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The fact that you're unable to name, without Google's help, one single football player of consequence who has ever come from the University of Central Florida seems like it would bode well for the University of Houston's chances against them.
Not to bog you down with sports analysis or anything, but that should mean that UCF is usually pretty terrible.
Especially since U of H has been lights-out this season, beating Big 12 bad boys Oklahoma State and Texas Tech. For the first time in a million years, the Coogs are ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 (currently, No. 13). Quarterback Case Keenum has been playing like Peyton Manning lately, only without the weird-shaped head.
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For sure, he's Tom Brady-handsome, but that probably helps him more off the field, unless U of H is playing the Aggies. (Booyah!) And trying to run against the front line of the defense has been like trying to name WNBA's redeemable qualities: Tough, basically.
Which is why the collective feeling right now inside The Den (4835 Calhoun, suite A1), a fully stocked pub on the U of H campus, could be characterized by one big curse word: Fuck...
At the moment, there are three minutes left in the game and the Coogs are down 17 points to those UCF Knights. Per usual, the bar is mostly filled with students and alumni and various enthusiasts of the school. It's like The Max from Saved by the Bell, except with alcohol and more minorities.
It seems like here we should liken the crowd to "a sea of red" or something, but only about half of the patrons are wearing that color. A "lake of red" might be more appropriate.
Anyway, for pretty much the entire fourth quarter, people have been shouting various forms of "fuck" at the televisions inside the bar.
"Nah, we can't hear 'em," laughs former cornerback Alfred Young (1993-94), when asked if players can actually hear fans screaming at them through the TV. "It's a good thing, too."
Most of the comments are typical football-day interjections, like "Gimme a fucking break" and "Get the fuck outta here." For good measure, one optimistic fellow standing near the middle of the mass lofts out a few "fucks" when things go right for the team. It's kind of confusing.
But here's the weird part: In no way at all does the fiery rhetoric take away from the general feeling of cheer and community within the bar. In fact, it might serve to enhance it.
At a typical sports bar — The Den isn't explicitly a sports bar, but it might as well be whenever the Coogs are playing — any number of games are being played by any number of teams. Shout out something inflammatory about the Philadelphia Eagles at Buffalo Wild Wings and you run the risk of being hit in the jaw, or at least sternly stared at, by someone who happens to be from Harrisburg.
But at The Den, it's all love. When something good happens to the boys in red, the place erupts in cheers. A cougar growl even gets played over the house speakers. When something goes awry, there's a thunderstorm of boos and yelling. Fans are frustrated to see their team drop a game to a school that could fall off the earth tomorrow and only about 400 people would notice, but ultimately, they're just glad to be in the company of like-minded individuals. The commiserating is cathartic.
"We are of the Cougars, by the Cougars, for the Cougars," says Jason Kendall, one-quarter of the bar's ownership. "This place was erected specifically to promote the University of Houston and its athletic program."
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It's a point that's crystallized when, as soon as the game is over and the Cougars have officially lost, Geoff Neal, another member of the bar's ownership, emerges on the balcony and announces, "Hey, we win together, we lose together. So beer is on the house."
The language in the bar changes slightly, but the mood changes completely: Fuck yeah!
There aren't a lot of places we dislike more than Dallas. And you know what? We probably don't even have a really good reason why. We've only been there four or five times, with most of those visits being somehow business-related. All of them were uneventful. We went to school with a guy from Oak Cliff who everybody called "Feo," which is Spanish for "ugly." That might have something to do with it. Pop-rapper Dorrough is from Dallas, and he makes Paul Wall look like Rakim. That might have something to do with it. Or maybe we're just as ignorant as the people we regularly make fun of for being ignorant. But even if that's the case, we're aware of it, and that makes us purposefully ironic, or postmodern, or something. At any rate, Dallas's version of Thee Armada, Forever The Sickest Kids, are in town this Saturday at Meridian (1503 Chartres). Check out the show, and then shoot us an e-mail ripping them. It'll make you feel important.


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From: Fr John L <>
Subject: Re: [Q-R] Ouch!! Translation Please - Marriage Record of LouisLefort and Marie Cantara
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 14:44:13 -0500
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YAMASKA 1823 Drouin 17/45
L'an mil huit cent vingt trois le douze de mai apres la publication de
trois bans de mariage faite au prone de cette paroisse et de Sorelle
par trois dimanches consecutifs entre les personnes de Louis Lefort,
cultivateur, fils majeur de Louis Lefort et de Theotiste Vignola, ses
pere et mere, de la paroisse de Sorelle, d'une part, et de Marie
Cantara, fille mineure de Michel Cantara, cultivateur, et de Josephe
Arelle, ses pere et mere, de cette paroisse, d'autre part, ne s'etant
trouve aucun empechement ni opposition ainsi qu'il parait par le
certificat de Monsieur Kelly, cure de Sorelle, les parents des parties
ayant consenti au mariage, j'ai recu le mutuel consentement de mariage
de l'epoux [sic] et leur ai donne la benediction nuptiale avec les
ceremonies prescrites par la Sainte Eglise, en presence pour l'epoux de
Baptiste Lefort, son frere, et d'Augustin Morin, et pour l'epouse, de
Michel Cantara, son pere, et de Louis Arelle, qui ont, ainsi que
l'epouse et l'epoux, declare ne savoir signer.
/s/ P Gilbert
In the year eighteen hundred twenty-three, on the twelfth of May, after
the publication of three banns of marriage done from the pulpit of this
parish and of Sorelle on three consecutive Sundays, between the persons
of Louis Lefort, farmer, adult son of Louis Lefort and of Theotiste
Vignola, his father and mother, of the parish of Sorelle, on the first
part; and of Marie Cantara, minor daughter of Michel Cantara, farmer,
and of Joseph Arelle, her father and mother, of this parish, on the
second part; having found neither impediment or opposition, as it
appears from the certificate of Mr Kelly, parish priest of Sorelle, the
parents of the parties having consented to the marriage; I received the
mutual consent to marriage of the groom (sic) and gave them the nuptial
blessing with the ceremonies prescribed by the Holy Church, in the
presence, for the groom, of Baptiste Lefort, his brother, and of
Augustin Morin; and for the bride, of Michel Cantara, her father, and
of Louis Arelle, who, as well as the bride and groom, declared they
were unable to sign.
/s/ P Gilbert
Fr John L
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From: Kevan Barton <>
To: ;
Sent: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:19 pm
Subject: [Q-R] Ouch!! Translation Please - Marriage Record of Louis
Lefort and Marie Cantara
Well, the record from Yamaska on Ancestry is very bad. You'll note the
below that Don provided. I can pick out of the record that it is indeed
May 1823. I can also find that Louis' parents are Louis Lefort and
Theotiste Vignola; but the bride's parents are Michel Cantara and
Arel [Arelle]. It also appears that Marie Cantara is under age, while
is of age. The microfilm copy is very bad. The following is the Ancestry
17&sid=&gskw=&cr=1> &path=Y.Yamaska.1823.17&sid=&gskw=&cr=1
The record can also be found at Family Search pilot:
But aside from it being a record of the same event, it is not the same
document. The family search document is wonderfully better in quality,
provides the brides father's name as Joseph when it states that Marie
is the
minor daughter of; but, interestingly, provides the father's name as
when it provides the witnesses for the bride at the bottom.
This might simply be a discovery education on my part, but what is the
difference between the Family search microfilms and the Drouin on
And the question asked now is, "Is the bride's father's name Joseph, or
Michel? Or, is it Joseph Michel Cantara?"
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Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2008 8:46 PM
To: ;
Subject: Re: [Q-R] Translation Please - Joseph Leforts wife's last name
Marie CANTARA ..... daughter of Joseph Cantara & Josephte Arel
whom he married 12 May 1823 at St-Michel d'Yamaska
Louis' parents are Louis Lefort & Theotiste Vignola
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1) A Punjabi Sardar was sitting in Central New York Park and reading newspaper, a TV reporter saw the wonderful Sardar and call him for an interview.
TV reporter: what are you doing here?
Sardar: I am reading newspaper
Reporter: good, so what is your name?
Sardar: My name is Poop Singh
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Thursday afternoon I took a walk down a little man-made lake near our house. I needed to get some photos for a class so thought it'd be the perfect day for it. It was a slightly overcast day but still somewhat decent temperatures.
I started out with photographing a little fishing dock that juts out over the lake.
Then a cloud burst open and it started pouring down rain. This being Oregon, I figured it wouldn't last too incredibly long and didn't really think much of it.
Still, I figured that I shouldn't let my Oregon nature kill my camera, so I hid in the bushes for a few minutes, trying to wait it out while keeping my camera dry.
This got tiring fast, so I just decided to just walk home instead. I put on my hood and hid my camera inside my sweatshirt.
Needless to say, I was drenched by the time I got home. We only live a few blocks from the lake, but that was enough time to get my entire left side completely soaked.
Friday morning I woke up feeling like I was on board a ship out to sea. Even sitting up caused extreme vertigo. My left ear was very clogged and even though it didn't hurt, I knew that's what was causing the dizziness. I can only assume getting caught in the rain was the culprit because I haven't had a cold lately.
Lying down was the only way to avoid both the vertigo and the hand-in-hand symptom of vertigo: complete and utter nausea. Strangely, even watching tv contributed to the motion sickness, so much of the day was spent just lying there, drifting in and out of sleep. When my mom got home in the evening, I lay on the couch next to her and she told me what was happening on the tv shows she was watching in between the spoken dialogue! Lol. Definitely a funny way to "watch" tv, but it worked! We got two episodes watched that way. ;P
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Ralph Bruce Carson, 85, died Wednesday, March 19, 2003.
A native of Franklin County, Mr. Carson was a son of the late John David and Beulah Langston Carson. He was a retired carpenter and was a member of Hebron Masonic Lodge 564. He was also a member of Bold Spring United Methodist Church.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Ginn Funeral Home with the Revs. Stephen Horne and Brian David officiating. Burial will be in Franklin Memorial Gardens.
Survivors include his wife, Vivian Eloise Parks Carson; a son, Clyne Carson, Carnesville; a sister, Jean Morgan, Tampa, Fla.; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
The family is at the residence and will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
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Iglesias' time in Minors may be short-lived
Iglesias' time in Minors may be short-lived
That very thought probably passes through the mind of Jose Iglesias each time his arms pass through the sleeves of the Red Sox uniform top that carries No. 76 on its back, his uniform. Unless the Patriots have taken over, No. 76 carries a message -- call a realtor in Pawtucket.
If indeed the Sox's shortstop competition evolves as many folks around the Sox expect -- with Aviles winning the assignment -- Iglesias is likely to spend at least April and May in the lovely state of Rhode Island. But he would be wise to rent by the month, if possible and if his hitting in Triple-A picks up. His rent as well as his standing in the Red Sox's player hierarchy may go up before the summer is over -- and his uniform number might come down to something that has less to do with trombones, the Philadelphia franchise in the NBA and the 1700s.
Iglesias, who is ranked 11th among Boston's top prospects according to MLB.com, is next in line, after Aviles, to play shortstop for the team that signed him after his defection from Cuba, the club that has designs on playing late into October but that is without a bona fide big league shortstop in March. Aviles hardly is a ne'er-do-well, but he has yet to be confused with Troy Tulowitzki or Derek Jeter, and has yet to be compared with Barry Larkin or Nomar Garciaparra.
Boston manager Bobby Valentine has compared Iglesias to Rey Ordonez, also a Cuban defector and the Mets' shortstop during Valentine's time at Shea Stadium, and won Gold Glove Awards in 1997, '98 and '99.
Like Ordonez, Iglesias can dazzle in the field. Valentine, who was put off by Ordonez' unwillingness to take advice, sees more offensive potential in his 22-year-old right-handed-hitting prospect than he found in Ordonez. Iglesias provided another glimpse of his wizardry Thursday afternoon during the Sox's 9-3 loss to the Cardinals, their first defeat in four Grapefruit League games. He took a hit away from World Series MVP David Freese in the second inning, going into the Tony Gwynn hole and backhanding the ground ball. Freese had "scalded" it, according to Dustin Pedroia, who gushed about Iglesias during a subsequent rain delay.
"He's going to be a really, really, really good shortstop," said Pedroia.
Valentine has the same sense. He says Iglesias plays popups as if he equipped with a GPS. The manager marvels at the quickness of Iglesias' exchange when the shortstop is in middle man on a double play.
After Thursday's game, Valentine noted how Iglesias plays under control and that he is quite alert and in the proper position for cutoffs, bunts and pickoffs. Valentine said Iglesias is "trying to erase some of the [pre-camp] reports on him."
And just wait 'till he begins to hit; the Sox believe he will. Another "really" is in the offing. Iglesias did provide one piece of productive offense Thursday. All the Sox's runs scored on his opposite-field triple to right in the eighth inning. It tied the score before the Cardinals scored six times in the bottom of the inning.
Pedroia says he and Iglesias already are functioning as a unit, and more reps will make them more compatible. A work in progress seems to be the proper characterization.
The Sox get more production from second base, with Pedroia, and center field, with Jacoby Ellsbury, than most teams. And the offense derived from their other everyday sources is pretty good, too. They could carry Iglesias' glove and probably not suffer, but they probably can prosper as well with Aviles and not interfere with Iglesias' development. He is, after all, more about tomorrow than today.
So call the realtor in Pawtucket and wait a while.
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Is anyone familiar with Hudson Audio Publishing? They approached me about publishing one of my books as an audiobook, but they smell like a scam. Anyone dealt with them before?
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Is anyone familiar with Hudson Audio Publishing? They approached me about publishing one of my books as an audiobook, but they smell like a scam. Anyone dealt with them before?
Vanity publishing for audio books. Pass.Hudson Audio Publishing is a boutique service company that specializes in assisting:
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to get their works converted into audio books and sold through the three largest audio book distribution platforms in the world - Amazon, Audible and iTunes.
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I got spam from them today - right into my garbage bin...
I got an email from this place just the other day. It sounded skeptical so I came here to find out. Suspicions confirmed.
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Hello all.
My name is Adam Hudson and I own Hudson Audio Publishing.
We started this business simply to help authors earn more money from their work by selling their books as audio books through iTunes, Amazon and Audible. We are a service business, not a traditional publisher.
We understand that authors are skeptical about companies asking for money upfront and that's why we don't charge you anything unless you elect to hire a professional voice over actor to record your book - but this is not compulsory. The reason you pay for the actors is because we only work with the digital file and you retain ownership of the audio book once it's made. You can then sell it on CD or cassette through your website or another company who distributes physical product.
Rather than charging anything for our services, we share the royalties we create 70/30 in favor of our client but we get nothing unless and until those royalties are earned. You could do it yourself, we just make it easy and get it done much faster because we have all the contracts in place already. We also offer valuable tips that will greatly improve your chance of success in the digital space.
We do not guarantee a level of sales or income - we simply do the leg work to get your work into audio book format and then sold through the three largest platforms without you having to go through the whole process - which is rigorous and time consuming. Many authors have thought about doing it but simply haven't gotten around to it.
If you read our blog and FAQ's you will see that we provide a great deal of free advice and support for authors wishing to enter the audio book world.
Please be careful not to label a company 'a scam' until you have fully researched what we do and how we work. My direct email address is firstname.lastname@example.com and I am happy to answer any questions any of you may have or I will call you anywhere in the world for a chat if you like.
Respectfully - Adam Hudson
I did decide to go with Hudson Audio. They have been very upfront and accessible for any questions I might have. I researched other audiobook publishers and Hudson offers the most bang for your buck. Most audiobook publishers that I found charge $5,000 and up. Hudson is considerably lower than this.
I would also like to echo Adam's words, don't automatically assume something is a scam without researching it. I put in the time and energy to research Hudson Audio and was satisfied enough with what I found to go with them.
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I also wanted to let you know that we are currently working with the Voice Over community to identify talent that are willing to waive their reading, recording and editing fees in exchange for a share of the royalties from the audio books they produce. As far as I know this is a world first and will enable authors to pay absolutely nothing upfront even if they do need their book recorded. These readers will take a slice of the royalties but even with them involved in the long term earnings, the author is still the highest paid participant in the deal.
Adam Hudson
In fact, there's a whole huge list here of publishers who don't charge authors fees, and who pay royalties:
I believe that what they're claiming is a world first is paying the talent and the technical side out of future royalties rather than up-front fees and salaries.
Thanks for that clarification, James.
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This whole idea of paying voice artists and technicians out of royalties bothers me. That's fine if you have solid proof that you'll get paid. It never worked out for me. I've been doing voice work on and off for nearly 30 years and have been freelancing for 25 or so. I'll do some projects for the love or for a good cause, but when someone who is clearly making a profit says they'll gladly pay me Tuesday, I've learned to run the other way. I work to pay the bills, just like a lot of other people on this planet.
I don't think they're trying to scam anyone, but it appears to me that there's some risk involved and it seems to me that it's being taken by the talent.
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There was a long and illuminating discussion on the business model of paying editors and cover artists this way in the Flying Pen Press thread. I believe some of the arguments against it applies to this situation, as well:
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Hi all,
I was referring to the talent sharing royalties as being unique, not the authors not paying for production (as James pointed out). You are right - 'world first' may have been overstating it - I apologize.
In the blog post where we talk about this project it is clearly articulated that this is an "experiment" to see how it goes. We have been very open about that. Let it be noted though that if the reader makes nothing then neither do we. Obviously it is our view that the reader will make money or we wouldn't bother putting in the time to manage this whole process or run the business at all.
Every time we tender a reading job out we get about 50 applicants and have to turn down 49 people. If you look at the comments from the reader community on our blog you can see clearly how they feel.
Many more than this emailed us directly. Nearly all of these people were readers that had bid for jobs we had in the past but missed out because the author chose someone else.
All day we are dealing with authors from around the world who have publishers that have done nothing to earn them money in the digital audio book space or authors that simply don't understand the digital world at all. We are now also working for small publishing houses that don't know how to go about the whole process. We simply open up that channel and spend the time to educate, co-ordinate, re-write poor descriptions, re-do poor covers, assist with key word optimization etc. It isn't just a case of getting a file, uploading it and taking a cut.
Just today I watched one of my staff spend an hour on the phone with one of our elderly clients explaining to him what an MP3 file was and how digital downloads worked. He was amazed that people could now buy his book in digital form off the internet and hear it back via their mobile phone. This is a guy who has written over 100 books and sold more than 250,000 copies of some of them. Now we are helping him to monetize these assets in a format he hardly knew existed which does not restrict him in any current activity. He is delighted, the reader doing the work is delighted and everybody (hopefully) will win.
Anyway, all I can say is that our readers and authors are all busy and happy. We are a small company and proud of that. We are also working very hard for these communities without taking anything upfront - if we make a profit out of that then it was only made after we helped others profit too.
Adam Hudson
Hudson Audio Publishing
I just updated our home page with this paragraph to better explain what we do. Clearly we are not getting it right yet.
"Hudson Audio Publishing is not like a traditional publisher in any way, in fact 'publisher' probably isn't an accurate way to describe what we do at all. We simply provide a service that makes it easy for you to monetize your work in the digital audio space on a simple revenue share basis.
Unlike traditional publishing there is no requirement for a publisher to invest heavily in printing, storing, shipping and marketing your book. The days of having to get a deal and then the publisher fronts all the costs are gone. In the digital download space the cost of admission is almost zero and what counts is:
- Technical expertise in regard to converting your book into acceptable audio formats for the major online platforms.
- Marketing know how so that your audio book is appealing to online shoppers.
- Key word know how (and a few other online skills) to optimize your chances of success in an online environment.
This is what we do.
I hope this better articulates our service. It seems from the dialogue here that many perceive our offer to be deceptive - I can see that when it is compared against the very different print publishing model.
Adam Hudson
Hudson Audio Publishing
With respect, I think that these two sentences are misleading. You are taking audio publishing rights, therefore you are a publisher.adamhudson:
in fact 'publisher' probably isn't an accurate way to describe what we do at all. We simply provide a service that makes it easy for you to monetize your work in the digital audio space on a simple revenue share basis.
These platforms offer two contracts - exclusive and non-exclusive. We have to get the rights on either basis or we can not do what we do - which is handle the whole process for the author. It is the end-to-end handling that is the value we offer and many folk are very very unfamiliar with the digital world.
On a non-exclusive contract authors can sell their audio book anywhere outside of the platforms we work with in any format without paying us anything, however the platforms only pay 12% of sales as opposed to 20% and those three platforms are the big ones for audio books.
It is very challenging to offer the service we do without referring to ourselves as publishers because in some ways we fulfill many of the jobs a publisher does but in other way we are completely different.
I will continue to try.
Adam Hudson
Nevertheless, it still isn't unique.I was referring to the talent sharing royalties as being unique....
Why don't you want to refer to yourself as a publisher?adamhudson
It is very challenging to offer the service we do without referring to ourselves as publishers because in some ways we fulfill many of the jobs a publisher does but in other way we are completely different.
Firstly, I find it curious that a company that is anxious to "offer the service we do without referring to ourselves as publishers" calls itself Hudson Audio Publishing in the first place.Bushdoctor:
i am sure that if they called themselves a publisher proper then some people would attack them for that. at least they are very clear about the service they provide
Secondly, the distinction between their publishing services and non-publishing services is dependent on the platforms through which the audio book is sold. As a lawyer, that seems nonsensical to me. The act of publishing consists of making a book available to the public at large. I know of no other publisher who would seek to say "if I print your book but only sell it in Barnes and Noble, then I am publishing your book, but if I print your book and you want to sell it through shops that you've organised distribution through, then you're not published through us."
What they're actually doing is drawing a distinction between the distribution methods available to the authors they publish and that has nothing whatsoever to do with your status of publication.
I'm a writer. No, really. I type and everything.
Tolkien wrote Lord of the Rings. I've no idea who that Tolkein guy is.
www.google.com.au and type in his name.
He has become widely known in Australia for setting up companies like this taking up front fees and then liquidating. His business attempts can only be described as scams as any honest businessman would have known that any chances of success were minimal.
When challenged about his string of business failures in Australia he will admit to them but he always plays the victim. "It wasn't my fault, people should take responsibility for their own decisions......don't blame me". He loves to quote people like Anthony Robins, I guess to give himself some credibility.
I see that he has recently set up a website www.adamhudson.com.au where he discusses one of his failed companies Wealth Essentials and seeks to blame everyone else. However having read over what he has said, it is like all his statements; Full of half truths and fails to tell the whole story.
So is this company a scam?......I really don't know but if he approached me I'd run a mile, simply because people in business like Hudson ring all sorts of alarm bells for me. If you feel you really do have to deal with him, my advice is not to hand over any money until you have the goods and services promised and you are happy with what has been delivered. If you don't, you are likely to see your money go up in smoke like many others have.


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'May the love of Christ unite us': Archbishop's statement on the election of Pope Francis
Wednesday 13th March 2013The Archbishop of Canterbury, Archbishop Justin Welby, tonight offered his warmest welcome to the election of Cardinal Bergoglio as the successor to His Holiness Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.
The full statement reads:
"We wish Pope Francis every blessing in the enormous responsibilities that he has assumed on behalf of Roman Catholics around the world.
"His election is also of great significance to Christians everywhere, not least among Anglicans. We have long since recognized—and often reaffirmed—that our churches hold a special place for one another. I look forward to meeting Pope Francis, and to walking and working together to build on the consistent legacy of our predecessors. May the love of Christ unite us, and intensify our service in a genuine and fruitful ecumenism that can be a blessing for the Body of Christ throughout the world.
"Pope Francis is well known as a compassionate pastor of real stature who has served the poor in Latin America, and whose simplicity and holiness of life is remarkable. He is an evangelist, sharing the love of Christ which he himself knows. His choice of the name Francis suggests that he wants to call us all back to the transformation that St Francis knew and brought to the whole of Europe, fired by contemplation and closeness to God.
"As I begin tomorrow a prayer pilgrimage toward my own inauguration as Archbishop in Canterbury next Thursday, Pope Francis will be much in my own prayers, as he will be throughout the coming months and years."
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MICHAEL CARMAN'S GOLF COLUMN: Guide to winter rates for area courses
By Michael Carman
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Golfers in this area are truly lucky, seven quality courses within an hours drive (from major cities in Clallam and Jefferson counties), and all of them open year-round for players to indulge themselves.
Here are the winter rates for Peninsula golf courses (all rates are general adult rates unless specified).
Clallam County course rates:
■ Peninsula Golf Club (Port Angeles): Frost delays are something the general public will have to worry about only on the coldest of days.
The public can play Mondays and Fridays starting at 11 a.m., and Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays starting at noon.
Winter rates through March are $13 for nine holes and $26 for 18 holes.
Non-members may reserve a tee time three days in advance of play by phoning the golf shop at 360-457-6501.
Peninsula is closed for member play on Thursdays.
■ SunLand Golf & Country Club (Sequim): The public can play this semi-private course on Saturdays and Sundays.
Winter rates are $27 for 18 holes and $14 for nine holes.
It's worth it. I had a great time playing nine there in late fall.
Tee Time reservations are available a week in advance by phoning 360-683-6800, ext. 13.
■ Cedars at Dungeness Golf Course (Sequim): Monday through Thursday from now through February golfers can play 18 holes for $29 or nine holes for $17.
On weekends from Friday through Sunday, greens fees are $30 and $18, respectively.
For more information, phone Cedars at 360-683-6344.
■ SkyRidge Golf Course (Sequim): The Peninsula's only links-style course, now with a great new clubhouse, has rates of $16 for nine holes and $22 for 18 holes every day of the week.
For more information, phone 360-683-3673.
Jefferson County course rates:
■ Port Townsend Golf Club: Golfers can play Port Townsend for $17.50 for 18 holes or $13.50 for nine holes seven days a week through February.
For more information, phone the course at 360-385-4547.
■ Port Ludlow Golf Club: Golfers can play 18 holes for $30 on weekdays and $35 on weekends.
Nine holes are available Monday through Thursday for $18 and weekends for $21.
Phone 360-437-0272.
■ Discovery Bay Golf Club (Near Port Townsend): Golfers can play 18 holes for $22 and seniors can play for $17.
Nine holes are available for $15.
Twilight winter rates after 1 p.m. are $15 and $9, respectively.
Phone 360-385-0704.
27-hole Winter Links
SkyRidge will hold a 27-hole Winter Links event on Saturday, Feb. 2.
Tee time (barring frost) is 8:30 a.m.
"It's a little technical but a really fun tourney," SkyRidge's Jeff Pedersen said.
Here goes: form a four-player team with a total handicap index of 24 or higher.
Divide the team into two squads for nine holes of scramble play, then switch partners and play nine holes of two-person best ball.
For the last nine, switch to the final partner and play alternate shot.
Each team will end up with a 54-hole score after 27 holes of golf: the two scramble scores for the first nine holes is one 18-hole score, the two better ball scores after a partner switch for the second nine holes gives you another 18-hole score, and both alternating shots scores with your final partner for the last 18-hole score. Then combine these scores for your 54-hole total.
A total of 216 is par for the 54 holes.
Cost is $160 for each four-person team, with lunch from Soren's Grill at the new clubhouse, range balls, four KP's and an LP contest. Optional honey pot is $80 per team.
Carts are $15 per seat for the 27-hole event.
Get in the game by phoning SkyRidge at 360-683-3673.
Sixkiller Super Bowl
Cedars at Dungeness in Sequim is offering a chance to play golf with University of Washington football Hall of Famer Sonny Sixkiller.
The Sonny Sixkiller Super Bowl Scramble will tee off at 9:06 a.m. (a nod to the No. 6 Sixkiller wore for the Huskies) on Sunday, Feb. 3.
The four-person scramble event is limited to 18 teams.
Why so few teams? It's set up so Sixkiller can join each group for one hole and play as a fivesome.
Entry fee is $76 per player with $1,006 available in competition prizes, based on a full field of 18 teams.
If every member of a foursome wears football jerseys that foursome will have two strokes deducted off their score.
And don't worry, the tourney will wrap well before Super Bowl kickoff at 3:30 p.m.
Arctic Open signups
A format change has been made for Port Townsend Golf Course's 27th annual Arctic Open golf tournament set for Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 9-10.
Port Townsend's "major" tourney is popular with course regulars and golfers around the Peninsula.
This year, the format will be a two-person scramble for 18 holes followed by 18 holes of two-person best ball.
Entry fee is $200 per team and includes a Friday practice round, play on Saturday and Sunday with lunch both days.
Players will also compete for hole-in-one and KP prizes.
Golfers are encouraged to bring their all-weather gear and be ready to play since this tourney goes on regardless of snow, sleet, rain, freezing temps or wind.
Stop by the Port Townsend course or phone the pro shop at 360-385-4547.
Tiger and Rory on film
Rory McIlroy joined Nike Golf as expected Monday, signing an undisclosed deal to rep their growing line of golf equipment, apparel and shoes.
An introductory commercial was released featuring the company and the game's two biggest players: McIlroy and Woods.
I love it.
The spot begins with Rory and Tiger hitting range balls toward a cup, with each player's shot bouncing up to strike the flagstick.
There's some good-natured ribbing, Rory calls Tiger "old man" and Tiger fires back with "Is that your real hair?"
Then it switches to a game of "anything you can do I can do better" hitting shots into golf analyst David Feherty's juice and a bowl of soup at a Chinese restaurant.
I won't ruin the rest, just comment that the spot reminds me of the classic Michael Jordan versus Larry Bird trick shot commercials from the early 1990's.
Watch the whole thing at tinyurl.com/RoryTigerNike.
Golf columnist Michael Carman can be reached at 360-417-3527 or email@example.com.
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Cape Town - Instant messaging service MXit on Friday announced that it would be launching a new programme to expand its audience.By launching an Application Programming Interface (API), MXit hopes to go beyond an instant messaging service into a fully-fledged social networking site with strong international ambitions."There's a huge opportunity in the value-added space to be unleashed," CEO Herman Heunis said in Stellenbosch."We started as an IM (instant messaging service) but today we're much more than that. "People have shared galleries for years now and when we started data was about R50 a megabyte, compared to today's R2.17 a megabyte."We had no chance to let users share photos and so on." Forced to make adjustmentsThe API will allow third parties to develop games for the MXit platform which has the potential for exponential growth because it's a closed system, said Adrian Frielinghaus, CEO of Blue Leaf Games."Once you're in MXit, you don't want to close it. You want to be in contact with your friends all the time; the mobile environment is linear - you don't have the multi-tasking environment as on a PC," said Frielinghaus whose company developed Moonbase, which boasts millions of users.But MXit's development wasn't always planned from inception and Heunis said that the company has been forced to make adjustments to challenging conditions."It's a tough industry and we've burnt our fingers many times. But it's taken on a life of its own - we started with an open mind, like I say, we don't compete, we create."Revenue generation is one of the keys in developing games, especially in the mobile space, said Frielinghaus but acquisition of users was only the first step. Retention proves more difficult on an open mobile platform than in the closed environment of MXit."MXit is a different category of acquisition. There are opportunities with a captive market. "They will find you and tell all their friends - with no SEO (search engine optimisation) or banner ads. MXit is a circle of trust, Facebook is for everyone else," he said.Golden opportunityFrielinghaus said that despite users spending long periods on MXit, they were often bored and looking for something engaging while maintaining contact with their friends. The Moonbase game fits into this market well because it was inherently social."Moonbase is a deeply social game. Playing it alone is pointless and that's important for our business. Your success is linked to your friend who is in your alliance, and so even if he gets bored or doesn't play, you'll find one kid saying to the other at school, 'Why didn't you play last night?' ""There are few applications listed on MXit, he golden opportunity is now," said Frielinghaus.- Follow Duncan on Twitter
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International workshop on 'Air Pollution in the Mediterranean'
More than 100 scientific experts from 20 different countries, met in Larnaca from the 17 to the 21st October 2016 to examine the issue of Air Pollution in the Eastern Mediterranean. The workshop, "Atmospheric Processes in the Mediterranean", was organized by The Cyprus Institute (CyI), in collaboration with the French Institute of Cyprus and the ChArMEx1 project (http://www.cyi.ac.cy/index.php/apm-workshop-2016-home.html).
The workshop is of particular importance for the Eastern Mediterranean Middle East region that is home to nearly 400 million people, the majority of which live in urban areas. Environmental conditions in the EMME are exceptional, with deserts in the Middle East among the most water-scarce regions on Earth. The region is subject to dust storms and heat extremes, and in some parts photochemical air pollution is unparalleled. With its location at the crossroads of long-range transported air pollution from three different continents (Europe, Africa, Asia) and located in the vicinity of the two largest deserts in the world (Sahara and Arab Peninsula), Cyprus offers a real-world laboratory to better characterize Atmospheric processes in the Mediterranean. The Cyprus Institute has been very active in this area over the past two years, via the coordination of major research field experiments in Cyprus within the framework of the EU FP7 BACCHUS2 and EU H2020 ACTRIS23 projects that are supported by unique CyI research infrastructure, such as the Unmanned Systems Research Laboratory (USRL) and the Agia Marina Xyliatou Atmospheric Research Facility.
The workshop aimed at providing a scientific knowledge basis for the current research activities on atmospheric composition for the Mediterranean basin and its various impacts on the regional climate, such as public health, air quality, and the water cycle. It has provided further evidence for the strong air pollution present in the Mediterranean, and highlighted the Eastern Mediterranean Basin as a region where field observations are still scarce. It has also provided a unique opportunity to promote scientific collaborations in the region, and was instrumental in coordinating future field and aircraft research activities that will take place in Cyprus in 2017.
1 ChArMEx (the Chemistry Aerosol Mediterranean project; http://charmex.lsce.ipsl.fr/) is a component of MISTRALS (Mediterranean Integrated STudies at Regional And Local Scales; http://www.mistrals-home.org/), coordinated by CNRS.
2 BACCHUS (Impact of Biogenic versus Anthropogenic emissions on Clouds and Climate: towards a Holistic UnderStanding) http://www.bacchus.ethz.ch/
3 ACTRIS is the European Research Infrastructure for the observation of Aerosol, Clouds, and Trace gases http://actris2.nilu.no/


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Supastition - Yada Yada
Supasititon isn't new to our pages, but don't worry if his name isn't ringing a bell. Not only was his last Booth feature, exclusive freestyle series contribution Once Again more than three years ago, but it saw him performing under his birth name, Kam Moye. Anyway, I'm happy to say the man's mic skills have only grown sharper during away from our pages; new EP single Yada Yada finds the artist in fine form, firing off plenty of, "metaphors, similes and double entendres" as he chronicles his quest to succeed in the game without sacrificing his artistic integrity. Veteran producer Marco Polo provides a head-noddable, sampled backdrop for Supastition's rhymes, and Shamus Coneys ties the package together with some appropriately raw, candid visuals. Feeling it? Then don't miss the rest of the quality material set for inclusion on new EP The Blackboard, due out digitally January 15.


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Broncos to Trade Cutler
Englewood, C.O. - The Denver Broncos said Tuesday they will grant Jay Cutler his request and try to trade the disgruntled Pro Bowl quarterback.
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There is no shortage of teams interested in the 25-year-old rocket-armed Pro Bowl quarterback.
Broncos owner Pat Bowlen released a statement saying both he and coach Josh McDaniels had been unable to get Cutler to call them back over the last 10 days. Bowlen said he spoke with Cutler's agent, Bus Cook, on Tuesday and came away convinced ``that Jay no longer has any desire to play for the Denver Broncos.''
Therefore, Bowlen said, ``We will begin discussions with other teams in an effort to accommodate his request to be traded.''
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Remasys is looking for channel partners to get a better foothold in the local application performance monitoring (APM) sector.
The IT solutions and services company provides its technology as a managed service, such as its EAGLE-i business critical application performance monitor.
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Remasys account director, David Birch, says if performance and availability of key services fail, the relationship between employees, partners and customers can be affected.
"You only have to look at the public outrage that occurs when a bank's Internet service is down to understand the growing demand for APM tools," he said. "If the bank's downtime is lengthy or outages are frequent, disgruntled customers may shift their loyalty and their money to another institution."
Recognising an opportunity in the channel, Birch says Remasys is now on the hunt for complementary partners "Our value proposition for resellers is the ability to offer businesses a managed, ready-made solution which helps to minimise their downtime and ultimately deliver a better level of customer service," he said. Remasys will use two reseller models, offering a Sales Agency Agreement and the opportunity to be a valued added solution partner. Birch says that resellers will be provided with pre-sale support in order to effectively market Remasys to the APM sector.
"In the past, vendors have either sold traditional tools as APM or built an end-to-end platform from a disparate array of solutions for particular systems such as ERP or CRM," he said. "The result is businesses trying to monitor increasingly complex IT environments with the wrong tools or a cobbled together solution that neither integrates well nor delivers the performance that enterprises demand."


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October wedding planned by area couple
Patrick and Theresa Wingen, Vermillion, and JoAnn and Dennis Auch, Menno, announce the engagement of their daughter, Lindsey Wingen, to Logan Denning, son of Von and Sue Denning, Corsica.
Lindsey is employed at Avera Queen of Peace, Mitchell.
Logan is owner of LED Express, Corsica.
An Oct 12 wedding is planned.


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Style, class and comfort in this 130m² duplex apartment for rent, located in Madrid's Chamartín district
- Bedrooms 2
- Bathrooms 2
- Size 130m²
Fabulous 2-bedroom apartment for rent with a communal swimming pool, garden, solarium, gym, sauna, parking and 24 hour surveillance
This lovely duplex penthouse for rent is situated on the fourth floor of an attractive builing with a lift, located in the area of "Las Embajadas".
The property has been fully renovated and both finishes and fittings are of high quality.
The rooms are distributed over 130m² of space on 2 floors. The ground floor is 65m² and offers the entrance, a spectacular sitting room, a dining room and a fully equipped kitchen. Due to the height of the apartment and the large windows, the spaces are inundated by light.
The top floor has another 65m² and is accessed by a spiral staircase which lights up with natural light coming from the octagonal skylight above. The bedrooms can be found on this floor: a double bedroom and another bedroom with a single bed. Both have their own bathroom (one with a jacuzzi), plenty of wardrobe space and independent access to a 12m² private terrace, which has been decorated in good taste.
There is a communal area with excellent facilities including a swimming pool, a gym and a sauna.
Definitely a unique property with a lot to offer in a great "barrio".
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Ground floor:
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Top floor:
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Situated in the Hispanoamérica neighbourhood of Madrid.
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November 12, 2013
Los Angeles – The Directors Guild of America today announced that BMW will be the Exclusive Automotive Sponsor of the 66th Annual DGA Awards, which will take place on Saturday, January 25, 2014 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles.
As one of the signature events of awards season, the DGA Awards continues to grow in size and scale every year. The DGA Awards' partnership with BMW will create new dimensions to the evening, heightening the experience for Guild members and industry leaders while expanding on a 66-year tradition of celebrating directorial excellence.
"The DGA welcomes BMW as we honor the most outstanding directorial achievements of the year in film, television and commercials," said DGA President Paris Barclay. "As one of the most prestigious ceremonies in the entertainment industry, the DGA Awards sets the bar higher each year. Our partnership with BMW, a premium global brand and longstanding supporter of the entertainment industry both on and off screen, will help make our evening even more spectacular than it already is."
The DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film has traditionally been one of the industry's most accurate barometers for who will win the Best Director Academy Award; only seven times since the DGA Awards began in 1948 has the Feature Film winner not gone on to win the corresponding Academy Award.
Nominations for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film will be announced on January 7, 2014; nominations for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television and Commercials will be announced on January 9, 2014; and nominations for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentaries will be announced on January 13, 2014. To apply for a press credential to cover the DGA Awards, click here to download a press credential application.
Since its founding in 1936, the Directors Guild of America has fought to protect the economic and creative rights of its members; secured their ability to financially benefit from the reuse of their work; created strong pension and health plans; and established jurisdiction in new technologies and distribution platforms. Today the DGA represents more than 15,000 directors and members of the directorial team working in film, television, documentaries, commercials, and new media.
BMW of North America, LLC has been present in the United States since 1975. Rolls-Royce Motor Cars NA, LLC began distributing vehicles in 2003. The BMW Group in the United States has grown to include marketing, sales, and financial service organizations for the BMW brand of motor vehicles, including motorcycles, the MINI brand, and the Rolls-Royce brand of Motor Cars; DesignworksUSA, a strategic design consultancy in California; a technology office in Silicon Valley and various other operations throughout the country. BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC in South Carolina is part of BMW Group's global manufacturing network and is the exclusive manufacturing plant for all X5 and X3 Sports Activity Vehicles and X6 Sports Activity Coupes. The BMW Group sales organization is represented in the U.S. through networks of 338 BMW passenger car and BMW Sports Activity Vehicle centers, 139 BMW motorcycle retailers, 119 MINI passenger car dealers, and 34 Rolls-Royce Motor Car dealers. BMW (US) Holding Corp., the BMW Group's sales headquarters for North America, is located in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey.
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I was looking for the Sample Data file. Everything was nicely uploaded, but it is much easier to work off the template content. Bummer about the pics, but great job!
Thanks for the feedback
Do you know where I can Find the sampledata file? I just registered for your forum and waiting to be confirmed, so sorry i'm not mentioning my request there.
Any assistance would be great!
Hi John,
What's your login name in the forum? I don't see your name.
I would like question about the possibility of website design and programming for children in Arabic language. Please note that we do we will arrange translation from English to Arabic to help clarify what we need.
Thanks, ibrahim.
Hi Ibrahim,
Could you give me your email address? I'll contact you via email.
yes my email : firstname.lastname@example.com
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I'm still waiting for you to confirm my registration for your site. I need to find out how and where to install the content file so that I can at least have the samplefile.
Any expedited help would be greatly appreciated.
Hi John, I have confirmed it and sent you the file. Let me know if you didn't get it.
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I am not sure which email address you sent it too, because when I went to your site to login it said no account is known for email "email@example.com".
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Also, please supply the directory information to place the sample file, so it populates
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I logged into the site. Therefore, I will look for your responses there from now on. Much thanks
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Hello thanks for this great template. But I have got a problem with homepage columns. I changed the page querys like "p=57". The entry coming but it is too long. How can I delimitation the entry's length like demo. Thanks for you help best regards.
You can limit the entry by adding manual excerpt. You'll need to install this plugin: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/page-excerpt-plugin/ to enable excerpt in Pages.
I'm looking to stretch the slider to the full 960px wide, I have removed the quick menu list to the right of the slider and modified Nivo slider custom style in layout.css but it seems the system is re-sizing my slider images automatically – is there a way to stop this happening or amending the code to resize the slider images to the desired size?
You can adjust the size in functions.php line 192. Find the //Home page slide image. Please note that you won't see the changes immediately. You have to upload a new image to see the effect.
Great theme, thanks! There is one thing I'd like to modify, and that is the Cufon part. What is the best way to disable this? I looked for a simple way to do this, but I could find this that quick in the themeoptions.
I believe the best way is to remove the Cufon code entirely. Please read this post.
Population2 – hey i have a similar issue on Home slider images: Catchable fatal error: Object of class WP_Error could not be converted to string in admin/common-functions.php on line 189
Is this a database fix i need to do? thanks!
What is the version of you theme is it 1.0 or 1.01? If it's 1.0, try to download the latest version and replace the widget-twitter.php.
Let me know if that doesn't work. Some user says it works.
1.01 – and i tried the widget-twitter.php update – still pulling error…
however i did modify slide-home.php to get it to work temporarily… the pic links were looking for thumbnails as opposed to custom fields.. just bipassed the default ones and made another Image field for now.. should get us by for now… but will probably need to modify the admin not to confuse anybody –
I still don't know what the real problem is. I was trying to trouble shoot this but unable to replicate the issue both on local host and live site. Could you tell me how to recreate this issue? Were you installing on a new WordPress install or switching from other theme?
yeah new wordpress: WordPress 3.2.1 basically if you set the photo path in the Slide section – nothing loads on home page – if you "view page" of the slide itself it shows the error.
I added this to slide-home.php: $image = get_post_meta(get_the_ID(), 'image', true) ;
<?php $image = get_post_meta(get_the_ID(), 'image', true) ; $caption = get_post_meta(get_the_ID(), 'pkb_image_caption', true) ; $url = get_post_meta(get_the_ID(), 'pkb_image_url', true) ; if ($url != "" ) { ?> <?php echo $caption; ?> <?php } else { ?> <? } ?> <?php endwhile; endif; // loop end?>
It's weird. Mine is 3.2.1.
FYI , I found this post. I think the issue is in common-functions.php on line 189.
Anyway, I'm happy that your solution worked.
Hi There,
I have been working with your theme offline and everything works fine. Once uploaded, all the Javascript breaks, the Background won't load, cufon doesn't work etc etc.
Am I missing anything?
(http://cyclingbc.net/learntorace – at this point I disabled the background JS but the cufon is still broken.)
I think there's some code that repeated twice. When I saw your site on Firebug, it couldn't find these files: p2.js, jquery.colorbox, jquery.twitter. Those files may not get uploaded properly. Make sure those files exists.
Great Wordpress theme! However I have 2 questions after installing it:
1. Is it possible to create customized sidebar for dedicated pages
2. Every time I add a page the sidebar is on the left by default, how can I move it to the right as in the demo version
thank you in advance for your help
1. It's possible but it's not an easy task. How proficient are you with PHP ? I may be able to walk you through.
If you dont' want to edit the theme, try this plugin: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-sidebars/
2. I think this is because there is no content on the page, so the sidebar is on the left.
Hope it helps. Thanks.
Thank you for the quick reply, all good now
New issue I have is to display Google Maps in the contact page, when I go to add a page/template contact page I still dont have custom fields available.
-> How can I make it appear?
Open your Screen Options on the top right of the page. Make sure Custom Fields is checked.
Hello! Great theme!
How can I get the ability to add more than 6 images in a slideshow?
Since this is not an easy task, please post your request here.
I'll help you with that.
Its weird I have this theme installed on two sites of mine, yet on one I continue to get the image preloader (circling graphic thing) on every post/page/url I load up.
Any ideas?
It might be because it has the older version of the theme on one site.
Try to download the latest version, if that doesn't work please post your issue here and send me your login info. I'll see what I can do.
Hi there, I love your theme and would like to purchase this for our site, just one question, does the Peekaboo WP theme support iPad, iphone etc..? I had a test run on the iPad and it does not scroll down to view entire site. Is there a workaround to this as this is rather an important issue for us. Thanks again.
Currently it doesn't support iphone/ipad. However there's a workaround this: http://support.population-2.com/discussion/73/sticky-background-on-iphone
I'm planning to address this issue in the next couple days.
Hello. Love the theme and have customized quite a bit. One thing (which should be easy) is to change the color of the drop-down menu.
Currently it is grey with white lettering which is hard to read…. where in the CSS can I change the bg and rollover color of the main navigation drop-down menu?
Your help is greatly appreciated!!!
You can change the CSS in css/layout.css line 145 and line 159.
this is the error i am receiving:
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The following themes are installed but incomplete. Themes must have a stylesheet and a template. Name Description Peekaboo_v1.0 Stylesheet is missing.
I have tried installing twice. Please help- Many thanks— mm
Hi Robin,
Please make sure that you upload the theme folder only. Do not upload the zip folder you downloaded from ThemeForest. You'll need to extract it first and install the theme folder.
Let me know if this still doesn't work.
Hi There,
Great looking theme! Can you please tell me where I can find information on the index to change the icons of the secondary menu like it shows on the Timber Lane Lodge website you are showcasing? Also I registered for the forum yesterday and am awaiting approval.
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Hi Jonathan,
Thank you for purchasing this theme! You can change the icons logo in css/layout.css line 218-219. I have sent you the invitation.
Hi, That is very nice theme. I have purchased it. I have also tried to register your forum, and I am waiting for activation. I really appreciate if you can send me the sample data. I really need that. Thank you
I sent you a message.


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From: Vincent Vizachero <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] NW European R1b from Iberia?
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 08:04:22 -0500
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On Dec 9, 2010, at 10:11 PM, Anatole Klyosov wrote:
> Carriers of this R-P312* undoubtedly
> have a lot of other snips not defined and not classified as yet, as
> well as
> each one of us. Calculations will provide a time span to a common
> ancestor
> who "first" obtained this S116 snip and not any other known downstream
> snips. This individual had existed in the past, some 5,000 ybp. His
> direct
> descendants live today, and do not have P312-downstream clades known
> today.
Here's the first mistake. You refer to this ancestor repeatedly as if
he is an actual person. When you are talking about a paragroup, you
cannot know that this is true. R-P312* might have a MRCA more recent
than the MRCA of R-P312 or not: there is no way to know with any
confidence. Further, when you are comparing R-P312* from far-flung
places it is becomes even more problematic: does R-P312* in the
Balkans have the SAME MRCA as the R-P312* in France? You don't know,
and neither does anyone else.
> Therefore, comparing the base haplotypes of P312* and M153
> and their TMRCA we can figure out the base haplotype of P312 and how
> long
> ago did he live.
Here I think you make my point for me. Your illustration is not based
on taking the intraclade variance of a paragroup at all: you've
switched to comparing two groups to each other (a paragroup vs a
clade). That is STILL problematic, but it isn't even intraclade
variance. Interclade TMRCA estimation is inherently easier to
interpret than intraclade variance estimation, which was exactly one
of the points I was making.
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In World War II, the people of Greece faced a fascist threat from invading German and Italian armies. Now, over seventy years later, the threat of fascism comes from within, and it goes by the name Golden Dawn.
Ken Matziorinis, an economics professor at McGill University, has compared the current crisis in Greece to the socioeconomic conditions in Germany during the 1920s which fostered the rise of the Nazis. Like the Nazis, Matziorinis claims Golden Dawn has accumulated support because of these conditions. The increase in support is notable. Recent public opinion polls in Greece have seen Golden Dawn's support rise to 22 per cent of the populace, a far cry from the irrelevant sideline status it rightfully deserved in prior years.
A great deal of the support for Golden Dawn arises from the fact that the party offers easy answers to the tough questions facing Greece. One of the party's main policies is the deportation of all illegal immigrants from Greece – with force if needed – as a means of solving the economic crisis. Yet the party's disdain often goes beyond illegal immigrants, and scapegoats all immigrants in Greece as the cause of the crisis. As it stands, Golden Dawn thugs act like a gang, patrolling Greek cities and attacking minorities – legal or not – often fatally. In fact, citizens' complaints are often forwarded to Golden Dawn by law enforcement because of the great deal of support the party enjoys among the police force.
Yet Golden Dawn supporters do not exclusively live in Greece. A Golden Dawn chapter, which boasts a membership of over 200 people, has opened in Montreal. The leader of this chapter, Spiros Macrozonaris, has defended Golden Dawn's political program through and through. For example, in an interview with the CBC, upon seeing footage of Golden Dawn members engaged in one of their brutal attacks on helpless citizens, Macrozonaris claimed that it was justifiable because the only people being targeted were illegal immigrants.
Still, Macrozonaris claims that Golden Dawn is not racist – despite the fact that the leader of Golden Dawn, Nikos Mihaloliakos, has explicitly stated that it is – and that the Montreal chapter only exists to help fellow Greeks by donating food and medicine. "Fellow Greeks" does not mean all of the people in Greece. Golden Dawn's support only extends to "ethnic" Greeks, and minorities are excluded from any sort of handout.
At the very least, those in Montreal who wish to aid the Greek people should refrain from doing so through Golden Dawn. This may require some investigation: Golden Dawn chapters have repeatedly hidden their identity until after donations are made. Other organizations, such as the Hellenic Community of Greater Montreal, provide an alternative to Golden Dawn, as they ensure that any sort of donated aid will become available to all people, regardless of their ethnicity.
President of the Hellenic Community of Greater Montreal, Nicholas Pagonis, claims that Golden Dawn gives the Greek community in Montreal a bad name, and that it has no place in the city. The Greek community in Montreal, and their allies, should take direct action against Golden Dawn to ensure that this is made clear. The eviction of a Golden Dawn chapter from their lodgings by the concerned community in Astoria, Queens, in New York, is an example of what this sort of action can look like.
Beyond supporting the people of Greece, the most important thing concerned citizens can do is realize that Golden Dawn is not an exclusively Greek phenomenon. While the party may take on different names elsewhere, the sort of rhetoric espoused remains the same.
In fact, the xenophobia and racism made explicit by Golden Dawn, while often barely lurking under the face of North American society, have violently surfaced in events such as the Wisconsin massacre, when an Army veteran gunned down six at a Sikh temple. North America is not above Golden Dawn-type politics. Unless Canadians can refrain from the unjust demonization of immigrants and minorities, a Canadian Golden Dawn may not be too far away.
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A Step-By-Step Breakdown Of The Guitar Styles And Techniques Of Pete Townshend. By The Who. Hal Leonard Guitar Signature Licks. Classic Rock, Hard Rock and Instructional. Instructional book (song excerpts only, softcover) and examples CD. With guitar tablature, standard notation, chord names, instructional text, performance notes, guitar notation legend and introductory text. 64 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.695561).
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Learn the trademark riffs and rhythm guitar mastery of one of rock's greatest pioneers! This book/CD pack provides a step-by-step breakdown of Pete Townshend's guitar styles and techniques on 13 huge hits by The Who. Includes: Boris the Spider * Happy Jack * I Can See for Miles * I'm a Boy * The Magic Bus * My Generation * Pictures of Lily * So Sad About Us * Substitute * and more. Features an extensive intro by Dave Rubin covering the history of The Who.
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The Signature Licks book/audio packs are especially formatted to give instruction on how to play a particular artist style by using the actual transcribed, "right from the record" licks! Designed for use by anyone from beginner right up to the experienced player who is looking to expand their insight. The books contain full performance notes and an overview of each artist or group's style with transcriptions in notes and tab. The audio accompaniment features playing tips and techniques, as well as playing examples at a slower tempo.


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Postseason NIT - Stephen F. Austin Falls 58-57 Against Stanford - Game Recap
Stanford earned a 58-57 victory over Stephen F. Austin on Tuesday, getting 12 points from Dwight Powell at Maples Pavilion.
Bettors who backed Stanford were disappointed, as they failed to cover the closing number of 7.
Stanford got 11 points from Aaron Bright and another 9 points from Gabriel Harris. Aaron Bright contributed 3 assists, while Dwight Powell cleaned the glass with 15 rebounds.
Stephen F. Austin got 18 points from Taylor Smith in a losing cause and another 15 points from Antonio Bostic. Hal Bateman contributed 7 assists for them, while Taylor Smith had 7 rebounds.
First-half bettors who backed Stephen F. Austin were victorious, as the score was 32-31 at the break.
Stanford won the battle of the boards, outrebounding their counterparts 33-29.


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A view from Chefchaouen medina, typical for the place.
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giorgimer (35017) 2010-09-13 14:09
nice image, good like management, I like the door surface
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Saludos Marek, muy bonita fotografia, buen trabajo.
ManuMay (36445) 2010-09-14 14:21
Witaj Marek!
Good eye and good skills to cature this!
Great colurs definition and optim use of light in difficult conditions...
A very good work!
Have a nice day...
quillo (11856) 2010-09-22 9:18
Hola Marek :
A simple picture but with good details of color,
light and the depth of the interior stairs
that gives him another sense to the composition
of the interior of the house.
I like, congratulations.
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Fireworks Shows in the Tri-States
Fireworks season is quickly approaching! So let's do a little crowdsourcing here to get a full list of ALL of the fireworks shows in our area in the weeks to come...
Fireworks season is quickly approaching! So let's do a little crowdsourcing here to get a full list of ALL of the fireworks shows in our area in the weeks to come...
American's love their fireworks but there are laws regarding the use of fireworks. With that in mind, the Quincy Police Department has released the following information to the public.
Independence Day is Saturday, July 4, 2015. There will be several fireworks displays in the area in the days leading up to, during, and following the Fourth of July weekend. Here is the information we have, so far, on where you can see fireworks in Quincy, Hannibal, and the surrounding communities.
If you've been asking yourself when the rain will stop in northeast Missouri and western Illinois, the answer is - apparently not this week.
The Mark Twain Lake Rodeo will be held for the 29th time in 2015. This event is an annual tradition for many during Fourth of July Weekend. Not only do rodeo enthusiasts get to see their favorite events, but the Mark Twain Lake Rodeo also puts on a fireworks display on July 4, and crowns Rodeo Royalty. Jo Ann Diffenderfer, the Mark Twain Lake Rodeo's Public Relations Coordinator, gave us some background on how the rodeo began, what has changed over the years, and what first time visitors will find during the 29th Annual Mark Twain Lake Rodeo.
The Hannibal Jaycees are accepting applications for upcoming National Tom Sawyer Days events, including the Fourth of July Parade, Hannibal's Got Talent talent show, and National Fence Painting Contest.
For years I have heard that fireworks are illegal in the city limits of Quincy, but that is not a true statement. Some fireworks are legal and others aren't.
As preparations are being made for National Tom Sawyer Days in America's Hometown, the Hannibal Police Department has announced parking restrictions during the Fourth of July Parade, and the Hannibal Cannibal on July 5.
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Most people only know it as the Fourth of July. A day for picnics, flag waving parades, and fireworks. When I grew up most people referred to it as Independence Day and I wish we would still call it that today and not the Fourth of July.
The Fourth of July weekend has arrived! We wish everyone a very happy Independence Day, and we hope you and your family have a great time. Many of us will be celebrating with fireworks over the next few days, either by attending a public display, or - if your state/city allows - shooting them at home. Even if you live in a city with very restrictive rules on fireworks, must of them at least allow some of the novelty items, like pops, snakes and confetti guns.


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|No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately.
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|No man is free who is not master of himself.
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|No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.
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|No man is happy who does not think himself so.
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|No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities.
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|No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency.
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|No man is lonely while eating spaghetti; it requires so much attention.
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|No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
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|No man is so perfect, so necessary to his friends, as to give them no cause to miss him less.
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|No man is the wiser for his learning. It may administer matter to work in, or objects to work upon, but wit and wisdom are born with a man.
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|No man is truly great, who is great only in his life-time. The test of greatness is the page of history.
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|No man is useless while he has a friend.
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|No man is wise enough by himself.
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|No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted with unlimited power.
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|No man is wiser for his learning, wit and wisdom are born with a man.
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|No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good.
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|No man learns to know his inmost nature by introspection, for he rates himself sometimes too low, and often too high, by his own measurement. Man knows himself only by comparing himself with other men; it is life that touches his genuine worth.
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|No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has doubts about it himself.
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|No man of high and generous spirit is ever willing to indulge in flattery; the good may feel affection for others, but will not flatter them.
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|No man or woman of the humblest sort can really be strong, gentle and good, without the world being better for it, without somebody being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness.
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Advances in Architectural Geometry 2012
Geometry lies at the core of the architectural design process. It is omnipresent, from the initial form-finding stages to the final construction. Modern geometric computing provides a variety of tools for the efficient design, analysis, and manufacturing of complex shapes. On the one hand this opens up new horizons for architecture. On the other hand, the architectural context also poses new problems to geometry. Around these problems the research area of architectural geometry is emerging. It is situated at the border of applied geometry and architecture.
Advances in Architectural Geometry / AAG is a symposium presenting theoretical works and practices linked to new geometrical development applicable to architecture. This symposium aims to gather the diverse components of the contemporary architectural tendencies which push the building envelope towards free form and respond to the multiple current design challenges with a renewed mathematical rigor. It involves architects, engineers, software designers and contractors. AAG has become a reference in the professional field and is supported by the direct participation of the most renowned architectural design and engineering offices along with academic laboratories.
The current edition, the third, will be held in Paris from the 27 to 30th of September 2012. Its attraction is reinforced by the support of the Centre Pompidou.
In an effort to link theory to practice, the symposium proposes numerous workshops where participants, teachers, students and professionals can learn and experiment with new technologies and practices reflected in the themes tackled during the symposium.
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Earlier this month, when South Point had dropped two of three games � its first conference losses since 2011 � there were some who wondered what was wrong with the Red Raiders.
Wonder no more.
After routing Southern Piedmont 1A Conference champion Cherryville 9-2 Friday in its Gaston County Baseball Tournament opener, South Point fell behind briefly Monday against North Gaston before rallying and rolling to a 6-1 victory in its second tourney game.
�You never know what�s going to happen over an Easter weekend break,� South Point coach Jason Lineberger said. �But overall I�m proud of how we played.�
The Red Raiders won their seventh straight game to improve to 14-4 while avenging their last loss � 3-2 at North Gaston on April 1.
Related link: Photo gallery from Monday's action
South Point did so with a quick-striking offense, timely pitching and defense.
After North Gaston (13-3) scored the game�s first run in the top of the first inning, South Point evened the score on a on a one-out throwing error, then took the lead for good on Tanner Muse�s two-run home run to right field � the first homer of this year�s tournament at spacious Sims Legion Park.
South Point tacked on two more runs on RBI singles from Adam Andrew and Grant Tilley in the third and added one more unearned run on another throwing error in the sixth.
Meanwhile, left-hander Garrett Davila, reliever Dan Johnson and the Red Raiders worked into and out of one jam after another to keep North Gaston scoreless the rest of the way.
Davila benefitted from double plays in the third and fourth innings and eventually stranded eight Wildcats runners before retiring after six innings and 103 pitches.
�That�s the sign of a good pitcher,� North Gaston coach Jesse Martin said of Davila. �Once guys got on base, he was a different and tougher pitcher. We definitely had opportunities. We just couldn�t capitalize.�
Davila yielded four hits and Johnson one in his one inning of relief, with Alex Patton leading the way for the Wildcats with two hits.
For South Point, Andrew had three hits and Johnson and Muse two apiece.


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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The scandal surrounding Bobby Petrino has divided Arkansas fans, with many supporting the embattled Razorbacks coach.
Petrino was put on paid leave last week after he didn't tell his boss right away that a 25-year-old female football program employee was riding with him during a motorcycle accident. The 51-year-old Petrino, who is married with four children, also admitted to an inappropriate relationship.
Kevin Trainor, a spokesman for athletic director Jeff Long, said the investigation was "ongoing" Monday.
On Monday, a person familiar with the investigation confirmed Petrino's "previous inappropriate relationship" was with Jessica Dorrell, the former Arkansas volleyball player he was riding with.
Bo Mattingly, a sports radio host syndicated throughout the state, said he has fielded a steady mix of pro- and anti-Petrino callers, with many feeling Arkansas "shouldn't put up with this" and others who believe "we can't do any better for a coach."
"Most people acknowledge that it's a bad deal, but the majority of calls we get are people trying to come up with a way to keep him, rationalizing in their own mind," Mattingly said.
Petrino backers started a Facebook page called "Team Save Coach Petrino" and rallied Monday night on the Arkansas campus. The group passed 17,000 supporters by evening.
About 200 supporters showed up in The Gardens, a popular tailgating spot. Matt Couch, one of the rally organizers, was pleased with the turnout.
"We're not condoning what he did morally," Couch said. "We are disappointed in him, but he's still our football coach and no one's perfect. … I wouldn't ask him for marriage counseling, but at the same time we're supportive of him and we want him to do well."
Another Arkansas fan, Jimmie Wilson, and her husband, Steve, drove an hour to attend the rally and support Petrino. Jimmie Wilson said she didn't feel bad for Dorrell, saying, "I haven't heard her story, but she made a choice."


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Suppressed Premises in the Rule of Law Argument for Defending the Guilty?
Hi everyone. It's good to be here. For my inaugural con-op post (and possibly several others), I'd like to be selfish and take advantage of the epistemic advantages of diversity to toss a loosely-formed thought around, in order to sharpen my own knowledge by seeing what you all have to say about it.
Next semester, I'm teaching professional responsibility for the second time. And this time around, I plan to structure the course around a handful of the Standard Big Questions(TM) that plague legal ethics. And, of course, one of the Standard-est and Biggest is "how do lawyers justify representing criminals whom the lawyers know to be guilty?." This question becomes especially salient when the crime in question is particularly evil, and if the lawyer succeeds, the criminal may pose a further danger to society: imagine the lawyer who defends a confessed terrorist or child molester. And so I've been thinking about it a bit.
One of the Big Standard Answers to the Big Standard Question is that lawyers may (indeed, ought to) defend the guilty in order to defend the rule of law. On this argument, without the work of lawyers defending even those who are known to be guilty, the government may have an incentive to shirk on its constitutional duties to punish only the guilty. Moreover, by forcing the government to comply with constraints like those embedded in the Fourth and Fifth Amendments even to punish the guilty, lawyers help preserve those rights for us all. For example, if the government knew that it could get away with warrantless searches, because nobody would wield the exclusionary rule in defense of the guilty, then it would have an incentive to illegally search everyone in order to catch and prosecute the guilty.
From the standpoint of lawyers as a class, this argument seems pretty good. But it breaks down when we stop asking "why should lawyers in general defend the guilty?" and start asking "why should I, a single lawyer, represent this particular guilty defendant?" For the rule of law pretty clearly can be preserved with something less than 100% of the guilty getting a defense. If every lawyer in the world decides that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is so revolting that he's not entitled to a defense, the rule of law isn't going to collapse, so long as lawyers generally are still willing to put up a vigorous defense of the guilty in general. Moreover, even if any individual lawyer is unwilling to represent KSM, some other lawyer may still be willing to do so.
For representing the guilty, then, we have a double free-rider problem. Representation of the guilty is a public good, but each individual lawyer has an incentive to shirk KSM's representation both because it may not be necessary to represent that particular client in order to get the rule of law, and because it may not be necessary for any given lawyer to represent him in order to bring it about that he is represented. Strikingly, this isn't just your basic garden-variety self-interested free-rider problem; it's what we might call a moral free rider problem. (I have an old conference paper floating around on this class of problem.) For a consequentialist, representing KSM comes at a moral cost: to the best of our knowledge, he's patently guilty as well as incredibly dangerous, and doing anything that, however slightly, raises the probability that he will go free, represents a moral evil that the lawyer is obliged to avoid unless doing so is actually necessary to avoid the greater evil of the failure of the rule of law. It seems to follow that each individual lawyer is morally obliged not to defend KSM.
There are a variety of strategies we might take to avoid this problem. Briefly, at least two come to mind. 1) We can be rule-consequentialists rather than act-consequentialists: lawyers ought to follow the best rule, where that rule may be "always defend the guilty." 2) We can add uncertainty about how much representation of the guilty is needed: if we don't know how many guilty people can go unrepresented before the rule of law collapses, there may be a reason to defend each individual guilty person in virtue of the risk that this is the tipping-point case where it all goes down the drain.
If not one of those two ideas, it seems to me that we must have something to span the gap between the collective reason lawyers have to defend the guilty and any individual lawyer deciding whether to defend any individual guilty person. But what do you think? (Surely someone has written on this…)