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This week on Fresh Air, we're marking the year's end by revisiting some of the most memorable conversations we've had in 2011. This interview was originally broadcast on September 12, 2011.
In the FX series Justified, Timothy Olyphant plays Raylan Givens, a U.S. marshal transferred from the sunny skies of Miami to his former home in the backwoods of Kentucky. In those Kentucky hills, Givens encounters a slew of unsavory characters, including Mags Bennett, a moonshine-making Appalachian matriarch of a law-defying hillbilly family.
Mags, played by Margo Martindale, is a brutal woman — in one episode, she smashes her son's hand with a hammer for betraying her — but she also has a folksy side. She affectionately refers to her cups of bootleg liquor as "apple pie" — and when she smashes her son's hand, she makes sure to avoid his shooting fingers.
Martindale, who is nothing like her character, tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross that she had a blast on set. "Everything about this part just came so easily," she says. "It was like doing a six-month movie, but it was easy — very easy."
The veteran actress got the part, she says, while she was in Los Angeles to promote the movie Secretariat.
"[My agent] called and said, 'They want to see you for this part — a Kentucky woman drug dealer,' " she says. "I said, 'Really? Do I have to audition for that? Can't they just look at my reel?' And he said, 'No, they really want you to say the words.' So then I got the script and read it, and I said, 'I'll go anywhere — anywhere — to do this. Just tell me where to go.' "
She spent six months on set, and says she drew inspiration for Mags from her roots in East Texas and Kentucky.
"It's all part of my makeup," she says. "It's something I really understand. It just came out of my imagination and the 60 years I've lived. ... They just let me run wild. It was really, really liberating. ... I let everything go — everything except: I love to act, and I love to be honest and true to the character — that's all that I cared about. ... I care what I look like. I care that I'm fat. But Mags Bennett did not care. And I love that about Mags Bennett."
Martindale was recently nominated for a 2011 Emmy Award for her role in Justified. She also received a 2004 Tony nomination for her role as Big Mama in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
Interview Highlights
On her role in the Clint Eastwood movie Million Dollar Baby
"The only thing that I like that I lose in those parts is a sense of humor. ... Some of those parts are funny — but only in how brutal they are. ... You can't be sophisticated in that way when you play those parts, but they've given me the most joy."
On her role in Paris, Je T'Aime
"[Director and writer] Alexander Payne called me up and he said, 'Margo, this is Alexander Payne, do you remember me?' I said, 'Yeah.' He said, 'I've written something for you. I've never written for anyone before. And there's no money in it. Would you like to come to Paris and do it?' I said, 'Let me think about that — yes.' And then we hung up, and he called me back and he said, 'By the way, do you speak French?' And I said, 'Not a word.' And he said, 'Oh that's even better.' "
On her role in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
"I played Big Mama in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof when I was 20 years old at the University of Michigan. And then I played Big Mama on Broadway in 2004. The speech at the end of that play — 'Time goes by so quickly ..." — boy did that have different weight from when I was 20 years old to when I was 50-something-odd years old. It's all about what you've experienced. You can't teach that to a younger actor. You have to have lived that."
This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. This week we're featuring some of our most entertaining interviews of the year. One of the more riveting TV performances this year was given by Margo Martindale in the FX series "Justified." She won an Emmy for that performance.
It was great to see her develop a character through an entire season of a series. I'd been impressed with her before in "Million Dollar Baby," playing Hilary Swank's mother; in "Paris Je T'Aime" as a middle-aged woman whose life is changed by a trip to Paris; and in other roles. But it took me a while to realize that these performances were by the same person.
Let's start with a scene from "Justified." The series is about a deputy U.S. marshal in Kentucky played by Timothy Olyphant. In this year's arc, he investigated a family drug ring run by a very tough woman, Mags Bennett, and her sons.
Mags was played by Margo Martindale. In this scene, she's disciplining her not-very-bright son Coover for leaving a paper trail that could incriminate the family. As this clip begins, she picks up a hammer.
BRAD WILLIAM HENKE: (As Coover Bennett) I'm sorry, mama.
MARGO MARTINDALE: (As Mags Bennett) Coover, I know you're sorry. That's why it's going to hurt so much to have to do this.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: (As character) Hey, put your hand ((unintelligible)...
MARTINDALE: (As Mags Bennett) Take what's coming.
HENKE: (As Coover Bennett) Mama, I'm...
MARTINDALE: (As Mags Bennett) I'm saving your gun hand now.
HENKE: (As Coover Bennett) Mama, don't hurt me.
MARTINDALE: (As Mags Bennett) Cross me again, and I will leave you...
HENKE: (As Coover Bennett) Mama...
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: (As character) All you've got to do is...
MARTINDALE: (As Mags Bennett) You shut your mouth.
HENKE: (As Coover Bennett) Mama.
MARTINDALE: (As Mags Bennett) (Unintelligible) it ain't you dead on that table.
MARTINDALE: (As Mags Bennett) As it is, I have to hurt Coover. And I like Coover.
(As Coover Bennett) Mama, I love you. Mama, I love you. Mama, no.
GROSS: Margo Martindale, welcome to FRESH AIR, and please don't hurt me.
MARTINDALE: Oh, that really makes me laugh.
GROSS: It's such an amazing scene. And, I mean, you're playing it both ways, like you're the loving mother who has to do this, as if you're about to spank your baby, but you're about break his - every finger in his hand with a hammer. But you're nice enough to spare his gun hand.
MARTINDALE: I know...
GROSS: Because you love him that much.
MARTINDALE: So sweet.
GROSS: Tell me what it was like to play that scene.
MARTINDALE: Well, you know, it was - everything about this part just came so easily. And I had...
GROSS: That scares me, I have to tell you.
MARTINDALE: I know. It's so crazy.
MARTINDALE: But those boys were just fantastic - Brad Henke and Jeremy Davies and Joe Lyle Taylor, my sons. We had a blast. It was like doing a, you know, a six-month movie. It was just - it was easy. That's all I can say, very easy.
That scene, the only thing I worried about was hurting his hand. It was a rubber hammer, but I kept saying, oh, please, Brad, if it hurts, let me know. And, of course, I think it hurt a little bit, but, you know, that's OK.
MARTINDALE: He deserved it.
GROSS: One of my favorite scenes in "Justified" is at, like, a town hall meeting. There's a big company, big coal-mining company that wants to buy out everybody's land so that they can, you know, that they can mine the mountains. And you get up, and you give this inspirational speech about the spirit of the mountain people and how you're not going to give in to big coal. And it sounds like a cross between, like, the documentary "Harlan County USA" - which is about coal-mining, you know, like, destroying Kentucky -and "Norma Rae."
But the truth - which we find out a little later - is that the reason why you don't want people to sell their land is because you want to force the coal company to accept the deal you're about to offer. You want to hold them hostage to your deal, which would make you incredibly wealthy and basically give you a percentage of the company that owns the coal company.
So all this Appalachian speech-ifying is just a way to cut out all the people and get the deal that benefits you.
So I want to play that speech that you give at this town hall meeting, we'll hear an excerpt of it, and in this speech we'll also hear the coal mining company representative Carol Johnson.
GROSS: (As Mags Bennett) You know what happens when 500 million gallons of slurry breaks loose? The gates of hell open.
CAROL JOHNSON: (As Rebecca Creskoff) Those poundments are built strong to keep the slurry back.
MARTINDALE: (As Mags Bennett) The gates of hell open, and all that waste rolls down through the hollers and poisons the water and the land and everything it touches. The mining company has a word for those leavings, doesn't it? The spoil. The spoil. And that is what our lives will be if Black Pike has their way with our mountain.
JOHNSON: (As Rebecca Creskoff) With all due respect, Mrs. Bennett, Black Pike will replace the mountaintops and leave money, a lot of money in the pockets of the working people of Bennett and Harlan County.
MARTINDALE: (As Mags Bennett) That a fact?
JOHNSON: (As Rebecca Creskoff) Yes, ma'am. That is a fact.
MARTINDALE: (As Mags Bennett) Well, that's something to consider because it ain't an easy life here, no, ma'am. To an outsider, it's probably hard to understand why we're all not just lining up and saying, where do we sign? But we got our own kind of food, our own music, our own liquor.
MARTINDALE: (as Mags Bennett) We got our own way of courting and raising children and our own way of living and dying. And to protect all that, we have got to say no thank you to Ms. Carol Johnson here and Black Pike.
GROSS: So that is such a great scene. I love when you go: We have our own - we have our own food. We have our own way of living.
MARTINDALE: I tell you, they're just the greatest writers ever. They really are incredible.
GROSS: Where did you go, who did you watch? Did you watch movies? Did you visit Harlan County? What did you do to get into this?
MARTINDALE: I just, just came right out of me. I didn't do anything. I'm from Texas. I'm from east Texas. I'm from big land-owning people, big ranchers, big hunters, big athletes. They all talked like that. They're all smart and deceptive and powerful. And also I lived four years in Kentucky, at Actors Theater of Louisville. So it's all part of my makeup.
You know, it's something I really understand. I'd like to say that I worked really hard and studied people and everything, but I didn't. I just - it just came out of my imagination and the 60 years I've lived, truly.
GROSS: I think one of your great tools is your voice. You have a really deep voice that you can make even deeper in roles like "Justified." You can bring your voice from really, like, deep within.
GROSS: And I have to say that this is at a time when a lot of women speak in much higher voices and when - often our voices get more trapped in our throats, you know, for woman. So I'd like you to talk a little bit about your voice and using how deep and full it can be in a role like your role on "Justified," where you have express power. You have to convey you've got the power.
MARTINDALE: Sometimes I worry that my voice is too mmmm, buzzy, too round, that when I'm on stage, I really have to lift my voice. I have to put it in another spot so that you can hear me because sometimes when you're down in this thing, you can't hear the enunciation as well.
My voice is lower than - I have one - both of my brothers, but one of them is not with me anymore, but my voice is lower than their voices. Texas men usually have a little bit higher voices like that. But my mine's lower than - my mother had a very low voice, too. So I don't know. I - sometimes I feel that it is a plus, and something I think that it gets in my way, my voice.
GROSS: Why does it get in your way sometimes?
MARTINDALE: And maybe "Justified" has changed that for me in my head. Sometimes I think I have to pretty it up, girlify it, make it more - make it a little sweeter, a little softer, a little more - you know, have a little more - because everybody I talk to on the phone said yeah, yes sir, no sir. This is a woman. I've said this is a woman, I must say it maybe 2,500 times in my life. And I get really pissy about it.
GROSS: This is why I'm so grateful to the people on "Justified" for allowing you to, like, unleash your gifts.
MARTINDALE: It's been - it was - they just let me run wild. Isn't that wonderful? It was really, really liberating, I can tell you that. It also I think has - I think because I let it go, I let everything except that I love to act, and I love to be honest and true to the character; that's all that I cared about. And I didn't care what I looked like, I didn't care what I - how - you know, obviously I didn't care what I looked like.
I care what I look like. I care that I'm fat. I care, but Mags Bennett did not care, and I love that about Mags Bennett. So, maybe...
GROSS: Her size is part of her power.
MARTINDALE: Maybe she's taught me something. I hope so.
GROSS: You just described yourself as fat.
MARTINDALE: Yes.
GROSS: I'd use the word plump or something, but...
MARTINDALE: You're so sweet.
GROSS: Thank you, but, no, I read that when you were in high school, you were a cheerleader...
MARTINDALE: I was a cheerleader.
GROSS: ...and you were like the football homecoming queen or something along those lines.
MARTINDALE: I was only - I was not - I was the football sweetheart in the ninth grade. I was Ms. Jacksonville High School in high school. But I was never the homecoming queen. Let's get that straight because people really get mad when they read that. But I imagine you had, you know, quite an attractive figure then to be a cheerleader and...
I had a really lovely figure, I did. Surprise.
GROSS: Did it upset you when you started putting on weight?
MARTINDALE: Yes, mm-huh, yes. Uh-huh. It's always - I wore a body brace all during my teenage years, from when I was 12 until I was 15.
GROSS: For like scoliosis or something?
MARTINDALE: For severe scoliosis. I - they think I had polio when I was three and that it - when my spine grew that it grew crooked. So I wore the body brace, and I wore prism glasses to see. I was extremely small. And then when I got out of that brace, I put on I'd say 20 pounds almost immediately because I felt very vulnerable. So I...
GROSS: Oh, 'cause you didn't have this, like, brace protecting you.
MARTINDALE: I didn't have armor around me.
GROSS: Yeah.
MARTINDALE: Yeah, so - but I'm talking - then I weighed 140 pounds instead of 120 pounds. And then, and then after my father died, I gained 70 pounds. Then I lost that 70 pounds. And I stayed alright right until I had a child. And then I just said to hell with it and went with it.
GROSS: We're listening back to our interview with Margo Martindale, who won an Emmy for her performance this year on the FX series "Justified." We'll hear more after a break. This is FRESH AIR.
GROSS: We're listening back to our interview with Margo Martindale, who won an Emmy for her performance this year on the FX series "Justified."
The first time I noticed you was in the Clint Eastwood movie "Million Dollar Baby," which starred Hilary Swank as a young boxer who was really going against the odds because she's a woman, and she's being trained by an over-the-hill boxer trainer played by Clint Eastwood.
And when she starts to win matches, she buys her mother, you, and her sister and her sister's child a house. Now, they're all on welfare. They don't really care about her. They're what some people might call white trash.
MARTINDALE: Yes, some people.
GROSS: So when she takes you and your daughter to your new home that she bought you to surprise you all, the big surprise is your reaction. So here's the scene with Hilary Swank and you as her mother. You speak first.
MARTINDALE: (As Earline Fitzgerald) How much money did this cost you?
HILARY SWANK: (As Maggie Fitzgerald) You never mind that.
MARTINDALE: (As Earline Fitzgerald) Well, you shouldn't have done that.
SWANK: (As Maggie Fitzgerald) You need a decent place.
MARTINDALE: (As Earline Fitzgerald ) You shouldn't have done it. You should've asked me first. Golly, the government's going to find out about this house, they're going to stop my welfare.
SWANK: (As Maggie Fitzgerald) Mama, no they ain't.
MARTINDALE: (As Earline Fitzgerald) Yeah, they are. You're fine. You're working. But I can't live without my welfare.
SWANK: (As Maggie Fitzgerald) Mama, I send you money.
MARTINDALE: (As Earline Fitzgerald) What about my medicine? Medicaid gonna cut me off. How am I supposed to get my medicine?
SWANK: (As Maggie Fitzgerald) I'll send you more money.
RIKI LINDHOME: (As Mardell Fitzgerald) I hope you're not setting J.D. to move in here with us. He's getting out, you know.
MARTINDALE: (As Earline Fitzgerald) Why didn't you just give me the money? Why'd you have to buy me a house?
SWANK: (As Maggie Fitzgerald) I didn't have to, mama, but it's yours. You want some money? Sell it.
GROSS: What gratitude you display in that scene.
GROSS: That was really just such a stunning role. I saw that, and I was wondering who is that actress because I don't think I'd really seen you that much before that, or I hadn't really noticed. So how did you prepare for this part, for instance?
MARTINDALE: You know, I - the same kind of thing. I mean, it was sort of a lead-in to "Justified," I think. I was in Los Angeles again. They asked me to come in and audition for that part. And I said I want to wait until I get back to New York because I want this part, and I feel more comfortable auditioning in New York. It's a weird thing; you feel more comfortable at home.
And I did the whole part. I learned the whole part, I did the whole part. And I think that's the way you get it for Clint Eastwood. If you're not a star, you really have to show him the whole thing done.
GROSS: He was one of the stars of the film, playing the manager of the boxer, and there's a scene at the end after the young woman boxer, played by Hilary Swank, has broken her neck. She's lying helplessly in her bed. She's paralyzed from the neck down.
And you and your daughter, like the whole family comes in basically putting a document under her nose and telling her to sign it with her mouth because it's the only part of her body that moves, willing everything she owns to you for when she dies. And Clint Eastwood is in the doorway staring really hostilely at you. And I'm wondering what the experience was like of having your director...
GROSS: ...because he directed the film as well - in the doorway staring hostilely at you as you were trying to do your scenes.
MARTINDALE: Oh, you know, honestly, that scene, I - the first part of the movie, first two scenes that I did, then I went home, and my brother died.
GROSS: Oh, my God. I'm so sorry.
MARTINDALE: And - yeah. And when I came back, he was so kind to me that what I really was doing during all of that last scene was trying very hard not to be emotional about it. So it was - everybody was extremely supportive, and it was all about me not giving into my own life experiences during that time. He couldn't be more lovely and wonderful as a director and a person.
GROSS: Would you mind if I asked how your brother died?
MARTINDALE: He died of outpatient surgery.
GROSS: Oh no.
MARTINDALE: Yeah.
GROSS: A staph infection or something?
MARTINDALE: No. No. He blew a blood clot in the morning. He went home after having some kind of hernia operation and...
GROSS: Oh no.
MARTINDALE: ...and, you know, died. He called me before he got actually, he had a hernia operation and one of his testicles removed. I'm sorry, Tim. But he called me when he got home. He said, I'm high, sister, I'm going to go to sleep.
MARTINDALE: And then he said, I'm tired. I said, Oh Tim, you're ridiculous, and then he, he said I'll call you tomorrow, and he, he was dead. So it was really shocking and hard, and he was 50, 58 years old. So...
GROSS: So he was an older brother.
MARTINDALE: He was five years older than me. And I have another brother who's 13 years older than me. But...
GROSS: I'm really sorry.
MARTINDALE: Well, thank you.
GROSS: So I'm thinking, you know, a lot of actors are given the advice to kind of play - like find the emotion within you, play yourself in a way. You know, be your version of that character. And from how you're describing it, you had to make sure you were not in touch with your emotions, because your emotions are so raw at that moment.
Did you have to draw on a completely different way of acting because what you were experiencing was so profound and so, you know, so bad, you were in such grief?
MARTINDALE: You know, I never thought about that, but yes, I guess I did. I shut - though I think that - approaching that scene I would have shut down that part of the anyway, because I'm very empathic and I would have been affected emotionally by that scene as me. So I had to actually, like in "Justified," shut down that part of me that feels for people. So that part of my brain was not there.
GROSS: Earlier we talked about your voice. And it turns out that you have a great singing voice. There's a moment in "Justified" where you're on the porch and somebody says oh, sing. And you go, oh no, of course hoping that they'll...
GROSS: ...keep asking, which they do, so you break out into song, and wow, you sound great. So have you done musicals or anything like that?
MARTINDALE: I've done a lot of musicals. I love music. I love music. I would love to do a musical again. It's been a while.
GROSS: Your husband is a musician, right?
MARTINDALE: He is. He's a lyric tenor. And...
GROSS: Oh, he sings?
MARTINDALE: Yeah. He's fantastic. And so when I married him, I didn't think I could sing anymore because he can sing. I'm just incredibly musical.
MARTINDALE: That's what he always says: You're extremely musical.
MARTINDALE: So - but, yeah, it's fun. I can sing. No, I'm not a great singer, but I can sing.
GROSS: Well, Margo Martindale, it has been so great to talk with you. Thank you so much.
MARTINDALE: Thank you so much, Terry. I so appreciate it.
GROSS: And here you are singing on the porch in "Justified."
MARTINDALE: (As Mags) (Singing) High on the mountain (unintelligible), wind blowing free, thinking about the days that used to be. High on a mountain, standing all alone, wondering where the years of my life had flown.
GROSS: My interview with Margo Martindale was recorded in September of this year, just before she won an Emmy for her performance as Mags Bennett in the FX series "Justified." I'm Terry Gross, and this is FRESH AIR. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Fight Over Real Estate Listings Escalates As NeighborCity Counters Copyright Claims With Antitrust Accusations
from the fight-picks-up dept
Given all that, it's not surprising to see that in AHRN's latest response to the original lawsuits, it's filed counterclaims arguing that the actions are antitrust violations. The fact that NAR offered to cover the legal expenses for the MLSs only makes the situation look worse for NAR -- and advances the suggestion that this is really about realtors being pissed off that someone is holding them accountable. NeighborCity highlights that soon after the original lawsuits were filed, NAR approved $161,667 in legal fees for these kinds of legal efforts, despite it not actually being a part of the lawsuit.
Defendants' coordinated: (a) cease and desist letters to AHRN, (b) refusals to deal letters to AHRN; (c) repudiation letters to AHRN, (3) sham lawsuits against AHRN and (d) agreement or offer to pay for or contribute to the costs of litigation against AHRN by MLSs and real estate brokers, was intended to and did have anti-competitive effects on AHRN in the market for real estate brokerage services. Anti-competitive effects include the elimination of price competition and price maintenance on brokerage services above market levels nationwide, impeding and blocking market entry by AHRN and otherWe're quite used to seeing legacy players in an industry fight innovation and upstart competitors who change the nature of a market, but it's rare to see cases where it seems so incredibly blatant that they're doing this just because they don't like the service in question, rather than via any sort of legitimate copyright claim.

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BEVERLY HILLS, California (AP) — Like father, like son?
Max Irons, the star of the upcoming Starz series "The White Queen," jokes about his father Jeremy Irons' potential reaction to his nudity in the new show.
"Thankfully he hasn't seen it yet, but if he did I'd refer him to his back catalog," the 27-year-old English actor said to laughs Friday at the Television Critics Association summer press tour.
Max Irons stars as Edward IV during England's War of the Roses in "The White Queen," which premieres Aug. 10. His 64-year-old father has had explicit sex scenes in 1988′s "Dead Ringers," 1992′s "Damage" and most recently in the Showtime series "The Borgias."
Max Irons spoke about the upcoming 10-episode series live via satellite from England alongside co-star Janet McTeer. Rebecca Ferguson, who plays commoner-turned-Queen Elizabeth Woodville, appeared in person at the event. McTeer portrays her mother in "The White Queen."
The series, only airing for one season, is adapted from the best-selling books about the Cousins' War by Philippa Gregory.
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MINNEAPOLIS – Venric Mark rushed for 182 yards and two touchdowns to carry Northwestern to a 21-13 victory over Minnesota on Saturday.
Mark wasn't touched on scoring runs of 26 and 48 yards and the Wildcats (6-1, 2-1 Big Ten) overcame 11 penalties to become bowl eligible and spoil Minnesota's homecoming celebration.
MarQueis Gray rushed for 86 yards and a touchdown after missing the previous two games with knee and ankle injuries.
But he also threw an interception and was injured again late in the third quarter for the Golden Gophers (4-2, 0-2).
No. 25 Michigan 45, Illinois 0: At Ann Arbor, Mich., Denard Robinson threw two touchdown passes and ran for two scores, leading No. 25 Wolverines in a win over the Illini.
The Wolverines (4-2, 2-0 Big Ten) got a scare when Robinson left the game with an undisclosed injury late in the first quarter. He missed just one-plus possessions, though, and returned to score on a 6-yard run to put Michigan up 17-0 late in the first half.
Iowa 19, Michigan St. 16 (2 OT): East Lansing, Mich., Kirk Ferentz would have been celebrating this win even if there wasn't a milestone at stake.
Ferentz won his 100th game as Iowa's coach Saturday when the Hawkeyes outlasted the Spartans in double overtime. Mark Weisman ran for 116 yards and scored a tying touchdown in the final minute of regulation, and Mike Meyer kicked four field goals for Iowa.
Wisconsin 38, Purdue 14: At West Lafayette, Ind., Montee Ball ran for a career-high 247 yards and scored three touchdowns to help the Badgers beat the Boilermakers.
James White added 124 yards rushing for the Badgers (5-2, 2-1 Big Ten), who outgained Purdue 645 yards to 252. The Badgers pounded out 467 yards rushing in the rain.
No. 8 Ohio State 52, Indiana 49: At Bloomington, Ind., Braxton Miller scored on a 67-yard touchdown run, threw TD passes of 60 and 46 yards and produced his third straight 100-yard rushing game to help the Buckeyes escape.
The victory makes the Buckeyes (7-0, 3-0 Big Ten) the first ranked team with seven wins.


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According to The Register, "Researchers say they've devised a way to bypass protections built in to dozens of the most popular desktop anti-virus products, including those offered by McAfee, Trend Micro, AVG, and BitDefender. The method, developed by software security researchers at matousec.com, works by exploiting the driver hooks the anti-virus programs bury deep inside the Windows operating system. In essence, it works by sending them a sample of benign code that passes their security checks and then, before it's executed, swaps it out with a malicious payload."


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ATV trails open, signs start disappearingBy BOB HOOKWAY
Special to the Union Leader July 07. 2013 8:19PM
The North Country Off Highway Recreational Vehicle Coalition is selling Ride the Wilds signs. Cost is $15 plus $3.56 for shipping. They can be ordered with a check or money order for $18.56 at Box 318, Colebrook, NH 03576.
STEWARTSTOWN — It didn't take long for the colorful signs that mark all-terrain-vehicle trails to start disappearing once the newest section of a 1,000-mile New Hampshire ATV system opened, the president of the North Country Off Highway Recreational Vehicle Coalition said.
Shortly after Gov. Maggie Hassan was on hand June 15 at Coleman State Park to help celebrate the official opening of the Ride the Wilds section, riders were reporting the discovery of bare posts along the trails, the signs removed.
"Well, it already happened. One, or more, of Ride the Wilds signs was removed (stolen) from a signpost on the trail and the trail has not even been open two weeks," Harry Brown wrote in the letter he circulated last week throughout Coos County to club members and others with an interest in ATVs.
Who does Brown think is taking the signs?
"Souvenir hunters. They're a very attractive sign," he said of the 800 four-color markers on the trails.
Brown hopes the solution will come in offering people the opportunity to legally buy their own 8-by-6 inch signs, partially reflective, and identical to the ones on the trails.
"We're going to sell them for $15. People won't want to display a sign unless they bought it. Maybe we'll mark them 'sold,'" Brown said.
About a half-dozen trail signs have been taken, he said.
"It's not a financial setback at all. But it's more than a nuisance, and it's wrong. It could be a safety issue if riders can't tell what trail they're on," he said.
The signs were posted where the newer trails intersect with others. They're intended to tell riders when they are on — or are about to enter — one of the Ride the Wilds trails, which make up an estimated 300 to 400 miles of the total system.
The system runs throughout New Hampshire's largest and most northern county. One of its attractions is the chance to ride long distances through some of the state's most remote areas. If ATVers get on the wrong trail, Brown said, they might end up going a much greater distance and could run out of gas in the North Country wilderness.
The sale of the 8-by-6 signs may raise some extra funds for trail maintenance, he said. But mostly ATV enthusiasts want the signs to stop disappearing from the trails.
"We want to put real pressure on people not to do it," Brown said.
Ride the Wilds signs may be obtained for $15 plus $3.56 for shipping by sending a check or money order for $18.56 to: Box 318, Colebrook, NH 03576.
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January 22. 2014 9:35PM
Peterborough solar array may power all town buildings
By MEGHAN PIERCE
Union Leader Correspondent
— A planned solar array to power the town's wastewater treatment plant could power most – if not all – of the town's municipal buildings, Selectman Joe Byk said Wednesday, which could save the town about $25,000 each year.
"We originally thought it would only power the wastewater plant that was the original dream and then it seemed we were going to have excess power and now we are thinking we can power all, if not most, of our town buildings," Byk said. "We're going to produce more than required by the wastewater plant and the excess will be used by the town to reduce its energy costs."
Powering the wastewater plant with solar energy was an idea Byk had seven years ago while the plant was still being planned, he said. He was inspired after learning about Portsmouth's plan for a solar array at their wastewater plant, he said.
When the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission announced the grant, Peterborough officials jumped on the chance to fund the solar array, he said.
It was a competitive application process but Peterborough won and was granted $1.2 million by the state's Executive Council last week.Borrego Solar of Lowell, Mass., has agreed to take on the remaining costs and is to install ground-mounted solar panels near the wastewater treatment plant.
That means the $2.6 million project is not costing the town a dime, Byk said.
Borrego will own and operate the solar array and town officials have agreed to sign a 20-year contract with Borrego to purchase the electricity the array produces.
The project is to be built next to the new wastewater treatment plant, where the town's old septic lagoons are being phased out.
Construction is planned to begin this year and to be completed by the spring of 2015.
The solar array would become the state's largest, with approximately 1,174,280 kWh to be generated each year, Byk said, compared with the current largest at the Manchester airport parking garage, which that produces approximately 500 kWh.
The town is guaranteed a cost of 8 cents per kWh, compared to its current average cost of about 9 cents per kHw.The numbers and benefits of the project were hotly debated at the Executive Council meeting last week.Councilor Chris Sununu, R-Newfields, was the only opposing voice on the vote, saying the only benefit would be to Peterborough.Byk said Wednesday the project will benefit the state since Peterborough will serve as a template for other renewable energy projects across the state.
"Of course there is a direct benefit to Peterborough, but we now serve as a leader in energy conservation basically statewide," Byk said. "It's a really happy event for Peterborough and I believe the state of New Hampshire."


text: crouchaldinho Posted May 17, 2011 I love reading about other people's saves and, inspired by the 'What is your goal in your current save?' thread, I thought I would start something similar here. The twist, however, is that it is about your tactical ideas in your current save! I've decided to make it into a kind of 'questionnaire' format, so feel free to copy and past the questions below and answer them in this thread. 1. What team are you managing in your current save? 2. What is your favourite tactic, of your own making, to use in your current save? 3. What formation do you use and what kind of roles do you deploy in your tactic? 4. What have you achieved using this tactic? 5. What has been your biggest tactical mistake in-game? 6. What features of your tactic do you think work best? 7. What features of your tactic do you think might be weaknesses or don't work so well? 8. Do you think of yourself as a tactical manager or do you tend to keep things simple? I'm just curious to find out how people approach the tactical part of the game. Do you keep things simple and rely more on players or motivational techniques? Or do you work on complex tactical ideas in order to push your team as far as you can? Feel free to ignore the questionnaire, if you would rather just share a brief overview of your general response. I look forward to reading some of your posts. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Whatever counseling Jovan Belcher and Kasandra Perkins may have been receiving through the Kansas City Chiefs was not under the watch of Chiefs coaches, Romeo Crennel said Wednesday.
A Kansas City Star report this week said Belcher and Perkins had gone through couple's counseling through the Chiefs. Belcher fatally shot Perkins, his girlfriend of three years, on Saturday at their home before committing suicide in the parking lot of the team's practice facility.
CHILLING AUDIO: Belcher's mother frantic on 911 recordings
MORE AUDIO: Perkins shot three or four times
CHIEFS PLAYER: "Everybody is hurting" in KC
Any counseling, for relationships or other off-field issues, is handled by the team's player development department. The Chiefs have declined an interview request with Katie Douglass, the director of player development, and is referring all questions about counseling programs to the NFL league office in New York.
"Generally, when a player goes through the player development, we are out of it, because that's the way the league kind of has it set up," Crennel said. "They don't want coaches influencing guys, or guys not coming to seek help because they think the coach knows about this or knows about that, so the way it is set up, I don't get involved in it."
Earlier this week Crennel said he knew of no "major troubles" in Belcher's life and didn't know what "made (Belcher) snap."
On Wednesday he said he wouldn't be surprised if his players and others in the building knew more than he did. Crennel, who has three adult daughters, likened it to parenting.
"A coach would be surprised about what he doesn't know. They are a group of men, and they share with each other. Even though the coach is part of the team, the coach is not a part of the unit that is in that locker room. I think they share with each other things they definitely don't share with the coach," Crennel said.
"These are still young people that we're dealing with. Sometimes young people have all the answers until they find out that they don't. I know my kids, they had all the answers until they got out on their own, and then mom and dad got a lot smarter, you know?"


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City officials project urban renewal authority funding will be scarce for future base area projects
April 16, 2013
Steamboat Springs — City officials told the Steamboat Springs City Council on Tuesday night that funding for base area improvements from the urban renewal authority will be scarce for at least the next three to four years.
Finance Director Kim Weber said the tax incremental funding that has paid for the popular promenade and millions of dollars' worth of other improvements in recent years is not likely to be strong enough to support any more major projects until significant development takes place or property values rebound.
The deflated financial outlook for the URA wasn't well received by some council members.
Cari Hermacinski said the outlook was distressing because a financial outlook of the URA in 2010 projected it would be able to pay off its debt service and have reserve funding despite the prospect of no new development at the base area and declining property values.
City officials said the recent drops in assessed property values have been higher than what was anticipated three years ago.
Still, they predicted even with an upcoming projected double digit drop in property values, the URA should be able to meet or almost meet its debt service but not generate any additional revenue for improvement projects.
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The financial outlook came on the same night the council approved the use of $100,000 in URA reserve funds to allow for the completion of more priority projects slated to start this summer at the base area.
The projects include $240,000 in landscaping at the base area and on Mount Werner Circle along with signage improvements in Ski Time Square, among other things.
The URA's capital budget for the base area projects this year totals $582,355.
The extra $100,000 will come out of a reserve fund that totals $1.3 million.
Also on Tuesday night, the Steamboat Springs Redevelopment Authority took a step toward mending some recent tension with its Urban Renewal Authority Advisory Committee by endorsing the hiring of a new project manager for the upcoming construction projects.
Steve Frasier and other URAAC members told the council the position would help to improve some recent communication issues between the city and the volunteer group that has helped oversee base area projects since 2007.
Council members said it was important to support the base area projects.
"This is our economic engine," Hermacinski said about the base area. "Let's not turn our backs on it. I want city staff to be all in on this project, and if we can't because of cutbacks and furlough days, we need to find someone" to help manage the projects.
The council and URAAC spent some time discussing other issues, including some concern from the city about the additional maintenance and operation costs it has incurred because of the improvements.
"If we've got the city on one side saying it wants to keep operation and maintenance costs down and the base area (stakeholders) saying we want something that's top of the line, it's going to be a future point of contention until (the URA funding expires) in 16 years," council President Bart Kounovsky said.
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Walpole shooting victim's family seeking answersBy MEGHAN PIERCE
Union Leader Correspondent
April 08. 2013 7:45PM
WALPOLE - He was a loving uncle, a jokester and a prankster. He had a troubled past, but his family thought that was behind him.
On March 29, 51-year-old Larry A. Bohannon was shot and killed by police after he refused commands from Alstead and Walpole officers to get out of his vehicle and comply with their orders.
He died from gunshot wounds to the head, chest and abdomen.
"He wasn't a violent person and we have unanswered questions," said Renee Bohannon, his niece by marriage.
"I really miss him I guess," she said crying. "We know Larry. He was a jokester. He loved his family and his past was not the best."
Larry Bohannon was known to many in the family as Uncle Bo, she said.
"Do we know if Uncle Bo pointed a gun at them? All we get is that he didn't comply," she said Friday.
Her 16-year-old son has been asking, "Why did they have to shoot to kill," she said.
Senior Assistant Attorney General Janice K. Rundles declined to release more details Thursday, saying results of the investigation are expected to be released early this week.
Larry Bohannon had allegedly robbed a stationery store at gunpoint in Bellows Falls, Vt., earlier on March 29. When he fled into New Hampshire, Alstead and Walpole officers pursued him until they were able to stop the vehicle on Upper Walpole Road in Walpole where the shooting happened.
Authorities said Bohannon's last known address was in Grafton, but Renee Bohannon said he lived and worked in Massachusetts during the week and lived with his girlfriend in Winchester on the weekends.
Larry Bohannon had a criminal record. In 1994 he received two concurrent 20-year sentences for a kidnapping conviction in Sullivan County and a bail jumping conviction out of Cheshire County.
He was first paroled on those sentences in 1996 then returned to jail two more times for parole violations. He had been wanted as a fugitive from justice since July 2011 when he failed to meet with his parole officer.
He had stayed away from family members up until a year-and-a-half ago when he reconnected with siblings and nieces and nephews.
Renee Bohannon said family members wish they could have been there for Larry Bohannon.
"We do know him. He was a good person. We don't know why he did that," she said.
Renee Bohannon said she can only think Larry Bohannon was under pressure to keep financial obligations.
"I think there were broken promises he couldn't fulfill. . He had something going on that he couldn't handle," she said. "That's the only thing we can come up with.
"He did try to turn his life around. His past was his past. We were his family. People change."
Along with the pain of losing a family member, the media coverage of Bohannon, his past crimes and other crimes he might have committed has been hurtful to the family, Renee Bohannon said.
Lebanon police said last week they are looking into whether Larry Bohannon committed two unsolved armed robberies that took place in March.
"A lot of people think he's some kind of monster and he's really not a monster," Renee Bohannon said. "I know that's all they have on him is his past. But they don't know him.
"All kids adored him. . My kids don't believe he would do that."
The last time he was released from prison, Bohannon had married and had two children, Renee Bohannon said, but since the marriage broke up he had been unable to see his children.
Not being able to see his children was hard on him, she said, but "he didn't want to burden anybody."
He kept his problems to himself, she said.
Family members have been comforting each other by sharing photos on Facebook of "Uncle Bo" at the Pickle Festival in Winchester last September, or on an "Apple Pie" motorcycle run to Cathedral of the Pines in Rindge last fall.
"He was doing wonderful. We just don't know what led to this," she said.


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By Himat Kaur
This will be a short and sweet forecast friends, reflecting that people are feeling the familiar chiseling and the need is to keep up as things continue. Uranus resumed direct motion December 17th, and is now moving back towards the square to Pluto that will happen in April.
Those planets are less than three degrees apart, so although Uranus was retrograde and moving away from the Pluto square aspect, it never really left the distance of influence. So, we are still in the midst of the ongoing beaming catharsis of Uranus and Pluto, and other planets have been dancing in areas that form frictional aspects with them, building heightened tension that churns our growth.
January's Major Planetary Stimulations
A quick triptych of some key days to be conscious and practice meditations for balance and clearing:
On New Year's Day 2014, we had a New Moon at 10 degrees of Capricorn, and it made a big "grand cross" in the sky, with planets in four cross points triggering and pulling on one another: the New Moon (Sun and Moon) was conjunct Pluto and Mercury in Capricorn; Jupiter opposed the New Moon from its position in Cancer; Mars squared it from Libra, and of course Uranus squared it from Aries. These four areas connecting to Uranus and Pluto are lit up like Christmas trees, as they say.
On January 5th, Mars is at 13 degrees of Libra, opposing the point Uranus will occupy in the next Uranus-Pluto square in April 2014.
On January 15th, we may experience further cathartic friction with the Full Moon in Cancer.
On January 31st, Jupiter in Cancer opposes Pluto in Capricorn. We have been in the beams of these two planetary transits through opposite signs for many months, so the energies are not new to us. However, we will experience the tension of the exact opposition of Jupiter and Pluto on this day. Internal sensitivities may be high, and meditations to balance the emotions, as well as body fluids and hormones would be helpful.
That same day (31st), Venus—which has been retrograde since December 21st—pauses to resume forward motion at 13 degrees of Capricorn, which is the degree of Pluto in the upcoming Uranus-Pluto square in April.
Hold onto your socks and keep meditating and communicating consciously.
What You Can Do
Here are a few yogic suggestions to consider for this month:
- Meditation to Eliminate Tension and Stress (from Physical Wisdom1)
- Meditation for a Calm Heart2
- The Liberated Heart Meditation2
Meditation for Emotional Balance2 – This is specifically a suggestion for the full Moon in Cancer on January 15th. It works on emotional balance and water balance in the system.
1 Kundalini Research Institute, Physical Wisdom. Santa Cruz, NM: 2008.
2 Kundalini Research Institute, Aquarian Teacher Level One Yoga Manual, Espanola, NM: 2003.
© Himat Kaur Khalsa, EvolveWithAstrology.com
Himat Kaur has a Bachelor's degree in Comparative Religion, and is an evolutionary astrologer and Certified Professional Coach. She offers private astrological consultations as well as life coaching, and can be reached at (813) 444-6285 [813-4-HimatK]. Visit Himat's website and blog at EvolveWithAstrology.com. You can email her at: [email protected]. You can also follow Himat Kaur on Facebook at: Facebook.com/EvolveWithAstrology, and on Twitter: @HimatK.


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lol whut?
1. Myself becoming more cynical as I age.
2. The first protagonist being nowhere near a typical wussy male harem archtype.
3. The perverted misunderstanding arc that's been recycled to death in so many different manga and anime between the time the original aired and the current Aquarion is airing.
I was merely saying, with great exaggeration, how dismayed I was when they first introduced that plotline. Then much to my delight, they did it for a joke.
How do people really know an idol's personality? They really don't, and it's not any different here. Jerks show confidence, independence, and rebellious qualities, all of which can charm young girls.
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I liked Episode 3. It made me think of a good JRPG, except starting out as an anime. You don't get too many anime original shows like this anymore, partly since epic sci-fi action/adventure stories like this one tend to go straight to JRPGs in recent years and decades. Nice to see a good JRPG-style story that you don't have to level-grind your way through in order to watch the cutscenes for!
Episode 3 was really cheesy, but in a very amusing and endearing way. It made for an exceptionally fun episode.
I shared some of the concerns of Shinji103 in that some of these characters can get really annoying if not handled well (probably my main issue with Episodes 1/2). Episode 3 thankfully avoided that, aside from the one overdone Berlin-defender in the girl's class.
8/10 for Episode 3. I'm looking forward to more, for sure.
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Like most of the people here, my fears have [hopefully] permanently subsided, as I liked how episode 3 was. It was tried-and-true Aquarion all the way (^,^); plenty of hijinks/comedy, an ending ep [mock]battle with a dash of seriousness here and there =03. I'm kinda disappointed that Fudou isn't going to command this operation anytime soon though. Hopefully sooner rather than later, an Abductor battle will cause The Wall to be destroyed.
The opening certainly portrays Zessica up there with Mikono practically. The glasses blonde has a Sirius feeling to him too. Mix's breasts are even bigger than Zessica's (O.o)(gotta love fanservice =03)
edit: Looks like I'm gonna have to find the OVAs. Only thing I remember about them was Apollo kicking Reika's ass(I only watched ep 1), but I think it might be necessary for comparisons and links to the new series. Why couldn't they just made them an extra on the dvds, lol?
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Also, lord help... I am totally addicted to the OP It is the first time we hear the studio version of the song without background conversation, and it's like SOUSEI GATTAI to the ears
Something else I noticed about the episode though... Andy W. Hol = Andy Warhol?
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This episode has made it clear: This is definitely the best anime since Macross Frontier. I hope they can keep up this level of awesome.
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Hmmm... on the official website, the Aquaria that appears this ep isn't called an Aquaria at all, but the "Aquarion Gepart", despite it being identical to the Aquarias save for color. Seems they're using the term "Aquarion" for any mech with Amata as the head.
Edit: Or not. On second look, the mech in this episode was definitely an Aquaria Type-M and not the Gepart, since the latter is a lot more blue. Maybe it appears next episode.
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Interesting what is lost 12,000 years after. Deava Elements at least knew that they were reincarnated from Elements during Atlandia-Sangrila war between Shadow Angels and Humans 12,000 years beforehand. Neo Deava doesn't have a clue about Solar Wings Apollinius nor about reincarnation.
I find also intriguing that Amata's power anti-gravity is the direct opposite of what Gen Fudo taught Apollo and the Elements to connect with the Earth. That and his feet has wings much like Shadow Angel Futaba who was slaughtered to create the Assault Aquarion systems.
Spoiler for Futaba:
More speculation.
Given the Abductors have an image of Alisia and Alisia in Amata's vision is taken by Aquarion Evol I think I may have a clue on who the Abductors could be. They are not Shadow Angels nor are they Humans. Shadow Angel-like Humans and Human-like Shadow Angels. Creations of Sangrila, Apollinius and Celine's capital. Alisia is the kingdom of Sirius and Sylvia that fell. Altea the motherland that wont accept them refers to Earth.
You see Alisia which became the home of Deava is Sangrila.
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For the same reason, add some to a tomato- or red wine-based beef stew. Coffee plays so well with the savory meat and acidic-sweet tomatoes.
Combine instant coffee with salt, cumin, ground black pepper and whatever else gets you going. Grind it up and use as a rub on steaks or beef roasts.
Can you say mocha cookies? Add some instant coffee to a chocolate-chocolate chip cookie recipe. Ditto for chocolate cake.
Make the best hot cocoa. In a saucepan, combine equal parts cocoa powder and instant coffee with milk. Bring to a gentle simmer and whisk in sugar (to taste). Or be totally decadent and use chocolate chips instead of sugar.


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A judge on Tuesday ordered Bradley Manning, the Army private convicted of releasing a trove of secret American documents to WikiLeaks, to serve a sentence of 35 years behind bars. Manning's critics said the long sentence was justified, and that his acts may have gotten American allies killed. Groups like the ACLU noted that Manning was being punished even though "others who tortured prisoners and killed civilians" have gone unpunished and unprosecuted.
The debate played out in the shadow of Edward Snowden's recent leaking of secret documents showing the depth and breadth of National Security Agency spying.
Is Manning's sentence appropriate? Joel Mathis and Ben Boychuk, the RedBlue America columnists, debate the matter.
Good for our democracy
Bradley Manning is paying the piper. You don't get to push the U.S. government's secrets out into broad daylight and walk away unpunished. You just don't.
Still, I'm awfully glad he did what he did.
Because of Manning, Americans discovered that American officials filed hundreds of reports of "abuse, torture, rape, and murder" by Iraqi police and soldiers during the Iraq War. Because of Manning, Americans saw video of an Army helicopter gunning down a group of Iraqi civilians in 2007 — including two Reuters journalists.
Because of Manning, Americans found out about a 2006 atrocity in which American soldiers executed at least 10 Iraqi civilians — including a baby and an elderly woman — then called in an airstrike to destroy the evidence. Because of Manning, we learned that the American government itself estimated more than 60,000 Iraqi civilians had been killed during our war there.
Because of Manning, Americans definitively learned that America had gone to war inside Pakistan, despite official denials.
There's so much more — the details have largely been forgotten by the public in the years it took to bring Manning to trial. Mostly, though, one can appreciate Manning because he laid the groundwork for Edward Snowden's unveiling of secret documents that show the National Security Agency gathers up far more information about Americans and their online habits than had been previously understood. Thanks to that, we're finally having a long-needed debate about government secrecy and the rights of Americans to digital privacy.
We're a better-functioning democracy, in other words, because Manning and Snowden decided to share with Americans information that, in most cases, could've and should've been shared by the American government itself.
"A legal system that doesn't distinguish between leaks to the press in the public interest and treason against the nation will not only produce unjust results, but will deprive the public of critical information that is necessary for democratic accountability," the ACLU said, condemning the sentence.
Manning made "democratic accountability" possible. His reward? Thirty-five years in prison.
— Joel Mathis
Manning deserved worse
Bradley Manning got off easy. He could have received 90 years for stealing more than 700,000 classified documents and releasing them to WikiLeaks. He certainly deserved the longer sentence, given the damage he did.
Manning also got lucky. The judge cleared him of "aiding the enemy" — a capital offense. Evidently, neither his Army prosecutors nor the judge could properly identify the enemy Manning aided.
The enemy wasn't al Qaida — although certainly that terrorist group benefited from the trove of secrets Manning stole. No, the enemy in this case is WikiLeaks, which in turn made it possible for al Qaida and other U.S. enemies to exploit Manning's breach.
WikiLeaks' defenders would be horrified that a mere website could be considered an enemy of the most powerful country on earth. Wouldn't it be akin to labeling The Guardian of London, the newspaper that published Edward Snowden's revelations about the National Security Agency, a U.S. enemy as well?
No, and here's why: WikiLeaks' founder, an Australian named Julian Assange, doesn't pretend to be a journalist. He's not much interested in "democratic accountability." Rather, his stated goal is "total annihilation of the current U.S. regime." Why not take him at his word?
It's difficult to square Assange's goals with Manning's pitiful justifications. "When I made these decisions I believed I was going to help people, not hurt people," Manning told the court at his sentencing. Yet his revelations almost certainly got Americans killed, and probably made the federal government less transparent as a result.
These are perilous times. Lines have been drawn and sides must be taken. It's true that the U.S. government lies, cheats and kills — often ineptly so. What does it say about our government's competence that it entrusted the likes of Manning and Snowden with the nation's most cherished secrets in the first place?
But if the alternative to "the current U.S. regime" is a world as envisioned by Assange, Snowden and Manning, then the choice should be obvious. And Manning should never be allowed to walk free again.
— Ben Boychuk
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His idea is one of those things that are hard to explain by textual means - hence the video he made, which he put on YouTube for us all to see.
While I applaud the efforts made by Wilms (I already noted his email to gnome-usability), I have difficulties seeing the exact problems this new type of scrollbar tries to resolve. When observing my friends, who are almost all decidedly not computer savvy, I see that they use the scroll wheel for minor scrolling, and the 'scroll blob', as I like to call it, for heavier scrolling (like jumping to specific sections of a page). Of course, this is completely unscientific, but I think it's rather representative for most people out there. I've never seen anyone frantically turning the scroll wheel, only to be amazed by being pointed to the scroll blob - or vice versa. In other words, what problem does this new type of scrollbar address?
The only thing I can see is that when the scroll blob becomes too small, the act of being able to click and drag in the entire scroll bar to scroll can be quite handy. However, I would argue that scroll blobs becoming too small is not an inherent problem of the current scroll bar concept itself, but of the underlying toolkit instead: scroll blobs should always remain big enough to remain an easy target: you know, usability's favourite dead horse, Fitts' Law. In other words: this is a low-level problem, that you really shouldn't try to fix with a high-level solution.
This leaves us with the ever important question of whether or not to embrace a new UI concept: is the problem that the new concept tries to address big enough to justify learning that new concept? Seeing the relative complexity of Wilms' scroll bar, I tend to answer that question with 'no'.
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WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. ? Chopper is an adult pit bull looking for a forever home.
He is very affectionate and immediately loves every person he meets. He is great with adults and children, but would do best in a home without other pets.
As a puppy, Chopper had part of his intestines removed because he ate an item that he was not supposed to. Chopper is not able to have any more surgeries, so he will do best in a home where his owners will keep a close eye on him when they are around, or place him in a crate when they are away.
Chopper is looking to find his new family before the cold weather sets in, so please stop by soon to meet him.
If you'd like to give Chopper a home, contact: The Putnam Humane Society , 68 Old Route 6, Carmel., NY 10512
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This makes all kinds of sense.
Lana Del Rey, the polarizing torch-pop singer with a head full of ideas about celebrity's dangerous allure, will tour next year with Courtney Love, the indefatigable grunge survivor who's spent the past quarter-century living out those ideas.
The so-called Endless Summer Tour is scheduled to launch May 7 in Texas, according to a statement from Del Rey's representative, and travel across North America. Love will open about half of the dates announced Monday, including a May 18 stop at the Hollywood Bowl. (Tickets for that show go on sale Saturday.)
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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Home foreclosure sales in California, a staple since the housing bubble collapsed, are now running second to short sales, figures show.
Research firm DataQuick reported about a quarter of home sales in the state are now short sales, the Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday.
Short sales are deals struck with lenders in which the bank allows the home to be sold for less than what is owned on the mortgage. The bank forgives the owner the remainder and, lately, as the housing market has picked up in some regions, sometimes strikes generous deals including offering moving costs to homeowners and paying handsomely for owners to move, the newspaper said.
Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase are paying as much as $30,000 to $35,000 for homeowners who agree to short sales.
For banks, short sales include several advantages. The five major banks that agreed to a $26 billion settlement with the government for shoddy and sometimes fraudulent foreclosure practices can count loan forgiveness and incentives paid out in a short sale as part of the settlement costs. Homeowners also stay in the home until the short sale is completed, meaning the homes are not neglected for months as they often are with a foreclosure. Banks then receive a market value price when they sell the house, rather than a discounted price with a foreclosure sale. There are also far fewer legal expenses.
In addition, there are fewer hard feelings and less of a chance an angry former homeowner of a repossessed property will strike back.
"If you go through a short sale and a homeowner signs off on it, there is no downstream worry of litigation," said Sean O'Toole, founder of ForeclosureRadar.
The critical ingredient, however, is an improving housing market. Banks do not generally see themselves as home developers, real estate agencies or property management companies. As such, with a collapsing housing market, they prefer keeping the onus on the homeowner, who at least on some level is speculating on the housing market.
An improving housing market at least offers banks a chance at breaking even on a deal.
For homeowners, besides loan forgiveness and sometimes generous offers to cover moving costs, credit scores are hurt less with a short sale than a foreclosure and the waiting period for applying for a new loan is shorter -- usually, two years.
"In general, short sales produce less of a loss than if the property goes through foreclosure. In addition, the property is usually conveyed in better condition, which ultimately benefits the neighborhood," Wells Fargo spokesman Gary Kishner said.


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DeKALB – Sean Conlon grew up playing ice and roller hockey in Chicago. When he came to the DeKalb area to attend Kishwaukee College, he played inline roller hockey to support himself.
"I played in different leagues and tournaments, working with leagues and companies," he said. "It's how I put myself through college."
Conlon, 27, still plays roller hockey, now as a forward with the Chi-Town Shamrocks, a member of the 12-team Midwest Inline Hockey Association. In the team's four years of existence, it has made it to nationals every year and had four league MVPs, Conlon said.
Conlon sat down with MidWeek editor and hockey fan Dana Herra to talk hockey.
MidWeek: How did the Shamrocks start?
Sean Conlon: About six years ago, there was a Play It Again Sports store out here, and they sponsored the first team, which was like a junior division, for 21 and younger. Then it went on hiatus for a year, and four years ago I brought it back as an adult division. Anyone 17 and older can play. I think our oldest member is 38 and our youngest is 17.
We have three teams: major, minor and junior. The major level is like your top players, then the minor is a step down from that and the junior is a step down from minor. We have about 12 guys on each team. We have some local players, but at the top level we have guys from St. Louis, Michigan, Cincinnati. The junior level team is all people from this area, and the minor team is mostly people who have lived in this area at some point; maybe who went to (Northern Illinois University).
NIU has a team, and about half of their players, if they stay in this area, end up with the Shamrocks. Right now we have seven former NIU players.
MW: How does that work, when your players are all over the place?
SC: The local players get together and practice. The YMCA has a Sunday night league, so we go to that. In top-level inline hockey, teams don't really practice together. We've been together for four years now, so you kind of have an idea what that other person is going to do.
MW: Did you grow up playing hockey?
SC: I grew up in Chicago playing hockey, both inline and ice. Once I went into college, it was more beneficial for me to play inline, because I could support myself that way.
MW: Hockey was kind of a neglected sport in this area until the Blackhawks took off a few years ago. As a fan, it's kind of nice people around here are able to talk about hockey now.
SC: Growing up in Chicago, I could go to the United Center, buy an $8 ticket with my student ID, and sit anywhere I wanted, because there was nobody there. I sat right behind the glass for $8. The price of standing-room tickets for last year's finals was around $500. It's amazing.
You used to never see anybody wearing Blackhawks stuff. MC Sports hardly even carried it. Now they have a whole section, almost as big as the Bears section.
MW: Tell me about the Shamrocks' charity game.
SC: We do a charity game every year. We get all three teams together and (select the game team) draft-pick style. One year we did it for Wounded Warrior Project; last year we did Family Service Agency. We suggest a donation of $5, we play it at the YMCA, and it's just a fun event for everybody and for a good cause.
For people out here, our family and friends, our closes home games are in Homer Glen, so this is a chance for them to come out and see us play.
MW: Why so far?
SC: No place around here is equipped to handle what we do, with locker rooms, seating and everything. The league works out with the rinks what works for them.
MW: Explain how competition works.
SC: In a weekend, X number of teams will go to the same place and play. For example, say we're going to play Pittsburgh. Instead of us traveling to Pittsburgh and then them traveling here, we'll both travel to Grand Rapids. Each event is its own tournament with multiple games.
We have won 11 regional tournaments. Two years ago, our minor team won nationals, and the year before that our major team finished first runner-up.
MW: Where does the money come from for all this league travel?
SC: We are completely self-funded. We have some sponsors, and we make up the difference to pay for our own hotels, travel, whatever is left. Some players are sponsored, others pay 100 percent of everything. Nobody makes money on this; it's something we do for the love of the game.
Hockey is unlike any other sport. You can be going hard at each other on the rink, practically killing each other, and after the game sit down together and have a beer like nothing happened. I've played other sports, and they've never been like that. What happens in the rink stays in the rink.
We've had people in their 30s say, I thought I was done, but here they have a home to play. A lot of them have families, and they kind of appreciate being able to go away for two days and hang out with guys.
For us, you could be the best player in the world, but if you're causing problems, well, chemistry has to be No. 1. I've had to make difficult decisions before. ...In a lot of organizations, the people on the top team think so much less of the people on the junior team. If you go to our games, people on all teams are there in the stands cheering each other on. We have good chemistry from top to bottom. I've seen guys have issues with money to make a trip and someone else will step up and say, 'I've got him for this weekend.' It's like a family away from your family.
MW: Where did the name come from?
SC: The Play It Again Sports team was the Shamrocks, and there were some jerseys left over. When you're starting a new organization, jerseys are a huge cost. And I'm Irish. We liked Chicago Shamrocks, but there was a lacrosse team out of Hoffman Estates that was the Chicago Shamrocks. We tossed around Windy City, but Chi-Town had a ring to it, and it's unique.


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Salem contractor joins N-Hance resurgenceBy APRIL GUILMET
Union Leader Correspondent
September 18. 2013 9:50PM
SALEM — A longtime Salem contractor has found his calling after opening the first Granite State branch of a national home improvement franchise.
Jim Matthieu, 48, purchased the local N-Hance Revolutionary Wood Renewal franchise last spring.
A 2013 Harvard University study says home improvement spending this year is expected to increase by up to 20 percent, compared with spending in 2012. That, along with a recent increase in home sales, has led to a rebirth for N-Hance, franchise spokeswoman Stacy Rubenstein said.
"As homeowners embark on home improvement projects, such as refinishing cabinets, they're faced with many important decisions and may not know where to turn," Rubenstein said.
After working in the construction industry on and off since the age of 15, Matthieu now spends his days on the road, helping homeowners improve the look of their cabinets and floors.
The company, which is a partner of The Home Depot retail chain, is known for Light Speed, a patented ultraviolet light technology that uses ultraviolet light to instantly dry and cure refinished wood surfaces.
N-Hance Wood Renewal specializes in cabinet and floor renewal services, allowing homeowners to see quick results without the typical dust and fumes associated with some home improvements.
Services range from basic cabinet renewal, whereby existing cabinets are cleaned and touched up, to complete surface and color changes.
In many cases, the process — which can also be applied to flooring, paneling and furniture — can be completed in one day and can cost one-fifth of the price of refacing or replacing cabinets.
Matthieu's franchise works in partnership with a dozen Home Depot stores in southern New Hampshire and the Merrimack Valley. N-Hance Wood Renewal offers something for every price range, he said.
"If your cabinets are basically in good shape, you can get an entirely new look for less money," he said.
Wood finishes are retouched using pigments rather than paint, with a poly coating then applied for extended durability.
He said the Light Speed process has proved particularly popular with business owners because it allows improvements to be made without forcing a business to close temporarily.
"The finish can be put on at night, and the business will be ready to open the next morning," he said, noting that the process also appeals to homeowners who are seeking a quick return on investment when preparing a home for sale.
Since the business opened, in June, Matthieu has hired one part-time employee and one full-time employee to assist with growing demands.
In the coming years, he hopes to continue to expand his territory and hire several more workers.
"For a startup, we're doing quite well," Matthieu said.
For more information, go to www.nhance.com/merrimackvalley.


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The leader of the Anglican communion, Archbishop of Canterbury Dr. Rowan Williams, is advocating that the UK accommodate the sharia law of Islam. While counseling that sharia law must never be allowed to trump basic human rights, the Archbishop believes that in "some cultural and religious settings" Muslims should be allowed to resolve… READ MORE >
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Why the Bearded One is Right about Sharia Law
Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, is an unusually courageous and thoughtful man, one of the few leaders in Britain willing to risk public outrage in order to point up uncomfortable truths. His lecture yesterday in the Royal Courts of Justice was exactly what is needed in the UK now: a challenge to the Positivism which is in gradual… READ MORE >
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Defending the Archbishop: It's All in the Details
My defense of the Archbishop of Canterbury's proposals for Britain to accommodate sharia law omitted to mention that the devil is in the detail, as an excellent Reuters report points out, and as Dr. Williams himself indicated. But the recent press, calming now after the storm, confirms the point I was making: as Tom Heneghan, religion… READ MORE >
What lies beyond Lambeth's Sharia humiliation?
What is happening here, it seems to me, is that the dilemmas of a withering and shrinking (if not dying) institution, the established Church of England, are being awkwardly welded onto the insecurities and threats experienced by other minority communities in order to produce a case for the preservation of one in conjunction with the granting of new influence to the other. This is misguided for all kinds of reasons. From a Christian point of view, the church should be [a church] … willing to take risks more than it craved safeguards. One committed to the ethos of peacemaking rather than the ethos of armed defence. One willing to move away from internal squabbling, resist tempting absorption into the government's contract culture, and abandon rearguard actions against the demise of the old Christendom era where its allegiance rested on the status quo much more than on the subversive company of Jesus. These are the challenging yet exciting issues one would hope an archbishop of a resourceful church in England, rather than a fading Church of England, might be willing to tackle. It would take imagination, bravery, intelligence and prayerfulness. But he has those in spades." READ MORE >
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The Archbishop of Canterbury Reads Dostoevsky
Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, has recently written a book about Fyodor Dostoevsky, author of Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov. The book—Dostoevsky: Language, Faith, and Fiction—has drawn some controversy, not so much for its content, but for the question of whether it should have been written in the first place.… READ MORE >
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Leading the team in 2005 will be veteran right-side hitter Sara Scandiffio (Purcelville, Va.). The senior had a career year in 2004, recording a team-high 344 kills, posting 2.99 kills per game. Also returning will be junior setter/right-side hitter Jennifer Sartor (Toronto, Canada) who registered 329 kills last year, plus a team-best 95.0 blocks.
Fellow junior Brittany Kessel (Libertyville, Ill.) is also back this is season after tallying 1,052 assists during her first season with the Lady Bucs in 2004. Sophomore Callie Kiselich (Colorado Springs, Colo.) is another top returner, following a stellar freshman campaign in which she led the team with a .238 hitting percentage.
"We're very excited to be back together for the upcoming season," said third-year head coach Lindsey Devine. "We're also looking forward to moving into the new conference."
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"Contrary to what was expected from recent Novell announcements, Novell executives are apparently slicing deeply into the Linux heart of the company. Jobs and resources are actually being slashed in several areas previously dubbed by Novell management as "key component parts of Novell's Linux developments": staffers working on Mono, Hula, Evolution and Desktop Strategy are getting the sack. SUSE customers around the world will be shocked and puzzled by this management decision."


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Many mothers find they can appreciate their babies' breastfeeding patterns or the need for frequent feedings when they understand how breast milk is produced. Initially, hormones play a greater role. After the first one or two weeks postpartum (after the baby is born), milk removal has a greater effect on the amount of milk produced.
With the expulsion of the placenta after a baby's birth, a drop in the hormones that maintained the pregnancy soon occurs and allows the hormone prolactin to begin to work. Prolactin "tells" the breasts it is time to begin producing large amounts of milk. A mother feels the result of prolactin when her milk "comes in" at around three to five days postpartum. Increased milk production usually occurs at this time even if a baby has not been breastfeeding well or often. However, frequent breastfeeding sometimes speeds up the process of establishing increased milk production. Occasionally, a mother experiences a delay in the production of large amounts of milk.
During the first three to five days, your breasts make colostrum. This is a thick, rich food that is small in volume. It is important to remember that your baby's stomach is very small and does not need large volumes of milk to be filled. If your baby seems satisfied and is making the correct number of wet or dirty diapers, you can feel confident that your body is making everything that your baby needs. Keep nursing when your baby is telling you that he or she is hungry, and your body will respond to the signals to make more milk.
Ongoing, long-term milk production depends mostly on milk removal. The more often milk is removed and the more completely it is removed, the more milk the breasts make. The opposite is also true. When milk is removed less often or an insufficient amount is removed, the breasts get the signal to slow milk production and make less. Milk removal occurs when a baby effectively breastfeeds.
Effective breastfeeding requires effective sucking by the baby so that enough milk is transferred from the breast into the baby's mouth where it is swallowed. To suck effectively, a baby must latch deeply onto the breast and use the structures in his or her mouth to create intermittent suction, compress the breast with his or her mouth, and swallow. When your baby does this, your body will respond to the signal by releasing the hormone oxytocin. This leads to the release of larger volumes of milk—a process known as milk "let down."
If a baby is not breastfeeding effectively, milk transfer also can be accomplished through milk expression techniques. Milk can be expressed manually by compressing the breast tissue with your hands. Milk can also be expressed with a breast pump.


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"So he calls me up and he's like, 'I still love you.' And I'm like, 'I'm sorry, I'm busy opening up the Grammys.'" — Taylor Swift, during her show-opening performance of her Grammy-nominated song "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together."
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The way things are in this country today this guy could shit on the stage, toss it at his opponent, murder the guys dog, ask for forgiveness for who knows what, and praise Jesus and still get the majority of the votes.
Religions need books because they don't have gods.
Nam, Could you humor me and explain how you feel Mourdock is "right on the money?"
Nam..Key words being "in a way". My reading comprehension is pretty good. "Biblegod" impregnated Mary from what I understand (the story) without a struggle, without violence, without begs for mercy, without fear of death if she did not submit. Did I miss this struggle some where in the story?
Indeed Nam..but you and I both know that the story of Mary and John the Baptist's mother is made up story..unless you are saying it is true?! Please don't assume you know what rape means..unless you have been on the receiving end you know not of what you speak.
You know what Nam..Fuck you..
I didn't back peddle at all..
What I said was Mourdock didn't view Mary's impregnation as rape.
You do however, even tho you know its a bullshit story.
Irony at its finest.
Call me what you want but you are the one who calls rape on a story you don't even believe. <shrug>


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The Rainbow Singers of Niagara Falls, under the direction of Anita Harless, announced their fall concert will be "Autumn Stars." Weekend performances will be Nov. 23 at 7 p.m., at Riverside Presbyterian Church, 815 84th St., Niagara Falls; and Nov. 24 at 3 p.m., at St. James United Methodist Church, 4665 Porter Road, Niagara Falls.
Two of the selections to be performed are "When I First Came to This Land" by Robert DeCormier, and "September Song" by Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson.
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