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Nikki Sixx: Motley Crue's Las Vegas Residency Will Launch Biggest Years of Career
Nikki Sixx has gone on record to say that Motley Crue's residency in Las Vegas, which will launch in February and run for three weeks, is only scratching the surface of what he believes "will be the biggest probably four to five years of the band's career."
This comes hot on the heels of Vince Neil's statements that the residency could be the end of his tenure with the Crue. Are the guys simply not communicating? Is Neil being contrary for contrary's sake? Is he trying to drum up publicity? It's anyone's guess when it comes to rock's baddest boys.
Sixx continues, telling Rolling Stone, "We're negotiating with a couple of other extremely huge bands on doing a co-headline tour, something that's never happened before. There's new music in the future." That's a lot of activity in Camp Crue.
But a massive tour and new music is just the tip of the iceberg for the Crue, depending on who you are listening to. If you're paying attention to Sixx, as opposed to Neil, well, there's also a Crue movie in the works.
"We finally got everything in order the way it needs to be done, and that's gonna happen," the bassist reveals. He would not go into specifics, pertaining to directors and such, but did say that it will be based on 'The Dirt' and it will happen. We're curious as to how they'll get that cinematic masterwork past the censor board with anything other than an NC-17 rating! Sixx declares, "But trust me, when I say the wheels are in motion they're definitely in motion." Point taken, Nikki.
Sixx did echo some of Neil's sentiments, but he clearly has a different expiration date for the band than Neil does. He says, "The band sat down and had a powwow as brothers and friends and guys who've been doing this for over 30 years, and we said, 'When is it time?'"
He continues, "We've always said since we were kids we didn't want to hobble in to the sunset. So after the movie, at some point – whether it's within a year or a few years – we're probably gonna have that conversation about maybe it's time, maybe it's time to go out on top."
It's true that Sixx doesn't want to limp into the sunset (blvd.) He said that he wants to maintain some level of heightened status before retiring. "If I'm watching my favorite boxer and he's just won the heavyweight championship of the world and he retires it kind of makes the guy a legend," he explains. "I always respected Led Zeppelin, and I'd rather Motley Crue be thought of as that type of band rather than a band that's just going through the motions."
He also said everyone of his band brothers is "100 percent engaged" in the process. We're guessing he didn't read Neil's comments, which he made while on a yacht, mind you.


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You can't name one player or a handful of players on the St. Louis Cardinals and say they're the ones leading the team.
It's everyone.
You can't name one player or a handful of players on the St. Louis Cardinals and say they're the ones leading the team.
It's everyone.
And that's why the Cardinals are the team that they are.
It's not Yadier Molina. It's not Carlos Beltran. It's not Adam Wainwright.
It's every single player wearing the birds on the bat, going out there and contributing. And to have this effort and advantage this early in the season only makes opponents fearful of facing St. Louis as the season progresses.
What makes the Cardinals all the more better is that there's really no bench players. Everyone is a starter, everyone can come into the game at any point and be a threat. I can't help but tip my cap to Mike Matheny. He's operating his day-to-day lineups extremely well, putting the right guys in at the right time, balancing the rest, keeping everyone active and fresh.
Matheny is really showing the days of playing the same eight players every day is really a thing of the past. Obviously you have your group of top eight starters you want playing more often or in big games like clinchers and the postseason, but in reality no matter who you put out there, the Cardinals are going to be a tough team to beat.
And don't get me wrong there's not 100 percent perfection, but it's mostly a full force team not easy to beat.
The bullpen needs work. Shane Robinson needs to take a chance at diving. And Tony Cruz could use more at-bats and base running opportunities.
Other than that, this team is solid.
The hitting is great, the base running is strong. All the tangibles are there.
It's the reason why the Cardinals are the favorite in the NL Central.

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Mark Twain: 100 Years Later, Still A Man of Mystery
"Biographies are but the clothes and buttons of the man. The biography of the man himself cannot be written." — Mark Twain. This year, a century after Mark Twain's death in 1910, the University of California Press is posthumously publishing "The Autobiography of Mark Twain," a three-volume 'unexpurgated' collection that promises never-before-seen glimpses into a man who continues to defy hard-lined definitions.
"Style icon" might not be the first words that come to mind when you think of Mark Twain, but he was — in his own way — obsessed with style. He championed it, mocked it, and tried very hard to master it. He ruined his finances, partly in an attempt to keep up with Victorian ideals of high American style, and later tore those same Victorian ideals to shreds in his 1873 satire, "The Gilded Age."
Mark Twain (aka Samuel Clemens) came from the Midwest and spent most of his childhood in the Mississippi River town of Hannibal, Missouri, where his family home is now a tourist attraction and museum. He was born around the time that Halley's Comet appeared, and he would die, 74 years later, when it approached near the earth again. Twain vividly remembered the town and residents of Hannibal, and boys he played with as a child would later be re-envisioned as Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, and other characters in his novels. Next to his boyhood home is the fence that's said to have inspired the famous whitewashing story in Tom Sawyer.
His father, a judge, was notoriously bad with money, and they were forced to move out of their home at one point due to poverty. Sam worked as an assistant and printer at the local paper, which was run by his brother, Orion. In the 1850s, he left Hannibal to travel and worked various jobs until he found his first real calling as a steamboat pilot. It was the golden age of steamboats, or "floating palaces," which were usually furnished with velvet upholstered chairs and decorated in ornate millwork and gilding. Twain loved his new job and discovered his pen name on the water — "Mark Twain," the depth at which the boat moves into safe water or enters the shallows, depending on which way it's going.
Twain's career as a steamboat pilot ended with the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861. Half of his family supported the South, half supported the North, and Twain was noncommittal. After a brief stint with a small, loosely organized group of Missouri Confederates, he escaped the army and headed West, where he began the next phase of his life as a journalist for newspapers in the Nevada and California territories. He paid close attention to the dialect and stories of miners, and he wrote his famous "Jumping Frog" story after hearing the tale in a cabin on 'Jackass Hill' in California.
In the 1860s, he was sent to the Sandwich Islands (now known as Hawaii) on assignment, and when he returned, he began giving lectures on what he saw. His style of humor, his gift with words, and his signature drawl made him a popular lecturer, and he embarked on a career as an orator and sometime-travel-journalist. He joined a cruise to Europe, and his experiences on the trip formed the material for his first full-length book, The Innocents Abroad.
Through a contact made on the ship, he met his wife, Olivia (Livy) Langdon, a wealthy woman from Elmira, New York. Mark Twain was lucky — he married for love and money. The young couple moved to Hartford, Connecticut where they commissioned an ornate house, funded largely by Livy's inheritance. Mark Twain is famously quoted as saying, "The lack of money is the root of all evil," and they spared no expense on their house, decorating the interiors with hand-stenciled walls and glamorous furniture.
The Louis Comfort Tiffany company oversaw the interior decoration of the home, which operated at great expense — they had a daily budget for huge floral arrangements for nearly every room. Sam and Livy gave birth to three children, only one of whom survived into adulthood, but they loved their home and enjoyed many happy years while their children were young. Twain also wrote some of the greatest books of his career — including a large portion of Huckleberry Finn while they lived at the house.
Eventually, Mark Twain ran into financial trouble (largely from overspending and some poor investment decisions) and they were forced to leave the Hartford House. He and his family traveled to Europe, where he began a lecture tour to make his money back and pay off his debts (which he eventually accomplished). Twain and his wife spent much of 1890s traveling, and Livy died in 1904, after falling ill in Florence.
In his later years, Twain was a sharp and sad man, who had lost most of his family, save one daughter, Clara. He had cycled through several careers, traveled much of the world, and developed a disdain for American imperialism and overconsumption.
As he once said, "Biographies are but the clothes and buttons of the man. The biography of the man himself cannot be written," yet the new uncensored edition of his autobiography, to be released in November, continues to be news. Part of the fascination lies in the fact that he was never one person. His books, which remain controversial years and years after their publication, are the legacy of a layered life that still refuses to be pigeonholed into one style, one catch phrase, or one image.
• Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum
• Mark Twain House and Museum
• Dead for a Century, Twain Says What He Meant from the NY Times 2010
Photo Citations: (1) Photo by Matthew Brady or Levin Handy of Mark Twain (middle), American Civil War correspondent and author George Alfred Townsend (left), and David Gray, editor of the Buffalo Courier (right), February 7, 1871, Public Domain, Library of Congress via Wikimedia Commons; (2) Mark Twain's boyhood home in Hannibal, Missouri, Photo by Andrew Balet, used under Creative Commons License 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons, (3) Mark Twain Cabin, Jackass Hill, Tuolumne, CA, Library of Congress, Historic American Buildings Survey: HABS, Public Domain; (4) Mark Twain House and Museum by Flickr member Ed Schipul used under Creative Commons License 2.0, (5) Mark Twain House and Museum by Flickr member cliff1066 used under Creative Commons License 2.0; (6) Entrance Hall, Mark Twain House, Detail of bust and wall stenciling, Library of Congress, HABS, Public Domain; (7) Mr. and Mrs. Clemens' Bedroom, Mark Twain House, Library of Congress, HABS, Public Domain; (8) Billiard Room, Mark Twain House, Library of Congress, HABS, Public Domain; (9) Tiffany Lamps, Mark Twain House and Museum by Flickr member cliff1066 used under Creative Commons License 2.0; (10) Mark Twain portrait, 1908, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Public Domain; (11) Mark Twain portrait, 1907, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Public Domain; (12) Mark Twain portrait, 1907, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Public Domain; (13) Cover of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, 1884, Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons; (14) Tourist Boat in Hannibal, Missouri, "The Mark Twain," by Flickr member Ian Weller used under Creative Commons License 2.0; (15) Mark Twain photo portrait, 1907, Library of Congress, Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons


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In the past year or so there has been a real increase in the number of military history books looking at the First World War. And refreshingly, many of them are focused on the experiences of the average guy caught up in conflict. Among them is Pen and Sword's series of books on the Pals Battalions.
In 1914 the British Army was relatively small – virtually an Imperial police force, and a continental role was never really envisioned until only a few years before the war began. As a result, the Army had to expand massively in order to field a sizeable expeditionary force in Flanders. The solution of the Secretart of State for War, Field Marshal Lord Kitchener, was to recruit masses of volunteers into a 'New Army', or 'Kitchener Battalions'. Many of these were centred on large urban areas, including Birmingham.
Birmingham eventually raised three Kitchener Battalions – the 14th, 15th and 16th Battalions of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, Birnimgham's local country Regiment. Of course, if we try to divorce units from their social history, and indeed their communities in general, they make much less sense in history. As raw recruits, the Battalions spent much time in England training before embarking for France. Like most of the Kitchener Battalions, the Birmingham Pals first action was on the Somme. The fate of the Pals Battalions on the Somme has really struck a chord in British military history, probably due to the grievous losses combined with the fact that it was the first time that Britain had truly fielded a citizen army.
But this isn't just a narrative, '1914 to 1918 what happened'. Terry Carter grounds his work with a chapter on the social and economic context of Birmingham's history, and the events of August 1914 which saw mass volunteering amid a wave of euphoria. It is impeccably well researched, and generously illustrated. It contains a roll of honour of all members of the three Battalions who fell, and a list of gallantry medals – a real bonus for anyone wishing to look up their ancestors. Overall it is very well handled, and at no point does the text stray into the oft-heard stereotypes about the Pals, and instead wisely focuses on sources and events.
I found this a very interesting read indeed. Not only will it interest Brummies, but also those of us from further afield who are interested in this kind of research, with the 100th anniversary looming in 2014. Terry Carter has definitely put down a marker here, and I hope I can do half as good a job when it comes to paying tribute to Portsmouth's own pals.
Birmingham Pals is published by Pen and Sword
Related articles
- Walking the Somme by Paul Reed (dalyhistory.wordpress.com)


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BIO Campus is an urban masterplanning project form AllesWirdGut with engineers Transsolar and urban planner Ton Matton which looks to transform a large site on the outskirts of Istanbul into a thriving new development at a human scale. The team plan to create a network of public spaces and dynamic buildings that are inspired by the undulations of the natural environment, harnessing the Earth's energies to provide sustainable cooling and lighting methods for this eco-friendly scheme.
A mission statement released by the three-pronged team reads: "Humans are social creatures and thrive in urban spaces that foster social connections. Because of this, a shift to a more dense, urban living would provide an outlet for social interaction and conditions under which humans can prosper.
"Contrary to common belief, urban systems can be more environmentally sustainable than rural or suburban living. With people and resources located so close to one another it is possible to save energy and resource things such as food, transportation and mass transit systems. Finally, cities benefit the economy by locating human capital in one relatively small geographic area where ideas can be generated."
As such, AllesWirdGut, Transsolar and Tom Matton are proposing a self-sufficient and self-supporting community where commerical and retail units, recreational and leisure facilities, and day-to-day amenities are located in close proximity to one another. As part of this strategy, factors such as vegetation, light-reflecting colours and various water features will be brought into play to reduce dependency on air-conditioning.
Comfort is key to this new development and the collaboration is aware of the discomfort often experienced by those not used to warm climatic conditions. To enhance the comfort of users, facades which filter sunlight will be used throughout to supply sufficient natural daylight to the interiors, highly efficient air handling systems will be installed, green plants and open spaces will be inserted to improve local microclimate and individual control of personal room climate installed as standard.


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You just got new disc brakes or new pads for your old disc brakes. But now that you've started riding, the brakes don't stop like they used to. What do you do?
Well, you need to start by breaking in your new disc brakes, or, as the process is sometimes called, burnishing, burning in or bedding in. Whatever you call it, it will make your disc brakes work better by doing 3 things:
1) It will rid the pads and rotor of superficial oil, grime and contaminants that inhibit friction.
2) It will reshape the pads so that they conform more accurately to the rotors. After breaking in more of the pads will contact more of the rotor.
3) It will increase stickiness (coefficient of friction) of the system by transferring a thin, even layer of brake pad compound to the rotor.
Okay, that's easy to say but how do you do it? Let's ask the brake experts:
The bed-in procedure, which should be performed prior to your first ride, ensures the most consistent and powerful braking feel along with the quietest braking in most riding conditions.
To safely achieve optimal results, remain seated on the bike during the entire bed-in procedure.
1) Accelerate the bike to a moderate speed (approximately 19kmh or 12mph), then firmly apply the brakes until you are at walking speed. Repeat approximately 20 times.
2) Accelerate the bike to a faster speed (approximately 32kmh or 20mph). Then firmly and suddenly apply the brakes until you are walking speed. Repeat approximately 10 times.
3) Allow the brakes to cool prior to any additional riding.
Rotors need to be burned in and pads need to be burnished. When replacing either, or on a new bike, follow the steps below to get the most out of your brakes.
• Remember that any time a rotor is replaced the pads should be replaced as well. So if you are burning in a rotor you are also burnishing the pads.
• Burning in a rotor refers to transferring a little of the pad compound into the surface of the rotor. This helps the pad grip the rotor.
• Burnishing pads refers to polishing the surface of the pads so that they have more grip on the rotor.
• It takes about 20 stops for the burn in to take place. It is important to do this in controlled and clean conditions.
• Preferably on pavement, get the bike up to a good speed and then firmly and evenly apply the brakes until the bike comes to almost a complete stop. Repeat this process 10 to 20 times.
• If the bike is ridden hard before the burn in process is performed the rotor can be ruined. Indications that this has happened are noise and lack of power.
It takes 20-30 hard stops to burnish the brake pads.
Before riding check the correct action of the brake and that braking effort is applied as the lever is pulled. To achieve the maximum braking effort the new brake pads need bedding in. Bed in the pads by riding a short distance with the brake applied, it also helps to pour clean water over the caliper and pads whilst bedding in. This procedure will achieve good braking performance but will reach its full potential after a few rides.
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Wed Mar 22, 2006 2:18 pm
Redwinger wrote:2003 Domaine Drouhin Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley
Medium bodied with a nice aroma of black cherries, earth/forest which all follow on the palate. An elegant wine with finese and a lingering savory spiced finish. Enough acidity to provide a lift on the palate without becoming aggressive. Balanced. I liked this wine a lot, but would like it better if it retailed closer to $30 than the high $30 range.
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John - Santa Clara wrote:Gee, you restrict yourself to people? How about wine-idiots like so many of those here?
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Mark Lipton wrote:Thanks for the note, Bill. FWIW, I commend DDO at holding the line, price-wise, as much as they have since their first vintage in '88. IIRC, their first release retailed for about $30 (not corrected for inflation), so they have actually come down in price over the past 18 years, a fairly uncommon occurrence in the wine biz (their production has increased notably, but many producers wouldn't have cut prices even so). These days, I think that they're one of the better QPR producers in Oregon.
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Set Your Tivo: 12.30.10Posted by Brian Otskey on December 30th, 2010
***** – quit your job and divorce your wife if that's what it takes to watch this game live
**** – best watched live, but if you must, tivo and watch it tonight as soon as you get home
*** – set your tivo but make sure you watch it later
** – set your tivo but we'll forgive you if it stays in the queue until 2013
* – don't waste bandwidth (yours or the tivo's) of any kind on this game
Brian Otskey is an RTC contributor.
The Big Five takes center stage tonight followed by an under the radar matchup in Missouri. All rankings from RTC and all times eastern.
#25 Temple @ #9 Villanova – 7 pm on ESPN2 (****)
Temple won last year's Big Five meeting between these squads but Villanova holds a slight edge in the series, 43-41. Each team enters on a winning streak and both are rated in the top ten in defensive efficiency. However, Temple has been the more consistent defensive team over the years and Villanova has a tendency to lapse back into a weaker defense against better opponents. Temple is 2-0 against the Big East, having defeated Seton Hall and Georgetown at home earlier this season, and will look to make it three on the road tonight. Interior play and rebounding will be important aspects of this game. Temple gets two thirds of its points from two point range, mostly due to the fact that they can't shoot the three. The Owls are one of the worst teams from deep (27%) and Villanova plays very good defense on the arc. Don't expect Temple to get to the line much either, making points inside the arc extremely important for Fran Dunphy's team. Lavoy Allen has a tendency to disappear on offense and it would be wise if he didn't pick this game to do it again. The 6'9 forward is talented and a strong defensive player but must provide the Owls with offensive production inside. Getting him the ball is another story and that's where Juan Fernandez comes in. He's struggled with his shooting (six for his last 23) as well as turnovers but has averaged seven assists over his last three games, using his strong dribble penetration to get others involved. Fernandez's shooting has been so bad that his three point shooting is down a stunning 25% from last season. He has to get the ball inside to Allen and fellow guard Ramone Moore (30 points against Georgetown). Moore has the ability to drive and make some crafty shots around the tin. Temple is not a deep team and must defend and rebound well in order to win on the road against a strong Villanova team. The Wildcats have a talented starting five with pretty good balance, at least in terms of their height. However, Villanova's guards take the majority of shots, sometimes not for the better. Jay Wright should look to utilize his big men more, especially against a Temple team that can be severely limited when their bigs get into foul trouble. Antonio Pena (59% FG) figures to have an advantage, though he'll have to work hard against a Temple defense ranked #12 inside the arc. Villanova's offense revolves around its talented trio of guards. While Corey Fisher and Maalik Wayns haven't exactly shot the lights out, Corey Stokes remains a constant threat on the arc for the Wildcats as the senior from New Jersey has connected on 14 of his last 30 triples. 14 makes is more than Fisher and Wayns have made all year. Stokes has taken 30-40 more threes than his back court teammates and the Temple defense must make them shoot to get the ball out of Stokes' hands. Coach Dunphy may want to try a box-and-one defense on Stokes, forcing Fisher and Wayns to beat him. Temple will look to slow the pace down and get into a half court game, a situation where they excel on both ends of the floor. The rebounding battle will be huge as both teams rank in the top ten in keeping their opponent off the offensive glass. Grabbing offensive rebounds will be crucial, especially for Temple. Villanova has a significant edge at the free throw line and should look to penetrate and pick up some early fouls on the Temple front court players. Big Five games are usually close and this shouldn't be an exception. Playing on campus at the Pavilion, expect Villanova to take this contest by single digits with Temple hanging close throughout the game.
Old Dominion @ #10 Missouri – 8 pm on ESPN3.com/ESPN FullCourt (***)


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See, they're trolls, and they are female, get it? No? Just check out the second and final BlizzCon 2010 cosplay gallery, packed with the three W's: Wizards, warriors, and Waldo.
Since the costume contest is on Friday, most folks use that day for costumes, reverting to street clothes for day two. That's why we've only got a little over 30 pictures today, as opposed to yesterday's 50. Don't worry; what we've sacrificed in quantity we've made up for with sheer Waldo.


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Light and Motion make some pretty serious lights and the Vega 120 is the latest evolution of their original groundbreaking Vega. It's an unusual looking piece of kit, with beefy looking cooling fins sitting at the front of a wide case. It's distinctive, if not elegant, and looks like it should survive the rough and tumble of the urban jungle. The neat rubber strap bracket, another beefy looking component, makes it easy to remove and fits pretty much any size of bar.
But no-one buys lights for their looks, it's all about the lumens and with the Vega 120, the clue is in the name. 120 lumens doesn't sound like much these days, what with high-end LED systems kicking out close to 1000, but this is a commuter light, not an expensive night-to-day conversion kit for adrenalin junkies. The 120 sacrifices all-out power for convenience and simplicity but you still get a pretty hefty whack of light from the deep set reflector although it's easy to outrun the beam on fast descents.
The light it kicks out has the typical bluey-grey tinge which characterises most LED systems and comes in a very tightly focused beam. You get a bright centre spot surrounded by a less bright halo. Outside of that halo, nothing. Zip. Nada. That's fine on a regular commute with street lighting, or on a long straight road, but once you get away from civilisation it's not so great. I took it out into the country lanes and the lack of spill was very noticeable. Bends remained dark until the bike was pointing right into them and the hedges beside me were wreathed in impenetrable blackness. For comparison I rode with a Lumicycle 12w spot system which not only gives you a good central spot but also bathes everything around you in a golden glow.
Beam shot: L&M Vega 120
Beam shot: Lumicycle 12W
Although the LED is bang up to the minute, the rest of the tech is a little more old fashioned. NiMH cells, rather than Li-ion, and an overnight trickle charger instead of a rapid smart charger. It all works though, but you'll need to get into a good charging regime to avoid cooking the batteries. You don't get any alternative lighting modes either, just on/off. A flashing mode or a power saving mode for well-lit roads would have been welcome as would a run-time indicator.
L&M quote a runtime of 2 hours for this light. Ours ran for nearly half an hour longer than that, which is both impressive and reassuring. The Stella 120 we tested last year also ran way over it's quoted time which suggest that Light and Motion err on the side of caution with their runtimes. Either that or they use a very slow stopwatch.
It's a nice light, very well made and with a good runtime, but the tight beam limits it's appeal if your commute goes down unlit lanes. There's no side visibility either, a bit of a flaw in a commuter light because that means it's not BS compliant, which in turn means that technically it's not road legal.
Neat, well-made and easy to use but it's versatility is hampered by the tightly focused beam.
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road.cc test report
Make and model: Light & Motion Vega 120 Commuter front light
Size tested: n/a
Tell us what the product is for, and who it's aimed at. What do the manufacturers say about it? How does that compare to your own feelings about it?
"The Vega 120 is a rugged powerful all-in-one commuter light."
It's certainly rugged and you can't argue with it's all-in-oneness.
Tell us some more about the technical aspects of the product?
120 lumen LED running off 4 NiMH cells.
10 hour charge time on a trickle charger
Looks and feels bombproof.
Fine on town roads but not so great once you get out into country lanes.
The weakest point is likely to be the four NiMH cells it runs on and as the unit isn't user-servicable, that might be a worry. Light & Motion offer a one year limited warranty on this light.
The payoff for the convenience of an all-inclusive light is extra weight on your bars or helmet and the Vega feels quite chunky.
It's a quality item and not overpriced, especially if you can get it discounted.
Tell us how the product performed overall when used for its designed purpose
As a commuter light on regular roads it was fine.
Tell us what you particularly liked about the product
Ease of use.
Tell us what you particularly disliked about the product
The tightly focussed beam isn't great on country lanes.
Did you enjoy using the product? Mostly
Would you consider buying the product? Probably not, my commute does take in country lanes
Would you recommend the product to a friend? Depends what they wanted it for
Anything further to say about the product in conclusion?
It's sort of stuck half way between a being seen light and a reasonable light for seeing by.
About the tester
Age: 40 Height: 5\' 8 Weight: er....86kg
I usually ride: GT Rave - singlespeed conversion My best bike is: Guess SC1 scandium
I've been riding for: Over 20 years I ride: Most days I would class myself as: Experienced
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Can a CG alien be funny? Is it possible for Seth Rogen (the voice of alien Paul) to land a joke from a sound booth? Or will his UK counterparts have to carry this film?
Watch five new clips from the film, and see for yourself.
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Wednesday, May 02, 2007
Catching Up, Midweek Edition
DEELY AND WDOK: No less an authority than WDOK/102.1 program director Scott Miller has checked in with your Mighty Blog of Fun(tm) about a rare bit of uncertainty at the CBS Radio Cleveland AC outlet.
A number of OMW readers caught now-former WFHM/95.5 "The Fish" afternoon driver Dan Deely, who left the Salem Cleveland CCM station, on WDOK on Saturday afternoon.
PD Miller checked in with OMW to let us know:
"Dan Deely was gracious enough to step in and help me with a scheduling problem on Saturday.
WDOK actually believes that having a live jock on the air. Even on the weekends."
Ah, but as we noted in our item at the start of this week, WDOK has something very rare right now - a gaping hole in its full-time schedule in afternoon drive, thanks to the recent departure of Chris Fox.
Is Dan Deely in line for the job? Scott Miller isn't saying:
"I've had number of very talented people in my office over the past 3 weeks. Dan is one of them."
Scott says we should know about a new afternoon drive host for WDOK, whoever it is, later this week.
Now, the above is basically everything the WDOK PD had to say about this to us. He gave no indication of his decision.
But we wouldn't be surprised to see market veteran Dan Deely in afternoon drive when it's all said and done. That's just a gut feeling here...in part because it would seem to be a perfect fit.
Oh, and Scott reminds us about something we never got around to mentioning - the 20th anniversary at WDOK of midday host Nancy Alden. Now, that's longevity!
CHERRY LANDS: We recall spending some time determining the job status of Steve Cherry, then program director of Clear Channel AC WLZT/93.3 in the Columbus market.
As it turns out, Cherry was indeed let go in that large round of job cuts at the CC Columbus cluster.
But he's now landed.
AllAccess reports that Cherry has taken a job at NextMedia in suburban Chicago, as program director of hot AC WZSR/105.5 "Star 105.5" and operations manager of both WZSR and urban oldies WWYW/103.9 "Y103.9".
But there's more than just a "Columbus radio guy lands in new gig" story here.
Cherry and NextMedia group programming VP Harve Alan are both former Akron radio types. Alan, at Rubber City Radio's WAKR/1590, and Cherry, at the company's country WQMX/94.9 - we believe before WAKR/WONE made WQMX a sister station. (We're sure those with longer memories can fill that blank in.)
Quoting Cherry from the AllAccess item:
"It's great to work with HARVE again. The last time we saw each other was pouring over diaries at ARBITRON when we both worked in AKRON."
That's Northeast Ohio again, the crossroads of media...
AND A CLARIFICATION: When we posted the item below about WJW/8 "FOX 8" news director Greg Easterly's rise to the station's general manager post, we were under the impression that it wasn't widely known.
So, an OMW apology to Plain Dealer entertainment/media writer Julie Washington, who actually had the story on Friday afternoon on the Cleveland.com Entertainment blog.
There are policies we try to hold to, without exception. One of them is "giving credit where credit is due".
Though we did not get the story either directly or indirectly from Ms. Washington, and our primary source was direct, we didn't know her article was up online. (It apparently didn't make it into the Dead Trees edition of the PD, and we hadn't looked at the Entertainment blog for a long while.)
In the past, we've also not been used to newspaper reporters covering the media beat getting things right, let alone getting a jump on us, after all...so our kudos to Julie Washington, and our sincere apologies for A) missing the item and B) not noting that she had already put the item out...
14 comments:
- Johnbfree said...
I hope WDOK does not hire Deely for the afternnon spot. He is very indescript, vanilla and would not be the best choice for an afternoon drive spot. If it were me doing the hiring, I'd look to bring back Revenna Micelli. She was GREAT for years on 105.7, especially the biz to biz segment. She could bring some personality and listener interest to the station. And man, think of Nancy Alden handing off to Ravenna. Watch the ratings for women 18-35+ sky rocket. Bring back some personality to the air waves. Ravenna should be doing more than traffic she has far too much talent.
- Ohio Media Watch said...
Two comments have been deleted by request of the comments' author.
About the comments we've gotten about Ravenna Miceli recently:
Though we don't know how she'd do in a straight-ahead AC format, we'd have to agree...Ravenna would pretty much be at the top of the "underused Cleveland radio personalities" list (along with former WMJI co-hort Scott Howitt).
But careful with all the "free promotion" here - you're getting close to the guys who promote the old WKNR Saturday Sports Show crew of young producers/board ops/etc. :)
The difference here, of course, is that Ms. Miceli is a proven professional, ratings getter and personality.
-The Management
Concerning Nancy Alden's anniversary: Do I understand that it's 20 years in that shift? I'm almost certain that she started at WDOK in a different shift around 1984 (it might have been evenings). It was during the time that she did the "Lady in Red" promotion.
In any event, her longevity at WDOK is remarkable, and so is Nancy. Congratulations!
To O.M.W.
I think you may be referring to both me and my friend.
I work for an ad agency here in Cleveland that does business with radio and was turned on to this site a couple of weeks ago from a friend that works at Clear Channel (and loves your blog). She also gave me the URL for Ravenna's own web site and that got me to thinking.
I was the person that commented on Jen Toohey moving to afternoon drive as a good thing though I am a little past their target demo.
In turn I passed your URL on to another friend who is not in the media business but a fan of radio nonetheless and also my age.
We are both huge fans of Ravenna and that is the reason for our comments. It is not a formal campaign or a fan club to bring her back. I have met and worked with Ravenna for one of our clients and really enjoyed her when she was on middays.
My friend doesn't know her but her company did play on Biz 2 Biz Trivia once (and lost).
I did not mean to insult Dan Deely if that is the bone of contention regarding my post. I am just stating my opinion. He is a good "radio voice" but not the k personality that would fit with the musical direction WDOK is going in.
I don't see a problem with a station having two women back to back. No one ever said that about male radio announcers. With WDOK targeting women it makes sense to have women relate to us. I think it makes a positive statement.
I apologize if this is a site that only radio employees should contribute to. Since this site is read by radio people (at least the WDOK program director) we thought we could drum up some support for her.
We both would like to hear Ravenna back on the air in a regular shift and with WDOK being closest format to the music we like since we listen to Nancy Alden (I met her. A very nice gal and Happy Anniversary). It just makes sense that Ravenna would be a perfect addition to the station for the drive home.
Why all this Dan Deely bashing? The guy is a professional and he was good on Q104. Although Q104 had a lot of older men on a HOT AC station which never made any sense to me. I say Dan is perfect for WDOK.
- Ohio Media Watch said...
To our 3:45 commenter:
No problem!
We're just a bit paranoid about this sort of thing. You weren't here for a series of comments that made it sound like the entire sports radio world was clamoring for a Saturday morning show hosted by young broadcasters. :)
Feel free to post, and contribute. As we mentioned above, we (in general) happen to agree with you about Ms. Miceli, who deserves a higher profile platform than she has now.
But though we haven't listened much to Mr. Deely since he has been on "The Fish", we sense he'd fit in the WDOK slot quite well.
Expressing opinion is encouraged here. We're just trying to ensure that people don't "astroturf" the site by creating a buzz posting under various anonymous identities.
Thanks for your kind words!
-The Management
I d still like to know who that guy is that keeps interrupting Roda all the time and giving his two cents. He gets on my last nerves! It is the Kenny Roda show not the Kenny and blank show.
About putting Ravenna Micelli on WDOK:
You seem to forget that you would have 3 women back to back to back when you factor in Delilah at 7pm.
102 is a female skewing station, but Nancy/Ravenna/Delilah from 10a-midnight would almost sound like one continuous show after awhile.
You need to mix it up a bit, and having someone with a deep voice in between Nancy and Delilah does that.
To OMW Management:
Your outstanding site is to us media nerds what WKNR is to sports nuts at draft time, it's fun to play "fantasy program director" and say what DJ/talk host we'd like to see where.
And outside of the Eddie Mularz stuff, there are a lot of great opinions here, and you shouldn't feel that the blog is getting out of hand when stuff like Deely/Micelli at DOK is tossed around.
After the winter book WDOK just had, Mr. Miller might be better served looking st Selector rather than internet blogs.
Mr. "we're proud to be live with real people" got his arse handed to him by voicetracks playing on a computer across town.
Dan Deely is a good choice, but for my money, Bob McKay hands down. No offense to Dan, who is solid, but Bob should be fulltime in Cleveland.
and speaking of the winter book, what the hell happened to WDOK, WQAL and WMVX?
** WAKR and WONE were bought out by then (and current) WQMX owner Thom Mandel in April 1994, who organized Rubber City Radio after the purchase. Hence, WQMX is billed as the companies flagship and not WAKR.
** Nancy Alden DID host the overnight shift on WDOK from 1987 to 1997, when she took over for Ted Alexander. At that time, Alexander was substituting for morning voice "Tall Ted" Hallaman on WRMR (who was flipped over to afternoons in favor of Bill Randle during that period) and stayed in production afterwards.
** Note too, that Nancy was one of the original WNCX staffers, and left not long after Metropolis' Jim Halper botched the Gorman/Sanders Rock/CHR format.
** Oh, and Ravenna owns the rights to the "Biz-to-Biz Trivia" name (pointed out in her long-gone WELW bio).
- Nathan Obral
OK, history buffs, I remember that Dan Deely first came to town to work on the original WMJI 105.7, when Larry Robinson owned it along with WBBG/1260, the "Big Band Grandstand", and it had just flipped from WWWM, M-105, to a "soft rock" format. My memory tells me he and his wife at the time did afternoon drive as a team. They split up, and she stayed in town for a while, and may still be here, but I can't recall her name! Do you folks?
I also remember Dan as a part-time weatherman on 43 and 19 in the mid-'90's. A great guy, and a real pro.
Nancy Alden also worked at WKDD back when it had a "Mellow Rock" format before it was sold and changed to its CHR/Top 40 format. Personally, I thought the Mellow Rock format was great, just 10-15 years ahead of its time. {And the AM side, WCUE, had the ever popular "Music Of Your Life" format which had about 13 listeners}
- Johnny Morgan said...
Deely's wife:
Kim Scott.
Deely and Scott were together on the AM show for a while until they decided to give it up for the marriage and Lanigan was brought in from Tampa.
Deely was in PM drive at Majic after that, well into the oldies format period, leaving when Scott Howitt joined in 1991.
His stop after that was WQAL.
Has WNCX fired their morning show yet?


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Sept. 11, 2007
The Schedule
Match No. 4
Friday, September 14, 2007
No. 9 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos vs. No. 3 SMU Mustangs
UNM Soccer Complex
Kickoff 5:00 p.m.
Match No. 5
Sunday, September 16, 2007
No. 9 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos at No. 28 University of New Mexico Lobos
UNM Soccer Complex Kickoff 3:00 p.m.
The Plot Thickens
This weekend's Nike/Crescent Financial Solutions Invitational will be a critical test for UC Santa Barbara as the Gauchos square off with No. 3 SMU and No. 28 New Mexico in Albuquerque. UCSB will be facing its first ranked opponents of 2007 Friday and Sunday -- Gonzaga has since cracked the Top 25 after posting a win over the Gauchos Sept. 2 -- and will face a Mustang squad hungry for revenge after Santa Barbara handed them their first home loss of the season and knocked them out of the NCAA Tournament in 2006. UCSB played a total of 13 matches against ranked opponents in both regular and postseason play a year ago and posted an impressive record of 8-4-1 in those contests. With arguably the toughest stretch of their non-conference schedule ahead, the Gauchos need to play their best soccer this weekend and if they do, they will take a major step towards accomplishing their goal of securing a seed in the NCAA Tournament.
Scouting the Mustangs
UC Santa Barbara opens the Nike/Crescent Financial Solutions Invitational Friday evening with one of its marquee match-ups of 2007. The Gauchos will square off with No. 3 SMU in a rematch of last season's NCAA Tournmanet Second Round contest. Friday's match marks the third meeting between the two programs, with UCSB holding a 2-0-0 advantage in the all-time series. The Gauchos defeated the top-ranked and third-seeded Mustangs 3-1 in Dallas, Tex. Nov. 15, handing SMU just its second loss of the 2006 season and first at home. Nick Perera, David Walker, and Eric Avila scored to lift the Gauchos to the huge upset victory.
SMU enters Friday's match with a mark of 2-1-0 after routing No. 3 Virginia 3-1 and posting a 1-0 win over Georgetown at its own Mi Cocina Classic last weekend. The Mustangs return a total of 21 letterwinners and eight starters from last year's squad that finished with an overall record of 17-2-4 and won the Conference USA title at 5-1-2.
Junior midfielder Bruno Guarda was named the C-USA Offensive Player of the Week after tallying a goal and two assists last weekend. He leads the team with two goals and two helpers. Sophomore defender Leon Cruz is second with three points on one goal and an assist, while senior goalkeeper Steve Sandbo has recorded five saves and allowed just two goals in over 246 minutes of play.
Scouting the Lobos
After its showdown with SMU, UCSB will wrap up the weekend tournament against host New Mexico on Sunday. The Gauchos and Lobos have met eight times over the years and the all-time series is deadlocked at four wins apiece. Santa Barbara dominated the last meeting, recording a 6-3 victory at Harder Stadium in 2003 as Drew McAthy and Neil Jones each scored twice to lead the Gauchos to the squad's highest scoring output of the season by far.
UNM enters play this weekend with an overall record of 2-2-0 after losing to Loyola Marymount 1-0 Friday before bouncing back with a 1-0 victory over Cincinatti two days later. The Lobos, who are ranked No. 28 in this week's College Soccer News Top 30, will face No. 24 Washington in their first match of the Nike/Crescent Financial Solutions Invite Friday night. New Mexico returns 13 letterwinners and nine starters from its 2006 team that finished 14-4-3 overall and won the MPSF with an 8-1-1 mark.
Senior midfielder Diego Barrera is one of five players to have found the net for the Lobos this season and leads the squad with one goal and two assists. Senior keeper Mike Graczyk has recorded a 1.25 goals against average with eight saves through four games.
UCSB Picks Up First Win of 2007
After playing 90 minutes with several missed opportunities in a 1-0 loss to Gonzaga Sept. 2, UCSB wanted nothing more than to come out and get on the board early Friday against a Wisconsin-Milwaukee team that had played much better than its 0-2 record coming into the match suggested. The Gauchos did just that, taking a 1-0 lead when Chris Pontius punched in the rebound off a corner kick for what became the game-winner just 3:21 into the match. Alfonso Motagalvan controlled Ciaran O'Brien's corner and took the first shot in the scoring sequence to record his first-career assist. Tino Nuñez scored Santa Barbara's second goal of the match in the 19th minute, collecting a feed from Eric Avila and sending it home for the final 2-0 margin. From there the Gaucho defense took over and held the Panthers without a shot in the first half. UCSB posted a 13-7 shot advantage for the game and held a 6-3 edge in corner kicks. With its first win of the season, Santa Barbara improved to 1-1-1, while Milwaukee fell to 0-3-0.
The Rankings Game
After recording their first win of the season in their only match last week, the Gauchos pretty much maintained their position in the national polls this week. In the second NSCAA/adidas coaches poll of the regular season, UCSB slipped one spot from No. 13 to No. 14 heading into the Nike/Crescent Financial Solutions Invite. In the media polls, Santa Barbara stayed at No. 9 in the current College Soccer News Top 30, but climbed five spots from No. 18 to No. 13 in this week's Soccer America Top 25. Finally, after slipping 11 spots from No. 1 to No. 12 in the SoccerTimes Top 25 last week, the Gauchos held on to their No. 12 nod after the 2007 season's second week of play. There is no question Santa Barbara will need a strong showing against No. 3 SMU and No. 28 New Mexico this weekend in order to crack back into the Top 10 and remain among the nation's elite.
Tournament Tested
With that said, there is good reason to believe UCSB will get the job done in New Mexico. Head coach Tim Vom Steeg's teams have traditionally performed very well in tournament play. Entering this weekend's Nike/Crescent Financial Solutions Invitational, the Gauchos own an impressive 13-2-1 record against regular season tournament competition over the last six years. Since 2001, UCSB has claimed six regular season tournament crowns, with the most recent being the 2004 UConn Huskie Classic and the UNM Lobo Invitational that same year. Last year Santa Barbara dismantled No. 7 Akron 5-0 at the University of Virginia Soccer Classic to open the season before falling to third-ranked and host Virginia 1-0. With impressive victories over Indiana and Columbia the last time the Gauchos played at the UNM Soccer Complex three years ago, its safe to say UCSB is comfortable playing in Albuquerque.
So, Who's Next?
One of the reasons Santa Barbara won the national championship last season was the roster featured a number of guys that could score. So far opponents haven't been able to focus on any one player this season either, as UCSB's four goals have been scored by four different players. Sophomore midfielder Ciaran O'Brien notched his first goal as a Gaucho and the team's first strike of 2007 in the second half against Stanford Aug. 31 and reigning College Cup Most Outstanding Offensive Player Nick Perera found the net roughly 20 minutes later. In last Friday's win over Wisconsin-Milwaukee, junior midfielder Chris Pontius punched in his first goal of the year in the fourth minute and Tino Nuñez got in the scoring column 15 minutes later. Both players scored just one goal apiece a year ago. With so many players that can score the ball, the Gaucho offense should continue to give opponents fits all season.
Defense Answers The Call
Playing without senior co-captain Greg Curry -- the team's emotional leader who missed Friday's match after suffering a knee injury against Gonzaga -- UCSB's defense responded and got the job done in his absence. The defending corps of three-time All American Andy Iro, freshman Michael Boxall, and Curry's younger brother Jon teamed with midfielders Alfonso Motagalvan and Brennan Tennelle to take Wisconsin-Milwaukee out of the game offensively. The Gauchos completely shut down the UWM offense in the first half, holding the Panthers without a shot in the opening period. In fact, Milwaukee's first shot of the match did not come until the 52nd minute and the defense held on for UCSB's first shutout of 2007. After recording a total of 12 shutouts during their national championship season in 2006, the Gauchos have depth on the defense that they have not had in several years and should continue to shut their opponents down this season as well, even with Curry sidelined. Junior Kyle Kaveny and freshman Martin Hedevag were very effective off the bench against the Panthers. Early indications suggest Curry will miss four to six weeks.
Setting The Table
Junior midfielder Eric Avila -- the Gauchos' leading scorer in 2006 -- has yet to find the net so far this season, but that doesn't mean he hasn't had an impact on the offesive end for Santa Barbara. The preseason All-American has registered two of UCSB's three assists and is tied with four other players for the team lead with two points. After connecting with Nick Perera for the Gauchos' second goal at Stanford, Avila used an ubelievable move to elude three defenders and found a streaking Nuñez to his right for the goal and the final 2-0 score in UCSB's win over Wisconsin-Milwaukee last Friday. An All-Big West First Team selection last season, Avila had a slow start in which he scored just two goals in the Gauchos' first 13 games, but went on to score a team-high eight to go with five assists during UCSB's championship season.
Nunez Happy To Finally Find The Net
Senior forward Tino Nuñez was extremely relieved to score his first goal of 2007 against Wisconsin-Milwaukee last week. The Long Beach, Calif. native caught up to a pass from Eric Avila in full stride and placed a shot in the top right corner of the net past the outstretched arms of Panther goalkeeper Grant Fernstrum to give the Gauchos a 2-0 lead at the 18:57 mark. Not only was it his first of the year, but Friday's goal was Nuñez' first since he scored in the ninth minute against Akron Aug. 25 of last year -- the season opener. Unlike last season, when Nuñez was not healthy for much of the year, he has started all three games so far in 2007 and is second on the team with eight shots.
Iro, Avila Named to Hermann Award Watch List
Senior defender Andy Iro and junior midfielder Eric Avila were recently named to the 2007 M.A.C. Hermann Trophy Watch List, marking the first time in program history that two Gauchos were selected for the prestigious list that will eventually determine the NCAA Division I Player of the Year. The defending national champions are one of only two schools in the nation that had multiple players named to the Watch List, joining senior goalkeeper Matt Allen and junior forward Byron Dacy of Creighton. UCSB has now had a total of four players named to the list after Iro received the honor in 2006 and former teammate Tyler Rosenlund was selected in 2005. The winner of the M.A.C.'s Hermann Trophy will be determined by a panel of NSCAA Division I member coaches. A list of 15 semifinalists will be announced in November, and three finalists will be named in early December in conjunction with the NCAA Division I College Cup. The final three will be invited to the Missouri Athletic Club on Friday, January 11, 2008 and the winner will be announced during a nationally-televised news conference that evening.


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It mostly doesn't. Or so we say. Or at least some of us say that.
But that's not the law, or at least it isn't the law when it comes to federal habeas corpus. Under Schlup v. Delo and other cases, innocence does matter. Not in and of itself, mind you. But you can clear a procedural hurdle or two with it.
And there's the rub, or maybe – just maybe – a real opportunity to help the law conform to reality more than it currently does, which in too many cases it doesn't. We can't have that.
So I was talking to a colleague the other day about this ongoing problem of mine, wherein you have a case where an accused's innocence is established before trial, upon the ground that the criminal charges were willfully and maliciously made up by the police and prosecutors. And the concomitant problems attending that problem, such as intimidation and coercion – or, on the other hand, bribery – of witnesses, which is a government habit in lots of cases so the judiciary is loathe to call a foul ball on that score. They shouldn't be so loathe, of course, but we take the world we live in, not the one we would have if our preferences always prevailed.
See, there's an inside joke that's relevant here: "There they go, framing the guilty again." We don't like police and prosecutors manufacturing evidence so they can convict someone, but we dislike it less than letting the guilty go free.
Which brings us back to the main point: what if that's not an issue, because the accused is innocent? That is, this time they weren't framing the guilty, like in the joke, but they went further and framed the innocent? Does that matter?
To sane people of course it does. But the system has an internal logical imperative that is impervious to sanity: if the accused is innocent, he will be acquitted at trial. This is axiomatic, like a tautology.
Yet federal habeas corpus stands outside the system to correct its extreme malfunctions and there's this innocence thing, and everyone is really uncomfortable with it but, you know, there it is.
So my colleague is grilling me: if the trial isn't the remedy, what is? And of course I say that we give civil defendants "summary judgment" because for them a trial is just too, too much risk and work, so can we never give a criminal defendant summary judgment or its equivalent, even when they are being maliciously prosecuted by police and prosecutors who are, for that reason, the real criminals in the whole thing?
But then back to the world we live in, not the one we would have. Sure, you could have such a remedy in theory. But in practice it wouldn't exist, just like suppression of evidence, just like the government turning over Brady material, just like dismissals in furtherance of justice, just like relief on appeal. Just like pretty much every other damn thing that is promised to lowly criminal defendants and their lawyers but never delivered.
In other words, it won't happen. You can have your innocent defendant, you can have your evidence proving it, you can catch the police and prosecutors red-handed having made the whole thing up and coercing/bribing all the witnesses and so distorting the hallowed process that it's become a farce. And what will the process do? We already know, if we've been paying attention. It will grind mindlessly on to a criminal conviction of an innocent person, because it's easier to do that than confront what has really occurred. And because determining innocence is the job of juries, whose livelihoods are not so vulnerable when they declare the police and prosecutors wrong, as a judge's livelihood is.
And so that is why federal habeas corpus exists, or at any rate it is one very, very good reason it exists. But then like anything else, if it is going to remain meaningful it must be reserved for the exceptional case. And of course it is fraught with systemic concerns about federalism and one system (federal) interfering with another (state) and blah blah.
Years ago these guys thought they were being wrongfully prosecuted because the law being used to prosecute them was plainly unconstitutional, so they went over to federal court not on habeas corpus but on a 42 U.S.C. 1983 action and sought to enjoin the prosecution – that is, stop it with an order, an injunction, from the federal court.
Nothing doing, said the Supremes, and so "Younger abstention" was born. Absent some ill defined something or other, we federal courts are going to abstain until we see just what exactly the state system is going to do first.
But look here:
The Court confines itself to deciding the policy considerations that, in our federal system, must prevail when federal courts are asked to interfere with pending state prosecutions. Within this area, we hold that a federal court must not, save in exceptional and extremely limited circumstances, intervene by way of either injunction or declaration in an existing state criminal prosecution. [Footnote 2/3] Such circumstances exist only when there is a threat of irreparable injury "both great and immediate." A threat of this nature might be shown if the state criminal statute in question were patently and flagrantly unconstitutional on its face, ante at 401 U. S. 53-54; cf. Evers v. Dwyer, 358 U. S. 202, or if there has been bad faith and harassment — official lawlessness — in a statute's enforcement, ante at 401 U. S. 47-49. In such circumstances, the reasons of policy for deferring to state adjudication are outweighed by the injury flowing from the very bringing of the state proceedings, by the perversion of the very process that is supposed to provide vindication, and by the need for speedy and effective action to protect federal rights. Cf. Georgia v. Rachel, 384 U. S. 780.
Emphasis supplied.
The jurisprudential landscape has certainly changed since Younger was decided in 1971. It is now hard to imagine any federal court interfering with an ongoing state criminal prosecution no matter how terrible it is, no matter how innocent the defendant. Somebody could argue that someday, of course.
But in the meantime there is this federal habeas thing.
Now the state court criminal proceedings are not in progress, as in Younger, but have concluded. Federal courts still don't like to second guess, but that is the very essence of federal habeas corpus, so they can't very well say they won't do anything ever on that basis, writing federal habeas corpus out of the law entirely.
And here's a neat thing: in federal habeas corpus innocence matters. In federal habeas corpus a federal court can distinguish between the accused who is framed and is demonstrably innocent and the accused who is framed but is not demonstrably innocent. It can clear away the procedural hurdles for the former – even the fairly fundamental requirement to exhaust state remedies – but not for the latter.
So here is how that would work. The state system can mindlessly grind on to its conviction of an innocent person who has been maliciously and deliberately framed by police and prosecutors, because that's what state systems will too often do, being largely captured by and in thrall to police and prosecutors.
But their victim will be entitled to immediate relief in federal court on habeas corpus
This may be the best the system can do. Should an innocent person who has been framed by police and prosecutors be entitled to a writ of prohibition in the state courts? Well, yes, but according to state courts such "extraordinary" writs are issued only as a matter of discretion. No one is ever entitled to them. So if you don't get that, your client is innocent and indeed no one is even disputing that because it is indisputable, what do you do then? Go to trial? That simply rewards the police and prosecutors for the criminal conduct they have already committed and indeed invites more of the same.
At your client's expense and risk.
You can go over to federal court on a 42 U.S.C. 1983 and cite that language from Younger, seeking an injunction. After the state courts have denied you a writ of prohibition, of course. Lots of luck. And to boot, even from my own point of view I can see the problems that might ensue from making that remedy available, and although I find those problems less serious than the problems of not having the remedy, I am not going to say there aren't good arguments from the other side.
This is a question of balance.
So it seems to me that the right balance to strike is that an actually innocent person who has been convicted in a state court by the malicious and deliberate use of perjury and fabricated evidence should have immediate resort to federal habeas corpus and none of the many procedural bars to relief should apply. The constitutional principle is that it is a violation of due process for the state to "obtain a conviction" – whether at trial or by plea – with evidence known to be perjured and fabricated, although this principle is lamentably confused at present (see footnote 2 to link). And the habeas corpus principle is that the conviction of an innocent person is a "fundamental miscarriage of justice" that must be remedied. By convicting a demonstrably innocent person in the first place, the state courts would have already shown that they are not up to the task of remedying that problem. We abstain from interfering while the process goes on because of Younger. Why should state courts be indulged further?
For me these are not abstract questions. But it's important to get the law right when it's as completely messed up as it is right now. A case that presents the relevant issues is an enormously important and rare opportunity to do so.


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|2006-01-30, 14:14
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In all, I really liked this episode. It rekindled my somewhat fading interest in this show, and I'm looking forwards to how this will develop further...
|2006-01-30, 19:00
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i'll keep the faith!!!!
offhand i wouldn't rule out a Return of Rose. main character deaths happen and all but usualy its for some big climactic build-up. at least so far this death didn't seem to go anywhere and we still have 10-12 episodes to go.
more importantly, i know i've seen enough sci-fi anime to not rule out the possible "clone with all the original's memories" or some sort of "full regeneration/reanimation chamber" thing happening
most importantly of all i just want some ending scene with all the girls of the show together...like...on a beach somewhere...cause thats how i think all shows should end
yea...none of this really added to the conversation, so how about i'll just leave it at; RUC guy (i forget his name) seemed far to interested in BOTH Solty AND Rose to simply let one of them die if he can help it. granted that doesn't necessarily guarantee he's interested in them alive....
|2006-01-31, 00:08
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I do not know why did GONZO manipulates the story to make the audience feel sorrow and empathy for Roy and Solty in this episode after having killed Rose in the previous one.
I'm not sympathetic with all those useless fillers that floated around after episode five and before episode ten. They did not contribute much to flesh out Solty's background more than what RUC has registered for her.
However, somehow the staff is working on with Rally's project for his personal agenda, and whatever it is could have something to do with Solty afterwards.
Adding to the fact that RUC has started to move, and the episode ending with Solty drifting without returning to a place she can call home, the anime has made me to go back on track.
Can we remotely open up a faint possibility that Rose is not dead yet?
In addition for this episode, Mamiko Noto's voice for Axela stands out as the best gently, motherly onee-sama voice that looks after others.
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Of course, then again, they did take her face out of the intro scenes at the very beginning of the OP.
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Episode 15 has already aired, and futaba channel released pics.
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I like CRABS!!
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Looks like my prediction came true for this show
But now, they want to load the angst on Solty instead >_< Perhaps they want the girl to break and have to old man and crew come and save her. Ai, having daughters is a really tough job...
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Glimpsed at Sascha's 527: Nikki Flam
Dressing for the recent cold weather was a perfect fit for what Nikki Flam calls her "funky comfy casual" style. The 41-year-old decorative painter from Arlington, Va., came to Sascha's 527 for an art opening wearing a charcoal wool cowl neck tunic from Ann Taylor Loft, crystal-embellished Miss Me straight jeans from Macy's, lace-up quilted Ugg all-weather boots from zappos.com and s pewter leather Tignanello bag from Macy's. She topped it all off with a cute rosette-embellished gray herringbone fisherman's cap from Orvis, which she wore for more than just the cute factor. "I grew up in Miami," she said. "So, my whole thing is being warm."
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Ross dominant, but Friars fall in 12 to D-backs
SAN DIEGO -- Not even a strong outing by starter Tyson Ross and a late-inning comeback could spell victory for the Padres on Tuesday night.
Ross pitched eight solid innings, but Padres hitters struck out 17 times and could not capitalize on strong pitching performances as they fell, 2-1, in 12 innings to the D-backs in the second of a four-game series at Petco Park.View Full Game Coverage
SAN DIEGO -- Not even a strong outing by starter Tyson Ross and a late-inning comeback could spell victory for the Padres on Tuesday night.
Ross pitched eight solid innings, but Padres hitters struck out 17 times and could not capitalize on strong pitching performances as they fell, 2-1, in 12 innings to the D-backs in the second of a four-game series at Petco Park.View Full Game Coverage
Luke Gregerson (6-8) allowed a one-out double in the 12th to Chris Owings, who came around to score on a triple by Didi Gregorius to lift Arizona to the victory.
"The bullpen did a nice job, but Luke hung a breaking ball to Owings that got him behind the eight ball a little bit," Padres manager Bud Black said. "The ball was up to Gregorious and he put it down the line where [first baseman Kyle] Blanks couldn't get it."
Josh Collmenter (5-4) pitched a scoreless 11th to earn the win and Brad Ziegler retired the Padres in the 12th for his 12th save.
Down 1-0 in the eighth after a pitchers' duel between Ross and Wade Miley, San Diego rallied behind Mark Kotsay's pinch-hit single to lead off the frame against D-Backs reliever David Hernandez. Chris Denorfia followed with a single to move pinch-runner Reymond Fuentes to second, but Jesus Guzman struck out after attempting to bunt and Jedd Gyorko was retired on a comebacker to the mound that advanced both runners.
Hernandez intentionally walked Chase Headley to load the bases for Tommy Medica, who thought he had earned a game-tying hit by pitch, but home-plate umpire Alan Porter ruled it a foul ball. Black argued the call, but it turned out to be moot as the next pitch got by catcher Miguel Montero and went to the backstop, allowing Fuentes to race home and even the score at 1.
Even with his team showing the resiliency to even the score at that time, Black was disappointed with the abundance of strikeouts from his batters.
"We struck out 17 times," Black said. "I thought among those 17, there were some good at-bats, but other times we didn't do what we needed to do in certain two-strike counts. Again, that will be addressed moving forward."
Ross kept the Padres within reach with eight strong innings, the only blemish coming via Paul Goldschmidt's National League-leading 36th home run, a solo shot in the sixth. Prior to that inning, Ross retired 10 straight. He gave up three hits while striking out six and walking three batters.
"I felt pretty good," Ross said. "[Catcher Nick Hundley] called a great game and I had great defense behind me, as usual. It was just one pitch that I wish I could have back, but overall I feel good."
Black also felt encouraged by the continued growth he sees in Ross, despite a lack of victories for the 26-year-old.
"We have seen this before, and it's really encouraging the way he is throwing," Black said. "It's great. He has made strides and is gaining confidence in his ability as a starting pitcher. Given the opportunities here with consistent, regular starts, I think the talent that everybody has seen with Tyson is starting to show up in competition."
Ross echoed Black's sentiments and said the recent success gives him confidence.
"I'm just trying to build off of my previous starts and just growing as a pitcher and gaining confidence as I go," Ross said. "I'm looking forward to my next start and finishing strong."
Miley dueled Ross for six shutout innings as the San Diego offense continued a trend of poor run support for Ross. In his last 12 starts, the Padres have scored just 11 runs for Ross, who has not earned a win since Aug. 10.
"Miley has a good arm, no doubt about it," Black said. "Miley, he proved it last year as a rookie pitcher. A good live fastball, good change, every now and then mixes in a curveball. He has a quick arm, comes after hitters. He gets after it."
The D-backs set a Major League record with 78 extra innings played so far this season, surpassing the 1969 Twins, who played 76 extra innings.
"This park has just been hard for us to score in all year," D-Backs manager Kirk Gibson said. "These guys have had our number, so it feels good to get that win."
Miley, who had lost four straight games to the Padres, gave up four hits and struck out seven while issuing one walk.
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How much energy can you save with a solar water heating (SWH) system? Here's a modeling system that can help you estimate your system's performance.
While organizations such as the Solar Rating & Certification Corporation (SRCC) provide ratings for solar collectors and SWH systems, this data is best for comparing the performance of different types of solar equipment. The system performance estimates through these programs are only accurate for a particular project if that project shares similar characteristics with the testing protocols.
For example, the SRCC OG300 system ratings are based upon a household that sets the water heater temperature at 135°F, uses 64.3 gallons of hot water per day in a very specific pattern, and has an incoming cold water temperature of 58°F. These ratings assume a due-south orientation, but do not account for shading, variations in collector orientation, or a household that uses significantly more or less than 64.3 gallons per day.
SWH professionals use a variety of modeling programs to predict the performance of a SWH project. These programs utilize climate data, including outdoor air temperatures and the amount of available solar radiation, to predict system performance. Some of them even account for the variations in incoming water temperature. Professionals input project-specific data, such as the location of the project, daily hot water consumption, collector orientation, and the type of SWH equipment.
One such modeling program is the RETScreen Clean Energy Project Analysis software developed by Natural Resources Canada. This free software is a Microsoft Excel-based spreadsheet that can be used for modeling a variety of systems, including simple solar water heating systems. The program uses several sheets within an Excel workbook to perform its analysis.
RETScreen can provide performance estimates for a number of renewable energy and energy-efficiency technologies. The Start worksheet is where the user specifies a domestic SWH project by selecting Heating as the "Project Type" and Solar water heater as the "Technology."
Language and units (like metric vs. imperial) are set in this first worksheet. The user must also retrieve the appropriate climate data for the project site by selecting a weather station in RETScreen's database.
Next, the user selects the Energy Model worksheet to enter information on the hot water use characteristics of the home, the orientation of the collector array, and the key system components. RETScreen uses an internal database that estimates the daily hot water load. This estimate is displayed based upon the number of occupants. The user may either enter this value or select a more precise value based upon the number of showers, loads of laundry, etc.
The collector's tilt and azimuth must be entered. The array azimuth is entered as a value relative to south. A value of 0° denotes true south.
The specific collector used for the project can be selected from the internal database by clicking on the "See project database" link. If a collector is not in the database, the specifications can be entered manually from a rating sheet. (When you're entering this information, be sure that the units are consistent.)
If a shading analysis has been performed for the site, the effects of shading can be entered in the "Miscellaneous losses" field in the Solar Water Heater section of the Energy Model worksheet. Other information entered into the model includes storage tank size, heat exchanger efficiency, and the amount of energy required by the pump(s) to run the system.
In the Summary section of the Energy Model sheet, the "Heat Delivered" estimate is displayed, as is the "Solar Fraction"—the percentage of total domestic hot water that is supplied by the SWH system. The user can enter information on the type of fuel, fuel cost, and efficiency of the heating appliance to estimate energy costs, with and without the SWH system to estimate energy savings. It is useful to compare the cost estimate for the "Base case" (without the SWH system) to current water heating costs to verify the accuracy of the results.
Since it is often difficult to quantify the daily hot water use, it can be a challenge to determine the energy costs attributed solely to water heating. It takes some finesse to ensure the results of any performance modeling software is within reason.
There is a steep learning curve when using RETScreen, even for those who are familiar with Microsoft Excel. With additional information, the program also provides economic estimates for a particular system. RETScreen has an extremely detailed user manual available online.
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Name: Parker (8), Monty (5) & Elliot (3)
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My boys have recently moved in together in preparation of their sister's arrival! We gave this room a makeover to make it extra special for them, putting some fresh paint on the walls and buying new beds with matching duvets.
I wanted to keep it white and bright, with those touches of light grey and accents of red. All the beds match expect for a unique quilt at the foot of each bed which has been with each child since they were little. I loved these vintage-y twin beds, an awesome and inexpensive find from Walmart and the first purchase we made for the room. Everything fell into place after that.
Their tiny "corners" reflect their personalities and interests really well and are loaded with favorite toys and other goodies. Parker loves outer space, art and reading, so he has his very own wall shelf for books and pictures. Monty is a drummer and avid stuffed animal collector (he has an under bed storage box busting at the seams with stuffed animals), and his first drum set acts as his side table. Elliot loves to play dress up and he is lucky enough to have an entire wall of costumes waiting for that distressed call for help (super hero ready!).
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- Beds – Walmart
- Bedding – TargetCurtains – Target
- Bookcase – Target
- Wall baskets – World Market
- Quilts – thrifted and one from Pottery Barn
- Wall shelves – Ikea
- Wall rail – Ikea
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This year history will be made in the marathon swim world with a swimmer successfully completing the Oceans Seven Challenge. It is expected that in June, Ireland's Stephen Redmond will complete his 7th swim of the challenge when he swims the Tsugaru Strait in Japan. Likewise, Australia's Penney Palfrey is expected to complete her 7th swim of the challenge in August by swimming the North Channel(between Ireland and Scotland). I wish both of them success in their final swim of the challenge. The Ocean Seven Challenge is the swim equivalent of climbing the seven highest summits. Each swim has a unique set of challenges. The Oceans Sevens include the following: 1. English Channel (between England and France). 2. Strait of Gibraltar (between Spain and Africa). 3. Catalina Channel (between Catalina Island and the mainland of California). 4. Cook Strait (between the North and South Island of New Zealand). 5. Tsugaru Strait (between the islands of Honshu and Hokkaido in Northern Japan). 6. Irish Channel (between Ireland and Scotland). 7. Molakai Channel (between the islands of Oahu and Molakai Islands in Hawaii).
I love a challenge....so I will be attempting the Oceans Seven. I have already completed the English Channel, Catalina Channel, and the Strait of Gibraltar. In September, I will be going to Japan to swim the Tsugaru Strait. Also, I am booked to swim Cook Strait in New Zealand for the 2013 February/March swim season. But in the meantime, I continue to work as a nurse, involved in a very busy family life...I help care for my three young grandchildren ( 3 1/2 years old, 17 months, and one month old), and promote "Swim for your Heart..Feb 14"to bring an awareness of heart disease and prevention, and train for my marathon swims... My day is full and happy :-)


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We told you about Alabama-based Motus Motorcycles' exciting MST sport-tourer last July (I even got to ride on one), but there were still some questions unanswered: how much and when and where can I buy one? Motus has some pre-production bikes on display at Daytona this year, and has announced standard equipment, pricing, options and a list of new dealers for the 2013 models.
The bikes will go into production this fall, and Motus is taking reservations from a limited number of customers. They can choose from two models, the $30,975MST or higher-spec $36,975 MST-R, and both bikes are well-equipped. The MST gets a fully adjustable Öhlins front fork and Progressive Suspension rear shock, Brembo brake calipers, Givi side cases, a Sargent seat, centerstand, 720-watt alternator and the incredible Pratt and Miller 1650cc liquid-cooled pushrod V-Four rated at 165 horsepower and 122 foot-pounds of torque. Other items of interest: built-in Powerlet accesory plugs, ride-by-wire throttle, dual-overdrive transmission (not explained in Motus' press materials but I assume that means both fifth and sixth gears are overdriven, which makes sense with such a torquey engine) and to address the concerns of driveshaft fans, an XW-ring chain rated to 20,000 miles and a "hybrid" rear sprocket with a lifetime warranty.
The MST-R, priced at (gulp!) $36,975 adds race-quality Öhlins components front and back, forged monobloc Brembo calipers, forged OZ wheels and an upgraded powerplant that makes 185 hp, in case 165 hp is too weak for you. Accessories include a Givi topcase, different windscreens, and heated grips and seat. Colors for both bikes are limited to white or black.
Motus also released an initial list of dealers (see list below), mostly in Southern states. There was no information about a California model, but I imagine the MST's specs will have the California Air Resources Board on their highest state of bureaucratic nit-pickiness. Still, with fuel-injection and sophisticated engine-management systems, expect it to be street legal in all 50 states eventually—we'll keep you posted.
So here's the question for you: is $31,000-plus too much to pay for what sounds like the sport-tourer American riders have been requesting for many years? That's a $10,000 premium over BMW's six-cylinder K1600GT (which makes similar power but is 170 pounds heavier), but I would posit that you're getting three bikes for the price of 1.5 K1600GTs—a track-capable sportbike (Motus President Lee Conn claims he can lap his home track at Barber Motorsports Complex on an MST at about the same times as his Honda CBR600), a fuel-sipping (50 mpg was the goal—we don't know if that's been achieved), nimble commuter and a continent-crossing mega-sports-tourer. It's also handmade in the USA and sounds kick-ass. We're looking forward to riding one and expect that to happen this summer, so stay tuned.
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Motus Louisville, 1700 Arthur Street, Louisville, KY 40208, 502-634-1340 www.harleydavidsonlouisville.com, firstname.lastname@example.com
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