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Caperton v. Massey Coal Co.
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IN THE MATTER OF: L.W., d/o/b 07/04/1991, A Child Under Eighteen (18) Years of Age
Court: TCA
Andrew L. Wener, Memphis, Tennessee, for the Appellant, Dennis Martin.
Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter, Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General and Elizabeth C. Driver, Senior Counsel, for the Appellee, State of Tennessee, Department of Children's Services.
Judge: FARMER
The trial court sustained the petition to adjudicate dependency and neglect filed by the Department of Children's Services. We affirm.
RHONDA GAIL OAKES, v. HARVEY JOE OAKES
Court: TCA
Robin Ruben Flores, Chattanooga, Tennessee, for appellant, Harvey Joe Oakes.
Cindy A. Howell, Sparta, Tennessee, for appellee, Rhonda Gail Oakes.
Judge: FRANKS
This is an appeal from the ruling of the Trial Court, following the appeal to this Court, wherein we remanded with enforcement of the Trial Court's Judgment, as modified. After remand, the wife moved for contempt against the husband for not paying as ordered, and at a hearing on that motion the Trial Court found the husband guilty of contempt and ordered him to serve ten days in confinement for each finding of contempt. The order provided that the sentence would be suspended if he paid the sum due. The husband paid the sum due and appealed. On appeal, we affirm the Judgment of the Trial Court.
CYDNIE BROWNING O'ROURKE v. JAMES PATRICK O'ROURKE
Court: TCA
Connie Reguli, Brentwood, Tennessee, for the Appellant, Cydnie Browning O'Rourke.
Helen S. Rogers and Lawrence J. Kamm, Nashville, Tennessee, for the Appellee, James Patrick O'Rourke.
Judge: FARMER
Respondent appeals the trial court's judgment finding her guilty on two counts of criminal contempt and imposing a sentence of twenty days in jail, with sixteen days suspended. We affirm.
KIRBY Dissenting
MARCUS WILLIS v. SHELBY COUNTY, TENNESSEE, ET AL.
Court: TCA
Herbert D. Hurst and Jill M. Shirley, Hurst Law Firm, P.A., Memphis, Tennessee, Louis P. Chiozza, Jr., Memphis, Tennessee, and Steven R. Walker, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, Marcus Willis.
Reid R. Phillips and Chapman Sellers Morrow, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellee, Correctional Medical Services, Inc. Debra L. Fessenden, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellee, Shelby County, Tennessee.
Judge: FARMER
This appeal arises from the removal of a state court action to federal court. Once the federal court granted the defendants summary judgment regarding plaintiff's federal claims, it dismissed plaintiff's state law claims without prejudice. Approximately one year later, the plaintiff sought to present its state law claims in state court by filing a motion titled to be a "Motion to Reassume Jurisdiction" and refiling its entire cause of action in state court. The trial court dismissed both cases with prejudice because the statute of limitations had run. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
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Evidence allowed in case against alleged Obama plotters
Judge J. Daniel Breen ruled today that evidence against two white supremacists charged with plotting to kill President Barack Obama and dozens of other black people can be used at trial. Prosecutors can now show a trial jury the guns, swords, computer files and other items seized from Daniel Cowart and Paul Schlesselman when they were arrested late last year. While the deputies did not have a search warrant, Breen said, they had Cowart's grandfather's permission to search the house where the two were staying.
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An update on the project's Kickstarter page says that less than 500 units will be heading out to customers today, with the reason for the hold up being something to do with "documentation at the airport". An issue with address confirmation e-mails will also see some backers not getting a tracking number for their order until a few days after they have shipped.
The Pebble iOS app was submitted to Apple two weeks ago, and the Pebble team has been responding to reviewer feedback, but there has not been any confirmation as to when it will appear in the App Store. This will prevent iOS users from installing watchfaces or upgrading the onboard software, but it will still allow for notifications to be displayed and for music to be controlled from the watch itself. The Android version of the app will go live on Google Play on January 24th.
The most recent production notes indicate that the factory is manufacturing between 800 and 1,000 Pebbles per day, and at full capacity will be constructing 2,400 watches per day. Master cartons of Pebbles are travelling by air freight to distribution centers in the US and Hong Kong, giving the total delivery time between a Pebble leaving the production line and reaching the backer as between five days and a week.


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Cindy Anderson of Buffalo Grove says her health insurance rates have tripled in the last three years.
Her mother in Phoenix, who suffered a stroke 13 years ago and has diabetes, is too young for Medicare and has been unable to get health coverage since her employer shut down.
"She's worked all her life," said Anderson. "She ought to have health care."
At the other end of the spectrum, Nancy Baron of Elk Grove Village is a teacher with good health insurance. But she is angry for those with bad coverage or no coverage.
"Health care is a right, not a privilege," she said.
Anderson and Baron were among more than two dozen Northwest suburbanites who took a school bus Tuesday from Palatine to add their voices to hundreds rallying in Chicago for President Barack Obama's government-run health insurance proposal.
"The real silver bullet in this battle is you," U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, an Evanston Democrat, told the scores in Chicago's Federal Plaza.
The rally, attended by several other prominent Democrats and reform advocates, is one of the more outward signs of the aggressive lobbying that is now consuming a summer break for lawmakers as Obama's health care plan teeters.
The efforts are aimed at trying to regain an edge in the public debate while focusing pressure on fence-sitting lawmakers, particularly Democrats.
Opponents are making an equally strong effort to defeat one of the most formidable attempts in decades to offer public health care coverage to everyone.
Schakowsky conceded after her speech Tuesday that expansion backers may be losing public support. She sees this monthlong break as a chance to win back independents.
"I am concerned that they've spent lots and lots of effort and money to try to fool the people once again," she said of opponents, including insurance companies. "Let this mark the first day of our summer offensive to win real health care reform in the fall."
The pressure is acutely felt in the suburbs, where Democratic lawmakers have been reluctant to embrace the plan and Republicans are aggressively opposing it.
Absent from Tuesday's rally was U.S. Rep. Melissa Bean of Barrington and U.S. Rep. Bill Foster of Batavia, both Democrats on the fence.
Bean's Schaumburg office has been protested by activists on both sides of the issue. Most recently, she said she was "unconvinced" the current plan will provide a net benefit to the middle class while reigning in costs.
Foster supports the plan "in theory," a spokeswoman has said, but neither lawmaker will likely face a vote until some version of the plan moves to the House floor this fall.
Meanwhile, GOP representatives Peter Roskam of Wheaton, Don Manzullo of the Rockford area, Judy Biggert of Hinsdale and Mark Kirk of Highland Park have been vocal opponents, raising the specter of a government-run health care system that will ration treatment and hike taxes.
Kirk is running for Obama's old Senate seat.
Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias is running for that spot on the Democratic side. He helped lead the health care rally Tuesday.
"At the end of the day, something needs to get done," Giannoulias said after giving his speech.
Also among the politicians at the rally was Gov. Pat Quinn, who apparently supports the plan even though some versions could add hundreds of millions of dollars to the beleaguered state budget.
He has been pushing an income tax to patch an $11 billion budget hole.
"This is long overdue," he told the crowd.
On Capitol Hill, versions of Obama's plan have been approved by House committees, but more work is needed to get a preliminary version to the floor for a full vote. The House is on a break until Sept. 8.
A Senate committee is continuing work on a separate version of the measure. The Senate is scheduled for a break from Aug. 10 to Sept. 8.
Obama is pushing for final passage by the end of the year.
• Daily Herald reporter Ted Cox contributed to this report.


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Denny Hamlin Wins Nationwide Series Race in RichmondMay 2, 2008
The Nationwide Series headed to Richmond, Virginia, this weekend for another classic short track race.
The field included 11 drivers from the Sprint Cup Series who planned on racing in both series this weekend. Kevin Harvick was one of those drivers who was pulling double duty this weekend. Harvick was making his 200th career start in the Nationwide Series at Richmond.
Kasey Kahne earned the pole position for the race with Carl Edwards starting outside of him. Khane would lead the first lap as well as the first 18 laps until Edwards passed him for the lead.
Edwards would pace the field until the first caution flag of the race came out for a spin by Brett Rowe on lap 66. All the leaders would take advantage of the caution by coming down pit road for the first time in the race. Edwards would continue to be the leader by beating everyone else out of the pits.
Edwards would hold the top spot for a while until the third caution came out for a spin by David Reutimann on lap 142. The leaders all came to pit road with Kevin Harvick winning the race off pit road from Edwards.
Harvick was still the leader when Khane brought out the fifth caution flag of the race after hitting the wall in turn two with 83 laps remaining. Harvick would lead the race until a caution came out for a spin by Derrick Cope came out with just 22 laps to go. This caution would prove to be the turning point in the race. The top three drivers: Harvick, Edwards, and Mike Bliss, would all stay out while the other cars on the lead lap came to pit road for fresh tires.
This move would turn out to be the winning move because Denny Hamlin came down pit road under that caution and restarted in the fourth position. It wouldn't take long before Hamlin took his first lead of the race with just ten laps remaining.
It would be smooth sailing for Hamlin who took the checkered flag for the first time in his career at Richmond. Hamlin said before the race that he would rather win at his home track in Richmond over Daytona and Indianapolis.
The top ten were Hamlin, Harvick, Kyle Busch, David Ragan, Steve Wallace, David Stremme, Edwards, Bliss, Clint Bowyer, and Scott Wimmer. Other notable finishes include Matt Kenseth in 12th, Mike Wallace in 13th, and Kahne in 14th position. The top five in the point standings are Bowyer, Edwards, Busch, Ragan, and Bliss.
Richmond is now in the history books and we can all look forward to a great weekend of racing action at "The Lady In Black" Darlington.


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A restless night
A soft breeze whispered through the trees and everything was silent. I could fell her breath slowing and becoming heavier indicating she had finally dosed off. The stars were bright and casting an eerie glow on the ocean below us. My cheeks felt cold and as I let out a sigh, my breath could be seen mingling with the frosted air. It was a clear magical night, the kind that is perfect for gazing out of your window to count the distant stars igniting the night sky. A sudden gust of cold air blew from the now peaceful ocean causing her to shiver as she slept. I held her so close I could feel her soft breath against my cheek. It had been a long day. My memory was hazy, trying to comprehend what happened. I was exhausted, longing for sleep but my mind was too alert and unwilling to rest. So I lay in her arms unsure of what came next, scared of the unknown. She mumbled beneath her breath, lost in her dreams, safe in her peaceful slumber. My love for her consumed me as I listened to her incomprehensible rambling. Her soft skin grazed my cheek as she gently changed her sleeping position. My mind sighed as I thought of what we had been through. My heart ached knowing that soon the sun would rise casting a thick orange glow over the ocean. And that when she awoke we would be faced with the same crude prejudice as the day before.


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Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life.George Bernard Shaw
A fit of anger is as fatal to dignity as a dose of arsenic is to life.Josiah Gilbert Holland
We don't have a major problem right now in our country, and life is normal. Things like unemployment, which the youth are suffering from, and the rate of inflation - these are chronic conditions and we have to solve them.Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.Leonard Cohen
The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.Albert Ellis
Some say that life's a b-tch, but I'mkeep flirting and f-cking that b-tch for her money and Louis V purchases.Wiz Khalifa
We live in a culture that discourages empathy. A culture that too often tells us our principal goal in life is to be rich, thin, young, famous, safe, and entertained.Barack Obama
After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a sumptuous planet, sparkling with color, bountiful with life. Within decades we must close our eyes again. Isnt it a noble, an enlightened way of spending our brief time in the sun, to work at understanding the universe and how we have come to wake up in it? This is how I answer when I am askedas I am surprisingly oftenwhy I bother to get up in the mornings.Richard Dawkins
History itself touches only a small part of a nation's life. Most of the activities and sufferings of the people ... have been and will remain without written record.E. L. Wood word
People don't expect government to solve all their problems. But they sense, deep in their bones, that with just a slight change in priorities, we can make sure that every child in America has a decent shot at life, and that the doors of opportunity remain open to all. They know we can do better.Barack Obama
Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else's can shorten it.Cullen Hightower
If you want to become the best runner you can be, start now. Don't spend the rest of your life wondering if you can do it.Priscilla Welch
Our entire life consists ultimately in accepting ourselves as we are.Jean Anouilh
Everything in life depends on how that life accepts its limits.James Baldwin
We must accept life for what it actually is -- a challenge to our quality without which we should never know of what stuff we are made, or grow to our full stature.Ida R. Wylie


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Python Sudoku is a text and graphical program (gtk interface) to create or resolve sudokus. It can also print a sudoku (1 or 4 sudokus in each page) and write a image (png, jpeg, etc) with a sudoku.
Sudoku, sometimes spelled Su Doku, is a placement puzzle, also known as Number Place in the United States. The aim of the puzzle is to enter a numeral from 1 through 9 in each cell of a grid, most frequently a 9 x 9 grid made up of 3 x 3 subgrids (called "regions"), starting with various numerals given in some cells (the "givens"). Each row, column and region must contain only one instance of each numeral. Completing the puzzle requires patience and logical ability. Its grid layout is reminiscent of other newspaper puzzles like crosswords and chess problems. Sudoku initially became popular in Japan in 1986 and attained international popularity in 2005.
More information in Wikipedia.
If you found a valid sudoku (a sudoku with only one solution) that Python Sudoku can't solve, please, send a bug report with the sudoku (preferable in sdk format) and the method needed to be solved.


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The Duchess of Cambridge has had her share of fashion disasters and delights in the near-decade she has weathered the public magnifying glass on her every sartorial move.
But this year, she has experienced unprecedented triumph. This obviously doesn't refer to her recent marriage to the second in line to the monarchy of the realm. Never mind that. No, the girl we once knew as Kate Middleton - her with the suede boots for EVERY occasion - has been christened Queen of Style by one of fashion's Holy Bibles - Harper's Bazaar.
The high-end magazine has put HRH at the top of its annual Britain's Best Dressed 2011. Harper's Bazaar's panel of judges described Catherine's style as an "incredible style evolution that has gripped us all".
The judging panel - a collection of luminaries from the fashion industry - selected 20 women who "continue to represent British style that is peerlessly elegant and gloriously unpredictable". So who got a doffed cap for their delicious turnout?
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It's old home week for the Library Journal/School Library Journal staff as we start new jobs, right old wrongs, live in fairy tales, and don our Devo hats.
Mahnaz Dar, Associate Editor, School Library Journal
This week, I reread an old favorite, Mary Gaitskill's short story "Secretary."* It's the tale that the (very scintillating!) film starring Maggie Gyllenhaal and James Spader is based upon, though the original piece is quite a bit darker. Here's an excerpt I really enjoyed:
My family's enthusiasm made me feel sarcastic about the job, about any effort to do anything, in fact. In light of their enthusiasm, the only intelligent course of action seemed to be immobility and rudeness. But in the morning as I ate my poached eggs and toast, I couldn't help but feel curious and excited. The feeling grew as I rode in the car with my mother to the receding orange building. I felt like I was accomplishing something. I wanted to do well. When we drove past the Amy Joy doughnut shop, I saw, through the wall of glass, expectant construction workers in heavy boots and jackets sitting on vinyl swivel seats, waiting for coffee and bags of doughnuts. I had sentimental thoughts about workers and the decency of unthinking toil. I was pleased to be like them, insofar as I was. I returned my mother's smile when I got out of the car and said "thanks" when she said "good luck."
*Read the full story here.
Shelley M. Diaz, Senior Editor, Reviews, SLJ
I finally read Robin Sloan's Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore: A Novel (Farrar) with my book club, a fun literary romp for book lovers and techies alike. Complete with secret word-worshipping societies and hip, game- and web-designing wizards, this novel takes readers on a coast-crossing quest to unlock the mysteries of the universe. Quirky characters, delightful asides, and geek-speak dialog elicited several chuckles as I read it on my commute. So many amazing lines to quote, but I don't want to give anything away, so here's one that really rang true for me:
Walking the stacks in a library, dragging your fingers across the spines—it's hard not to feel the presence of sleeping spirits. That's just a feeling, not a fact, but remember: people believe weirder things than this.
Liz French, Senior Editor, Reviews, Library Journal
I'm just back from a trip to my hometown, Indianapolis, IN, where I finally got a chance to really use my Kindle. Secreted away on it are oh so many things: a friend's manuscript; the New York Times online edition; another friend's manuscript; some e-galleys; and a debut novel by Kimberly McCreight, Reconstructing Amelia (HarperCollins) that I've been meaning to read since last year, when it came out.
Reconstructing Amelia is about a single mom's search for the truth when her daughter is accused of plagiarism and dies after a fall from the roof of her tony private school. Did she jump? Was she pushed? And who is sending the texts reading, "Amelia didn't jump" to her?
There's a lot to like about the novel, including the Park Slope, Brooklyn, setting (it was nice to read about my adopted "hometown" while visiting the old one). McCreight really seems to know the inner workings of a high-powered law firm, where the mom character, Kate, works. She also renders the dynamics of a mean-girl secret society very well. But she tries to put too much into her first book. There's a dizzying amount of plot twists, several hastily sketched characters; too many villains; a couple plot holes. All that said, I couldn't put this one down, and I can't wait to read McCreight's next one.
Kathy Ishizuka, Executive Editor, SLJ
A reading experience can stem from the most unlikely of places. A visit to my physical therapist tipped me on this one, a memoir by his colleague: The Bosnia List (Penguin), by Kenan Trebincevic and Susan Shapiro. A survivor of the Bosnian civil war who fled, along with his family, at age 12, Trebincevic returns to his hometown of Brćko decades later to honor his aging father's wish to see his homeland and to exact some small, personal measure of revenge for the ethnic cleansing campaign against Muslims, from which his family narrowly escaped in 1993. Confront the next-door neighbor who stole from them; stand on the grave of the once-beloved coach who turned on him—so go the items on Trebincevic's "list."
Young Kenan's story is told in flashback—most troubling are the betrayals by children, former friends who became enemies overnight. The moral reconciliation by neighbors and friends—and the kindnesses of strangers—are no less confounding to the grown Trebincevic, who struggles with his own moral compass during the return to Brćko.
The parallel between Nazi atrocities of the 1940s and another European genocide occurring in the 1990s was not lost on Susan Shapiro, a Jewish American writer, who was a client of Trebincevic's. One outcome of those PT sessions was this book.
Stephanie Klose, Media Editor, Library Journal
I love a good reimagined fairy tale, and Elizabeth Blackwell's While Beauty Slept (Amy Einhorn: Putnam) is proving to be just that. Written as though the events in "Sleeping Beauty" were historical fact, the story focuses on Elise, a poor country girl who becomes the queen's handmaiden and bears witness to the sad, strange events of Princess Rose's life. Not yet though! When I reached my subway stop this morning, Elise had just arrived at the castle to look for work, so new to townfolks' ways she didn't even know to move out of the way when a chamber pot was emptied out of a window above her.
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I am reading (well, mostly looking at the pictures in) Brick Shakespeare: The Comedies—A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Tempest, Much Ado About Nothing, and The Taming of the Shrew. This work of staggering genius from Skyhorse Publishing features construction and photography by John McCann, edited and narrated by Monica Sweeney and Becky Thomas. I am breaking my rule that I have Enough Editions of Shakespeare Already because this one is made out of Legos. How could I resist? I must confess, the Devo hat on Sebastian is a little distracting, but Lego Caliban is positively eerie.


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South Korea Group Issues Report on Environmental Damage on US Army Bases
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[Yonhap headline: "Report on Environmental Damage by USFK Issued"]SEOUL, July 16 (Yonhap) - A report on environmental damage found over the past 10 years inside US military bases in South Korea was issued by civic organizations on Wednesday [16 July], with land contamination from oil being the most serious problem.
The Comprehensive Report on Environmental Damages in US Bases in Korea, the first of its kind, was released amid the US move to return tens of bases to South Korea as it aims relocate frontline US troops to a city south of Seoul by 2013.
The return of the land, however, sparked controversy over the environment, as many bases were seriously polluted by oil and toxic chemicals from their decades-long use, and decontamination is expected to be extremely costly and time-consuming.
The Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) requires the US Forces Korea (USFK) to clean up contamination that poses a "known, imminent, and substantial endangerment to human health" before handing over land and facilities. SOFA is the highest-level guideline outlining the rights and responsibilities of some 28,500 US soldiers stationed here as a legacy of the 1950-53 Korean War.
In an auxiliary deal, the USFK agreed to remove underground storage tanks and air-conditioning chemicals, as well as lead and copper left at former firing ranges.
Environmental activists claim, however, that the USFK did not take appropriate measures for decontamination when they returned bases.
"We've made the report based on documents and on-site inspection over the past year. The report compiled all the environmental damage that took place inside US bases over the past decade," the Committee on Environmental Inspection of US Bases, organized by eight South Korean environmental organizations, said.
The report shows how serious the environmental problems are, including land and water contamination and noise, the committee said.
"Of all the environmental pollution accidents, 77 per cent were caused by oil leakage," the committee said.
The committee said it plans to send the report to the US Congress and the United Nations Environment Programme, as well as the Seoul government, in order to urge the US government to change environmental policies on overseas US bases.
Originally published by Yonhap news agency, Seoul, in English 1206 16 Jul 08.
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Claire Heininger | Friday, April 16, 2004
Indiana State Excise Police cited 17 underage patrons and took three into custody in a raid of The Library Irish Pub early Friday morning.Lt. Greg Deitchley, spokesman for the District 1 excise office, said officers entered the bar at approximately 12:50 a.m. after receiving an alert from an undercover policeman inside. Deitchley confirmed that The Library was only one of several bars that had been targeted for a bust Friday. He said that excise heard reports from several other locations before deciding to raid The Library.Police closed doors and asked patrons to present identification upon exit, issuing minor in a tavern citations to each of the 17 who were found to be underage. Some of the patrons were also ticketed for false identification, Deitchley said.Three patrons were also taken to St. Joseph County Jail on charges of disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and public intoxication. One of the three, a 20-year old Notre Dame student, attempted to elude officers by hiding under the bar's refrigerator, said Lt. Marc Mersich of the South Bend Police. Another student of legal age verbally threatened officers and tried to force his way out. South Bend officers were alerted by excise police and arrived at the scene as backup. The bust came nearly a year to the date after another raid of the bar, as 51 patrons were cited at The Library on April 25.Pub owner Chuck Hammons said the bar responded to the first raid by installing over $4,000 worth of camera equipment to prevent underage patrons from entering.He claimed officers pushed several people inside as they sealed off the entrance and said bouncers were unable to check identification for those patrons.Deitchley said excise officials would note Hammons' concerns but added that his officers denied forcing anyone past the cameras."I asked my people and they said no," Deitchley said.Hammons also contested the choice to raid The Library over other larger downtown bars such as Heartland and the State Theatre."[Police] have a job to do and I respect that, but I think somewhere along the line I'm being unfairly targeted," he said.Deitchley was unable to confirm how many of the 17 cited were Notre Dame or Saint Mary's students, but said campus phonebooks were used by officers to identify those who received the minor in a tavern charge. Police also cited 147 underage patrons at the establishment in October 2000, when it was named Finnegan's Irish Pub. Legal action forced owners to sell and rename the bar.


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We're relatively certain Penelope Cruz won't be commanding anywhere near Johnny Depp's staggering 35 million dollar salary if, as rumors have it, she signs on to play his love interest in the fourth installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean series—but were super excited about the prospect nonetheless.
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"They are appliances in that they are easy to use, while not easy to tinker with," he writes. "They are tethered because it is easy to for their vendors to change them from afar, long after the devices have left warehouses and showrooms."
They are a world away from the "generative Internet", a term Zittrain uses to describe the open, creative, innovative approach that helped build the Internet.
The rise of viruses and fraud has also led to tighter controls on PCs, particularly those in schools, universities, offices and public places, Zittrain says.
People are often blocked from experimenting with shared computers and their input is severely limited.
There is still time to save the Internet, he believes, although the answer lies in social rather than technological changes.
Society should resist more regulation and place its trust in the Internet's users. The success of Wikipedia, the online encyclopaedia written and edited by its readers, shows how self-governance can work.
Internet users should see themselves as "netizens", active participants in the online world rather than passive consumers.
"The community itself exercises a form of self-restraint and policing," he said. "You see it in Britain when you try to jump a queue, you see it on Wikipedia when a page is vandalised.
"The challenge to the technologists is to build technologies to let people of good faith help without having to devote their lives to it."
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2013 Hall of Fame : Frank Defino Sr. - Printing's Heavy Hitter
Frank Defino Sr. has the honor of throwing out the first pitch during a Chicago Cubs game at Wrigley Field.
Lilly, now deceased, and husband Frank Defino greet Santa Claus during a holiday event.
Defino cradles a grandchild—and perhaps future Tukaiz employee.
"At the time, I had a wife, two kids, worked the third shift at Rand McNally and did two other jobs during the day, trying to pay for a home," Defino says. "I saw the for sale ad for the plate shop, which was in a sub-basement in Chicago. I ended up purchasing it with a down payment of $575 and asked a friend, Mike Vitallo, to be my partner."
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Working tirelessly at three jobs, Frank Defino had longed to be his own boss. He learned the previous owner had passed away after not being in business very long, and had started the company in order to provide work for his son. In fact, the company's name of Tu-kaiz Studio played off "two Ks," in this case, Kirchner and Kirchner.
Defino would co-opt the elder Kirchner's goal and build Tukaiz into a Midwestern prepress and printing powerhouse. "I wanted to keep the name and the dream alive," he says. "Today, I have my sons—Frank Jr., John and Dan—son-in-law Christopher and daughter Maryann as my partners."
Print and graphics have long been an influence in Frank Defino's Sr.'s life. He started out by doing typesetting in high school and graduated, both figuratively and literally, to letterpress shop Monarch Printing in Chicago. His first day there was the evening of high school graduation. After Monarch, Defino landed at Alco & Gravure, then at Segerdahl Halford, which was his first lithography job. He has vivid memories of working for Joe Halford and Gil Segerdahl, and recalls the somber day when he arrived at work to learn that Halford had passed away.
At Rand McNally, he worked the step-and-repeat machine and would have to pick up many 30x40 chases each day, weighing upwards of 100 pounds because they were glass negatives. "One day, I said to myself, 'I won't be doing this when I'm older,' " he recalls.
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Mayor John Schultz made his final appointments for 2012 at Decatur City Council's final meeting meeting of 2011, held this week, and rescinded three he had made at the previous meeting.
The only new appointment was the selection of outgoing council member Barb Engle to the city plan commission, replacing Max Anderson. The latter, who just completed his first four-year term, asked not to be renewed due to time constraints, the mayor said.
Meanwhile, Tim Baker will continue as city attorney, Bill Karbach and Ken Meyer will serve new terms on the board of works and safety, and Kara Martin got a second term on the city park board. All of those appointments are for four years.
The mayor also pointed out that although he appointed three council members — Matt Dyer, Meyer and new councilman Cam Collier — to the plan commission at the previous meeting, those appointments weren't his to make, but council's. In short order, council confirmed the same three.
Also at the meeting:
• The plan which sets forth how the city will spend its County Economic Development Income Tax (CEDIT) funds over the next two years was approved on its final reading.
• A resolution transferring money from one fund to another within several city department budgets was approved.
• A resolution encumbering funds in the parks and rec department and the fire department was approved. It allows funds in the current budget to be carried over to 2012 to pay for certain items.
• The mayor said he has been told the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) project to redo some traffic signals on Monroe St. should be done by the end of February. Signs warning motorists of the work have been up (or laid down) in the city for weeks.
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The Liturgy After Vatican II: Collapsing or Resurgent?
Crouan, the author of several studies on liturgical questions including the book The Liturgy Betrayed presents another penetrating work on the state of the Eucharistic Liturgy, the problems and errors that still exist, and how to correct these abuses. The responses Crouan has received to all of his writing and speaking on this topic from Catholics of every stripe show the weariness and confusion of many of the faithful regarding the Sacred Liturgy.
Crouan says that the great majority of Catholics need and want, not celebrations that are "pastorally correct", but a Eucharistic liturgy that offers all the guarantees of Catholicity and leads them to an authentic contemplation of the mysteries being celebrated. He expresses the urgency needed to examine what is going on in parish churches, and to clarify matters by acknowledging the liturgical errors in order to establish a greater fidelity to the real teaching of Vatican II and the Roman Missal.
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I wouldn't call it mundane, but I don't want a set of pots and pans for Mother's Day. I'd have to use them to cook for my family which I have to do anyway. I want something that is for me and me alone that reminds why I cook for my family: mother's jewelry, a family portrait, a day away, a plant from each family member, something that will make me smile every time I see it.
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A retired farmer and widower in his 70s, Alvin Straight (Richard Farnsworth) learns one day that his distant brother Lyle (Harry Dean Stanton) has suffered a stroke and may not recover. Alvin is determined to make things right with Lyle while he still can, but his brother lives in Wisconsin, while Alvin is stuck in Iowa with no car and no driver's license. Then he hits on the idea of making the trip on his old lawnmower, thus beginning a picturesque and at times deeply spiritual odyssey.


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Four historical tales. Gentleman of Substance, Post Obsession, and two shorter stories, Remembering Pleasure and Thrust and Riposte. In Gentleman of Substance, colonial America has never been hotter than when gentrified Michael meets country bumpkin Daniel and sparks fly. The two are irresistibly drawn to one another, but will their love ruin their lives? Post Obsession gives us Markus, a bored aristocrat who begins to receive some very steamy letters from an admirer. Will the intrigue and interest continue when he meets his mysterious writer in person? Remembering Pleasure sees Alistair forgetting what a man's touch feels like as he does his duty to wife and title. He begins to remember the pleasure of it all when his best friend, Griff, sends him a very special stable hand to help him out. And in Thrust and Riposte, swordsman Rene Godard finds ways to challenge his young pupil's tutor Owen Tregarth, at every turn. Whether fencing with swords or words, these two duel happily, but can they survive the trouble that comes with kidnapping and strife?
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A nicely balanced quartet of historical stories of men in delicious costumes and frilly shirts which they shrug off on a regular basis! Talbot does a lot of things right in these stories, her characters are deeply sexy and memorable – and all different; the sex is hot and arousing without being coarse and there is plot which – more particularly in the two longer stories – is not neglected for the sake of the sex scenes which is often the case.
Thrust and Riposte is one of the shorter tales – and is a steamy story of tutor and fencing master who spar with words, spar with swords and then finally spar with… other kinds of swords. *cough* I am a complete ignoramus when it comes to fencing, but Talbot writes the fencing scenes very convincingly and I enjoyed them a lot. I couldn't work out when the story was set though, as it mentioned The Promenade des Anglais in Nice which wasn't named that until the latter half of the 19th century when it seemed to be happening in the earlier half.. But all in all, a good story, full of conflict and nice exchanges, both verbal and physical.
Post Obsession is a darkly wicked tale which uses letters as its theme. I have a particular weakness for epistolary fiction and plunged into this most happily. Markus, Viscount Farringdon, starts to get letters from a mysterious man, simply called "E" who seems to know his every move, especially those moves in certain male brothels. At first Markus thinks he's going to be blackmailed but then he realises that the man is obsessed with him – a early stalker perhaps – and he becomes obsessed with finding out who his tormentor is.
It's a nicely paced story, leading both Markus and the reader along by the nose and throwing out red herrings and clues as it progresses. The sex when it happens doesn't disappoint, although I wasn't turned on by the BDSM elements – there was rather too much talk of dark marks blooming on pale skin, but I realise that others will find that more than arousing, it just didn't interest me.
Remembering Pleasure is the short story of Alistair, a repressed man who seems to have forgotten how to enjoy himself. He takes on Mick Cole, a gorgeous and darkly handsome stableman who he finds "abusing" one of the stable lads. Instead of chucking him out on his ear he finds himself drawn into Mick's dominant sexuality and learns that he enjoys himself. Very erotic, and lots of spanking.
A Gentleman of Substance introduces us to Michael St James – a handsome dandy who has been banished from Boston by his father for his homosexual behaviour and has to join society in Virginia. There he meets the rough and handsome Daniel Calhoun, a well-heeled gentleman farmer who thinks more of his stock than he does of society, and Michael is piqued by the challenge that seducing the man would be. He sets out to tease and torment but gradually both men realise that they mean more to each other than that, and they have to make their decisions as to where their lives will take them.
This was the story I enjoyed most, although I was once again confused as to when it was supposed to be set. The back cover said "colonial America" but there were mentions of Empire dresses and roman hairstyles which only came to the fore in the Regency.
Overall, I like Talbot's men very much, she doesn't fall into the habit of having her men behave as anything else but men – they aren't chicks with dicks which is a big point in her favour. I could smell the testosterone!
I've mentioned the not knowing what time era I was in most of the time and yes that did bug me. In three of the tales I was completely clueless as to when they were supposed to be set, and in the fourth the blurb seemed to be wrong.. In historical fiction I find this pretty essential, it's not enough to give me verbal clues like carriages and duels, I want specifics. Some of the language jarred me: cut off sentences abounded, as did words in the narrative like t'was and t'would which were obviously put there to evoke a sense of olde worlde but they should have be confined to a character's thoughts. But they appeared with annoying regularity in every tale.
But, an enjoyable, arousing anthology all in all, and if you are looking for a pretty decent historical read, with good characters and some deliciously erotic m/m sex, then I do recommend Historical Obsessions.
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Finding wine in France is easy. You go to the hypermarket, like most French people do. But you can do that in Derby or Darlington. It doesn't quite get to the heart of the matter. In the land of wine, you want châteaux, cellars, barrels, pot-holed lanes and horny-handed sons of the vineyard.
And you're right. Now, please don't misunderstand. I'm not saying you have to go to France to buy wine. I'm aware there's ample wine excitement in Britain right now, what with the re-launch of class acts such as Blue Nun, Black Tower and, by no means least, Mateus Rosé. This is splendid news, notably for the target "younger customers" who, like 1970s Mateus fans, probably cannot afford ready-made lamp stands.
What I'm saying is that, once over this excitement, there are different rewards to be had in the French wine regions. These are where the stuff comes from. They usually, though not always, boast fine landscapes (the exception being the Médoc) and a wine-influenced culture. In other words, they represent a journey, not just a shopping trip.
I have, for instance, rarely been happier than travelling the Alsace wine route through half-timbered villages, each one lovelier and more massively homely than the one before. I've never eaten such quantities, either. After the second choucroute of the day, you leave the table only with the aid of a block and tackle. It puts the wine in a different context, I can tell you.
In Champagne, I learnt that it really is possible to start drinking bubbly at breakfast, carry on until the early hours of the following morning - and still hit the right button in the hotel lift. Without the assistance of very many producers visited during the day, I never would have discovered that.
Elsewhere, I've met wine men and women so enthusiastic that I feared we might taste our way through the entire stock; others of astounding humility (usually the makers of the best wines); and one, a member of the National Front, who seemed eager to shoot me. The palette is wide and mainly fascinating. And it's available to everyone. All you do is drive up and get out.
In Languedoc or Provence, you may be overlooking the sea or deep in mineral garrigue, assailed by the unceasing click of cicadas. In the Loire, like as not, you'll be underground in chalk caves and the vigneron will tell you that, as a lad, he lived in the cave next door. A few still do.
In Beaujolais, you'll get the most bouncy greeting of all and might conceivably be invited to a banquet: they're held almost hourly in the region. Accept immediately and you'll learn that the basic local wines (including Nouveau) are simply Beaujolais bonhomie bottled up and shipped out. In the Médoc, you'll turn in from the flat, featureless landscape to châteaux so manicured and aristocratic that you'll wonder whether the French Revolution has yet got this far.
Naturally, the wine world isn't all wonderful. There have been riots among the struggling Midi plonk producers - and bits of fraud in Bordeaux and Burgundy - but what did you expect? Wine is an industry, not a folk tale (last year, Rhône valley wines alone generated the equivalent of 11 airbuses in export earnings) and one run by rules so complex that they almost invite skulduggery. The astonishing thing is that there isn't more big-time cheating.
The other astonishing thing is that most French wine folk are increasingly keen to meet you. In the teeth of competition from wine parvenus like Australia and Chile, and against certain natural instincts, they're opening up. Big châteaux are organising visits, displays and concerts. Smaller producers are giving their Dégustation gratuite ("Free tasting") signs a lick of paint.
There is, in short, a welcome on the wine-slopes. But that doesn't make the experience entirely worry-free. There are a few things to bear in mind. Here are our suggestions for getting in and out of wine visits unscathed.
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The French have a tendency to consider all consuming as a sensuo-spiritual voyage. This hits its zenith with wine. Even the most sensible of producers will talk of "alchemy", "emotion" and "passion" until you're on the edge of a light coma. Hang on tight to the notion that you're going in for a drink, not a religious revelation.
Don't be overawed by French fellow-visitors. They know no more about wine than you do. "I much prefer British visitors," a Bordeaux producer told me recently. "They don't profess knowledge they don't have. Whereas the French... well, I had a coach party in from Lyon yesterday. They were all 'experts', except none knew that Cabernet was a grape variety."
Now you're ready to visit. First, the winemaking set-up, almost always a symphony in stainless steel and plastic piping and chaps in clean wellies, rather than wooden vats, earthen floor and cobwebs you'd been expecting (hygiene and consistency oblige). Then the barrel-ageing cellar, usually much more attractive.
But (don't let on you know this) once you've seen one wine operation, and unless you're a particular enthusiast, you've seen them all. Pose relevant questions on the first visit, so subsequent ones may be devoted to tasting and taking in the atmosphere and surroundings.
Try, though, to keep questions on the right side of lunacy. "Ask t'Count," a Lancastrian once bade me on a trip to an aristocratic Languedoc château, "whether all his wine is made from grapes".
So to the tasting. First hold the glass up, study it and say: "Belle robe." Usually this means "nice dress". Here it means "nice colour". It's what everybody always says, so you might as well follow suit.
Then swirl and sniff. I know sniffing wine embarrasses many British people, suggestive, as it is, of an effete pretentiousness which has no part in proper alcohol consumption. But do it anyway. After all, we appreciate the aromas of roast beef or frying bacon. Sniffing wine may be more subtle, but the idea is the same. It's part of the pleasure. Do not, though, put your nose too deep into the glass. This will leave drops dripping off the end, undermining your credibility.
Then look pensive and say nothing. Your host, being French, will be unable to stop himself filling the silence with something which means: "Note how the vanilla/peppery/blackcurrant aromas come through." And you will say: "Exactement."
Do not, on any account, attempt Goolden-style flights of fancy of your own because (a) you aren't Jilly Goolden and (b) "oodles" doesn't translate into French. (Nor, incidentally, does "gluggable" - something else to avoid.)
Now take a sip and forget all your mother told you. Be disgusting. Suck it noisily across the taste-buds, chew on it and then, unless you want to leave the place on your back, spit out. And I mean "spit". Pull in the cheeks, pucker the lips and eject that liquid in a stream. Do, however, try to aim for the spittoon.
A comment will be expected. "Excellent fruit, bonne longueur, bien charpente" ("Excellent fruit, good length, well-structured") covers all eventualities, giving the impression you know what you're talking about while committing you to very little.
Along the way, your host will unload vast amounts of information about grape varieties, soil types and micro-climates, the mystical alchemy (of course) of all three being responsible for the excellence of his wines. Look attentive but take no notice. You will have forgotten the details by the time you put your glass down, so there's no point trying to assimilate them in the first place. They are not essential to the experience.
Now, the trickiest part: getting out without buying anything. Your host has devoted time to you and you feel duty-bound. But you don't really like the wine or you can't afford it or you've already got a car-full. You can't admit you don't like his wines, any more than you can tell him that his children look like chimps.
Instead, ask him where his wines are available in Britain. Whatever his reply, note it down, muttering delightedly, "Why, that's five minutes from where we live!" You drive away with wallet intact, leaving the producer with the impression that he has gained a faithful future customer. I promise you, it works, and everyone's happy. Which is the aim of the exercise.


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The Shire of Lyndhaven would like to once again invite everyone to join us for Middleground! The event will take place on the western marches of the shire, at the South Carleton Elementary School, located in Bedell New Brunswick on Saturday May 19, 2012.
Do you like classes? This year the event will once again feature a schola with plenty of interesting classes! Those who would like to teach a class should contact Lady Inga Thorgansdottir.
Do you like combat? We will also be featuring armoured combat and fencing. The Warlord for the event is Baron William Lancton. He has some interesting plans this year, including the return of the bouzkachi game for armoured combatants. When you register for the event, please let him know if you will be fighting or fencing, so he can have an idea of numbers.
Do you like food? There will be a delicious dayboard provided for event attendees as part of the site fee. If you have allergies or food restrictions, please let Lord Snarfi Snorrisson, Lady Mariota of Kildare, and Mistress Tanniscent Rhiannon know. In addition to the dayboard, this year we will also have a feast worthy of kings! Those who pre-pay for the feast will receive a discounted rate. The deadline for paid pre-registration is Saturday, May 5, 2012.
The Lyndhaven Annual General Meeting will also take place at this event. Incumbent officers and candidates should be present for elections and budget approvals. All other members from the shire are strongly encouraged to attend and vote. We will be scheduling this meeting to overlap with lunch so no one needs to miss classes or the scheduled combat.
Absolutely no alcohol nor any metal blades (knives and swords) are permitted on the school grounds. Please leave such items at home for the day. SCA fencing blades are acceptable. No animals are permitted, with the exception of service animals. No smoking is permitted on site.
There is some limited crash-space accommodations at the Harper's hall and lodge. Please contact Mistress Tanniscent Rhiannon to request a place. The Atlantic Inn is also located very close to the event site.
Directions to Site:
282 Route 555, Bedell, New Brunswick
>From the U.S.: head north on the I-95 right to the border with Canada. Continue on the NB-95 eastbound. After 7.6 miles, exit onto Vivglenn Road on the right. Turn right onto NB 555 westbound. The school will be on the right, at #282.
>From the East: head west on the Trans-Canada highway through New Brunswick until you get to exit 188. Take exit 188, and then turn left onto NB 555 westbound. The school will be on the right, at #282.
>From Quebec and the North: head east on the Trans-Canada highway, entering New Brunswick. Continue on the highway until you get to exit 188. Take the exit, then turn left onto NB 555 westbound. The school will be on the right, at #282.
Directions to Harper's Lodge & Hall (pre-rev, post-rev, and limited crash space): Westbound on the TC Highway: take exit 184, and turn right at the end of the off ramp, onto Lockhart Mill Road. Turn left at the end of the road onto NB 560, continue about 3 km and then turn left onto Hopkins Road. The house is on the left at the top of the hill, #123. Eastbound on the TC Highway: take exit 184, and turn left at the end of the off ramp, onto Lockhart Mill Road. Turn left at the end of the road onto NB 560, continue about 3 km and then turn left onto Hopkins Road. The house is on the left at the top of the hill, #123.
Onboard Event Fees (site plus feast):
Adult (18+): $25 ($21 pre-paid)
Youth (13 - 17): $20 ($16 pre-paid)
Child (12 and younger): $10 ($6 pre-paid)
A $4 discount will be applied to all pre-paid onboard event fees collected before Sunday, May 6th. Cheques may be made out to "SCA Shire of Lyndhaven". Please send all payments to Lady Mariota of Kildare.
Offboard Event Fees (includes dayboard):
Adult (18+): $13
Youth (13 - 17): $10
Child (12 and younger): $5
A $5 non-member surcharge (NMS) will apply to all adult attendees who cannot provide proof of membership in the SCA at the door.
Event Steward:
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Lord Snarfi Snorrisson
Lady Mariota of Kildare
Mistress Tanniscent Rhiannon
Classes Coordinator:
Lady Inga Thorgansdottir
Baron William Lancton
Crash Space at Harper's Lodge & Hall:
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It made me want to cry -- or scream -- or both.
That's how I felt watching the trailer for the upcoming film "Miss Representation" -- about the depiction of women in the media. (If you haven't seen it yet, click here and watch right this minute; then read the rest of this.)
It's not hard to see why the film's message strikes a chord or why women are sending it flying around Facebook.
"Miss Representation" is beautifully done and includes interviews with an amazing array of accomplished women, but to me, what stands out is the feeling of déjà vu. And not just because Gloria Steinem is interviewed.
What Steinem helped to lead was called the women's "movement." The movie trailer makes you wonder whether we've really moved forward -- or if we've moved backwards.
In a poignant way, the film illustrates much of what we've gained -- and lost. And it's hard not to see the irony in the phrase women's "liberation" when the women of yesterday freed themselves from girdles and burned their bras, only to see today's women stuffed in Spanx and sporting silicone.
Not to mention how confusing the mixed messages about what it means to be a woman are for our daughters. And our sons.
I would venture to guess that some of the same women posting the trailer on Facebook are getting regular botox injections and buying their toddlers sexy costumes for Halloween.
Women -- at least, most of us -- have always wanted to look beautiful, young and sexy. And there's nothing wrong with that. The problem is a matter of priority and degree. The sexualization of women is so pervasive and insidious that it's become grotesque, and it practically extends from birth to death.
We've come a long way, baby?
Today the tiny female hand still grasping a baby bottle might be already wearing nail polish. And with women getting cosmetic surgery into their 80s, beauty products will have to be pried out of our cold dead hands.
It's typical and even trendy to blame the media. Though women are still under-represented at the highest levels, there are far more women in all areas of the media; yet things have still gotten worse.
It's not only them, it's us.
While I agree that the media bears some responsibility, my view is that change will not come from the top, but from the bottom (I'm not just talking about Spanx here). And that won't happen while we continue buying the products -- and by extension, the message.
I wish I had better answers. This is a complex problem involving economics, politics, sociology, psychology and biology that can't change overnight. But maybe, just maybe, American women are wising up and will start rising up.
That's part of the strategy behind the film , whose website includes a call to sign a pledge to spread the word about the way women are presented in the media (I signed and hope you will too).
Hopefully "Miss Representation" will be an important start. Although I hesitate to use the word start ... the more important question is when and where it will end.


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Ive been trying a FS 360 and have come close to landing it. For the 360 i let go of the handle before my other hand comes around to grab it and i cant get it down. Is there anything i can do to make this handle pass easier?
If you have access, practice on a trampoline. Jump in the air, tug with both hands to initiate the spin, and then reach around for the handle-pass. If you can't get to a trampoline, you're going to have to learn it on the water. Concentrate on popping off the wake, then pulling to initiate the spin. Pull hard with both hands and you should be able to get the handle-pass. Good luck!

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both hands is KEY. Also, make sure you have your eyes aligned with the horizon. Good luck!
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January 27, 2012
Hear New Sound: War's "Somme, Maggio"
Earlier this week, AS highlighted upcoming plans by Sacred Bones to release the double A-side single "At War for Youth" from War, a new project forged between Iceage frontman Elias Bender Rønnenfelt and fellow Danish punk Loke Rahbek of Sexdrome. Now comes news from the other side of the world where like-minded Italian label Avant! Records (who have put out material from the likes of past BUZZSounds Cult of Youth) will be doing their part in the coming month to spread the sounds of War when they release The Glass House Etiquette, a 7" vinyl split the duo made with Sweden's Lust for Youth. Originally released on cassette last September, one the the split's cuts "Somme, Maggio" is another sprawling lo-fi listen that splinters off of punk ethos, electronica and a rash distortion and noisy synths to create one of the more obscured and indescribable styles of music in recent memory. AS politely asks you to peer through War's part of The Glass House Etiquette below...
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Dog Guard® offers different types of transmitters that are designed for outdoor and indoor uses. The transmitters are listed below:
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The RT-2 room transmitter is a small/versatile device that is designed for containing or restraining pets in or from designated areas inside the home. Read More
The T-4 transmitter features user-friendly lights to let you know that the transmitter is working properly or an audible sound when there is a problem with the signal field. Read More
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Queens Theatre London is currently running the houseful shows of Les Miserables. This is the longest running show of the world and has been enjoyed by 65 million people across the world. It is located on Shaftesbury Avenue which is one of the most popular streets of London. The venue is the home of some of the popular theatres of London and often visited by both the locals and tourists. To make things enjoyable, the venue offers varied range of entertainment options, such as eating, drinking
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Coinciding with Apple's recent developer preview of iPhone OS 4 was a small and controversial change it made to the iPhone Developer Program License Agreement. Under the updated version, section 3.3.1 now reads:
Applications may only use Documented APIs in the manner prescribed by Apple and must not use or call any private APIs. Applications must be originally written in Objective-C, C, C++, or JavaScript as executed by the iPhone OS WebKit engine, and only code written in C, C++, and Objective-C may compile and directly link against the Documented APIs (e.g., Applications that link to Documented APIs through an intermediary translation or compatibility layer or tool are prohibited).
Translation – If you want to develop for the iPhone, it has to be on Apple's terms and Apple's terms only. That said, anyone interested in using Adobe's upcoming Flash to iPhone compiler as part of the soon to be released CS5 suite is plum out of luck. And oh yeah, any apps developed via C# to iPhone and .NET to iPhone compilers are similarly prohibited.
This move by Apple has naturally sparked a lot of outrage amongst developers, but John Gruber of Daring Fireball lays out an argument explaining Apple's rationale.
So what Apple does not want is for some other company to establish a de facto standard software platform on top of Cocoa Touch. Not Adobe's Flash. Not .NET (through MonoTouch). If that were to happen, there's no lock-in advantage. If, say, a mobile Flash software platform — which encompassed multiple lower-level platforms, running on iPhone, Android, Windows Phone 7, and BlackBerry — were established, that app market would not give people a reason to prefer the iPhone.
And, obviously, such a meta-platform would be out of Apple's control. Consider a world where some other company's cross-platform toolkit proved wildly popular. Then Apple releases major new features to iPhone OS, and that other company's toolkit is slow to adopt them. At that point, it's the other company that controls when third-party apps can make use of these features.


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Coordinating Communications: The Value of Plain Speech and Universal Radio Equipment in Local Operations
Author: Samuel Knisley
Copyright: 9-1-1 Magazine, Feature Content
Date: 2012-01-30
During a critical incident, it is common for multiple emergency resources to be dispatched. For example, during a flood, volunteer fire departments, local law enforcement, and even local security companies are a few key players in response efforts. Mutual aid in terms of interdepartmental cooperation in the event of a critical incident involving multiple jurisdictions is paramount in supporting the public safety interests of the community. Coordination of efforts requires failsafe leadership and communication.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has restructured their response procedures after the arguable failures during hurricane Katrina. It seems reasonable that if such an established federal agency as FEMA recognizes its fallibility and concedes to restructure in attempt to strengthen its capabilities, so too should each emergency service provider within the United States.
It is a requirement for many emergency agencies including police and fire rescue to complete much of the National Incident Management System training (NIMS). This training program is a free comprehensive course that describes, in great detail, the response organization and command structure associated with a critical incident such as Katrina. Within its outline, a small portion of the course material suggests the use of plain speech radio communication instead of common ten-codes or department related jargon. It is in recognition of the importance of plain speech departmental transition and in universal radio communication between agencies that this article is written.
NIMS requires the use of plain speech during multi-agency, multi-jurisdiction and multi-discipline events, such as major disasters and exercises. It does not require plain speech as common practice within day to day departmental operations. However, the importance of plain speech as a means of creating a universal radio language in the United States goes far beyond those kind of major, multi-agency disasters.
In 2010, for example, a prisoner undergoing a medical treatment at the University of North Carolina Hospital escaped from two Correctional Officers, evaded the hospital police on foot, stole a UNC Campus Police squad car, led a high speed chase with Chapel Hill Police Department and finally was apprehended by North Carolina State Highway Patrol in another county. This incident, though critical to local standards, did not require the initiation of NIMS. Radio communication, however, proved an obstacle to law enforcement personnel that may have been overcome with greater ease should plain speech protocol been established universally within the state.
During this incident, there were a minimum of five law enforcement agencies involved. The chase extended from Orange County, through Durham County, and finally into Alamance County. Unfortunately, Orange County Dispatch uses plain speech radio communication, Durham County Dispatch uses one list of ten code radio communication, and Alamance County Dispatch uses an entirely different type of ten code communications. It seems overwhelming to also consider the radio communication practices of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol, Department of Corrections, the UNC Campus Police Department, and various smaller municipal police departments throughout the route of the chase.
There seems to be a need for uniformity of the communication techniques throughout law enforcement. The Department of Homeland Security addresses this concern in a publication made available on their website entitled Plain Language Guide – Making the Transition from Ten Codes to Plain Language. This publication emphasizes that plain speech radio communication must be phased into the common practices within the departments of emergency service providers. Without removing complicated numeric language such as ten codes from radio communication entirely, confusion is likely to result during the stress of a critical incident. It appears, however, that plain speech communication, though useful, must be used in conjunction with universal radio equipment.
Incompatibility of radio communication equipment utilized by responders added to the confusion of the North Carolina chase. The particular radio systems used by various departments is kept confidential for security reasons, but an audio transcript from the Chapel Hill Police Department was released by WRAL News. After review of the transcript, it is clear that there was a lack of direct communication between officers hailing from different agencies. Commanding officers from Chapel Hill Police Department ordered their dispatch office to inform over five agencies of the pursuit. Said agencies were previously unaware of the pursuit entering their jurisdiction. Radio communication discussed deploying the pit maneuver, a technique by which a police vehicle makes physical contact with the suspect vehicle forcing the suspect vehicle to lose control, thus ending the pursuit. The decision was made not to execute the pit maneuver because Campus Police Department was involved in the pursuit and wasn't aware of the plans to execute such a dangerous technique.
North Carolina Law allows for a police officer to extend authority beyond normal territorial jurisdiction so long as the officer is in continuous and immediate pursuit of a suspect. This means that any officer who is engaged in a pursuit legally can continue his or her involvement of the pursuit until its conclusion while in the state of North Carolina. In the event of a vehicle pursuit extending through multiple jurisdictions, it is common for police vehicles involved to accumulate as more jurisdictions are crossed. In today's media-conscious society, images of a single suspect vehicle paraded by twenty or thirty police vehicles are common during this type of pursuit. For this reason, the UNC Campus Police Department continued to chase the suspect even when Chapel Hill Police Department entered the Pursuit. As multiple police departments become involved in a pursuit, it seems apparent that there is an inflated risk of harm if said departments are not in direct communication with one another.
Towards the end of the chase, the lead officer transmitted that: "… I got a Tahoe involved in [the pursuit], perhaps HP [Highway Patrol]… it's an unmarked, I'm trying to figure it out…"In attempt to coordinate efforts, the Chapel Hill supervisor in charge of the pursuit requested the dispatch office to "… see if HP [Highway Patrol] can talk by CB Radio…"
This confusion was no doubt a result of inadequate communication between responding agencies. Should there have been some protocol for direct communication between multiple agencies involved in this incident, there would have been less confusion likely resulting in a more efficient deployment of law enforcement coordination.
One may take the plain speech technique and universal equipment further to advocate use not only within his or her own department, but also unify neighboring departments so as to provide smooth communication during interdepartmental mutual aid. The NIMS program suggests that agencies identify all of the resources within their jurisdiction such as construction companies with heavy equipment, private security, loss prevention…etc. These resources may be utilized in aid of a critical incident. Some of these resources such as the aforementioned construction and security companies may also use radio communication to conduct business. It is advised that, in efforts to provide uniformity in radio communication, these organizational resources are cross-trained accordingly.
The Crabtree Valley Special Police Department in Raleigh, North Carolina provides private security agencies within their jurisdiction access to radio equipment capable of transmitting and receiving radio traffic on the police department's bandwidth. This allows security personnel such as loss prevention agents to inform police patrol units directly in the event of a larceny that requires a fast response. The Crabtree Valley Special Police Department also provides training to the security personnel on their radio communication protocol so that communication is effective. This practice has drastically increased the efficiency of suspect capture due to proactive police deployment.
The likelihood of a disaster in proportion to one requiring activation of the National Incident Management System within your jurisdiction may be minimal. However, local critical incidents that require interdepartmental mutual aid such as the prisoner escape from the UNC Campus Hospital are more likely to occur. Therefore, it stands to reason that communication is prerequisite to command, and must be mastered through operational protocols, training, and compatible radio equipment in order to accomplish the mission of emergency service.
Samuel Knisley has been involved in law enforcement for eight years. Originally a Fugitive Recovery Agent in Virginia, his career includes service on patrol for the North Carolina Central University Campus Police Department, Service as an Investigations Officer under the North Carolina Special Police Commission with the NC Attorney General's Office, volunteer service as a reserve Sheriff's Deputy for the Orange County Sheriff's Office, and Volunteer fire Service for the Parkwood Volunteer Fire Department. He currently studies criminal justice at Campbell University.
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