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REAL HOUSEWIVES REUNION, Tamra Barney Defends Boyfriend Eddie, Marriage Rumors?
Real Housewives of Orange County's season is over. Tonight on the Reunion, the claws were out, with Tamra Barney who lives in a glass house, winning biggest B of the evening. Her ego has grown to be the size of Texas since she joined the show. Ready for botox battle, she defended her darling boyfriend Eddie Judge and her horny behavior this season.
Tamra Barney, who's STILL married to Simon, makes no apologies for dating Eddie and their hot makeout sessions. Andy Cohen read viewers emails, saying her bathtub scene looked like a bad porno movie. Alexis jumped in asking about her kids and if they watched the show. Tamra claims that it's "court ordered" that her kids can't watch Real Housewives. Of course, her BFF Vicki Gunvalson defended her decision to put her boyfriend Eddie Judge on the show.
Born under the astrology sign of Virgo, Tamra Barney is a self proclaimed smart ass, and has a bad case of the mean girls. Eddie Judge may be her soulmate but she could have waited until she was divorced before she dragged him on the Real Housewives show.
The cat fight between Gretchen Rossi and Tamra Barney continued. Gretchen a Scorpio girl, still hasn't forgiven Tamra Barney over all the nasty remarks she made about Slade and her. It appears Tamra can dish it out but just can't take it. Such a hypocrite. Astrochicks use to like Tamra and now we think fame has gone to her pretty little head. Now she's just overbearing and obnoxious.
In the love department, it appears Tamra and Eddie are crazy about each other. In fact, they are planning on getting married one day she recently said. Of course, the gay rumors have been flying about Eddie and supposedly has a boyfriend named Marcos. If it's true, Eddie deserves an Emmy for "Best Actor in a BathTub." You can read the full article here. Well we hope it works out for her. Stay tuned next week for part two of Real Housewives Reunion.
REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ORANGE COUNTY, Sexy Fernanda Rocha Replacing Vicki?
Will Vicki Gunvalson finally be leaving Real Housewives of Orange County? Last season, Vicki claimed she was getting tired of being on the reality show, plus it appears she has less and less in common with the other housewives. She has a successful career and happy marriage with Don. While the other women on the show seem to have more drama.
The latest Real Housewive to join the Orange County cast is Fernanda Rocha, she's a drop dead gorgeous personal with a killer bod, according to Radar Online, she's openly bisexual and ready to stir things up on the OC. She's a personal friend of Tamra's so watch out Gretchen.
"She's going to be a more controversial character because she's been married and she's just got out of a lesbian relationship," a source said.
Fernanda Rocha, recently posed in some topless NO8H photos with Tamra Barney. She's also the owner of the fitness club, Art of Fitness & SPA in Laguna Beach, CA. She was featured on a last season episode teaching a fitness class to some of the Real Housewives of Orange County.
A show insider tells RadarOnline that "they're probably going to use her as more of a villain-type character that will stir the pot like Kim G. But she's younger, sexier and more controversial."
Astrochicks can't wait until the new season begins.
REAL HOUSEWIVES OF OC, Tamra Barney Ugly Divorce, New Boyfriend Eddie, Ex Husband Arrested!
Real Housewives of Orange County, Tamra Barney, has filed a restraining order against estranged husband Simon. The couple are going through an ugly divorce and got into a nasty fight earlier this week. According to Tamra Barney, she got into an argument over the couples dog and Simon went ballistic. Maybe he's jealous over her new boyfriend?
According to the police reports, the couple's 10-year-old son Spencer opened the door for Tamra Barney. After she walked into the home, Simon threw a plastic retractable leash, which hit her wrist. After Simon left the house, Tamra Barney contacted the sheriff's department, and when police found him he was arrested for domestic violence.
Tamra Barney wrote on her official Facebook page that she was "heartbroken" over the incident. A source says, "Simon was angry and threw the leash at her and hit her with it, their kids were in the house and started crying."
The Real Housewives of Orange County split earlier this year, Tamra Barney felt smothered by Simon's controlling ways and now has a new boyfriend, Eddie Judge. Tamra Barney appeared in court today, sporting dark sunglasses and holding Eddie's hand for support.
Astrochicks doesn't advocate violence, if any couple needs a divorce, Tamra Barney and Simon definitely do. I wonder if they will show this on the new season of Real Housewives of OC? Stay tuned.


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Deborah Von Brod Executive Producer of White Reindeer Productions & DNA Films creates a reality TV concept portraying police female officers
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Travel north to the Arctic Circle and meet Inger. He may have the whitest fur and impressive antlers, but he is not dependable. First he disrupts a wedding then the big sled race. Will Inger get another chance to prove he can be trusted? Read on!
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Oxnard, Calif.— In preparation for this year's 6th Annual Santa to the Sea marathon and relay race, a 7-foot Rudolph –complete with flashing red light–has joined the legendary Santa statue that resides next to the 101 freeway in Oxnard.
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Travel north to the Arctic Circle and meet Inger. He may have the whitest fur and impressive antlers, but he is not dependable. First he disrupts a wedding then the big sled race. Will Inger get another chance to prove he can be trusted? Read on!
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North Pole Press completely upgraded Faith, Hope & Reindeer because the book is doing so well.
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Snowy holiday illustrations for Kindle Fire and related devices. INGER'S PROMISE will carry the young reader to Norway above the Arctic Circle for a great adventure with the Sami people and their reindeer herd.
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The North Pole, Santa's reindeer, and holiday cheer don't typically come to mind around October, but this year Christmas comes early for New Port Richey, Florida, with the arrival of a popular Christmas children's book author.
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Inger is a showy white reindeer in Norway and Jackson is a brilliant green treefrog in the Okefenokee Swamp of Georgia. What could they possibly have in common? Great character...that's what! Trustworthiness and Perseverance for the young reader
By Hanlin Natural Living
Current trends in fashion have shown a steep rise in the use of natural materials, skins from various animals including sheep, cow and reindeer.
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"Holiday Shaving Cream" gaining popularity on YouTube: People are invited to make their own YouTube videos based on the lyrics on this updated novelty classic.
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Six Years Old Connah's Quay Schoolgirl Wins Forum Shopping Centre Competition to Play Santa's Little Helper
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Arrival Of Father Christmas And His Reindeer Mark The Start of Yuletide Celebrations At Chester's Forum Shopping Centre And Market
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Lapland has many Reindeer and it may surprise you to know that every single Reindeer is owned by someone.
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Faith, Hope & Reindeer now available in paperback. The book is available through Barnes and Noble, Books-a-Million, Amazon and many more book sellers.
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Author Joe Moore and Santa Claus collaborate on a new book that inspires the faith and hope in all readers.
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Lapland is home to many animals including the Arctic hare and of course the Reindeer.
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It is truly a wonderful site to watch the reindeer in Lapland as they happily roam free in the winter and the summer months.
By Claire Warrington
Christmas in Lapland is a magical experience where a simple trip to the supermarket will leave you and your family enchanted
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What is going to Lapland really like and what will you find when you get there. Is the magic real and will you really have the time of your life.
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Dec. 19-20: Trim Pines Farm hosts Santa Hayrides at their Grand Blanc location. Horse drawn hayrides, reindeer, s'mores and campfires and a visit with Santa. In-field concession offers seasonal snacks. Details: www.trimpines.com or 810.694.9958.
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As Southland residents plan holiday parties, this year they are looking for something new to spice up their celebrations. In addition to Santa, they want real reindeer to pose for pictures, or exotic animals to make an appearance.
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The fun begins Thanksgiving Weekend. Luminaries and the sounds of holiday carols will lead you to the wonderful events. The weekend will include: Community Tree Lighting Ceremony, Caroling, Shopping Specials, Live Reindeer, Santa Parade and more.
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The first chance to see Brad Nack's unique art from his 100 %Reindeer Art Show Tour. A Santa Barbara holiday tradition, Brad Nack's 100% Reindeer Art Show started in 1993 For 2009, Nack is taking his art on the road for his first national tour.
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Author Robert Miceli went undiagnosed for 35 years. The devastation that lies in the wake throughout his life is mind boggling.
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It's the busy time of year at the North Pole and Ian, one of Santa's elves is about to get firsthand experience about how to blend modern-day technology with the Christmas spirit!
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Gather up the kids and grandparents and have some great Christmas time fun with the VRA's Santa Claus train ride. You will be helping to preserve New Jersey rail transportation history for many generations to come to enjoy.
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Citycourt Hotel
Hotel | No.14 liulisi Hutong, Dongcheng District, 东城区鼓楼东大街琉璃寺胡同14号 Beijing, China 100009
21 out of 21 customers would recommend this property
Recent review (03/09/2012)
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"The hotel is stylish with small courtyards, wooden furniture and beautiful colors. really quiet, suitable for travelers who like to discover the city during the day and need a good night's sleep."Read all Citycourt Hotel reviews
- Air Conditioning
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- Credit cards accepted
- Car Parking
- No curfew
- Secure lockers
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- Internet / Wi-Fi
- 24 hour reception
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- 24 hour hot showers
- Tours/Travel Desk
- Washing machines
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- Wake-up calls
- Internet access in public areas
- Newspapers
What's Included
- Luggage Room
- Linen
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Cancellation Policy
Customers can cancel their reservation free of charge up to 2 days before arrival (local time). Payments made to HostelBookers are non-refundable.
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Earliest check-in: 6:00
Latest Check-out: 12:00
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Double (Private bathroom)No meals or drinks included
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About Citycourt Hotel
The buildings are of the Ming Dynasty style (500 years ago), which were elevated in stature from the Yuan Dynasty beginnings of over 600 years ago.
It was once one part of the mansion of MuKuShi ,the fourth daughter of NuErHaChi (the first emperor of Qing Dynasty).
Walking through the alleys of old Beijing, After stepping through the old-style red gate, you will be encircled deeply into the two-courtyard, heard by the fresh air and calm the feelings, hear the birdies sing on the old jujube tree, immediately let you relax and temporarily forget busy and noisy in the city.
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-We have a friendly English-speaking staff with many years of experience dealing with foreign tourists. If you need further information on traffic, restaurants, shopping etc., just ask our staff. We will try our best to make your stay with us as enjoyable as possible.
We promise that the guests can appreciate to their heart's content the exquisiteness of the Chinese traditional culture while enjoying the living atmosphere of Chinese traditional royal court.
• Internet access in the room
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We have a tourist office which can help you arrange day and overnight tours to several popular tourist attractions including:
Siamtai the Great Wall
Hiking on the Great Wall from Jinshanling to Simatai
Huanghua the Great Wall
The Great Wall at Badaling and the Ming Tombs
The Great Wall at Mutianyu and the Ming Tombs
Trekking tour from JInshanling -Simatai
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The City Tour to Tian'an Men Sqaure, The Forbidden City, the Summer Palace and the Temple of Heaven.
The Evening Shows:
Beijing Opera, Chinese Acrobatics Show, and Chinese Kungfu Show.
We will do our best to make your traveling life more convenient and easier during your staying.
Not only Citycourt Hotel give you the experience of Chinese tradition culture ,but also makes you feel at home.
Accommodation Information
All rooms come equipped with bathroom, 24 hours hot and cold water, air-conditioning, heating, television, towel, bath towel and toiletries. They are also equipped with modern security key-card access doors.
Location Information
We are in walking distance to the Bell & Drum Towers, Nanluoguxiang bar street, Shichahai scenic area, and subway /metro station.
Distances/nearby attractions:
-From Beijing Capitol airport: 28KM, about 30mins/80RMB by a taxi including highway toll, or you can take the Airport Express subway line (25RMB per person) to subway line 2, and then line 2 to Yong He Gong Lama Temple.
-From Beijing Railway Station: 3KM, 15mins/2RMB by subway or 15mins/15RMB by a taxi.
-From Beijing West Railway Station: 18KM, 35mins/35RMB by taxi (depending on traffic).
-To Drum&Bell Tower: walking 3 mins (We're right beside it!!)
-To Tiananmen Square, Qianmen new street, Forbidden City and Wangfujing Business Street: 15mins/2RMB by metro.
-Summer Palace: 30 mins/Subway
-Olympic Park, Birds Nest & Water Cube: 20 mins/Subway
-Sanlitun Bar street: 10 minutes/Taxi 15Rmb
-Hou Hai lake bar area: 10Mins walking.
-Nan Luo Gu Xiang Arts and Culture street: 1mins/ walking (We are right beside it!!)
-To Silk Market, Temple of Heaven: 15mins/2RMB by metro.
The Bank, Post office, Hospital, Shops and Restaurants etc. are within walking distance of the hostel.
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List of DAE Drive Features, EAC & CD Paranoia
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This thread will be used to gather an accurate list of DAE drive features. Just post your drive(s) features in this thread & I will add them to my database.
The lists main purpose is to provide sample offsets for users who don't have one of EAC's key CD's & help people decide which is an optimal drive for use with EAC & which is a suitable drive for accurate results with CD Paranoia.
I will not add any incomplete records into the database so you must provide all the required fields.
Required Fields:
Manufacturer - SAMSUNG
Type - CD-ROM
Model - SH-152A
Accurate Stream - YES
Caching - NO
C2 Error Info - YES
Overread - Lead Out
Sample Offset - +12
Firmware - C504
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sorry about the confusion... EAC reports neither the IDE1008 or DVD-16X6S overread, but it only finds one of my CDs in its database, where accuraterip finds many of them, and gives both drives an offset of +12. And the caching of the drives are reversed in your graph.
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- $9 adults, $7 seniors and college students, $6 children ages 6-17. Free for children 5 and under and MNHS members. Please call ahead for sign language interpreters, field trip or other group reservations.
Ojibwe culture is highlighted here with exhibits, activities and original artwork available for purchase.
• 1930s Trading Post building
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- 43411 Oodena Drive., U.S. Hwy 169 on the southwest shore of Mille Lacs Lake, 8 miles south of Garrison, 12 miles north of Onamia. GPS: 46.1767,-93.7559 Free onsite parking.
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- Memorial Day weekend-Labor Day: open Tues-Sat 11 am-4 pm. April-May and September-October open Wed-Sat 11 am-4 pm. Trading Post open year-round.
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Wednesday January 29, 2014No. 2 Gators Breeze Past UCF, 7-0
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Olivia Janowicz earned her first singles win at the No. 1 position.
Gainesville, Fla.
Olivia Janowicz earned her first singles win at the No. 1 position.
For the first time in program history, the Florida womens tennis team hosted a dual match that was played from start to finish indoors, as frigid temperatures forced Wednesdays action inside the Perry Indoor Tennis Facility.
The change in venue didnt alter the focus of the second-ranked Gators, who captured the doubles point in 26 minutes and the clinched the dual match victory 73 minutes later en route to a 7-0 sweep against UCF.
Senior Sofie Oyen provided the clincher with her 6-2, 6-1 victory at the number three position, after fellow seniors Olivia Janowicz and Alexandra Cercone took care of business on courts one and three with scores of 6-3, 6-0 and 6-1, 6-1, respectively.
UFs three freshmen then took to the singles courts, where Belinda Woolcock, Kourtney Keegan and Stefani Stojic lost a combined five games to complete the team sweep.
Home-Sweet-Home Streak
· Wednesdays victory extended UFs overall home win streak to 124.
· The 124-match win streak, which includes 21 postseason victories, is the longest active home streak of any NCAA Division I womens team in any sport
· The Gators also won their 127th consecutive regular-season home match.
Numbers of Note
· UF improved to 197-33 all-time against instate opponents.
· The win was UFs 19th consecutive against other teams in the state of Florida.
· The Gators are now 12-0 versus UCF.
Milestone Watch
· Senor Alexandra Cercone defeated Caroline Eberhart, 6-1, 6-1, and earned the 99th singles win of her career.
· Cercone is on pace to become the 26th Gator to reach the singles-win milestone.
· Olivia Janowicz was the last Gator to win 100 singles matches, doing so on Oct. 12, 2013.
Streaking Along
· Olivia Janowicz won her 17th consecutive singles dual match, dating back to last season.
· Janowicz played and won at a career-high No. 1 spot in the singles lineup. She played the No. 1 position over the weekend, but didnt not finish her match.
· Alexandra Cercone earned her second-ever win playing a career-high No. 2 position (also played No. 2 spot last year).
· Wednesdays match was the first time the Gator womens team has started and finished a dual match in Perry Indoor Tennis Facility, where play was first available in January of 2013.
· UF played the final three singles matches of last years dual match against Stanford due to rain.
Next Gator Match:
· The Gators play their first road match of the season, traveling to Waco, Texas, to face No. 19 Baylor on Saturday afternoon.
Quotes from the Court:
I thought we were much sharper today than we were in our last match. It looked like we were more comfortable competing. I thought we had been hitting the ball very well in practice before last weekend, but we werent as comfortable competing. Today, we brought both. In all the close games, it seemed like all of them went our way. We were much more comfortable competing and hitting today. UF head coach Roland Thornqvist on the match
We couldnt have played outdoors today in 39-degree weather. This is a fantastic venue. Weve enjoyed practicing in here during the morning when the temperature has been in the 30s. The lighting is world-class so I felt like our players felt comfortable playing in here. Its important for our players to play indoors. We really needed to play matches after the way we performed last weekend so thats why today was so important for us. Thornqvist on the importance of having an indoor facility
UCF at No. 2 Florida
Perry Indoor Tennis Facility * Gainesville, Fla.
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
FINAL SCORE: Florida 7, UCF 0
Doubles (order of finish: 2, 3*)
1. Sofie Oyen/Belinda Woolcock (32), UF vs. Sofia Baptista/Cortney Cesarini, UCF 3-2 DNF
2. Olivia Janowicz/Kourtney Keegan, UF d. Caroline Eberhart/Annika Hepp, UCF 6-1 (:25)
3. Alexandra Cercone/Stefani Stojic, UF d. Josephine Haraldson/Clare Mendell, UCF* (:26)
Singles (order of finish: 1, 2, 3*, 5, 4, 6)
1. Olivia Janowicz (17), UF d. Josephine Haraldson, UCF, 6-3, 6-0 (:55)
2. Alexandra Cercone (23), UF d. Caroline Eberhart, UCF 6-1, 6-1 (1:06)
3. Sofie Oyen (27), UF d. Cortney Cesarini, UCF 6-2, 6-1* (1:13)
4. Kourtney Keegan (39), UF d. Sofia Baptista, UCF 6-1, 6-2 (1:08)
5. Belinda Woolcock (T36), UF d. Clare Mendell, UCF 6-1, 6-0 (:47)
6. Stefani Stojic, UF d. Annika Hepp, UCF 6-1, 6-0 *(1:08)
*clinched doubles/dual match point
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"The Real Housewives of Orange County" star Gretchen Rossi is a friendly, sociable sort of lady whose life is made more complicated by her taste in men. First there was the older, richer guy; now there's that hunk of beef who was stuck with the improbable name Slade Smiley. It's kind of a lot. Or is it just enough?
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The TBA YLD again this year will be offering two programs specifically for law students. The Diversity Leadership Institute is a six-month leadership program for Tennessee law students in their second, third or fourth years of study. Student participants must be TBA members and commit to attend two in-person programs. The second initiative, the Judicial Internship Program, matches first and second year law students with Tennessee trial judges for summer internships. Application information and forms for both of these programs are available online and will be distributed on all Tennessee law school campuses next week.
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Russell E. Reviere, Nathan E. Shelby, Jackson, Tennessee, for the appellees, Wesley Wolfe, et al.
Judge: HIGHERS
Plaintiff sued multiple parties after trees on his property were allegedly erroneously removed during the development of an adjacent subdivision. The trial court ultimately granted summary judgment to a subdivision developer, who was sued in his individual capacity, finding that it was his limited liability company which had developed the property, and that the developer had not instructed that Plaintiff's trees be removed. The trial court also granted summary judgment to the developer's limited liability company, finding the claims against it were time-barred. A trial was held against the remaining defendant and a judgment was entered against him. However, the trial court then reduced the judgment against the remaining defendant based upon the comparative fault of the limited liability company. Plaintiff appeals. We affirm the trial court in all respects.
Joshua D. Cathey, Bells, Tennessee, Pro Se.
Jennifer King, Jackson, Tennessee, for the appellee, Tasha Dayhoff.
Judge: STAFFORD
Father appeals the Madison County Juvenile Court's judgment, entering a permanent parenting plan, setting child support, awarding a child support arrearage, awarding attorney fees to Mother, and granting a wage garnishment. We affirm the trial court's ruling that Father is the legal and biological parent of the children at issue. However, having determined that no testimony was elicited at the hearing on this cause, and thus no evidence was presented from which the trial court could make a determination, we vacate the judgment of the trial court and remand for an evidentiary hearing on all other issues in this case.
Michael D. Galligan, Susan N. Marttala, and John P. Partin, McMinnville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Brenda Griffith, next of kin of decedent, Bob Griffith.
Daniel H. Rader III, Lane Moore, and Daniel H. Rader IV, Cookeville, Tennessee, for the appellee, Dr. Stephen Goryl.
Judge: CLEMENT
In this medical malpractice, wrongful death action the plaintiff alleges the defendant physician, a urologist, failed to timely diagnose and treat the decedent's bladder cancer which caused his death. At the close of the plaintiff's case in chief, the defendant moved for a directed verdict. The trial court held that the plaintiff's only medical expert witness erroneously defined the standard of care and, upon that basis, excluded his testimony concerning the standard of care and breach thereof. With the exclusion of the plaintiff's only expert testimony, the trial court held that the plaintiff failed to establish a prima facie case for medical malpractice and granted the motion for a directed verdict. We have determined the plaintiff's medical expert did not erroneously identify the standard of care, he is competent to testify and, thus, the trial court erred in excluding his testimony and directing a verdict in favor of the defendant. We, therefore, reverse and remand for a new trial.
Josh A. McCreary, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, for the appellants, Tommy Wright, Norma Wright, Wright Paving Company, Inc., and Custom Stone, LLC.
Ginger Bobo Shofner, Shelbyville, Tennessee; Robert M. Burns, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellees, The City of Shelbyville Board of Zoning Appeals, The City of Shelbyville, Tennessee, and Ed Dodson, Director of the Shelbyville Planning and Codes Department.
Judge: COTTRELL
This case involves a prolonged dispute over a proposed stone quarry that the plaintiff landowners, the Wrights, wished to establish on their property. While their application was pending, the city changed the zoning ordinance to rezone the Wrights' property so that a quarry was no longer permitted as a conditional use. The Wrights filed suit, and on appeal this court held that the notice of the zoning amendment had been defective and that the zoning change was therefore void. The Wrights subsequently asked the Board of Zoning Appeals to consider their application under the property's original zoning, but the BZA refused to put the application on its meeting agenda. The Wrights filed a petition for writ of certiorari. The trial court found that the BZA's action was arbitrary and illegal, but ruled that the Wrights were nonetheless precluded from obtaining any relief because of the operation of res judicata. We reverse the trial court's dismissal of the petition on the basis of res judicata, because we find that doctrine inapplicable. We agree with the trial court that the BZA's actions were arbitrary and capricious.
Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals
Gerald L. Melton, Public Defender, and Sean G. Williams, Assistant Public Defender, for the appellant, Tanya Finney.
Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter; Nicholas W. Spangler, Assistant Attorney General; William Whitesell, District Attorney General; and Jennings Jones, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.
Judge: WILLIAMS
The defendant pled guilty to one count of simple possession of marijuana, reserving a certified question of law concerning the legality of her detention and warrantless search by police. After carefully reviewing the record and the arguments of the parties, we conclude that the defendant has failed to clearly outline the scope and limits of the question presented at the trial court level and thus has failed to properly preserve her certified question. We dismiss the appeal accordingly.
Lynn Garry Fryer, Tiptonville, Tennessee, Pro Se.
Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter; and Clarence E. Lutz, Assistant Attorney General for the Appellee, State of Tennessee.
Judge: PAGE
The Petitioner, Lynn Garry Fryer, appeals the Lake County Circuit Court's denial of his pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus. The State has filed a motion requesting that this Court affirm the trial court's judgment pursuant to Rule 20 of the Rules of the Court of Criminal Appeals. Following our review, we grant the State's motion and affirm the judgment of the trial court.
Ann C. Short, Robert R. Kurtz, Gianna Maio, Heather G. Parker. Rebecca S. Parsons, and Lindsay N. Graham, of the University of Tennessee College of Law Innocence Clinic, Knoxville, Tennesse (on appeal); John Drake, Murfreesboro, Tennessee (at the postconviction hearing), for the appellant, David Kyle Gilley.
Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter; Mark A. Fulks, Assistant Attorney General; William C. Whitesell, District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.
After a trial by jury, the petitioner was found guilty of first degree (premeditated) murder, and he was sentenced to life in prison. His conviction was affirmed by this court on direct appeal. The petitioner filed a petition for post-conviction relief, which was denied by the post-conviction court following an evidentiary hearing. On appeal, the petitioner claims that the post-conviction court erred by: (1) ruling that the State did not violate the petitioner's due process right to favorable evidence by failing to provide information related to the testimony of a State witness; (2) ruling that the petitioner did not receive ineffective assistance of counsel at this trial, and (3) denying his request for post-conviction DNA analysis. After carefully reviewing the record and the arguments of the parties, we conclude that the evidence does not preponderate against the post-conviction court's finding that the State in fact provided the petitioner with access to the favorable evidence in question and that the trial court did not err in its conclusion that the petitioner received effective assistance of counsel at trial. We further conclude that the post-conviction court was within its discretion in denying the petitioner's request for additional DNA analysis. Consequently, we affirm the judgment of the post-conviction court.
Paul Julius Walwyn, Madison, Tennessee, for the appellant, Deonte Alesio Matthews.
Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter; Meredith DeVault, Assistant Attorney General; Victor S. Johnson, District Attorney General; and Jennifer McMillen, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellant, State of Tennessee.
Judge: HARRIS
Appellant, Deonte Matthews, was convicted by a Davidson County jury of especially aggravated robbery and the trial court sentenced Appellant to seventeen years at 100%. After the denial of a motion for new trial, Appellant initiated this appeal challenging the sufficiency of the evidence. Reviewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the State, we conclude that the proof supports the conviction for especially aggravated robbery.
Andre L. Mayfield, Wartburg, Tennessee, pro se.
Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter; Lacy Wilber, Assistant Attorney General; Victor S. Johnson, District Attorney General; and Dan Hamm, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.
Judge: THOMAS
The Petitioner, Andre L. Mayfield, filed a motion for relief from judgment pursuant to Tennessee Rule of Civil Procedure 60.02 in the Davidson County Criminal Court. The lower court treated this motion as a petition for writ of habeas corpus and summarily dismissed it. In this appeal as of right, the Petitioner contends that his sentence is void because it is in violation of Tennessee Code Annotated section 40-20-111(b). Following our review, we affirm the judgment of the habeas corpus court.
Donna Orr Hargrove, District Public Defender; and Andrew Jackson Dearing, Assistant Public Defender, for the appellant, Joseph Darryl Taylor.
Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter; David H. Findley, Assistant Attorney General; Charles Crawford, District Attorney General; and Michael Randles, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.
Judge: WITT
A Bedford County Circuit Court jury convicted the defendant, Joseph Darryl Taylor, of two counts of rape, see T.C.A. § 39-13-503(a)(1), (2); one count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, see id. § 37-1-156; and one count of simple possession of marijuana, see id. § 39-17-418(a). At sentencing, the trial court merged the rape convictions into a single judgment of conviction and imposed an effective sentence of 20 years plus 11 months and 29 days' incarceration for the offenses. On appeal, the defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support his convictions, the trial court's allowing his impeachment by prior convictions of aggravated assault and statutory rape, and the trial court's sentencing determination. Discerning no reversible error, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.
Joshua Hedrick, Knoxville, Tennessee for the appellant, Joshua Jermaine Whitehead.
Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General & Reporter; John H. Bledsoe, Senior Counsel; Randy Nichols, District Attorney General; and Charme Knight, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.
Judge: BIVINS
Joshua Jermaine Whitehead ("the Defendant") pled guilty in February 2004 to one count of attempted aggravated sexual battery and one count of aggravated assault. The Defendant was sentenced in May 2004 as a Range I offender to an effective sentence of nine years, suspended after service of one year. Due to repeated probation violations, the Defendant eventually served his entire sentence in confinement. The Defendant was released on August 19, 2011. On October 5, 2011, he filed a motion to withdraw his guilty plea on the basis that he was not informed of the lifetime community supervision consequence of his conviction for the sex offense. After a hearing, the trial court denied the Defendant's motion, and this appeal followed. Upon our thorough review of the record, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.
The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled today that photo ID cards issued by the Memphis public library qualify as a valid and acceptable form of identification required to vote, the Tennessean reports. State election officials announced that only residents of Shelby County will be allowed to use library-issued IDs in next week's Presidential election, after which the court will take up the question of whether the state's new voter ID law is constitutional.
For the second day, jurors weighing six federal counts against former Knox County Criminal Court Judge Richard Baumgartner could not come to a verdict. Knoxnews reports that the panel told Judge Ronnie Greer they'd reached unanimous verdicts on some counts but were deadlocked on others. After deliberating for more than 12 hours over the past two days, the jury will try again tomorrow morning to reach a full and final verdict.
Seven agencies throughout Tennessee have been awarded more than $200,000 as part of the Supreme Court's Access to Justice Initiative. Funding came from the Department of Human Services (DHS) Access and Visitation grant program, intended to develop or support initiatives that will aid self-represented litigants in child support cases obtain access to and visitation with their children. The agencies awarded include: Community Legal Center, Juvenile Court of Shelby County/Memphis, Fayette County Sessions/Juvenile Court, Nashville Conflict Resolution Center, Quality Time Project, Legal Aid of East Tennessee, and Southeast Tennessee Legal Services. Read more from the Administrative Office of the Courts.
Within the last three years, the Memphis Bar Foundation has given the largest amount of grants to local causes in the foundation's history, the Memphis Daily Press reports. The foundation awarded almost $44,00 to seven causes in 2010, $50,000 to eight groups in 2011, and $30,000 to nine groups in 2012. The foundation supported causes in four primary areas: scholarship, equal access to justice, professionalism, and lawyer assistance.
In an unusual turn Tuesday, Sessions Court Judge John Walton was called to the witness stand in Criminal Court regarding Aaron Keever's appeal of two criminal contempt convictions he received in Walton's court. The Johnson City Press reports Keever spent several days in jail after allegedly failing to appear in court twice on charges of driving with a suspended license. Charges were dismissed after Keever's attorney stated he was held without arraignment, without notice of the facts of the charge, without notice of when the hearing would take place, and without the appointment of a lawyer.
Red Bank commissioners have settled two of the five lawsuits filed against them in federal court between 2010 and 2011 in the wake of the controversial firing of Chief Larry Sneed, the Times Free Press reports. The commission voted 3-1 to settle suites filed by former police officers Bradley Hannon and Rebecca Chauncey Morgan for $36,000 and $21,000, respectively. The city is still battling lawsuits from Sneed, officer Isaac Cooper, and officer Stephen Satterwhite.
The Tennessee Supreme Court asks lawyers to "aspire to render at least 50 hours of pro bono publico legal services per year," and many do that and more. In Memphis, Linda Warren Seely is there to help them make those hours count. As director of private attorney involvement for Memphis Area Legal Services (MALS), Seely coordinates pro bono work for the principal provider of civil legal assistance to low-income individuals and the elderly in the area. She tells the Memphis Daily News that her long career in bringing pro bono help to those in need is personally rewarding and feels like "mission work."
News Channel 3 reports former Memphis police office Michael Jane Sinnock has been sentenced to four years in jail on drug charges after he attempted to buy marijuana and Lortab pills from an informant. He arrived to pick up the drugs in full police uniform and in a squad car. "Mr. Sinnock brazenly abused the trust placed in him by the citizens of our community and today he faced the consequences of his actions," said Edward L. Stanton III, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee.
Vanderbilt University Law School announced six new members to its Board of Advisors: Andrew T. Bayman (1989), Rachel A. Beck (2012), Robert Beck Jr. (1975) David R. Gelfand (1987), Michael B. Hammond (1975) and Christine E. Lagod (1980). Members serve three-year terms, and a member of Vanderbilt Law School's most recent graduating class serves a one-year term.
The University of Tennessee (UT) honored former White House counsel A.B. Culvahouse with an Accomplished Alumni Award, recognizing his work in helping national leaders make Supreme Court nominations, chose vice presidential candidates, and write treaties. A 1970 UT graduate, Culvahouse served as chief legislative assistant to Sen. Howard H. Baker Jr. and counsel to President Ronald Reagan. He currently chairs O'Melveny and Meyers, an international law firm. Knoxnews has the story.
The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday about the use of drug-sniffing dogs in investigations following complaints of illegal searches and insufficient proof of the dogs' reliability, the Times News reports. The arguments revolved around cases involving two Florida police dogs. Confiscation of 179 marijuana plants came after one dog sniffed the odor from outside the front door, but a trial judge threw out the evidence claiming the dog's sniff was an unconstitutional intrusion into the defendant's home. Another dog alerted his officer to the scent of drugs during a traffic stop which resulted in an arrest, but the dog's training and certification to detect narcotics did not hold up in court. The state of Florida appealed both cases to the Supreme Court which will rule in the cases sometime next year.
Longtime Knoxville attorney John B. Rayson died yesterday at the age of 79. Mr. Rayson graduated from The University of Tennessee College of Law in 1958, where he was a member of The Tennessee Law Review. He joined the firm Kramer Rayson in 1959 and concentrated his practice primarily in the area of employment/labor law in federal and state courts and administrative agencies. For many years he served as vice-chancellor (legal counsel) for the Episcopal Diocese of East Tennessee. He was a Fellow of the Tennessee Bar Foundation, served as President of the Tennessee Supreme Court Historical Society and is a past president of Legal Aid of East Tennessee. A memorial service will be held on Monday at 4 p.m. at The Episcopal Church of the Ascension, 800 Northshore Drive. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to The Episcopal Church of the Ascension or Legal Aid of East Tennessee.
Memphis attorney Donnie McFerren, 55, died on Oct. 23 after a long illness. Mr. McFerren practiced in the Public Defender's Office for a number of years, then practiced in both the civil and criminal areas. Visitation will be held tomorrow from 4-6 p.m. at the N.J. Ford & Sons Funeral Home, 12 S. Parkway West. The memorial service will be held on Saturday at 2 p.m. Donations are being accepted to help defray the funeral expenses. Contact Carolyn Watkins at (901) 494-2965 or (901) 222-1104 or Viola Johnson at (901) 355-3269 to donate.
The Center for American Progress Action Fund released its third report in a series focusing on different policies intended to mitigate the influence of corporate campaign cash in judicial elections and improve access to justice. The nonpartisan education and advocacy organization talks about the benefit of judicial merit selection and retention elections.
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Average Monroeville property tax hike would be $100
Now that Allegheny County has updated its reassessment figures, the impact of proposed tax hike in Monroeville can be broken down into one number: $100.
That's about how much more a Monroeville home with an average assessment would be taxed in 2013 to make up a budget shortfall.
Of course, because of shifting home values during a reassessment year, it's not exactly that simple. A home that might have been considered to have an average assessment in 2012 might have seen its assessment rise or fall for 2013.
But if there exists a Monroeville homeowner who saw his 2012 assessment of $89,200 assessment increase to about $105,000 over the last year, the proposed budget will cost an extra $100.
Monroeville's proposed 2013 budget — which has to be approved by Jan. 31 — shows a $2.6 million deficit even if officials choose to deplete the remaining funds from the general fund reserve for municipal retirees and a fund set up in 2002 to expand Monroeville Community Park.
According to December reassessment data from the county, the overall value of property in Monroeville increased by 26 percent, from $2.4 billion to $3.04 billion.
The increase in value, however, isn't going to solve the municipal deficit. State law prevents municipalities from reaping a windfall in tax revenue from reassessments. So local officials are required to adjust the tax rate so that no more than a 5-percent increase is collected after a reassessment year.
The 2012 tax rate was 2.2 mills. The 2012 tax rate translates to a 2013 rate of 1.88 mills, which includes the extra 5-percent revenue that the law permits.
To close the deficit, municipal manager Jeff Silka has proposed a 0.95-of-a-mill tax hike, which would bump the 2013 tax rate to 2.83 mills.
The Allegheny County website lists the 2012 median home assessment in Monroeville at $89,200. That assessed value carried a local tax of $196.
Monroeville tax collector Pat Fulkerson estimates that the median assessed residential value in Monroeville this year will be about $105,000. Under the proposed 2.83-mill tax rate, that property would have a municipal tax liability of $297 in 2013.
Senior citizens receive a discount on property taxes.
However, a tax hike isn't a certainty. Not only would Monroeville Council have to approve a hike, so would a judge on the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. After a reassessment year, court approval is required to raise taxes by more than the 5-percent margin allowed by the law.
If council chooses not to raises taxes — or if a judge rejects an increase — council could vote to cut certain municipal services, which could be offered through county programs.
Councilman Bernhard Erb proposed a savings plan last month that would include transferring the local emergency dispatch services to the county and outsourcing the collection of the local services tax and delinquent earned income tax. He said his plan would save the municipality nearly $600,000 in 2013.
Councilman Steve Duncan said last week that members of council have discussed their options in recent weeks.
"We're still looking in to that right now," Duncan said. "We're discussing all avenues, as far as what we're going to do here."
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I'm not sure of the actual motion of the character, but, if she were to just stand still and do the pose, I actually find the old sketch more properly balanced, however if your intention was to have her kinda in motion (hoping/running) then the new sketch is more reliable.
I did a red line just to suggest a find stylistic choice, I'm guessing you are trying to achieve Chibi, something cute.
I would recommend exaggerating the proportions a bit, like make the torso super small and narrow, and the hips larger. Also, for the red line I did, (A) is more in motion and (B) is kinda if the figure is standing still with one leg up.
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Ferrari's new team principal Marco Mattiacci says he is refusing to give up on the 2014 Formula 1 season, despite the Maranello-based outfit's disappointing start.
The team is currently fifth in the constructors' standings and has yet to score a podium finish. Mattiacci was announced as Stefano Domenicali's replacement on Monday, having previously worked as CEO of Ferrari North America.
He believes it is too early to concede this year's titles, despite admitting that closing the gap to run-away leaders Mercedes will be tough. "I don't think we are going to give up," the Italian said when facing the media for the first time today.
"Our goal is to close the gap as much as we can with the leaders and at the moment that is Mercedes. There are many variables that can influence a lap that can influence a race and a championship. It's still very early to make decisions but our goal is to close the gap as soon as possible with Mercedes. It's not an easy task, not an easy task."
He promised to do "whatever is needed" to get the iconic team back to the front of the field. Some critics have suggested that Mattiacci does not have enough Formula 1 knowledge to lead Ferrari, but he is determined to prove the doubters wrong. "It is very motivating for me," he said.
"I accept it because sometimes you can bring a new perspective when looking at issues and opportunities. The fact is I need to prove that I am at the level of Ferrari first and the level of Formula One, so you see in front of you an extremely motivated person.
"I love racing, I race myself in my spare time. I spend probably 20 or 22 weekends at the track last year and I attended the 24 hours of Daytona sleeping at the track and trying to learn as much as I could. It's not Formula One, but I love racing, I love continuous improvement, challenging a team to give a better car and get as much as we can from the track."
Mattiacci also revealed that he was first approached about the job by Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo last Friday. "I received a call at 5:58am on Friday morning and the chairman Montezemolo was on the phone and told me 'this is my idea'," explained the Italian.
"I thought that April fool was already 15 days earlier so in the second or third minutes of the discussion I understood he was serious, and I understood that because there was already a ticket ready to go from New York to Milan in three hours. I arrived on Saturday morning in Maranello at the Fiorano track."
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TAK 2.2.0 - Alpha release
TAK 2.2.0 - Alpha release
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Alpha release 1 of TAK 2.2.0 ((T)om's lossless (A)udio (K)ompressor)
It consists of:
- TAK Applications 2.2.0 Alpha 1 b in "\Applications".
- TAK Winamp plugin 2.2.0 Alpha 1 in "\WinAmp".
- TAK Decoding library 2.2.0 Alpha 1 in "\Deco_Lib".
The final release will additionally contain the SDK.
Download link removed. TAK 2.2.0 Final has been released.
What's new
This release brings support for multi-channel audio and speed optimizations for encoder and decoder.
New features:
- Support for multi-channel audio. While the stream format supports up to 16 channels, the codec currently is restricted to a maximum of 6 channels.
- Support for the "Wave Format Extensible" file format.
- Encoding speed improvements of up to 10 percent for my primary file set. Most of it is achieved by a modification of the algorithm which selects the optimal predictor order for each subframe. It will now often use less predictors than before, what may on average result in about 0.01 percent worse compression. You will only notice an speed advantage, if your files benefit from high predictor orders.
- Decoding speed improvements of up to 18 percent for my primary file set. Some of it is attributed to the above-noted modification of the encoder's predictor order selection algorithm. Therefore it will only take effect when decoding files encoded with this version and only, if they benefit from high predictor orders. Additionally SSSE3-instructions can be used for predictor counts of 32 and more. This affects the presets p3, p4 and sometimes p2, but only, if a particular file benefits from high predictor orders.
Known issues:
- If you use pipe decoding and the application reading the pipe is beeing terminated before the whole file has been read, TAKC may get into an endless loop and has to be manually killed with the task manager. I don't think this is a big issue but i will try to fix it in one of the next versions. BTW: Big thanks to shnutils for testing the pipe decoding!
- There seem to be some compatibility issues with pipe decoding to some other applications ("crc1632.exe" has been reported). I will try to fix it in the next release.
Alpha testing
This alpha release has already gone through extensive testing performed by my automatic scripts. Nevertheless there may be bugs left. Especially because i had to write a lot of new code for the support of multi-channel audio. This also involved a lot of minor modifications of the existing code. Therefore i would like you to verify the proper function of the codec: Compress -> Decompress -> Compare resulting wave with the original file, either by a binary compare or by the use MD5-check sums.
Certainly i am very interested into efficiency comparisons of the new multi-channel audio codec and other compressors.
Some remarks:
The most time consuming part of the new codec is it's channel decorrelation mechanism. The strongest presets sometimes check any possible channel combination. Principially you have n * (n - 1) (n = channel count) possible combinations, if you count "A predicts B" and "B predicts A" as two combinations.
Some figures:
2 channels -> 2 combinations
4 channels -> 12 combinations
5 channels -> 20 combinations
6 channels -> 30 combinations
8 channels -> 56 combinations
This rapid increase is the reason, why the codec currently is restricted to a maximum of 6 channels. I have to find and evaluate more heuristics for a fast estimation of optimal pairings which doesn't require a full evaluation of all possibilities.
Some are alreaday working. Most of them rely on the presence of a speaker assignment mask in the source wave file. If present, some faster presets will only test those combinations, which were most useful in my evaluations. A low frequency channel will never be evaluated.
But this only works, if the speaker assignment is known. Therefore the encoding time of the same audio data may differ considerably dependent on the presence of a speaker mask in the original wave file.
Im my evaluations the new codec often did beat Mpeg4Als -7 compressionwise, if a particular file provided good opportunities for channel decorrelation. Unfortunately for some files there are zero opportunities. My test corpus is still too small to make any generalized statement regarding the new codecs efficiency.
Therefore i am very interested into compression results and comparisons with other codecs.
Thanks for testing and have fun
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Indeed, that last check shouldn't be made.
Microsoft's Wave format is a RIFF based format, and the RIFF format is just a union of labeled chunks of data.
I don't know if it is usual nowadays, but wave editors used to add an
You have to assert that the chunk's size of the "data" chunk is not bigger than the current position minus file length, but only that. Read up to chunk size, and if you are not at the file end, then there's something else that you don't care.
Read 8 bytes-> 4bytes Id and 4 bytes size (in little endian, in the case of RIFF files). Verify that it's RIFF and the chunk size is smaller than the file size.
Read next 4 bytes if it's WAVE, continue.
Read 8 byes -> 4 bytes ID and 4 bytes size. Verify that the ID is "fmt " (there's a space in there, yes). The chunk size can also be an indication of which waveformat you have. Read up to fmt's chunk size.
Read 8 bytes -> 4 bytes ID and 4 byte size. loop while this chunk ID isn't "data", skipping the chunk size.
Read wave data up to this chunk size.
This is a basic Wave file reader. Something simpler is not a wave reader, just a reader that happens to read most wave files.
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Indeed, that last check shouldn't be made.
Microsoft's Wave format is a RIFF based format, and the RIFF format is just a union of labeled chunks of data.
I don't know if it is usual nowadays, but wave editors used to add an INFO chunk adding their name to the files. This is just one of many things that can be also in the file. And then, there is the people that insist in adding tags to wave files...
You are right.
I think my motivation for including this check was that i wanted to make sure, that i don't unintentionally ignore additional wave data chunks possibly added by applications trying to circumvent the file formats size limitations. Maybe this is a non-issue, but as i wrote above, i am (obviously) not an expert for audio file formats.
I will modify the wave reader for the next release.
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Prosecutors said Hansen drove through the bases Boniface gate early Jan. 19, prompting a high-speed chase by security officers.
The government said he tried to leave the base through another gate but when he found that exit blocked, he turned around and crashed through the closed Boniface gate, causing significant damage. Hansen struck one Air Force law enforcement officers rifle with the vehicle. The rifle then hit the officer in the throat, knocking him down an embankment.
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Sanchez was released by the Jets last week shortly before they signed former Eagles quarterback Michael Vick to a one-year, $5 million contract.
The Eagles might be the front-runners right now, but Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News reported Monday that the St. Louis Rams, Cleveland Browns and Tennessee Titans also have expressed interest in Sanchez.
I'm told Eagles have "edge" to sign Mark Sanchez, but "not a lock." Browns, Rams& Titans have also expressed real interest. #nyj—
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If the 27-year-old signal-caller does land in Philly, he'll likely compete with fellow USC product Matt Barkley for the backup spot behind Nick Foles.
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|Vitamin D status and recommendations to improve vitamin D status in Canadian youth.
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|Little is known regarding the vitamin D status of Canadian youth. Our objectives were (i) to describe the vitamin D status of Quebec youth using a representative sample; (ii) to examine the relative contributions of diet, physical activity, and fat mass to the variance in plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D(25(OH)D), the best biomarker of vitamin D status; and (iii) to examine the influence of household income and food insecurity on the intakes of dietary vitamin D, calcium, and dairy foods. To describe vitamin D status, we used data from the Quebec Child and Adolescent Health and Social Survey (QCAHS), which is a cross-sectional survey representative of Quebec youth aged 9, 13, and 16 years. For the second objective, 159 youth, aged 8 to 11 years, whose parents (at least one) were obese or had the metabolic syndrome, were used for cross-sectional analysis in the Quebec Adipose and Lifestyle InvesTigation in Youth (QUALITY). Fat mass was measured using dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), and physical activity was assessed by an accelerometer. Finally, we analyzed data from the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS), which collected data from 9 to 18 year olds (N = 8960), and was representative of Canadian youth. From this survey a single 24-h dietary recall, measured height and weight, sociodemographic, and food insecurity information were available. In both the QUALITY and QCAHS study, >90% of youth had suboptimal vitamin D levels (plasma 25(OH)D < 75 nmol L(-1)) at the end of winter and beginning of spring. In the QCAHS study, older youth had a higher prevalence of vitamin D deficiency (25(OH)D < 27.5 nmol L(-1)) (>10%) than younger youth, and girls from low-income households had lower plasma 25(OH)D concentrations. In the QUALITY study, milk consumption and physical activity had modest associations with plasma 25(OH)D, corresponding to 2.9 nmol L(-1) and 2.1 nmol L(-1) higher plasma 25(OH)D per standard deviation increase in these exposures, respectively. In the CCHS study, we found evidence that milk intake was being displaced by sweetened beverages among low-income boys and food insecure girls. We conclude that population-wide measures to increase dietary vitamin D intake should be examined in Canadian youth.
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The val158met polymorphism of human catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) affects anterior cingulate cortex activation in response to painful laser stimulation
1 Department of Psychiatry, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Untere Zahlbacher Str. 8, 55131, Germany
2 Department of Psychiatry, Heinrich-Heine University, Bergische Landstr. 2, 40629 Duesseldorf, Germany
3 Institute of Neurosciences and Biophysics, Research Center Juelich, 52425 Juelich, Germany
4 Cologne Center for Genomics, Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne, Weyertal 115b, 50931 Köln, Germany
5 Institute of Medical Biometry, Informatics and Epidemiology, University of Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, 53105 Bonn, Germany
6 Institute of Radiology, Heinrich-Heine University, Moorenstr. 5, 40225 Duesseldorf, Germany
7 Insitute of Clinical Neurosciences and Medical Psychology, Heinrich-Heine University, Universitätsstr. 1, 40225 Duesseldorf, Germany
Molecular Pain 2010, 6:32 doi:10.1186/1744-8069-6-32Published: 31 May 2010
Pain is a complex experience with sensory, emotional and cognitive aspects. Genetic and environmental factors contribute to pain-related phenotypes such as chronic pain states. Genetic variations in the gene coding for catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) have been suggested to affect clinical and experimental pain-related phenotypes including regional μ-opioid system responses to painful stimulation as measured by ligand-PET (positron emission tomography). The functional val158met single nucleotide polymorphism has been most widely studied. However, apart from its impact on pain-induced opioid release the effect of this genetic variation on cerebral pain processing has not been studied with activation measures such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), PET or electroencephalography. In the present fMRI study we therefore sought to investigate the impact of the COMT val158met polymorphism on the blood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) response to painful laser stimulation.
57 subjects were studied. We found that subjects homozygous for the met158 allele exhibit a higher BOLD response in the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), foremost in the mid-cingulate cortex, than carriers of the val158 allele.
This result is in line with previous studies that reported higher pain sensitivity in homozygous met carriers. It adds to the current literature in suggesting that this behavioral phenotype may be mediated by, or is at least associated with, increased ACC activity. More generally, apart from one report that focused on pain-induced opioid release, this is the first functional neuroimaging study showing an effect of the COMT val158met polymorphism on cerebral pain processing.


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Cheap, but looks like it could be interesting:
Would be more interesting if they had some more upper-level superheroes. You probably know them, but I only heard of one of them.
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