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Few here worry about anthrax — Page 3 Apply now to join 4-H groups — Page 11 Amherst News-Time r-. o o o uo x x r oo h h c yi O O c m m <s> r~ <-r. s> 3 -! M J> O ^. 73 <S 3> m ro r- oo ] Wednesday, October 17, 2001 Amherst, Ohio asks for time to address 'problems' by ERIK YORKE News-Times reporter The public hearing held last Monday night by the Ohio Turnpike to discuss Amherst residents' concerns over the improvements to the Middle Ridge Service Plaza began on a sour note. Turnpike executive director Gino Zomparelli started the meeting, held at the Holiday Inn in Elyria, by informing all news media as well as citizens that no recordings, audio or video could be taken of the meeting. "If you want to record, then we don't have to have this meeting," Zomparelli said. State Senator Jeffry Armbruster attempted to calm an indignant crowd, insisting that the point of the meeting is not whether or not it is recorded, but that residents' concerns are addressed. "The turnpike cannot walk away from this issue and neither can I," Armbruster said. The meeting itself came as a result of an Aug. 13 public hearing held by the city of Amherst in Am herst Town Hall. The Ohio Turnpike had sent two representatives to that meeting, general counsel Thomas Amato and community liasion Reggie Williams. They had announced that they could not answer questions and were there simply to take complaints. Amherst residents obliged them. Zomparelli, who * id most of the talking at Monday's meeting, began with a slideshow presentation outlining how the Ohio Turnpike works. He touched on many subjects from funding to safety until finally touching on the new construction at the Middle Ridge Service Plaza. "It's definitely a gem for the state of Ohio," Zomparelli said. "(The new plazas) are cleaner, they're safer." After discussing all of the amenities that will be held by the service plaza, such as a food court filled with popular food vendors and a community room designed specifically for the people of Amherst, Zomparelli began to address the specific complaints made by those residents who live near the plaza. One of the major complaints shared by many of the turnpike neighbors was the problem of diesel trucks making a lot of noise and filling the air with noxious fumes. Zomparelli said that truck parking has been moved farther away from the eastern part of the plaza, where residential areas are the closest He added that due to the design of the plaza, trucks can no longer take up car parking places, a major problem at the old plaza. This drew a complaint from resident Marlene Ward, whose property abuts the western portion of the plaza. "Apparently we mean nothing to you," Ward said, addressing her comment to Zomparelli. Zomparelli then called on Larry Whoolum, a representative from the Ohio Truckers Association to address the problem of "Jake Brakes" in the plaza. Jake Brake is a brand name engine retarder used by truckers who drive on a lot of mountain- CONTINUED on page 11 Good blocking helped keep many of the games within reach of the Amherst Comets varsity volleyball team this season as they clinched another Southwestern Conference championship with a 13-1 SWC record for the season, their only loss coming from Rocky River in the final game of the regular season. Spikers enjoy SWC title but end winning streak by DIANA HOUGLAND N-T sports reporter The Amherst vanity volleyball team truly felt the thrill of victory last week, but they also had a big dose of the agony of defeat When the team walked out of the Rocky River gym last Thursday night, they walked out feeling very let down after losing two games to the Lady Pirates, their first Southwestern Conference loss of the season. From the tears, and Crowns, it was not obvious that these girls were also the SWC champs. After a season full of nail-biting three game matches, the nickname the "Cardiac Comets" was something that at least one spiker wanted to shed. "Every team has a bad game, tonight it was ours," senior Sam Sha govac said. "But it's not the end of the world. We keep letting teams get up on us a lot and we have to stop. It's time we need lo take control from the beginning of the game, instead of waiting and being the Cardiac Comets, which we are known for." "We don't want to be that at all," she continued. "We are not going to CONTINUED on page ? High hopes The Steele Comets cheerleaders are full of hopes at the beginning of Friday night's clash of the gridiron rulers. But it was not meant to be for the Comets, who fell to the Shoremen, 14-3. See Page 6 for the complete story. CC's through-highway law killed until revised by ERIK YORKE News-Times reporter City council last week killed a controversial ordinance that could have resulted in the changing of speed limits throughout the city. The ordinance, which would have designated many city streets not to be through highways, has been the subject of heated discussion by council, and has elicited many resident complaints. The ordinance, originally proposed by police chief Lonnie Dillon, would designate North and South Lake streets, North and South Main streets, Cleveland Avenue, Elyria Avenue, Park Avenue, Milan Avenue, Middle Ridge Road and the portion of Cooper Foster Park Road west of North Main Street not to be through highways. If approved, the ordinance would give Ae cjl£s safety service director the authority to change speed limits on any of those streets. The ordinance came out of a need to change the designation on North Lake and North Main streets. The limits on those streets were changed, but cannot be enforced until such an ordinance is passed. Those limits were changed as a result of resident concern following the death of 10-year-old Carson Harnby-Rittenour on North Lake Street He was hit by a vehicle and killed while riding his bicycle. The other streets mentioned in the ordinance came as further recommendations from Dillon. At the Oct. 8 meeting. councilman-at-large David Williams suggested amending the ordinance to delete all streets but North Lake and North Main. Couacilman-atr Utfgs David KukuUut, jaowever, suggested lolling the ordinance so that it may be rewritten and brought back to council. That motion was carried 5-2 with Williams and Ward Three councilman Steve P'Simer dissenting. According to a number of council members and safety service director Sherrill McLoda, some residents have complained to them that the speed limits should not be lowered. Kukucka mentioned that constituents have told him that the 25 mph speed limit now on North Lake and North Main is too slow. Ward Four councilwoman Jennifer Wasilk suggested traffic studies to find the correct speed limit for those streets. Mayor shares wedding bell blues, and joys, in his job by ERIK YORKE News-Times reporter Performing marriage ceremonies comes with the job. But mayor John Higgins said he has had to cut down on the number of marriages he'll perform because they can often interfere with other city business. "I used to get about 40 a year," Higgins said. "People from all over the county were coming because they found out I didn't charge. It got to be a nuisance." Higgins, who now performs only 12 to 15 weddings a year, said that calls would come in at all hours of the day, many at the very last minute. Appointments would come in sporadically, giving notice bom three months, to one day in advance of the ceremony. He said that all Lorain County mayors have cut back on the number of wedding ceremonies they arc willing to perform. "If it was just Amherst residents it wouldn't be bad," Higgins said. He also said CONTINUED on page 3 Bigger isn't better when it comes to city signs by ERIK YORKE News Times reporter When election time rolls around, local yards begin to fill with signs, as voters show their support for candidates and issues. This year, however, one issue with strong support in the county is getting little or no signage fMfgp in Amherst yards. Issue one this year is a $1.5 million operating levy for Lorain County Community College (LCCC). Signs made lo advertise the issue ate too large for the city of Amherst according lo an ordinance stating that no election sign may be larger than three square feet Amhem resident* represent the third largest community enrollment at LCCC, behind Elyria and Lorain, according to Marcia BaJlioger, director of marketing at LCCC. She said that 3,186 Amherst residents have been enrolled in associate degree programs at LCCC in the past five yean. Bellinger Mid that LCCC is aware of the Amherst sign ordinance and that the college had planned to introduced smaller cardboard signs later in the campaign. "We certainly wait lo be in compliance county-wide," Ballinger said. "We do have cardboard signs that are much smaller than the plastic ones." Ballinger said the college switched to plastic signs because of their ability to withstand 1*1***——* weather. She added the metal rickets used lo hold the plastic signs slide into the ground more easily dun ike cardboard signs which must be attached to a wooden stake and pounded into the ground. According to city safety service director Sherrill McLoda, the ordinance is a reasonable one. The signs should be big wairafttfi g) ggg the message across, but small enough not to cause a liability problem," Mcl^da said. She adifrd that too assay large signs posted near a street could block visibility for drivers. That extra four inches, if it is four inches, makes a big difference when you're looking at a smell yard sign." McLoda said Ihe currant LCCC sign is the only sign she knows of that doesn't iiair twoi CONTINUED on page • Lsh r=n whmsjaa.— i I
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It's hard to talk about the 2013 BMW X6 xDrive35i without first getting something off of my chest: I think that its SUV-coupe form is stupid. Now, I'm not talking BMW 5 Series GT levels of stupid -- it doesn't deserve that level of insult -- but I simply can't understand why anyone would walk onto a BMW lot and buy a large SUV that is based on the X5, but with less cargo space, when the X5 itself is sitting right next to it with a lower sticker price.
X6 form factor
By giving the X6 its coupelike roofline -- literally the only visible thing differentiating it from the X5 -- BMW has also given the SUV poor visibility through the gun-slit rear window, which terminates about 4 feet off of the ground and nearly a foot ahead of the high rear bumper, making parking extremely difficult. The blind spots at the rear quarters are big enough to hide a beige 1998 Toyota Camry in -- I know because I nearly rolled over one during a highway lane change despite not one, but two over-the-shoulder and mirror checks. If BMW insists on building a car with such heinous behind-the-driver visibility, the optional rear camera should be standard, but isn't. And blind-spot monitoring isn't even available as an option on the X6. However, a sonar-based parking-distance controller is standard, displaying a graphical heat map of proximity to obstructions on the standard LCD.
The X6 has dramatically less rear-seat headroom than the X5, and total storage space behind the front seats is also down. There's still space enough to toss a bike back there without removing the front wheel, if you don't mind laying it on its side. But two bikes are out of the question. Combine that with the high load-in height and the awkward shape of the storage area and the X6 becomes the perfect SUV for people who don't want to help their friends move.
This is to say nothing of the merits of the X6 as a tech car or even a sport premium SUV; I'll get to all of that shortly. But compared at curbside with the X5, the 2013 X6 just feels like an exercise in form over function. It's styling for style's sake -- if you can call the X6's bulbous aesthetic "stylish" -- which I find to be rather obnoxious.
xDrive35i power train
Now that we've gotten that out of the way, let's pop the hood, shall we?
Here you'll find the X6 xDrive35i's power plant: a 3.0-liter, direct-injected V-6 that is force-fed air via twin-scroll turbocharger. Output is rated at 300 horsepower and 300 pound-feet of torque, which flows through a standard eight-speed automatic transmission and onward through the standard xDrive all-wheel drive system, which is the only drive train configuration offered for the X6.
The xDrive35i is just the entry point for the X6. BMW also offers twin-turbocharged V-8 engines that output 400 horsepower and an excessive 555 horsepower in the X6 xDrive50i and X6 M, respectively. However, the 300 horsepower is nothing to sniff at. The 4,784-pound SUV is adequately powered and never feels strained when accelerating.
The eight-speed gearbox mostly stays out of its own way. The bit of lag that you'll get in its normal Drive mode being par for the course, it's no more offensive than in any other slushbox we've tested. Slap the unconventional shift lever into its Sport setting and the X6 will throttle-blip and downshift as you decelerate in anticipation of a corner and hold each gear longer. You can also grab your own gears with the paddle shifters, but outside of passing maneuvers, I largely let just the Sport mode do its thing. Turbo lag, thankfully, is never an issue thanks to the twin-scroll technology at work behind the scenes.
M Performance options and handling upgrades
The BMW X6 may handle reasonably well in its standard configuration, but our model was equipped with an $8,700 array of suspension and handling upgrades.
Starting with the $4,400 M Performance Package, the X6's wheels are upgraded to 20-inch alloy rollers shod in run-flat performance tires (which sort of sounds like an oxymoron) with an extra-wide 336 width. Our Twitter followers seemed to really like the look of those meaty tires, and I was grateful for the grip they afforded, even at the expense of noticeable road noise and ride harshness.
Exterior upgrades include Carbon Black Metallic paint and Shadowline dark exterior trim; while the X6's cabin gets sporty with an M Sport steering wheel, sport seats (which were replaced by Multi-Contour seats with our tester's addition of the Luxury seating package), and an anthracite-colored headliner.
For $4,300 more, the Dynamic Handling package upgrades the already stiff suspension with Adaptive Drive, which allows the vehicle's dampers to adjust on the fly to counteract roll and give a more controlled ride. Active Steering is also added to the mix, which equips the X6 with a variable-ratio steering rack that offers a quicker steering ratio at low-to-medium speeds and slower, less twitchy, stabler steering for better high-speed stability. The Dynamic Handling package also adds a Sport button that firms up suspension and steering when you're ready to tackle the corners, but I was hard-pressed to tell any difference in the ride quality with Sport mode on or off.
In either mode, the X6 exhibited much less lean, roll, and dive than I expected when cornering, accelerating, and braking, but the X6 doesn't defy the laws of physics. She's a heavy girl and doesn't really like to be jostled and tossed about too much. Give the suspension a moment to settle and the wide tires and firm dampers gift the X6 with more grip through a flowing, twisty bit of road than you may think.
One thing that I noticed about the X6 was that, whether on a back road or on the highway, people tended to get the hell out of the way. Even if I wasn't driving particularly aggressively, slower drivers would always pull aside to let the X6 pass. Maybe I was going faster than I thought -- which is often the case in tall SUVs -- perhaps they were awed by the awesomeness of the $1,900 full-LED front lights filling their rearview mirror, or perhaps the bulk of the X6 bearing down upon them was intimidating.

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The season-ending knee injury suffered by defensive tackle Geno Atkins has been the biggest recent injury news for the AFC North-leading Bengals.
Atkins is a major loss to the defensive front, the kind of loss that makes is crucial for players in other spots to step up their productivity to keep the team on the winning side of things. Other injury news isn't great in Cincinnati, however.
Tight end Jermaine Gresham missed practice on Thursday with a groin injury. Gresham was a limited participant in Wednesday's work because of the injury and the downgrade doesn't bode well for his chances of playing against the Ravens. Gresham has been a frequent and reliable target for Andy Dalton this season and losing him would hurt the Bengals' ability to rebound from a poor offensive performance against the Dolphins in Week Nine.
Linebacker Rey Maualuga and defensive tackle Devon Still were also out of practice for the Bengals. Maualuga may need a couple more weeks after injuring his knee and suffering a concussion against the Jets while Still is trying to recover from a dislocated elbow. Geoff Hobson of the Bengals website doesn't expect either player to be on the field against Baltimore.


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Mmmh, I never received an answer to my email. I guess the priest doesn't check his mail very often. Any advice on what to do?
Sorry to hear you aren't getting a fast response, the priest I was seeing at a GOA parish was very fast in responding to me. But yeah call him if he's too busy during coffee hour on Sundays.
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Major Media Owning SOPA/PIPA Supporters Whine That They Had No Way To Have Their Message Heard
from the oh-come-on dept
Even more ridiculous is the new talking point that both the MPAA and the RIAA are apparently "test messaging" currently. And it's that they -- who own all of the major media outlets around -- are somehow at a disadvantage in communicating their views to the public. I'm not kidding. In that article above, Chris Dodd from the MPAA is quoted as saying:
"You've got an opponent who has the capacity to reach millions of people with a click of a mouse and there's no fact-checker. They can say whatever they want."Yup, that's the new MPAA talking point: "if only you moron internet kids couldn't actually say what you want!" Does anyone actually brief Dodd about how best not to make it totally transparent that he wants to censor the internet?
But the RIAA is passing along the exact same message. Dodd's counterpart at the RIAA, Cary Sherman, is quoted as saying basically the same thing in the NY Times:
"It's very difficult to counter the misinformation when the disseminators also own the platform."First of all, this is ridiculous on all sorts of levels. Was it true that some of those against the bill weren't completely up on the facts? Yes. But, lots of us were clear on our facts, cited specific language in the bill, and were quick to correct those who stated things that were incorrect.
But much more to the point: we're talking about all of the major media companies in the world who were in support of this thing, and they're seriously claiming that they didn't have the means to get their message out? Who the hell do they think they're fooling? They own all the major TV networks, all the cable news networks, the majority of top magazines, a bunch of top radio stations... and most of those media outlets refused to give critics of these bills the time of day. But suddenly they're claiming they couldn't get their message out? Give me a break.
Even worse, let's compare the two platforms: SOPA/PIPA supporters completely own TV. But TV is a broadcast medium. They could put on whatever propaganda they wanted, and there'd be no way to guarantee a right to a response on TV. The internet, however, is a communications medium, where anyone can take part. So unlike the reverse situation, the supporters of the bill had every opportunity to counter the claims of people online if they felt they were being misrepresented. The real problem was that, for the most part, they weren't being misrepresented. The problem was that people were saying what the bill would actually do, and Hollywood wanted people to focus on what they wanted people to believe the bill would really do. Reality, it seems, has a strong anti-Hollywood bias.


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Banks need to pilot their way through the model maze
By Simon Goldsmith, Head of Risk Solutions, SAS UK & Ireland
Imagine the situation: The chief risk officer (CRO) of a global bank is in front of a government review committee facing questions about why the bank has just made significant losses. The reason: The computer had said "Yes" to a number of decisions when it should have been saying "No." Regulators have recently issued very clear guidelines on how they expect banks to manage this so-called "model risk" in critical decision models.
The CRO of this scenario is probably struggling to demonstrate the bank has even identified all its critical models (which are likely to be in the hundreds), never mind showing that these models are being controlled and governed in accordance with the guidelines.
Complex models are increasingly being used to support very significant business decisions across the organization. For example, questions arise such as:
- Are we holding sufficient capital to support our business should we have a major economic downturn?
- Are we raising sufficient capital to support our aggressive five-year growth plans?
- Could our credit approval and pricing models be significantly underestimating the risks in new business?
In addition to the increased regulatory pressure, senior managers are now much more appreciative of the risk there is in the models used by their banks.
Model risk is inevitable
The trouble is, models by definition are simplifications of reality. As the British mathematician George E.P. Box pointed out, "Essentially, all models are wrong, but some are useful."
The risks posed by model-supported decisions are broken down into two areas:
- Is the model giving inaccurate outputs?
- Is the model being misused?
This could be misunderstanding of outputs or use for things outside the scope of design.
This risk of an incorrect decision being made is exacerbated by the fact that the analytic model developers/builders are often separate from the decision makers. This results in a "computer said yes" approach, where the person using the results from the model does not necessarily understand the model or why it arrived at its answer.
The consequences of "poor" model guidance on significant business decisions are:
- The bank could have insufficient capital (or cash) and fail (or require a government bailout).
- The bank could suffer significant losses. Even if these are not large enough to cause capital problems, these will damage the bank's value and reputation.
A wake-up call for regulators and senior management
Regulators now have a heightened awareness of model risk and are tackling the issue. The US Federal Reserve led the way in 2011 by issuing SR 11-7 Guidance on Model Risk Management. The European Banking Authority has followed US regulators and in December 2014 incorporated specific model risk management assessment directions in the latest Supervisory Review and Evaluation Process (SREP) Guidance. This document is issued to all EU regulators to direct how they conduct their periodic SREP reviews of each bank (typically annually) and is effective Jan. 1, 2016.
In addition to the increased regulatory pressure, senior managers are now much more appreciative of the risk there is in the models used by their banks. It means that banks are now building a new approach to enterprisewide governance and control of model risk – and, crucially, mechanisms to provide evidence to the regulators that this has been done.
Addressing model risk
The fundamental approach taken to managing model risk is to have regular, independent checks of models. A rigorous exercise needs to be undertaken when the model is first created or undergoes significant change (model validation). Then there should be periodic checks on the model to confirm that it's still giving results within tolerances (model reviews).
The challenge for a large bank (with perhaps 2,000 significant models over many teams and countries) is ensuring that the entire model portfolio is getting the appropriate level and quality of model validation and review. The central risk team can issue model risk policy – setting out what should be done. But how does senior management enforce this policy?
Discover Financial Services uses the new SAS® Model Management solution with excellent results. Before using SAS, it took Discover four to five weeks to collect and prepare its data, documents and reports for a CCAR (US regulatory) review. With the SAS solution, it took less than a week, and model interdependency and linkage were readily available.
But the real value is in providing systematic help that comes from centralizing model information management. Discover has six major units and a few dozen smaller groups heavily involved in model development, deployment and usage. With this approach, model risk management can be centralized, but not the actual development, testing and implementation of the models, which are left to the business units.
As a result, Discover's CRO can feel comfortable fielding questions from regulators about the organization's models and how it monitors and controls risk – plus provide the evidence that it's happening.
Simon Goldsmith develops risk solutions for banks and insurers as Head of Risk Solutions, SAS UK & Ireland. He has over 25 years' experience in business across a broad spectrum of industries and business functions. He is a Chartered Accountant, Chartered Marketer and has a Natural Sciences degree from Cambridge University.
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Fri, Jul 13th 2007 12:23am
- Legacy Recording Industry To Trump: Please Tell Tech Companies To Nerd Harder To Censor The Internet
- RIAA: How Dare The Internet Use The DMCA That We Wrote To Build Useful Services!
- Why Radio Stations Probably Couldn't Just Play David Bowie Music As A Tribute: Copyright Law Is Messed Up
- So How Much Of The $90 Million Pandora Is Paying RIAA Labels To Settle Lawsuit Will Go To Artists?
- Funny How Recording Industry Only Likes A 'Free Market' When It's To Their Advantage
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me, 13 Jul 2007 @ 2:52am
not yet ?shuuuuuuure, it won't enforce them. yet.
but i bet they'll start gathering data from day one, and later on they'll use it as "evidence" for suing. It's the classic R.I.Ass A. business model these days. Or should i call it racketeering model ?
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Sanguine Dream, 13 Jul 2007 @ 5:51am
You can bet on retroactive...payments being a part of any action that take later on once a "deal" is worked out. Even if the rates change they will try to claim those outregous rates for the period between July 15 and whenever the new "deal" is worked out.
And since the recording industry likes to claim they are doing this in the name of the artists I wonder if the artists have a hand in these negotiations. I doubt it.
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Ray, 13 Jul 2007 @ 5:54am
and it keeps adding upIt really doesn't matter when they start enforcing the royalties, since the order was that they be paid retroactive back to January 2007. The longer they wait, the larger lump sum the stations will owe and the more of them will go under due to the cost.
Let these guys know where we stand. Let them know that, if they do this, we will turn off our radios, and tell everyone else to turn off theirs. And let the advertisers in our area, the local radio stations and anyone else that will listen that we WILL NOT listen to anyone that uses such methods.
I, for one, have plenty of mp3 and CD's to listen to.
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Chuck Norris' Enemy (deceased), 13 Jul 2007 @ 6:53am
ProblemCongress is going to look into the proposed legislation!? I can see a great outcome...for the thugs, I mean SoundExchange and RIAA (they have more $ and more pull).
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TheDock22, 13 Jul 2007 @ 6:57am
Re: and it keeps adding upAnd let the advertisers in our area, the local radio stations and anyone else that will listen that we WILL NOT listen to anyone that uses such methods.
All that will do is hurt local radio stations and local businesses who advertise on the radio stations. And obviously the royalty companies still get paid whether or not the radio stations suffer.
I do like Pandora radio though, I listen to it everyday commercial free. I hope they don't go under because of unrealistic royalties.
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CharlieHorse, 13 Jul 2007 @ 7:03am
it's just a matter of timewhat is happening is that the internet as a whole is encouraging free and open competition for products and services - it is the free-est of our markets currently - and this scares the bejeebers out of riaa companies 'cause they know that their business model sucks in the "internet age" and cannot compete on a level playing field. they will be buried by true marketplace competition, so they are lobbying hard to get (ala microsoft) congress to grant them monopoly-like status.
as for soundexchange, they are only doing this in a thinly veiled attempt to head off likely congressional legislation which will tie their hands and force an equitable compormise.
while I hate to see the "government" get involved in what is normally a free market issue (if we had a truly free market we wouldn't even be having this discussion), in this case I fully support the proposed legislation (Internet Radio Equality Act) as I don't believe that soundexchange will ever agree to anything reasonable - their goal is unquestionably to have total control (fiscally and programmatically) over all these stations and if the stations won't submit, then they will do everything to shut them down.
so, please contact your legislators and urge them, respectfully, of course, to please support the Internet Radio Equality Act.
*stepping down from soapbox now*
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Overcast, 13 Jul 2007 @ 7:07amJust another case of big corporations lobbying big government to keep the money in their hands and out of the public's.
Can't have any innovation unless it's from big corporations or big government. So much for "Freedom", it's just another nail in it's coffin.
I certainly hope they like the world they are creating.
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LarryV, 13 Jul 2007 @ 7:41am
Perhaps this is not a Problem, but an Opportunity.This actually sounds like the time for a GPL/OSM (Open Source Music) movement. Perhaps a good Music-Oriented version of the GPL could be developed, and newer artists could release their music under that, (Through peer-to-peer networks???) and then the WebCasters could Webast from that music stockpile. The open artists would get the exposure, the 'casters would still have something to 'cast, and the "Establishment Media" would rust in the doldrums. What's not to like???
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Bothersome, 13 Jul 2007 @ 7:49am
listen to the worldInternet radio won't die despite RIAA's strong-arming the US market and putting the small guys under. We're talking about the internet here. Other countries provide streaming content outside the reach of RIAA. When the US broadcasters had a day of silent protest, the rest of the world kept right on providing content. You may not get your favorite songs repeated at 4 hour intervals, but you will get access to commercial free music and perhaps learn to like other artists you didn't know existed. Screw RIAA. Listen to a station in Germany, Canada, Australia or even the award winning freshair.org.uk
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brandon, 13 Jul 2007 @ 8:01am
Re: Perhaps this is not a Problem, but an Opportunisn't that called 'Creative Commons'?
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Anonymous Coward, 13 Jul 2007 @ 8:21am
Re: listen to the worldThere is other music outside the US but the recording industry is throwing its weight around (using the WTO as its hammer) and there are RIAA equiivlents all over thw world.
Just because we only hear about strong arming in the US does not mean that it is not happening elsewhere.
If the RIAA had its way it would get a cut of broadcasts from internation sites (mind you the RIAA would have nothing to do with this internation music but would expect to get a cut of it anyway) as well.
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andy, 13 Jul 2007 @ 11:02pm
the true ironyi was writing a story about this topic and spoke to a pr shill at soundexchange. the part that ended up irking me the most wasn't the exorbitant internet radio fees, but that royalty fees would actually be foisted upon terrestrial radio.
according to the shill, new rates would be set for satellite, internet and terrestrial, which have typically been set at $0.0000 per song per listener... because, up to this point, the industry has seen terrestrial radio as a vessel to market new music.
not only were radio stations not being charged anything to play the songs, there was that whole payola scandal where labels were getting busted for paying radio stations to play certain songs... this new idea says that money should be flowing the opposite way.
confused? me too.
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andy, 13 Jul 2007 @ 11:03pm
Re: the true ironyto be clear, terrestrial royalty rates are the ones that are typically free... said the pr guy.
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mike allen, 14 Jul 2007 @ 3:14amOK Anonymous cowered is right there are many stations outside the US Canada ,UK, Australia etc Most of the UK seem a little more resilient with the 40th anniversary of the marine broadcasting act here a lot of the stations would tell the RIAA bully boys where to stick it we fight for radio freedom. And yes a lot of stations here joined in the day of silence.
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Jon @Imvite, 16 Jul 2007 @ 3:58am
Irony is the word of the dayStop radio from playing songs, and you get less sales.
Stop people from getting access to music and you get less sales.
Stop people from wanting to purchase music and you get less sales.
Stop competing with every other form of entertainment and you get less sale.
Like Ouborous eating it's own tail.
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jon ingle, 30 Jul 2007 @ 7:43pm
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jon ingle, 30 Jul 2007 @ 7:48pm
RoyaltiesAllsouthernrock.com a virtual stream nonprofit radio station plays independent artists only. Brad Schnabel has the bands sign a waiver letter that frees him from paying royalties. He asks for $595 donations from members to pay for his "server",( his computer.) He operates out of his wife's house. He draws unemployment and uses at least half of the donations for his own personal gain. This is wrong.
Can you do anything to put a stop to the dishoest piracy.
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Brian Lee Corber (profile), 23 Sep 2007 @ 3:49pm
vampires and the RIAAFriday, September 21, 2007 Vampires and the RIAA Ever notice how vampires operate? They suck your blood all the while making you think that they are doing you the favor. It really does appear that the RIAA and its net representative, Sound Exchange, operate under the same principle. The RIAA has the Copyright Royalty Board under its thumb and appears to dictate web policy to that board, the RIAA tells webcasters what they will pay or else they go to jail or get sued. This seems to be coercion to me. So, in effect, the RIAA sets royalty payments unilaterally, sucks the funds from the webcasters and makes them think that the RIAA did them the favor. If the RIAA had its way, there'd be no webcasting at all. Each note of music would have to be bought from one of the RIAA's constituent members. No more free music of any kind, no more fair use would exist, nothing without payment. Pay through the nose, then give up your nose. One thing that webcasters forget as victims of this policy, they could put a stop to it fast. Just stop webcasting music. When the public starts complaining to Congress to do something about it, perhaps the RIAA can be controlled by reason and not avarice. Victimizers often forget that if they destroy the victim, their victimization ceases and they have no source left from which to suck. Unfortunately, the so-called musical performance artists contribute to this victimization by profiting from the RIAA's activities, whether vicariously or otherwise. You can't take your profits with a clear conscience when the agency collecting for you is known to be set on destroying the source of those profits. Musicians can create music without an audience, but do they really want that? Just some thoughts. BRIAN LEE CORBER, firstname.lastname@example.com, Panorama City, California 91412-4656, 818-786-7133.
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skint muso, 15 Apr 2009 @ 8:41am
fairs fairmost ISP's & digital companies make huge profits from artist & labels. There's loads of digital music parasite corp's that cant make zilch without stealing from artists & the music industry. if you dont want to pay for the music in your business don't use it & stop whinging. Now with the music industry going bust, because digital companies are stealing their lunch, is the time for terrestial radio to start paying royalties to labels. fairs fair.
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Luis A. Velez, 41, of Chicago, Ill., died on Wednesday, April 24, 2013, at his home in Chicago, Ill.
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he was the son of Ramon and Elba (Diaz) Velez of East Stroudsburg.
Luis was living in the Chicago area for the past three years and prior to that he resided in the Texas area. He was employed as a network architect and operator engineer for many companies throughout the world. He was of the Catholic faith.
In addition to his parents, he is survived by three children, Anna Elba Velez, Gretchen Lorraine Velez and Alejandro Luis Velez, all of Fort Worth, Texas; a brother, Raymond Velez and his wife, Ting, of East Stroudsburg; and a sister, Loria Velez of East Stroudsburg.
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After creating the software and gradients to achieve this distinctive style of shallow-depth-3D fractals, the final 200 fractal images were culled from thousands of fractal images that I created over many months. This app is the culmination of about nine man-months worth of time.
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Planned Parenthood seeks order in health program
Planned Parenthood has asked a Texas court to order the state to continue funding the organization's preventive health care for poor women. The judge said he would issue a decision on Monday.
The Republican-controlled Legislature doesn't want any money going to doctors or clinics affiliated with Planned Parenthood, even if all they provide is birth control. Planned Parenthood complains that the new rule set to take effect on Jan. 1 is unconstitutional.
Federal authorities are cutting off funding effective Dec. 31 because they say the affiliate rule violates federal law by denying a woman the right to choose her doctor. That forced the Texas Department of Health and Human Services to start a new Women's Health Program on Jan. 1 without federal funding.


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View inspiring library showcases
To the Editor:
I am writing to invite the Rockville Centre community and our neighbors to view the informative and inspiring showcases designed and executed by our Rockville Centre librarian, Alene Scoblete, now on display through July at the Rockville Centre Public Library.
The display is particularly timely because for the first time this year, same-sex couples in 13 states and the District of Columbia have been granted the full federal protections of legal marriage.
Ms. Scoblete has once again drawn attention to Gay Pride by highlighting relevant books, CDs and DVDs and integrating them with powerful, poignant, and inspirational quotes from famous and notable individuals. The colorful design and layout draw you in while the various topical selections will undoubtedly inform the public about this rich component of the library's collection.
Gaze upon the selections here and reserve any of them for your reading/listening/viewing pleasure. I praise Ms. Scoblete's thorough research, careful curation and creative talents, and encourage everyone to view the outstanding results of her efforts before the end of July.
Ronna Weiss
Rockville Centre
Village should allow competition
To the Editor:
For more than three decades, All Island Transportation has enjoyed being the only taxi game in town, as a result of what must be characterized as a village-regulated monopoly. At its June 3 meeting, the village's Board of Trustees decided to postpone — for up to 60 days — the decision on whether to allow a second taxi company to operate in Rockville Centre ("Still waiting for a cab," June 6--12).
With this 60-day decision deadline fast approaching, I urge Mayor Murray and the board either to end All Island's stranglehold on the local market or to publicly issue a statement that explains, in detail, how preserving All Island's current arrangement is beneficial to the village and its residents.
The village should not only allow competition, but also encourage it. The presence of a second (or third or fourth) car service in the village might even lead All Island to clean up its act. Then, perhaps, gone will be the days where residents must wait 45 minutes for a quick ride to the LIRR station or are subjected to cars that are in disrepair — from stained and ripped seats to dilapidated air conditioners and shocks — or are squeezed into cars with five other passengers, each of whom is charged a full fare.
This is America. We should be promoting competition. I hope that the mayor and the board share these sentiments; if not, I hope that they will publicly share their reasoning.
After all, when businesses compete, it is the consumer that wins.
Zachary Richner
Rockville Centre
The writer, a son of Herald publisher Stuart Richner, is not affiliated with Herald Community Newspapers. The opinions expressed are his own.
Enforce parking laws for revenue
To the Editor:
It's a shame that the Village of Rockville Centre has to raise the cost of the parking meters again. My suggestion to raise additional revenue would be a stricter enforcement of parking regulations and other moving violations throughout the village.
As I drive around the village on a daily basis, I regularly see cars parked in No Stopping zones in front of Dunkin' Donuts, Radio Shack and Bernie's Convenience Store, among other places. Cars are parked all day in 1- and 2-hour zones, and enforcement of overnight parking rules has become quite lax, at least in my neighborhood. Calls to RVCPD and Code Enforcement are usually fruitless.
While driving around, it doesn't take long to see drivers making right turns on red in presence of a No Turn on Red sign or making illegal U-turns in front of signs on Park Avenue, Merrick Road and Maple Avenue. Let's make these violators pay, not the shoppers and visitors who now have to pay more to patronize our stores and restaurants.
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CRESTVIEW � Dogwood Garden Club members, who are beautifying local public areas this autumn, seek new members to join the fun.
CRESTVIEW � Dogwood Garden Club members, who are beautifying local public areas this autumn, seek new members to join the fun.
Tuesday morning, club members worked at Northwood Elementary School and Garden Park. The park, at the foot of Main Street, is one of the club's major projects.
At Northwood, club members planted fall bedding flowers for students to maintain. In the park, the women weeded and planted fall flowers.
Club member Thea Duhaime, who coordinates the Garden Park project, worked with city Public Works crews to have tables and benches pressure washed, and to remove a dead tree and old, scraggly plants.
"They got everything on my list done," Duhaime said. "I am so appreciative of (assistant director) Carlos Jones and (facility maintenance foreman) Kenny Martin for the work they had done."
A goal is to design new plantings for around the park's fountain now that overgrown plants are gone, Duhaime said.
Member Ruth Herington � who is also a Master Gardener � said although she has been in the area for several years, she still is not used to Northwest Florida's fall planting season.
"That's hard for those of us from up north to understand," she said. "We always planted in the spring."
The Dogwood Garden Club welcomes new members, Club President Celia Broadhead said.
The club is open to anyone with minimal gardening skills, member Sarah Petty said.
"We're not like the Master Gardeners where you have to go to school," Herington said. "We're just a happy group. We welcome everyone."
The Crestview Dogwood Garden Club meets at 7 p.m. the first Monday each month. Call Ruth Herington, 683-0839, or Thea Duhaime, 682-3629, for location and information.
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Hi All,
I would like to list the occurrences of a numbers words in the Septuagint. However, there are two texts for the Septuagint - the LXX1 and the LXX2. I can search on one text and the other, but the Analysis of each of the will show the occurrences of these words, but in two separate lists (of course).
How do I combine searches on BOTH the LXX1 and LXX2 so that an analysis of the search is combined into one list?
I've thought through the different commands..., but have not yet found a way to make this work?
I'm assuming there is a way ("work around"?) to compute this rather than work with the two lists manually.
Thanks in advance!
Analysis with LXX1 and LXX2
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I'm afraid that these are separate texts and therefore separate lists. There is no work around in Accordance.
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WESTFIELD, Mass. – Coming off their sixth consecutive win at the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) championship a few weeks ago, the MIT women's cross country team came first at the New England Division III Regional Championship. The Engineers placed four runners in the top 12 of the 6k course, with sophomore Elaine McVay (San Ramon, Calif.) crossing the line first for MIT in fifth place overall with a time of 21:43.53. This win earned MIT an automatic bid to next Saturday's NCAA championship.
Following close behind McVay were senior Brooke Johnson (Shoreham, N.Y.) in eighth, freshman Nicole Zeinstra (Holland, Mich.) in 10th and junior Kaitlin Allen (Bedford, N.H.) in 12th, all finishing within 20 seconds of each other. Junior Martina de Geus (Los Altos, Calif.) also earned All-New England honors by placing 23rd with a time of 22:13.98.
NEWMAC Rookie of the Year Sarah Quinn (Watchung, N.J.) finished with a time of 22:21.15 and junior Alexandra Taylor (Harbor Springs, Mich.) rounded out the MIT runners in 45th place with a time of 22:42.29.
MIT finished with 58 points, followed by rival Williams with 75 points and Middlebury with 89. Bates came in fourth place with 145 points and Amherst was fifth with 190. Both MIT and Williams received automatic berths to NCAAs, while the other three are strong contenders to receive invitations.
The Engineers will head to Terre Haute, Ind. next week in hopes of improving on last year's fifth place finish. In the past four years, the women's team has had four top 10 finishes at the NCAA Championship, finishing 10th in 2008, fifth in 2009, third in 2010 and the fifth in 2011.


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MAC address spoofing
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It is possible (for whatever reasons) to make your network card broadcast a different MAC address. Suppose your network interface is
ethX. Then, to retrieve your MAC address:
$ ifconfig ethX
The thing you want is the 6 byte number in the hexadecimal form, something like this:
HWaddr 00:1D:98:5A:D1:3A
Changing the MAC address is easy, shut down the network interface, change the MAC address and restore the interface. This can be done succinctly, as root:
# /etc/rc.d/network stop # ifconfig ethX hw ether FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF # /etc/rc.d/network start
FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF is your new MAC address.


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Eddie Money show in St. Charles to help hurricane victims
Ron Onesti always had an affinity for Frank Sinatra. His father, Albert, would sometimes call him up and break right into 20 minutes of Sinatra songs before even saying hello. But it wasn't until 12 years ago that Onesti became connected to Hoboken, N.J., the singer's birthplace. And now he wants to help bring it back from the ravages of Hurricane Sandy.
Onesti, who owns the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles, began helping Hoboken put together an Italian festival every September starting in about 2000.
"It was a little thing," Onesti said. "I showed them how to build it a little bit. They moved it out to Frank Sinatra Park, right on the water. And now the festival has grown to about 60,000 people. Over the years, I've just gotten to be so close to the families."
Onesti watched in horror when Hurricane Sandy hit Hoboken. He hasn't actually been out to see the impact, but he said he's heard from several of the groups and families he works with to produce the Italian Festival.
"They really got hit bad, and it was far from an affluent community to begin with," Onesti said.
To help those families, Onesti is planning to raise money for single mothers and children left homeless by the hurricane in Hoboken at a concert at the Arcada Dec. 1. And he'll have some big names to back him up.
Former New York City police officer and singer Eddie Money will play this weekend at the Arcada. Joining him will be Edgar Winter as well as Jon Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band, from "Eddie & The Cruisers."
Onesti said 100 percent of the profits of the show will go toward Hurricane Sandy relief.
"It's one thing to donate to so many of the worthwhile causes out there, but those are somewhat blind donations," Onesti said. "I have specific addresses of families whose houses are gone or filled with water."
Tickets are on sale for $35 to $59 at oshow.com or by calling (630) 962-7000.


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Location: Athens (GMT+2)
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After a break from normal games, while testing out various builds and champs in Co-op vs AI, I decided to throw a few normal games for fun. Couldn't get past two, because of the impossible feeding and serious lack of experience from my teammates. What do I mean with that:
1) As Galio, I poke and last hit. My lane partner (Lux) kept pushing the lane like a maniac, with a jungling Lee Sin on the loose.
2) At my first trip back, I was expecting an early gank, so I warded blue. Right when Lee starts tackling it, Yi goes over to...steal(?) the buff, with the golem and Lee at 90% HP.
3) As you can imagine we got pushed hard in mid, so I was left there defending against 3 pokers, and Nunu starts going after Malzahar (most fed). Now, here is my real problem. Not only is he a complete noob for taking the bait into a 5v1, but the rest of the team blames me for being a coward, WTFFFFFFF!
Second game as slightly better, since nobody complained, but it really felt like everyone was doing whatever they wanted, doesn't feel as much of a team game as it used to. So then, I heard about this story where bot games lower your hidden ELO, anyone know if it's true?
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As far as I've heard, you don't have a hidden ELO for normals. You USED to, but they got rid of that. As far as I've heard, anyway. But to answer your question: No, I've never heard of anything like bot games lowering your hidden ELO.
Anivia is so much fun to use. She's basically the only AP carry I can competently use right now. It feels like she's so good, she offsets how bad I am.
|2011-08-02, 02:45
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There aren't any good champions, only summoners that play them well I really like her too, back on free week I had dominated enemy anivia @ mid with just the double damage from flash frost. Too bad she's so slow, but she really does carry the game, especially in jungle fights...
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|2011-08-02, 11:20
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: In front of my computer
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I found Cassiopeia quite easy with smart-casting and getting the timing right for her Q. Orianna is hard because you don't remember the range of her ball, which can screw up sometime when you are at max range and the ball return to you.
|2011-08-02, 11:35
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For me, Orianna's difficulty lies in positioning her ball. Casting QWE while running with your ball behind your opponents can be very tricky. Plus there's the usual mana issues, and when people get to know her, they will avoid the ball like madmen, so landing a good R can be a pain.
Cass is difficult probably because she looks OP, but isn't really; knowing when to engage and when not to might be harder than with normal champions. Other than that, she's got mobility, dot and overall good ratios, plus an escape/chasing R and a very good passive.
|2011-08-02, 11:40
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You use the ball as a zoning tool, to control enemy's movement during laning phase. During team combat, it's not like you have to initiate with your skill anyway, so positioning your ball after your initiator to create even more chaos to enemy's formation.
|2011-08-02, 14:53
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Really, I think the hard part is landing her Q, but after playing Lux where I won't even land a third of my skillshots in lane, I don't even worry if I don't land it. I also don't think I use the wall as effectively as I should. That's why I think I'm bad even if I like playing Anivia and that she's so good she makes up for it. She snowballs so quickly post-level 6 that she basically makes up for my mediocre skillshooting from 1-5.
I play her like I play Ashe. Just chip away at people who approach but otherwise play pretty passively. For some reason, I can't play other casters the same way. I have no idea what to do in teamfights with Annie and I can't win lanes with her, for example.
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Annie is one of the easiest casters , it's not that hard to spam her skills and get a kill.
Ex: Lv6 , wait stun , then , E -(Flash if needed)- Pedobear - W/Q - Q/W - Dead - or finish with ignite -
Normally , 1 burst is enough.
Ryze was like that before too but now with his rework , it's much harder to get a kill.
Anyway , according to some Riot's developpers , the next patch will be a big one.
Season 2 ? it might be a good thing to answer to dota2 cashprize.
Edit : So it's not the season 2.
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Wow, Jarvan skin for gold/platinum? Guess it's time to play ranked again... though the road to 1900 elo from 1250 is going to be tough within a month's time lols.
Well, at least my ranked games so far is SO MUCH easier than my normal games lols... then again, I'm occasionally paired with 2k elo guys in normal.
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If I had a team I'd only play premade ranked...but most of the people I started out with have quit :S Well, if you average +45 elo per game, it would take 15 straight wins to get 1900, but from what I've heard, champion bans also vary by elo, so things might get tough. Btw ever had 4 of the champs you usually play all get banned? Things can get tough^^
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Sept. 23, 2006
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The MIT field hockey team kicked off New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) play in dramatic fashion on Saturday as Lauren McCarthy tallied two goals, including the game-winner with 1:09 left to play, to give the Engineers a 2-1 win over Smith College. MIT's record improved to 4-4 on the year and 1-0 in conference action while the Pioneers fell to 2-4 overall and 0-1 in the NEWMAC.
Rebecca Capute put Smith on the scoreboard 9:34 into the contest when she registered an unassisted fast-break goal. Although it was the Pioneers' only shot on goal in the opening frame, it was enough as they entered the intermission with the one-goal edge.
McCarthy ended the shutout five minutes into the second half by converting a feed from Cristina Stefanescu. Both teams had numerous chances to break the tie down the stretch, but it was McCarthy's redirection of a Sharon Prange strike from outside the arc that lifted the Engineers to the win. The Pioneers continued to attack, but MIT's defense thwarted any last second scoring attempts.
In goal, Alexa Herman collected four saves for the Engineers while Margaret Winter made five stops for the Pioneers.
Both squads will return to non-conference play on the road on Tuesday, Sept. 26 with MIT traveling to Gordon College and Smith making the trip to Nichols College.


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Falk -- who suffered from Alzheimer's disease -- was 83.
A rep for the family tells TMZ, "Peter Falk, 83-year-old Academy Award nominee and star of television series, 'Columbo', died peacefully at his Beverly Hills home in the evening of June 23, 2011."
The rep continued, "Peter Falk is survived by his wife, Shera, of 34 years and two daughters from a previous marriage."
In addition to "Columbo," Falk starred in "Princess Bride," "Brigadoon" and "The Great Race."
Peter's wife, Shera and daughter Catherine were locked in a legal battle in 2009 over the creation of a conservatorship for Peter and who would control it. In the end, the judge appointed Shera conservator.
UPDATE: John Finnegan -- Falk's "Columbo" co-star -- tells TMZ, he fell literally FELL DOWN when heard the news ... "I have known Peter for over 60 years ... He was like a brother for me, he kept the food on the table. He was the best, great!"
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Peter Falk was great in THE IN-LAWS and THE GREAT RACE. #RIPColumbo
RIP Peter Falk - one of my favorite actors ever.
RIP Peter Falk - He was one of the greats. Watch 'Wings of Desire' to see him at his best. ,) [one eyed emoticon]
So sorry to hear about the passing of Peter Falk.
Rest in peace, Peter Falk. ❤
Few were better thanPeter Falk in Columbo or as Vincent J. Ricardo in The In-Laws. He will be missed.
RIP Peter Falk. "The In-Laws" still one of the funniest movies of all time. #SerpentineShelSerpentine.
Oh no :( Just heard. Peter Falk, who played Columbo, TV's greatest EVER detective, has died.


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HO HO HO | Sohum Grande Vegetale Soap Cakes
TALK ABOUT a no brainer gift idea. I'd be chuffed if I ripped down my stocking from the mantle Christmas morning to find it stuffed with these beauties from Sohum. They remind me of another favourite brand of mine, Nesti Dante (I even hid a giant bar from my husband in my luggage, bought in Trento, Italy, and carried it all the way to California via various African countries, trans-Atlantic planes, rental cars, campgrounds and more things than I can list here. That's how much I love it).
I think the Sohum Grande Vegetale Soap Cake in Fleur Anise and Caramella would do just fine for the festive season... or Muskette... or Tuberose... Hell, I want them all.
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New, Local, Sun-Grown Cannabis Organization Grabs Attention
Humboldt County birthed a new cannabis organization this week and it's grabbed a lot of attention for such a young group. The International Cannabis Farmers Association (ICFA), a non-profit organization, formed to represent and promote sun grown marijuana, splashed right into the state capital with a story in the Sacramento Bee last Friday.
One of the main missions of the group is educating the consumer about the benefits of traditionally farmed cannabis. "The consumer isn't asking questions that differentiate the sun grown flower from the indoor flower," Nevedal said. "We haven't educated the consumer on the superior ecological practices of sun grown."
The ICFA is working with a marketing and branding firm. "If we can't drive consumer demand, we are going to continue to have a hard time getting our product into the marketplace," Nevedal explained. "There is a huge portion of consumers that are concerned about what they put in their body. We can help that consumer understand why traditionally farmed cannabis is the product they want."
Nevedal said that ICFA will be working with scientists to gather data. Right now, she said, facts need to be gathered to prove which practices are ecologically superior. "While we are doing advocacy work," Kristin Nevedal the new organization's chair said, "we want to focus a lot of our energy on research and education."
In addition, the new organization, Nevedal said, exists to get cannabis growers the ability to market their product by appellation–so that flowers grown in Humboldt can be legally protected as having come from that specific region just as sparkling wine must be grown in the Champagne region of France to carry that designation.
"We're looking forward to working with people throughout the world to establish cannabis appellations," Nevedal explained. According to her, the Jamaican government filed application for appellations of origin for cannabis. So far that category while it exists internationally for wine and for other products doesn't exist for cannabis. The Jamaicans, she said, have been gathering facts to support their claim that cannabis grown in different regions have distinctive features.
"They're gathering the data," she explained. "We're hoping to piggyback on that data" to support the need for unique designations for cannabis grown in different regions.
"In order for [cannabis] to get international recognition, we are going to have to show it has contact with the natural world," Nevedal said. "What that looks like we don't know yet." But, she said, it probably means the cannabis must have substantial interaction with native soil, native rain, and sun.
In addition, Nevedal's farmers face another obstacle to selling their flowers. Many states do not allow sun grown cannabis to be sold to patients. "Currently, therapeutic varieties of cannabis are being required to be cultivated indoors or in greenhouses," Nevedal pointed out. "We really need some education, some research, and some advocacy to bring cannabis back to being an agricultural crop being produced for human consumption…Regulators are pushing it indoors…from a lack of understanding."
When asked about the low pass rate of sungrown cannabis when tested for microbials compared to indoor cannabis, Nevedal pointed out there is a lot "we don't know." But she said, there are two possibilities. One simply is that there are "a lot of the microbials in Mother Nature" and science doesn't fully understand if some are useful or not. The other possibility is that farmers need to be educated on "food safety and handling." (See information in blue below.)
One of the missions of ICFA is to provide help to farmers, too. "We will be opening a resource center in Garberville where folks come get educational materials," Nevedal said. "Farmers need a central spot where they can get information," she explained. "Eureka is kinda far."
In addition, she explained, the ICFA hopes center will be "a stopping point for tourists." Visitors from outside the industry will be encouraged to look into sungrown cannabis. Non-marijuana products from sungrown brands will be offered for sale. In addition, directions to places sungrown cannabis products can be bought will be offered. "People wanting to come to Humboldt for canna-tourism but not knowing how to engage in it" will be given help.
"When tourists come through it is not like they can come to our farms," Nevedal explained. "So we'll offer a map where they can purchase traditionally farmed cannabis products."
The ICFA also will be offering newsletters. "We hope folks will sign up and get engaged and use this as a resource," Nevedal said. Readers can learn more at:icfa.farm and on their Facebook page.
In a male dominated industry, the all female current board of the ICFA is anomaly. "It wasn't planned that way," Nevedal laughed. "An all female board is just how it happened."
"Pretty much all my board right now is from Humboldt or the Bay Area," she added. "We are going to expand our board diversity through the advisory board. We have some awesome candidates…While we might lack diversity in our own strange way, [the board members] are passionate, committed and willing to put in energy."
The ICFA is looking to increase diversity over time, she said. "Not just diversity in ethnicity, race and gender but also in what [members] bring to the table in their background. We are looking for scientists, regulators, and more….Hopefully a representative from law enforcement, and from…research. We want to round out the conversation."
The group is partnering with several local cannabis organizations including the Southern Humboldt Community Alliance, the Humboldt Sun Growers Guild and the Mendocino Appellation Project.
To Reduce Microbial Fail Rates:
Everything that the cannabis bud touches is a potential source of contamination so it is important to get the protocols in place to sanitize everything.
Things to sanitize:
- harvest shears
- drying lines
- bins
- tables
- trays (stainless steel are easy to clean)
- bowls
- trimming scissors
- screens used to sort buds
Buy new paper sacks to hold the buds. In addition, don't use oil. Use alcohol to clean trimming scissors.
"It really, really needs to be a very, very clean setting," Nevedal explained.
In addition, there is some anecdotal evidence, Nevedal said, that indicates waiting too long to harvest can cause higher microbial rates. " As soon as the trichomes start to turn milky, then they start to shrink," she argued. "They are decomposing then."


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If you have not yet had the good fortune to try a beef roll, a creation from the northeastern Chinese province of Shandong, then you have not discovered what is really China's great contribution to the sandwich gene pool. In this case, the bread is a layered wheat pancake fried with perhaps a little more oil than your cardiologist would approve of; it's flaky, tender, crisp and rich all at the same time. Onto one of these large pancakes goes a smear of hoisin (or some similar bean-paste sauce), thinly sliced marinated beef, and a generous chop of cilantro and scallions. The whole thing is rolled up, burrito-style, and sliced into chunks that are easy to pick up. Many aficionados mix up a little chili oil and vinegar from tabletop bottles to dip the rolls into, but they're wonderful on their own, too.
L.A.'s food cognoscenti generally recognize the master of the beef roll to be 101 Noodle Express in Alhambra. When I tweeted recently that I was headed there for lunch, blogger SinoSoul implored me to try a competitor, Mama's Kitchen, just a couple of blocks away over the San Gabriel border. So I rousted another eater and we set off on a taste test.
The winner came from Mama's Kitchen, a friendly deli and café that reeks powerfully of fermenting tofu and is not a place to hang out if that smell doesn't make you happy. Its beef roll is made with pancakes that are a little thinner and lighter than 101's (if no less oily), with a richer hoisin flavor; to my taste, its balance of savory-sweet-sharp was outstanding.
But that's not to say the slightest thing negative about 101's huge roll, which is a mere $6.75 and can easily feed two (or three) people. Served in a utilitarian, table-service café, this roll is a little more substantial, with a stronger cilantro bite and a more complex bean paste that's not quite as sweet as traditional hoisin but is totally delicious. In fact, I can't really say one is better than the other — it just comes down to personal taste. Either way, you're a winner. (101's dumplings, however, are heavy, bland and best skipped; the noodle soups are better.)
Finally, my EAT: Los Angeles colleague Linda Burum recommends Michelle's Pancake, a strip-mall restaurant whose pancakes are among the best in town. Its beef roll isn't on the menu — you have to ask for it — and Linda reports that it's meatier than the others and very tasty, compromised only a bit by its use of commercial hoisin sauce. Its many other pancake-focused dishes are also well worth trying, and it has the most pleasant atmosphere and service of the three.
101 Noodle Express, 1408 E. Valley Blvd., Alhambra, 626.300.8654. L & D daily. Cash only.
Mama's Kitchen, 1718 New Ave., San Gabriel, 626.289.8984. L daily. Cash only.
Michelle's Pancake, 706 W. Las Tunas Dr., San Gabriel, 626.293.8098. L & D daily. MC, V.


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Stupid Stock Move of the Day! Microsoft up 2%?June 15, 2012: 3:08 PM ET
Microsoft (MSFT) is expected to unveil some tablet-related news at a big press conference Monday. This shouldn't come as a huge surprise. We all kind of expected that Mister Softee would go after Apple (AAPL) more directly ever since it unveiled the tablet-friendly Windows 8 operating system.
Reviews for Windows 8 have been favorable. But investors might be getting ahead of themselves here. Nobody else, including Amazon (AMZN) with its Kindle Fire, has been able to make a big dent in iPad sales yet. Microsoft investors also need to keep in mind all the other speculation surrounding the company right now.
Microsoft is rumored to be buying coporate social network Yammer for more than $1 billion. That may only be a drop in the bucket for a firm the size of Microsoft. But it seems a bit rich for a company that's in a business investors have quickly grown skittish of following the Facebook (FB) IPO debacle.
And is there any real reason to think that Microsoft will do any better in social than it has with its struggling online unit? Google (GOOG) is still the king of online advertising despite Microsoft's big acquisition of aQuantive a few years ago, launch of the Bing search engine and partnership with Yahoo (YHOO).
Finally, there's that Finnish train wreck, Nokia (NOK). Microsoft is trying to compete with Apple and Google's Android in the smartphone market. Its biggest ally is Nokia, which is using Windows Phone as its operating system in the new Lumia phones. If Microsoft can't attract better partners, it may wind up as much as an also-ran in mobile as Research in Motion (RIMM) with its wounded BlackBerry.
Microsoft's stock is now up nearly 16% this year, outperforming the broader market and many other big techs. Unless Microsoft really wows everybody in LA Monday, shares may be due to cool off a bit.


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PARIS — Celebrating Mass in the center of Paris, Pope Benedict XVI urged Catholics to rediscover the power of the Eucharist and reject the modern "idols" of money and power.
About 250,000 people filled the sunny Invalides esplanade Sept. 13 for the liturgy, which was broadcast live on French national television. It was an unusual public display of the faith in a country that prides itself on secularism.
As the 81-year-old pontiff arrived in his popemobile, he was greeted by cheers and a panorama of fluttering yellow flags. Many of the young people in attendance had spent the night in the square, after praying at a candlelight vigil.
The pope smiled as he gazed over the crowd from a wooden altar platform. In his sermon, he recalled the preaching of St. Paul against the temptation of idolatry in the early Christian era, and said the question was still relevant today.
"Has not our modern world created its own idols? Has it not imitated, perhaps inadvertently, the pagans of antiquity?" he said.
He cited St. Paul's condemnation of greed and the love of money, sins that lead people away from faith in God.
"Have not money, the thirst for possessions, for power and even knowledge, diverted man from his true destiny?" the pope said.
He emphasized that the church's condemnation of idolatry, including its modern forms, is not a condemnation of the individuals caught up in its attraction.
"In our judgments, we must never confuse the sin, which is unacceptable, with the sinner, the state of whose conscience we cannot judge and who, in any case, is always capable of conversion and forgiveness," he said.
The pope said the path to God is not always easy today, but he held out the Mass as the best way for Catholics to share in the revelation that comes from Christ.
The Mass, he said, is "the sacrifice of thanksgiving par excellence." By participating in the Eucharist, he said, the faithful come to understand that only God "teaches us to shun idols, the illusions of our minds."
The pope's words represented a subtle prod in a country where it is estimated that fewer than 10 percent of Catholics go to Mass regularly.
The pope also addressed another pastoral sore point in France, the dwindling number of priestly vocations. The number of diocesan priests in France is down almost 50 percent in the last 25 years, and the priestly vocations rate is one of the lowest in the world.
In remarks aimed in particular at the many young people present — but also, as he said, the "not so young" — the pope said he was appealing to their generosity: "Do not be afraid to give your life to Christ!"
He underlined that the figure of the priest is not optional for the church.
"Nothing will ever replace the ministry of priests at the heart of the church! Nothing will ever replace a Mass for the salvation of the world!" he said.
When he left the Mass site, Vatican security agents formed a protective circle around the pope as enthusiastic young priests and seminarians tried to grab his hand.
Before the liturgy, the pope stopped briefly at the Institute of France, the prestigious academy where he was made a member in 1992. He was welcomed by the institute's top officials and other members.
Later in the day, he was to fly to Lourdes, where he was to mark the 150th anniversary of Mary's apparitions to St. Bernadette Soubirous.


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Yuri's Night is upon us, and we're hosting Mixers & Elixirs: Yuri's Night on Friday night to celebrate the past, present and future of space exploration.
But wait a second. Who's Yuri and what's he got to do with space exploration?
Yuri Gagarin was the first person to be launched into space and orbit the Earth on April 12, 1961. The Russian cosmonaut has since become a symbol of human space exploration and how we can conquer the obstacles that stand between us and the rest of the cosmos. Trapped on our little blue marble in space, for eons we sought to find the truth behind our place in the universe. Now, with technology and an ever-growing catalog of information about the universe, we are starting to venture into our cosmic neighborhood.
Just think of all that's happened in a little over 50 years — and what 50 more years could bring. We're peering deeper into space, living in space, and it won't be long before we (read: everyday people like you and me) can see the darkness of space for ourselves on private space flights.
Yup, there's certainly a lot to celebrate on Yuri's Night. So join us tomorrow night and raise a glass to space exploration and explorers everywhere! We'll have space-themed treats and even "Commander Quest" from Space Center Houston.
Want to get even more excited and inspired? (Of course you do.) Check out the video below from astronaut Chris Hadfield aboard the International Space Station and pictures from cosmic journeys and observations so far!


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I want a baby...NOW!
Sarah replies:Hi, I'm 16 and I am craving a baby soooo badly!! I know I may be young, but I really want one!!! The only thing is I don't have a boyfriend!!
There's absolutely nothing wrong with wanting things, whether that's a car or a vacation or a child or some fried chicken and an ice cream sunday. But while it's ok to want those things, that may not mean that it's the best thing for us to have right this second in our lives. For example, I'm really craving some chicken and a hot fudge sunday, but that's not very healthy for me at all, and I've just had lunch, so I don't need that extra food.
Something similar can probably be said for your desire to have a baby right now. It's ok that you want a baby. Heck, babies are pretty darn cute, it's easy to want one! But have you really thought through whether this is the best time for you to have a child? Babies are really expensive, and pregnancy (and delivery) is really expensive! Do you have the financial resources on your own to have and raise a child right now? As well, realize that a child won't arrange its life around you, you'll have to reorganize your life to suit it. You won't be able to go out whenever you want to or buy things that you want when you want them. Every choice that you make must include the primary consideration of that child. And babies don't stay babies forever, they grow up and their needs change. Emotionally, financially, physically...you're talking about a little person who will be 100% dependent upon you. You should check out our article I Want It NOW! for a more in depth discussion of things you want to consider when considering becoming a teen parent.


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That is, the good old days before 2007, when the Democrats took control of Congress. A Goy and His Blog has pulled together a remarkable set of graphs documenting the economic progress that was being made before the Democrats took over in Washington, and the disaster that we have witnessed since. It isn't entirely their fault, to be fair. But most of it is.
When the Republicans were in charge, disposable income was rising; click to enlarge:
Employment was rising:
Then, of course, we have the unemployment rate, rising much faster than Obama's economic team predicted, well beyond the rate that the farcical "stimulus" bill was supposed to avert:
Check out the site; there is much more. (Via InstaPundit.)
Meanwhile, the bond market is beginning to rebel at the Democrats' fiscal insanity. Michael Barone asks: what do Berkshire Hathaway, Procter & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson and Lowe's have in common? Answer: they are all better credit risks than the federal government, and therefore can borrow at lower rates. Obamacare is a big part of the reason:
The bill will not lower deficits, but will raise them by $562 billion over 10 years. Treasury will have to borrow that money — and probably pay much higher interest than it's paying now.
Moreover, once the bill is fully in effect, the Cato Institute's Alan Reynolds points out, its expenses are likely to grow at least 7 percent a year — significantly faster than revenues. At that rate, spending doubles every 10 years.
No wonder that Moody's declared last week that the Treasury is "substantially" closer to losing its AAA bond rating.
The bond market doesn't trust the Obama administration, to put it mildly:
A long period of stability for the US government bond market showed signs of cracking this week as a lack of investor appetite for new debt sent the benchmark 10-year yield to its highest level since last June.
For more than a year, analysts have been warning that record sized debt sales by the US Treasury were at odds with a 10-year yield sitting comfortably below 4 per cent. This week, the yield on 10-year notes jumped from 3.65 per cent to a peak of 3.92 per cent on Thursday. On Friday it was 3.87 per cent. …
The fact that German Bunds have outperformed both Treasuries and gilts in recent months highlights this increasing worry over public debt. Germany's budget deficit is much lower than the US and UK and inflation there is also expected to remain low. …
It hasn't helped that the US announced a big overhaul of its healthcare system this month, adding to worries about the scale of US spending.
It is amazing how much damage the Democrats have been able to do in only three years in power.
PAUL adds: I'm skeptical of any suggestion that the Democratic takeover of Congress in 2007 had much to do with the economic downturn of 2008 depicted in the graphs and charts above. I agree that this takeover, coupled with the more important capture of the White House in 2009, has hurt the economy and will do so going forward, probably profoundly.


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The final day of the conference featured tastes from around the globe and a look at upcoming menu trends.
Mark DiDomenico of Datassential talks menu trends with attendees. DiDomenico said that the menu Watch List for 2013 includes charcuterie, pickled foods, maple, smoked cheese, poutine, grits and craft ice cream.


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Here comes the Rose Post...and it's not even June. This year, I'm struck by how many of my plants are somehow gifts. This "New Dawn" climber was a gift from...me. Meaning, I actually propagated it from the original bush across the garden. My dad taught me propagation, among so many other things, so it's also sort of a gift from him. The fragrance is that of absolute innocence.
"Climbing Don Juan" gives the gift of transformation...to a corner that stood bare and ugly for years. He's exuberantly covering up the set built by NBC for a "Law & Order" episode about a Mad Bomber, a.k.a. our garage.
"Perle D'Or" was dug up from the Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Cranford Rose Garden and handed to me by their legendary rosarian, Stephen Scanniello. The garden was about to be renovated, and the bushes were being handed out to staff and volunteers. The buds really do look like golden pearls.
The gift of this lavender miniature rose: surviving from year to year in a dilapidated planter box, thus defying my abysmal track record for wintering over roses that are (a) miniature and (b) lavender.
"Maiden's Blush" is easy: fragrance. The scent is ur-rose, the intoxicating attar that every phony "rose" room-spray in the world tries to pimp out (with woeful, cloying results). It blooms only once a year; the rest of the year, I wrestle with its 6-foot canes.
The foxgloves are gifts from themselves. They have self-seeded year after year.
And then there are Plants from Friends. Here are some spunky hosta divisions generously given from the native shade garden of Flatbush Gardener before his departure on a honeymoon with the lovely gent he gently dubs "Blog Widow." They, and the hostas, seem to be flourishing.