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WASHINGTON — Radio shock jocks and foul-mouthed rappers are cheering a Jan. 8 decision by the Federal Communications Commission to drop an indecency ruling against a Colorado radio station.
The order rescinds a $7,000 fine levied against Pueblo's KKMG-FM for playing the controversial lyrics of Eminem's commercially successful 2000 hit, "The Real Slim Shady."
The radio station's parent company, Citadel Broadcasting Company, had appealed the decision, claiming that the lyrics had been edited acceptably for radio.
The lyrics in question referred to sexual acts and lewd conduct. The lyrics are transcribed in the FCC's enforcement order, available on the agency's Web site.
"The passages in question, in context, refer to sexual activity. Thus the material warranted scrutiny," wrote David Solomon, the agency's chief of enforcement.
Yet, Solomon concluded, "Based on our review of Citadel's response, however, we concluded that the material broadcast was not patently offensive, and thus not actionably indecent."
The FCC refused to answer questions from the Register, referring all inquiries to the report itself.
The FCC's ruling comes on the heels of a report released Jan. 3 by Martha Kleder, a former radio broadcaster who works with Washington, D.C.-based Concerned Women for America. Kleder said that given the FCC's repeated failure to take action against on-air indecency, the reversal of the Eminem ruling was predictable.
"Look at the Colorado radio station that got in trouble. Every other rap station in the nation played that song. They would say, 'Why should you single us out?" Kleder said.
She said such spotty enforcement is not acceptable.
"They have to have regular enforcement, fair and across the board," she said. "It would put the scare in [radio stations]."
Kleder said that the FCC has a pattern of lax enforcement. In her report, she listed two of the most grievous lapses in enforcement.
Lex, Terry and Mrs. Woods
The "most shocking" occurred in connection with a February 2001 complaint from Angela Woods, a young mother from Hueytown, Ala.
She had been listening to the "Lex and Terry Show," a program distributed widely across the south, but new to her area.
The program hosts used vulgar and obscene terms to describe female genitalia.
"Woods immediately called the station to complain about the language and was ridiculed on the air by the hosts with still more vulgar and obscene language," wrote Kleder.
"When Woods arrived at work that morning her co-workers, who had been listening to the same station, reported that the hosts had said they 'hope she has a wreck and gets killed on the way to work.'"
Yet the FCC dismissed her case, Kleder said, with the federal agency stating that while the hosts' comments were "certainly offensive, they are not indecent because they are not patently offensive as measured by contemporary standards for the broadcast medium."
Another case in which the FCC refused to issue a fine involved "Mancow's Morning Madhouse" program on Feb. 23, 2000.
David Smith, of Chicago, Ill., filed three complaints about the show and the FCC took action on two of the incidents.
But Kleder said, "What the FCC didn't take action on is eye-opening."
According to the complaint, "between 7:50 and 8 in the morning, Mancow and his staff talked euphemistically and directly" about sexual contact between adults and children, claiming that he himself has engaged in such contact.
Gloria Tristani, a Democratic FCC appointee, issued a dissent on both the Woods and Smith rulings, stating both incidents must be ruled indecent.
"Mrs. Woods made a prima facie case for indecency sufficient to survive dismissal," Tristani said. "Second, a broadcaster owes a duty to handle indecency complaints from citizens without engaging in over-the-air verbal attacks that include expressing a desire for the complainant to wreck her car and die."
Bill Johnson, president of the Michigan-based American Decency Association, said lax decisions are all too common.
"I really believe that the FCC is, sadly, toothless," he said.
Johnson said that his organization filed nine different complaints of indecency on shock jock Howard Stern's radio program.
"We've supplied them not only with the actual audio tapes, but the written transcripts as well," he said. "We never even received a response from the FCC."
Not content to rely on the FCC, Johnson's group has organized a protest of stations that carry Stern's program as well as advertisers who sponsor the show.
Since the boycott began, CBS has dropped its Saturday night television broadcast of Stern and over 20 radio markets no longer carry his morning radio show.
"We've been busy on several fronts because of our frustration with the FCC," he said.
Kleder applauds such boycotts and said that her family only watches two television programs: "JAG" and "Jeopardy."
Indecent programming comes from lax FCC enforcement, she said. The lax enforcement, which she says is embodied by FCC chairman Michael Powell, a Republican, derives from a "let the market decide" philosophy, Kleder maintained.
"Right off the bat, Powell let go Stern's outstanding fines. That was one of the first things he did as chairman" after being appointed in January 2001, said Kleder. "It's the philosophy that has ruled the FCC for over a decade."
But hope is on the horizon, she said.
Kleder noted that there's a vacancy of the five-member FCC commission. The four members currently on the board, she said, are split down the middle between "let the market decide" and enforcing standards for decency.
"One more vote for decency enforcement and maybe we can see light," she said.
Johnson warned, however, that the vacancy, which by law must be filled by a Democrat, could be held up by the Bush administration in response to the Democratic Senate's continued stalling on judicial nominations recommended by the president.
Either way, both Kleder and Johnson recommend that concerned citizens stop watching indecent material and contact the White House about their concerns.
"Michael Powell is a bureaucrat. He's taken an oath to enforce our laws — he doesn't have the option to pick and choose on enforcing the U.S. [indecency] code," said Kleder. "We wouldn't stand for that reasoning from a prison warden."
Joshua Mercer writes from Washington, D.C.


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Greytown gets the message
Keeping up the pressure
On the home stretch in Upper Hutt yesterday, with a warm welcome from two small rural schools, Pinehaven and Plateau. It's been worth it to make these connections and build such a strong base. It continues now to the election – every signature on a postcard is a vote!
Pinehaven School.
Heartland campaign visits Parihaka
Ngā mihi Nui Ki Te haukainga o Parihaka.
On Saturday 10 June the Heartland Tour van went to Parihaka for the Puanga Kai Rau Festival.
Educator and Iwi spokesman Te Ahu Rei of Ngaruahinerangi (listen here) signed a postcard before heading down to the Maara.
On this video Te Ahu talks about the Crown's apology and the the opportunity the people have in moving forward: education is vital for his people, he says. Te Ahu explains his journey in education and the need to be well resourced in our kura and kohanga reo.
The day before was the Puanga Haeata Ceremony, where over 1000 people gathered to hear the Crown apologise to the tupuna of Parihaka for events in 1881. A moving ceremony followed by the opening of the Puanga Festival.
Puanga Kai Rau is about getting ready for the new year and the new harvest. Te Ahi Kaa o Puanga, the fire was lit on Friday night and stayed lit during the whole festival.
The day started with breakfast and all day activities, including kidszone, weaving, gardening, guest speakers and a concert – Jean Hikaka in the green teeshirt setting up for the kidszone. We had many tamariki and parents coming in with plenty of support for our campaign. Ngā mihi Nui Ki Te haukainga o Parihaka.
The ending of the festival was with karakia and putting the fire out.
Whānau walking to the Maara for the closing ceremony.
Rural school reality "hard"
Read Wairarapa Times-Age story here.
Working at a small rural school can be very different from a larger urban one, says Wainuioru principal Karen Goodall. "… your costs are spread out among fewer kids, so there are things that just cost more per student — it means the kids miss out," she said.
"You want things that enhance kids' learning in school . . . when we go through the bills every month, I look at it all and there's not much that is actually for kids' learning.
"Most of it goes into just running the school. It's just hard."
Wainuioru principal Karen Goodall, and New Zealand Educational Institute staff Viv Nicol, Michelle Maguren, and Katrina Ford, Labour candidate Kieran McAnulty, and NZEI member Mike Meehan. PHOTO/EMILY NORMAN
Wairarapa on board
Labour candidate Kieran McAnulty spent part of the morning with the NZEI Te Riu Roa team in rural Wairarapa, lending support to the Better funding, better learning Heartland Tour.
"A lot of people don't realise how stretched the Early Childhood and Primary education sectors are due to chronic underfunding. However, this tour is getting the word out. And when we talk to people about the issues facing education, they are appalled at the way the Government has failed to fund schools."
He shared the message via video: "Help us keep pressure on the Government to do what is right and invest in our children."
Thanks for the on-going support Kieran – in red jacket, with camper van driver Mike Meehan on left.
Every signature is a vote!
Government – 200+ postcards a day can't be ignored.
CTU president, Labour MP lend support.
Whanganui mayor supports the campaign
High impact in Taranaki – well done team
Hawera office reporter Jane Matthews from the South Taranaki Star and Taranaki Daily News came along to Ramanui School and talked to staff and activists when the camper van visited – well done, team, it counts every time we get the message out. Read here.


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New Lexington Police weren't releasing many details Monday morning, other than to say the death took place at 400 Lincoln Park Drive in New Lexington.
A search of address returns it to the New Lexington Village Park Apartments.
According to the Perry County Auditor's website the complex has forty plus units.
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Not a Happy Camper: A Memoir
Not a Happy Camper: A Memoir
Writer Mindy Schneider was 13 once, and she remembers it with photographic precision and pungent Jewish humor. Mindy's 13-year-old self is off to summer camp. Camp Kin-a-Hurra is, she believes, the place where she will meet her first real boyfriend, bond with sophisticated girls her own age, and learn something so secret about growing up that she's not even sure what it is. She doesn't even mind the long ride since, for once, she has the back seat to herself instead of being jammed in next to two brothers, one of whom invariably throws up when he gets in a car.
One reason why Mindy is so thrilled to be going to Kin-a-Hurra is that she picked it out. Unlike the New York camps her parents swore by and argued about, where Mindy had endured two disappointing summers, Kin-a-Hurra is in Maine and run by the dynamic but possibly insane Saul. Saul visited Mindy at home to make his pitch, touting the many wonders of his paradise in the woods: photography, wilderness hikes, an international staff and heated bunks (dormitories).
When most of Saul's claims turn out to be highly exaggerated, Mindy is not really upset. "I grew up," Schneider explains, "in a family that was so strict and had so many rules it made life crazy. Then I went to a place that had no rules at all and somehow it made perfect sense." She isn't upset when the toilets are out of order (because it means the girls get to crash the boy's side in search of relief) or when camp transportation consists of a rickety old station wagon on its last tires and something known as the Green Truck, about which one of Mindy's cohorts opines, "I think Saul bought it on sale after the Holocaust."
Saul also tells Mindy and her parents that Golda Meir and Moshe Dayan had once been counselors at Kin-a-Hurra. Moshe Dayan had taught archery, Saul swore. To the 13-year-old Mindy, it seems logical enough. "It explained Mr. Dayan's eye and all." Mindy learns that a lot of Jewish freedom fighters did attend Saul's camp way back when. But not Golda and Moshe. The true lore of Kin-a-Hurra is imparted by Philip, whom she doesn't want for a boyfriend.
Not surprisingly, Mindy and her fellow bunk-mates are nothing short of obsessed with the subject of boys. Constantly comparing herself to the other girls, speculating about which ones have more worldly experience, is part of Mindy's coming of age at Camp Kin-a-Hurra. She pursues a boy named Kenny because he is older, taller and cute, but winds up with the initially rejected Philip, because he is nice and likes her, two qualities too good to overlook. Yet, when they finally get in a clutch, the young but winsomely wise Mindy finds herself thinking, "When will it end? This kiss, this unpleasant moment, this whole hideous adolescence?"
Mindy battles constantly with self-esteem: "Unless I lost fifteen pounds in my sleep I was going to be a big-nosed blob in a bathing suit dog-paddling my way through the next day's waterfront races." She can't sing, either. But she finds that she has a talent for writing during her super-charged summer at Kin-a-Hurra.
In NOT A HAPPY CAMPER, Mindy Schneider manages to keep her young teen self and her mature writer self separated most of the time, which is not an easy feat. But occasionally we hear the adult voice chiming in to good effect. For instance, the "child" Mindy never stopped to wonder how her parents were able to afford such an expensive summer experience for her. Was it because they were richer than they let on? No matter. It was, the "adult" Mindy realizes retrospectively, a remarkable gift. It enabled her to tackle the thorny problem of growing up while living for a season in a loose-knit gaggle of her peers, where any crazy thing might happen and lots of wonderful things did.
Reviewed by Barbara Bamberger Scott on June 10, 2007
Not a Happy Camper: A Memoir
- Publication Date: June 10, 2007
- Genres: Nonfiction
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- Publisher: Grove Press


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August calendar of events
Arts al Fresco Shoreline
Aug. 1 The Sculpture Stroll, Piano Time sights and sounds and a Shoreline City Hall gallery opening rolled into one, 6 p.m. Shoreline City Hall, 17500 Midvale Ave. N., Shoreline; free (206-801-2700 or www.shorelinewa.gov/art ).
Burien Music in the Park
Aug. 1-15 Michael Anthony Pratt Band Aug. 1, Total Experience Gospel Choir Aug. 7, Soul Band Klyntel Aug. 8, Tumbao Aug. 15, 6:30 p.m. Lake Burien School Park, Southwest 148th Street and 16th Avenue Southwest, Burien; free (206-988-3700 or www.burienparks.net ).
Seattle Summer Butoh Fest
Aug. 1-31 DAIPANbutoh Collective hosts the festival. Opening at Tashiro Kaplan Artist Lofts (Aug. 1). Performance days and times vary. Some are in the daytime and others in the evening. Most performances are free. See website for details, Tashiro Kaplan Artists Lofts, 115 Prefontaine Place S., Seattle; free (206-729-2054 or www.daipanbutoh.com ).
Sumner Fine Arts Festival
Aug. 2-4 Art and food vendors, noon-8 p.m. Aug. 2, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Aug. 3, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Aug. 4, Main Street, Sumner (253-720-9846 or www.sumnerdowntown.com).
Do the Gumshoe
Aug. 2-11 Buy an entry form, solve the clues on 5K neighborhood walk to qualify for prize drawings, proceeds benefit Greenwood Senior Center, Greenwood Food Bank and Greenwood Elementary School, Seattle; $15-$20 (dothegumshoe.org).
Summer Concert Series at The Mount
Aug. 2-23 Outdoor concerts, food, beer and wine available, 6 p.m. Aug. 2, 9, 16, 23, Providence Mount St. Vincent, 4831 35th Ave. S.W., Seattle; free (206-938-6242 or www.providence.org/themount ).
Magnolia Summerfest
Aug. 2-3 Art show, sidewalk sale, beer garden, parade, Magnolia neighborhood, Seattle (206-284-5836 or www.magnoliasummerfest.org ).
Lake City Pioneer Days and Salmon Bake
Aug. 2-3 Salmon bake Aug. 2 at Lake City Community Center, 12531 28th Ave. N.E., with live music and art display; Aug. 3 festival with parade on Lake City Way from 135th Avenue south to 123rd Avenue; vendors, local art, kid's crafts, pony rides, live music; Lake City neighborhood, Seattle (seafair.com).
Seafair Hydroplane Races and Air Show
Aug. 2-4 Hydroplane qualifying and racing, vintage hydroplanes, beer gardens, vendors, kids' activities, pit tours, Air Show featuring the Patriots Jet Team, 8:30 a.m. — 6 p.m. Aug. 2-3, 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Aug. 4, Genesee Park and Playfield, 4316 S. Genesee St., Seattle; reserved seating and log boom areas by reservation, prices vary; general admission free Aug. 2; $10-$25 Aug. 3-4 (206-728-0123 or www.seafair.com).
Index Arts and Music Festival
Aug. 3 Live music, artists, crafts vendors, 10 a.m.-10 p.m., Doolittle Park, 300 Fifth Ave., Index (www.indexartsfestival.org).
Washington Midsummer Renaissance Faire
Aug. 3-18 Jousting, country dancing, games, music, puppet shows, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Aug. 3-4, 10-11 and 17-18, Kelley Farm, 20021 Sumner-Buckley Highway, Bonney Lake; $14-$34 (800-587-0172 or www.washingtonfaire.com ).
"From Hiroshima to Hope" lantern floating
Aug. 6 Commemoration to mark the 68th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki concludes with floating of lanterns on the lake at dusk, 6:30 p.m., Green Lake, Seattle (206-453-4471 or www.hiroshimatohope.org).
Shoreline Lunchtime Music
Aug. 6, 13 Panduo Aug. 6, Recess Monkey Aug. 13, noon, Hamlin Park, 16006 15th Ave. N.E., Shoreline; free (206-801-2600 or www.shorelinewa.gov/specialevents).
Razz Ma Tazz and All That Jazz
Aug. 7 Art walk, live and silent auctions, entertainment, catered appetizers, wine, beer, and espresso beverages. 3-9 p.m., Dumas Bay Centre, 3200 S.W. Dash Point Road, Federal Way; $60-70 (253-874-1257 or www.fusionfederalway.org).
Pierce County Fair
Aug. 8-11 Entertainment, 4-H exhibits, 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Aug. 8-10, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Aug. 11, Pierce County Fairgrounds, 21606 Meridian Ave. E., Graham; $5 (253-847-4754 or www.piercecountyfair.com).
South Lake Union Block Party
Aug. 9 Music, food vendors, noon-11 p.m., South Lake Union Discovery Center, 101 Westlake Ave. N., Seattle (206-342-5900 or www.slublockparty.com).
Aug. 10-11 Bike ride fundraiser for cancer research, 25, 50, 100 miles or 180-mile two-day ride, Magnuson Park, 7400 Sand Point Way N.E., Seattle; $100 registration, $1, 000 minimum fundraising (206-667-7433 or www.obliteride.org ).
Festival at Mount Si
Aug. 9-11 Music, parade, arts and crafts, pet competitions, fireworks, Si View Community Center and Park, 400 S.E. Orchard Dr., North Bend (425-888-8535 or www.festivalatmtsi.com ).
A Taste of Edmonds
Aug. 9-11 Food vendors, entertainment, arts and crafts, kids' activities, beer and wine gardens, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Aug. 9-10, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Aug. 11, Edmonds Civic Stadium and Playfield, Sixth Avenue North and Bell Street, Edmonds; $4, ages 12 and younger free (425-776-6711 or www.atasteofedmonds.com).
Kirkland Summerfest
Aug. 9-11 Music, art, food vendors, Cardboard Boat Regatta, bouncy toys, Battle Bots, beer and wine garden, 4-11:45 p.m. Aug. 9, 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Aug. 10, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Aug. 11, Marina Park, Kirkland (425-456-1111 or www.kirklandsummerfest.com ).
Seattle Tattoo Expo
Aug. 9-11 Celebration of tattoo art and culture, 2-10 p.m. Aug. 9, noon-10 p.m. Aug. 10, noon-8 p.m. Aug. 11, Seattle Center Armory, Seattle; $20-$75 (206-447-7725 or www.seattletattooexpo.com ).
Marysville Homegrown Festival
Aug. 9-11 Marketplace of local produce, arts and crafts, music, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Aug. 9-10, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Aug. 11, Marysville (www.marysvillemerchants.com).
Auburn Days
Aug. 9-11 Entertainment, food, fun run, parade, street dance, car show, downtown Auburn (253-939-3389 or www.auburndays.com ).
Celebrate Woodinville
Aug. 10 Music, farmer's market, exhibitors, children's activities, parade, Wilmot Gateway Park, 1730 N.E. 131st Ave., Woodinville (425-481-8300 or www.celebratewoodinville.com).
Art in the Garden
Aug. 10 Arts and crafts vendors, acoustic music, children's activities, pie auction, bake sale, beer garden, food trucks, 11 a.m. -5 p.m., Ballard P-Patch, 25th Avenue Northwest at Northwest 85th Street, Seattle (ballardppatch.org/art-in-the-garden ).
Breathe Deep Seattle
Aug. 10 5K walk and run to raise funds for lung-cancer research, 9:30 a.m., Lincoln Park, 8011 Fauntleroy Way S.W., Seattle; $10-$35 (events.lungevity.org ).
Color Me Rad 5K Seattle
Aug. 10 Run 3.1-mile course full of color, portion of proceeds benefits Seattle Children's Hospital, 9 a.m. Marymoor Park, 6046 W. Lake Sammamish Parkway N.E., Redmond; $30-$45 (www.colormerad.com/race.i?raceid=146&t=Seattle).
DomeStock Outdoor Music Festival
Aug. 10 Four bands perform everything from standards to folk to dancing rock 'n' roll in a grassy orchard. All ages welcome. 3-9 p.m., Shoreline Unitarian Universalist Church, 14724 First Ave. N.E., Shoreline; $5-$15 (206-440-1998 or www.shorelineuu.org ).
Tukwila Kids Festival
Aug. 10 Exhibits, interactive activities for kids, noon-4 p.m., Cascade View Community Park, 14211 37th Ave. S., Tukwila; free (206-768-2822 or www.tukwilawa.gov).
Seattle Chinese Garden Kite Festival
Aug. 10 Build and fly kites, activities for all ages, 2-4 p.m., Seattle Chinese Garden, 6000 16th Ave. S.W., Seattle; free (206-934-5219 or www.seattlechinesegarden.org).
Salmon for Soldiers
Aug. 10 A free day of salmon fishing for wounded OIF or OEF veterans. Preregistration is required with no cost to the participant, 6 a.m. Port of Everett, 404 14th St., Everett; free (425-330-0415 or theoutdoorline.com ).
Arts in Nature Festival
Aug. 10-11 Outdoor performances and art installations, Camp Long, 5200 35th Ave. S.W., Seattle (206-923-0853 or www.naturec.org/festival).
Stillaguamish Festival of the River & Pow Wow
Aug. 10-11 Entertainment, events celebrating the environment and diverse Northwest communities, 10 a.m., River Meadows County Park, 20416 Jordan Rd., Arlington (www.festivaloftheriver.com ).
Brigade Encampment
Aug. 10-11 Re-creating the year 1855, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Fort Nisqually Living History Museum, 5400 N. Pearl St., Tacoma; $5.50-$8.50 (253-591-5339 or www.fortnisqually.org ).
Celebrate Shoreline
Aug. 10-18 DogFest Aug. 10 at Hamlin Park, North City Jazz Walk Aug. 13, festival Aug. 17 at Cromwell Park, sandcastle contest Aug. 18 at Richmond Beach Saltwater Park. Shoreline (206-801-2600 or www.shorelinewa.gov/specialevents ).
Tour de Peaks Bike Ride
Aug. 11 Sponsored by Snoqualmie Valley Hospital, 25-, 50- and 100-mile routes, finish-line festival, 7 a.m., Si View Community Center and Park, 400 S.E. Orchard Dr., North Bend; $35 (425-888-6362 or www.tourdepeaks.org).
Picnic & Barrel Auction
Aug. 15 Gourmet picnic fare and wine tastings, 4 p.m. Chateau Ste. Michelle, 14111 N.E. 145th St., Woodinville; $125-$150 (206-326-5770 or www.auctionofwashingtonwines.org ).
Flute Quest
Aug. 16-18 Annual celebration of the Native American flute. Music in the park all day. Beginner flute lessons. Dozens of flute, drum and crafts makers. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Saltwater State Park, 25205 Eighth Pl. S., Des Moines; free (www.flutequest.com).
Dog Show
Aug. 16-17 Olympic Kennel Club show, vendors, Enumclaw Expo Center, 45224 284th Ave. S.E., Enumclaw (www.olympickennelclub.com ).
Snoqualmie Railroad Days
Aug. 16-18 Live music, train rides, children's entertainment, food, 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Aug. 16, 7 a.m.-10 p.m. Aug. 17, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Aug. 18, Snoqualmie (www.railroaddays.com).
Neely/Soames Homestead/Heritage Gardens
Aug. 17 Tour home, gardens, meet garden volunteers and watch hand spinning. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Neely-Soames Historic Homestead, 5311 S. 237th Pl., Kent; free (253-856-5113 or www.ci.kent.wa.us).
Duwamish River Festival
Aug. 17 Food, kayaking and boat rides, live music, art fair, kids' activities, noon, Duwamish Waterway Park, 7900 10th Ave. S., Seattle (206-453-9803 or duwamishcleanup.org ).
Central Area Community Festival
Aug. 17 Craft, food and local business vendors, music, 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Garfield Community Center and Playfield, 2323 E. Cherry St., Seattle (www.cacf.com).
Foss Cup Model Tugboat Competition
Aug. 17 Model tugboats compete in towing barges around obstacle course and salvaging model ships, Bellevue Downtown Park, 10201 N.E. Fourth St., Bellevue; free (206-790-2367 or shipmodelers.com).
Everett Craft Beer Festival
Aug. 17 Beer from 27 Washington breweries, noon-8 p.m., downtown Everett; $15-$20 (206-787-1989 or www.washingtonbeer.com ).
Bellevue's Taste of Main
Aug. 17 Samples of food, dessert, wine from restaurants, sales, wine tastings at shops, entertainment, silent auction, benefits Children's Response Center, 11:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Old Bellevue, 103rd Avenue Northeast and Main Street, Bellevue; $40 (425-467-3390 or tasteofmainbellevue.com).
PEPSapalooza Family Music Fest
Aug. 17 Family music festival with performances by Caspar Babypants, The Not-Its!, Recess Monkey and Rolie Polie Guacamole. 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Everett Memorial Stadium, 3802 Broadway, Everett; $30-$45 (206-547-8570 or www.peps.or).
Terry Home Show and Shine
Aug. 17 Classic vehicles of all kinds, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., City of Pacific Park, 600 Third Ave. S.W., Pacific; free (253-288-0135 or www.terryhomeinc.org ).
Covington Kidsfest
Aug. 17 Entertainment, vendors, bike rodeo for kids, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Kohl's, 17002 S.E. 270th Place, Covington; free (www.covingtonwa.gov).
Indigenous Cultures Day
Aug. 17 Indigenous performers, modern and traditional performances, 10 a.m., Seattle Center Armory, Seattle; (206-684-7200 or www.seattlecenter.com).
Eastside Fuchsia Show/Sale
Aug. 17 Display and sale, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Wilburton Instructional Service Center, 12111 N.E. First St., Bellevue (nwfuchsiasociety.com).
Rainier Valley Cultural Fest
Aug. 17-18 Parade, 11 a.m., Summer Street Party and Art in the Alley music, displays, vendors until 4 p.m. Aug. 17, Rainier Avenue South between South Brandon Street and South Alaska Street, Seattle; music, art activities, food vendors, noon-6 p.m. Aug. 18, Othello Park, 4219 S. Othello St., Seattle (www.seafair.com ).
Fresh Paint: Festival of Artists
Aug. 17-18 Painting, pottery, glass, jewelry, mixed media, fiber arts and photography, glassblowing demonstrations and Float Find on Jetty Island, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Everett Marina, West Marine View Drive, Everett (425-259-5050 or www.schack.org).
S.A.F. 8K Block Party
Aug. 18 Run/walk and fitness challenges for all ages and abilities, proceeds benefit Hopelink, 10 a.m., Luke McRedmond Landing, 15811 Redmond Way, Redmond; $50 (206-818-0775 or www.seriousaboutfitness.net/events ).
Metro Employees Historic Vehicle Association — Snoqualmie tour
Aug. 18 Four-hour scenic trip to Snoqualmie on restored historic buses, 11 a.m., MEHVA tours, Second Avenue South and South Main Street, Seattle; $5 (206-684-1816 or www.mehva.org).
Aug. 18 Brazilian arts and culture, Seattle Center Armory, Seattle (206-684-7200 or www.brasilfest.com).
Northwest Classic Chevy Club Car Show
Aug. 18 Classic cars, music and door prizes, XXX Drive-In, 98 N.E. Gilman Blvd., Issaquah; free for spectators (206-601-1762 or www.nwccc.net ).
Boeing Classic Golf Tournament
Aug. 19-25 Golfing event, TPC Snoqualmie Ridge, 36005 S.E. Ridge St., Snoqualmie; $20-$60 (800-745-3000 or www.boeingclassic.com ).
Summer Extravaganza
Aug. 22-24 Outdoor games, indoor puzzles, obstacle courses, crafts, Bible story dramas, and a variety of teamwork building activities. 6:30-8 p.m. Aug. 22-24, 6:30 p.m. First Christian Reformed Church, 14555 25th Ave. N.E., Shoreline; $10 (206-364-3021 or www.seattlecrc.org ).
Evergreen State Fair
Aug. 22-Sept. 2 Horse show, rodeo, 4H animals, exhibits, demonstrations, carnival rides, contests, vendors, concerts, food, 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Aug. 22-Sept. 1, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Sept. 2, Evergreen State Fairgrounds, 14405 179th Ave. S.E., Monroe; $5-$10 (360-805-6700 or www.evergreenfair.org ).
Redmond's Great Day of Play
Aug. 23 5K walk/run along the Sammamish River Trail, youth basketball tournament, 3 p.m., Redmond City Hall, 15670 N.E. 85th St., Redmond; $25-$60 (425-556-2333 or www.redmond.gov).
Bluegrass on the Green
Aug. 23-25 Outdoor bluegrass festival. 5-10 p.m. Aug. 23, 8 a.m.-10 p.m. Aug. 24, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Aug. 25, 8 a.m. Nile Shrine Center and Golf Course, 6601 244th St. S.W., Mountlake Terrace; $20-$40 (425-835-3284 or www.bluegrassonthegreen.com).
Poverty Bay Blues & Brews
Aug. 24 Blues by local bands and brews from local breweries, noon-8 p.m., Des Moines Beach Park, 22030 Cliff Ave. S., Des Moines; $25-$30 (206-878-2345 or dmrotary.org/poverty-bay-blues-brews-fest ).
Downtown Renton Art and Antique Walk
Aug. 24 Outdoor event with local artists, music and dance performances, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., downtown Renton (www.artsunlimited.org ).
Dahlia Show
Aug. 24-25 Puget Sound Dahlia Association display of thousands of dahlias, Sky Nursery, 18528 Aurora Ave. N., Shoreline; free (425-271-6668 or www.pugetsounddahlias.org).
Vintage Motorcycle Festival
Aug. 24-25 Displays, seminars, swap meet, food vendors, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Aug. 24, "Sunday Ride" 8 a.m. Aug. 25, LeMay — America's Car Museum, 2702 East D St., Tacoma; $10-$19.75 (253-779-8490 or www.lemaymuseum.org).
Tibet Fest
Aug. 24-25 Arts and crafts, children's activities, traditional foods, Seattle Center Armory, Seattle; (206-684-7200 or seattlecenter.com).
Tacoma Maritime Fest
Aug. 24-25 Maritime festival, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Thea Foss Park, 535 Dock St., Tacoma; (www.maritimefest.org).
Alki Beach 5K
Aug. 25 All ages walk and run, proceeds benefit breast-cancer charity, 9 a.m., Alki Beach Park, 1702 Alki Ave. S.W., Seattle; $30-$40, additional fundraising suggested (206-215-2888 or www.alkibeachrun.com).
Vintage Aircraft Weekend
Aug. 30-Sept. 1 Food, music, vintage aircraft flybys and demonstrations, displays, World War II re-enactors, military vehicles. 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Aug. 30, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Aug. 31 and Sept. 1, Historic Flight Foundation Restoration Center, 10719 Bernie Webber Drive, Mukilteo; $5-$25 (425-348-3200 or vintageaircraftweekend.org/home ).
Blues for Food Fest
Aug. 31 All-ages festival to raise money and awareness for Seattle's Giving Garden Network, noon-9 p.m., Magnuson Park, 7400 Sand Point Way N.E., Seattle; $20 (bluesforfoodfest.org).
LeMay Car Show
Aug. 31 Vintage vehicles with additional collections of dolls, antiques, and other nostalgic memorabilia. 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Family Collection at Marymount, 325 152nd St. E., Tacoma; $5-$10 (253-272-2336 or www.lemaymarymount.org ).
Aug. 31-Sept. 2 Music, dance, theater, film, literary art, visual art, comedy, Indie Market, Youngershoot kids' activities, 11 a.m., Seattle Center, Seattle; $99-$475/three days, ages 65 and older $25/day at the gate, ages 10 and younger free (206-673-5060 or bumbershoot.org).
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LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Los Angeles lawmakers on Friday began exploring whether the city can ban the carrying of exposed handguns in public places — a proposal that quickly drew fire from gun-rights advocates.
A motion by City Council President Eric Garcetti, seconded by six of his colleagues, directed the City Attorney's Office to look into the legality of prohibiting "open carry" firearms within Los Angeles city limits.
California law permits the carrying of legally owned unloaded handguns in a holster. Ammunition may be carried separately on the holster, allowing a gun to be loaded in an instant, according to Garcetti's office.
"Recent incidents in Los Angeles and Tucson remind us all of the ìdevastating impact that gun violence has on families and communities," Garcetti said. "The open carry of a handgun can be intimidating and threaten public safety."
Garcetti noted there have been three shootings in or near local schools this week. A Gardena High School student's gun discharged in a classroom on Tuesday, injuring two students.
On Wednesday, a gunman wounded a school police officer near El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills, and a 15-year-old boy was wounded in a shooting near Bell High School.
"An open carry ban in the city would serve the greater good by limiting the public's exposure to firearms and conserving already strained police officer resources," Garcetti said.
Ann Reiss Lane, chair emeritus of Women Against Gun Violence, also called for the ban.
" I don't wish to live in a country in which people carry guns to intimidate me," she said. "There is no reason to carry an unloaded weapon other than intimidation."
But Sam Paredes, executive director of Gun Owners of America, said such a ban is "contrary to state law" and vowed to "challenge it every way we can."
"In fact, there has never been a crime committed by an open carrier in California that's been recorded, this has been a right that we've had since California became a state," he said. "With budget cuts and police officers and sheriff's deputies laid off or numbers reduced, people have only one ability to protect themselves and that is to do it themselves."
Early last year, open carry advocates began gathering at Starbucks coffee shops in Northern California, after San Francisco-based Peet's Coffee & Tea and Los Angeles-based California Pizza Kitchen adopted policies banning people from carrying firearms in their stores and restaurants.
Assemblyman Anthony Portantino, D-La Canada Flintridge, has introduced a bill seeking to ban open-carry weapons statewide.
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I have noticed that in my SP simulations the following warning occurs when a DC operating point simulation doesn't precede it:
WARNING (CMI-2015): Unable to open nodeset file `spectre.dc'. No such file or directory.
Could someone please clarify what the function of the spectre.dc file in performing a SP simulation? Also, why is this a warning instead of an error?
Thanks for the help.
Most likely you have the readns parameter on one of the analyses (for example the sp analysis) set to "spectre.dc". This tells whichever analysis it is to try to read the nodeset file as a hint for the DC algorithm that precedes the analysis (pretty much every analysis requires a DC operating point to start from, including an S-parameter analysis). If the file is missing, it will solve the DC operating point as usual - the file is just a hint.
The reason why it's not an error is that quite often you do things like this:
dc dc readns="spectre.dc" write="spectre.dc"
Which means the first time it will give you a warning, then write the DC operating point at the end of the simulation. The second run, the file will exist, and it will use that as a starting point. We try to make it not too critical if the file doesn't exist - since it is a hint.
If you really want it to error out, you can do that by adding this option into your netlist:
increaseSeverity options warning_change_severity=error warning_id=[CMI-2015]
And then it will fail:
Error found by spectre during DC solution estimation, during DC analysis `dc'. ERROR (CMI-2015): Unable to open nodeset file `spectre.dc'. No such file or directory.


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A formalized process alleviates confusion over what constitutes a qualified lead. Vtrenz, a leading demand generation solution, is bridging the technology gap between marketing and sales teams with the launch of its advanced lead-scoring model. Lead scoring is a method of assigning points to different criteria for each lead that flows into a company's market¬ing organization. Vtrenz's new lead scoring model is designed to prioritize leads and determine the likelihood of each becoming a customer by taking into consideration both Explicit and Implicit prospect data.
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Explicit scoring evaluates data provided by the prospect, including BANT criteria (Budget, Authority, Need and Timeline) and basic demographic and firmagraphic information such as a job title, industry and company size. More critical to the lead-scoring process is the ability to evaluate Implicit scoring derived from monitoring prospect behavior - Web site visits, white paper downloads, email opens and clicks, etc.
Bryan Brown, chief architect of the Vtrenz solution, further explains, "Best-in-class lead scoring models must account not just for the activity, but also for the recency and frequency of the behavior--how often and how recently a person took an action. By adding these two elements to the evaluation criteria, the Vtrenz model enables scores to go up or down based on prospect behavior."
He added that this is a critical component of a successful lead management solution because the quality of a lead changes both over time and as more or less interaction with the prospect occurs. If a person doesn't repeat an action within a certain amount of time, points drop off. Recency points can decay over time until the score reaches zero. If a person repeats an action, the recency score can be reset and the process begins again.
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I got the idea for this Orange Blackberry Trifle from Nigella Lawson's book Nigella Kitchen: Recipes from the Heart of the Home. In true Nigella style, instead of sticking firmly to the recipe, I modified it to use what I had, something she strongly encourages in her cookbooks. I also lightened it up a bit, giving it a mini-makeover.
I felt like this easy trifle was a great recipe to represent Nigella Lawson – #44 on Gourmet's List of 50 Women Game Changers in Food and her cooking style.
I began participating with a group of food bloggers, led by Mary A Perfect Bite, who are cooking their way through the list, kind of late in the Game – with #41 Elizabeth Andoh. Now four weeks into it and we've finally hit upon someone I am familiar with and whose cookbooks and recipes I adore.
Nigella Lawson is a popular English food writer, journalist and television personality, who began her career as a book reviewer and restaurant critic. She rose to Deputy Literary Editor of the Sunday Times in 1986, before embarking on a freelance writing career.
Her first Book, How to Eat: The Pleasures and Principles of Good Food, was released in 1998 and became a bestseller. In 2000 she won the British Book Award for Author of the Year, for her second cookbook, How to Be a Domestic Goddess: Baking and the Art of Comfort Cooking.
With her charming casual style, simple and delicious recipes, bestselling cookbooks, and popular cooking shows, Lawson has become a household name — representing everything that is sumptuous, comforting and pleasurable about food.
Her cooking philosophy totally resonates with me. Nigella is someone who cooks because she loves food and she loves cooking. She exudes pleasure, a quality often overlooked in our hustle-bustle world, and readily admits that she feels most at home in her kitchen.
Nigella's writing style is very chatty, so when you read her books it's like having a friend in the kitchen with you. She's not a trained chef, but a home cook, encouraging other home cooks. Her recipes are all about experiencing the joy of cooking for comfort rather than trying to impress with perfection.
Clearly a woman after my own heart, according to this August 19, 2011 blog post, her cookbook collection at the time numbered 3,886. (Which makes me feel a little better about my own cookbook addiction.)
Nigella originally concocted her orange blackberry trifle to use up her leftover marmalade pudding cake, a recipe that is on my list to try. I instantly thought it would be a great way to use up what remained of my light yogurt pound cake.
Her version calls for a pint of heavy whipping cream. I opted to use less cream and use a light homemade vanilla pudding to supplement it, an ingredient that is often used in trifles. The combination of orange marmalade, orange liqueur, fresh orange juice and zest was delightful paired with the blackberries, pound cake, vanilla pudding and whipped cream.
This delicious dessert, with a reasonable 7 Weight Watchers PointsPlus, is just the kind of thing my husband adores and was quick to disappear!
- 3 to 4 slices reduced fat pound cake (to make 3 cups of 1-inch cubes)
- 2 tablespoons orange marmalade
- ¼ cup Contreau or Grand Marnier
- zest and juice of 1 orange
- 1 recipe vanilla pudding
- 1 cup heavy cream, whipped
- 2 cups fresh blackberries, divided
- ½ cup sugar
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup fat free evaporated milk
- 1 cup 2% milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Make the pudding first since it needs a chance to cool before being added to the trifle.
- In a small bowl, mix the sugar, cornstarch, and salt with ½ cup of evaporated milk.
- Put the remaining ½ cup evaporated milk and 1 cup 2% milk in a heavy bottomed saucepan set over medium low heat. Heat until it begins to steam and then slowly whisk in the cornstach mixture, stirring constantly.
- Cook over medium low heat until the pudding thickens and just starts to boil, about 5 minutes.
- Reduce the heat to very low and continue to cook, stirring often, another 5 minutes or so.
- Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla.
- Cover and chill before using it in the trifle.
- Spread the slices of pound cake with orange marmalade and then cut them into 1-inch cubes. Place the cut cake cubes in a shallow bowl and Drizzle them with the orange liqueur and orange juice. Toss them a bit to get some of the liquor and juice on each piece. Toss in 1 cup of the blackberries.
- Cover the cake and berries evenly with the cooled pudding and then spoon over the whipped cream.
- Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours.
- When you are ready to serve, scatter the remaing blackberries and orange zest over the top.
The following bloggers are also featuring the cooking of Nigella Lawson today, with lots of wonderful recipes I need to bookmark:
Mary – One Perfect Bite, Val – More Than Burnt Toast, Taryn – Have Kitchen Will Feed, Susan – The Spice Garden, Heather – girlichef, Miranda – Mangoes and Chutney, Amrita – Beetles Kitchen Escapades, Sue – The View from Great Island, Barbara – Movable Feasts, Linda – There and Back Again, Nancy – Picadillo, Mireya – My Healthy Eating Habits, Veronica – My Catholic Kitchen, Annie – Most Lovely Things, Jeanette – Jeanette's Healthy Living, Claudia – Journey of an Italian Cook, Alyce – More Time at the Table, Kathy – Bakeaway with Me, Jill – Saucy Cooks, Sarah – Everything In the Kitchen Sink
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As I was surfing around the internet tonight I ran across an article/interview with Nigella Lawson discussing this very recipe on the Weight Watchers.com. Here are the highlights:
Casual, indulgent, festive… All describe trifle, a gorgeous and endlessly adaptable dessert worth consideration for your holiday menu this year. In her book Nigella Kitchen: Recipes from the Heart of the Home, Nigella Lawson, the British bestselling cookbook author and Food Network star, includes a rich and luscious recipe for Orange and Blackberry Trifle. Here's what she had to say when weightwatchers.com caught up with her recently…
WW: As desserts go, trifle makes a grand impression – yet the preparation seems so easy, what's the secret?
NL: Well, this version of trifle is very much simpler than a traditional one, so I suppose you could say that the secret lay in leaving out the egg custard layer. But I also think that this trifle looks so beautiful because I choose to display it on a cake stand instead of layering it up in a dish: this way the natural beauty of the ingredients — golden sponge, billowing cream and gleaming berries – are spectacularly evident.
What would you say are the bare essentials needed to be able to justify calling something a trifle?
Traditionally, a trifle would be expected to have a sponge layer, possibly spread with jelly or preserves and always sodden with alcohol of some sort, usually sherry, then fruit, then cooked and cooled egg custard, and then whipped cream and a scattering of nuts or candied fruits. I think it is possible to pare down: layering is still essential but three layers will do: sponge or pound cake is a must, and it needs a sprinkling of liqueur or juice; cream or custard; and fruit. This is the essence of trifle!
Besides blackberries, which other berries (or other fruits) work well? What are some of the less obvious (to Americans) flavor combinations that really sing?
Pears and chocolate work very well together as ingredients, but for me the fruit in a trifle should have an element of sharpness; raspberries or mixed summer berries (which have been frozen) with a little white chocolate or cinnamon, for example. Similarly, tropical fruits with a squeeze of lime and some coconut rum or caramel are great.
What's your favorite flavor combination in a trifle?
Actually, the key combination is damp cake intermingled with fruit and cream. Flavor can profitably be introduced through the liqueur that is used to dampen the cake, but it doesn't need to be fancy to work. That's the beauty of it.
Being such an adaptable dessert, we wonder if, when one wants to scale back on rich ingredients, you have suggestions for a lightened-up trifle?
To be honest, to me a bowl of berries spritzed with some orange juice and a little grated zest scattered on top is the perfect light dessert, so I am not sure it makes sense to start trying to make a trifle less rich, but I guess you could use a light angel cake base and use a quarter of the cream and heap up with extra berries.
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Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
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Enjoy these waffles on their own, drizzled with your favorite syrup, or transform them into a luxurious brunch dish, Waffle Napoleons with Raspberry Cream. For that recipe, you will need to cook heart-shaped waffles.
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- 2 eggs, separated
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 5 Tbs. unsalted butter, melted
- 1/4 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 3/4 tsp. baking soda
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 2 Tbs. sugar
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Directions:Preheat a waffle maker according to the manufacturer's instructions.
In a large bowl, whisk the egg yolks. Whisk in the buttermilk, butter and vanilla until blended. Over a sheet of waxed paper, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and sugar. Add the flour mixture to the yolk mixture and whisk until smooth.
In another bowl, whisk the egg whites until stiff peaks form. Using a rubber spatula, fold 1/2 cup of the egg whites into the batter, then carefully fold in the remaining whites.
Cook the waffles according to the manufacturer's instructions. Makes eight 4-inch waffles.
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For the first time in his career, Nate Karns climbed onto a major league mound to face big league hitters. The 25-year-old starter has faced a long road to this point: a 2009 draft pick who didn't really pitch in the minors until 2011 because of a shoulder injury and subsequent surgery, only to become the Nationals' 2012 minor league pitcher of the year.
On Monday at Tradition Field in Port St. Lucie, Karns ran out to the mound in the sixth inning for his first appearance of spring training and showcased the ability that the Nationals have been impressed with. Karns fired two strong innings, striking out three batters and allowing only one single. He showed the major league potential of his right arm. His fastball, which was between 93 and 97 mph on the stadium scoreboard, was explosive and effective. The adrenaline was coursing through his veins just as fast.
"I was definitely excited to be out there," said Karns, who was invited to big league camp because he was placed on the 40-man roster this winter to protect him from the Rule 5 draft. "Something I've been looking forward to for a long time. I felt comfortable after that first batter or two. And after that it was just another game and went at it like that way."
It was readily apparent what the Nationals love about Karns within his first frame. He challenged Mets hitters with his four-seam and two-seam fastballs. The big, hard-throwing right-hander jumped on David Wright, getting him to 0-2 before the veteran fought back and singled the 10th pitch of the at-bat. Karns struck out Mets slugger Ike Davis looking on three pitches. An inning later, he fanned Mike Baxter and John Buck back-to-back.
"He's got a great future," Manager Davey Johnson said. "He just needs some innings."
"[He's got] easy cheese," said reliever Ryan Mattheus, who struck out two in the ninth to close out the game.
To start, Karns struggled to locate his curveball because his arm was moving too fast, a result of his nerves. Once he calmed, he threw a handful of effective breaking pitches. When he first came into the dugout, Johnson and pitching coach Steve McCatty reminded Karns to breathe and relax. They noticed his red and sweaty face as a sign of a young, nervous rookie. "Everything worked out and I couldn't be happier," Karns said.
Karns's chances of making the team are minute given his small body of work since recovering from surgery. Last year he tossed 116 innings between Class A Hagerstown and Potomac, mainly as a starter in his final restricted season before the reins come off. But Karns, at least in his mind, is approaching this spring training camp experience with wide eyes, acting like a sponge and playing for a spot in the bullpen.
"I just want to be competitive," he said. "I don't have a spot on the team and I'm fighting for something. And if it doesn't work out gotta go back to the minors and grind my way back up. So definitely going to take that approach for the rest of my career and every time out there. It's a game and I'm going to compete to win."
Karns said his first big league camp experience has been "a lot to take in." He arrived in camp hoping to continue to work on his fastball command. Though he wasn't sharp with his offspeed pitches on Monday, he knows that's a byproduct of a well-placed fastball and will fall in place in due time. His 93-to-97 mph range of speed on his fastball was the same as last season, he said, and a good sign.
"I feel like I did a lot in the offseason to strengthen my lower body and give me some more endurance," he said. "If I get a couple more ticks on the radar that's a bonus. But it doesn't really matter if it's at the backstop, you want to throw them for strikes."
As he spoke to reporters at his locker in the visiting locker room, Mattheus overheard Karns's comment.
"A couple more ticks! You want to throw 105?" he asked.
"Who doesn't want to throw 105?" Karns responded.


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In the mid-1980s the Snow White Killer terrorized the streets of Nashville, Tennessee. Then suddenly the murders stopped. A letter from the killer to the police stated that his work was done.
Now four more bodies are found, marked with his fatal signature. The residents of Nashville fear a madman has returned, decades later, to finish his sick fairy tale.
Homicide Lieutenant Taylor Jackson believes the killings are the work of a copycat killer who's even more terrifying. For this monster is meticulously honing his craft as he mimics famous serial murders - proving that the past is not to be forgotten.
Solve another case with Taylor Jackson.
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"Mediocre at best"
Sorry, but I really had trouble fighting my way through the whole thing. The timeline was weird and didn't make much sense, in that often too much happened in too little time to be realistic.
There was a horrible error made about 1/3 of the way through the book. It was so stupid and so unforgivable that it simply kept preying on my mind.
Somewhere about 2/3 of the way through the book, it dawned on me that much of the driving essence for many characters was right out of "The Girl Who..." (Steig Larrsen). That did me in.
BTW, the performer was OK, not great. Her "Southern" accent varied from Tennessee, to Southern Virginia, to Texas. Didn't make much sense.
I've enjoyed other of the series, but, that probably killed it, for me.
"#2 and it's the SH!+!"
Oh wow! I've been doing some catch up on this author and I must say she is phenomenal!!
As the plot lays out you get to like Taylor Jackson and her no b.s. attitude. Her family's dynamics on the other hand, yikes! Made me sad for the character. I can't go to deep into this book as I know me, I'll give things away that the reader(s) should listen or read on their own. I want to just blurt exciting things, the sad, the Ugly.
Y'all have read the cover story and maybe the first book, "All the Pretty Girls", it's getting better!
Just ordered Judas Kiss today! Told you I am playing catch up, but for a first timer, this series is not a disappointment.
It's worth the time and money, if it changes, I'll let you know.
Happy Reading!!
"new author"
excellent book can't wait to read the next one.this is my new author, and I'm hoping that book 3 is as good as book 1 & 2.
"Very entertaining!"
I liked the twist and turns of the story. The author gives you just enough to try to figure out what is going on but always adds a twist that surprises you.
I love Lincoln. He is the quiet character, but has a personality you can't help but like and he is one of the smaller characters so I get excited when he is in a part being read.
Perhaps she brings a sensce of realness to the characters.
I laugh a lot through J.T. Ellison's books they are very witty.
"Happy I found this series...."
The audio version is great....it's the only way to listen to a book in my estimation.
Continuing suspense, great narrator...keeps one on their toes and to keep listening!
If I had the time would listen from start to finish, but unfortunately life doesn't allow that.
GREAT, GREAT, GREAT series!!
"This is a soap opera"
This audio is more of a soap opera than a mystery. The characters and plot are shallow. The main character is rather self absorbed and somewhat of a brat, though everyone seems to adore her anyway. Her significant other comes across as Superman or Batman or some other Superhero. I can't quite get a grasp of what the other characters are all about other than poor supporting roles. If you enjoy "Lite" mystery and soap operas, give the audio a try, you might like it. If you prefer legitimate mysteries you might want to pass.
"Boring. No suspence. Nada..."
Everything. J.T. should write biographies instead of "mysteries".
The latest of Preston & Child.
Joyce Bean was not the problem, she is just the narrator.
J.T. Ellison is on my black-list.
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Dell Inspiron Duo 'Coming Soon,' Video Says
The Dell Inspiron duo, a netbook-hybrid tablet the company showed off during September's Intel Developer Forum, is "coming soon," according to a promotional video posted online.
The video, however, did not disclose when Dell's dual-core Atom netbook will be available. The 10-inch, Windows 7-based device includes a hidden keyboard, functioning as a netbook and a tablet.
"What makes the Inspiron duo unique is its dual personality it transforms seamlessly between a tablet that delivers an immersive entertainment experience to an ulta-mobile laptop with a keyboard enabling instant productivity on the go," a Dell spokeswoman said in a September e-mail after its appearance at IDF.
Beyond that, details about the device are vague. WiMAX will be included, but other information about storage space and connectivity options haven't been revealed. No price for the Inspiron duo has been made public either.
About a week after showing off the Inspiron duo, Dell chief executive Michael Dell presented a seven-inch tablet prototype at Oracle's OpenWorld. In the same vein, few details were given. Dell didn't say what operating system it would run on, and failed to share pricing options or a shipping date.
The Android-based Dell Streak has been available since Aug. 13. Supported by AT&T, it includes built-in Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and 3G where available. Marketed as a tablet, its five-inch screen makes it seem more like a large smartphone.
Dell did not immediately respond to a request for comment.


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By TAMI ABDOLLAH
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LOS ANGELES — An ex-Los Angeles police officer who authorities say went on a killing spree to punish those he blamed for his firing killed three people, set off a manhunt that stretched across three states and into Mexico, and stirred fear throughout the region.
Police found a burned-out pickup truck late Thursday afternoon that belongs to Christopher Dorner near the Bear Mountain ski area at Big Bear Lake, about 80 miles east of Los Angeles. San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon said officers were going door to door looking for him.
Throughout the day, thousands of heavily armed officers patrolled highways in the state. Some stood guard outside the homes of people police say Dorner vowed to attack in an angry rant posted online. Electronic billboards that usually alert motorists to commute times urged them to call 911 if they saw him or his truck.
"I will bring unconventional and asymmetrical warfare" to Los Angeles Police Department officers, on or off duty, said the manifesto. It also asserted: "Unfortunately, I will not be alive to see my name cleared. That's what this is about, my name. A man is nothing without his name."
Dorner, 33, had multiple weapons including an assault rifle, said Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck, who urged him to surrender at an unusual press conference in an underground room at police headquarters where there was more security than normal.
"Of course he knows what he's doing, we trained him. He was also a member of the Armed Forces," he said. "It is extremely worrisome and scary."
The nearly 10,000-member LAPD dispatched some of its officers to protect more than 40 potential targets across the region on Thursday. The department also pulled officers from motorcycle duty, fearing they would make for easy targets.
"I never had the opportunity to have a family of my own, I'm terminating yours," the manifesto said.
At one point, officers guarding one location mistakenly opened fire on a pickup truck believing it matched the description of Dorner's dark colored 2005 Nissan Titan, injuring two innocent occupants.
The chief said there had been a "night of extreme tragedy in the Los Angeles area" and that the department was taking measures to ensure the safety of officers and their families.
The search for Dorner, who was fired from the LAPD in 2008 for making false statements, began after he was linked to a weekend killing in which one of the victims was the daughter of a former police captain who had represented him during the disciplinary hearing.
Monica Quan and her fiance, Keith Lawrence, were found shot in their car at a parking structure at their condominium on Sunday in Irvine. Quan, 28, was an assistant women's basketball coach at Cal State Fullerton. Lawrence, 27, was a public safety officer at the University of Southern California.
Police said Dorner implicated himself in the couple's killings in the manifesto posted on Facebook. They believe he wrote it because there were details in it only he would know.
In the post, Dorner wrote that he knew he would be vilified by the LAPD and the news media, but that "unfortunately, this is a necessary evil that I do not enjoy but must partake and complete for substantial change to occur within the LAPD and reclaim my name."
Dorner was with the LAPD from 2005 until 2008, when he was fired for making false statements.
Quan's father, a former LAPD captain who became a lawyer in retirement, represented Dorner in front of the Board of Rights, a tribunal that ruled against Dorner, police said. Randal Quan retired in 2002 and later served as chief of police at Cal Poly Pomona before he started practicing law. Quan did not immediately return a message seeking comment.
According to documents from a court of appeals hearing in October 2011, Dorner was fired from the LAPD after he made a complaint against his field training officer, Sgt. Teresa Evans. Dorner said that in the course of an arrest, Evans kicked suspect Christopher Gettler, a schizophrenic with severe dementia.
Richard Gettler, the schizophrenic man's father, gave testimony that supported Dorner's claim. After his son was returned on July 28, 2007, Richard Gettler asked "if he had been in a fight because his face was puffy" and his son responded that he was kicked twice in the chest by a police officer.
After his dismissal, Dorner said in his online rant that he lost everything, including his relationships with his mother, sister and close friends.
"Self-preservation is no longer important to me. I do not fear death as I died long ago," the manifesto. "I was told by my mother that sometimes bad things happen to good people. I refuse to accept that."
Dorner said he would use all of his training to avoid capture and track his targets.
In addition to police work, Dorner served in the Naval Reserves, earning a rifle marksman ribbon and pistol expert medal. He served in a naval undersea warfare unit and various aviation training units, according to military records, and took a leave from the LAPD and deployed to Bahrain in 2006 and 2007.
"I will utilize every bit of small arms training, demolition, ordinance and survival training I've been given," the manifesto read. "You have misjudged a sleeping giant."
As officers searched for Dorner, there was a report of a shooting in Corona that involved two LAPD officers working a security detail, police said. A resident pointed out Dorner to the officers who followed until his pickup stopped and the driver got out and fired a rifle at them. A bullet grazed an officer's head.
Later, two officers on routine patrol in neighboring Riverside were ambushed at a stop light by a motorist who drove up next to them and opened fire with a rifle. One died and the other was seriously wounded but was expected to survive, Riverside police Chief Sergio Diaz said.
Diaz said news organizations should withhold the officers' names because the suspect had made clear that he considers police and their families "fair game."
The hunt for Dorner led to two errant shootings in the pre-dawn darkness Thursday.
LAPD officers guarding a "target" named in the posting shot and wounded two women in suburban Torrance who were in a pickup but were not involved, authorities said. Beck said one woman was in stable condition with two gunshot wounds and the other was being released after treatment.
"Tragically we believe this was a case of mistaken identity by the officers," Beck said.
Minutes later, Torrance officers responding to a report of gunshots encountered a dark pickup matching the description of Dorner's, police said. A collision occurred and the officers fired on the pickup. The unidentified driver was not hit and it turned out not to be the suspect vehicle, they said.
In San Diego, where police say Dorner tied up an elderly man and unsuccessfully tried to steal his boat Wednesday night, Naval Base Point Loma was locked down Thursday after a Navy worker reported seeing someone who resembled Dorner.
Navy Cmdr. Brad Fagan said officials don't believe he was on base Thursday but had checked into a base hotel on Tuesday and left the next day without checking out. Numerous agencies guarded the base. Fagan said Dorner was honorably discharged and that his last day in the Navy was last Friday.
Nevada authorities also looked for Dorner because he owns a house nine miles from the Las Vegas Strip, according to authorities and property records.
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Offshoring: Why Do Stories Differ?
This paper identifies critical modeling choices, as well as differences in the driving forces behind offshoring, that may explain differences in results. Offshoring of industry-specific tasks has wage and employment effects that are vastly different from those identified in Grossman & Rossi-Hansberg (2006), depending on how the industries differ in their average and marginal skill-intensities, respectively. Structural adjustment may occur at the intensive margin and the extensive margin (offshoring), and it may occur in opposite directions or the same direction at both margins, again depending on how industries differ in terms of their average and marginal skill-intensity.
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Cameron Diaz hid her face as she left a gym in LA this morning, which is an extremely considerate thing to do if you - look - like - Cameron Diaz.
In fact I wouldn't be opposed at finding some way to do this full time. Not with a water bottle like she's using of course, since things that are see-through and clear make notoriously bad hiding spots. One of those iron masks like Dr. Doom wears would be perfect through.
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Mexico Mayan region launches Apocalypse countdown today ,,( By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON )
Mexico Mayan region launches apocalypse countdown
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON
..MEXICO CITY (AP) Seize the day.
Only 52 weeks and a day are left before Dec. 21, 2012, when some believe the Maya predicted the end of the world.
Unlike enthusiasts of other doomsday theories who suggest putting together survival kits, southeastern Mexico, the heart of Maya territory, plans a yearlong celebration.
Mexico's tourism agency expects to draw 52 million visitors by next year only to the regions of Chiapas, Yucatan, Quintana Roo, Tabasco and Campeche. All of Mexico usually lures about 22 million foreigners in a year.
It's selling the date, the Winter Solstice in the coming year, as a time of renewal. Many archeologists argue that the 2012 reference on a 1,300-year-old stone tablet only marks the end of a cycle in the Mayan calendar.
"The world will not end. It is an era," said Yeanet Zaldo, a tourism spokeswoman for the Caribbean state of Quintana Roo, home to Cancun. "For us, it is a message of hope."
Cities and towns in the Mayan region on Wednesday will start the yearlong countdown. In Chiapas the town of Tapachula on the Guatemalan border will start a countdown on an 8-foot digital clock in the main park exactly a year before the mysterious date.
In the nearby archaeological site of Izapa, Maya priests will burn incense, chant and offer prayers.
In the tropical jungle of Quintana Roo, between the resorts of Cancun and Playa del Carmen, people are putting messages and photos in a time capsule that will be buried for 50 years. Maya priests and Indian dancers will perform a ritual at the time capsule ceremony.
Yucatan state has announced plans to complete the Maya Museum of Merida by next summer.
"People who still live in Mayan villages will host rites and burn incense for us to go back in time and try to understand the Mayan wisdom," Zaldo said.
The Maya reputation for wisdom has people taking the alleged prediction seriously.
The Mayan civilization, which reached its height from 300 A.D. to 900 A.D., had a talent for astronomy
Its Long Count calendar begins in 3,114 B.C., marking time in roughly 394-year periods known as Baktuns. Thirteen was a significant, sacred number for the Mayas, and they wrote that the 13th Baktun ends on Dec. 21, 2012.
The doomsday theories stem from a stone tablet discovered in the 1960s at the archaeological site of Tortuguero in the Gulf of Mexico state of Tabasco that describes the return of a Mayan god at the end of a 13th period.
Believers have taken the end-of-the world fears to the Internet with hundreds of thousands of websites and blogs.
"The Maya are viewed by many westerners as exotic folks that were supposed to have had some special, secret knowledge," said Mayan scholar Sven Gronemeyer. "What happens is that our expectations and fears get projected on the Maya calendar."
Gronemeyer of La Trobe University in Australia compares the supposed Mayan prophecies to the "Y2K" hype, when people feared all computer systems would crash when the new millennium began on Jan. 1, 2000.
For some reason, Gronemeyer says, people have ignored evidence that dates beyond 2012 were recorded.
The blogosphere exploded with more speculation when Mexico's archaeology institute acknowledged on Nov. 24 a second reference to Dec. 21, 2012, on a brick found at other ruins.
"Human beings seem to be attracted by apocalyptic ideas and always assume the worst," Gronemeyer said.
It's all a bit frustrating for serious Mayan researchers whose field has made huge strides in recent years.
"This new historical and archaeological knowledge is so much more interesting and mind-blowing than the fantastical claims about Maya prophecies one sees on TV, books or on the Internet," David Stuart, a specialist in Mayan epigraphy at the University of Texas at Austin, said in an email to The Associated Press. "We're dealing with thousands of newly deciphered texts and trying to weave together a coherent picture of Maya history and culture, which to me is as exciting as it gets."
While the 2012 hype might increase interest in the Maya, "that will probably be offset by the long and difficult effort ahead to correct the ubiquitous lies and misconceptions, even after 2012 has come and gone," he wrote.
Jonnie Channell of Albuquerque, New Mexico, says that 2012 "is going to be one of those things where people are definitely going to have to plan," not because of impending apocalypse, but because hotel rooms in the Maya region are probably going to be full.
Channell, who owns Maya Sites Travel Services, is surprised that she already has 24 reservations for three tour packages she is offering to major Mayan ruin sites in the week leading up to the solstice.
She named one "Beginning the New Calendar Era Under the Yucatan Stars."
"We put together these tours, and we've got lots of signups, and people are excited about it," she said. "If anybody think it's going to be the end of the world, then they better stay home."
Associated Press writer Mark Stevenson contributed to this report
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Tony Reyes Art Exhibition will be on display at the Dolores Public Library through the month of December. Tony Reyes is a natural artist, besides painting, he plays musical instruments, and performs folkloric dances.
Monday, Jan. 4
There will be a fundraiser for Vickie Wallace, who was recently diagnosed with Metastatic Colon Cancer, on Jan. 4 at Lewis Arriola Community Center at 4 p.m. The event will feature: Cow Patty dinner, silent auction, dessert auction and chicken bingo. All proceeds will help the Wallace's to pay for medical bills. For more information email email@example.com.
Wednesday, Jan. 6
The Montelores Early Childhood Council (MECC) will hold their next monthly luncheon meeting on Monday, Jan. 6, at 11:45 a.m., at the Johnson Building, 525 S. Broadway, in the downstairs meeting room 110, Cortez. Lunch will be provided, RSVP to MECC's coordinator, Vangi McCoy, email@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com, PO Box 1725, Cortez, CO 81321, phone 749-7017.
Tuesday, Jan. 7
Mesa Verde Back Country Horsemen will hold its general membership-planning meeting on Jan. 7 at 7 p.m. at the Elks Lodge, 2100 N Dolores Rd, Cortez. New members welcome! Learn what we do to ensure public lands stay open to horsemen. Tacos can be purchased at 6:15 p.m. Call Sue for more info 564-9454.
Wednesday, Jan. 8
Yoga and meditation, held on Mondays/Wednesdays, will begin Jan. 8 from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m. classes at Mt. Lookout Grange, 680 Grand Ave. in Mancos. All levels are welcome, arrive early for registration, bring a towel/mat, water, wear loose clothing, and refrain from eating one hour before class. Call or text 970-946-1267 for details.
Thursday, Jan. 9
The public is invited to the Dolores River Management Coordination (DRMC) Workshop held from 9 a.m. to 2:25 p.m. Jan. 9 at Holiday Inn Express, 212 E. Main St. in Cortez. RSVP to Kathy Sherer at email@example.com or Marsha Porter-Norton at email@example.com or call 247-8306 by Jan. 7.
The Dolores River meeting will be held Jan. 9 in Cortez at the Holiday Inn Express. Please RSVP by Dec. 30 to Kathy Sherer at firstname.lastname@example.com or call 970-247-8306.
Saturday, Jan. 11
The League of Woman Voters of Montezuma County will hold a breakfast meeting at 9 a.m. on Jan. 11 at the Ponderosa Restaurant in Dolores. Melissa Brunner will discuss all the services the county provide, the funding sources and the county budget. For more information call 564-0708.
Thursday, Jan. 16
There will be a presentation going over judging changes that will take affect this year in the 2014 Montezuma County Fair in the Community Open Class Food Preservation. The presentation will be held at the Montezuma County Extension Office, 109 W. Main, Room 102 on Jan. 16 from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Call 565-3123 to register ahead of time.
Through January
"Snuggle Up in January" is the January theme of Raising Readers Storytime at the Cortez Public Library. Storytime is held every Thursday at 10:30 a.m. for preschool-aged children. Older children are welcome to join for the craft at 11:15 a.m. For more information, contact the library at 565-8117.