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The first thing that pops out at NBA agent David Falk's Washington, D.C. office is a giant image of Michael Jordan on the wall.
Of course it is. Without Michael Jordan, there is no David Falk. Conversely, without David Falk — marketing wizard — there is no Michael Jordan Inc.
Falk has been one of the most influential agents the NBA has ever seen. He once had a stable of the league's highest-paid and top players as clients that included Jordan, Patrick Ewing, Danny Ferry, John Stockton, Dikembe Mutombo, Alonzo Mourning, Dominque Wilkens.
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During that time – in the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s – many considered him the second most-powerful man in basketball behind NBA Commissioner David Stern.
It's different today. By his choice at this stage of his career, Falk has a small list of clients who he calls high-character guys. Elton Brand is the lone holdover from the tail end of his glory days followed by younger players Greg Monroe, Evan Turner, Roy Hibbert, Toney Douglas, Jared Sullinger, Gary Neal and Austin Rivers. It's just $29.8 million in salaries this season – less than the $33.1 million Jordan made 1997-98.
It's no longer about the money. He has that. It's about staying involved with the game that has made him millions.
BILLY HUNTER:Fired by players union
Falk, who was and is often accused, at least by National Basketball Players Association officials, of interfering when he shouldn't, sat down with USA TODAY Sports to discuss the state of the players union and which direction it should go.
This interview was conducted before the NBPA fired Billy Hunter on Saturday as its executive director. Falk said he does not want the job, even if it was offered.
"I want to make this perfectly clear," Falk said. "I'm not in any way, shape or form campaigning for the job. If you offered me a billion dollars a year to do the job, I have no interest in doing it."
Q: What should the background and qualifications of next union leader look like?
Falk: Now that you have labor peace for the next 8½ years the question is: What's the job description of the person they need to hire? If you believe the person's not going to be doing a collective bargaining agreement for a very a long period of time and you understand that under the structure of the current agreement where the players share the revenues 50-50, I think the single most important issue is a person who's got the vision and the talent to work with the league to grow the league from roughly $5 billion to $10 billion.
So when I hear some of the names being bandied about – former agents or former players – that's not remotely what the players need right now. The players need almost a corporate executive who got hired to increase the sales of a company – who can come in and work with the league to exploit new income streams, whether it's in digital media or whatever, new technology.
What about CBA issues though that crop up during labor peace? Don't you want a CBA expert?
Falk: You also need a lawyer. I really think you need two different people.
Q: What is the short history of the NBPA that got us from there to where we are today?
Falk: From '64 to '88, it was very small and it was basically just Larry Fleisher. He had a secretary. You'd go his office and it was just Larry and his secretary.
Larry brought a series of anti-trust lawsuits against the league and won them all. The settlements created most of the foundation of the modern-day rules. Never lost a single battle with the league.
He agreed to put the cap in in '82. Didn't have to. Probably had the power not to put the cap in. But he had the vision to understand that if six of the 17 teams go bankrupt because you're not willing to negotiate with the league, you're losing jobs. In a union, the No. 1 ... if you think about what unions are in America -- my parents were both union members -- the purpose of the union is to protect workers' security and promote their wages, hours and terms of employment.
Q: When was the union at its strongest?
Falk: I'd say it was the strongest between 1976 and 1988 – when they won the Oscar Robertson case and set the stage for what we have today for free agency and player movement. And the star players, they were all actively involved.
Obviously, prior to 1982 there was no cap. In a way, the cap creates a disparity between the interests of the top players and the interests of the lesser players, if you will.
You brought up stars. What was the state of the NBPA when stars, such as Patrick Ewing, were active in the union in the 1990s?
Falk: I would say, and I don't want to say this too strong because of our personal relationship being so poor. Isiah Thomas was the president and was very outspoken. I think that his philosophy undercut the very essence of what a union is. A union is taking disparate parts and unifying them to have collective strength. I think his philosophy set the agents against the union. Because he had such poor representation and never made what a player of his caliber should have made, he was very anti-agent.
His leadership started a course where the agents started to become disaffected with the union if you will. He drove a wedge between the agents and the union, between the rich players and the lesser players. He undermined the base accord that a union should have solidarity.
The union started to become weakened, I think, at that point. Obviously following Fleisher, a Marvin Miller type in basketball, one of the key leaders, it's a hard act to follow. I don't they've ever tried to reach out to someone with that kind of skill set, who was a negotiator, who could deal with Stern and who Stern respected.
Players sometimes don't recognize that when you hire someone to represent you and walk into a room with a billionaire owner and the owner doesn't respect you, you're going to make a lot less money than if he does respect you.
When I sold my business, I hired Goldman Sachs and ended up having Hank Paulson get involved. His stature made me a lot more money. … I didn't expect he was going to hang out with me a lot. Having him involved at all was extremely impactful.
That's why I go back to today. It's critical that players understand that in 2013 and looking forward for the next six to eight years, what do they need to improve their lot.
Why do stars need to be more involved? The union will say Chris Paul is on the executive committee and stars are involved behind the scenes.
Falk: You wouldn't want to be playing in championship game with LeBron (James) or Kobe (Bryant) behind the scenes. You want them front and center in crunch time.
Billy as the report made very clear didn't want a lot of dissent, a lot of challenge. He didn't want a LeBron or Kobe challenging his authority or direction, so I don't think he reached out to those players to become more involved.
Q: Recently, LeBron James said he could make more money if there were no maximum an individual player can make.
Falk; I told LeBron that at dinner. I went to dinner with his friend (and new agent) Rich Paul when I was in Miami visiting Juwan (Howard). I'm a big fan of LeBron's. I said, 'Get more involved. They're stealing your money under the rules' and he's come to realize that.
The vast majority of players who make up the union are not stars. The group is the majority and has prospered. Why would they want to see LeBron make $35 million and the rest of the 11 guys on the team make considerably less than they do now?
Those are the kinds of things you have to look at. How do you maximize the benefits for the majority of the players?
Q: What is your message to those star players or other agents who have stars?
Falk: I told my clients, even before Billy started, that because of uneasiness between the union and the agents, because of the animosity between the union and the agents, I can't come to the meetings. It's like sitting down with Michael Jordan and Nike and find out how we can sell more shoes or sit down with Li Ning and Evan Turner right now and say, 'What's the plan for next year.' The union doesn't allow the agents to sit down. The only way to be effective is the players whose lives are being affected by the decisions have to become more involved and vocal so they have a say.
I encouraged all my clients in the '90s – all of them to get involved at levels. Of course, in the unsophisticated world that we live, everyone tried to attack me for "hijacking the union." Then like now, I had no interest in running the union. I have never had interest in running the union. That's not my goal. All I wanted to do is say to my players, 'If I can't be there in person and listen with my own ears to what's being proposed and give you advice, then you have to get involved and we have to have an open dialogue.' If you're seeking my counsel, I need to know what's being discussed.
Q: The hallmark of Billy Hunter's tenure is that he has created a strong middle class and lower class. The union has to answer to more rank and file than stars, right?
Falk: That's one of Billy's legacies – that he accepted a max so that he could allow the middle players to earn way more money and the bigger players to earn less money. The problem with that arrangement is that it's not conducive to the growth of the game. Fans don't come to see the 13th guy on the team or even the ninth. This is a star-driven league.
You watched the Super Bowl. While Kelly Rowland is a very accomplished singer, when you have Destiny's Child, everyone's coming to see Beyonce. When you had the Supreme's in my day, people came to see Diana Ross.
The union has an inherent conflict, and it's becoming more pronounced. Before there was a salary cap in '82 and '83, you couldn't say that if LeBron made X somebody is going to make less because there was no cap. You could pay whatever you wanted to as long as you're willing.
When you have a cap, there's an inherent conflict between between the interests of guys like LeBron and guys who want to have a higher minimum.
One of the ways to address that in the current economic state is to decide: do you want to cut back salaries for every guy in the league or do you reduce the rosters to 13. Cut off 60 jobs. ... I'm not advocating that. That's a tradeoff.
Read:LeBron says he's underpaid
What do you think of the job Billy has done?
Falk: I think Billy's credentials, his skill set, is the wrong skill set for the job. From 1996, when he started, until today, he's had three agreements in 17 years. His principal job has been to grow the revenues but he doesn't it's appropriate for him to sit down on a weekly basis with David Stern because it looks like he's too cushy with the league. That's by his admission, he feels it's inappropriate to be seen by the players as being too close to David Stern. That's absurd.
Why does the union need someone who meets with the commissioner on a regular basis?
Falk: I enjoy sitting down with owners and getting to know them because when you have to negotiate with them, the better you know each other, the more effective you're going to be.
I don't think any player of mine is afraid that if meet with Jerry Reinsdorf, then when the time comes for Michael Jordan to get $30 million, I'm going to say, 'Let's take five million less because I'm buddies with Jerry.' Michael knows that. Jerry knows that. It doesn't interfere with the ability to have a good relationship.
I had a good relationship with David Stern, but when the time came in the '90s to go to battle, I never had a problem going to battle because that was my job. And that's his job. But I think most of the time, when you look at the structure of basketball, players are 50-50 partners, the No. 1 goal of everyone is to make the business bigger.
The only way the players are going to make more money at 50-50 is to grow the revenue.
How do you grow the pot?
Falk: Explore every area. Do we need more international play? How do we deal with digital rights? They're nascent. They're going to explode. How do they monetize social media? Should the NBA put signage on uniforms? There's hundreds of millions of dollars and there's things that no one has thought of that will come into play. It's Moore's Law. The pace of innovation is doubling every few years. That's why the person who has that job doesn't need to be a person who's a fighter. It needs to be a person who can grow the business together, representing the players' 50%. That person needs to meet with commissioner often and map out a strategy to make the company, which is NBA, Inc., bigger. When it gets bigger, every player and every owner will make more money.
With NBA Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver taking over for David Stern basically a year from now, is this the right time for a new NBPA executive director, regardless of the situation surrounding Billy Hunter?
Falk: Whoever has been the head of the union since 1983 needed to be David Stern's partner. I told that to Billy the very first day he took the job. I said, 'Your principle job is to be David Stern's partner and figure out a way to create an environment where everyone is successful.' If the union doesn't work with the league and the owners aren't financially successful, they're either going to reduce the amount of jobs or they're going to shut it down, which they did twice. The shutdown costs the players, my guess is a billion dollars ballpark, in the two lockouts. If you go back and ask, 'Was it worth what we fought for and what we obtained for to lose 1.2 billions? No way, players will never make that money up.'
I thought the players were ill-advised. That's why I recommended decertification in 1994. You knew you were headed into a lockout and I don't think players in short career can afford to lose that kind of money, unless at the end of the lockout, which is so fantastic, which it wasn't. We got maximums on the stars and a league wide-cap on 57% of revenues.
Because we do have a fresh start, there's a very good chance the players are going to decide to make a change at the top. David Stern has decided to step down after a long and illustrious career. There's going to be a new commissioner. It is a good time to have a new era of good feeling between the players and the league. With a long-term agreement in place, the players should look at this as an opportunity to grow the revenues, and everyone will do better.
Do the players need a tough guy who can deal with the league the next time it's time to collectively bargain?
Falk: A person who is confident in what they can do … I'll give you an example. Kobe Bryant's a nice, low-key guy. When he puts his uniform on and goes on the court, he's a killer. LeBron James off the court – a low-key, fun guy. When he puts his uniform on and he's trying to win that championship to fulfill his destiny, he's a killer. No one accuses LeBron of not being a good player because when he's off the court with his buddies, that's he's sociable. He doesn't have to have an adversarial relationship with Micky Arison to get paid because he's LeBron James, he's the best player in the league. He's got all the power.
A confident person isn't afraid of being tough when you need to be tough and being soft when you don't need to be tough. Billy, from day one, tried to portray to the players that he was going to fight David Stern every step of the way. It reminds me of Congress right now. That's why we can't get anything done.
I've never been portrayed as a wallflower. But I have a good relationship with most of the owners out of mutual respect. When crunch time comes, I'm not afraid of rolling up my sleeves and doing what needs to be done. That's what I get paid for. When you're not in that environment, you don't need to be so insecure that you can't socialize or you can't cooperate.
How does the union find its next leader?
Before I start looking for that person, the first thing is, the players need to sit down and have a skull session. 'Let's figure out what we need.' It's like a team sitting down with the owner, the coaches, the general manager, what do we need? They need to look at where we are in 2013 and go forward and say, 'Based on labor peace we're going to have for most of the next eight years, what it is that we need that will maximize the benefits for our players.' Before they start thinking about who they're going to hire, how you can hire someone if you don't know what the qualifications are. What are the needs for the union at this time?
Then, they probably need to hire a professional search firm to help them identify candidates who fit that criteria.
Players, in general, have been apathetic about union matters, especially during labor peace. Do you have confidence they can execute that?
That's the responsibility of their agents to say, 'We're all going to live and die under the environment that you create.' Let's create a good environment. Let's build a good foundation.
If you're going to criticize Billy for not being transparent with the union, the last thing you want to do is be a hypocrite and start, sub rosa, submitting names to people. If people are qualified, there should be a process. There's no rush to hire a replacement tomorrow. There's no pending no major event that requires a permanent person now. They need to slow down, take their time and ensure that we have the right person.


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Because working for DC Public Schools makes people turn into drunks. If you work for the public schools in DC (or at least in the Office of Special Education), there's about a 98.7% chance, that you will hate your job or at least it will stress you out to the point where you just can't stand the thought of waking up in the morning and walking into to work. It will make you yearn for happy hours and bitch sessions with your colleagues.
I remember the sickening feeling I would get in the mornings before I had to go to work as a public school teacher. That feeling is coming back now even though I'm not a teacher. It's because I still work for the school system and it's a miserable place to be employed.
This system chews people up and spits them out for breakfast. I sometimes think of DCPS as this terrible monster that slowly preys on people and steals their soul. Maybe I work for the devil. I surely hope not because I was relying on getting to heaven and using the kids as an excuse for letting me. Hey, I'd do anything for these kids.
While I'm on the subject of doing anything for students, let me recount my latest antics as a Central Office employee. Watha was a student who attended the program I managed for the last 6 months. He had already finished up all of his credits months ago, but no one could find him. He was a ghost of a student. He came to my attention because it seemed silly to me to not track down this kid who only needed community service hours to graduate. But I was told by staff, teachers, and his social worker that he was MIA. No one could find him.
Have I mentioned that I like a good challenge? Well, Watha wasn't actually that much of a challenge or particularly difficult to track down. I looked up his mother in the white pages and called every number that was listed. I made contact with his mom and told her that I just wanted her son to graduate and was here to help in any way. She passed the phone to Watha, who explained his whereabouts over the last school year.
Watha told me that he had some trouble over the past year and needed to get himself together. I told him that I would be in touch but that it was really important for him to get his community service hours. I asked him to meet me at the school I was managing. Four days later he showed up to school and I met him in person. What a dynamic and bright young man he was. I was so impressed by his energy and demeanor and continued to encourage him to finish his service hours in order to finish high school. I had made a connection--he knew that I cared.
Long story short: Several months later Watha and I met (he, in tow with his adorable blue pit puppy) and he handed me his community service hours form. This was after I pounded on his back door at 8:00 a.m. earlier that morning reminding him that he needed to get me the paperwork for graduation. After looking through the papers, I jumped up and down and gave him a high five. I was so proud of a kid, who despite countless challenges, completed this one obstacle that was keeping him from graduating. I was so proud of a kid I barely knew. Watha had a a big cheesy smile on his face because he realized his accomplishment.
I ask myself every day: Why am I here? What do I even do? Does it matter? And when I think about the smile on Watha's face from last week, knowing that he had accomplished something big, I know why I am here in DC Public Schools. And in those precious moments, I know my purpose. I hope the big Man in the sky knows that I always try to do right by these kids. I hope he's saving my space.

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LONDON, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Roger Federer rallied to win his round-robin match against Juan Martin del Potro Saturday and advanced to the next round of the ATP World Tour Finals.
Federer broke Del Potro in the sixth game of the second set and rode the change in momentum to a 4-6, 7-6 (7-2), 7-5 victory that sent him on to the semifinals.
Federer, who was 2-1 in the Group B play, will face Group A winner Rafael Nadal Sunday.
Saturday's match was the third meeting in three weeks between Federer and Del Potro, who beat Federer in Basel but lost in three sets last week at the Paris Masters.
Reigning champion Novak Djokovic, who won Group B, will play Stanislas Wawrinka in Sunday's other semifinal.
Djokovic completed round-robin play Saturday with his 20th straight match win, a 7-6 (7-5), 4-6, 6-3 decision over Frenchman Richard Gasquet.


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Ohio Steel Processor Upgrades its Oscillated-Coil Capabilities
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A record-warm spring, second-warmest summer, fourth-warmest winter and above-normal fall made 2012 the warmest year on record for the contiguous states, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
It was a foregone conclusion well before the end of the year, with temperatures running above normal throughout the year. The official average temperature across the country was 55.3 degrees, 1 degree above 1998, the previous record-holder, and 3.2 degrees above the 20th Century average, NOAA said Tuesday.
For Maryland, the average temperature was the second-warmest in 118 years of record-keeping, behind only 1998, according to NOAA.
Read NOAA's full report here. Details in its analysis include:
- Each of the 48 contiguous states had an above-average temperature for the year.
- Each state except Washington had a location record its warmest year in 118 years.
- 19 states, from Utah to Massachusetts, posted a record-warm year.
- Since 1895, average temperatures have increased about 0.13 degrees each decade.
- 2012 was the 15th-driest year on record.
Meanwhile, 2012 weather was notable for other reasons. The 19 named tropical cyclones meant a third straight year with an above-average Atlantic hurricane season.
A widespread drought affected 61 percent of the country at its peak in July, equaling the footprint of drought in the 1950s. The warm and dry conditions contributed to above-average wildfire activity, with 9.2 million acres burned, third-most in 13 years of record-keeping.
Tornado activity, however, was abnormally low. The final 2012 tornado count is expected to be under 1,000, while the average from 1991-2010 is 1,200 per year.
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Though it only aired two episodes during the broadcast television season and has performed poorly in its Saturday night summer run, all thirteen filmed episodes of Do No Harm will air on NBC. The series finale, aptly titled "This Is The End" will air Saturday, September 7 at 10PM. NBC has released this description of the episode:
09/07/2013 (10:00PM – 11:00PM) (Saturday) : Jason's (Steven Pasquale) brain surgery is about to begin, a neurotransmitter implant that will "cut out" Ian (also Steven Pasquale) for good, however due to the blackout drug he has taken for years, Jason is immune to the normal anesthetic. A much stronger drug is given to Jason and in the midst of his twilight sleep he flashes back to his childhood and the origin of Ian Price is finally revealed. Meanwhile, Jordan (Michael Esper) and Lena (Alana De La Garza) are on seperate tracks to uncover Jason's secrets all of which could prevent the surgery's completion.


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_Honda Muscle Milk News Release
Torrance, CA: Round six of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship series took place this weekend in San Diego, CA. Honda had a successful night on the podium with TwoTwo Motorsports' Chad Reed and Troy Lee Designs/Lucas Oil/Honda racing's Cole Seely both capturing second place in the Supercross and Lites classes.
Team Honda Muscle Milk rider Justin Brayton showed impressive strength Saturday night after coming back from a bad crash in qualifying to finish sixth overall in the main. After going down hard in the second qualifying practice it was uncertain if Brayton would be able to ride the rest of the night. Following some rest and an evaluation from the Asterisk medical team, the decision was made to ride. Brayton finished a solid fifth in his heat race. In the main, he grabbed a mid-pack start and battled his way through the entire 20 laps to a sixth-place overall finish.
TwoTwo Motorsports rider Chad Reed made his fifth podium appearance for the season with a second-place finish. Following a less-than-desirable start in his heat, Reed was given a second chance after the race was red flagged due to a crash. In the second start he was able to grab the holeshot and gap the rest of the pack for the win. During the main Reed got a third-place start but quickly made the pass for second. He spent the rest of the 20 laps charging at the front, battling with the rider in first up until the last lap.
GEICO Honda's Kevin Windham had a disappointing end to his night after riding strong all day. After posting the fourth-quickest qualifying time of the night, Windham rode a solid heat race, finishing in fifth place. During the main he got a mid-pack start but charged to fourth before going down in the whoops in the closing stages of the race. He was able to get up and finish the race in 16th position.
"The track was pretty difficult. The whoops ate a lot of people in the main and unfortunately I was one of them," said Windham. "I felt good the first 17 laps and the GEICO Honda was running great, which makes me feel confident that I am inching closer and closer to the podium. It is frustrating, though, having such a good ride and then making one mistake that puts you on the ground. I am looking forward to next weekend and heading East."
Troy Lee Designs/ Lucas Oil/ Honda's Cole Seely made his way to the podium for a second consecutive week with a second-place finish in the Lites main. Seely started the night out strong, taking the win in his heat, followed by teammate Travis Baker. In the main, Seely nabbed a third-place start but quickly made the pass for second where he stayed the rest of the 20-lap race. "The night went really well for me," said Seely. "I am happy with a podium heading into the break, as well as sitting way better in points."
After winning three Lites races in a row and taking the points lead, GEICO Honda rider Eli Tomac had an unfortunate night in San Diego. He crashed hard in the long whoop section during the main, preventing him from finishing the race and robbing him of his championship points lead. Heading into the break, Tomac now sits in second place in the Lites West championship by a mere two points.
Supercross Main Event
1. Ryan Villopoto
2. Chad Reed (Honda)
3. Ryan Dungey
4. Brett Metcalfe
5. Josh Hansen
6. Justin Brayton (Honda)
7. Davi Millsaps
8. Kyle Chisholm
9. Mike Alessi
10. Nick Wey
Supercross Championship Points (after 6 of 17 rounds)
1. Ryan Villopoto 133**
2. Chad Reed 127**
3. Ryan Dungey 123
4. James Stewart 101
5. Kevin Windham 78
6. Brett Metcalfe 75
7. Jake Weimer 72
8. Davi Millsaps 70
9. Justin Brayton 68
10. Josh Hansen 64
_Supercross Lites West Main Event _
1. Dean Wilson
2. Cole Seely (Honda)
3. Matt Moss
4. Gareth Swanepoel
5. Nico Izzi
6. Gavin Faith (Honda)
7. Billy Laninovich (Honda)
8. Travis Baker (Honda)
9. Vince Friese (Honda)
10. Nick Paluzzi
Supercross Lites West Points (after 6 of 9 rounds)
1. Dean Wilson 116
2. Eli Tomac 114
3. Cole Seely 101
4. Marvin Musquin 89
5. Nico Izzi 78
6. Matt Moss 73
7. Zach Osborne 67
8. Travis Baker 63
9. Tyla Rattray 60
10. Jason Anderson 58
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Cournoyer Gets Prison Time on Drug Charges
According to KELO-TV, Taylor Cournoyer, 21, was given 13 years in prison on drug charges.
Cournoyer was charged with possession of a controlled substance and keeping a place where controlled substances are used after the body two-year-old RieLee Lovell was found in a closet at his Wagner home on July 4, 2012. He is also a habitual offender, which elevated his possible sentence. He pleaded guilty to the charges.
In addition, KELO-TV is reporting that Cournoyer's wife, Laurie, has been charged with "cruelty to a minor and failure to notify law enforcement of the death of a child."
In August, the Huffington Post reported that Taylor and Laurie:
Are the first people charged under a South Dakota law passed earlier this year that says a parent, guardian or caretaker who knowingly fails to report a child's death within six hours could face a felony charge punishable by up to five years in prison. It was modeled after Florida's "Caylee's Law," which was passed following the high-profile death of 2-year-old Caylee Anthony, who wasn't reported missing until 31 days after she vanished in 2008 in Orlando.
The couple were caring for the RieLee, but were not her parents.
An 11-year-old boy was also charged in the case, but details of his involvement is not known at this time.
The Huffington Post also reported that "another child invited two young neighbors over to take a look [at RieLee's body]. The adults in the home, who were binging on drugs, didn't call 911 until some 14 hours later."


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Picture: Nickelback front man Chad Kroeger is spotted out and about in in Beverly Hills Los Angeles, California - 16.06.12,
Nickelback rocker Chad Kroeger and his new fiancee Avril Lavigne became engaged less than eight weeks after they first started dating.
The How You Remind Me hitmaker stunned fans last month (Aug12) by announcing he had proposed to Lavigne after a whirlwind romance.
Kroeger grew close to the pop punk earlier this year (12) after teaming up with her in the recording studio, but it wasn't until 1 July (12) that their relationship officially turned romantic, and the 37 year old admits the date will always have special meaning for the pair - because it falls on Canada's national day.
He tells America's People magazine, "We met while recording music in March. But we started dating July 1... We think it's very cool that our anniversary will always be on Canada Day. We can't wait to start our life together. We're very happy."
The newly-engaged couple managed to keep its courtship completely out of the headlines and Kroeger reveals love blossomed for him and his wife-to-be while on a romantic getaway in Mexico.
He says, "We've been spending time in Cabo. I have a great hideaway there."
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He adds, "She'll come over and spend some time (with me) when she's got time. They're going to throw a lot of stuff on her plate with the new record... Just trying to find time where we can get together with two busy schedules is going to be a lifelong challenge."


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Officer, suspect dead at police HQ in Mississippi
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JACKSON, Miss. -- A Jackson police officer and a murder suspect were found dead Thursday after shots were fired at police headquarters, the city's police chief said.
Police had arrested a suspect in a slaying Thursday afternoon, according to Chief Rebecca Coleman, "and he was being interviewed on the third floor."
"Later, we heard that shots had been fired, and upon our arrival, we found the suspect is deceased and we have a police officer who is deceased," she said.
Jackson Mayor Harvey Johnson identified the slain officer Thursday night as Detective Eric Smith.
Smith's wife, Eneke Williams Smith, reportedly works for Jackson Police Department.
"Tonight, we mourn one of Jackson's greatest men in blue, killed in the line of duty," Johnson said. "I ask your prayers for his family, his friends, and his fellow officers, as they deal with this tragedy."
Late Thursday, police identified the murder suspect as Jeremy Powell, 23. Both the detective and the suspect had been shot multiple times, according to AP.
The Police Department building was on lockdown and surrounded by officers. People who were inside the building before it was evacuated reported shots were fired and an officer was down.
"We're sending our crime scene unit and a couple of investigators," said Mississippi Bureau of Investigation spokesman Warren Strain. "It did involve one of their officers, that's why MBI is getting involved. "
A stampede of officers rushed into the building shortly after 6 p.m. Not long afterward, a stretcher was brought into the building but was later brought out empty.
"All I can tell you is an incident occurred inside the headquarters, and the building is secure," Officer Colendula Green said.
In the meantime, other officers stood outside the building apparently consoling each other.
Bystanders stood on the sidewalk to see what was going on. Also standing by in misting rain were employees who work in the police headquarters who were asked to evacuate the building after the incident began to unfold.
"This is an extraordinarily tragic situation, and it's tough for each of us," Jackson city spokesman Chris Mims said as he stood in front of the building.
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Welp, it's been a few weeks since our last greens recall and you know what that means: Time for a new greens recall! This time it's spinach. Kroger is recalling its spinach in 15 states because of possible salmonella contamination. Oh joy.
Sorry if I sound a little flippant. It's just that the salad/lettuce/spinach recalls come so regularly it's kind of ridiculous. I guess at some point I should just accept frequent recalls as Part Of Our Modern Life. But it still sucks. And I'm still sticking with small, locally-grown produce as much as possible. Anyhoo! Here's the 411 on that recalled spinach.
The recall is for "Fresh Selections Tender Spinach" sold in 10-ounce packages with a "use by" date of September 16. In addition to Kroger's groceries, the spinach was sold at Jay C, Owen's, Pay Less, Scott's, Food 4 Less, Dillons, Baker's, and Gerbes stores. And the states where the recall is in effect are: Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.
More from The Stir: Latest Bagged Salad Recall Sparks New Fears: Is Your Lettuce at Risk?
If you've got a bag of spinach answering to this description, haul that bag back to the store for a refund or replacement. This would be a great time to explore a whole new green, like mizuna or tatsoi. Oh there's a whole world of leafy greens waiting for your dinner plate.
Now let's sing along with Popeye: "I'm strong to the finich cause I eats me spinach, I'm Popeye the sailor -- ooh, me belly, it hurts!" You will not be strong to the finich if you eats this spinach, so check your refrigerators!
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Harvard and Radcliffe rowers and alumni won nine gold medals at the 127th Royal Canadian Henley Regatta, held Aug. 4-9 in St. Catharines, Ontario.
Canadian Henley is the premier club regatta in North America, and the most competitive summer regatta. This year over 2,800 competitors from 150 clubs from all across Canada, the United State and as far as Mexico competed. The level of racing is pre-elite, with aspiring national-team athletes competing in the under-23 and open divisions as a stepping stone to elite-level competition. Athletes who win at the event often go on to represent their countries at the World Championships and Olympics.
The regatta is unique in that only first place finishers recieve a medal and stand in front of a packed grandstand of over 1,000 spectators at the finish line to receive their medal and trophy. In this regard, as only first place is acknowledged; coming second is the same as coming 22nd. It was the culminating event of a summer of racing.
Sophomore Stuart Taylor of the Harvard lightweights led the way with three wins. He was a part of winning crews in the senior men's four, senior lightweight men's four and U23 lightweight men's pair. Former Radcliffe heavyweight captain Liz Demers '09 captured championships in the women's championship eight and women's double.
The other Harvard/Radcliffe champions were Sarah (Bates) Johnson '06 in the women's lightweight single, junior David Wakulich in the U23 men's quad, freshman Florian Mayr in the U23 lightweight men's four and Morgan Wimberley '08 in the women's senior double.
Johnson and Mayr also earned runner-up finishes, in the senior lightweight women's quad and the senior lightweight men's four, respectively. Demers placed third in the U23 women's quad, while Wakulich was third in the U-23 men's double, junior Will Newell placed third in the senior lightweight men's single and Morgan Wimberley '08 finished third in the championship women's single.
A full list of Harvard/Radcliffe competitors is below:
Sr Ltwt M2x - 5th: Tom Nesel '12, James Stewart '12
U23 M2x - 3rd: David Wakulich '11
Sr Ltwt M4- Gold: Stuart Taylor '12
Sr Ltwt M4- 2nd: Florian Mayr '13
U23 M1x - 2nd: David Wakulich '11
Sr Ltwt M1x - 3rd: Will Newell '11
Sr M4 - Gold: Stuart Taylor '12
U23 Ltwt M4 - Gold: Florian Mayr '13
Sr Ltwt W1x - Gold: Sarah (Bates) Johnson '06
Sr M2x - 5th: Phil Kaiser '07
Sr M2x - 6th: Matt Lausberg '08
Sr Ltwt M2 - 4th: Florian Mayr '13
U23 Ltwt M2x - Tom Nesel '12, James Stewart '12
U23 W4x - 3rd: Liz Demers '09
U23 W4x - 6th: Molly Griffin '13
Sr Ltwt M8+ dash - 6th: Ben Bayley '11
Sr Ltwt M8+ - 4th: Ben Bayley '11
Sr Ltwt W4x - 2nd: Sarah Johnson '06
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U23 W2x - Gold: Liz Demers '09
U23 W2x - Molly Griffin '13
U23 W2x - Christina McClintock '13
U23 M4x - Gold: David Wakulich '11
Sr M4x - 5th: Matt Lausberg '08
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I am just curious. In most games spear infantry is a "counter" against cavalry. How does that really work anyway?
Any clips on actual cavalry fighting infantry that's historically accurate would be awesome. 3D simulation is great.
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I am just curious. In most games spear infantry is a "counter" against cavalry. How does that really work anyway?
Any clips on actual cavalry fighting infantry that's historically accurate would be awesome. 3D simulation is great.
The infantry sets their spears, meaning bracing them against the ground, to present a barrier to the charging horsemen. The long spears, also known as pikes, when held in a tight formation provided a spiked wall that would challenge mounted opponents. Some horses would balk when encountering the pikes while others would be impaled. The goal was to unhorse the rider and have infantry men kill the stunned riders with clubs and/or short swords.
This tactic was particularly effective the battles of Stirling Bridge (1297) and Bannockburn (1314) where Scottish pikemen defeated heavy English cavalry. In both battles, using the spear walls in an area where cavalry movement was limited was a force multiplier. Other battles, such as Agincourt (1415), Crécy (1346) and Poitiers (1356), combined the spear wall tactic with missile weapons along with terrain advantages to win decisively.
Cavalry counter tactics were to flank such formations and get behind them rather than to charge head on. That's why terrain played a big role. In situations where pikemen didn't have the terrain on their side, they were a lot more likely to be flanked and routed. Of course, it took a while for traditionalist knights not to charge head-on into disaster.
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Spears are (relatively) long ranged weapons to use against cavalry. Bows and arrows are even better (as at Crecy and Agincourt in France), but only if they can be fired at a high rate, and at long range. Most infantrymen were not skilled enough to do this, which is why they used spears. They could try to kill the horse or the rider, but usually the horse was the bigger, more vulnerable target. Kill the horse, and the rider comes crashing down, at your mercy.
The cavalry had the advantage of speed. In some cases, they could gallop behind the defending lines faster than the infantry could turn around, and take the infantry in the rear. That's why terrain was so important. Flat, easy, terrain favors the cavalry. Hilly, forested, or otherwise broken ground slows the cavalry charges and helps the infantry. At Agincourt, there was a rainstorm before the battle that turned the ground into mud. It slowed both British infantry and French cavalry, but the cavalry suffered RELATIVELY more.
A group of men armed only with spears were usually not enough to fight cavalry by themselves. The successful ones usually had something else going for them, such as armor and/or shields. Sometimes, they would "mine" ground against the cavalry, by digging "potholes" or setting up sharpened stakes in front of the infantry lines.


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Carmel Valley resident and longtime golf official Ron Read says that golf can teach us to deal with anything. After all, as Read puts it, life is full of double bogeys.
Last month, Read, 68, experienced his share.
On March 10, he lost his father, Wilbur at the age of 95. Less than two weeks after that, Read lost his job as Director of Regional Affairs West Region director for the United States Golf Association. Along with serving the USGA, Read had previously been with the Northern California Golf Association, where he worked alongside then-executive director Bob Hanna.
Between the two, he spent 43 years involved with golf.
"It"s not about me. It"s about the kindest and most gentle man I"ve ever known — my dad," said Read in a column on the website golf traditions.com.
Growing up in Chicago, Read was taught the rules of the game by his father, most specifically "count them all." Later, it was Wilbur who asked Read about golf"s rules and things such as what regulations governed the handicap system.
During his time with the USGA, Read for nearly 25 years acted as the starter for the U.S. Open, his last appearance in that role coming at the 2010 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach.
"Mom and dad attended several Opens. They were front row on the 9th hole at Oakland Hills in 1985 when Ben Crenshaw made a hole-in-one. They could not contain their excitement," said Read, who moved to the Monterey Peninsula in 1967 when the U.S. Army moved him to the Defense Language Institute. "Only one thing gave them more joy, seeing their son on the first tee. They could be heard from the bleacher, "That"s my son."
The 2012 U.S. Open at Olympic Club began at a meeting in 2004 with then Olympic Club president Bill Beasley, club general manager Dennis Bouey, member Ture Elowson and Read.
"They wanted to host another Open," Read said. "I convinced them to strengthen their invitation for the Open by adding another U.S. Amateur. They accepted the suggestion and added the 2007 U.S. Amateur plus the 2012 Open."
Both were highly successful events.
Read also helped facilitate Chambers Bay"s entry into the spotlight. The course, located in Washington, hosted the 2010 U.S. Amateur. In 2015 it"ll host the U.S. Open.
"I am especially proud of the historical significance of the 2015 U.S. Open. It"ll be the first U.S. Open ever held in the Pacific Northwest, and it all started when (Chambers Bay) architect Robert Trent Jones II invited me to take a look at the magnificent site," Read said.
In moments of reflection, Read often thinks of folks like the late Henry Brown. Brown, a former caddie at Augusta National, tried three times to qualify for the U.S. Open. The first time Brown tried was from jail (he was later acquitted). The second time his entry was too late. The third time, he made it to a Sectional qualifier but missed advancing by a stroke.
Following his third attempt, Browns told USGA officials, "Don"t feel sorry for me. All I ever wanted was a chance."
Read will tell you. In his case, his father made it all possible.
"I said he was the kindest and gentlest man I"ve ever known. Well, his apple tree must have been on a hill," Read said. "This son will never be quite like him. Not many will."
CSUMB Men: The No.8 ranked CSUMB men"s golf team will get one final tune-up for the postseason when the CCAA Championship gets underway Monday at Hunter Ranch in Paso Robles. Last year, the Otters placed fourth. In 2011, they won the event en route to capturing the national championship.
"We"re on pace with our development," CSUMB head coach Jason Owen said. "You don"t want to be working on too many things this time of year."
Since CSUMB is ranked No.1 in the West Region, they"ll qualify for the NCAA Division II West/Central Regional (May 6-8) no matter where they finish at the CCAA Championship.
"I always look at conference as the last chance to get ready for everything else," Owen said.
Helping the Otters could be the resurgence of sophomore Brandon Hortt and senior Dylan Jackson. Hortt has played well each of the last three tourneys, carding a pair of 69"s, while Jackson has consistently cracked the Top 20.
MPC Lobos: With Foothill College dropping golf, the Monterey Peninsula College men"s golf squad, along with normal Coast Conference members Chabot and San Jose CC, has found itself being hosted by the Central Valley Conference this season. Conferences must have three teams for official competition.
While things are different, the Lobos are still playing well, as evidenced by their recent second placed finish in a Central Valley Conference tourney at Kings River CC.
"We"ve been having a good season," head coach Justin Russo said.
With three tournaments left, MPC is already eyeing the NorCal Championship, to be held May 6 at Diablo Grande. Should they get to the State Championship, they"ll have home course advantage. This year"s CCCAA State Finals will be May 13 at Rancho Canada GC.
Leading the Lobos has been former AT&T Pebble Beach Jr. Golf Association sensation Will Cross, who has the best scoring average (73.8) in the conference. Pacific Grove High grad Michael Kraft, who made it to State last year, has a 74.3 average. Jordan Miller has a 75.3 average.
Rancho Canada: Rancho Canada GC is hosting a series of clinics in April to help players improve their games. A short game basics clinic will be held April 20 (9-10:30 a.m.) and April 24 (11-12:30 p.m.), while a 3-Club School (driver, wedge, putter) will take place April 27 (9-10:30 a.m.). A playing with the pros class will also be held April 26 from 4-5:30 p.m. All are $50 per person. For more info, please call 622-2444.
AT&T Juniors: Jack Tardieu shot 24 to win the overall and Platinum Boys title at last weekend"s AT&T Pebble Beach Jr. Golf Association Peter Hay Spring Championship at Peter Hay GC. Jessica Luo won the Platinum Girls title with a 25. Other winners were Dominick Hoover (Gold Boys, 24), Matt Lynberg (Silver Boys, 28), Antonia Malate (Silver Girls 37), Alexander Iniakov (Bronze Boys, 33), Kalea Hall (Bronze Girls, 39) Cullen Pritchard (Copper Boys, 30) and Angelina Rea (Copper Girls, 38).
Five association seniors also were awarded $5,000 scholarships. Jay Burlison (Palma) won the Johnny Miller Scholarship, Roland Centro (York) won the Jim Langley Scholarship, Bryan Louie (Stevenson) won the Pebble Beach Co. Scholarship, Alyssa Lowenstein (Notre Dame) won the Lou Russo Memorial Scholarship and Katrina Mendez (Trinity) won the Payne Stewart Memorial Scholarship.
Ace: Al Cheney aced the 110-yard 11th at Monterey Pines GC using a pitching wedge.
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For the record my priorities may be different from your own. What I touch on in this "review" is important to me and the way I shoot. It may or may not be significant for your style of shooting. I'm not going to write about all the little buttons and functions. Just the stuff that was on my mind, the stuff that matters to me and affects my ability to work fluidly with the camera.
Overall responsiveness – The first thing I noticed. The shutter is snappy, and the blackout time is quick and consistent. It doesn't hesitate it just fires and is ready for the next shot. I have the camera set to MF mode. I focus with the back button. I have tried the continuous shooting mode (which was VERY FAST), but ended up using single shot mode. The image preview time is slower than I'd have liked, though twice as fast as with the S-006. Zooming in and out for 100% previews is as fast as one would need. There is a quick startup/wakeup delay. Nothing that bothers me if I pre-press the shutter before lifting the camera up to my eye. Something I do with the M-P and S-006 out of habit. For those of you who have had the M9 and moved up to the M240, it's much the same feeling speed wise. Though more like the M-P (which I find faster than the M240) but with a snappier shutter.
AF speed – Tricky to accurately explain. It's almost 3x faster than the S-006. The AF performance is close to most mirrorless cameras in speed. Here's the tricky part, it seems as if the AF is to quick! Sometimes it misses the mark causing it hunt back and forth a bit before it locks on. Thus the S-006 ends up being faster. Slow and steady, but doesn't miss it's mark. This doesn't happen in anything but low or tricky light. And it happened FAR less with the 35S than with the 100S. My 100S upgraded itself the second I plugged it into the S-007, and the 100S works well on my S-006 (so it's not the lens). Leica isn't alone, other AF systems from the big manufactures suffer this as well.
I also tested the camera in backlit situations, locking focus more consistently than most mirrorless bodies. On par with the S-006 in this respect (yes the S-006 backlit AF is better than the Sony mirrorless cameras).
Keeping in mind the lenses are big, elements heavy, spaced apart. Naturally the AF will be considerably slower than other systems moving from min to infinite focus. In real world use I find my lens not having to travel so far between shots. But it's good to note the limitations. Though the AF seems to move the lens faster even in these situations (more power going to the motor). Improved yes, but AF is still not fast enough to consistently nail focus on subjects moving towards the camera.
Colors – Highly subjective. Either you like the colors or you don't. In my case I liked the M9 colors, but the short comings were enough to make me want to upgrade to the M240. Using the M240 for over two years I've grown accustom to the colors. Now I can't get along with any other system. The S-006 was the first camera in a long time that I was blown away by, color wise. And due to the fact that it was semi-medium format, I was willing to put up with the short comings. Does the S-006 remind me of the M9? Yes, but not exactly. Perhaps due to the lenses, or maybe the profile Leica created for the S-006. And the DR of medium format plus higher pixel count. Somethings different. I mention all that because initially I thought that the M240 and the S-007 would share the same color profile. It does, and it doesn't. I feel the S-007 has more flexibility in the DNG files, and the skin tones tend to be easier to "correct" (make appealing to myself). Still, there isn't anything wrong with the M240 skin tones (in fact, I'm happy with them, and I think the M9/M240 color debate was blown WAY out of proportion). Though I do find that the M240 tends to lean a little to the yellow/green tint. And getting just the right amount of blues and reds into the skin tone can be difficult in certain lighting conditions. To be fair, good colors in general on an M9 in tricky lighting conditions can be difficult. So it's a trade off. I feel the S-007 "suffers" from the same problem as the M240, but it's a LOT easier to coax M9 skin tones out of the S-007.
Truthfully the S-007 colors are great. Familiar coming from the M240 as well as the S-006. One issue, the JPGs aren't great (a similar complaint I have with my M240). It's not important for me, but to some it might be. Maybe I should have fiddled more with the JPG settings and tried harder for a more appealing WB. But after quite a bit of fiddling, I gave up and went back to shooting. After all, I'm happy with how easy it is to edit the DNG files to my taste, and that's all that really counts.
ISO – I love using strobes, but I do a LOT of natural light shooting. It seems I can never have clean enough ISO. I know ambient light can get ugly, but at least noise is one less worry. To shoot 3200 ISO and still be happy with the files, that's a good feeling. The S-007 delivers on that good feeling. I will add there's a catch. I find that the shadows tend to shift green when shooting at or above 3200 ISO. This is something that can be corrected easily enough and something that'll probably be fixed in a firmware update, or through Adobe's LR profiles. Problematic for the JPG files, unfortunately. To clarify it's similar to an M240 at ISO 200 pushed 4 stops in LR. I'm not bothered by it. By the time I'm using 3200 ISO, light is crappy anyway, so I'm doing a lot to salvage the photo. ISO 800 is great, and 1600 ISO is perfectly useable for most situations. I'm also happy with 3200 ISO if I tweak the colors a bit in LR. A clear 2 stop – debatably 3 stop advantage over the S-006.
Odd Quirks – Leica's constant reinvention of the wheel. In this case literally the shutter wheel… It doesn't have numbers on it. The wheel will spin and spin and digitally the shutter will change. A quick look at the shutter dial will tell you nothing. No more shutter by feel. And Germany's reason, now you use the shutter dial to zoom in and out of your images. Genius right? No, it was fine before. All I want to do is check sharpness at 100% and be done with it, why zoom in stages? I'd have much preferred to have the hard stops built into the dial. Personal preference though, as I know some of you will love/enjoy this feature.. It's so DSLR.
I was going to write a few more minor cons and some pros. But really, it's nitpicking, and honestly I love the simplistic controls. Another reviewer mentioned his 645Z has 26 buttons. Screw that, I hate buttons. I really only need access to the exposure triangle and I'm set. Though WB and other features are nice to have at your finger tips (and the 4 buttons on the back, and 1 on the front are still customisable, which allows me to set a few other things that are nice to have at your finger tips). No button labels, fine with me. I get use to gadgets very quickly (video game generation). And owning a S-006 helped.
Video – So not important to me. I did test it out. Jello/rolling shutter.. Bad both in HD and 4K. The video I did take was really crisp and beautiful for the 3 seconds I could hold the camera still with my wife in sharp focus.. After that you need to have a full production team backing you. My videos were mostly a shaky mess AMAZING though, I could see them being really beautiful if done well. These S-lenses seem stellar for video. But I still think the 50APO is the best video lens I've ever had the satisfaction of using for still photography
Would I recommend this camera?
If you were thinking of upgrading from the S-006 to the S-007 would I recommend you do so?
Honestly, depends on your needs. The S-006 is still amazing, it didn't get worse just because the S-007 came along. Actually it got better if you consider the price of them now. Side by side the S-007 feels a LOT more like a DSLR than the S-006 does. In my opinion, I'd say that the S-007 is a DSLR, no question. I'll be calling it that from now on. The DSLR with the best image quality in the world. The S-006 is the MFDCB that has the best image quality in the world – and sorta feels like a DSLR.
All images in the S-007 Review were taken with the 100mm Summicron-S @ f/2 (the best way to torture test the AF system).


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Before you get started, make sure you've set up iCloud Drive on your Mac and your iOS device.
Share your project
First, share your project from Logic Pro X or GarageBand on your Mac to GarageBand for iOS.
- On your Mac, open the project in Logic Pro or GarageBand.
- Share it to GarageBand for iOS:
- In GarageBand, choose Share > Project to GarageBand for iOS.
- In Logic Pro X, choose File > Share > Project to GarageBand for iOS.
Export the project as a ringtone
In GarageBand for iOS, export the project you shared from your Mac as a ringtone.
- Open GarageBand on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
- In the My Songs browser, tap Browse , tap Select, then tap the project you shared from your Mac.
- Tap , then tap Ringtone.
- Enter a name for the ringtone, then tap Export. If the ringtone is longer than 30 seconds, tap Continue to have GarageBand shorten the ringtone automatically. Or, tap Cancel to return to the song so you can shorten it.
- Tap Export.
- When the ringtone is finished exporting, you can assign the ringtone.
Assign the ringtone
After you've exported your project as a ringtone, you can set it as your standard ringtone, or assign it to a contact. Tap "Use sound as," then choose an option:
- To use the ringtone as your standard ringtone, replacing the existing ringtone, tap Standard Ringtone.
- To use the ringtone as your standard text tone, replacing the existing text tone, tap Standard Text Tone.
- To associate a ringtone with one of your contacts, tap "Assign to contact," then choose a contact.
- To return to the My Songs browser without assigning the ringtone, tap Done.


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America is now California.
That was a major take-away from Tuesday's election.
The Golden State has long been the incubator for national political trends and themes. Ronald Reagan started here in 1966. The prairie fire of tax reform was kindled by Howard Jarvis and Proposition 13 in 1978. California led the 1992 "Year of the Woman," electing two women U.S. Senators. And the searing debate over illegal immigration that continues to shape the future of national politics was ignited in 1994 by California's Proposition 187.
Now, the 2012 Presidential election has confirmed that California is the harbinger of a new national electorate -- younger, multi-racial, multi-ethnic, more moderate, and more accepting of social, cultural and religious differences. This is the electorate that helped elect Jerry Brown as governor in 2010 -- despite massive spending by his GOP opponent, and steadily increased Democratic legislative majorities over the last decade or so.
With the election of Democratic supermajorities in both legislative houses (theoretically allowing passage of tax increases without a single GOP vote), it is an electorate which has already marginalized Republicans in a solidly Blue State.
And it is the electorate that President Obama relied on through his long slog to re-election as president.
Overall, California voter registration is at an all-time high; GOP registration is at an all-time low -- dipping below 30 percent for the first time ever. In the not-that-distant future, the California GOP may become the state's third party -- behind No Party Preference (NPP), now the home of 1 of 5 California voters.
Currently, no ethnic group is a majority in California. According to State Department of Finance estimates, in 2016 Latinos will replace Anglos as the state's largest ethnic group. Demographically and politically, Orange County isn't even Orange County any more.
The percentage of Latinos in the state's population still outweighs their percentage of the electorate, but Latino registration and turnout are steadily increasing and impacting California elections. Latino voters were a crucial factor in the defeat of GOP Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack, the only woman in California's GOP Congressional delegation, by Democrat Raul Ruiz, the first Latino to challenge Bono Mack, in a newly drawn Palm Springs Congressional District.
It's no coincidence that, in California, the Tea Party never achieved the influence it did in GOP politics that it did nationally. And Grover Norquist, who demanded obeisance to his "no new taxes" pledge from Golden State GOP legislative caucuses, finds himself stymied here by a new independent redistricting commission and the state's "top-two" primary (not to mention voter approval of Prop. 30, Gov. Brown's tax increase initiative).
Now political arithmetic has sideswiped the national GOP. According to a survey of Hispanic voters by Latino Decisions, Latinos supplied the winning margin for President Obama in the swing states of Colorado, Florida and Nevada.
Despite the fact that national Republicans still control the U.S. House, the toxic GOP brand -- a party of rich, white men in grey suits -- that has crippled the state GOP has begun to define public perception of the national party.
That cannot happen in the face of diversity, and an increasingly diverse electorate.
Somebody or something has to drag the GOP kicking and screaming into the 21st century -- or the party will eventually go the way of the Whigs.


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Joshua Malina Gossip
Joshua Malina gossip, latest news, photos, and video.
Scandal Season 4 Episode 22 season finale recap So I learned about trade-offs recently. Not in the colloquial sense, but in the actual, scientific sense. Whenever you're trying to make a product or satisfy some criteria, you acknowledge that there will be places where you can't satisfy as much of the criteria as you would like in one category, in order to satisfy other categories. Full Story
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Let's start with the part where I started worrying about my job security. Because when the absolutely fearless Joshua Malina started tweeting about the Emmys – calling Hayden Panetierre Connie Britton's "Puppet", and expressing sorrow that the In Memoriam montage did not include Chris Brown – well, I could hear Lainey falling in love from across the country. Full Story
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Character generator for Shadowrun 4th Edition
Some players may not speak English or may be more comfortable with another language. Luckily, the Chummer community has lent their time to translating both
the application and its data into French, German, and Japanese. The download file includes everything for English, French, German, and Japanese, and the translation files are
updated on a regular basis as Chummer evolves and includes more data.
All of Chummer's data comes from XML files. It also includes support for adding your own data by creating custom XML data files that follow the exact same
structure, making adding your custom content simple. The Chummer Wiki includes detailed information for each XML data file and XSD files you can use for
Chummer comes with a couple of character sheets modeled after the standard Shadowrun 4th Edition one, but some players or Game Masters may prefer to make
their own. Chummer uses XSLT for all of its character sheets to make creating your own sheets easy. The printout window includes a Save as XML button to dump out
printout XML so you can see the XML structure as needed.
Chummer includes support for a number of optional rules from the books. Does your game use Armor Degradation, More Lethal Gameplay, or limiting an Active Skill
to 20 dice? Turn the optional rules on and off as needed for your game. Do you use house rules like ignoring Armor Encumbrance altogether, allowing free Contacts,
or applying Essence loss only to MAG/RES maximum? Those are covered, too!
Maybe you use a different amount of BP or Karma for Attributes or Skills? Pop open the Options window and change them to suit your need.
If you play in multiple games, chances are one game uses a few different rules than another. Chummer lets you save each set of options in Settings files and
tie a Setting to each character.
The PACKS Kits introduced in the Runner's Toolkit are neat and can be incredibly handy for Game Masters if they want to quickly slap together a character, so
Chummer includes support for PACKS Kits. It also allows you to create your own PACKS Kits from characters. Find that you really like a the character's Attribute
and Active Skill combinations for a certain archetype that you'd like to save for later? Open the Create PACKS Kit window and create your own PACKS Kit with
those items with a few clicks so you can use them whenever you like!
Not everything in the Shadowrun world is metahuman, so why should your character generator limit you to only metahumans? Chummer has full support for
Spirits, Sprites, and Critters of every variety! GMs can easily build up a Critter in minutes, tweak their Attributes, Qualities, Skills, Critter Powers, and
everything else, just like any other character.
Your character doesn't stop growing and changing once you're done creating them, so Chummer lets you maintain your character throughout their career.
Once in Career Mode, you can track your Karma and Nuyen, improve your Attributes and Skills by spending Karma, track wounds and Condition Monitor penalties
for both yourself and your Vehicles, even the number of rounds of each type you have remaining in each of your guns. Your focus should be on playing and
enjoying your game, not on juggling numbers.
While I may be just one guy working on this, Chummer is updated on a regular basis to fix bugs and add in new features suggested by the community.
If you've found a bug you'd like to report or have an idea to suggest, head on over to the
Chummer thread on the Dumpshock forums and post it there!
(Reporting everything in one place makes things easier!)
Don't feel like making a contact, enemy, or critter, or just want to see what other people have created? Check out Omae, Chummer's online character
repository! This is where Chummer users can post their creations for others to put to use. Posting a character on Omae requires you to create an Omae account
so it can identify who uploaded the file and is allowed to upload new revisions of the character, and so others can see who created it. Don't worry, I don't do
anything with the information - it's really just there to make sure nobody else overwrites or deletes your work.
Chummer does not include the full descriptions or rules for individual items. Instead, it gives page reference numbers. The idea is to supplement the books
and PDFs you already own, not replace the need for purchasing them. We all love the game and want to see it flourish.
Chummer's only system requirement is that you have Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0
Chummer does not need to be installed. Just download the zip file, unzip it to wherever you'd like, and start creating!
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The IU Southeast Personal Counseling Services are available to all IU Southeast Students (part or full time) at no fee. Our counselors are all professionally trained and have specific skills related to work with college students. The Director of Personal Counseling Services holds a doctoral degree in clinical psychology and is licensed by the state of Indiana as a Health Services Provider. The Counselor/Care Manager is a licensed clinical social worker who provides both mental health counseling and referrals for resource assistance, e.g., food, housing, health care, etc. Our staff also includes master level and doctoral level graduate students from local universities.
Services are confidential and include:
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Hickenlooper and Maryland governor bet on football game – and beer isn't involved?
As expected, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley have a wager in place for the Broncos-Ravens game on Saturday.
If the Broncos win (and of course, they will), O'Malley's going to be shipping one dozen Chesapeake crabcakes to Hickenlooper. Maryland crabcakes are delicious, so Hickenlooper's in for a treat.
But if the Broncos lose (and of course, they won't), O'Malley's going to get one dozen Colorado … lamb chops?
Yes, lamb chops instead of one dozen of our finest craft brews. And there are so many.


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Machida hints at Teixeira v Wanderlei fight
Lyoto Machida may have shed light on the UFC's answer to Tuesday's injury withdrawals from the 153 card, after claiming a surprise is coming for MMA fans.
UFC 153 was rocked by injuries to Jose Aldo and Rampage Jackson on Tuesday, leaving the card without a main or co-main event. It remains to be seen if respective rivals Frankie Edgar and Glover Teixeira will be handed replacement bouts, or removed from the card to make way for two new fights.
Machida has stirred the rumour pot by posting an image of himself, sitting next to Wanderlei Silva, Antonio Rodrigo Noguiera and Mauricio Shogun Rua. The picture was accompanied by the words: "We are preparing a big surprise for you."
Machida himself may not be the man to fight Teixeira, despite needing to make amends with the UFC after he turned down a title shot against Jon Jones at UFC 152 - claiming it was too short-notice. Teixeira has previously stated Machida is the only man in the 205lb division he would rather not fight.
"Right now, the one I wouldn't want to fight is Lyoto Machida," Teixeira said back in May. "I've trained with him, I help him out and he's a great guy. Whatever they tell me to do, I'll do, but if I could have a say, Lyoto would be the one I wouldn't want to fight."
Shogun may also be ruled out due to his arranged bout with Alexander Gustafsson in December. That could leave Wanderlei, based on Machida's picture, as an option at light-heavyweight for Teixeira.
The Axe Murderer later added to speculation by tweeting a message of his own, simply saying: "UFC RIO?"


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Hypifor necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 36 diseños de 15 diseñadores freelance.
I need a 3 page design for a Ski Resort (slope and a hotel) - just like http://www.whistlerblackcomb.com .
If the design you offer is extraordinary, you get at least $100 bonus (it has to be supercool).
I can send you money through MoneyBookers, Credit Card, WesternUnion and Wire transfer.
Desired Color Scheme:
Must fit with the logo
My site will have almost the same structure as http://www.whistlerblackcomb.com .
I need to put lots of information on the homepage and there will be many pages, so there should be drop-down menus and on the left of the page the same menu (like in whistlerblackcomb).
On the homepage we will have the track status (snow depth and track quality in stars), latest news, special offers, a live webcam, accommodation info, prices and ski lessons. A nice header image would be necessary. Also, a top bar for language selection is necessary.
(NEW) Please work on the home page at first. I will ask for the content pages later.
(NEW) The design would be great to be different from whistler, I know I asked to be a lot of like it, but make is somehow original.Â
Please do not include any search bar.
You pick the colors as you want, but it has to fit with the logo.
I don't want huge texts like in Web 2.0, I want it small, like in whistlerblackcomb.
The 3 pages are: home page, normal content page and another one (don't know, yet).
You can use photos from http://www.istockphoto.com in the header or other images (important to use nice images there).
Current logo here.


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ECO:nomics: Powering the Future
The abundance of cheap natural gas in the U.S. is driving out carbon-free options: solar, wind, and nuclear. But is it the right solution to our environmental problems? NRG Energy CEO David Crane talks with energy reporter Russell Gold at WSJ's ECO:nomics conference.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
I ... it is about the future natural gas is picked up ten percent ... one tenth of the market ... it is a relatively low carbon fuel ... I'm very efficient Adi is this the answer to our borrow problems and is this why not just all in natural gas ... to do what I started so ... well ... I would say that to ... you went back to two thousandsix easy just come back to two thousandeight two thousandnine I think all week and fifty three or fifty four percent ... because natural gas was so ... expensive so my answer here ... we're all question is natural gas ... the future and this is the answer to environmental problems ... my answers those questions are yes and no ... op ... I mean that the natural gas is in the process of wiping out ... the coal industry and ... I mean the big shot as a power generator to everybody is the isthe ... its wiping out the nuclear industry quicker ... than we thought I mean the big revelation among people on nuclear plants in the last two months is ... twenty five or thirty percent them are offering on a couch ... pieces ... and ... now is not something that I think anyone even industry contemplated ... and that's it is natural gas prices are so low that set so low so ... so you see the me already quantify Wisconsin has been retired ... and I was with when the regulator said they were bemoaning the fact that it was retired ... I mean it it's not ... it's not competitive and step down so ... I'm a natural gas is the future of base load generation and ... you know without some sort of government ... in our efforts Mr ... said ... you know it like a clean energy standard answer of course of the industry so that the industry doesn't become are no fuel ... in ... and I would say strategically as an American citizen ... I think for the power industry to become like the transportation industry and completely dependent on one fuel is a disaster ...


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The earthworm is native to East Asia but has been sold in the United States as bait under the names crazy worm, Alabama jumper, and snake worms. The worm has characteristic coloration and behavior. When disturbed, jumping worms become very active, wriggling and thrashing vigorously. Adult worms are approximately the same size as the naturalized earthworms, but are much darker. Most of the tissue is dark grey/brown, with a milky white bad of tissue (the clitellum) circling the body. The clitellum is also smooth, compared to other species which are raised.
Jumping worms are voracious consumers of organic material, affecting soil quality. They breed quickly and eggs can survive our winters. Adults reach maturity in approximately 60 days, allowing populations to double during the growing season. These worms are also capable of reproducing without mating. Concerns include the effect these worms will have on native areas, ornamental plantings, and agronomic fields. Recommendations to prevent the spread of jumping worms and their eggs include cleaning equipment before moving it to another site, reducing the transportation of mulch and soil, and carefully inspecting nursery plants before installing them in a new landscape.


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From young outsider to national hero, a timeless, uniquely American tale of hard work, determination, and resilience. Olympic medalist, advocate, and first Muslim woman to compete while wearing a hijab, Ibtihaj Muhammad talks about her memoir Proud with beloved author Jacqueline Woodson.
Growing up in New Jersey as the only African American Muslim in hijab in town, at school, and on the playing fields, Ibtihaj Muhammad always had to find her own way. When she discovered fencing, a sport traditionally reserved for the wealthy and white, once again she had to defy expectations and make a place for herself in a sport she grew to love. Even though Ibtihaj would start fencing later than most, at 13 years old her talent was undeniable. From winning state championships with her high school team to three-time All-America selections at Duke University, Ibtihaj was poised for success, but the fencing community wasn't ready to welcome her with open arms.
Ibtihaj Muhammad's path to Olympic greatness has been marked with opposition and near-debilitating challenges because of her race, religion, and gender. As the only woman of color and the only religious minority on the U.S. women's saber team, once again Ibtihaj had to push past stereotypes, misconceptions, and negativity to find her own path to success and Olympic glory.
Proud is the inspiring story of how Ibtihaj rose above it all with grace and compassion. She provides an unflinching and honest portrayal of how she managed to stay true to herself and still play by the rules. A coming-of-age story, a hero's journey, and a moving memoir from one of the nation's most influential athletes, Proud will leave you cheering. It's also available in a Young Readers edition, inspiring new generations to stay true to themselves on their way to greatness.
Jacqueline Woodson is an Newbery Honor-winning writer of books for children and young adults. She is best known for Miracle's Boys, about three young brothers of African-American and Puerto Rican descent growing up without parents in Harlem.


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