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Anonymous Sources are Degrading Journalism, and Government Accountability
February 16, 2017 § Leave a comment
It's one of the sexiest things in journalism: The anonymous source. It conjures images of late-night meetings in parking garages, voice modulators and intrigue. The fact that someone feels the need to be protected makes their information feel more valuable. « Read the rest of this entry »
The Problem With Apple News
March 20, 2016 § Leave a comment
Apple announced this week that the company is opening its Apple News platform – the company's latest effort to deliver news to its devices' users – to all publishers, even individual bloggers.
That's a huge change. As AdAge tells it, the company launched the news platform with a relatively short list of publishers:
Apple News made its debut in September, with articles from a select group of more than 100 media outlets — including ESPN, the New York Times, the Atlantic and Bloomberg — starting in the U.S. Stories are curated based on the topics and outlets selected by the reader.
In theory, it's also a great change. 9to5Mac has a post on some of the perks. With a huge amount of news reading happening on mobile these days, some of the perks are nice:
You can author once and News will optimize your content for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, so your readers will have a great experience no matter which device they're using.
But here's the problem: Apple has made it clear again and again that when they control a content pipeline, they control the content. Josh Begley, now at The Intercept, knows this all too well.
Begley made an app to share information about drone strikes carried out by the United States. I never used it, but as Wired reported in 2012, it sounds pretty simple:
When a drone strike occurs, Drones+ catalogs it, and presents a map of the area where the strike took place, marked by a pushpin. You can click through to media reports of a given strike that the Bureau of Investigative Reporting compiles, as well as some basic facts about whom the media thinks the strike targeted.
But Apple wouldn't let it onto the company's App Store. Why not?
"We found that your app contains content that many audiences would find objectionable, which is not in compliance with the App Store Review Guidelines," the company e-mailed him.
This was not an app showing blood and guts. As Begley said to Wired: "If the content is found to be objectionable, and it's literally just an aggregation of news, I don't know how to change that."
Well, Apple News is also literally just an aggregation of news. And the company requires anyone hoping to publish their content in Apple News to be approved. As far as I can tell, that process is less-than-transparent.
Here's how they say it works:
After you've previewed your articles and ensured that your content appears as you expect it to, click Submit for Approval, read the Terms & Conditions that appear, select "I agree" and click Submit. Please submit at least one article that is a good representation of the content you will be delivering to News. We'll review your content, and you'll receive an email when your content is approved. When you receive that email, return to News Publisher and complete the next step. Once approved, you'll be able to publish articles without further review.
But there doesn't seem to be any way to preview that TOS without submitting content, so without knowing what it says – or if it allows any discretion on Apple's part to bar content for being "offensive" – there is no public-facing, structural part of this content system that reassures content creators that Apple will not censor their work in the same way it does in the App Store.
I hope I'm wrong, and if I am please get in touch and let me know what they've done to ensure there isn't arbitrary censorship.
Making Public Information Public
October 26, 2015 § Leave a comment
As digital reporter for Vermont Public Radio, one of the things I spend my time doing is checking a number of government websites for new story leads. It's generally not rewarding work but on the occasions there's something new to be found, it can make for some good scoops that don't require well-placed sources or anonymous tips.
Vermont hospitals, for example, are inspected by the state of Vermont to ensure compliance with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services standards, and inspection reports are released online at the website of the relatively obscure Division of Licensing and Protection (within the Department of Disabilities, Aging & Independent Living within the Agency of Human Services).
Those reports can contain important information, like the fact that a patient was killed by an accidental, nurse-administered ketamine overdose at the state's largest hospital and the hospital took seven weeks to change problematic drug administration practices.
That story could've been written in the spring soon after the inspection report was posted online, but I wrote it in July because that's when I happened to have time to check the website that keeps track of those reports. If you've been a reporter for any length of time, you probably have or have had a few favorite obscure government websites where you hunt for story leads or new filings.
But given that news reporters in Vermont (and in general) don't tend to have much free time, it's not good for our audience to have public information that depends on being "found" in order to become truly public.
It's 2015. Let's fix that.
Another site I frequently check is the state's website that tracks sewage spills reported to environmental officials. Our web developer, Sara Simon, created a Twitter bot that checks that site twice per day and tweets about any new spills that have been reported. (Here's her code.) I was interested in the tool as a reporter, because Twitter easily allows me to set up push notifications for any user I follow. With the bot, I know I don't find out about a sewage spill more than half a day after it was reported.
The state-run page that shows Vermonters information about sewage spills is five links from the homepage of the Agency of Natural Resources, which runs it. If you think that doesn't sound too deeply buried, I encourage you to try to find recently reported sewage spills by clicking from the homepage. (Go ahead. This page won't get lost.)
The agency is required by law to post public notice of sewage spills, but a public notice is only worth anything if the public notices. Now, instead of actively seeking out information that is difficult to find and only sometimes new, people can simply follow a Twitter account that only provides information if it's new.
But you don't have to code a public-information-spewing bot in order to free up buried information. Just keep in mind that most people probably don't spend their days looking for the things we spend our days looking for, and it's easier than it's ever been to share those things with the public and other reporters.
When I was checking through the hospital inspection report website earlier this month and saw that a small hospital had received one violation
Gifford Medical Center struggling to keep up with the needs of mental health patients, per state inspectors: http://t.co/8k1G39W56w
— Taylor Dobbs (@taylordobbs) October 8, 2015
Last week, I saw this story from VTDigger that mentioned that same report in its lede. Reporter Erin Mansfield wrote a story that put the report in the context of a statewide issue, including interviews with top officials and links for deeper reading (VTDigger has been doing a great job covering the state's mental health system this summer). The story did a great job using public information as a launch point for a wider story – it provided a great example of public service journalism that uses public documents in context to make it both more powerful and more informative for the public.
I tweeted the story, and shortly after got a nice note from Erin (who told me I could share it here):
Wanted to let you know that I found that report based on your tweet. I didn't end up citing you because I couldn't find an article on VPR to link to.
Erin didn't link to VPR's coverage of the report because there wasn't any – beyond my single tweet. VPR got scooped on a good story because of my tweet, and that's great.
Erin's story was well-done with a bunch of new information and reporting, and it found a far wider audience than my tweet and the obscure state website the report was. VPR didn't publish the story, sure, but the public still knows about the issue. The contribution from our newsroom was minor but important: a lead. (Not a lede. That was Erin's.)
On pledge drives, I often talk about how peculiar the public media business model is: "We give it away and hope people value it enough to support us."
We can be more creative about what the "it" of that sentence really is. It doesn't have to be fully digested stories, it doesn't have to be at our website and it doesn't have to be coming out of a broadcast tower. It is information. This doesn't mean we should start ignoring journalism or journalistic principles by tweeting PDFs all day without doing interviews or going into the field, but it might mean reporters being more generous about favorite obscure website for story leads, or making Twitter bots that make the information on your favorite obscure website for story leads less… obscure.
The point is: We're working towards a more informed public. There are more members of the public and more sources of public information online than ever before. The problem isn't that the information is lacking, it's that there's no facilitator bringing it to the public where they are. Serving in that role doesn't always have to be traditional journalism, but it's almost always a journalistic act.
Talking with NCPR About Tuberculosis in Vermont
February 12, 2015 § Leave a comment
I've been covering an outbreak of Tuberculosis at Charlotte Central School, and recently spoke with North Country Radio's Brian Mann about what's going on and how officials are handling it.
After we spoke, the Vermont Department of Health announced that eight more students at the school tested positive for TB after the initial round of testing.
Is 'Serial' Journalism?
December 16, 2014 § Leave a comment
In a word: Yes.
(Note: If you don't know what Serial is – first of all welcome to the Internet – and come back in 10 hours when you've finished listening.)
I'm putting this here because I think Serial's success has perked up a lot of journalists' ears (especially if they are, like me, in radio) and made them think about what they can take from Serial and apply to their own work.
Media critic (and my former professor) Dan Kennedy posted a commentary on his blog by journalist Brian C. Jones that makes an interesting argument that Serial isn't journalism because it launched before the journalist involved – This American Life's Sarah Koenig – knew what the outcome would be.
My objection is that when the reporting phase is exhausted, it's crucial to understand what kind of a story it is, and maybe whether it is a story at all. At the very least, the writer has to be honest with listeners as to the "why" of the story.
Jones' problem, he writes, is that Koenig is one episode away from the conclusion of her look into the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee and it seems likely she won't have a "He did it!" or "He's innocent!" conclusion to cap it all off. Not doing so, he argues, just causes a lot of harm to everyone involved in the case and doesn't really accomplish anything. Therefore, he says, it's voyeurism and not journalism.
Last week Koenig read from a letter from the defendant saying that his psyche has been bruised by her persistent questioning of his character. I imagine some prosecutors, cops and others whose work has been scrutinized feel the same.
I disagree with the argument that this disqualifies Serial from being journalism.
While I have sympathy for the family of the victim and the defendant with respect to the pain of being in the spotlight, I think Jones' criticism is off the mark. To condemn a journalist for scrutinizing the work of police and prosecutor, and for the discomfort that's caused, is to condemn accountability journalism. Accountability journalism is never comfortable when done well, and it shouldn't have to be. Public officials – both the law and society in general agree – are and should be subject to greater scrutiny.
As to the harm caused to Adnan by digging into this case – Jones is right, it must be difficult. But (guilty or not) he was convicted of killing a girl. Is that not more harmful to his reputation or emotional health than anything Koenig ever could do? Does the outcome of her reporting (or lack thereof) somehow retroactively change the calculus here?
Journalists spend every day asking difficult questions and making people uncomfortable. Much of the time, especially for investigative journalists, this never pans out. That's okay. But is it suddenly not journalistic work if they then publish their findings, painstakingly taking the time to note all the things they're not sure about.
The only real difference between investigative reporting and what Koenig has done here is that the things that don't pan out generally don't go public, because it would require far too much ink or air time or pixels to say "we checked this out and there are a bunch of caveats but we still have questions." But this is a podcast dedicated to exactly that, and Koenig openly acknowledges the weaknesses in what she's found as well as the emotional difficulty involved in this digging – the criticism mentions Koenig's own disclosure as evidence against her.
To say it's not journalism because there isn't a clear "why" is overly simplistic. Journalism is about creating a more informed public and moving conversations forward, and Koenig has done that.
Correction: An earlier version of this post misidentified Jones.
Stories of Addiction
June 23, 2014 § Leave a comment
In my role as digital reporter for Vermont Public Radio, I've been working to covering addiction in Vermont, which has garnered national attention since Governor Peter Shumlin's State of the State speech was devoted entirely to opiate addiction.
At VPR, I've covered the issue from the angle of treatment, statistical reporting, and how the state's drug economy is sometimes fueled by illegal firearms trafficking (That story was picked up by NPR).
Most recently, I've been focused on the impacts of addiction on the families and friends of addicts.
Brennan Dekeersgieter died of a heroin overdose in the spring of 2013, and his family has been trying to come to grips with the loss for more than a year. I spoke with his parents, Robert and Margery, and his siblings Caitlin and Colin about Brennan and about how they think about him in his absence, and how they move forward. This is their story.
On a reporting trip covering one of these stories with VPR's digital producer, Angela Evancie, we were talking about the fact that many drug-related deaths in Vermont communities exist without memorials. Despite this, their loved ones and friends may see a place or a thing, or hear a song, or smell a smell, and think immediately of their loss. In this way, addiction's effects are extremely widespread in Vermont.
In an effort to explore and understand the way addiction effects Vermont, Angela and I worked with VPR Web Developer Matt Parrilla, News Director John Dillon, and Director of Digital Services Jonathan Butler to create Traces.
From the page (which you should check out, because Matt did an amazing job with it):
Drug addiction affects many in our community. Whether you've lost a family member to a drug overdose, lost touch with a friend who uses, or are fighting your own addiction, daily reminders—objects, places, people—can be anywhere. Traces is a collection of those reminders and the memories they evoke.
Traces was also featured in the public media trade publication, Current. From that article:
The project, titled Traces, grew out of a reporting project between VPR web producer Angela Evancie and reporter Taylor Dobbs. From November to February, the team visited small towns in southern Vermont to report on the intersection of drug possession and gun ownership in the state. Vermont has both lax gun laws and a high rate of addiction to opiates, meth and other substances, fostering an illicit market in which people trade guns for drugs, Evancie said.
"We found ourselves going to a lot of motel parking lots and gun stores around town and taking pictures and videos of these empty spaces," she said. "We knew that things had happened there and we knew that, for certain people in town, these places had probably surfaced memories."
Using Data to Investigate
April 25, 2014 § Leave a comment
- State's Drug Problem Is Feeding An Underground Gun Market
- Outdated And Overlooked, Vermont Sewage Treatment Plants Damage Waterways
- Shumlin Administration Had 'Red Flag' Warnings About Health Exchange Early And Often
Start with data:
- Stats Show Opiate Use Declining, Not Rising, In Vermont
- License To Scan: Vt. Police Stored Millions Of Plate Readings Last Year
- Labor Judge Cited For Embezzlement From Farmers Market and Labor Judge Placed On Leave After Embezzlement Allegations
- Five Things We Learned From Burlington's New Open Data Portal


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Iran has studied Israeli strike tactics
A senior Iranian military official says Iran has analyzed Israeli strikes during the 2006 war in Lebanon to boost its own defense capabilities against the US and Israel.
Gen. Gholam Reza Jalali, who heads a unit in charge of civil defense, said Iran sent a team to Lebanon to study strikes during the 2006 war and changed its defense plans accordingly.
"After Hezbollah's 33-day war, we sent a team to Lebanon and probed the models of Israel's attack on Lebanese buildings and collected 5,000 photos of all the destroyed buildings," the daily Kayhan quoted Jalali as saying Tuesday.
Jalali said Iranian military officials learned after analyzing the package that tall buildings collapsed not because of a bomb's power, but the engineering technique used to bring it down.
The Israeli regime fought a 2006 war against Iran's ally, the Lebanese resistance group Hezbollah. Israel and the US have not ruled out a military option against Iranian nuclear facilities.
Iran has employed what it calls "passive defense," measures to minimize the effects of damage caused by attacks.
It has built underground nuclear facilities, such as the Fordo uranium enrichment site, which it says is buried under 90 meters (yards) of rock for maximum protection from aerial attack.
Jalali told military officials that Iran has also adopted a new military doctrine to neutralize any possible plans by the US to attack the Islamic Republic.
"It took three years to develop the new doctrine to confront the US," he said.
He says the new doctrine made Iran spread out its installations and combat forces to minimize damage in a possible war.
"We changed the deployment of military forces from a mass concentration to managed format," he said.

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In an era of mass incarceration in the United States, neighborhood context plays a significant role in demographic patterns of imprisonment. This paper examines the preprison neighborhood environment of racial and ethnic groups within the Massachusetts prison admission population. The data include over 12,000 prison records of individuals sentenced to state prison for a criminal offense between 2009 and 2014. Findings indicate significant spatial variation across racial groups: The most disadvantaged preprison neighborhoods exist in small cities outside of Boston.
Urban lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community research in sociology has largely ignored LGBTQ communities in the most common urban form: small cities. In this article, I argue that LGBTQ communities in small cities are an underexplored source of theory making about LGBTQ communities more broadly, and I highlight the ways such research enhances LGBTQ community research. I first discuss a definitional framework of LGBTQ communities in small cities. In other words, what do we mean by small cities, and what do we mean by LGBTQ communities within them?
Despite the widely hailed importance of gay bars, what we know of them comes largely from the gayborhoods of four "great cities." This paper explores the similarities of 55 lone small‐city gay bars to each other and the challenges they pose to the sexualities and urban literatures.
How does the metropolis influence population change and amenity development in small cities of the adjacent hinterland? We examine one scenario in five cities of New York state's Hudson Valley, a region north of metropolitan New York City that reveals dual trajectories of urban change. In some cities, immigrant revitalization brings population growth, revitalizes main street economies, and extends cities' majority‐minority legacies.


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How much does ACL reconstruction cost?
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Question:I am considering ACL reconstructive surgery - what kind of cost do I have to expect. I live in the USA.
Answer:The answer to how much *you* will have to pay varies on many factors, in particular on whether you have health insurance and how much your insurance will cover.
In my case I was diganosed (from an MRI) that I had a torn ACL but my meniscus seemed ok according to the MRI.
During the surgery they found that the meniscus was partially torn (75% tear) and they stitched it.
Every service in this procedure is billed and paid separately:
- your doctor who orders the MRI
- the MRI
- the surgeon who performes the ACL reconstruction
- the anesthesia
- the surgeon's assistant(!)
- the hospital (facility) where it all happens
- afterwards the physical therapy
The following numbers will be first what each instance was billed at, followed in () how much I actually paid. Note that my insurance negotiated in most cases on the billable amount, e.g. the facility was billed by the hospital at $2081 for those 4 hours, my insurance negotiated it down to $1600, the insurance paid $1440 and I paid $160.
- your doctor who orders the MRI
$700 ($260)
- the MRI
fully paid by insurance
- the surgeon who performes the ACL reconstruction and meniscus repair
$2500 ($250)
- the anesthesia
$2000 ($250)
- the hospital (facility) where it all happens
$2000 ($160)
- afterwards the physical therapy
$70 ($15) per visit, expect 16-24 visits = ~ $300 co-pay
I would say that the surgery is definitely worth it if you plan to live an active lifestyle. It sure depends also on at what stage in life you are. After the surgery make sure to get the leg *fully* straight right away or you are looking into several months of painful attempts to stretch a shortened muscle. (That's what happened to me, unfortunately.)


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Kudos to Russell Gold of the Wall Street Journal for his important article reporting on a comparative analysis done of the volatility of various kinds of crude from around the world. Of 86 types of crude tested, the analysis concludes that North Dakota crude is the most volatile! Watch out!
This WSJ analysis is consistent with and explains the horrendous explosions that have resulted, when trains transporting North Dakota crude have derailed. One such explosion killed 47 people in Canada.
Despite the especially explosive, dangerous characteristics of North Dakota crude, the New York Times reports North Dakota crude is still being transported in non-puncture resistant tankers.
According to the NYT, neither the railroads nor crude producers are willing to make sure that North Dakota crude is transported in only puncture-resistant tankers. Meanwhile, possible federal regulatory changes, that would mandate North Dakota crude be transportant only in modern, puncture-resistant tankers, are moving at a snail's pace.
Industry resistance and slow regulatory response means that virtually every train transporting North Dakota crude remains today a disaster waiting to happen. For those of living in Pennsylvania that is particularly disturbing, because about 20% of North Dakota's crude rolls through our communities. Yet, Governor Corbett continues to do nothing to protect the safety of Pennsylvanians, even as the response of the industries involved and federal regulators is completely inadequate.
The WSJ analysis of the volatility of North Dakota crude is now powerful evidence and facts that the risks posed by transporting North Dakota crude in non-puncture-resistant containers are unacceptably high!


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The Titans were apparently eager to replace an old backup quarterback with a middle-aged one, but it's hard to argue they're better in the process.
After releasing 37-year-old Matt Hasselbeck, they have filled the opening by adding 30-year-old Ryan Fitzpatrick, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter.
The former Bills quarterback has a 23-41 record as a starter, though most of those starts came for bad teams.
Ostensibly, he provides a little more push to Jake Locker with his recent starting experience. But more than anything, Fitzpatrick's career has been marked by being overpaid, which Bud Adams is OK with.


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baysha brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 230 Designs von 28 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
baySHA (stands for the Bay Area Sound Healing Alliance)
We are a coalition of sound healing practitioners, each with an individual specialty and practice. Our membership consists of musicians, healers, therapists, performers, body workers, composers and music producers who use sound wave vibrations, music, and/or expressive therapies to promote wellness and harmony of body, mind and spirit.
Our aim is to become the "go-to" site for sound healing in the Bay Area. We want the general public to learn about the benefits of sound healing and feel compelled to experience the work of our participating members for themselves.
We serve the San Francisco Bay Area. Our target audience are people who are actively seeking alternative ways of healing or new avenues for self-expression.
These people tend to:
Be well-read and open-minded
Take good care of themselves
Have some experience with other modes of alternative healing
Be aware of the body/mind connection
Sound healing is innovative and progressive. It reflects the cutting edge of science and our contemporary understanding of energy. At the same time, the methods we use come from sources that are ancient, natural and time-honored: ancient Egypt, Sumeria, Greece, Asia, and shamanic / indigenous traditions world-wide.
The field is relatively new but catching on fast – it could be the next "new" thing, like Yoga or Pilates several decades ago. We represent a newer "New Age" and require a look to match.
The winning logo will be clean and professional – with elegance, simplicity, ease, warmth and flair. We want contemporary and up-to-date with a nod to our ancient roots. Zen-inspired designs could work. Please steer clear of New Age clichés.
Logo should contain the acronym: baySHA (we are open to different treatments of upper/lowercase) and work for the Web and printed materials of all kinds.
We want your logo and palette to be the inspiration for our Web site and other materials. We have no fixed color ideas, but lean to soft neutrals with a dramatic splash for warmth.
We are creative people who value your creativity and ingenuity. Thanks for entering our contest!
Finden Sie heraus, wie ein Designwettbewerb funktioniert, oder lernen Sie mehr über unsere Logo-Design-Angebote.


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Ive been reading alot of articles recently (well, all the time) and i found this one. Not sure the age (or the current relevance because of little knowledge on the programming side of the topic ) but it has shown me alot about buffer overruns and the concepts behind exploiting them.Over the last few months there has been a large increase of buffer
overflow vulnerabilities being both discovered and exploited. Examples
of these are syslog, splitvt, sendmail 8.7.5, Linux/FreeBSD mount, Xt
library, at, etc. This paper attempts to explain what buffer overflows
are, and how their exploits work.
Great for a bookmark in firefox :P
`smash the stack` [C programming] n. On many C implementations
it is possible to corrupt the execution stack by writing past
the end of an array declared auto in a routine. Code that does
this is said to smash the stack, and can cause return from the
routine to jump to a random address. This can produce some of
the most insidious data-dependent bugs known to mankind.
Variants include trash the stack, scribble the stack, mangle
the stack; the term mung the stack is not used, as this is
never done intentionally. See spam; see also alias bug,
fandango on core, memory leak, precedence lossage, overrun screw.


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Fanatic Fly PURE 10'6 Wide Body SUP Board 2016
£774.14 ex VAT (USD944.45)
The quintessential SUP range for everyone. From newbie to the more experienced paddler, the Fly's all-round shape provides an effortless, smooth glide across flat water including small to mid-sized waves. SUP fun on the Fly!
Design details
- New 9'6" shape to widen the popular Fly range for lighter/medium weight riders
- New 11'2" shape to combine the previous 11'0" and 11'6" into one wider and even more user-friendly board – available in standard and Center Fin version
- 10'6" available in classic and WB shape, with added volume and width for extra buoyancy and stability
- CAD sculpted balance flow curves
- True surfing rocker line with a flat into full V bottom for engaging carvingsensations off the tail
- Low nose entry for effortless wave catching and glide
- Flat deck with volume pulled out to the rails for stability
- Sharp tail edges with softer rails up the nose for smooth power riding and drive through the turns
- Wood Edition and HRS with 2 + 1 Futures Side Fins plus US Center Fin setup (Fly Pure with US Single Fin)
- All boards (except the 10'6" WB) come with mastfoot insert for windsurfing option
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Fittings: 1 × Fly 8" Nylon; US Box
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The Danish dudes in SuperCharger does their footprint here at Tune Of The Day with the tune "Blood Red Lips". The band mixes rich guitars, piano, hammond and harmonica and heavy drums. Stirred up with rough whiskey vocals, all these elements together form a pure rock feel and live energy.
Take a listen to todays tune and you will get high energy levels, strong catchy melodie and a combined flow all over, the band embrace the tradition for good old fashioned rock and roll.
Mikkel Neperus (Vocal)
Thomas Buchwald (Lead guitar)
Benjamin Funk (Drums)
Lars Rygaard (Piano, Bluesharp)
Karsten Dines Johansen (Bass)
Todays tune "Blood Red Lips" feat Ralf Gyllenhammar and David Johannesson of Mustasch is taken from the bands latest release "Broken Hearts and Fallaparts"
More info @
Official Supercharger Web
Listen to "Supercharger - Blood Red Lips" on Spotify here!


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Aston Martin Vantage delivers more thrills
So much is going on at Aston Martin it's hard to keep up. The superlative-busting One 77, the all-new Vanquish, the big step forward with the latest DB9; all reason to get excited about this very British brand. But even further down the range there is good news.
By Matt Joy
For the latest model year the Vantage range has benefitted from a series of enhancements and detail improvements to build on its existing talents and deliver even more of the thrills of the original car. The first thing you notice however is that the Vantage Roadster is not short on presence. Roof up or down the curves of its bodywork are both graceful and aggressive, with flowing curves leading into sharp creases resulting in a body that appears to have been poured over its wheels.
Under the bonnet lies the thrilling 4.7-litre V8 naturally aspirated engine. With 420bhp on offer there is certainly no shortage of performance, delivered to the rear wheels either by a six-speed manual or seven-speed Sportshift II automatic that combines both smooth shifting in traffic with paddle-activated rapid shifts on demand.
Arguably of even greater benefit are the chassis alterations, comprising of a heavily revised steering which has a new power assistance set-up and a quicker steering rack, dropping the ratio to 15:1 for sharper response. The high specification tyres have been increased in width by 10mm to give even greater grip, while the brakes have been upgraded 380mm discs with six-piston callipers for unshakable braking performance.
Unlock the Vantage and you push then pull the flush door handles and swing open the swan-wing doors, opening outwards and upwards at the same time to give a large aperture whilst taking up less space in a car park. You are greeted by a cabin that instantly smells of rich leather and welcomes you in.
To start the Vantage, like all Astons, you slot the key (or Emotional Control Unit as Aston dubs it) into the top of the dashboard. Do so and there is an instant burst of noise as the V8 snarls, letting you know right from the start that it means business. Push the firm clutch down and first gear engages with a meaty positivity as you roll forward.
That V8 up front is always busy, always vocal - but not loud - and is a constant encouragement to explore fully the performance on offer. But the Vantage is far from hyperactive: a commute to work would be no bother whatsoever. The seats are highly adjustable and very supportive, noise levels sit comfortably between limousine and hardcore sports car and the ride comfort is good despite the firmness of the overall set up.
Roof down the experience is equally impressive. For the full wind-in-hair experience you can have all the windows down but even then buffeting at high speed is well within an acceptable range, yet with the windows up and the impressive wind deflector in place there is hardly a breeze at all and only the slightest increase in noise.
Slip it out of its cruising gait, drop down into second gear then squeeze the throttle wide open and the full transformation takes place. The engine reaffirms its presence with a delicious warbling bark, the whole car lunging forward instantly. As the revs build the sound rises in tempo and volume to culminate in a terrific howl as you approach the red line and slot the next gear.
0-60mph takes a very brief 4.7 seconds and the top speed of 180mph is never in a moment's doubt. This is a genuine performance car, despatching any section of open road in a matter of moments and it is a complete delight to fully exercise the performance. Yet you can haul it down from those speeds effortlessly, the strong brakes delivering effortless performance time and again.
The chassis completes the performance car portfolio too. The upgraded steering impresses right from the start with improved weighting and snappier reactions that pay dividends even in town. But on the open road you feel everything that is going on, and you are constantly keyed-in to the car's grip levels - of which there are plenty. You have to work hard to get near to the Aston's limits, the near-perfect weight distribution helping enormously and the result is a car that wants to play along with you do. The two-stage ESP system is always there to help too, should your enthusiasm get the better of you.
One thing the Vantage Roadster is not short of is rivals: everyone wants to join in the sports car game. But when you pull up on your driveway, lock and walk away, there aren't many that demand you stop, turn around and take one last look before you go.
Facts at a glance
Aston Martin V8 Vantage Roadster,
Engine: 4.7-litre petrol producing 420bhp and 346lb.ft of torque
Transmission: Six-speed manual gearbox driving the rear wheels
Performance: Top speed 180mph, 0-60mph in 4.7 seconds
Economy: 20.5 mpg combined
Emission: 321g/km of CO2


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I'm not going to try and convince you that golf is cool, but there aren't too many cooler "trophies" in sports than the Green Jacket. I've long debated what the most prestigious tournament in golf is given the difficulty of the U.S. Open and the history of the British. But given the majesty of Augusta, and the uniqueness of the jacket, I might have to go with the Masters.
Even so, while golf's greatest trophy is one that needs tailoring, does that make it the most coveted physical prize in sports? Not quite. Gonna say it's No. 4. Here's A small list at the other contenders.
3. The FIFA World Cup trophy: The World Cup is the most desired sports championship in the world, automatically making its trophy automatically one of the most fabled. Anyone who hoists that thing in the air becomes the envy of most of the globe's population.
2. The milk at the Indy 500: Historic, prestigious...and nutritious. The winner of the biggest race in America (yes, this one still tops Daytona) gets his (or her) prize in liquid form. Not even a vegan would be able to turn this down.
1. The Stanley Cup. You'll see athletes from other sports pose with the ultimate trophy before winning it. In hockey, it's blasphemous to even touch the Cup unless you're an NHL champion. But once you get your hands on it...all bets are off. Folks go skydiving with that thing. They take to str...exotic dance clubs, too. It's the Holy Grail of sports trophies, but it's certainly seen its share of sin.
Now, onto the mailbag.
On April 9, I wrote about a Padres fan who caught a home run and sold it for $100.
You wrote...
"Padre fan #FAIL. Bleh. Spit on it, throw it back get thrown out OR G I V E it to a kid!"
Well, the guy caught it on the Jack Daniels Deck in the new shortened right-field stands. They're fresh out of kids there. More significantly, his fiancee told him to sell it and put the money toward the wedding. I'll take #Padrefanfail over #fiancefail every time.
A few days later, the Padres dipped to 2-10, tied with Miami for the worst record in baseball.
You were inspired and wrote...
They slide, they catch, they run, and they pitch
It's not their fault that their boss's penny pinch
Tiz knowing rotating owners on an ego trip?
Riding their egos increasing equity to blue chips
They sell away all the talented here but never stay
They're off to e'er greener pastures for better pay
Payroll's near bottom so talent levels no surprise
They're already cellar dwellers we see their demise
I'm guessing by the month of May
Attendance will be 13K
But while you're feeling sad and blue
Know there's still Phil's Barbecue
On April 11, I wrote about Jackie Robinson and whether he would be happy with sports' progress in America.
You wrote...
It will be a good step forward when black coaches get hired and fired and the storyline won't be a "black" coach getting hired or fired.
- Neil
Agreed. But it's not just about ethnicity right now. We still haven't seen a gay athlete come out in one of the four major sports, and we see women pigeon-holed as sideline reporters while men dominate play-by-play and analyst jobs. Also, Jeremy Lin said on "60 Minutes" that his Asian heritage served as a barrier when it came to recruiting, something that's hard to dispute given his resume. Sports in this country, for the most part, should be proud of how far they've come, but there is still some work left.
If watching "42" doesn't answer the question, read Jackie Robinson's letter to the President to better understand how he didn't hesitate to say, "A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives."
Great quote by a great man.


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The protagonist doesn't have an easy time of it in "The Corpus Conundrum: A Third Case from the Notebooks of Pliny the Younger," the newly published mystery set in ancient Rome by Dr. Albert Bell of the Hope College history faculty.
The protagonist doesn't have an easy time of it in "The Corpus Conundrum: A Third Case from the Notebooks of Pliny the Younger," the newly published mystery set in ancient Rome by Dr. Albert Bell of the Hope College history faculty.
As the book opens, Bell's title character - a real-life figure from the first century A.D.-- is enjoying a respite at home recovering from the events of the previous volume in the series. The tranquility doesn't last long, with the discovery of a body during a hunting expedition drawing him back into service as a detective.
The man who was found appears to be dead, but Pliny cannot determine the cause. His servants take the body back to the estate and place it in the stable, under guard. The next morning the man is gone. As Pliny and his friend the historian Tacitus try to determine what happened to him, they encounter a man who claims that the missing man was his 700-year-old father and a woman who may be an empusa - a Roman vampire.
"Publishers' Weekly" has praised the book, noting that "Bell deftly blends clues and period details in this worthy alternative to the Roman historicals by such better known authors as Steven Saylor and Lindsey Davis." Steven Saylor himself said, "Bell's choice of protagonists... is inspired. His writing is clear and crisp. His use of the historical sources is ingenious." In her review N. S. Gill said, "Were the Roman sub-genre as popular as it deserves to be, you'd find this on the grocery store shelves alongside the feline contributions of the late Lilian Jackson Braun."
The earlier books in the series also received critical acclaim. Barbara D'Amato, past president of the Mystery Writers of America, called the first installment, "All Roads Lead to Murder," "a wonderful book." The second book, "The Blood of Caesar," was named one of the five best mysteries of 2008 by "Library Journal," which called it "a masterpiece of the historical mystery genre."
The series draws on Bell's professional interest in ancient history. His scholarly work includes the book "Exploring the New Testament World," which reviews the social, political and cultural background against which the New Testament was written, and a number of articles on topics including Pliny the Younger.
According to Bell, who is a professor of history at Hope, Pliny the Younger had held a variety of government offices in the Roman Empire, and is known through surviving letters that include his first-person account of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79 and his investigation of the Christians in the province of Bithynia. His appellation distinguished him from his uncle, Pliny the Elder, who wrote a natural history that was one of the era's largest compendiums of science. More information about Pliny the Younger, the books and the characters in them can be found on a website that Bell has developed, www.pliny-mysteries.com.
The new Pliny the Younger novel is Bell's seventh work of fiction. In addition to the three Pliny mysteries, he has also written the mystery "Death Goes Dutch," which is set in present-day Grand Rapids; the historical novel "Daughter of Lazarus," which is set in first-century Rome and includes Pliny the Younger as a character; and the children's mystery "The Secret of the Lonely Grave," which is set in contemporary Kentucky and earlier this year won the inaugural Evelyn Thurman Young Readers Book Award from Western Kentucky University Libraries. He also wrote the autobiographical "Perfect Game, Imperfect Lives: A Memoir Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Don Larsen's Perfect Game," which reflects on the 1956 World Series.
Bell has been a member of the Hope faculty since 1978. He holds a bachelor's degree from Carson Newman College, a master's from Duke University, a Master of Divinity degree from Southeastern Seminary and a doctorate from the University of North Carolina. He and his wife have four children and a grandson.
"The Corpus Conundrum: A Third Case from the Notebooks of Pliny the Younger" is published by the Ingalls Publishing Group of Banner Elk, N.C., and is available for $16.95 at the college's Hope-Geneva Bookstore or at any bookstore or online book dealer.


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A favorite scene from Don DeLillo's novel Underworld:
"Sometimes I think the education we dispense is better suited to a fifty-year-old who feels he missed the point the first time around. Too many abstract ideas. Eternal verities left and right. You'd be better served looking at your shoe and naming the parts. You in particular, Shay, coming from the place you come from."
This seemed to animate him. He leaned across the desk and gazed, is the word, at my wet boots.
"Those are ugly things, aren't they?"
"Yes they are."
"Name the parts. Go ahead. We're not so chi chi here, we're not so intellectually chic that we can't test a student face-to-face."
"Name the parts," I said. "All right. Laces."
"Laces. One to each shoe. Proceed."
I lifted one foot and turned it awkwardly.
"Sole and heel."
"Yes, go on."
I set my foot back down and stared at the boot, which seemed about as blank as a closed brown box.
"Proceed, boy."
"There's not much to name, is there? A front and a top."
"A front and a top. You make me want to weep."
"The rounded part at the front."
"You're so eloquent I may have to pause to regain my composure. You've named the lace. What's the flap under the lace?"
"The tongue."
"I knew the name. I just didn't see the thing."
He made a show of draping himself across the desk, writhing slightly as if in the midst of some dire distress.
"You didn't see the thing because you don't know how to look. And you don't know how to look because you don't know the names."
He tilted his chin in high rebuke, mostly theatrical, and withdrew his body from the surface of the desk, dropping his bottom into the swivel chair and looking at me again and then doing a decisive quarter turn and raising his right leg sufficiently so that the foot, the shoe, was posted upright at the edge of the desk.
A plain black everyday clerical shoe.
"Okay," he said. "We know about the sole and heel."
"And we've identified the tongue and lace."
"Yes," I said.
With his finger he traced a strip of leather that went across the top edge of the shoe and dipped down under the lace.
"What is it?" I said.
"You tell me. What is it?"
"I don't know."
"It's the cuff."
"The cuff."
"The cuff. And this stiff section over the heel. That's the counter."
"That's the counter."
"And this piece amidships between the cuff and the strip above the sole. That's the quarter."
"The quarter," I said.
"And the strip above the sole. That's the welt. Say it, boy."
"The welt."
"How everyday things lie hidden. Because we don't know what they're called. What's the frontal area that covers the instep?"
"I don't know."
"You don't know. It's called the vamp."
"The vamp."
"Say it."
"The vamp. The frontal area that covers the instep. I thought I wasn't supposed to memorize."
"Don't memorize ideas. And don't take us too seriously when we turn up our noses at rote learning. Rote helps build the man. You stick the lace through the what?"
"This I should know."
"Of course you know. The perforations at either side of, and above, the tongue."
"I can't think of the word. Eyelet."
"Maybe I'll let you live after all,"
"The eyelets."
"Yes. And the metal sheath at each end of the lace."
He flicked the thing with his middle finger.
"This I don't know in a million years."
"The aglet."
"Not in a million years."
"The tag or aglet."
"The aglet," I said.
"And the little metal ring that reinforces the rim of the eyelet through which the aglet passes. We're doing the physics of language, Shay."
"The little ring."
"You see it?"
"This is the grommet," he said.
"Oh man."
"The grommet. Learn it, know it and love it."
"I'm going out of my mind."
"This is the final arcane knowledge. And when I take my shoe to the shoemaker and he places it on a form to make repairs—a block shaped like a foot. This is called a what?"
"I don't know."
"A last."
"My head is breaking apart."
"Everyday things represent the most overlooked knowledge. These names are vital to your progress. Quotidian things. If they weren't important, we wouldn't use such a gorgeous Latinate word. Say it," he said.
"An extraordinary word that suggests the depth and reach of the commonplace."


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RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WLBT/Gray News) - The Mississippi State Department of Health has taken emergency action by suspending/restricting the license of a Brandon childcare facility until further notice after the death of an infant boy.
The suspension only applies to children younger than 1 year of age, older children will not be affected.
The incident happened around 9:52 a.m. Tuesday at the Crossgates Methodist Children's Center. Brandon Police received a call regarding an infant boy who was not breathing.
The infant was taken by ambulance with a police escort to the emergency room at Merit Health Rankin in Brandon. ER staff continued with life-saving measures, but the child could not be resuscitated.
Officials with the health department said there were two other infants in the childcare room at the time. They were both unharmed.
The agency added they're unsure if the infant had any pre-existing medical issues.
The child's name has not been released, but Chief William Thompson said there is an open investigation into the death. There does not appear to be any foul play involved at this point.
The facility has been operating since May 1992.
An investigation by the Brandon Police Department, the Rankin County Coroner's Office, the Mississippi State Medical Examiner's Office and the Mississippi Department of Health is ongoing.
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In order to receive a refund, students must complete and turn in a "Refund Request Form." Refund of fees and/or tuition will not be made unless claim is made through the Business Office at the time of withdrawal. To be eligible for a tuition refund, students must officially withdraw from classes. This procedure should begin in the Office of Student Affairs. Refunds are handled by the Business Office according to the following schedule:
Spring and Fall Term refunds are made as follows: Day 1 - 11 100%
Summer Term refunds are made as follows : Day 1 - 5 100%
No refunds (0%) will be given after the last day shown above.
Transcripts will not be issued for students who fail to meet or make arrangements to fulfill financial obligations. (See the section on Withdrawing From College in Academic Information.) After computation of refunds for financial aid recipients, the amounts to be returned to each of the financial aid programs will be computed according to current federal regulations. Any student withdrawing prior to completion of 60% of the term will be required to repay a portion of federal funds received.


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We are the organizations and activist the founders of the "Alliance of 149", which targeting to reform article 149 embedded in the criminal law of 1991. This article is defined as rape; one of the ugliest crimes that violates the privacy of human being and has consequences that correlates the victim in all his life.
We came together in this day 24 January 2010, in Rotana Salam hotel in Khartoum, and in the presence of representatives from political parties, media workers, academics, police and United Nation agencies in Sudan, to present and discuss all the definitions which have been previously held by the alliance, in addition to a new definition for the rape crime.
After extensive discussions about the confusing definition in the criminal law of 1991, and after emphasizing on the gravity of rape crime, all the attendance agreed on the following:
1. Cancelling of the current definition of rape in the criminal law of 1991.
2. Adopting an inclusive definition of rape crime that's separates it from adultery, in addition to more severe punishment for the offender to be deterrent form the others.
3. The necessity of putting a definition of rape crime in the conflict areas and formulate private courts adopts international humanitarian law standards
4. Put listed examples into the law for the tough conditions including but not limited to control, defining the force and concepts of consent.
5. The necessity of Amendments to the Law of Evidence to undo the engagement and the level of proof required to prove the crime of rape from adultery.
6. Put a severe penalty on the offender of rape crime with taking into account the psychological impact on the victim.
7. Alliance are valued the articles contained in the Children Act 2009 endorsed against children rape, and also valued adopting articles for children harassment.
8. Alliance are valued Sudan government signing into African protocol for women rights attached to the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights and call to ratify it.
9. Emphasizing the importance of clearing the impunity from the suspects on crimes related to sexual violence.
Members of alliance 149:
a- Salmmah women resource center
b- Sudanese Women Empowerment for Peace (SuWEP)
c- Sudanese Organization for Research and Development (SORD)
d- MUTAWNAT
e- Alalag centre for media services
f- Sudanese society for environment protection
g- Sudanese Observatory for Human Rights
h- Personnel
Press statement from Alliance of 149


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Southwest Airlines knows it can't compete with other airlines on high-class service and doesn't try. Instead, its known for keeping costs down with its no-thrills service but still understands that the definition of brand value is no longer just about price. It's actually the sum of your functional, emotional and participative benefits divided by price.
For that very reason, the airline offers a few highly useful perks to consumers who don't mind paying a premium.
- Early boarding.
- Which also means you get the seat of your choice, which will often be the exit row because those seats have the most legroom.
- Free drink coupons for business select passengers, who get to board first and usually take the most comfortable seat in the exit row.
Uniqueness and pricing authority
Those three perks are examples of how Southwest possesses unique functional, emotional and participative benefits. The more unique the brand, the stronger pricing authority the brand will have with consumers.
SEE ALSO: 3 ways the millennial foodie is changing America's food industry
Company size alone doesn't determine pricing authority. Uniqueness along with factors like direct and indirect competitive alternatives are the primary factors that influence pricing strategy.
Safety first or profit first?
As a heavy business traveler out of Kansas City, I've witnessed the airline's successful strategy firsthand. And although it's a great marketing tactic, I'd argue that the airline isn't doing the majority of its passengers any favors when it comes to safety.
For example, on my recent flight from Chicago to Philadelphia, the flight attendant served four Heinekens to a passenger sitting in the exit row, which seats the passengers who must help others if the plane goes down.
While she was preparing his fifth beer, I got up to use the restroom and asked her to stop serving him. I'm no prude, but the available "drinking time" is far less than the flight time as we aren't served during take off and landing. At most, this is an hour after we clear 10,000 feet and before we start to descend. I don't know about you, but I'd rather not have the person in charge of opening the airplane door three sheets to the wind.
Then just over a month later, "Frank" was flying next to me in the exit row from Dallas to New Orleans and managed to have several drinks on the short trip. In both cases, the passengers had been drinking BEFORE they boarded but would have likely been legally drunk even if they hadn't had a drink prior to boarding.
After the first flight, I called SWA and the representative indicated the company would take some kind of action, but she wasn't specific.
"Sure," I thought.
After the second flight, I went to the operations agent on the ground to offer my concern. She said she would do some kind of followup, but she took no notes, so I'm guessing she did nothing.
Southwest told The Business Journals in a statement that its exit row requirements are in compliance with Federal Aviation Administration regulations.
"There is no policy against serving alcohol to passengers seated in the exit row," the airline said. "However, for a passenger to remain in an exit seat, they must meet exit-seat criteria and be able to perform the required functions. Any passenger whom the flight attendant determines does not meet exit-seat criteria, or who can't perform the required functions, will be expeditiously re-accommodated in a non-exit seat.
The airline also said its flight attendants are trained to look for signs of intoxication and have procedures in place to monitor alcohol consumption onboard our aircraft.
"Offering drink coupons is not a novel idea nor is it intended to encourage drinking, it's simply an offering customers may or may not choose to use," the airline said.
Joe Brancatelli, The Business Journals' business travel columnist, noted that Southwest has a strong safety record and "is hardly the only airline that bundles drinks in a ticket."
Good customer service or price strategy?
There is a difference between providing drink service to customers in order to "delight" them and creating a pricing strategy that might lead to an intoxicated person sitting in the exit row. Is SWA blind to this, or putting profit ahead of safety, or maybe they just don't think it's a problem?
SWA representatives said they would take some kind of action, but I have heard nothing after reporting two incidents. Even a quick thank you note for bringing this to their attention would lead me to believe that they may be listening.
So, Gary Kelly, CEO of Southwest airlines, are you listening?


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While www.standupsitdown.co.uk continue in their efforts to try and achieve a common sense solution to the issue of standing in our football grounds it would seem from the feedback that reaches us that more and more supporters are increasingly disgruntled with many other issues; draconian and sometimes excessive stewarding, arrests for reasons that many would deem trivial (and a waste of tax payers money) that have lead to banning orders, atmospheres that are akin to visiting your local library, match day announcers and music drowning out traditional chanting and the increasing manipulation of fans to support their clubs in ways officialdom feel appropriate.
Fans of some clubs are fighting back with varying degrees of success. Arsenals` Red Action are given absurd "health and safety" reasons against their having a large flag whereas Abramovich contributed financially so a group of supporters at Stamford Bridge could have a new flag made up. Middlesbrough have a 12Th Man group that their club approve of, but the efforts of the Ultras at Leeds were thwarted at every turn by Bates and the management at Elland Road. Liverpool fans have started a "Reclaim the Kop" group to educate what they call the Sky generation in the traditions of their club but a determined bunch of Man Utd fans are fighting against petty restrictions at Old Trafford that would see them taking in their large flag just once a season. Apparently, the club just don`t have the resources for them to display their flag?
On arrival at my club, West Ham, the norm now is to be greeted not by friendly stewards but burly and surly teams of "security" who rudely demand to look in your bag or search you. Similar applies to away fans, no warm East End welcome, just hauled out of the que for a full search regardless of your age or appearance. I for one find it alarming that these stewards and teams of security personnel have more powers than the police and many, I`m sure, delight in exercising their power rather than use it appropriately.
Once you`ve surrendered your bottle tops, umbrellas or any other item that could be deemed an offensive weapon or potential missile and made it to your seat don`t waste your breathe and try to start singing; within seconds you`ll be battling against a sound system as powerful as any night clubs as it blasts out the latest hit! You may have been given inflatable sticks to knock together or a pre-approved, safety passed small flag could have been left on your seat for you to wave around as your players make their way to the pitch. How goals are celebrated are invariably dictated to by the club as Tom Hark is blasted out the second the ball hits the back of the net, if there is no music, be careful how you celebrate a goal in case a steward deems you over zealous! And as for wanting to stand up, well we all know what happens then!
Don`t even bother directing any song or gesture towards the away fans, you may be hauled out by several coppers clad in riot gear; woe betide you if you start singing something that may be deemed racist, sexist or any other "ist" by the stewards. A set of northern supporters who were being derogatory about East London when Leyton Orient were the opposition were told they were being racist as were the supporters who sung that Newcastle was "just a small team from Scotland". Of course there are always two sides to every story but with depressing regularity we get to know of fans who`ve either been ejected or threatened with ejection for behaviour that was not only accepted but considered part of being a football fan for us not to take their indignant claims seriously and as truthful.
Why is this? What is behind this relentless drive to turn our stadiums into serene havens where our emotions are controlled by music and stewards? Some say those in power won`t be happy until the working classes no longer comprise the majority of supporters. Some may feel that perhaps such thinking is the result of an over active imagination but given the ticket prices of many clubs perhaps there is an element of truth is this argument. Certainly if you consider that we`re apparently in need more 'education` when it comes to matters of race and domestic violence you could consider that we`re collectively viewed as a bunch of knuckle dragging, partner abusing racists like no other group in society! I bet the crowds at Twickenham or Lords aren`t on the receiving end of notes in programmes and displays by local school kids reminding them racism and 'partner abuse` is not only wrong but against the law.
If the behaviour of the modern fan was akin to that of 20 odd years ago, they`d be plenty of justification of how we`re treated today but the crowds now are so far removed from those times that every incident involving supporters (or even club managers!) is guaranteed more headlines and commentary than people blowing each others brains out at nightclubs or on the streets!
The Government is determined that every leisure activity from visiting an old wreck of an ancient castle to a football ground should be accessible and welcoming to all. Is this behind the increasing efforts to sanitise the game? Football is unique and just not comparable to any other sport or past time. Fans are tribal and in my experience all that matters to fans is that those next to them are wearing the same shirt as they are. Certainly as a woman I`d have no qualms about travelling to a game on my own as I`ve done a couple of times; I feel safer more comfortable surrounded by my fellow fans than I do in other circumstances. Certainly, I get served at the bar very quickly as I`m pushed to the front by the blokes around me!
Indeed a rather 'well to do` female columnist in the Times wrote in amazement at how well she was treated by fans and how much she enjoyed the atmosphere when she very reluctantly accompanied her young son to a Premiership game. Another woman journalist, also attending her first game last week wrote with enthusiasm at how entertained she was by the "fight" between Wenger and Pardew and that going to live games was much more fun that going to the theatre and yet these type of woman are supposedly terrified at the mere thought of going to a match hence the apparent desire to rid those who don`t sit quietly for 90 minutes from the stands completely.
Is it really necessary to treat supporters in such contempt just so fans new to the game can attend? Surely while the fans have moved on with the vast majority behaving, the authorities view us as if from a time warp and they continue to so at their peril. If this drive to apparently alienate the "traditional" fan from the game by either pricing them out or deciding their behaviour isn`t appropriate nor welcome continues then sooner or later these same people will be scratching their heads and wondering where we all are.
At least once a season, dropping attendances will hit the headlines; to thousands of us the solution is simple, bring back standing areas, stop manufacturing the atmosphere and let fans continue doing what they`ve done for over one hundred years.. supporting their teams vocally and passionately while on two feet. Stadiums are plenty big enough to accommodate both the sitters and the standers, lets start talking before it is too late.
By Amanda Matthews www.standupsitdown.co.uk
Stand up sit down
While www.standupsitdown.co.uk continue in their efforts to try and achieve a common sense solution to the issue of standing in our football grounds it would seem from the feedback that reaches us that more and more supporters are increasingly disgruntled with many other issues; draconian and sometimes excessive stewarding, arrests for reasons that many would deem trivial (and a waste of tax payers money) that have lead to banning orders, atmospheres that are akin to visiting your local library, match day announcers and music drowning out traditional chanting and the increasing manipulation of fans to support their clubs in ways officialdom feel appropriate.


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Originally Posted by T-O-E
MAJOR SPOILERS. Seriously!
The last panel will be...
Black. 'The End' in white text.
Don't say I didn't warn you.
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Addicted to Flight
by Jo Ann Skousen | Posted November 14, 2012
The first five minutes of Flight are gratuitously graphic — and I'm not talking about the plane crash.
The film opens on the tip of a bare breast and pulls back to reveal a naked young woman who stumbles to the bathroom and back to bed, where she dons her scanties and lights up a joint. Meanwhile her lover wakes to the sound of his cellphone and argues with a caller, most assuredly his ex-wife, who is asking for money. He finishes the call, reaches for a glass from the bedside table, and downs last night's booze before taking a hit from the girl's joint. Tired, hung over, and angry at his ex-wife, the man dresses and takes a gasp of cocaine to clear his head and focus his brain. Then he dons his captain's hat. He is about to pilot a plane.
Whip Whitaker (Denzel Washington) is a crackerjack former Navy pilot who knows how to handle his liquor. While buckling in, he orders black coffee from the head flight attendant (Tamara Tunie), then takes a couple of giant whiffs of pure oxygen, much to the horror of his young co-pilot (Brian Geraghty). Fortunately, when it comes to flying a plane, Whip knows what he's doing. Half an hour before landing, the elevator fails in the tail, forcing the plane to nose dive straight toward the ground. Relying mostly on instinct, he manages a spectacular landing and saves almost everyone aboard from what would have been certain death.
Thus begins the dilemma of the film. Whip is a hero, right? The crash was caused by mechanical failure, not by pilot error. In fact, Whip's quick thinking and masterly piloting prevented nearly a hundred deaths. Yet his alcohol level was three times the legal limit. Should he be praised for the 98 lives he saved, or held accountable for the six passengers who died?
With Denzel at the helm, I expected this to be a film about a casual drinker who may have had a glass of wine the night before flying and is unfairly punished because of arbitrary and unbending government regulation. I thought this would be an interesting libertarian study. Instead, it is about an out-of-control alcoholic who still flies jet airplanes for a living. Although the trailers for Flight promise a thrilling disaster movie on par with Airport (1970), the movie is actually a character study more akin to Days of Wine and Roses (1962).
It's a calculated act of aggression, and it turns a gesture of love into a kind of violence, almost like a rape.
Once you realize that's what it is, it is quite good. We see Whip go through all the classic problems of the addicted personality. Disgusted with himself, he pours out all his alcohol (and he has alcohol of every shape and brand hidden just about everywhere). He sobers up for a few days, and then he buys more. He destroys relationships with family and friends. When a drinking buddy decides to sober up, he walks away.
In one unforgettable scene at the home of Whip's ex-wife, his teenage son confronts him and swears at him, telling him to leave their house. Whip is furious. He wants to hit his son for sassing him, but he knows that if he does, he'll be arrested. So he hugs him instead. It's a calculated act of aggression, and it turns a gesture of love into a kind of violence, almost like a rape. It's also a lie. Pure genius, and for those who have experienced that kind of aggression, it rings frighteningly true. This is a man who knows how to beat the system, with a smile on his face.
What I find most troubling about this story is the fact that Whip's colleagues know that he is an alcoholic, and they do nothing to stop it. I'm no Pollyanna — I recognize that most alcoholics are surrounded by enablers who help them lie — but Whip is putting their own lives in danger. When a nurse looks the other way as an alcoholic doctor prepares for surgery, she may be thinking, "Why should I get involved?" The person on the operating table is a stranger, first of all, and the rest of the surgical team will watch for mistakes. The nurse's own life isn't in jeopardy. It's wrong, but you can understand it. Yet what would induce a flight attendant to board a plane captained by an inebriated pilot? If he crashes the plane, she goes down with it too.
Nevertheless, research shows that many pilots and flight attendants have problems with substance abuse. Random blood tests identify several pilots each year with alcohol levels above the legal limit, and the FAA has a policy — a policy! — of requiring substance abusers to go through rehab therapy before returning to work. Yes! They are allowed to return to the skies! If you weren't afraid of flying before, you probably ought to be now. The only saving grace is the fact that autopilot controls most flights these days, and the chances of having an inebriated pilot and co-pilot in the cockpit at the same time are fairly slim.
The members of Whip's flight crew know he's an alcoholic, but they don't turn him in. His girlfriends enjoy getting high with him. His attorneys (Bruce Greenwood, Don Cheadle) are more concerned with winning his case than with protecting the flying public. They will do anything to shelter Whip, and Whip will do anything to get away with what he's doing. A friend of mine who grew up with two alcoholic parents wisely observed, "The AA confession should be 'I'm an alcoholic . . . and I'm a liar,'" because being addicted to anything always leads to lying. Deception at first, then half truths, then outright lying. Addicts get so good at it! Both weaknesses have to be acknowledged before the person can change.
And then there is his drug dealer, Harling Mays (John Goodman). Harling struts into the scene channeling Wolfman Jack with his dark glasses, goatee, greasy pony tail, oversized bowling shirt, and Rolling Stones soundtrack ("it's just a shot away" of course). Goodman revels in this role. It's probably the most fun he's had since . . . well, since last month's Argo. Goodman seems to love every part he plays, and it's infectious.
Harling is a pharmaceutical distributor who dispenses cocaine with the precision of a medical doctor. He even makes house calls. When the alcohol has created too much of a depressant, he prescribes just the right amount of stimulant to elevate the brain and get it leveled off. He's a pro.
And yes, in case you hadn't noticed, the plane crash itself is a metaphor for the alcoholic. When the chemical "elevator" stops working, Whip goes into a dive and crashes, destroying others in his path. He tries to whip himself into shape, but he can't do it alone. He needs help.
Like Days of Wine and Roses, this film could have become maudlin, preachy, and overlong. But also like that classic film, Flight rises on the strength of the actors who inhabit it, and the ending soars. It's an important film. I just wish Hollywood weren't so addicted to pushing the edge of decency. While that opening scene is important for establishing Whip's character, the nudity is simply unnecessary.
Editor's Note: Review of "Flight," directed by Robert Zemeckis. Paramount Pictures, 2012, 138 minutes.
Jo Ann Skousen is the founding director of the Anthem Libertarian Film Festival and the entertainment editor for Liberty. She teaches English literature and writing at Chapman University and Sing Sing Correctional Facility.
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I too was badly mislead by the trailer. The film is 10 minutes of excessive nudity, 20 minutes of 'Hold Your Seat, Nelly!', and a 100 minute AA infomercial. The flash back ending was predictable.
I left the theater in need of a drink.
Thu, 2012-11-15 12:21
Abraham Lincoln, when confronted with the drunken nature of his most successful General replied to his aide, "Make a note, I must insist that ALL my Generals drink more" Everyone loves the hero savior until they -- belatedly of course -- must confront his boorish nature.
This movie is ultimately about two related, yet different themes: (1) alcoholism, and (2) heroism. Would General Grant have been a better Commander alcohol free? I doubt it. "Alcoholism" had not been invented at the time, and Lincoln's results oriented reply simply stated the obvious: Grant's was the best General he had and whatever Grant was doing, Lincoln wished more of his military commanders would do the same.
Heroes are flawed by nature. Were it otherwise, we'd call them Gods. Great movie, huh?
Thu, 2012-11-15 02:53
Jim Henshaw
The trailer lying by omission about what the movie is really about is really irritating -- unless it's a diabolically clever way of commenting on the alcoholic lying of the protagonist of this film.
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Many years ago, I read a popular book called How to Win Friends and Influence People. (Carnegie, Dale. How to Win Friends and Influence People. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1981). Conspicuously absent from that book was the practice of doing software reviews. This is especially true with genealogy software reviews. In my opinion, doing reviews was a way to lose friends and make nearly the entire genealogical community upset in one way or another. Now I have to admit, I much admire my friend, Randy Seaver in his Genea-Musings blog where he displays his extreme technical ability to analyze programs and meticulously go through each of the features. You never know, I may change my mind tomorrow and start doing the same kinds of analysis. But this is not likely.
My concern about software reviews for genealogy programs obviously does not extend to online programs especially those hosting family trees. Whether any particular program is good or bad or works for any particular purpose is ultimately decided in the competitive marketplace. Hundreds of genealogy programs have come and gone over the years. One of the most popular programs of all time was Personal Ancestral File. Despite its popularity, or perhaps as a result of its popularity, the program was discontinued in 2002. Amazingly, there are still huge numbers of genealogists using this program and I find references recommending the program in newsletters, blog posts and comments made by volunteers at the Mesa FamilySearch Library. My point is that purchasing software for your own computer is sometimes based on irrational behavior.
If I chose to review any particular genealogy software program available today and set aside my rule against software reviews, I am afraid I would make that program appeared be totally worthless and poorly designed. I can tell you what is wrong specifically with every single software program I use.
When I buy a product online or go looking for a product in a store, I will almost always read the online reviews. This is especially true if I am purchasing the product for the first time. Now, if I read and use reviews why don't I write them myself? I have actually struggled with this question for a really long time. If you are a blogger and get to a certain level of market awareness with your blog, you will always have people coming to you for endorsements of their programs or products. Some appreciate a mention of the product. Others offer free versions of the programs or product hoping that you will say something positive or indicate that you use the program. So what is the difference between mentioning a program in a blog post and writing a software review? Maybe I need to think through the answer to that question more carefully than I have in the past.
The real reason why I have avoided specific genealogy software reviews is pretty simple. I like all the programs and I think that each program has positive features that make it a desirable product. This goes back to my comment above about my ability to pick the program to death. People are still using Personal Ancestral File because they like the program and are comfortable with it. I think you should choose a program on the same basis: you like the program and are comfortable with it. If everyone followed my personal preferences, we would all be driving Prius automobiles. I have tried to pick Personal Ancestral File to death and have had little or no effect on the people who continue to use the program.
Now why do I discuss online programs? Here the answer is a little more complicated. If I were a normal software user, which I am not, I would choose a program and use it almost exclusively. Online programs are not exclusive; they do not operate under the same rules as do local database programs. You may not see the distinction but I think the distinction is very important. Perhaps an extension of my example of the Prius automobile would help explain my position. If I had unlimited funds I would probably own a dozen different types of cars and trucks. Would I go online and promote one model or manufacturer over another? Probably not, for the same reason that I don't do software reviews. At the same time, would I go online and write about the road system or traffic laws or any other subject having to do with the operation of motor vehicles? Maybe. We all have equal access to and can use the online services such as Ancestry.com or FamilySearch.org or MyHeritage.com because their content is easily distinguishable. Whether you like Ancestry.com or not as nothing to do with its utility as a online's resource. Personal preference is a huge factor in purchasing an individual desktop computer program.
So I stay away from recommending one software product over another. I do appreciate new innovations and features that are valuable. I will continue to mention products I think should have your consideration. I will not sit down and do a point by point "software review" at this time. Unless I change my mind.
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It. Is. So. Cold. Here.
and there are houses with Christmas trees already up and houses with twinkly lights all over them and lots and lots of merry merry joy joy in our neighborhood. We bundled up after dinner last night and toured the neighborhood – and made plans for our own holiday house decor. This weekend – it is happening.
Back to the cold – did I mention it is cold?
Cold weather = comfort food.
When I made the tomato bisque earlier this month, it was a natural choice to make the ultimate comfort food pairing – grilled cheese. Not just any grilled cheese, petite grilled cheese.
These grilled cheese sliders were the ultimate comfort – crispy grilled rolls that are pillowy soft at the bite, warm melty cheese and a surprise spicy flavor from the chipotle.
chipotle grilled cheese sliders
makes four sliders
four small rolls (potato, etcetera)
6 slices of cheese (I used rice cheese slices)
2-3 tablespoons chipotle tomato crema (or chipotle mayo)
Slice rolls in half, spread with chipotle tomato crema. Divide cheese slices among the four rolls (one and a quarter slice each), assemble sandwiches and grill (panini press or grill pan) until cheese melts. Serve with / dip into tomato bisque soup.
Spicy cheesy – the new perfect pairing.
Do you decorate for the holidays?


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North Cyprus has two mobile service operators, namely KKTCell (Kuzey Kıbrıs Turkcell) which everyone calls Turkcell which is actually the parent company based in Turkey. This company's numbers start with 0533; and then there's Telsim which is now owned in part by Vodafone, this company's numbers start with 0542.
Both companies can offer competitive service rates, with GPRS, 3G as well as standard tariffs available. It's who you prefer really, although KKTCell does seem to have a hold on the market at present. They both also offer your itemised billing via email, and have English speaking staff at their offices which are in all major towns and villages and even in some supermarkets. Staff can assist you with any problems that you may have with a phone or help you configure your phone for any number of applications and services.


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A bulging fontanelle is an outward curving of an infant's soft spot (fontanelle).
The skull is made up of many bones, 8 in the skull itself and 14 in the face area. They join together to form a solid, bony cavity that protects and supports the brain. The areas where the bones join together are called the sutures.
The bones are not joined together firmly at birth. This allows the head to change shape to help it pass through the birth canal. The sutures get minerals added to them over time and harden, firmly joining the skull bones together.
In an infant, the space where 2 sutures join forms a membrane-covered "soft spot" called a fontanelle (fontanel). The fontanelles allow for growth of the brain and skull during an infant's first year.
There are normally several fontanelles on a newborn's skull. They are located mainly at the top, back, and sides of the head. Like the sutures, fontanelles harden over time and become closed, solid bony areas.
The fontanelles should feel firm and very slightly curved inward to the touch. A tense or bulging fontanelle occurs when fluid builds up in the brain or the brain swells, causing increased pressure inside the skull.
When the infant is crying, lying down, or vomiting, the fontanelles may look like they are bulging. However, they should return to normal when the infant is in a calm, head-up position.
Reasons a child may have bulging fontanelles include:
If the fontanelle returns to normal appearance when the child is calm and head-up, it is not a truly bulging fontanelle.
Immediate, emergency care is needed for any infant who has a truly bulging fontanelle, especially if it occurs along with fever or excess drowsiness.
The health care provider will perform a physical exam and ask questions about the child's medical history, such as:
Diagnostic tests that may be done are:
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Reviewed By: Neil K. Kaneshiro, MD, MHA, Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, Brenda Conaway, Editorial Director, and the A.D.A.M. Editorial team.


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In the old days, when investigators wanted to research a case, they would go to an office, open file cabinets and rifle through dozens of folders to find the documents that would help them build their case.
Not anymore. In today's digital world, that same task requires more than a knack for "creative problem solving." Today's hi-tech crimes require high-tech investigators.
Welcome to the world of digital forensics, where specialists recover and produce digital evidence for court testimony by looking into the software and hardware of computers, tablets, phones, smart televisions and just about any electronic device that stores digital records.
Are you curious where digital forensic investigators work? How about their annual wages?
Jason Alvarado, lead faculty member for
the digital forensics program at Richland College, said every organization needs digital forensics.
"If a company doesn't have digital forensics, they're looking into how they're going to get digital forensics, or they're putting a law firm or a big consulting company on retainer to handle their digital forensics," he said. "Human resources departments have to use digital forensics just to conduct an employee investigation these days."
Alvarado said that people who have
a digital forensics associate degree can expect to make $50,000 a year in their first job out of school. He notedthat digital forensics experts will max out at $160,000 to $180,000.
"Those people are going to be your in-demand expert witnesses who can testify in court for companies that aren't hiring digital forensic experts," Alvarado explained. "They're hiring an expert witness who happens to know digital forensics."
Paula Viall, a digital forensics student at Richland, entered the digital forensics field after the accounting job she had was shipped overseas.
"I did some research and found this is an up-and-coming field. It is wide open, it's growing here in the U.S., and it's less likely to be outsourced because you need people on the ground. I've enjoyed every minute of it," she said.
Paula said one of the first things that she learned when she studying digital forensics was not to worry about not having the IT background. In fact, sometimes an IT background can hinder students with mindset of 'this is how things are done.'"
"We're not looking necessarily for a technical person," said Professor Alvarado. "I can make them technical. I can teach them the hard skills that they need, but it's hard for me to teach somebody to problem-solve creatively."
Melissa Sokolowski graduated from Richland in 2012 and now works as a forensic examiner. She said the "phenomenal" digital forensics program at Richland helped her get a position at Xerox just two weeks after graduating.
"I like the challenge of forensics. I like to research and get to the root of the problem. It's always changing. Evidence is always different, and I learn something new every day. It's a fascinating field," she said.
Melissa recently launched an internal group for women in information security at her company. She also attends STEM Girls conferences and volunteers to educate girls about information security.
The digital forensics industry changes rapidly, but Melissa keeps up by doing a lot of reading and by following people on Twitter and LinkedIn, where members often point to relevant articles that help her maintain her skills. She added that the industry is migrating and that companies are looking for incident responders and forensic analysts — people who can detect digital breaches and find out how they happened.
Professor Alvarado said people who work in digital forensics can expect to do much self-directed work; however, on more complex cases, they work as a team.
"Companies want a person who is very regimented and focused. Complete a task and move on to the next one, but be very organized in the way they approach their day," he added.
Viall said classroom work is similar.
"One of the things that they teach us here (at Richland) is how to work on our own and come up with procedures that need to be followed. It's not like you're going to be thrown out there and then try to figure out what a company wants. They'll say, 'This is what I want from you,' and you'll say, 'OK, I have that knowledge base.'"
A slightly different digital forensics career path is available at Eastfield College for people who are interested in a career as a private investigator.
Patrick Patterson, coordinator for the criminal justice program at Eastfield, said the
digital forensics investigations certificate at Eastfield College focuses on the investigative side of digital forensics.
Some differences do exist between the two programs, Patterson said. "They might look at how to tap into a cell phone and break into it. We look at the legal side for prosecutions."
Patterson said students who earn the certificate and associate degree can obtain a private investigator license because the state will waive the three years of investigative experience that normally is required.
The certificate is offered at only one other school in Texas.
A huge market exists for private investigators, Patterson added, because "people are always willing to pay someone else to do the snooping for them." Banks are also constantly looking for personnel to staff their fraud departments.
Remember the case of Casey Anthony, who was charged with the murder of her child, Caylee? Professor Alvarado said this is a good example of how digital forensics helps in criminal cases.
Investigators looked at the Google searches on Anthony's computer and correlated it with the forensic trace evidence that was found in the trunk of her car. Anthony eventually was found not guilty by a jury, but it shows how computer evidence is often paired other types of physical evidence.
"The way [our professors] put the subject into context using real-life cases is amazing," explained Joseph Barsis, a first-year student in Eastfield's criminal justice program. Joseph said he decided to pursue a career in law enforcement because he has a knack for working with computers and his step- grandfather was a police officer. He hopes to one day earn a doctorate.
The digital forensics program at Richland College has multiple articulation agreements with four-year institutions, including Texas A&M University, Oklahoma State University and Champlain College, a private school that is considered the preeminent place to go for a digital forensics education.
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