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A longtime friend of a San Diego nurse accused of molesting a 2-month-old foster child said she visited the suspect at his home before the graphic allegations came to light and he even showed her the nursery he had set up for his new baby.
Michael William Lutts, 50, a pediatric nurse working at Kaiser Permanente in San Diego, allegedly sexually abused a foster child in his care, recording the crimes on camera, according to a complaint filed by the FBI Wednesday.
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He's accused of beginning the lewd acts on Aug. 4 – the very same day he received custody of the prematurely born baby. According to graphic details in court documents, the alleged abuse included Lutts touching and manipulating the baby boy's genitals while masturbating, among other things.
Lisa Rosenfeld and her family have known Lutts for the past 20 years.
She said Lutts once worked with her sister caring for children with autism. Rosenfeld's father was also Lutts' landlord, renting him an apartment for many years.
On Friday, Rosenfeld told NBC 7 she was completely shocked and disturbed by the accusations of child molestation against Lutts.
She said she had recently visited Lutts at his new home where he showed her the room he had prepared for his incoming foster child.
"I had gone to see him at his new house and he showed me the room he had all set up because he was going to adopt a baby boy," Rosenfeld recalled. "The room was set up beautiful – all set up for a baby boy."
Rosenfeld said Lutts mentioned he "had to do a lot of stuff to show he was a proper parent" prior to becoming a foster father.
She said she never imagined Lutts would soon be charged with the molestation of the baby boy.
"I was shocked to hear this, like, 'Oh my God.' Totally shocked; it's not acceptable. Nobody should do that to a baby," she said. "I never dreamed he would do something like that to a baby."
Rosenfeld said she saw no signs that Lutts might commit these alleged crimes.
While he was a tenant at her father's apartment, Rosenfeld said Lutts had no problems, always paid his rent on time and had lots of friends, all of whom were "age-appropriate."
Given his job as a pediatric nurse and access to children, Rosenfeld said officials will have to thoroughly investigate just how far his interactions with young patients went. She also hopes investigators look at Lutts' time working with children with autism to ensure there were no victims there.
Rosenfeld said that if Lutts is guilty of the sexual abuse, he should be in prison.
"That's the kind of person that needs to be locked up. It doesn't matter who it is – anybody that's going to do harm to a baby. It's a baby. That's not acceptable," she said.
"I never saw this coming. Wow. There's nothing else you can say," she added.
On Friday, Lutts appeared in federal court for a detention hearing with his head down, shackled at the waist. He did not speak and appeared sullen.
Through his attorney, he agreed to spend at least the next two weeks in jail without bond
Prosecutors could not comment on the case due to the ongoing investigation but did say Lutts may be indicted before his next court appearance, which is scheduled for Sept. 9.
Lutts was arrested Tuesday after the FBI raided his College Grove home. Investigators allegedly found thousands of photos and videos on his phone and computer depicting graphic sex acts with children, including his 2-month-old foster child.
According to court documents released this week, Lutts was also videotaped naked in his living room with the baby near him while he performed lewd acts on himself. Pictures show the hospital tag was still attached to the infant's leg.
FBI agents said the newborn can be heard crying through many of the videos. The abuse happened over the course of at least five days, according to investigators.
The 2-month-old victim has since been placed in the care of Child Protective Services.
On Thursday Kaiser Permanente said Lutts had been suspended from work and would not be returning until the investigation and criminal proceedings are completed.
The medical group's spokesperson said the hospital has had no indication from law enforcement that their patients were possible vicitms but its administration is working with authorities.


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A guerilla-style web series secretly shot at the Burbank IKEA may be getting too much attention to continue being a guerilla-style web series secretly shot at the Burbank IKEA.
"IKEA Heights" is a melodrama from David Seger shot on the quick with wireless mics at the furniture giant's location in Burbank, Calif.
"The store doesn't know we're there," Seger told the Los Angeles Times. "We've had employees ask what we're doing and we say were doing a photo series. They say, 'OK, just make sure it doesn't mention IKEA.' We lie and say OK."
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That's the problem with success and the subsequent media coverage: The jig is up.
IKEA's director of public relations Mona Astra Liss told the Times that the project was "very playful and fun and complimentary to our brand."
But, "We didn't give [Seger] permission. People need to ask."
And that's the problem. How can a web series that pulls the wool over The Man's eyes continue once The Man removes the wool? Did we learn nothing from the story of Icarus? OK, perhaps flying a little too close to the sun isn't the right comparison here.
Take the case of Ryan Sit.
Sit was collecting thousands of dollars a month in Google AdSense revenue by having robots scrape images from Craigslist. Sit's site (say that five times fast) combined the volume of Craigslist with a post-1999 interface. Everything was going well until The Man got wise to the project.
The Man, aka Craig Newmark and CEO Jim Buckmaster, sent a clear message to Sit: "Cease and desist."
So will The Swedish Man now remove Seger and his renegade actors the next time they're seen in IKEA? And even if they don't, does the series still have any web street credit if The Man is in on the prank?
Seger recognizes the problem. On his blog, he says the future of the show could be in trouble:
"Any time I see another article or more views I think 'F***, episode five is gonna be impossile [sic]' and then I feel guilty for getting attention…" Seger posted.
"I don't really know how we turn all this attention into a good fifth episode. It could easily steer us into a wall. Can we even walk into Ikea Burbank with a camera now? There's no way to not blow it, right? What a bunch of a******, building a show around deception and lies," Seger posted.
And so now, we wait. Will we finally see episode 5, or has Seger flown too close to the sun?

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The Darkness 2 Announced for Fall
The announcement promises "deep and twisted storytelling, "stylistic violence" and a new "hand-painted graphic noir" visual style, which you can see in the solitary screenshot above. And yes, you will still be able to hold two guns while swinging your evil tentacles, a feature which 2K calls "quad-wielding."
The game is set two years after The Darkness, continuing the tale of mafia hitman-turned-anti-hero Jackie Estacado as an attempt on his life brings the titular evil supernatural force back into his life. The story is penned by Paul Jenkins, who wrote the original The Darkness and has worked on the comic series the game's based upon, as well as inner turmoil-y comics including 'The Sentry' and Wolverine tale 'Origin.'
The original game's developer, Starbreeze, is not working on the sequel. Instead, it's being developed by Digital Extremes, the studio responsible for Dark Sector, BioShock 2's multiplayer and the PC edition of Homefront.


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Woodworking Planshow to Woodworking Plans for By Kate Woodworking Planshow to Woodworking Plans for in Homing Instinct, Making Tags: autumn, christmas gifts, cinnamon, craft, fall, fir, firelighters, holiday craft, ikea, log fire, pineconesTags: autumn, christmas gifts, cinnamon, craft, fall, fir, firelighters, holiday craft, ikea, log fire, pinecones
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Log fires, blankets, mugs of hot chocolate, toasty warm socks… there's something magical about this time of year. It's been a misty, cold day here and we're planning to light the first fire of the season tonight to celebrate the start of the weekend and our hibernation from the winter weather. In preparation I've made these pinecone firelighters, lightly scented with cinnamon and guaranteed to set the kindling alight with a pop and a crackle.
Woodworking Planshow to Woodworking Plans for I'd seen similar firelighters in the ever-divine Cox and Cox catalogue, but they're not cheap and we have fires every night, so I decided to have a go at making my own, using research, trial and error to work out a way of creating them simply at home. My research uncovered scarily complicated instructions involving double-boilers, safety goggles, wick-trimming and dipping and general scientific sorcery… so I applied some lateral thinking and came up with a much simpler approach. It's very safe and quick, though perhaps the only downside of this is that you're unlikely to need to attract your local Firemen for manly assistance.
You'll need:
- A pocketful of pine cones
- Pack of tea-lights or small candles; I used IKEA's gorgeous white Fenomen ones.
- Cupcake cases, slightly larger than your pine cones
- Optional candle scent; cinnamon, pine, cranberry and sandalwood are all divine.
Firstly, gather all your pine cones. Size doesn't matter here, but give them a quick brush to remove dust and bits of forest-floor debris. Pinecones which are tightly closed will open once exposed to the warm, so you may want to store them inside for a week before using.
When you're ready to 'cook', line a cupcake tin with cases and place one of your tea lights or candles into each. Make sure you remove the little metal cases if using tea lights, and tweak the wicks so that they are standing upright and proud of the wax; it's much easier than fishing for them later. Place in a moderate oven and keep checking until the wax melts and resembles water. At this point you can add a drop of candle scent to each, or simply leave plain.
Once the wax has melted, move the wicks gently to one side of the case, using tweezers (or with your best pointy fingers; remember that some people claim to quite enjoy being covered in hot wax…hmmm). This will ensure that the wicks don't get lost underneath the cones.
Then simply place a pinecone into each case; the wax will rise around it and hold it firmly in place as it sets.
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When the wax has cooled and set, lift the cases out of the pans and peel away the cupcake case, revealing your firelighters in all of their glory…
These also look very pretty when left in their cases; I'll be tying a bundle of these (below) up in cellophane bags or small burlap sacks to take as gifts for those we visit during the festive season (though I'll probably check that they have an open fireplace first…).
And now the light is fading, the kettle is on, and we're almost all home; have a wonderful weekend whatever you're doing!
*Update*; a few people have asked via email or comments how these work; to use these firelighters, simply place them at the base of your fire and arrange kindling over the top before lighting the wick; the wax ensures that the pinecone will catch light and burn for long enough to ignite the kindling and create a real blaze; at that point you can add bigger logs and settle back for an evening watching the flames. Here's how ours turned out this evening;
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Cosmopolis Updates. DVD/BluRay Out in Portugal on August 31, 2012. Soundtrack Out in the US July 10th
The 'Cosmopolis' dvd has a release date for Portugal: August 31st.
You can pre-order it HERE and the blu-ray version HERE
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And Soundtrack will be out July 10th in the US. Preorder @Amazon
And out in France on May 15th @AmazonFr , If missed, you can check out the track list HERE
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In this edition of The World of Reggae Music Collection the selector dives into the deep catalog of Dancehall Reggae. This first exploration of the dancehall pulls from the Old School Dancehall tunes from the late 1970s through the 1990s. The kings of the dancehall make the list here, including Barrington Levy, Shabba Ranks, Cocoa Tea, Tenor Saw, Yellowman, and Super Cat. Unique voices, fat riddims, and heavy bass lines make for great dancehall reggae music.
From the creative stylings of Junior Reid, Tiger and Cutty Ranks to the rough-shod rhyming of Bounty Killer, Capleton, and Buju Banton to the smooth silky voices of Beres Hammond, Sanchez, and Frankie Paul, dancehall music filled the air in Jamaica where its was played over thundering soundsystems with speakers stacked mountain high. This collection of old school dancehall songs includes favorites from Half Pint, Johnny Ousborne, Eek-A-Mouse, Ninjaman, and Chaka Demus & Pliers, as well as the deeper cuts from classic dancehall artists like Early B, Anthony Red Rose, Brigadier Jerry and Super Beagle.
The selector has also made lists of dancehall reggae music, including Classic Dancehall Tracks, New School Danechall Selections, and ruff riding Ragga singles. Please comment on the selections.
Johnny Osbourne – Water Pumping
Mallory Williams – She Boom
Tenor Saw – Ring The Alarm
Nitty Grity – False Alarm
Super Beagle – Dust A Sound Boy
Cutty Ranks – A Who Seh Ne Dun (Wake De Man)
Chaka Demus & Pliers – Murder She Wrote
King Kong – Trouble Again
Yellowman – Nobody Move Nobody Get Hurt
Major Worries – Sweet Little Rosie
Johnny Ousborne – Ice Cream Love
Super Cat – Boops
Eek A Mouse – Wa-Do-Dem
Cocoa Tea – Rocking Dolly
Barrington Levy – Shine Eye Gal
Home T, Shabba Ranks, & Cocoa Tea – Pirates' Anthem
Pinchers – Bandelero
Anthony Red Rose – Bangarang
Glamour Murphy – What the Woman Want
Michael Prophet – Gunman
Cocoa Tea & Buju Banton – Too Young
Flourgon & Ninjaman – Zig It Up
Dawn Penn & Bounty Killer – No No No (You Don't Love Me Anymore)
Shabba Ranks – Love Punnany Bad
Triston Palmer – Entertainment
Dirtsman – Impeccable
Bounty Killer – Dead This Time
Cutty Ranks – Stopper
General Levy – Heat
Anthony Red Rose – Under Me Fat Thing
Delroy Wilson – It's A Shame
Frankie Paul – Little Walter
Barrington Levy – Murderer
Supercat – Don Dada
Yellowman – Zungguzungguguzungguzeng
Chaka Demus & Pliers – Tease Me
Degree – Boom Boom
Anthony Johnson, Jah Thomas, & Toyan – Gunshot
Cocoa Tea – Death In The Stadium
Admiral Bailey – Punnany
Wayne Wonder – Spare Me
Frankie Paul – I Know the Score
Tiger – No Wanga Gut
Buju Banton – Buju Movin'
Cocoa Tea – Good Life
Beres Hammond – Focussing Time
Chaka Demus – Young Gal Business
Admiral Bailey – Big Belly Man
Charlie Chaplain – Miami Vice
Pato Banton – Don't Sniff Coke
Ninjaman – Test The Highpower
Anthony Red Rose – Tempo
Sanchez – Brown Eye Girl
Chaka Demus & Pliers – Bam Bam
Smiley Culture – Cockney Translation
Captain Barkey & Angel Doolas – 2 By 4
Capleton – Can't Sleep Ah Night
Johnny Ousborne – Reasons
Papa San & Lady G – Legal Rights
Bounty Killer – Fitness
Tenor Saw – I Got To Be There (Roll Call)
Tristan Palmer – Shank I Sheck
Brigadier Jerry – Jamaica, Jamaica
Terror Fabulous and Nadine Sutherland – Action
Red Dragon – Hol' A Fresh
Anthony Red Rose & Bounty Killer – Intimate Woman
Super Cat – Nuff Man A Dead
Tenor Saw – Pumpkin Belly
Bounty Killer – Look
Barrington Levy – Black Roses
Sizzla – Got To Survive
Cocoa Tea – Lonesome Side
Papa San – Hippitti Hippitti Hop
Gregory Isaacs – Soon Forward
Bounty Killer – War
Michael Palmer – I'm Still Dancing
Eek-A-Mouse – Peenie Walli
Tenor Saw – No Work on Sunday
Lieutenant Stitchie – Hello Carol
Admiral Bailey – Horse Tonic
Shabba Ranks – Trailer Load A Girls
Anthony B – Fire Come Now
Capleton – Alms House
Echo Minott – Lazy Body
Louie Culture – Don't Get Weary
Cocoa Tea, Home T, & Shabba Ranks – Holding On
Ninja Man & Bounty Killer – Bwoy Nuh Run
Tenor Saw – Fever
Admiral Bailey – No Way No Better Than Yard
Eek-A-Mouse – Operation Eradication
Carlton Livingston & Shabba Ranks – Don't Follow Rumors
Bounty Killer – Ask Fi War
Cocoa Tea – She Loves Me Now
Lukie D & Shabba Ranks – Talk Talk (Remix)
Cocoa Tea – Love Me
Shabba Ranks – Ting-A-Ling
Tenor Saw – Shirley Jones
Tenor Saw – Shirley Dub
Eek-A-Mouse – Assassinator
Shabba Ranks – Well Done
Shinehead – The Real Rock
Cocoa Tea, Home T, & Shabba Ranks – Who She Love
Johnny Osbourne – Gangster Sound
Triston Palmer – Roaming Girl
Michael Palmer – Gunshot A Burst
Bobby Melody – Ram the Session
Reggie Stepper – Cu- Oonuh
Frankie Paul – Call the Brigade
Cornell Campbell – Mash You Down
King Kong – Dem Nah Do Nuttun
Lt. Stitchie – Wear Your Size
Pinchers – Lorna
Half Pint – Brother Love
Home T, Cocoa T, & Cutty Ranks – Another One For The Road
Ranking Joe – River Jordan
Terror Fabulous & Maxi Priest – Drop It
Wayne Wade – Poor And Humble
Brigadier Jerry – Lyrics Of Mine
Buju Banton – Love Black Woman
Charlie Chaplain – Nah Go Married
Frankie Paul – Nothing No Deh
Junior Reid – Boom-Shack-A-Lack
Mikey General – As A Man Thinketh
Nardo Ranks – Burrups
Ninjaman – Murder Dem
Shinehead – Jamaican In New York
Tippa Irie – Hello Darling
Tony Rebel – Money Tree
Junior Tucker – One of the Poorest People
Reggie Stepper – Under Mi Sin Ting
Yellowman – Bam Bam
Pinchers – Agony
Cutty Ranks – Chop Chop
Super Cat – Trash And Ready
Johnny Osbourne – Mission
Early B – Deaf Ears
Mikey General – In A Dis Ya Gideon
Barrington Levy – Strange
Shabba Ranks – Respect
Early B – Imitator
Tiger – Boombastic


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by Shaun Chamberlin on January 23rd, 2011
What a week – Tuesday's launch of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil's report into TEQs was a tremendous success, with excellent media coverage, including Time magazine, The Sunday Times, Bloomberg News, the BBC, the Financial Times and many others (linked article list). The only problem has been that the degree of interest has been such that I haven't found a moment to write anything here – although I have been Tweeting, I feel as though I'm the last to cover it!
A fuller, more thoughtful piece may follow when time allows, but for now take a look at the videos from the event (Caroline Lucas MP, John Hemming MP, Jeremy Leggett and me), the various blogs that are discussing the implications, and of course the report itself.


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Hi guys ,
Getting the word out getting a list of people interested in getting the Valley Forge who missed out on the first run . Need at least 20 interested parties to make it happen. Got about 10 on the list. If you know of the kit it might be the last time to get one . If you don't contact me for the details. Its one of those "Holy Grail" kits.
Its a very labor intensive kit to produce so its expensive. No deposits taken ,payment at time of shipping.Only 27 made on the first run and maybe only 25 on this run.
Re: Valley Forge from Silent Running.
Well worth it everyone. I'm building mine now and it's a great quality kit!
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Hi Guys ,
Its been a while coming so....
Ok...finally got all the cost estimates together for the Valley Forge and large Dome kit and unfortunately there have been large material cost increases in the 3D printed parts, the brass tubing and manufacturing and screen printing of the lattice work for the domes on the kits .In some ways im not surprised since we started making this kit nearly 10 years ago. The biggest increase was the 3D printed parts have raised by about 150% .There have also been increases in cost of resin and shipping in that time.All the kits from this run will be cast from brand new molds and every part will be guaranteed for replacement
So ..where the VF was $1040 with shipping within the US its now $1300 with shipping within the US. The Dome was $250 with shipping and is now $280 with shipping. Overseas buyers ..we will get you the best price in advance at time before shipping .
The reason im spending so much time explaining the increase is I know the kit was expensive to start and this increase makes it even more but the labor and time spent on making this kit is extensive and I never gouge my customers on the cost of a kit.
With that we are making adjustments to the master to make it even more accurate with help from fellow builders that did even more research and effort in adapting their kits to make the perfect build.
We are also entertaining the idea of releasing the smaller domes that come with the Valley Forge as an individual kit depending on the life of the molds and the availability of the vac formed domes . No pricing has been determined for those as yet...but in thinking $30- $40 with a base.
Lastly...We are not asking for any deposits in advance of the kits production . We will make the kit and when we are within 2 weeks of shipping contact you for payment . The kit will be shipped with tracking and if you wish insurance that will be added to the cost of shipping.We will require your shipping address, e-mail address and a phone # for all orders.
Im sending this out to all the interested parties that have contacted me over the years to inform of the price increase and to determine those still interested in getting the kit and upon your response list you in order for the production run that will determine how many we will make . This will be the final run on these kits and after this we will be retiring all the masters and molds for good.
Let me know as soon as possible what kits your interested in and how many. We will be making the adjustments to the masters in the coming weeks and start production with in the new year.
Thanks again for all the interest in my kits and I hope to hear from you soon
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- 1 tbsp finely chopped dried mandarin orange peel
- 1/2 onion, chopped
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- Juice of a lemon
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- In a bowl, mix chili flake with hot water and set aside.
- Heat oil in pot, fry chirimen jako for 2 to 3 minutes. Add in ginger, garlic, orange peel and onion, stir-fry for 2 to 3 minutes.
- Add in chili paste, cook until the oil is separated. Add in sugar and salt to taste, and lastly mix in lemon juice. Cook for few minutes, turn the heat off.
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To say that I am devastated is an understatement.
I'll probably blog the progress on any knitting I do, but for the most part, I'm going take a break from blogging. My heart just isn't in it now.
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Charlie Sheen Two And A Half Steps Away From Smearing Himself With Feces
And not even his own feces.
Please, please take this man's stupid TV show away so we can force his lunatic ass on to reality TV shows.
Just total stupidity and lunacy, on the Alex Jones show. Good quote (but take your pick): "Thomas Jefferson was a pussy."
They say an eccentric is just a lunatic with money. What happens when you're rich and famous too? You get kind of arrogant in your insanity. Charlie Sheen pretty much thinks that everything Charlie Sheen says is very witty and very meaningful. He inflects just about everything in that "let me drop a truthbomb on you" sort of way, even when he's talking about pooping his pants.
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Tom Silverman On Songwriters And The New Reality Of The Music Business
Interview by Lorenz Rychner
Tom Silverman founded the independent label Tommy Boy thirty years ago. Over time it was home to a great many award-winning artists and consistently dominated the Dance charts.
Together with industry veteran Dave Lory, Tom Silverman launched the New Music Seminar (www.newmusicseminar.com) where today's songwriters, artists, and recording musicians can tune into the latest industry trends as presented by high-profile producers, performers, and other industry figures who are at the forefront of the new developments.
We will report on the latest seminar taking place in February in Los Angeles. In the meantime, we wanted to hear Tom's views on the state of the industry as it affects songwriters and new artists.—LzR
Formerly, songwriters/artists looking to make a career from performing their own material pretty much needed a record label deal to make it happen. Not now. What has changed?
Tom Silverman: I think it is important for songwriters to understand what's going on with the music business, what the changes are, so that they can adapt and figure out the new ways of plugging in. There may be more opportunities than ever before, if you can see the big picture. A lot of them still think it's business as usual.
So what I'm talking about is—as the business has gone downhill, like 80 percent in the last 10 years—the number of artists that are signed has decreased probably by 60 or 70 percent over what used to be released in the past by labels. People at labels have becoming very wary, they are not taking risks, they can't afford to be wrong. In the old days if they batted .250 that was okay, now they have to bat .400. And on the ones that lose, they can't really afford to lose that much money.
So who has the best chance to still benefit from a label deal?
Labels are looking for artists who already have a head of steam, who have built a base for themselves so they're not starting from scratch. There are exceptions, but fewer and fewer. They are looking for artists who already have a big fanbase, like fifty thousand Facebook fans, a million YouTube views, so they are not starting from nothing. They are looking for different things than they used to look for, and radio isn't necessarily breaking certain genres of music the way it used to. So all of that means that music is a lot different now.
How can a songwriter adapt if radio isn't in his picture?
On radio you used to have about 30 seconds before the hook to get listeners interested before they would change station. For your songwriters it's important to know that if you're getting exposed on YouTube or on Spotify or even Pandora, you have five seconds to suck the listener in, because in ten seconds they could be somewhere else.
Goodbye intro...
Your readers might even consider using a different song structure for the promotional version, the one you put online, the one playing behind the YouTube video—instead of three or four minutes long, maybe it'll be two minutes long because people's attention span seems to have shortened compared to what it used to be. You want an opportunity to expose more music and give them a taste, and if they like it, they can go to iTunes and download the full four-minute version.
So there might be a verse-chorus-verse-chorus-out version of every song, in additon to the full three-verse version there might be a two-verse version...
...and the intro might not be an intro but the second half of the chorus to grab the listener...
Absolutely, so people have to start to experiment with different song lengths, different song structure. Listeners could be playing a game at the same time, checking their text messages—there are so many ways that people are ingesting music, it's no longer either radio, or at a club, or in front of their hi-fi speakers at home.
And it's mostly earbuds now...
I remember in the old days when I was producing records we always used to have that single mono Auratone speaker that we used to listen to the final mix to make sure nothing was missing. That was what it would sound like on a car radio or a kitchen radio, like what most people would be listening to. Now they might just as well have a little white wire coming out with two earbuds, and a little compressor that makes it sound like 192 kbps, and see if it still passes muster. When you're in the studio, you listen to huge studio speakers with big amps, great sound from 20 to 20, but that's not how people are listening to music, really. These are things people should watch and consider.
On your seminar website I saw the term "Creative Quartet". What is it?
I also call it the Creative Conundrum; it is composed of four elements that combine to make an artist a hit artist. There is a lot of clutter in a world where over a hundred thousand albums are released a year, and over 81,000 of them sell less than 100 units, and 17,000 releases sell only one unit! Thousands of musicians produce releases on their home computers, with programs like Garageband, and they pay maybe 35 dollars to put it up on TuneCore, and these releases don't get bought by anyone, but they get in the way of the artists who are in real studios spending real money in real time trying to break through. There's so much clutter out there, the artists have to have a sound, everything about them has to be differentiated to have a chance at breaking through.
What are the four elements?
Okay, so we break it down.
• The first is the song. It has to stand out, above the other songs actually, the composition, including lyrics and everything about how the song is written.
• Second is the production, the recording, the performance—everything that happens in the studio.
• The third element is the live show; a lot of groups are breaking because of the notoriety of their live shows. If they're great live, then that could be how they market themselves and promote themselves, and in some cases, a great-enough live show can make an artist break, even if the songs are just OK and the production is just OK but they are just so amazing live. More and more that is the case, as radio is diminishing in power.
• The fourth and last area is becoming the most important, more and more, and that's the image, the concept, the story, the platform, what does the artist stand for, what do they look like, what is their image. All of that stuff that previously was intangible back in the pre-video days.
Not image as strictly looks...?
In the video days the look became more important, but now in the YouTube days, people are buying artists based on what they stand for, "How do they affect me?". Susan Boyle is a great example, that one little video of her ended up selling 31/2 million albums in six weeks this time last year, based on what people liked about her that she stood for—here's this hausfrau from Northern England, able to beat the odds, and people thought anything is possible and they bought that story. She's singing the same song that Rod Stewart and a million other people sang before, and the production was good and the performance was competent, but if it was any other artist, if wouldn't have sold a thousand copies.
She was different...
...so the whole thing is, how do you differentiate yourself? Her story was differentiated, plus there was the X-factor, England, which leaked over into the US on YouTube and got tens of thousands of views if not more.
Think about Lady Gaga, if not for her image, would she be this big? I mean she has good songs and good productions, but without the image, I don't think so. What about the Black Eyed Peas without Fergie? Sometimes you just have to put the package together in a way that it makes sense.
The image has always been important, but it has never been more important than it is now, and by image I don't just mean the look, I mean the story, what they stand for, is it a political band, are they nonconformist, do they stand for something like Nine Inch Nails, Radiohead maybe, or a jam band might. Is there a perception that they are meaningful, is their lifestyle something people can relate to, they're buying the lifestyle more than they're buying the music. "I'm into what this artist is into, so I'm buying this guy", as opposed to just the song.
Is this order of the elements fixed, or is number four creeping up to take the place of number one?
Well, the order I gave you is the chronological order that starts with the song of course. If I were to list the four elements in terms of impact they might have on somebody's career potential, I would move the image up.
To the top?
Yes, in a way it is already number one. The image shouldn't be the afterthought. The concept of the group should be decided on before the song is even written, because—if the songs don't fit the concept of what they're standing for, then it's a mismatch and doesn't work.
So the first thing an artist has to say before even getting into the studio or starting to write is "what do I stand for, what am I trying to say, how am I going to be different from any other artist, how can I differentiate myself in this area".
Then he'll make songs that differentiate themselves because the hooks or whatever will be so outstanding that they'll reach out from the internet and grab you by the throat and suck you right in. So the next morning when you wake up, that song is still stuck in your head. That's the purpose of a great song, and then the production is getting the great performance that delivers that song.
Maybe a song doesn't have to have all four of those things, but it should have two or three.
Maybe an artist doesn't do live show but his videos are killer...
...or there may be a case where the song is just so great that it overwhelms the need for an image. But usually those ones will sell a lot of singles on downloads but not albums. People always buy the album if the artist is meaningful to them, but not if only the song is big; then they don't need the rest of the songs on the album, they just want the one song.
A lot of consumers just enjoy songs, and don't have to have an artist attached to it, they just like that record. That's OK, by the way; the new business, the economics of singles, could become substantial, because the other change in the business now, back to the way it used to be in the '50s, is that five times as many singles are selling than albums. So I think a lot of writers, producers and artists are missing the opportunity to make hit singles.
I think also the artists are making the mistake of trying to make an album right away. I think the idea is to make a song, find the one song that's going to move people, then the album will come out of that. Use the song to prospect, to tune up, to find your audience.
Sticking to singles allows someone to test the waters without breaking the bank.
Yes, and that's not new. When I started Tommy Boy, we only did twelve-inches, we didn't do 45s and we didn't do albums yet. Until we found a twelve-inch that resonated, even in 1981 money, $3.98 was already four times what now a download is, and most of them only had two or three versions of the same song—instrumental, a cappella, maybe bonus beats and the radio version or the album version, so that was a good margin for us in those days. Imagine today, in dollars adjusted for inflation... that would be like nine or ten bucks. Imagine if you could get nine dollars per download, we'd have better economics and we could sign more artists than we're signing now.
Anyway, that's really what needs to be known. Making a whole album for a new artist, a writer or a producer will spend a whole lot of time, and usually that artist isn't going to get picked up. But in the same amount of time they could do five or six different artists with two songs each and test those, and when one connects, then make the album. If it doesn't connect, make another single.
Why are we as an industry so fixated on the album? It's an anachronism that we have refused to accept. People are so egotistical, they think people want to buy a body of work from an artist or group when nobody even knows who they are yet. That's pure ego, and it's time for that to really stop for new artists. Once an artist is established and has built a fan base, when there is a demand, it's a different thing. Until they do, a single is a fabulous tool for prospecting.
You also have a different perspective on making money from one's music.
How do you change your mindset when you realize that music is the way you build your relationships with your fan base, but it's not necessarily the way you'll be making money? The way you're gonna make money is merchandise, touring, maybe some music sales, and maybe other things we haven't even thought of yet. But it's the relationship that you're monetizing, not the records per se.
So these are some of the things that we're gonna be discussing at the seminar.
More about Tom Silverman can be found at www.newmusicseminar.com/blog/about-us/staff/
Excerpted from the March edition of Recording Magazine 2011
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(Pocket-lint) - The Polar FT80 heart rate monitor "training computer" comes in at the top of the range of generalist fitness devices offered by Polar. Here we test the standard FT80, although it also is available with the G1 GPS module for speed and distance tracking, at extra cost.
The FT80 sits above the FT60 that we looked at earlier in the year and the basis of operation and the offering here is very similar, but adds a few additional features that might appeal to more advanced fitness participants.
Starting with the chest strap, the FT80 comes with Polar's WearLink+ fabric strap which you wear around your chest and the water resistant transmitter connects via poppers to the front of this. You need to remember to wet the fabric strips on the inside to make the connection with your skin.
Using fabric means it is much more comfortable than some of the plastic-based chest straps out there. You can also turn-off the transmitter simply by disconnecting it from the strap to save battery life, and both the transmitter and the watch have user-changeable batteries.
The connection between the watch and the transmitter chest strap is really impressive. We've been using the FT80 over a number of months without a single connection problem: the watch "sees" the belt almost as soon as you ask it to and that connection stays solid through-out the exercise.
Those who have used heart rate monitors in the past may be familiar with the scenario where you get home after a brutal run, only to find that your chest strap had stopped taking to the watch halfway through and you have no data for your hill repeats. Not so here. The FT80 is very impressive indeed, performing flawlessly and being comfortable to boot.
The Polar chest transmitter straps are also compatible with a wide range of gym equipment, so if you want to use it in the gym without the watch that isn't a problem (although we'd question why you'd fork out for the FT80 if you aren't going to use it).
The watch is the mainstay of the operation here, providing all the brains. In terms of size it benefits from not having an integrated GPS module, so the watch is compact, with a good-sized screen. The FT80 displays text on a blacked-out background, but we found it was easy enough to see the display. Push button illumination allows reading the display in the dark.
In-exercise you get a choice of display options, which are easily scrolled through using the buttons on the right-hand side. The main display shows you the duration of exercise, heart rate and an indicator of which training zone (of three) that you are in. You can have a large HR readout, or show the real time, training time and calories burnt, but sadly you can't have a large display of activity time, which is just the sort of thing that you'll want for a quick glance during races.
At the end of your training you get a summary of the results, as well as a brief summary of what your exercise achieved, be it fitness improving or maximum performance training.
But these are features common to most heart rate monitors and the FT80 differentiates itself, like the FT60, by offering the STAR training system.
The STAR training system is a clever program that works in the watch to monitor and track your progress, provide motivation, as well as guide you to towards the most effective training to reach your exercise goals. That said, you don't get too many options here, with "improve fitness" and "maximise fitness" available to you, which basically alters the intensity of the programme it sets.
One of the great things about the STAR training programme is that it does guide you towards exercising at the correct intensity, a common problem for those looking to improve their fitness. Using three zones, the majority of your exercise will fall into zone 2, with some zone 1 and zone 3 times based on which training programme you select.
Another neat feature of STAR is that it uses real data from you, so there is a fitness test and a relaxation test on which to base your training. You also get an OwnZone training option, which lets the FT80 monitor your heart rate on any particular day and make adjustments to the training zones you are going to use, ideal for when you are feeling fatigued.
Good as the STAR training programme is, at this level and price, we'd like to see a wider range of options presented in the watch. Yes, that would make things more complicated for the user, but potentially, so far, we've seen little to encourage you to part with the extra cash over the mid-range FT60.
To justify the extra cost, Polar is hoping that a couple of unique features are going to appeal. The first is the strength training aspect for STAR. This applies similar principals to your strength training as it does to your CV work, listening to your body and advising when you are ready to commence the next set. In short, the FT80 watches your heart rate and tells you when to start lifting again for the best results.
The other trick that the FT80 has in its box is the Polar FlowLink (worth £50) which partly explains the price hike over the FT60. The FlowLink allows you to extract the data from your FT80 and record it on polarpersonaltrainer.com.
Unfortunately the FlowLink software only works on Windows, with a candid statement on the Polar site suggesting that Mac users try emulation software to get it working. The software basically sends all your data to the website, allowing much clearer interpretation and taking the hassle out of recording everything, as your workouts will all appear in your online diary.
Polarpersonaltrainer.com is a useful resource in itself, but it is open to everybody – you don't need a Polar product to use it. To take advantage of the strength training aspects of the FT80, you need to create a workout populated with the different exercises, sets, reps and weights. Once created, they can be transferred over to the FT80 and access through the strength training menu in the watch.
It's a shame the same can't be done for the other exercise programmes available on polarpersonaltrainer.com as it contains access to reasonably customisable running plans where you can set an event date, which would be really nice to blast over to the FT80 so you could have it tell you what to do on any given day.
It's also a shame that it's a closed shop when it comes to data, as you are currently tied to using polarpersonaltrainer.com and if you have been using another system, you can't just merge all your data together.
The Polar FT80 does perform very well as a training partner and coach through STAR, which will guide you in your exercise to keep you working at the right intensity. Of course the strength training aspects will only apply to some, and the premium for gaining this feature over the cost of the equally capable FT60 needs to be carefully considered.
The FlowLink is also a great way of extracting the data from your FT80, it's just a shame that you can't do more with it, which at this price (£273.55) seems a little mean. You'd also expect to be able to shift training programmes around with greater ease.
As it stands, however, the Polar FT80 is reliable, comfortable and an absolute pleasure to use, but we feel it is a little too expensive viewed alongside the GPS-packing Garmin 405, especially for runners, but for those who like a little reminder of what they are supposed to be doing in the weights room, it works nicely.


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The Portland State University Diversity Action Council will begin seeking nominations on Monday, March 28, for the seventh annual President's Diversity Awards.
Nomination forms will be sent to all PSU departments. The form includes a fill-in-the-blanks section for the nominee's basic information, and also asks for a letter of support and a typed statement about why the person should be nominated. Download the form here, and open with Microsoft Word.
To be considered, nominations must be received by PSU's Office if Diversity & Inclusion no later than 5 p.m. April 15.
The awards will be presented at the Council's annual Diversity Awards Reception, scheduled from 3 to 6:30 p.m. May 11 in the Smith Memorial Ballroom. Avel Gordly, former Oregon representative and a member PSU's Black Studies faculty, will be the keynote speaker.
Awards will be given to one faculty member, one staff member, one undergraduate student and one graduate student. Recipients will be persons who exemplify and honor PSU's diversity goals, which focus on:
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Broomfield broke several voting records in the Nov. 6 election, including setting a new record for registered voters and a new record for number of ballots cast, according to a report from the City and County Clerk's Office.
Broomfield sets election record
This year, Broomfield had a record 34,177 active voters casting 32,977 ballots, which surpassed all other general election years. Voter turnout for active voters was 96.49 percent, according to Jim Candelarie, city and county clerk.
Mail ballot was the most popular way to vote in Broomfield, with 25,549 people, or 77 percent, requesting a mail ballot. Broomfield set up seven vote centers, where 4,138 people showed up to vote in person.
Broomfield also participated in the Every Vote Counts project, which allows military and overseas citizens receive their ballot via the Internet and return it via email. Broomfield saw 54 military voters use the option, according to Candelarie.


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With AIR 3.6, the feature for loading of locally packaged secondary SWFs containing ABC code was introduced. The detailed description about this feature and its usage can be found at this blog – "Packaging and loading of multiple SWFs for AIR apps on iOS". The workflow for the application developer using this feature is described in the diagram below:


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You'd be hard-pressed to find a badass character that Dwayne Johnson (aka The Rock) can't play. He'll be seen as Roadblock in the upcoming G.I. Joe: Retaliation, he's been circling the role of Goliath in the aptly named Goliath, and now Variety reports that Johnson is in talks to star as the one and only Hercules. We first learned that Brett Ratner (Tower Heist) was circling Hercules back in 2010, but now it appears attached himself to the project for MGM. The film is an adaptation of Steve Moore's graphic novel Hercules: The Thracian Wars with a script by Ryan Condal (Paradise Lost). Hit the jump for more.
The Thracian Wars is a pretty dark take on the character, as it paints Hercules as a mercenary who turned his back on the gods following the loss of his family, "finding solace only in battle." He joins up with six other men who are similarly bloodthirsty, and the band of warriors are hired by the King of Thrace to train his men into warriors. I'm not entirely sure I see Ratner making a film this dark, and I'm sure the script will make some changes to the source material. After all, X-Men: The Last Stand and the Rush Hour films weren't exactly gritty.
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Nearly 3,200 years ago, a tormented soul walked the Earth as neither man nor god: Hercules, powerful son of the god-king Zeus, and for this he received nothing but suffering. After 12 arduous labors and the loss of his family, this dark, world-weary soul turned his back on the gods, finding solace only in bloody battle. Over the years, he warmed to the company of six similar souls, bonded by their love of fighting and the presence of death never questioning where they go or who they fight, just how much they will be paid. Now the King of Thrace has hired these mercenaries to turn his men into the greatest army of all time, which means training them to be as bloodthirsty and ruthless as their own reputation. It is time for this band of lost souls to finally have their eyes opened to how far they have fallen and the narrow, perilous path to their own redemption. [Amazon]


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Zach Galifianakis prepped for "Saturday Night Live" like any host should -- by "Febreze-ing" his beard.
The comedian made his "SNL" debut Saturday alongside rock band Vampire Weekend, bringing a dose of slapstick, goofy humor to an episode that also included a guest appearance by Paul Rudd and a spot-on Kenan Thompson parody of likely Oscar winner Mo'Nique.
Galifianakis opened the show with a monologue that saw him accompany himself on the piano as he cracked jokes about everything from Disney shows to Brooklyn, also inserting a cheesy quip about the Canadian metric system that would've tanked had it not been for Galifianakis' impeccable delivery.
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"Excuse me, I've been in Canada, opening up for Miles Davis -- Kilometers Davis," Galifianakis joked.
The piano bit continued as Galifianakis poked fun at ex-"Cosby" kid Raven-Symone's Disney program, "That's So Raven."
"Sometimes I'll do something, and I'll think to myself, that is so Raven," he said. "And then other times, I'll do something and think, that is not very Raven," he deadpanned.
He also didn't shy away from self-deprecating digs, joking that he was "a Pilates freak -- and by Pilates I mean waffles" while also calling his look both "Wolf Blitzer at Burning Man" and "homeless professor." His pre-show routine, according to the monologue? Dosing his beard with a healthy amount of Febreze.
Galifianakis also made appearances in several "SNL" sketches, including a bit called "Zach Galifianakis: On TV for Over 30 Years," which featured the comedian lurking in the background of NBC mainstays including "Law and Order," "30 Rock" and "Dr. Oz." Galifianakis also popped up behind anchor Brian Williams during a taping of "NBC Nightly News."
The skit continued with a sketch about "Today Show" hosts Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford, which starred Galifianakis alongside Kristen Wiig, who played the drunken Gifford.
Galifianakis ended the show with a short about beauty-pageant contestants, which saw him play a male version of a pageant queen.
Actor Paul Rudd made a guest appearance in Kenan Thompson's game-show parody "What's Up With That?," a bit that also featured a cameo by New York Times culture writer Frank Rich. Thompson also shone in "Weekend Update," where he portrayed Oscar favorite Mo'Nique, nominated for her turn in "Precious."
Vampire Weekend played two songs, "Cousins" and "Giving Up the Gun," during the show.
Next week's episode will feature host Jude Law and musical guest Pearl Jam.


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After being in development hell, it looks like the movie adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkein's "The Hobbit" will now become a reality.
The Associated Press is reporting that the two-part prequel to "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy will begin shooting in February with "Rings" director Peter Jackson at the helm, according to a statement. There were no details available about release dates.
The production of the films has stalled because of issues regarding unions as well as the reorganization of Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. Originally Guillermo del Toro was slated to direct the prequels but left the production in May because of the delays.
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According to the AP, "The Hobbit" movies will be shot in 3-D. "It's an all-immersive journey into a very special place of imagination, beauty and drama," Jackson said.
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Casey Jones will have really have to watch his speed, now that he'll be driving that train at a digital pace.
That Grateful Dead classic will be among the gems that will forever live in the The Virtual Terrapin Station Web site being set up to preserve the legacy of one of the most popular bands ever.
The Institute of Museum and Library Services has awarded a $615,175 library grant to the University of California at Santa Cruz to bring the skeletons out of the closet and upload and digitize its Grateful Dead archive.
The long strange trip to document the band's history started in 2008 when living band members donated an extensive collection of records, show tickets, posters, awards and photos to the university for its Library of Special Collections. Most of the archives for what's being called the world's largest public collection of Dead memorabelia came from those band members. The rest comes from Deadheads.
"The idea for the Web site came from the sharing of Grateful Dead music and keeping up with their tradition," Christine Bunting, head of special collections and archives at the school's McHenry Library said.
Using the Web to include contributions is a natural way to keep the legacy of openness alive for a band whose following would probably be uploading cell phone concert video to YouTube today.Their 1970s social network of tie-dye wearing, pot-smoking, VW van-driving, peace-loving loyals would very likely be tweeting their travels as they follow the group from one stop to another.


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Jeremiah in the Dungeon. 1Zedekiah, son of Josiah, became king, succeeding Coniah, son of Jehoiakim; Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, appointed him king over the land of Judah.a 2Neither he, nor his officials, nor the people of the land would listen to the words which the LORD spoke through Jeremiah the prophet. 3Yet King Zedekiah sent Jehucal, son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah, son of Maaseiah the priest, to Jeremiah the prophet with this request: "Please appeal to the LORD, our God, for us."b 4At this time Jeremiah still came and went freely among the people; he had not yet been put into prison.* 5Meanwhile, Pharaoh's army* had set out from Egypt, and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard this report, they withdrew from the city.c
6Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet: 7Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Thus you must say to the king of Judah who sent you to consult me: Listen! Pharaoh's army, which has set out to help you, will return to Egypt, its own land.d 8The Chaldeans shall return and attack this city; they shall capture it and destroy it by fire.e
9Thus says the LORD: Do not deceive yourselves, saying: "The Chaldeans are surely leaving us forever." They are not! 10Even if you could defeat the whole Chaldean army that is now attacking you, and only the wounded remained, each in his tent, these would rise up and destroy the city with fire.f
11Now when the Chaldean army withdrew from Jerusalem because of the army of Pharaoh,g 12Jeremiah set out from Jerusalem to go to the territory of Benjamin, to receive his share of property among the people. 13But at the Gate of Benjamin, the captain of the guard, by the name of Irijah, son of Shelemiah, son of Hananiah, arrested Jeremiah the prophet, saying, "You are deserting to the Chaldeans!" 14"That is a lie!" Jeremiah answered, "I am not deserting to the Chaldeans." Without listening to him, Irijah kept Jeremiah in custody and brought him to the princes.
15The princes were enraged at Jeremiah and had Jeremiah beaten and imprisoned in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for they were using it as a jail.h 16And so Jeremiah went into a room in the dungeon, where he remained many days.
17Then King Zedekiah had him brought to his palace, and he asked him secretly, "Is there any word from the LORD?" "There is!" Jeremiah answered: "You shall be handed over to the king of Babylon."i 18Jeremiah then asked King Zedekiah: "How have I wronged you or your officials or this people, that you should put me in prison?j 19Where are your own prophets who prophesied for you, saying: 'The King of Babylon will not attack you or this land'? 20Please hear me, my lord king! Grant my petition: do not send me back into the house of Jonathan the scribe, or I shall die there."
21So King Zedekiah ordered that Jeremiah be confined in the court of the guard and given a ration of bread every day from the bakers' street until all the bread in the city was eaten up. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.k
* [37:4] Put into prison: as described in 32:1–3. Chronologically, the present episode follows 34:1–7.
* [37:5] Pharaoh's army: the force sent by Pharaoh Hophra; when they arrived, the Chaldeans temporarily lifted the siege against Jerusalem (cf. 34:21).
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I've read that every finitely generated one relator group embeds in a two generator one relator group, and that this fact follows from the Freiheitssatz.
Unfortunately, the only proof I can find of this fact applies B.H. Neumann's proof for denumerable n-relator groups, and it doesn't seem to use the Freiheitssatz. Further, I haven't found any mention of this in Lyndon and Schupp, but it's possible I overlooked a more general theorem from which this follows.
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James Clapper Admits He Lied To Congress; His Punishment Will Likely Be A High Paying Private Sector Job
from the modern-politics deptGreg Miller, at the Washington Post, has a great article discussing the government's continued misinformation campaign over its surveillance activities, going back through history to point out that this is nothing new:
President George W. Bush at times engaged in similarly careful phrasing to defend surveillance programs in the years after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. In 2004, while calling for renewal of the Patriot Act, Bush sought to assuage critics by saying "the government can't move on wiretaps or roving wiretaps without getting a court order."He also discusses the way that defenders of the NSA's surveillance program use things like redefining the word "target" -- something we've been pointing out for a while now:
At the time, it had not yet been publicly disclosed that Bush had secretly authorized NSA surveillance of communications between U.S. residents and contacts overseas while bypassing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
When the wiretapping operation was exposed in the news media two years later, Bush defended it as a program "that listens to a few numbers, called from outside of the United States, and of known al-Qaeda or affiliate people." Subsequent revelations have made clear that the scope was far greater than his words would suggest.
Obama's assurances have hinged, for example, on a term — targeting — that has a specific meaning for U.S. spy agencies that would elude most ordinary citizens.That said, what may be most interesting is the revelation that James Clapper has now admitted to lying to Congress, in responding to Ron Wyden's questions:
"What I can say unequivocally is that if you are a U.S. person, the NSA cannot listen to your telephone calls and the NSA cannot target your e-mails," Obama said in his June 17 interview on PBS's "Charlie Rose Show."
But even if it is not allowed to target U.S. citizens, the NSA has significant latitude to collect and keep the contents of e-mails and other communications of U.S. citizens that are swept up as part of the agency's court-approved monitoring of a target overseas.
In early June, after the NSA leaks had brought renewed attention to Clapper's "No, sir," Clapper cited the difficulty of answering a question about a classified program and said in an interview on NBC News that he had responded in the "least most untruthful manner."This is unbelievable on a variety of levels. First off, as Wyden made clear, his office had sent Clapper the question a day before the hearing so that he knew the question was coming. To argue that he was confused about the question is quite unbelievable. Furthermore, Senator Wyden claimed that: "after the hearing was over my staff and I gave his office a chance to amend his answer." Clapper now says that his staff "acknowledged the error to Senator Wyden soon after the hearing," but if that's the case, it doesn't appear that anyone else seems to know about this. Furthermore, if this were true, then wouldn't Clapper have said this back in early June when people first started asking about those statements? But he did not. This sounds like after-the-fact rationalizations for lying to Congress and being called on it.
He made a new attempt to explain the exchange in his June 21 correspondence, which included a hand-written note to Wyden saying that an attached letter was addressed to the committee chairman but that he "wanted [Wyden] to see this first."
Clapper said he thought Wyden was referring to NSA surveillance of e-mail traffic involving overseas targets, not the separate program in which the agency is authorized to collect records of Americans' phone calls that include the numbers and duration of calls but not individuals' names or the contents of their calls.
Referring to his appearances before Congress over several decades, Clapper concluded by saying that "mistakes will happen, and when I make one, I correct it."
Similarly, Chris Soghoian rightly mocks Clapper for the claim that "mistakes will happen, and when I make one, I correct it," by pointing out that Clapper appears to have left off a few important caveats to the end of that sentence: "3 months later, after a front-page scandal."
On top of that, we're talking about perjury, in lying to Congress. If other people perjure themselves, do they get to -- many months later -- go back and say "whoops, my bad" and get away with it?
Finally, when looked at in the context of Clapper's previous answer that he gave the "least untruthful" answer to Wyden, in which he suggested that he fully understood the question, would that now compound the lies? Did he give the least untruthful answer to a complex question, or did he not understand the question. He's now claimed both, and under either case, he seems to be continuing to lie, rather than answer honestly.
Unfortunately, it appears that Clapper is likely to get away with blatant lying to Congress as well, as experts are saying there's almost no chance of prosecution in this case. Why? Well, in part because apparently everyone seems to accuse everyone else of lying to Congress so frequently that no one pays any attention to when it actually happens.
Liar-liar-pants-on-fire charges have become so ordinary and expected in Washington, that few pay serious attention to them. Such charges are understood as merely another weapon in the partisan's arsenal.That article also notes that there have been "less than a dozen successful prosecutions of witnesses testifying falsely before Congress." Of course, in this case, unlike elsewhere, we have Clapper flat out admitting to lying to Congress. In fact, as the article notes above, Clapper's admission shows that he violated three separate relevant laws. So the "proof" is a lot lower a burden. And yet, still nothing is likely to be done. As that article notes, the prosecutions tend to be around scandals that have pissed off Congress, and that doesn't appear to the case here (ridiculously).
But there is another reality about false statements to Congress. Lying is always easy to charge, but never easy to prove. Before anyone can be formally and criminally charged with lying to Congress, the committee before which the purported false testimony was given must vote to refer the matter to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia for prosecution.
Such votes are not easily nor lightly taken. Such a referral for prosecution cannot be based on a hunch or a hope; rather it requires solid evidence that one or more of the relevant statutes has been violated, along with supporting evidence.
In other words, there's almost certainly no punishment for lying to Congress, and the NSA and other intelligence officials have a long history of basically doing just that, knowing that there's no harm in it. In fact, as that article notes, Clapper's eventual "punishment" is likely to be that he leaves his current job to get a "much higher salary, as an executive in the private sector that provides most of America's digital-intelligence operations."
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�Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has proposed allowing people with high-interest student loans to refinance at today's 3.86 percent rate and would pay for it by raising taxes on the wealthiest Americans.
�Sen. Kirstin Gillibrand, D-N.Y., introduced the Federal Student Loan Refinancing Act last May to allow borrowers that received loans under the Direct Loan or Federal Family Education Loan program after July 1, 2006, to consolidate them into one with an interest rate of 4 percent or less. Instead of paying more than $47,600 over the life of a 20-year, $26,000 loan, the borrower would pay $37,800.
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�Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., has called for "student investment plans." Private investment firms would cover tuition costs that could be repaid later as a fixed percentage of a graduate's income for a set number of years, regardless of whether that amount covers the total debt. Rubio said that he still owed more than $100,000 in student loans when he became a senator in 2011. His office said he repaid his student loans in December 2012 with proceeds from his autobiography.


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In this online supplement to May's "Shake Your Money Maker" feature, find out tips for measuring the approximate cost of group exercise—and whether it's worth the expense.
What is your group exercise class costing you?
1. Calculate the cost per class. First, take into account the total program cost. This should include the cost of equipment, instructor salaries, operation costs for the group exercise area, etc. For the sake of the calculation, let's use a 15,000-square-foot facility as our model and assume that the program cost is $65,000 annually.
Now figure out the number of classes offered annually. If a club offers 28 classes per week, this works out to be 1,456 classes a year (28 classes a week multiplied by 52 weeks a year).
Next, divide the total program cost by the number of classes annually. In this example, you would divide $65,000 by 1,456. So each class costs $45 (rounded).
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A) Establish the average number of participations annually. Say, for instance, that 127 members take group exercise 2.5 times a week (on average). This comes to 16,510 participations per year (27 members multiplied by 2.5 times per week multiplied by 52 weeks).
B) Calculate the average income per participant per class. Here's how.
First figure out the approximate income per club member. If, for instance, our 15,000-square-foot club grosses $675,000 annually with 1,500 members, then the approximate income per member is $450 ($675,000 divided by 1,500). Since we already established that 127 members take part in group exercise, multiple this number by member income. In other words, 127 times $450, which gives $57,150.
Next, add other fees that may be associated with group exercise (e.g., class charges). Let's assume this number is $2,000. This means that the total aerobic income is $59,150 ($57,150 plus $2,000).
Take the total aerobic income and divide it by the number of participations. In this case, divide $59,150 by 16,510. This comes to $4 (rounded). That's the average income per participant per class. C) Finally, divide the cost per class by income per participant, rounded up. So our 15,000-square-foot club would divide $45 by $4. This means that the club would need 12 members per class to break even.
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