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BlackBerry Podcasts gives users access to video and audio content, plus it makes the downloading process incredibly simple. One of my favorite things about this app is that it is completely mobile. I can search the catalog and grab the podcasts I want with just one click – no PC required.
Access a growing catalog of free audio and video feeds
The catalog has some great feeds and is growing every day. Get podcast favorites like The Onion or feeds from your favorite networks and shows.
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Go to 'Explore Podcasts' and scroll through the feature carousel to view top downloads, search via categories like news, arts, business, TV & film and more. You can even conduct a key word search if there's something specific you want to find. What's great about this feature is that as you browse the BlackBerry Podcasts catalog, your device will highlight which ones you already subscribe to. Once subscribed, podcasts are delivered automatically along with a notification to your BlackBerry smartphone so you can access them effortlessly.
Other reasons to love this new app
Apart from access to entertainment and the mobilized experience that allows me to enjoy nearly "anywhere, anytime" access (like the time I was stuck waiting over an hour and a half for an oil change – thank you, podcasts, for keeping me entertained!), there are a lot of reasons to love this service:
- Download episodes to be enjoyed offline or during downtime: Your favorite episodes are downloaded to your media card, you do not need to be within coverage to view your feeds
- Leverages push technology: You can benefit from push notification, and of course, it's more battery-friendly
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St-Pierre encourages Silva to come down to 170lbs
Georges St-Pierre preferred not to discuss the details of a potential Anderson Silva superfight at the UFC 154 post-fight press conference, but he did appear to hint that he would like Silva to meet him at around 170lbs.
St-Pierre said he had "taken too many blows to the head" to start discussing the identity of his next opponent, although UFC president Dana White did vow to make the superfight happen.
The size difference between GSP and Silva is substantial, with Silva the much bigger man, so a catchweight of around 178lbs has been mooted.
However, the Brazilian has - in the past - considered meeting GSP at 170lbs, and St-Pierre appeared to favour that idea.
"The thing about 177, I show up 177 and then the night of the fight I'm 185," St. Pierre said. "He is maybe 205 or 210. I don't know how big he is, maybe 225, 230 now.
"He's a big guy. I don't know how much he can come down. Not a long time ago, he used to fight in Japan at 168, which is smaller than me.
"Who knows? In time, the UFC can make magic things happen."

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The case against a Norwich businessman accused of burning down a building belonging to his late father 23 years ago has been transferred to a court handling more serious crimes.
Victor Walka Jr., 51, is scheduled to be arraigned Dec. 9 in New London Superior Court on a charge of first-degree arson.
According to Norwich police, Walka burned a residence at 563 W. Thames St. belonging to Victor Walka Sr. on June 30, 1990.
Walka Sr., also a Norwich businessman, was then two or three years behind on his taxes and owed the city almost $14,000 on the building, police said. Walka died in 2005 at age 65.
On July 16, Walka Jr., who inherited his father's properties, appeared at Norwich police headquarters and asked "to speak with an officer regarding an arson fire he had committed," according to a police affidavit.
Walka told police that his conscience had bothered him for many years and he wanted to reimburse the insurance company the nearly $100,000 it had paid his father after the fire. Walka said that "he was fully aware he could be arrested but this was something he had to do," police said.
Norwich police arrested Walka on Nov. 8. First-degree arson is a felony punishable by between one and 20 years in prison.
Walka said he set the fire in order to help his father out of his financial problems, police said. He said that his father, whom he described as a controlling person, told him "somebody should burn down the house," police said.
Walka arranged for an alibi for himself, traveling with his then-wife to Pennsylvania immediately after setting the fire, police said.
Norwich police questioned Walka after the fire. Police said they also found a witness who said he saw Walka walk toward the house five or 10 minutes before the fire, then get in his pickup truck and drive away a few minutes later.
Walka at the time denied any involvement in setting the fire.
Because they apparently lacked enough evidence to arrest Walka, police left their investigation open until he came forward this year.
Walka is free on a $50,000 non-surety bond, meaning he doesn't have to put up cash in advance.


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Sunday, 04 May 2014 09:22 PM
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, seeking cash in the face of a $1.06 billion shortfall, proposes leaning harder on smokers with a tax on electronic cigarettes.
The only U.S. state that spends none of its own money to combat nicotine addiction, New Jersey would use the estimated $35 million in annual revenue for general spending. Christie's plan follows a deal on tobacco bonds in March that contributed to a credit downgrade for $2.4 billion in state general- obligation debt.
The proposed tax highlights Christie's struggle to return the state to fiscal stability. The 51-year-old Republican is trying to persuade Democratic lawmakers to trim spending after his administration overestimated revenue projections for three straight years.
"As far as fiscal distress goes, we are veterans in this state, and we have either raised taxes or we have reneged on obligations to close a gap," said Peter Woolley, a politics professor at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison. "Thirty-five million dollars in the scheme of things sounds like a lot, but really isn't."
Christie has proposed a record $34.4 billion budget for the year that begins July 1 even as the current spending plan is endangered. An $807 million gap he disclosed last week brings the shortfall to $1.06 billion, according to Moody's Investors Service.
Moody's called that a "credit negative development" in a report by Baye Larsen, a senior analyst.
Lowest Ratings
Fitch Ratings downgraded the state to A+ on May 1. The firm's bestowal of the fifth-highest investment grade follows a similar move April 9 by Standard & Poor's and leaves New Jersey's rating higher than only California and Illinois among U.S. states.
S&P last month cited over-optimistic projections and one- time infusions, such as a March 7 deal to raise $96 million by pledging five years of tobacco-settlement revenue to investors. Richard Larkin, director of credit analysis at Fairfield, Connecticut investment firm Herbert J. Sims & Co. termed it "fiscal chicanery" in an April 11 note to investors.
Chris Santarelli, a spokesman for state Treasurer Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff, called the maneuver a responsible step that represented present-value savings of $136.7 million and nominal debt-service savings of $1.23 billion.
Pointing Fingers
Christie has said New Jersey is paying for poor management by past administrations from both parties. His attempts to ignite the economy haven't succeeded, though, and New Jersey lags behind its neighbors and the U.S. on job creation and revenue growth.
From the second quarter of 2009 through the end of 2013, New Jersey ranked 38th in economic health, according to the Bloomberg Economic Evaluation of States.
The first year Christie eliminated spending on educating people about tobacco use was 2013. New Hampshire, North Carolina and Ohio also had zero expenditures that year. By 2014, New Jersey was the sole state without funding, according to the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, a Washington-based nonprofit group supported in part by the Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use, founded by Michael Bloomberg, founder and majority owner of Bloomberg News parent Bloomberg LP.
Christie is positioning New Jersey for a second time to spend nothing of its own on cessation. Such expenditures have risen nationally for three years.
Medical Care
New Jersey is to reap an estimated $947.2 million this year from tobacco sales and the 1998 settlement of health-care expenses for 46 U.S. states from cigarette companies. The Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the nation's health-protection agency, recommends that New Jersey spend $103.3 million in state money annually to combat tobacco, the 10th-largest sum nationally.
"It's not like we don't pay for these people," said Jill Williams, a physician and director of addiction psychiatry at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick. "We pay for their heart attacks and strokes and cancer treatment. Why not invest in their tobacco cessation?"
Cigarette smoking is the cause of 480,000 annual U.S. deaths, about one in five, according to the CDC. More than 10,000 New Jerseyans die every year of tobacco-related illness.
No state came up with its full share of CDC-recommended funding on its own in 2014, according to the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. Such funding was part of the intent, though not a requirement, of the settlement with cigarette makers.
Health Pitch
At peak in 2003, New Jersey spent $30 million on efforts including counseling and nicotine-replacement therapy. It now spends about $1.6 million in federal grants annually, according to Donna Leusner, a health department spokeswoman.
Sidamon-Eristoff told the Senate budget committee that the motivation for the proposed tax on vapor cigarettes was public health.
The New Jersey Legislature has already joined Congress in treating e-cigarettes as equivalent to conventional ones for purposes such as restricting sales to minors and smoke-free air laws, the treasurer said April 1.
"Tax parity is the logical next step," he said. "Why should we favor one form of delivering highly addictive, tobacco-derived nicotine over another, especially in light of the unknown health risks and the obvious marketing focus on youth and young adults?"
Peter Fisher, vice president for state issues for Tobacco- Free Kids, said higher prices can do only so much.
"E-cigarettes are being marketed just like tobacco products used to be," he said in a telephone interview. "We would certainly support his proposal to tax e-cigarettes just like combustible ones, but we would strongly urge that the revenue be used for anti-smoking efforts."
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Spice Girls Reunion -- It's ON!
19 Entertainment, the management company for the Spice Girls, just released this statement:
"Following weeks of speculation, the Spice Girls are set to make an official announcement to the world regarding future plans on Thursday, June 28. Details regarding the announcement will be released in the coming days."
Victoria (Adams) Beckham (Posh Spice), Melanie Chisholm (Sporty Spice), Geri Halliwell (Ginger Spice), Emma Bunton (Baby Spice) and Melanie Brown (Scary Spice) formed the Spice Girls back in 1994 and split in 2001.
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December 2, 2013
This article was reported by Medpage Today.
Medpage Today reported on a study showing that HIV screening among new inmates in North Carolina's prison system identified few new diagnoses. David Wohl, M.D., and colleagues at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill conducted a study of HIV testing in North Carolina from June 2008 to April 2009. During the time of the study, HIV testing at entry into the state's prisons was voluntary, but a syphilis test was mandatory.
The researchers conducted an HIV assay using blood left from the syphilis test and compared results with data in the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services HIV testing database. The researchers performed tests on the excess blood of 22,134 (94.7 percent) out of 23,373 individuals entering the system. Of those tested, 320 were HIV-positive (1.45 percent), but 300 already had been diagnosed. Hence, after testing of 22,134 persons, the researchers found 20 (0.09 percent) new infections. Of the 1,239 new inmates who did not have enough excess blood for HIV testing, 1,066 volunteered to be tested while imprisoned and 36 (4.8 percent) tested positive. However, these 36 inmates already were in the state health department records as HIV-infected.
Wohl expressed surprise that 94 percent of the individuals entering prison already were known to be infected. The prevalence of HIV among the new inmates was close to the CDC estimate of 1.4 percent among the national state and federal prison population. The researchers supposed that the inmates may have been screened during earlier imprisonment, but almost half of the inmates with previously diagnosed HIV had not been imprisoned before. The researchers noted that North Carolina has the eighth largest HIV prevalence in the United States and that these findings might not apply to other states.
The full report, "Detection of Undiagnosed HIV Among State Prison Entrants," was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (2013; 310(20):2198-2199).
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As the ampersand between their names indicates, "Ginger & Rosa" are inseparable, pals since birth, best friends for as long as anyone can remember. At least until now.
It's 1962 in London, and 17-year-old Rosa worries about finding true love, "the kind that lasts forever." Ginger, however, has other, weightier concerns. "If there is a forever," is her immediate response, with a big emphasis on the "if."
An empathetic and aware film, "Ginger & Rosa" is several striking things all at once. It's an adult look at the teenage years, an examination of how personal emotions inform political action, a noteworthy change of pace for writer-director Sally Potter and, most of all, the showcase for a performance by Elle Fanning as Ginger that is little short of phenomenal.
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The younger sister of Dakota Fanning and an actress since she was 2, Elle Fanning is a known quantity to many moviegoers through performances in films such as "Somewhere," "Super 8" and "We Bought a Zoo." But even all that doesn't quite prepare you for what she's done here.
As a young person increasingly fearful about the threat of nuclear annihilation, especially as the Cuban missile crisis unfolds, Fanning displays a dazzling naturalness on camera, an ability to move persuasively between any number of emotions, from hesitant to sassy to distraught to anything else you can name.
Fanning's work is so impressive, it makes what weaknesses "Ginger & Rosa" has seem unimportant. She's reason enough to see the film all by herself.
For Potter, the innovative director of 1992's "Orlando," a film this straight ahead and naturalistic is a real departure. "I tried to eliminate some of my aesthetic habits and obsessions," she says in a press notes interview, "and make it a film about the complexity of experience."
"Ginger & Rosa" starts with newsreel footage of the atomic bomb blast and resulting devastation at Hiroshima that overshadows the entire story. Then we see the two girls born in adjoining hospital beds and watch as their mothers' lives take different turns.
The husband of Anoushka (Jodhi May) deserts her early on, leaving her to raise Rosa (Alice Englert, director Jane Campion's daughter) on her own. Ginger's mother, Natalie ("Mad Men's" Christina Hendricks), remains married, but her husband, Roland (an expert Alessandro Nivola), is a hard dog to keep under the porch.
Both idealist and hedonist, Roland went to prison as a conscientious objector during World War II and is now a writer and pacifist thinker who believes "our only life is the one we have now; that's why we must seize it and live while we have the chance." Though he clearly loves his daughter, he is often glib and sarcastic toward Natalie and seems to chafe at the whole notion of marriage.
Meanwhile, the inseparable Ginger and Rosa do classic teenage things together like flirt with boys, argue with their parents and iron their hair to straighten it. United by wonderful complicit looks, they are essentially trying out adult moves for size, figuring out the shape of their lives.
But while Rosa becomes obsessed with the opposite sex, Ginger gets increasingly serious, reading T.S. Eliot and Simone de Beauvoir and worrying that "we could all die tomorrow." She starts to attend ban the bomb meetings and takes part in mass rallies held by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
These five central characters are all sharply written and well-acted, but the film's peripheral characters don't fare as well. Anoushka's two gay friends, Mark (Timothy Spall) and Mark Two (Oliver Platt), seem as arbitrary as their names, and Annette Bening does as much as she can with the underwritten role of an American poet named Bella.
Also problematic, albeit inevitable, are some of the more melodramatic plot roads "Ginger & Rosa" heads down, but Fanning's performance is so potent, she feels things so deeply, you barely notice. When Spall's Mark responds to Ginger's earnest adult seriousness with a sad "Can't you be a girl for a moment or two longer?" we feel that regret quite as strongly as he does.
'Ginger & Rosa'
MPAA rating: PG-13 for mature, disturbing thematic material involving teen choices — sexuality, drinking, smoking — and for language
Running time: 1 hour, 40 minutes
Playing: At Landmark, West Los Angeles


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How much will it cost to fix a hole in the wall?
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If you have a hole in your wall, don't despair; drywall repair professionals can patch the hole and repaint the surface and no one will be the wiser. The cost to repair a drywall hole depends on the size of the surface area of the damage, the materials and labor required, and (for a minor repair) any minimum service fee the repair company may charge. The actual labor and drywall prices may be lower than the minimum service fee, but pros must ensure their business overhead costs are met when they go out on minor jobs. To help keep costs low once the pros get there, make sure you have the right paint on hand if you want them to do to a touch up after the repair is complete, so you don't keep them wait (and charging you for their time) while you search in the garage. Here are two examples of average prices for smaller drywall repair jobs:
- Approximate cost to repair a 5-foot crack in a wall: $125 (labor $75 and materials $50).
- Approximate cost to repair a 3-foot ceiling crack: $150.


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This is a replacement or auxiliary Source Four Fixture Body Assembly for 90° Ellipsoidal Spotlight, Black with Edison Power Plug from ETC. Having a spare fixture body cuts cost and storage space requirements. It keeps existing stock in service, during maintenance or repair. The replacement body does not include a lens tube assembly, or filter frame. It does contain a bulb socket assembly, a yoke with C-Clamp, and 3' power cord.


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George Strunk said he was attacked by his brother-in-law during an argument over his wife and a suspected drug dealer, according to a statement he released Thursday and court papers filed in a divorce proceeding.
George Strunk said he was attacked by his brother-in-law during an argument over his wife and a suspected drug dealer, according to a statement he released Thursday and court papers filed in a divorce proceeding.
Strunk, a Pocono Mountain School District board member, was charged with aggravated assault following the May 23 altercation.
In a statement, Strunk said he was attacked by brother-in-law Gregory Oney when Strunk wanted to call police after learning a man was coming to his home to collect a $100 debt from his wife.
George Strunk, 38, of Cresco was charged after police said he beat up Oney, kicked his wife Debra, 50, and held the pair at gunpoint.
George Strunk said that on May 23 he got a call from a friend that a "dangerous man named Adam" was going to his home to collect money from his wife.
Strunk rushed home, arriving at 4:30 p.m., and found his wife and her brother, Oney, at the home.
"They denied that anyone named Adam was coming to the house, but later in the conversation they acknowledged that he was coming," Strunk wrote. "They admitted that Adam expected to be paid money by my wife, but denied she owed him money."
George Strunk said he asked his wife and brother-in-law to leave with him in his truck for safety reasons. He also told the two they needed to call police.
"Greg Oney argued with me and I told Greg to shut his mouth or leave my home," Strunk wrote. "And he punched me in the face and threw me into a curio cabinet, breaking the glass. We struggled physically. Greg Oney was the aggressor."
George Strunk also denied that he struck his wife.
"I never hit or kicked my wife during the struggle and I never told either of them that they could not leave," he said in his statement.
Strunk said he took his cellphone out to call police after the struggle and asked the pair to stay.
"I never held them against their will, but I did tell them to stay until the police came. My wife begged me not to call the police because it would 'get her in trouble' and she fled with Greg Oney," Strunk said.
George Strunk did not address accusations by his wife and brother-in-law that he pulled out a .45-caliber handgun, pointed it about a foot from Oney's face and said "No one is going anywhere."
The anticipated debt-collecting visit to the Strunk home was allegedly the second in two days.
A day before the altercation and arrest, a man came to the Strunk home and demanded payment of a $100 debt by Debra Strunk, according to an attorney representing George Strunk in a divorce proceeding filed Wednesday.
"(George) personally answered the door at the marital home on May 22nd," Attorney Jane Roach Maughan said. "A large man driving a black BMW demanded money. When George inquired, the man claimed that Mrs. Strunk owed him money for 'furniture.' Mr. Strunk ordered him to leave the property immediately."
The man was referred to as "Duke" or "D" in court papers. George Strunk gave state police in Swiftwater the license plate of the BMW, according to Maughan.
The couple has been married for eight years. Debra Strunk and Gregory Oney could not be reached for comment.
At the Pocono Mountain School Board meeting Wednesday night, audience members asked Strunk to resign. He said he hasn't decided whether he will resign from the board while the investigation proceeds.
George Strunk is also chairman of the board of the Pocono Mountains Municipal Airport Authority and assistant treasurer of the Pocono Mountains Economic Development Corporation. He is free on bail.


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January 30, 2013 09:45 ET
PALM SPRINGS, CA--(Marketwire - Jan 30, 2013) - The 9th Annual Clean-Tech Investor Summit, presented by International Business Forum and chaired by Technology Partners' Ira Ehrenpreis, on February 6-7 in Palm Springs, California, announced today that Ahmad Chatila, President and CEO of MEMC Electronic Materials (NYSE: WFR), will be a guest speaker for a Keynote Conversation at this year's Clean-Tech Investor Summit. He is part of the line up of the clean-tech and energy industries' thought leaders, visionaries, and innovators who will be speaking at and attending the 9th Annual Clean-Tech Investor Summit.
Prior to joining MEMC, Mr. Chatila served as Executive Vice President of the Memory and Imaging Division, and head of global manufacturing for Cypress Semiconductor. In these roles, he was responsible for strategy, financial performance and revenue growth for the Memory and Imaging Division, as well as global manufacturing for all divisions of Cypress. Previously Mr. Chatila served as managing director of Cypress' Low Power Memory Business Unit. Prior to these roles at Cypress, he served in sales at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC). Mr. Chatila holds a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University, a masters degree in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University, and has completed the Stanford Executive Program at Stanford University.
Every year the Summit convenes the who's-who of the clean-tech sector including thought leaders, entrepreneurs, investors and service providers. It is one of the rare times when the sector's most influential thought leaders gather to discuss the most critical issues facing the clean-tech sector. In addition, the 9th Annual Clean-Tech Summit will feature some of the most interesting, provocative, and compelling speakers at what has clearly become one of the best clean-tech networking events of the year.
To register for the clean tech industry's top investment summit please visit: www.cleantechsummit.com
This year's Sponsors for the Clean-Tech Investor Summit include Robert W. Baird & Co., Orrick, Silicon Valley Bank, Mintz Levin, Wells Fargo, Deloitte, PWC, Morrison & Foerster, Grant Thornton, DLA Piper, Ernst & Young, J.P. Morgan, Canaccord Genuity, Goldman Sachs, IRTH Communications, Hobbs & Towne, Morgan Stanley and Sherwood Partners.
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Bill Maher gave his two cents on President Obama's routing of Mitt Romney in the presidential election and offered reasons on why Mitt Romney, "the white Barack Obama" won:
Mitt Romney has lost and he'll soon be accepting his new job as professor of method acting at The New School in New York City. And after watching him play all these different characters over the last two years, really, who better?
Now comes the hand-wringing and finger-pointing that always follows electoral defeat; 500 columns of "If they'd done what I said, something, something, measuring the drapes in the Oval Office." And they'll all miss the forest for the trees. Except Dick Morris — he's always right.
So now that I'm done telling you how everyone else will be full of shit and focusing on the wrong things, let me focus you on the big picture thing that's absolutely correct: Mitt Romney lost because of the Republican brand and Republican policies. There are other reasons, of course, like Mitt being unlovable to anyone not named Ann Romney, but nothing trumps the idea that 2/3rds of America thinks the other 1/3 is a frightening conglomerate of Bible-thumpers, xenophobes, and vaginophobes. (Not a word, but should be.)
Take Mitt's pivot from being "severely conservative" to being "the white Barack Obama." Sure, everyone tacks to the middle after the primaries, but Mitt's performance was different: it was a full-scale repudiation of just about every idea that conservatives hold dear. The positions were changed. The rhetoric was completely different. He was basically Barack Obama, Caucasian Edition. Source
The bottom line is that Mitt Romney misjudged the power of the Obama ground game, even though they had a clear money advantage. In short, they don't know how to play the game that led Barack Obama to victory against John McCain in 2008. The Republican Party has a Dr. Seuss problem.


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Assemblyman John Ceretto and State Sen. George Maziarz, both Republicans, joined the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority at the Capitol Monday to highlight what the called an unfair distribution of transportation funding in the executive budget.
In Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget proposal, the NFTA receives a $605,000 funding increase, which Ceretto and Maziarz called paltry. They said the Federal Transit Administration is on record stating state support for the NFTA's transit system must be significantly increased to put it on the same level as other upstate transit systems.
"Many residents of Niagara Falls rely on public transportation as a means to get to work and provide for their families. As public officials, it is our job to deliver the highest-quality, most cost-effective transportation possible," Ceretto said. "The NFTA does a good job with the resources they have, but could do even more if they receive their fair share of state aid in the budget. I'll be working with Sen. Maziarz and the NFTA to deliver the funding that the residents of our area need and deserve."
"From end-users to editorial boards, there is widespread support in Western New York for increasing state support to the NFTA," Maziarz said. "In order to preserve the NFTA's unique mix of light rail, bus, and other modes of transportation, we need to secure a fair and equitable investment from the state. That's what we'll be working towards as we move forward through the budget process."
The NFTA serves the largest metropolitan area in upstate New York, and is one of only a few transit authorities to operate a light rail system, as well as two airports. Even though the NFTA has this additional expense, its request for a 5-percent increase in state funding was trimmed to a 1.35 percent increase. The funding increase was requested to supplement the light rail system operations. Without it, the NFTA will be forced to operate more services, with more customers than other upstate areas, with less funding.
The GOP members said NFTA transit is vital for the local economy, as it helps transport tourists who spend money in Niagara Falls. It also helps the poor and people with developmental disabilities get to the grocery store and other areas in their day-to-day lives.
"While we have made economic development in Western New York a top priority, that development must be supported with high-quality infrastructure," Ceretto said. "Billions of dollars is spent in New York City to upgrade the already lavish Grand Central Station, but our light rail system in Western New York is going under funded. This is unfair to the residents of Western New York. Our transit system is important to our regions success, and we must make sure it has all the funding it needs."


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AT&T Inc posted third-quarter revenue below Wall Street estimates as it added fewer customers than expected, citing a shortage of the latest Apple Inc iPhone.
The No. 2 U.S. mobile service provider said it had 151,000 net new subscribers in the quarter, compared with the average expectation for 358,000, according to five analysts contacted by Reuters.
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Its bigger rival, Verizon Wireless, added 1.5 million subscribers in the quarter.
AT&T said a shortage of the latest iPhone, which went on sale in the last week of the quarter, meant that the vast majority of third-quarter iPhone sales went to existing customers, stunting its growth of new customers.
Slow customer growth likely helped the company post better-than-expected earnings for the quarter as new customers come with a hefty cost for wireless service providers.
AT&T's profit rose to $3.64 billion, or 63 cents per share, from $3.62 billion, or 61 cents per share, and was 3 cents ahead of Wall Street expectations, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
However, revenue fell to $31.46 billion from $31.48 billion and missed the analysts' average estimate of $31.59 billion, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
The company also raised its target for 2012 free cash flow by $2 billion to $18 billion.
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Time remains to vote on Measure 29, the statewide ballot question regarding refinancing the Public Employee Retirement System (PERS).
Turnout is low in Hood River County, with 2,338 out of 10,500 ballots, or 22 percent, returned as of Friday morning. According to the Secretary of State's office, turnout in most counties ranged from 20 to 28 percent. Turnout in Wasco is 25 percent so far; in Jefferson, 25 percent, and in Multnomah, 19 percent.
Voters have until 8 p.m. Tuesday to return the ballots. They must be in the hands of the elections department at the courthouse — postmarks don't count.
"Unless there's a last-minute surge, turnout isn't going to be real big," said Lee Shissler, county elections coordinator. He said ballot volume was high right after they were mailed Aug. 29, and through Sept. 3, but the returns have since tapered off.
Measure 29 would amend the Oregon Constitution to authorize the State of Oregon to incur debt to finance the pension liabilities of the state at a lower cost to the state and to pay costs of issuing and incurring indebtedness. The measure authorizes the Legislative Assembly to enact implementing legislation.
The measure specifies that indebtedness authorized by the measure is a general obligation of the state, backed by the full faith and credit and taxing power of the state, except ad valorem taxing power.
The measure limits the amount of indebtedness outstanding at any time to one percent of the real market value of property in the state.
Supporters say a "yes" vote will save Oregon approximately $44 million in costs, and refinancing the PERS obligation can save the State more than $1 billion overall.
Turnout was biggest on Sept. 3, according to Shissler, with 625 returned. Numbers have gradually declined to 147 on Thursday.
"I think this election is not on the regular schedule of elections people are accustomed to, and they may be surprised to have received a ballot in the mail," Shissler said. "Also, it's a complex issue concerning financing a debt."
The next county ballot will be Nov. 4, with votes on a city initiative concerning waterfront zoning, to be voted on by City of Hood River voters only, and an initiative regarding residential development of forest land, with the entire county voting.
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Arms-Fair will accept firearms for transfer from an unlicensed individual provided that the seller provides a legible (preferably enlarged) copy of a government issued picture ID listing name, current address, and date of birth (i.e. a state driver's license). If an ID is not in the box with the gun, we cannot transfer the firearm to the buyer until we receive one.
Please note: We provide transfers as a courtesy to our customers so that they may purchase used guns for their collections. We sell NEW firearms from most manufacturers both in our retail store and on our website. If you are requesting a transfer of a NEW firearm that we sell, the transfer fee will be $45 per gun. If in doubt, please check this website. Even if a firearm is currently "out of stock", we may still have availability and the $45 fee will still apply.
Arms-Fair gun transfer charges:
$30.00 per Used handgun or $45.00 per New handgun (if New gun is from an FFL).
$30.00 per Used rifle/shotgun or $45.00 per New rifle/shotgun (if New gun from FFL).
$30.00 per lower receiver, frame or action (i.e. serial # part) - either new or used
Then, add $10.00 for the mandatory T.B.I. background check fee. This is a onetime fee which covers all guns entered on the same ATF form 4473. It's known as a TICS or NICS fee.
Please send (or forward) your gun purchase information to e-mail address: email@example.com. Be sure that your name and phone number(s) are in the e-mail so that we can contact you. If the seller does not already have a certified copy of our FFL on file, we will forward your e-mail to the seller with a .pdf attachment containing our current FFL. If the seller doesn't have an e-mail address, we can fax our FFL to them instead of e-mailing it to them.
Once the gun arrives at Arms-Fair and we have logged the gun into our A&D record book, we will attempt to contact you. You can pick up your gun between 10:00AM and 5:30PM Monday through Saturday.
Cash or personal checks are the preferred means of payment (make checks out to Arms-Fair).
All new or used handguns must leave the store with a working gun lock (federal Youth Handgun Safety Act). A new handgun should come with a lock included in the packaging. Please bring a working gun lock with you when picking up a used handgun transfer. If you do not have a lock, we must sell one to you for $8 ($7.32 + taxes) before you can leave with your transfer.
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Start-Up Visa Act Reintroduced to Encourage Immigrant Entrepreneurs
Calling all Latino entrepreneurs: the Start-Up Visa Act wants you.
Coinciding with the recent move for immigration reform, the bipartisan piece of legislation is being reintroduced in Congress.
Designed to help foreign entrepreneurs establish businesses in the U.S., it would give greater opportunities to Latino innovators both here and abroad.
"The United States has a proud history of creating opportunity for entrepreneurs from around the world by giving them a home to innovate and create jobs," Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) said in a press release about the legislation.
"The economic boost that will be felt as a result of allowing more foreign-born entrepreneurs to create their businesses here alone makes this a common sense bill," Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) added.
Emigrating from Latin America or growing up in immigrant homes, Latino entrepreneurs already have a history of breaking barriers in the U.S. economy.
When he arrived in the U.S. in 1990 to study engineering at Texas A & M University, Peruvian-born Andres Ruzo had a more difficult time than most finding employment following graduation.
"When I graduated I couldn't get interviews because of visa issues," Ruzo told Fox News Latino. "No one wanted to hire you because you were going to leave," he explained.
After going through his own issues, Ruzo believes there is a need for legislation like the Start-Up Act.
"We need more innovation," the business leader said. "I do believe there's an opportunity to bring more talent."
Since founding his company LinkAmerica in 1994, Ruzo has grown to create one of the fastest-growing Latino businesses in the country and hopes that more Latinos will follow in his entrepreneurial footsteps.
"I love the idea of having more Latin American entrepreneurs in the U.S." Ruzo said. "It's a win for the international guy and it's a win for the city and the community."
Tony Jimenez, another Latino innovator contributing to the U.S. economy, knows firsthand the benefits that entrepreneurs bring to America.
President and founder of the largest Latino-owned IT integrator in the U.S., Microtech, the Puerto Rico native believes that "new business, regardless of where it originates from, means more jobs, and that's exactly what our economy needs."
"The Start-Up Visa Act opens the door for immigrant entrepreneurs," the Microtech CEO told Fox News Latino.
"As an entrepreneur, businessman and taxpayer, I applaud any initiative that creates opportunities for new business."
The Start-Up Act was first introduced by Udall, and former senators John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) in 2011.
The act will allow immigrant entrepreneurs and foreign graduates from U.S. universities to become legal residents if they start a business and create jobs.
According to findings by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation of Entrepreneurship, between 2006 and 2012, nearly one quarter of the 107,819 engineering and technology companies founded in the United States were started by an immigrant.
"Those companies and the half-million jobs they support underscore how we are a stronger and better country because of our immigrants and why we need to pass the Start-Up Visas Act." Udall wrote in a statement to Fox News Latino. "We are a stronger and better country because of our immigrants."


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Cardinal Law Resigns Over Abuse Scandal
Associated Press Writer
Cardinal Bernard Law, the central figure in the worst scandal to hit the Roman Catholic Church in America, resigned Friday as archbishop of Boston after months of public fury over his failure to protect children from molesters in the clergy.
Law is the highest-ranking church leader and first U.S. cardinal to fall as a result of the clerical sex abuse crisis that has plagued the Church this year.
Pope John Paul II accepted the resignation after the two men met Friday morning, the Vatican said. The pope named Bishop Richard Lennon, an auxiliary bishop in Boston, to run the diocese temporarily.
"I am profoundly grateful to the Holy Father for having accepted my resignation as archbishop of Boston," Law said in a statement released by the Vatican.
"It is my fervent prayer that this action may help the Archdiocese of Boston to experience the healing, reconciliation and unity which are so desperately needed."
"To all those who have suffered from my shortcomings and mistakes, I both apologize and from them beg forgiveness."
Lennon takes over at an immensely challenging moment. More than 400 alleged victims are suing the archdiocese, and Law has taken steps to allow it to file for bankruptcy. Temporary administrators in the church rarely are empowered to make major decisions.
The crisis in Boston, which was touched off by Law's admission that he reassigned former priest John Geoghan despite accusations of sex abuse, quickly spread to other dioceses, as Catholics demanded greater accountability from their leaders.
At least 325 priests of America's 46,000 priests have been removed from duty or resigned this year because of molestation claims.
The pope was described by a Vatican official as "deeply saddened" by the whole affair. Law was one of the pope's closest American advisers.
In April, Law offered to resign in a meeting with the pope, but the pontiff rejected the idea.
The 71-year-old Law will remain a cardinal, which means he could move into another church post and retains the right to vote in a papal election, until he turns 80. He also will not be freed from the litigation in Boston, and was subpoenaed last week to appear before a grand jury.
Abuse victims, lay members and even some priests had intensified calls for Law's removal after 18 years at the helm of the Boston Archdiocese, as more cases of sordid conduct by priests were brought to light with the release of church files.
"Thank heaven," said David Clohessy, director of the national group Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests. "I hope there will be thousands of Boston Catholics and hundreds of Boston survivors who will feel better as a result."
While many victims had been strident in their criticism of Law and had called for his resignation months ago, some were more subdued Friday.
"I don't want to say I'm happy because I'm not," said Anthony Muzzi Jr., who says Geoghan molested him for several years in the 1960s, starting from when he was 11.
"I truly believe in my heart that Law was not the only person who knew all the bad things that were going on," said Muzzi, who was among 86 alleged Geoghan victims and their relatives who reached a $10 million settlement with the archdiocese in September.
Archdiocese spokesman the Rev. Chris Coyne said the resignation was "just one more moment of sadness over the whole timeline of great sadness and grief that has touched the archdiocese, beginning with the monumental tragedy of the abuse of children by priests and the failure and flaws of the administration to deal adequately with those moments of abuse."
Law had been at the Vatican all week, but largely kept out of the public eye. The cardinal slipped quietly away from Boston to begin a round of meetings with top officials at the Vatican over his and his archdiocese's fate.
Beyond the Geoghan case, Law has been accused of allowing other priests to continue serving even after repeated allegations of sex abuse.
Recent days have been marked by some of the most shocking revelations in the year-old scandal in Boston, with the release of thousands of pages of the archdiocese's personnel files.
Among the worst cases, the papers document a priest beating his housekeeper, another trading cocaine for sex, a third claiming to be the second coming of Christ to lure teenagers training to be nuns into having sex and a fourth allegedly molesting a boy on 21 consecutive nights during a cross-country trip.
Victims have accused Law of being more mindful of his personal reputation than honestly dealing with the scandal, and dozens of priests under his command demanded he step down.
The Boston Archdiocese is also facing enormous payments in settlements with sex abuse victims, and the Vatican may decide whether the local church should declare bankruptcy to protect itself from creditors.
Law's temporary replacement, Lennon, offered prayers for the victims of sex abuse and pledged Friday "to work towards healing as a church and furthering the mission of Jesus Christ within our community.
"I am thankful for the good works that his Eminence Cardinal Law accomplished in his service to us as archbishop and for the friendship that I have enjoyed with him," Lennon said in a statement. "I ask for prayers for him as he continues his life in service to the church."
There have been several other resignations in the scandal, including an archbishop in the pope's native Poland, but they have been directly accused of sex abuse. A decade ago, an archbishop from Newfoundland accused of covering up a sex abuse scandal was forced to resign.
Also Friday, the pope appointed a new bishop for Lexington, Ky., a post vacant since the previous bishop resigned in June following accusations of sex abuse. The new bishop is Monsignor Ronald William Gainer, 55, an official in the diocese of Allentown, Pa.
Whenever a bishop offers to step down, for age, illness or other problems, it is up to the pope to accept the offer or to ask the churchman to stay on, as the pontiff did back in April when Law also journeyed to Rome to seek out John Paul's guidance.
After Law returned in the spring from his meeting with the pontiff, he said he was "encouraged" in his efforts to provide "the strongest possible leadership" in ensuring no child is ever abused again by a priest in his archdiocese.
Last month, Law, in an apology delivered during Mass in Boston's Cathedral, acknowledged his responsibility for decisions that "led to intense suffering."
"To all those who have suffered from my shortcomings and mistakes, I both apologize and from them beg forgiveness."


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Thread: MABS: Purpose and Policy
7/18/2007 3:26pm, #1
MABS: Purpose and Policy
First, a note to members just searching for information on styles/instructors/etc: Try our other sites too for easier to find information:
Bullshido.com Martial Arts Consumer Information
Bullshido.org The Martial Arts Encyclopedia
Now on to business:
This forum is specifically for ON-TOPIC discussion of McDojos, Investigations into Fraudulent MA Practices, the Standards of MA, and the History of MA. This forum is strictly moderated.
Before posting a new thread ask yourself these questions.
- Did I search to make sure there is not already a thread about ths?
- Does my thread fall into one of the above mentioned categories?
- Do I plan to be an active participant in this thread after the first post?
- Am I creating this investigation thread for any reason other than a vendetta?
If you answered NO to any of the above questions DO NOT START A THREAD!!
Before replying in a thread in this forum ask yourself these questions:
- Is my reply on topic?
- Is my reply safe for viewing in most work environments?
- Is my reply more than simply an agreement of earlier posts?
- Am I posting for any reason other than just to be witty?
- if this is an older thread, am I posting something that is new and useful?
Once again, if you answerd NO to any of the above questions DO NOT POST A REPLY!!
Initial MABS posts alleging instructor misconduct are supposed to provide evidence that the instructor actually did what you are accusing him of doing. So before you post the allegation that he buggered the entire Vienna Boys Choir, did you find and attach ANY the following information to the thread you started? Note: anything below by itself would indicate you had at least some sort of minimal support for your claim.
- Newspaper Article documenting investigation and / or arrest.
- Newspaper article discussing wrongdoing.
- Videotape of wrong doing
- Court case number which resulted from such behavior.
- Police Report
- Affidavit by victim or eyewitness
- Email/facebook page, social media showing he claims he's a 10th degree Black belt in BJJ
- You, the poster say that you have SEEN such conduct, and are willing to provide such an affidavit.
- You are posting using your real name and commenting on things you have personally SEEN not what you have heard second or third hand.
Violation of the policy of this forum will result in your thread/post being moved to either the "Your Martial Art Sucks" (YMAS) or "Trollshido" Forums. Repeated and knowing violations will result in a warning or temporary ban from the site. Following that repeated violations may result in being barred from posting in this particular forum.
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That is all for now.
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So what goes into an investigation? What are some Investigative Tips? I've discovered something fishy and I want to bring it to light, how do I do that? All your answers and more in the link.
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1 Introduction
2 Goals of an Investigation Writeup
3 Structure of an Investigation Writeup
4 Foundation of Accurate, Reliable Investigations
5 Bullshido.org Evidentiary Standards
5.1 Reliable Facts
5.2 Recommended Sources
5.3 Thoroughness and Accuracy
5.4 Different Types of Evidence
5.5 Use of Personal Testimony From Yourself or Others
6 The Investigative Flowchart
7 General Investigative Tips
7.1 Basic Tips
7.2 Gathering Information
7.3 Investigative Resources
7.4 Legal Warnings
8 Conclusion
This post is intended to provide suggestions to a would-be author of an investigation writeup. It is not a set of rules for performing investigations on Bullshido.net. It applies strictly to writeups to appear on the Bullshido.org wiki.
In this post, we discuss the goals of an investigation writeup, the structure such writeups generally follow, some general investigative principles regarding evidence, and helpful investigative tips, including a helpful flowchart one can follow during an investigation.
Goals of an Investigation Writeup
An investigation writeup should achieve the following goals:
To summarize the findings of fact regarding an investigation subject.
To explain the reason why the subject is being investigated in a professional and businesslike manner.
To provide a clear explanation of the facts which explains the writeup's conclusions.
To provide links and other evidence which illustrate, or when possible prove, the validity of the facts asserted in the article.
To provide a record of a subject's reponse to the investigation, and where appropriate, an invitation to the subject to provide any information that is relevant to the investigation.
Structure of an Investigation Writeup
The most common mistake made by beginning authors of an investigation writeup is to concentrate on narrating the events in an investigation. Such events are of great interest to the investigators, but they're not directly relevant to our goals. We need to present some narrative to the reader so that the discussion doesn't come out of thin air, but if the result reads like a recap of the thread, it's probably a bad writeup.
The second most common mistake is to fail to link to evidence of the events in the writeup. People have no reason to believe that someone said something just because we claim it is so. If they said it in a medium where we can link to it, we should link to it. If not, we should provide the best evidence available to us, bearing in mind that anything not on this website can be taken off the web or altered. The Internet Wayback Machine is not a bad source, if it has cached a page, but they have been known to take down cached pages upon the request of the site owner. A web archive or screenshot is also good; it could theoretically be faked, but it carries credibility.
Most investigations should follow this outline:
Executive Summary
A brief statement of the subject's identity, an itemized list of their claims, and a summary conclusion regarding the factual conclusions regarding the claims.
Background of Bullshido's Interest in Subject
Briefly explain: How did we become aware of this person? Why are they of interest? We need this to compel interest in the subject. This section should generally not exceed a few paragraphs.
Claims Made By Subject
Break out the above itemized list of claims into detailed descriptions of the claims. If we have evidence of the claims being made, link to the best evidence available. Follow each claim with the factual evidence regarding that claim. Provide sources and methods wherever possible and appropriate to enhance the credibility of the results.
Subject's Response to the Investigation
Describe the opportunities the subject has been given to address the conclusions of the investigation, and their response to those opportunities. Redacted websites, contradictory explanations, or even total silence are all worth noting as responses.
An itemized list of the claims, again, with a summary of the factual conclusions about each claim based on the evidence.
This structure may require some adjustment to fit the narrative of a particular investigation. For example, in the Claims section, it may be necessary to summarize the context in which claims occurred, and to avoid unnecessary repetition of narrative detail. However, there should be a clear link between the itemized list of claims, the detailed explanation of claims, and the evidence for and against each claim.
When editing your article, be aware of what the weakest, or most inconclusive section of your article may be. It is almost always better that this weakest link be cut before publication.
Foundation of Accurate, Reliable Investigations
Bullshido.org's investigations strive for, and achieve, accuracy and reliability because:
Our evidence is presented to our peers and the public for scrutiny and disagreement.
There may be a prediction of how an investigation will turn out, but the eventual conclusions are based on the evidence, rather than evidence being based on a desired conclusion.
No datum or information is falsified.
The methods and standards used for investigations will be directly relevant to the topic at hand, results can be duplicated or confirmed, and results are relevant to the question at hand.
Investigators and reporters will indicate where conclusions are less reliable or evidence is potentially inconclusive.
Bullshido.org Evidentiary Standards
At Bullshido.org we encourage investigations into questionable claims made by martial artists about their martial arts skills, achievements, and arts. We also encourage investigations regarding possible criminal and/or fraudulent behavior by a martial artist which is relevant to their role teaching, or participating in the martial arts.
Reliable Facts
Please use reliable facts. Facts which are reliable are dependable and trustworthy. Facts are something that actually exist, or are an actual or alleged event or circumstance.
Facts that are offered in the investigation will be relevant and tend to prove or disprove a particular point at issue. For example, if I am attempting to prove that David Bannon did not kill a man on the tenth floor of the Byron Hotel in London, the fact that this hotel only has five floors and a basement is relevant.
Only with enough reliable facts can the article writer reach reliable conclusions.
Recommended Sources
Information from different types of sources are usually considered reliable. These include:
Legal documents
For example, arrest warrants or court transcripts.
Journalistic sources
Newspaper accounts of events.
Video evidence
See Yellow Bamboo and other "ki experts".
Firsthand testimony by recognized experts in martial arts or other topical areas.
Pictorial evidence accompanied by an explanation of what is being shown.
Websites under the control of the person being investigated.
Good for establishing what the person is actually claiming.
Firsthand testimony by an identified witness.
Obviously, the reliability of different types of evidence will change from one investigation to another. For example, videotape can either show a clear picture or be shot with poor lighting and focus. Court documents can be informative, or baseless and self-serving. Some newspaper articles are reliable and well-written, others are not worth the paper they are printed upon. Each of the above sources will need to have their reliability evaluated on an individual basis before being used. In some cases Bullshido.org may use the testimony of anonymous witnesses in an article on a specific issue, if we can corroborate their testimony, but articles should not be wholly or mostly dependant on the testimony of such witnesses.
Thoroughness and Accuracy
To make sure your article is as accurate as possible, consider all evidence, including conflicting facts and perspectives.
To test the accuracy of your investigation, ask yourself if a reasonable person would come to the same conclusion you did when presented with all of the evidence.
Different Types of Evidence
There are several different types of evidence that can be used in an investigation.
Direct evidence is based on personal knowledge or observation and, if true, proves a fact without inference or presumption. "I saw Master Coldcash charge each student $500 to learn to levitate." This evidence is also called testimonial evidence.
Documentary evidence is evidence supplied by a writing or other document which should be traceable to its source so it can be proven that it is real. "I obtained a copy of this document from the Federal Court at . . ."
Circumstantial evidence is based on inference and not on personal knowledge or observation. Sometimes circumstantial evidence can be extremely strong. For example fingerprint evidence is circumstantial because it relies on a print that was recovered from a crime scene rather then a witness seeing the suspect there. I infer from the print that Joe was present.
Negative evidence is evidence suggesting that a fact does not exist, such as a witness testifying that he or she did not see an event occur when they should have. Negative evidence is often considered weaker then other forms of evidence, so be careful to explain why something should have been observed but wasn't.
Use of Personal Testimony From Yourself or Others
Testimonial or direct evidence is extremely powerful, but has the limitations of all eyewitness testimony. Eyewitnesses have been known to be biased or simply wrong about what they have seen. Before using eyewitness testimony the writer should attempt to find out if the witness has any biases or hard feelings towards the person being investigated. Such feelings do not automatically or usually invalidate the witnesses's testimony, but they are important to determine whether the witness is credible.
Similarly, the witness may be completely honest but unable to provide reliable information. For example, a white belt leaves a McDojo and reports his teacher performed Kata poorly. Perhaps the student is correct and the teacher could not even lift his foot above knee level, but the writer should be careful that he does not repeat conclusions reached by the student about the mechanics of the art that he simply does not have the background to reach.
Testimony from unnamed sources is always inferior to testimony from people willing to provide their real names. If using an unnamed source, please attempt to use this evidence in conjunction with documentary evidence, testimonial evidence from named people, expert opinion, newspaper accounts of events, video evidence, etc. Whether the eyewitness is anonymous or not, please provide as much relevant information about this witness and their relationship to the party in question. This allows the reader to assess the witnesses' credibility.
'Note: Many of the definitions used above were borrowed from Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edition (St Paul, Minn: West Publishing, 1999).
The Investigative Flowchart
To throw out a few examples with this flow chart:
Example 1 - Subject claims to be able to throw chi balls.
The claim is specific.
The claim can be disproved as is, but the subject could be able to provide additional evidence.
The subject is encouraged to provide all his supporting evidence (testimonials, videos, etc), and a demonstration is arranged.
A conclusion is drawn on all the evidence gathered.
Example 2 - Subject claims to have been an Olympic coach.
The claim is not specific, so we must determine what sport, country, and year(s) this claim refers to.
This claim cannot be proven or disproven as is, so additional evidence gathering is necessary.
A conclusion is drawn on all the evidence gathered.
General Investigative Tips
Basic Tips
Ensure that such claims are as specific and detailed as possible by answering the basic questions - Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How.
When starting an investigation it is crucial to establish that the subject did in fact make the claims that are attibuted to him. Please document such claims as much as possible, for example, through screen captures.
Don't let personal bias interfere with an investigation - the evidence will speak for itself.
Review all relevant evidence and information. If it could prove or disprove a claim, it should be checked out. Don't refuse to acknowledge what could be legitimate information because it contradicts other evidence.
Once a particular claim is verified or disproved, lay out your evidence in a simple, easily readable manner.
Example: "Bob claimed to have coached the US Olympic TKD Team from 1962-64. SinceTKD became a 'recognized' Olympic sport in 1980 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taekwondo#Organizations), there was no US Olympic TKD team in the years Bob claimed."
Investigations are constantly changing as additional information in gathered. Evidence that comes in about certain claims may identify additional claims that should be investigated.
Gathering Information
Background information should be gathered first. Check the subject's books, websites, comments on forums, et cetera.
Information can be gathered covertly or openly. A covert approach is usually best applied at the beginning of an investigation to gather the details of a subject's claims (by pretending to interested in taking classes from the subject, for example). At some point, it is generally preferable to inform the subject of the investigation and invite them to provide information directly, perhaps by inviting them to Bullshido.
Request information from people as professionally as possible. Blunt questions may be necessary; angry, profanity-ridden demands for explanations aren't going to help the investigation.
When making requests for information, it is useful to ask about the claim in context. For instance, "Bob, on page 29 of your book 'Mastering Bullshido,' you indicated that you were the coach for the US Olympic TKD Team from 1962-68. Is that true?" Please note that this example also serves to allow the subject to verify the claim.
Keep notes of your investigative activity. This can be done as posts or through a personal information and should include ways in which another member can check the information. This should include:
Links to information on the internet
Title, author, and page number for books (at a minimum)
Name and phone number for witness contacts. Phone numbers should be included for 'agency' contacts (such as a police department), but not included for personal contacts (such as the subject's ex-wife). For personal contacts, save the phone number but don't post it without permission.
Taking Screen Shots. This is useful for capturing a picture of a website. If you use Windows as an operating system and want to take a picture of the 'active' window, press press and hold ALT while you press PRINT SCREEN (PrtScn). If you want to take a picture of the entire screen (including the task bar), press PRINT SCREEN. Then open Microsoft Paint and either press and hold CONTROL while pressing V or right click with your mouse and select "Paste."
Please save all relevant e-mails and replies you received. If you are leading an investigation please try to compile such e-mails for the future writeup.
Investigative Resources
In the US, Information about a subject's ownership of a business can usually be obtained through the Division of Corporations or Secretary of State for the state in question.
In the US, property ownership can be established though the county Property Appraiser's Office. There can be certain exemptions (such as law enforcement) and the leasee of rental property is usually not indicated in this resource.
Google is, of course, a huge source of information. There are several features that stand out with Google:
Google Cached Websites - If a website is taken offline, it still may be viewable through Google's "Cached" function. Under an individual Google search result, click the link on the bottom left that reads, "Cached." This will pull up an old version of the website (the date of the 'capture' is the top of the page)
Google News Archives
The Internet Wayback Machine is another source of information.
Many jurisidictions in the US allow a search of public records, including jail records, legal filings, et cetera. Sometimes you will have to make a Freedom of Information Act Request. If requesting such information from the state you will need to find out that particular state's name for their FOIA or open record legislation.
Legal Warnings
"Social engineering" (the practice calling a company and pretending to be the subject of your investigation so you can get information about them) is illegal. Don't do it.
Don't publish people's social security numbers which could result in the theft of their identity.
Do not encourage people to contact the subject of any investigation at inappropriate hours or for prank purposes. We are not 4chan.
If you want your investigation writeup to be successful, to be approved for publication, and to carry your byline, it is best to follow these guidelines. Investigation writeups which significantly fail to meet standards will not be placed in bullshido.org's Investigations category, and may be removed from the wiki altogether. Investigations which deviate from good investigative technique may result in missed opportunities to get the facts.


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BEREA, Ohio – On a windy Saturday afternoon at George Finnie Stadium, Heidelberg University running back Cartel Brooks had a good month.
Brooks, a junior from Galion, set an NCAA All-Division record with 465 yards on 38 carries.
Heidelberg (8-2, 7-2 OAC) defeated Baldwin Wallace University 42-14, powered by Brooks and a determined HU defense.
Brooks' mark surpassed the record set earlier this year by Western Connecticut's Octavius McKoy, who rushed for 455 yards in October.
"We had a good game today," said the soft-spoken Brooks. "This could be our last game, so we wanted to play well for our seniors. I just followed my blocks."
Brooks found the end zone three times, from 81 yards, 41 yards and 13 yards out. The 13-yarder, which came with 4:26 left in the fourth quarter, is the rush that broke McKoy's record.
"When we recruited him, did we expect him to be able to do something like this? Probably," said head coach Mike Hallett. "The wind was a little tricky, so today turned into more of a 'ground-and-pound' game. We felt like Cartel was going to do some good things – and he did."
Baldwin Wallace (6-4, 5-4 OAC) scored on their first and last possession of the game. In between, the Heidelberg defense bent, but didn't break. The Yellow Jackets turned on ball over on downs four times. With the score tied at 7 in the second quarter, BW tried to pound the ball into the end zone four times from inside the Heidelberg 5–yard line.
Seniors Mitchell Kelly and Adam Cepik recorded 10 tackles apiece. Ryan Malloy had eight tackles, including 2.5 for loss.
'Berg quarterback Michael Mees finished with 168 yards and three touchdowns on 15-of-21 passing. Senior receiver Josh Lynch turned in his best effort as a Student Prince. Lynch collected 64 yards and a touchdown on three catches.
Ethan Kindle and Zach Hogya each had a touchdown reception for Heidelberg.
In addition to the NCAA record, Brooks set several other records. The 465-yard outburst shattered his own school record of 337 yards, which he set in a Week Six win at Otterbein. It also broke the OAC record, held by Dante Brown. Brown had 441 yards against BW in 1996.
On a 21-yard carry in the second quarter, Brooks broke Heidelberg's single-season rushing mark. Germany Woods had 1,421 yards in 2011. Cartel finished with 1,704 yards.
Mees' three touchdowns gave him a record-tying 27 for the season, equaling Andrew Miller's mark in 2008.
The Student Princes racked up a season-high 673 yards of offense.
The win snapped a two-game losing streak, which was the longest slide for Heidelberg since the 2010 season.
With an 8-2 record, Heidelberg holds a slim chance at receiving one of five at-large bids into the 32-team NCAA Division III playoffs, which begin next week. The field will be announced during the Selection Show that airs Sunday evening.


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President Obama has something important to say about race in America. You know he does because he has devoted much of his life to studying its significance. As a university professor, he spent more than a decade lecturing on race and racism. In Chicago, as a community organizer, he saw firsthand how poverty gets exacerbated by race and he knows the disparate toll that this problem takes on poor black children.
So why does the cat have his tongue?
Enough with people making excuses for his silence on race: He'll just upset the "white man," some say. Or he's not the president of black America.
But there has never been a good reason why the nation's first black president had to be so reticent about race — having uttered fewer words on the subject during his first two years in office than any Democratic president since 1961, according to a study by Daniel Gillion at the University of Pennsylvania.
On Monday, gay rights activists hailed Obama as courageous for being the first president to use the word "gay" in an inaugural address. Apparently, it takes more gumption than he can muster to say the word "black."
And yet, if racism in this country is so bad that Obama dares not broach the subject, what effect does he think this backlash is having on everyday black people? Does Obama know that he is being used by whites as proof that racism in America no longer exists? Forget racial discrimination in the workplace; it can't happen in the country that has a black president.
Obama's silence makes him complicit in this lie.
I'm not asking Obama to whine about racism but to talk about its corrosive effect on the country and what can be done to eradicate it. Pretending that it does not exist does not make it go away. Obama should not be allowed to get away with thinking that when it comes to making his mark on the issue of race, all he had to do was become the first black president.
At both his official and public swearing- in, Obama used Bibles that belonged to Martin Luther King Jr. and Abraham Lincoln. But you'd never know from his inaugural address that either one of those men had anything to do with race. Of King, he said only this: ". . . to hear a preacher say that we cannot walk alone; to hear a King proclaim that our individual freedom is inextricably bound to the freedom of every soul on Earth."
That's pretty thin gruel for an inauguration on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
For those who say that America is suffering from "race fatigue," it's not the subject that's so wearisome. It's the racism itself. What we saw during the past presidential campaign was a debilitating throwback to the Jim Crow era, with otherwise respectable white people using thinly veiled and sometimes blatantly racist tactics to try to tear Obama down.
But when powerful people behave as if they would rather see the country go bankrupt than have a black man in the White House, Obama can't just let that pass without comment.
"Race is an issue that I believe this nation cannot afford to ignore right now," Obama said in speech in 2008. Then let's not.
In announcing his "Why We Can't Wait" initiative in 2011, Obama was appropriating King's urgent call for racial justice. But when it came to actually addressing the issues that the civil rights leader was talking about — a high black unemployment rate, an unfair criminal justice system, and the "mis-education" of black children in separate and unequal school systems — wait we did. And we still are waiting.
How can Obama talk about protecting children "from the streets of Detroit," as he did in his inaugural address, when he won't go to such streets — not even the ones in the District where he lives? Not out of fear of getting shot, but more like fear of appearing to favor blacks over whites.
Obama is not clueless, just calculating.
His father may have been "dark as pitch" and his mother "white as milk," as Obama described them in one of his books, but he did not grow up to become the nation's first café au lait president.
Obama, as his memoir reveals, learned much about the complexities of race while stylizing his persona as a cool and brainy black man. Now he needs to tell us what he has learned about race and racism during the past four years as the nation's first black president.
Or at least tell us why he won't.
For previous columns by Milloy, go to washingtonpost.com/milloy.


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2011-12: Three-year letterwinner ... expected to compete for one of the top singles and doubles positions ... has registered a 27-3 singles record and a 16-3 doubles mark during his first three seasons.
2010-11: Earned Honorable Mention All-ODAC honors during his junior campaign ... posted a 13-2 singles record and an 11-3 doubles mark ... posted a win at No. 6 singles and No. 2 doubles in the ODAC Championship match, a 5-0 win over Hampden-Sydney (4/23).
2009-10: Registered an 8-0 record in singles and a 2-0 doubles mark ... went 4-0 in singles and 2-0 in doubles against conference competition ... took the championship of the No. 4 singles flight at the ODAC Individual Championships.
2008-09: Logged a 6-1 singles record and a 3-0 doubles mark during his rookie campaign.
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Nov. 11, 2007
An outstanding 2007 Lipscomb University Cross Country season came to a close Saturday at the NCAA Division I South Regional Championships. The University of Florida hosted the meet in Gainesville.
Carolyn Latham and Erin Pyles represented the Lady Bisons at the South Regional Championship, and like Ryan, ran extremely well. Carolyn finished 82nd in a 6-K time of 23:48, while Erin finished 98th in a time of 24:13.
Both women ran their all time PR's for an 6-K. Carolyn dropped an amazing 1 minute 59 seconds off her previous best 6-K time. Erin dropped 28 seconds off her best 6-K time from two years ago. Carolyn also improved her Regional placing by 50 positions this year.
"I'm not surprised that both women ran PR's." said head coach Bill Taylor. "They've worked very hard this year and ran tough today. Both started the race strong, then had some breathing difficulties. But they fought through admirably and finished an incredible season with huge PR's.
"Like Ryan Chastain with the 10-K, we didn't have the time to train properly for the 6-K this year, yet it didn't really phase them. I am so proud of all three of our runners. It is exciting to watch this program improve so rapidly."
Latham's huge PR capped off a season in which she led the Lady Bisons in every meet and improved her Cross Country 5-K time by 1 minute 58 seconds this season, dropping from 20:24 to 18:26. Erin also ran big PR's this year, improving her 5K time by 1 minute to 18:56.
Six of the nine Lady Bisons ran their all-time 5K PR's this season, and like the men, this young and talented team returns everyone next year.
"The immediate future for both the men's and women's programs is very exciting," Taylor said. " These teams overcame getting a new coach at the last minute, starting to learn a new training program and coaching philosophy, and dealing with very limited time for practices this season.
` Yet, despite the hurdles we saw huge PR's, big team finish improvements and an incredible season for both teams. But we have barely scratched the surface. Their minds are just beginning to open up to the reality of what they are capable of doing. There is talent here and I am so happy that I get to be a part of seeing it all realized. This has been a great season, but it is only a sign of things to come. Both teams expect to rise to the highest level of the NCAA. I don't see anything stopping them.


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DUCKS at COLORADO
Faceoff: 6 p.m., Friday, Pepsi Center
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Update: Andrew Cogliano provided the only highlights for the Ducks during and after their 7-2 loss Wednesday to the Calgary Flames. First, he scored his 20th goal of the season and then he shredded the team for its poor performance against an opponent that's well out of a playoff position. Cogliano railed profanely on live television, saying, "We played like (expletive). I think every guy in the room should be completely embarrassed with how they played tonight. Every single person. To start a road trip, one of our biggest road trips, and having a division rival (the San Jose Sharks) chasing you down and have a ton on the line, it's ridiculous how we played tonight." The Ducks (43-16-7) lost their fourth game in a row and their lead over the Sharks has disappeared; they're now even atop the Pacific Division. Colorado is 43-18-5, second in the Central Division..


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WESTPORT — The Westport School Committee reviewed eight proposals for providing environmental monitoring services for the PCB contamination at Westport Middle School at its last meeting, voting to award the contract to Fuss & O'Neill EnviroScience LLC.
Superintendent Carlos Colley said the company, the current provider of PCB monitoring services, was the low bidder among the eight firms responding to the school system's Request for Proposals for extended monitoring services.
The $38,100 bid earned the Boston company the contract for continued monitoring of PCB levels in the school building through June 30, 2013.
The presence of polychlorinated biphenyls in building materials used at the school was discovered during testing related to a planned roof and window replacement project in 2011. Air quality tests showed that the PCBs were leaching into the air, and were present at concentrations deemed harmful to children under Environmental Protection Agency guidelines.
A full-scale project to remove PCBs found in window and door caulking, cement for roof tiles, and other parts of the building was undertaken that summer, forcing a delay of several days for the fall opening of classes.
Clean-up costs and follow-up monitoring and testing have totalled more than $3 million since the problem was discovered.
Dr. Colley reported to the School Committee at the start of December that the latest round of PCB testing for select materials in several locations at the Middle School turned up a couple of problem areas.
Tests in the guidance office "found the PCB level to be above the 300 (ppm) threshold. A couple of other rooms in the school have been found to be 250 ppm," he noted. Those rooms are not being used, he reported.
The testing firm was trying to identify possible sources of contamination there, Dr. Colley indicated in an article in the Dec. 7 issue of The Chronicle.
The PCB contamination could be in the internal windows, cement, or the ventilation system. The carpets were removed and replaced with tiles in two rooms to try to resolve the problem, the superintendent said.
"Once we find the source, then we have to decide whether to leave it in place by encapsulation, or to remediate it," Dr. Colley noted.
The superintendent reported Friday that Fuss & O'Neill had just started in on the next round of testing at the school.


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PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. -- Area elementary and middle school football players can go long and head for the end zone with the Pace University football team later this month, thanks to a free youth clinic to be held on campus by coaches and players.
Open to players in eighth grade and under, the clinic will take place on Sunday, Aug. 20 at Pace Stadium in Pleasantville. Starting at 3 p.m., youth players will go through a series of instructional stations with current Pace football players and coaches. Participants will also compete in a flag football game before concluding at 5 p.m. with a player autograph session and food for youth players.
Each participant will receive a free gift pack that includes tickets to upcoming Pace football home games, Pace sunglasses and a 2017 schedule magnet. Admission is free, but donations to the DJ Henry Dream Fund are encouraged.
All participants are required to pre-register, complete a waiver and provide proof of insurance. To download the waiver and registration form, click here.
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Helped Lead Varsity Eight To NCAA Title
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Five members of the Yale varsity eight that won the NCAA grand final two weeks ago have earned All-America recognition from the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association. Seniors Tess Gerrand, Alice Henly, Taylor Ritzel and coxswain Mia Kanak were named to the first team, while junior Caroline Nash was a second team selection. For Gerrand, it was her fourth All-America honor. Ritzel was recognized for the third time, while Henly, Kanak and Nash were first time recipients.
Yale captured the NCAA title for the third time in the last four years on May 30. Gerrand, Ritzel and Henly were part of all three championships, while Kanak and Nash were on board for two. Kanak, though, also won an NCAA crown coxing the second varsity eight in 2009.
2010 was another very successful season for the Bulldogs, who captured the Charles Willing Team Trophy at Eastern Sprints for the second straight year and the third time in the last four years. Yale also won the Ivy League title and finished sixth at the NCAA Championships.
Report filed by Tim Bennett, Yale Sports Publicity