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In this chapter we're going to take a look at adding interactivity to our text field. Specifically we'll create a scroll bar and scroll buttons to control the scrolling in our text field. We'll start out by talking about how to mask dynamic text. If you're following along, I'm working in 01_Masking.fla in the Chapter 04 folder in the Exercise Files folder. Let's take a look at how this file is set up. There are four layers - actions, buttons, mask, and text field. Let's select the first keyframe of the actions layer and open up the Actions panel. Remember the keyboard shortcut is Option+F9 on the Mac, F9 on the PC.
So there's already a lot of ActionScript here. First off there's ActionScript to load an external text file. That goes at the top and the bottom of the code. There are event listeners added to all the buttons on the stage. And skeletons of event handler functions for all of those objects on the stage. If you don't have access to the exercise files, you may want to pause the movie and copy down the code at the bottom here that I have selected. One line of code here that might be new to you is scroller_mc.buttonMode = true.
Button mode is a property of movie clips the controls showing the Hand icon when you make the movie clip interactive, or in other words when you make the movie clip respond to mouse events. setting this value to true in this case, will display the Hand cursor when you roll over the scroller_mc movie clip. Now I'll close the Actions panel. I'm going to test the movie and demonstrate how this file is working. Command+Return on the Mac. Ctrl+Enter on the PC. So the text file is being loaded. And if I click and drag in the text field you can scroll down.
I'm going to close the window. Let's take a look at how the text field is set up. I'm going to unlock the text field layer, and using the Selection tool, I'm going to select the text field on the stage. Notice that this is not a dynamic text field, but is a movie clip, an instance of the mc text called text_mc. I'm going to double-click this instance on the stage to enter its timeline. Inside the timeline of mc text is a text field. The text field has an instance name of external_txt. We'll talk more about the other items in the library once we start working with them.
But for now click Scene 1 at the bottom of the timeline to return to the main timeline. The mask layer is currently set to be a guide layer. I'm going to right click, or Control click on the Mac, the mask layer and uncheck the Guide option, I'm also going to choose not to hide the mask layer and show that the mask layer is a magenta rectangle. If you unlock the mask layer and select the mask from the stage you'll see it's an instance of mcMask named mask_mc. This movie clip is simply a rectangle that has been converted to a movie clip.
What we're going to do to build our scrolling text field throughout this chapter is mask the text field and instead of using the modifying text field properties to scroll the text or going to animate the text field movement by animating the movie clip that the text field is within. To give the text field boundaries we're putting that movie clip inside of this mask. By default Flash does not mask dynamic text. To give an example I'm going to set the mask layer as a mask. So I'm going to right click the mask layer, and its Control click on the Mac, and choose Mask.
Flash converts the mask layer to a mask and the text field layer to a masked layer. Now I'm going to test the movie by pressing Command+Return on the Mac, or Ctrl+Enter on the PC. Notice the text field does not display. I'm going to close the Preview window. This can be very frustrating when you're learning Flash. Why on earth will Flash not mask the dynamic text field? What you have to do to mask or rotate or apply filters to a dynamic text field is embed the font inside of the text field. Once you do that you can put a dynamic text field inside of a movie clip and then do anything with that movie clip that you can do with any other object in Flash.
So what I'm going to do is I'm going to enter the mcText movie clip through the library. So in the library find mcText and double-click the movie clip symbol icon next to mcText to enter its timeline. Select the dynamic text field on the stage. And here's the step that you have to do in order to mask dynamic text field. Click the Embed button in the Property inspector. When you click the Embed button, Flash opens the Character Embedding window. In the Character Embedding window you can tell Flash what characters you'd like to embed inside of this text field.
Since I know all the text in this text field is going to be English, I'm going to embed all uppercase, lowercase, numerals, and punctuation. So I'm going to select Uppercase and I'm going to hold Shift on my keyboard and click Punctuation to select Uppercase, Lowercase, Numerals and Punctuation. This will embed all the characters that are going be used in our external text file, or all English characters. Once you've made your selection, click OK to close the Character Embedding window. And now I'm going to test the movie to see the mask applied to the dynamic text field. Command+Return on the Mac. Ctrl+Enter on the PC.
Now you can and see that the text field is being masked. So once you embed the font you can mask a dynamic text field. I'm going to close the Preview window. Now that we have our text field and masked properly to start adding our scrolling interactivity.
- Customizing Flash CS3 and managing assets Working with ActionScript variables Understanding dynamic text fields Adding interactivity to dynamic text Animating a complex MovieClip Using buttons to navigate labeled frames Working with components Exploring advanced audio and video techniques Creating accessible Flash content Understanding Flash Mobile


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November 29, 2011
School in need: Thunderbird Elementary goes above and beyond with food and laundry
When Henry Peters and Janey Lee graduated, there was nothing in the fine print on their teaching certificates that mentioned having to be semi-professional fundraisers or part-time social workers.
Teachers teach, social workers care for a community's welfare, and mendicant friars with begging bowls have long since been replaced by slick TV hosts and prime-time telethons.
Of course, that's in a perfect world.
In the world surrounding Thunderbird elementary on Cassiar Street — which exists in the shadow of the province's largest social housing project and all that entails — such demarcations have long since vanished.
A short example shows why:
"I've just had a single mom of three come in [from the housing project across the street] saying she doesn't know what she was going to do because she doesn't have any food for the rest of the week," says Peters, the school's principal.
That's a dilemma clearly in the mandate of social services, but Peters and Lee — who teaches kindergarten — know using that as an excuse to send her away empty-handed will leave the family hungry.
So Peters digs through his emergency pack, a Ziploc sandwich bag containing gift cards for Superstore, Walmart or Save-On-Foods, scrounged from anyone with a kind heart and an open wallet.
The woman was given the last of the $50 gift certificates.
"We're down to the $20s now," he says, rooting through the bag just to be sure.
At one time, the school district provided inner-city schools with substantial allowances to deal with such things, but these days, that's down to about $6,000 a year.
That soon vanishes at a place like Thunderbird; hence the reliance on genteel begging.
"People ask if they can help and I say, 'Send us a gift card, we can really use them.'"
There are other things they could really use. For instance, a washer and dryer.
Schools are not supposed to be laundromats, just as they're not supposed to be food banks, but the staff here — who dispense whatever food they can scrounge to children arriving hungry — have long since given up making distinctions.
And, anyway, how is the staff supposed to react when small children come to school so smelly that Lee has to seek out a mom to find out why?
"It seems the family had no access to washing machines. They're either broken where they live and haven't been fixed or they can't afford the laundromat. So they've been handwashing. They are not the only ones," says Lee.
Peters is now thinking the school will have to fit in a washer and dryer somewhere so it can become a communal laundry.
Of course, there's no money to buy and install a washer and dryer, but like the immortal Mr. Micawber, Peters can only hope something will turn up.
It goes without saying that the neighbourhood bringing all these problems to the school's door is incredibly needy.
"There's involvement with crime here, substance abuse, mental health problems. There's a lot of single-parent families. We're seeing an increase in single-father families, which is new. A lot of dysfunctional families along with ESL and refugee and immigrant families," Peters lists.
"Janey's class has 15 students and 11 languages. It's a challenge."
"You hear stories all the time. Some of it is, 'I'm hungry at school, the family next door was fighting and we heard everything all night, so-and-so tried to commit suicide, my mom's running away, going back to Vietnam' … But through it all the kids are amazingly resilient, wonderfully loving, warm and caring."
Two other issues are bedbugs and head lice, says Peters.
"We can always tell when bed bugs are going to be a problem when we see mattresses getting stacked up across the road," he says, indicating the social housing development that stretches from Broadway down Cassiar to the mosque on Fifth Ave.
"Sometimes we see people taking mattresses back from the pile. I guess that's all they have to sleep on."
More than half the students come from across the street, says Lee.
"That's the biggest social housing complex in the province. Many people there are on social assistance. We also have working poor families that struggle with poverty every day," she says.
Many families routinely use food banks and children arrive at school hungry.
"Either the families can't get it together [for breakfast] or they don't have any food," says Peters.
The school has a hot lunch program but needs to do more.
"We'd like to provide a proper breakfast and food for after school and weekends to get them through. It's piecemeal right now. We hand out granola bars and bread we get from Cobbs, but it's not enough," says Peters.
Large bins of donated bread arrive Thursday; it's all gone by Friday.
He estimates it would cost about $25,000 a year to do breakfast and provide after-school staples, although he has no idea where the money would come from.
Given the unremitting demands on teachers that go well beyond their classroom duties, they could flee for quieter professional pastures.
"We could do that," says Lee.
"Every one of our teachers could do that. But we don't because we love teaching here. We love the kids and the families. We just want to be able to do more."

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Team effort brings toys to children in Little Haiti and orphans in Haiti
Little Haiti Optimist Club, Chef Creole and Commissioner Monestime play Santa Claus
Miami Times staff report | 1/1/2014, 9 a.m.
Children and families in the Little Haiti community received added holiday cheer thanks to the Fourth Annual Little Haiti Optimist Club [LHOC] and Chef Creole Holiday Celebration and Toy Giveaway. The event, held on December 14th, was organized by the LHOC and supported by community
groups and elected officials including Miami-Dade County Commissioner Jean Monestime.
The highlight of the day was the distribution of toys which was made possible because of the generous donations from sponsors including Commissioner Monestime, WEDR 99.1 Jamz and others.
This was the fourth year that toys collected were distributed to kids living in South Florida's Little Haiti community as well as to orphans and children living in Haiti. Locally, families were entertained by DJs and area musicians while children enjoyed the bounce house, petting zoo, clown, face painting and taking pictures with Santa. They were also treated to cotton candy, popcorn, snow cones, hotdogs, chips and juices.
City of Miami Commissioner Keon Hardemon and LHOC volunteers, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, handed out toys to the children.
"There are many needy children in our community," said Chef Creole, who is also a Board Member of the Little Haiti Optimist Club. "The toy giveaway is needed to ensure that the children in the area as well as in Haiti are able to experience the simple joy of opening a gift and reminded that, even if for one day, they are not forgotten. With the kind and selfless contribution of our partners, we are creating memories of joy this Christmas."


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'American Horror Story: Freak Show' Reveals Sarah Paulson's Two-Headed Character
Sarah Paulson consistently gives us everything on American Horror Story (we still think she was robbed of an Emmy for portraying Lana in AHS:Asylum!!), but on this season's 'Freak Show' installment she'll be giving us double!!
Sarah tweeted this image today with the big reveal:
So excited to be playing Bette AND Dot this season. Two heads are better than one! #AHSFREAKSHOW pic.twitter.com/jdZJSPercn
— Sarah Paulson (@MsSarahPaulson) June 12, 2014
Yesssssss! Though this being American Horror Story, it's warranted to worry whether both heads will make it out alive! (Or at least moderately unscathed.)
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With the retirement of the current chairman and CEO of GE Capital, General Electric (NYSE: GE ) says its CFO will assume those roles and his CFO job will be filled by the individual occupying the same position at GE Capital.
Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Immelt appointed GE CFO Keith Sherin to fill the chairman and CEO roles at GE Capital, with Sherin to be replaced by Jeff Bornstein, who currently serves as the financial division's CFO, the company announced today. The appointments are effective July 1.
Immelt said: "Keith is one of the most respected CFOs in the world. He is a trusted colleague and a smart business partner." He credited Sherin with playing an integral role in "defining our growth strategy, implementing our compliance programs, and delivering value to our shareowners" and said his appointment "underscores the importance of GE Capital to GE."
Sherin has served as senior VP and CFO since 1998, having joined the company in 1981 through the GE Financial Management Program. Since then, he's has held senior financial positions in various GE businesses including aviation, plastics, and medical systems. Sherin earned his B.A. from the University of Notre Dame and an M.B.A. from Columbia University.
Sherin succeeds Mike Neal, who is retiring after 34 years with GE. Neal will continue to serve as GE's vice chairman through the end of 2013 to help with the transition.
Bornstein is currently a senior VP and CFO of GE Capital, a role he has held since 2008. He also joined GE in 1989 through the GE Financial Management Program and has similar held senior financial positions in aviation, plastics, and commercial finance. Bornstein received his B.S. in business administration from Northeastern University.


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A two-semester subject on quantum theory, stressing principles: uncertainty relation, observables, eigenstates, ...
A two-semester subject on quantum theory, stressing principles: uncertainty relation, observables, eigenstates, eigenvalues, probabilities of the results of measurement, transformation theory, equations of motion, and constants of motion. Symmetry in quantum mechanics, representations of symmetry groups. Variational and perturbation approximations. Systems of identical particles and applications. Time-dependent perturbation theory. Scattering theory: phase shifts, Born approximation. The quantum theory of radiation. Second quantization and many-body theory. Relativistic quantum mechanics of one electron. This is the second semester of a two-semester subject on quantum theory, stressing principles. Topics covered include: time-dependent perturbation theory and applications to radiation, quantization of EM radiation field, adiabatic theorem and Berry's phase, symmetries in QM, many-particle systems, scattering theory, relativistic quantum mechanics, and Dirac equation.
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> Hello everyone,
> I was trying to get udev mounting my encrypted partition automagically
> when my USB drive with the key on it is plugged in. Mounting works
> fine (when script is run by hand), but I didn't manage to get the udev
> rule working. Now I found why.
> Everytime I plug in the USB drive it gets a different ATTRS{serial} as
> reported by:
> udevinfo -a -p `udevinfo -q path -n /dev/sdg`| grep serial
> The reported serial number is only 2 hex digits long and seems to be
> random.
You have a broken device.
> I have another identical USB drive (same model) which provides a quite
> long number that does NOT change. That is what I do actually need...
> (Please do not recommend using the other device instead -- one of them
> will be plugged into my docking station, the other one is for "mobile"
> use)
The problem is you have one good behaving device, and one bad
one. The ability to use some kind persistent name is somewhat
critical, but maybe not in your case. It's possible that you
could write a custom udev rule that says if the vendor is such and
such, then do the following symlink or something like that.
I've got several devices at my house that do NOT have
serial numbers...well it's in the drive, but not exposed
through the USB (which unfortunately is the only one that
matters)... In my case, I'm just stuck, there is no way of
differentiating the devices (sigh) since they all look alike
to the system.
> You know why this happens? I cannot imagine a sensible explanation.
> Except this detail the USB drive works without problems -- it does not
> seem to be damaged/broken.
Well it is broken if it's serial number changes all of the time.
Something isn't right.
> I would be glad to get some hints what could cause this problem. If
> needed I will provide more information or logs. Just ask for
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I say your device is broken with regards to serial number info.
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Painful Ant Bite: A generous CLASSPATH and ant.bat out of hell
By kto on May 07, 2009
Painful ant bytes... ;\^) Starting to number them...
When ant runs, it sometimes uses temporary files using the java property java.io.tmpdir as the root of the temporary file area for the system. Unfortunately, the temp file used by ant isn't unique enough to prevent two processes running ant from bumping into each other. We had problems using the same machine to build both Solaris 32bit and Solaris 64bit at the same time. OUCH!
Jonathan came up with a good solution specific to the JDK in the langtools Makefile that runs ant. He defines the java.io.tmpdir property on the ant command line to be unique to this build area and platform:
ant -Djava.io.tmpdir='$(ABS_OUTPUTDIR)/build/ant-tmp' ...
The basic idea is to redefine the java.io.tmpdir (the root of the temporary file area) to something more unique to the circumstances, and ideally in a location that will get cleaned up at the right time.
Had a lovely time (<- sarcasm) tracking down a problem on Windows with JDK ant builds. Apparently on Windows, if you manage to get the ant.bat startup instead of the shell script version of the startup, commas are not allowed on the command line. So you cannot do this:
ant -Djavac.debuglevel=source,lines,vars OUCH!
This problem was reported here but nothing was done. Seems like a simple note in the User Manual was a minimum here.
So I downloaded the cpptasks for ant from the ant-contrib site. And it builds from the command line just fine with the latest ant, but it won't build using the ant that comes with NetBeans, and it won't build when loaded into NetBeans. So why is that? The build requires xercesImpl.jar, but the cpptasks build.xml file doesn't explicitly say that, so how did it find it in one case and not in another?
Turns out that the default behavior for the ant <javac> task is to include all the ant runtime classpath in your java compilation. Yipes! That seems like a horrible default if you ask me, depending on what ant decides to use in its runtime classpath, you get it all? :\^( OUCH!
Seems like every ant installation could potentially behave differently, depending on how ant is configured.
So I'm thinking I want to change all <javac> uses to <javac includeAntRuntime="false">
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Hi guys so I'm transitioning from WW to Primal and today is my second real official day eating Primally. Anyways I woke up this morning at 6:45 and read in bed until about 8ish or so.
I got a tad hungry whilst reading and ending up drinking a bottle of water because I was lazy and didn't want to get out bed just yet.
By the time I emerged from my room I made breakfast which consisted of:
-3 scrambled eggs with cilantro, a green onion, and some siracha sauce
-around 2-3 ounces of chicken breast (guestimate)
-1/2-3/4 cup of broccoli (guestimate)
That's all I've had today and then a small cup of black coffee around 11:30 or so and its almost 2pm right now and I'm still not hungry. I know in the book - I'm in the middle of reading - it says just to eat when you're hungry. Is it okay to go not eating for this long? It's been close to 6 hours.
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Victory State Bank Points to Veteran's Pensions
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Veterans: Beware Shady Pension Schemes
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – Veterans and their families are a target for some dishonest advisers who are claiming to offer free help with paperwork for pension claims.
The scheme involves attorneys, financial planners, and insurance agents trying to persuade veterans over 65 to make decisions about their pensions without giving them the whole truth about the long-term consequences.
Victory State Bank would like to provide the following guide on understanding your benefits:
Navigating the process:
- It is free to apply for veterans' benefits. If you're completing the application yourself, don't pay for forms. If someone is helping you, know that the people who are accredited through the VA are notallowed to charge you to help you complete and submit VA paperwork.
- Check for accreditation and licensing. Confirm that the person helping you is accredited through the VA. That means they're trained to help with completing and submitting claims to the VA; it doesn't mean the VA endorses the person's products, advice, or ethics. Look into the licensing and professional status of the person helping you:
- For insurance agents:If you are considering buying an annuity, check with yourstate insurance regulatorto confirm that the seller is licensed.
- For lawyers: Check withyour state Bar Associationto see if the lawyer is licensed in your state and whether there are ethical complaints on file.
- For financial planners: Anyone can call themselves a financial planner, but someone using the designation Certified Financial Planner must meet certain professional and ethical standards of theCertified Financial Planner Board of Standards. Determine whether an adviser is certified and whether any disciplinary actions have been taken or are on file. TheNational Association of Personal Financial Advisorscan give you a list of planners that you pay directly (fee-for-service) rather than by commission on your purchases.
- Know what's in a name.The words "veterans" or "military families" in an organization's name don't necessarily mean that the group represents the best interests of veterans or their families. Some so-called advisers are dishonest and mislead veterans and their families to believe that they are veterans' advocates representing a nonprofit or that they're endorsed by VA.
- Feel fine about responding with a fast no -- or taking plenty of time to get to yes.Check out an organization before you give it any money or do business with it in any way. Some deceptive advisers use names, seals, and logos that look or sound like those of respected, legitimate organizations. You may see a small difference in the name of the organization from the one you mean to deal with: that's your signal to call the organization you know to be legitimate and ask it a lot of questions.
- Consider any pressure to act fast as your cue to say no.If you decide to attend a presentation about veterans' benefits, don't spend any money until you've had time to think about the options, and play out as many potential scenarios as you can imagine. If the salesperson is giving you vague or evasive answers, walk away. This is not a person you want to trust with your money, your benefits, or your future.
- You get to decide how to spend your money.Read all the papers and the contract carefully. Understand all the terms, conditions, and implications of what you are being asked to do. Get everything you discussed in writing. If something isn't clear to you, ask for an explanation in writing. Take your time to review and consider all your options, including doing nothing. Discuss the possibilities with a trusted friend or family member. For instance, before an annuity contract is final, you get a "free look" period. How long the period lasts depends on state law. This is your chance to decide you don't want the annuity, return the contract, and get your money back.
- Guarantees, schmarantees: There aren't any.If an adviser guarantees or promises that they can help you get A&A benefits, forget about it. No one can promise that the VA will award you a benefit – even someone who claims to be VA-approved or accredited. Only the VA can do that
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Organizers of Minneapolis' Twin Cities Gay Pride Festival have announced they will continue their fight to bar Christian evangelists from the annual event.
Planners said they might opt to hold future festivals at a private venue instead.
The news comes after a federal court ruled that Brian Johnson, a Christian from Hayward, Wis., could not be blocked from passing out Bibles or preaching at a recent Loring Park gay pride event, because it was held in a public place.
"As a festival attendee in a public forum, Johnson is entitled to speak and hand out literature, quintessential activities protected by the First Amendment, so long as he remains undisruptive," U.S. District Judge John Tunheim wrote in a 19-page decision.
Johnson had been a presence at the event for more than a decade, sponsoring a small booth where he passed out Bibles and shared his faith.
Johnson's attorney, Nate Kellum, described the evangelist as a man with a "goal to share his faith" who considers homosexuality "a sin and immoral."
Kellum added that Johnson has "a constitutional right to speak his peace," and "that's what Mr. Johnson does."
Although an attorney for the festival would not say whether an appeal was planned, Twin Cities Pride spokesman Jim Kelley told the Wall Street Journal "We plan to continue to make sure we have fair rights in the future."
Christian Group Ruling Threat to Free Expression?High Court: Christian Student Group Can't Bar Gays
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text: Lovely primal day today. Let my husband sleep in this morning (he usually lets me, but I was feeling generous today), IFed until 6:00, had 3 eggs with goat sausage and bacon and am feeling pleasantly full. An hour MS on the treadmill this afternoon. All is right with my world right now.


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Omid Memarian
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Omid Memarian (Persian: امید معماریان) (born 1974~) is an Iranian journalist and blogger. He was awarded the Golden pen at the National Press Festival in Iran at 2001. He has been blogging since 2002, in English and Persian, and has written for Iranian daily newspapers such as Hayat-e No (New Life), Yas-e-no (New Jasmin), Vaqaye-e Ettefaqiyeh (Occurring Events) and Sharq (or Shargh = meaning East). He is well known for his regular news analysis columns and blogs in English and Persian.
Memarian received his bachelor's degree in metallurgy from the Islamic Azad University in Karaj[citation needed]. He was the editor of Volunteer Actors Quarterly which dealt with civil society issues.[1]
Omid Memarian was a visiting scholar at UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism in 2005-2006 and was a Rotary Peace Fellow at the Journalism School in 2007-2009.[1][2] In 2013 he edited Sketches of Iran: A Glimpse from the Front Lines of Human Rights. Since 2007, Memarian has taught training courses for journalists at the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) and the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR).
In 2004, Memarian attempted to attend a conference on Iranian civil society in New York. He had obtained a US visa, but en route in Frankfurt, US authorities refused to allow him to board his flight, saying that he was on a No Fly List. They provided no other information. He was arrested a few days after his return to Tehran.[3]
Arrest and detention[edit]
On 10 October, 2004, Memarian was arrested on the orders of the Tehran Prosecutor's Office's Ninth Chamber. He was detained for posting articles on several reformist newspapers, his blogs and online publications, and was charged with spreading a "dark picture of the country and stoking women's issues."[4] Five days later the authorities also searched Memarian's home and confiscated his personal notes and computer.[citation needed] He was detained until mid-December 2004. According to Human Rights Watch, Memarian and other journalists who had been detained were subjected to torture and solitary confinement,[5] but before their release they were coerced into signing a confession letter which stated that they had been detained under good conditions.[6] Memarian has described his imprisonment and the interrogator's process of extracting a confession from him in interviews with National Public Radio.[7][8]
Current work and awards[edit]
Memarian works as a freelance writer for the IPS (Inter Press Service) news agency Rooz Online, and BBC Persian. He has had op-ed pieces published in New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, Time.com', Slate', Newsweek',Wall Street Journal', Opendemocracy.net and Contra Costa Times.[citation needed]
In 2004 he received the Golden Pen Award from Iran's Press Festiva and in 2005, he received the Human Rights Defender Award, Human Rights Watch's highest honor, for his courageous work as a journalist and human rights activist.[9]
- ^ a b IASTP - International and Area Studies Teaching Program - UC Berkeley
- ^ Rotary.org: Rotary Centers for International Studies in peace and conflict resolution
- ^ Iran Jails More Journalists and Blocks Web Sites New York Times November 8, 2004
- ^ Pushing the Envelope on Iranian Repression, column by Nora Boustany in Washington Post 11 November 2005
- ^ Iran: Judiciary Uses Coercion to Cover Up Torture (Human Rights Watch, 20-12-2004)
- ^ Bucar, Elizabeth M. and Roja Fazaeli. 2008. Free speech in Weblogistan? The offline consequences of online communication. International Journal of Middle East Studies 40. 403-419.
- ^ Omid Memarian. Forced confessions
- ^ This American Life. 433 Fine Print 2011, Originally aired 04.15.2011
- ^ Human Rights Watch Honors Iranian Journalist and Blogger


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With that power supply, you're going to be pretty limited. You might look at the GTS450, a decent card that will work with a 400W PSU.
Looking for some advice please...
Want to build a cheap (~$500) gaming rig based around this barebones kit from Tigerdirect: http://www.tigerdire...p?EdpNo=7220551
Could anyone recommend a video card that would work well with the above?
I don't need anything beastly, just enough to make previous year's games (L4D2, TF2) run smooth and shiny at 1680x1050.
I've read "a very powerful video card will be useless in a low-end Gaming PC, you want to balance the components to avoid having your CPU bottleneck your video card", but I can't interpret the info I look at well enough to determine where the bottleneck would be.
Any suggestions greatly appreciated; thanks!
This EVGA card is $100 after rebate. It's not the lifetime rebate version, but I think they come standard with a 2 year warranty.
If you wanted to upgrade the PSU, maybe go with this Corsair and then get a slightly better videocard like this ASUS card for a little better performance.


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In 1996, Danny DeVito produced a film starring Cameron Diaz and Keanu Reeves with supporting cast members like Courtney Love and Dan Akroyd in a romantic comedy called Feeling Minnesota. The plot goes something like this, Freddie (Diaz), a former stripper is marrying Sam in order to repay a debt to a nightclub owner named Red. Yet Freddie ends up falling in love with Jjacks (Reeves) and they run off together. Sam finds them and is jealous and looks to shoot Jjacks but accidentally ends up shooting Freddie, who is wounded but lives. Somewhere in between your typical lame jokes and gratiuitous kissing Freddie and Jjacks rekindle their relationship after a falling out and they live happily ever after. Kind of screwed up don't you think? Well, that 'feeling' could also describe the Minnesota Wild at this point. Like Freddie's (the team) character in the film, the Wild are a formerly dysfunctional team hoping to repay the debt of gratitude owed to its fans by placing a good product on the ice, despite being married to a system put in place by Wild Head Coach Todd Richards (Sam) that may not suit the current lineup to its fullest. Freddie (the team) is not that happy and still wishes it was with Jacques (Lemaire aka Jjacks) instead as it feels a greater level of comfort in that system. The team tries to improve its condition with some coaching changes as well as a few tweaks to its roster but the jury is still out on whether that will work. So will Richards' be able to show team management and its fans that his system can win or will he be like Sam, shooting the object of his affection and failing miserably? Will the fans clamor for a new coach that embraces defensive hockey like Jacques (Jjacks) like Michel Therrien perhaps?
Tonight will go a long way in helping answer some of these questions as it pits two teams with very different trajectories against one another. The young, dynamic and rejuvenated Edmonton Oilers who have taken advantage of their years of misery in the standings, at the draft to acquire quality young talent like Magnus Paajarvi, 1st Overall pick from 2010 Taylor Hall and Jordan Eberle who is already a co-leader in points for this youthful squad. Meanwhile, the Wild seem to be sliding in the opposite direction. With a few quality players like Mikko Koivu and Matt Cullen flanked by a cast of underachievers, 3rd line calibre role players and NHL journeyman in search of better results its hard to feel overly optimistic about the course of the season after you've already dropped two games to another young and inexperienced team after falling twice at the hands of the Carolina Hurricanes. So if you had to choose; which one would you go with? A team on the rise or a team on the decline? Wild coaches, management and fans hope they're wrong, but they're none too hopeful and it will be interesting to see how they are recieved when they hit the Xcel Energy Center ice for its first home regular season game of 2010-11. Will the fans be "Feeling Minnesota" or will they just feel sick to their stomach?
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The first period would have some terrific intensity as Minnesota tried to set the tone early with a strong forecheck. Perhaps they were a little too exuberant as Minnesota would take four minor penalties thanks to some tight officiating by NHL referees Marc Joanette and Ghislain Hebert. Minnesota's penalty killers, notably forwards John Madden and Cal Clutterbuck did a fine job of disrupting shooting lanes and not allowing the Oiler's big shooting point men Kurtis Foster or former Bloomington Jefferson star Tom Gilbert to unload the one-timer with a clear lane to launch the biscuit. Between the pipes, Niklas Backstrom was able to find the puck through the bodies and make the key stops to avoid placing the Wild in an early hole. The Wild would have a tremendous shift from its 4th line of Cal Clutterbuck, Brad Staubitz and Kyle Brodziak as they kept the Oilers' bottled in their zone with hard work along the boards and taking their opportunities to fire the puck at Nikolai Khabibulin. Finally, the officials would call a penalty on the Oilers, this time a very marginal hooking call on Dustin Penner and Minnesota would take advantage of the opportunity. After struggling to get established, Cam Barker would outlet a long pass to Andrew Brunette who moved into the Oilers' zone where he fed a nice diagonal pass to Antti Miettinen who managed to sneak past Jim Vandermeer and the quick Finn tapped a shot by the Edmonton netminder to give Minnesota a 1-0 lead. Minnesota continued to attempt to apply offensive pressure as much as it could when it wasn't serving time in the penalty box. Two more penalties would threaten the Wild's lead, but again Minnesota's penalty kill would stand fast killing two penalties in quick sucession to keep their 1-goal advantage going into the 2nd period.
In the 2nd period, Minnesota would again recieve a great shift from Latendresse, Brodziak and Staubitz where they'd frustrate the Oilers by playing physical and sustaining the forecheck, but their exuberance would be penalized when Guillaume Latendresse was tagged with a tripping call. The penalty would hurt as the Wild's penalty killers were unable to keep the Oilers off the scoreboard any longer after Dustin Penner blistered a one-timer by Niklas Backstrom after a nice pass by Ales Hemsky. The goal got the boo's going a bit at Xcel Energy Center. Minnesota would try to rally back, but the team would abandon the forecheck and the Oilers were able to take the play to the Wild. The Oilers would add to the anxiety building in the arena, as Tom Gilbert took a Shawn Horcoff faceoff win that caromed off the boards and he would step into a slap shot that beat a surprised Backstrom to give Edmonton a 2-1 lead. At this point the Wild looked a bit more desperate, and Minnesota's defenseman started to pinch to help press the attack and the pressure would yield a few Wild power plays. On the man advantage, the Wild moved the puck well and its obvious that Matt Cullen is a huge improvement over previous attempts by the Wild to develop a power play quarterback. Minnesota would threaten with a few in close chances but Khabibulin was able to shut down the first Wild man-advantage of the period. The Wild would re-group and Minnesota's top line of Mikko Koivu, Andrew Brunette, and Antti Miettinen would assert itself and was able to create some pressure, where Magnus Paajarvi struggled to slow down the Wild captain giving the State of Hockey another power play. It would be a costly mistake for the Oilers, and after some terrific puck movement the puck would end up on the stick of Matt Cullen who nearly lost it in his skates and he would side step a defender before threading a pretty cross-ice pass to Mikko Koivu for an easy tap in goal to tie the game at 2-2. Minnesota would earn another power play, as Cal Clutterbuck drew an open ice hit from Jim Vandermeer just before the puck arrived for an easy interference call. The Wild would move the puck much the same way they did on the previous man advantage from the boards for a cross-ice pass to Cullen who tried to put a shot on goal but the puck would hit a few legs and make its way to Khabibulin who made the initial stop, and Mikko Koivu was there to shovel it home for a 3-2 lead. The Oilers were not happy and they did their best to spoil the celebration as Colin Fraser and Antti Miettinen would exchange some words as well as a facewash or two earning them both a trip to the sin bin. Minnesota would manage to hold off an Oilers' counter attack led by Ales Hemsky and Dustin Penner who seemed to be the only Edmonton players able of creating much in the way of offense in the Wild zone. The Wild would shadow both players effectively, and take their one-goal lead into the 3rd.
In the 3rd period, Minnesota finally exhibited that killer instinct by having a strong 3rd period where they forechecked well and kept the Oilers at bey. The Oilers would not help their cause as former Wild defenseman Kurtis Foster would take two lazy penalties that robbed Edmonton of momentum and gave Minnesota a chance to extend its lead. Mikko Koivu would win a faceoff and draw it back to Matt Cullen who was working the point and he'd wind up and unload a slap shot that would deflect off the skate of Edmonton's Tom Gilbert and by Khabibulin to give Minnesota a 4-2 lead. The Oilers gave only a token effort to try to get back into the game, and Minnesota seemed to be going out of its way to give Mikko Koivu a chance at a hat trick. Although there was a little luck in play too, as Ales Hemsky set up Sam Gagner perfectly for what should have been an easy tap in goal but his shot would strike the post. It was a solid effort where Minnesota demonstrated how effective its forecheck can be when the team as a whole commits to executing it. The Oilers would pull Khabibulin with nearly 2 minutes left in the game, and Minnesota's defense clogged up the neutral zone and kept its sticks active to deny passing lanes and ended up having 3 attempts at adding an empty net goal, the closest one coming off the stick of Brent Burns who banked a shot off the boards only to see his shot strike the pipe and go out. The crowd would stand on its feet over the last 30 seconds as the team earned its first victory of the season.
Niklas Backstrom made 24 saves in the victory. For the most part he was very solid for the Wild, the only real ugly goal was the Tom Gilbert shot which more or less caught him not paying attention. Down the stretch the Oilers had a few good chances up close and he preserved the Wild's lead and clearly played well enough for his team to win. Defensively the Wild played far more responsibly, with the lone exception of one terribly foolish outlet pass attempted by Marek Zidlicky. The penalty kill was pretty solid for the Wild, giving up very few prime scoring chances and collapsing down near the crease at the right times. Greg Zanon needs to ease up on the penalties, as the team's best shot blocker losing him for 2 minutes is almost like giving the opposition a 2-man advantage.
Offensively, the team wasn't able to create much 5-on-5, and most of its pressure came on the man advantage. As much as I'd love to see the team tally 4 power play goals per night, that simply is not going to happen all too often. The team must find more ways to create scoring chances at even strength. Guillaume Latendresse split time between the 2nd and 4th lines, and was one of the few players outside of the top line that was able to establish offensive pressure, using his big frame to shield the puck. Two players who were nearly non-existant were Chuck Kobasew and Martin Havlat. These two players have some offensive ability and they cannot just be cherry pickers waiting for the opportunity to fall on their laps, they need to look to create offense and be assertive. The Wild's top line was again the workhorse and a 3-point night was a great home start for the Minnesota captain, Mikko Koivu.
Todd Richards' system certainly looked good tonight and when the Wild forechecked it was stifling, but I think this also proves that it must be a 60-minute effort. It can't be every 3rd or 4th shift as it was against Carolina. So are the fans 'Feeling Minnesota'? Probably, but the effort and the results must continue in order to keep that feeling going.
Wild Notes:
~ Wild roster tonight is as follows: Mikko Koivu, Antti Miettinen, Andrew Brunette, Martin Havlat, Cal Clutterbuck, Matt Cullen, Chuck Kobasew, Eric Nystrom, Brad Staubitz, Kyle Brodziak, Guillaume Latendresse, Justin Falk, Greg Zanon, Cam Barker, Marek Zidlicky, Brent Burns and Nick Schultz. Jose Theodore backed up Niklas Backstrom between the pipes. Clayton Stoner was a healthy scratch, and Pierre-Marc Bouchard is still trying to work his way back into the lineup.
~ The 3 Stars of the Game as selected by Let's Play Hockey were: 1st Star Mikko Koivu, 2nd Star Matt Cullen, 3rd Star Marek Zidlicky
~ The announced attendance was 18,449, which is a figure I would question since there were more than a few empty seats. A subtle sign of the angst surrounding the Wild.
Wild Prospect Report:
LW – Brett Bulmer (Kelowna Rockets, WHL)
2010-09 Stats: 7GP 4G 1A = 5pts 16 PIM's -6
Brett Bulmer started off fast, netting a hat trick in his first game back in the WHL he has struggled to find the back of the net since. The tall and lanky Prince George, British Columbia-naive is a decent puckhandler but has struggled defensively as the Kelowna Rockets are off to a terrible start, currently sitting in last place in the British Columbia Division. The 6'3″, 175lbs winger showed some dazzle at the Wild's prospect camp this summer, and surprised many with his willingness to throw his body around against many established NHL'ers in pre-season action. The Wild are gambling on Bulmer's continuing development to turn the promising winger into a key component in the team's long-term future.


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Hamilton – Verlin Howard Rees, 75, of Hamilton, died of natural causes on Monday, July 15, 2013 at Marcus Daly Hospice.
Verlin was born Nov. 1, 1937, in Bonner to Robert and Emma Rees.
He attended Bonner Grade School. He was in the National Guard at Fort Ord, CA, from 1960 to 1967.
Verlin married Sharon Pamin on May 6, 1960. He was a specialist in the National Guard and worked as a headrig sawyer in Montana and Idaho until he retired.
Verlin enjoyed gardening, hunting, fishing and tying fishing flies.
He was preceded in death by his parents; uncle Ky; brothers-in-law Carl Jordon, Art Pamin and Jim Dorndorf. He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Sharon, of Hamilton; daughter Valerie (Bill) Jones of Hamilton; son Valance (Ruth) Rees of Missoula; daughter Heather (Howard) Applegate of Hamilton; Shay Rees of Victor; sister Nancy Jordon of Missoula; brother Robert (Maxine) Rees of Potomac; grandchildren Jessica (Mark) Weaver of Hamilton, Colby (Stacy) Jones of Hamilton, Kylend, Kenya, Kayden and Keana Rees of Missoula, Zachary (Jillian) Applegate of Hamilton; great-grandchildren, Beau, Becky, Pamela, Kale, Alexander and Darius; and numerous extended family members.
Visitation was Monday, July 22 at Whitesitt Funeral Home in Stevensville. Services were Tuesday, July 23 at Whitesitt Funeral Home with Pastor Bill Whitney officiating. Burial was at Sunnyside Cemetery in Stevensville with a reception following at First Baptist Church.
Pallbearers were Kylend Rees, Mark Weaver, Levi McConnell, Michael Dickson, Manny Alvarez and Kyle Houck.
In lieu of flowers a fund has been set up at Wells Fargo for the treatment of MDS.
Special thanks to the staff at Montana Heart Institute, Marcus Daly Hospice and Western Montana Cancer Center.
Condolences and memories may be left for the family at www.whitesittfuneralhome.com.


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Boston Zine Fair 2010on February 27, 2010 at 9:53 am
It's been a while since we last spoke! Meanwhile, Herman the Manatee Fails Again, the second collection of Herman comics, was reviewed at Midnight Fiction. The third volume will be put together within the next couple of months. It's about prison!
I'm going to be at the Boston Zine Fair on March 20 at the Cambridge YMCA. Doors open at 11, and then it quickly becomes part of Blastfest 2010, a music festival run by Whitehaus. If you live in the Boston area, stop by! There will be zines and music and you can probably go swimming!
Thanks for the emails, tweets, and comments about the 100th strip; I hadn't initally planned on this strip lasting over two years… or even over two months… and I am relieved that I have not yet fallen on my face. A few months ago, a small student film crew came to my house and made a short film about this comic, and I will try to get it on the web soon. I don't injure myself in this version.


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Rumors persist as to why Hasbro (NASDAQ: HAS ) and studio partner Paramount delayed the release of "G.I. Joe: Retaliation" for nine months. Soon, it won't matter: The sequel to 2009's "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra" is due to hit theaters on March 29.
Why the delay in the first place? Official reports blame 3-D conversion but others say that audiences wanted more of up-and-coming star Channing Tatum. Director Lorenzo Di Bonaventura has since said that Tatum's involvement didn't change much with the reshoot, which apparently added just three days on camera. That may not be enough given talk of how poorly the initial cut tested with audiences.
Hasbro doesn't just need the new version to be a better fit for audiences; it needs the sort of bonafide $200 million hit investors are looking for. They've bid up the stock more than 12% so far this year in hopes that the company can become another Marvel. And that's despite an earnings report that came well short of results reported by toy-making peer Mattel (NASDAQ: MAT ) .
There's really no way to sugarcoat it: "G.I. Joe: Retaliation," which also stars Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Bruce Willis, a crucial film for Hasbro.
Consider history. Marvel, in tandem with Sony's Columbia Pictures and News Corp.'s 20th Century Fox, had already developed Spider-Man and the X-Men into successful cinematic franchises when "Iron Man" emerged as 2008's surprise hit, leading Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS ) to acquire the company for $4 billion.
Hasbro has profited nicely from its own relationship with Disney, but cinematically the company has yet to build a second franchise to bookend its hit films starring the Transformers. G.I. Joe can assume that role, but only if "Retaliation" achieves a $200 million or better box domestic office.
Just look at last time. "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra" took in $302 million worldwide but just $150.2 million domestically on a whopping $175 million production budget. Then there's "Battleship," which my youngest son loves. Audiences weren't as keen: The film earned just $65 million stateside and $302 million globally on a $209 million production budget. Both Hasbro and Paramount parent Viacom (NASDAQ: VIA ) need a win.
There are big bets and then there are all-in bets. With "G.I. Joe: Retaliation," Hasbro has taken enough time -- and spent enough money -- to make this an all-in bet. Investors better hope the film gets a kung-fu grip on next month's box office.
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I agree , Iniquity you are shredded dude !! would love to eventually get that lean
I agree , Iniquity you are shredded dude !! would love to eventually get that lean
Thanks all for the nice comments. I'm trying to shred up some more then I want to start slowly putting on mass.
In the past I have stopped prematurely and began a "bulking" phase, this time I want to get pretty Auschwitz lean then start slowly putting on some mass.
It's probably going to be tougher than I think but I got nothing but time. I personally think I'm too skinny/small but I haven't ever had a good, defined, six-pack before so I want to get there then start trying to pack on the size. The shadows help achieve that look, go to my journal (30DONN) for pics that don't show as much definition due to lack of shadows.
IniQuity, great job.
My friend got me a sword for Christmas, so I thought I would put this up as inspiration... With just 7 months of work YOU TOO can look like a scary viking! Thanks, Primal Blueprint
Bwaahahahaha! That's awesome, Feanor! Check out those guns!!
Hey, would you have any before and after profile (side) pics to share?
Love the Viking stuff, man. I'm jealous!
JAYTEEWHY - insane progress, man. You look like a new man.
Iniquity FANTASTIC!! WTG!!
Jayteewhy what progress!! Excellent!!
Gosth I needed the motivation of before and after pics tonight, glad I stopped in you are all doing fantastic. You won't see anymore of me until after this baby pops out
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In May 2005, ERS, the Farm Foundation, and the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council convened a conference in Kunming, China. Conference participants from the public sector, food companies, and academic institutions in 16 Asia-Pacific countries assessed the changing structure of the retail food sector and its impact on the region's agriculture and trade. While growth in the retail share of supermarkets in developed countries spanned many years, the pace has accelerated in middle-income countries like China, Mexico, and Indonesia. In these rapidly urbanizing markets, consumers are benefiting from lower prices from economies of scale in procurement and distribution and the private enforcement of higher food safety standards. On the other hand, small "mom and pop" shops and wet markets are facing adjustment pressure as are small farmers. Policymakers are looking for ways to enable small producers to compete in a supermarket world by facilitating farm and farmland consolidation and the shift of resources into more remunerative niche activities.
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TJ McIntyre's stunning collection of haibun packs a library full of ideas into a compact space. With genres ranging from sci-fi to fairytale to realism, Isotropes is as unclassifiable as it is brilliant.
(Haibun: a literary composition that combines prose and haiku.)
Language: English
Written in: 2011
Published: 2011-05-14
Word count: 5,017 words (≈ 20 minutes)
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Man severely injured after being struck by vehicle in Roseville
Harding Boulevard closed while authorities investigate
A pedestrian was struck and severely injured by a vehicle Thursday in Roseville.
Harding Boulevard was closed in both directions as a result of the crash, the Roseville Police Department said just after 8 p.m.
Police and fire personnel responded to the scene near Lead Hill Boulevard and Estates Drive around 6 p.m..
The male pedestrian, in his mid 40s, was crossing Harding Boulevard in a mid-block area, not a crosswalk, police said.
During rainy conditions, the man crossed the path of a Toyota Prius that was traveling south on Harding Boulevard, police said.
The man was taken to an area hospital where he was being treated for major injuries.
Harding Boulevard will be closed for some time while authorities investigate the scene.
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Filmwise, one of my favourite films is still Romeo and Juliet (the Baz Luhrman one!), but I like loads of films, too many to list here. I did really enjoy Silver Linings Playbook which I saw recently and also Argo. I also like most of the cheesy 80s classics but also foreign films and boxsets. My favourite recently by far has been The Killing (the Scandinavian original version!) but I also love Madmen, the Hour, the Wire, Homeland, the Inbetweeners, Freshmeat, Broadchurch, Ripper Street, and the Big Bang Theory. I also love watching (certain) sport on TV, especially the tennis and F1.
I love trying lots of different kinds of food, especially when I was travelling in South America and Thailand. But I also love going to restaurants for dinner in London, one of my favourite restaurants is Balthazar which I used to go to loads in New York but now it's opened in London so I can now go here too! I also love Wahaca as well. My favourite foods include any kind of seafood, like sushi, ceviche and anything Italian.
I love reading books when I'm in the mood. Some books I've enjoyed recently include Ian McEwan books, Life of Pi, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, the Stieg Larrson books, the Reader and Revolutionary Road.
I do also like going to some shows and the theatre but I tend to prefer plays rather than musicals. But I did just go to see the Michael Jackson Cirque Du Soleil in Las Vegas and that was incredible!
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Marques Goei, 44, went to trial Tuesday on four counts of first-degree sex abuse and two counts of third-degree sex abuse. Jurors reached a verdict close to 10 p.m. Friday after about seven hours of deliberation.
The jury acquitted Goei on three counts of first-degree sex abuse, based on allegations that he kissed a 13-year-old girl. He was found guilty of the remaining counts: one count of first-degree sex abuse for inappropriately touching the same girl, and two counts of third-degree sex abuse for kissing and inappropriately touching a 14-year-old girl.
The two victims, friends of Goei's daughter, told police the incidents occurred at times when Goei was alone with each of them in 2011 and 2012, during their seventh- and eighth-grade years, respectively.
Both girls testified Goei had developed a fatherly relationship with them in which he frequently text-messaged them, greeted them with hugs and bought them gifts. He counseled them about staying away from boys and drugs and encouraged them to break up with their boyfriends. He called them by the nicknames "Flower" and "Glitter."
Deputy District Attorney Andy Pulver told jurors that Goei preyed upon the girls' vulnerability. Both lacked a father figure and felt close to Goei and his daughter.
"The defendant knew that," Pulver said. "He saw that and he sought to fill those gaps in their lives so he could molest them."
The girls described similar incidents in which Goei asked them to lie down next to him while he talked to them and caressed them over their clothes.
Detectives had the 14-year-old confront Goei in a recorded phone call. The girl told him she was uncomfortable with the touching and comments he made about her body.
Goei told her he was sorry for making her uncomfortable, though he didn't remember "being so graphic."
He later sent her text messages saying he was confused about the phone call and didn't do what she said he did.
Pulver said the apology was not a typical response from someone falsely accused. Goei's defense attorney said Goei was confused and responding carefully to a "fragile, emotional" teen.
Defense attorney Edward Kroll told jurors that the girls' lies landed in court because of a lazy investigation by the Beaverton police.
The girls were involved in a middle-school drama over boys and jealously, he said. Because they were mad at Goei's daughter, both had reason to lie about Goei.
"These aren't adults," he said. "These are people who have impulse control issues."
Goei was involved in his daughter's life and the lives of her friends more than most fathers, Kroll said, but that came from his protective nature.
"It's stuff that society may see as a little strange," Kroll said during closing arguments. "But is that a reason to label him a sex offender, a molester?"
A mother so heavily involved in her daughter's life would not be cast as a predator, Kroll said. But the fact that Goei was a grown man showing such interest in young girls drew suspicion.
"It's because he's a man and he has daughter with female friends," Kroll said.
During closing arguments Friday, Goei sat in the front row of Kohl's courtroom with his daughter by his side.
The girl testified in her father's defense earlier that day. Goei did not testify.
"This didn't happen," Kroll told jurors. "Do not convict an innocent man on shoddy evidence."
After the jury returned its verdict, Judge Kohl ordered Goei to return to court Monday morning to be taken into custody. Goei has been booked in the Washington County Jail. His sentencing is set for March 18.
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Firefighters said a man in his 50s was taken to a hospital with serious injuries.
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Worse? Ward drain Dawson, Pacquiao drain De La Hoya/Cotto, Mayweather drain Canelo..
Or Froch draining Hopkins?
Ward drained Dawson down from 175 to 168.
Pacquiao drained De La Hoya down from 154 to 147 (he weighed in at 145 due to problems with rehydration.)
Pacquiao drained Cotto down to a 145 catchweight (his standard weight at the time was 147)
Future weight-draining candidates
Carl Froch says he'll only meet Hopkins at a catchweight below his usual 175 - the weight is yet to be determined (as far as I know).
Mayweather Sr. has said that Mayweather Jr will only face Canelo at 147 (his usual weight is 154).
Are they all equally as bad, are they all equally justifiable, or is one fighter worse than the rest?
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Ward over Dawson easy. I saw that knockout coming from a mile away.
De La Hoya was the stupid one who drained himself, not Pac's fault.
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Oscar wanted the fight at 147.
Dawson challenged Ward at 168.
Hopkins challenged Froch at a CW.
Floyd is however a champion at 154.
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DLH called out a LW, wanted the fight at 147. Cotto who usually weighs in at 146 was not gonna be weigh drained at 145.
Mayweather-Canelo hasn't happened, and when it does it'll be at 154.
Dawson called Ward out at 168
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Pacquiao didn't drain Oscar... Pacquiao jumped from 135lbs to 147lbs to fight a 5 foot 11 154lber... Oscar WILLINGLY agreed to come down to 147.
Ward didn't drain Dawson... Dawson said himself, weight is no problem, and that he wanted to win a title in another weight class... Dawson WANTED to fight at 168.
Cotto was coming in at 146lbs before the Pac fight, and Cotto AGREED to fight at 145lbs... and Pac whoops him the same at any weight.
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No one drained anyone! The contracts were accepted so thats that! Get over the weight BS its only an issue to fans!
Dawson could have said no, he actually wanted the weight so why blame anyone but him?
Weight has become an "excuse" not to fight someone. Mayweather wins a 154 title but won't fight Canelo, fine he has fear of Canelo.
The federations had more power years ago to match the contenders against the champs but once the "junior BS titles" were accepted fighter gave up titles when it came to their manditory bouts because there was other BS titles to wear!
Henry Armstrong fought anyone from 130 to 175 and won! Because he was better than the other guy! Weight counts in reastlin' not boxing unless the smaller guy doesn't have more talent & skills than the bigger guy!
Do you really think that Mayweather can't beat the 50th ranked Middleweight?
You saw Roy Jones beat Heavies that doidn't have matching skills, its nothing new that a solid lil man can beat and average big man! Its about Talent!!
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As many people have already said Pacquiao didn't drain sh*t
Oscar tried to cherrypick a sleeping dragon and got retired
Pac had huge balls to even think about doing that
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Floyd draining Canelo
1. he holds a title at 154
2. beating a drained version of Canelo will get him zero credit
3. he's a hypocrit based on past statements (Wanted Cotto at his best weight, criticized Pacquiao for draining opponents)
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Music Traditions, Cultures, and Contexts
Paper 366 pp.
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Music Traditions, Cultures, and Contexts is a tribute to the ethnomusicologist Beverley Diamond in recognition of her outstanding scholarly accomplishments. The volume includes essays by leading ethnomusicologists and music scholars as well as a biographical introduction.
The book's contributors engage many of the critical themes in Diamond's work, including musical historiography, musical composition in historical and contemporary frameworks, performance in diverse contexts, gender issues, music and politics, and how music is nested in and relates to broader issues in society. The essays raise important themes about knowing and understanding musical traditions and music itself as an agent of social, cultural, and political change. Music Traditions, Cultures, and Contexts will appeal to music scholars and students, as well as to a general audience interested in learning about how music functions as social process as well as sound.
Robin Elliott taught at University College Dublin for six years before assuming the Jean A. Chalmers Chair in Canadian Music at the University of Toronto in 2002. He has edited several books, including , with Gordon E. Smith, Istvan Anhalt: Pathways and Memory (2001) and with Friedemann Sallis and Kenneth DeLong, Centre and Periphery, Roots and Exile: Interpreting the Music of Istvan Anhalt and György Kurtág (WLU Press, 2009).
Gordon E. Smith is a professor of ethnomusicology at Queen's University. Formerly director of the School of Music, he is currently Associate Dean in the Faculty of Arts and Science. His recent publications include Istvan Anhalt: Pathways and Memory (with Robin Elliott), Folk Music, Traditional Music, Ethnomusicology: Canadian Perspectives, Past and Present (2007); and Marius Barbeau: Modelling Twentieth-Century Culture (2008).
"In sum, this is a valuable book on a wide range of topics from a diversity of voices that...is a fine tribute to a highly accomplished scholar, valued colleague, and loved and respected teacher."
— Thérèse Smith, University College Dublin, Journal of the Society for Musicology in Ireland
"The editors have done an excellent job drawing together significant essays to honour Diamond. This festschrift is a valuable compilation that belongs in all music collections."
— Elaine Keillor, Carleton University, CAML Review
"The volume is both interesting and informative.... I recommend Music Traditions, Cultures, and Contexts to those interested in music and identity, cultural contexts of music, popular, and traditional music. Libraries boasting collections on said topics should consider purchasing this title, as it contributes to the discource and provides additional insights into contemporary ethnomusicology."
— Joe C. Clark, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, Fontes Artis Musicae
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Mapping Canada's Music: Selected Writings of Helmut Kallmann, Helmut Kallmann; John Beckwith and Robin Elliott, editors
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WASHINGTON (AP) - While tens of millions of Americans clenched their teeth and dealt with the IRS, the Senate's top tax law writer proposed giving chicken manure a tax break.
Sen. William Roth introduced a bill Thursday to amend the Internal Revenue Code to make electric power plants fueled by chicken droppings eligible for the same tax credits enjoyed by windmills and some other alternative energy sources.
Chickens are a half-billion-dollar-a-year industry in Roth's home state of Delaware and account for two-thirds of its annual farm production. Their droppings are also a big source of pollution, not to mention the stench.
"As the amount of chickens we produce as a nation has grown, so too has the need to find a creative means for disposing of poultry manure," said the Republican chairman of the Senate Finance Committee.
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New Delhi, March 24 (Coal Geology) Cleaner — but costlier — Euro-IV standard petrol and diesel will be available from April 1 in 13 cities across the country, Petroleum Secretary S. Sundareshan said here Wednesday.
At a function to mark the launch of the cleaner fuel, he said: 'From April 1, Euro-IV standard fuel will be available in 13 cities in India'. These cities will include Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad and Bangalore.
Sundareshan noted that the oil firms had made an investment of over Rs.40,000 crore to upgrade their refineries to produce the cleaner grade of petrol and diesel. This was likely to be onpassed to the consumer, he indicated.
The secretary said the Euro-IV petrol will cost 46 paise per litre more than Euro-III, while Euro-IV diesel will be 26 paise costlier.
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For the St. Dominic Academy cross country team, that nucleus consists of a trio of talented upperclassman runners, Cecilia Sabbers, Sarah Sisk and Leandra Boney.
With the combination of proven performers, like Sabbers, Sisk and Boney, and on-the-rise talent, St. Dominic coach John Nagel thinks it will be a tough task to wrest the county crown from his defending-champion Blue Devils.
"This group is good. The ones that we've seen this summer are fit, and the ones that have been away have been fit when they've returned," he said.
"We do our thing, can't control what anyone else does, and this group should be good, possibly challenging the best teams we've had in 33 years at St. Dominic Academy."
If the Blue Devils want to repeat as county champs, their seniors have to set a winning example for the younger players. And Nagel knows his team is lucky to have three runners like Sisk, Sabbers and Boney.
"You don't always have three of them in the same class that are big-time performers who force each other to be good," he said.
Nagel looks to see if Sisk shows more confidence as a leader, and if Sabbers can stay healthy for the duration of the season. But he is especially proud of the way the two runners have progressed in their four years at St. Dominic.
"They're good friends and they've really done well. They've grown up together and we threw them in the deep end of the pool when they started three years ago and they've done very well," he said.
St. Dominic ran in the Asbury Park 5K Saturday, as a test for the team's conditioning. The entire team, including former St. Dominic runner and incoming Rutgers Newark freshman Nicole Miklas, participated.
"It's something that's a barometer to see where we are, and the barometer say we're pretty good for mid-August," he said.
Nagel is also looking for junior Raygine Crespo to be an integral part of the team this season.
"Personally I should definitely be putting my all in and not giving up even if some of my races aren't that good -- I have to try again and again," she said.
The Blue Devils will attend the Bennett Camp, a cross country camp for high school runners, in Honesdale, Penn., from Aug. 18 to 23.
"I've learned a lot (from the older girls)," added Crespo. "We motivate each other and we work really hard. They're really great runners and it inspires me to push myself harder."


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