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Air Force Sexual Assault Unit Chief Charged with Sexual Battery
The chief of the Air Force's branch on sexual assault prevention and response was arrested over the weekend on charges of sexual battery.
According to the Arlington Police Department, Lieutenant Colonel Jeffery Krusinski groped a woman in a parking lot early Sunday morning. She fought him off when he attempted to grab her again and immediately alerted the police. The police department confirmed that he is being held under $5,000 bail. An anonymous spokesperson for the Air Force confirmed that Krusinski had been dismissed from his post in response to the allegations.
Representative Jackie Speier (D-CA), who recently reintroduced the Sexual Assault Training Oversight and Prevention Act (STOP Act) to address sexual assault in the military, told the Stars and Stripes that the news made her physically ill. She questioned, "How many more reasons do we need to take cases of rape and sexual assault out of the chain of command?"
The Air Force has come under particular scrutiny after a Lieutenant General overturned a sexual assault conviction by jury of an Air Force service member. The Air Force fighter pilot was convicted in November for aggravated sexual assault by a jury of four colonels and a lieutenant colonel. He was dismissed from the Air Force and sentenced to one year in prison. Lieutenant General Craig Franklin overturned the jury conviction using "convening authority" - an absolute power of a single military supervisor to dismiss a jury decision as granted by Article 60 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ).
Media Resources: Huffington Post 5/6/2013; Stars and Stripes 5/6/2013; Feminist Newswire 4/17/2013, 3/6/2013

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Erin Earley is editor of Lavasoft News.
The stories are all too familiar: Money siphoned from a checking account. Unfamiliar charges racked up on a credit card bill. Discovering a loan has been taken out under false pretenses.
You may know someone forced to deal with one of these situations, or it may have even happened to you. Identity theft, when a thief uses your personal information for their personal gain, comes in all shapes and sizes, as criminals are able to steal information in a variety of ways -- online and offline, included -- and then use that information to commit a range of crimes. But there's one common factor: this crime is growing rapidly around the world, and its effects are hitting close to home for many. The numbers from current industry reports speak for themselves:
- An estimated 9 million Americans are victims of identity theft each year.
- The financial impact due to fraud amounted to $48 billion over the past year.
- Approximately 1.8 million more adults in the U.S. became victims to identity fraud in 2008, compared to 2007.
Where can victims or those wanting to learn more turn for assistance? Organization like the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC), a U.S.-based non-profit group dedicated to providing assistance to identity theft victims, can lend a helping hand.
The ITRC -- while also devoted to educating consumers, businesses, and government agencies on identity theft awareness and mitigation -- offers a number of resources for identity theft victims, among them a no-cost call center. The victim assistance call center alone received an estimated 8,000 calls this past year.
"There has always been a need for victim services worldwide. The restoration process of cases that range beyond closing a credit card are enhanced with the guidance of a trained and skilled advisor," says ITRC founder Linda Foley.
Making the organization especially sensitive to the needs of victims in clearing their names and preventing further fraud is the fact that the ITRC is staffed with advisors who have been victims of identity theft themselves; its victim assistance services and educational material, including fact sheets and form letters, were created by its experienced staff.
"The information was obtained from our own walks through the trail of being a victim as well as the thousands and thousands of victims we have helped walk through their own battles," says Foley, who established the ITRC after her employer stole her identity.
"Additionally the ITRC research and writing team spends many hours verifying information, procedures and laws before even starting to write. We have staff whose primary focus is to stay on top of the latest information daily."
Still, even with such resources readily available by the ITRC, as well as a growing number of other educational campaigns like the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's identity theft awareness microsite, identity theft and fraud continue to proliferate, stressing the need for more to be done to protect consumers. According to the ITRC, to fight this type of crime, a stronger focus and more resources are needed in the form of services, education, and legislative support and guidelines.
"The most important point is that we must work in a collaborative effort: businesses, consumers, government, law enforcement and legislators," Foley says.
How to Prevent Identity Theft
Identity thieves use low-tech methods (stealing your wallet or even eavesdropping at key moments) as well as sophisticated Internet scams to rob people of their sensitive personal data. That's why it's critical to closely protect any documents, banking cards, or sensitive numbers that can be used by thieves for their personal gain -- whether you're at home, out and about in public, or surfing the Web. Below are basic guidelines we have compiled to help you reduce the risk of identity theft, whether you are online or offline.
- Monitor your credit closely. Your credit report contains information about your credit accounts and bill paying history so you can be tipped off when someone is impersonating you. Watch for suspicious signs, like accounts you did not open. You can also consider identity protection services, which range from credit monitoring to database scanning, for extra security.
- Keep records of your financial data and transactions. Review your statements regularly for any activity or charges you did not make.
- Install security software (firewall, anti-virus, anti-spyware software) and keep it up-to-date as a safety measure against online intrusions.
- Use an updated Web browser to make sure you're taking advantage of its current safety features.
- Be wary of e-mail attachments and links in both e-mail and instant messages. Use caution even when the message appears to come from a safe sender, as identity information in messages can easily be spoofed.
- Store sensitive data securely. Just as you keep sensitive paper documents under lock and key, secure sensitive online information. This can be done through file encryption software.
- Shred documents (both paper and electronic) that contain personal or financial information before discarding them. This prevents dumpster diving and, in the online world, the ability for hackers to bypass information that has not been permanently deleted from your computer.
- Protect your PII. Be cautious about giving out your personally identifiable information (PII) to anyone. Find out why the information is needed, and if it's absolutely necessary to give out. Be careful about the details you provide about yourself online, such as on social networking sites.
- Stay alert to the latest scams. Awareness and caution are effective methods to counter fraud. Share security tips you learn with your friends and family.
But, what do you do if you think you may have already given your information to a scammer? Helpful sites like the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) have you covered! Refer to theITRC's fact sheet, "I Gave My Info to a Scam Artist, Now What" to find out the immediate steps to take, tips for dealing with authorities, and additional resources. On the ITRC's website, you'll also find specific information to help guide you through a variety of identity theft issues.


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Technology, bushfires and AM radio
The connected life isnt' hugely helpful in the bushfire zone
As Australia's heat-wave returns, I'll be in the Blue Mountains in NSW, surrounded by eight hectares – around 20 acres – of mostly uncleared bush, contemplating both the benefits and shortcomings of modern emergency services communications.
Here with two smartphones and a laptop with a mobile broadband connection, there are plenty of ways to watch what's going on. However, they all fall short in some fashion or other.
The laptop is useful for checking new fire updates posted at (since I'm in NSW) the Rural Fire Service's incident map. However, it's rash to rely solely on that site. If an emergency breaks out, it can struggle (Victoria's Country Fire Authority site crashed under a heavy load on January 3).
State on fire: the NSW RFS Incidents page on 10 January, 2013
There are alternatives. Google offers a mirror here, and there are individuals' efforts like this (which is mapping fire advisories from all states).
The problem is that people don't sit at their computers all the time. Sure, the sites can be browsed from a mobile, but that's inconvenient and illegal if you're driving a car.
Which brings me to the second modern emergency advisory: the mobile phone. SMS alerts are sent to people living in the path of a catastrophic fire.
The system works, but it has its own limitations. Coverage outside Australia's big cities can be spotty. If you live away from mobile coverage, the SMS alerts might not reach you. If you're a tourist passing through a danger zone, you probably won't even be on the alert list.
This is known: Victoria's acting premier has made a public statement that people should not rely solely on SMS alerts. He's been backed up by that state's Fire Services Commissioner.
Another issue that affects both Websites and SMS alerts is the timeliness of the information. We don't have live, 24-7 remote sensing. Satellites like MODIS can tell us lots about the progress of a fire on a daily basis, but live information comes from people on the ground.
These are the same people whose main preoccupation is fighting the fire – which is why I was interested in the idea of using UAVs to help map fires in real time.
Even drone-gathered information would, however, have to get from the ground to the public – which will mean someone has to check it for accuracy before release. Since we don't have the drones yet, we're stuck with today's approaches.
As well as the people actually standing in front of the fire-front (raise a hat to all bushfire volunteers!), there are aerial spotters in planes and choppers, fixed watchers in towers, and (where they've been installed) remote cameras.
Information from hundreds of fires has to be collated at headquarters, checked (because nobody wants to spark a panic or, worse, send evacuees in the wrong direction), and published, with appropriate decision-making by senior personnel and contact with police and other authorities.
On hot, windy, days like those we're currently experiencing in Australia, any of the hundreds of fires still burning could take off suddenly. It's not hyperbolic to state that a fire can escalate to a catastrophe in minutes rather than hours. A strong wind can also send glowing embers many kilometers from the fire-front.
All of this can happen far quicker than the supposedly-instant online world can react.
What about social media? Shouldn't I also turn to Twitter to look out for dangers in my vicinity?
Yes and no.
I know who to look for – people who live in the right place to see the smoke or the flames.
I don't follow the Rural Fire Service Tweets because they're most often links to the incident page that I already watch.
The rest of Twitter is as much use as two hundred kilometers away: people Tweeting their well-wishes are nice, but not informative; people re-Tweeting obsolete warnings from four hours ago merely noise, as are those who clog the feed with links to news stories.
The CSIRO has told the Australian Financial Review that 12.5 million tweets relating to the bushfires have been sent this week. That's great for someone able to cope with the "big data" analysis, but it renders the medium useless to the individual.
Mainstream news publishers are especially guilty of feed-clogging. If I wanted to rely on Twitter as my bushfire information source, I'd have to find some way of muting media feeds that are either image-feeds (they don't actually say "Send us your pics of the catastrophic fires now engulfing your community!", but they may as well) or news stories that are running half-an hour behind ground truth.
All of which means my most important technical aid on an extreme fire danger day is also the oldest one to hand: an AM radio tuned to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's local service, present both in the house and in the car, and able to break into its programming in real time when there's an emergency.
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Scrambling for money to pay a bill is a practice that is all too common among some people. Just when you think you have your money in order, a problem occurs. A payday advance loan is one of the options available; however, you should consider what some of the negatives are to these loans as well.
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As with any loan, you need to pay back a payday loan in full. The exact amount of time you have to do so will vary by provider. While you may think that you'll have the money in just a couple of weeks, new financial circumstances could wreck havoc on your life by then. If you find yourself unable to pay back the loan, your credit scores could plummet. Then, you'll be in a worse financial state than you were before.
Length of Time to Pay Back The Loan
While it has already been noted that different providers will vary with the time they give you to pay back the loan, you usually do not have a huge amount of time. With a payday loan, a few weeks is a fairly common time frame that you will be given to pay back the loan. This can prove very challenging for people who are already struggling with their finances.
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Whenever you take out a loan, you are going to be charged interest rates. The amount of interest that you need to pay can depend upon your credit scores, market rates and the individual lender. In any case, interest rates mean that you are, essentially, paying back more money than you borrowed. With payday loans, this sum can be a majorly significant one as they tend to have interest rates on the higher end.
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Also, you generally cannot take out a huge sum of money with a payday loan. If, for example, you are short on your mortgage, a decent chance exists that a payday loan is not going to cover that amount. This means that you will have to take more money out from another lender, and then you'll end up having to pay back two loans with interest rates. Checking with your local providers to see how much they can offer is necessary before you even consider a payday loan as a possibility.
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Of course, a number of reputable and honest payday advance entities do exist in the United States. Still though, other ones just cannot be trusted. They might have loose policies that do not work out in the best interest for you in the long run, or they may charge you higher interest rates than necessary. When it comes to your money, you always want to be sure you are using the services of reputable providers.
Payday advance loans can bring benefits to you when you are in a difficult financial situation, but failure to pay attention to the negatives is a huge and often costly mistake.


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Mr. George D. Graham is a producer, Public Radio host and programmer, music writer, and recording and broadcast engineer. Mr. Graham is one of the original founders of WVIA-FM, who designed and constructed the radio station's technical facilities. He is a familar voice to public radio listeners, as the host of Mixed Bag (WVIA-FM's longest-running locally produced program), All That Jazz and Homegrown Music.
Mr. Graham has written on music for various publications, on technical matters for Broadcast Engineering magazine, and he has produced numerous albums starting in 1972. He is a member of the Audio Engineering Society and a graduate of Duke University's Electrical Engineering program.
A resident of Carbondale, PA, he brings both his musical and technical backgrounds into the production of his programs, writing and producing his Weekly Album Review series, as well as engineering and mixing the Homegrown Music series.
Mr. Graham & His Career
How did you discover you had a talent for what you do?
I have always had a dual interest in both music and electronics. I was better with the latter than the former. Years of piano lessons during elementary and high school years did not make much of a musician out of me, since I hated practicing. But it did give me a basis in the fundamentals. But I was good at electronics. My father was a TV repairman, who inspired the interest. I was also a real hi-fi enthusiast in high school, and built and tinkered with a lot of systems.
Tell us about your professional career. How did you get your start? How did you advance to where you are today? What has been the "driving force" behind your career?
I was attracted to radio as a medium since elementary school, first as a source of music and programming, and then as field that combined my two interests of music and electronics. In high school, I did a lot of volunteer work in the audio/visual aids department, and at college (Duke University) I was immediately drawn to the campus radio station, while my major was electrical engineering. During college, I was involved with a major upgrade of the campus radio station, and did a lot of the engineering and construction work for that. So it allowed me to pick up a good deal of experience. I served as both the program director and chief engineer (during separate years) at the Duke campus station.
Just after college I returned to my home area on a visit, and learned that the regional public TV station (WVIA) was going to be putting a radio station on the air, and were looking with someone with just my experience. So through fortuitous timing, I became one of the founders of WVIA, where I still work, 30 years later. I have remained there because the station affords one the opportunity to do a lot of jobs, engineering, production, and on-air work.
You specialize in both on-air work, and production. Describe your position and what this is and why you chose to focus on it.
My official position is "senior producer/host," and listeners know me as an on-air person, but I do about much production, including music recording and mixing (studio and remote), writing and producing both short form and long form programming, and serving as non-classical music director for the station. Recently, I have also been producing a TV series based on the Homegrown Music radio concerts. I also do engineering work on projects such as studio and transmitter upgrades, and plant audio quality control. I do these different jobs, because I like to pursue by different interests, and the public radio environment allows one to do that. Commercial broadcasting generally does not allow one to pursue as wide a range of different activities.
What are some of your proudest accomplishments and favorite projects and why?
It's probably most gratifying to hear from listeners on how music to which I have introduced them as affected their lives. Of my broadcasting activities, I am probably most proud of the Homegrown Music series, which I produce and record each week, with performances by regional musicians in the station's studios, along with monthly live concert broadcasts. Homegrown Music last year marked its 25th anniversary as an uninterrupted weekly series, and has presented over 600 bands and artists, essentially creating an album's worth of music each week. It's encouraging to see a number of the performers go on to become well-known, and to see groups assembled specifically for the series. And it provides a lot of interesting music that is available in no other form.
Who are the individuals that you respect most in your field, working in the world today and why?
I respect the general professional attitude conveyed at National Public Radio, and their attention to detail, especially when it comes to the presentation of sound. As a radio host, I am impressed a lot with Jim Wilke who does the syndicated all night weekend jazz show on PRI, "Jazz After Hours." As recording producers, George Martin (Beatles) and Manfred Eicher (ECM Records) remain heroes, each forging a completely new sound and way to use the studio.
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Tools of the trade. Digital vs. Analog? Computer Sound Engineering? Microphones, sound processing? Your advise on choosing equipment.
In Public Radio one learns to use the tools one has available. It is not a field known for its fabulous facilities. But my experience has tought me that a good engineer and or producer can make a great recording with fairly modest equipment, and some monumentally bad recordings have been made in multi-million-dollar facilities by very well-paid people who supposedly have a "star" reputation.
In recent years, I have been moving increasingly toward acoustic music, and ironically, it's a field in which fewer and fewer recording engineers being trained today have much experience. And in acoustic music, probably he most important starting point is a good microphones -- high quality condensor mics make a big difference.
As for the analog/digital dichotomy, the quality of digital processing has improved to the point that few of the arguments the original analog holdouts used are any longer valid, except for those who like to hear the distortion, noise and other artifacts that were the shortcomings of analog in the first place, and such a "lo-fi" approach seems to be tendy in some circles.
Regarding the use of computers for editing and processing audio, again the quality of the software and hardware has progressed to the point that any initial shortcomings of the digital approach in terms of the so called "warmth" of the recording are no longer a concern, and the versatility digital provides is a great advantage. It has also reached the point that digital is now less expensive than analog.
On a basic level, what kinds of skills does your profession demand? Do you feel that all skills required by your profession can be taught academically or by experience, or is some of it based on intangibles such as intuition?
Basic skills, and perhaps more importantly, theory, can indeed be taught. But one does need a combination of almost a life-long interest and a degree of aptitude to progress in the field. While I do not use as much of my electrical engineering training as those who pursue engineering (design) as a career, the strong theorical background has proven invaluable to me for understanding why things work as they do, and how to achieve the best results. I know that many who pursue recording engineering do so from a musical aspect, and want to avoid as much of the theory as possible. I would definitely recommend some technical courses that provide a fundamental understanding of the processes and technology involved. It also makes one much more adaptable to new technologies as they come along. The equipment may change, but the underlying theory does not.
Some, of course, are technophobic, and I would argue that that attitude can be changed, since it does serve as an impediment, even to those who would want to pursue on-air broadcasting.
What are the greatest stresses and anxieties in your professional life? What are the greatest rewards?
In broadcasting, probably the biggest anxieties are caused by deadlines. If a broadcast is scheduled for a certain time, your audience will not tolerate any kind of excuse that it was not ready in time. Your production/program/project needs to be completed properly by airtime no matter what. Live broadcasts of music performances, especially techncially complex remote broadasts (which I do several times a year) can be particuarly challenging. But if pulled off well, can also be exhilarating.
How much freedom and autonomy do you have in your current positions?
A remarkable degree. Of course, public radio affords some of that, and it also helps the I was a founder of the station. I can basically initiate and execute any project I feel would be good for the station and the audience, within the general parameters of the station's programming.
How does this compare to other Public and Commercial Institutions?
It is probably a greater degree of freedom than many other Public Radio stations, and a much greater level than any commerical operation.
How familiar are you with commercial broadcasting? What can you tell our readers either first hand, or on where to find information on a career in the big commercial world? What are your opinions on the pros and cons of such a career.
I worked in commerical radio part time while in college, and have a number of friends in commercial radio. While commercial radio can be rewarding (especially financially, compared to Public Radio), in recent years, with the relaxing of ownership restrictions, there are a lot fewer opportunties for growth. With fewer larger companies owning more and more radio stations, and many of them being programmed centrally or my way of computer distribution of music and voice tracks, there are a lot fewer on-air positions, and many fewer positions for programmers. The days of a radio host programming the music on his or her show on a group-owned commercial radio station are virtually gone.
Education Information & Advice
Tell us about your education, including schools attended and degrees or certifications earned. What did you like and dislike? How has your education benefited your career?
I attended public high school and graduated with a B.S.E. with an electrical engineering major from Duke University (Durham, NC). As I stated above, the theortical technical education, as well as the training in design principles has proven to be very useful especially in my technical work and even recording engineering, even if I don't use it every day in the normal course of my on-air work. And, of course, the general "liberal education" has a value that can't be overstated.
In retrospect, is there anything that you know now that you wish you had known before you pursued your education in the field?
Actually, I don't think so. From high school, I expected to get into a technical field, and Duke's approach was a general, theoretical one, rather than one aimed at a specific field.
What factors should prospective students consider when choosing broadcasting, or sound engineering training?
The practical bottom line is that there are currently more people pursuing careers than there are jobs. The radio job market is shrinking, as mentioned above, and the recording studio field is experiencing some hard times, due to the proliferation and increasing quality of artist-owned project and home studios, who are making their projects there, rather than at full recording studios. But technical people are always in demand, so a solid technical background can be a definite leg up.
What should students try to get out of their education? What areas should they focus on to be better prepared for the professional world?
Try to take a look at the "big picture," rather than training for one specific job, so as to be flexible when new technologies and media come along. Get some technical background, and take courses in a fairly wide variety of subjects, to widen your background.
What do you think are the most respected and prestigious schools, departments or programs for broadcasting and audio engineering in the US?
For recording engineering, there are good programs at the University of Miami, the Berklee College of Music, and Tennessee State at Murfreesboro. Many colleges around the country offer good communications departments which can be good for learning broadcasting.
Jobs/Career Information & AdviceWhat are the professional options for someone graduating from a broadcasting or audio engineering program? Is an internship period almost always required in radio?
I would say that experience is probably the first thing a potential employer looks for. That can come, as in my case, from active involvement with the campus radio (or TV) station. Otherwise, internship can be helpful. I should point out, though, that my station, WVIA, we do not put interns on the air. They work behind the scenes. But this policy varies at other stations.
As far a recording engineering is concerned, internship in a studio is considered very valuable, and indeed often a pre-requisite.
What career advice can you give to aspiring students wanting to make a name for themselves, to stand out from the crowd?
Be ravenously curious about your field -- read everthing you can get hold of, and don't be afraid to ask enough questions so that at the end of the day, you really understand not only what to do, but why it is done.
What are common disillusions newcomers to the field have? Have you had your own disillusions, and if so how did you overcome them?
Low pay, lack of opportunities for quick advancement. Each year I see lists of starting salaries offered to college grads with my degree, and after 30 years, I am still making less than what today's grads would be making as a starting salary in the corporate manufacturing and tech fields. I overcame that, by, in my case, realizing that I have the creative freedom that I do, and that I can take a lot of individual pride in what I do. And the respect that I enjoy among the audience and in the regional audio/broadcasting field is immensely gratifying.
What's the salary range that graduating students can expect to start out? How about later in their careers?
In radio, people just starting can expect not much more than minimum wage. The same can also be said of entry-level jobs in the recording field, in most parts of the country. The salaries generally increase with time, but unfortunately, in commercial radio, there is not much job security. If one reaches the level of a hit record producer or engineers, six figure salaries can be achieved, but they are rare, and when becomes an independent producer (which most of the "big names" are) then your employment can be fickle -- a hit one year, and considered out of style a couple of years later. Engineering is more stable, but high-level positions are relatively few.
Many can make a decent living starting their own business, operating their own studios, but like any small business owner, it's often hard work with long hours.
Does graduating from a prestigious school make a difference in the field?
It is a definite plus, but experience is probably the first thing a potential employer will look at in a resume.
How is the job market now in your field? How do you think it will be in five years?
Not great, for the reasons stated above. It might improve with an end to the recession that had resulted in a big slump in record sales. Some new technology that will be embraced by the public might also open up the field.
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How have computer advancements, such as digital recording, sound editing software, the internet, streaming audio, mp3 technology, etc. affected your profession? How important is it for upcoming professionals to be well-versed with computer technology?
Digital technology has profoundly affected every aspect of audio engineering -- recording and broadcasting. No one can have much of a hope of a career in audio or braodcasting without a solid background in computer work.
Internet streaming and mp3 are in a great state of flux right now, with record companies lauuching largely successful efforts to shut down mp3 sites, and require royalties from Internet streamers (resulting in most radio stations ending their streaming of programming). Where that leads is anyone's guess. But I think that the Internet has yet to reach its full potential to change fundamentally the way audio is distributed. Whether it will be permanently hobbled by legal tactics of the mult-national media companies to preserve their oligopoly remains to be seen.
What are the greatest challenges that your profession faces?
Short term, the consolidation of ownership of radio, and the collapse in CD sales. Long term, technology, and its potential unforseen consequences.
What about the emergence of satellite radio, and internet streaming radio. How to you think this will affect the media world?
I am biased toward locally-produced, regionally oriented radio. National programming may hold an appeal to some, but I believe that many people still like the intimacy that radio provides, and its personal touch. This is becoming apparently to me anecdotally from listeners, and the slow sales of satellite car receivers. The same could be said of Internet radio, with the added observation that most Internet streaming has such lousy audio quality.
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FIVB U23 bronze medallists enjoy best ever World Tour finish
FIVB U23 Beach Volleyball World Championships bronze medallists Melissa Humana-Paredes and Taylor Pischke and Kacie MacTavish and Caleigh Whitaker both cracked the top 10 of an FIVB tournament for the first time.
"It's bittersweet because we know we could have gone further but we still had a great showing and I am happy with the result," Humana-Paredes said. "We played strong, talented teams so there's a lot to learn from and to implement into our training."
As both are 21-years-old Humana-Paredes and Pischke are eligible to compete in this year's U23 World Championships, which returns to the Polish town of Myslowice following the success of the inaugural tournament there.
Humana-Paredes and Pischke lost to Mexican duo Martha Revuelta and Candelas Bibiana, while MacTavish and Whitaker were knocked out by USA's Heather Hughes and Christal Engle.
"Kacie and I are pleased with our result finishing in the top 10 as it is our best result thus far," said Whitaker. "It was great to see so many Canadian teams competing well in the main draw."
Meanwhile over the border in Guatemala Michael Plantinga and Cam Wheelan finished third at the first NORCECA Antigua Beach Volleyball Tournament.
In the bronze medal match they defeated their fellow Canadians Simon Fecteau-Boutin and James Battiston 2-0 (21-17, 21-14).
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I happen to see criticism of Green Bay Packers cornerback Tramon Williams with unfortunate frequency on social media, whether it be the comments section right here at Cheesehead TV or our Facebook page or my Twitter stream.
To share some examples with our readers, I did a quick Twitter search of "Tramon Williams" on Monday, and here's the reaction the reaction from Sunday night's Packers' 44-31 victory over the Vikings.
Anyone remember that last good game Tramon Williams played for #Packers?
— Steve Lemerand (@slemerand) October 28, 2013
Yup, last night.
Tramon Williams is constantly fucking up — M?RC?McFLYY (@MarcMcflyy) October 28, 2013
By constantly, I'm sure he meant to say "infrequently."
Tonight Tramon Williams with 2 more huge PI penalties and the result is 14 points - completely inexcusable
— NY2LASPORTS.COM (@ny2lasports) October 28, 2013
Actually, only one of his penalties last night was inexcusable. That was one play out of 49 he was on the field.
Tramon Williams you fucking moron. — Kevin Lawler (@Kevins_A_Girl) October 28, 2013
One person actually favorited this tweet.
@jbarn54 Every team should be aiming to exploit Tramon Williams.. He can't cover anyone
— Rad Dockery (@Rad_Dockery) October 28, 2013
Does "anyone" include Calvin Johnson?
Okay, so it wasn't Sunday night that Williams shutdown Calvin Johnson. That came at Detroit at 2011 and in Green Bay in 2012.
And I guess that basically gets to the crux of the issue regarding Williams. He's not the player he once was.
In 2010, he was the Most Outstanding Player of the Packers' Super Bowl season, at least according to one blogger. It was in 2011 that Williams suffered a debilitating shoulder injury, and he hasn't been the same since.
But it's not as if Williams has been playing poorly. Yes, he's had the occasional poor play or poor game, like he did last year against the Vikings in the season finale when he got ran over by Adrian Peterson on multiple occasions.
Williams, however, wasn't about to suffer the same fate again. He took down Peterson in the open field on Sunday, on a play the Vikings running back could have and should have been flagged for initiating contact with his helmet.
Yes, for as much credit as the Packers big defensive line gets for stuffing the run, Williams and the defensive backs were also part of the effort in helping to limit Peterson to just 60 rushing yards on Sunday.
It probably shouldn't come as a surprise to see casual fans criticizing Williams, who plays a position where players frequently only get their name mentioned when they make a mistake.
The casual fan only hears Williams' name on the broadcast last night after he was called for two pass interference penalties, one of which was as bad a call as they come.
Or they bemoan the fact that he dropped what could have been a pick-six, but neglecting to acknowledge the distance that Williams covered to break up the pass in the first place.
@BrianCarriveau how about docking him for another dropped pick with both hands on the ball?
— E M (@maascowjr) October 28, 2013
What people don't see or hear is when Williams is shutting down the receiver across the line of scrimmage for him.
According to ProFootballFocus.com, Williams allowed only one of four passes targeted in his direction to be completed for a mostly harmless nine yards on Sunday.
The veteran Packers cornerback finished with a positive 1.3 rating for the game, which also included a hit on quarterback Christian Ponder coming on a blitz. A total of 15 Packers defenders received a lower grade than Williams for the Vikings game.
Is Williams playing at a Pro Bowl level? Absolutely not.
But if you want to see poor cornerback play, go back to the days of Ahmad Carroll and Joey Thomas in the not-so-distant past. Based upon some comments on social media, you'd think Williams is in that category, but far from it.
The Packers are experiencing a luxury of riches at cornerback now that Casey Hayward is healthy and played his first game of the season in Week 8. And that's in addition to the superb play from Sam Shields, an understated impact by Davon House and a newly healthy Jarrett Bush too.
Certainly, feel free to make the argument that House deserves more playing time. Or Hayward needs to play a bigger role. Even make the case that the Packers need to renegotiate Williams' contract in the offseason.
But don't go overboard like the folks on social media above. It's unfair. And embarrassing.
Brian Carriveau is the author of the book "It's Just a Game: Big League Drama in Small Town America," and editor of Cheesehead TV's "Pro Football Draft Preview." To contact Brian, email [email protected].
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We all know that compiling C++ is slow.
Fewer people know why, or how to make it faster. Other people do, for example the developers at Remedy made the engine of Alan Wake compile from scratch in five minutes. The payoff for this is increased productivity, because the edit-compile-run cycle gets dramatically faster.
There are several ways to speed up your compiles. This post looks at reworking your #includes.
Quite a bit of C++ compilation time is spent parsing headers for STL, Qt and whatever else you may be using. But how long does it actually take?
To find out, I wrote a script to generate C++ source. You can download it here. What it does is generate source files that have some includes and one dummy function. The point is to simulate two different use cases. In the first each source file includes a random subset of the includes. One file might use std::map and QtCore, another one might use Boost's strings and so on. In the second case all possible includes are put in a common header which all source files include. This simulates "maximum developer convenience" where all functions are available in all files without any extra effort.
To generate the test data, we run the following commands:
mkdir good bad ./generate_code.py --with-boost --with-qt4 good ./generate_code.py --with-boost --with-qt4 --all-common bad
Compilation is straightforward:
cd good; cmake .; time make; cd .. cd bad; cmake .; time make; cd ..
By default the script produces 100 source files. When the includes are kept in individual files, compiling takes roughly a minute. When they are in a common header, it takes three minutes.
Remember: the included STL/Boost/Qt4 functionality is not used in the code. This is just the time spent including and parsing their headers. What this example shows is that you can remove 2 minutes of your build time, just by including C++ headers smartly.
The delay scales linearly. For 300 files the build times are 2 minutes 40 seconds and 7 minutes 58 seconds. That's over five minutes lost on, effectively, no-ops. The good news is that getting rid of this bloat is relatively easy, though it might take some sweat.
- Never include any (internal) header in another header if you can use a forward declaration. Include the header in the implementation file.
- Never include system headers (STL, etc) in your headers unless absolutely necessary, such as due to inheritance. If your class uses e.g. std::map internally, hide it with pImpl. If your class API requires these headers, change it so that it doesn't or use something more lightweight (e.g. std::iterator instead of std::vector).
- Never, never, ever include system stuff in your public headers. That slows down not just your own compilation time, but also every single user of your library. The only exception is when your library is a plugin or extension to an existing library and even then your includes need to be minimal.


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posted on Wednesday, July 10, 2013 - 2:22 pm
Hi Drs. Muthen,
I have a data set where different numbers of observations were obtained from different participants, and I want to run a multilevel/growth model examining relationships between several level 1 variables. (L1 = sessions, L2 = clients, L3 = therapists)
I learned that I should consider a two-level growth model using Mplus, instead of the traditional three-level model, but I have some questions about how to set it up.
My data have been entered such that data from each session occupies a single row. Is this the right way to do it? Or do I need to rearrange the data so that each client occupies a single row? If it were the latter, how should I take care of having different number of variables for each row?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Wednesday, July 10, 2013 - 2:43 pm
Each row should represent a client. The number of variables is equal to the number of sessions. Use a missing value flag for the sessions that a client did not attend.
Harold Chui
posted on Friday, July 12, 2013 - 7:26 am
Thank you.
Just let me clarify further. The data have been collected such that there are 18 variables per session, and the number of sessions range widely from 2 to 81 for the 51 clients.
Does it mean that I have to create 81*18 = 1458 variables and fill out 1422 missing value flags for the participants with only 2 sessions (1458 - 2*18)?
Is there a limit to the number of variables allowed for each row?
Would there be problems modeling this kind of data set with so much "missing" data? (they are not really missing in the traditional sense but it is a naturalistic study where we included data from participants who had different lengths of therapy during the data collection period).
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Friday, July 12, 2013 - 1:40 pm
Are you saying that the 18 variables per session are indicators of a construct (factor) that you want to study growth of over time?
Harold Chui
posted on Friday, July 12, 2013 - 1:47 pm
No...they are separate measures. I want to look at the relationship between these session-level variables. Should I use threelevel (session, client, therapist) instead if I am not interested in growth, even though they were repeated measures?
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Friday, July 12, 2013 - 1:59 pm
So you have a model in mind for the relationships among your 18 variables - what is it, generally speaking? And session is just really "a nuisance" in the sense that you don't care to model it, just take it into account?
Harold Chui
posted on Friday, July 12, 2013 - 2:38 pm
The 18 variables include pre- and post-session measurement of moods, and post-session measurement of some session outcome variables, and I am interested in the relationship among these variables. Session is a nuisance when considering relationships among the mood variables (because they are states), but would be important to model when looking at the relationship between mood and session outcome, because session outcome is known to vary over time.
I have been looking at the manual examples of time-varying covariates, but also come across growth models, and so I am unsure which one to use.
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Friday, July 12, 2013 - 3:34 pm
I may be off, but couldn't you view this as clients nested within sessions and sessions within therapists. That seems to fit with the impression that you have something like a regression model for your 18 variables with mood variables influencing session outcome variables - and that the coefficients in this regression vary across sessions (and therapists). If so, that would be 3-level modeling with random intercepts and slopes varying across sessions and therapists (assuming you have enough of each). But this is just a quick thought.
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Byron & Robert adopted Puck, a 3 legged blue merle from Holly Fent at Kennebec Sheltie Rescue in Maine a few months back.
Here's a new photo of Puck, the "love sponge".
We also adopted Laddie, who is very active and fun. Here they are in our rose garden. We encourage everyone we know to rescue and if possible, adopt Shelties!
Hugs to you Byron and Robert for adopting these beautiful boys!


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September 07, 2018 - After leading England to a semifinal match in Russia and distinguishing himself as the top goal-scorer in the tournament, Nike will honor forward Harry Kane with a special-edition golden Hypervenom 3 boot.
A tonal St. George's Cross flag appears on the premium golden boot, along with the England National Team badge. Printed on its instep are symbolic words, such as "Lion" and "Leader," that succinctly describe Kane's rise from his first club, Ridgeway Rovers.
"From our ground here, you can see the cranes going to work at Tottenham Hotspur on the new stadium," says Ian Marshall, chairman of Ridgeway Rovers. "From here to Spurs, and doing what he did at the World Cup, it's inspiring, and we couldn't be more proud [of him]."
Kane will wear the boot upon his international return in September when England faces Spain.
January 24, 2019 - This Nike PG3 was debuted by Paul George on January 12, when he wore it during a home game against the San Antonio Spurs. It will release February 1 on nike.com and at select retailers.
January 17, 2019 - The Nike ISPA Air Max 270 follows the same design ethos as its streamlined predecessor, the React ISPA LW WR MID, but with an eye to providing a higher degree of protection. To this end, the cage surrounding the upper serves two purposes: It provides a basic shield and forms a unique closure system that allows for an adjustable fit (similar to the Nike Komyuter). The 270 unit is paired with a rugged traction pattern that simultaneously advances the aesthetic and adds additional security underfoot.
One more thing: The black version features the first ever use of a matte-finish 270 unit.
The Nike ISPA Air Max 270 hits retailers, including the SNKRS and SNEAKRS apps, beginning January 24.
January 15, 2019 - Heron Preston was intentional about his debut Nike collaboration: Rather than starting with the obvious canvas (a shoe), he chose to work with sunglasses (the Tailwind). The move allowed him to share a passion for the breadth of Nike innovation. Fittingly, when it came to working on his first sneaker he bypassed an expected silhouette in a bold attempt to immediately stand up for the latest thing: the recently released Huarache E.D.G.E.
"I'm all about telling stories," says Preston. "Having worked at Nike and understanding the full breadth of product categories the brand has to offer, I wanted to be the person to take on the challenge of identifying and celebrating new stuff."
The Huarache E.D.G.E. takes cues from a shoe familiar to Preston, the 1991 Huarache Run, but re-imagines the latter's bootie fit with a FOAM FIT system that sits the foot directly on the foam rather than a sockliner. Preston adds his own unique branding cues (including signature icons on the heel and toe box), granting aesthetic intrigue to the contemporary comfort play.
Nike x Heron Preston Huarache E.D.G.E., which was first seen in Paris during Preston's show, releases February 1 exclusively in the United States.
January 10, 2019 - The Ten: Nike Air Max 90 follows the theme of REVEALING, a deconstructed, DIY expression that shares the craft beneath the celebrated Tinker Hatfield running design. It is available in Little Kids sizes (10.5C-3Y) and Baby and Toddler sizes (0C-10C) February 7.
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January 09, 2019 - The Nike Kobe 1 Protro "81 Pt Game," appearing on court from DeMar DeRozan during his January 9 game against Memphis, is the same colorway worn by Kobe Bryant when he scored 81 points on January 22, 2006.
The Nike Kobe 1 Protro "81 Pt Game" releases January 22 on SNKRS North America, nike.com and at select retailers globally.
January 08, 2019 - Converse and Don C's second head-to-toe capsule featuring '80s basketball silhouette the ERX 260 includes five executions of the shoe based on two ideas: animal and metal.
The Animal pack uses two classic leather colorways (black and white) as its base and accents each of the shoes with an animal print — a signature execution of Don C's. Each sneaker comes with two lace sets that mirror the print on the heel overlays. In addition, the patterns and textures are extended through an accompanying four-piece apparel and accessories set.
The Metal pack offers three additional distinct ERX 260s in color palettes reminiscent of the convergence of '80s punk rock and pop genres. Each is embellished by an assortment of multi-size studs and is adorned with an oversize "CONS" logo print on the tongue, lighting bolt graphics and multiple lace options. Again, the shoes are complemented by a four-piece apparel and accessory set, this time set with glam metal era tones.
Each shoe is constructed with a renewed EVA midsole, while the upper and rubber cupsole mirror the original build.
The collection will be available January 12 on converse.com, Foot Locker and select retailers.
January 07, 2019 - Both born in Australia, point guard Kyrie Irving and tennis pro Nick Kyrgios share a love for their heritage and a high esteem for the other athlete. That premise inspired a collaborative project for this January, when Kyrgios will wear a KYRIE 5-inspired Vapor X in Melbourne. (Irving will wear a KYRIE 5 based on Kyrgios' Vapor on January 7 against the Nets.)
The low-cut tennis version features the KYRIE 5 Flytrap-inspired upper for a lockdown fit and a Vapor X outsole, which includes a heel Zoom Air unit and is reinforced in high-wear areas to sustain Kyrgios through hardcourt play.
The Nike Vapor X 'KYRIE 5' releases January 14.
December 26, 2018 - The Nike Epic React Flyknit – the silhouette that brought Nike's responsive, do-everything foam to running – is back with a new look.
The debut colorways, "8-bit" and "Pixel," draw inspiration from the vibrant tones of the '90s tech world, and feature a white-to-lime gradient midsole, a hyper pink-to-white outsole and a sapphire heel clip.
The Nike Epic React Flyknit 2 "8-bit," featuring a gray upper, releases January 17 for members only, while the "Pixel" launches January 31 on nike.com, and at select Nike doors.
December 25, 2018 - The Nike Zoom KD11 "Scrooge" PE was created for Kevin Durant for his game against the Los Angeles Lakers on Christmas Day.
Other shoes for the holiday game lineup include special colorways of the Nike LEBRON 16, the Concepts x KYRIE 5 Ikhet, and the Nike PG 2.5 x PlayStation.


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September 14, 2006
This National Act, the largest entertainment event of the fall term, is less than a month away. As the weeks wind down to the October 7 performance in the Allen Center's Chadwick Court, the Senior Council Activities Committee (SCAC) continues to devote many hours to making this year's National Act, featuring 16-time platinum selling group Hootie and the Blowfish, an unforgettable one though some students have knocked the band choice.
Pre-sale tickets become available to Wabash students on Monday, September 18 and can be purchased for $15 in the Allen Center Lobby between 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m.
"Pre-sale tickets are available to Wabash students and community for their friends and family before sales are opened to the general public," SCAC chairman Chris McNicholas said.
Wabash students can, of course, attend the concert free of charge; however, contrary to previous years, students do not need tickets to enter the concert. They need only to show their IDs at the door.
Tickets will become available to the general public Monday, September 25 through October 6 on weekdays in the Allen Center Lobby between 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. or in the Box Office of the Fine Arts Center, 1:30-4 p.m., at same price. Chadwick Court will open at 7 PM Saturday, October 7, 2006. An opening act is scheduled to perform at 8 p.m., and Hootie and the Blowfish is set to take stage at 9 p.m.
The two-member SCAC leadership, formerly known as the Student Senate Activities Committee (SSAC), under faculty advisor Coach Steve House plans the National Act for each semester. Former acts include O.A. R., Pat Green, and the Roots.
Planning for the current act began last semester. According to McNicholas '07, the committee has used its $63,000 budget not only to book the band through an Indianapolis-based talent agency but to secure police security, to hire on and off-campus production assistance, and to purchase a protective floor-covering system for Chadwick Court. "It's definitely shown me how complicated a process it can be to find an act that's going to make the most amount of people excited while at the same time staying in the budget constraints," McNicholas said.
'Complicated' becomes an understatement when a certain 106-member Wabash Facebook group created by Justin Liedel '09, "Give 1994 its National Act Back!" comes into play.
The group description reads, "It's good to see that the SSAC chose to avoid picking a band that would only appeal to a minority of Wabash men by choosing a band that wouldn't appeal to anyone. Let your voices be heard – otherwise we'll have Ace of Base opening for Meat Loaf at the spring show."
SCAC Chairman McNicholas had little response to the Facebook group's concerns. "We have to take stuff like that in stride. In the past, when we put it up to the student body, it didn't turn out well. Or most people who went didn't have good things to say about it," referring to last year's fall national act, the Roots.
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Come June, we'll be in fishing heaven
The rockfish spawn is just about finished. The big migratory female rockfish have already vacated our waters to return to their wanderings along the Atlantic Coast. Migratory males (usually smaller than the females), remained in the spawning headwaters for the duration and are now forming up and leaving.
Over the last week, all of the rockfish that ended up on our cleaning table were male, measuring 25 to 33 inches. Males can be identified by two large, soft white organs, their testes, in the back of the internal body cavity. By late July, they will have shrunk to a diameter of about a half-inch, but this time of year they are large and obvious.
The big migratory rockfish have largely left the Bay, though some sizeable males are still making their way out of the spawning areas. Chumming and fishing cut bait are best bets for attracting a limit now, but soon light-tackle jigging will be scoring more reliably.
Tournament Alert
Plan to fish in the annual Coastal Conservation Association Maryland Kent Narrows Fly & Light Tackle Striper Tournament Saturday, June 2. The tourney features three divisions: fly, light tackle and kayak, with prizes of fishing equipment in each. Lines can go in at 5:30am, and the deadline is 3:30pm. Camaraderie continues at the Jetty Restaurant at Kent Narrows over a roast pig barbecue: $40 includes a year's membership in the Association, a tournament T-shirt, adult beverages and barbecue: www.ccamd.org.
Very soon our resident rockfish will be all that remain. That substantial population is generally composed of fish seven years old or younger. After the age of seven, most rockfish, especially the females, instinctively leave their Chesapeake nursery to take up a migratory life in the Atlantic.
As the resident stripe bass enter their post-spawn period, they form schools corresponding to their age groups and slowly settle into their summertime routines in the Chesapeake. They move about seeking quantities of forage fish but no longer travel long distances.
At this early stage, when the fish haven't yet completed schooling up and orienting themselves, chumming and fishing cut bait become the most productive method to locate or attract and catch fish. Trolling takes a distant second. But consistently encountering numbers of good-sized rockfish during this period can be maddeningly difficult.
This post-spawn phase does not last long. By early June, we can count on our rockfish entering their much more predictable summertime phase. Then, live-lining and eeling will become the more productive methods of angling, though chumming will still be worthwhile. Bottom fishing cut bait endures as the most popular strategy with shore-bound fishers.
Live lining is accomplished by first securing a good supply of the right size baitfish. White perch of up to six inches will do nicely in the early phases of the summertime bite. These perch can be caught by fishing bloodworms or grass shrimp over hard bottom or around rocky, shallow water structures.
White perch are a hardy species and can easily be kept frisky in a bait bucket if the water is exchanged from time to time and ice is added periodically to keep the water cool. Live wells and aerated buckets are even better.
When Norfolk spot show up in good numbers, rockfish suddenly lose interest in white perch, and spot become the dominant baitfish. Spot are an oilier, softer-scaled and soft-rayed fish that are easier for the stripers to capture and more nutritious than the perch.
Spot can be caught by bottom fishing in the areas white perch frequent, using the same baits. Aerated live bait buckets are a must to maintain the friskiness of this species.
Eels, always a desirable bait for rockfish, are not quite as effective. That may be because of the general decline of eel populations. Purchasing them from a tackle shop is the most reliable way to acquire this bait nowadays.
Maintain eels in a wet towel on a bed of ice. They will go dormant as they chill and are then easily handled and revive nicely when they are reintroduced into Bay waters.
Perch, spot and eels are all fished the same way, hooked through both lips or lightly, just behind the head. The fish are turned loose and allowed to swim down toward the bottom over suspected rockfish. Weight is added to the rigs if the current is too strong to allow the fish to reach the right depths naturally.
Fluorocarbon leaders and sharp hooks are to every angler's advantage during this period, when very good fish in the 10- to 12-pound range can be encountered.
Early summer is special on the Bay. It's a good idea to get in as much water time as possible before the heat of July and August slow fishing down once again.