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Artesonraju Climber's Log
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|SE Face to East Ridge
Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2016
|Climbed the east ridge from camp on the icy Paron Glacier after wasting a couple hours weaving around crevasses and looking for a reasonable line on the south face in the wee hours of the morning. The east ridge ended up being amazing, my favorite climb in the range to date. Did 14 rappels on the descent, most double rope, most using anchors in place but we did end up constructing a couple of our own. This was one of those days you never forget!
|Posted Jul 24, 2016 1:43 pm
|Matt Lemke
|East ridge
Date Climbed: Jul 13, 2016
|Our team of three made a successful ascent of the east ridge which we accessed via the southeast face. This route was inspired by one of the local guides in Peru and we liked the idea so we went for it. Much more technical than the north ridge route but lots of fun. Let glacier camp at 1am and summitted at 9. 14 rappels later we reached camp and even returned to timber camp as the sun set. Long ass day!!
|Posted Jul 15, 2016 4:45 pm
|SE Face
Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2014
|Some of the worst snow conditions I've ever witnessed. Turned around just short of the wall. Gorgeous mountain and surrounding area (Paron Valley).
|Posted Jul 24, 2014 3:00 pm
|SE Face
Date Climbed: Jul 14, 2014
|Very dangerous snow conditions on the wall. Ueli Stetck attempted two days prior to ourselves and got avalanched on twice, did not summit as well. A beautiful face though.
|Posted Jul 16, 2014 6:45 pm
|I man
|North Ridge July 2013
Date Climbed: Jul 9, 2013
|Two friends and I successfully climbed the North Ridge of Artesonraju in early July 2013. It was our first peak of thd trip so we acclimated on it. We took 2 days to basecamp from CashaPampa and did a carry to 4800m before moving to a high camp at 5100m. It took 9 hours to the summit which was mostly complex glacier travel, then 250m of 55-70 degree ice and snow followed by a dramatic and corniced ridge. The entire climb was 9 days Huarez to Huarez.
This was my first 6000m peak and I found it very rewarding. I highly recommend this route.
|Posted Mar 26, 2014 10:44 am
|North ridge
Date Climbed: Sep 7, 2013
|Turned around at 5500m due to ice bridge close to collapsing as well as very strong winds. A serious mountain, but gorgeous and challenging. Will be back for sure.
|Posted Sep 15, 2013 3:20 pm
|N Ridge
Date Climbed: Jul 23, 2013
|Got screwed up in my head and turned around at 5,400m. I´ll be back for sure. I love this place.
|Posted Jul 26, 2013 9:25 am
|A dangerous descent
Date Climbed: Jun 19, 2007
|Climbed with MichaelJ. Left moraine camp at 1 am and back only at 6pm. Unfortunately we missed the view because we topped out in a white out (the only hour or so the weather was bad that day). Apparently the view is fantastic from there.
The mountain itself is not difficult but quite strenuous but the descent is genuinely dangerous. An exproportionate number of accidents happen on this mountain mainly because the descent is very long and people get too tired.
|Posted Aug 30, 2011 5:02 am
|Beautiful climb
Date Climbed: Jul 7, 2011
|Left Moraine Camp at 4am. Simul-climbed the SE face with protections (ice screws/pickets) only for the last pitch. Made the summit at 12:30pm. 5.5hrs later we made it back down to the bottom of the face (much longer than expected at first). Back at Moraine Camp at 8pm. Very fun route...had a blast, and lucked out with the weather and route conditions.
|Posted Jul 10, 2011 10:16 am
|kevin trieu
|SE Face: so close but yet so far...
Date Climbed: Jun 1, 2009
|got to within arm´s reach of the summit ridge but turned back due to lenticular clouds moving in and partners was having problem with cold toes. 6 hours from the flat glacier just below ¨high camp¨ and 3 hours of downclimbing. Beautiful mountain.
|Posted Jul 2, 2009 9:29 pm
|SE Arete variant
Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2007
|We found great mixed climbing on a SE arete variant. I added a route description and photos for those who are interested.
|Posted Jan 11, 2008 9:54 pm
|SE Face
Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2007
|Climbed with T. Haines. Started from the Moraine camp. The mountain was in good condition, the weather was beautiful. The snow got better and better the further left on the face we got. Ice broke off from the serac above on pitch nine, not much ice, but a volleyball sized chunk hit my thigh. It is still sore. I was lucky it didn't hit my head and break my neck. We only had one 60m rope because we did not think we were going to climb this mountain and we left our other rope in Huaraz. It took 32 FULL rappels to get down off the face. 32!!! It took just as long to get off the mountain as it did to got on top of it. 16.5 hours round trip, would have been much shorter if we had our second rope!
|Posted Aug 8, 2007 6:54 pm
|SE Face
Date Climbed: Jun 19, 2007
|Climbed with Silvio. Left moraine camp at 1 am. Started up route around 2:30, topping out in a white out at 11:30. Took four hours to rap and down climb the face. A guide left about ten rap anchors in place a few days before. Weather was pretty nice most of the climb, snow so-so and very rotten on the steep pitch below the summit ridge, where I hacked away for a foot until I could place a screw. Fun enough as an acclimitization climb. Seventeen hours camp to camp, with the crux being the crappy scree slog back to the tent.
|Posted Jun 22, 2007 11:49 pm
|Tom Fralich
|SE Face
Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2006
|Climbed with Adam Jones starting from moraine camp at about 1:15AM. We made good time crossing the dry part of the glacier, although Adam managed to find a water hole, soaking his right leg. We reached the bergschrund at around 4:30AM and simul-climbed most of the face, arriving on the summit at 11AM. We descended the face by 15 rappels of 60m from pickets and V-threads and were back on the glacier by 3PM and then back in moraine camp by 5:15PM, making for a 16 hour day. Definitely a beautiful mountain but with a somewhat monotonous route.
|Posted Aug 8, 2006 5:36 pm
|Simply beatiful
|I love this mountain.
|Posted May 22, 2006 3:56 am
|Route Climbed: se face Date Climbed: july 1979
|As 18 y.o. on first international trip, avalanched off just below the summit. brit climber died on route following day.
|Posted Oct 17, 2005 6:03 pm
|Route Climbed: se face Date Climbed: july 22 2005
|had to wait in morraine camp for 2 days due to the bad weather that always seems to come with the full moons here. few groups made it to the summit during this time. those that did took between 18-22 hours, there and back!
the weather cleared for us, and we made it to the summit in less than 8 hrs, although route and weather conditions were less than ideal.
the descent took longer than the ascent as we were 4 to 2 ropes. 15 rappels in bitter cold wind. 3 out of 4 of us lost some feeling in our finger tips! still waiting for feeling to return.
the route is great, especially at the top. the majority of the route can be quite tedious, just a steep ice/snow slog. the descent is very very long, so be ready. dont go with 4 people to 2 ropes!
|Posted Jul 28, 2005 8:43 pm
|Route Climbed: SE Face Date Climbed: 14 July 2002
|My friends and I waited for two weeks for weather to clear, which never happened. Finally, we headed up the face on our last day in the valley around midnight. It started to snow soon after we left the tents. We made it about a third of the way up (below where the real climbing began), and due to the snow and a bout of dizziness (mine), retreated.
Arteson is a beautiful peak and I'd recommend it to anyone looking for a moderately difficult adventure. I'll be back for a grudge match.
|Posted Feb 1, 2005 7:32 pm
|Route Climbed: South-West face Date Climbed: 25 of July 2003
|What a wonderfull peak!
We sarted early in the night down on basecamp and reched the summit at eleve`o clock. The conditions were good but the weather was a little bit foggy.
Abseiling was long and we were just finished when we arrived in the afternoon at basecamp in the woods.
|Posted Jan 12, 2004 4:03 am
|Route Climbed: SE Face Date Climbed: August 12, 2003
|After 12 hours through deep snow on the easy face, we bivyed in a cave we dug on the summit. 12 hours of sleep, and 7 rappels later, we downclimbed the rest. A Japanese climber who climbed the route a week prior had about the same experience, and 2 Catalonians who attempted it the day afterward were even slower. This is a big grovely climb, which is why it gets the grade. Wear super gaitors for the powder. The approach is simple, and there isn´t too much avy danger. Unfortunately, conditions have changed so much in the range that routes on the neighboring Pyramide de Garcilaso are unstable. The couloirs on the Caraz peaks look enticing, however.
-Barry Hashimoto, Huaraz, Peru
|Posted Aug 28, 2003 5:56 pm


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The 49ers still hold 11 picks, including three for Friday's second and third rounds (Nos. 34, 61 and 93).
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Reid (6-foot-1, 213 pounds) produced two interceptions in each of his three seasons at LSU. He had a career-high 91 tackles last season en route to second-team All-America honors.
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In an effort to continue to build stronger communities, USDA Rural Development is announcing that local residents may be eligible for the 504 Loan and Grant home repair program for loans and grants to very low-income homeowners to repair, improve, or modernize their dwellings or to remove health and safety hazards.
Local residents may be eligible for USDA Rural Development's 504 Loan and Grant home repair program for loans and grants to very low-income homeowners to repair, improve, or modernize their dwellings or to remove health and safety hazards.
Wayne County families who earn up to $28,500 (family of four) may be eligible for the housing repair program. Grants up to $7,500 are available to homeowners who are 62 years of age or older. Loans up to $20,000 are also available for up to 20 years at a one percent interest rate for income-eligible borrowers. Contact Sharon Panunti at 570-836-5111 for additional information.
USDA remains focused on carrying out its mission, despite a time of significant budget uncertainty. Today's announcement is one part of the Department's efforts to strengthen the rural economy. Rural Development's funding continues to have a dramatic impact on rural communities across Pennsylvania. For additional information on RD projects, please visit Rural Development's new interactive web map featuring program funding and success stories for fiscal years 2009-2011. The data can be found at: http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/RDSuccessStories.html.
President Obama's plan for rural America has brought about historic investment and resulted in stronger rural communities. Under the President's leadership, these investments in housing, community facilities, businesses and infrastructure have empowered rural America to continue leading the way – strengthening America's economy, small towns and rural communities. USDA's investments in rural communities support the rural way of life that stands as the backbone of our American values.
Since taking office, the Obama Administration has taken significant steps to improve the lives of rural Americans and has provided broad support for rural communities. The Administration has set goals of modernizing infrastructure by providing broadband access, expanding educational opportunities for students in rural areas and providing affordable health care. In the long term, these unparalleled rural investments will help ensure that America's rural communities are repopulating, self-sustaining and thriving economically.
Page 2 of 2 - USDA, through its Rural Development mission area, has a portfolio of programs designed to improve the economic stability of rural communities, businesses, residents, farmers and ranchers and improve the quality of life in rural America. For more information on Rural Development, visit www.rurdev.usda.gov.
USDA has made a concerted effort to deliver results for the American people, even as USDA implements sequestration - the across-the-board budget reductions mandated under terms of the Budget Control Act. USDA has already undertaken historic efforts since 2009 to save more than $700 million in taxpayer funds through targeted, common-sense budget reductions. These reductions have put USDA in a better position to carry out its mission, while implementing sequester budget reductions in a fair manner that causes as little disruption as possible.
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Ambiance is going to matter and so will the thread count of your sheets. This month, your release will only come in luxurious settings, as decadence is your aphrodisiac. So, dress up in the silk and ribbons, as what you wear will be as essential as who you do.
Single: Friends are your best way to hook in and up to a hotter selection of boys. Say, "Yes," to all invites.
Hooked-up: Popular opinion is going to matter, so listen to what others are telling you.
Intensity is your way of life and in the bedroom, you'll need to dive into the darkest places of your desires, which will mean turning up the trust to maximum levels by breaking out the whips, ropes and blindfolds, as a little fetish won't steer you wrong now.
Single: Remember, you're a luxury few can afford. So, don't settle for being treated like a layaway item.
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The city of LaSalle will be holding a fundraiser Mother's Day weekend, May 10 and 11, at the Village Inn in downtown LaSalle.
Members of the playground committee have received about $5,000 already, but are looking to raise anywhere between $10,000 and $50,000 to update their existing playground equipment. Their current equipment was described by the committee as old, outdated and kind of dangerous.
New equipment will include the construction of a basketball court for the town's many children. LaSalle is a town with a population of only 90, with 25 of that population being children.
This fundraiser will be the first of a few fundraisers, but the city is hoping to raise the money quickly so that a place can be constructed where the kids can enjoy playing.
Menu items for the fundraiser include broasted chicken on Friday night and a Hog Roast Saturday night. There will also be two separate bands playing, a bean bag tournament and raffle tickets being sold.
Individuals interested in making a donation to the LaSalle playground fund should make checks payable to LaSalle playground fund and can submit those checks at the Citizens Bank in LaSalle.
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Comics by Rudis
Rudis is not currently drawing new comics. To see what he's up to, visit Rudism.com.
- Codeword: A short-lived attempt at starting up a new webcomic in 2015.
- Cectic: Comics about skepticism and atheism. 2007-2014.
- Cectic Bonus: Some strips originally only available to Cectic supporters.
- Psience: Comics about the paranormal. Early 2000s.
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Yarn Profile:
Classic Elite Soft Linen
First Impressions
Fortunately, fibers were meant to be blended, and Soft Linen—almost equal parts linen, wool, and baby alpaca—is a perfect example of a smart fiber blend. The fibers (well blended prior to spinning) are spun into four fine strands that are then plied together into a well-rounded four-ply yarn.
Touch it and you'll know that there's something "planty" in there, but you'll also feel the airy slippery softness of the baby alpaca and a squishy warm hint of wool. And if you hold it to the light, you'll see a luminous, almost silky quality—that's the linen talking.
Blending warm- and cold-weather fibers creates a "transitional" yarn that helps carry you from season to season. When the temperatures drop, the wool and alpaca keep you warm; and when the temperatures rise, the natural evaporative cooling qualities of the linen kick in.
The transitional quality of these yarns exists in both the finished garment and the knitting experience itself. When your hands are eager for warm-weather fibers, but the weather outside isn't quite there yet, you can pick up a skein of transitional yarn and almost feel the tropical breezes—which can be nice when it's mid-March and still snowing outside.
Knitting Up
Knitting with Soft Linen, however, was a surprisingly pleasant compromise. I was able to wrap the yarn comfortably around my fingers and maintain even tension, and the stitches held my slippery Addi Turbo lace needles nice and snug. The yarn does have some firmness to it, and I did periodically have to let go, smooth out the yarn, and reposition my hands to get a good grip.
Periodically I came across long ends of linen fiber sticking out of the yarn—something that I've encountered in every linen yarn I've tried. Fearing that the ends would make the fabric scratchy, I pulled them out of the yarn. The key was to pull out the strand parallel to the yarn to minimize disruption to the neighboring fibers.
Only once did my sharp-tipped needles snag the yarn. With some tugging to and fro, I was able to smooth out the strand and tug the loosened fibers back into place.
My stitches were relatively even although they did have some irregularities here and there. In a pure linen yarn I'd be worried because the fibers tend to sit exactly where you left them, no matter how much you block. I hoped that the wool and alpaca would help smooth out the irregularities in the wash.
Blocking / Washing
No curled edges, bias, or change in gauge, and those uneven stitches relaxed and flattened into a smooth and cohesive piece of fabric. And even my small swatches had exquisite drape.
After I washed and gently thrashed my swatches for a little while, they became downright soft. I tucked one swatch under my shirt and promptly forgot about it all afternoon—no scratch there.
You can tug the fabric to and fro and it'll bounce right back to shape, thanks to the wool. In general, both the wool and alpaca dominate enough to make this entirely appropriate for next-to-the-skin wear, while the linen adds a delicious degree of drape.
The swatches did start to produce small lofty pills after a sustained period of friction. The linen component also wanted to wrinkle when folded or crushed for too long, but the crease lines went away after I tugged the swatch and ran my flat hand across its surface. The fabric would probably begin to look a little shabby over time, but not until you'd gotten quite a bit of wear out of it.
I envision it performing beautifully in a summer tank top, maybe a matching tank and cardigan set. The roundness of the yarn gives it excellent stitch definition. I played with a few basic stitch patterns and loved the seed stitch and feather and fan.
In fact, I'd love to see this yarn in a Shoalwater Shawl using one of the yarn's 10 colors or mixing and matching them all in a series of earthy stripes. You'd need about 850 yards, or 7 skeins, which brings the bill to $63. That's a nice price for a garment with central heating and evaporative cooling to keep you comfortable throughout several seasons.
Yarn name
Soft Linen
Classic Elite Yarns
Fiber content
30% baby alpaca
35% wool
35% linen
5.5 stitches per inch on US 5 (3.75mm) needles
Average retail price
Where to buy online
Jimmy Beans Wool
Weight/yardage per skein
50g / 137 yards (125m)
Country of origin
Made in Peru
Manufacturer's suggested wash method
Hand wash cold, dry flat.
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Lupine (2292)
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State Supreme Court says cardholders can use lack of impairment as viable defense.
State Supreme Court says cardholders can use lack of impairment as viable defense.
Analysis applies Colorado rates to Arizona population, finds figure close to $64 million.
More than half-dozen initiative proposals filed with secretary of state's office for 2016.
Federal government says tribes would be treated same as states that have legalized pot.
85 Arizona dispensaries sold 10 tons to 55,000 patients, Department of Health Services reports.
Sue Sisley's study hopes to provide scientific evidence of soothing effects drug may have on PTSD symptoms.
But nearly one-third reported using marijuana.
Same group that pushed issue in Colorado now has its eyes here; local drug use prevention groups worried.
Man had argued legislation was intended to make authorized users immune from prosecution unless driving impaired.
Republican lawmaker says this could help with state budget; hopes to introduce bill.
Councilwoman Uhlich says scratching overly restrictive regulations for local sites can help lower costs for patients.
Organization asks Board of Regents to allow transfer to NAU, ASU.
If university doesn't reinstate Sue Sisley as lead researcher, MAPS will move work to NAU, ASU.
An online petition has gathered more than 33K signatures from people asking university reinstate lead doctor of MMJ for PTSD study.
Approval came with conditions; Iraq veteran Ricardo Pereyda talks about taming his symptoms using cannabis.
Sue Sisley was unexpectedly laid off from the university, stalling her research on marijuana as a possible treatment for PTSD.
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About the Book
This collection contains all seven books in the classic fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia without art, to appeal to older readers. This special ebook edition includes an introduction by C. S. Lewis's stepson, Douglas Gresham, and full text and art for Lewis's very first work—Boxen!
Experience C. S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia in its entirety—The Magician's Nephew; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; The Horse and His Boy; Prince Caspian; The Voyage of the Dawn Treader; The Silver Chair; and The Last Battle. This bundle comes with a special introduction by Douglas Gresham, C. S. Lewis's stepson, for a behind-the-scenes look at Lewis while he was writing the book.
The Chronicles of Narnia has become part of the canon of classic literature, drawing readers of all ages into magical lands with unforgettable characters for over sixty years. Epic battles between good and evil, fantastic creatures, betrayals, heroic deeds, and friendships won and lost all come together in this unforgettable world.
And then discover the world before Narnia with Boxen, a collection of stories written by C. S. Lewis and his brother when they were children, with the authors' own delightful illustrations. For every reader who has been captivated by the magic of Narnia, Boxen will open a window to another enchanted land and offer the first glimmer of C. S. Lewis's amazing creativity.
Features new introductions for each book in the series!
Narnia . . . a new world . . . where loyalty is tested . . . where anything can happen . . . where destiny awaits.
In the never-ending war between good and evil, The Chronicles of Narnia set the stage for battles of epic proportions. Some take place in vast fields, where the forces of light and darkness clash. But other battles occur within the small chambers of the heart and are equally decisive.
Journeys to the ends of the world, fantastic creatures, betrayals, heroic deeds and friendships won and lost—all come together in an unforgettable world of magic. Experience The Chronicles of Narnia in its entirety, now with special tributes by C. S. Lewis's stepson, Douglas Gresham:
- The Magician's Nephew
- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
- The Horse and His Boy
- Prince Caspian
- The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
- The Silver Chair
- The Last Battle
And then, discover the world before Narnia. When C. S. Lewis was a child, he and his brother Warnie created stories about "Animal-Land," exploring hits history, geography, and the colorful exploits of its inhabitants. Boxen is a collection of all of these stories, with the authors' own delightful illustrations. For every reader who has been captivated by the magic of Narnia, Boxen will open a window on to another enchanted land.
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Product Details
- Imprint: HarperCollins
- On Sale: 11/05/2013
- Pages: 2300
- List Price: 29.99 USD
- BISAC1: FICTION / Classics
- BISAC2: FICTION / Action & Adventure
- BISAC3: FICTION / Fantasy / Epic


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FAIRHAVEN — Hastings Middle School students will be holding a fundraising event, Saturday, Nov. 10, at Livesey Park. The event will be from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. with events for the whole family.
There will be food, music, and contests for skaters, scooters and bikes. There will be a few Bouncy Houses for kids to enjoy and lots of fun. Please join us to start our fundraising campaign to help cleanup, fix and renovate our park. There will be Save Livesey T-shirts and stickers for sale.
Raffle prizes and gifts were donated by Solstice, Xtremely Board, Circuit BMX Bikes, Yesteryear and Dlemma Photography. For more information contact Ann Richard by email or call 1-508-991-8315 or check Facebook.
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MCALLEN, Texas (AP) - A South Texas man who pleaded guilty in a child pornography investigation must serve more than 17 years in prison and pay the victim $1.3 million.
Prosecutors in McAllen say a federal judge Monday afternoon sentenced 45-year-old Reynaldo Vega of Mission. Vega in April pleaded guilty to receiving child pornography via the Internet.
Investigators say Vega viewed and shared the child porn images. He must pay restitution to the one known victim of the scheme going back to August 2011 when Vega's home was raided.


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President-elect Obama should drop his plans to escalate the war in Afghanistan, a country that never attacked America, out of pity for a helpless civilian population that will only suffer increasing misery from an expanded fight against the Taliban and its allies.
Recall military intervention was used to capture Panamanian military dictator Manuel Noriega for a drug charge in December 20, 1989. That illegal assault, ordered by President George H.W. Bush, killed 500 Panamanian civilians, wounded 3,000 more, and pushed 15,000 people out of their homes, an incredible price innocent people were made to pay to enable the U.S. to nail one drug-runner.
In Afghanistan, the civilian population has already paid a much higher price. "The basic ingredients of further Afghan disasters are in place," warns Norman Solomon, executive director of the Washington-based Institute For Public Accuracy, "including, pivotally, a dire lack of wide-ranging debate over Washington's options."
"We will kill bin Laden. We will crush al Qaeda. That has to be our biggest national security priority," Senator Barack Obama pledged during the televised presidential debate of last October 7.
Yes, and in so doing, thousands of additional Afghan civilians are liable to perish, likely far more of them then the 3,000 Americans massacred on 9/11 in New York and Washington.
In just the first two years after 9/11, the U.S. had already killed between 3,000 and 5,000 Afghan civilians, David Krieger noted in Counterpunch. And Jay Shaft, of the Coalition For Free Thought in Media, points to a United Nations estimate that up to 500 Afghan civilians are dying monthly from U.S. cluster bombs, most of them children and teenage boys.
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"The president (Obama) is going to inherit the problem the Soviets had roughly 15 years ago during the Soviet jihad. You cannot tame the people in the North-West Frontier Province and on the border in Pakistan and Afghanistan," Dalton Fury, the commander of special operations at Tora Bora, recently told Cable News Network.
By its illegal invasion of Iraq, the Bush regime allowed the Taliban in Afghanistan and its allies to regain control of the nation. Anand Gopal, of the Christian Science Monitor, writes that just a 20-minute drive outside the capital Kabul, "the American-backed government of Afghanistan no longer exits." He states, "Violence has reached record levels this year and Afghanistan is now considered a deadlier battlefield than Iraq."
This is not to say bin Laden should not be brought to trial or that Americans are not entitled to closure on the 9/11 attacks.
But a leading U.S. international law authority says (1) there is no sufficient proof that bin Laden even masterminded the 9/11 attacks and (2) diplomacy to secure justice would be the more rational and humane approach than armed force.
Francis Boyle, a University of Illinois professor, writes in "Destroying World Order"(Clarity Press): "There is not and may never be conclusive proof as to who was behind the terrible bombings..on Sept. 11… Suffice it to say that the accounts provided by the United States government simply do not add up."
There is no evidence bin Laden ordered the attack or even that Al Qaeda or the Taliban was involved, Boyle said. Recall that former Secretary of State Colin Powell pledged the U.S. would produce a "White Paper" to document the case against bin Laden, but that he never produced one. Instead, then British Prime Minister Tony Blair, hardly an American official, issued a report the British press ridiculed for its lack of proof.
Boyle also points out the so-called bin Laden video that the Central Intelligence Agency "miraculously discovered" in a bombed out house in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, was "disjointed" and "non-sequential."
The videotape is suspect because the Pentagon's translated version was not word for word but an "information flow" paraphrase created at The Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies where Paul Wolfowitz, the war hawk and deputy defense secretary, had just been dean. In case you didn't know, Johns Hopkins is no impartial academic institution but one of the very biggest Pentagon contractors in terms of the boodle it siphons off from the military-industrial complex.
"The bin Laden video provided no evidence that implicated the Taliban government of Afghanistan in the 11 September 2001 attacks (and)…no justification for the United States to wage war against Afghanistan, a U.N. Member State, in gross violation of the United Nations Charter," Boyle writes.
Little known to most Americans is that Afghanistan likely was invaded because its Taliban government refused to okay pipelines sought by Union Oil Co. of California(UNOCAL).
"Since Central Asia is landlocked, the United States government wanted to find a way to get the oil and natural gas out, while avoiding Iran, Russia, and China," Boyle said. "The easiest way to do that was to construct a pipeline south through Afghanistan, into Pakistan and right out to the Arabian Sea. UNOCAL had been negotiating with the Taliban government of Afghanistan for quite some time, still with the full support of the U.S. government into the summer of 2001, but their negotiations had failed. The U.S….then rendered a proverbial offer that could not be refused to the Taliban government."
A "major consideration" for the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 was to put in office a regime favoring the oil and gas pipelines the U.S. sought running from Turkmenistan south through Afghanistan to the Arabian Sea coast of Pakistan, writes Chalmers Johnson in "The Sorrows of Empire"(Owl Books).
Oil "has been a constant motive" driving "the vast expansion of (U.S.) bases in the Persian Gulf" in Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and UAR, Johnson says. Because Afghanistan's Taliban regime opposed the U.S.-backed venture, its overthrow became the secret reason behind "the war on terrorism," Johnson claims.
To build the proposed $2-billion, 918-mile natural gas pipeline and a $4-billion 1,005-mile oil pipeline UNOCAL "needed a government in Kabul it could deal with in obtaining transit rights."
Thus, Johnson writes, "A remarkable group of Washington insiders came together to promote the Unocal project":
# UNOCAL hired former President Nixon's national security adviser Henry Kissinger to negotiate with Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.
# Kissinger worked with Turkmenistan's top consultant, none other than his own former White House aide Gen. Alexander Haig, later President Regan's Secretary of State.
# UNOCAL also employed two well-connected Afghans to influence the Taliban in its favor, naturalized U.S. citizen Zalmay Khalilzad, and Hamid Karzai, both linked to former Afghan king Zahir Shah, then living in Pakistan. The pair later became U.S. Ambassador to Iraq and U.S.-backed President of Afghanistan, respectively.
# President Bush first appointed Khalilzad to his National Security Council(NSC) staff, under Condoleezza Rice, and on December 31, 2001, named him "special envoy" to Afghanistan, only nine days after the Karzai government took office in Kabul.
"It should be recalled," Johnson writes, Khalilzad joined NSC on May 23, 2001, "just in time to work on an operational order for an attack on Afghanistan."
Johnson writes "it would appear that the attacks of September 11 provided an opportunity for the United States to act unilaterally to remove the Taliban, without assistance from Russia, India, or any other country."
According to Boyle, even before 9/11 the Taliban rulers of Afghanistan had made "repeated offers to negotiate a solution" over "the disposition of bin Laden---as well as over the UNOCAL oil pipeline."
Boyle said the Taliban offered to have bin Laden tried in a neutral Islamic court by Muslim judges applying the laws of Sharia; then they modified this to have him tried before some type of neutral court, which would exclude handing him over to the U.S; and finally, "even offered to try bin Laden themselves provided the United States gave them some credible evidence of his involvement in the ll September attacks, which was never done."
Bush responded in his September 20, 2001, address "by ruling out any type of negotiations and instead issuing the Taliban government an impossible ultimatum," Boyle said.
As President Bush put it, "tonight, the United States of America makes the following demands on the Taliban: Deliver to United States authorities all the leaders of al Qaeda who hide in your land. (Applause.) Release all foreign nationals, including American citizens, you have unjustly imprisoned… Close immediately and permanently every terrorist training camp in Afghanistan, and hand over every terrorist, and every person in their support structure, to appropriate authorities. (Applause.) Give the United States full access to terrorist training camps, so we can make sure they are no longer operating." Bush emphasized: "These demands are not open to negotiation or discussion. (Applause.) The Taliban must act, and act immediately. They will hand over the terrorists, or they will share in their fate."
Boyle said that by giving an impossible ultimatum to Afghanistan that ruled out negotiations and chose the military path, Bush ignored "12 or so multilateral conventions already on the books that deal with…international terrorism," "many of which could have been used…to handle this matter in a lawful, effective, and peaceful manner."
"So a decision was made remarkably early in the process to ignore and abandon the entire framework of international treaties that had been established under the auspices of the UN Organization for the past 25 years," Boyle summarized, "in order to deal with acts of international terrorism and instead go to war against Afghanistan, a U.N. member state."
Surely, the hour has come for the U.S. to reverse the failed Bush military approach and negotiate an equitable solution to stop the killing and bring bin Laden to justice. If you think the U.S. cannot negotiate with the Taliban, recall during the 1980s it was the CIA that funneled literally billions of dollars directly into Taliban pockets to overthrow Afghanistan's Soviet-backed government, increasing the prospect of an invasion by the Red Army, which is exactly what happened.
"In the end, the United States and the Taliban 'won', and…the rest of Afghanistan, lost," writes William Blum in "Rogue State"(Common Courage Press). More than a million dead, three million disabled, five million refugees; in total about half the population."
Hasn't Afghanistan suffered enough? The U.S. would be far better off if instead of pouring tens of thousands of troops into Afghanistan it sent in a like number of unarmed Peace Corps volunteers with a comparable budget. Time to give non-violence a chance. C'mon, guys, show a little imagination, huh? #
(Sherwood Ross, director of Anti-War News Service(AWNS), formerly worked for the Chicago Daily News and contributed regular columns to wire services. To reach him and support the work of AWNS email firstname.lastname@example.com)
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A board made up of Minnesota's top elected state officials has approved a mining lease for a company to recover iron ore concentrate on state and county land near Coleraine.
The Minnesota Executive Council on Wednesday approved the lease for Grand Rapids-based Magnetation.
Magnetation recycles old iron ore tailings. The deal allows the company to recover ore on the Itasca County portion of the western Iron Range.
The Duluth News Tribune (http://bit.ly/XTzc43) reports the lease is for mineral rights held by the state and does not involve any surface land owned by private landowners.
Department of Natural Resources officials say the lease could bring between $50 million and $220 million in revenue to the state's Permanent School Trust Fund through lease fees and royalties paid by Magnetation over many years.
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PIKEVILLE, Ky. – What started as a promising upset bid ended in bitter disappointment for the University of Pikeville women's basketball team, as it fell 87-76 to No. 2 Shawnee State University at the East Kentucky Expo Center Thursday night.
UPIKE, which led at halftime 45-41, fell to 2-5 on the season and 1-3 in the Mid-South Conference. Shawnee State, meanwhile, saw its record climb to 8-1 (3-1 in MSC).
After Shawnee took an early lead at 9-8, Pikeville went on a 25-11 stretch that took 6:42 off the clock, and when sophomore guard Christin Haney nailed a three from the corner, the home team led 33-20 with 9:17 left.
But Shawnee responded with a five-minute spurt that saw it score 21 of the next 26 to take a 41-38 lead with 1:41 left, but Pikeville scored the last seven to take a 45-41 lead to recess.
Shawnee took the lead early in the second half when senior center Schera Sampson scored inside with 16:09 left to make it 51-49. It never trailed again, pushing the lead to as much as 12 before settling for the 11-point win.
Sampson was rampant for Shawnee State, tallying game-highs in points (24) and rebounds (11) for a double-double despite playing only 27 minutes (including just 10 in the first half) due to early foul trouble. Sampson's fellow senior Alex Pohl had a big night as well with 18 points and eight boards, four of which came on the offensive end of the floor.
Freshman guard Abby Feutcher 's 3-of-5 performance from behind the arc helped her to 14 points in addition to four assists and four steals, while junior Allanah Sheets and freshman Kara Long chipped in 13 and 12 points respectively. The five Shawnee State starters combined for an impressive 81 of the team's 87 points.
UPIKE's upset bid was led by an efficient night from junior Callisha Johnson, who came off the bench to lead the Bears with 16 points and shot 60 percent from the floor. Junior guard Jayme Jackson took efficiency to an even greater extreme, going 3-of-3 on three-pointers and dishing out a game-high seven assists against just two turnovers.
Freshman forward Peyton Wright had 14 points and nine rebounds, while sophomore Whitney Jackson added an extra 13 herself.
The Bears are at home again this Saturday at 2pm in another Mid-South Conference game with the University of Rio Grande.


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STOCKTON – Stockton Police arrested Danny Williams, 25, on suspicion of being drunk in public and resisting arrest at 11:58 p.m. Thursday.
Williams was reported in the front yard of a home in the 2600 block of Georgia Avenue and causing a disturbance. He was intoxicated and beligerant, police said.
When officers contacted him, he pulled away and got into a fighting stance, at which time he was wrestled to the ground and arrested.
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The Kenosha Water Utility's (KWU) 22-mgd microfiltration membrane plant broke ground a decade ago as the world's largest low-pressure membrane system producing potable water, the first in Wisconsin and the first direct-membrane filtration process on Lake Michigan. Since the O. Fred Nelson Water Treatment Plant went on line, hundreds of people from countries such as Canada, France, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, China, Japan, Korea, and England have toured it to examine the leading-edge technology.
KWU is well satisfied with the decision to build a membrane plant. However, since the December 1998 start-up, the utility's demand for water has evolved. Operations and maintenance methods have improved, as have membrane quality and replacement options. Lessons learned since then include the importance of regular membrane integrity testing, regularly scheduled chemical cleaning, preventive maintenance, staff training, financial planning, and a positive relationship with regulatory agencies.
KWU built the membrane plant to update a 40-mgd conventional treatment facility, which consisted of two plants. The original 20-mgd "west plant" started as a steam-powered pumping station in 1895 and was upgraded to a conventional filtration plant in 1917. A 20-mgd "east plant" was added in 1964. After evaluating several options, and in the wake of the 1993 cryptosporidiosis epidemic in nearby Milwaukee, KWU decided to upgrade and continue operating the east plant and replace the west plant with a new membrane filtration system.
While the installed cost of the membrane plant turned out to be less than the projected cost of a conventional process, the primary motivation behind KWU's decision to become a membrane pioneer was the commitment to provide the highest possible water quality for its customers. KWU's vision has been confirmed every day since the membrane plant's start-up by producing high-quality potable water that meets all U.S. EPA and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) drinking water requirements.
In a direct filtration process of Lake Michigan water, Wisconsin DNR requires testing membrane integrity three times per day, at 8-hour intervals, along with continuous on-line turbidity measurements. Results from a series of fiber cut tests conducted during the plant's start-up convinced the DNR that a pressure decay test (PDT) would provide more sensitive measurement of unit integrity and reflect actual performance better than that obtained from turbidity or particle count measurements alone. Membrane-filtered water turbidity measurements are at the lowest end of the on-line turbidity instruments' range, always <0.02 nephelometric turbidity units (NTU), regardless of raw water turbidity. Turbidity can exceed 100 NTU, and in some years has exceeded 200 NTU, from storms on Lake Michigan.
The PDT used at KWU is a fully automated sequence conducted with a challenge test pressure of 15 psi on each membrane skid, and can detect a breach in membrane integrity as small as 3.0 microns. Wisconsin DNR requires operating staff to respond to the smallest change in PDT value by finding the individual membrane module(s) that triggered the change, isolating the leak, and scheduling a repair.
With more than 10 million fibers in each skid, looking for a leak may seem like trying to find a needle in a haystack. However, using an air hold test when responding to a change in PDT allows air bubbles to be heard, pinpointing a specific membrane module leaking air. This enables plant staff to identify even the smallest breach in integrity, isolate the leak, and fix it as part of scheduled maintenance.
The Wisconsin DNR's "zero tolerance" to changes in PDT created more fiber repair work than KWU initially anticipated, but never required additional staff. A set of replacement membranes installed in 2004 has proven to be more durable than the original supply, reducing the fiber repair work.
Maintaining membrane integrity is essential to providing the best possible treatment. Regular, effective membrane cleaning is the most important way to extend membrane life and ensure that the filtration capacity will consistently meet needs. Unlike high-pressure membranes that can weaken with repeated chemical cleaning, low-pressure membranes will decline in capacity if the membranes are not washed or are cleaned ineffectively. Low-pressure membranes are washed with chemicals using temperatures that do not degrade performance.
Transmembrane pressure (TMP) is the driving force that moves water through the membranes to the filtrate side of the system. TMP increases as membranes get dirty (foul) when filtering the same amount of water. Chemical cleaning removes foulant from the membrane surface and lowers TMP. New membranes can be operated for 2,000 to 3,000 hours before the TMP rises to the point where a chemical clean-in-place (CIP) is required.


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Juli Inkster made the cut in her first U.S. Women's Open when she was an 18-year-old amateur at San Jose State. She finished 10 shots behind Hollis Stacy. That was in 1978.
Inkster is playing the Women's Open for the 35th time this week at Pinehurst No. 2, and the 53-year-old from the Bay Area said Wednesday it probably will be her last. Probably.
"I'm not playing much," Inkster said. "I think I'm only going to play a couple more this year. And next year I'll probably just play like six tournaments, too. This is probably my last one."
A moment of sadness? Not quite.
"Shoot, I've played in 35 of these, so that's pretty impressive," Inkster said, a two-time Open champion and Hall of Fame member. "I love where I am right now. ... I've got a lot of new stuff, Solheim stuff, and doing a little TV commentating. I'm still going to be out here and be busy. But I'm definitely not going to play as much."
Inkster hasn't won in nearly eight years and last made the cut in the Women's Open in 2009. She qualified this year at No. 69 on the LPGA Tour money list from last season. The top 70 are exempt from qualifying.
She won her first Women's Open at Old Waverly in 1999 and again at Prairie Dunes in 2002.
The Women's Open starts Thursday in golf's version of a doubleheader. Just four days after Martin Kaymer won the U.S. Open with the second-lowest score in history (271), it's the women's turn at Pinehurst No. 1.
The Donald Ross-designed course will play at 6,649 yards for the women -- just over 900 yards shorter than for the men.
Redwood Shores' Lucy Li, just 11, has been the biggest attraction this week as the youngest qualifier in U.S. Women's Open history.
"The perfect week? I just want to go out there and have fun and play the best I can," said Li, who has a 4:07 a.m. (PDT) tee time with playing partners Catherine O'Donnell and Jessica Wallace. "And I really don't care about the outcome."


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Tiffany Marrel and Christopher Nicholson announce the birth of a son, Kolton Ray Nicholson.
He is the son of 8:17 p.m., Feb. 6, 2013, at St. Anthony Shawnee Hospital. She weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces and was 20 inches long.
She is the granddaughter of Shelia Mendoza of Shawnee, Michael Nicholson of Muskogee, and Shandalla and Mico Arteaga of Chandler.
She is the great-granddaughter of Harry and Christine Keith of Chandler and Delores and Edward Marrel of Muskogee.
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Barack Obama Visits 'Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis'
Zach Galifianakis scored a big get with his latest guest for "Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis": President Barack Obama. The president, who was billed as a "community organizer," was using the forum of the satirical online chat show to get out word on the website for his health care law. "Healthcare.gov works great now," Obama said. Obama also talked about "The Hangover" movies, birth certificates and spider bites. The segment ends with a surprise reveal which we won't spoil here. The president's best line: "If I ran a third time it would be sort of like doing a third 'Hangover' movie. It didn't really work out very well, did it?" Basically, the appearance is a canny attempt at fighting fire with fire. After months of conservatives trying to turn Obamacare into a punchline on comedy shows, the president is attempting to take control of the national conversation with some humor of his own. Watch the video. What do you think?
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Lanz of Salzburg's Tyrolean-Print Flannel Robe with Feminine Set-In Waist
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Lanz of Salzburg's Tyrolean-Print Flannel Robe with Feminine Set-In Waist
The famous Lanz of Salzburg Tyrolean-print nightgown has proven so popular that we are now offering a matching cotton flannel robe. Featuring a set-in waist in the back for a more feminine look, this women's robe is trimmed with satin piping along the shawl collar, cuffs, and front patch pockets. Attached self-sash. 100% cotton. Approx. 52" long. Machine wash and dry. Imported. Available in both Misses' and Women's sizes.
- Perfectly matches Lanz's Tyrolean nightgown
- Trimmed with satin piping
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- The Red Lanz Tyrolean Wrap Robe is sold at original price and is not included in the sale.
Keep extra cozy in Lanz's Tyrolean-print flannel robe that matches Lanz's famous Tyrolean nightgown.
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100% Cotton Flannel
Machine wash in cold water on a gentle cycle with like colors. Use only a non chlorine bleach if needed. Tumble dry on a low setting. Remove promptly. Warm iron if necessary.
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Do you play Minecraft? Do you want to play with us? Come and play Minecraft on our laptops and iPads. Build worlds and fight off monsters with your friends, new or old. Drop-in program, no registration required. All ages welcome.Get Directions to the FFL
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Make user-defined size screenshots of websites.
Paparazzi! is a small utility for Mac OS X that makes screenshots of webpages. This very simple tool takes screenshots of websites which do not fit on one screen. You specify the desired width, minimal height and the URL. The program displays a preview and you can save the screenshot to PNG, JPEG, TIFF, or PDF.
It's written in Objective-C using the Cocoa API and the WebKit framework... It was inspired by webkit2png which is a commandline tool written by Paul Hammond in pyObjC, so all intellectual credit for the basic functionality goes to him ;)
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Surprisingly handy. I found this particularly useful when reorganizing my portfolio; it makes keeping up-to-date captures of web design work dead simple.
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Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- News 12 is on your side with the information you need to cast your vote in the Nov. 6 election.
Aiken County
The state of South Carolina does not have early voting but does have absentee voting.
-Absentee precinct is open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday at Aiken County Board of Elections.
-Satellite precinct opens after Oct. 15 in Kalmia Plaza.
-Satellite precinct in North Augusta at the Nancy Carson Library open from noon to 4 p.m. on Oct. 22, 24 and 26.
Registration & Elections:
916 Vaucluse Road
Aiken, SC 29801
(803) 642-2028
For more information, visit the Aiken County website.
Columbia County
-Oct. 9: Last day to register to vote on Nov. 6
-Oct. 15: Early voting begins at the Board of Elections office, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. This ends Nov. 2.
-Oct. 17: Saturday voting from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Patriots Park Gym, the Board of Elections Office and the Stevens Creek Community Church.
-Oct. 29 to Nov. 2: Advance voting, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Patriots Park Gym, the Board of Elections Office and the Stevens Creek Community Church.
-Nov. 2: Last day to request and mail out absentee ballot.
-Nov. 5: No voting unless you're returning an absentee ballot to the Board of Elections Office.
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Office: 500 Faircloth Dr., Bldg. E
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Mailing address: P.O. Box 919
Evans, Georgia 30809
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For more information, visit the Columbia County website.
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-Oct. 9: Voter registration deadline is 5 p.m.
-Oct. 15: Early voting begins.
-Oct. 27: Saturday voting.
-Nov. 2: Last day for voting via mail and early voting.
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The Young Masters Exhibit at the Hannibal Arts Council will culminate in a closing reception and awards from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 30, at the Hannibal Arts Council, 101 South Main St.
Since April 3 the Hannibal Arts Council has filled its walls with select works by Hannibal's fifth grade, eighth grade and Hannibal High School students. The April 30 event provides an additional opportunity for the public, students/parents and art instructors to gather and celebrate the artistic achievements of Hannibal's youth. Honorary hosts for the reception will be the HLGU Art Club.
Through a gift from the George H. Riedel Private Foundation, five students from each grade level will recognized with a $25 award.
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Gracenote to Help Launch Music Services
Want to launch your own Internet radio service?
It's becoming easier than ever. Digital music company Gracenote Inc. is rolling out a "white-label" custom-radio platform that will allow listeners to create specialized stations based on genre, mood, era, tempo, and geographical origin and artist type – and tailor the stations to their liking using "like and "dislike" controls, much like the service Pandora Media offers. The platform, called Gracenote Rhythm, will be available to developers in February.
Gracenote, which already provides technology used in parts of Apple's iTunes Radio, is just one of a slew of companies building white-label music-streaming services for clients that range from car makers to retailers.
Scores of new streaming services are expected to launch this year, some competing with giants like Spotify AB and Pandora, but many targeting niche markets with limited catalogs and lower price tags.
Gracenote President Stephen White said the new platform will serve up international genres like reggae and soca, as well as classical music –areas where most existing internet radio services come up short, he said.
A team of 100 music experts are employed around the world to help classify the 180 million songs in Gracenote's database according to genre and origin, while navigating cultural nuances and providing the language expertise to make sure that listeners in all countries can find what they're looking for. Computers, meantime, classify aspects of songs like tempo. Using a combination of human and machine analysis will help the platform to scale quickly in any market, according to the company. Pandora, by contrast, which offers roughly 1 million songs, relies more heavily on its human experts, who chart hundreds of different aspects of each song that goes into Pandora's system.
But clients using Gracenote's platform still have to do their own music licensing deals – either by paying for a blanket license from the government or negotiating directly with rights holders for the permission to offer songs on demand.
Gracenote, formerly known as CDDB – short for compact disc database – was originally a user-built site, created by fans who voluntarily uploaded information about music CDs they loaded into computers. Sony acquired Gracenote for $260 million in 2008 but announced last month announced it was selling Gracenote to Tribune for $170 million amid a cost-cutting effort.


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It was a very close contest Saturday between the MC women's basketball team and the Lady Coyotes of Kansas Wesleyan and in the end, KWU came out victorious 71-63.
Mac is now 7-11 overall and 3-3 in the conference.
The 'Dogs got up early by as many as six but then a 13-2 run by the Coyotes put KWU in front by five at the 10:10 mark.
Kansas Wesleyan would not trail until the final few seconds of the half. MC went on a 6-0 run in the final couple minutes to take a 33-32 lead into the locker room.
In the second period, the Lady Bulldogs increased their lead to seven by the 14-minute point.
KWU scored 15 of the next 17 points to leapfrog over McPherson and take a six-point advantage. Mac would not give up and tied it at 53-53 with just over five minutes to play.
Kansas Wesleyan quickly got ahead by double figures just a couple minutes later and then coasted to a 71-63 win.
In the game, McPherson shot in 40.4 percent of their 47 field goals and counted 8-of-16 from range and 17-of-25 from the line.
Aubrey Barton closed out the night with a game-high 22 points on 7-of-13 shooting with two from deep and 6-of-8 from the charity stripe. She also recorded three blocks as well as a double-double courtesy of her 10 rebounds, five on both ends of the floor.
Sunny Smart knocked down a pair of threes, 4-of-6 foul shots and 1-of-4 from two-point range for her 12 while Bailey Brown tabulated 11 points with six coming from the free throw line.
The 'Dogs are on the road twice this week. First up is a 6 p.m. showdown with the Ottawa University Braves in Ottawa on Thursday.
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Learn how a tree can save a river and protect our environment at a presentation by the Friends of the Chemung River Watershed at 10:30 a.m. Dec. 15 at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 48 Hibbard Road Extension North, Big Flats.
The free 20-minute PowerPoint presentation shows how small changes in our behavior can have a big impact on our environment.
For information: bigflatsuu.org/index.php.
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Marvel's FCBD 2014 issue will include a "Guardians of the Galaxy" feature and a "Superior Spider-Man" backup that sets up the next Spider-Event.
"Anything can happen" in Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo's "Batman" #25, which continues driving the story for the "Zero Year" arc.
Paul Cornell and Ryan Stegman relaunch "Wolverine" in February, with new allies, a modified uniform and more.
Reports for Marvel/Netflix show writers begin to surface; Guillermo del Toro brings "Justice League Dark" update; plus, new clips & more.
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