The naive will then recommend 500 and 800 watt supplies to only do what the 350 watt supply is doing
Flying Fox wrote:Assuming the stuff in your sig is all you have to plug into a potential UPS, we should be able to do a pretty good educated estimate of your power draw. If you have a router or a couple of small things to connect just post them and we may be able to look up specs (on said devices or similar) and put in an estimate too. There is no need to get really accurate numbers anyway, because:westom wrote:We don't do that here. May be he was referring to a different forum.The naive will then recommend 500 and 800 watt supplies to only do what the 350 watt supply is doing
We were one of the first few forums to recommend real usage-based power consumption instead of just looking at labels. We also have been looking at the 12V amps for a long time while the kiddie sites keep screaming "1000W!!!11!!!one!1eleventy!11".
LoneHowler wrote:The computer is still about 350 watts. Even doubling the number of fans results in almost zero power increase. Now what are watt numbers for other devices? Read each number off its label because that number (which is higher than the actual consumption) is relevant to how much power the UPS must actually provide. Nobody can provide an honest answer without those numbers especially when some devices in your list (ie CRT) can have significant power differences depending on age, design, and other factors. Post wattage numbers. Then have an answer without speculation and future surprises.Okay... the components from the signature " ...
just brew it! wrote:3. Unless you're willing to pay top dollar for surge suppressors -- e.g. the ZeroSurge units mentioned above, which cost more than an entire consumer-grade UPS! -- surge suppressors eventually need to be replaced because the MOVs wear out.


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Brazil Forms "Crisis Counsel" in Response to Dramatic Increase in Amazon Deforestation
Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest of Brazil has risen six-fold, according to recent satellite images from the National Institute for Space Research. Comparing data from March-April 2010 to the same period this year shows deforestation has increased from 103 square kilometers in 2010 to 593 square kilometers just one year later.
Most of that deforestation is in the state of Mato Grasso, a center of agribusiness and the largest producer of soybeans in Brazil, contributing 27 percent of the country's last soybean harvest. According to Brazil's Agriculture Ministry, soy output will increase 7.2 percent to 73.7 million tons.
Still, the dramatic increase in deforestation has "taken the government by surprise." A government report released last December showed deforestation rates at a 22-year low. But the recent data indicates a 27 percent increase from August 2010 to April 2011.
Brazilian Environment Minister Izabella Teixeira said the new data is "alarming" announcing the formation of a "crisis cabinet" to respond to the rapid increase in deforestation.
"Our objective is to reduce deforestation by July," Teixeira said.
Brazil's Forest Code specifies how much land a farmer can clear, a controversial issue of which the Chamber of Deputies has delayed voting for years. Recently a version of the bill easing restrictions on farmers was near passage, but environmentalists managed to swing enough political and public support to delay the vote in the Chamber.
Opponents to the environmentalists cite the need for economic development as reason to ease restrictions on farmers. Deputies are scheduled to take up debate the controversial Forest Code proposals as soon as today.
Article continues: http://globalwarmingisreal.com/2011/05/24/brazil-forms-crisis-counsel-in-response-to-dramatic-increase-in-amazon-deforestation/


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Discussion in 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' started by JJ-R, Sep 5, 2012.
Your interviews are great. They should include them as VAM on future seasons!
Excellent interview! Well done.
It's a good idea that, if they can't afford commentaries for all the episodes then it's better to have a commentary on a bad episode over a good one so the writers can really go to town on what didn't work and also give us a reason to watch episodes we might skip over.
Sub Rosa, Genesis, Aqueil, I'm loking at YOU
Finished Season 2 tonight. Kind of glad I don't need to watch these episodes and the crappy uniforms for a while. Bring on Season 3, the normal uniforms, and TNG's probably best season (Even though I like Season 4 more). I'll probably be streamlining that in a week.
Could you? Then why don't you?
Final part is up folks: http://tng.trekcore.com/bluray/01172013_robmeyerburnett7.html
Burnett's thoughts on a new Trek TV series, new TNG movie, why he'll always be such a crazy fan and Next Gen's Season 2 remastering.
Thanks for everyone's awesome comments - Rob was an absolute joy to talk to, and the feedback has been amazing
I really enjoyed the interview!! Nice work!!
I really like these interviews for the most part, but sometimes I do wish he'd stop talking about what he would have done were he in charge of the actual show/movie instead of just doing the VAM. Come on, we all know what we would have done if we were in charge, doesn't mean we're right or that we should have been. His 'as a director, I would've changed' routine is getting old...
Thanks for the interview. I know that subsequent Blu-ray releases are in excellent hands. I'm very eager to see what they'll do in later seasons and DS9.
I take a little exception to his comments on the season 2 remastering, though I can understand why he would defend it - after all, his employers (CBS) made the decision to hire HTV. Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
RMB clearly exhibits fine attention to detail and loving care in his VAM. Little things like using only season 2 music for season 2 bonus material stands out. However, a decent amount of work from HTV exhibited incompetence or laziness (bad model compositing, misaligned lighting passes, cropping, DNR).
Bonus material should complement the main feature. In season 2's case, the bonus materials seemed like the star of the show, in my opinion, because it was made at a higher standard.
Yeah I noticed that as well. He had no problem picking apart every tiny little problem in the Abrams movie, but somehow the substandard fx work in season 2 barely bothered him at all.
Burnett's argument -- that HTV met the requirements of the job and that CBS Digital exceeded them -- would be more persuasive if CBS hadn't removed HTV from the project after the negative reviews came in for their work on season two.
Of course, since he's still working for CBS, it's hard to imagine him answering the question any other way.
Maybe HTV wasn't removed at all. How can we know? Why aren't they telling us the name of the "new" company?
It was confirmed on TrekCore that HTV was to have no part in remastering further seasons. We can only hope history does not repeat itself with the new unnamed FX house.
CBS is a corporation and corporations don't like leaks. Look what happened when Burnett let it slip that they were planning to bring TAS to Blu-ray -- CBS went apoplectic and asked him to contact TrekCore and claim he was only assuming and giving his opinion.* They only want us to know when they want us to know.
* Just want to clarify that this is only my opinion.
I think theres a clue in the fact were getting a BD release of Best of Both Worlds One AND Two on the same day they release Season 3.
My money is on CBS-D keeping it in house this time out, at least for 4 and 5. Maybe they'll lease it out again come Season 6 though.
I wish that Robert Meyer Burnett would realise that directing Free Enterprise and producing bonus materials for a series filmed over two decades ago doesn't make him a Star Trek insider or anything more than a high-profile fan. His opinions matter about as much as Bjo Trimble's.
what's wrong with someone giving an opinion in an interview. That's what we do here all the time. If it has anything to do with a holier than thou attitude, then that's been part of the trek franchise since the original series. Nothing new there.
Nope, Season 4 is being done by an external post-house. 5 is being done be CBS-D, perhaps 6 too depending on schedules.
I thought that only the visual effects were being done by an external effects company for season 4 and that CBS-D was still supervizing the remastering.
CBS-D are working on the conform for S4, VFX are indeed outsourced. They hope to be able to guide the VFX if time and resources permit.
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When I am not imagining myself as a Nazi war criminal bounty hunter, I envision myself as the ultimate parent. In this epic fantasy, I am a firm, yet tender guardian, leading my flock like a fierce and noble Viking matron who would never stoop so low as to bait their good behavior.
Recently, I discovered that dream is about a likely to happen as finding a Nazi war criminal still alive. I was a mom for a week-ish to my sister's three little ones, and during that brief time, all my lofty intentions of chivalrous parenting went where all dreams go to die: away from Pinterest. Perhaps someday when my own children are grown ups and still running around like savages, I will show them my swooning "Kids … Someday" Pinterest board and sheepishly murmur, "It's the thought that counts, right?"
My future offspring, please accept my advance apology for bribing your good behavior with sweets and movies. I'll make you cupcakes if you promise to not resent me for it.
Lie #1: My kids will never watch TV
Because … wait for it … my babies will be soooo busy feasting on the glories of Dickens and Tolstoy (in the original Russian) at the venerable age of 5 they won't have time for TV.
Who am I kidding. Kids love fart jokes, defacing walls with crayons and poop and will be hypnotized by anything that moves on a screen.
The reality is that everyday I was One-Weekish Mom my nephews and niece watched a movie, and honestly, I might have watched it with them too. I have to be able to relate to them, right?
Or perhaps I am making up for all those deprived childhood years of mine, filled with the horrors of books, imagination and the great outdoors. What was my mom thinking??!
Lie #2: They will only listen to classical music
Mozart, Vivaldi, Beethoven … these prodigious names grace my childrens' early lexicons, as their little souls soar on the raptures of symphonies and complex melodies.
Noooooope. Babies love love love the mind-numbing repetition of Bob the Builder. I discovered that If you combine Lie #1 with Lie #2 and put in a Bob the Builder movie for them, you can create a magical window of time to catch up on Downton Abby. Errr … I mean … catch up on your Mozart …
Lie #3: They will eat like princely rabbits
A health-freak of the highest nature, all things green, organic and fermented appear on my fantasy diet plan for my future brood. But unless I marry Peter Rabbit, I have a sinking feeling that my childrens' guts will be host to fodder more along the lines of hot dogs, popsicles and ice cream. Hey, all those things (note I said 'things', not 'foods') can be green and organic too, right?
The worst part of this revelation? My sister's kids are angels. And I still spoiled them. Banking on the sure likelihood that my offspring will be monsters, I better sign up for a Costco membership now so I can start stocking up on bulk popsicles.


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I know that there are a handful of Republican candidates who are getting all the attention these days as we gear up for the 2012 presidential election — folks like Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann. President Obama doesn't have any big name Democratic opposition in his bid for re-election, so he's keeping kind of quiet so far.
But there are some other candidates out there, both Republican and Democratic, who are running for our nation's highest elected office who haven't gotten much play in the media. And they showed up in Manchester, N.H., on Monday, Dec. 19, to participate in the New Hampshire Institute of Politics' "forum for lesser known presidential candidates." You can read all about it here at ConcordMonitor.com.
Here is what was, for me, the big surprise of the evening: Randall Terry is running for president — as a Democrat!
You remember Randall Terry, right? He founded what was, at one time, the biggest anti-abortion group around, Operation Rescue. He's the one that suggested in 2009 that the murder of Doctor George Tiller, who performed abortions, was justified. He is also virulently anti-gay and when his adopted son Jamiel came out in 2004, Terry basically disowned him. (Jamiel was killed in a car wreck in Georgia on Nov. 30.)
Well, Terry, who now lives in Purgitsville, W. Va., announced early this year that he would be running for president, as a Democrat believe it or not, and he was one of the candidates at the NHIOP forum last night. His two main campaign issues are, of course, ending abortion and ending gay marriage. "We will never restore the greatness of this nation as long as we are killing our own offspring," he said at the forum, adding that the "states' rights" argument is not valid in either case. "There's some things that are fundamentally evil, like slavery and there is no state right to hold another human being, there is no state right to kill your offspring, there is no state right to have homosexual marriage," he said.
But Terry is not the only "fringe" candidate who was at the forum. They were all pretty much fringe candidates in one way or another. But the fringiest of them all was probably perpetual candidate Vermin Supreme of Rockport, Mass., who has, according to ConcordMonitor.com, "made a name for himself since 2004 running on a platform of giving a pony to every American and mandatory oral hygiene — 'strong teeth for a strong America.'"
(Oh, and check out his website, where he lists his campaign priorities as "Dental Hygiene Law," "Flying Monkey Public Safety Assurance Program" and "Time Travel Research Funding."
At the Monday night forum, he declared, "I am a tyrant that you should trust, and you should let me run your life because I, too, know what is best for you."
OK, who wouldn't want a pony? And who can be against good oral hygiene? And to make it even better, Vermin Supreme goes around wearing a rubber boot on his head like a wizard's hat, and one of those green toy Hulk fists over his crotch, kind of like a codpiece, I guess. And if THAT's not enough for you, at the Monday night forum, Vermin threw glitter all over Randall Terry while yelling, "He's turning gay, he's turning gay, whoooooo!"
What's not to love? I mean, when you have serious Republican candidates pledging to do away with judges if they do something they don't like, voting for a guy who promises everybody a pony doesn't seem like that much of a stretch, after all.


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• Toronto Raptors
If there's a team from this group that belongs on the "intriguing" list, it's probably Toronto, which landed its franchise point guard in a fascinating trade with the Rockets after improving from cover-your-eyes awful to league average on defense in coach Dwane Casey's first year. Kyle Lowry will serve as the team's major free-agent prize because the Raptors reserved their rather significant cap space for a two-pronged pursuit of Steve Nash, a strategy that included both a sizable offer to the two-time MVP and a crazy offer sheet to Landry Fields designed to block the Knicks from a sign-and-trade deal for Nash.
Fields will make just shy of $6.5 million annually over the next three seasons, a drastic overpay for a wing who shot 25.6 percent from three-point range last season and struggles to defend quick shooting guards. Fields will likely begin the season as the starting small forward for a team that had one of the NBA's worst wing rotations in 2011-12, when the likes of Rasual Butler and a slightly out-of-position James Johnson mostly started there. The 24-year-old Fields will represent an upgrade if he can shoot a league-average mark from deep, and his cutting game generally functioned much better before the Knicks dealt for Carmelo Anthony, the sort of dominant, ball-stopping scorer not present in Toronto. And it's not as if Toronto missed an obvious gem in free agency; the small-forward market was top-heavy, with the prime options being either restricted (Nicolas Batum) or aging/potentially overpriced (Gerald Wallace, Andrei Kirilenko), and the Raptors used the draft to find a potential replacement (Terrence Ross) for DeMar DeRozan at shooting guard.
The Fields deal will hurt the Raptors' flexibility, but not fatally. Toronto is set to have about $11.5 million in cap space next summer before factoring in DeRozan's $8.4 million cap hold. DeRozan's future is one of the interesting questions that Toronto faces. Ditto for the frontcourt, where the anticipated debut of Lithuanian center Jonas Valanciunas will make for a crowd of players who all want minutes. Andrea Bargnani is obviously a heavy-minutes starter, and he played the best ball of his career early last season before suffering a series of nagging leg injuries. The Raptors, who had the second-worst offense last season, actually scored at a league-average rate when Bargnani was around to spread the floor.
After that? Nothing but questions, with Amir Johnson, Ed Davis, Valanciunas and fellow Lithuanian Linas Kleiza, who can swing between both forward positions but probably works best in the NBA as a small-ball power forward. (The Raptors' salary dump of Johnson to Sacramento cleared that precise role for Kleiza). And we haven't mentioned Aaron Gray, a burly center for whom Casey has an affection.
Bottom line: With some internal growth and Lowry on board to upgrade the defense at the top of the arc, the Raptors have a chance to make some noise in the race for the No. 8 spot — especially if the Sixers slip after their own offseason makeover. Toronto also will be a team to watch on the trade and free-agency markets because of its glut of big men, decent cap flexibility, still-available amnesty provision and point guard Jose Calderon's expiring deal.
I think this is the best off season evaluation I've seen on the Raptors. There is no question they are better but how much better remains to be seen.


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Discussion in 'General Pro Player Discussion' started by batz, Feb 5, 2013.
1- Remember there was no signs of injury when he played Rosol. His absence is part from the shame he feels of losing the match. He did the same after Soderling.
2- He does have injuries though and always had bad knees. He will never be the same.
3- He has some contracts he needs to satisfy. He is back for money and for Toni.
4- Murray my favorite to win RG
I guess it's always fun to support underdogs. And with 0 credentials on clay, Murray is as massive an underdog as there ever will be!
Can Murray even win a 250 on clay?
Nadal is legit hurt.....you can see the way he moved in Wimbledon 2012....the hater in me want to believe he got beat playing his best.
There are a few times he looks perfectly fine....maybe small niggles....but overexagerated them.
Bodo is stealing a living.
Ok, I am not a "Nadal fan" or really a fan of anyone in particular, but I am a "tennis fan", and I never take anything Bozo says seriously, but when he accuses a group of people as not being objective, that just shows how incompetent Bozo is, considering he is about as non-objective as one can get with his stupid articles and comments.
Yeah, Bozo's articles always feel like they were composed while waiting in a lunch hour queue. His point is in the first half of the article where he wants to drum his opinion home that Nadal will not be missed. Then he talks about the knees, which have given him fodder for a gazillion similar articles. What is he wailing about exactly?
***sarcasm alert*** I wondered why Nadal didn't play in the Aussie Open.... :lol:
Bozo wonders if Nadal was really missed. LOL did he think that the AO had good men's tennis when a 31 year old man is able to reach the semifinals and the only two viable players right from the start were Murray and Djokovic?
Bozo has still not gotten over the way he was humiliated and had to beg for an interview with the Nadal camp after writing a worthless piece of sh*t. He is the classical old Fed fart still living in the past and unable to accept a superior player when he comes along.
You mean Nadal is better than Bodo? :-?
Well Bodo did accuse Nadal of juicing then discovered that airing these opinions may his income in the future. So he promptly back-tracked and nary a peep out of him these days about PEDS in tennis.
You are wrong about all of your points. Nadal's absence has nothing to do with shame over his Rosol loss, he does not have any serious knee injury, he is not back for the money or Uncle Toni (that is silly) and Murray is not winning RG.
He did? When was that?
back when rafa missed the 06 aussie open.
he wondererd if that was the reason for his abrupt withdrawal.
I laughed, and then I laughed some more.
I should think so. He's made it to the semis of RG, MC (twice) and Rome and only got stopped by either the clay goat Rafa or goating Djokovic.
Who cares what Bodo thinks. Nadal is one of the greatest champions in tennis history, he mastered and dethroned Federer. He brought an energy and intensity the sport has never seen before. He is missed and missed dearly.
Tough when he doesn't play any.
I am surprised that Chrissie allows such articles to be put up. It is really a shame when a "journalist" is so biased and egoistic. He should be retired before he makes more of a fool of himself. He understands neither the technical side of the game or the people dynamics, but just spews some kind of hate in every article.
I missed that. Does that article still exist and does anybody have a link for it if so?
I usually don't agree with Bodo but this one is bang on. I'm surprised he's brave enough to take on Uncle Toni this way. :lol:
He's so biased it's ridiculous. Journalism is certainly a loose term these days.
I think if Murray decided to enter some small clay events he could probably win a few. He really only plays the clay masters+ Barcelona
Bodo is a Bozo. Always has been and always will be.
Why, because he does not always fawn over Nadal?
No, because he is so anti-Nadal since Nadal can bulldoze thru his hero any time
Bozo doesn't like Federer either....
Perhaps Bodo knows a little more about what goes on behind the scenes than we do, if you know what I mean? You know reasons for Nadal's absences and such. :twisted:
No, nobody knows more than we do here. In fact, journalists get their ideas from us.
I think Peter Bodo is asking the right questions. Whenever Nadal has a dramatic loss he seems to flee the ATP Tour. Remember 2009 when Nadal lost to Soderling his parents were also having marital problems and almost divorced. Nadal's parents have since gotten back together but his personal problems were more the reason he missed Wimbledon in 2009 despite being the defending champion.
Nadal probably had knee problems but I sense his problems are more personal and emotional. I doubt Nadal is going to tell the media the truth but I think something happened in his personal life and he probably had a crisis of self confidence too.
He knows more than we do, believe me.
The only journalist who told the truth about Nadal doesn't even like tennis is Lynn Barber. The tennis industry and the tennis fans attacked Lynn Barber but her essay exposed a lot about the machinery and the PR BS about Nadal. Barber's essay was so objective because she dared to ask the tough questions that most tennis journalists would NEVER ask or even dare write about a tennis champion like Nadal.
What people see about Nadal is not who he really is but his obsessive fans will never agree with this point. These people think Nadal is perfect, and he never lies, and he never spins stories to suit his own interests. These fans don't realize Nadal has a brand to sell and a product he isn't just a tennis star he's a huge international celebrity who has an image he is desperately trying to keep private and maintain.
I am not so sure, the tennis media a lot of those journalists are actually very tacky people they are "fans" of a lot of these tennis stars they don't ask the tough questions they aren't objective.
When's the last time some in the media attacked the McEnroe brothers? Patrick McEnroe is the worst example of neoptism in tennis industry ever.
Especially Patrick McEnroe he's the worst tennis commentator on USA television he has a conflict of interest because he works at the USTA. Where are the articles asking Patrick McEnroe for him to resign from the USTA?
Mary Joe Fernandez husband is Roger Federer's agent and I think she also has close ties to Maria Sharapova too. Ever watch a match with Sharapova and listen to Mary Joe Fernandez commentate? These so called commentators and journalists are not objective enough.
In order to get access to tennis stars like Nadal the media have to go through his PR machine and managers.
I think the public only sees what Nadal and his PR people want us to see. But it would take a serious journalist someone that can spot BS and call it for what it is.
I dont like Bodo but he is spot on when it comes to this article. You need to be stupid to believe Rafa and his team anymore.
I also think Rafa isnt humble or something as we fans try to portray him.He is insecure. Thats why he always plays this stupid mind games. There were many times Rafa and his team exaggerated Rafas injury problems.I dont mean he never suffered any problems or something but it is pretty clear Rafa loves to create safe heaven for himself.When he lose because he has problems either physically or personal problems.When he wins this is even more special because he also played with pain and problems but still managed to win.OHHH what a fighter.
No he doesn't.
Bodo's bias and inability to write anything from an objective point of view simply confirms that everything he writes is hogwash.
What it is is a knee injury. There is a lot of sponsor pressure on him to return. That is why he was always thinking of coming back earlier, but did not do so due to medical advice. He injured his knees before Wimbledon, but still played through the pain against Rosol. Then he decided to look after his health and not to bow to fan and sponsor pressure. As the GOAT, people wanted him to return because they saw how tennis standards had gone down without him. So he played along saying he will be back soon, but was forced to keep postponing due to the healing time of the injury. That is all there is to it.
It is no different from any of us who try to persuade ourselves we are OK to play tennis even when we are not feeling well.
You are only saying that because he writes negatively about Nadal at times.
Nadal has been (perhaps allowed himself to be) overmanaged by the PR machine. He is just an insecure, uneducated kid.
He might pull an Agassi later in his life: kicks Toni off his life, leaves his GF, shaves his head and returns to the tour and wins a few matches, takes some writing classes and writes another book on his own.
At times? Even when he is writing something supposedly positive it turns into a backhanded compliment.
What is more important Nadal's health or sponsors? It is stupid for Nadal to return if he is still in pain it doesn't make any sense.
I guess most tennis fans just want to believe the knee injury story because that's the PR story Nadal and his team have said.
Yet I've seen photos of Nadal swimming, and doing all kinds of social things smiling for the camera.
This knee injury story might have some veracity but Nadal is lying and the media need to dig a bit deeper to find out what's really going on with him.
Where is Lynn Barber? I would love to see Lynn Barber write another essay about Nadal she's the only journalist who really was able to peel beneath the surface and expose the facade about him.
So that's why I believe Nadal's problems are probably a mixture of physical, emotional, and probably psychological too.
If the knee injury is so serious why not just have surgery? Nadal is a multi millionaire sports medicine has improved so much in the past ten to fifteen years so why doesn't he just get the injury fixed?
So where is the essay you are talking about?
I am not a big fan of what Bodo writes but he is doing it to grab attention for the most part probably. He is entitled to write whatever he wants. The fact that we are talking about it on here and giving it attention is exactly what Bodo wants.
I also think this guy and his team loves the fans and media speculate and talk about him endlessly. Nothing is coincidence.
Good question.
Just google Lynn Barber and Nadal it is the twenty first century not hard to do.
Lynn Barber's article was anything but objective. It is obvious from her opening lines that she was determined to write a negative piece.
I mean come one, she got offended because his fly was undone, how dare his fly be undone while he is getting a massage.
Of course he's not perfect and he lies. He's human, not a robot.
All the top tennis players are selling a brand. Don't make it sound like he is the only one though. Djokovic and Federer are selling a brand too you know...
Good point, time to stop talking about him.
Bodo? Who is this Bodo? :twisted:
Yeah, he says his knees still hurt, but he is back anyways. So by playing does he expect the pain to get better or worse??
Remember last time he didnt play it was not knee, it was a stomach bug. So what he is really doing is buying time and keeping his brand going. He is taking care of his contracts or he will lose bunch of money.
Bodo is exactly right when he says he is not straight forward with his fans and the media about his injury. Have you EVER seen an injury like this? His knees are good and then they are not good, he is coming back and then he is not coming back. He is pain but he is coming back anyways???
Call the BS when you see it, his fan or not, nothing about this injury is making sense.
Just look at the way he lost his last match. I for one have never seen a player who is so seriously injured that not only plays the whole 5 sets but he is so much into the match that shoulder bumps his opponent and even complains to umpire about the guys movements before he serves?? and then he goes out for 7 months??
Have some common sense dude, see it like he is. Bodo is right, his injury and the way he has been handling it is not normal.
Nadal has a chronic injury so it requires ongoing management. Is the difference between a chronic and trauma-based injury too difficult to grasp?
I am not so sure about this shoulder bump stuff buy ı agree with the rest of your comments.Spot on.
Exactly. It is not a one-time thing. Once people get past their hate of Nadal, they will be able to see how simple it is.
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I just finished watching the premier episode of Canadian Idol. I know many of you posters to the South will not have the opportunity to see it, unfortunately. The first episode was great! They showed stops in Vancouver, Calgary and Winnipeg, and have already handed out 49 tickets to Toronto. Most I would say I agreed with... there were a couple of unusual choices, but I thought that they were just colourful enough to make the cut.
The judges are Sass Jordan (Canadian rock artist), Zack Werner (Cdn. equivalent of Simon, but not AS nasty), Farley Flex (music station director.. not afraid to call it like he sees it), and Jake Gold (artist manager, and again brutally honest). They make an interesting panel, and I think so far their choices have been great.
Having never seen the first episodes of American Idol, this is the first time I have seen what these judges are up against. I can't imagine hearing 1000's of voices and having to be responsible to pick "the one". The only thing that is even more unfathomable is these people that actually think they can sing!!!<img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/images/emoticons/ohwell.gif ALT=":\"> I can't believe people that love and care about them would actually allow them to put themselves through that. As one young man said when he left the audition "They did find a Simon, don't believe them!"
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Mariana, lawyer and writer
Where are you from?
I was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This is my first visit to L.A. and I'm very pleased to be here.
Why did you come to LACMA today?
I had heard about the museum and the richness of the collections and I wanted to see them.
Have you been inspired by art?
I write, and on many occasions my source of inspiration is a piece of art. In fact, I am here in this building to look at the Rothko painting that you have. So yes. Definitely, yes.
Piaget, artist, and Czarina, architect
Why did you come to the museum today?
Piaget: We are here to see modern art, I came down from San Francisco, I had a show and I'm leaving tomorrow.
If you were a piece of artwork, which one would you be?
Piaget: I like Calder sculptures. They're free, they're playful...
Georgian, artist
Do you have plans to travel?
If I can get a job or sell some of my art, I will go to Spain...It's beautiful, relaxing, and I've always gone there as a child...hopefully I will travel around and go to Bilbao.


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I think it's almost 100% certainty that the bruises were from Edward. Even if Jacob had bruised her at the wedding it would be nothing to the bruises covering Bella after the first night of the honeymoon. Jacob bruises or not, Edward would still be tormented by what happened.
This particular aspect of the saga is one that is brought up time and again by critics. They are disturbed by the fact that Bella gets bruised and then just brushes it off as if nothing had happened. How do/would you respond to such criticism?
My own reaction was kind of horrified, kind of thinking like it was "too far". But I suppose it was realistic. It's just not possible for a human and vampire to mate without the human coming out damaged somehow. The first time anyway. And I know Edward was horrified so it's not like a "he's abusive" charge. Haha...that's the last thing Edward is! I think I was more bothered by Bella's reaction, like it really was no big deal. I mean, granted, I've never had Edward so maybe I'd react exactly like Bella, but I know in a normal situation I'd be absolutely horrified. I suppose I wish Bella had taken it a bit more seriously. Like "Geez, I better be more cautious about this next time..." and not so casually dismissed it.


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For Vancouver Whitecaps FC, November 11 is not just a day to remember those that fought for our freedom years ago, but it is also a day to show gratitude of the sacrifices from those that still fight for our freedom today.
"The rest of us are the beneficiaries of the sacrifices of each of the Canadian soldiers in some way and that is what we need to remember," said Bob Lenarduzzi, Whitecaps FC president.
A comprehensive list of Remembrance Day ceremonies taking place throughout Metro Vancouver can be found here.


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June 1, 2012 – A recent state appeals court decision is a driving school reminder to "assess the intersection before proceeding," even if no police or fire sirens can be heard.
The passengers in a car suffered injuries when a volunteer firefighter ran a red light and struck their car. The firefighter, Parnell Burditt, was responding to an emergency call in his personal vehicle, driving to the Okauchee Fire Department. His car had emergency lights, but no siren.
The plaintiffs sued Burditt, claiming he was negligent. The trial court granted summary judgment to Burditt on grounds of governmental immunity. The plaintiffs appealed. In Brown v. Burditt, 2011AP583 (May 30, 2012), the District II Wisconsin Court of Appeals affirmed.
Wis. Stat. section 893.80(4) grants governmental immunity to volunteer firefighters for so-called discretionary acts, "acts done in the exercise of legislative, quasi-legislative, judicial or quasi-judicial functions" that require the actor's discretion or judgment.
The plaintiffs first argued that governmental immunity did not apply because Burditt was not acting within the scope of his employment when driving. That is, governmental immunity did not kick in until Burditt reached the fire station to begin his duties.
Plaintiffs cited the "coming and going rule" in DeRuyter v. Wisconsin Electric Power Co., 200 Wis. 2d 349, 546 N.W.2d 534 (Ct. App 1996), which states that an employee acts outside the scope of employment unless the employer exercises control over the employee's route to work.
The OFD did not control the method or route that Burditt took on his way to the fire station, plaintiffs argued. But the three-judge appeals panel disagreed.
"[T]he issue in this case is not whether the OFD is liable for Burditt's actions, as it would be in a respondeat superior case, but whether Burditt's status as a volunteer firefighter shields him from liability for his discretionary actions while responding to an emergency call," wrote Chief Appeals Court Judge Richard Brown, concluding that DeRuyter was not relevant.
The plaintiffs also argued that governmental immunity did not apply because Burditt's decision to run the red light was a ministerial act, not a discretionary one that is protected. Ministerial duties are absolute and imposed by law, with no room for judgment or discretion.
More specifically, the plaintiffs argued that emergency vehicles can't run red lights unless they give both visual and audible warnings under section 346.03, and Burditt's car did not have a siren. Thus, Burditt had a ministerial duty to stop at the red light, they argued.
Again the court disagreed, relying on a high-speed police chase case. "Burditt's decision to proceed through the intersection against the red light, like the decision to initiate and continue a high-speed chase, was discretionary," Judge Brown wrote.
In other words, Burditt's discretionary decision to violate the rules of the road was protected by the governmental immunity statute, even though he's on the hook for running the red light.
"Burditt still has immunity from a tort action," explained Judge Brown, who noted that Burditt must pay a penalty, between $25 and $100, for violating the traffic statute.
Joe Forward is the Legal Writer for the State Bar of Wisconsin


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A "ladies only" trip to St. Armands Circle might include spa treatments and shopping at high-end boutiques, followed by wining and dining.
But in January 1980, St. Armands was stripped for at least two nights of its identity as an upscale shopping destination.
The Longboat Observer reported in its Jan. 18, 1980, issue that the former Ruby Tuesday's on the Circle held a "Ladies Only" show that "had the audience close to hysteria" for two consecutive Tuesday nights.
The women chanted, "We want the men," in unison, before six male dancers from The Male Factor began their act fully-clothed but stripped down to bikini underwear by the time they finished their performance.
Restaurant owners estimated that they had to turn away nearly 1,200 women who wanted to scope out the disco dancers.
Ladies who attended ranged in age from their early 20s to over 75. Their behavior was anything but bawdy. They politely applauded and occasionally whistled at the dancers, according to a manager.
The owner told the Longboat Observer that he expected the idea to be a success but never anticipated it would draw such crowds.
Meanwhile, the disco dancers drew mixed reactions from St. Armands residents and merchants.
Ruby Tuesday's owner said that some business owners were pleased by the event's success. Some ladies who were turned away went to other Circle restaurants, instead.
Still, the reaction of individual members of the St. Armands Merchants Association included:
"The St. Armands community doesn't need this."
One merchant described it as "reprehensible."
"The next thing we'll have is a porno book store on the Circle," said another.
Others saw it as a positive development.
"Usually about the time when Ruby's closes, young males sometimes wander about the Circle pulling up plants, breaking some windows and smashing trash cans," a merchant said. "The ladies were the model of behavior and no vandalism was reported."
One "Ladies Only-"night patron told the Longboat Observer that she saw nothing wrong with men seeing strippers. Why then, she asked, shouldn't women be able to watch male strippers, as well?
The dancers' Tuesday-night appearances became a regular presence on the Circle in the early 1980s, but the Male Factor's fame extended beyond Ruby Tuesday's. By 1981, the dancers were preparing for a Las Vegas appearance that would become the first male dance group to perform in Sin City.
A "ladies only" trip to St. Armands Circle might include spa treatments and shopping at high-end boutiques, followed by wining and dining.


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ArtsWatch: Google Books Still A Step Too Far
The Recording Academy actively represents the music community on such issues as intellectual property rights, music piracy, archiving and preservation, and censorship concerns. In pursuing its commitment to addressing these and other issues, The Recording Academy undertakes a variety of national initiatives. ArtsWatch is a key part of an agenda aimed at raising public awareness of and support for the rights of artists. To become more involved, visit Advocacy Action @ GRAMMY.com and sign up for Advocacy Action E-lerts.
On March 22 New York U.S. District Court Judge Denny Chin rejected the proposed settlement agreement between the Authors Guild and Google and scheduled a status conference on the case for April 25. The Google Books project, which has scanned millions of books and has already made much of their content and metadata searchable, would like to offer a combination digital library and bookstore. Authors Guild President Scott Turow said, "Readers want access to these unavailable works, and authors need every market they can get. There has to be a way to make this happen. It's a top priority for the Authors Guild." Groups pleased the agreement was rejected include Electronic Frontier Foundation, Open Book Alliance and Public Knowledge. Copyright concerns posed several major issues in Chin's determination that the agreement was not fair, adequate and reasonable, including orphan works for which owners cannot be located, and the intellectual property rights of foreign owners. As has been true for years, Google's proposal to allow authors to opt out of the agreement remains a major sticking point — Chin urged that this be revised to allow authors wanting to participate the ability to opt in. The change would clearly distinguish the out-of-copyright portion of Google Books from its planned marketplace of books in print, with Google serving as publisher or licensed distributor of copyrighted works according to traditional rules and roles. What is at stake is Google's desire to offer an integrated service that would provide a single point of access to all books, including those still protected by copyright but not in print. Many believe only Congress can offer new rules to govern the new possibilities offered by digital technology. Meanwhile, Google is likely to buck tradition and push for progress as it works with the Authors Guild to revise their terms of agreement.
Nevada U.S. District Court Judge James Mahan issued a verbal decision on March 18 finding that nonprofit Center for Intercultural Organizing's online publication of a newspaper article in its entirety was non-infringing under the fair use defense. Righthaven sued CIO on behalf of the Las Vegas Review-Journal and has engaged in a pattern of what Electronic Frontier Foundation has depicted as calculated lawsuits without basis and drew harsh words from Mahan. Although quoting or republishing all of an article without permission does not favor a finding of fair use, Mahan was convinced the Oregon-based nonprofit qualified for the defense since the article's reuse was purely informative and would not impact the commercial news market. Defendants are drafting a dismissal order for the judge's signature and Righthaven plans to appeal the ruling. PaidContent observed that "Righthaven's pursuit of these cases could backfire on the whole media industry" as they potentially cloud where fair use begins and ends.
On March 21 the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal by Universal Music Group on procedural issues pertaining to UMG's court loss over calculations for Eminem's digital royalties. The wording of standard pre-digital era recording contracts was not specific whether permanent downloads should be calculated as sales or as licenses, with licenses qualifying for a higher royalty rate than sales. UMG's loss opens up the prospect that labels could owe big back royalties to legacy artists, but this court case is likely far from over. The plaintiffs lost the initial jury trial and subsequently appealed the earlier loss of their pre-trial motion for summary judgment. The plaintiffs won and UMG appealed on procedural grounds, arguing that plaintiffs' appeal was untimely and the appeals court should not have considered trial evidence. UMG cannot take those procedural issues any higher but could still appeal its loss on other grounds.
CTIA-The Wireless Association announced a new mobile app rating initiative on March 22. President/CEO Steve Largent said, "The mobile app market is growing exponentially and we understand the challenges that parents may face when determining what content is appropriate for their children. That's why we're proud to introduce this initiative so parents can make informed decisions regarding the apps their children download." CTIA also issued a request for proposal to build a database for developers to fill out a questionnaire describing their app and receive the rating applicable to their app's content.
On March 23 Adobe announced its Adobe Pass, an online video authentication service providing cable subscribers with free online access to cable programming from participating networks. Launch partners include Comcast, Cox, Dish Network, MTV Networks, Turner Broadcasting, and Verizon. Adobe Pass, which uses Adobe Flash where it is available or HTML 5 as an alternative, is an implementation of the TV Everywhere model that Comcast and Time Warner announced in June 2009.
Representatives of MPAA, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and RIAA expressed disappointment that the World Trade Organization deadline of March 19 passed without China's compliance with its WTO obligations to relax importation and distribution restrictions on American media. The deadline was imposed as part of America's WTO dispute with China in 2009, though representatives of the MPAA and others believe China is engaged in compliance efforts.
On March 23 Britain's Chancellor George Osborne delivered the government's 2011 budget, including an accompanying report, "The Plan For Growth." The plan supports "the establishment by industry of a Creative Industries Council, which can provide a voice for the sector with the financial community and coordinate action on barriers to growth." A strong advocate for the council's creation, UK Music CEO Feargal Sharkey said, "We are heartened that government recognizes music's unique potential."


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>Gears and Wears>MapMyRun vs. RunKeeper
Epic Runner
I've been using these two apps simultaneously, and they both record VERY different times and distances. Has anyone ever noted the differences between these two apps? If so, which one is more accurate? I'm inclined to say MapMyRun because it's built for mapping and I don't know that RunKeeper tracks the inclines properly.
Here is the RunKeeper map: http://runkeeper.com/user/820397666/activity/174920467?&tripIdBase36=2w55hv
Here is the MapMyRun map: http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/201874570
There's a difference of .04 miles and a time difference of 3 MINUTES! I started recording within maybe 5 seconds of each other.
Any thoughts?
Do Epic Runs
Sorry this posted twice!
Tried Runkeeper a couple of times just to see how good it is and gives me a different distance on different days. So yes, I think mapmyrun could be more precise, though both may be equally inaccurate
I've been using runkeeper and it tracks with my non-gps polar's stride sensor almost exactly which was set up using a track and tested a few times using methods other than gps. But, if I check runkeeper results against google maps, it's usually off (I've heard google mapping isn't terribly accurate for distances either--plus you can't trace your exact route.) It does have an "auto-pause" feature that will pause the mapping if you stop (or if it thinks you've stopped) which may be the time difference? I don't know if mapmyrun has anything similar.
I haven't compared altitude between runkeeeper and the polar though--I have all the data just need to get the motivation to go back and wade through it.
I'd be curious what you find out (subscribing to this post)
@CSP - MapMyRun does have the auto-pause which is why I'm confused...although I didn't stop on either of these runs. I may have slowed down and walked but my total time in motion should be the same. So weird!
So maybe RunKeeper is more accurate with true GPS and MapMyRun is truer to Google Maps? I'll keep investigating. I'm planning on running the same exact route twice and using only one app at a time, stopping and starting it at exactly the same point. I can't afford a Garmin or anything fancy right now so until I get one I'll have to make do.
Any luck yet on figuring this out? I'm trying to compare the two apps as well, and haven't yet been able to account for the differences. Further frustrating the issue is that I sometimes record my run with the Zombies, Run! app and MapMyRun, then upload from Zombies to RunKeeper, at which point RunKeeper logs the run with different times and distances from either MapMyRun or Zombies. What the....? Ay, caramba.
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The difference in distance is miniscule...211 feet over ~3 miles...what's that..something like 1% or so. I assume that this is coming from a smartphone GPS track as well, so it's got some noise in it. Since each application has to take in the GPS track and add them up, do some number crunching to get the total distance...you're just seeing the difference between two software groups in how they sum GPS track points.
I've done my best to live the right way. I get up every morning and go to work each day. (for now)
Yes, I think this is right. I feel that in all likelihood the Garmin 'software group' (and the algorithms they have developed over the years) must be far, far more advanced than Runkeeper.
I don't really know anything about this, but if Erin is using two apps simultaneously, they could be vying for the GPS data and getting different sets of points; whatever the phone has ready when the app calls for it.
Well at least someone here is making relevance to the subject. - S.J.
I've been using runkeeper along with a Garmin Forerunner 410 GPS watch, since I didn't have a bluetooth equipped chest strap yet for HR monitoring with the iPhone app alone, and I've been amazed at how closely aligned the distance, time, and even calories burned results are between the two. The elevation may be off, but I don't really pay attention to that.
Why stop at two? Fire up the Strava app too for good measure.
I use MapMyRun and I love it, I haven't tried other apps but I'm glad to know I have been using a good one.
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(The issue is entirely with the time, not the distance, judging by OP's post -- some responses above seem to be talking about distance issues.)
Can you look at both maps and move your cursor through them and see if there is a missing 3 minutes (or extra 3 minutes) in one of them?
I think you (the owner of the maps) can see more map data than we the general public can see.
It's a 5k. It hurt like hell...then I tried to pick it up. The end.
This is an internet forum...how DARE you bring careful reading for content and reasoned understanding to a topic. How. Dare. You. Outrageous.
race obsessed
Check for auto pausing and research to see if one of the apps calculates pauses behind the scenes.
Typically a difference in GPS is just algorithm differences in the coding. However, differences in time means one is pausing while the other is not.
A year ago or so, I was comparing both Runkeeper and iSmoothrun and I found that RK was doing a horrible job at calculating pauses in the workout. This occurred regardless of autopause (ie: some odd behind the scenes calcs were screwed). They eventually got everything working pretty well.


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BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. – Chicago Fire center back Arne Friedrich felt that his team wasn't pushing forward enough in their 2-1 win against Toronto FC on Saturday after falling behind in the 16th minute.
So Friedrich decided to push the game himself.
The German ventured forward several times, including once in the second minute of injury time, when he dribbled the ball from the midfield all the way to the edge of the Toronto penalty area before he was knocked to the ground by defender Ashtone Morgan.
"Especially in the second half, it was necessary, with us being down a goal," Friedrich said after the game, with a bandage covering an injury to his nose, a consequence of his late-game foray into the attacking third. "It was one of my goals to push the team a little bit, and I guess we did that very well."
His fellow center back, Austin Berry, scored the game-winning goal in the 84th minute.
MacDonald getting fitter
Sherjill MacDonald felt stiff for the first 15 minutes of his 45-minute performance of Saturday's game. He also came on in the 65th minute of last week's 1-1 tie against San Jose.
That's typical for the newly acquired Dutch forward, who feels sore most days at the start of practice.
"The weeks of training have been very hard for me because for eight weeks, I didn't train and I didn't play," said MacDonald, who wrapped up his season in the Belgian Pro League in May. "For me, 45 minutes was perfect today. Hopefully, after another week of training, I can play 60-65."
Even though he's not at full fitness, MacDonald was dangerous. He almost scored the Fire's third goal of the game in the 86th minute, when his shot from a bad angle squeaked by the post.
"I feel much better today, much better than the last week," he added. "Much fitter after a hard week of training."
Fernández feeling OK
Álvaro Fernández picked up an ankle injury at the on Saturday in his Fire debut, but the midfielder said he didn't think the injury is serious after coming off after playing 50 minutes.
"I feel in a little bit of pain right now," the Uruguayan said through a translator, "but I hope in the next few days it'll feel normal."


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The twerking isn't over yet…
Miley Cyrus is teaming up with none other than Justin Bieber on a new track called—what else?—"Twerk."
A source confirms to E! News that the two have recorded the song together, which also features Bieber's pal Lil Twist. The up-tempo track is produced by Meajor Ali and hasn't officially been released yet, and there has been no word on whether or not this is the final version of the song.
Miley is heard belting, "I came up in the party, time to twerk," while the Biebs chimes in with, "Lemme see you get out on the floor, girl. We gonna party 'til it's over."
"We can take it slow, don't need nobody to know," he adds.
Maybe this is just another banger that's going to be on Miley's highly anticipated album, Bangerz? Only time will tell.
The title of the soon-to-be hit track is surely timely. Just today it was announced that the dance term was officially added to the Oxford dictionary.
Given that the former Disney darling twerked for the world in everything from a unicorn onesie to flesh-colored, latex lingerie at the 2013 MTV VMAs, it seems like she should be part of the definition.
But, alas, she is not. According to Oxford Dictionaries, the term twerking originated in the '90s aka back when a pre-twerk Miley was just a little girl growing up in Tennessee.
The "informal" verb is defined as "[dancing] to popular music in a sexually provocative manner involving thrusting hip movements and a low, squatting stance." (Way to make it super technical, linguists.)
Oxford Dictionaries' Katherine Connor Martin said, per ABC News, twerking is most likely "an alteration of work, because that word has a history of being used in similar ways, with dancers being encouraged to 'work it.'"
"The 't' could be a result," she added, "of blending with another word such as twist or twitch." Terrific!


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Take steps to mitigate the financial impact heat stress could have on your operation this summer.
Heat stress is expensive. It is estimated that heat stress costs the dairy industry anywhere from $900 million[1] to $5 billion[2] each year depending upon the calculation used. The level of stress experienced by an animal and resulting financial losses fluctuate as temperature and humidity go up and down.
"Regardless of which figure you use, money goes down the drain each year as a result of heat stress," says Dr. Jamie Jarrett, dairy nutritionist with Purina Animal Nutrition LLC. "But when we talk in numbers that big, sometimes it can be hard to relate that to what's actually happening at the individual farm level."
To help dairy producers understand what the impact heat stress is having on specific operations, Jarrett shares that heat stress can cause a farm to lose 10 to 35 percent of an animal's current milk production.
A cow producing 100 pounds of milk in thermal neutral conditions could drop to 90 pounds of milk for a 10 percent loss or 65 pounds of milk for a 35 percent loss. Consider if the milk price is $16 per hundredweight, the reduction to 90 pounds of milk equates to a loss of $1.60 per cow per day. The reduction to 65 pounds per day of milk equates to a loss of $5.60 per cow per day.
Take this example across a herd of 500 cows, they are looking at a loss of anywhere from $800 to $2,800 per day.
Knowing that heat stress does not typically happen for one day only, consider if a cow suffered heat stress for a period of 45 days; the losses for a 500 cow herd grow to $36,000 to $126,000. If the herd is milking 1,000 cows the losses become even more significant ranging from $72,000 to $252,000. These numbers don't take into account reproduction losses and extended days open.
"When we put financials behind these percentages the losses an individual operation is facing start to become very real," says Jarrett.
Jarrett reminds that at 72 degrees most people are comfortable, but that is the breaking point for adverse effects depending upon the humidity level. "We need to change our mindset in how we think about heat stress"
To combat the financial impact of heat stress Jarrett advises that producers consider the following management strategies:
· Invest in shade, fans and sprinklers for both the lactating herd and dry cows, most specifically close-up cows. "Research shows the financial benefits of cooling both groups of cows," she says.
· Take steps to keep the holding pen cool. Research shows that cooling a cow's body temperature by 3 degrees F resulted in an increase of 1.75 pounds of milk per cow per day.[3]
· Provide plenty of water. "Cows drink more than you may think in warmer weather. Make sure that water is not a limiting factor on your operation," says Jarrett.
· Choose a highly palatable energy source. Because intake levels are reduced, it's very important to feed a concentrated source of energy that is very palatable and appealing to the cow.
· Double check your trace mineral and macro mineral levels. The level of trace minerals and macro minerals in the diet may need to be elevated. Macro minerals can help cows cope with heat stress.
· Keep an eye on potassium levels. During warm weather cows lose potassium through sweat.
· Raise dietary cation anion difference or DCAD levels to account for warmer weather.
For more information, contact Dr. Jamie Jarrett at (651) 375-5579 or email: email@example.com.
Download the Cool Cow mobile app, recently introduced by Purina Animal Nutrition, for Android phones at: http://bit.ly/AndriodCoolCow and for iPhones at: http://bit.ly/iPhoneCoolCow.
For additional information, sign-up to receive the monthly HerdSmart E-Newsletter; a free online tool to improve operational efficiency by visiting: www.bit.ly/ManagementTips.
Purina Animal Nutrition LLC (www.purinamills.com) is a national organization serving producers, animal owners and their families through more than 4,700 local cooperatives, independent dealers and other large retailers across the United States. Driven by an uncompromising commitment to animal excellence, Purina Animal Nutrition is an industry innovator, offering America's leading brands of complete feeds, supplements, premixes, ingredients and specialty technologies for the livestock and lifestyle animal markets. Headquartered in Shoreview, Minn., Purina Animal Nutrition LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Land O'Lakes, Inc.
[1] St-Pierre, N.R., B. Cobanov, and G. Schnitkey. 2003. Economic losses from heat stress by U.S livestock industry. J. Dairy Sci. 86:E52.
[2] S. Linderoth, Turn down the heat, Dairy Herd Management, Feb. 2011
[3] Wiersma, F. and D.V. Armstrong. 1983. Cooling dairy cattle in the holding pen. ASAE Paper No. 83-4507, St. Joseph, MI.


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After installing Microsoft's 2-13 updates, MS's Security Center notification area red shield says Zone Alarm Firewall is off.
I had to tell Security Center not to monitor my firewall to get rid of the notification...not a good solution.
AVG AntiVirus is properly reported as on.
Spybot does not find any problems.
I cannot advise others to install MS Updates until I understand why this is happening and how to properly fix it.
Please help.tia,ruthe
Operating System:Windows XP Home Edition
Product Name:ZoneAlarm (Free)
Software Version:6.5


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Located 10 miles southwest of Pensacola, Big Lagoon State Park is named for the lagoon bordering a portion of the northern shore of Perdido Key. Compared to some Florida state parks, Big Lagoon is on the small side but it has several nice trails and admittance to it also gives you access to two other state parks in the area. I loved the campground. Most sites were large enough to accommodate a bus-size RV and there was some degree of privacy with shrubs and trees separating most sites.
My first day there (Wednesday, February 3rd) was beautiful, until late afternoon when the clouds rolled in. It rained that night and for most of the next two days. My neighbors lost the rain-fly of their tent one night, blown off by the wind. They and everything in the tent got soaked. They were not happy campers ;-)
Towards sunset on Friday the sky started to clear and I was hopeful that there would be some sunshine the next day, but it was not to be. It remained cloudy and overcast for two more days.
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Big Lagoon State Park
Posted by Becky Wiseman at 9:00 AM
Labels: Florida, The Journey
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I've fallen behind on e-mail, (I was busy getting married) and so I'm late to the party on this. I'll post the press release below the jump, but let me just take a moment to talk about how important this group is.
Some of us have had an easy time freeing ourselves from religion and letting the chips fall where they may. Others have a much more difficult, even traumatic time with this transition. People not only feel alone or abandoned, they often are. Relationships have been torn apart and some individuals are left with little or no companions. Others suffer from the lingering effects of indoctrination years after rejecting their religious views.
We need organizations like this. Building communities and helping people is essential to further increasing and strengthening the broader secular community.
Contact: Jerry W. DeWitt
Recovering from Religion
Phone 337-396-5247
Dr. Darrel Ray, author of The God Virus and Founder of Recovering from Religion has selected former evangelical minister Jerry DeWitt as its new Executive Director.
Kansas City, Mo, October 20, 2011: Recovering from Religion was in founded in 2009 by Dr. Darrel Ray. It is dedicated to helping people navigate the path out of religion.
We are pleased to announce a new Executive Director for Recovering from Religion. Three years after founding RR, Dr. Darrel Ray, is handing the reins over to someone who can devote much more time to the effort. "I simply have too much on my plate to do justice to this important movement." Dr. Ray said. "Jerry brings experience, excitement and enthusiasm which will help us grow RR into a safe haven for thousands who are exchanging religion for a faith free life. RR as a key portal into the Freethinker movement. Many who leave religion need emotional support. They have no idea where they can find Freethinker resources. They may not even know what the word Freethinker means. RR provides that link. There are thousands of groups trying to get you into religion, we are the only one helping you get out."
With over Twenty-five years of ministerial experience Jerry DeWitt brings to RR a broad understanding of the religious lifestyle and its effects on personal wellbeing. He also holds the distinction of being the first graduate of, and spokesman for, The Clergy Project, a private, invitation-only "safe house" community of current and former ministers who no longer hold the supernatural beliefs of their religious traditions. The Clergy Project was started by evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, philosopher Daniel Dennett, researcher Linda LaScola and former minister Dan Barker.
Jerry will take over the day-to-day operations of RR and manage the development of the new local groups as well as strategic cooperation with secular organizations. Dr. Ray will remain as Chairman of the Board and Chief Advisor.
The RR mission
After publishing his book, The God Virus: How Religion Infects Our Lives and Culture, Dr. Darrel Ray found a huge need for some kind of support group to help people deal with the aftermath of leaving their religion. Such a move often causes problems with family, spouses, children, even employers in some cases. RR is dedicated to helping people, not reindoctrinating them. RR doesn't care if someone has a god belief, what we are concerned about is the religion part of it. The RR mission is to coordinate and facilitate face-to-face meeting for those who desire support in leaving their religion.
RR also facilitates on-line forums and resources in cooperation with other secular organizations and groups. It tries to connect those in need with secular therapists in their local community. RR encourages people to live a faith-free rational life, without superstition and fear of the supernatural thus becoming Recovering Religionists. For more information visit www.recoveringreligionists.com