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Bart Simpson Sweater, Barbie-Leg Pumps and a big Humpday Linksplosion
Jan 17th
If I wanted to make this a two-word-long blog post, I could probably do that.
Here's how it would read:
So, three words, I guess, including my name… plus a qualifier to tell you all that I was making a three-word-long post just to make a three-word-long blog post, bringing the entire thing to maybe 18 words.
Plus a photo caption.
So, I guess I could make this a two-world-long blog post, then I'd have to go up and delete everything except for "THIS SWEATER" and who the heck am I, Concision McGee? Quite the contrary, quite the contrary indeed.
Plus, I've got more to talk about right now than my sweet new sweater. It's pretty sweet though, eh?
I picked this gem up just West of the Annex last week for about 1/5th of how much the one it's a knock-off of would cost (Jeremy Scott F/W 2012, you know the one.)
Some girl I spoke to when I was wearing that sweater Saturday night was all "Why do you even tell people it's fake? You should just say its real" to which I was like "Yeah, I could do that… If I were a total tool."
A) Nobody in all of Liberty Village even knows who Jeremy Scott is because they all shop at places like J. Crew or something and B) If anything, I'm proud of my sick thrifty finds. Anyone who would spend the cost on an iPad on ONE sweater — a printed sweater that can at best be worn thrice a year (once in photos) is way worse with money than I am.
Anyhoo, I got tons of compliments at our local watering hole, where girls seldom dress in homage to 10-year-old boys and 10-year-old boys aren't welcome anywhere within the vicinity.
Yupster minds of Libville be BLOWN by dat ish.
My style may have been better appreciated if we had walked over to WQW and up Oz to DundasW like I had wanted to (IT WAS WARM, GUYS) but then again, I would have gotten less compliments because myaw, everyone is cool up there.
So, Bart Simpson Sweater: would you rock it?
How about these "Glitter Doll Heel Pumps" by Dumas then, hmmmm?
I would rock these for novelty's sake, but only if they were free. 800$ to put butts under my heels? Cute concept, but no.
Lastly, Would you rock this lovely personal stomach pump?
That was a total joke. I wouldn't rock that if my life depended on it (and it would never.)
Judging by the comments on the story I just linked to and on other stories around the web, many others wouldn't either.
It was actually pretty hard for me to write an article about AspireAssist without gagging, but I thought it was blogworthy concept. It feels so… Wall-E to me, you know? Scary almost, that these devices are being used medically in Europe right now.
Here are some other, slightly less creepy, a lot less unfunny points of interest.
- Developer fired for outsourcing his own job to China to watch cat videos
- Kriss Kross is Wiggity, Wiggity, Wiggity BACK
- Seinfeld Toronto, The Hashtag = The best thing to happen to Seinfeld loving Torontonians this week after this.
- How to sell your $25.00 dress for $241,909.00 on Ebay
- This article explains so much about why, after almost two booze-free years, I started drinking again. Hard.
- "Rino which eats world various dishes" is legit the best cooking show I've ever seen.
- Are YOU married to the Internet? (I am)
- This is what happens when you try to post spam in a Simpsons trivia Facebook group.
- I can't get enough of Sweater Weather by The Neighbourhood. That Cali sound…
- UofT Orgy Club?
- 25 People Who Call Chief Keef Stupid but Can't Spell "Chief"
Man mocks his son's selfie habit in the greatest photo I've seen today:
C'est tout. Bon nuit.
Rick and Chuck get Starstruck + I'm a Video Vixen Now
Jan 8th
I just spent 40 minutes searching through "Hip Hop video model" websites with names like HustleBunny.com and HoodAcademyHoneys in search of ONE safe-for-work photo that I could shop my face onto and the best I could come up with was this:
That's Rick Ross in digital brassiere.
Not technically a real video vixen, but sheet, it's the closest thing I can find to one that still counts as PG-13 and won't send you down a rabbit hole lined with insanely round butts that you can't stop clicking on until you're all "I'M NO VIDEO VIXEN! I'LL NEVER BE A VIDEO VIXEN! THE TITLE OF THIS POST IS MISLEADING WAHHHHHHHHHHH…."
Or something.
For real, if you get a chance check out HoodAcademyHoneys – with the sound on – the design alone is straight up lulzy.
Then peep my itty cameo in Rick and Chuck's new video, Starstruck (WARNING: HYPER-EXPLICIT LANGUAGE. IF RICK ROSS'S UNSHEILDED TITTAYS OFFEND YOU, THIS… WILL TOO.)
For eight graders, those boys really know how to get down.
Gosh, what am I saying? They're Grade 8s, not "eight graders." What am I, American? Ugh.
You can watch the rest of Rick and Chuck's videos here — they're absolutely hilarious (if you've got the right sense of humour. Read: a good one)
Here's what else is up:
- Today at CES, A Japanese company unveiled a new weight-loss fork that keeps track of how quickly you're eating to scream out "SLOOWWW DOWNNNN" when you're going too fast or something probably.
- This 10-year-old boy saves kitty cats and is 2013 Jesus or something probably.
- Al Roker pooped his pants at the White House and subsequently tossed his soiled underpants into the trash, walked around commando all day, and then admitted this all on national television. You… go, Al Roker… or something. Probably.
- A New Zealand man visiting his girlfriends' parents Canada spent 150 hours building a multi-coloured igloo over the holidays. It is awesome:
Also, some octogenarian sisters were reunited after 72 years via Facebook, A robot rock band exists, And some hotpants wearing, high-kicking superhero just stopped a suicidal woman from knifing herself in China.
I love the world today.
Bon nuit
Chuck D hates me and 17 other things I learned this week
Nov 12th
Getting the attention of somebody famous on Twitter is an actual life goal for some people (who are 15-year-old girls.) In general, I find this stupid and sad; the celebrity idolization, the desperate longing for a stranger's validation, the rooting of one's identity in who they manage to associate with.
That's not to say I wouldn't print out and frame a retweet from Justin Bieber to hang up next to my degrees if that jerk would just NOTICE MY EXISTENCE, let's be real.
Public Enemy's Chuck D is an artist I adore who did notice my existence on Twitter the other day, just not in the way that I might have hoped had I been the type to hope for a celebrity's attention on Twitter.
I didn't really understand his reply other than the part where he calls me stupid, but I'm guessing Chuck D isn't aware of the "someone below" account / the person below me screencaps phenom.
I tried to explain:
It was a joke, Chuck! I love you! Look – an action figure! bit.ly/SFUbCbRT @mrchuckd: @laurenonizzle stupid its a name in my family
— Lauren O'Neil (@laurenonizzle) November 8, 2012
If he saw my apology, he didn't respond. I have angered Chuck D. I am Public Enemy's enemy.
*sigh* it was fun while it lasted, Flav…
Here are a few of the more interesting things I learned this week:
- In some cases, pregnancy tests can detect testicular cancer in men, and in at least one case, rage comics can save lives. "Redditors flag man's positive pregnancy test as cancer" is one of the coolest stories I've had the pleasure of telling in a while.
- Speaking of Reddit, a subreddit dedicated to the kind of stuff that sucks me into strange 3 a.m. YouTube binges exists. Word to the wise: Don't cruise through r/popping while you're eating yogurt… or anything else. Trust me.
- Brazilian scientists are working to clone 8 different types of endangered species, including the jaguar, maned wolf, and black lion. Yay, progress!
- Dogs and deer can be friends. BEST FRIENDS.
- The Sharp Suits art project highlights very stupid things that clients have actually given to professional creatives as feedback. It is the best thing ever if you've ever worked in advertising or a related field.
- There's an online support group for nice guys in existence. I didn't even realize that people were struggling with an addiction to niceness (more accurately, the inability to be assertive.)
- This is what Junior from Problem Child looks like now:
- Seapunk. That's why aquamarine hair is all over Tumblr as of late. Seapunk. But the subculture is about so much more (okay, a little bit more) than 90s hair and the fetishization of 90s culture. Read all about it here, and read all about if Rihanna just destroyed it with her SNL performance on Sunday night here.
- Fruit can be arranged in an homage to the Legend of Zelda. Curse the jerk who takes a bite out of Link first.
- Ryan Gosling and Steve Carell had a son. There's not other explanation for this guy:
- Hey hey! Digital graffiti is a thing now, thanks to the F.A.T. lab's WiFiTagger
- In 1979, Iranian militants stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran and took more than 70 hostages. Six American diplomats managed to escape as the ambush took place and hid out in the home of Canadian ambassador Ken Taylor and his wife Pat. Ben Affleck's Argo tells the story of how the CIA used a fake sci-fi flick to rescue them, and it's incredible. Affleck's dreamy face make it worth the watch alone, but learning all about the "Canadian Caper" is even better.
- According to The Atlantic's, Alexis C. Madrigal, a "vast trove of social traffic is essentially invisible to most analytics programs." He calls this DARK SOCIAL. Interesting points and a great read.
Okay, not really. That's a fan-made trailer, if you couldn't tell. It's cute though, and really makes me wish that somebody WOULD boot a Magic School Bus film that sees the kids (now grown-ups) taking a field trip to hell. Hollah if you're up for the challenge and need somebody to play Satan.
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|Finley group gives county museum grant of $1 million
The Ernest L. and Ruth W. Finley Foundation endowed the Children's Museum of Sonoma County with a $1 million capital campaign grant for the museum's Science and Imagination Gallery.
The grant brings the total raised toward the campaign to approximately $7.1 million, a little more than 85 percent of the total capital campaign goal.
"This is a great day for the Children's Museum of Sonoma County," said Collette Michaud, CEO and founder of CMOSC. "It's a huge step forward for the capital campaign and gets us closer to opening an excellent educational institution for the North Bay."
The permanent museum, under construction on land adjacent to the Charles M. Schulz Museum on Steele Lane in Santa Rosa, will be the permanent home of CMOSC, which started in 2005 as a mobile "Museum-On-The-Go."
The permanent museum will open in late summer 2014.
"The mission of the Children's Museum of Sonoma County is to inspire creativity and encourage young people to explore the world through the arts and sciences," said Norma J. Person, president of the Finley Foundation.
"We hope this gift will go a long way toward ensuring that."
The Foundation, under the leadership of Evert B. Person, funded many projects to benefit children such as Finley Community Center and others. The capital campaign, co-chaired by Gordon Dow, formerly of Valeant Pharmaceuticals, seeks to raise a total of $8.3 million from foundations, corporations and individuals interested in promoting the mission of CMOSC and ensuring that the museum is a world-class institution accessible to all North Bay residents.
"Generous support from individuals, businesses and foundations are all important components in realizing this regional treasure," Dow said. "The decision by the Finley Foundation to grant $1 million is tremendous. We are immensely grateful for their generous support and are excited about the road ahead."
The 3,000 square foot multi-level Science and Imagination Gallery will offer extensive opportunities for imaginative play and exploration of scientific concepts through hands-on learning. Exhibits inside the gallery will include a kid-sized grocery store, a science and health laboratory, a demonstration beehive, a train station with trains encircling the gallery, a giant robot, and many science-based activities.
In addition to the Science and Imagination Gallery funded by the grant from the Ernest L. and Ruth W. Finley Foundation, the museum campus will include a toddler interactive play space, an outdoor education garden, Ella's Art Studio and the Dow Event Center.
"Sonoma County businesses succeed because of the curious and creative minds of their employees," said Mark Dolan, president of the CMOSC board of directors. "The Children's Museum of Sonoma County will inspire that same curiosity and creativity in our children, helping to make a better future for the North Bay."

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In 2011, the Washington State Legislature passed House Bill 1294 folding all existing Washington Conservation Corps (WCC) activities into the state Department of Ecology (Ecology). This new consolidated program serves the following state agencies:
A critical part of this multi-agency effort is the creation
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Move Over Prince George, There's a New Royal Baby in Town!Suzanne Jannese
The Queen of England has a new great-grandchild as today her granddaughter Zara Phillips gave birth to a baby girl.
Weighing a robust 7 lbs. and 12 oz., the baby's father Mike Tindall took to Twitter to express his joy. The former English rugby player wrote: 'Thanks so much for all your kind messages. Definitely the best day of my life today, so happy! The girls are both doing great!' He added his thanks to the Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, tweeting: "Big thanks to all involved at Gloucester Royal, they were fantastic!"
Also tweeting congrats to the new parents was British Prime Minister David Cameron; using the hashtag #royalbaby he said: "Many congratulations to Zara and Mike Tindall on the birth of their baby girl."
The new baby girl is sixteenth in line to the throne and is the Queen's fourth great-grandchild, however she'll never bear a royal title. English rugby star Tindall has no title himself and Zara, being born down the female line, is not entitled to be "Her Royal Highness" (HRH). Meanwhile the Queen's press secretary confirmed: "The Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, the Princess Royal, Captain Mark Phillips and Mike's parents, Mr Phillip and Mrs Linda Tindall, have been informed and are delighted with the news."
Olympic silver medalist Zara has already taken her newborn baby daughter home and is believed to be at her mother Princess Anne's Gatcombe Park estate near Stroud, Gloucestershire. The new baby will have a buddy in her second cousin, 6-month-old Prince George, who Zara is godmother to.
However, whilst George will grow up being groomed for his future as King, Zara's baby will be known simply as Miss Tindall and will hopefully be able to enjoy a life that's not under as much scrutiny.
Leading up to the birth, when Zara and Mike were interviewed by Australian Women's Weekly, Tindall said: "I think we're both quite well-balanced and laid-back as a couple, so hopefully he or she will pick up on that." Congrats to them both!
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- October 04, 1976
- Vol. 6
- No. 14
James Hunt Lost Susy to Burton—Now He Bears Down on the Grand Prix
Such single-mindedness and unrelenting sangfroid have always been Hunt's personal trademarks. Son of a well-to-do London stockbroker, who envisioned a medical career for his boy, James has been afflicted since childhood with a passion for racing. At 11, while vacationing in Wales, he careened down private lanes in a minivan. "I knew if I was seen cornering it on two wheels, that would be the end," he says, "so I raised hell only when out of sight." At 15, a champion schoolboy athlete at exclusive Wellington College, he coaxed a borrowed Morris Minor up to 80 miles an hour. And at 17, finally the possessor of a driver's license, he ran his mother's car off the road. The accident left him bruised but unchastened, and he took up again with Mrs. Hunt's spanking new Fiat 500.
"For two years," recalls Hunt, "I never drove except flat-out. I liked to inveigle my friends to swipe their parents' cars to race me, and we'd charge around playing a kind of tag. I had a good feel for the road, but I was very raw and driving with no margin for error. It was incredible luck that I wasn't killed." Eventually Hunt was grounded after spinning the Fiat into a lamppost.
Nowadays he feels safer in airplanes than on a public highway. "When you look at any accident," he maintains, "there are a million ways you could have avoided it, even if the other party is primarily to blame. A good principle to start with is that everyone else is an idiot."
Playing it safe, however, was the last thing Hunt had in mind when, at 18, he suggested that his father put up $6,000 to start him in racing instead of $12,000 for medical school. "Get stuffed," replied the elder Hunt succinctly, but James was not to be deterred. Quitting premedicine—"My heart was never in it," he confesses—he became an apprentice at a London auto repair shop. He went through a variety of odd jobs to earn money while building his own small racing car out of parts scrounged from junkyards. An impatient mechanic—"I hated every moment in the garage"—Hunt showed up for his first race without a windshield or windows, since there was nothing in the rules requiring them. He was infuriated when officials would not allow him to start. "I burst into tears," Hunt, then 19, remembers. "My whole world collapsed around me. Two years of devotion, and all for nothing!"
After that his life was a constant struggle to attract sponsors. Finally, in 1972, he reached the big leagues of professional racing, signing on as a Formula One driver with Britain's Hesketh Association. Though Lord Hesketh ran out of cash before he could finance a consistent winner, Hunt came through to take the Dutch Grand Prix for him in 1975, after crack-ups in Spain and Argentina had robbed him of earlier victories.
Supremely aggressive, Hunt is nicknamed "The Shunt," a British colloquialism for an auto collision. He has scraped through spectacular smash-ups. At 21, he catapulted his car end-over-end into a lake at England's Oulton Park. "Fortunately I was driving without a seat belt," he says. "If I had been using one I would have drowned, because the car wound up upside down at the bottom of the lake." Five years ago, at Zandvoort in Holland, Hunt flipped his car again and was trapped underneath. His back muscles were torn and his knuckles scraped to the bone, but he was back in action three weeks later.
"At first," explains Hunt, "I was hampered by bad luck and equipment as well as my own mistakes. Being a quick learner helped, but others had better equipment and kept winning, and results are what count. In the two races I blew in Spain and Argentina, I was too busy talking to myself, telling myself to cool it instead of looking where I was going. I didn't have the habit of winning, and I freaked out under the pressure." This year, however, driving for the British-based McLaren Racing, Hunt has kept a steely grip on his concentration and has won five Grand Prix events.
Hunt concedes that his obsession with racing sabotaged his brief marriage to model Susy Miller. They met in April 1974 on Spain's Costa del Sol, not far from Hunt's rented tax-haven villa at San Pedro. They were married in London the following October, but within a year had drifted apart. "It was a mistake for me to have got married at all," admits Hunt. "Susy is a very stable, super person, but I was too busy charging around doing my own thing either to give a lot or to receive. Richard's coming along was highly convenient, and it's all worked out jolly well."
Though Hunt maintains he is "not mentally in the right gear" for another serious relationship, he is open-minded about eventual remarriage. His current girlfriend is Jane Birbeck, a 23-year-old London secretary affectionately known as "Hot-Loins." For the moment, Hunt shares his three-bedroom Spanish villa with a German shepherd puppy and a 25-year-old Girl Friday, Anita Todd, who is separated from her husband. To wind down, Hunt plays tennis, golf (betting up to $100 a round) and a cold-blooded game of backgammon, where the stakes may rise to $70 a point. "My rule is to play for higher stakes with someone I know I'm going to beat, and for lower stakes when I know I'm going to lose," he says. "That way I get my lessons cheap." He is $3,000 ahead for the year.
Fun and games aside, Hunt allows nothing to distract him from pursuit of the Grand Prix world championship. Prize money and sponsors' fees will bring him about $400,000 this year, and the championship could double his income. "To win it would be a weight off my mind," he says. "It would release me to retire when I please. In three years I will be peaking out, and not to have won it by then could keep me racing after I should have stopped." As for the fatal chances he must take in the meantime, he observes calmly, "The prime risk is mechanical. Grand Prix drivers make few mistakes. I have confidence in myself. My ambition is to get out voluntarily—and alive."
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In which we find out whether the visitors' locker room at the CEC is large enough for Trevor's cage…
Back when the Pens released their 2011-12 schedule, chances are some of the first games you may have looked for – after the Flyers games, of course – were the first couple of games against the Islanders. When the NHL schedule-maker blessed the Pens with this home-and-home series this week, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't looking forward to it.
We all know what this is about (but hey, if you want a refresher and have an hour to kill, here ya go…).
February 11, 2011.
I'm sure we'll see tons of replayed footage of that mess, and you can bet Steigy and Errey will be going off about it. It may not matter for at least the first period that the Pens have already played a "retribution" game against the Isles. That, of course, was the Long Island Invasion game last April which the Pens won in a shootout, 4-3.
The cast of characters has changed a little. Brent Johnson is still around, but Rick DiPietro is – you guessed it – injured. Again. Max Talbot is gone. Eric Godard is gone. Zenon Konopka has taken his Mario Lemieux poster and moved on to Ottawa. Micheal Haley is back playing career minor leaguer and there's no word on whether Jack Capuano has stooped down to Federal League levels again to call him back up for Tuesday night.
But this psychopath is still around, mysteriously drawing an NHL paycheck. And yes, as the caption indicates, that was in the warm-ups before the Feb. 11 game, a couple of hours before he'd staple-gun Eric Tangradi's head to the glass then proceed to bark at him from the runway while Stewie tried to convince Tangradi that he wasn't back in Belleville. I remember Zoe from PuckHuffers linking that picture and mentioning something about nightmares; I think it's still true.
And hey, John Tavares is still around. Lost amongst Gillies' Ovie Leap into Tangradi's skull, Haley's fifteen seconds of fame and Matt Martin attempting to turn Max Talbot into Steve Moore was a pretty healthy chop that this punk Tavares took at the legs of Kris Letang. Pretty sure Letang hasn't forgotten that, either, especially if he gets a chance to catch Tavares on the boards.
So what do we want to see tonight? Maybe more importantly, what do we want to see THURSDAY night, when the Isles make their first trip to Pittsburgh since that February 11 crapfest?
Well, the way things have gone since that night, just getting out of that mausoleum of an arena without any more injuries would be a nice start.
The Pens have won three in a row heading in and are 6-2-2 on the season; they've got bigger fish to fry than going after faces. And the Isles aren't exactly a pushover, not that they ever really were. Tavares is tied for third in the league in scoring and the ever-dangerous P.A. Parenteau has 8 points in 6 games. Defenseman Mark Streit is healthy. Michael Grabner and Matt Moulson have gotten off to slow starts, but they're dangerous.
The Pens were measured in its response in early April (in part because it was getting ready for the playoffs), and they'll likely be measured in their response Tuesday night as well, at least as far any fighting goes. Thursday may be a different story, given that the CEC is sure to be host to a pretty charged-up crowd.
Do I think Bylsma has forgotten the incidents of February 11? Not really. Retribution against the Isles for a game that's almost a half-season old doesn't seem like something that's consumed him or this organization.
But would I be the least bit surprised if the Pens manage to get up on the Isles and he doesn't exactly call off the dogs? Absolutely not.
In fact, I would hope he doesn't.
Get your graveyard boots.
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Construction on the first phase of a proposed housing campus for homeless and at-risk veterans in Kansas City is underway.
Groundbreaking was held Wednesday for the St. Michael's Veterans Campus, a 22-acre development in east Kansas City, which will provide housing and services for the veterans.
The Kansas City Star reported the project will be built in three phases. When it was unveiled in 2012, developers estimated it would cost about $34 million.
The first phase includes building 58 one-bedroom affordable housing units. Plans are to eventually build 180 housing units, a center offering counseling, job training and case management resources, a garden and a recreational building.
U.S. Bank has arranged more than $17.7 million in financing for the first phase.


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We will be going live at 8:00 PM ET with live results of UFC 96: Jackson vs. Jardine, which takes place at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. The card will be broadcast live on pay-per-view starting at 10:00 PM ET.
The event is headlined by light heavyweight contenders bout between former champion Quinton "Rampage" Jackson and "Ultimate Fighter" alumnus Keith Jardine. A heavyweight clash between undefeated prospect Shane Carwin and former title challenger Gabriel Gonzaga will serve as the co-main event.
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Matt Serra protege Pete "Drago" Sell will reportedly look to continue his winning ways at welterweight when he takes on fellow former "Ultimate Fighter" cast member Matt Brown at UFC 96 on March 7 in Columbus, Ohio.
The news comes from MMA Weekly, which has confirmed the bout with sources close to Sell himself. The bout will likely take place as part of UFC 96's non-televised preliminary card.
Sell was brought back into the UFC despite losing four straight fights in the promotion for UFC 90 in October, where he picked up his first win in over two years in the form of an unanimous decision over Josh Burkman.
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The official weigh-in results for tomorrow night's UFC 90: Silva vs. Cote event, which takes place at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois, are below. All fighters successfully made weight with the exception of Josh Burkman, who weighed-in two pounds over the welterweight limit. He will be given one hour to shed the extra weight.
UFC 90 is headlined by reigning middleweight champion Anderson Silva defending his title against heavy-handed contender Patrick Cote. Rising welterweight sensation Thiago Alves will look to continue his winning ways against replacement opponent Josh Koscheck in the co-main event.
Main Card:
Anderson Silva (184 lbs) vs. Patrick Cote (183 lbs)
Josh Koscheck (170 lbs) vs. Thiago Alves (171 lbs)
Fabricio Werdum (256 lbs) vs. Junior dos Santos (234 lbs)
Sean Sherk (156 lbs) vs. Tyson Griffin (155 lbs)
Rich Clementi (156 lbs) vs. Gray Maynard (155 lbs)
Preliminary Bouts:
Thales Leites (186 lbs) vs. Drew McFedries (186 lbs)
Spencer Fisher (155 lbs) vs. Shannon Gugerty (156 lbs)
Dan Miller (185 lbs) vs. Matt Horwich (186 lbs)
Hermes Franca (156 lbs) vs. Marcus Aurelio (156 lbs)
Josh Burkman (173 lbs) vs. Pete Sell (170 lbs)
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A welterweight bout between two fighters in dire need of a victory, Matt Serra-trained Pete Sell and Team Quest product Josh Burkman, will reportedly take place when the Ultimate Fighting Championship travels to the suburbs of Chicago for UFC 90: Silva vs. Cote on October 25th.
Serra confirmed that Sell would be taking on Burkman during a recent interview with TriStateFighter.com. Sell, who fights out of Long Island, has not fought since being knocked out by Nate Quarry at UFC Fight Night 11 in September of last year. It was Sell's third straight UFC loss.
Burkman has now dropped three out of his last four bouts. Following a disappointing performance against Mike Swick at UFC Fight Night 12, in which he lost a majority decision, Burkman was submitted by Dustin Hazelett in the second round of their bout at The Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale. Either fighter could easily find themselves fighting in smaller shows if they lose in this one.
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Tonight we will be going live at 7 PM EST, covering UFC Fight Night 11 with one of our patented live blogs. Be sure to leave some comments throughout the night…
While you are waiting for the event to start, feel free to check out our coverage of the event which includes predictions, weigh-in results, and much more:
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Leben Declines Swick Fight; Goulet Now in the Picture
Main Card:
Din Thomas vs Kenny Florian
Chris Leben vs Terry Martin
Nate Diaz vs Junior Assuncao
Nate Quarry vs Pete Sell
Preliminary Bouts:
Jonathan Goulet vs Dustin Hazelett
Thiago Alves vs Kuniyoshi Hironaka
Leonard Garcia vs Cole Miller
Gray Maynard vs Joe Veres
Luke Cummo vs Edilberto de Oliveira
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News and Notes
- Sherdog is reporting that Mark Cuban, owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks and HDNet, is currently in discussions with officials connected to Fedor Emelianenko about signing the heavyweight free agent:
"I am in ongoing discussions with some of his people," Cuban revealed in an e-mail interview that will be published on Sherdog.com later this week.
Cuban plans on possibly using Fedor in many of the MMA promotions he currently broadcasts events for on HDNet:
"We would work with his promoters to place him in fights from affiliated promoters or in fights we promote ourselves," said Cuban, who plans on partnering with established MMA organizations to fill the weekly quota of bouts HDNet would need for its successful Friday Fight Night series.
- Sergei Kharitonov's contract with K-1 states that he will be able to compete in both K-1 kickboxing matches and Hero's MMA bouts.
- Masakazu Imanari and Zelg Galesic have both been removed from the Cage Rage 23 card set to take place on September 22nd.
Imanari was forced to pull out after suffering a shoulder injury during a recent training session. He will be replaced by Chris Brennan. Galesic pulled out of his bout after signing a new contract with K-1. Matt Ewin will be taking his place against Alex Reid. The bout will still be a title fight while Brennan-Silva will now take place at 155 lbs.
- The scheduled preliminary bout between Nate Quarry and Pete Sell at UFC Fight Night 11 has now been moved to the televised portion of the event after Mike Swick was forced to bow out of the event due to injury. Swick's scheduled opponent, Jonathan Goulet and his fight against new opponent Dustin Hazelett, has now been changed to a prelim fight.
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on December 20, 2012 - 1:00 AM
We had to park a mile away. The sound of generators, utility vehicles, FEMA personnel and relief workers invaded my efforts to prepare myself for the sight to come.
It was Election Day; one week after Hurricane Sandy. For the first time since the storm, my mother and I were returning to her Staten Island home – which once offered her the best of urban living – 1,500 feet from the beach, two blocks from the park and an hour from Broadway.
It took three strong missionaries and the city housing inspector to knock down the front door. That was after they had cleared a kitchen sink, two mattresses and a giant wooden beam from the front steps. Inside, the smell of mildew and rot overwhelmed me, despite my face mask, and the water mark on the wall was higher than 5 feet. Given that her tiny home had no basement and no second story, 5 feet of water was enough to damage everything she owned.
Before fleeing to Buffalo, my mother had packed old photos, my grandparents' wedding gifts, her laptop, camera and flood insurance papers. On the ride back to New York, she lamented the things she could not pack – the shawl my grandmother crocheted for her, my grandmother's sketches, wooden statues my parents collected from their travels – keepsakes from a life well lived. She also told me about the box of photos, too heavy to carry, that she set on her mattress, hoping it would be safe.
My mother stood outside the house in a state of well-composed shock as the missionaries and I went to work. With quick hands but full hearts, we dumped the entire contents of her home onto the lawn – refrigerator, sofa, sewing machine, toothpaste – all mixed together like tossed salad.
The water that flooded her bedroom had risen higher than the top of the mattress. But although the mattress was wet, the box of photos my mother had set on it was dry. Evidently, the flood waters entered and the floating mattress kept the photos safe – a small miracle in a tragic landscape.
While we worked, people – angels, really – came by with blankets, food and moral support. When we finished, two Navy recruits from Atlanta, recently home from Afghanistan and now on deployment to Staten Island, helped carry the heavy, wet load of rescued items to the car. Then, despite the surrounding chaos, my mom waited in line to vote.
On the road back to Buffalo, we made a list of the work ahead: develop a spreadsheet of home contents, get quotes from contractors, file with FEMA and find new housing.
This holiday season, I am thankful to have my mother. I am also thankful for faithful missionaries, hard-working military personnel, floating mattresses and the loving support of friends. I am thankful for a government that helps people when forces outside their control make it impossible to survive without aid. I am thankful for the right to vote, and the ability to do it in trying circumstances.
Back in Buffalo, I watched my mother prepare a vinegar solution to painstakingly clean the mold off the few items we brought home. All that remained of the photos of my youth was laid out on the dining room table to dry. From now on, everything will be before or after Hurricane Sandy. But some constants emerge renewed: love of family, pride in country and belief in the spirit of humanity.


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Fox News Analyst Brit Hume told CBN News that media bias is tangible and real and has been on display during press coverage of the administration's handling of the embassy attack in Benghazi, Libya.
Hume spoke with CBN News Chief Political Correspondent David Brody on this week's The Brody File show. He said journalists do a poor job of guarding against their left-leaning views.
"Journalists are a little bit like judges. They need to discipline themselves to look at things in a neutral way. It's not easily done," Hume said. "Fairness in my view is not an attitude. Fairness is a skill and most journalists don't think they have to practice that skill because they don't think they're biased, but you see it."
"Can you imagine what the coverage would be like if this Benghazi episode had happened with a Republican president?" Hume asked. "The coverage would be very much more aggressive, the question of what the president knew and when and how it came to pass that someone went out on a Sunday show speaking for the administration and said a whole series of things, which appears the administration knew at the time were not true."
"That would be very aggressively promoted and every investigative reporter in the United States would be on the case," he said.
Hume also talked extensively about his Christian faith and how his son's suicide changed his life forever. You can watch the interview this Friday at 9:30 a.m. ET on the ABC Family Channel.
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text: October 08, 1999 Hanover to Sell Austad's Golf Share this content: facebook twitter linkedin google Email Print Hanover Direct, Weehawken, NJ, confirmed yesterday that it is in the process of completing the sale of Austad's Golf, a golf apparel and equipment catalog. "We previously noted we'd be re-positioning our non-core catalogs," said a spokeswoman. She would not discuss possible future transactions involving other catalogs.


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Daye has 11 starts, but he also has not played in three games. He appeared late in the other two games after the outcome had been decided.
"It's very difficult on me in regards to not playing him at all because he's an outstanding player and an outstanding person," Kuester said. "He's somebody that I have a tremendous amount of respect for. Unfortunately, in certain games, the minutes aren't there."
Kuester said he has discussed the situation with Daye, who is averaging 8.5 points in 19.6 minutes.
"He understands," Kuester said. "But you know what? No player does understand. And that's understandable. ... You want players that have an edge and want to play."
Eastern Conference tight
Those who want a good demonstration of how tight the Eastern Conference standings are should look at what one game can mean to a team.
The Pistons' win Friday against the Milwaukee Bucks left Detroit (6-10) in a tie for ninth in the conference, a half-game behind eighth-place Cleveland. A loss to the Bucks would have dropped the Pistons to 14th, ahead of only the Philadelphia 76ers, who are 3-13 heading into tonight's against New Jersey.


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Running laps
August 12, 2010 - Mike McLain
One of the players' least-favorite things about training camp is running a lap after making a mistake.
Early in camp it seemed like there were a lot fewer laps being run in comparison to last year, when it looked lik a cross country meet. Lately the number of laps has increased, which could be an indication that the players are getting tired of the mundane practices.
Mangini's thinking obviously paid off last season. The Browns were called for just two offside penalties.
Mangini said the number of mistakes are down from last year.
"We have pretty high expectations in that area because it's all completely under our control," he said. "We had very few substitution errors last year and that's the way it should be, but I expect it to get better this year."
Center Alex Mack alone has been the reason for a reduction in laps. Mack struggled early in camp in his rookie season of 2009. A practice didn't go by without Mack running a couple of laps. He cut down on mistakes once the season started and became a solid starter.
The only lap Mack has run this year came when he forgot the snap count. While he kept his hand on the ball, the rest of the offense began running the play.
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YOUNGSTOWN - Police Chief Rod Foley Friday credited the work of a patrol officer for helping detectives nab a man they think is responsible for several West Side robberies.
John Byrns, 48, 1922 W. Midlothian Blvd., was arrested Thursday evening at his home and is expected to be charged with the Wednesday robbery of a PNC Bank on Meridian Road.
Investigators also think Byrns is responsible for the March 25 robbery of the Italian Specialties Store on Canfield Road and a robbery at Rite Aid in Austintown in the Cornersburg area as well as a bank on Kirk Road.
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Youngstown Police Chief Rod Foley is interviewed.
Byrns was taken to St. Elizabeth Health Center for a medical condition and is expected to be arraigned in Municipal Court once he is released from the hospital.
Foley said they received tips that the person responsible for the robberies may have lived in the Hopkins Road Midlothian Boulevard area and that investigators had a very good description of the car he was driving from the PNC Bank robbery.
Patrolman Anthony Vitullo had a description of the car when he spotted it at Byrns' home while he was on patrol, Foley said. Detectives were then called and they watched the house for a short time before getting a search warrant.
Foley said investigators seized the car Byrns was driving and other evidence inside the home linking Byrns to the Youngstown robberies and possibly others, but he would not say what that evidence was.
He said he was not sure if Byrns had a record but said personal circumstances may have led him to the recent crime spree.
''He went down the slippery slope here,'' Foley said.
Foley said that most of the crimes Byrns is suspected of committing were not very thought out. He said it was mostly a case of Byrns seeing an opportunity to steal something and taking advantage of it.
''There was not much thought process going on here,'' Foley said.


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Scientists issue call to action for archaeological sites threatened by rising seas, urban development
Should global warming cause sea levels to rise as predicted in coming decades, thousands of archaeological sites in coastal areas around the world will be lost to erosion.
With no hope of saving all these sites, an SMU archaeologist and others call for scientists to assess the sites most at risk.
Photo: A site at Anacapa Island, southern California, is in danger of eroding into the ocean. (Credit: Reeder)
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CIO Update
On behalf of the Office of Information Technology, I would like to invite you to review our spring 2009 newsletter.
We are starting another calendar year at AU with much excitement and promise for the future. We have come through a campus wide strategic planning effort with information technology playing a prominent role in the plan. Now, we are developing the detailed operation or "action" plans to help us realize our objectives and aspirations. Some early efforts to try to identify important initiatives have occurred and have been put forth in recent budget requests under consideration.
We remain optimistic that even in this difficult financial period that investment will continue in new information technology, since it lies at the center of many of the proposed goals for the university. Take for example our goal to expand research occurring here at the university. Technology is at the center of this initiative since without the modern broadband networks, data storage, or advanced computing to support computation, visualization, and collaboration, AU faculty and students will not be able to compete with other universities for grants or even meet their stated goals for research.
Another example is the ambitious enrollment and teaching goals, and the continued need to support more digital media and Web 2.0/3.0 are driving us to adopt new ways to create, manage, and share new forms of knowledge and information.
Finally, if we look at our goals to improve services to students, we are exploring ways to improve the transparency, ease of access, and effectiveness and efficiency of our support services. At the heart of this effort is again technology with improved processes made possible by new and innovative applications of technology.
We continue to see progress and improvements over the last semester to our enterprise services on campus. For example, some services highlighted in this newsletter are our response to the rapid growth in the demand for wireless and Internet bandwidth. At the Library, the rates have grown dramatically in one year from only 50 concurrent wireless users to as many as 458. In that same year, the campus has grown to over 3,000 concurrent wireless users from a level of about 1,500. Keeping up with this pace of growth in demand is critical and central to our mission, but can stretch our scarce resources.
We are also working on refreshing and modernizing our aging infrastructure and adopting IT best practices that help us to improve our effectiveness through the adoption of Service Level Agreements, Change Control, and Portfolio and Project Management. We also have improved security and control of data to protect privacy, improved flexibility and reliability of our central servers using virtual machines, enabled wireless printing, and faster credit card processing on campus. There are many more improvements planned in line with the new strategic plan.
While we have put in place an ongoing process and a committee with campus wide representation to help identify priorities, feel free to send me your ideas and I will be sure they are reviewed and considered.
Thank you for your support and I look forward to another successful semester here at AU.
With regards,
Dave Swartz
Chief Information Officer
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Many individuals and offices, across AU's distributed campus, contribute to the success of a system or service. Learn how OIT has collaborated with its partners to develop Service Level Agreements (SLAs) to sustain and increase quality service levels.
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Do you have a new staff member who has been recently approved to have access to either the Datatel Colleague or Benefactor systems or the EagleData warehouse? If so, they will need to sign up for the new training courses to receive their login credentials and learn to how to navigate the system, find information, and adhere to security best practices.
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The relief over the fiscal cliff has worn off, December's unemployment figures are out, and we're almost in the all-important earnings season. Alcoa (NYSE: AA ) kicks us off tomorrow by telling investors just how badly fear affected construction and manufacturing activity worldwide in the quarter. But as await earnings, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI ) has slipped 0.3% today, while the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC ) is down 0.27%.
Disney (NYSE: DIS ) is by far the biggest loser on the Dow today, falling 2.2%. Reuters reported this morning that Disney is looking for ways to cut costs and may even consider layoffs. It's a bit curious to hear about layoffs now, as Disney reported a record quarter in November and just spent $4 billion to buy Lucasfilm. CEO Bob Iger has done a masterful job with the company in recent years, and I expect that this is a normal business review at a multinational company with operations in markets that are constantly changing.
Boeing (NYSE: BA ) fell 2% today in perhaps the most concerning move on the Dow. A 787 Dreamliner owned by Japan Airlines had a fire onboard the aircraft at Boston's Logan International Airport today. Passengers and crew had left the plane, so there weren't any injuries, but an incedent on this all-important aircraft is worrying to investors. Early reports say the fire started where most of the plane's electrical components are, which could make this just another electrical problem among several for Boeing in recent months.
To add to Boeing's problems, Hawaiian Airlines said it would spend $2.8 billion on 16 Airbus jets to be delivered between 2017 and 2020. These problems by themselves don't constitute a deal-breaker for Boeing, but investors are surely concerned about the company today.
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munip is an open source project powered by Assembla
Assembla offers free public and private SVN/Git repositories and project hosting with bug/issue tracking and collaboration tools.
Version 5, last updated by Karthik Nallapeta Subramanya at 2011-12-28
MuNIP - Music Notation Information Processing
This is a project which implements an Optical Music Recognition(Music OCR) system based on custom algorithms and reference research papers available. The aim is to convert a music sheet in the western staff notation into a playable MusicXML file. The inplementation is on a toolkit called Qt which uses C++ at its core. A group of three namely Gopal, Karthik and Vignesh form PES Intitute of Technology - Bangalore are currently working on this project.
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We are counting down to NZ Fashion Week 2013 with a series of interviews with key people. Today we talk to buyer Raymond Lee, of the Beijing concept store Fei Space - a favourite of Vogue China editor Angelica Cheung.
What do you know of New Zealand fashion currently?
Unfortunately very little. I know of Karen Walker and have seen her shows in London. But I've heard very positive reviews from friends who have been to NZ Fashion Week and am very curious to discover more.
What are you hoping to see at NZ Fashion Week?
Brands that manage to combine grounded authenticity with fashion forward appeal.
What designers or labels are you looking forward to checking out while here?
Fortunately I will get to see all the shows during NZFW so keeping an open agenda. And looking forward to it immensely.
What are you looking for in potential new brands?
Brand history, good value and a collection that translates well for the differing market and consumer bases that is our customer in China right now.
How do you become aware of NZ, or international brands?
I get introduced to designers and brands from friends in the industry; stylists, editors, PRs. New Zealand came to my attention from a couple of editors who think some designers could be a good fit for my space.
The Asian market has huge potential for NZ designers. What advice would you have for those wanting to push further into these?
It would be good to see NZ designers enter as a collective much like the British and the Brazilians do with their respective showrooms that travel globally. NZ designers are very much under the radar and it needs an identity that showcases the talent. There are also a number of key showrooms starting to open in China and Hong Kong that represent international brands and do very well touching base with key retail and press in the Asian market and not just China. NZ designers need better visibility.


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Arc is an interdisciplinary, refereed journal published annually by the Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill University. The journal combines the talents of professors and graduate students in offering space for scholarly discussions on various aspects of the academic study of religion—including method and theory in the study of religion—with focus in the following areas:
Philosophy of religion
Social ethics
History of religion
Comparative religion
Studies of sacred texts (including Eastern and Western traditions) Theology
Interreligious dialogue
Arc encourages submissions from diverse religious traditions and perspectives.
The submission deadline is April 30, 2010. Articles and book reviews submitted after that date will be considered for the 2011 volume of Arc. For detailed submission guidelines, please consult the Guidelines for Contributors (PDF) on our website.


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Chief's Counsel
The Nose Knows: The Odor of Marijuana and Probable Cause
Karen J. Kruger, Senior Assistant County Attorney and Legal Advisor to the Sheriff in Harford County, Maryland
he value of drug detection dogs cannot be overstated, but no law enforcement agency should forget the importance and accuracy of the human sense of smell. And nowhere is that sense more valuable than in the investigation of narcotics.
Strong Smell of MarijuanaIn June 2003 police officers in Richmond, Virginia, were patrolling a neighborhood known for drug trafficking. They noticed a group of people gathered on a street corner, including Deute Humphries. One officer noticed that Humphries patted his waist, and the officer suspected that Humphries was instinctively feeling for his weapon.
The officers stopped their patrol car about 20 feet from Humphries. When they got out of the car, they smelled a strong odor of marijuana. One officer noticed out of the corner of his eye that Humphries turned quickly and walked rapidly away from the officers. The officer followed Humphries, asking him to stop, saying to him that he needed to talk to him. Humphries did not respond and continued to walk away quickly.
The officer quickened his step to catch up, and once he was within 10 feet of Humphries he smelled "the same strong odor of marijuana . . . coming off of [his] person," and the officer again instructed Humphries to stop. Humphries ignored the officer and began to walk up to a house, where he knocked on the door.
The officer paused at the foot of the stairs of the house and noticed that the smell of marijuana was still strong and was coming from Humphries. When someone opened the door, Humphries walked in, defying the officer's command that he stop and not enter the house. The officer followed Humphries and arrested him.
The officer took Humphries outside and smelled the odor of marijuana on his breath. He patted him down and recovered a 9mm semiautomatic handgun from Humphries's waistband. The officer then conducted a full search incident to arrest, and found 26 Percocet tablets and a small amount of crack cocaine in his pockets. He charged Humphries with possession of Percocet with intent to distribute, simple possession of Percocet, possession of crack cocaine, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking under federal law.
Before trial, Humphries moved to suppress the evidence, contending that the officer did not have probable cause to arrest him, but conceded that he may have had reasonable suspicion to stop and question him. The federal district court granted Humphries's motion and suppressed the evidence, but the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed that ruling.1
The appellate court stated that it has "repeatedly held that the odor of marijuana alone can provide probable cause to believe that marijuana is present in a particular place."2 The court went on to give examples of its prior rulings that included one in which the smell of marijuana emanating from a "properly stopped vehicle" constituted probable cause to justify a search of the automobile.3 Other examples included a 1974 case in which officers saw boxes inside a van and smelled marijuana, permitting the seizure of the boxes,4 and another where the strong smell of marijuana coming from an open apartment door "almost certainly" provided the officer with probable cause to believe that marijuana was present in the apartment.5
Marijuana Odor as Component of Totality of CircumstancesIn Humphries the court acknowledged that "[w]hile smelling marijuana does not assure that marijuana is still present, the odor certainly provides probable cause to believe that it is."6 But this probable cause, or even knowledge of the presence of marijuana, does not in itself authorize the police to search any place or arrest any person in the area. The police must have additional factors to "localize" or "particularize" the placement of the marijuana to justify a search or arrest.7
To substantiate a warrantless search, "the question is whether the totality of the circumstances is sufficient to warrant a reasonable person to believe that contraband or evidence of a crime will be found in a particular place."8 When considering the legality of a warrantless arrest, one considers "whether the totality of the circumstances indicate to a reasonable person that a 'suspect has committed, is committing, or is about to commit' a crime."9 But in either instance, the "quantum of facts required for the officer to search or seize is probable cause" for either a search or seizure.10
The officer had probable cause to arrest Humphries because he recognized the odor of marijuana and was able to "localize its source," namely, Humphries. In addition, there were other factors that strengthened the officer's conclusion that probable cause existed, including Humphries's evasive conduct, his apparent check for a weapon, and the fact that the encounter took place in an area known for drug trafficking.11
Officer Experience and Training in Drug Detection Is KeyThe ability of an officer to explain and justify the accuracy of his perceptions is important when he or she relies on those perceptions to formulate probable cause. For instance, a Florida court held that a police officer had probable cause to search a vehicle after smelling burnt marijuana, in part because he had 20 years of experience and had smelled marijuana hundreds of times.12
Where Georgia police went to talk to occupants of a car outside a convenience store and smelled marijuana, their subsequent search of the vehicle was justified. The court found that a trained police officer's ability to identify the odor of burning marijuana constitutes sufficient probable cause to support the warrantless search of a vehicle, as long there is evidence that he in fact was capable of recognizing the odor.13
When officers in Kansas smelled burnt marijuana emanating from a car stopped at a checkpoint, the court held that they had probable cause to search the car and all containers in the car that may have contained marijuana. Here, the odor of marijuana provided suspicion that a crime had been committed and that the evidence of the crime was located within the vehicle.14
But when a police officer cannot prove that he smelled marijuana or that the smell was emanating from a particular place, he cannot reasonably conclude that probable cause existed.15 One court has held that an officer may only discern probable cause from the smell of burnt or raw marijuana if he can determine with reasonable accuracy the point in time when the marijuana was smoked. In that case, because the officer had not been trained in "determining the length of time a residual odor or marijuana has been present" it was not reasonable for him to believe that the vehicle contained marijuana.16
The Supreme Court and the Sense of SmellThe Supreme Court has long recognized the value of an officer's sense of smell in detecting the possible commission of a crime or identifying evidence of a crime. In 1932 the Court held that "prohibition officers may rely on distinctive odors as a physical fact indicative of a possible crime."17 Likewise, the distinctive odor of burning opium detected by an affiant qualified to recognize it was a sufficient basis on which a magistrate could issue a warrant.18 And a qualified officer's detection of the smell of fermenting mash in a location was a "very strong" factor in establishing probable cause for the issuance of a warrant.19
The Supreme Court has said that the standard for probable cause cannot, and should not be, defined with precision or quantification. Whether it exists depends on the specific facts and variables of each circumstance. Officers must rely on each of their five senses, plus a good dose of common sense and knowledge that comes from experience, in determining when probable cause exists. Likewise, they must be able to articulate and explain each of the facts they took into account, and why each fact or circumstance contributed to their conclusion that probable cause existed so as to justify a search or seizure. And it helps if they have a good sense of smell. ■
1 United States v. Humphries, 372 F. 3d 653 (4th Cir. 2004).2 Id. at 658.3 United States v. Sheetz, 293 F.3d 175, 184 (4th Cir. 2002).4 United States v. Sifuentes, 504 F.2d 845, 848 (4th Cir. 1974).5 United States v. Cephas, 254 F.3d 488, 495 (4th Cir. 2001).6 372 F. 3rd at 658.7 Id.8 Id. at 659, citing Ornelas v. United States, 517 U.S. 690 696 (1996).9 Id., citing Michigan v. DiFillippo, 443 U.S. 31, 37 (1979).10 372 F.3rd at 659.11 Id. at 660.12 State v. T. P., 835 So.2d 1277 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 4th Dist. 2003).13 State v. Folk, 238 Ga. App. 206 (1999).14 State v. MacDonald, 253 Kan. 320 (1993).15 See State v. Carlson, 762 N.E.2d 121 (Ind. Ct.App.2002).16 People v. Hilber, 403 Mich. 312 (1978).17 Taylor v. United States, 286 U.S. 1 (1932).18 Johnson v. United States, 333 U.S. 10 (1948).19 United States v. Ventresca, 380 U.S. 102 (1965).
From The Police Chief, vol. 72, no. 10, October 2005. Copyright held by the International Association of Chiefs of Police, 515 North Washington Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 USA.


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In a surprising move Thursday, U.S. Soccer fired Bob Bradley as coach of the men's national team.
The move comes just one month after the U.S. lost to Mexico in the CONCACAF Gold Cup final and just one year into Bradley's second four-year term as national team coach.
Jürgen Klinsmann, the former German coach and player, heads the list of potential candidates. Others mentioned as potential targets include Marcello Lippi and Carlo Ancelotti of Italy, Marcelo Bielsa of Argentina, Guus Hiddink of the Netherlands plus Seattle Sounders coach Sigi Schmid and Real Salt Lake coach Jason Kreis.
The announcement shocked the American soccer community. Many figured Bradley was safe since U.S. Soccer didn't make a move in the aftermath of the Gold Cup.
U.S. Soccer officials said they planned a "further announcement" Friday, suggesting that a replacement for Bradley already has been selected. If so, that coach could be in place when the team plays a series of exhibitions this fall -- against Mexico on Aug. 10 in Philadelphia, against Costa Rica on Sept. 2 in Carson, Calif., and against Belgium on Sept. 6 in Brussels.
"We want to thank Bob Bradley for his service and dedication to U.S. Soccer during the past five years," U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati said in a statement. "During his time as the head coach of our men's national team, he led the team to a number of accomplishments, but we felt now was the right time for us to make a change. It is always hard to make these decisions, especially when it involves someone we respect as much as Bob. We wish him the best in his future endeavors."
Indeed, Bradley achieved quite a bit during his tenure. His team won the 2007 Gold Cup, finished first in CONCACAF qualifying for the 2010 World Cup, defeated Spain on the way to the 2009 Confederations Cup final and became the first U.S. team to win its first-round group at the World Cup since 1930.
But an uneven Gold Cup performance that included a group-stage defeat to Panama and a 4-2 thrashing by Mexico in the final clearly prompted Gulati to make a change. Bradley was 43-25-12 as U.S. coach.
Gulati was burned somewhat in the weeks following the World Cup as Bradley's contract was set to expire. Word leaked that Gulati had courted Klinsmann, leading many to believe that when Gulati re-signed Bradley last August he had settled for his second choice at best.


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Ten Minute Play Festival
@ Bedlam Studio
It'd be a hellified thing to see Bedlam Theatre get the kind of
funding it deserves. Especially since big-time outfits get money thrown
at them in buckets. The plucky ensemble has been kicking much ass on a
shoestring. Can you imagine their production values with, say one-tenth
of what fat houses blow on building changes and moving to even more luxuries
confines? Who knows — maybe one day. Meanwhile, some of Twin Cities
theatre's tightest (if arguably most twisted) minds are back to
making outlandish mayhem. It's their third annual Ten Minute Play
Festival. Sight unseen, I have to recommend Melissa Birch's "John's
Gash" — 'cause it's directed by company lynchpin
John Bueche. Another heads up: "Mutiny!," created by Nikki
Williams and the wryly inventive Maren Ward. June 9-13. Bedlam
Studio, 514 1/2 Cedar Ave. S., Mpls. 612 341-1038. (Dwight Hobbes)
U.S Air Guitar Championships
@ The Triple Rock Social Club
all done it — just admit it. You've heard your favorite heavy-riffage
song blasting over the stereo and pantomimed along, recasting yourself
as the ultimate air employing axe-slinger. You were the best electric
guitar player in the world at that very point. Guess what, superstar?
Now you can compete for a world title. You don't have to be a Van
Halen groupie (Does any other band bring thoughts of air guitar to mind?)
to take part in such an event, but you do need a little bit of courage,
60 seconds of music to mime to, and enough scratch to pay the small competition
entrance fee. If you're good enough to win, you can go ahead and
compete in the world championships (in Finland of all places). While Olympic
Air Guitar competition remains at best still a few years off, this is
your best chance to flex your competitive air shredding muscles. 7
p.m. $6. 21+. 629 Cedar Ave. S., Mpls. 612-333-7399. (Louis Lenzmeier)
Franz Ferdinand
@ The Fine Line Music Café
import from that rockin' town of Glasgow, Franz Ferdinand proves
that the current Britpop revival, when done right, can manage musical
catchiness while swiftly dodging cheesiness. Many have criticized the
Franz for their cheekiness and been quick to dismiss them as fad-driven
revivalists. Just as many, however, have been ready to heap praise upon
them. These lads from Glasgow make good on their praise, crafting sexy
Britpop hooks over even catchier lyrics, tight production and smart, complex
melodies. I found myself secretly singing along to their single "Take
me Out," bringing a smile to my otherwise dismal day. Now the lads
are ready to touch down on our shores for a short jaunt around the States
with a truckload of hype preceding them. Oh yeah these guys like it when
the audience is shaking their asses! With British counterparts Sons &
Daughters, plus The Blood Arm. 8 pm. $12 adv/ $13 door. 18+. Sold
Out. 318 First Ave. N., Mpls. 612-338-8100. (dubya)
The Collective & Bassprov
@ Bryant Lake Bowl
sounds like a night for the guys. Minneapolis' all-male comedy troupe
The Collective is very excited about bringing their friends of Bassprov
up from Chicago. That's bass as in fish, not guitars. Bassprov is
Joe Bill and Mark Sutton's widely successful semi-scripted one-act
improv fishing trip. Taking place on a boat, characters Donny and Earl
drink beer and talk about such topics as raising children, political views,
Shakespeare, social issues and marital problems, all based on audience
suggestions. Over the past two and a half years, Bassprov has toured and
played festivals around the United States and Canada, headlining the mainstage
in their hometown Chicago. See what critics and audiences mean when they
say that Bassprov is a "one of a kind" theater experience.
Fri. June 11 – Sat. June 12. 10 p.m. $12. Bryant Lake Bowl,
810 W. Lake St., Mpls. 612-825-8949. (Katie Bodin)
@ Red Eye
Red Eye's 20th anniversary season continues with a production of
"Requiem," adapted by the company from the original script
by historian and playwright Charles L. Mee, Jr. This free-wheeling compilation
of fragments from Sophocles' lost plays and other found text spins
a compelling tale of lust, betrayal and murder in a passionate tribute
to those who grabbed life by the throat and squeezed the living daylights
out of it. June 11-26. Fri.-Sat. 8 p.m.; Sun. June 20 & Thu.
June 26, 8 p.m.; Mon. June 21, 7 p.m. $12-$16. Red Eye Theater, 15 W,
14th St., Mpls. 612-870-0309. (Gyros Papadopoulos)
Israeli & Palestinian Voice: A Dialogue with Both
@ ARISE! Bookstore
when Flo was busted in Palestine (see Pulse 03/24/04 cover story)? Flo
Razowsky, former cook and manager at Hard Times Café and dedicated
peace worker, was arrested last March while protesting, non-violently
against Israeli bulldozers that are creating a walled ghetto for Deir
Qaddis and eight other Palestinian villages. Flo just returned from Palestine
while working for the International Solidarity Movement, and will join
author Cathy Sultan in an open format discussion about the important and
often controversial Israeli-Palestinian conflict and related topics. Sultan,
a Wisconsin housewife with personal ties to the Middle East, recently
traveled to Jerusalem and the West Bank in an effort to gain an understanding
of both sides of the conflict. Sultan offers an open-minded perspective
on this complicated subject in her compelling book "Israeli &
Palestinian Voices: A Dialogue with Both Sides." All proceeds from
the sale of this book will be donated to the International Solidarity
Movement, an organization of Palestinian, Israeli and international activists
dedicated to nonviolent resistance to the Israeli occupation. This is
an important event for those who wish to gain a better understanding of
this decades-old, ongoing conflict. 3-5 p.m. Free & Open to
the Public. ARISE! Bookstore & Resource Center, 2441 Lyndale Ave.,
Mpls. 612-871-7110. http://www.arisebookstore.org. (Aaron Neumann)
Devendra Banhart, Joanna Newsom
@ The Woman's Club Theater
Proof that the only thing better than a concert bill featuring one crazy
folkie is a concert bill featuring two crazy folkies! NYC's dangerously
haggard looking Devendra Banhart has been wowing critics and forcing lyric
decipherers to scratch their heads ever since bursting onto the scene
as a 21-year-old home recording nomad on his 2002 debut — an album
title so lengthy and tongue-twister worthy it's referred to only
in shorthand by it's first few words, Oh Me Oh My … With eery
song titles like "Lend Me Your Teeth" and an equally disquieting
vocal howl (not to mention pretty shoddy recording equipment), Banhart's
debut managed to conjure up all that was right with the dark and spooky
side of folk music. His recently released follow-up, Rejoicing in the
Hands builds upon the foundation of his debut (albeit with markedly better
recording fidelity).
Meanwhile, on the other side of the country from young Devendra, an equally
quirky and challenging tunesmith was honing her craft (one upping the
weirdness quotient by ditching the tired acoustic guitar format and performing
on an autoharp!). Joanna Newsom is her name and the combination of her
child-like coo, densely literate wordplay and flat-out mesmerizing auto
harp work as displayed on her debut for the prestigious Drag City Record
label, The Milk-Eyed Mender, has already forced the critics in her San
Francisco base of operations to bow before her feet. Two beautifully strange
musicians certain to have lengthy careers ahead of them, the Twin Cities
is lucky to catch them so early in their creative journeys. With Vetiver.
8 p.m. $11. All Ages. 410 Oak Grove St., Mpls. 612-870-8001.
(Rob van Alstyne)
Jesse Malin
@ The 400 Bar
Jesse Malin wears a lot of hats — Bruce Springsteen's acolyte,
Ryan Adam's drinking partner, kick-ass blue collar rocker —
but it's only the last one that really matters. Following up his
Adam's produced solo debut (the stellar Fine Art of Self-Destruction),
Malin's second effort, The Heat (due out at the end of this month
on Artemis Records), presents a slightly more refined and low-key take
on the trusty folk-rock of his debut. Despite this being only the second
proper Malin LP the man is no spring chicken (you don't get a beer
soaked crooning voice like that just mowing the lawn). He cut his songwriting
teeth in trashy New York glam-rockers D Generation before discovering
denim and the acoustic guitar upon the band's demise. Despite the
new softer exterior, however, Malin remains a punker at heart. Rock 'n'
roll enough to call Tommy Stinson a close friend anyone who stumbles into
the 400 on Saturday can rest assured they'll be presented with a
nice fist pumping set. With Squad Five-O. 9 p.m. $7. 21+. 400
Cedar Ave. S., Mpls. 612-332-2903. (van Alstyne)
Maritime, Snailhouse
@ The Triple Rock Social Club
Already making their third swing through town, this time Maritime finally
have a record to push at the merch table. Although recorded last summer,
it took a year before Maritime's debut, The Glass Floor, reached
stores. The album proves worth the wait, however, as ex-Promise Ring frontman
Davey Von Bohlen's lispy rasp is in fine form on this set of placid
tunes. The days of Nothing Feels Good are long in the past, so anyone
expecting rapid-fire power-pop will be shit out of luck, but for those
who don't mind an exceedingly pleasant and focused set of midtempo
pop then Maritime is just what the doctor ordered.
Helping Maritime on touring guitarist duties and also performing his own
set is Canadian indie-music mainstay Michael Feuerstack (aka Snailhouse).
Former leader of the Wooden Stars and close pal of Canuck chanteuse Julie
Doiron, Feuerstack has had his hand as the main man or a key collaborator
in most of the best Canadian college rock of the past decade. He's
currently shopping the follow-up to his 2001 double album, The Opposite
is Also True (an interesting exercise in which Feuerstack recorded the
same album twice, placing drastically different versions of the songs
on each disc). His dark electric indie-folk should appeal to any fans
of Songs:Ohia or the various guises Will Oldham employs. This is one of
Feuerstack's first trips as a touring musician stateside, so be
sure to make him feel welcome. With Kingdom of Ghosts, The Slats. 9
p.m. $7. 21+. 629 Cedar Ave. S., Mpls. 612-333-7399. (van Alstyne)
Juliana Hatfield
@ First Avenue
If you've never heard Juliana Hatfield's work before, she
may catch you a bit off guard. Scratch that - she may scare the hell out
of you. Hatfield has always taken introspective pop to uncomfortably extreme
degrees and her new album, Exile Deo, is no different. The record focuses
on dysfunctional behaviors and the people who can't stop repeating
them, chronicling doomed relationships and lingering regret in lurid detail.
Quite the party, huh? Hatfield's still arguably best known for her
"Spin the Bottle" track on 1994's Reality Bites (it's
been 10 damn years already!) soundtrack, but her cult fans will remember
that she cut her teeth with the Blake Babes out in the New England area
and was a key figure in the Lemonheads during their It's A Shame
About Ray heyday. It's good to see some artists survived the buzz
bin intact. With the Damnwells, Valet. 8 p.m. $8 adv/ $10 door. 21+.
701 First Ave. N., Mpls. 612-338-8388. (Lenzmeier)


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Zumogo, ProPay Inc.'s new social-media payment tool for mobile phones, leaves out vital information that ProPay says some competitors leave in.
By not storing payment card numbers in the Zumogo app loaded into Apple Inc. iPhones, the independent sales organization eliminates the potential risk of exposing the information if phones are lost or stolen, says Chris Mark, ProPay executive vice president of data security and compliance.
"If it's not on the phone, it can't be stolen," Mark tells PaymentsSource.
Lehi, Utah-based ProPay released Zumogo on Feb. 3 (see story). The app also is available for phones using phones using Google Inc.'s Android operating system, and ProPay says it will release a version for phones using Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 7 by March 31.
Zumogo customers enter their payment card information during the enrollment process using the app, but a secure ProPay server stores the number, not the phone, Mark says. The app generates a unique token that is used to complete a transaction, but not before the consumer has authenticated each transaction from within Zumogo, he says.
"There are a number of [product offerings] where the data is stored on the phone, secured by an app," Mark says. "We feel removing the data is the best advice."
Consumers control their interaction with Zumogo merchants, he says. "The consumer initiates the discussion with merchants," Mark says. "The consumer has the opt-in, opt-out control."
Once launched, the Zumogo app searches for participating merchants in a radius chosen by the consumer. Area merchants then can send in-app messages about coupons and other incentives to entice participants to shop at their stores, Mark says.
The value for merchants is the ability to communicate with prospective customers, advertise specials and, in the case of restaurants, potentially increase the rate of turnover at tables, he says.
The app is designed to help merchants increase their revenue potential, Mark says. ProPay chose restaurants as the first merchant type because choosing a place to eat is a social experience for many consumers, who also tend to respond to dining incentives, he says.
ProPay also can make money from consumer use of the Zumogo app and is evaluating several pricing models, Mark says.
One is to charge merchants a small monthly fee for the ability to advertise Zumogo acceptance and a processing fee, he says, declining to divulge additional details.
Merchants do not have to switch to ProPay for their payment processing to accept Zumogo transactions, Mark says.
ProPay also is evaluating distribution models and is open to talking with other companies to sell the service, Mark says. "We're evaluating all options," he says.
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