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David Irving, Hitler and Holocaust Denial: Electronic Edition, by Richard J. EvansTable of Contents
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(ii) General Knowledge of the 'Final Solution'
1. None of the witnesses Irving cited (save Karl Wolff) was prominent enough in the 'Third Reich' to have been subject to individual historical scrutiny, in other words to have had the veracity of their post-war recollections weighed against the documents and the testimony of others. It is therefore apposite to consider briefly how much of the 'Final Solution' was public knowledge in Germany and thereby to set a rough standard by which to judge how much credence can be given to individual staff member's claims to have known nothing.
2. Most accounts assessing how much of the 'Final Solution' was common knowledge are based on the 'Reports from the Reich' [Meldungen aus dem Reich] composed by the German security services, particularly the SS Security Service [Sicherheitssdienst - SD], to gauge the mood of the German public. Members of the Security Service in civilian clothing listened to conversations in public places and gathered information from various other sources with the aim of informing the regime about the public mood, sometimes generally, sometimes in relation to specific events such as a speech by Hitler or Goebbels or an important event of some kind. The source is not without bias. Information supplied by the local stations was purposefully deleted and suppressed by the authors of the national digest, whilst other aspects were put into relief. For example the reports do not reflect popular knowledge of the euthanasia program and popular opposition to it, although we know both to have been large. Interestingly, during a speech given in 1996, Irving claimed that there was not a single reference to the 'Final Solution' in the SD Reports: '...and there's the entire series of SD Berichte [reports] from the beginning of the war right through until nearly the end, and never once is there any reference to the Holocaust in them. The people just didn't know what was going on, whatever it was.'13 This claim was advanced despite numerous publications that used the selfsame source to show exactly the opposite: i.e. that reference was made to aspects of the Holocaust and people did know about aspects of it.14
3. There is a general consensus amongst historians on the following points:
First, the daily discrimination and violence, especially of the so-called 'evacuations' [Aussiedlungen] of the Jews to the east, was impossible to overlook, although the fate of the deportees may not have been clear to everyone. The beatings, the forced marches, and the savagery of some of the deportations, even when carried out late at night, were impossible to hide from the populace. Likewise the number of Jews committing suicide before each impending round-up must have penetrated even the most stubborn of minds. These deportations took on ever-larger proportions throughout the Reich from October 1941 onwards.
First, the daily discrimination and violence, especially of the so-called 'evacuations' [Aussiedlungen] of the Jews to the east, was impossible to overlook, although the fate of the deportees may not have been clear to everyone. The beatings, the forced marches, and the savagery of some of the deportations, even when carried out late at night, were impossible to hide from the populace. Likewise the number of Jews committing suicide before each impending round-up must have penetrated even the most stubborn of minds. These deportations took on ever-larger proportions throughout the Reich from October 1941 onwards.
4. Secondly, the appreciation was widespread that the war in the east was a war of extermination, and was being fought with a hitherto unknown barbarism. Those soldiers and administrators who saw duty in the east, be it in Poland or Russia, often came into direct contact with aspects of the 'Final Solution', either as witnesses or perpetrators, foremost to the Einsatzgruppen shootings. Prince Ferdinand von der Leyen wrote in his memoirs that:
It may well be true that apart from the perpetrators who remained silent, the whole extent of the horror was hardly known to anyone. But those who were in the east, especially in the General Government, must have at least have heard of the destruction of the Jews, even if the immense numbers and the bestial implementation which were spoken of remained unverifiable [...]. This much is certain: there was no person in Germany who did not know that something evil happened to the Jews [...].15
5. A SD report of May 1942 from Erfurt indicated that a remarkably accurate idea of the modus operandi of the Einsatzgruppen in Poland and Russia was current in the town:
Thus the rumour has been circulating among the population that the Security Police have been given the task of wiping out Judaism in the occupied territories. Jews by the thousands have been collected together and shot, after they have dug their own graves beforehand. At times the shooting of the Jews assumed such proportions that even members of the execution squads suffered nervous breakdowns.16
6. Thirdly, as Germany began to suffer reverses, especially on the eastern front, and with the increasing severity of the aerial bombardment of German cities, general fears increased of retaliation for the fate inflicted on the Jews. These mounting guilt complexes were particularly evident at the time the German authorities sought to make capital from the mass killing of Polish officers by the Soviets in the Katyn forest in April 1943. The SD reported that many people found it 'remarkable' and 'hypocritical' that 'German propaganda has now revealed its concern for the Poles.' As some observed, 'We have no right to work ourselves up about these measures of the Soviets, because on the German side Poles and Jews have been done away with in much larger numbers.' Others remarked that 'we ourselves have not exactly been fastidious in handling Poles, Jews and Bolsheviks.'17
7. Fourthly, the full monstrous scope and all the details of the crimes being committed were known to fewer. Rumours, talk, and hints of gassings did circulate, but it is harder to substantiate how much was known about the mass exterminations in the concentration camps using gas. For many such ideas were quite simply beyond rational comprehension, as they indeed remain for many today. But, although details were distorted and blurred, something was known of the gassings.
8. An ordinary citizen like Karl Dürkefälden learnt of the murder of the Jews of Kiev in October 1942, and the gassing of French Jews, from a soldier on leave from Vilna.18 Lilli Hahn living in Hessen was told that the last two transports of Frankfurt Jews had been killed near Minsk.19 Artilleryman Peter Perchel heard a similar story in May 1943 travelling to Bucharest as a courier for the Supreme Command. An Engineer Corps colonel told him that he had witnessed the gassing of a trainload of Jews in Poland. The cars had been shunted into a tunnel and decoupled. The tunnel was sealed and trucks were left running to kill the Jews with diesel fumes.20 Ruth Andreas-Friedrich in Berlin recorded in her diary on 2 December 1942 'The Jews are disappearing in droves. Terrible rumours are circulating about the fate of the evacuated. Of mass shootings and death from starvation, of tortures and gassing.'21
9. Fifthly, Himmler and the killing apparatus, the Nazi party leadership, and the various participating organs of state made considerable efforts, to keep the operation secret. No one had to know, and no doubt the stench of murder was hidden for some by the nature of war. But there was scarcely anyone who was unable to know or understand if he or she chose to do so. Hence the large number of persons in Resistance circles who were well informed about what was going on.
10. The diplomat Ulrich von Hassell, who had numerous contacts within the Foreign Office and was always promptly and reliably informed about the inner workings of the Foreign Office, noted in his diary on the 15 May 1943:
Shocking reports come in from the good [Max] Fraunendorfer [administrator in the General Government] in Poland. While [Hans] Frank publicly declares he wanted to give Poland a dignified and free existence, and while the gang tries in vain to befuddle world opinion about [better 'with'] the Katyn murders, the SS in Poland carries on most shamefully. Countless Jews have been gassed in specially built chambers, at least 100,000. [...] Meanwhile the unhappy remnants of the Jews [in Warsaw] prepared to defend themselves, and there is heavy fighting which will certainly lead to their complete extermination by the SS.22
11. Von Hassell was not the only Foreign Office official to know what was going on. Others were quite well informed as well.
12. Curt Prüfer, the former head of personnel in the Foreign Office and later ambassador to Brazil returned to Berlin in 1942. After conversing with friends and acquaintances he confided to his diary on 12 November:
I was told terrible stories this morning about the treatment of the Persians. They have been massacred in large numbers - men, women, and children - by asphyxial gas or by machine gun. The hatred, which will obviously be engendered, will never be extinguished. Every child today knows this in all its details.23
13. Furthermore, on 17 November 1942, Alexander Stahlberg visited the headquarters of Army Group Centre at Smolensk, where he spent the evening with Major General Henning von Tresckow and his aide Lieutenant Fabian von Schlabrendorff. These were figures who, like von Hassell, were involved in the plot to overthrow Hitler which culminated in the unsuccessful attempt on his life on 20 July 1944.
14. According to Stahlberg, the conversation turned to the General Staff, Hitler, and the course of the war:
After a pause I asked him [Tresckow] if there was anything in the rumours of SS incursions against the civilian population in the rear areas. The rumours were true, he said, but with the rider that this was not a matter of occasional raids but of the planned extermination of human beings. Reliable information had reached Army Group that special SD and SS units had been formed for the carefully organised execution of the plan, on a scale that transcended imagination. 24
15. Several months later Stahlberg was charged with delivering a letter from Manstein to Colonel-General Beck through General Oster or Admiral Wilhelm Canaris in Berlin.
16. On his mission Oster showed him a copy of a summarised report from SD Einsatzgruppen on the liquidation of Jews in the Reichskommissariat Ostland which listed the executions carried out by region, 'tens of thousands of them, adding up to six figures.'25 In October 1943 the Senior Quartermaster of Army Group Centre, Colonel Eberhard Finckh reported from Vinnitsa to Stahlberg that two General Staff Officers had witnessed a mass execution of Jews. An SS officer had told the General Staff Officers that they had already executed more than 100,000 Jews. Stahlberg passed the information on to Manstein that evening, who refused to believe the enormity of the figure.26
17. In considering how far this kind of knowledge could and did percolate downwards to secretaries and office workers, it is instructive to quote Erika Scholz, a secretary in Adolf Eichmann's Section IV-B4 of the RSHA. She told a court in 1969 at the trial of Eichmann's specialist for transport, Franz Novak:
I did not know the details about what went on in the concentration camps, but I knew that the final solution of the Jewish question consisted of the extermination of the Jews. [...] I knew the word 'special treatment' [Sonderbehandlung] from my Berlin days. It was never talked about in the department, also with friends. [...] But everyone who was involved in it knew what the whole thing meant.27
18. Irving is himself content to quote Karl Wolff's claim that only 70 people had an intimate knowledge of the full scale and mechanisms of the 'Final Solution'.28 Yet over 100,000 people were directly involved in the murder of European Jewry, not to speak of those who directly witnessed or heard at first hand or through rumour of what was happening.29
19. The self-serving nature of Wolff's absurdly low figure is obvious; if very few people knew, then his argument that he himself knew nothing of the extermination becomes to seem a little more plausible than it might at first glance be the case.
13. Audiocassette 127, Irving on 'the Freedom of Speech' and 'Adolf Hitler's "Final Solution"' in Oakland, California, 10 September 1996.
14. Amongst the relevant studies are M. Steinert, Hitlers Krieg und die Deutschen (Düsseldorf, 1970); Lawrence D. Stokes, 'The German People and the Destruction of the European Jews', Central European History, vol. 6 (1973), pp. 167 - 191; Ian Kershaw, Popular Opinion and Political Dissent in the 'Third Reich': Bavaria 1933-1945 (Oxford, 1983); Hans Mommsen, 'Was haben die Deutschen vom Völkermord an den Juden gewußt?', in Werner H. Pehle (ed.), Der Judenpogrom 1938. Von der 'Reichskristallnacht' zum Völkermord (Frankfurt a. M., 1988), pp. 176-200; David Bankier, 'The Germans and the Holocaust: What did they know?', Yad Vashem Studies, vol. 20 (1990), pp. 69-93.
15. 'Wohl ist es wahr, daß - außer den Beteiligten, die schwiegen - das ganze Ausmaß des Grauens kaum jemandem bekannt wurde, aber wer im Osten und insbesondere im Generalgouvernement war, mußte von der Ausrottung der Juden wenigstens gehört haben, wenn auch die ungeheuren Zahlen und die Bestialität der Ausführung, von denen gesprochen wurde, für ihn unkontrollierbar blieben [...] Soviel ist aber sicher: es gab keinen Menschen in Deutschland, der nicht wußte, daß den Juden Böses geschah,...' (Ferdinand von der Leyen, Rückblick zum Mauerwald. Vier Kriegsjahre im Oberkommando des Heeres (Munich, 1965), pp. 62-3 quoted in Hans-Heinrich Wilhelm, 'Wie geheim war die "Endlösung"?', in Wolfgang Benz (ed.), Miscellanea. Festschrift für Helmut Krausnick zum 75. Geburtstag (Stuttgart, 1980), pp. 131-148, p. 133).
16. Stokes, pp. 188-9.
17. Stokes, p. 187.
18. Herbert and Sibylle Obenaus (eds.), "Schreiben wie es wirklich war!": Aufzeichnungen aus den Jahren 1933-1945 (Hannover, 1985), pp. 112, and 113-115.
19. Lilli Hahn, ... bis alles in Scherben fällt. Tagbuchblätter 1933-1945 (Cologne, 1979), entry of 30 November 1941.
20. Johannes Steinhoff / Peter Pechel / Dennis Showalter (eds.) Voices from the Reich. An Oral History (London, 1991), pp. 254-57.
21. Ruth Andreas-Friedrich, Der Schattenmann. Tagebuchaufzeichnungen 1938-1945 (Frankfurt a. M., 1983), p. 96.
22. The von Hassell Diaries (London, 1948), p. 272. The German reads, 'Erschütternde Berichte des braven Frauendorfer aus Polen, während Frank öffentlich erklärt, man wolle Polen ein menschenwürdiges freies Dasein geben und während man - vergeblich - die Welt durch Katyan abzulenken sucht, haust die SS in Polen weiter in unvorstellbar beschämendster Weise. Unzählige Juden werden in besonders gebauten Hallen vergast, jedenfalls 100 000.[...] Iinzwischen setzte sich der unglücklich Judenrest in Warschau zur Wehr, und es kam zu schweren Kämpfen, die Wohl zur völligen Ausrottung durch die SS führen werden.' (Ulrich von Hassell, Vom anderen Deutschland. Aus den nachgelassenen Tagebüchern 1938-1944 (Zürich, 1947), p. 314). Ulrich von Hassell [1881-1944] was a career diplomat and active member of the Resistance movement. He was executed on 8 September 1944 in the wake of the July Plot. Hans Frank [1900-1946] General Governor of Poland 1939-1945.
23. 'On m'a raconté ce matin des histoires affreuses sur le traitment des Persans. Ils ont été massacrés hommes, femmes et enfants en grand nombre par des gaz asphyxiants ou par la mitrailleuse. La haine, qui, forcément, doit en surgir ne sera jamais éteinte. Dies weiß heute jedes kind in allen Details.' (hand-written entry of 22 November 1942 in the unpublished diaries of Curt Prüfers, quoted in Hans-Jürgen Döscher, Das Auswärtige Amt im Dritten Reich. Diplomatie im Schatten der 'Endlösung' (Berlin, 1987), p. 253). The French and reference to the 'Persians' instead of the Jews was intended to disquise his knowledge. After the war, Prüfer rewrote this diary entry to make the reference to the Jews explicit, and added new material to make him seem more sympathetic to their plight. In the original version, quoted here, he was worried only about the effect of the killings on subsequent, probably international, opinion. See Donald M. McKale (ed.), Rewriting History. The Original and Revised World War II Diaries of Curt Prüfer, Nazi Diplomat (London, 1988), pp. 11 and 151, quoting, respectively, the original and revised versions. See also Donald M. McKale, Curt Prüfer: German Diplomat from the Kaiser to Hitler (London, 1987).
24. Alexander Stahlberg, Die verdammte Pflicht: Erinnerungen 1932 bis 1945 (Berlin, 1987), translated by Patricia Crampton as Bounden Duty. The Memoirs of a German Officer 1932-45 (London, 1990), p. 202.German original reads: 'Nach einer Pause fragte ich ihn, was an den Gerüchten von Übergriffen der SS gegen die Zivilbevölkerung in den rückwärtigen Gebieten sei. Diese Gerüchte träfen zu, antwortete er, allerdings mit der Ergänzung, daß es sich nicht um einzelne Übergriffe handele, sondern um planmäßige Ausrottungen von menschen. Man habe bei der Heeresgruppe zuverlässige Informationen, das der SD und die SS spezialeinheiten gebildet hätten, die das sorfältig organisiert betrieben, und zwar in einem Umfang, der jede Phantasie übersteige.' (p. 224 in the original).
25. Ibid., p. 286.
26. Ibid., p. 312-14.
27. 'Von den Vorgängen in den KL wußte ich keine Einzelheiten, aber ich wußte, daß die Endlösung der Judenfrage in der Ausrottung der Juden bestand. [...] Das Wort 'Sonderbehandlung' kannte ich schon in meiner Berliner Zeit. Auf der Dienstelle wurde nie etwas darüber gesprochen, auch nicht mit Freunden. [...] Aber jeder, der damit befaßt war, wußte, was das Ganze bedeutet.' (statement by Erika Scholz, 11 December 1969 in the trial of Franz Novak, quoted in Götz Aly, "Endlösung". Völkerverschiebung und der Mord an den europäischen Juden (Frankfurt a. M., 1995), p. 372).
28. Hitler's War, p. 393.
29. Peter Steinbach, Nationalsozialistische Gewaltverbrechen. Die Diskussion in der Öffentlichkeit nach 1945 (Berlin, 1981), p. 74.
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Brandon Wimberly knows he nearly became a quickly forgotten statistic last summer near downtown Reno.
In the split second it takes to pull a trigger, the Nevada Wolf Pack wide receiver nearly went from a rising star in college football to just another young male from the Los Angeles area involved in a shooting incident.
"Yeah, that was going through my mind," said Wimberly, now 23. "So many of my friends have gotten shot. I know a lot of people who have gotten hit. I didn't think it was going to happen to me. Not in Reno. It kind of blew my mind."
It nearly ended his life, let alone his college football career.
"In L.A. people get shot everyday," said Wimberly, who was born in Inglewood, Calif., and went to high school in nearby Gardena, Calif. "Like I said, I've known a lot of people who have gotten shot. It's no big deal. It seems like it happens all the time. A friend I knew in high school just got shot a couple months ago and died. If this was L.A. we wouldn't even be talking about this right now."
But it didn't happen anywhere near Los Angeles. It happened in Reno. And Wimberly sat down with the northern Nevada media earlier this week and talked about the past year of his life.
"I know," Wimberly said, shaking his head and smiling. "I couldn't believe it happened in Reno."
Wimberly, according to the University of Nevada media services department, is not allowed to speak of the events in the late night hours of July 17 and early morning hours of June 18, 2011, that led to the shooting because of an ongoing police investigation.
But, according to media and police reports over the past year, a fight broke out between some Wolf Pack football players and another group outside of the Freight House District, a popular night spot near Reno Aces Ballpark. The other group got into their car, Wimberly approached the car and, after another physical confrontation, a gun was fired out of the car and the bullet hit Wimberly in the abdomen, injuring his intestines and colon.
"When it happened I really didn't feel anything," Wimberly said. "After that I don't really remember anything that happened until six days later when I woke up."
The initial reports after the shooting were not hopeful. The Pack had seemingly lost the 2009 Western Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year for the 2012 season and likely beyond. And, oh yeah, Wimberly was lucky to still be alive.
"Another centimeter and the doctor said he might not have made it to the hospital," Wolf Pack coach Chris Ault said just after the incident. "It doesn't look like he'll ever play again."
Wimberly never doubted he'd not only survive the shooting but also return to the football field.
"I never thought I'd never play again," he said. "Never even crossed my mind one time. I just thought, 'OK, I got shot. I'll just get healthy and get back out there.'"
Wimberly returned to the Wolf Pack last March and April for spring football practices and looked like, well, the old Brandon Wimberly.
"It really wasn't that hard at all, getting back," Wimberly said. "Once I got my stamina back, I was fine. You know, I wasn't going to let someone outdo me. I always knew I was going to come back."
The most difficult part of the last 14 months, he said, was the nine months between the gunshot and the first day of spring football.
"To be honest, it was hard for me to be out there," Wimberly said. "I'm not going to lie. I couldn't go out there and watch what was taken away from me."
But he didn't go into hiding either.
"I was around," he said. "I went to meetings. I was at all the home games. I talked to the players all the time."
He wasn't ready last season to be merely a source of inspiration. He knew he had plenty of football left.
"What happened took a whole year from me," he said. "I definitely value life a little more than I did. I always knew that at some point football was going to come to an end. It ends for everyone. But I had no idea it was going to end that soon."
Wimberly's teammates are thrilled he's going to be back at practice every day and helping them on game day. But, most of all, they are just happy to have him around as a prominent member of the team once again.
"We just wanted to see him healthy again," senior offensive lineman Chris Barker said. "That's the important thing. Knowing that he's going to come back and play, that is just icing on the cake."
What kind of receiver are the Wolf Pack getting with Wimberly this season?
Well, he's about 10 pounds heavier (220) than he was two years ago. Other than that, he looks like the same guy Pack fans saw in 2008 and 2009.
"I think the year off helped get my legs fresh," Wimberly said. "I feel a lot better than I did."
All of the football-related questions were answered last spring. Wimberly took tough hits and bounced right back up and, of course, he dished out a few hits, too.
"I knew everything was going to be OK when I took Duke up top," smiled Wimberly, referring to Pack safety Duke Williams. "As soon as I stepped on the field and took a hit I was all right. At first I was a little out of rhythm but who wouldn't be after missing a whole season?"
Wimberly has caught 94 passes for 1,215 yards and six touchdowns in his career. And every single catch, every single yard and every single touchdown was thrown by former Pack quarterback Colin Kaepernick.
What kind of receiver is the 6-foot-3, 220-pounder? Well, as a freshman in 2009 he was the best receiver on the team, grabbing a team-best 53 passes for 733 yards and six scores. But in 2010 he became a possession receiver, finishing second on the team with 41 catches for just 482 yards and no touchdowns.
It was in 2010 that Wimberly became one of just three players during the Pack's dozen seasons (2000-11) in the WAC to catch at least 20 passes in a season without catching a single touchdown. The other two to get shut out of the end zone with 20 or more catches are Mike Crawford (42 catches in 2000) and Dan Bythwood (21 in 2001).
Wimberly's last touchdown catch was in the Hawaii Bowl late in a 45-10 loss to SMU in 2009. That's how long it's been since he's been in the end zone.
So there is some unfinished business.
"You know people are always asking me, 'How are you going to be when you come back?'" Wimberly said. "I just tell them, 'Wait and see.' I've always played with a chip on my shoulder. People have always told me I was too small to play, not fast enough, not strong enough. So I've always had things to motivate me. This is just another thing.'"
You can be sure, though that this won't be just another season for Wimberly. It's the season, after all, that he has spent the past 14 months dreaming about. Wimberly plans on motivating his teammates this season much more than he could simply standing on the sidelines in 2011.
"I knew I couldn't ever give up on my team," he said, "because they never gave up on me."
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Former teammates reacted with shock to news of the sudden death of Peter Sauer, captain of Stanford's 1998 Final Four basketball team.
Sauer, 35, died Sunday night while playing a pickup basketball game at an outdoor park in White Plains, N.Y. According to a release from Stanford, Sauer fell backward and hit his head on the park's outdoor surface.
"It's unbelievable. I can't understand it right now," said Arthur Lee, point guard for that Stanford team. "Pete was an incredibly bright guy, so helpful, a wonderful teammate. I can't believe he's gone."
"He took a jump shot and collapsed," White Plains public safety commissioner David Chong told the New York Post. "He was just out there playing, nothing suspicious." An autopsy is pending.
Sauer is survived by his wife, Amanda, and three young daughters.
"He was a terrific kid, an unbelievable student-athlete," said his coach at Stanford, Mike Montgomery, now at Cal. "Smart, tough, great team member. It's awful (news)."
Kris Weems, who played four seasons with Sauer at Stanford, called him one of the best teammates he ever had. "Pete had a way about him where he could be a leader and still be one of the guys, too," said Weems, now an assistant coach for player development with the Warriors. "He was one of the guys who made the engine go."
Sauer was part of a five-man Stanford class that graduated in 1999 having played in the NCAA tournament four straight seasons. The Cardinal won the Pac-10 title in 1999.
At Stanford, he averaged 7.9 points for his career, including 9.2 points as a junior on the team that stunned the college basketball world by reaching the Final Four.
"Everyone in the Stanford community is deeply saddened by the passing of Peter Sauer," Stanford coach Johnny Dawkins said in a statement. "He was a tremendous individual and a devoted husband and father."
Born in St. Louis, Sauer grew up in Pittsburgh, where he was a star player at Shady Side Academy.
Sauer also is survived by his parents, Mark and Georgia Sauer, and younger brother Alex. Mark Sauer is a former president of the St. Louis Blues NHL franchise and Pittsburgh Pirates baseball club.
Weems recalled the 1998 run to the Final Four where Stanford played in St. Louis in the regional finals. Mark Sauer was with the Blues at the time and allowed Weems, Lee and Pete Sauer access to the NHL team's hot tub in the training room.
"I'll never forget that," Weems said. "We were living it up, sitting there with the biggest smiles on our faces.
"Getting to the Final Four was an amazing experience. But sometimes it's not just winning or losing the games, it's more so the people you're around. Pete was just a good dude to be around."


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Portland, Oregon - February 14, 2014 – As preparation for spring planting begins, the Oregon Senate has unanimously approved legislation that would give farmers a tax credit for donations to hunger relief organizations. SB 1541 now goes to the House. Backed by farmers, businesses and organizations across the state, including the Oregon Food Bank, the proposed legislation will allow farmers and producers to claim a 15% tax credit on the wholesale price of their donation. Many farmers want to help the hundreds of thousands of Oregonians who face hunger every day but getting the food to those who need it can be a daunting task. Currently they must take their donation at a loss due to the cost of harvest, transport and storage."I am sure that most farmers would like to donate every year, but the extra expenses might be too much in a bad year. However, the tax incentive might be enough motivation to incur the added cost to pick, handle and transport product to the food bank," says John Zielinski of E.Z. Orchards, a fourth-generation farm located just northeast of Salem."Individuals and companies who give cash or items to a non-profit can get a tax credit for their donation but there is no such credit for Oregon farmers," says Susannah Morgan, CEO of Oregon Food Bank. "We feel this legislation will encourage producers to give for the first time and those who have been giving, to give more."The tax credit is an inexpensive solution to a big problem. Since every $1 in tax credit buys 9 meals, at least 2.25 million plates of food will be available each year to hungry children, seniors, people with disabilities and others in need at a cost to taxpayers of only 11 cents per meal.In an average month, more than 260,000 Oregonians eat meals from an emergency food box. Most people seeking emergency food are unemployed, underemployed, disabled, seniors or families with children. More than a third of those eating meals from an emergency food box are children. Even though the economy is slowly improving, Oregon's unemployment rates remains above the national average.
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OAKLAND -- Defensive-minded Mark Jackson says he doesn't want his Warriors to be a team that has to win games on the offensive end.
OK, so maybe Jackson might want to revise that notion a bit. A little more offense than what Golden State cobbled together Wednesday night might be advisable to go along with the defensive tenacity the Warriors rediscovered in an 87-83 victory over the Sacramento Kings at Oracle Arena.
The Warriors limited the Kings to 39.8 percent shooting and were markedly improved at both their interior and perimeter defense. Alas, they shot just 36 percent themselves and needed a Klay Thompson 3-point basket from the corner with 7.5 seconds left to salvage the night.
The Kings, who rallied from a nine-point third-quarter deficit, took an 83-82 lead after a Patrick Patterson corner 3 with 1:25 left. Thompson missed a shorter jumper with 37.9 seconds left, and the Warriors needed a defensive stop.
They got it with 15.2 seconds left, and in a nice bit of execution, David Lee took a pass from Stephen Curry at the top of the key, started to drive but then saw Thompson wide open in the corner beyond the arc.
And this time Thompson buried it.
"D-Lee did a great job of hitting me right in the shooting pocket, and I got it off quick," said Thompson, who led the Warriors with 20 points. "It was a pretty easy shot, honestly. I love shooting from the corner. It honestly felt great when it left my hand."
But the job wasn't done for Thompson. At the other end of the floor, he had to deal with the Kings' Tyreke Evans, who tried to drive to the basket but missed an 8-foot pull-up jumper with one second left. Draymond Green got the rebound, was fouled and salted the game away at the line.
But the final 10 seconds was pretty much all Thompson heroics. The defensive stop on Evans may have been as big as the game-winning jumper.
"He's a really strong right-handed driver, and I was kind of anticipating that, so I just tried to contest the shot," Thompson said. "I think I did a pretty good job of staying with him."
The second-year guard also thought the Warriors had their best defensive night in weeks.
"It was great, it won us the game," Thompson said. "We weren't exactly an offensive force tonight, but our defense kept us in it.
"Deep in the season, you're going to have to grind out some wins. They were a big defensive challenge for us because they have some guys who can score, but we rose to the challenge."
The Warriors could just never put this game away. They led by 10 points in the first quarter and nine late in the third, but Sacramento kept clawing back thanks in large part to Golden State's inability to find the range -- 11 for 31 in the second half (35.5 percent) and just 4 for 17 in the fourth quarter (23.5 percent). Fortunately for the Warriors, one of the four shots that went in was Thompson's finale.
"At this point in the season, we'll take a win any way we can get it," Lee said. "Our defense was much improved, and if we're going to get to where want to get this year, we have to play defense like that ... and I think our offense will be just fine."
One player who set the defensive tempo early was Festus Ezeli. The rookie center had a nice night with six rebounds and two blocks in 14 minutes off the bench. He even converted a rare three-point play in the second quarter.
"Festus did an amazing job," Lee said. "And his flip-layup-and-one is something he's been working on for a while. He really set the tone for us. If we can get that out of him in the 15-20 minutes he plays, it's going to be huge for us down the stretch."
It was the second straight hard-earned fourth-quarter victory for the Warriors, and one that helped them gain a little breathing room in the NBA Western Conference playoff race. With both Houston and Utah losing, Golden State solidified its grip on the No. 6 spot with 20 games left in the regular season.
Lee had 17 points and 10 rebounds, while Curry had 13 points and eight assists.
Jason Thompson led the Kings with 17 points on a night when Sacramento big man DeMarcus Cousins was a non-factor with just five points in 20 minutes.
Lacob wouldn't address specific names, but one player whose name came up during Jackson's pre-game press briefing was swingman Dominic McGuire, who is currently out of an NBA job. McGuire played well for Golden State last season, particularly defensively.
Jackson has veto power over any player the club might want to sign. It doesn't sound like he'd veto McGuire.
"He was great for us, and I have a lot of love for him," Jackson said. "I appreciate his professionalism, the way he battled, the way he competed. ... I'm very comfortable and confident in our guys. But we will talk, ownership and management, and make a decision which way we will go. Dominic McGuire is a guy who's out there."
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Towards the end of 2012, the Wildlife Reserve Singapore opened the River Safari, which highlights the Giant Panda Forest, the new home of Kai Kai and Jia Jia, two exotic Giant Pandas. Recently, I was fortunate enough to get a chance to visit the River Safari and it was truly a spectacular experience.
Interestingly, just like Capella Singapore, the River Safari is set on 30 acres of tropical rainforest. It is a river-themed zoo located right in between the Singapore Zoological Gardens and Night Safari. As its name suggests, the River Safari is inspired by eight of the world's most famous rivers, like the Nile, Congo, Ganges, Yangtze just to name a few.
My favorite part of the experience was learning about the different rivers and their unique eco systems. At the Yangtze River, you can find exotic Chinese Giant Salamanders, while the Mekong River housed the endangered and rare Giant Catfish and Giant Stingrays. Over at the Congo River and Mississippi River, you can find the world's smallest crocodile, the African Dwarf Crocodile, a mesmerizing Jewel Cichlid and North America's largest fresh water fish, the impressive Alligator Gar.
In addition to the exotic marine species, the River Safari also features an array of adorable mammals like the famed Giant Pandas, Kai Kai and Jia Jia as wells as the sedentary Red Pandas.
At the Giant Panda Forest, there is also a quaint restaurant called Mama Panda Kitchen, which is a must-try. True to its namesake, the restaurant is Panda themed and features traditional Chinese dishes with a modern twist—like the steamed Tau Sa Pau (Red Bean Paste Bun) in shape and with the face of a panda.
While the River Safari is still not fully open, the completed park is expected to be ready later this year. The new section will feature the Amazon River quest where you will find other interesting creatures like the White-Faced Saki Monkey, a Two-Toed Sloth, Brazilian Tapir and many others.
If you are planning a holiday to Singapore, be sure to save a day to visit the River Safari. What is perfect is that the Singapore Zoological Gardens, River Safari and Night Safari are all connected and the Personal Assistants at Capella Singapore are more than happy to arrange for you to visit all three attractions.


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Parmigiani Fleurier is among the youngest legends in the watch making industry. Founded in 1966 by prolific horologist Michel Parmigiani in the heart of Val-de-Travers in Switzerland, it has an infantile lifespan in relation to the dominant centuries-old Swiss haute horlogerie brands. But no, Parmigiani Fleurier is certainly not a fledgling, as evidenced by the multiple global awards it has garnered for its exceptional timepieces. One of such is the "Watch of the Year" Award it received in 2006 from the Japanese press for its Bugatti model based on the equally legendary Bugatti Veyron supercar. The appealing initial idea of the brand was to create "an engine block on the wrist that also tells time", which gave rise to a highly complex and technical assembly arranged like a transversal engine. It is designed for perfect execution, inspired by the advanced engineering from the automotive industry. When the name is Parmigiani Fleurier, you buy a watch and take home a legend.
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9 Amazing Military Technologies of the Future
Consider the unmanned aerial vehicles better known as drones. Barely a blip on military blueprints a decade ago, drones now make up half of the U.S. Air Force fleet. And with the next generation of drones will come an eye-popping array of weapons and equipment designed to support and protect troops on the battlefield and on secret missions.
Here are nine military technologies being developed through the Defense Advance Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and other parts of the military, working with defense contractors and other private companies. They all have the potential to change the face of war.
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Robot Mules
The robot will carry gear, such as heavy backpacks that can slow down ground forces. The four-legged "mule" easily negotiates rocks and divots in the road and field. It is intended to follow a military unit of soldiers autonomously, catching up with the unit on field forays with supplies, including food and ammunition. Refinements have made the robot surprisingly quiet, an important characteristic on a secret mission. Future versions of the pack mule will be able to interpret verbal and visual commands. Robot Mules
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The Meshworm can move silently into the tiniest places to report back data, such as temperatures inside a confined space. It can also record audio and maybe even video in future versions. Made entirely of synthetic fibrous material, it's nearly indestructible. You can step on it or hit it with a hammer and it will keep going because the fibers are not damaged by impact.
Working alongside DARPA on the Meshworm are the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University and South Korea's Seoul National University. Meshworm
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Microwave Ray Gun
Microwaves enter the head directly through the skull, not the ear, so protective earplugs are useless. The inner ear will sense the microwave and recognize it as sound. And the microwave blast can be adjusted to create different kinds of sounds.
Versions being developed include bulk microwave-emitting systems for the Army and small, rifle-style versions for the Marines and special operations forces. Some early versions have been field-tested in Iraq and Afghanistan.
It's also envisioned that police could use versions of the gun for crowd control -- "sound bullets" instead of nonlethal rubber pellets. Sierra Nevada Corp., headquartered in Sparks, Nev., is working on a version of the microwave ray gun under a U.S. Navy research contract. Microwave Ray Gun
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Live-Fire Trainers
Courtesy Marathon Targets
Specially armored Segways, adapted by Marathon Targets of Sydney, Australia, are called "smart targets." They can move in a lifelike manner with unpredictable turns, stops and sprints, as would a real live target. Lifelike hardened plastic dummies on the Segways can be made up to look like enemies in uniform, terrorists or assassins. Such smart targets resemble live-fire combat much more than the old wooden pop-up targets that have been used for a century.
Marathon is currently conducting tests with the U.S. Marines and other parts of the military as well as with Segway. Robotic live-fire training is sure to become routine in a few years. Live-Fire Trainers
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Space-Based Laser
Missile Defense Agency
As envisioned by scientists, a space-based laser could send a powerful destructive beam at, say, an enemy's ballistic missile site a few thousand miles away. Another possible application would be to use a space laser to provide protection against attacks made on U.S. satellites in orbit.
Working on the space laser are the Sandia National Laboratory, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a number of defense contractors, including Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin. Space-Based Laser
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Rock 'Em, Sock 'Em Robots
Courtesy Pal Robotics
The military envisions using these robots to enter buildings in danger zones or to bring emergency medical supplies across battle zones to help wounded soldiers. Consumer versions of the REEM line of robots are also coming. For peace time, they'll include robots that can serve drinks and snacks at public receptions, trade shows, parties, etc. Some will even be able to carry on limited conversations. Rock 'Em, Sock 'Em Robots
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Robots that Mimic Human Movement
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Petman, also designed by Boston Dynamics, can walk, crawl and do calisthenics while wearing test suits and being exposed to chemical warfare agents in secure lab settings. The latest version of the robot, which will be phased into use in 2015, can even climb stairs, a huge engineering advance, considering the complexity and weight distribution required for that act. Robots that Mimic Human Movement
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Ben Finio, The Harvard Microrobotics Lab
Developed at Harvard with support from DARPA, the Flybot engineers say it could also be used to find hidden chemical bombs. Later incarnations of the Flybot may also be able to rely on tiny solar power cells for propulsion. Flybot
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STOCKTON - A man was wounded in a drive-by shooting shortly before 9:30 p.m. Saturday in east Stockton, authorities said.
The San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office responded to reports of a shooting in the 100 block of South Sinclair Avenue at 9:23 p.m. They found a Latino man in his 20s suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest, deputies said. The victim was conscious and breathing when he was taken to the hospital, officials said.
Authorities were searching for a green four-door Honda that was seen in the area at the time of the shooting, deputies said.
The shooting occurred on a residential street less than a half-mile from Franklin High School. Neighbors said there was a drive-by shooting outside the same house within the past year.
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For example, when we are a few minutes late feeding our pooch dinner she develops this incredible ability to tell time and starts kicking her bowl and barking at us. We're pretty sure it translates to something like, "Get off your butt and feed me, you lazy human. I watched you slurp down that burger with impunity half an hour ago and you wouldn't even share a bite with me. Now I'm hungry too, the least you can do is get over here and feed me that nasty Kibbles 'n' Bits crap you insist is good for my coat."
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The Jackson County Commissioners recently appointed two new members to the Jackson County Fair's Board of Directors, county officials reported.
Ashland resident Jim Teece and Medford resident John Anhorn will both serve three-year terms. They replace outgoing members June Brock and Leigh Johnson. Brock and Johnson served on the board 15 years and 18 years, respectively.
Board members are tasked with management of the Jackson County fairgrounds, now known as The Expo.
Teece has been a fair volunteer since 1995 and was involved in developing the fair's Technology Pavilion. Anhorn has been involved with 4-H and several other groups that utilize The Expo.
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The bus lane was planned for a while due to traffic concerns and wishes to increase safety for the children attending the Boys and Girls Club.
"When we loaded our bus, we had to be in the street, which tied up the intersection," Slavens said.
Additionally, the children had to walk in the street to go inside, which raised some concerns.
With the bus lane, loading the bus is safer and more efficient for oncoming traffic.
The bus lane was completed in part by private contractors and city street department workers.
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Yarn Ball WreathThis neutral white and gray "snowball" wreath can continue to be displayed after Christmas, but if you like, you can customize your colors in a more seasonal combination. For added texture, Two Junk Chix bloggers covered the wreath shape in burlap, wrapped a few balls in jute string, and included a handful of sweet gum balls.
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Share your experiences with the Birmingham Chapter AAZK 5th Annual Zoo Run below Back to event details page.
A fun run- nothing like running through the zoo with toucans, ducks, llamas and such cheering you on! They did a great job of having plenty of water stations on a very warm and humid day.
Great run - enjoyed the new course. I would much rather go down that hill near the parking lot at the end of the race instead of up it at the beginning!
Enjoyed the course. Everything was clearly marked and directed by volunteers. Bit of a bottleneck in the beginning and at the first turn around. Otherwise, well done!
This was my first time doing this run and I thought it was very good. Direction signs and staff throughout the course were very helpful. Appreciated the many water stations along the way. Didn't care much for running on the gravel in parts but that's probably because I'm not a very experienced runner. All in all a very good run and an EXCELLENT cause--will definitely participate next year
Good run-course was a little cramped at times.
Considering how much of the zoo is currently under construction, they did an amazing job. The course is a good mixture of on-road/off-road - scenery is fun. The smells range back and forth from animal to flower. There were fun things written on the cement paths in the zoo that made me smile as I ran along. This is one I will do every year.
This race improves every year. I enjoyed the course change this year. I agree with previous post though that there is a bottleneck at the start. A field of 500 runners should not have to go around an orange cone within 1/4 mile of the start line. That is the only 'complaint' I have. The volunteers are fantastic and it is fun to run through the zoo and follow the race with a visit through the zoo with family. Age group awards are always interesting at this race.. the jar of body butter was unique and a nice medal with the race logo was a good change as well.. I'll be back next year.. have participated every year !
I enjoyed the new course. Like another reviewer said, the downhill section at the end was nice. Plenty of water and volunteers. I wish we could have gone into the zoo right after the race instead of having to wait until 9:00. Overall, it is a great race that I'll run year after year.
Fun run - the start was a little slow - bottleneck - hard to get around the walkers, etc.fun course once we got past the start. Suggest that the walkers are started a few minutes after the runners to help with this. Did not like the age groups -need to go to 5 years instead of 10 - Overall very well organized- great volunteers. Will do this one again next year - enjoyed. Great door prizes - hopefully this run will grow every year. Thanks volunteers - this was one of the best organized runs I have done in a while!!!!
First zoo run, I enjoyed the course. Take away the first sharp turn and it's a great course. The first turn was too tight and created a huge bottleneck. The volunteers and workers did an excellent job and we're very helpful. Well organized, and lots of great door prizes. Will run next year!
Great new course! Cramped beginning like everyone has said!
Fun run should have a wave start - runners, older kids, and little kids. XS shirts would have been nice too.
This is our 4th Zoo run - if you count the one in the storm. Getting better every year.
My first 5K - The zoo run was so much fun and really reignited my interest in running. The volunteers and workers did an excellent job and we're very helpful. Will run next year!
This was 2nd time and I liked this course much better. Bottleneck at beginning - hard to get in pace. Walkers and strollers should start after the runners. Chik-Fil-A disaapointed, but organizers did make great effort for a back-up plan and more than enough food to compensate for the loss. Hope this race will grow into a big event. I really enjoy it.
Course was short......other than that....A very unique run! Loved it.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Apple has long exercised tight control over iOS, the operating system that runs the iPhone, the iPad and the iPod touch. But now it's loosening its grip.
At the company's annual developer conference here, the Cupertino titan unveiled new versions of its mobile and desktop operating systems. While each had a suite of new and compelling features, perhaps the most striking thing was the degree to which Apple is opening up its long-locked-down mobile operating system to consumers and outside developers.
The changes will make iOS more like Google's Android operating system, giving iPhone and iPad users unprecedented abilities to customize their devices.
Among the new features:
Apple is also making its iCloud service more transparent. In the new version of OS X, users will be able to see documents and files they've stored in iCloud from within a new folder on their computer, much like the way Dropbox works. In iOS, users will more easily be able to choose which app to use with particular files.
"It's a more open approach," noted Carolina Milanesi, chief of research at Kantar Worldpanel, a market research firm. It offers "more choice to consumers ... and allows more openness to developers."
Apple's more open approach is a welcome change. For too long Apple has set what felt like arbitrary limits on what users could do with their iPhones and iPads. Want to use a Swype-like keyboard that allows you to type by dragging your finger from one letter to another across the screen? Too bad, that wasn't an option. Want to share a photo on Google+ or send it to Shutterfly? Sorry, you had to open up their apps to that; you couldn't do it directly from the photo gallery.
Similarly, one big complaint about TouchID when Apple introduced it with the iPhone 5S last year was that it was far too limited. You just couldn't do enough with it. That's almost certainly going to change now.
Apple's strict control over iOS contrasted sharply with that of Google's Android software, which has long embraced such openness. Each approach has its own merits. Apple's control tended to make iOS more secure and easier to use. But it gave users far fewer opportunities to personalize their devices than they could with Android.
But Apple didn't have to look to Google for an example of openness. The Mac has long been far more open to developers and consumer customization than iOS devices. Just as many iOS features are making their way to the Mac, it's great to see some of the Mac's openness coming to iOS.
To be sure, there are limits to Apple's new openness policy. The company isn't allowing users to replace any of the default apps in iOS, so you can't replace Apple's Maps with Google Maps. Similarly, Apple isn't opening up Siri to outside developers. So you still won't be able to use Siri to set your DVR or to search IMDb.
But the new open features Apple announced Monday are a big step in the right direction. Here's hoping Apple continues down that path.
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Custom keyboards: When typing mail messages or updating their Facebook status, users will be able to use a keyboard of their choice, instead of the one Apple provides.
Widgets: Users will be able to install widgets -- small programs -- in the iOS notification window. Users could see sports scores or the value of their portfolio.
Share and share alike: Users will be able to share pictures, websites and more from within the photo gallery, the Web browser and other areas with apps of their choice, rather than the ones Apple selects.
Working together: Apps will now be able to interact with and access services from each other more easily. So, users can use a feature from one app while remaining in a different program.
A nice Touch: Right now, users can only use the TouchID fingerprint sensor to unlock their phones and log into iTunes. In the next version of iOS, they'll be able to use it to log into a wide variety of apps, such as that for their bank or for their favorite shopping app.
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The Housatonic-Wamogo football team forfeited its second straight varsity game, this time to Coginchaug of Durham, due to limited numbers of players. The Mountaineers will instead play a junior varsity game at Coginchaug Saturday at 11 a.m.
Housatonic interim athletic director Anne Mcneil said that she informed the CIAC of the forfeit Tuesday morning and that no other decision on the status of the varsity team has been made for the remainder of the season.
Last week, Housatonic-Wamogo's game with Lewis Mills was forfeited when the team was down to 14 players due to a slew of injuries. At the time, head coach Deron Bayer said there would be a week-to-week decision on the varsity status.
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xACT stands for X Audio Compression Toolkit. It is a GUI based front end (written in AppleScript Studio) for the unix applications Shorten (3.5.1), shntool (2.0.3), monkey's audio compressor (3.99),flac (1.1.1) and cdda2wav 2.01a32(with paranoia support). It also uses a modified md5sum (modified from 2.1 textutils) and sox (12.17.7). It does the basic commands of these applications and adds a few features to speed up productivity in creation of etree.org standard filesets.
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that is, 1.64 feels more leopard friendly on the machine i have running leopard.
there is apparently a new version which was compiled under xcode 3.0 for leopard which can be retrieved from here;
i still use the version listed here (1.62) on my tiger box, but 1.64 [obviously] feels more leopard freindly.
this should be listed as a universal binary, because it is one. if the current maintainer of the app would like me to take over maintenance, i would gladly keep the app description & change logs current/up to date. just tell me in a comment on the app and we can work it out.
[also i suggested a new version 1.62, which can be downloaded from here; http://satellite.epix.net/~scb/xACT162.dmg.zip]
this is a great little lossless audio conversion program. for those that have ever used windows and remember the program mkwACT, think of that, then add support for 4 other formats, error correction and a file tagging interface. this is what you get with xAct. good stuff.
Good tool for FLAC/AIFF/WAV compressing/uncompressing.
I'm having problems with this since 10.4.7, but previously it's been great.
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April 9, 2013 - In 1961, a 33-year-old real-estate developer surveyed an expanse of land adjacent to Washington, DC, languishing in neglect and thriving only in its junkyards and cheap motels. I imagine this place being where criminologists came up with broken windows theory. But Robert H. Smith looked at this area and he did not see failure—he saw opportunity.
When Dolley Madison's good friend, the author Margaret Bayard Smith, visited Montpelier in 1809, Dolley asked Margaret why she hadn't brought her children to visit, too. Margaret said she feared inconveniencing the Madisons, to which Dolley responded with a laugh, "I should not have known they were here, among all the rest, for at this moment we have only three and twenty in the house."
As with many famous folks, the internet abounds with questionable folklore, spurious quotes, and outright falsities concerning James and Dolley Madison. It has long been repeated that James Madison, notoriously diminutive in stature, stood 5'4". However, in documentary records...
In Tolkien's famous trilogy, Lord of the Rings, the tormented Bilbo Baggins finds a form of catharsis in the transcription of the tale of his adventures in his book, "There and Back Again." When sitting down to write this 'blog post, the title of that book just wouldn't leave my mind. I realized that in its own way, the archaeological interpretations of the Tobacco Barn Quarter and have been "There and Back Again," too. Perhaps not quite the epic tale of Bilbo, and certainly involved less giant spiders (though some of our field school students and volunteers would disagree with that!), the story presented by archaeological and documentary research is no less interesting in the insights they give into the daily lives of the Montpelier's enslaved field laborers, and the choices that Madison makes as farmer and natural scientist to ensure the economic success of Montpelier.
As with all stories, we start somewhere near the beginning...
"...and the kitchen sink."
We have all heard the phrase, so how does it apply to archaeology? While often used in derogatory fashion, in reference to the archaeological investigations of the "Tobacco Barn Quarter" it really refers to the comprehensive survey and excavation techniques employed to explore the homes of Madison's enslaved field laborers.
Although the Montpelier Archaeology Department has recently back-filled the two sites that were the focus of the research this year, the work continues—we're still processing samples and cataloging finds both small and large in the archaeology laboratory. If you get the time don't hesitate to walk down the hill from the mansion and come and visit. We're open every day that Montpelier is open, whether you just want to visit or you want to get involved by volunteering.
So what did we find this year? Well, read on...
December 17, 2012 - The James Madison Landmark Forest received recognition from the Old-Growth Forest Network. This organization, founded by Dr. Joan Maloof, seeks to identify one forest in each county of the United States that exemplifies a publically accessible, mature, native forest. Montpelier's old-growth forest, representing Orange County, is #7 in the Network which includes forests in Maryland, Virginia, Massachusetts, California, New York, Pennsylvania, and Hawaii.
Continuing my professional journey at this historic place, the home of James Madison, is a tremendous honor. Madison restored himself on these lands before returning to the Herculean task of creating a new nation. I, too, feel restored in returning home to Virginia, to the rolling Piedmont hills, and to the red earth of Orange County.
During the 2012 season, the Montpelier Archaeology Department has been excavating a set of quarters for field slaves within a larger late 18th/early 19th century farm complex site. These excavations are part of a larger research project funded by NEH to examine three different sets of slave quarters at James Madison's plantation dating to the early 19th century.
This week Salvagewrights completed the rebuild of the final timber frame structure in the South Yard.
While the department's archaeologists have been working in the South Yard with the students of the James Madison University field school, Lance Crosby, our resident Civil War enthusiast, has been searching the woods for more evidence of Civil War encampments. By means of a systematic survey, with all finds marked and plotted using GPS, he's made some exciting finds that we thought we would share with our readers, even if they are but the tip of the metaphorical iceberg.
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The Best and Worst of Grammy Award Fashion
The Journal's Elizabeth Holmes sent these picks for the best and worst looks of the night.
We'll start with the good ones, because let's be honest, there weren't that many.
Among them: Kelly Rowland and Rihanna (who was, by far, the best dressed in a red Alia gown.)
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Agger in Yellow
Or green if you will.. Normally you can't make heads or tails of the colors the players are wearing in training, however, in today's training pictures on LFC, every one of our normal, or preferred first 9 are in yellow, 10 including Agger (Migs gets the purple)..
What does this mean? Maybe nothing, but for me, I think that with us lacking quality in the middle, and Sakho not quite fully adapted, or as good on the ball, perhaps Agger will resume his spot at LCB. What I can't tell, or guess is if it means a flat back 4, but considering Stevie, Lucas, Henderson and Coutinho were also in yellow/green, along with Sturridge and Suarez, that means 2 men are out, and they appear Sakho and Toure, esp since Glenda is fit again, and also in yellow.
I'll be very happy to see a back flat 4, because while I've seen it work to devastating effect in Italy with Napoli and some other sides, and certainly a place and time for us, 4 at the back is our best way to set up the attacking outfield players, and give two solid CBs the chance to play it out of the back, where Toure certainly cannot, and Sakho not comfortably yet.. (Both wearing orange, with Moses, Alberto, Allen etc)
Hoping for a 4-2-3-1 or 4-3-3 with Coutinho/Suarez/Henderson in the advanced CAM role.. Let's hope!Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
Hi Jason
I agree with most of that except you view that Toure/Sakho cannot play out from the back. I'm not sure they're any worse than Agger and would have them ahead of Skrtel.
For me a flat back four with Toure & one of Agger/Sakho. Harsh on Skrtel who has looked good in recent weeks but I reckon Toure has more about him.
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To each his own, so everyone's entitled to their own view. For me, and while we probably all agree, Agger is best on the ball, he is very prone to mental errors / switching off, but gets a pass for his grace, and left boot. I also think that Skrtel plays out of the back quite well, and it goes unnoticed at times, and on set pieces, he almost always seems to be in the center of a loose ball scramble, and our most likely to head one in. I just saw yesterday, that statistically, Skrtel ranks 3rd in the entire league in challenges, duels and possession won, just behind Mulumbu of WBA, and MBiwa of Newcastle. On top form, at the moment, I think he's our best all around.
Kolo is slow, that's my problem, and Sakho just seems to struggle with decision making and speed of thought, which will improve, but no issues with his actual physical play.
Any way we put it, they are all top notch CBs, and any pairing of the 4, should be able to line up comfortably and play a very good flat back line. On any day, I'm choosing Skrtel and Agger, we saw how immense they were 2 years ago, where we finished 3rd in defense, but since, each has struggled for one thing or the other, and we can't seem to just keep a clean sheet now. Let's not forget Ilori who will be introduced at some point!
I agree. The more I see the 3 central defenders the less I like it. It makes the team sit too deep and concede possession. Arsenal exposed this.
Time to get Coutinho, Sturridge and Suarez playing together with the option of bring Alberto into the mix.
Midfield still worries me and is the prime reason behind the majority of our poor play this season. A stronger midfield with the defenders and forwards we have available and we'd be flying I tell you. I believe it needs to be addressed this Christmas or we'll struggle. Firstly I don't think we'd make a CL spot without addressing that area. We certainly wouldn't last 5 minutes in the CL without sorting it. And lastly and probably most importantly we will lose players if we fail to get a CL spot. CL clubs will be looking and watching over Coutinho, Sturridge and obviously Suarez.


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SANTA CLARA -- John Vasconcellos, the famously rumpled bear-of-a-man who served 38 entertaining and volatile years in the state Legislature representing the heart of Silicon Valley, died Saturday. He was 82.
Friends said Vasconcellos, whose kidneys had been failing, died at 12:15 p.m. at his Santa Clara condo.
Vasconcellos gained national fame after Republican Gov. George Deukmejian in 1986 signed legislation that created the Democratic Vasconcellos' pet project: The California Task Force to Promote Self-Esteem, Personal and Social Responsibility.
A few months later, Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau spent three weeks mocking the task force, imagining what went on inside flaky-sounding meetings.
While many politicians might have wilted under such enormous teasing, Vasconcellos -- colorful, witty, brilliant, angry, intellectual and elegantly foul of mouth -- turned the insults into a spread in People magazine and countless guest spots on TV and radio discussing the serious value of self-esteem.
"I've gotten more attention in the last several weeks than in the (previous) 20 years," he beamed in a 1987 Los Angeles Times profile.
"He had two sides: the legislator who was masterful of money flowing in and out of the Legislature and masterful in getting bills he wanted passed -- even if it took five to six years to get them done," Larry Gerston, a San Jose State political-science professor, said Saturday. Then there "was the humanitarian side. People viewed it as quirky, but he was dead serious.
"This was a person of two interesting, different minds, but both thrived."
Vasconcellos, who retired from politics in 2004 after serving 30 years in the Assembly and eight years in the state Senate, never married or had children but was widely revered and surrounded by friends at the end.
Lee Quarnstrom, a retired San Jose Mercury News journalist and longtime friend of Vasconcellos, said: "His friends knew him as a truly decent man who always based his politics on the notion that humans are basically good and that public policy that stimulates and encourages the good in humankind -- he called it the politics of trust -- should be the guiding principle for those who make the laws and develop governmental programs and policies."
Human potential
Many who admired Vasconcellos said he always remained a hard-charging, idealistic liberal who considered himself both a student and teacher of all things political.
California Secretary of State Debra Bowen recalled one vital lesson from the year she was a rookie in the Legislature and was trying to sponsor bill that put legislative information online. Capitol players kept calling meetings about the proposal but strategically did not invite Bowen.
She asked Vasconcellos what she should do about her disrespectful colleagues. His recommendation: Find out when the meetings are planned and just show up.
"I don't think I would have done that without John's advice," said Bowen, suggesting she might have resorted to a nasty war in the Capitol's back halls. "John showed me that I was perfectly entitled to be at those meetings -- and showing up forced the others to realize that too."
Bowen said the secrecy halted immediately.
Almost from the day of his 1966 election to the state Assembly, Vasconcellos was a thunderous Capitol presence. He was always searching for ways to salve his tempestuous inner demons. And he publicly employed an array of "human-potential movement" therapies, including psychosynthesis and gestalt, hoping to release rage, tension and fear. He was a devotee of the teachings out of Esalen, the Big Sur center of "New Age" consciousness.
In 1970, Vasconcellos began 13 years of practicing bioenergetics with Stanley Keleman. At one point, the therapist told the politician that if he continued the therapy, his inner rage might end up "blowing your entire political career!" But Vasconcellos would not stop the discovery process.
"It caused such a fallout that the state Assembly created a team of colleagues who rushed to his side when he and his rage erupted," according to a biographical profile by Vasconcellos' legislative staff. The fellow legislators "held his hands while he blew until he settled down. Eventually, he outgrew both his rage and his need for such support."
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John B. Vasconcellos Jr. was born May 11, 1932, in San Jose. His father was Portuguese, his mother German. Family lore has it that his dad was among the early Portuguese men who jumped ship in Hawaii to find work. That is how young John came to cherish Maui and build a large, extended family on the Hawaiian island.
For high school, he boarded at Bellarmine College Preparatory and graduated with top honors. He then trekked minutes up The Alameda to Santa Clara University, where he graduated magna cum laude. After serving two years as an Army lieutenant, he went to law school, also at Santa Clara, graduating in 1959 at the top of his class.
During the one year he spent on Gov. Pat Brown's campaign staff in the early '60s, politics were injected into his heart. And from the moment he finally took his first Assembly seat, Vasconcellos was a passionate, quotable and unique character.
"People are basically decent -- and given the right kinds of recognition, nurturance, love and support -- will live in constructive ways," he once said.
Throughout the 1970s, Vasconcellos actively lobbied for community-based nonviolent conflict resolution projects and university peace-study programs. He also promoted student representation on all the major governing boards in California higher education, according to the enormous cache of Vasconcellos papers, housed in a special collection at UC Santa Barbara.
Vasconcellos left the Assembly in 1996 when he was elected to the state Senate. In 1997, at age 65, he expressed an interest in running for governor, saying: "I'm better prepared than anyone else in terms of knowledge of the issues."
He was unapologetic about wanting a more expansive, generous government -- even when he was a budget wonk as chairman of the powerful Assembly Ways and Means Committee. That expertise, plus his devotion to "human potential," made it easy for him to sell himself as a political unifier.
"Over the years, I've worked with hundreds of Californians on thousands of projects, bringing people together, from the homeless to high-tech executives," he said at the time. "I have a unique record on that."
But perhaps it was all that high self-esteem that led him to soon drop out of the race. "I didn't have the stomach to get on the phone and beg" for money, he admitted after a few months. "My life is too precious."
Kindness, caring
When term limits ended his Assembly run in 1996, Vasconcellos was also chairman of the ethics committee. After winning the Senate seat, he soon chaired the Public Safety Committee. His "Tough & Smart Public Safety Program" took a preventive approach to public safety, but without making Democrats look soft on crime.
In the Senate, he also chaired committees on K-12 and higher education and the Subcommittee on Aging and Long-Term Care. He was known for guiding them both with equal shares of fiscal responsibility, kindness and savvy.
"John was the sort of man whom many, many Californians thought of as a dear friend," Quarnstrom said. "He despaired ... about the state Capitol, a place he truly loved. And yet, it was a place that he always knew needed to get better and do better."
Bowen said Vasconcellos taught politicians on both sides of the aisle many important things about doing the job earnestly, while striving for personal growth.
Even when he was done with politics, she said, he humorously laid out a thoughtful plan for a positive retirement.
"I have three requisites," Bowen remembers Vasconcellos telling her. "I don't want to be cold. I don't want to have a schedule. And, most of all, I don't want to deal with assholes!"
Bowen laughed and said, "That answer was just so John."
Staff writer Robert Salonga contributed this report. Contact David E. Early at 408-920-5836. Follow him at Twitter.com/Davidearlysr
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In 1979, John Vasconcellos finished his first book, "A Liberating Vision: Politics for Growing Human Beings." It told of his personal odyssey of self-discovery during his first 15 years in public office: "My major goal over the years has been unity. Unity between my inner and outer self, between who I am as a person and who I am politically. I've tried to live without any masks, to be open to all of who I am, to all my deepest feelings, doubts, needs, anger, fears, and to all my tenderness, lovingness, vulnerability and compassion."