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Adventure is good, but safety is paramount.
Scott Smith, the director of the Apex Mountain School in Avon, is bringing films about adventure to Beaver Creek to raise money to teach teenagers in Eagle County how to play safely in the backcountry.
Nine adventure films will screen Thursday night at the Vilar Performing Arts Center in Beaver Creek. The films are from the Boulder-based Adventure Film Festival, and include insightful and award-winning outdoor and environmental films.
Smith and others from Apex Mountain School helped choose the films, which range from films about skiing and biking, to ice and rock climbing and even one about highlining, which is basically slacklining (walking on a rope that isn't stretched taunt) above the ground or water.
"We drove towards films that packed more of a punch on the excitement scale," Smith said. And while they're all "amazing films and each has its own unique character," it's the final film that will be shown tonight, called "Tempting Fear" that Smith pegs as his favorite. The film is about extreme skier Andreas Fransson,
"He was just labeled adventurer of the year in Sweden," Smith said. "He's kind of a soft spoken guy, and a very deep thinker and he has some powerful insights on the meaning of it all."
'Full scale avalanche education courses'
Proceeds from the evening will fund avalanche education classes for Eagle County youth.
"The festival itself will raise funds for Eagle County youth avalanche education," Smith said. "There are already a few parties going into the schools and giving presentations, so we don't feel that there's a gap in that. What's not currently being offered, to our knowledge, is full scale avalanche education courses to youth and to my knowledge, we're the only avalanche education provider that allows youth into our courses."
In the U.S. there's an organization called AIARE, which stands for American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education.
"That's the mostly widely accepted avalanche education curriculum," said Smith, who wants to put 40 kids through level one courses next winter, for free. The course would typically consist of one classroom day, "where we build a foundation and framework with information and knowledge," Smith said, followed by time in the field where kids can apply what they've learned. This year's event will raise money to fund classes that will take place next season, Smith said.
Thursday's event will include raffle prizes and a special guest emcee.
"Racing the End," 10:40 minutes; 2012
This bike race is everything a hipster could dream of: it's urban, there's a fixed-gear category, and it's underground - meaning illegal. The winners are hammering hipsters vying for local bragging rights, and they leave pros and X-game medalists in the dust. This short film by Warren Kommers follows 400-plus spandex-clad cyclists as they crash the L.A. Marathon's cross-town course.
"Blue Obsession," 8 minutes; 2011
Every excursion he makes is a first ascent. That's because the tipping icebergs and calving face of the Juneau Ice field are melting - exposing new surfaces almost more quickly than filmmaker and climber Aaron Gordon can document them. With awesome cinematography amidst the blue-glowing light of ice caves, ridges, and floes, Gordon examines the effect that global warming is having on his own backyard - and he conquers some epic lines in the process.
"Moonwalk," 3:44 minutes; 2012
With the full moon rising, Dean Potter walks a highline on Cathedral Peak in Tuolumne Meadows - unleashed.
"The Freedom Chair," 15 minutes; 2012
Josh Dueck was an aspiring skier and coach until a ski accident in 2004 changed his life for good. After coming to the realization that he would never walk again, Josh made a conscious decision to make the best of a terrible situation. Within one year he was back on snow doing what he loved, and shortly after, his determination took him to the top of the podium in the sport of sit-skiing. Despite his success in the world of competitive skiing, he wasn't satisfied - his dream is to tackle the backcountry.
"Unicorn Sashimi," 5:23 minutes; 2012
Felt Soul Media teamed up with Nick Waggoner and Yuki Miyazaki of Sweetgrass Productions in January 2012 to hunt the mythical Hokkaido Unicorn. The creature proved difficult to capture on film, so they decided to do a little skiing.
"The Gimp Monkeys," 8 minutes; 2012
What has four legs, five arms and three heads? The Gimp Monkeys. Craig DeMartino lost his leg after a 100-foot climbing fall. Pete Davis was born without an arm. Bone cancer claimed Jarem Frye's left leg at the age of 14. While the three are linked by what they are missing, it is their shared passion for climbing that pushed them toward an improbable goal - the first all-disabled ascent of Yosemite's iconic El Capitan.
"Lacon De Catalonia," 4:52 minutes; 2012
Huge ramp + mountain bike + crazy Spanish guy = big air and enough adrenaline to fill a dump truck. This film is a look at a new training compound in Llinars del Valles in the suburbs of Barcelona. In 2011 Andreu bought Edgar Torronteras´ FMX compound and built a 13-meter tall run to compensate for his lack of horsepowers.
"Honor the Treaties," 14:08 minutes; 2012
Photographic Journalist Aaron Huey finds himself in the heart of the Pine Ridge Reservation with the last remaining Lakota Sioux Indians in South Dakota. Horrified by the 90 percent poverty rate, gang violence and extreme suffering he is allowed to photograph, the Indians tales unravel a dark and troubling history of oppression and broken treaties impossible to simply document. Crossing the line between journalism and activism, Aaron teams with famed street artist Shepard Fairy and Ernesto Yerena to create a poster campaign exposing the Indians plight through photographs.
"Tempting Fear," 25 minutes; 2012
This film goes inside the mind of extreme skier Andreas Fransson, who has been called the boldest extreme skier in a generation. Over the past the years he's logged first descents in a half-dozen countries, battled back to life from an accident that nearly killed him, and become the most talked about skier in the epicenter of all things extreme - Chamonix, France. What makes him most intriguing, however, are his thoughtful musings on the meaning from a life on the edge.


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NAPA -- Veteran defensive end Justin Tuck is confident that the Raiders can get in some meaningful work against the Dallas Cowboys when the teams conduct joint practices.
That is, he said, if things don't get out of hand the way they did in 2005, when Tuck and his New York Giants scrimmaged the New York Jets.
"The one time we did it, we went over the top," Tuck said. "So, I'm not sure I got the right answer."
Either way, it's going down Tuesday and Wednesday between the Raiders and Cowboys in Oxnard in what Oakland coach Dennis Allen considers the next phase of training camp.
The Napa portion of training camp ended Monday, with the Raiders satisfied with what they accomplished in their 13 practices and even more thrilled to be checking out of the hotel they called home the better part of three weeks.
"I'm ready to go," Tuck said. "I'm already halfway down I-80 in my mind."
Allen and several players said that there's still plenty of work to get done between now and the regular-season opener Sept. 7. They also agree that they are right on schedule.
"We got a lot accomplished here," Allen said. "It was important for us to get an opportunity to work against another team, so going down to Oxnard will be good for us. ... We still have a lot of things that we have to get better at, but I like the direction we're headed."
For now, the Raiders are headed south, where the Cowboys await. The teams will practice against each other in a scripted setting Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning.
Allen said both practices will feature players in full pads. Tuck said he likes the idea of squaring off against another team after banging heads against the same guys for so long.
"It's good to go and face some people that don't wear the same color as you and see different schemes," Tuck said. "Dallas has a really good offensive line, so it will be a good challenge for us."
Running back Darren McFadden is in his seventh NFL season. He has battled injuries every season, but so far he looks primed for a healthy start to the season.
Same goes for most of the Raiders, who departed Napa relatively healthy. Therefore, most of their focus is trained upon the work that still needs to be done.
"We got better every day, but there's still a lot of things we got to get cleaned up," McFadden said.
"That was an opportunity for Keith to get in there in nickel situations and work with the ones some," Allen said. "We haven't had an opportunity to see a lot of him. So, he's a guy that obviously we felt highly of coming out in the draft and wanted to get an opportunity to look at him."
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Friday's game
Detroit (1-0) at Raiders (0-1), 7 p.m. KTVU

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text: Like a modern day Rapunzel, Lara Beadell was known for her long, golden hair. Now, the Sunnyvale 10-year-old will also be known for her kind heart. On Sunday, at W's Salon in San Jose, she donated her locks to Wigs for Kids in a benefit for children with medically related hair loss that was organized by Disney's "Dream to Dare" now playing at the HP Pavilion. Before last night night's show, Rapunzel, with her blonde hair touching the ground, joined Lara, and two dozen other donors, to thank them for contributing to the campaign which has collected more than a 1000 feet of hair during its west coast tour.


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Audio quality of this show is...well, pretty awful. Mike and Fish are so far down in the mix, the first several songs almost sound like duet recordings of Page and Trey. This will likely keep 98% of most listeners away from the show, but for the devoted, I'll wade through what is there.
YEM opens the show. The audio is absolutely terrible for this opener, so it's pretty hard to hear what is happening at all. That being said, this YEM is really sub-par, with not even an inspired ending jam.
Lushington, which, at this point had lost its scatalogical lyrics, consisted of just 'the Chase' and no lyrics, followed YEM. Interestingly, though, after 'the Chase', the band breaks into Lushington's rolling chords for a couple of verses, but no lyrics are sung. Then, the band moves into the jazzy bridge that is normally found in 'Dog Log' for about 30 seconds, before finding their way into the chords to Possum, but not before Trey teases Camel Walk for a good 20 seconds. It's clear at this point that the band has several sections and parts to songs that they don't quite know what to do with and are trying to find ways to make them all work.
Possum is standard after which drunken audience members yell for Page to sing and Mike confers with Paul about the sound. Trey remarks that 'you missed last night', so it's possible that the band played Ride Captain Ride or Curtis Loew the previous night. Trey decides on Slave, though, which is again pretty standard.
After Sneakin Sally, Trey introduces Clod, which is well-played and the band remarks how much they like it afterwards. Mike suggests Peach>Punch, but the band wonders what they can do with Punch. Trey asks the audience if they want to hear 'the Sloth', but they don't play it. So, it seems like the band had debuted the Sloth earlier than there is a record.
Peaches flows into TMWSIY, the first ever. Makisupa is interesting in that it contains a very weird cheesy keyboard tone from Page. It almost sounds like what you'd expect from a low-budget keyboard in the mid-80s. This version is quite spacey, though, and actually, were the sound better, may be more interesting. At one point, though, Trey breaks into some volume swells that listeners may recognize also being in the 3/13/92 Antelope>BBFCFM>Antelope breakdown.
"Moving from Jamaica directly to the Bahamas," the band plays Ya Mar. The band takes a break and says they will return for more, but no tapes exist.
Really, the audio quality of this show is so bad, that only people with a high tolerance to hiss and fuzz should seek out the show. Of the show, the odd Lushington/Dog Log love-child is interesting, as is the effects-ridden Makisupa. Everything else, though, is not particularly note-worthy and is fuzzy.


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GEORGETOWN, Ky. – Junior guard Callisha Johnson fired in 31 points and scored the go-ahead basket with 18 seconds left to give the University of Pikeville a 66-62 win over No. 13 Georgetown College Thursday night at Davis-Reid Alumni Gymasium.
After Georgetown missed a shot to tie, freshman Peyton Wright went to the line and sank a free throw with 5.8 seconds left to make it a three-point lead.
After a Tiger timeout, she made it a two-possession game with the second toss.
Wright was equally solid; after a scoreless first period, she finished with 15 markers and 13 rebounds while blocking four shots.
The win made the Bears 8-15 on the season and 4-10 in the Mid-South Conference as they battle to qualify for the league's eight-team tournament at the end of the month.
It was also the third straight win for the Bears since Coach Bill Watson informed the school of his intention to retire at the end of the season.
Georgetown fell to 16-8 on the season, 10-5 in the league.
It appeared Georgetown was going to have an easy go of it and led 28-16 after a basket by Jessica Foster with 5:17 to play in the half. But after that, the Tigers didn't score again in the half while the Bears rolled up 14 unanswered points.
Whitney Belle Jackson had four while the torrid Johnson flipped in the other 10, going 6-of-6 from the line during the stretch. When she tossed in a pair from the stripe with 28.4 seconds left in the half, she had 20 and the Bears had a 30-28 lead which they took to the break.
Pikeville won the game while shooting only 40.3 percent overall and 23.1 percent from the arc. They did, however, hit 9-of-10 from the line.
Georgetown lost thanks to shooting only 31.1 percent overall and 4-of-25 (16 percent) from the arc. While the Bears took care of business from the line, the Tigers were only 12-of-20.
Pikeville will remain on the road, visiting St. Catharine College on Saturday at 2 p.m. Georgetown will be home on Saturday, hosting U.Va.-Wise.


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Pioneer Group owner and Chairman Dave Archer has been saying for years the area needs more welders and pipefitters.
Now that his prediction is coming true with the rising oil and natural gas industry, his company is taking matters into its own hands to develop that expanded workforce.
Pioneer Group this month began a pre-apprenticeship program in partnership with the Washington County Career Center, in which half a dozen students are spending part of their day in the welding lab at Pioneer's Westview Avenue facility. The 16-week Senior Welding Apprenticeship Program benefits all parties involved by teaching the students needed skills in a workplace setting and helping Pioneer add quality employees for the long haul, said Pioneer chief operating officer Matt Hilverding.
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Washington County Career Center senior Janelle Pugh, front left, prepares to start welding Tuesday as career center secondary director Mike Elliott, right, dons a welding mask in the lab at Pioneer Group's facility on Westview Avenue in Marietta.
"There's probably enough of this work for enough years they could make their whole career right here at home," he said. "That's our whole goal here is to develop employees that will become lifelong employees of our company."
And the students won't have to wait very long to get on the payroll. Once they can obtain certification in five different welding procedures, they can apply for union membership and become apprentices.
"Once these kids can learn to do this, there's their job, right over there," Archer said, pointing out the window of the welding lab to where Pioneer employees were at work.
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By the numbers
80 to 100 - Number of welders Pioneer Group owner and Chairman Dave Archer says he could put to work today to meet the demands of the oil and gas industry.
$20 million - Amount of business Archer said the company has turned away in the last two months due to not having enough people to meet the demand.
v 6 - Number of Washington County Career Center students in the first class of a pre-apprentice program at Pioneer.
$30 - Hourly rate, including benefits, the students could make as apprentices once they're certified.
Source: Pioneer Group.
Archer said the starting hourly rate for an apprentice, including benefits, is $30.
The welding lab and classroom were originally added to help Pioneer workers hone their own skills, but as demand for Pioneer's fabrication of pipelines for the oil and gas industry grew due to interest in the Utica and Marcellus shale formations, they found they had more work than people to do it.
"We could use 80-plus people tonight, put 'em to work," Archer said, later revising that number to 100.
The company has been doing work for the oil and gas industry for years, sending a lot of its products to New York, western Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia as shale exploration developed there, Hilverding said. Now, more and more is staying in Ohio, as the process accelerates in the state.
But Pioneer could be doing even more. Archer said the company has turned down about $20 million worth of work in the last two months.
"We can't get plumbers and pipefitters," he said. "So we've developed our own training program here."
The arrangement currently costs the career center nothing. Archer said footing the bill for this program is preferable to missing out on so much potential business.
The career center's welding program has long been a popular one, and students have gotten early placement in apprenticeships, career center secondary director Mike Elliott said. But even so, the demand for workers was outpacing the supply.
Elliott called the arrangement with Pioneer a "tremendous opportunity" for youth. In addition to providing quality training and an inside track to a job, it also requires them to finish high school.
"Pioneer Group and obviously us, we still want them to earn their high school diplomas," Elliott said.
The six seniors take academic classes in the morning at the career center, then spend the afternoon at Pioneer, where they receive one-on-one instruction from journeyman pipefitter Justin Betts. And the decrease in class size back at the career center means the instructor there has more time to work with students, Elliott said.
"And hopefully when this group's finished, we'll have another six ready to go," he said.
Career center Senior Tyler Stacy, from Warren High School, called the program a "once-in-a-lifetime chance."
"It's not ever day you get the opportunity to go straight from lunch at school to pretty much work," he said.
Fellow senior Janelle Pugh, from Waterford High School, said the program is "awesome." The only girl in the initial group of six, she said she challenges herself to do as well or better than her male counterparts to prove wrong anyone who might think her participation is an effort to fill some sort of gender-based quota.
"I really want to do well up here," Pugh said. "Because if I can at least prove it to myself, that I can keep up with the boys here, I won't care what people say."
Archer said she's having no problem doing that.
"She's in here because she's a welder. We don't care if she's a female or not," he said.
In fact, women have some advantages as welders, Archer said.
"They're more patient, and their manual dexterity's real good," he said.
Pugh's not the only member of the class impressing Archer.
"This is as good a group as a group that I've ever seen put together," he said. "These kids are awesome."
Marietta Area Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Charlotte Keim said she liked what she saw when she toured the operation Tuesday.
"What the Pioneer Group has done is a huge step forward in providing opportunities for area youth and ensuring that when there is work available ... there are workers to handle the jobs," she said. "I'd like to see more of this happening."


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an interview with prolyphic. check it out.
HW: Ok so first off thank you for this interview and I would like to start off simple. Tell us for the people that might not know about you, who you are and what you do.
Prolyphic: My Hip Hop name is Prolyphic and I am an independent hip hop emcee who is signed to Strange Famous Records. I write and perform my lyrics for those who want to hear.
HW: How long have you been rapping and were you always serious about it.
Prolyphic: I have been serious about writing and rapping since I was 17, so that would be 9 years strong. I started off writing songs that were not so serious when I was 14 and I would record them on my parents stereo. Since I was 17 I have always been serious about my writing, but not so serious about making a living off of my music.
HW: Tell us about your first tour experience.
Prolyphic: It was good. I toured with Galapagos4 and had fun traveling across the US. I learned a lot about myself and got a chance to get out of New England. I grew as a performer and as a person. Met some interesting people along the way and ti will be something that Ill never forget.
HW: Ok awhile back you released an alarm clock set for 9:01 what is the significance of that title? you had said that their was another reason for the title what was it? and whatever happened to ducksoup records?
Prolyphic: During that period of my life my alarm clock was set for 9:01. I wasnt trying to be different, it was something that just happened. My mornings revolved around that number and it became that way out of laziness. One night I wanted to set my alarm for 9:00am and went too far with the minutes. I was too lazy to go through the numbers again, so I just left it. So in retrospect, that situation/album title became Life in a nutshell for me. Life is not that complex, it has simple explanations. We, humans, are the ones who make it complicated. The album title was not meant to have a deep meaning, it is just a reference to a period of my life. Ducksoup records is no longer with us.
HW: What is your favorite track from alarm clock set for 9:01? and why?
Prolyphic: A Name On A Park Bench and One Day At A Time are probably my favorite tracks. What I was saying in those songs came from the deepest parts of my soul. The beats are very slow, somewhere around 65-70 BPM and they epitomize my music and style. One Day At A Time its how I started my music career and Name On A Park Bench is how it will end.
HW: Awhile back you released an album with robust of G4, what was that like and are thier any plans to do a sequel?
Prolyphic: Group projects/songs are tough to make, not to mention a whole album. That album took forever to complete and it should have come out 3 years earlier. What made things even more difficult is that I was in RI and Robust was in Chicago. So, getting together in person was a struggle. But, I always have fun making music because it is something that I love to do. We put a lot of work into it and I believe it should of have gotten more recognition. Such is life, there is more I could have done to publicize and promote it, but all of that is done now and I have moved on. There will not be a sequel. There is a lot of things I want to get done on my own and I enjoy being by myself on songs. It allows for more freedom when Im writing.
HW: You are now signed to strange famous records how did that come about?
Prolyphic: I gave Sage a copy of my first demo tape in 2000, which was titled Whats Wrong With This Picture. He showed some interest in what I had to say and maybe saw some talent in my lyrics. So, ever since then I kept in touch with him and always sent him new music I was working on. Then in 2005 he asked me if I would be interested in releasing an album with Reanimator on his record label Strange Famous. Yada yada yada I said yes.
HW: Your new project is entitled The Ugly Truth with production from reanimator. why did you choose to do an entire album with just one producer instead of selecting bits from everywhere?
Prolyphic: It was all Sages idea. He gets the credit. He saw something hip hopoly magical in putting us together and I think it worked out just fine. Kudos. kudos.
HW: What are your favorite tracks from the The Ugly Truth and why?
Prolyphic: My fav tracks as they say, are The Ugly Truth, Broken Bottles, Artist Goes Pop. Slow To Get Up, The Way I See it for all different reasons. I like the whole album, but these songs stick out to me. Some because of how they sound, the overall feel of the song, and what the lyrics personally mean to me.
HW: When can we expect the album to come out?
Prolyphic: May 6th, yea yea definitely May 6th.
HW: Alright time to get off this and ask you If you died tomorrow what would you want people to remember you for?
Prolyphic: That I was a good man and I tried my best.
HW: Any closing lines?
Prolyphic: Artist Goes Pop/Survived Another Winter 12″ and B.Dolans Live Evel EP come out April 1, 2008. And THE UGLY TRUTH cd comes out May 6, 2008. Peace.
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It's too bad he had such a short opening set at that Living Room show. Seemed like it flew by with a quickness. I thought the stage guests brought a lot of extra energy without taking away from the main performer, especially during 'Survived Another Winter'.
I'm sure there will be quite a bit more exposure once Ugly Truth drops.
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:D Nice interview, can't wait for the album.
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Yeah, it did seem a little rushed, I would of loved more of Prolyphic that night. Did you think the Apes were a tad too loud to be fully enjoyed?
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We squeezed in as much time as we could for Prolyphic. Unfortunately, Sole had 4 openers of his own (including a set by Skyrider.)
The closer we get to release of The Ugly Truth, the more time Prolyphic will probably get on stage. I'd really love to see him perform more songs from the album.
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10 June 2006
Dave Itzkoff Ponders His Inner Child
I have one major concern with the column, however, and that is Itzkoff's bizarre decision to undermine his credibility by quoting an "online critic". Doesn't he realize he's writing for one of the great newspapers of the world? Why does he stoop to giving credibility to some yahoo with a blog? Itzkoff is a good and clearly intelligent writer, but such a tremendous lapse of judgment within an otherwise interesting column may be a sign not simply of an undigested inner child, but of impending psychosis.
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Indeed. Doesn't he know that online criticism is meaningless, and especially to his overlords at the NYT? "Never mind that," Tanenhaus is probably telling him right now. "This 'internet' fad will fade away soon."ReplyDelete
This mutual sniping between Cheney and Iztkoff is unseemly, only serving to degrade the actual literary criticism, which is often excellent, and perhaps even the standing of SF/fantasy/spec fiction. I've always admired someone like Joyce Carol Oates, for example, for her restraint in this regard.ReplyDelete
I wonder what I have to say to get a mention in the next column?ReplyDelete
I hear Itzkoff still wets the bed...like all McCaffrey fans!
It would appear that Itzkoff has mistaken The Mumpsimus for and esteemed and well-respected venue for literary criticism, rather than pathetic collection of fanboy ravings that it actually is. Fortunately we can turn this to our advantage. All we need to do now is get Cheney a Hugo for Best Fanwriter. The shame that will fall upon Itzkoff's head as a result will be so overwhelming that the NYT will have no choice by to terminate his employment.ReplyDelete
HAha ahHAHA ahha ahha AHaReplyDelete
Fun to watch heads turn and opinions of Itzkoff make sea changes when he pays lip-service to some of the younger, up-and-coming writers in the genre. "Maybe he has better taste than we thought!"ReplyDelete
His column seems too calculatedly ageist for me to take very seriously, as though his essential conceit is that we still shouldn't be trusting anyone over the age of thirty. It is too easy to diss nostalgia when it's your elders' nostalgia. Within the Itzkoff Retirement Home, 2040, where everyone reminisces of the days of internet fiascos and flame-wars, I can imagine the furious youth flaming the sepia-toned Ben Rosenbaum and Christopher Rowe short-story collections, and all that old-fogey blog crit nobody reads anymore. ;)
I'm enjoying your blog, Matt.
Matt, you're such a smartass. ;-)ReplyDelete
Lucky bastard.ReplyDelete
So he is quoting along side Matt a new weird inspired, hallucinating junky, immortal rapist with wings in the NY Times?
Who else could make such a claim? Congrats!
Apart from the issue of sniping at Cheney, do others agree that Itzkoff's column is a major step backwards for recognition of SF as credible literary genre? I didn't always agree with Jonas and found his choices of what to review often too traditional, but at least there was attention paid every month or so in the NYT Sunday Book Review to representative work. Now, we get a page once in a blue moon, and when it finally shows up, it's a minimally cogent fly-by of a compilation of "year's best" short stories? There may not be shelves full of interesting new work, but there is some. I can find some of it on my own, or with the help of blogs like this one, but it would be nice if someone whose job is it to review books for the New York Times, put a little energy into pointing us in the direction of such work.ReplyDelete
- Firiel6/13/2006 10:02 PM
The New York Times' attitude towards science fiction is the usual lit'ry crapola. You don't see their "Crime" columnist, when she reviews murder mysteries every week, arguing that "These are really, really good books, you guys! Honest! Don't sneer at me!" Even when they still had Jonas he hardly ever reviewed anything that most actual sf readers like because he was always going for the English professor's approval. Screw them.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous6/18/2006 3:29 PM
Sorry to be a thorn, but i think Itzkoff has done a great job. I don't understand why everyone says he is taking us a step backward, i think he is giving the outside literary community an insider's views of the genre. He is saying "look, here are some things you might have to put up with, but you SHOULD put up with them until you fall in love with SF." Who would pick up SF for the first time if he just said "You narrow-minded fools! Can't you see the light?! Your SOOOOOooooOOOO stoopid!"ReplyDelete
- Anonymous6/30/2006 11:09 AM
I hope that this has died down enough and I can post my one coherent thought; I almost posted earlier, but Meghan got it right in her blog so I didn't trample in.ReplyDelete
When The Mumspimus starts running in the NYTBR, please let Dave Itzkoff make occasional appearances.
This is not a joke and it is not meant to be funny. It is a prognostication.


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Liam Hemsworth has already moved on from Miley Cyrus.
According to E! News, the actor was spotted playing tonsil hockey with singer-actress Eiza Gonzalez at her apartment complex in Beverly Hills on Tuesday, just a few days they were spotted together in Las Vegas and right after it was confirmed he and Miley Cyrus broke off their 15-month engagement.
He definitely traded up.
While a source told the website Hemsworth and Gonzalez "just met," it appears they like each other.
Because we all care, E! reported that Hemsworth stopped by Gonzalez's place around 3:30 p.m. to give her a piece of luggage. He was only there for about five minutes, which apparently was long enough to get pictures of them trying to resuscitate each other.
Gonzalez apparently recently moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting opportunities.
A source told E! that Gonzalez, who broke up with her boyfriend of two years earlier this summer, is reportedly due in Mexico on Friday for an appearance at the DVD release of the Spanish-language version of Disney's "The Croods."
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- Aug 5:
- Attorney General: Santa Clara County DA did not break law with time-off perks
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- Santa Clara County blasts District Attorney Jeff Rosen' 'secret action,' demands prosecutors give back 'inappropriately' granted perk or face investigation
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- Union files grievance over DA's demotion of outspoken attorney
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- State attorney general launches civil investigation into DA Jeff Rosen's actions
- Jeff Rosen: District attorney defends leave policy but apologizes for poor communication
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- Herhold: DA Jeff Rosen's problems have a political cast
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- Mercury News editorial: District Attorney Rosen set a bad precedent
- County officials order DA to stop handing out as much paid administrative leave
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- Santa Clara County DA quietly offers some of his top deputies lucrative perk
In the latest sign of friction within the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office, top prosecutor Jeff Rosen on Wednesday demoted the most outspoken critic of his controversial paid administrative-leave policy -- prompting the attorneys union to condemn the move as retaliatory and initiate legal action to overturn it.
Jim Sibley, a 20-year veteran prosecutor whom Rosen had appointed to supervise the narcotics team, was demoted to his previous position as a trial deputy. Rosen also reassigned Sibley from San Jose to the more remote Palo Alto office, adding about 17 miles to his commute from Scotts Valley.
Rosen declined to comment directly on his decision since it is a confidential personnel matter. But he called the union's accusation an "unfortunate and false allegation."
"Trial attorneys with great skills and promise are promoted, and supervising attorneys are rotated back into courtrooms," he said in an emailed statement. "Those rotations create a deep bench of talent and experience at all levels."
But the Government Attorneys Association, which represents prosecutors, public defenders and child-support attorneys, said Rosen is punishing Sibley for his stance opposing Rosen's generous use of extra time off in the form of paid administrative leave.
Rosen is under civil investigation by the state Attorney General's Office for the practice, which may violate the state government code banning "the use of public resources for a purpose not authorized by law," also known as a gift of public funds.
Rosen gave about 15 of his top deputies the extra time off to make up for a 5 percent bonus they lost as part of countywide cutbacks. The end run around the pay cut is controversial because it allows the attorneys -- who are among the office's highest-paid lawyers with salaries of $195,340 each -- to preserve vacation time they might otherwise have used and sell it back to the county later for cash. One attorney who recently retired has already cashed out some of it. The vacation payouts would put back in their pockets about the same amount of money they lost in the contract negotiated by the Government Attorneys Association over Rosen's objections.
The union took several steps Wednesday to try to overturn Sibley's demotion, including asking to meet with county executives and drafting declarations and other legal documents in preparation for a possible grievance. Supervising attorneys serve at the will of the district attorney, but demotions cannot be for unlawful purposes, including retaliation.
"GAA will pursue any and all legal and administrative remedies to defend our members against the retaliatory and intimidating actions by DA Rosen," union president Max Zarzana said.
Sibley was one of the supervising attorneys who received the extra time off, though he hasn't used any of it, he said. But he expressed reservations about the practice to then-Assistant District Attorney David Tomkins when it first started in 2011. Sibley has also tried to give it back twice, including in a signed letter to all the attorneys in the office.
However, he didn't protest when the county accidentally paid him the 5 percent bonus for more than a year, prompting Rosen to investigate him for possible disciplinary action. Sibley said he didn't notice the overpayment, partly because he has direct deposit, his pay dropped after the federal payroll deduction was restored and he and other attorneys were forced to take seven unpaid furlough days under the union contract. He was cleared of any wrongdoing.
"This is not just about me," Sibley said. "This is a message to everybody that says, 'This is what happens to you if you don't go along with my program.' "
Rosen's treatment of Sibley has raised anxieties in the office, particularly among those who see the transfer to Palo Alto as a frightening example of "freeway justice" -- meaning when someone in the criminal justice system is exiled by an irritated boss. Sibley said it will be particularly onerous because he will be further away from helping his wife out with their 14-year-old autistic son.
But Rosen said his three offices -- in San Jose, Gilroy and Palo Alto -- are equally important and that he strives to ensure the best mix of lawyers on each team.
"Every lawyer in every assignment, from misdemeanor court to the homicide unit, is on an excellent team," he said. "My administration builds and rebuilds these teams, seeking the best possible fit to fight crime on behalf of the people of Santa Clara County."
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The days are short, the weather is cold and the cheery holiday atmosphere is in the air! As we come to an end of the air, we must look at the housing market as well! Like all winter seasons, this one has similarities that show that the winter is here. The inventory has gotten low and with the low interest rates, the market is showing signs of a seller's market in most areas. However, the average absorption rate for the Northern Virginia is at 5.7 months, which is considered a "normal market."
As always, I calculate the absorption rate for the DC Metro Area. These numbers are the calculation of the supply and demand of real estate inventory. So, what do these numbers mean? Typically, if absorption rate is 5-7 months, it is considered "normal market." If it's below 5, it's a "sellers market" and if it's above 7, then it's a "buyers market." The percentage indicates how the market has improved (↑) or declined (↓) compared to last month.
Absorption rate is calculated by dividing the total number of active and pending listings by the number of homes sold in a month. The resulting answer let's us know how many months it will take to sell the entire inventory of homes. I love numbers and have started to calculate the absorption rate for the , more specifically, I will be focusing on Northern Virginia since that's my area of expertise and state of licensure.
The numbers used for my calculations are from MRIS MLS and are deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Remember, real estate is local so here are the absorption rates for last month in Northern Virginia:
|City of Alexandria – 3.4 mos (↑42.5%)
Arlington County – 2.7 mos (↑29.1%)
Clarke County – 8.3 mos (↓30.8%)
Fairfax County – 3.6 mos (↑28.6%)
City of Fairfax – 5.8 mos (↓26.5%)
City of Falls Church – 2.0 mos (↑73.1%)
Fauqier County – 7.1 mos (↑8.3%)
Frederick County – 6.8 mos (↑4.0%)
|City of Fredericksburg – 10.6 mos (↓22.7%)
Loudoun County – 4.8 mos (↑19.6%)
City of Manassas – 3.6 mos (↑5.3%)
City of Manassas Park – 3.4 mos (↑187.3%)
Prince William County – 4.5 mos (↑8.6%)
Spotsylvania County – 5.7 months (↑15.2%)
Stafford County – 7.3 mos (↓9.7%)
Warren County – 11.2 mos (↓9.4%)
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3 arrested in Sarasota, Charlotte in deadly stabbing
Published: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 at 8:50 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, July 11, 2013 at 7:30 a.m.
DEVELOPING: Three suspects in the stabbing death of a Riverview convenience store were arrested Wednesday night.
Suspect Lawrence Robert Bongiovanni, 20 ,of Tampa was captured while walking in Charlotte County. Suspects Russell Beasley, 25, of Riverview and Brandan Garrett Green, 23, of Brandon were captured in a Toyota Solara on Interstate 75 near Fruitville Road in Sarasota County, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office reported Wednesday night.
The three were arrested in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 7-Eleven clerk in Riverview on Wednesday. Kenneth Lee Redding, 54, died after a robbery at the store on Wednesday morning.
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What a hot blonde Lexxi is! She makes sure to take care of herself very well as she spreads her legs across the couch. She does it so good that she is yelling for more! She enjoys the feel of her glass dildo in her wet pussy, after her very sexy striptease out of a tiny black dress! Her facial expressions say it all in this sexy video.
Those two just can't get enough of each other - Lexxi Tyler and Candi Manson, our two incredibly busty, blonde and horny babes are at it again and dare we say this one is their steamiest encounter yet? And it's so hot to watch because those two are really friends and enjoy each others' bodies tremendously. Let's join the fun, shall we?


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Brown Co. man charged in string of burglaries
Deputies say man stole jewelry, scrap metal
Sheriff's deputies arrested a man accused of breaking into a string of Brown County homes.
Investigators said 23-year-old Steven Hartman, of Williamsburg, was arrested Saturday near Milford.
He has been charged with three counts of burglary, six counts of theft and three counts of criminal trespass. One of the burglary counts specifies that Hartman is accused of stealing from an elderly person and three of the theft counts specify that Hartman is accused of stealing from a disabled adult.
Hartman remains jailed in Brown County on $50,000 bond.
Deputies said Hartman stole jewelry and scrap metal from homes near Mount Orab and Williamsburg between July and December.
Authorities expect additional arrests in the case.
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OLATHE - Winner, winner, chicken dinner.
Vail Christian boys basketball knocked off Norwood, 42-32, Saturday afternoon in Olathe to capture the Class 1A District 1 Tournament.
It's on to regionals against Deer Trail Saturday. The Saints will be playing at Glenwood Springs High School on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. in the biggest game in school history since ... well, Vail Christian beat Norwood Saturday afternoon.
"We're all really excited, finally getting over the hump," senior Robby Bowles said. "The last three seconds, we kind of realized we did it."
And, sorry about this, Austin Ellsworth and Zach Linder, but you're going to miss some Eagle Valley baseball practice because it's still basketball season.
"Norwood knocked us out last year," senior Nigel Johnsen said. "It was really nice to conquer the beast."
"It's kind of a relief," senior Gunnar Wilson said. "I don't feel satisfied yet."
That would be the correct attitude - there are more games to be played. Nonetheless, this is a landmark moment for Vail Christian basketball.
"Vail Christian Saints wins districts," said coach Sheldon Kuhns, sounding like a proud father, which he is of the program, not to mention Ethan and Abby Kuhns. "Who would have ever thought we'd win a game, 42-32? This team, whodathunkit?"
Yes, the running Saints can also be methodical on both sides of the ball. Vail Christian and Norwood were tied at 13 at the end of one quarter. The Mavericks were giving the Saints difficulty with their screens and motion. The Saints started to jump those screens, but Norwood was still playing a slow game, eating 20-30 seconds per possession.
The Saints' defense hung with it and ground out a win. Bowles led the Saints with 14 points, while Wilson had nine.
And Vail Christian enters the regional round with a sparkling 17-4.
"That sounds pretty good," Kuhns said. "Our guys were good in the locker room. There was a good cheer because you should have a good cheer when you win something, But then, it was, 'All right, it's back to work.'"
Maybe the current edition of Vail Christian basketball doesn't carry the burden of history, and that's probably a good thing. The Saints' Class of 2013 is used to thumping DeBeque like a drum. Those guys are used to having a point guard.
Yes, they've had the Friday District Blues, but Zach Linder openly joked about it last week, saying, "It's kind of tradition right now, not to get through districts. To break that tradition would be a good thing."
In a reference that will go way over the heads of the current Saints, "You've come a long way, baby." Vail Christian's first win in the program's came against Soroco's JV. Not only are the 1A Saints playing up in a 2A Western Slope, they finished second this year with a 10-2 mark against the likes of the aforementioned Cardinals.
It was a really big deal to beat Ridgway in 2005 in the Jon Armstead Hail Mary Game. In overtime, Armstead was stuck in a press and just chucked the ball up. It bounced off a Ridgway player's leg and right to Todd Glandorf who got it to Caleb Pearson for the game winner in a dramatic 50-46 win.
DeBeque? The Dragons beat the Saints, 107-39, in 2004 on their Senior Night. DeBeque led all the way and then put their seniors in to score a few more. Thanks a bunch. The Saints finally got DeBeque on Jan. 21, 2006, by a count of 69-37.
The Saints had teams with tremendous post players like Pearson and Jaryd Francis in the early years, but no point guard. When they finally got one, Will Parker, he had his nose broken before a big game against Hayden. This led to Kuhns standing outside the Vail Christian gym, Googling every sporting good store in the area on his Blackberry for a nose guard, so Parker could play. No nose guard, no Parker, and a loss to the Tigers.
And, naturally, the Saints got guard heavy in the last few years, and had no posts in the paint.
"This group has some tough memories of this Olathe gym," Kuhns said of the Saints' inability to advance to regionals the last three years. "When the seniors were sophomores, I remember a trip back from Soroco when guys like Robby, Austin and Zach asked me why we don't like DeBeque? We talked for about an hour about the history. They all know what guys like Caleb and Jaryd went through. They wanted to break the curse for those that went before them, for themselves, as well as the coaches and the players to come."
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It's the noise that a drag strip would produce that has 80 South Augusta homeowners together making some noise of their own. Ray Walker says "What were having to do is fight an uphill battle."
Talk of building a five million dollar dragracing facility in south augusta began six months ago after a plan brought forth by Commissioner Marion Williams, who says "This is something that will bring alot of economic dollars to Augusta."
The debate however, was quieted after the commission denied a request to alter the city's noise ordinance. Now after a study done at the site, the proposal is back on the commission's agenda for reconsideration....and that's why folks came out to protest. Most of the people say they are not opposed to the idea of a dragstrip, just opposed to the location. Walker says "We're not giving up, we're still going to get our point across, this needs to be moved somewhere else, not here."
Homeowners like Ray Walker say one study being presented to commissioners is full of assumptions, Like one that the project will bring an annual 30 million dollars in revenue to Augusta. So they've done a study of their own that they say shows increased traffic, noise, and pollution will harm their neighborhood. Walker says "It's like a David versus Goliath type of thing. We dont have any ulterior motives with this, we're just trying to protect our homes and our way of life in the area."
With State Representative Pete Warren and Augusta Commissioner Jimmy Smith in their corner, they're hoping to rev up the support of five other commissioners to strike down this proposal once and for all. Charles Jones says "There are other wasy to bring revenue to Augusta besides a racetrack."


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Adieu to an institution: It's always sad when a restaurant closes, but Lafayette's Petar's, which shut down this past weekend, was an institution. It was known more for its old Europe decor and the piano stylings of Diamond Dave Hosley than its food, but it was iconic nonetheless. Petar Jakovina had been the maitre d' at San Francisco's Bimbo's 365 during the 1950s before opening his eponymous bistro on Mt. Diablo Boulevard. The restaurant eventually moved to its current corner spot on Lafayette Circle, continuing to draw crowds with its piano bar and old-school continental cuisine, even after Jakovina's death in 2003. No word as yet on what will take its place.
Redistricting District: We were blown away by the small plates and savory dinner fare at District in Old Oakland, but it was a 4 p.m.-and-later proposition. Now owners Jon D'Angelica and Chris and Ryan Vance are taking pity on the daytime set by adding a grab-and-go lunch option via the new District Carriage House, which is set to open in early 2013. The opening menu will include such tempting options as Hubbard squash soup ($4/$7) with maple crème fraîche and toasted pepitas; a Cukes & Quinoa Salad ($7) with citrus-marinated cucumbers and onions, feta and mint; bocaditos ($4.50); fruit and veggie juices; and other things we're too hungry to enumerate.
Signs of winter: It truly must be January, because cassoulet has returned to the menu at Oakland's venerable Bay Wolf restaurant, where pork sausage, duck confit and smoked pork mingle with white beans, and French food fans swoon at the very idea. Owner Michael Wild tells us the dish is available in two sizes, "big and bigger," for $14 and $24. Details: 3853 Piedmont Ave.; www.baywolf.com.
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Broker Note Briefing: Thursday
Our daily look at the big broker notes is back for 2013. Investors and analysts alike continue to digest the deal reached in the U.S. to avert the full force of the automatic spending cuts and tax increases that could have potentially plunged the U.S. economy into a recession.
Deutsche Bank analysts now believe the S&P 500 has greater scope for gains following the deal and so raise their 12-month target for the index to 1575 from 1500.
DB analysts said:
"Although the [U.S.] deal only covers taxes and pushed the spending issues off for a couple of months, we are pleased that it kept the top dividend and capital gains tax rates low and equal at 23.8%. The dividend tax rate was our chief focus and it staying equal to the capital gains rate puts 1600 within 12-month reach, in our view."
Still, analysts added that the target has been set at a slightly more conservative level of 1575 as spending cuts still have to be addressed per sequestration, as does the matter of the debt ceiling.
Deutsche Bank analysts also turned their attention to London's FTSE 100 after the index closed above the psychologically important 6000 mark Wednesday for the first time in 17 months.
DB analysts said:
"We need to get used to a FTSE above 6000 again and target 6575 for the end of 2013. [The] U.K. equity story has not been about large caps but mid/small companies, and domestically exposed companies."
Deutsche noted that U.K. house builders put on 58% during 2012. "With the U.K. credit impulse being positive we believe we could continue to see better than expected economic data which should buoy the performance of these companies," its analysts said.
Elsewhere Citigroup downgraded fertilizer supplier K+S Group to "neutral" from "buy" following an announcement from Canadian potash export cartel Canpotex that it's agreed a deal to supply Sinofert with 1 million tons of potash in the first half of 2013.
"On balance, we see this contract as somewhat negative for the European players," Citigroup analysts said. "Prices may stay somewhat lower for longer. Consequently, we adjust our earnings forecasts to reflect this weaker-than-expected pricing outlook."
Credit Suisse upgraded Alcatel-Lucent to "neutral" from "underperform" after the global telecommunications equipment company secured access to €1.6 billion of debt. Analysts said the move should provide ample liquidity through at least 2015.


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NEWARK -- Three reputed gang members, including a Fremont man already in custody on charges he tried to hang his girlfriend from a tree, were charged Wednesday in connection with the 2010 fatal stabbing of a popular Newark high school football player.
Daniela Guzman, 19, and her stepbrother, Rafael Tovar, 32, both of Newark, along with Daniel Howard, 31, of Fremont, were arrested Monday in connection with the slaying of 17-year-old Justice Afoa, said Newark Police spokesman Mike Carroll.
Afoa was brutally stabbed to death on Dec. 15, 2010, on Cedar Boulevard at Birch Street about a quarter-mile from Newark Memorial High School.
Court documents released Wednesday revealed Tovar and Howard hid behind a wall, waited for Afoa to walk by, then jumped out and confronted him. Afoa ran, but Tovar caught up and stabbed him five times with a kitchen knife. Howard also reportedly stabbed Afoa about five times with an unidentified weapon.
Prosecutors charged Guzman, Tovar and Howard with murder and conspiracy to commit murder among other charges, including committing a crime to benefit a gang, according to court papers signed by Deputy District Attorney Elgin D. Lowe. Police said the December attack was in retaliation for an October fist fight between Afoa and Tovar.
A probable cause affidavit states the trio are documented Norteno gang members and that text messages from their cell phones revealed that Tovar and an additional gang member sought to avenge the October fight by killing Afoa who they claimed bragged about the beat down.
"Among the 98 messages I specifically noted 10 references to stab/kill/dead/violence, 14 references to the beating of the arrestee (Tovar), nine references to the victim by name...and six references to gangs/affiliation," a detective wrote in the affidavit.
Prior to their arrests, Carroll said that two of the suspects confessed to their role in the crime. He would not say which suspects admitted their role in the killing but did say they identified Afoa as their intended target.
Guzman was arrested at the Newark Police station following questioning about the killing. Both Tovar and Howard were already in custody on unrelated charges when police arrested them, Carroll said. At the time, Howard was behind bars on an attempted murder charge after police say he tried to hang his girlfriend from a tree at a Fremont home in the 41500 block of Beatrice Street on Nov. 25.
All three suspects were behind bars without bail Wednesday, according to the Santa Rita Jail website.
Newark police detectives have worked "tirelessly" on the case for two years, Carroll said Wednesday. "They have written numerous search warrants, conducted hundreds of interviews and have been working with the Alameda County District Attorney's Office in an effort to arrest those people responsible for the death of Justice Afoa."
Afoa was a sports fan who rooted for the 49ers, Giants and Warriors, and excelled in track and field when he attended Carlmont High School in Belmont for several years.
Afoa and his family, including his mother and five siblings, moved from East Palo Alto to Newark in 2009, and that year Afoa was named a second-team all-Mission Valley Athletic League defensive lineman for Newark Memorial High's football team, his brother Tima Afoa said.
But he focused too much on football instead of his studies, and he switched to Bridgepoint Continuation High School in the fall, his brother previously told the Bay Area News Group.
Afoa was working to improve his grades so that he could rejoin Newark Memorial and graduate in the spring with his classmates.
But a party he attended in early December took him off that path, and it may have led to his slaying, Tima Afoa said.
At the party, Afoa protected a female former classmate who had been threatened by two young males, he said.
"Justice wouldn't cause a problem for nothing, but he was the type of guy who would stand up for what was right. He told me that after that (party), he wasn't going to go out anymore."
Several days later, he was walking along Cedar Boulevard after school when he was stabbed to death.
Authorities pronounced him dead at the scene.
Rich Swift, his former football coach at Newark Memorial High, said he drives by his former player's home every day on his way from work.
"There's never a time I don't think of him as I go by," said Swift who teaches Algebra at the school where he is the athletic director. "I'm glad for the family that they no longer have this lingering over them, but I'm sad that a family had to go through this. I find no solace in this. That this kid's not gonna be here for Christmas or will never have a grandchild at the table with his mom. Another life lost. It's all just sad."
Staff writer Chris DeBenedetti contributed to this report. Contact Natalie Neysa Alund at 510-293-2469. Follow her at Twitter.com/nataliealund.


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May 11, 2011
New Rules Facilitate Renewable Energy Development on Public Land
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has moved to simplify right-of-way applications for lands with wind and solar energy development potential. On April 26, BLM published in the Federal Register rules that would allow the agency to temporarily segregate lands in a wind or solar energy right-of-way application from mining claims or other land appropriations. Under existing regulations, areas included in a proposed right-of-way, remain open to appropriations such as the location and entry of mining claims while the BLM is considering the application.
However, since 2006, there have been complications as the BLM has processed 24 solar and wind energy development right-of-way applications. In two proposed right-of-ways, mining claims were located after the applications were submitted but before the right-of-ways could be authorized. Over the past two years, 437 new mining claims were located within wind energy ROW application areas in Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming, while 216 new mining claims were located within solar energy ROW application areas. To help resolve conflicts, the BLM published two rules: a proposed rule and a temporary interim final rule. The two rules grant the BLM authority to temporarily remove lands included in a renewable energy ROW application and lands offered for wind or solar energy lease from land appropriations such as mining claims. The segregation would be effective for two years and can be extended for an additional two years. See the rules in the Federal Register and the BLM press release.


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Highlanders Kicked by NCAA D-2 Mules
December 8, 2013
The MacMurray College men's basketball team had its four-game winning streak snapped Sunday afternoon in a 88-58 loss at the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg, Mo. Kyle Wolf led the Mules with a game-high nineteen points (8-10 shooting) and seven rebounds; and Jon Gilliam connected on five of six three-point field goals for fifteen points.
Spencer Pratt led the Highlanders with fifteen points and Dylan Burton was also in double figures for MacMurray with eleven points. Clayton Whitlock and Brady Slagle chipped in with eight points apiece.
The Highlanders were only 3-6 from the free-throw stripe, while the host Mules were 20-27 from the line.
Central Missouri improves to 8-1 overall; while MacMurray falls to 5-2.
Coach Todd Creal's club will face Augustana College next Saturday night in Rock Island, Ill., in their next game.


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1. Emacs: managing schedule: 16:23
If you spend a lot of time in Emacs—writing code, reading mail, saving the world—then it makes sense to manage your schedule in Emacs as well.
Here are some productivity tips for getting the most out of Emacs scheduling:
- Make it easy to add to your schedule. Bind your appointment-creation functions to shortcut keys and practice using them until you've memorized where they are.
- Make it easy to review your schedule for the day. The keybinding C-c s is handy for this. If you prefer not to use the Control key, then F9 s or any of the other function keys might work. Diary: Bind M-x diary to a shortcut key. Org: Bind org-agenda-list to a shortcut key. Planner: Bind planner-goto-today to a shortcut key.
- Set up an automatic reminder system such as Appt. If you can trust that your reminder system will interrupt you even if you're focusing on something else, you'll worry less about missing appointments. You'll find it easier to stay focused because you won't need to check your schedule as often.
- If you need to be reminded earlier than normal, create another, earlier appointment. For example, if the commute to a meeting takes half an hour, you don't want to be reminded of the meeting only 10 minutes before it starts. Create another appointment that starts at least half an hour before so that you'll be on your way. It might be a good idea to start even earlier.
- Planning ahead helps you save time and avoid stress. Plan your day the night before, or in the morning if you need to. Spend a little time during the weekend to review your upcoming week, making sure to schedule in time for your important tasks. Diary: C-u 7 M-x diary. Org: org-agenda (bind this to C-c a), choose the agenda view (a), and switch to week (w). Planner: Use planner-appt and M-x planner-appt-forthcoming-display. To include this in your Planner page, create a section for forthcoming appointments. For example, on your Saturday and Sunday templates, you can add a section heading * Forthcoming Appointments. I'll post code on how to have day-specific templates soon.
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2. Tweaking day-specific planner pages: 16:40
If you set planner-day-page-template to a function. Planner invokes the function when creating a new day page. This means that you can do all sorts of stuff. For example, to include the day name in your day template, add the following code to your ~/.emacs:
(setq planner-day-page-template (lambda () "Day page template for Sacha." (let ((date (planner-filename-to-calendar-date (planner-page-name)))) (insert (calendar-day-name date) "\n* Tasks\n\n\n* Schedule\n\n\n* Notes\n"))))
Let's say that you wanted to have day-specific messages:
(setq planner-day-page-template (lambda () "Day page template for Sacha." (let* ((date (planner-filename-to-calendar-date (planner-page-name))) (day (calendar-day-of-week date))) (insert (cond ;; Day of week starts from 0 ((= day 0) "Woohoo! Sunday!") ((= day 1) "Oh no, it's Monday") ((= day 5) "T.G.I.F.!") ((= day 6) "I love Saturdays.") ;; The rest of the days (t "Is it Friday yet?")) "\n\n* Tasks\n\n\n* Schedule\n\n\n* Notes\n\n"))))
... although you might want to have a more upbeat way to think of weekdays. ;)
You could do lots of things to your day page template. You could include one line describing your career goals into your planner every weekday and one about your personal goals every weekend. You could use fortune to include a random work-related joke or quotation during the weekday and a fun-related one during the weekend. You can even include text based on the current month or day or year, if you wanted.
It pays to learn Emacs Lisp. Crazy Emacs geeks like me build all sorts of entry points for customization, so you're really just limited by your imagination. =)
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3. Choosing a daily schedule in Emacs: 19:13
There's more than one way to plan your day in Emacs, just like there's more than one way to do everything in Emacs. The basic end of the spectrum includes Diary, Calendar, and Appt. More sophisticated modules include Org (part of Emacs 22) and Planner (available separately). Then there are Emacs modules to export and import calendar data to and from external programs, such as Remind.
If all you need to do is keep track of recurring events such as birthdays and anniversaries, then Diary can be a good fit for you. All it takes is one text file specifying the dates and descriptions of one-time or recurring events, and one line in your ~/.emacs file to display the diary entries for today whenever you start up. If you switch to either Org or Planner later on, you can configure your Emacs to include information from your old diary file.
If you find yourself wanting more integration with your task list and your notes so that you can see everything related to the day, then you'll want to go for either Org or Planner. The choice between the two depends on how you want to plan your day. ...
If you've worked with a paper-based planner or a typical calendar application for a while, then Planner might be a good fit for the way you think. Planner has a strong day orientation. With Planner, you plan your schedule in terms of day pages, and optionally cross-reference the tasks with project pages. You can keep your schedule as plain text on your day page, or you can follow the format suggested by Planner so that your scheduled tasks and appointments will be added to Emacs' appointment reminder system. Planner is similar to the scheduling method of Franklin-Covey day planners and other paper organizers. I like Planner because it's easy to scribble notes onto my daily schedule, just like I would pencil comments into my paper planner.Org focuses on projects instead of days. With Org, you plan your projects first, and then schedule specific tasks or appointments onto your calendar. Your daily view is then dynamically generated from the headlines of the outline nodes that are scheduled for the day. You need to use a special format, but built-in commands make it easy to create and edit timestamps. Org has great support for David Allen's Getting Things Done (GTD) productivity technique. If you think in terms of next actions or outlines, Org is a good fit for you.
You can still think in terms of projects with Planner, but you'll need to remember to use the built-in commands for editing functions so that your changes are also reflected in the day pages. You don't need to organize your Org file by project. You can throw everything into one outline if you want. However, you'll still need to use the dynamically-generated summary view (org-agenda-list) to see your daily or weekly schedule, and reading all the text associated with the day could mean some jumping around.In short:
- If you think in terms of day schedules, start with Planner.
- If you think in terms of projects or outlines, start with Org.
If you haven't figured out how your brain works yet, I recommend starting with Org. I think that the project-based approach will probably help more people out in the long run. I have to admit that I love Planner and I've been using it very happily for more than four years. I love being able to add all sorts of free-form notes while going through the day, and Planner makes it easy to publish that as my blog. (Automatically removing all my private notes, of course!) I've gotten used to the way Planner works, and because of my extensive modifications, Planner's gotten used to the way I work as well. If you're starting from scratch, you might like Org's better support for projects, outlines, and overviews. Give Org a try first. If you find yourself wanting more flexibility in your day view, try Planner next.
If you've tried both, I'd love to hear your thoughts on the differences between them. I'm trying to figure out when one fits better than the other because I'm working on a book called "Wicked Cool Emacs". I love Planner, I'm getting the hang of Org, and I'd love to hear from other people who have given both a shot. =)
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9.1-12 Larceny by Defrauding a Public Community -- § 53a-119 (6) (A) and (B) and §§ 53a-122 through 53a-123
Revised to December 1, 2007
Note: The degree of the larceny is determined by the value of the property stolen. See § 53a-122 (first degree: exceeds $2,000) and § 53a-123 (second degree: does not exceed $2,000).
The defendant is charged [in count __] with larceny by defrauding a public community in the (first / second) degree. The statute defining this offense reads in pertinent part as follows:
a person is guilty of defrauding a public community who <insert appropriate subsection:>
§ 53a-119 (6) (A): (authorizes / certifies / attests / files) a claim for benefits or reimbursement from a local, state or federal agency which (he/she) knows is false.
§ 53a-119 (6) (B): knowingly accepts the benefits from a local, state or federal agency from a claim (he/she) knows is false.
For you to find the defendant guilty of this charge, the state must prove the following elements beyond a reasonable doubt:
Element 1 - Claim for benefits1
The first element is that the defendant <insert as appropriate:>
(authorized / certified / attested / filed) a claim for benefits or reimbursement from a local, state or federal agency.
knowingly accepted the benefits of a claim from a local, state or federal agency.
<Describe specific allegations.>
Element 2 - Knowledge of
falsity of claim
The second element is the defendant knew that the claim for benefits was false. A person acts "knowingly" with respect to conduct or circumstances when (he/she) is aware that (his/her) conduct is of such nature or that such circumstances exist. <See Knowledge, Instruction 2.3-3.>
Element 3 - Larcenous intent
The third element is that the defendant intended to deprive the public community of the value of the claim. To intend to "deprive" another of property means to intend to withhold or keep or cause it to be withheld from another permanently, or for so long a period or under such circumstances that the major portion of its value is lost to that person. In other words, the state must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant took the property for the purpose of keeping or using it permanently or virtually permanently, or of disposing of the property in such a way that there was a permanent or virtually permanent loss of the property to the owner.
Element 4 - Value of property
The fourth element is that the value of the claim <insert as appropriate:>
First degree: exceeded $2,000.
Second degree: was less than $2,000.
<See Larceny, Instruction 9.1-1, for a full explanation of this element.>
In summary, the state must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant 1) <insert specific allegations regarding the claim for benefits>, 2) the defendant knew the claim was false, 3) (he/she) intended to permanently deprive the agency of the value of the claim, and 4) the value of the claim (exceeded / did not exceed) $2,000.
If you unanimously find that the state
has proved beyond a reasonable doubt each of the elements of the crime of
larceny by defrauding a public community in the (first / second) degree, then
you shall find the defendant guilty. On the other hand, if you unanimously find
that the state has failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt any of the
elements, you shall then find the defendant not guilty.
1 General Statute § 53a-119 (6) provides that a fraudulent claim shall be deemed to be property.
Actual prejudice to the agency is
not required. State v. Waterman, 7 Conn. App. 326, 338, cert. denied,
200 Conn. 807 (1986) ("the gravamen of the offense . . . is the presentation of,
or the aiding in the procuring or allowance of, a fraudulent claim").


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February 02, 2011
President's State of the Union 2011 Outlines Clean Energy Goals
President Obama tests a Chevrolet Volt during a 2010 visit to the Detroit-Hamtramck factory where it is assembled.
Declaring that current challenges present this generation's "Sputnik moment," President Obama called for high-profile energy goals—including a target of producing 80% of U.S. electricity from clean energy sources by 2035—during his 2011 State of the Union address on January 25. To break the nation's oil dependency, the President said the United States should aim to be the first country to have one million electric vehicles on the road by 2015 and to provide 80% of Americans access to high-speed rail within 25 years.
His message stressed continued investment into science and research. "Two years ago, I said that we needed to reach a level of research and development we haven't seen since the height of the Space Race," Obama said, referring to the contest that began following the launch of the Soviets' Sputnik satellite. "We'll invest in biomedical research, information technology, and especially clean energy technology—an investment that will strengthen our security, protect our planet, and create countless new jobs for our people." The President's budget will propose increasing clean energy technology funding by a third compared to 2010, expanding DOE's advanced research program, and doubling—from three to six—the number of DOE energy innovation hubs operating.
To meet his goal of 80% clean energy by 2035, the President urged an inclusive approach. "Some folks want wind and solar. Others want nuclear, clean coal, and natural gas. To meet this goal, we will need them all," he said. To attain this vision, the President's proposed budget will focus on "high-value" research into clean energy deployment, and it will include more than a doubling of investments in energy efficiency and a more than 85% increase in renewable energy investment. The White House said such expenditures will include support for the "$1 a Watt" initiative to make solar energy cost competitive; an increase in funding for 24-hour geothermal renewable energy; and more emphasis on industrial efficiency to keep U.S. manufacturing competitive. He wants a new energy efficiency initiative to catalyze private sector investment and upgrade commercial buildings. And, the Administration intends to leverage the U.S. Department of the Interior's efforts to site more renewable energy projects on public lands.
Building on the progress begun in 2010 with the arrival of the Chevy Volt hybrid and the Nissan Leaf electric vehicle (EV) in showrooms, Obama said the United States should aim to have one million advanced technology vehicles on its roads in four years. To reach that goal, the Administration will propose new measures to support EV manufacturing and adoption in the United States through improved consumer rebates, investments in R&D, and competitive programs to encourage communities that invest in EV infrastructure.
This effort will also tap into ongoing work to set strong fuel-economy standards for cars and trucks as well as biofuel exploration. "With more research and incentives, we can break our dependence on oil with biofuels," he said. He will also continue to push for high-speed rail as another efficient transportation option, noting that in the Midwest and California such systems are already underway. These next generation rail systems "could allow you to go places in half the time it takes to travel by car," Obama said. See the President's State of the Union transcript and fact sheet, the Energy innovation hub website, the Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy (ARPA-E) website, and EERE Network News coverage of the energy hubs.


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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Gov. Maggie Hassan is unveiling her two-year spending plan for New Hampshire on Valentine's Day but not everyone will be getting a sweetheart card.
Pamela Walsh, Hassan's chief of staff, cautioned Wednesday that the budget released Thursday will restore funding cut by Republicans from some programs but not every request was able to be filled. She said the budget will contain more spending in areas that build a stronger economy, protect public safety and promote public health.
Agencies requested a 26 percent increase in spending over the current budget from state tax sources.
The focus Thursday not only will be on which programs Hassan gives a boost to, but also how much she estimates the state will collect in revenues to pay for them.
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For the longest time I have had this issue. Some movies will have (Mencoder) next to the title. These files cannot be copied to the HDD of my ps3. It will bring up the progress bar like it is streaming and not transferring. i.e. xxxx kb/sec instead of xx%
This seems to always happen for mkv files, but i have seen it happen for a few other types.
If i let it go it never ends.
Is there a fix for this? I like to copy movies to my hdd and watch later, not stream. (it messes up gaming on my pc for me while i stream)
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CLEVELAND -- If LeBron James was going to win another NBA title, heal broken hearts and continue building his legacy, he knew there was only one place to go.
To Ohio. Home.
Four years after he left for Miami, a widely criticized departure that damaged his image and crushed a long-suffering city's championship hopes, James is coming back to play for the Cavaliers to try to end Cleveland's half-century title drought. He's returning to his basketball roots, to the people who know him best, to make good on a promise.
James made the announcement Friday with a powerful essay written for Sports Illustrated. His decision ended two weeks of speculation with the entire league waiting on his move.
When he finally made it, Cleveland was his choice over re-signing with the Heat.
"I looked at other teams, but I wasn't going to leave Miami for anywhere except Cleveland," he said to SI. "The more time passed, the more it felt right. This is what makes me happy."
James had not yet signed a contract, but he made it clear he will wear a Cavaliers jersey next season.
"When I left Cleveland, I was on a mission," James said in the SI first-person story. "I was seeking championships, and we won two. But Miami already knew that feeling. Our city hasn't had that feeling in a long, long, long time. My goal is still to win as many titles as possible, no question. But what's most important for me is bringing one trophy back to Northeast Ohio."
Almost unbelievably, he'll again work for owner Dan Gilbert, who torched James on his way out the door in 2010.
"I've met with Dan, face-to-face, man-to-man," James said. "We've talked it out."
Gilbert said on Twitter: "I am excited for the fans and people of Cleveland and Ohio. No fans and people deserve a winner more than them."
For Cleveland, news of James' return triggered a spontaneous downtown celebration during Friday's lunch hour. Car horns blared and strangers high-fived outside Quicken Loans Arena, where James had so many big moments during his first seven seasons as a pro.
Four years ago, some fans burned his jersey. On July 11, 2014, all was forgiven.
While he was in Las Vegas earlier this week, James met with Heat president Pat Riley, the architect of Miami's back-to-back championship teams. Riley made a final pitch, but he had nothing to match the overwhelming lure of home.
"I'm not promising a championship," he said. "I know how hard that is to deliver. We're not ready right now. No way. Of course, I want to win next year, but I'm realistic."
Scarred by economic woes, the Akron area needs James' help, and he intends to make it a better place.
"I feel my calling here goes above basketball," he said. "I have a responsibility to lead, in more ways than one, and I take that very seriously. My presence can make a difference in Miami, but I think it can mean more where I'm from. In Northeast Ohio, nothing is given. Everything is earned. You work for what you have. I'm ready to accept the challenge.
"I'm coming home."
AP sportswriter Tim Reynolds in Las Vegas contributed to this report.


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2013 (JUNIOR): Compiled a 14-9 singles record and a 6-0 record in Southland Conference action … split time at the No. 2 and No. 3 spots where he compiled a 4-7 and 9-2 record, respectively … also competed in the No. 1 spot where he tallied a 1-0 record … primarily paired up with Andrew Maingot in the No. 3 spot in doubles action … also paired up with Pietro Jordao and Ricardo Mayagoitia … helped the team to their six straight SLC Championship and to the first round of the NCAA championships … earned Second Team All-Southland recognition for both singles and doubles … named Southland All-Academic ... garnered the Islanders Heart of the Team award.
2012 (SOPHOMORE): Completed his sophomore year with an overall record of 8-6 in singles play and a 3-2 record in Southland Conference play … primarily played at the No. 4 spot where he put together a 5-3 record … also competed in the No. 3 and No. 5 spots where his records were 2-2 and 1-1, respectively … paired up with Aurelien Tave at the No. 2 spot in doubles play ... also teamed up with Alex Pavlov and Nathan Robinson … named Second Team All-Southland … helped the team to their fifth straight SLC Regular-Season Championship.
2011 (FRESHMAN): The primary player at the No. 5 position all year for the Islanders, Westmoreland earned Southland Conference Freshman of the Year honor after going 15-8, the second-best record on the team … won his first three collegiate matches, including a win against the No. 6 player from No. 67 New Mexico State … clinched the Islanders fourth-straight Southland Conference Regular Season Championship with his win at No. 5 singles against UTSA (4/7) in San Antonio after rallying from down a set to win in three … had a season-high five match winning streak.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Island Pacific Academy in Kapolei, Hawaii, for coach Ty Aki … led his team to a 23-2 mark during his senior season … was named the Conference Player of the Year and to the all-conference first team as a sophomore, junior and senior … state finalist as an individual in his freshman and senior seasons while finishing in third place as a junior … won his conference championship in each of his final three seasons … also lettered in basketball two years.
PERSONAL: Born Matthew Shuichi Westmoreland on Feb. 5, 1992, in Honolulu, Hawaii … parents are Homer and Helen Westmoreland ... major is kinesiology.


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President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act into law.
First duck stamp, designed by Pulitzer-prize winning editorial cartoonist, Jay N. "Ding" Darling, issued.
Prairie drought peaks.