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NEW YORK, Jan. 15, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- EaseUS Software, a leader in data backup, disaster recovery, and partition management solutions, today announces the release the 6.5 version of EaseUS Todo Backup Free, Home, Workstation - the most reliable data backup & recovery tools to assist PC and workstation users to ensure the data/system security. And Android backup & recovery is the key function included in this upgrade.
EaseUS Todo Backup is the most reliable backup software available on the market to easily handle all Windows data backup and restore tasks. Now, EaseUS Todo Backup Free, Home, Workstation 6.5 are compatible with Android devices.
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New features:
Android Backup & Recovery – including contacts, messages, call logs, documents, music, photos, and videos in Android device.Support Android OS: Android 2.3, 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4.Some important bugs fixed.
This new update greatly satisfies the requirements of home and small business users for Android data backup and recovery, and also is an important milestone for EaseUS data backup software which announces the new development direction - mobile device data security.
Meanwhile, EaseUS will insist on comprehensive, cost-effective PC backup & recovery solution to satisfy all the requests of both home and business users. It covers the following important functions:
File/disk/partition backup & recovery.
Exchange/SQL backup & recovery.
Incremental/differential/schedule backup.
Virtual machine backup & recovery.
Disk/partition clone, etc.
Get more detailed info here: http://www.todo-backup.com/
Pricing and Availability:
EaseUS Todo Backup Free is available at: http://www.todo-backup.com/products/home/free-backup-software.htm
EaseUS Todo Backup Home for home users is $29 available at:http://www.todo-backup.com/home/home-backup.htm
EaseUS Todo Backup Workstation with $39 special for home office and small business users is available at:http://www.todo-backup.com/business/workstation-backup.htm
EaseUS Todo Backup Server for $199 is available at: http://www.todo-backup.com/business/server-backup.htm
EaseUS Todo Backup Advanced Server for SQL and Exchange Server backup is $299 available at:http://www.todo-backup.com/business/advanced-server-backup.htm
EaseUS Todo Backup Technician for $999 is available at: http://www.todo-backup.com/business/technician-backup.htm
About CHENGDU Yiwo Tech Development Co., Ltd.:The company provides professional solutions in data recovery, backup software and partition manager for home, education and SMB users, service providers as well as international corporations. For Windows OS, its major products are Data Recovery Wizard, EaseUS Todo Backup and EaseUS Partition Master. For Mac OS, it has EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard for Mac and CleanGenius. For more information, please visit http://www.easeus.com/
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flounder 1
verb[no object]
1Struggle or stagger helplessly or clumsily in water or mud: he was floundering about in the shallow offshore waters
More example sentences
- The couple kicked their runners off, grabbed two life-buoys and waded in to where the mother and son were floundering in deep water.
- What would floundering around in the water have done to him?
- A witness said Davis, a good swimmer, began floundering in the water.
struggle, thrash, flail, twist and turn, splash, stagger, stumble, reel, lurch, blunder, squirm, writhe
1.1Struggle mentally; show or feel great confusion: she floundered, not knowing quite what to say
More example sentences
- His conscience flounders in inchoate confusion as he tries to decide what his surface actions should accomplish instead of asking how their long-term consequences will unfold.
- Some say that it wards off depression and this may be so, as people who enjoy sharp mental faculties are more likely to be confident and outgoing than those who flounder around in a mental fog.
- Once in Ireland, he floundered in a confused situation, victim of Charles I's tricky diplomacy.
struggle, be out of one's depth, have difficulty, be confounded, be confused
informal scratch one's head, be flummoxed, be clueless, be foxed, be fazed, be floored, be beaten
1.2Be in serious difficulty: many firms are floundering
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- He also knows that the repeated attempts by this government to take on the unions in a serious way are floundering.
- She was immediately given a part in a big-screen biopic about champion cyclist Graeme Obree, which later floundered after the project ran into financial difficulties.
- In Japan, which unfortunately continues to flounder, any negative effect on global trade would be serious for its very many household-name exporting companies.
struggle financially, be in dire straits, face financial ruin, be in difficulties, face bankruptcy/insolvency, founder
See founder3 (usage).
flounderer noun
- Example sentences
- And Mr. Kim's somber performance evokes the complicated psychology of a flounderer whose decisions are spontaneous, experimental leaps into the dark.
- Many bands have a habit of following up a great album with a flounderer.
- Simply said, a fish out of water is a flounderer.
Words that rhyme with flounderbounder, compounder, expounder, founder, grounder, impounder, pounder, propounder, rounder, sounder
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Syllabification: floun·der
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flounder 2
1A small flatfish that typically occurs in shallow coastal water.
- Families Pleuronectidae and Bothidae: several species, in particular the edible Platichthys flesus of European waters.
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- The study was spurred by previous observations of feminization in estuarine fish, particularly the flounder, a common flatfish, Matthiessen said.
- They seem to have also eaten flounder, whiting, plaice, cod and brown trout too.
- They show considerable sequence homology to pleurocidins, antimicrobial peptides of the flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus.
1.1 (flounders) A collective term for flatfishes other than soles. See flatfish.
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- Not just cod but other groundfish, including flounder, halibut and haddock, were decimated.
- Leo led her inside the building, which had a huge flounder painted on it.
- Fortunately the flounder is a robust fish which, with careful handling, will easily go back and swim away to fight another day.
Middle English: from Old French flondre, probably of Scandinavian origin and related to Danish flynder.
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The New School
Spring 2013 Ensemble and Recital Series: John Swank, drums
John Swank (b. 1989, Chicago)The everyday use of the word 'story' connotes a narrative, including a beginning, middle, and ending, that together create a comprehensible story. Not all comprehensible stories can be put into words. Think, for example, of when someone ends a story by saying, "You had to be there." The salient parts of some stories are missing when told in words. Using electricity as a metaphor, words are not always functional conductors for the electricity of stories.But, if the same stories were told in videos, the salience might be retained.Without words, stories do not need to conform to narrative in order to be comprehensible. For my recital, I wanted to create a story without words or narrative; a story that could not even be put into words, but could be comprehended when experienced. To do this, I compiled segments of video that I thought told comprehensible and compelling stories visually. The next step after compiling video segments was to compose original music, and also adapt music I had written before ever conceiving of this project. The medium is, in a way, the opposite of books.
Jazz and Contemporary Music Performance Space, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 5th floor
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- Feb 12:
- Contra Costa Times editorial: Water districts should impose conservation measures now
- Oakland Tribune editorial: Water districts should impose conservation measures now
- Feb 7:
- California Drought: Desperately needed rain, courtesy of "Pineapple Express" slamming into California
- Feb 6:
- Drought doesn't mean doom for your plants
- Rain soaks Bay Area, another storm coming
- California drought: Big rain headed toward Bay Area could double dismal rainfall totals
- Feb 5:
- California drought: House water bill exposes deep partisan divide
- Feb 4:
- Fremont district urges conservation, offers water-saving program as drought persists
- Gov. Jerry Brown calls congressional Republican drought bill 'divisive'
- Roadshow: Caltrans watering less as drought continues
- Feb 3:
- North Bay homeowners slash water usage through creative conservation
- California drought: Biggest rainfall of 2014 soaks Bay Area
- Jan 31:
- California drought: State Water Project will deliver no water this summer
- Gov. Brown says flush less as California struggles with drought
- Drought shakes off winter for perilous early spring
- Jan 30:
- Obama pledges support amid California drought
- California wine industry reports robust 2013, but worries loom about drought
- Drizzle brings hope to thirsty California but does nothing to deter drought
- Jan 29:
- Bay Area wakes up to drizzle as light rain appears for first time in more than a month
- Zone 7 Water Agency seeks 20 percent voluntary water reduction from customers
- Jan 28:
- California drought: 17 communities could run out of water within 60 to 120 days, state says
- Jan 27:
- Water oak trees if needed, but not too much
- Rain expected this week won't put dent in the drought, forecasters say
- Gold prospectors take advantage of California drought
- California drought: Bay Area water districts start asking urban residents to conserve
- Jan 26:
- After decades of payments, EBMUD may finally use its emergency water supply
- Jan 25:
- California drought: Past dry periods have lasted more than 200 years, scientists say
- Jan 23:
- Around Dublin: Do your part now to get ahead of drought
- Jan 22:
- Drought: California is a red state, if you're talking weather
- Jan 18:
- Snow makers rescue big Sierra resorts as drought bakes smaller ones
- Jan 17:
- Brown declares California drought emergency
- California drought: Three more months of dry weather likely, National Weather Service announces
- Jan 16:
- Drought declared a natural disaster in California, 10 other states
- Jan 14:
- Drought imperils California salmon, steelhead
- California drought: What's causing it?
- Jan 10:
- Despite California drought, chances for water bond are evaporating
- Jan 8:
- Timm Herdt: Learning to adapt to droughts
- Jan 3:
- Barnidge: California droughts aren't nearly as scary as they used to be
- Dec 29:
- California drought deepens as another year's rains stay away
Like big earthquakes and budget deficits, droughts are a part of life in California that seem to come back around every decade or so.
Remember not flushing the toilet? Putting a bucket in the shower? It's time to dust off those tips, as California finds itself in a brutally dry spell. On Friday, following the lowest rainfall year in the state's 163-year history, and with the Sierra snow pack at 17 percent of normal, Gov. Jerry Brown called a drought emergency and asked California residents to cut their water use by 20 percent.
That's not so difficult, experts say. Fixing leaks in household faucets and toilets, and reducing lawn irrigation can get most families to the goal.
"It's pretty easy to save 20 percent. You want to remember that your plants -- even with it being dry outside -- are not needing as much water this time of year because it is cooler than in the summer," said Chris Brown, former executive director of the California Urban Water Conservation Council, a nonprofit group in Sacramento. "The easiest way to save water is to save it outdoors."
In California, more than 50 percent of residential water use occurs outdoors. A typical lawn consumes about 57 inches of rain a year, according to the Association of California Water Agencies. Rain quenches some of that thirst, but it's not enough in most places. Both San Jose and Los Angeles receive 15 inches of rain in a normal year, for example, but last year each received barely 3 inches.
Sprinklers make up the difference. A small lawn of 1,000 square-feet takes about 35,000 gallons of water per year, according to the association. Many homeowners over-water, particularly in the winter, and end up using twice that amount.
Water agencies around the Bay Area offer rebates to replace grass with more drought-tolerant plants. The East Bay Municipal Utility District, for example, pays 50 cents a square foot to people who replace lawns with native, drought-tolerant landscaping, up to $2,500 a yard. The Santa Clara Valley Water District pays $1 per square foot.
"If you aren't really going to use a lawn there are a lot of options, like native grasses and wildflowers, succulents and other plants," said Ruthie Gordon, co-owner of Mazingira Gardening Services, a Berkeley landscaping company that specializes in replacing grass lawns, installing drip irrigation and other water-saving strategies.
"Some people think they must have a lawn. It's a cultural thing," she said. "But you really only need a lawn if you have kids or animals playing on it, or if you throw a lot of parties. If it's just for aesthetics, there are a lot of options that look great."
The average home in California uses 192 gallons of water a day, according to a 2008 study by the state Department of Water Resources and the Urban Water Conservation Council.
Among other tips that experts recommend:
"People need a lot of help,'' said Whitney Gravel, a Burlingame resident who has been looking for water-saving tips following the governor's drought declaration.
"We take our access to clean water for granted," she said. "We need to reorient our thinking to conserve. We need to do it always, but now it's even more critical."
Paul Rogers covers resources and environmental issues. Contact him at 408-920-5045. Follow him at Twitter.com/paulrogerssjmn.
To learn more about rebates, tips and free water audits, see:
State Department of Water Resources: http://saveourH20.org
Santa Clara Valley Water District: www.save20gallons.org or (408) 265-2600
East Bay Municipal Utility District: www.ebmud.com or 1-(866) 403-2683
Contra Costa Water District: www.ccwater.com/conserve or (925) 688-8000
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission: www.sfwater.org or (415) 551-3000


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The importance of studying environmental factors in ASD
Last week, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee convened a panel of experts to investigate the role of environmental factors in autism spectrum disorders (ASD; link to web archive for video). Although genetic factors are known to contribute to the risk of autism, we also need to understand environmental factors and their interactions with genetic susceptibility.
The dramatic increase in autism prevalence over the last two decades—over 600% during this period—underscores the need for more research on environmental factors. Our understanding of typical brain development combined with what we've learned from examining the brains of individuals with autism have focused efforts on the prenatal and early postnatal environment. To investigate environmental factors that may be active during this time, researchers are casting a wide net on potential environmental agents that can alter neurodevelopment, including exposure to metals, pesticides, polybrominated diphenylethers and other chemicals.
Isaac Pessah, Ph.D., Director of the University of California, Davis, Children's Center for Environmental Health and Disease Prevention, participated in the panel and said in his testimony, "We must identify which environmental exposures and combination of exposures are contributing to increased overall risk in the population and identify the most susceptible groups. Only by bringing together the concerted effort of multidisciplinary teams of scientists can we identify which of the >80,000 commercially important chemicals currently in production promote developmental neurotoxicity consistent with the immunological and neurological impairments identified in individuals with idiopathic autism".
To help speed an understanding of environmental factors, Autism Speaks is supporting research on several fronts. In 2008, Autism Speaks launched the Environmental Factors Initiative to fund investigators researching aspects of environmental causes and autism.
A collaboration with the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) has resulted in a network of 35 international scientists who gathered at this year's International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR) to promote collaboration, identify gaps in our understanding and foster opportunities for innovative research which is discussed in more detail in Dr. Dawson's 2010 IMFAR recap. This fall, Autism Speaks and NIEHS will co-sponsor a workshop to help identify the most promising strategies and scientific directions for understanding the role of the environment in ASD.
A large collaborative study which will pull together data from six international registries is being funded by Autism Speaks to explore early environmental risk factors for ASD.
Autism Speaks is also leveraging longstanding investments to make the best use of research resources that currently exist. For example, the Autism Genetic Resource Exchange (AGRE), a premiere genetic resource for scientists studying autism, is now collecting environmental data from families to pair with the genetic and medical data. Autism Speaks has partnered with the National Institutes of Health to fund the the EARLI and IBIS research networks to study environmental factors in infants at risk for autism. The EARLI network is following 1200 mothers of children with autism from the start of another pregnancy through the baby sibling's third birthday. The IBIS network is charting the course of brain development in infant siblings of children with autism. Together with Autism Speaks, these groups are exploring both genetic and environmental risk factors for ASD.
Taken together, Autism Speaks' investment in research on environmental factors promises to shed light on an important area of autism research that has until recently remained in the shadows. We look forwarding to following the new directions illuminated by the discoveries made possible by these various research opportunities.
August 9, 2010 at 2:23 pm
Pessah was indeed terrific. Everyday our kids come into contact with dozens of toxic substances: household cleaning supplies, pesticides, fertilizer, PBAs, lead in toys, etc…Sadly our govt has not done a good job ensuring the safety of these products. Obviously babies and children are at the highest risk for developing neurological damage as result of these toxic substances.
Whereas we cannot change our genes we certainly can immediately do whatever we can to limit our exposures to toxins. I was disappointed that this post was neglected to mention to toxic adjuvants in vaccines. They represent yet another unknown/ unresearched toxin- however this one is injected to babies starting the day they are born.It is going to to take forever and cost hundreds of millions to research all 80,000 toxic substances. Why not start with the toxins nearly all American babies are exposed to on their first day of life and a possible trigger that concerns so many families.
EARLI will be studying children yet to be born! We need so much more targeted, short term environmental research now- and that includes vaccines/ the schedule and the adjuvants. Make it a priority and just get it done.
August 13, 2010 at 3:15 pm
Katie, could you email me at email@example.com I have a Dr's office in Florida that seems to have great links. I had chemotherapy and ended up with all sorts of symptoms. It is a dream of mine to talk to you.
August 10, 2010 at 7:31 am
In India, if you consider > 80000 types of environmental chemicals are the cause of ASD; then we should have more and more no. of cases from the people from the low socio economic strata having ASD.
Unfortunately that is not the case, we have been witnessing more kids having ASD, who come from families working in IT sector and kids from families of high intellects.
Is there any way to justify this?
None of the studies done in India so far, give any data on prevalence of ASD in India?
The Government of India has not included ASD in the PWD act of 1995 as a disability, yet!
August 13, 2010 at 3:13 pm
1200 babies is not enough. There needs to be a multi-site study. Possibly in other countries. I'm wondering what the rates of Autism are in India which is highly polluted. :(


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About the Book
"Moving and thought-provoking and informative and imaginative and beautifully executed. What a wonderful story!"
—Mary Jane Clark
"This book is a must for anyone touched by adoption, or India, or the delicate dynamic between adolescent girls and their mothers."
—Sujata Massey, author of Shimura Trouble
Secret Daughter, a first novel by Shilpi Somaya Gowda, explores powerfully and poignantly the emotional terrain of motherhood, loss, identity, and love through the experiences of two families—one Indian, one American—and the child that binds them together. A masterful work set partially in the Mumbai slums so vividly portrayed in the hit film Slumdog Millionaire, Secret Daughter recalls the acclaimed novels of Kim Edwards and Thrity Umrigar, yet sparkles with the freshness of a truly exciting new literary voice.
Somer's life is everything sheimagined it would be—she'snewly married and has startedher career as a physician in SanFrancisco—until she makes the devastatingdiscovery she never will beable to have children.
The same year in India, a poormother makes the heartbreakingchoice to save her newborn daughter'slife by giving her away. It is adecision that will haunt Kavita forthe rest of her life, and cause aripple effect that travels across theworld and back again.
Asha, adopted out of a Mumbaiorphanage, is the child that bindsthe destinies of these two women. Wefollow both families, invisibly connecteduntil Asha's journey of self-discoveryleads her back to India.
Compulsively readable anddeeply touching, Secret Daughter isa story of the unforeseen ways inwhich our choices and families affectour lives, and the indelible power oflove in all its many forms.
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Critical Praise
"Gowda has masterfully portrayed two families... linked by a powerful, painful tie that complicates their lives... A thought-provoking examination of the challenges of being a woman in America and in India -- and in the psychological spaces in between." — Chitra Divakaruni, author of The Palace of Illusions
"Set in California and the teeming city of Mumbai, SECRET DAUGHTER is a beautifully composed compelling story of love, loss, discovery and the true meaning of family." — Anjali Banerjee, author of Imaginary Men
Fiction with a conscience, as two couples worlds apart are linked by an adopted child....A lightweight fable of family division and reconciliation, gaining intensity and depth from the author's sharp social observations — Kirkus
First novelist Gowda offers especially vivid descriptions of the contrasts and contradictions of modern India... Rife with themes that lend themselves to discussion, such as cultural identity, adoption, and women's roles, this will appeal to the book club crowd. — Library Journal
It's moving and thought-provoking and informative and imaginative and beautifully executed. What a wonderful story! — Mary Jane Clark, author of Dying for Mercy
The Secret Daughter is a deeply moving and timeless story of an adopted daughter's long distance search for cultural identity and acceptance; first with the mother who raised her, and ultimately with the mother who gave her up. — Kathleen Kent, author of The Heretic's Daughter
In her engaging debut, Gowda weaves together two compelling stories… Gowda writes with compassion and uncanny perception from the points of view of Kavita,Somer, and Asha, while portraying the vibrant traditions, sights, and sounds of modern India. — Booklist
This wise debut moves deftly between the child's two mothers and cultures. — Good Housekeeping
A No. 1 bestseller in Canada, "Secret Daughter" tells a nuanced coming-of-age story that is faithful to the economic and emotional realities of two very different cultures. — Washington Post
Product Details
- Imprint: William Morrow Paperbacks
- On Sale: 04/05/2011
- Trimsize: 5.313 in (w) x 8 in (h) x 0.829 in (d)
- Pages: 368
- List Price: 13.99 USD
- BISAC1: FICTION / General


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SAN FRANCISCO -- In response to privacy concerns, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday unveiled new tools that will allow Facebook users to test drive apps anonymously and reveal far less information and better regulate how they share apps on smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices.
Unlike previous f8 Facebook developer conferences, Zuckerberg said the social networking giant had no "big new product announcement or new direction." Instead, Facebook is focusing on helping app developers build a more stable platform for mobile devices that also offer Facebook users greater privacy.
"We have to do everything we can to put people first," Zuckerberg said, telling the developers that "people want more control over how they share their information, especially apps."
Facebook users can now limit the amount of information that they share through mobile apps, along with the information of their Facebook friends, Zuckerberg said. Facebook users who want to try out a new mobile app also can log on anonymously across all of their mobile devices -- without revealing their real identity or any information, he said to widespread applause.
Rob Enderle of the Enderle Group said the upgrades announced Wednesday don't address the larger concerns about the U.S. government's abilities to demand data about people's social networking activities.
"While it may not address those core problems," Enderle said, "it certainly does make it less likely that you're going to embarrass yourself accidentally. It's certainly not a step in the wrong direction. It's a step in the right direction."
Facebook also has made it easier for users to navigate through different sites on their mobile devices -- booking a flight, reading a book or listening to a song, for example -- with a new standard it calls "App links," said Ilya Sukhar, Facebook's product manager.
Pasting Web links to various sites via email works great on desktop computers, Sukhar said. But on mobile devices, he said, when "I get stuck in a mobile Web browser, when I get stuck logging in ... I can't get to what I want to do."
With no unified system to navigate through websites across different platforms, Facebook's new system "frees these apps from these silos" by nearly instantly translating Web addresses into their mobile equivalents without requiring Facebook users to log onto each page, Sukhar said.
"We crawl the Web for you. You don't have to do it," Sukhar said.
Developers only need to tweak one line of code that Sukhar called "super simple."
Facebook also announced new mobile "like" and "share" buttons that will roll out over the next few weeks.
Ime Archibong of Facebook's strategic partnership team called the new mobile buttons "an easy, lightweight way" for Facebook users "to be an evangelist for your app."
But users will be able to restrict how widely they evangelize for the apps through a single tap of a messenger button that lets them dictate who they want to share songs, videos and other links with.
Facebook is also making it easier to remind users to come back to apps they may have visited only once, Archibong said.
The reminders are actually app engagement ads, but Archibong compared them to being "like a nice reminder from a friend."
Contact Dan Nakaso at 408-271-3648. Follow him at Twitter.com/dannakaso.
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The Siskiyou Institute, a local nonprofit arts organization that has brought world-class performing artists to southern Oregon for the past 12 years, is changing its name to the Siskiyou Music Project.
The name change is intended to better reflect the organization's mission of expanding the cultural arts and educational opportunities for Southern Oregon and Northern California, officials said in a news release.
The organization will present its 2013 fall concert series of seven concerts at The Old Siskiyou Barn in Ashland, Paschal Winery in Talent and the Artistic Piano Gallery in Medford. Performances will include The Gonzalo Bergara Quartet on Sept.18, the Mark Levine Trio on Sept. 27, the Alejandro Ziegler Tango Quartet on Oct. 9, Nashville father and son duo Tim & Myles Thompson on Oct. 23, the David Friesen Trio on Nov. 21, Fado vocalist Ramana Vieria and her Ensemble on Dec. 6 and world music group Incendio on Dec.14.
The new logo was designed by graphic designer Chris Licata and the new website was designed by Bruce Bayard. To learn more about the Siskiyou Music Project, visit www.siskiyoumusicproject.com.
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Gayla L. Clark, 40, of Moberly, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, March 5, 2013, at the Moberly Regional Medical Center. A Memorial service will be held Tuesday, March 12, 2013, at 3:00 p.m. at Pathway Memorial Funeral Home in Moberly with a memorial visitation to be held one hour prior to the service.
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Gardening under the tobacco tree in her backyard one day in June, Mercy Vanaman felt something rough in the dirt. She clawed at the soil, then pulled up a tarp and discovered a black duffel bag half-buried in the ground. She had found evidence of unwelcome visits to her West Oakland garden before -- usually by people, usually at night. In that way, the garden was a kind of secret hiding place.
But this time, she pulled open the bag's zipper and gasped.
Inside was an assault rifle, shotgun shells, a black ski mask, black gloves and a towel. Vanaman's heart raced as she stared at her discovery and tried desperately to figure out what to do.
Then, she called the police. It was, she thought, "the right thing to do."
When two Oakland police officers showed up to retrieve the guns, Vanaman remembers one of them turning and telling her: "The gang isn't going to like this." And then the police were gone.
"Shaking like a leaf ... Absolutely terrified ... Need a hug," she wrote on her Facebook page.
In the coming days, Vanaman experienced a scourge that's plaguing Oakland's streets and perpetuating the violence as much as any gun or drug deal: She became a victim of intimidation.
At first, the gang members who came looking for the guns demanded money: $800 in a week. Then, they threatened her with rape, torture, death.
If anyone could help her, Vanaman thought, the police could. Yet in the aftermath of her discovery, she, along with five housemates, had to flee her home of seven years, hiding with friends and searching for a way out of a frightening dilemma that in Oakland even the very authorities sworn to protect her can't seem to solve.
Seven weeks later, she is still too terrified to return home.
Intimidation abounds
Every year in Oakland -- and to some extent in other high-crime parts of cities such as Richmond, East Palo Alto and San Jose -- hundreds of people find themselves in situations like Vanaman's, and sometimes much worse. Intimidation is an old tactic, but one that is constantly being reinvented in fresh and outrageous ways.
In Oakland, interviews with crime victims, prosecutors and police show, the result is a community increasingly afraid of itself, bullied into silence by its most ruthless and violent members.
"I don't believe citizens should become hostages in their own communities," Oakland police Chief Howard Jordan said in a recent interview.
Yet, in Oakland, that is precisely what is happening.
Often the intimidators are hardened criminals trying to cover their tracks. Authorities describe how slaying suspects from jail dispatch friends to make sure witnesses don't show up to trials.
In November, an Oakland jury convicted Gumaro Baez of murder and dissuading a witness after he shot two men in a vehicle, then executed two young girls in the back seat -- just because of what they had seen. In a letter read during Baez's trial, he described the 2008 killings to a fellow inmate, explaining his motives for shooting the girls:
"If the broads were still alive, it would've really been over," Baez wrote. "Everybody know you can't leave witnesses."
Two former members of Oakland's Norteño gang acknowledged in an interview with this newspaper that they had actively participated in intimidation tactics to keep enemies or potential witnesses quiet.
"You go get them, you stuff them in your trunk and beat them," said one of the former gang members, Ernesto, who asked to remain anonymous for safety concerns. "You do whatever you need to do to shut them up."
Sometimes, where you live is enough to turn you into a victim. This year, a gun-wielding drug dealer threatened to kill 39-year-old construction worker Craig Lima in front of his West Oakland house -- just blocks from Vanaman's home -- as he tried to shoo away the dealer.
Oakland Housing Authority spokeswoman Greer McVay said even police patrolling the city's housing projects are "routinely threatened."
Becoming the norm
While intimidation varies widely, the tactic, inside prison and out, is becoming increasingly dangerous and commonplace, law enforcement officials and academics say.
Richard Frei, a Philadelphia psychology professor who has written about intimidation and testified before a Senate subcommittee on crime and drugs, describes how a "no-snitching" culture is spreading in cities across America.
"What was once a code among thieves, and then a code of the streets, is quickly becoming a societal norm," Frei wrote.
According to a 2006 study by the Center for Problem-Oriented Policing, prosecutors estimate that witness intimidation "plays a role" in more than three of four violent crimes in gang-dominated neighborhoods.
"There's some element of intimidation in every case I see," said prosecutor John Brouhard, who oversees the Alameda County District Attorney Office's gang task force.
Prosecutors can charge intimidators with felonies such as dissuading a witness, punishable by up to four years in prison, and tack on enhancement charges that can lead to life sentences. Last year, witness intimidation prosecutions in Oakland rose to 44, a 10-year high. But that doesn't come close to stopping the problem on the streets because most victims and witnesses are afraid to come forward.
"I sympathize with these people who say they can't talk because they're afraid of getting killed," said Oakland police Sgt. Mike Gantt. "I know I can't tell them much that will make them feel better, or make their lives easier."
Gantt remembers years ago trying to persuade a woman to testify after she witnessed a man kill her child's father. But she backed out, terrified after the man's girlfriend threatened her.
"I've seen people get maimed," he said of witnesses. "One lost an eye, paralyzed, shot, their parents got beat up, houses robbed, families beat up, and, worst case, murder."
The dead-end gang
For Vanaman, the decision to call police immediately after her discovery in June wasn't easy. The drug dealers who hung out near the dead end of Henry Street were just teenagers. One afternoon last summer, in an effort to make friends, she brought them a bottle of Malibu rum. They took it, but laughed; Malibu was cheap, they said, and they were worth more.
But in a way, they respected her, too. Because she took in so many stray cats and often dressed in black, the gang called her "Cat Lady" and jokingly asked her questions about witchcraft.
From her garden perch, Vanaman had plenty of time to observe the gang's comings and goings. She knew they used neighborhood houses to hide crack and heroin. If a police cruiser came a little too close, spotters would send a text message and shout "Five-O."
"Suddenly there'd be guys running through the yard and hopping the fence and grabbing drugs out of the recycling," said Vanaman, who lives off disability from a series of lingering childhood medical issues and acted as an unofficial property manager at her rental house. Every walk of life came to buy.
"Two for 15, two for 15," she heard the dealers yelling the price for baggies of crack, as young white kids in fancy cars slipped them bills and drove away.
By the time she found the duffel bag, she had finally begun to feel at home in the gritty yet rebounding neighborhood of historical Victorian houses. With easy access to BART, it began attracting young professionals like the teacher, the actor and the fashion designer who rented rooms in the same house.
But the danger was clear. Over the years, Vanaman had found four bullets around the house, one in the garden and three lodged in basement walls.
Vanaman tried to strike a balance. She posted a note on the refrigerator advising her housemates to call police if more than three men loitered around the house. Police records show two calls for service from her address in the past 12 months, but records Vanaman obtained from Sprint show nine calls to police within the two weeks before she discovered the guns.
Vanaman and her housemates say they called police over the years dozens of times but nothing changed. The police rarely came. And the boys on the street continued to do their thing. Three housemates left because of the violence, and three new ones moved in.
"In the last year it just got increasingly awful, just frightening," said Daniel Lovejoy, a special-needs teacher and one of Vanaman's housemates. "But we never expected it to get to the point of having assault rifles in our yard."
A tough choice
Chief Jordan has repeatedly called on citizens to make the difficult choice to speak up when they are victims or witness crime in their neighborhoods. "I ask you to stand with me and with our community leaders here today to make our city safer," he said in February after five people were killed and 15 more wounded by gunfire in one week in Oakland.
The chief said he understands how cooperating with police can be dangerous, so the best alternative is often for witnesses to remain anonymous through texts, emails or tip lines. However, that wouldn't have helped Vanaman, a 30-year-old former foster child.
If people like Vanaman do step up, Jordan said, there should be a "reasonable expectation" that police will protect them.
"If she brought in a bag of guns and said it belongs to X, Y or Z, and that she's not comfortable going back, then, yeah, we have an obligation to be proactive in helping her," Jordan said.
But it's tough to provide meaningful help in a case like Vanaman's. Police and prosecutors can tap into federal and state programs to relocate and assist witnesses, but those are usually reserved for major crimes. California spent more than $4 million on such efforts in 2010-11. In one of those cases, authorities relocated an Alameda County man who had been shot by two men trying to stop him from testifying against a group who had shot at a police officer.
Police have pledged to step up patrols near Vanaman's former house at Eighth and Henry streets and are investigating the source of the duffel bag. Beyond that, they say, the reality is they can't respond to every call.
"As much as I'd like to be there for what Mercy needs, we just don't have the resources right now," said Officer Sekue Millington, a West Oakland "problem-solving officer" familiar with Vanaman's case.
Like many cities struggling to balance their budgets, Oakland has fewer police officers on the streets: The department has 641 officers, almost 25 percent fewer than it had in 2008; only 250 are on patrol to respond to about 87 serious crimes a day.
The threat
On the Friday she discovered the duffel bag, Vanaman alerted her housemates and suggested they leave for a couple of days. Let things cool off, she told them, hoping it would blow over. She spent the weekend in San Francisco with friends. Before leaving that night, she noticed two guys standing in front of the house, pointing to her garden. They didn't look happy.
When Vanaman returned, four young men stood in her frontyard. "What did you do with the guns?" one of them asked.
"I called the police," she told him. "I didn't know what to do. I'm sorry."
The man scowled and told her she owed him $800 and said she had a week to come up with the money. "I don't make that much," she replied.
"Bitches get killed for that," he told her. "Bitches get tortured for that."
A keen observer of others, Vanaman noticed the young man used the passive voice so she couldn't accuse him of threatening her directly. But the implication was clear. "Bitches get raped for that," he shouted.
Suddenly, she felt torn. For years, she had rationalized her choices in coping with the danger outside her door. Now, she knew turning in the gun was the right moral decision, but it had put her life at risk.
With the man still berating her, Vanaman said she would sell whatever valuables she could to get the money. Then she turned and fled into the house.
"We need to go," she told her roommates. "We need to go now."
"Then we ran for our lives," Vanaman recalled recently in an interview at a San Francisco coffee shop. "We put as much as we could on our backs and we ran."
That night on her Facebook page, she asked: "Does anyone have an extra $800 laying around?"
No way out
On the first Saturday in August, a police officer escorted Vanaman back to the house so she could box her belongings and leave for good.
She isn't the only tenant who has left the two-story powder-blue Victorian with yellow trim; most have moved out, but not before a couple of them tried to strike a deal with the gang, saying Vanaman shouldn't have gone to the police in the first place.
"It's only because I got everyone out of that house that we're not raped, tied up and dead," Vanaman insisted. "Anyone who's got a bag full of AK-47s means business."
Vanaman said police have done little to comfort her, besides standing sentry as she packed up her belongings. And that underscores how defeated and overwhelmed many have become in the battle to take back the most crime-ridden parts of Oakland.
Even Vanaman knows that with so much crime in so many corners of the city, protecting just one resident, who did what seemed so obviously like the "right thing," is nearly impossible in one of Oakland's most dangerous areas.
Now, for calling police after discovering a gun buried in her garden, Mercy Vanaman is once again looking for a place to call home.
Contact Scott Johnson at 510-208-6429. Follow him at Twitter.com/scott_c_johnson and Twitter.com/oaklandeffect.


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On the Mac it plays perfect, but when I stream to PS3, the PS3 only receives the VIDEO stream. There's no sound. Not even the "description" of the sound on PS3 (when I press SELECT).
I also happens to another DTS movie I have, but AC3s and Stereo movies I have it works fine.
I tried to enable the "Keep DTS audio in stream" and also "DTS/FLAC" but without success.
My PS3 and computer are cabled at 100Mbps, the PS3 have a optical output to the receiver that can decode DTS.
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Services for Agnes "Sis" Hughes, 83, of Marietta, Okla., are set for 10 a.m. Tuesday, November 13, 2012, in the Flanagan-Watts Funeral Home Chapel, Marietta, with Rev. Lawrence Anderson officiating. Interment in Lakeview Cemetery, Marietta, will be under the direction of Flanagan-Watts Funeral Home & Cremation Services.
Miss Hughes was born May 28, 1929, in Marietta, the daughter of Charlie and Nettie Mae Clay Hughes. She passed away Thursday, November 8, in Mercy Hospital Ardmore.
A homemaker, Sis enjoyed visiting with friends, watching movies, eating popcorn, drinking pop and getting her nails done. She especially enjoyed the holiday parties and visits with family.
She was preceded in death by her parents; five brothers, Herman, Harless, Vernon, Hershel and Charlie Hughes, Jr.; and two sisters, Charlene Gray and June Cross.
Survivors include four sisters and brothers-in-law, Alice Martin of Oklahoma City, Okla., and Nettie and Blackie Moore, Rosemary Brown and Carolyn and Ernest Morgan, all of Marietta; sister-in-law, Mary Hughes, also of Marietta; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Serving as casket bearers will be Sheldon Brown, Vernon Hughes, Clayton Hughes, Brian Liddell, Ernest Morgan and Bert Tickel. Honorary bearers are Dr. Tom O'Connor and her family at Lake Country Nursing Center.
Memorials may be made to the Lake Country Nursing Center Activity Fund.
The family will receive friends from 6 -7 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Online guest book: wattsfuneralhome.com.
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Sometimes, you get what you pay for. But dollar stores also sell good products like these at a tremendous discount.
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Officials say it's a mix with something for everyone. Randy Travis, Bruce Hornsby, Willie Nelson, Robert Earl Keen, the 40th Anniversary Tour of the band, America, and Mavis Staples.
These shows will run through the spring and summer.
Officials say this is an exciting day for a performing arts center that is gaining respect across the region and country.
"The Riley Center has continued to grow its outreach," said executive director Dennis Sankovich. "People from all over the south have been contacting us and finding out about our shows, and it continues to grow. It takes time to build a tradition and I think we spent that time and invested it. And this center is continuing to increase its outreach across the south and the country."
Current season ticket holders get the first opportunity to keep their seats. And then later this month, sales open for all people interested in a second-half season package.
Current season-ticket holders will get first crack at retaining their current seats from January 11 through January 21. Those who want to buy new season tickets get a one-week exclusive opportunity January 24-28. Sales of "Pick 3" ticket packages, which allow patrons to select three or more shows at a discounted price, begin January 31. Finally, on February 7, all tickets go on sale, including individual tickets for every show in the series.
Tickets and information are available by phone or in person at the MSU Riley Center box office Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The telephone number is 601-696-2200, and the address is 2200 Fifth Street in downtown Meridian.
Important dates:
• Season ticket renewals: January 11-21
• New season tickets: January 24-28
• Pick 3 tickets: beginning January 31
• Individual tickets: beginning February 7
• Spring/Summer Series premiere: March 3, Randy Travis
• Spring/Summer Series finale: August 5, Bill Medley of The Righteous Brothers
MSU Riley Center
2200 Fifth Street
Meridian, MS 39301
Box office hours: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
The Spring/Summer Series includes country-music legends Randy Travis and Willie Nelson, alternative-country favorite Robert Earl Keen, young blues guitarist Jonny Lang, a family-friendly touring theater company, adventuresome music from Victor Wooten (of Béla Fleck and The Flecktones) and Bruce Hornsby, the big-band sounds of the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra and the vocal group The Pied Pipers, classic rock from America, and all kinds of soul, from iconic Mavis Staples to contemporary KEM to the final concert by Bill Medley of the 1960s duo The Righteous Brothers, "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin',and "Rock and Roll Heaven" on August 5.
Randy Travis
Thursday, March 3, 2011 / 7:30 p.m.
$57, $51
Pre-Show Party at 6:00 p.m.
In the 1980s, Randy Travis led the "neotraditionalist" wave that took country music back to its roots: straightforward instrumentals and vocals sung from the heart. Such hits as "On the Other Hand," "Diggin' Up Bones," and "Forever and Ever, Amen" sold millions of records. In the past decade, Travis turned to gospel music before returning to country with the 2008 album Around the Bend and his Grammy Award-winning duet with Carrie Underwood, "I Told You So."
40th Anniversary Tour
Thursday, March 10, 2011 / 7:30 p.m.
$50, $44
America returns to the stage, bringing the classic feel of '70s folk and soft rock with such legendary hits as "A Horse With No Name" and "Sister Golden Hair." Having been awarded a Grammy for best new artist at the front of its career, the band has also been inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame, proving that some things only get better with age. America tours the globe to sellout crowds as far away as Brazil and Australia, showing that its musical talent truly has no bounds.
America's Hits On Parade with The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra & The Pied Pipers
Directed by: Bill Tole
Saturday, April 2, 2011 / 7:30 p.m.
$28, $22
The rich musical history of the big-band era that pushed Americans out of the Great Depression and through the Second World War returns to lift the American spirit as the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra and The Pied Pipers deliver a show titled America's Hits on Parade. After Jimmy Dorsey's hit "Tangerine" and The Pied Pipers' collaborative hit with Frank Sinatra "I'll Never Smile Again," the two legendary groups join forces to resurrect the music that forged class and elegance in early-day Hollywood and worked its way into every American heart and home. Enjoy an evening of America's hits made famous by many of the greatest recordings ever made, including the above songs along with "In the Mood," "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You," "There Are Such Things," "Boogie Woogie," "Stardust" and many more.
Mavis Staples
Friday, April 8, 2011 / 7:30 p.m.
$32, $26
This Rock and Roll Hall of Famer continues to thrill audiences with her soulful and powerful voice. Named one of the 100 greatest singers of all time by Rolling Stone and 100 Greatest Women of Rock and Roll by VH1, Staples commands the sort of respect that earned a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award for The Staple Singers, for which Mavis was lead singer. Her new album lives up to those lofty standards. Produced by Jeff Tweedy, front man for Wilco, the album, You Are Not Alone, is receiving rave reviews, from critics and fans alike. From original songs written by Tweedy to classic old Staple Singers numbers, the album's lineup demonstrates the full range of Staples' undeniable talent.
Saturday, April 16, 2011 / 7:30 p.m.
$57, $51
Pre-Show Party at 6:00 p.m.
Soulful singer-songwriter KEM released his third album, Intimacy, in 2010, to critical acclaim and impressive numbers. Within hours of its release, the album commanded the No. 1 spot on iTunes' Top R&B/Soul Albums chart and quickly shot to No. 6 on iTunes' overall Top Albums chart. Add to that a 2010 Soul Train Award nomination for best Male R&B/Soul Artist, and it's clear that KEM ranks among today's hottest hit-makers, along with Alicia Keys, Usher, Erykah Badu and Sade. KEM delivers smooth R&B with gorgeous ballads such as "Why Would You Stay" and "Share My Life," which are sure to become mainstay hits enjoyed for years
to come.
Bruce Hornsby
Saturday, April 30, 2011 / 7:30 p.m. $50, $44
This three-time Grammy Award winner has occupied the radio waves for many years now with such hits as "Mandolin Rain" and "The Way It Is," which hit No. 3 on the Billboard top 200 during its 28-week run on the charts. His talents on the piano and other keyboards often summoned invitations to play with The Grateful Dead, and his joyful and energetic stage presence has been entertaining sellout audiences since the mid-'80s.
During the month of May, the MSU Riley Center together with the Jimmie Rodgers Foundation salute Meridian's own Jimmie Rodgers - Father of Country Music and a Founding Father of American Roots Music.
Willie Nelson
Thursday, May 5, 2011 / 7:30 p.m.
$74, $68
Pre-Show Party at 6:00 p.m.
An American icon who is recognized worldwide, Willie Nelson has been rewarded for his talented performances on stage and on the big screen with nine Grammy Awards, nine Country Music Association Awards, nine Academy of Country Music Awards and two Broadcast Music Inc. Awards. He has been seen in the recent Hollywood films The Dukes of Hazzard and Swing Vote. The famed musician is well known for his rendition of "Always on My Mind," his writing of Patsy Cline's "Crazy" and of course his performance of "On the Road Again," also written by him. This working-class hero always delivers a memorable performance that is close to the heart and compelling.
Family Show
There's an Alligator Under My Bed, a Nightmare in My Closet, and Something in My Attic
Presented by Omaha Theater Company
Friday, May 6, 2011 / 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $18 (adults), $10 (children under 12)
Omaha Theater Company puts three classic children's tales together for one magical production. Based on books written and illustrated by Mercer Mayer, the author of more than 300 children's books, this family event teaches children how to overcome those bedtime fears in a fun and creative way. Parents enjoy taking a step into their child's imagination, and kids light up with excitement as Omaha Theater Company draws audiences into the storybooks with imaginative costumes and scenery.
Robert Earl Keen
Friday, May 20, 2011 / 7:30 p.m.
$35, $29
Pre-Show Party at 6:00 p.m.
Robert Earl Keen cheerfully admits that you'll have a hard time finding his music on the radio, but he packs concert halls across the country with rabid fans who know the lyrics to every song. Such sharply observed and slyly humorous classics as "The Road Goes On Forever" and "Merry Christmas From the Family," delivered in his unassuming Texas twang, have made him a hero to alternative-country aficionados. As a teenager, Keen discovered old recordings of Meridian's own Jimmie Rodgers. "Since then," he said, "I've always liked that one-guy-with-guitar-with-the-story-kinda-song thing." Keen happily returns to the MSU Riley Center, which he called "the crown jewel of Mississippi" after his 2007 appearance.
Jonny Lang
Sunday, June 5, 2011 / 6:00 p.m.
$50, $44
Pre-Show Party at 4:30 p.m.
The day before his 16th birthday, this blues and rock prodigy released the critically acclaimed, multiplatinum Lie to Me. For his second major-label release, at the age of 17, Lang received his first Grammy nomination. In 2007, he won a Grammy for his gospel-inspired Turn Around album. With a varied career that spans blues, rock and soul, Lang has toured with The Rolling Stones, Buddy Guy, Aerosmith, B.B. King, Blues Traveler, Jeff Beck and Sting. He released his first live album, Live at the Ryman, in late 2009 and has had recent collaborations with artists as diverse as Carlos Santana, Cyndi Lauper and Lee Ritenour.
Victor Wooten
Wednesday, July 20, 2011 / 7:30 p.m.
$32, $26
Five-time Grammy Award winner Victor Wooten is a composer, producer, author and famed bass player most known for playing with Béla Fleck and the Flecktones. With three consecutive wins as Bass Player magazine's Bass Player of the Year under his belt, he saw his most recent album, Palmystery, hit No. 7 on the Billboard Jazz Album chart. His ability to take command of the bass guitar and manipulate it in seemingly impossible ways continues to mystify fans of all ages and backgrounds.
The Righteous Brothers' Bill Medley
Friday, August 5, 2011 / 7:30 p.m.
$46, $40
Pre-Show Party at 6:00 p.m.
This duo is responsible for the iconic song "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'." The song went straight to No. 1 on the charts in both the United States and the United Kingdom and was made famous again in the movie Top Gun. Rolling Stone ranked the song No. 34 among the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, and it has enjoyed more airtime than any other song in history. Next, the band quickly belted out "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration," which hit No. 1 on the Billboard chart again. In 1987, the deep, spirited voice of Bill Medley connected with listeners in the song "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" which achieved further fame in the film Dirty Dancing and won an Oscar, a Golden Globe, a Grammy, and a Video of the Year award.
Select shows will feature pre-show parties in the Grand Lobby. That allows patrons to socialize, enjoy refreshments and explore the splendor of the MSU Riley Center. Those who haven't yet experienced the facility have a treat in store. When Keene, a well-traveled Texas troubadour, made his first visit in 2007, he said, "The Riley Center is the crown jewel of Mississippi. In the future, music fans worldwide will make pilgrimages to Meridian and renew their faith."


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Wonder Not Happy With Lil Wayne's Lyrics
Published: Friday, February 15, 2013 at 11:33 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, February 15, 2013 at 11:33 a.m.
ATLANTA | Stevie Wonder is not happy with Lil Wayne's vulgar lyrics that reference Emmett Till, a black teen who was killed in 1955 for allegedly whistling at a white woman.
The R&B legend says the rapper's disturbing verse should not have made it beyond the recording studio for the world to hear.
"You can't equate that to Emmett Till," Wonder said. "You just cannot do that. ... I think you got to have someone around you that — even if they are the same age or older — is wiser to say, 'Yo, that's not happening. Don't do that.'"
Wonder, who says he is a fan and friend of Lil Wayne, made the comments when asked what he thought of Lil Wayne's controversial lyrics in an interview Thursday.
On a remix to Future's song "Karate Chop," Lil Wayne compared a rough sex act to the tortuous death of 14-year-old Till in Mississippi, an incident that ultimately helped change the national conversation on race. Following a crude reference to rough sex, Lil Wayne indicates that he wanted to do as much damage as had been done to Till.
Till's family has asked the rapper for an apology, and Epic Records, Future's label, said the official song will not feature the vulgar words and is employing "great efforts" to pull it down.
Wonder, 62, hopes the 30-year-old Grammy winner understands the perspective of the Till family and chooses his words wisely in the future.
"Sometimes people have to put themselves in the place of people who they are talking about," Wonder said. "Imagine if that happened to your mother, brother, daughter or your son. How would you feel? Have some discernment before we say certain things. That goes for me or any other (song)writer."
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Coach Tom Backhus is bringing back the area's longest-running football camp this summer.
Backhus ran his summer football academy for two decades, bringing in some of the nation's top college coaches. Backhus spent the first half of his career on the coaching staffs of some of the nation's top football universities.
"It helped the valley and I think I can help the valley again," Backhus said.
It's a four-day, non-pad technique camp, Backhus said. It's open to players in second through 12th grades. Players in grades two through five will go in the mornings; middle and high school kids will attend in the afternoons.
The camp will feature at least a dozen college football coaches from around the country. Tom Ehlers is Backhus' co-director. Ehlers is the director of football operations at Colorado State University.
Although they're still nailing down the price, Backhus says they'll keep it affordable.
Coaches will break the game down into its pieces, and position coaches will help with individualized instruction. They'll film everything, especially with the older kids, and they'll have film sessions with the coaches.
Backhus played college football for Woody Hayes at Ohio State University, where played on a national championship team.
He started his coaching career on Hayes' Ohio State staff, and continued coaching there when Earle Bruce took over as the head coach after Hayes retired.
Backhus followed Bruce to coach on the staffs at the University of Tampa and then Iowa State. Backhus left Bruce when he went to the University of Wisconsin.
Bill Parcells hired Backhus at the U.S. Air Force Academy to be the cadets' offensive line coach.
When Parcells left and Ken Hatfield got the job, Backhus was promoted to offensive coordinator.
After the Air Force Academy Backhus coached at Notre Dame.
He landed in Vail after the Notre Dame stint. He started visiting the valley when he was with the Air Force Academy.
When he left coaching he moved up here full-time. Among other things, he and his wife Tess ran 4 Eagle Ranch in Wolcott.


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Visitors and locals wishing Santa or Ullr would bring Summit County's ski slopes some snow this holiday season officially have permission to be hopeful.
"It's finally time to permit yourself to get somewhat excited," Boulder-based meteorologist and weather blogger Joel Gratz posted Monday, as he foretold two more winter storms heading for Colorado in the next week and a possible shift in the weather patterns in mid-December.
The two inches of snow that accumulated at Breckenridge Ski Resort Sunday night were the first the ski area has seen since its opening weekend Oct. 9, but forecasts suggests there may be more to come.
An admittedly weak winter system is set to move into Colorado Wednesday night and into Thursday - possibly favoring the northern half of the state with a few more inches of snow - may be the first storm of a changing weather pattern that could mean more snow and colder conditions for Colorado over the next few weeks.
"It does look like we get more of a northwest flow, which would be more favorable for us," National Weather Service meteorologist Bernie Meier said.
It's no guarantee Summit County will see significant snowstorms through the month of December, but the pattern change can help direct systems moving inland from the West Coast toward Colorado.
"The only thing we can say this far out is that we're going to be in a better position to see stuff," Gratz said. "We can't figure out where the cold air is going to be, but the storm track is definitely changing."
In the short-term, however, there is more certain good news in the forecast for snowsports enthusiasts. The storm expected to move in Wednesday night into Thursday will hit areas north of Summit County hardest, but likely deliver only an inch or two locally. It should be followed over the weekend by another system that may produce more precipitation.
"We're still watching that one," NWS meteorologist David Barjenbruch said. "That's probably our best chance of at least a bit more accumulating snowfall than we've witnessed for most of this winter season. ... It's something we're going to watch for the next few days and hopefully Mother Nature will be on our side here."
Temperatures are expected to stay mild through the first part of the week, but begin to drop Thursday and stay cold through the weekend. Daytime highs will likely hover around freezing, with lows in the teens. The weekend should be even colder.
"That's a wonderful thing," Gratz said. "We've been on the warm side of the storm track for the last month. It's great for mountain biking, but not so good for snowmaking. More importantly, it's not good for keeping snow on the ground."
Long-term models still show this winter trending warmer than average, however.
The latest weather reports are available online at www.weather.gov and www.OpenSnow.com.


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I found a new must-have online bookstore app for families with children up to 12 years. It's called Belugabloo and we are loving it! Belugabloo is actually an online bookstore that you download, and then add apps, games and e-books within it. It's available on Google Play and iTunes, free to download. Some content for Belugabloo is free, while others have a minimal charge. The books, games and apps within the bookstore are really great- beautiful graphics, quality material and content, and engaging for the kids. It's also really nice because instead of going into all different apps on my iPad, the kids are going all over Belugabloo and not moving my apps and stuff around- or worse, hiding or deleting them (I'm not the only person this happens to, right?)
My 7 year old asks for Belugabloo all the time. She thinks its so cool to read books on a tablet, and to be able to interact with the books. She had it at the dentist last week and it was so cute to hear her explain to the hygienist that she was 'helping mom blog' and explaining about how Belugabloo works. She's very inquisitive and is really hoping she can start getting some of the books in Spanish so she can teach herself (I loved learning languages as a kid too so I guess she gets that from me?)
When you open one of the books in Belugabloo, you can choose to "Read by Myself," "Read to Me." Many also have "Read and Play" for an option. This is great because the kids can all use the app if they are readers or not. I can't decide if I want to see the words highlighted when the book is read to the kids or not- sometimes I think that's a good thing and other times I think it's distracting and takes away from the story.
There are some religious books you can find in this bookstore- something that my family enjoys- my kids are always asking more and more questions about God and the stories in the bible and this is just one more way they can explore that.
For the older kids, there's some content from Discovery Channel and some other authors with cool science, history and culture books. I have tried to peek at almost all of the apps and books available through the Belugabloo bookstore and most if not all have a free "sample" option to try before you buy- something we don't always see in apps. I like this feature, because we've all had that thing that looks great but doesn't end up to be what we were wanting it to be…or isn't quite what we were looking for.
Apps in Belugabloo range from free to $2.99. Definitely affordable and lend themselves to being enjoyed for a long time with the interactive features contained within each. My little one loves using the "read to me" feature but is also happy to snuggle up with me or daddy (or her big sister) and have us read to her. I always want to be sure that no matter how interactive things are, that the kids are having interaction WITH us and not alone, something I feel we parents in the digital age need to be aware of.
The bookstore is available as a free app on Apple iTunes and Google Play, and features e-books, games and apps, designed for babies and children up to age 12. Sample features include:
· Animated story books with built-in play activities
· Customizable options such as "read to me," "read by myself" and "games"
· Books, games and apps that cover subjects like counting, colors, art, music and more
· Content that is available in a variety of languages, including Spanish and Chinese
One reader will win an iPad Mini and the Belugabloo app with download codes!
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I received an iPad Mini and app codes to facilitate my review. Opinions are my own.


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|Length Overall
|83' 5''
25.43 m
|Dry Weight
162,250 lbs.
73,595 k
22' 4''
6.81 m
|Tested Weight
5' 6''
1.68 m
|Weight Capacity
|Draft Up
|Person Capacity
|Draft Down
|Fuel Capacity
3,000 gal.
|Air Draft
|Water Capacity
450 gal.
|10.3 deg.
|Length on Trailer
|Max Headroom
|Height on Trailer
|Bridge Clearance
|Trailer Weight
|Total Package Weight (Trailer,Boat & Engine)
|Prices, features, designs, and equipment are subject to change. Please see your local dealer or visit the builder's website for the latest information available on this boat model.
|Std. Power
|Tested Power
|Currently no test numbers
|Opt. Power
MTU / Series 2000-V16 M93 2400 MHP
MTU / Series 2000-V16 M94 2600 MHP
Today, a cockpit's not a cockpit without seating for an audience; the 82C has a comfy lounge for three or four on its mezzanine.
Big-Boat Room, Small-Boat Handling
Glance at the specs and you'll see the 82C is a very big boat: LOA is 83'5", beam 22'4", draft 5'6" and gross weight, a whopping 162,250 lbs. with full fuel. However, according to our man at Viking, most buyers load the boat up with extra stuff, making her even heavier and potentially harder to handle. Big boats aren't known for nimble handling at best.
But this is Viking, a company that often has cool solutions to common problems. In this case, the 82C's handling is improved by the company's Viking Independent Programmable Electro-hydraulic Rudders, or VIPER. (We wonder how long it took them to come up with a reasonable name that also provided a catchy acronym?) Created for this boat, but now used on Viking's 76C and 70C as well, VIPER does away with the tie bar that connects the rudders on most twin-screw boats, allowing each rudder to rotate independent of the other.
Engine access is just to port of the steps. There are two separate machinery spaces. Other hatches conceal freezers and stowage.
When managed by a captain-programmable computer (programming isn't necessary, but experienced skippers can fine-tune handling by doing so), each rudder operates with maximum effect and creates minimum drag. According to Viking, VIPER makes the massive 82C handle like a vessel half her size, a big advantage when chasing a trophy billfish, or just maneuvering at a crowded tournament start. VIPER also improves autopilot performance, they say.
If you need more electronics than this, apply to NASA. We love the single-lever controls and the varnished teak box under the wheel. An enclosed bridge is optional, which turns this space into an upper-deck pilothouse.
Not Only a Sporfisherman
Traditionally, convertibles have been all about fishing, with large cockpits, small deckhouse saloons and lower decks crammed with shoulder-hugging cabins. But when you get into the 80-plus-foot size range, with beam to match, there's room for a vast cockpit (a Viking rep told me that a mate working the port side has to communicate with one working to starboard by email), a saloon as spacious as you'll find on any motoryacht and cavernous, comfortable accommodations able to sleep more people than you probably want to bring aboard.
The 82C's Plan A layout puts the full-beam master stateroom amidships; the accompanying ensuite head has two sinks and a tub. We thought this was the perfect arrangement, with its private access from the saloon. But maybe not...
Plan B moves the master forward, with an angled berth. Private access is gone, and the head is in the very bow (hang on in rough water!), but the two twin cabins aft can be set up with private access for crew. Most 82C owners carry 2 or 3 paid hands.
In both Plans A and B, the saloon is roomy enough for a full galley with breakfast bar, a dinette and a lounge with table. There's a head in the aft starboard corner (behind the camera in this shot) – fishermen don't have to traipse through the boat when nature calls.
Standard power for the 82C is twin 1,825-hp Caterpillar C32A diesels, but a Viking spokesman said most boats go out with optional MTUs, about a 50/50 split between twin 2,400-hp Series 2000-V16 M93s or 2,600-hp M94s. Top speed with the M93s is about 37 knots according to Viking, with a comfortable mid-range cruise around 32. (These are Viking's numbers, not BoatTEST.com's; we haven't tested this boat.) Whatever the main power, the 82C carries twin 32-kW Onan gensets.
Like soldiers, fishermen travel on their stomachs, and the 82C's galley is set up to keep all the troops satisfied. The breakfast bar doubles as a countertop for serious food prep; a pantry forward of the galley can hold a freezer, or be converted to an extra cabin or head.
The engines and generators live in the main engine room, as you'd expect, but ancillary systems – pumps, A/C and so forth – inhabit a second machinery space. This keeps the engine room clean and uncluttered, making maintenance and repair of both engines and systems easier. All systems are managed from touch-screen Octoplex Power Controls located in the saloon and on the flying bridge – no one has to climb down to turn on the electric head, for example, or adjust the A/C.
Fishermen at this level like to roam far and wide, and throttling-back the 82C provides enough cruising range to go nearly anywhere not trans-oceanic; Viking estimates about 1,200 n.m. at 10 knots (that's almost idle). While running big diesels at low load for long periods isn't ideal for their happiness, for that once-a-year trip from the U.S. East Coast to Bermuda or south to Venezuela it's OK. Its ability to run fast for fishing trips, slow for longer voyages – and with plenty of crew comfort in both cases – makes the 82C a very versatile convertible.
The tuna tower is so tall, it has freshwater piping inside the legs, and taps aloft, so the crew won't have to drag hoses up from the deck. There's also a spigot on the foredeck; otherwise, crew would screw multiple lengths of hose together for washdown, and the metal joints would mar the deck finish. The folks at Viking don't just build boats, they use them, too, and have learned most of this stuff the hard way.
The Bottom Line
Prices for the 82 Convertible start at around $5,700,000, but go up fast. Upgrading to the smaller MANs alone adds around $600,000, and most buyers want some level of customization – so far, of 12 82Cs delivered, no two have been the same. Viking will be showing a fully equipped boat at the Ft. Lauderdale International Boat Show later this month; rigged to fish, including a tuna tower and electronics, her price is about $6.5 million.
It doesn't get much better than this, even if there are no fish to be found. A fully rigged-for-fishing 82C will run you about $6.5 million with twin 2,400-hp MTU diesels; 1,825-hp Cats are standard. An enclosed bridge is optional.
When you start shopping for any boat in this size range, you'd better have deep pockets, and maybe more so for a convertible – speed doesn't come for free. And you'll need a captain and a couple of crew to maintain the boat the way it should be kept. And fish don't know what size boat is on the other end of the bait when they bite it, so spending the big bucks won't guarantee more trophies on your wall. But it will guarantee that you can go nearly anywhere to find them, as well as fish in comfort when anglers in smaller boats are turning green.
If you have the beans and the time to enjoy a boat like this and are willing to make the commitment, we say, Go for it! Viking is one of the Big Three American convertible builders; Hatteras and Bertram are the other two, and the three companies together build the world's best production convertibles. You won't go wrong buying a boat from any of them. Whether you choose the Viking 82C or a similar boat from another builder depends on personal preference, but we think you should take a close look at the 82C before writing a check.
|Marine Electronics
|VHF Radio
|Air Cond./Heat
|Battery Charger/Converter
|Dripless Shaft Seals
|Trim Tabs
|Washdown: Fresh Water
|Washdown: Raw Water
|Water Heater
|Exterior Features
|Outlet: 12-Volt Acc
|Transom Door
|Boats More Than 30 Feet
|Bow Thruster
|Fuel Transfer
|Glendinning Cablemaster
|Oil Change System
|Trash Compactor
= Standard = Optional
|Warranties change from time to time. While BoatTEST.com has tried to ensure the most up-to-date warranty offered by each builder, it does not guarantee the accuracies of the information presented below. Please check with the boat builder or your local dealer before you buy any boat.
Full Warranty Information on this brand coming soon!
|Pricing Range
|Prices, features, designs, and equipment are subject to change. Please see your local dealer or visit the builder's website for the latest information available on this boat model.


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With NoteBook, you organize your information naturally, using a familiar notebook interface, complete with pages and tabs, sections and subsections. Add notes andother text. Drag in files and folders. Even "clip" web research, mail messages and other content into your Notebooks without leaving the application you're working in. Annotate your information with diagrams and sketches, highlighting and keywords. Take voice-annotated notes that you can download to your iPod. And protect private thoughts with passwords, covers, and encryption.
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I use it to keep track of all the bits and pieces of hundreds of projects. Incredibly useful app. Runs much faster on Intel Mac than it did on my G4 (obvs!).
Great for taking notes in class, organizing for projects etc.
Its one of those things that become the centre of your computing life once you start using it. Outlining, picture/video organization, clippings, writing, ... anything except programming.
NoteBook is hands down the most beautiful and customized "notebook / journal" apps in the mac platform. The price may be a little high, but it's well worth it.
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Hey all,
I'm randomly now having trouble with subtitles while streaming films. I've tried both .mkv files and .avi + .sub/srt but even though it shows Subtitles found, nothing shows up during the film. The thing is, I have previously watched movies with subtitles and they worked fine. Any suggestions as to what might be causing this?
I'm using MEncoder by the way and don't have Definitely disable Subtitles enabled.


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The following procedures apply to adult leadership at the scene of a serious
injury or fatality.
Most important, first care for the injured and prevent further injuries. Call
911 for help and begin providing first aid. If the accident occurs at camp,
immediately notify the Camp Director or Camp Ranger. If the accident occurs at
a location other than a council camp, notify the unit leader or other adult
leadership. If the injury is life-threatening, call 911 first.
Adult leaders are responsible for informing their council Scout executive or
designee of a death or serious injury or illness as soon as possible. A serious
injury or illness is defined as:
Leaders should be prepared to give specific facts regarding:
Prompt and accurate reporting to the news media is most important. The local
council has a crisis communications plan, and the Scout executive will designate
one spokesperson in order to avoid conflicting reports. Parents or next of kin
will be informed by personal contact before any release is made to the public.
Once proper authorities, parents and Scouting officials have been notified,
the adult leadership should gather factual information at the scene, including
statements of witnesses, leaders and members of the group. These reports can be
supported by photographs and/or diagrams.
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