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March-April 2011
>Special Report on Salvage: Fleecing Consumers
Special Report on Salvage: Fleecing Consumers
Why Legislators Should Care About the Salvage Issue
By Caryn Smith
March 1, 2011
In a 2009 CNN report, Guiseppe "Joe" Pirrone was on vacation when a relative called to say that the work truck he had purchased for his business was being seized by the police. Pirrone learned that the truck he legally bought in 2008 was actually a stolen vehicle, and he was a victim of a car cloning vehicle theft ring. While the truck was now police evidence, he is still on the hook for the $27,000 loan.
An active-duty U.S. Naval Petty Officer bought a flood car from a dealer, according to advocacy group Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety (CARS), a national non-profit auto safety and consumer advocacy organization.
"We are helping them get their day in court," says CARS President Rosemary Shahan. "More and more military families are being victimized by car scams. The scary part for this family is that the bacteria and toxins in flood vehicles are nearly impossible to kill. You don't want children in cars with these active spores." In the meantime, the family's meager pay is being garnished for payments on an unsafe rotting vehicle their insurance company said could not be repaired due to extensive rust.
One case that was reported in the mid-1990s and sparked an escalation in the legislative debate on VIN fraud could still be taken from today's headlines. "A young woman had just graduated from a Washington state college and set out to tour the state for the summer with her younger brother in a used Volvo. The used car dealer neglected to tell the parents who bought the car that it had been wrecked, the top had been removed, and a new top had been tack-welded on. They found this out only after a drunk driver hit the car and the top sheared off, killed the young woman, and left her brother severely brain damaged. If the parents had known it was a rebuilt total loss salvage vehicle, they would not have bought it," says Shahan.
Unfortunately for unsuspecting buyers, bad car deals don't come with warning labels.
While consumers reel from the consequences incurred from vehicle fraud, automotive recyclers relate to the financial impact it has on their bottom line when salvage vehicles that are intended for dismantling are bought out from under them. It is estimated from figures provided by the auctions that 30 percent, or more, of American salvage vehicles bought are exported out of the country.
There is no denying the impact this has on automotive recyclers through:
Over-inflated salvage prices due to unregulated access by buyers – especially international ones – to American salvage at the Internet auctions;
Decreased recycled auto parts inventories due to decreasing availability of salvage; and
Increased operating costs due to the rise in reporting requirements, regulations, and permitting imposed by state and federal agencies.
It is worth noting that the United States and Canadian automotive recycling industries together are a significant $22 billion dollar business – with the total annual payroll estimated to be $3.3 billion just in the United States. As a green industry, recycling vehicles provides enough steel to produce almost 13 million new vehicles and saves an estimated 85 million barrels of oil a year that would have been used in the manufacturing of new or replacement parts.
Auto recyclers bring economical value to consumers by providing wholesale and retail customers with quality recycled parts that range from 20 to 80 percent less than the comparable new parts. As Americans keep their vehicles longer, with the average age of a car on today's road at 10.2 years, this is a value to cash-strapped consumers in need of parts for vehicle repairs.
To continue providing economical quality recycled parts to consumers, professional automotive recyclers must have a fair and competitive bid process for total loss vehicles for the purpose of dismantling and parts recycling. They are asking for help from legislators and regulators to achieve this and not just for themselves. A more widespread reason is the impact it has on the consumer who ultimately is the constituent (i.e.: voter) whom legislators are entrusted to protect.
Here are some of the ways the consumer is exposed to vehicle fraud, often through unregulated access by buyers to salvage.
Stealing a Car's Identity: Car Cloning
A 2009 article on the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) website reads, "So how big is the possible impact of cloning on consumers? Huge."
The popularity of this crime is soaring as the consumer's buying habits shift to the purchase of used cars in the down economy.
The FBI warns that if a consumer buys a cloned vehicle and its true pedigree is discovered the car will be confiscated, and the consumer is still responsible for any outstanding loans. If a consumer's own vehicle is the victim of car cloning, they could be accused of a variety of offenses from parking tickets to serious criminal activity like organized crime.
Car cloning is a huge business for car theft rings. In March 2009, CNN.com reported an FBI bust of a Tampa Bay area car-cloning ring. The FBI said that the ring was operating in the United States for more than 20 years. More than 1,000 vehicles were stolen in Florida, including Joe Pirrone's, with more than $25 million in losses to consumers and banks.
These professional car theft gangs target nicely maintained or high-end luxury vehicles, many times stolen from public parking lots. Instead of selling the vehicle for parts or as hot merchandise, popular ways to profit just a few years ago, they now do what is called "car cloning," which brings top dollar.
Cloning a car can happen in several ways.
In one method, thieves drive the stolen car to a neighboring state and seek out a vehicle at a large dealership that is the exact make and model (and even the color) of the stolen one. They write down the vehicle identification number (or VIN) stamped on the top of the dashboard and drive off. Later, they make an exact replica of the VIN tag, pull the old tag out of the car, and pop in the new one.
They then forge a real title or other ownership documents from the motor vehicle office in the neighboring state and sell the vehicle to an unsuspecting victim for nearly full price. Since it's legally registered and not reported stolen, it's nearly untraceable. But there is another way to clone a VIN.
"The largest vehicle auction operator in the United States estimates that 5 million total loss/salvage vehicles are sold annually, when all sources are included," says Automotive Recyclers Association (ARA) CEO Michael E. Wilson. "Salvage pool auctions draw many more buyers than do local auctions, and while most auction companies – and many states – require that bidders be licensed as used-car dealers or used-parts dealers not all do."
Some auction buyers are really after the VIN so they can "clone" them. The buyers take VINs from severely damaged cars, and between the VIN and the vehicle information they have an easy way to change the identity of a stolen car, register it, and sell it.
In 2009, Alabama considered legislation to open auto salvage pools to unlicensed individuals. Speaking out against this legislation, James S. Spiller, chairman of the North American Export Committee, said, "Allowing unlicensed individuals to purchase salvage titled vehicles enables the criminally minded to purchase the paperwork necessary to support auto theft and fraud. This in turn, increases auto theft and fraud opportunities and places the public at risk." The measure was defeated.
"Right now cloning is by far our biggest car theft challenge," says FBI Supervisory Special Agent Ryan Toole who leads the bureau's vehicle theft program in Washington, D.C. "The good news is it's preventable."
As states report to the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System (NMVTIS) – 49 states are now reporting – the information held by state motor vehicle divisions, who historically have not communicated, will now be linked.
"NMVTIS will definitely make an impact on VIN cloning," says Wilson, "but the critical piece not being addressed is those who are buying the salvage with the intent to commit a crime will not likely be reporting to NMVTIS, therefore the paper trail will go cold. Regulating those who can purchase at the salvage auctions is the loophole that must be addressed."
Cleaning a Bad Car's Identity: Title Washing
Title washing is used to "erase" a vehicle's bad history in order to conceal from a buyer that it had a salvage brand because of flood, severe accident and other damage, or theft. This crime is on a significant rise as more Americans buy used cars.
In May 2010, the California Department of Motor Vehicles announced that four employees were arrested "on multiple counts of fraudulently processing driver licenses and affecting a title-washing scheme that involved stolen/embezzled high-end vehicles."
A November 2010
San Antonio News-Express
article reported an elaborate scheme involving title-washed salvage vehicles. A federal grand jury indicted 19 people in three states, accusing them in a scheme involving 800 fraudulent Texas vehicle titles that cheated lenders out of at least $3 million.
Some of the cars with rigged titles were exported to other countries, including Lebanon.
The group is said to have fraudulently "washed" the original owner and financial lien-holder off of the title by filing fabricated paperwork and certified mail receipts alleging that the original owner and lien-holder had been served with notice of the mechanic's lien. With clean Texas vehicle titles in hand, they sold many of the vehicles to unsuspecting buyers or third parties.
The question is how did these Texas criminals gain access to the salvage vehicles in the first place?
Consumers seek the help from CARS with title-washed "chop shop" vehicles, where the front and back of a car literally comes from two different crashed cars. "One buyer who bought a so-called 'Certified' GM car from a used car dealer," relates Shahan, "was actually able to locate photos of the two cars that were welded together to make his car. People like this gentleman pay extra to buy a 'certified' car for peace of mind and the warranty. However, once the true history of a car is revealed, all warranties are voided and the buyer is stuck with a piece of junk and a car loan because the dealerships have the legal edge in their contracts, and people rarely sue."
Title washing incidents spiked following Hurricane Katrina when car dealers got stuck with an excess of flood-damaged vehicles. The CARS organization still hears stories of flood cars that were sold to unknowing buyers, such as the naval officer and his family. Approximately 570,000 vehicles were affected by the 2005 hurricanes. An Experian study revealed that approximately 20,000 to 30,000 of these vehicles were moved to other states. At the time of the report, 45 percent of those vehicles were given clean titles.
A lack of communication between each state's titling agency makes it easier to title wash a car's identity. Transferring a salvaged vehicle to a state that does not recognize the brand clears the title. If this does not work, the unscrupulous seller will move it from state to state until the branding is gone. However, once a vehicle is reported to NMVTIS, it remains in the database, regardless whether the title has been washed -- a major benefit of the system.
To further complicate things, the "salvage title" definition varies from state to state. According to CARFAX, "A Salvage Title [called a Total Loss Vehicle] is issued on a vehicle damaged to the extent that the cost of repairing the vehicle exceeds 75% of its pre-damage value. This threshold may vary by state. Some states treat Junk titles the same as Salvage, but the majority use this title to indicate that a vehicle is not road worthy and cannot be titled again in that state. These states use Salvage titles to identify stolen vehicles: AZ, FL, GA, IL, MD, MN, NJ, NM, NY, OK, and OR."
Some salvage title vehicles can be repaired by professional, legitimate collision repairers and then re-titled after proper motor vehicle inspections. But the car is usually issued a rebuilt title, which significantly reduces its value. This is why criminals want it washed – to increase the profit margin. Furthermore, the average car buyer is not looking to purchase a rebuilt car.
Ultimately consumers are unknowingly driving title-washed vehicles that are not safe.
Scamming a Car's Identity: Curbstoning
We've all seen cars parked along the curb marked "For Sale." Some deals look too good to be true – and to the naive consumer they might be. Plenty of legitimate private sellers park cars to sell them, yet it is up to the buyer to properly check the VIN history to determine if the car is a legitimate good deal.
Curbstoners are scam artists who sell multitudes of vehicles, many with serious issues that affect both their safety and value. Buyers are often more comfortable purchasing from a private seller rather than a dealer. While curbstoners pose as the owner, the car is usually not titled to them, which violates state laws requiring a dealer's license. The Internet electronic sales posting boards are becoming the new "curb" (called Internet Stoning) with criminals listing their deals on Craigslist, eBay, and other local classifieds websites.
The prosecution of scammers is still quite limited. Last year, the New York State Police working in conjunction with the New York State Department of Motor Vehicle Field Investigation unit reported the arrest of five individuals for Unregistered Itinerant Vehicle Collector, a misdemeanor. Yet reports like this are still too few and far between.
In the end, victims find themselves with vehicles that cost more to repair because of rolled back odometers or in dangerous rebuilt wrecks.
"Curbstoners buy cheap damaged cars, make minor cosmetic fixes to them, and sell them for a quick profit while avoiding any licensed dealer regulations," says Wilson.
"They don't restore safety components that were likely damaged when the car was wrecked. The modern motor vehicle is a highly complex product, and the repairs must be done according to professional collision repair industry standards. If not, the repair could fail, causing harm to all who travel our streets and highways."
Besides ripping off consumers, curbstoners rob local, state, and federal governments by avoiding the payment of proper taxes. When selling the vehicle, they usually skip the line on the title that asks for his or her name, which enables them to avoid sales and income tax.
A 2010 case study by www.StopCurbstoning.com examined the financial impact of this crime on a city and state, using one single real-life case as an example, namely Mohammad A. Sheikh who was arrested by California Department of Motor Vehicles investigators on 12 felony counts of perjury and filing false documentation in connection with curbstoning.
The study found that the cities in which the perpetrator operated lost over $56,000 in sales tax revenues alone, and the state of California lost $168,000. Other financial costs included lost license revenue, lost local business, and potentially increased emergency response burdens due to unsafe vehicles.
"Because there are so many curbstoners out there, even small things add up to a lot," says Charles Redden, president of AutoTec, one of the companies behind the effort to stop curbstoning. "Take the annual state license fee for used car dealers. In California it's $176 for the first year and $126 to renew. But for every thousand curbstoners, that's over a quarter-million dollars every two years.
"With local governments increasingly strapped for cash, enacting and enforcing anti-curbstoning laws can be a quick way to boost revenues and enhance their communities at the same time." (Read the full report at www.stopcurbstoning.com/case-study/ca/.)
Consumer Groups Rally Behind Increased Salvage Restrictions
In an effort to encourage support to limit the unregulated buyer's access to salvage, ARA recently hosted a Consumer Summit for representatives of two national consumer advocacy groups and state consumer affairs offices held at AAA Auto Salvage in Rosemont, Minneapolis. The event promoted a greater understanding of the dangers facing consumers related to unregulated buyers at salvage pools, titling, branding, interstate transfers, and to share information on NMVTIS. The event fostered a commitment from all to work with ARA on these issues.
The National Consumers League (NCL), America's oldest consumer organization, representing consumers and workers on marketplace and workplace issues, supports efforts to better regulate the access to salvage.
NCL Executive Director Sally Greenberg, who attended the event, says, "I wish every lawmaker could tour a modern automotive recycling facility. They are impressive. The AAA Auto Salvage facility that we toured has a phenomenal set-up, very green by recycling oil and more, and nothing left in a trash heap. The parts are professionally handled and recycled back into the automotive parts marketplace. What auto recyclers do is important.
"I am a big supporter of automotive recycling industry's concerns about salvage fraud and VIN fraud, like title washing. It's a long-standing issue – that of rebuilt total loss wrecks – not to mention that phony VINs are in huge demand in organized crime. There needs to be stronger support for enforcement efforts to stop VIN switching, odometer spinning, and other crimes."
The CARS organization is an outspoken advocate of closing the gaps in access to salvage. Testifying before Congress in March 2008 in support of H.R. 5312, a proposed bill that never became law, CARS President Rosemary Shahan said, "According to the U.S. Department of Justice, auto-related frauds rank among the nation's top property crimes. … According to a report commissioned by the [DOJ, the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System that is designed to] help curb illicit activity involving stolen and damaged autos would save the American public between $4 billion and $11.3 billion per year. … Frauds involving the illegal sales of damaged autos cost consumers billions of dollars each year. According to Experian, approximately 7 million vehicles that were deemed to be a total loss, because they sustained severe damage in wrecks or floods, are now re-registered and being driven on our roads. … Dealers themselves acknowledge that auto salvage frauds, including 'title washing' across state lines, is a serious problem that needs to be addressed.
"In California alone, more than 1,690,000 vehicles currently registered for use on our roads have had their titles branded as 'salvage,' indicating they were so severely damaged it would not pay to properly fix them ... [they] pose a serious threat to public safety."
Shahan also warns that the number of consumers who now have upside-down car loans because the value of their used car is not what they thought is growing. "Many have gone to trade the car in and discovered it had a total loss salvage title history. This contributes to negative equity in auto loans. Auto industry analysts estimate that six million consumers are being kept out of the car market because this issue."
The National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA), a group that represents more than 17,000 new car and truck dealers, is a strong supporter of the NMVTIS database for many of the same reasons. "Automobile dealers have absolutely no interest in having rebuilt wrecks, flood damaged vehicles or stolen cars on their lots. Period," says Bailey Wood, spokesman for NADA. "Dealers know they are unsafe for their customers and for their employees. We want these vehicles off the road and out of the marketplace, permanently."
In fact, NADA has helped to lead the legislative push for a national database established in the Clinton presidency to permanently red-flag rebuilt wrecks, flooded vehicles, and stolen cars. "NADA wants a database that is current and accurate." As a part of the NMVTIS Advisory Board, NADA President Phillip Brady offers guidance to the DOJ on what is helpful to dealers in order to combat VIN fraud. "While we encourage the public access to the database, consumers are not on the front line of this issue," says Wood, "the dealers are. We would like to see a commercial product that allows auto retailers to look up 20-30 car VINs at one time."
Shahan believes that protecting the American public from total loss salvage vehicles can benefit consumers worldwide. "We need to protect our domestic market first," Shahan says. "Then we can go to rest of the world and show them how we did it and improve protections against salvage fraud in other nations."
Identity Theft Protection for Vehicles
NMVTIS, a Department of Justice (DOJ) program, is the identity theft protection for vehicles and the answer to consumer vehicle fraud, everyone hopes. This national database, which requires insurers in all 50 states to provide data on total loss vehicles that is updated at least every 30 days, will "significantly deter vehicle title fraud and reduce the number of buyers who bid on vehicles at local salvage auctions for criminal purposes," says Wilson.
The NMVTIS information – reported primarily by auto recyclers, salvage yards, salvage pools, and insurance carriers – and its availability to titling agencies, law enforcement, insurance carriers, and prospective buyers of vehicles will result in a reduction in trafficking in stolen vehicles and a reduction in title fraud.
Further, the car buyer's ability to check for indicators of a vehicle's safety will reduce the number of unsafe vehicles on the roads. An inquiry into NMVTIS will show the vehicle's title, odometer, and brand history (salvage or otherwise) as well as indicate whether the vehicle has been reported stolen.
The American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) estimates that it will ultimately reduce fraudulent insurance payoffs by more than $200 million per year, prevent 60,000 branded titles from being washed every single year, and add up to $11 billion in yearly savings in fraud avoidance.
Ultimately, CARS would like to see more funding provided to promote NMVTIS to the consumer, and ARA agrees. "Not enough consumers know about NMVTIS," says Shahan. "This is the least expensive, most current, and most important data a consumer should know about a used car. It should be the first place to go when buying a used car. If the title is clean in NMVTIS, then the consumer should still get the car inspected. If they would like to get more detailed information about its history, they can get a report from CARFAX or Experian."
"We want people to use this database," says ARA President Doug Reinert. "The more people who know about it, the more effective a tool it will be to deter crime and keep salvage vehicles in their natural end-of-life cycle, being properly dismantled for parts by professional auto recyclers."
ARA is also playing an integral role in the future development of NMVTIS. Representing ARA, Wilson is a member of the NMVTIS Advisory Board, a group formed from key stakeholders to advise the DOJ in the ongoing administration of the system. ARA also hosted representatives from DOJ and the Bureau of Justice Assistance, who have a stake in NMVTIS, at their 2009 annual convention to inform members and answer questions about the reporting requirements.
The (International) Stolen Car Market – Salvage Vehicle Connection
The salvage fraud discussion is not complete without mentioning the rising and expansive global trend of vehicle theft. Recent U.S. vehicle theft statistics are significant with serious implications to the consumer:
The FBI's 2009 Uniform Crime Report shows that there were an estimated 794,616 thefts of motor vehicles nationwide, with 72.1 percent of all motor vehicles reported stolen being automobiles.
Nationwide, nearly $5.2 billion were lost overall to motor vehicle thefts. The average dollar loss per stolen motor vehicle was $6,505. The arrest rate for motor vehicle theft is 26.8 per 100,000 inhabitants.
The FBI report estimates the number of motor vehicle thefts declined 17.1 percent when compared with data from 2008, 35.7 percent when compared with 2005 figures, and 31.5 percent when compared with 2000 figures.
According to the DOJ, only 63 percent of vehicles reported stolen are recovered.
While the FBI reports reflect that motor vehicle theft is in sharp decline, it is interesting that salvage and title fraud is on the rise. Because vehicle title fraud is a state issue, the FBI can only say: "It's difficult to estimate how many cars are cloned, but we know it's a significant percentage of the cars stolen in the U.S. each year. Only one in three stolen cars ever makes it back home."
The question is, then, if only 63 percent of stolen cars are recovered, or one in three vehicles, where are the other 37 percent?
The National Insurance Crime Bureau 2006 data shows that 40 percent of all auto thefts occur in or around ports and border communities, and it is still the trend according to law enforcement. The FBI reports that more than 200,000 stolen vehicles are exported illegally from the United States every year. That leads us to believe that close to one-third of all stolen cars leave American boundaries for foreign countries.
How are they getting out of the country? For what purposes? It seems all these numbers are adding up.
"International law enforcement is seeing the black market funded by salvage fraud," says Shahan, which provides VINs and paperwork to export cars. Results of an Internet search on "international car theft" yields many reports of busted rings all over the world.
If you believe that the use of stolen vehicles from the United States – and other countries – by terrorists to commit crime or fund their activity is over exaggerated, it is obvious that the FBI doesn't agree with you. The first image on their website is a burned out car with the headline "Counterterrorism Operations." It is guaranteed that this vehicle was not entered in NMVTIS or any other country's VIN database.
Boston Globe
article reported that "the FBI's counterterrorism unit launched a broad investigation of U.S.-based theft rings after discovering that some of the vehicles used in deadly car bombings in Iraq, including attacks that killed U.S. troops and Iraqi civilians, were probably stolen in the United States, according to senior government officials."
In 2007, the UK's biggest car theft ring, said to be funding terrorism, was called "a sophisticated and professional conspiracy" by Judge Richard Foster, who said the scale of the conspiracy was unprecedented and could prove to be just the "tip of the iceberg." This ring reportedly shipped the stolen cars to Mombasa, Kenya, where most would then go to Uganda.
A Canadian news website, http://cnews.canoe.ca, reported in January 2010, "High-end cars and SUVs stolen in Canada could be financing global terrorism, warns the Insurance Bureau of Canada. Investigators are tracing more and more vehicles stolen in Canada to unlikely destinations like Nigeria, Lebanon, and Eastern Europe, where it's suspected that they're being sold to finance terrorist groups."
Yet, many car theft rings are just out for the profits. In 2007,
The Washington Post
reported the "break up of a major East Coast car-theft ring that allegedly stole more than 1,000 luxury vehicles in the one year and shipped them to West Africa and the Middle East. In West Africa, where luxury cars are scarce and import taxes are high, the vehicles are resold for up to twice their retail value, netting members of the ring millions."
While federal law enforcement agencies tackle complex crime networks here and around the world, the ARA believes that lawmakers should focus on establishing needed controls on the access to salvaged vehicles in the United States, which provides criminals with VINs and paperwork to export cars.
Circle Back to Solutions
With unrestricted access to salvage pools in the United States, auto recyclers struggle to remain competitive – the available product is shrinking, and the costs to do business are rising. While they meet their industry obligations, they know the buyer bidding for the same salvage on the next computer is not.
Consumers pay for vehicle fraud with higher taxes, insurance rates, financial loss due to scams, and sometimes with their lives. Action must be taken.
The question that Joe Pirrone should ask every time he writes a check for the loan on a truck he no longer possesses, or the Naval Petty Officer whose meager wages were garnished to pay for a rotting bacteria-ridden flood car, or the grieving parents who unknowingly purchased a rebuilt wreck for their daughter that resulted in her death and permanent injury to their son, is:
Will United States legislators continue to allow the unregulated pillaging of the American salvage market when it is not safe for the consumer or good for the automotive recycling industry?
Caryn Smith is the editor of
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College Hockey:Wild Battle Ends In Draw For Quinnipiac, Mercyhurst
Lakers Score Final Two Goals For Tie
ERIE, Pa. — Momentum swung back and forth like a greased pendulum in Quinnipiac's rematch with Mercyhurst on Saturday.
First, Quinnipiac scored twice, and seemed to be a totally different team than the one that was beaten by the Lakers 5-1 on Friday.
Then, Mercyhurst fought back with two goals, tying it at 2.
Quinnipiac then scored two more times, taking a 4-2 lead, seemingly leaving the Bobcats in control.
But never-say-die Mercyhurst bounced back once more, scoring two more goals to tie the game, 4-4, and almost scored again late in regulation to win it.
Then came overtime — and when 65 minutes of thrilling, bruising, end-to-end action had concluded, that's the way things ended — a 4-4 tie.
It was one whale of a hockey game.
In the end, however, the only ones who went home satisfied were the 1,032 fans at the Mercyhurst Ice Center who witnessed the well-played, hard-fought, dramatic battle between Atlantic Hockey's second and third-place teams.
"It was a great game from a fan's perspective," said Quinnipiac coach Rand Pecknold. "They couldn't ask for more."
"Like last night, it was another great game between two good teams," Mercyhurst coach Rick Gotkin said, echoing Pecknold's assessment. "Quinnipiac played well, and we played well. Maybe a tie tonight was fitting."
Both coaches, of course, would have preferred a win — but it was not to be.
"I was happy my kids played hard, but I was a little disappointed that we couldn't hold a two-goal lead in the third period," Pecknold said, referring to late goals by Lakers Mike Pochatek and Peter Rynshoven that tied the game.
"But you've got to give a lot of credit to Mercyhurst," Pecknold said. "They threw everything at us in the third period, and came back and got the tie."
With the tie, Mercyhurst's record went to 14-9-2 overall, and 11-3-1 in Atlantic Hockey. Quinnipiac's record went to 10-10-3 overall, and 7-3-3 in the conference. The tie kept the Bobcats six points behind Mercyhurst for third place. It also increased Mercyhurst's conference unbeaten streak to eight.
As any coach would, Pecknold wanted more than the tie. But his team certainly fared better on Saturday than it did in Friday's game with the Lakers.
"We worked hard last night, too," Pecknold said, referring to the Bobcats' 5-1 loss on Friday. "Tonight we executed a little bit better, but I'm disappointed that we came out of the weekend with just one point out of four.
"We certainly wanted more than that, but that's the way it goes."
Gotkin, on the other hand, seemed relieved that the Lakers got a point in a game it appeared they were going to lose.
"I don't think we played as well as last night," he said. "But we know that this is a good league, and it's hard to win every night. You had two really good teams who were battling, and it was a really well-played series this weekend."
Besides Mercyhurst's comeback, the story of the game had to be backup netminder Justin Eddy, who got the nod by Pecknold after regular goaltender Jamie Holden surrendered five goals on Friday.
"Justin played well," Pecknold said. "We have two great goalies, and have faith that either one can win us games. Justin's had some monster games this year with us, against Michigan, Wisconsin and Ohio State, and we have full faith in him."
Although he too would have preferred to have won, Eddy was pleased to have been able to contribute.
"We got one point out of the weekend, but in retrospect, we blew a two goal lead," he said.
"We really wanted to come out of this weekend with at least one victory. It's really tough to play up here, and I think there were some positives that we can take out of it, but our team's disappointed that it ended in a tie."
Although he allowed four goals, Eddy stopped 33 of Mercyhurst's 37 shots, including Mike Carter on a breakaway at 19 minutes, 52 seconds of the second period, and Adam Tackaberry on a breakaway at 17:29 of the third.
"Those Mercyhurst guys know how to move the puck, and you have to respect their skills," Eddy said. "I just tried to get my body in front of anything I could tonight."
"He played well, there's no question," Gotkin said. "We had some great chances early, and certainly had some great chances in the third period and overtime, but we just couldn't get the puck into the net."
Ty Deinema's goal at 5:43 of the first period spotted the Bobcats their 1-0 lead, and Troy Maleyko made it 2-0 four minutes later. Deinema beat Mercyhurst goalie Andy Franck from 30 feet on the left side, while Maleyko beat him from the slot.
Mike Carter then beat Eddy from the doorstep at 19:08 of the first to make it 2-1, and at 7:00 of the second period Tackaberry finished a 2-on-1 that was started by Rynshoven to tie it at 2.
Iona transfer Mark Hellam's rebound score at 13:55 of the second period put the Bobcats back up, 3-2, and Tom Watkin's first goal of the season, off a centering pass from Joe Versino at 1:56 of the third, restored Quinnipiac's two-goal lead, 4-2.
But then came Pochatek with his first goal of the season, on a rebound of Kyle Gourgon's shot from the point at 3:33 of the third, followed by Rynshoven's game-tying score at 12:38.
"That was one of the best goals I've ever seen scored in this rink," Gotkin said about Rynshoven's goal, which came after the senior winger undressed a pair of Quinnipiac defenders with a dazzling move at the blue line, then beat Eddy top-shelf on the far side after switching from his forehand to his backhand.
"He looked like a pro. Peter's a big kid, and to be able to come down the wing with his speed, pull it through a couple of pairs of legs, then walk in and finish it, wow. It was unbelievable."
"T. J. Kemp gave me a long cross-ice pass, and it was on the stick," Rynshoven said. "I busted in alone on the defense, and it was a fifty-fifty chance either I was going to get it through their legs or get knocked over, but I was fortunate enough to get it through.
"I was one-on-one with the goalie, and made a move," Rynshoven continued. "He dropped right away, and didn't move side to side, so I figured if he was going to stay there, I was going to walk around him, and I scored."
About the weekend series between the two teams, Rynshoven said, "We always play close with Quinnipiac, they're our league rival. We had a good weekend, and look forward to moving on from here."
Mercyhurst finished with a 37-24 advantage in shots on goal, including 16-4 in the third period, and 1-0 in overtime. Franck, whose record went to 11-5-2, stopped 20 shots for the Lakers. Eddy's record moved to 2-5-1.
Quinnipiac's penalty-killers also aided Eddy and the Bobcats, thwarting all eight of Mercyhurst's power plays, including one in overtime. The Bobcats were 1-of-5 with a man advantage.
Mercyhurst returns to action on Friday and Saturday at Sacred Heart. Next week the Bobcats host Canisius on Friday, then travel to American International on Saturday.
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It is a sad day hearing the news of another great celebrity passing away. Russell Johnson who we all remember well as the professor on the hit comedy sitcom series "Gilligan's Island" has brought us lots of laughs and good times over the years.
News has hit cyber-space about his passing. According to the NY Times, CNN, ABC News and Q13Fox.com on Jan. 16 this iconic actor was eighty-nine years old and died in his home on Bainbridge Island located in the state of Washington.
Russell Johnson appeared in many television shows and films over the course of his acting career. You may remember him in roles he played in "77 Sunset Strip", "The Lone Ranger", "The Twilight Zone", "Rawhide" and "Gunsmoke" to name a few.
Before his acting career Russell Johnson served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. He joined the reserves and used his G.I. Bill benefits to pay for acting school after being shot down during a bombing raid while he was aboard a B-24 Liberator. He flew forty-four combat missions and earned seven decorations including a Purple Heart for injuries when he was shot down over the Philippines.
Johnson is survived by his wife, Connie and his daughter, Kimberly. He has brought culture to America during his career and will be missed.
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I normally buy your Spicy Chile bar. I went to replenish my stock and came across Congo Pili Pili Chili. I usually try any chocolate from your company once. Well It was fab. I would have thought to use 70% instead of 65% but the heat off of that was OMG. I will be using it to cover strawberries. Thank you for another worthy candy bar.
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WALNUT CREEK, Calif.--Arizona's multi-NCAA champion swimmer Simon Burnett and Women's College World Series most outstanding player Alicia Hollowell joined other top male and female student-athletes from around the league as 2006 Pacific-10 Conference Medal winners today.
The 2005-06 medal winners were announced Pac-10 Commissioner Tom Hansen. A Conference Medal is awarded annually to each member institution's outstanding senior male and female student-athlete based on the exhibition of the greatest combination of performance and achievement in scholarship, athletics and leadership.
The Conference Medal winners will be honored at the State Farm Pride of the Pac-10
Luncheon held in
Burnett won the 200 freestyle for a third career title in the event at the NCAA Championships in March, leading Arizona to a second-place finish and helping coach Frank Busch to NCAA Coach of the Year honors. He also was a part of three first-place relay NCAA titlists ?- the 200 Medley, 400 Free and 800 Free ?- plus took individual thirds in the 50 Free and the 100 Free and swam on the second-place 200 Free relay. He also was Pac-10 Men's Swimmer of the Year.
Hollowell, one of Arizona's half dozen four-time All-Americans, earned 2nd-team honors for the second consecutive year after first-team honors her first two seasons in 2003 and 2004, but took on all comers and surpassed the first-team selections in head-to-head competition at the NCAA's WCWS. She helped beat
Burnett and Hollowell both were named the outstanding seniors at annual CATS Senior
Awards ceremonies in May, winning the Sapphire and Ruby Awards, respectively.
Following are the 2005-06 award winners:
2005-06 Pacific-10 Conference Medal Winners
School Male Female
Stanford Peter Varellas, Water Polo Alice Barnes, Tennis
UCLA Chris Jensen, Baseball Kate Richardson, Gymnastics
USC Juraj Zatovic, Water Polo Blythe Hartley, Diving
Pacific-!0 Conference Medal Winners
2006 Simon Burnett, swimming Alicia Hollowell, softball
2005 Channing Frye, hoops Emily Mason, swimming
2004 Chris Nallen, golf Wendy Allen, softball
2003 Jason Johnson, Football Lovieanne Jung, Softball
2002 Brandon Nash, Football Jennie Finch, Softball
2001 Patrick Nduwimana, T&F Lauren Bauer, Softball
2000 Ryk Neethling, Swimming Heidi Hornbeek, Gymnastics
1999 Abdi Abdirahman, T&F Amy Skieresz, T&F
1998 Joe Salave'a, Football Nancy Evans, Softball
1997 Wayne Wyatt, Football Leah O'Brien, Softball
1996 Jan Anderson, Tennis Jenny Dalton, Softball
1995 Martin Keino, T&F Amy Chellevold, Softball
1994 Michael McQuitty, Swimming Tanya Hughes, T&F
1993 Jason Thompson, Baseball Stacy Fowlkes, Gymnastics
1992 John Fina, Football Lori Detweiler, Diving
1991 Trev Anderson, Golf Sharon Manship, T&F
1990 Derek Huff, T&F Stacy Engel, Softball
1988 Chuck Cecil, Football Yolanda Turner, Basketball
1987 Chip Hale, Baseball
1986 Gordon Bunch, Football
1985 George DiCarlo, Swimming
1984 Ivan Lesnik, Football
1983 Jeff Hess, Cross Country/Track
1982 Jim Bagnall, Baseball
1981 Ted Staren, Tennis
1980 Joe Nehls, Football
1979 Jeff Whitton, Football


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We interviewed Caleb Causey at SHOT Show 2014 about medical training for the firearms community. He is the Owner/Director of Training of Lone Star Medics. Caleb was a Combat Medic in the U.S. Army. He has also served as a volunteer Firefighter/EMT and a Tactical Medic with local area SWAT team. Caleb holds numerous national and Texas medical certifications.
We asked Caleb seven questions about training and what it means to him.
1) What is the value of training?
What is the value of knowledge? It's hard to put a measure on it. You also get to hang out with like-minded people, which is a lot of fun.
2) Why did you become a trainer?
I was doing a lot of shooting with friends and they encouraged me to develop a 1st Aid course that would be useful to the shooting community.
3) What is the emphasis of your class?
On the medical side, I teach why we apply medical techniques, when we apply them, and how to apply them. The courses are not designed to teach someone how to be a medic but rather how to perform aggressive first aid to those whom, without immediate stabilization, might not survive until professional rescuers arrive.
On the operational side, I teach Scene Safety. Don't become part of the problem. Go home, if necessary.
4) Who is your market?
Mostly non-professional rescuers, laypeople, medically speaking. Some doctors also attend because it's a different kind of medicine than most doctors practice.
5) What do YOU do to train/practice?
Teaching classes is incredibly valuable to me from the training perspective. My students provide my learning environment. I see many different ways that people can perceive and execute instructions, which really educates me on how people learn.
6) How would you describe your training philosophy?
I believe in learning by doing. First see a technique, then do the technique, finally teach the technique. Those who can teach well are very well skilled.
7) Why should people take training?
Why wouldn't you? Who doesn't want to know how to do things better?
We appreciate Caleb taking the time to talk with us about this important topic. A class schedule is located on his website.
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Roasted Balsamic Strawberry and Goat Cheese Crostini
It rained yesterday. It was a miracle. It got all dark and there was thunder. I was all set on the couch with a blanket and the TV. And then it only lasted for about 10 minutes. Major sad face. Is it so much to ask for one afternoon of rain, Phoenix? Apparently it is. It is apparently monsoon season, but I'm not really seeing any monsoons, just some disgusting dust storms. Wahhhhh! I know, I have such problems in life.
Oh, We will be heading to Santa Fe this week for a work conference. I've never been so if any of you have any good restaurant recommendations, lemme hear them!
I want to warn you guys that I have a ton of fruit recipes coming up. Part of it is because it's really one of the only pregnancy cravings I am having. And then also, it's summer and well, let's fruit it up!
I have a crazy obsession with crostini of any and all kinds. I mean, first you start of with delicious and wonderful bread. Bread makes everything in this world okay. And then you have pretty much an infinite amount of topping possibilities! These roasted balsamic strawberries are the perfect topping with just the right amount of sweetness and combined with a big smear of goat cheese and you get some nice tang (also from the balsamic vinegar) and it's all so good with warm and toasty bread!
Roasted Balsamic Strawberry and Goat Cheese Crostini
Yield: About 20-25 slices
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
- 3 cups sliced strawberries
- 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
- 1 tablespoon olive oil (plus more for brushing on the bread)
- goat cheese (about 6 ounces)
- 1 baguette, sliced into 1/2-inch slices
- basil (for garnish)
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. In a bowl, stir together the sliced strawberries and olive oil. Layer the strawberries in an even layer on the pan and roast in the oven for about 20 minutes or until the strawberries are soft. Remove the strawberries from the oven.
- Brush some olive oil on top of each slice of bread. Place the slices onto the baking sheet (you may need to replace the parchment paper). Toast in the oven for 5-7 minutes or until lightly golden. Remove from the oven and let cook for 5 minutes. Spread some goat cheese on top of each slice. Then spoon some of the strawberry mixture on top of each slice. Top with fesh basil if desired.
7 Responses to "Roasted Balsamic Strawberry and Goat Cheese Crostini"
These crostini's are awesome and perfect for that little baby inside.
Santa Fe food recommendations:
La Fawnda – rooftop bar for a (non-alcoholic drink) sunset view is amazing
Terra – Expensive but is at Four Seasons (best food ever)
Cafe Pachal – didn't eat here but everyone recommends it for breakfast
The Shed – awesome food and atmosphere
Upper Crust – pizza
Farmer's market on Saturdays are awesome and the opera is a must go to as well
Thanks for the suggestions, Meagan! I meant to ask you on FB and then forgot, LOL!
I am ready for all the fruit recipes! I can't get enough right now so bring it on! And these crostini have pretty much all of my favorite things – roasted strawberries, goat cheese and fresh basil? Awesome!
Bring on the fruit! Love these!
This crostini looks utterly wonderful, goats cheese is made to be with strawberries :D
Choc Chip Uru
Strawberry and cheese work well together. And on a crostini! Juicylicious!
Gourmet Getaways
I'm ready to fruit it up! This wee appetizer looks amazing. I'll take a plateful.


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LDCs have just US$ 150 a year available per capita to spend on private capital formation, public investment in infrastructure and the running of vital public services such as health, education and public administration as well as providing law and order (data for 2006). The corresponding annual figures were US$ 1,165 per capita in lower-middle-income countries, US$ 2,736 in upper-middle-income countries and US$ 14,008 in high-income countries.
The average government final consumption expenditure (an amount which covers all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services, including compensation of employees) in LDCs was just US$ 60 per capita in 2006. This may be compared with US$ 295 in lower-middle-income countries, US$ 1,051 in upper-middle-income countries and US$ 6,561 in high-income countries.
19 out of 25 LDCs have identified governance as one of the strategic pillars of their poverty reduction strategy papers.
20% of aid to LDCs in 2005-2007 was devoted to improving government capabilities.
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19 LDCs depended on grants (mainly official development assistance - ODA) to finance more then one fifth of their total government spending in 2008 (out of 31 countries for which data are available).
Gross fixed capital formation in LDCs was 19.9% of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2000-2007. This is low compared to their investment needs, but still higher than in the 1990s (17.1%) and 1980s (16.1%).
Tax mobilization is weak in African LDCs. In 2000-2006, tax revenues amounted to 12.2% of GDP, which was, however, higher than in 1995-1999 (10.8 %) and 1990-1994 (10.1 %).
Trade taxes declined from 38.6 % of total tax revenue in African LDCs in 1990-1994 to 31.1% in 2000-2006, due to trade liberalization.
Recently inflation has not been a major problem for LDCs. Of 47 LDCs for which data are available, the average consumer price index inflation rate for 2005-2007 was above 15 % in only five countries - Angola, Eritrea, Guinea, Myanmar, and Sao Tome and Principe. 34 LDCs had average rates below 10 %. For all LDCs, the average inflation rate was 9.8 %.
The average real rate of interest in LDCs was 9 % per annum in 2004-2006. This jeopardizes long-term growth, because it raises the costs for public and private investment. In most rich countries, real interest rates are lower than 4 %.
The savings rate doubled to 16% of GDP in African LDCs and Haiti between the 1990s and 2000-2007. In Asian LDCs it also rose, from 11% to 15% during the same period.
The foreign debt burden is much higher in LDCs than in other developing countries. For the former, foreign debt amounts to 42 % of gross national income, while in the latter it is 26 %.
Only oil exporting LDCs achieved a surplus in their current accounts for 2004-2007, amounting to 4 % of GDP. All other LDC groups had deficits in their external accounts, ranging from 3 % to 7 % of GDP.
For 26 African LDCs, the stock of capital flight accumulated between 1970 and 2004 is larger (by 29%) than their foreign debt. This means that they are net creditors vis-à-vis the rest of the world. The following countries have negative capital flight: Benin, Comoros, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo. Their capital inflows have been larger than their outflows during that period.
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Food price increases between late 2007 and the first half of 2008 have resulted in an additional 100 million people without adequate access to food, according to estimates by the United Nations World Food Programme.
Of the 31 countries worldwide currently in need of substantial food assistance, 21 are LDCs.
Some 70% of the world´s poor live in rural areas, a proportion that is even higher in LDCs (75%).
Malnutrition in LDCs has increased since 2000. Food consumption per capita, measured as average calories per capita per day, decreased from 2,390 in 2004 to 2,215 in 2006. The situation is likely to have worsened during the period 2007-2008.
The LDC population is forecast to almost double, from around 670 million in 2000 to 1.3 billion by 2030, which will increase LDCs´ food needs.
By 2030, more than half of LDCs´ populations will live in urban centres, but the majority of their rural populations will remain poor.
Many poor LDC consumers spend 70-80% of their incomes on food. They were therefore hit very hard by the sharp increases in domestic food prices during 2007-2008. Since the 3rd quarter of 2008, despite a decline in international food prices, in many LDCs domestic food prices remain high.
The LDC food import bill grew from 3.5% of GDP in 1990 to 4.4% in 2007. In 2000, the import bill for food totalled US$ 6.9 billion; in 2008, it reached US$ 23 billion. Paying for increased food imports can place a tremendous strain on the resources of the poorest LDCs, where foreign exchange earnings are limited and economic growth rates may be low.
LDCs rely heavily on agriculture for overall growth, with the sector employing more than 68% of the labour force and generating 28% of GDP growth.
The proportion of total official development assistance (ODA) to agriculture in LDCs declined from a high of about 18% in 1979 to less than 4% in 2006.
Public spending on agricultural research and development corresponded to just 4.2% of the agricultural GDP of LDCs in 2004, less than half the level of other developing countries (10.5%).
Total factor productivity (a broad measure of productivity) in agriculture in LDCs rose by 0.19 % per annum between 1960 and 2006, well below the pace of other developing countries, where it rose at 1.27 % per annum.
Over the last 40 years, the contribution of manufacturing to generating economic activity barely increased in African LDCs. It contributed 10.6 % of GDP in 2007, just marginally more than the 9.8 % of 1970-1979 (data in real terms). At the same time, the share of mining was 13 % in 2007, double the 6.6 % share of the 1970s.
In Asian LDCs, manufacturing has been growing. It contributed 15.7 % of GDP in 2007, up from 10.9 % in the 1970s. Mining has also expanded, but still contributed just to 3.5 % of GDP in 2007.
The export structure of LDCs is highly concentrated on a few products. 33 of these countries had an export concentration index higher than 0.4 in 2000-2006. At the same time the average index was 0.1 in other developing countries and 0.09 in developed countries.
Light manufacturing and low technology products accounted for over 90 % of all LDC manufactured exports in the 2005-2006 period (including food, drinks, garments and textiles). Medium- and high-tech manufactured exports are less than 2 % of their total manufactured exports.
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Why Two Places?
Christian Heaven Would Be Hell!
Joe E. C.
From: Joe E C
To: "Positive Atheism" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 10:34 PM
Subject: Great site, a few comments
Hey, I have been reading stuff on your website for a few months now and felt I had to write you some words of encouragement. You are doing a great job of presenting the atheist viewpoint and promoting the use of logic and reason in all things.
I do have a few trivial comments about the site. On some of the letters and articles with the bright orange and yellow backgrounds are really difficult to read. I prefer something near black on white or the green/yellow on black color schemes. Also, in the letter "Stephen Jay Gould: 'How To Go To Heaven'?" The writer quotes himself from something she wrote to Gould. The last paragraph from this quote doesn't actually seem to be part of the quote, but rather is his comment upon the quote. I know I am picking nits, but this confused me when I read it.
On to more important matters. I realized I was an atheist when I was about 17. Before then I had no idea that reasonable people actually went through life believing that sort of thing. I discovered that such people existed reading the autobiography of Isaac Asimov. I knew, after giving it a little thought, that I never really believed all that stuff I had been taught while I was growing up. That I, in short, had been an atheist before I ever knew what the word meant. This is when I first began thinking about the claims of my religion seriously and saw it for the clap trap that it is.
Recently I attended the funeral of a loved one in a little four-square church in Beaverton, Oregon. I hadn't been to church for quite awhile at that point. I was disgusted by the way the speakers used the death of a loved one as an opportunity to promote their religion. They were well aware that there were people present that were there only to mourn the dead and not to practice religion. I would not be surprised if they spent more time thanking god for something, than discussing the life of the deceased. What there is to thank god for at a funeral is beyond me. I would like to say that I will never attend another funeral, but I find being with loved ones at these times and talking about the deceased with them is a rewarding experience. Next time, I imagine, I will nap through the propaganda.
I have the unfortunate tendency to discover things after my access to them becomes limited. For example, I discovered the great works of both Carl Sagan and the above mentioned Isaac Asimov only just after their deaths. No possibility of a fan letter. I also have discovered your website and learned the fact that Oregon seems to be an atheist stronghold in this country, just six months after I moved from the city of Portland to a small town in the vicinity of Seattle. I plan, however, on ordering a lifetime subscription to your magazine, since you call it the focus of this site and your efforts. I will contact you about this when I get the funds.
Sincerely, Joe
One more quick thing: I have sometimes wondered why the Christian God wasted his time creating two separate places, heaven and hell. I think it would have been sufficient to create a single place. For the Christian being there among all your god-fearing brethren and rejoicing in the glory of god for eternity would, no doubt, be heaven. For me to be among that for eternity -- not to mention the inevitable I-told-you-so -- would without a doubt be hell.
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To: "Joe E C"
Subject: Re: Great site, a few comments
Date: Thursday, April 12, 2001 12:55 AM
Editing, Grammar, and Such
I post most of the letters according to the formatting in which they came, and seldom second-guess the writer. Sometimes if a letter is patently unreadable, I'll do such things as format the one huge block of text into paragraphs; convert the rows of dots to real punctuation, etc. Usually I run a quick spell-check on it, but not always. In this case, though, I may make an exception and take the editorial liberty of making the changes. I try not to make any but the most rudimentary changes, such as obvious typos, because I risk being accused of changing what somebody said. Sometimes, when the writer is a pompous ass, showing off his intellect and education and accusing me of being stupid, I'll leave the letter strictly as is -- the misspellings, the lowercase "i" as a proper noun, the rows of dots, the single long paragraph and all -- just because to leave it alone is, on my part, an editorial statement.
Color Schemes: Damned if You Do or Don't
As for the formatting and color schemes, I do the best I can to please everybody with the website: some say that black on white is too bland, so I spice it up with a pale blue background. Someone says that pale blue is hard to read, so I come up with the light brown background. This got boring for me, considering that I have spruced up several letters (such as the short thank you from the brilliant Kysa Braswell, which I set to the scheme she had on her website at the time, and a few others that came on fancy stationary, so I reproduced the stationary on the web).
So, I developed several color schemes.
At first, most of them were ripped off from other websites -- the yellow background one is from the Disney site, for example, and our first FAQ background is quite common, being, I think, part of a commercial set. But as time went by I started to get bored and began to create new tile backgrounds and to experiment with colors. any more, even if I grab a tile from elsewhere, I'll improve on it or change it around. Mostly I'll improve on it if I grab it at all, because I am so often appalled at what passes for acceptable work in the Web design business.
For example, this background (tilefiraindkgrn.gif) has absolutely nothing to do with the tile I grabbed -- except, perhaps, the size. I couldn't do anything to fix the original, so I took the color table and made random dots using each of the colors they'd used. This still was no good, so I darkened it several times. This one clicked, and here we are.
Remember, though, even if I stick with black on white, I'll get complaints.
Most of the preset schemes in DreamWeaver are, in my opinion, patently unreadable. I discontinued the yellow and purple schemes, and several of the ones I found hard on the eyes have been meticulously replaced (such as the purple background with blue lettering that I originally developed for a letter from a gay man). I still have a few that the proofreading team thinks is okay, and I have left them up -- albeit very sparingly. What I'd like to do is create a few dozen style sheets, with color schemes to color the quoted material, links, backgrounds and text. What prevents me is the fact that many of our readers are in the Third World, using systems that we in the West "recycled" ten years ago.
If there are any in particular that you think must be replaced, let me know the URL and I'll consider discontinuing that scheme. Right now, though, I have over 400 letters files that need to be converted and posted. Also, I need to finish the job of updating the formatting on about half the letters, setting the fonts to web-friendly typefaces and removing the coding that I once used to distinguish the writer from my responses. Today is one of those days when I'll be doing this, because the computer is acting up again and I have to reinstall all the software. Again.
Cliff Walker
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Around 1:30 Friday morning, Snelling, of Broad Street in Newark, was stopped in downtown Hoboken where officers prepared to issue him a traffic violation, reports said. When cops ran the license plate, the car had been reported stolen, reports said. When an officer approached him, Snelling got out of the car and started running up the street, reports said.
The officers quickly caught up to him at 34 Newark Ave. where he was arrested for receiving stolen property, resisting and hindering arrest, reports said. Snelling also had an outstanding warrant for failing to appear in court.
Snelling was processed and issued three summonses for failure to stop at a stop sign, careless driving and driving without a license.


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#6 UCLA Edges UMass Women's Soccer, 2-1
Aug. 19, 2012
AMHERST, Mass. - The UMass women's soccer team played level with #6 UCLA in the opening half, but a redirection off a free kick in the 52nd minute lifted the Bruins past the Minutewomen, 2-1 in front of a packed house at Rudd Field on Sunday afternoon. With the setback, UMass opens up 2012 at 0-1-1, while UCLA moves to 1-0-0.
Midway through the first half, the Bruins capitalized on a rebound to take a 1-0 advantage. After Minutewomen netminder Stephanie Gordon came up with a pair of stops in the 22nd minute, she turned aside an Ally Courtnall strike, but the loose ball found its way to the feet of Kodi Lavrusky. Lavrusky lofted the rebound over Gordon to put UCLA on the board in the 25th minute.
UMass saw its first scoring change materialize in the 31st minute, but the squad was whistled for offsides. Then with the half winding down, junior Brittany Moore took a shot from the top of the 18-yard box that was stopped by Bruins' goalkeeper Alana Munger. However, sophomore Moa Mattsson was there to knock in the rebound and level the score at 1-1 at 43:03 with her second goal of her career.
Early in the second half, though, UCLA managed to retake the lead off a set piece. Abby Dahlkemper redirected a hard-hit ball that came from Chelsea Stewart to the right of the UMass net at 51:04 for the would-be game-winner.
In the final 39 minutes, shots were nearly even between the two squads, with the Minutewomen generating the majority of the scoring chances. UMass' best opportunity to net an equalizer came in the 66th minute. Freshman Jen Coppola was hauled down on her shot attempt just outside the box at 65:49. On the ensuing free kick, junior Grace Coombs was denied first by the Bruins' defense and then by Munger.
The Bruins finished with a 29-8 shot advantage and led in corner kicks, 7-3. Fouls were 9-8 against UCLA. Gordon finished with 11 saves for the Minutewomen to tie her career high, while Munger totaled four stops.
UMass will be back in action this Wednesday, Aug. 22, with a match at Bryant at 3:30 p.m.
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Garcia R. Lane
Position: DB
Height: 5-9 Weight: 180 lbs.
Born: December 31, 1961 in Youngstown, OH
High School: South
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AN ACCOUNT OF THE BEHAVIOUR OF JOHN MATTHEWS, the Printer ; AS ALSO Of John Constable and James Moore, the other two Persons Executed with him at Tyburn, on Friday the 6th of Nov last. WITH AN Abridgement of the Sermon Preach'd at the Chapel of Newgate, in the Afternoon of the Sunday preceding the Time of their Death
By THOMAS BROWNE, A.M . and Minister of Woodstreet Compter: Being the Person appointed (by an Order from the Right Honourable the Lord-Mayor and Court of Aldermen) to attend the Condemn'd Prisoners at the Place of Execution.
LONDON, Printed for, and Sold by W. Boreham, at the Angle in Paternoster Row. 1719. Decemb.Price Three-half-pence.
AN ACCOUNT OF THE Behaviour, &c.
AMONG many Reasons which might be offered for not Publishing this Account sooner, this may suffice, That, as there was at that time no Ordinary, so (I presum'd) no Paper of this Kind would be expected from the Minister who Officiated. But the many Importunities of my Friends, and the Expectation, I perceived, in most People whom I have since conversed with, of having a True and Genuine Relation of the last Dying Words and Actions of these Criminals, have, in a manner, forc'd from me (though at this distance of Time) this present Account.
ON Sunday, November the First, in the Afternoon, I Preached to the Prisoners on these Words, taken out of the Third Chapter of the Second Epistle General of St. Peter, and the Ninth Verse;
The Lord is not slack concerning his Promise (as some Men count Slackness) but is Long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to Repentance.
After a short Preface upon the Words, and having shewa their proper Import and Design, I proceeded to enlarge upon them in such a manner as I conceiv'd most pertinent for the Occasion.
First, I observ'd to them the reason which the Apostle here assigns, of the Long-Suffering of God towards Sinners, viz, That he is not willing that any should Perish, but that all should come to Repentane.
Secondly, I shew'd that this Goodness of God ought to win them to Repentance, by laying before them the irresistable Power God is arm'd with, and his absolute Dominion over the whole Creation: and how, that (notwithstanding Men's great and repeated Provocations against him) he still exercises his Patience towards them; cuts them not off in the Acts of those many damning Sins they have committed, but, for a long time, forbears his Judgments that their Amendment might prevent the Execution of his Justice.
For the truth of this Observation, I appeal'd to themselves.
You are living and signal Instances of God's great Forbearance and Long- Suffering; and now that at length, Vengeance has laid hold of you, and your Sin found you out; God even still waits for your Repentance, and upon a deep Sorrow and Humiliation for your Transgressions, is ready to reach out the Arm of his Mercy to save you.
I earnestly then press'd them not to neglect this their Day, for now was the accepted time, now, now, (in the most emphatical Sense) was their Day of Salvation, for their Night hasted swistly on, wherein it was impossible for them to work: and therefore, that it was of the utmost Importance for them instantly to think on this, to fly to the Merits of a crucisy'd Saviour; and with a holy Vehemence, nd Importunity, bg the good Spirit of God, (the Purchase of his most precious Blood) to work in them a hearty Contrition for their Sins, that their Souls might be saved in the Day of the Lord Jesus.
I proceeded, in the Third Place to shew the infinite Danger and Hazard Men run, in standing out against the many Overtures of Grace and Mercy ; that abus'd Goodness wou'd at length turn into Fury; and that every despis'd Call of the holy Spirit, and the rejected Admonitions of God's Ministers would, in the great solemn Hour of Accounts, aggravate their Guilt, and enhance their Punishment.
On Fryday, the Day of Execution, pursuant to an Order from the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, and Court of Aldermen, I went about Nine in the Morning to Newgate, where I found the Reverend Mr. Skerret in Mr. Matthews's Chamber, and desired him, as he had constantly attended Mr. Matthews from the time of his Condemnation, so he wou'd be pleas'd to continue his Attendance to his Execution. He answer'd me, That he was very ready to do Mr. Matthews all the Service that lay in his Power, and came then to visit him, with a Resolution to be with him in his last Moments. I then left Mr. Skerret with him (who was so well
satisfied with his Repentance, that he made no scruple to admit him to the Sacrament) and went my self to the other two Persons under Sentence of Death. Upon my entrance into the Chappel with them, Constable desired me to spend as much time as I possibly could, in Prayer, and other Religious Duties, that his Friends might have the more time to procure him that Pardon, or at least Reprieve, which from their Number and Interest they had given him great reason to expect. Thus finding him to lay too great a Stress on the Endeavours of his Friends, I desired him to recollect, how little reason he had to expect Mercy, who had so much, and so lately abus'd that Mercy he had receiv'd, when under Condemnation before. And therefore I told him, It would be much greater Wisdom to suppose the worst, and make the best Provision he could for Eternity. This, I believe, had a very good Effect upon him ; for he appear'd very devout and attentive during the Prayers, but full of Sorrow and Contrition upon receiving the Sacrament, and afterwards express'd himself to this purpose, That, he hoped God had hear his Prayers, and that his Sins were now pardon'd and indeed, continu'd in this good Disposition to the Moment he was turn'd off.
When I came to discourse with Moor, I first ask'd, if he was able to give me any Account of the Sermon I had so lately preach'd; Constable answer'd for him, that he could repeat it almost word for word : Accordingly he began, and the Account he gave me of it was surprizirg, and I believe, had time permitted, could have repeated it. He was of a grave and thoughtful Deportment, never spoke, unless ask'd a Question, and was continually at his Devotion. He was destitute of Friends, and expected nothing but Death. He (as well as Constable) enreared me to administer to him the Holy Sacrament,which they receiv'd with great Devotion.
It was by this time past 12 a Clock, and the Prisoners were demanded away: Constable desir'd he might first see Mr. Matthews, but was refused him, and they were carried to the Place of Execution (Mr. Matthews on a Sledge, Constable in a mourning Coach, and Moor in a Cart) when they came thither, Constable shook Hands with Moor, and kist Matthews, hom (after his Friend had gratify'd his Request, so take care of his Body) I ask'd, Whether he had any thing more to say: And finding be he had not, I proceeded to recommend them so that Almighty Being before whole awful Tribunal, in a few Minutes, they were to appear, in order to give a strict and solemn Account of all the Actions of their past Lives. During the whole time of the Service, they were earnest with God for the pardon of their Sins; nor did they seem to have any Terror or Distraction in their Minds at the Apprehensions of their fatal End.
After having continued above an Hour with them in the Cart, I took my Leave of them.
It cannot be expected, I should be particular in my Account relating to Mr. Matthews, having had no private Conference with him , but I could not but observe and admire his Deportment at the Place of Execution, which (in a Youth indeed) was remarkably Grave and Serious. He renew'd his former Request to his Friend concerning the Interment of his Body, but made no Speech, notwithstanding some have confidently affirmed he did. Soon after this the Sentence was executed upon them.
I have nothing further to add, but, that Mr. Skerret has assur'd me, that he has deliver'd to Mr. Secretary Craggs a Paper sign'd by Mr. Matthew's own Hand, which (among other Articles) contained these 3.
1. An hearty Acknowledgment of his dying in firm and true Allegiance to his present ajesty King GEORGE 2. His being a Member of the Church of England. And 3. His departing in fracere Love and Charity with all Men. This is a full Account of all I know relating to these dying Persons, T. Browne, appointed to Officiate aS Ordinary .


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I saw the article in the Herald this morning about Stephen Ross angling to get a casino (assuming the state approves them) on a site across from Joe Robbie Stadium, and I had a couple of immediate thoughts:
(1) Mr. Ross continues to call attention away from what should be important: winning football games. He said in a statement he wanted to make the stadium a "destination"....a casino, frankly, is just embarassing.
(2) The NFL makes it clear that the team can have no ties to gambling. But, in the article, its pointed out that Ross could create shell companies to distance the team
(3) they say he has all this land? The bulk of it is the stadium and its parking lot. 20 acres are set aside for the water park (which I am starting to think is not really going to happen). And a lot of the land is Indian burial ground, and it took a big effort just to get the stadium there in the first place
(4) there are those who think he's just out to "distract" - I don't know what that means, but since he still is angling for stadium improvements, I have no doubt that's part of it.
(5) And isn't the team a form of gambling anyway? The house always wins, financially, and the dolphins always lose.
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I can't wait to buy this guy out! All I need is about Thirteen billion, two hundred and fifty million, seventy thousand, four hundred and ninty nine more dollars and he's outta here!!!!!
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All of this jibber jabber about ESPN's OTL show breaking down the salaries of UFC fighters and how it compares to the NFL, got me to thinking.
1968 was an important year in NFL history because it was the year the CBA (collective bargaining act) was established, or at least recognized by the NFL. It was the year of the lock out and the year the minimum salary was established for rookies and veterans. The minimum salary was agreed to at $9,000 for rookies and $10,000 for veterans.
Then in 1970 the merger between the AFL and NFL was official. Another lockout and strike later a renegotiation was done and the minimums were increased to $12,500/yr for rookies and $13,000 for veterans. That $12,500 in today's terms is roughly $80,000.00.
In 1968, the NFL saw revenues of $92,000,000. What does that equate to in today's value? $1,470,000,000.00
They were seeing revenues of over $29,000,000 in just tv/radio. Again that $29,000,000 equates to $183,000,000. Never mind tickets and licensing revenue.
But also worth noting, 1968 was something like 48 years after the NFL was established. 48 years for the sport to see growth. Make the necessary investments.
My point. As much as I want to believe MMA is mainstream, it's not. It's on it's way but its not there. Deals like the Fox deal are a HUGE step towards that. But we still need to keep things in perspective. The sport is still being established. There's a huge investment that needs to be made to educate the masses of people that don't fully grasp what the sport is about. While people will argue, I view the sport as a start up at this point. Yes, the UFC has done well and is doing well for themselves but they are still making a major investment in growing the sport. Don't forget UFC 1 was just 18 years ago. You can't only look at total revenue vs salary paid out without also looking at the overall operational/marketing costs associated to that revenue. MMA is still not seeing the same type of licensing or sponsorship revenue as the NFL so how can that be paid out to it's athletes?
Comparing MMA/UFC to NFL in any fashion other than maybe the fan demographic is a bit silly at this point.


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Sept. 26, 2009
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Idaho 34, Northern Illinois 31
September 26, 2009
Huskie Stadium, DeKalb, Ill.
Postgame Quotes
NIU Head Coach Jerry Kill
On whether the game was a disappointment after beating Purdue last week
"We put that game behind us on Sunday, and we went out and practiced hard. We had good practices and things of that nature. I think you had two good football teams going at it and they out-executed us. The bottom line is we played a good football team. I knew that as soon as we put the film on. Anybody can beat anybody on any given week. We are going to have this for the next eight weeks."
On Idaho's success on the rush
"They blocked better. We sit here and analyze things, but football comes down to blocking and tackling. We didn't tackle very well. It wasn't anything spectacular that they did. They just executed better. It wasn't a special game plan or anything, they just blocked better and that's why they won the game."
On Idaho's third down success
"You look at success and it really comes down to the third down. Third down conversions are so important. We kicked the ball deep and they started on the 20-yard line and we're in good shape. You make the guy make a tough pass and they just executed. We just couldn't find a way to make the play."
On finding an offensive rhythm
"Offensively in a game like this, when you get down you have to change, and I think we did a good job fighting back offensively. But we had to get out of the game plan a little bit in the third and fourth quarter. You get out of a rhythm and it's hard to get back in there."
On the size of Idaho's line
"Physically they took it to us. Physically, they are big up front, very strong up front, and physically, they've got anchors."
Alex Kube, LB
On Idaho's toughness
On how the NIU defense tackled today
"We didn't tackle well in the first half. Coach knew we weren't ready to play by our tackling. Coach always says if you tackle and block, you're ready to play and we weren't ready in the first quarter. We felt really good coming into the game as a defense but some days you have it, some days you don't. We can't let that happen again."
On Idaho running back De'Maundray Woolridge
"He's a big boy but we do things in practice on Tuesdays and Wednesdays to get the linebackers and lineman ready to tackle. It doesn't matter who the running back is, we need to tackle better."
On Idaho from converting big third downs late in the game
"That's part of football. You just have to keep a smile on your face and accept the challenge. You've got to keep playing every down. Sometimes a player will make a play and you've got to get ready for the next play."
Jordan Delegal, LB
On Idaho QB Nathan Enderle's play
"Football is an emotional game and you have to deal with him making big plays on third down. Offensively, we did a great job but we could of have done better defensively."
On his blocked punt in the fourth quarter
"We practice some different calls every day in practice and the coaches put us in great positions to make plays in those situations. I just went through the scenario before the snap, executed my job, got on my horse and made the play.
Chandler Harnish, QB
On the offensive rhythm against Idaho
"I thought we were able to move the ball and score some points today. The key to the game was the fact that we had to kick field goals. We got inside the ten yard-line a few times but couldn't punch it in. We need to get better at finishing drives. If we do that, we will give ourselves a better chance to win."
On how NIU fought back to make it a close game
"We've had so many close games like this over the last couple of years. We get down early but we always come back and we work on that resiliency in practice. We came back after facing some adversity and I thought we did a great job today but we couldn't finish."
On how physical Idaho was on defense
"They are a very physical team and I wasn't surprised at all. They are a very good football team and much improved from last year. I don't think we were overlooking them at all. You have to give credit where credit is due. Their defense made plays today."
On how NIU matched up with Idaho
"They are a good football team but so are we. They came out and out-executed us. You have to give them credit, they played better than us today."
Idaho Head Coach Robb Akkey
On execution against NIU
"Their quarterback had some good runs against us, especially in the first half. I know we executed better on third down conversions, and our offense converted third downs. One thing I challenged our guys to do was to make a difference by taking control of the football. We needed to create plays on offense and I feel like we got that accomplished today. On defense we had to stop their running game, and we went out there and did that today. Our defense also stopped them on third downs. NIU is a good team, they're well coached, they play hard and I'm sure they are going to win a lot more games."
On time possession and the poise of the quarterback
"I think our quarterback is pretty good. He has two years of previous experience and he plays like a veteran. We ran the ball well, and we got some great plays in the throwing game and Nate (Enderle) was a big part of that. In the beginning of the second half, he stood his tail in the pocket and delivered the ball to some great guys. He showed poise and character today."
On making adjustments after watching the video of the Purdue game
"They ran the ball right through Purdue last week. They made a lot of big plays. We had our special teams making a big difference today, but I still think that is an area we need to show some growth in. We had a big return that Shiloh (Keo) got for us, and we need to look to get some more of those plays."
Nathan Enderle, QB
On thinking NIU might overlook Idaho after its win against Purdue
"NIU is a team that plays really hard, and when you play a team like that you can't expect them to come out and play lax mentally. They came out and played just as solid as they always do. "
On Idaho's victory today
"I think it is a big win for us. They played solid football. I think it shows our growth as a team to do what we did and come out and win today."
On holding the game at 34-31 in the last drive of the game
"I thought we were playing well on offense. I told the team to just keep doing what they're doing. We were running the ball well, and we just needed to sustain the drive for the remainder of the time."
On Enderle's 26-yard completion in the second quarter
"It was huge. We were throwing those plays all game long, and after that the plays started to go a little bit better. Our receiver got on top of it and made a big play for us, and that's all you can ask him to do."
Aaron Lavarias, DE
On claiming a victory on the road
"I have so many words to describe this feeling. I can't tell you how many times we've been on the other side of games like this. We are feeling great, and we are feeling confident in the way our program is moving. I can't wait for next week."


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This year the festival kicks off on June 30th with jazz music from Preservation Hall Jazz Band, somewhat of an annual tradition, and includes a fireworks display. Herbie Hancock and Los Lobos are some of the other headliners this year. For a complete listing of the events scheduled and for ticket ordering information click here.
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