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But the stakes were not near as high as those in the cricket match in Lagaan, right? Lose, and pay teen guna lagaan, i.e. triple tax. Win, and go tax-free for three years. This applied not only to Champaner, but to the entire province! No wonder these stakeholders were so concerned when things took a turn for the worse:
So here are a few highlights from the greatest cricket match ever played. Apologies to the Kapil Dev-led Indian team that won the World Cup in 1983 (fittingly, in England).
The three-day cricket match in Lagaan was played by the hills. Spectators from neighboring villages were present. Leaders from both sides sat in the pavilion. Lagaan XI bowled first. The star there was Kachra, a spinner, whose bowling did not produce any results until day two. That is when he took over. He even took a hat-trick!
(Aside: From a cricketing standpoint, there was little to pick on. One could appreciate the technical components of the game done very well. For example, a ball spins more (and swings more) the older it gets. These were accurately depicted in the film.)
When the Lagaan XI batted, they struggled early and often. Lakha's was one of the most dramatic one-ball innings one would witness:
See, poor Lakha, after switching allegiances, was to have his 'head knocked off' per Captain Andrew Russell, who entrusted this task to the bowler (pictured left) who reminded me of former Australian cricketer Merv Hughes (pictured right):
Back to the match. Poor Ram Singh, who served as announcer for the game, got a tight slap to the face from Captain Russell for celebrating a boundary.
Baagha's entrance was amazing, WWE-style!
But they kept losing wickets, until the injured Ismail came on to the field to bat a second time (after being retired hurt before).
Tipu was Ismail's runner (Tipu, you might recall, was the kid with Bhuvan when the latter first created and displayed a bat to the village, and hit the ball so well and high it hit a bell in the temple). And Ismail and Bhuvan did well. But it wasn't about to get any easier. They lost nine wickets before Kachra came to bat with two overs to go. Somehow, Bhuvan ended up on strike on the last delivery of the match.
They needed a four from it. Bhuvan recalled all his believers and doubters...
...and hit it up in the air (given the field placement mandated an attempted six, not a four). There was a man under it, and Bhuvan was caught out! Captain Russell had taken the catch. It was over. Or was it?
Wait a minute, he crossed the boundary line.
It's a SIX! Lagaan XI had won! Bhuvan could not believe it, and fell to the ground in what is called a 'sajdah' (prostration), bowing before God in submission and thankfulness.
Ram Singh was ecstatic. Hum jeet gaye (we have won), he announced.
And the crowd stormed the field.
Elizabeth was so proud of Bhuvan. She really was the brain behind it all.
What's more, it even rained amid the celebrations!
His Highness, Raja Puran Singh, had come a long way since being asked by Captain Russell to eat the meat.
And Bhuvan and Gauri shared a rare intimate moment...
...which was not oblivious to Elizabeth, who retracted from the scene after having run on to the field to congratulate Bhuvan. Those eyes said it all.
Post-match breakdown
The cantonment abandoned Champaner. Captain Russell and his men were transferred to Central Africa. And Elizabeth went back to London, but not before saying one final goodbye to the people she had come to love so much. This had to be one of the most touching scenes in the film, in which Elizabeth touched maai's feet in respect...
...hugged Gauri in acceptance...
...and bid farewell to Bhuvan...
...only to have him say:
Sorry Bhuvan, she might not have won your heart, but she certainly did win mine. Someone, stop Elizabeth from leaving! Please! She really deserved so much better.
Ironically, here is a relevant dialog exchange for the moment (from earlier in the film):
Elizabeth: This is not fair.
Andrew: So is life.
So there we have it. A dramatic end to a dramatic cinematic journey. What a film! My Lagaan DVD should be arriving this week, so I'll hope to review it then. Until then, this concludes an exciting Lagaan Week.
A big thank you to all who read and responded. Have a great start to the week, everyone!
Movie Rating: 5/5 (naturally!)
My Classification: G (one of the cleanest films, suitable for all audiences)
Official website: http://www.lagaan.com/
Visit in Internet Explorer; Firefox wasn't around in 2001 -- there, I'm even defending them now :o)


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Thank you to Ed Ginzel for this excellent review. Your article can be a good starting point to add more software. I remember this one:
Software tool DREAM for simulating acoustic fields
University Uppsala, Uppsala [Sweden]
More software one may find by using the database search "software" but restrict to keywords only.
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Recently we published some Apps releases for smart phones.
Who else can add items for NDT Software Availability?
Rolf, thank you for your kind comments. In preparing for the seminar I located an NDT-related website that had a list of some of the software that I put in this list. But when I went to check the links from that NDT-related site nearly all were broken. This suggested to me that such a collection needs maintenance to keep the information current. It would be nice if the list could be expanded by our many forum users, but we should periodically also check that the links are still active.
Dear Ed,
nice collection of links for NDT software, congratulations!
But software for Digital Industrial Radiology is missing. Since more than 10 years we are promoting this technology by development of standards and also simple software, called ISee!. There are free and licensed versions available, see http://dir.bam.de/ic
Also there is a lot of free software in the field of medical radiology waiting to be adapted to the special needs of NDT, e.g. DICOM versus DICONDE etc, see http://www.idoimaging.com
Uwe Z.
Uwe, I definitely agree! The original plan for this list was to provide a collection of software that was not "NDT data collection" software. Instead, I wanted the list to be the other utility tools we use in NDT. If you (and others) would like to provide me with some of the other options available I can update the table. The list is already a good length, but as we add more perhaps the organisation of the entries should be planned better. If you have any recommendations for a more user-friendly arrangement of the list I would be happy to re-arrange the items and add the new ones. I would like to keep the list without a lot of details that might be considered commercial. With a link to a website the user can decide if the product is appropriate and then request details directly from the supplier.
It is clear that a list of NDT Software in the current format is not possible to maintain to keep it up to date. The use of this comment feature to extend the list is good but also not a solution. We could incorporate a resource in the Virtual Library (http://www.ndt.net/library/library.php3) , however, who will pay for all our programming work while on the other hand vendors would advertise their software for free in this resource?

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LAKELAND, Fla., May 4 (UPI) -- A Florida atheist activist is in jail for faking the sounds of a sex act in the presence of her neighbor and his 10-year-old son, authorities say.
Ellenbeth Wachs, 48, of Lakeland, legal director of the Atheists of Florida, was arrested Sunday, the Polk County Sheriff's Office told The (Lakeland) Ledger.
Fox News reported she was still being held at the Polk County jail without bond Wednesday because she had been out on bail after her arrest March 3 on charges of posing as a lawyer.
Neighbor Otto Lehman filed for an injunction for protection against Wachs in April, saying his son Forrest was playing basketball March 13 when she yelled at him to stop.
When Lehman and his son returned later, Wachs made noises that "sounded like a woman experiencing sexual gratification in an extremely loud fashion," the sheriff's affidavit said.
John Liguori, Wachs' lawyer, said she should be released because she has multiple sclerosis and her medical needs cannot be properly met in jail.
He said Wachs was resting after having chemotherapy when she asked the boy to stop playing basketball, and "there is no simulation of a sex act here."
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[center]Chapter 1: The Journey Begins[/center]
Leppender wrinkled her nose at the foul stench of the swamp as she rode through it, ignoring the crocolisks that snapped at her horse's hooves. She urged her felsteed forward, stopping only as she reached a cavernous tunnel that had been lit with torches, the ornamental arched entry marking it as a humanoid construct. "This is it, the path to Dun Morogh home of the Dwarves and Gnomes."
She dismounted, and smiled at her Voidwalker Thantast who appeared out of the shadows to stand at her side. "I don't usually like your ideas, but I think I'm agreeable to this one. You could die very easily out here." He said in his demonic tongue.
Leppender snorted derisively at him. "Yes yes, you want me dead so you can feast on my soul before it can depart for the next world. I assure you that will never happen Thantast. Even if I do die out here, you won't be able to touch my soul." She looked up at the arched entrance and smiled. "Besides it's not a worthy test of courage unless I am willing to face impossible odds."
Thantast seemed to slump with disappointment. "Impossible odds indeed. You come here to acquire a trophy of some sort?"
Leppender shook her head with a sigh, and pulls out a piece of paper. "Yes Thantast... let me explain it to you once again. After checking in the library at Shattrath I discovered four items that are carried frequently by creatures only found in the homelands of our enemies. First I shall slay Edan the Howler and take his cape, what's known to us as the Wendigo fur cloak, then I shall use my magical stone to return to Shattrath and take a portal to Orgrimaar. After that I take the zeppelin to Grom'gol base camp, and ride north through Duskwood to Elwynn forest. The koboalds in the mines there carry shovels that are unique to that area. Once a have found a kobald mining shovel I will use my stone once more, go through the portal at Shattrath into Orgrimaar, and head north for the greatest challenge in this journey."
Thantast looked at her eagerly. "Darkshore... that is where you will meet your doom mistress, and where I shall feast on your blood!"
Leppender scowled at him. "Do not interrupt me Thantast. Yes, Darkshore. I am no match for the sentries there, so we will have to run through. Don't worry, I will be stealing a part of your own life force to shield me from their blows. I will not die."
Thantast let out a low growl, but kept his mouth shut. Leppender continued, running her finger down the list in her hand. "Once we get to the dock we will take the boat to Teldrassil... I am grateful to whatever member of the Horde paid off the Alliance captains so that they will allow weaklings like me to come aboard without trouble." She looked up at Thantast solemnly "This will be the most dangerous part of the journey. The sentinels in Auberdine are pups compared to the ones that guard the portal into Teldrasil... and Darnasus."
Thantast looked up at her in shock. "So it's true? You cannot get onto the island without passing through the elven capital? You will not survive this encounter."
Leppender's brow wrinkled with concern. "If I am to die on this quest, it will be in Teldrassil. Nothing I do before or after it is quite as dangerous. Even so I must go! I must kill the vile little grell named Threggil that hides in a cave there , and take his keen machete! After that... well... we jump."
"We... jump?" He said in a confused voice.
Leppender swallowed heavily. "According to my map there is a spot at the bottom edge of Teldrassil where one who is brave enough can jump off the cliff, and land near Ru'theran village, so they can catch the boat back to Auberdine."
Thantast backed away. "You're insane! I may want you dead, but that's suicide! Sneaking through the elven capital just to kill a Grell, then jumping off a cliff afterward?"
Leppender let out an amused laugh. "Didn't I tell you that nothing on this quest will be more dangerous? I'm likely to be wounded, or even killed, but if I survive I will have earned my last name. To me nothing is more important than proving my worth to the clan. Bloodfury has given me a family again. I have many new brothers and sisters, all of which are brave and powerful. I long to do them honor."
Thantast remained silent for a long time staring at her. She leaned against the arch that lead into Dun Morogh examining the paper in her hand. "So... If you survive your fall to the shore, where will we go from there?" He asked her finally.
She sighed and straightened up. "To Asuremyst my pet. We'll run past the guards in Auberdine to board the boat leading to Asuremyst Isle. Though the most dangerous part of the journey will be complete, this will still be the most difficult part. There are rumors that some of Illidan's Blood Elf servants who crashed the Exodar remain in hiding along the roads, waiting to ambush young Draenei pups. Some of them wear Blood Elf Bandit Masks. I will have to use all my cunning to track one down, and kill him, so I can claim his mask."
Her voidwalker snorted. "A cloak, a shovel, a machete, and a mask. You really think these four worthless items will earn you a name? That they are worth going after?"
Leppender put away the list, and climbed onto the back of her felsteed. "I am hoping that the items will be seen as trophies of the courage it took to invade the homelands of our enemies. Each one is unique, and can easily be traced back to the lands from which they came. It is not the worth of the item that matters here, but the worth of the deeds I have performed. That is what will earn me a last name."
"You hope." He said fading back into the shadows.
Leppender shook her head, and stared at the tunnel ahead of her. A calm smile formed on her lips. "No matter what happens, I think this is going to be one fun adventure." With that she dug her heels into the side of her felsteed, and took off into the tunnel heading for Dun Morogh, and the beginning of her quest to earn a last name from the Bloodfury.


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- Africa Adaptation Programme: An insight into AAP and Country project Profiles
- The Africa Adaptation Programme (AAP) has been designed to support the long-term efforts of targeted countries to further develop their capability to successfully identify, design and implement holistic adaptation and disaster risk reduction programmes that are aligned with national development priorities. This report provides insight into the Africa Adaptation Programme (AAP) and its related country project profiles. The AAP has shifted into implementation, with Namibia and Tunisia as the first countries to complete national inception workshops. Eighteen out of the total twenty programme countries will complete national inception processes and start full-fledged implementation in the coming months.
- Africa: Atlas of Our Changing Environment
- This comprehensive atlas provides data, satellite imagery, and analysis of the environmental conditions and issues relevant to each African country, and several surrounding island nations. The atlas also covers trans-border international issues in Africa.
- The Kalahari Transect: Research on Global Change and Sustainable Development in Southern Africa
- The Kalahari Transect is proposed as one of IGBPs Transects (see Koch et al. 1995 [IGBP Report 36]). It is located so as to span the gradient between the arid subtropics and the moist tropics in southern Africa, a zone potentially susceptible to changes in the global precipitation pattern. Its focus is the relationships between the structure and function of ecosystems and their large-scale biophysical and human drivers (climate, atmosphere and land use). The Kalahari Transect spans a strong climatic gradient in southern Africa, from the arid south to the humid north, while remaining on a single broad soil type, the deep sands of the Kalahari basin. The vegetation ranges over the length of the transect from shrubland through savannas and woodlands to closed evergreen tropical forest, with land uses ranging from migratory wildlife systems, through pastoralism, subsistence cropping to forestry. The objectives of the Kalahari Transect activity are to: build an active network of regional and international researchers around the issue of ecosystem structure and function in savanna woodlands undergoing climatic and land use change; quantify the current and future role of southern African savanna woodlands in the global carbon, water and trace gas budgets and the degree of dependence of these budgets on climate and land use change; develop a predictive understanding of future changes in southern African savannas and woodlands on sandy soils, including their capacity to deliver forage, timber and other products. A five year project is proposed, commencing in 1997. The project revolves around four themes: vegetation structure, composition and dynamics; biogeochemistry, trace gas emissions and productivity; resource use and management and water and energy balance. These themes define the minimum set of processes necessary for understanding of the Kalahari system.
- Kew-Eliasch Review Consultation: Report to the Office of Climate Change
- This paper discusses the research tools used to create baseline data for carbon offset mechanisms. The paper explains vegetation survey methodologies with examples of their application in a variety of contexts. These range from rapid studies using remote sensing imagery, to full multiphase survey methods. The paper gives specific examples of how these methods are used to monitor deforestation and forest regeneration.
- The Miombo Network: Framework for a Terrestrial Transect Study of Land-Use and Land-Cover Change in the Miombo Ecosystems of Central Africa
- This report describes the strategy for the Miombo Network Initiative, developed at an International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) intercore-project workshop in Malawi in December 1995 and further refined during the Land Use and Cover Change (LUCC) Open Science Meeting in January, 1996 and through consultation and review by the LUCC Scientific Steering Committee (SSC). The Miombo Network comprises of an international network of researchers working in concert on a 'community' research agenda developed to address the critical global change research questions for the miombo woodland ecosystems. The network also addresses capacity building and training needs in the Central, Eastern and Southern Africa (SAF) region, of the Global Change System for Analysis Research and Training (START). The research strategy described here provides the basis for a proposed IGBP Terrestrial Transect study of land cover and land use changes in the miombo ecosystems of Central Africa. It therefore resides administratively within the LUCC programme with linkages to other Programme Elements of the IGBP such as Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems (GCTE). The report provides the framework for research activities aimed at understanding how land use is affecting land cover and associated ecosystem processes; assessing what contribution these changes are making to global change; and predicting what effects global change in turn could have on land use dynamics and ecosystem structure and function. The key issues identified are: patterns, causes and rates of change in land cover in relation to land use; consequences of land-use and land-cover changes on regional climate, natural resources, hydrology, carbon storage and trace gas emissions; determinants of the distribution of species and ecosystems in miombo; and fundamental questions of miombo ecosystem structure and function.


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Senators Tell Court There's No Evidence That Bulk Phone Record Collection Was Useful
from the now-that's-an-amicus-brief deptHere's something you don't see every day: three sitting US Senators filing an amicus brief against the federal government. Amicus (friend of the court) briefs can sometimes be quite useful, but all too often they're sort of there to just reinforce certain arguments made by some of the parties. Sometimes that's helpful, because at times they can present things in a way that is very useful for the court to understand things. It's somewhat rarer for an amicus to really have a unique insight into the issue. But here's one case where there's an amicus brief with a truly unique perspective. Senators Ron Wyden, Mark Udall and Martin Heinrich are asking to file an amicus brief in one of the big cases over the NSA's bulk collection of metadata from all phone calls. This is the case that was organized by the EFF, involving a variety of organizations, from churches to gun rights organizations to civil liberties groups and more.
The three Senators, all members of the Senate Intelligence Committee, have submitted amicus briefs to share with the court that, from what they've seen, there's no evidence that the bulk data collection program has been at all useful -- which is likely to be a key claim by the DOJ.
Now that the government's bulk call-records program has been exposed, the government has defended it vigorously. Amici submit this brief to respond to the government's claim, which it is expected to repeat in this suit, that its collection of bulk call records is necessary to defend the nation against terrorist attacks. Amici make one central point: As members of the committee charged with overseeing the National Security Agency's surveillance, Amici have reviewed this surveillance extensively and have seen no evidence that the bulk collection of Americans' phone records has provided any intelligence of value that could not have been gathered through less intrusive means. The government has at its disposal a number of authorities that allow it to obtain the call records of suspected terrorists and those in contact with suspected terrorists. It appears to Amici that these more targeted authorities could have been used to obtain the information that the government has publicly claimed was crucial in a few important counterterrorism cases.They further point out that beyond the lack of usefulness, the implications of the federal government's interpretation of the law has a very wide impact. However, the real focus of the filing is on the supposed usefulness, and the Senators don't pull any punches. They directly call out the NSA and its defenders for trying very hard to misrepresent and mislead the public record:
As Amici and others have made clear, the evidence shows that the executive branch's claims about the effectiveness of the bulk phone-records program have been vastly overstated and, in some cases, utterly misleading....The Senators are not the only amici. There are others, including from a group of experts in the history of government surveillance (including noted NSA watcher, James Bamford), a bunch of news organizations (including the American Society of News Editors, the LA Times, McClatchy, the Newspaper Guild, Advance Publications and more), criminal defense lawyers (who apparently are realizing how the NSA has been funneling and laundering data used against their clients under "parallel construction") and PEN American Center, a non-profit representing a bunch of writers. Still, having Senators jump into the case is big news, even if Wyden and Udall have been making their opinion clear for some time.
For example, the executive branch has defended the program by claiming that it helped "thwart" or "disrupt" fifty-four specific terrorist plots.... But that claim conflates the bulk-collection program with other foreign-intelligence authorities.5 In fact, as Amici know from their regular oversight of the intelligence community as members of the SSCI, "it appears that the bulk phone records collection program under section 215 of the USA Patriot Act played little or no role in most of these disruptions." .... Indeed, of the original fifty- four that the government pointed to, officials have only been able to describe two that involved materially useful information obtained through the bulk call-records program.... Even the two supposed success stories involved information that Amici believe—after repeated requests to the government for evidence to the contrary—could readily have been obtained without a database of all Americans' call records....
In both public statements and in newly declassified submissions to the SSCI, intelligence officials have significantly exaggerated the phone-records program's effectiveness. Based on the experience of Amici, the public—and this Court—should view the government's claims regarding the effectiveness of its surveillance programs with searching skepticism and demand evidence rather than assurances before accepting them.
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No make-up date has been scheduled at this time.
The Cobras will be back in action on Wednesday (April 16) at home against GRU Augusta in a non-conference game. First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m.


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On Thursday, Tottenham Hotspur played Rome's Lazio club in a Europe League game. Before the match began, a number of Spurs fans were hanging out in Rome's Campo de Fiori square when they were attacked by 50 to 100 "Ultras" armed with knives, baseball bats and brass knuckles. The Ultras are described as right-wing, which I take it means left-wing. They trashed a bar called the Drunken Ship and seriously wounded some of the Tottenham fans. The attackers reportedly yelled "Jews" and various anti-Semitic chants. I hadn't realized it, but apparently Tottenham Hotspur is strongly supported by the Jewish community in north London.
These photos show the scene after the attack:
Lazio officials denied that the assault was carried out by their fans, but when the soccer match began, the anti-Semitic theme continued:
[S]hortly afterwards as the game got under way, Lazio fans chanted 'Juden Tottenham'- using the German [!] word for Jew, and also unfurled a "Free Palestine" banner.
Here is the banner:
"Free Palestine" might sound like just one more innocuous pro-liberation slogan, but, since "Palestine" means Israel, it really signifies "Death to the Jews." In Europe, nearly all assaults on Jews are carried out by Muslims, but the two men who have been arrested for attempted murder in connection with the Drunken Ship attack have traditional Italian names, and the Lazio fans who hoisted the "Free Palestine" banner were not likely Muslims. Whether this incident is emblematic of widening anti-Semitism in Europe, or just another instance of soccer hooliganism, remains to be seen.
PAUL adds: Lazio is the team supported by Italian fascists and has been for decades. In fact, it was Mussolini's favorite club. So, in my opinion the attack on the Spurs fans isn't just another instance of soccer hooliganism, but nor is it necessarily emblematic of widening anti-Semitism in Europe (though I believe anti-Semitism is widening there). Rather, the attack is emblemataic of what Lazio long has represented.
I wrote about Lazio, and mentioned Spurs, in this post from January 2005.


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Tuesday we start a new year.
Tuesday we start a new year. Just because the number 13 is often considered an unlucky number doesn't mean we shouldn't try to realign our goals in life to make them more productive.
The year 2013 promises to be any kind of year for us — good or bad — depending on how we meet the joys and sorrows that come our way. My personal opinion is that God has a plan for each of us, and I for one, am willing to let go of whatever plans I have and just follow God's plan. In my estimation, the avenue of surprises God's plan leads us on will yield far better results than any plan we humans can concoct.
As far as resolutions go, I don't plan to make any. I only plan to pray for more patience. It's just about the only thing I really need right now, and I plan to pray as hard for that as I would if I were asking Santa for a favorite toy.
Try as we might to consider the "real" meaning of Christmas, the coming of the Christ-child, other things get in the way. Buying and giving Christmas presents, the happy expressions on the faces of children when they get their favorite toy, the excitement when we receive a favorite piece of jewelry or some other treasured gift, stuffing our faces with all kinds of delicious food, and countless other little things, lead our minds astray long before Christmas Day arrives. We have to learn that we should not let that lead us on a non-productive secular perspective all year long.
When I was a child, Christmas was a big thing for us. It wasn't because we were getting gifts, either because most of the time we didn't get anything except maybe Mama baking a cake and cooking us a "Sunday" meal. I can remember going to church every year for Christmas to adore the Christ-child in the manger setting at the church. Mama and Papa would give each of us youngsters a few coins to place in the little container that was there in front of the manger for those who wanted to leave a gift for baby Jesus. We were so proud when our coins clinked as they joined the other coins in the special little container. We knew we were giving from our hearts because there was no surplus from which to draw for giving of any kind.
As a student in the upper elementary grades and throughout high school, if we pulled names, I always had to admit to the teacher that I couldn't pull names because I knew I didn't have the dime to buy a present for another student. Invariably, the teacher would tell me to go ahead and draw a name and she or he would pay for the gift. More often than not, my godparents would come for a visit before gift-buying time and I could tell the teacher that my godparents had given me a dime and I could buy the gift myself. That's why I can say that all my life people have either helped me through my rough times or offered to help me. I consider all these people God's angels on earth.
Maybe throughout the years I've been able to look at the bright side of life because of the goodness of all these people. I think optimism was born in me because of all these "angels" who entered my life. I wish everyone could have been as fortunate as I was.
When I entered high school I needed a job working in the cafeteria so that I could get a free lunch. That way I could attend high school without the burden of having to buy or bring my lunch, both methods being impractical for me. I got the job and then was able to go to school and eat, too. The lady who hired me, Mrs. Kellis, always wore a halo when I think of her. I'm quite sure she was one of the "angels" in my life.
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A transcription of Tom Cable's post-draft press conference:
Cable: Let me open up by just talking about the draft. I feel like we're lucky. You get 11 players and what I mean by 11 is the nine that we drafted over the last three days. Obviously we used an earlier three on Kamerion Wimbley and then an earlier five on Groves, Quentin Groves the defensive end. Put those guys together, that's your draft. We made a couple moves inside the draft that were very beneficial for us as a football team. After that the thing that is most important is we improved our team. We filled a lot of needs. That's how you would categorize draft, a need-filled draft for the Oakland Raiders.
Q: Does the positive perception of this draft change the culture of negativity?
Cable: You know how I've been. For a while I've said at some point things will start to change. The only way to do that is to do things that make people feel like there's change, make it feel like you're improving your team and doing what it takes to improve your team. If that's the feeling out there it would be second to the feeling in that draft room. We realized when we got going in this thing that there was a great feel that we were getting good football players. Guys that you could see how they'd have a chance to compete and compete on this team for jobs and
help us be a much better football team.
Q: Jason Campbell told NFL Network he believed he was the starter, what does that mean for JaMarcus Russell?
Cable: We really never got into any of that. What it comes down to is that we've got five quarterbacks now and we're going to have a great competition. There will be some decisions to be made here in the next month or so, whatever that is. We'll just leave it at that until we get through some of those decisions. Right now we felt like adding Jason to this football team was very important. He's a guy in need of a fresh start himself. He's proven that he can do some things and have some success in the NFL. We're all familiar enough with Jason to know that
we're getting a guy who has proven he can play in the NFL. We have five quarterbacks. We'll have great competition and we'll have decisions to make here real soon.
Q: Surprised Bruce Campbell slipped to fourth round?
Cable: As I said all along, he's a numbers guy, extraordinary numbers really when you get down to it for an offensive lineman. We like him. We got him right where we thought he fit. The feeling in the room was the draft kept coming to us. When he was there it was pretty much a no-brainer. It gave us more depth, it gave us more competition in the offensive line. It's a good pick really.
Q: When did you first start talking to the Redskins?
Cable: We worked on it a little bit. Once we were able to see where we were at and what we need to do to get this team to where we want it to go then it became obvious, let's get to work on trying to improve it. The quarterback talk came out. Once that happened we moved quickly.
Q: Any way JaMarcus could start?
Cable: Well sure there is if he competes for the job and he's doing all those things that your starting quarterback is supposed to do. If he's the best guy than yeah.
Q: What special skill does Jason Campbell bring to the mix?
Cable: You know, probably you're looking at a little more height, more arm than a couple guys, pretty good athlete, can run around like a couple guys. So he may have a little bit of everyone in him, to be quite honest with you. I don't think you'd categorize him like you would JaMarcus or categorize him like Charlie or Bruce, Kyle. I mean, they're all kind of different in their own way and I suppose Jason's got a little bit of everybody in him.
Q: Filled a lot of needs, anything you missed in the draft that you'd liked to have had?
Cable: Yeah, I mean, you know, I thought there was another move to get in there, it didn't come our way. But very pleased. But, you know, you can always do better. I'm sure after we have some time to reflect on it, Jerry, we'll look on it and say, 'Man, I wish we could've done that or that.' But shoot, man, that's a heck of a draft for the Raiders. It really is. And as you said, you can put some checkmarks next to some very important issues in this football team.
Q: Is Campbell a better fit for this offense than he was for West Coast?
Cablel: I don't know about all that. I just think he fits for what we're doing. All that stuff, this game's really about opportunity, and catching some breaks and having good people around you, regardless of what system you're in. So I just think he's got something new to look forward to, as do many players on this football team, and hopefully we are a good fit for him.
Q: Is Jacoby Ford your punt and kickoff guy now, and how far is he from being an NFL receiver?
Campbell: There's some work that needs to be done. I don't think he's any different than a lot of guys coming out of college. But specifically, you kind of hit it on the head. I'm looking for that guy to see if he'll take the reins of our return game and become a guy like that for us. And I think those are the expectations early on, as we get ready to have mini-camp next week and get ready for OTAs after that. But there's certainly a role for that on this football team, and we picked him with that in mind. He's obviously a very fast guy. He shared return duties with C.J. Spiller, which is a pretty tough guy to share 'em with. But prior to C.J. getting all the returns, he was the guy in high school and prep school and early at Clemson, and he's really about as phenomenal as C.J. Spiller was. So we just felt like have to do it, gotta have it, because, you know, we need to change the game in the return game. We're very good at covering kicks here. We've proven that for a period of time now. But we've not been very good in the return game and hopefully he can add to that.
Q: Whose decision to trade down?
Cable: Well, it's the best thing for us. One thing I'm really proud of, I think as a team today, the organization, and that includes everyone, the coaches and the scouts and everybody involved, the owner, we were in synch. We worked together on it, and it just made the most sense, you know? We were fortunate when it was time to do those things that our guy, A or B, was still there. And so you knew you were gonna get A or B, and you could afford to move around a little bit. And it just worked out good for us.
Q: Excited about seeing Bruce Campbell on special teams?
Cable: I think that's what you do with someone like that. You know, in high school he was a defensive lineman, a defensive end in fact, as well as an offensive lineman, and then went to Maryland and played on the offensive line. Can run, can jump. He's extremely trim, big guy. But right now we're gonna put him there at right guard and right tackle and let him go to work. And let's get him started there and we'll see what else he can do after that.
Q: So he can be an inside player for you?
Cable: Definitely. Yeah, definitely.
Q: Who contacted whom about Jason Campbell?
Cable: We were contacted. We were contacted by a lot of people, first of all. That was just one of the many phone calls. So, you listen to some, some you don't. That one we happened to listen to.
Q: Washington struggled protecting Campbell, how might your offensive line mesh with him?
Campbell: Well, first and foremost, both offensive lines have to get a lot better. To really answer your question, the quarterback, his job is to make good decisions, get it out of his hand as quick as he can. In both places, both the units need to play much better than what they did. I don't know how they're going to complement each other, other than he's going to be better at what we ask him to do and we got to be better at protecting him.
Q: What's your take on your late-round picks?
Cable: Yeah, Goethel excites me for the fact that he's a true inside linebacker that's a tough, downhill player. Just as important, he's going to enhance our special teams. That gives us a real quality guy there. Ware, I liked him at corner, from Michigan State . He's a guy that's extremely good playing the gunner in special teams, was a jammer on the punt return team, but he can play man-coverage. So, you like him. McFadden, probably to us, he was the one we were really geeked about today because we thought he was going to go earlier. And he was there for us. We think he definitely can come in and help this football team right away. Ford, we talked about the kick return ability. I would think Goethel, McFadden, Ware, Brown, all those guys there, can have a real role on this football team.
Q: Have you talked to Russell, and will he be at the mini camp?
Cable: Yeah, there's no reason for him not to be here. I have not talked to him yet. I haven't talked to anyone other than the players that have been drafted and focused on that. We're working on free agency right now. We'll reach out to who we need to.
Q: Is Bruce Campbell's big issue his consistency?
Cable: You hit it on the head, the consistency in how he plays the game fundamentally, He is raw. You've got like this giant piece of clay to develop here. It's a good piece to work with. There are some things fundamentally that he will improve on very quickly because of the athleticism, because of the fact that at this level he's going to have to figure that out very quickly because of the competition. Probably the biggest thing that I see for Bruce is that Bruce is going to have to understand that at this level it's such a demanding thing every day in your life as an offensive lineman. How you take care of your body, how you train, all those (things). He's going to be great at that because he already looks like a monster the way he is, looks, is built, the whole thing. But, mentally, how you prepare, how hard you work every day, how hard you have to play every time the ball gets snapped will be the first hurdle he has to get over. Once he does that, this guy is going to be something.
Q: To clarify, was Jason Campbell told that he is the unquestioned starter?
Cable: No, no. I was in that conversation. It was Al and I. We didn't even ever talk about that. In his mind, he's coming to compete, he's been a starter, so I can certainly respect that. But it never was part of the conversation. So, it's really insignificant right now. That will be decided (later).
Q: Did you talk to Heyward-Bey about Bruce Campbell?
Cable: Yes, I did. Yep. One of the things that I value a lot through this whole process is the players on our team that have been around these guys that we're drafting or potentially are going to draft. I put a lot of weight on that because I trust these guys. They're Raiders, and they know that what we're trying to build is what they want, and that's to win and succeed. So, I just tell them, 'Tell me straight, can this guy help us be a playoff team or not? If he can't and you can tell me why he can't, I'm good with it. If he can, and you can tell me why he can, I'm good with that, too.
Q: The early reviews are positive, compare how you feel today with how you felt last year?
Cable: I think we're very excited right now. We can walk out of the building today and we're going to say, you know what, the Raiders got better today, we improved and it's not just trying to be positive and all that stuff. It's real, you can see it, it's there, it's not just saying it, I think it's everyone that knows this game and knows the draft and all those kind of things. We walk out of this place a better football team. So we'll go to minicamp and we'll go to work. It's time to build that football team now. But we're better and I think that's the way everybody feels.
Q: But you're feeling better than in past years?
Cable: I think there's a little more excitement, because we were able to get who we wanted with the first pick and we were able to get who we wanted with the second pick and we were able to do it by moving around a little bit and creating more for our team down the road, and that was really cool. Then we get to the third pick, and we said, let's be patient, let's be patient, it's our turn, and then the guy we said we wanted to have was there. I mentioned after the first day, everyone wanted to have Okung and Williams, those tackles, they're good players, but they're not (there), you've got to do a great job evaluating, and where we were going to be, Veldheer was the guy for us and it just worked out, so we felt like we were able to move back, get a couple of picks, we got who want, got who we want, then we got the tackle we wanted, and it was like, right on, man, let's see what Saturday brings and we'll go from there.
Q: How long should Gradkowski be off the field and how much of a setback is it?
Cable: I don't know that it does right now. I don't know the exact answer for you on that. I know he's going to be ready prior to camp. So that means this summer sometime. He's probably not going to do a lot between now and then. Any time you get injured it sets you back, so that's not good in that sense. I know Bruce, as soon as I say, hey, are you ready to go?, man, he's kicking and screaming saying, here I go. From that standpoint. I don't think it's going to hold him back. The injury in itself is going to keep him from getting work, but we'll have him for camp. That's the best way to look at it.
Q: You have to make tough business decisions, but how hard is to part with a guy like Morrison?
Cable: I'm glad you brought that up. I think, from me, personally, to Kirk, thanks. Thanks for working. Thanks for being a Raider. Thanks for his honor. You guys know me, that's big deal to me and Kirk Morrison is an honorable, honorable man, and the way he went at it was the right way, and so, parting with guys in this business, at this level is tough sometimes. He's a tough one, but at the same time, he's going to be fine in Jacksonville and he'll do well there., but you've got to take your hat off to Kirk and what he stood for being an Oakland Raider.
Q: Couldn't find a fullback to your liking?
Cable: We had a couple of guys targeted that got taken, but we're looking at a couple of guys in free agency and we'll certainly address it .
Q: Might you be interested in Alan Faneca?
Cable: I don't know right now. We've got Robert Gallery playing left guard, who's a fine, fine player, and hopefully he'll be healthy this year and stay healthy, so at this point, we're not opposed to anything, but I'm not that sure it makes the most sense to us.


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With the release of firmware update 1.1.1 came something new to iPhone that I think may prove to be its most insidious feature yet; iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store. Now I know that many of you don't purchase music via iTunes, preferring instead to utilize certain ahem free source, but you may sing a different tune once you start rummaging through genres and newly released content on the screen of your iPhone. For me it's becoming an addiction. I have to force myself not to tap on the lovely purple store icon that beckons me to enter and pay pay pay. iPhone has now become a gateway drug to iTunes.
As you would expect, Apple has made the experience brain dead simple and beautifully designed. You can almost feel Steve Jobs standing beside you, holding your hand and guiding you along the walkways of his walled garden. Drinking from the Chalice of Kool-Aid.To start your journey to DRM'd happiness, simply tap the iTunes Store icon and you're instantly greeted with a lovely graphical, but pint sized, version of iTunes formatted for iPhone's HVGA screen. A row of buttons along the bottom take you to Featured Artists and albums, Top tens, Search, and Downloads. Search for you favorite artist and tap to select your choice of available albums. To hear a preview, tap on any available track, and a tiny album thumbnail image with visually rotate, revealing a player icon that rotates clockwise, representing 30-second playback countdown. If you wish to buy that track, tap on the $.99 priced icon, which then transforms into another button innocently labeled "Buy Now".
This is where the experience becomes a mechanism for costly music addiction. Having instant access to music download via iPhone somehow dramatically changes the paradigm. The required footwork imposed by bolting the music store onto a PC or Mac (running iTunes) acted a natural barrier to entry. If I wanted to buy a particular song or album, I have to go trotting off to my Mac, launch iTunes, find the song or artist, purchase, download, then sync my iPod or iPhone in order to access my purchase. Too much work. Apple just turned that five step process into one, opening a new venue for window shopping audiophiles. Before I knew it, on the first day of use, I had downloaded ten tracks without giving a second thought. Then I realized... my God, I could do this for hours!
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People love award ceremonies. There is something fun about seeing people all decked out in finery and regalia to receive awards of merit. There are a few which are near and dear to my heart. At my high school graduation, we walked proudly across the stage, accepted our diplomas, and secretly palmed off our marbles to our principal. I haven't lost my marbles; I know right where I left them.
My Eagle Scout ceremony was very nice with the bagpipes playing, a review of my scouting accomplishments, and a little roasting by the officials in my troop. I skipped out on my college graduation, but I have happily attended those of my family and friends (you should know which ones you are).
We are quickly approaching the Academy Awards, and I'm looking forward to the lesser-known Raspberries. We all like to see people of merit receive the appropriate honors for their accomplishments, whether in movies, scouts or education.
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Congratulations! The numbers are in for electrical generation in Texas for 2010.
Everyone who was holding their breath may now let it out. So who are the winners this year?
Total power generation went up by 3.5% last year. In 2009, we produced 308,278 gigawatt hours and in 2010 it went up to 319,097 gigawatt hours. Wind energy went up 1.6% from last year to account for nearly 8% of total power generation. Never let it be said that we are running out of hot air in Texas! Coal went up by 8% in 2010. Hydro generated power also went up in 2010. All the other forms of power generation went done. Nuclear dropped by 3.6%. Natural gas was down by about 9 %. And all the others (PV solar, Solar thermal, bio, etc) were down by 0.1%.
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August 23, 2010 was the day Texans produced the most electricity (and used it as well). January 8 was the winter high for electrical production. January 8 was also a very, very cold day.
But how will things look in 2011?
I'll make a few predictions. First the amount of electricity that Texas uses will go up. In a state with an upward population curve the amount of electricity usually goes up unless something unusual happens (like an economic downturn). Over the next few years we should see an increase in the amount of electricity generated by the new solar plants. Wind energy will also go up, again because of all the hot air in Texas. Even with this increase in solar, coal will remain the dominate electrical source in Texas. I hope that natural gas use would go up and cause coal use to go down, but it would take a large change in the price of coal and coal plants vs. natural gas and natural gas plants.
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Expedition 36 crew members Pavel Vinogradov, Chris Cassidy and Alexander Misurkin landed in Kazakhstan at 10:58 p.m. Tuesday (8:58 a.m. Kazakhstan time Wednesday). The trio undocked from the Poisk mini-research module in their Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft at 7:37 p.m. EDT, ending a 5-and-a-half month stay at the International Space Station.
The day before, Vinogradov handed over control of the station to Flight Engineer Fyodor Yurchikhin in a traditional Change of Command Ceremony in the Zvezda service module. Yurchikhin officially became station commander when the homeward-bound trio undocked.
Commander Vinogradov and Flight Engineers Cassidy and Misurkin first arrived at the International Space Station on March 28. They leave behind new station Commander Yurchikhin and Flight Engineers Karen Nyberg and Luca Parmitano, who are now the Expedition 37 crew.
The current station residents arrived at the station and docked to the Rassvet module May 28, just four orbits after launch. They are due to go home in November in their Soyuz TMA-09M. The short launch-to-docking timeline replaces the original two-day Soyuz trip to the station.
Waiting back on Earth to join Expedition 37 are future crew members Oleg Kotov, Mike Hopkins and Sergey Ryazanskiy. They are in Kazakhstan preparing for a Sept. 25 launch in their Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft. The new space trio will arrive at the orbital laboratory just four orbits, or six hours, later and dock to Poisk.


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A suggestion for more parking downtown would be to construct a permanent multilevel garage at the location of the current parking lot on Mill Street.
Pedestrian access to the second level could be a street level bridge off of College Street where the steps are. The current lot doesn't get much use probably because it is hard to get to. An elevator would make access to either level handicap-accessible and convenient to downtown.
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MIDDLEBURY — An organization representing downtown Middlebury property owners is requesting that the town import and install a temporary parking structure to make up for the long-term loss of approximately 50 spaces during replacement of the railroad overpasses on Merchants Row and Main Street.
MIDDLEBURY — Finding a parking space in downtown Middlebury can be a challenge during business hours.
But town officials are arguing there's adequate parking; you just need to know where to look. And not enough people are looking at the municipal lot on Mill Street in the Frog Hollow district, where only 30 percent of the 66 spaces are typically occupied, according to a 2012 parking study.
FERRISBURGH — The Ferrisburgh selectboard last week moved toward creating a town-wide parking law and lowering the speed limit on Old Hollow Road, where residents for years have been concerned about the speed of vehicles, particularly through traffic.
Warning: My car was towed while I was working on trails at the Watershed for a half hour.
The lot was full so I parked along the side of the wide dirt road.
I worked to try to drain the big puddles across the trail for hikers, and returned to my car in a little over a half hour.
My car was gone, I mean really gone, I didn't misplace it. Someone took it.
MIDDLEBURY — Downtown Middlebury possesses an abundance of downtown parking options, but locals, visitors and area workers continue to compete for "prime" spots in the Main Street area, resulting in low turnover of key spots near shops that a $5 parking fine and limited enforcement is not deterring.
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HODGSON, Sharon (Washington and Sunderland West)
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(b) Support in the capacity as an MP:
Name of donor: CARE (Christian Action Research and Education)
Address of donor: 53 Romney Street, London SW1P 3RF.
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Four days a week voluntary service from October 2011 to July 2012 provided by a Volunteer Intern who is self-funding except for the receipt of a bursary of £5,500 as a member of the educational Leadership Programme at the Christian Charity CARE.
Date of receipt of donation: 3 October 2011
Date of acceptance of donation: 3 October 2011
Donor status: charity
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Name of donor: Hong Kong Government
Address of donor: c/o Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, 6 Grafton Street, London W1S 4EQ
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): flights, accommodation, internal travel and hospitality in Hong Kong, with a probable value in the region of £8,000
Destination of visit: Hong Kong
Date of visit: 12-17 February 2012
Purpose of visit: with delegation of All-Party Parliamentary China Group visit to Hong Kong to learn more about trade opportunities.
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"Without the analytical work, philosophical and psychological reading I explored as an undergrad, I wouldn't have known how to analyze what was going on around me or to deal with it all."
The world of Iranian art is largely unknown to Westerners — something Iranian native Mamak Nourbakhsh '79 (English) hopes to change. Believing that "art and culture are the window to a country's people," Nourbakhsh opened Gallery Mamak in Tehran in 2001 as a venue to showcase Iranian art and culture to the outside world. In 2008, the gallery went online, becoming the first English website to offer works of contemporary Iranian art and literature.
"Unfortunately, Iranians are depicted as fanatics dead set against the entire world, and that is far from reality. I hope, by presenting Iranian culture on the site, to portray a more realistic picture of Iranian life," says Nourbakhsh, who lived and studied in the United States, Britain and Iran before coming to Bucknell as an English major in 1975.
Her plan to return to Bucknell to pursue a master's degree in 1979 was foiled by the Iranian Revolution led by the Ayatollah Khomeini, which turned a summer at home into a three-decade stay. "I didn't want to leave my family, so I decided to stay here for one year. Then the Iran-Iraq war started, and eventually the borders shut down. One thing led to another, and I remained here for 32 years," she explains.
Working as an English teacher and translator, she endured Iran's political and religious upheavals as well as her own personal challenges as a divorced mother of two children. She credits her education at Bucknell with helping her handle the experience of "returning to a zone of religious fanaticism and patriarchal dominion and being forced to continue living there," she says.
"Without the analytical work, philosophical and psychological reading I explored as an undergrad, I wouldn't have known how to analyze what was going on around me or to deal with it all," she says.
Today, despite the country's strict religious government — which requires her to be partially covered whenever she appears in public — Nourbakhsh's gallery is thriving. The site sells a wide range of contemporary Iranian art and counts customers from across the globe.
Running an arts business in Iran is far from easy, though, Nourbakhsh says. The Ministry of Islamic Guidance exerts full control over the exhibition and sale of art, and sanctions mean Iranians cannot access credit cards or Paypal accounts, making e-commerce challenging. "We have learned to work around that," she says. "It doesn't stop business, it just makes it harder."
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Take a bowl/plate/something round that is about the size you want and trace around the fabric you are using. Cut out two circles.
Draw a line about an inch from the edge all around one circle.
Cut lots and lots of strips and surge the sides in a rolled hem fashion.
Sew all the strips together in a long chain. I just sewed a bunch together, laid it out on the circle like i'd be sewing it, add more, check it, until I felt like the strip was long enough. It all kinda depends on how big you want your pillow.
If you don't have access to a surger, you could always hem the strips, or sew two strips together and turn them inside out. I like the surger look though, I think it gives it kinda an edge.
Next, you start from the outside, and start sewing! The line you made is the starting guide. Once you come full circle, start sewing about a half inch below the previous circle. Like this:
Make sense? You want them to overlap about 1/2 an inch I think.
I seriously just bunched the fabric when i got to a tough corner, and it totally works. If you do this throughout, it makes it look like that's how it's supposed to...and since this is my pillow, I have decided- that is exactly how it should look!
Once you get to the middle you just twist the tail and turn it and sew all over it.
After that you press the entire thing...if you look at mine, you will see some are pressed in, some pressed out, some all weird like- THAT is exactly the reason it looks so cool. It's not perfection, but it looks just as it should.
Next you put right sides together, and sew around leaving an opening for batting.
Stuff batting in.
Pin and sew the opening together!
Walah! A beautiful pillow.
You can also use this method to make a lace pillow like this!
I am also entering my turquoise one at the top in the Blogger's Pillow Party. I probably wont win cause they tend to pick more quilty-like pillows...but I figure I'd give it a shot anyway :)


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Executives who fraudulently won contracts for minority-owned businesses going to jail
A Virginia executive who prosecutors say was at the center of a scheme that netted him and others more than $31 million in government contracts meant for small, minority-owned businesses was sentenced Friday to two years and three months in federal prison.
Joseph Richards, 52, breathed heavily and choked back tears as he told a federal district court judge in Alexandria, Va., that he initially thought that what he was doing was okay because even if his company fraudulently obtained the contracts, its employees still were able to do the work as well as anyone.
"We were providing jobs to people," Richards said. "The government was getting excellent service."
Judge Leonie Brinkema seemed unmoved by Richards's rationale. In sentencing the decorated Marine veteran to more than two years in federal prison, she said it was important that he and others recognize that legitimate, minority-owned businesses were cheated out of work.
"There has to be a clear message out there, because government contracting is very lucrative, especially in this area," Brinkema said.
Also Friday, Brinkema sentenced another executive involved in the fraud, 66-year-old David Lux of Springfield, Va., to a year and three months in prison. Prosecutors had asked that Richards be sentenced to four years in prison and Lux to three.
In March, Richards and Lux pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit major fraud against the U.S. government. Prosecutors say they were among a group that fraudulently won more than 20 government contracts worth more than $153 million, even bribing an official with the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Protective Service to help them get the business. Their companies were paid more than $31 million to do work for NASA, the Coast Guard, the Department of Defense and other agencies. Those involved in the scheme pocketed more than $6 million for themselves, prosecutors said.
Four others -- including Derek Matthews, the Federal Protective Service's former regional director for the National Capital Region -- also have pleaded guilty in connection with the case and are awaiting sentencing. Matthews acknowledged that he was paid at least $12,500 to help the group win contracts, court filings show.
The conspiracy was largely organized by Keith Hedman, 53, of Arlington, Va., who owned a security consulting firm identified by prosecutors in court filings only as "Company A." Defense attorneys identified that company as "PSI" in court Friday and as "Protective Strategies, Inc." in court records. Officials at the company, listed online as Protection Strategies Inc., did not immediately return phone or email messages seeking comment.
At one time, prosecutors said, Company A was eligible for contracts designated for minority-owned businesses because it had an African American woman listed as its president and chief executive. But when she left in 2003, Hedman and others turned to fraud to win the same work, prosecutors said.
Hedman, who pleaded guilty in March to major fraud against the United States and conspiracy to commit bribery, set up a shell company referred to in court papers as "Company B" and made 48-year-old Dawn Hamilton, who is Portuguese, its figurehead owner. In reality, Hedman ran the company, and employees at Company A worked on contracts awarded to the shell company, prosecutors wrote.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Ryan Faulconer said in court Friday that Richards was Hedman's "right-hand man" and that Lux's role in their scheme was a "crucial" one.
Prosecutors did not identify the shell company, but defense attorneys referred to it in court as SAC, or Security Assistance Corp. Wesley Severson, the head of human resources for SAC, declined to comment.
Lux, who spent six years in the Air Force Reserve, was listed as the chief financial officer at Company A, and Richards was listed as the chief of staff at both companies at varying times, prosecutors wrote. When government auditors came in 2008, for example, the men moved all of Company B's files into a room at Company A's Arlington office, and Lux drew up a fake document showing that Company B was renting space, court records show.
Lux and Richards acknowledged Friday that what they did was wrong, and their attorneys pleaded that their sentences be probation only, noting that the pair's once-successful careers were all but ruined.
Steven McCool, Richards's defense attorney, said Richards was a "soldier" who merely "followed orders" in perpetuating the fraud. He said that after being charged, Richards had gone back to community college to get a degree.
Thomas Kelly Jr., Lux's defense attorney, said that Lux was a "good man" who moved to the Washington area to be closer to his two daughters and five grandchildren and that his role in the fraud was "one major mistake." He said that instead of his client spending the $115,000 he made, Lux had kept it in a closet.


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It's time to get some things off your chest. You are about to end your damaged relationship with your current ad agency. Welcome to greener pastures.
Congrats, you're one step closer to being single. Fill out the form, and generate some cruel intentions, then share it with your friends on the Book of Faces and the Twitter machine.
Dear (Account Executive),
We need to talk, I don't think it's working out between us. It's really come to a point where your lack of caring (brand strategy), sincerity (creative), quality time (realistic billing) and general attentive care (client project management) has left us feeling kind of indifferent to the whole thing.
I don't think we are the right fit, it is with mild indifference that I say I think we should call it off. There are plenty of other fish in the sea (clients), maybe one will be the right one for you. It's just not me.
I didn't really feel like doing this, it just seems like a lot of effort, but it's probably for the best… who knows I'm just feeling really indifferent.
Sincerely, I guess,
(Your Name)
Dear (Account Executive),
IT'S OVER YOU DUMMY! There is a special place in hell for you, after all the times I was there for you and you return the favor by cheating on me with my best friend (our competition). How dare you!?
You're a horrible lover (brand strategist), self-centered ego-monster (project manager) — all you care about is yourself (awards).
You betrayed me with your fancy talk about true love (social media) and how it would change everything in my life (twitter). Now the dream of having something real (a comedic brand spot that references kittens, unicorns or a hawk call) has become a desolate wasteland of shattered promises (Big Ideas).
I can honestly say that I have gained nothing from this relationship other than contempt (contempt). You should consider yourself lucky (Friday the 13th) that I wasted my valuable time (money) on you (evil slug).
There is no need to keep in touch (unfriend me on Facebook). I'm done. I will always have complete disdain for you, I really want you to burn in hell.
Bite Me,(Your Name)
Dear (Account Executive)
I know we are supposed to be taking a "break," however, it's really come to a point where your lack of caring (brand strategy), sincerity (creative), quality time (realistic billing) and general attentive caring (client project management) has left me feeling kind of cold and empty.
In the beginning, I remember the butterflies I got when we'd meet, back then there was plenty of PDA, I remember the day I changed my Facebook status. And you totally surprised me over dinner with your note, check yes or no to be exclusive (agency of record). It was something I had always dreamed of, but now that dream has become a, how can I put this gently, something that hurts my heart to talk about…
Look, it's not you, it's me… I'm really just trying to find myself again, it is with great pain that I say I think the "break" should be permanent.
We are both lucky that we shared a great experience and learned from each other — it has made us better and stronger people for the future.
I will always have a place in my heart for you and good luck in the future, I really want the best for you.
(Your Name)


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Hot bat by Cartwright leads to A-Sun Player of the Week honors
MACON, Ga. - Lipscomb's Kelsey Cartwright earned Atlantic Sun Player of the Week honors after leading the Lady Bisons to a 4-1 record this past week.
Cartwright batted .500 for the week getting nine hits total over five games. Her home run in the seventh inning of Saturday's conference game vs. FGCU set the stage for Lipscomb's walk-off win. Sunday she followed that up going 3-3 at the plate including a home run and double. On the week she had a 1.000 slugging percentage, two home runs and six RBI.
It is the first A-Sun Player of the Week Award for the senior from Joelton, Tenn.
The Lady Bisons are back in action Tuesday when they travel to Tennessee Tech in Cookeville for a doubleheader starting at 2 p.m.


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HONG KONG – (AFP) – A short journey from the skyscrapers at the hectic centre of Hong Kong, water buffaloes lumber over jungle-clad hills and through secluded villages where they once worked as farm animals.
But after years roaming through the same areas, some have been moved to a nature reserve in a far-flung corner of the territory. Shifting even a few of the beasts has proved divisive in a city whose eye on the future has meant a steady erosion of its past.
For some residents and day-trippers, many of them expatriates, the act of moving the animals damages an idyllic setting on Lantau island, a short ferry ride from Hong Kong's main island and an escape from the supercrowded city.
But it is a different story for those who regard the animals as a nuisance, blocking traffic and defecating wherever they please, with little practical use now that agriculture plays such a small part in the high-tech territory.
There are roughly 130 water buffaloes in two main herds in Hong Kong, most of them on Lantau, according to government data.
Many visitors do not expect to find feral buffaloes at all in a city with one of the highest population densities in the world.
But 75 percent of Hong Kong is countryside, with hiking trails, sandy beaches and national parks that are home to monkeys, snakes and wild boar.
Government officials and a protection group have in recent years moved four buffaloes, from Lantau and elsewhere to the WWF-run Mai Po nature reserve in northwest Hong Kong. Such moves are usually prompted by complaints from the public.
The latest addition, Mai Bo, arrived in September. The WWF says the animals are proving a great help at the 380-hectare (940-acre) reserve where they graze wetlands, which in turn helps to attract rare birds.
"We found that buffalo are actually very good at managing the habitats, at keeping short vegetation… which provides very good habitat for the birds that we get here," said John Allcock, WWF-Hong Kong's head of habitat management and monitoring at Mai Po.
He hopes to take in more buffaloes but distances the WWF from the debate that moving the animals has sparked in a city where many are concerned with the loss of heritage that has come as a consequence of its development.
"I think of them as something that adds character to Lantau," said David Blecken, a 32-year-old British journalist who lives on Hong Kong's main island.
"I think Hong Kong sometimes lacks a connection with nature, so it's quite nice to see animals of any kind in Hong Kong."
Some Lantau residents are also against moving them. "This is their home. They make this place beautiful for the community. Without them, we do not have this beautiful scenery," said Ho Loy, chair of the Lantau Buffalo Association.
Other villagers disagree, and some even view the hulking beasts as dangerous even if attacks are rare.
Such fears were heightened in March 2011 when a man walking with his young daughter on a Lantau beach was attacked by a buffalo and suffered leg injuries.
"If they get into parks, it's dangerous for the children playing there," said shopkeeper Sarah Wong.
"There are a lot of buffaloes on the beaches too and we're afraid when we swim because they look fierce."


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NIJ and the Bureau of Justice Assistance are collaborating to find out if a successful probation violation deterrence program from Hawaii can be implemented in other jurisdictions.
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For those involved with Hawaii's Opportunity Probation with Enforcement (HOPE) program, HOPE is not just an acronym — it is a reflection of the program's sentiment. By addressing probation violations in a swift, certain and proportionate manner, HOPE has reduced both violations and revocations of probation, allowing probationers to break the cycle of recidivism.
NIJ's evaluation of HOPE found that the program produced dramatic, positive results. But can Hawaii's success be duplicated? NIJ and the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) are collaborating to find out through a demonstration field experiment.
In 2004, then-First Circuit Court Judge Steven Alm brought criminal justice stakeholders together to design and implement HOPE. He believes that having swift and certain consequences allows probationers to "tie together the behavior that's bad, whether it's testing positive for drugs [or] not going to see their probation officer, with a consequence and learn from it."[1] By addressing each violation immediately, HOPE sends a consistent message to probationers about personal responsibility and accountability. The program reflects the deterrence philosophy that a certain punishment for a probation violation will influence future offending behavior.
An NIJ-funded evaluation of HOPE found that, compared with probationers in a control group, after one year the HOPE probationers were:
As a result, HOPE probationers served 48 percent fewer days in prison, on average, than the control group.
HOPE begins with a direct, formal warning delivered by a judge in court to offenders enrolled in the program. The warning explicitly states that any future probation violations will result in an immediate, brief jail stay.
Probationers with drug issues are assigned a color code at the warning hearing and are required to call the HOPE hotline each weekday morning to find out which color has been chosen for that day. Probationers whose color is selected must appear at the probation office before 2 p.m. the same day for a drug test. Non-drug involved offenders must comply with their conditions of probation and may be required to attend treatment. When probationers violate the conditions of probation, they are arrested or an arrest warrant is issued. As soon as a probation officer detects a violation, he or she completes a "Motion to Modify Probation" form and sends it to the judge, who promptly holds a violation hearing.
A probationer found to have violated the terms of probation is sentenced to a short jail stay. Upon release, the probationer reports to his or her probation officer and resumes participation in HOPE. Each successive violation is met with an escalated response (i.e., longer jail stays).
BJA has selected four sites to implement a strict replication of HOPE: Clackamas County, Ore.; Essex County, Mass.; Saline County, Ark.; and Tarrant County, Texas. NIJ selected RTI International to conduct process, outcome and cost assessments using randomized controlled trials. In addition, BJA awarded training and technical assistance funds to Pepperdine University and a team lead by Angela Hawken, who was the lead evaluator of the Hawaii program, to assist the sites in setting up and managing their programs.
The sites have agreed to follow strict procedural implementation in accordance with the original HOPE program. For example, sites must use the color code system, bring probation violators in front of a judge within 72 hours and use a uniform warning script during all initial hearings. The counties have made adjustments to their usual procedures to ensure that the HOPE replication will be as accurate as possible.
Despite these adjustments, the sites have some inherent differences from the original site and from each other. Hawaiian culture and climate differ from those of the mainland sites participating in the study. Moreover, the population sizes, the percentage and types of crimes committed, and the judges' personalities are all different. These differences, however, will be useful in evaluating whether the HOPE model is transferable to other jurisdictions.
The original HOPE program was shown to reduce probation violations. The current experiment will help evaluators compare and analyze how the program works in different jurisdictions and determine whether other locales can achieve the same success by replicating Hawaii's HOPE program.
NIJ Journal No. 269, March 2012NCJ 237724
Kevin McEvoy is a Presidential Management Fellow on rotation at NIJ.
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[note 1]Alm, Steven S., 'Swift and Certain' Consequences in Probation and Parole, video interview at the 2009 NIJ Conference, Washington, DC, June 15-17, 2009.
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