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It's really very simple. You got rhythm? You got music. You got exceptional rhythm? You got exceptional music. Who could ask for anything more? And therein my musically inclined friends lies the "blame" for Styx' enduring appeal – namely the legendary band's legendary rhythm section, bassist Ricky Phillips and drummer Todd Sucherman.
The platinum-selling rockers must be doing something right as they continue to add to their musical legacy with sold out shows across the universe. In fact, Phillips, Sucherman, keyboardist Lawrence Gowan and brilliant axemen Tommy Shaw and James "JY" Young, along with the occasional surprise appearance by original bassist Chuck Panozzo, have performed more live since '99 than all of the previous years of Styx' career combined.
That "something right" includes 1976' platinum-selling "Crystal Ball" and their unheard of multi-platinum selling four bagger of "The Grand Illusion" ('77), "Pieces of Eight" ('78), "Cornerstone" ('79) and "Paradise Theater" ('81), along with a motherlode of Top 40 singles.
Even after Two Super-Bowl appearances, Pollstar Box Office chart-topping tours with Def Leppard, Journey, Boston, REO Speedwagon, Bad Company (to name only a few), two more studio albums and no end in sight, Styx continues to conquer the planet, one venue at a time.
But the most important work that the band does just may be as one of the driving forces behind the Rock to the Rescue charity organization – a 501(c)3 non-profit organization co-founded in 2001 by Shaw and REO Speedwagon singer/keyboardist/guitarist Kevin Cronin. The concern has raised thousands of dollars for local charities at each tour stop.
Most recently, the organization's Dec. 4 Rock To The Rescue Extends A Hand To Those In Need benefit concert in Bloomington, Illinois raised over $400,000 for communities that were affected by the devastating tornadoes and winds in the Midwest State.
In between a couple of their shows on the most recent tour, Styx' talented bassist Phillips took the time to chat with me about the band's benevolent work and outstanding music. Phillips was quick to acknowledge the welcome perspective provided by the recent charity concert and earlier shows.
"Well yeah. I think it does. I mean beyond the things people see. Even these kind of big events that get a lot of publicity. You make your living and you kind forget about where that money comes from for us to be the center of attention at the party every night. Not everybody gets that to be their job. And we feel that we have the best job on the planet."
"There's people that we need to stand up for – not just thank, but be there for people. With Rock to the Rescue, we try to leave a little something in each city we go to. In fact, Hannah Shaw – Tommy Shaw's daughter – has been coming on the road with us and her gig is basically to get in touch with a nonprofit in each city we play in."
"What we do is we sign a guitar and she goes up and auctions it off at each show we do. And we leave a portion of that money with the local charity. Then we take a portion of it for our Rock to the Rescue charity."
"She's only been on the road with us for about a year, but the Rock to the Rescue goes back a number of years. Hannah does a great job. She dived right into this thing and made it her own. We don't even have to really even worry about it, it's just in such good hands."
"That giving back sort of thing is something that's kind of cool about our band. Everybody is great at what they do and gets up on stage and gives a 150 percent every night and can't wait to do it again. We've had this motto: 'Let's make tonight's show better than last night's show.' And it just continues on and on."
"Nobody wants to phone in their parts. Nobody wants to live on the past catalogue. Nobody wants to just have a name. We do it for ourselves. We do it for us and that translates into a great show every night. But to be able to do that, you've gotta have fans. And there's people out there who, over the years, have followed us and supported us in ways that allows us to do what we do."
Given the mutual respect that the talented bandmates have for each other, it comes as no surprise that their music is exceptionally tight. It helps of course to have a rhythm section that completes each other's musical sentences. Phillips readily spoke about his reverence for his battery mate.
"I first heard about Todd when he joined when Johnny (Panozzo) could no longer do shows with Styx. He came in as this new kid from Chicago that was playing with Styx. There was kind of a buzz about him and now he's got fans all around the world."
"He travels all around the world. He does clinics. When we come off the road, usually Todd gets back off the road and continues to do clinics all around the country. He just lives and breathes drumming."
"I remember the first day walking in and setting up in the control room. The producer was in there and I heard Todd tuning up his drums and playing a little bit. I knew immediately that he was one of those special drummers."
"And I said, 'Who is this guy? Who's in the session?' And he's, 'Oh, it's Todd Sucherman, drummer for Styx.' I said, 'Okay, finally I get to hear this guy.' We ended up cutting this guys' record in a day. We came back the following day and we re-cut one track the following morning. We just fit like hand in glove. It was one of those magical bass player-drummer marriages."
Like any marriage, it's a challenge to "keep it fresh". Although live shows present ample opportunities to improvise, freelancing seemingly presents special challenges for rhythm players. But the bassist had the perfect answer to the perplexing question.
"I guess the best way to describe it is, when you go to see a band and you're waiting for that one note in the guitar solo and the guy changed it. Or the singer doesn't sing that one payoff line that you've been waiting all night to hear in a certain song and decides to jam a whole other melody. I mean, I hate that. We hated that. There's just certain things it's just sacrilege."
"So we pay great homage to all the original Styx recordings. We've all learned every single note that was recorded. We know what it is? Before you can change something, you have to know what it is. And you have to know why it's good and why it's always been good and find other places to mess with it to make it yours."
"With that sort of respect and reverence for the original recordings, we've been able to be ourselves and not just do a karaoke thing. Because that would get old and you probably would get tired of your gig."
"I remember realizing, 'Wow, Todd is changing this up and that's so seamless the way he's doing it. Man, I've gotta figure this out.' And it takes a while. You have to really, really know a set and really know a body of music before you can do that and mess with it in any way without tearing the fabric – tearing away from it rather than adding to it."
"I'd probably been in the band for maybe six weeks, two months. There was a place – I think it was in Grand Illusion – where I just riffed off and did this thing. And I saw JY kind of look over at me for a minute."
"At the end of the night, I was back toweling off and putting on dry clothes. JY came over to me and he said, 'Ricky, you know that bass part, that thing you were playing?' And I thought, 'Oh boy, here it comes.' And I go, 'Yeah.' And he said, 'Keep doing that.' So I knew I got the green light at that point."
This music fan has a special place in his heart for the unsung bassist. Phillips is one of those rare musicians that can be just as comfortable as a "general" or as a "soldier."
"You know, I produce a lot so I know what it's like to be the bandleader and it's a pain in the ass (laughing). I know exactly what you're saying. Today I've been on the phone with a couple of known, famous guys out there because of a project I'm doing. I've got to tell them what I want them to do and it's not always a fun gig."
"And to be in a band that almost runs itself? Both JY and Tommy, because they've been there for so long, know the ins and outs and how the band runs the best. It doesn't happen without effort, that's for sure."
"We all kind of know when to speak up and when to shut up and that's something I've never experienced in a band. Usually, everybody just wants to speak up. So this band, it's in good hands. We have great management that understands the big picture of where we need to go."
"We're on the road over 200 days. We probably do 110 to 135 shows, something like that every year. I don't want to be the guy running that. I just want to get up on stage and enjoy what I'm able to enjoy without something in the back of my mind, of all the things I need to do the minute I get up the next morning, which is what I do as a producer. I mean, I wake up and the very first thoughts I have before I'm really awake are all the things I've got to do to make something happen."
"I don't produce nearly as much as I did. I don't have the time for it. I usually end up turning most projects down because I said, 'Yeah I could do it. But it would take so long, you'd be so frustrated with me that you'd end up hating me before the project was finished.' And that kind of keeps me from accepting a lot of work."
And uh, about those 200 days on the road. The grind can be tough enough for an emerging band. But for an "experienced" group, the trek can prove to be almost overwhelming. Not to worry, Phillips and his musical accomplices have it handled.
"Well I have a lot less bad habits than I used to back in the old days (laughing). I take better care of myself and I get more sleep, that's for sure. We have a pretty good handle on how to travel. I don't really feel like it beats me up too much."
"There are certain times when our manager will book us where we'll have to run off the stage in Boston, head for a red-eye flight to get to the West Coast, people throwing us dry clothing as we're heading for cabs, catching the red-eye and landing and taking us straight to the hotel where we sleep for four hours, get up, do a show and then have to get back to New York the next day. That doesn't happen that often but it beats you up for two weeks."
"But generally, even if they're long bus rides, we've got our favorite foods on the bus. These days, you've got Internet, you've got the tech cable, we have satellite TV, and it's a lot, lot easier going. I remember the day there was no television because as soon as you pulled out of town, there was no signal and there were no cell phones."
"No wonder we got into so much trouble and did so many things that were probably not the healthiest things. We were just going out of our minds going on these long bus rides every night,. But even the bunks are comfortable these days. Back in the day, I remember it was like sleeping on a gunny sack full of rocks or something."
The matchless musician has learned much more than how to handle the rigors of the road. Phillips has picked up something at every musical stop along the way, including a stint with Bad English and "Uncle" Ted Nugent.
"Always thinking I was never good enough was helpful," confessed Phillips. "As I talked to a lot of great musicians, we all have the worst opinion of ourselves. When you are never satisfied, it's actually helpful. If you have a good work ethic that goes along with that, you may become unstoppable."
"And it isn't because of this great confidence, it's actually the opposite. It's working so hard to do something you want so badly. There's the old adage that if you want to love your life, find something that you would do if you got paid for it or not and figure out a way to get paid for it."
"When you finally start making a living at this, you'll do anything to protect it. And that comes along with having a good work ethic, doing the work and really just never looking back. Some people say if you don't have fall back plan, you force yourself to fall forward. That's maybe what I've done and a lot of people have done."
"There's been some lean times in my career. There have been times where I thought, 'Oh boy, now what?' When music really changed from the '80s into the early '90s, if you had anything to do with what was going on in the '80s you were uncool."
"I had to figure out what I was going to do there. That's when I retreated. I would say, 'Back to the studio.' As much as I love studio work, my favorite thing has always been to be in a band. It's a unique talent to be able to be in a band, knowing what it takes to be able to live in that environment and have others who want you to live in that environment with them. Band experience has really, really helped."
"Tommy Shaw and I talk about this. We come off the stage and you know when you did a good show. Most of the time, rather than think of all the great things you did that night, you'll remember the two places you felt like, 'I think I messed that up' or 'I wish I would have done that instead.' You don't ever remember all the great riffs and licks you played. Everybody's chasing that perfect night. I don't know if it's even possible."
Impossible perhaps, but that doesn't mean Phillips and his Styx bandmates will abandon the quest for the Holy Grail. In fact, it may just provide them with more motivation.
"I've been hearing for the last several years all these incredible gifted pieces of music that all the guys in my band have been writing. They're writers. That's a big part of them as human beings on the planet. They are all so good. I love songwriting myself. It fills some sort of a void I need to express and get out."
"My wish is that Styx would go in and make that record I know that we already have and that it would be well received. These days you make a record, you sell 50 thousand units and that's great, that's fantastic. That's such a huge failure back in our day. You wouldn't have even been able to do the next record. You'd probably get dropped off the label."
"But that's where we are and that's why we don't run in and make a record – because we don't want it to have no meaning and be pointless and to almost by appearances be a failure. In our minds, to put all that work into something and have it sell a few thousand. I mean what is the point?"
"So we satisfy ourselves by still writing the songs. But there's a selfish part of me that wants everyone to see how incredible this band is by putting out a record and just somehow hoping in the back of my mind that I'm right – that this could be the biggest Styx record ever."
Something tells me that there millions of Styx fans out there that would love nothing more than to prove Mr. Phillips right…
You can catch the Midwest rockers at the following 2014 dates:
Jan. 18 Scottsdale, Ariz Talking Stick Resort
Jan. 19 Las Vegas, Nev. Pearl Concert Theater
Jan. 22 Anaheim, Calif. City National Grove
Jan. 23 Visalia, Calif. Visalia Fox Theatre
Jan. 25 Temecula, Calif. Pechanga Resort
Jan. 29 Boise, Idaho Velma V. Morrison Center
Jan. 30 Aberdeen, Wash. D & R Theatre
Feb. 1 Airway Heights, Wash. Northern Quest Casino
Feb. 6 San Jose, Calif. City National Civic
Feb. 7 Reno, Nev. Silver Legacy Resort Casino
Feb. 8 West Wendover, Nev. Peppermill Concert Hall
Feb. 10 Richfield, Utah Sevier Valley Center
Feb. 20-22 Milwaukee, Wisc. Northern Lights Theater
Feb. 27 Plant City, Fla. Florida Strawberry Festival
March 1 Miami, Fla. Magic City Casino
April 11 Biloxi, Miss. Hard Rock Hotel
July 18 Walker, Minn. Moondance Events


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Texas Tech - Lipscomb Postgame Quotes
Nov. 18, 2012
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Lady Raiders vs. Lipscomb
November 18, 2012
Texas Tech Head Coach Kristy Curry
On what changes were made for the second half to improve Texas Tech's shooting
"Just telling them to keep shooting, to get their feet set and have their hands ready and to keep shooting the basketball. We knew they were going to play that sagging-man defense and we were fortunate to make enough shots, and we will grow and learn and for our kids to continue to shoot on their own and everything we do in practice continue to go game speed and that will make it easier come game time. We need to continue to work on that, but I loved our execution and our ball reversal and the way we shared the ball. Any time you have 15 assists to seven turnovers and have a two-to-one ratio you have to be pleased. We did a great job of sharing the basketball today."
On Texas Tech's defensive pressure
"Well I think you can always control the defensive end and rebounding and that's just with great energy and great effort so it was pleasing to see that and I thought our hands were really active, we had great ball pressure, a lot of good things defensively, and I really thought they worked well together on the defensive end as
On the overall defensive effort today against Lipscomb
"I thought it was consistently our best effort so far this season and with great energy and great effort on the defensive end it obviously carries over to great things on the offensive end I know we missed some shots but I love the mentality and that we were aggressive and shared the ball like we did. It's kind of contagious the defensive end kind of leads the offensive end. I know we got out rebounded by three but they had 23 more opportunities to rebound than we did because of five missed free throws, 6 missed free throws, and then 17 shots, so I wasn't disappointed with that either because they had so many more opportunities because we took more shots, but just a lot of positives, I thought defensive rebounding kept us in it."
Texas Tech Senior Guard Christine Hyde
On what she wanted to accomplish with starting her first game of the year
"Just to play hard. It didn't matter if I started or not I was going to come out and play hard."
On the team's mentality earl on when they kept missing shots
"We just said keep shooting because we knock it down in practice, we shoot the lights out in practice. So we just keep shooting because it's going to go down, you get in the gym and practice everyday, I can't even tell you how much shooting we did in the off season so I was confident that in every single one of them to shoot the ball."
Texas Tech Senior Guard Monique Smalls
On Lipscomb cutting the lead down from 23 to seven
"We kind of, I wouldn't say get comfortable but we kind of made some defensive mistakes and that hurt us, but from the three's that's just confidence that my teammates, they always give me confidence and they always tell me to shoot it, especially the coaching staff so when I hit those three's then we had a good possession on defense and got a steal and those are the kinds of things that not matter what is if I do a good assist or if I do a good pass someone else scores our defense is going to be unstoppable."
Lipscomb Head Coach Greg Brown
Opening Statement
"It's a good experience for our guys to come here and see what it's like to compete at this level, and what it's like execution wise, it's at a different level against teams that are so well coached and so athletic and strong. It's a good test for us and it's a learning curve, but I'm excited to get back and get back to work after this."
On Texas Tech breaking down their defense in the first half
"We knew they were talented and could shoot it and they were strong and more athletic than us and we knew we had to stay in front of them and limit them to one shot and contest the shot. That's how we have to play a lot of people when your small and not athletic you have to find a way to trick them a little bit. Obviously Tech they are well coached and aggressive and that doesn't help us very much."
On Tech's full-court press causing them problems
"We struggled, when you have three walk-ons running around out there that will happen sometimes. But it's a great teaching opportunity for us, you know obviously we don't have to beat Tech in the Atlantic Sun but it's an opportunity to see what teams like this do and we know people are going to press us so it's a teachable moment for us."


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May 1, 2012
By Amy Hughes
What do you do when you earn half of your dream but watch the other half evaporate? What do you do when the thing you want most is a few yards to your right, and you turn left?
If you are UCLA women's golf alumna Maiya Tanaka, you have a long history of picking yourself up, dusting yourself off, and finding the positive in your situation.
In high school, Tanaka played with the boys team for San Diego's Mira Mesa High School. When the team advanced to the CIF playoffs her freshman year, she was informed that girls could not play in the boys' playoffs, despite the fact that she had been playing on the boys team all along.
The solution to this problem was to start a girls' golf team, enlisting her older sister, Misa, to help fill out the roster. With Maiya as a sophomore and Misa as a senior, the team advanced to the CIF playoffs and won league titles three straight years with Maiya as player-coach and captain.
UCLA had always been Tanaka's dream school, and she earned admittance without any connection to the athletic department. Tanaka contacted women's golf coach Carrie Forsyth, but the roster was full for the defending NCAA Champions in the fall of 2004.
Tanaka went to UCLA intending to try out for the team and work her way up. Instead, she ended up being away from golf almost entirely for two years. With no public practice facilities or public courses near Westwood and having no transportation, being separate from the Bruin golf team meant that Tanaka would be unable to play golf as a college student.
Until the fall of 2006, that is.
"We had two players who left school early to turn pro [in late 2006], and we were pretty short on players," said Forsyth. "I think we were down to five at that moment, which is barely enough to field a team. I was talking with Tiffany Joh, who was also from the San Diego area, and she reminded me that Maiya was on campus and suggested that maybe she could join our team."
Forsyth placed the call, and Tanaka jumped on the chance to play collegiate golf.
"What went through my head was that I could have held a grudge, but I put differences aside to help out the team," said Tanaka. "I wanted to represent my school and make sure they had the best team going into the tournaments. I was determined to be a part of that team and help them get to nationals and contribute scores. I quit my job and practiced very, very hard to earn my spot on the team."
"When she came back out to [play golf] again, she was really into it," said Forsyth. "We were really pleased with having her out there and adding that element of competition to our team. She had the desire to prove herself and redeem herself."
Tanaka placed 20th at the 2007 Pac-10 Championship, posted a first-round 72 (E) at the NCAA East Regional and tied for 70th overall, and then tied for 65th at the NCAA Championship as the Bruins finished third as a team.
"When she first came on to the team and ended up making the kind of impact that she did, yes, I was surprised," said Forsyth. "It's not very often that somebody is going to take a couple years off of this game and then be able to come back and actually compete. Not only did Maiya compete, we came in third at nationals with her in the lineup. That's just insane."
The following year, Tanaka posted rounds of 73-73-72-72--218 (+2) and tied for 10th place as the Bruins won the NCAA Central Regional Championship, and would finish tied for 20th at the NCAA Championships as the Bruins finished second.
"I'm really glad that we had the opportunity to have her on our team," said Forsyth. "It was a great experience for me as a coach and hopefully for her too as a player. I'm just happy that she's a Bruin."
Since her graduation in 2009, Tanaka has continued to pursue a career in golf. In 2010, she was selected for the Golf Channel's reality show, "Big Break," in which 11 women competed for an exemption to compete in an LPGA Tour event and a Ladies European Tour event.
More recently, Tanaka teamed back up with her sister, and the pair submitted a video for the CBS reality show The Amazing Race.
"I am a huge fan [of The Amazing Race]," said Tanaka. "I've probably seen every single season. I know every season's winner. It's something I've always wanted to do."
When Tanaka decided she wanted to apply for the show, she had some decisions to make.
"It was a process of figuring out who I would best be able to compete with, and who I had the best odds of winning with," said Tanaka. "My sister and I have been a team since I was born, basically. We are very close in age, so although we're very different, we know how to work together. I knew that she would be a great partner. I brought it up to her one day, and she kind of jumped on it. The next day we made a video and sent it out to CBS."
Maiya and Misa were chosen for the current season of the show, Amazing Race 20. As one of 11 teams to start the race in Santa Barbara, Calif., the Tanaka sisters were never able to hit their stride and enjoy smooth sailing through the race.
As the last team to find their opening clue in a field of 100 balloons, they were one of five teams on the second flight to Argentina. When the teams arrived at the first Road Block challenge, they knew that driving a stick shift - a common difficulty for contestants - wouldn't be a problem.
"My sister and I were actually pretty well-prepared," said Tanaka. "We both learned to drive on stick shift cars, so we were prepared for that. I had to teach my sister how to use a compass in the aisle of Wal-Mart when she wasn't quite getting why north kept moving around as she turned. We definitely built a bond in preparing."
While Misa took a turn at skydiving, Maiya was tasked with following a map to the drop zone to find and pick up her sister. After getting the car stuck in the sand, the sisters reunited and were last to arrive for the final challenge, making 120 empanadas.
"We were the last ones there," recalled Maiya. "We love cooking and we love being in the kitchen. It's something we grew up doing with our mom. We sprinted over and got that challenge done amazingly fast just because we were so confident in our abilities because we are sisters and we're used to being in the kitchen together."
The Tanakas made up plenty of time during the challenge, and were the 10th team (of 11) to exit the building, looking for host Phil Keoghan at the show's first pit stop. Keoghan was just a few yards to the team's right, but they turned left. By the time they circled back around and found the check-in mat, they were the last team to arrive and had been eliminated.
"I think that being an athlete, you have the mental toughness. Never give up. Always do your best. Always be prepared," said Maiya. "That helped us prepare for the race. A lot of things that happened on the race we couldn't really control, and we did get a little bit unlucky. A lot of people could have given up or would have let it get to them. We knew we had to figure out a way to get through it, stay strong and finish strong."
"That's totally something Maiya would do," said Forsyth of Tanaka's appearance on The Amazing Race. "She'd already done `The Big Break.' Our opinion was always that she could be a golf model. She's got that look, and for her to step in and get into this realm is totally not a surprise to me.
"I'm hopeful that with all this great exposure, maybe she can get a sponsor," Forsyth continued. "In golf, you can be very limited in terms of what you are able to do in this game if you don't have a sponsor."
Despite her disappointment in being eliminated from the Race so early, Tanaka's relentless attitude still shines through.
"I'd do it again in a heartbeat," said Tanaka. "We both said we need a redemption round. We made one of the biggest goofs in Amazing Race history by not looking to the right and not seeing Phil when he was just a few yards away. If we got another chance, we would be so grateful, and I think we would win."
Meanwhile, Tanaka's focus has shifted back to golf.
"I'm very excited to say that I'm preparing for the upcoming season of golf," she said. "I'm touring on the Futures Tour and Canadian Tour, and I'm going to play as many Monday qualifiers for LPGA events as I can get in to. Right now, it's up to sponsorship. It's very hard to fund everything myself. I'm getting myself out there because I know that I can achieve my dreams."
If past history is any indication, Maiya Tanaka's name will be seen on the LPGA tour before long.


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|The Rt. Revd. Dr Peter Mullen, Rector of St Michael's, Cornhill, and St Sepulchre-without-Newgate church in the City of London, contributes a short comment piece in the Mail Online today in reaction to the speech yesterday by Mustafa Abdel Jalil, chairman of the Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC).
In his first public speech Jalil told a crowd in Tripoli that the NTC:
"Seek[s] a state of law, prosperity and one where sharia is the main source for legislation, and this requires many things and conditions."
Responding to Jalil's remarks, Dr Mullen writes:
"The interim governing council in Libya has promised government according to "moderate Islamic values based on Sharia law."
"That in itself is a rather paradoxical phrase, equivalent, one might thing, to a promise of extreme moderation – for there is nothing moderate about Sharia.
"I am astonished (though I suppose I shouldn't be) at the blue sky optimism about the Arab Spring among politicians and pundits in the West.
"All over north Africa there are already signs that the revolutions are being exploited and taken over by the hard men of Islamic extremism.
"The shadow of the Muslim Brotherhood haunts the whole region. I think we are going to see – and very soon – a resurgence of militant Islam all over north Africa and the Middle East; with what trepidation this augurs for a major war on Israel.
"Since the fall of Mubarak – so applauded by the wishful thinkers in the western media – we have seen incursions into Israel by Palestinian terrorists who were formerly prevented by Egyptian border police."
Of course no mention at all of the Israeli imposed blockade of Gaza which has contributed to growing tensions between Israel and Egypt, and between Israel and Turkey, or of the recent announcements by Israel to continue building settlements on illegally occupied Palestinian territory.
It comes as little surprise that Mullen should write so dismissively of Muslims. We covered his offensive column in the Northern Echo last January here. And we wrote to the Bishop of London, the Rt. Revd. Richard Chartres, in October 2008 about a highly pejorative blog in which Mullen said:
"[Muslims] certainly lend themselves to ridicule: sticking their arses in the air five times a day. How about a few little choruses, 'Randy Muslims when they die/Find 70 virgins in the sky'?"
Mullen might be shocked to learn the results of Pew surveys done on Arab attitudes towards democracy. The Center's reports show that "Since the first Pew Global Attitudes Survey in 2002, we have consistently found broad support for democracy among predominantly Muslim publics."
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Robert M. McDowell: The FCCs Threat to Internet Freedom | WSJ.com
Posted on December 20, 2010 by Sharon K. Gilbert
(WSJ) — Tomorrow morning the Federal Communications Commission FCC will mark the winter solstice by taking an unprecedented step to expand governments reach into the Internet by attempting to regulate its inner workings. In doing so, the agency will circumvent Congress and disregard a recent court ruling.
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Washougal will extend a six-month moratorium on collective gardens for growing medical marijuana.
With a unanimous vote Monday, councilmembers decided to push back drafting a local zoning ordinance for the gardens to await answers surrounding last year's passage of Initiative 502, which legalized marijuana.
Marijuana remains classified as a Schedule 1 drug by the federal government. The Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Department of Justice have warned collective marijuana growers and cities that the state statute conflicts with federal laws. The Legislature approved collective gardens in 2011 as a means to provide medical marijuana cardholders a way to legally cultivate pot.
Fear of city employees or officials violating federal laws motivated city leaders to extend the moratorium Monday.
"The thing that makes everything else irrelevant for me is that under federal law, if a city employee were to issue a (collective garden) license the city employee is subject to a felony for facilitating a drug offense," Councilman Paul Greenlee said. "That's absolutely unacceptable"
Although many Clark County cities have also extended their moratoriums on the gardens, citing the same concerns, Vancouver voted to allow marijuana gardens in certain zones following a 6-1 vote late last year.


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College Hockey:Late Niagara Goal Propels Purple Eagles
Niagara Advances To CHA Championship Game
DETROIT — Niagara forward Matt Carruana had been knocking on Robert Morris' door all throughout this nail biter of the semifinal CHA match-up. With 1:08 remaining, Carruana opened the door with a clutch deflection for Niagara's third goal and sent the Purple Eagles on through to the championship game.
It was a game of inches but nothing of Carruana's late heroics smacked of "puck luck." Andrew Lackner played the puck to fellow defenseman Dan Sullivan along the blueline. With a Colonial defenseman fronting him, Sullivan shot low while Carruana, hovering around the slot, redirected the shot past a sprawling Robert Morris goalie Christain Boucher for the 3-2 lead, and the win.
The game could have turned either way, and featured more subplots than a Mario Puzo novel. These are two programs that know each other intimately, as three Colonials at one time skated for the Purple Eagles, and the assistant coach of Robert Morris, Nate Handrahan, is arguably the best defender to have played for Niagara.
Niagara jumped out to an early two-goal lead in the first period. Robert Morris, in an explosive thirty six second spurt during the second, tied the game at two The third period turned into a special teams grudge match as neither team could capitalize on the man advantage.
Robert Morris comfortably outshot Niagara by a 38-29 margin, and with 3:43 remaining nearly pulled ahead when Chris Margott was robbed by Niagara goalie Jeff Van Nyanattan with a clear chance in front of the Niagara net.
"I told our guys we had to be patient," Niagara coach Dave Burkholder said. "There were times when they grabbed the momentum and I thought we persevered for the most part. They are a very difficult team to play against."
"I was very proud of our team. This was a season you did not want to see end," Robert Morris coach Derek Schooley said. "We didn't start off the season so well but if you could see how hard these guys work, every game, they put so much emotion and effort into each game."
Niagara jumped into the game with fresh legs by way of a first-round bye. On the Purple Eagles first goal, Ted Cook chased down a soft dump in and skated to the right faceoff circle. The Colonial defender had solid position on Cook, but the Niagara winger was able to center the puck in front of Boucher and a hard charging Sean Bentivoglio one timed it for the Purple Eagles first goal.
Niagara's second goal came via a faceoff draw won by Vince Rocco to Pat Olivetto who cranked a slapshot past the screened Colonial's goaltender.
Robert Morris erupted in the second period on goals by Jake Sparks and Sean Berkstresser.
The second Colonial tally was set up beautifully by Doug Conley, who played an outstanding game at both ends of the ice for Robert Morris. Conley is one of the Colonials that once lined up for Niagara during his freshman season and he appeared to be locked in a tense battle with Niagara captain Jason Williamson throughout the game. Both Conley and Williamson were called upon by their respective coaches on the power play and the penalty kill and they did plenty of jawing at each other.
"We were roommates freshman year," Williamson said. "And we really didn't get along too well. He (Conley) told me he was gonna end my career, and I respect that. He always plays us hard. They have a bunch of guys who are looking to prove us wrong every time we meet up. "
Both teams squandered key power plays.
"On the one unit, they closed us down trying to get the puck high," Conley explained. "We got our shots. Their goaltender played well…Our penalty kill was working well and that kept us in there. We take pride in blocking shots. This team has a great work ethic. That's what we are all about."
But somehow, at some moment, it had to end.
"Toward the second I was getting a little frustrated," Carruana said. "I think I had a season high number of chances and nothing to show for it. I don't know how Sully (Sullivan) got that puck through, but he did and I was lucky. Boucher is a great goaltender."
Carruana's goal breathed new life into the Purple Eagles for at least one more game this year, while strangling a proud and gritty Colonials team.
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Michelin-Starred Chef Endorses McDonald's McBaguette
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Pierre Koffmann, the French-born chef who's received three Michelin stars for both La Tante Claire and Waterside Inn in London, loves the newest item on the McDonald's menu in France. The McBaguette, which is filled with cheese, ham, potato, lettuce, and mayo, is the company's attempt to appeal to local tastes; after the U.S., France is McDonald's most profitable market. Koffmann, who we really hope is getting paid generously for this endorsement, says he'd choose the "good bread" from McDonald's over local vendors. But shockingly, he does admit that it's "not the top bread in Paris." Michelin guide inspectors, please note. [Bloomberg]


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Wednesday's letters: Our world changed that day
Published: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at 3:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at 6:32 p.m.
The approach of the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy evokes many memories.
I sat in Mrs. Parks' fifth-grade classroom at Pine Street Elementary School when Principal Jervey Dupre announced over the intercom that the president had been shot in Dallas.
Our world changed that day, just as it did for my parents' generation on Dec. 7, 1941. Those alive today can remember where we were when the news came across.
That Sunday I remember my mother screaming for my father, saying "They shot that man!" — speaking about Jack Ruby shooting Lee Harvey Oswald. I think it was about this time that my mother shared with my sister and me that one of our relatives, Mary Surratt, had played a role in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. She had the distinction of being the first woman hanged by the federal government. My mother professed all her life that she was innocent.
Jackie Kennedy taught us how to grieve with grace and dignity over those next few days.
Vietnam was only a small country, and I doubt if anyone in the United States even knew where it was located in 1963. According to William Manchester's book, "One Brief Shining Moment," fewer than 60 U.S. participants had been killed in Vietnam during Kennedy's last two presidential years.
The assassination of President Kennedy opened the door to the dark abyss of the 1960s that ended with Kent State.
President Kennedy's ungiven speech at the Dallas Trade Mart contained these final remarks: "We, in this country, in this generation, are — by destiny rather than choice — the watchmen on the walls of world freedom. ... For as was written long ago: 'except the Lord keep the city, the watchmen waketh but in vain.' "
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The trial period is over.
Now that Peyton Manning has survived his first season as a Bronco the team's financial commitment to him is set in stone - unless the release Manning after the the season which we all know isn't going to happen.
Had things not worked out this season, Denver could have bid farewell to number 18 without financial penalty. According to Pro Football Talk, Manning's deal was only guaranteed for one year. But, now that he's headed toward a second year, the Broncos are on the hook for a full 20M in 2013 and another 20M in 2014. The only circumstance that might allow them off the hook for any of the 40M would be if Manning sustained another injury to his neck, in which case they would not be held responsible for paying Manning in 2014.
If Manning is a playoff choker, he's our playoff choker. And his salary is huge. The opportunity cost in terms of the salary cap could be enormous. Fortunately, there's no reason to believe that Denver made the wrong decision. Despite Saturday's painful loss, the Broncos will remain a force in the AFC mostly thanks to Peyton.


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When DC Comics created a brave new universe last year, writer Geoff Johns drew from his ethnic background for a new character.
17:50, UK, Tuesday 04 September 2012
A picture has emerged of DC Comic's new Arab-American Green Lantern character.
Writer for the series Geoff Johns confirmed the character, named Simon Baz, is the first Arab-American Green Lantern.
Baz and Johns share Lebanese ancestry and both hail from the Detroit area, which boasts one of the largest and oldest Arab communities in the United States.
"I thought a lot about it - I thought back to what was familiar to me," Johns said.
"This is such a personal story."
Johns is expected to appear at Detroit's Arab-American Museum in the next week to discuss the new superhero.
Baz, complete with his Arabic arm tattoo, is also set to feature prominently at a huge upcoming comic book event called Third Army.
Green Lanterns are an interstellar police force, all equipped with a green ring that gives the bearer incredible power.
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On my first day as a resident of Delray beach I strolled the Avenue that I have been down so many times before. As a freelancer,coffee and atmosphere are staples of my daily regime. In general I would find myself at the Starbucks that is right next to "The Office". But today, I found another great space with an incredibly friendly energy and that was "Spot Coffee"located at 44 East Atlantic Avenue (561) 455-4041. Hours: 7 a.m.-11 p.m. Monday-Thursday and Sunday and 7 a.m.-midnight Friday-Saturday.
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I was impressed by the atmosphere which was open and airy. I was acknowledged as soon as I walked in and felt welcome to just look around before I actually ordered anything. I saw a great little area in the back with couches and people using the free WiFi. Everyone looked comfortable. The staff are affectionately called "Spotters" and are highly knowledgeable about their coffee!
Apparently the beans are 100% Arabica and roasted in Buffalo New York at their own facility. They are then shipped right to their Delray location and brewed within one week. You can see the roasting dates on display.
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I'll give this a $$ because it is a very reasonably priced menu from coffee to gourmet wraps, pastries and sandwiches. One could certainly afford to sit and have a working breakfast or lunch there without breaking the bank. I had a regular coffee priced at $1.85 because I just had breakfast at Dunkin Donuts prior to stumbling upon "Spot Coffee".
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Europe Bnei Akiva Contest Features Song About Fogels
Finnish delegation will sing a song written in memory of the Fogel family, murdered in Itamar.
By Gil Ronen
First Publish: 4/3/2011, 6:24 PM / Last Update: 4/3/2011, 6:37 PM
About 200 Bnei Akiva youth and instructors from 15 cities in Europe will compete Sunday night in the annual 'Jewish Eurovision' contest, held this year in Rome. One of the songs - to be performed by the delegation from Helsinki, Finland - was written in memory of the five members of the Fogel family who were recently murdered by terrorists in Itamar.
After meeting the mayor of Rome at the Arch of Titus, the youths will mount the stage to take part in the contest. Besides Finland, contestants this year come from Turkey, Sweden, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland and France. They will all perform songs they have written themselves. This year, the common theme of the songs is "On a Mission from Israel," which refers to the Bnei Akiva members as emissaries of Israel throughout the world.
All songs must include some words in Hebrew. Songs with more Hebrew in them have a greater chance of receiving high scores from the judges.
The Jewish European youth will stay in Italy for Shabbat, experience leadership workshops and learn how to be "Emissaries for Israel" worldwide. On Saturday evening they will visit the Arch of Titus in central Rome and take part in a special ceremony in the Colosseum, in which Rome mayor Gianni Alemanno will be the guest of honor.
Two delegations - Helsinki and Milan - received permission to write songs that stray from the common theme, and both are about Israeli heroes. The Milan team will sing a song in memory of Major Ro'i Klein, who was killed in the Second Lebanon War. The Helsinki team's song, about the Fogel family, was inspired by the knowledge that Tamar Fogel was saved from the terrible fate of her parents, brothers and sister because she was attending a Bnei Akiva activity when terrorists invaded her family's home.
"We are proud to present the movement's members, who have been emissaries for Israel for over 80 years, all over the world," said Ze'ev Schwartz, Director of World Bnei Akiva.
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The Chinese Ring (1947)A mysterious Chinese woman arrives at Charlie Chan's home and is murdered there shortly afterward. The only clues are the ring with which she introduced herself, and the message "Capt K" she scrawled before dying.
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And you have the time to set up halls at Gurdwaras and then let them serve alcohol and meat. So tell us what seva have you done? The answer is nothing. A one year old that puts smiles on others faces as done more seva than you.
Stop serving alcohol and meat and the sangat will give you a pat on the back. Line up all your committee members and all of them will get a pat on the back.
Non-violent protest will resolve this problem.
First have the courage to have a meeting with the Satkaar Sevadaars and then start talking about who decision it is. Gurmat has given the Khalsa Panth the decision. You should be thankful to Dharma Raja let your thug buddies serve alcohol and meat for this long at Gurdwaras. If you don't do ardas, next time thank to the money you worship.
Do you see anyone backing off from sending the messages? I think you need to go lie down and get some rest for your diluded thoughts. Come back when 1+1= 2 not 11.
Are you planning to come to BC, Canada. If you are please do pm and we can sit down and have a discussion about Gurmat. I'll welcome you and your whole crew with open arms. The more of your crew comes down, the bigger the blessing for me.
So your mother and father named you Sikhpaji?
What a lot of excuses to the responses, i think you need to reconsider your approach again, and my mother and father didn't call me sikh paji, as a sikh you should reassess that you do not bring parents into this. My parents at least told me not to disrespect others.
ok, can't be bothered to read all the pointless replies from this laughable committee member.
these cunning congressi politicians will come up with a million and one excuses.
Dear Satkaar Sewadaar's, please set a date so we can protest.
It is clear dialogue with these guys is pointless.
I a not a committee member and only a member of the Gurdwara where bitter people have decidied to spread nonsense and unwilling to discuss the issue in question where the Satkaar Sewadars where invited. I will however ask the commitee to put up a formal response, with proper names !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11


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Public invited to Art Reception with featured artists Mark Dickson and Lisa Thompson Friday, Nov. 16
MADISON, FL – North Florida Community College instructors Mark Dickson and Lisa Thompson are the featured artists for this month's exhibit at NFCC's Hardee Center for the Arts. Their exhibit "Constructions & Sketches" is on display now through Nov. 30. The public is invited to a reception and "meet and greet" with the artists this Friday, Nov. 16 from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Hardee Center for the Arts (NFCC campus, Bldg. 11). All are invited to attend.
Mark Dickson is a professional sculptor and painter with a working studio, Mark Dickson Studios, in Tallahassee. He starts with concepts like form, negative space, and abstract suggestion. Then, guided by themes like music, flight, wind, water, machinery, and even personal guardians, he shapes freestanding or pedestal-mounted sculptures. He currently instructs NFCC's new Metal Sculpture class and is scheduled to teach a new offering of the class in January. Dickson recently helped NFCC students fabricate and install a public sculpture on the NFCC campus, near Van H. Priest Auditorium, entitled "Forest Totems." In 2010 he was commissioned to create a sculpture entitled "Transit" for the City of Tallahassee's StarMetro public transportation headquarters. Another of his works entitled "Windjammer" stands at the entrance to Railroad Square Art Park in Tallahassee and in July 2012 he completed a 14 feet tall outdoor sculpture for Valdosta State University entitled "Guardian." Dickson was the Council on Culture & Arts featured artist in the April 29, 2012 edition of the Tallahassee Democrat.
Lisa Thompson teaches Painting Composition, Basic Drawing, Ceramics, Design and Humanities Art at NFCC. She is also the gallery director and curator for the Hardee Center for the Arts and Coordinator of the Public Art Program at NFCC. Her art reflects an interest in rendering objects illusionistically. With this new series, Thompson uses water color pencils and ink to investigate often overlooked and "insignificant" insects appreciating their textures, colors and complexity.
"This series came to me unexpectedly as a result of a conversation with a fellow artist," said Thompson. "I was professing my intense dislike for bugs and he argued that these creatures are actually quite beautiful in their perfectly constructed forms and therefore exist, really, as little jewels. Immediately after that, it was as if bugs were finding me- or perhaps I was seeing them in a different light. My husband and daughter found a Luna Moth in the backyard and, after photographing it, I felt compelled to draw. And then it began. Using water color pencils and ink, I set out to capture these often overlooked and 'insignificant' creatures and find myself appreciating their textures, colors and complexity…from a distance.
"Constructions & Sketches" is open to the public during regular gallery hours: Monday & Wednesday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. and Tuesday & Thursday, 8-9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Stop by and meet the artists this Friday, Nov. 16 anytime between 6-7:30 p.m. For more information, contact Lisa Thompson at (850) 973-1642 or email@example.com.
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Election Fraud: Detecting and Deterring Electoral Manipulation
The potential for fraud overshadows elections around the world, even in long-established democracies. Significant allegations of fraud marred recent elections in Italy, Mexico, and several former Soviet republics. In the United States, charges of manipulation in the 2000 presidential contest heightened concern about the vulnerability of all aspects of the election process, ranging from voter registration to the security of high-tech voting machines.
Fair and competitive elections are the bedrock of democratic government. They are essential mechanisms for providing public accountability, transparency, and representation. They give ordinary citizens the opportunity to choose those who govern and to express their views on the critical issues facing their community or nation. Fraud derails this process by preventing voters' voices from being heard. Yet despite its importance, too little is known about election fraud and manipulation.
Election Fraud presents research on defining, measuring, and detecting election fraud and electoral manipulation by leading scholars of election law, election administration, and U.S. and comparative politics. The first part of the book examines the U.S. understanding of election fraud in comparative perspective. The second part empirically investigates the extent and nature of election fraud in the United States. The concluding section analyzes techniques for detecting and potentially deterring fraud. These strategies include both statistical analysis and on-the-ground election monitoring.


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On Jan. 12, 2014, the representative of the look and soundalikes of The Beatles, Classical Mystery Tour (CMT), announced that their 2014 concert tour dates are available. The rep not only shared the band's concert schedule of "Paul, John, George and Ringo," but she also included some behind the scenes scoop and photos as well!
The Classical Mystery Tour's full show presents some 30 Beatles tunes sung, played and performed exactly as they were written.
"We really make an effort to sound exactly like the originals. The orchestra score is exact, right down to every note and instrument that was on the original recording.
On 'Got to Get You Into My Life,' we have two tenor saxes and three trumpets. That's what it was written for, and that's what we use. Also, on 'A Day in the Life,' that final big orchestra crescendo sounds amazing when it's played live." - Jim Owen (John Lennon), Founder of CMT
For those who do not know, The Beatles were an English rock band that formed in Liverpool in 1960.
"Band members John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr became widely regarded as the greatest and most influential act of the rock era.
According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) The Beatles have had more number one albums on the British charts and sold more singles in the UK than any other act. As of 2014, they hold the record for the most (20) number one hits on the Hot 100 chart." - Wikipedia
The Classical Mystery Tour is more than just a rock concert. One can hear "Penny Lane" with a live trumpet section, experience the beauty of "Yesterday" with an acoustic guitar and string quartet, and enjoy the rock/classical blend on the hard edged "I Am the Walrus."
Classical Mystery Tour Features:
- Jim Owen (John Lennon) on rhythm guitar, piano, and vocals
- Tony Kishman (Paul McCartney) on bass guitar, piano, and vocals
- John Brosnan (George Harrison) on lead guitar and vocals
- Chris Camilleri (Ringo Starr) on drums and vocals
"From early Beatles music on through the solo years, Classical Mystery Tour is the best of The Beatles like you've never heard them, and they are totally live!" - CMT
Martin Herman, who transcribed the musical scores note for note from Beatles recordings, conducts many of the Classical Mystery Tour concerts.
"From the recent success of The Beatles Rock Band to the release of the re-mastered Beatles albums, the demand for Beatles material is greater than ever. Many Beatles fans never had the opportunity to experience a live Beatles show. Classical Mystery Tour offers that live experience in the comfort of a concert hall.
Experience the excitement of Classical Mystery Tour coming to a city near you soon (the next one is in Lubbock, Texas)!" - CMT
For the full 2014 schedule of the Classical Mystery Tour go to Concert Dates, also enjoy videos of CMT at their own channel on YouTube, and follow them on Facebook!
Enjoy video above on "Will The Beatles Reunite on Ed Sullivan Stage?"
The Classical Mystery Tour's representative is Laura Robinson Wise, Vice President, ArtsPR. She can be contacted at 714.708.3119, www.ArtsPR.org, and at twitter.com/ArtsPR1.
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Sprott Inc.'s (SII-T) quarterly results beat analysts' estimates as the Canadian fund manager reported an increase in assets under management with larger funds benefiting from exposure to gold and silver.
For the July-September quarter, the company's net income rose 74 percent to $9.6 million, or 6 cents a share. That compares with $5.5 million, or 4 cents a share, a year ago.
Assets under management were about $6.5 billion, up 51 percent compared with $4.3 billion, a year ago.
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Three main configurations are expected, with the cheapest model using Intel's 2.26GHz Core i3 and 4GB of RAM, while other two will scale up to the 2.4GHz Core i5 and 2.66GHz Core i7. The machine carries a 16:9 display, up to a 500GB HDD or 512GB SSD, and there's talk of a USB 3.0 dock and a SCiB (Super Charged ion Battery), which can charge up to 90% in 10 minutes and can last as long as 10 years.
The mystery machine is reminiscent of the Sony VAIO Z, Dell Adamo XPS, and MacBook Air, but it should surpass the latter two in terms of performance -- and you can expect to pay handsomely for it. There's no indication on pricing, but it will supposedly launch this summer so further details shouldn't be far off.


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The "Time Interval and Sampling" page is used to select the date interval and time step for the SPIDR data queries.
Usage basics
When visiting SPIDR for the first time, the date interval and time step are set as "Undefined", and the system follows data-centric workflow. It means that all the datasets will be presented to user regardless their availability at any given time period. To use the time-centric workflow, the system needs the time interval and sampling to be specified by user. In that case the lists of datasets, stations and available data will be filtered by SPIDR before presenting them to user based on the data availability for the given time interval
To set up (or change) the date interval and time step in SPIDR the user has to select year, month, day and hour for the beginning and end of the date interval as well as the time step to be used for data sampling within the interval. For fast selection of the time intervals such as "last day", "last week" or "last month", the corresponding buttons below the time interval form can be used. Then the user has to confirm the choice by selecting the action "Update time settings" with the button "GO".
On the next visit the "Time Interval and Sampling" page will show the previously selected time interval and sampling settings. For the registered SPIDR users the time settings are persistent in the user data basket and restored to previously set values on next sessions.
To unset the date interval and time step, the use has to select "Clear Time Settings" action and to confirm it with the button "GO". After that the SPIDR time settings will return to the "Undefined" state.
Time step (data sampling interval) is set by the user together with the date interval in the corresponding selection list. The default time step is "minimal for the data type". That means that each data set will be plotted and exported to user with its own time step. For example, Kp index will be used with the 3 hours sampling, and the Dst index will have 1 hour time step. If user selects specific time step, say 30 min, then all time series the user works with will be re-sampled (step-wise interpolated or downsampled) to confirm this specific time step. When downloaded from SPIDR in ASCII or Matlab-friendly export formats, the "interpolated" flag will be set by system for each observation in the dataset.
Time step is a property of the SPIDR date interval and both are changing and handled by system in the same way.
The date interval and time step, defined at the "Time Interval and Sampling" page by user, are transparently used through the system for all actions requiring the time settings. For example, the same time settings will be used for plots, data basket export or for the system usage statistics display if they are requested in the same user session. The time settings for the current session are shown at the left menu of the SPIDR page.
The selected time interval and sampling will affect display of the station maps and list of the data sets available for the given time interval. The "availability" filter for data sets can be turned off by a check box above the datasets listing. To draw station maps with all stations the user has first to unset the time interval. The data export from user basket is also based on the time interval and sampling settings.
The user can change the time interval and sampling settings at any moment during the SPIDR session. It is possible to get to the time settings page:
- from the top menu item "Time interval";
- from the left menu link "Change" near either the date interval or time step values;
- by selecting "Change time interval" action in the "Next action" list at the bottom of the page (if available);
- automatically re-directed by the system workflow if the time settings are needed by the next system action
and they are were not set before by the user.
If the SPIDR system workflow requires the time interval and sampling to be set before the next action, the workflow will be interrupted, the user will be redirected to the time setting page, and after that the workflow will resume to the next action with new time settings.


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"As an experienced security architectI've been reasonably familiar with the "windows registry" for many years and have frequently used regedit to look at various keys and values (and have sometimes even taken the dangerous steps of changing values!). In my vast library I also have a number of books describing the registry, although I have to say they are somewhat ancient. However, it was not until I read this book I really appreciated the vast amount of information contained in the various registry files. Indeed I was not aware of forensic importance of these files."--Best Digital Forensics Book in InfoSecReviews Book Awards
"It is no exaggeration to say that nearly everything that happens on a Windows system involves the registrywhich makes effective examination of the registry absolutely fundamental to good Windows forensics. By devoting a whole book to this critical Windows artifact, Harlan has delivered a much needed resource to everyone doing forensics investigations of Windows systems. What I appreciate about this book, however, is that it is much more than a mere compilation of registry keys important to forensics investigation. This is a book about how to examine the registry, and it is a good one."--Troy Larson, Principal Forensic Program Manager, Network Security Investigations, Microsoft
"Windows Registry Forensics provides extensive proof that registry examination is critical to every digital forensic case. Harlan Carvey steps the reader through critical analysis techniques recovering key evidence of activity of suspect user accounts or intrusion-based malware. Using his extensive experience and research, Harlan's case studies provide behind-the-scenes details that enable every analyst to utilize these techniques immediately in their own investigations. This book is a must have reference for current forensic knowledge of the Microsoft Registry Windows XP through Windows 7 and should become core knowledge for any serious digital forensic investigator."--Rob Lee, SANS Institute
"Useful to beginning and intermediate practitioners, but even advanced examiners may fi nd registry information here that they were not previously aware of. Anyone working in digital forensics or incident response who has not made registry examination integral to their process must read and absorb this book. The information is vital to Windows examinations…. Windows Registry Forensics easily succeeds in its mission to convey the value of integrating registry examination into the forensic process. It provides valuable information relevant to a wide range of investigations. And Mr. Carvey's conversational writing style makes the book easy to read...."--Digital Forensics Magazine
"This guide to digital forensics on computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system provides detailed information on the analysis of the Windows registry to detect intrusion and document user actions. The work is divided into three sections beginning with an overview of the registry structure and following with a discussion of registry analysis tools and concluding with an in depth case study of a registry forensics project. Each section includes answers to frequently asked questions and a selection of references for further reading. Illustrations, code examples, tips and warning notes are provided throughout and an accompanying CD-ROM provides copies of registry analysis tools created by the author. Carvey is a computer forensics consultant."--Book News, Reference & Research
"As an experienced security architect I've been reasonably familiar with the 'windows registry' for many years and have frequently used regedit to look at various keys and values (and have sometimes even taken the dangerous steps of changing values!). In my vast library I also have a number of books describing the registry, although I have to say they are somewhat ancient. However it was not until I read this book I really appreciated the vast amount of information contained in the various registry files. Indeed I was not aware of forensics importance of these files….. An extremely useful book to a forensics investigator, even an experienced one. I would not hesitate in recommending this book to anyone…"--InfoSecReviews.com


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Home: Violent Soho, (from left) Luke Henery, James Tidswell, Luke Boerdam, Michael Richards. Photo: Supplied
Sometimes it's dangerous to get what you want. When Luke Boerdam and his friends were playing music together in unknown Brisbane bands 10 years ago - with the line-up that would subsequently become Violent Soho - you could have offered the raw 18-year-olds the option of being on the label owned by Sonic Youth noise maven Thurston Moore and playing 200 shows in America and they would have leapt at it and happily dissolved the quartet afterwards.
But now that he's 28 and have met both those goals, Boerdam realises that it doesn't end there. Achievements are fleeting, it's the music that endures.
Now it's about longevity for the band and laying down a foundation.
"Now it's about longevity for the band and laying down a foundation by putting music out and touring it," says Boerdam, who was in Sydney recently as part of a three-day run down the East Coast to pave the way for Violent Soho's third album, Hungry Ghost.
It's well over three years since 2009's Violent Soho was released, and the gap between albums can be attributed to a pair of long but contrasting periods. The first was relocating to America, where the band - frontman Boerdam, guitarist James Tidswell, bassist Luke Henery and drummer Michael Richards - made a base in Brooklyn, bought a van, and acquired a deep knowledge of America's highway system and rock venues.
The second era began when they returned to Australia early in 2012 and arrived to discover that somewhere over the Pacific their career had been erased. They were no longer with Moore's label, Ecstatic Peace, their van had been sold (at a loss), and there was no money to support them while they composed their next album.
At one point Tidswell found himself getting congratulatory texts from friends and colleagues after Violent Soho was nominated for an ARIA Award just as he was visiting the local McDonalds to apply for a job.
They were back living on family members' couches in the outer Brisbane suburb of Mansfield, a place they had previously railed against in their music. And even when they did pull together and focus on the music, Violent Soho were unsure of what came next.
"We'd write a song, think it was really good, but then write a completely different song that was also really good, so we'd start second-guessing everything because there were three or four directions we could go," Boerdam remembers.
"The songs I thought would be awesome with the band didn't work. It takes time to figure out what you do want to do, and what you don't want to do."
Violent Soho was recorded at the famed Rockfield Studios in Wales, with Gil Norton (Pixies) producing, but for Hungry Ghost the band went back to Brisbane producer Bryce Moorhead and his patchwork Shed Studios, where they had made their first recordings. The extra weeks they could afford with Moorhead can be heard on the new songs such as Fur Eyes, which has Died Pretty's melodic charm, and the caterwauling Covered in Chrome. The '90s comparisons they previously drew can be put aside now.
"There's no reason to lock the band down to that grunge label which we were constantly given, despite us never using that word," Boerdam notes. "We realised that we didn't care, as long as we were happy with the music we were making."
Despite being back in the "4122" - as the band members describe Mansfield - Boerdam didn't want to write songs about his immediate surrounds or the people close to him. He was worried about becoming a songwriting vampire, someone who calmly judges an event on what kind of lyric they could cull from it. Instead, on Hungry Ghost dream-like characters struggle to distinguish artificial from natural environments and grasp private epiphanies.
"I just started writing notes every day and compiling themes and ideas - I didn't want every song to have a story, just to paint a certain picture," adds Boerdam.
Violent Soho are reintroducing themselves to Australia, having briefly played here before decamping for America. This time there will be national tours and extensive regional dates. The great American adventure is over, but the band view it as an opportunity they grasped and turned into their best album.
"Being on Thurston Moore's label doesn't happen that often for an Australian band. It gave us a great sense of validation as a band. Just being able
to quit your day job and tour for 18 months made us better," he says. "Whether it results in Facebook likes or record sales I don't care, the real impact was more personal."
Purchase Violent Soho's third album Hungry Ghost here.
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Gig details Friday October 25, 8pm; Oxford Art Factory, 38-46 Oxford Street, Darlinghurst, 9332 3711.
Tickets $18, oxfordartfactory.com, 1300 438 849
Live Smashing riffs and slamming rhythms for guitar mayhem.
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