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Thaddeus Young added 18 points and 13 points for the 76ers, who had played a pair of stinkers since being mathematically eliminated from the playoffs but handled the Wizards, who had made catching Philadelphia a very public goal to make up for a 4-28 start.
John Wall scored 24 points for the Wizards, who have lost four straight and trail the 76ers by 3½ games with two to play in the race - if it can really be called that - for top non-playoff team in the Eastern Conference.
The 76ers have been a disinterested competitor for the Wizards, and they still could be caught by the 10th-place Toronto Raptors. Asked before the game if the tussle for ninth was on his radar, Philadelphia coach Doug Collins shrugged and said: "You know, ninth, 10th - I mean, that's out of the playoffs."
The 76ers had lost three straight, including two by an average of 22 points since their playoff hopes ended, and Collins' future with the organization is in question.
"When you're mathematically eliminated," Collins said before the game, "it's tough to get guys playing at the highest of levels. ... It's human nature: You're fighting, you're fighting, you're fighting, and all of a sudden it's like, 'We're out of the playoffs.'"
Nevertheless, Holiday bounced back after a pair of bad games and made 8 of 17 shots and also had seven assists. Five 76ers scored in double figures, but Evan Turner didn't join in the fun, however, going 0 for 11 from the field.
The Wizards had been strong at home since Wall returned from a knee injury. They finished 22-19 at the Verizon Center, including 18-6 with Wall.
Washington started well Friday, with assists on their first eight field goals, including a no-look, nonchalant pass from Nene to Wall for a layup. Wall also dribbled down the clock and maneuvered through traffic for a falling-down layup at the end of the first quarter.
No play exemplified the 76ers' end-of-season funk better than Dorell Wright's 3-point attempt late in the first quarter. The ball slipped out of his hands and went backward with no one touching it, landing in the front row of seats some 30 feet from the basket.
But, after the Wizards built a 13-point lead in the second quarter, the 76ers closed the half with a 20-8 run to make it a one-point game at the break. Arnett Moultrie's follow dunk early in the fourth quarter pushed the 76ers' lead into double digits, and the Wizards didn't get closer than seven the rest of the way.

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Important notice: This is no warez! This is distributed as a patch, so that you need to buy and install the SE first in order to use it. This is a completely non-profit fan project, so I guess, rule 5 doesn't apply here. Plus it is software usable with ScummVM.
The "Classic CD Talkie Project" started over at LucasForums and reached beta status a few days ago.
Its main goal was to implement the SE voice acting into the classic CD version which you can play with DOS or ScummVM.
While at it, I managed to fix quite a lot of bugs, which were present in all those various versions of the game. Along with improvements like MIDI support and the restoration of some jokes missing from the enhanced CD.
If you like to try this, follow the project thread here: http://www.lucasforums.com/showthread.php?p=2744916#post2744916
EDIT: The Ultimate Talkie Edition Builder 1.0 is out now. You can find it on its new home here: http://gratissaugen.de/ultimatetalkies/
Thank you ScummVM for supporting this.Last edited by LogicDeLuxe on Mon Mar 19, 2012 8:05 pm; edited 2 times in total
Giantic work, but the patcher is Windows-only
quote: Originally posted by sevGiantic work, but the patcher is Windows-only Unless you know a portable replacement for xWMAEncode.exe (which doesn't even run on Windows 2000), this will unfortunately remain that way.
quote: Originally posted by sevGiantic work, but the patcher is Windows-only
Amazing! This is what I have been hoping for for ages!
I'm a long time lurker on Mojo. I haven't checked the forums for about a week though. I thought this had died.
There was a thread about this on the ScummVM forums before here
billwashere suggests wine (obviously) but I don't know if it's been proved to work or not.
I forgot to say well done (and you even have a todo list!). I was hoping that it would be finished one day. I think I tried an earlier installer from somebody which didn't work for me at all.
excellent, i was pretty disappointed when that thread/project seemed to fizzle out a while ago, so am very happy to see that someone's taken up the challenge of finishing it off - thanks! looking forward to trying it out
V0.7 beta is out, with these bugs fixed and additions:
- Converting CD audio and SE music tracks. (v0.6 beta)
- "Thanks" at Stan with wrong voice. (v0.5 beta)
- Picking up yellow flower not animated. (all versions)
- Yellow petal is green at Stan's (enhanced CD)
- Random swordfighting pirates have all the same colors (enhanced CD)
- Firework colors and lightning effect. (all VGA versions)
- Blue floor color in the kitchen door from the Scumm bar, despite the kitchen has a brown floor. (enhanced CD).
- Beat the swordmaster cheat re-implemented. Cheats are only available in debug mode.
- Safe sound not playing for every move. (ScummVM problem with the SE sound)
- Added sounds for Scumm Bar chef crying, LeChuck punching Guybrush and Stan, grog machine crash and shaking, monkeys eating bananas, monkey head key and monkey bride.
- Added ambient tracks for Melee Town and Monkey Island river.
- Added accentuation differences of right and wrong insult's replies.
- Debug keys on unfeasible combinations. (DOSbox defaults, ScummVM and even native SCUMM V5)
Edit: LucasForums seems unavailable at the moment, thus here is a copy of the download link: http://www.mediafire.com/file/bc2iijyktusr0c7/MI1_CD_Talkie_Version_Builder_0.7.zip
New Version: http://www.mediafire.com/file/i11854818pk355w/MI1_CD_Talkie_Version_Builder_0.8.zip
v0.8 beta:
- The narrator is now available on CTRL-a.
- Talk color for the voodoo lady. (enhanced CD)
- The codewheel query now works as intended. (v0.5 beta)
- Mancomb's missing chair and blue scum. (all VGA versions)
- Cyan pixels in spinning Scumm Bar pirates. (all VGA versions)
- missing sign on the ghost ship deck. (all versions except EGA)
- Various costume regressions. (enhanced CD)
- Shaking animation of grog machine. (enhanced CD)
- LeChuck removing his sheriff costume has a cyan beard for a brief moment. (all VGA versions)
- downward flying LeChuck has flashing hands. (all VGA versions)
- line with missing voice at the Loom guy. (v0.5 beta)
- Lookout dialog. (v0.5 beta)
- Firework colors and lightning effect. (all VGA versions)
- Too bright costume palette in some rooms. (enhanced CD)
- Torch colors in jail. (enhanced CD)
- Lamp in mansion light color. (enhanced CD)
- Colored corner at the sign on the banana tree. (enhanced CD)
- Jolly Roger still visible on the mast after cooking. (all versions)
- Added additional notices for restored jokes to prevent misunderstandings.
I take it then that the 'Monkey Island Speech Project' was dumped in favor of using the SE voices?
That's disappointing, because I didn't want to have to buy another version for voices...
It's only $10.
I've recently seen this blog:
And I was wondering: can those deleted scenes be re-activated in scummvm somehow? Do they exist in the actual game files shipped to customers? Or are they present only in the original source code?
Kind regards.
The Secret of Monkey Island - Ultimate Talkie Edition Project V0.9 beta: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0I4TKF6T
- Ultimate Talkie Edition Project credits added.
- Adlib Soundtrack added.
- FLAC and Ogg Vorbis support for highest quality in ScummVM.
- Removed the panning when talking to Spiffy in closeup modes, since it doesn't serve a purpose here.
- Ram leak when interrupting playing sounds. (v0.6 beta)
- "<ADVERTISEMENT>" broken when stump joke or death joke was presented first. (v0.8 beta)
- Using alt-w causes a script error during the intro sequence. (v0.8 beta)
- Scumm Bar does not scroll after going through all Spiffy dialog. (v0.5 beta)
- Voodoo antiroot crate requires the tools when opening it again. (all versions)
- Voodoo antiroot crate comment "I don't see anything special about it. Except that big glowing voodoo antiroot inside.", even if Guybrush already grabbed it. (all versions)
- Improved cauldron colors in the voodoo shop. (all VGA versions)
- Storekeeper's comment on Guybrush pretending to wait tables. (all versions).
- Estevan's eye colors. Now it looks like a glas eye again. (enhanced CD)
- Estevan's fear eye animation. (all VGA versions)
- Candles at Stan's not animated. (all versions)
- Candles in the Scumm Bar kitchen are now animated as they were in the demo.
- Swordmaster invisible after showing the kidnapper's note. (v0.5 beta)
- More sound tweaking: Jail doors and chests included. And it should run fine in DOS now.
- Some more ambient tracks.
- Punch sound added to Men of Low Moral Fiber.
This is awesome. So awesome.
quote: Originally posted by LeoloI've recently seen this blog:
And I was wondering: can those deleted scenes be re-activated in scummvm somehow? Do they exist in the actual game files shipped to customers? Or are they present only in the original source code?
Kind regards.
very interesting, thanks for the link
the article says that the relevant parts of the source code were commented out, which would almost certainly mean that they don't exist in the shipped game code (i'm not familiar with the original scumm compilers, but that's how compilers work in general).
logicdeluxe, keep up the great work i'll be sure to give it a go soon.
quote: Originally posted by LeoloI've recently seen this blog:
And I was wondering: can those deleted scenes be re-activated in scummvm somehow? Do they exist in the actual game files shipped to customers? Or are they present only in the original source code?
Kind regards.
I just stumbled onto this thread, and tried it out with my MI:SE. I'm pleasantly surprised by how well it works, what a brilliant effort! So far I've only tried this in ScummVM with the SE audio, and speech, which works excellent! Kudos to LogicDeluxe Thanks!
Why is this thread in the Junkyard?? It works almost seamlessly within ScummVM itself!


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Razer Refreshes Krait Gaming Mouse With Better Sensor
Subject: General Tech | November 27, 2012 - 09:53 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: razer, mouse, mice, krait, gaming, 6400 dpi, 4G sensor
Earlier this month Razer announced that it would be updating its DeathAdder gaming mouse with a new sensor and texturized grips. Now, it looks as though the peripheral company is going to be updating its Krait mouse as well.
The budget gaming mouse will be getting an updated 4G infrared sensor that has a maximum of 6400 DPI resolution for sniping precision. The DPI can be changed on the fly with the Krait as well. Measuring 116mm x 52mm x 36mm and weighing 85 grams, Razer has kept the same overall form factor and design as the original Krait, but has removed the strip of LEDs on the side and replaced them with new texturized rubber grips that are designed to improve grip. Support for Synapse 2.0 is also coming to the new Krait mouse, which will allow you to sync your mouse settings to other computers.
Compared to the original Krait's 1600 DPI, the updated model should bring the classic design into the hands of modern gamers that are used to higher precision mice. At least that's the idea. It will be interesting to see how well received Razer's updated designs will be.
According to EXPreview, the updated Krait will cost 299 Yuan, which works out to just under $50 USD. Unfortunately, there is no word on a specific release date.
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Some of jam music's most legendary names are heading to Hunter for the ninth annual Mountain Jam, June 6-9, co-presented by Warren Haynes and Radio Woodstock WDST (100.1 FM in Woodstock).
Some of jam music's most legendary names are heading to Hunter for the ninth annual Mountain Jam, June 6-9, co-presented by Warren Haynes and Radio Woodstock WDST (100.1 FM in Woodstock).
Mountain Jam announced Wednesday its major acts, including two sets by Phil Lesh and Friends, Widespread Panic and Gov't Mule, plus sets by Primus, the Avett Brothers, Dispatch, Gary Clark Jr., Deer Tick and Amy Helm, among others. They'll all be coming to Hunter Mountain in Hunter.
Primus - the transcendent rockers led by bassist Les Claypool - will headline the festival's Thursday night programming, marking a major move to bolster the first night's offerings. In a recent Times Herald-Record story, Radio Woodstock General Manager Gary Chetkof noted Mountain Jam was prepared to go for a bigger headliner on Thursday, hoping to attract more than the previous VIP-style crowd.
Festival regulars Haynes and Gov't Mule will take their regular two sets, but new this year are two sets from multiple bands, and legendary jammers at that. Lesh, longtime member of the Grateful Dead, brings his band to the mountain for two sets, along with Georgia's Widespread Panic, led by John Bell and long regarded as one of the cornerstone bands in the jam world.
The current lineup includes:
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- Widespread Panic
- Primus
- The Avett Brothers
- Dispatch
- Gary Clark Jr.
- Jackie Greene
- Soulive
- Deer Tick
- Amy Helm
- Rubblebucket
- The Revivalists
- Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers
- David Wax Museum
New this year includes car-side camping for a limited amount of tickets. Pre-sale tickets are sold out, and regular tickets will go on sale soon at mountainjam.com. Camping tickets start at $202, while non-camping tickets start at $170, both for three-day passes. Single-day passes will go on sale at a later date.


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The Franklin County Board of Elections was scheduled to reopen this week at its new digs: the former Kohl's department store at 1700 Morse Road.
The Franklin County Board of Elections was scheduled to reopen this week at its new digs: the former Kohl's department store at 1700 Morse Road.
Eventually, the board's entire operations will be housed at the Northland location, but the warehouse on Alum Creek Drive will be maintained through the November general election.
The move, which community leaders hailed as a welcome development when the idea first surfaced in December 2012, involved closing down the offices where the board has been headquartered since 2001 at Memorial Hall on East Broad Street as of July 10 and reopening once the move was completed Tuesday, July 15, according to an announcement from board spokesman Ben Piscitelli.
"It's been a long time coming," board of elections Director William Anthony said last week. "This is a much larger facility and for the first time, we're able to put our warehouse and main office in one facility. That's going to have some efficiencies that we've been looking for."
"The Morse Road facility has been renovated to give Franklin County additional space for day-to-day elections business and enough room to accommodate large numbers of early voters, plus free parking for hundreds of cars," Piscitelli said. "The complex covers more than 90,000 square feet compared to roughly 70,000 square feet at two existing locations: the board's main office in downtown Columbus and a warehouse at 1719 Alum Creek Drive where voting machines are stored and votes are counted on Election Night."
The elections board stores more than 4,500 voting machines at the warehouse for use in the general election, said Deputy Director Dana Walch.
"It's more efficient to keep them there until they're needed and move them to Morse Road after the election," Walch added.
The new location, which had served as an early voting center for the 2012 general election, has a lot going for it, Anthony said.
"For a lot of people, it will be a lot easier to get to," he said. "Morse Road is a main highway that everyone can identify with in Franklin County."
The renovations "went smoothly" to what was once a department store that had a "pretty open area," Anthony said.
"We just came in and laid out how we wanted it to look like from our standpoint," he said. "It was like a blank canvas, so it's worked out pretty well for us.
"We think there is a cost-saving here."
Hanna Greer-Brown, director of public affairs for the Franklin County commissioners, said the county has entered a three-year lease with the option to purchase the property at the end of that time for $6 million.
"The lease agreement stipulates the base rent for years 1-3 at $5.08 a square foot," she wrote in an email.
That comes to $457,200 a year.
"Tenant improvements and soft costs equal $6 million," Greer-Brown added.
Relocating the elections board will make space available in Memorial Hall for the offices of the Veterans Service Commission, which is being displaced by the planned demolition of Veterans Memorial on West Broad Street.


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DPS teachers awarded bonuses
DETROIT – Detroit Public Schools teachers will receive a bonus as part of a court settlement with Emergency Manager Roy Roberts, according to The Detroit News.
The News reports that the bonus will cost DPS about $3 million. The settlement stems from a suit filed by the Detroit Federation of Teachers over Roberts' actions under the state's emergency manager law.
Teachers could stand to gain more, The News reports, if DPS ends the year with a surplus. According to The News, eligible employees will receive a 1 percent bonus for each $5 million in surplus. Projections indicate teachers may receive an additional 2 percent bonus for the 2011-12 school year, The News reports.
SOURCE: Detroit News, "DPS to award $3M in bonuses," Sept. 17, 2012
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Weak coal demand is still weighing on Norfolk Southern Corp's profits, and executives at the railroad said Tuesday it's extremely difficult to predict when coal shipments will increase.
The railroad based in Norfolk, Va., said its fourth-quarter profit declined 14 percent to $413 million, or $1.30 per share. That's down from $480 million, or $1.42 per share, a year earlier.
Its quarterly revenue dipped to $2.68 billion from the previous year's $2.8 billion.
Despite the declines, the results still topped Wall Street expectations.
According to FactSet, analysts had expected Norfolk Southern to post earnings of $1.19 per share on $2.67 billion in revenue.
Norfolk Southern CEO Wick Moorman said increases in intermodal shipments — where a railroad moves containers from ships and trucks — and those of chemical, automotive and housing-related materials helped offset a 23 percent decline in coal revenue.
"We remain focused on controlling costs and improving productivity while continuing to provide high service levels for our customers," Moorman said.
Norfolk Southern said 590 railroad employees are currently on furlough. The railroad said it plans to reduce costs this year by eliminating about 300 maintenance jobs because crews have become more efficient. The railroad said it plans to reduce its expenses by $100 million this year.
Partly because of the uncertainty about coal, Norfolk Southern plans to reduce its capital spending by 10 percent in 2013 from last year's $2.2 billion, but it will still invest $2 billion in its network.
The weak demand from utilities is a big part of why Norfolk Southern and other railroads are hauling less coal. Moorman said several things must happen before coal demand will increase: Natural gas prices must increase, the economy must improve and normal cold winters and hot summer temperatures must return.
For all of 2012, Norfolk Southern said its net income declined 9 percent to $1.75 billion, or $5.37 per share, on revenue of $11 billion. That's down from $1.9 billion net income, or $5.45 per share, in 2011 on $11.2 billion revenue.
Norfolk Southern operates about 20,000 miles of rail in 22 states, and the railroad serves all major container ports on the East Coast.
The other major freight railroad in the eastern United States, CSX Corp., also reported earnings Tuesday, but it was better able to offset the coal volume declines. CSX said its fourth-quarter profit declined 3 percent to $443 million, or 43 cents per share. That's down from $457 million, or 43 cents per share, in the previous year's fourth quarter.
Union Pacific Corp., the biggest railroad in the U.S., will release its fourth-quarter results on Thursday.
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According to the Associated Press, the New York Giants held their last full practice earlier today in preparation for Sunday's Super Bowl. Former QB Jeff Hostetler stopped by and threw passes to the receivers and running backs while the team was loosening up for the two-hour workout at the Buccaneers training complex. Everyone practiced for the Giants and all their injured, with the exception of CB Reggie Stephens (Inactive), should be good to go on Sunday. The team will have a 45-minute walk-through practice on Saturday.
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|Steelers | Hoss Out | More
Fri, 12 Jan 2001 00:01:20 -0800
The Tribune Review reports former NFL QB Jeff Hostetler told Pittsburgh Steelers coach Bill Cowher he is not interested in the team's QB coach position. Hostetler couldn't commit to the time required during the season - between 60-70 hours a week and a long daily commute. Cowher will now turn his attention to Tom Clements and Turk Schonert. Cowher did meet with Rodney Holman about his vacant TE coach position. Jim Sweeney, who retired from the Steelers last year after 16-year NFL playing career, and Southern California TE coach Brian Schottenheimer also may be considered.
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Wed, 10 Jan 2001 00:10:54 -0800
The Post Gazette reports, as expected, Pittsburgh Steelers coach Bill Cowher interviewed Jeff Hostetler (QB coach) and Russ Grimm (offensive line coach) on Tuesday. Cowher also received permission from the Jets to interview Ken Whisenhunt for the TE coaching position. The coach also received permission from the Bills to interview Turk Schonert for the Steelers QB coach job.
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Sat, 06 Jan 2001 01:28:34 -0800
The Tribune Review reports Pittsburgh Steelers coach Bill Cowher will interview former NFL QB Jeff Hostetler on Tuesday for the newly created position of quarterbacks coach. Cowher hopes to name a quarterbacks coach, tight ends coach and offensive line coach before leaving for the Senior Bowl January 14.
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Mon, 14 Jun 1999 09:20:00 -0700
The Post-Dispatch reports the team has recently been in contact with QB Jeff Hostetler as they continue to ponder on whether or not they want to bring in a veteran QB.
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Fri, 19 Feb 1999 03:40:00 -0800
The Detroit News reports the Lions are also interested in QB Jeff Hostetler as they continue to search for a potential experienced backup when they part ways with QB Scott Mitchell. QB Warren Moon's name is also still being mentioned as a possibility.
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Thu, 18 Feb 1999 14:20:00 -0800
The AP reports that after visiting with the Chargers earlier in the week QB Warren Moon did confirm he would not mind playing for the Steelers and their offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride who is his old head coach. The Steelers however cannot offer Moon the two main things he is seeking - money and a starting QB job. The Steelers have said they are sticking with QB Kordell Stewart as their starter but they may want to replace Mike Tomczak as their backup. The Steelers may also want to talk with QB Jeff Hostetler who was just released by the Redskins. The Bucs, in addition to the Browns (already reported earlier) may be a team that would like to talk to Moon. Again, he'd only be a backup to Trent Dilfer.
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Those sneaky Canadians sending us all of this oil! In the third of a wonderful three part series by the Energy Information Administration it seems that U.S. imports of Canadian crude oil rose to record levels during the first eight months of 2012, with Canada accounting for a growing share of total gross U.S. imports. The United States is importing more crude oil from Canada, even though the total amount of crude oil America buys from foreign suppliers is falling. Oh Canada!
The EIA says that the importance of Canadian crude oil to U.S. refiners has increased in 2012, as Canada supplied the United States with a record of nearly 2.5 million barrels per day during January-August 2012, according to the latest oil trade data from EIA. At the same time, total U.S. crude oil imports fell from 8.9 million barrels per day in 2011 to 8.7 million barrels per day through August 2012. As a result, the share of Canadian oil as a percentage of total U.S. oil imports during the eight-month period increased to 28%. Canada is the largest supplier of foreign oil to the United States, followed by Saudi Arabia, Mexico, and Venezuela. Almost 99% of Canadian oil exports are sent to the U.S. market. Canada accounted for approximately 25% of U.S. crude oil imports in 2011, averaging 2.2 million barrels per day. Make sure you go to the EIA website in the Today in Energy and check this out great charts!!
Oil is rushing up and down with the fiscal cliff talks. Of course geopolitical tensions are hot with Egypt's ruler declaring him omnipotent and the UN decided to vote to elevate Palestine to a state. The AP reported that the United Nations has voted overwhelmingly to recognize a Palestinian state, but the Palestinians still face enormous limitations: They don't control their borders, airspace or trade, they have separate and competing governments in Gaza and the West Bank, and they have no unified army or police. In an extraordinary lineup of international support, more than two-thirds of the world body's 193 member states approved the resolution upgrading the Palestinians' status from an observer to a nonmember observer state on Thursday. It passed 138-9, with 41 abstentions. As if the Fiscal cliff was not enough.
Oil refiners back on line, but products still looking strong. Huge refining margins on distillates have heat looking weak as opposed to RBOB. Still looking bullish! Natural Gas shocked them with an injection. The EIA sent gas falling about a dime reporting that working gas in storage was 3,877 Bcf as of Friday, November 23, 2012, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 4 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 26 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 190 Bcf above the 5-year average of 3,687 Bcf. In the East Region, stocks were 5 Bcf above the 5-year average following net withdrawals of 12 Bcf. Stocks in the Producing Region were 135 Bcf above the 5-year average of 1,152 Bcf after a net injection of 12 Bcf. Stocks in the West Region were 50 Bcf above the 5-year average after a net addition of 4 Bcf. At 3,877 Bcf, total working gas is above the 5-year historical range. Working gas stocks in the Producing Region, for the week ending November 23.


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1. The exclusionary rule is not applied in the absence of police misconduct.
2. Under K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 8-1567(a)(2), the State is not required to prove the defendant was incapable of safely driving a vehicle.
3. Under K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 8-1567(a)(2), evidence of a blood alcohol test result of .08 or higher permits the trier of fact to infer that the defendant was operating or attempting to operate a vehicle with a blood alcohol level of .08 or higher.
Appeal from Ellis District Court; EDWARD E. BOUKER, judge. Opinion filed January 21, 2000. Affirmed.
Michael S. Holland, of Holland and Holland, of Russell, for appellant.
Thomas J. Drees, county attorney, Gregory A. Schwartz, legal intern, and Carla J. Stovall, attorney general, for appellee.
Before KNUDSON, P.J., ROGG, S.J., and MATTHEW J. DOWD, District Judge, assigned.
KNUDSON, J.: Henry Hartman appeals his conviction for driving while under the influence of alcohol (DUI), in violation of K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 8-1567(a)(2), arguing lack of a knowing and voluntary consent to take the breath test and sufficiency of the evidence because there was no testimony relating the test results to the alcohol concentration in his breath at the time of driving. We affirm after concluding Hartman's consent was knowingly and voluntarily given and the State met its burden to prove Hartman operated his vehicle with an alcohol concentration in his breath of .176 in violation of K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 8-1567(a)(2).
Sometime between 2:42 and 2:45 a.m. on December 2, 1995, Officer Dennis Dinkel arrested Hartman for driving under the influence of alcohol. Hartman initially refused to take a breath test, indicating he believed a blood test would be more accurate. Hartman and Dinkel argued for a while over whether Hartman had the right to demand a blood test rather than a breath test. Eventually, the two agreed Hartman would submit to a breath test if Dinkel would transport Hartman to a nearby hospital for a blood test at Hartman's expense. Dinkel directed dispatch to call the hospital in advance--the record does not show whether the dispatch personnel did so.
Hartman registered .176 on the Intoxilyzer 5000 at 3:43 a.m. Dinkel drove Hartman to the hospital. Emergency personnel refused to administer a blood test without a doctor's consent, and Hartman was ultimately unable to obtain a test. Both Dinkel and Hartman testified they had expected the hospital to administer the test and were surprised when the hospital personnel refused--in fact, Hartman had obtained a similar blood test at the same hospital in the past. Hartman testified he would have refused to take the breath test had he known he would not receive the blood test.
Hartman moved to suppress the breath test results, arguing his consent was contingent upon Dinkel's "misrepresentations" that Hartman would receive a blood test. As a result, an alleged false promise by law enforcement rendered Hartman's consent involuntary and invalid.
Preliminarily, the State argues Hartman did not properly raise this issue to the trial court, barring our review. Upon review of the record, we find Hartman presented his argument to the trial court at the suppression hearing and lodged a contemporaneous objection at trial. Hartman properly preserved the issue, and we move to the merits.
Hartman urges us to invoke the exclusionary rule and declare the breath test inadmissible. Even if Hartman had suffered some sort of constitutional wrong, which we do not decide, he must show police misconduct caused the wrong before qualifying for application of the exclusionary rule. See Arizona v. Evans, 514 U.S. 1, 11, 131 L. Ed. 2d 34, 115 S. Ct. 1185 (1995). Where the exercise of the rule would not deter future police misconduct, use of the rule is not warranted. Therefore, we believe the core question in this matter is whether the police improperly misled Hartman into believing he would receive a blood test.
The record establishes both Dinkel and Hartman reasonably expected the hospital to administer the test. Dinkel did not "misrepresent" anything--he did what he could to help Hartman obtain a test. There is no improper police conduct to punish here. The United States Supreme Court has stressed that the exclusionary rule does not apply where police, as part of a basis for probable cause to search, reasonably rely upon information that subsequently turns out to be incorrect. See, e.g., Evans, 514 U.S. at 15-16 (computer report erroneously showed outstanding arrest warrant); Illinois v. Rodriguez, 497 U.S. 177, 187, 111 L. Ed. 2d 148, 110 S. Ct. 2793 (1990) (police reasonably but mistakenly relied on third party for authority to enter residence). Finding a reasonable but mistaken belief here, shared by both the officer and the defendant, we uphold the trial court and reject Hartman's issue.
Hartman also claims the State failed to prove he possessed a blood alcohol level of greater than .08 at the time he was driving. Hartman contends the State's evidence only measured his blood alcohol concentration approximately 1 hour after he drove, not when he drove. Although Hartman couches this as a sufficiency of the evidence issue, we believe proper resolution first requires interpretation of K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 8-1567(a)(2). Thus, our standard of review is plenary. See State v. Patterson, 25 Kan. App. 2d 245, 247, 963 P.2d 436, rev. denied 265 Kan. __ (1998).
K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 8-1567(a) states:
"(a) No person shall operate or attempt to operate any vehicle within this state while:
(1) The alcohol concentration in the person's blood or breath as shown by any competent evidence, including other competent evidence, as defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (f) of K.S.A. 8-1013, and amendments thereto, is .08 or more;
(2) the alcohol concentration in the person's blood or breath, as measured within two hours of the time of operating or attempting to operate a vehicle, is .08 or more;
(3) under the influence of alcohol to a degree that renders the person incapable of safely driving a vehicle;
(4) under the influence of any drug or combination of drugs to a degree that renders the person incapable of safely driving a vehicle; or
(5) under the influence of a combination of alcohol and any drug or drugs to a degree that renders the person incapable of safely driving a vehicle." (Emphasis added.)
The clear language of an earlier version of this statute, K.S.A. 1985 Supp. 8-1567(a)(1), was interpreted as making the fact of driving with a blood alcohol concentration of .10 a crime without any further showing being required. State v. Zito, 11 Kan. App. 2d 432, 434, 724 P.2d 149, rev. denied 240 Kan. 806 (1986). This form of proscription is commonly referred to as a per se violation because it is not material whether the driver was incapable of safely driving a vehicle.
The per se violation of our DUI law is now embodied in K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 8-1567(a)(2), and the State is not required to prove the driver was incapable of safely driving a vehicle. This brings us to the specific question raised by Hartman--is a test reading of .08 or more that is taken within 2 hours sufficient evidence to support a per se violation of the DUI statute? The answer is "yes."
Although not addressing the precise issue Hartman now raises, another panel of this court in State v. Pendleton, 18 Kan. App. 2d 179, 185, 849 P.2d 143 (1993), recognized that under 8-1567(a)(2), the State must show the test occurred within 2 hours of driving or attempting to drive. Additionally, there is a helpful discussion in Pendleton of 8-1567(a)(1) and blood or breath tests taken outside the 2-hour window of a per se violation.
The rule of strict construction of a criminal statute is subordinate to the rule that judicial interpretation must be reasonable and sensible to effect legislative design and intent. Further, various provisions of a statute should be construed together with a view of bringing them into harmony. State v. Vega-Fuentes, 264 Kan. 10, 14, 955 P.2d 1235, rev. denied 265 Kan. ___ (1998). Applying these rules of interpretation to proscribed conduct under K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 8-1567(a), we conclude legislative intent is clear and unambiguous. Under subparagraph (a)(1), the State may use tests measured outside the 2-hour window as competent evidence to prove the defendant drove or attempted to drive while his blood alcohol level was .08 or higher. Conversely, a per se violation under subparagraph (a)(2) requires a blood alcohol test result of .08 or more as measured within 2 hours of driving or attempting to drive--no other evidence is required to establish a prima facie case. In other words, in a prosecution for a per se violation, the trier of fact may infer that the test result accurately measured the defendant's blood alcohol concentration at the time the defendant was last operating or attempting to operate a vehicle. Consequently, we conclude the State met its burden to establish a prima facie case and the alcohol concentration test result of .176 is sufficient to support the jury's verdict.
Hartman does contend the evidence is insufficient to support his conviction based upon his expert's testimony that a single test result is not scientifically reliable. This appears to raise a question of law as to the scientific validity of the State's single test rather than a sufficiency of the evidence issue. In any event, we note K.S.A. 1998 Supp. 8-1001 does not require more than one test. Additionally, the jury was free to accept or reject the testimony of Hartman's expert that a single test is not scientifically reliable. We conclude Hartman's sufficiency of the evidence argument is without merit.


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WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- A former Yonkers schools superintendent who has filed suit against the district claims Mayor Mike Spano and other city officials forced him from his position by threatening to leak allegations that he used district equipment to order pornographic movies, according to lohud.com.
Michael Yazurlo denies the charge, but in a complaint filed last week said that Spano and other officials threatened to go to the press with accusations that he paid $2,300 to watch the movies in his office, according to lohud.com.
Yazurlo stepped down from his $199,000-a-year job after the alleged threat was delivered on Nov. 20, 2015 while citing health concerns .
Yazurlo was appointed as head of the Yonkers school district in May 2014 . A Yonkers native, he previously enjoyed a lengthy career in education that included years as a teacher and administrator in Yonkers, 13 years as superintendent of the Tuckahoe Union Free School District and service as an associate professor of graduate education at the College of Saint Rose and SUNY Stony Brook.
In a statement Friday, a lawyer for the Yonkers Corporation Counsel called Yazurlo's accusations "unfortunate" and said the school district would seek to have the suit dismissed "at the earliest opportunity," according to lohud.com.
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Patton points to technical bottoms (see "Failed retest" below) that were seen in crude oil on Oct. 4, 2011 and June 28, 2012. "In early November we got to $84, but we didn't get anywhere near [those two lows]. That's something important from a technical standpoint to see that there really is support below $79."
Higher West Texas intermediate (WTI) and Brent crude oil prices also are the forecast of INTL FC Stone Analyst Edward Meir. "Beyond January we should have a pretty decent market," he says. "It's not going to be a runaway bull market, but there will be higher trading ranges for these complexes, mainly because U.S. growth should pick up."
Recent lack of significant domestic energy demand growth when coupled with the U.S. steadily becoming self-sufficient in energy production can be viewed as factors keeping price spikes in check, according to Mike Zarembski, manager of futures trading for optionsXpress. "However, we have not seen prices move significantly lower given the above average inventories of oil in the U.S. because of a 'permanent' risk premium market participants have placed on oil prices due to possible output disruptions by major producing countries," Zarembski says.


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California Chrome kicked into another gear to storm in front of Ride on Curlin and win the Preakness on Saturday.
While it's a long shot, a victory at Belmont on June 7 would secure a Triple Crown win for the chestnut colt. Since 1978, 11 horses have won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness, but failed to win Belmont.
"It's an awesome feeling," said California Chrome jockey Victor Espinoza. "Today it was just a crazy race."
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SEC: 6:30 p.m. Kentucky vs. Vanderbilt
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SEC: 12:00 p.m. LSU vs. Georgia
SEC: 2:30 p.m. University of Tennessee vs. Mississippi State
SEC: 6:30 p.m. Arkansas vs. Vanderbilt
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- The Chew, General Hospital, Katie, Ellen, How I Met Your Mother, Shark Tank and Grey's Anatomy will not be shown
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- Arrow and Supernatural will air Sat. March 16 at 7:00 and 8:00 p.m.
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LONDON (AP) — Sherlock Holmes is back on home turf in the second-season premiere of "Elementary" — and so, a bit uncomfortably, is star Jonny Lee Miller.
"It's a little bit surreal, to be honest with you," said the British actor, who plays a New York-based Sherlock in CBS' modern-day take on the great detective.
It was the U.S. setting that convinced him to do the show, which debuted last fall on the heels of both Robert Downey Jr.'s big-screen Holmes and the BBC's acclaimed series "Sherlock," starring Benedict Cumberbatch.
There were grumbles in the media about a Sherlock glut, and Miller says he felt some trepidation about taking on the iconic role.
"I turned it down because of that, initially," said Miller, who has played a San Francisco lawyer in the ABC TV series "Eli Stone" and a Scottish heroin addict in 1990s movie classic "Trainspotting."
"I wouldn't have done it here" in London, he said.
A season in, "Elementary" is a hit for CBS, and here Miller is, filming the start of season two this week at London locations including Paddington Station and Trafalgar Square.
Visiting London was natural for the show, which broke the usual Holmesian mold by casting Lucy Liu as Dr. Joan — rather than John — Watson. "Elementary'''s Sherlock is a tattooed recovering drug addict working as a consulting detective to the New York Police Department. Watson is the "sober companion" hired by Sherlock's wealthy father to stop him going off the rails.
The show also features other characters from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's original detective stories, often with a twist, including possible love interest Irene Adler and the detective's nemesis, the mysterious Moriarty.
Miller says he's a "huge fan" of Cumberbatch's "Sherlock." The two men are friends, and have played the same character before. They were co-stars in director Danny Boyle's 2011 London stage production of "Frankenstein," alternating the roles of scientist Victor Frankenstein and his monster.
Once "Elementary" debuted last fall to mostly positive reviews and strong viewing figures, many of the doubters stopped comparing "Elementary" to other incarnations of the Holmes stories — and Miller did, too.
"I just have confidence in our differences in our show, and I have confidence in what I am doing now," he said. "It was a risk, but ... it was a confidence in the material, and in the basic idea. And the fact we were going over to America to do it.
"And at the end of the day, the world's big enough for various interpretations of a bit of fiction."
The show's second season will introduce other characters from the Holmes canon, including Scotland Yard Inspector Lestrade (Sean Pertwee), and Sherlock's brilliant older brother Mycroft, played by "The Amazing Spider-Man" actor Rhys Ifans.
Filming in Trafalgar Square this week provided the show's makers with an archetypal London scene — pigeons, tourists, Nelson's Column, red double-decker buses. The only thing amiss was the weather. It was warm. The sun shone. So much for those classic images of 221B Baker St. in the rain.
"When we started writing the script I just assumed that it would be the London I've seen in so many movies and shows before," ''Elementary" creator and executive producer Robert Doherty said.
"But this is great. This is perfect. For our purposes and given the time of year that we're going to premiere, I'd rather have a big, beautiful, lush and sunny London for the American audience."
Season 2 of "Elementary" starts Sept. 26 on CBS.
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Wednesday, April 02, 2014
Sewing with Sunshine
And by Sunshine I of course mean the little Miss. The sun beaming through the windows on us and this project was no additional trouble however. I lurve the April stack. It is kind of as pale and neutral as this studio is capable of, which feels nice and fresh. (And because there are 6 solids included, the stack has 14 total fabrics still keeping it in the 30-40$ range. Yay!) It was high time I actually sat down at the sewing machine and enjoyed one of these Monthly Gatherings myself. Which is good timing for the new couch cover I have on one of the family room sofas. Everything in that room was in need of a good refreshing. Pillows and paint are my very favorite refreshers, probs yours too. I am not sure if this pillow will stay on this sofa, or go on the cream one, but I do know that I will make another pillow from all the scraps left from this one.
For the flying geese I used the no-waste method of making four flying geese at once, which I describe in this Mother Goose free quilt pattern, but googling that italic phrase up there will take you to several spots where a formula is described for getting the specific size that you want for your geese. This pillow is 24x24 and I wanted each goose to be 3x6, so I needed a total of 32 geese arranged 4x8. Whoa, too many numbers. My process of choosing the color arrangement was a little random and a little planned. By that I mean that I only started with one parameter of sorts, and that was- all of the paler, less bold toned fabrics in the April stack would be the geese (center larger triangle) and the rest would be the background (smaller side triangles). Then once they were all made, I deliberately arranged them only for balance of color and interest, but no real pattern or reason to it. The single parameter that I started with sorta helps to provide a unifying element that you aren't consciously aware of, but it's there. So I am essentially playing mind games with you, snort.
Do you think maybe with all that lingo that I am getting ready for my patchwork class at Sew Down next week?! Me too. I also am undertaking the light and enjoyable privilege of hosting about 90 Sew Downers (Uppers?) here at the house. No biggie. I also have a surprise for them, I think. I hope. It rhymes with Sew Down.
Smooches. AM & Sunshine
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I love those chubby baby legs and toes. This wee one looks like Isabella, I think. Also loving the sunflower and raspberry combo of fabrics in that pillow. So cheery against white.ReplyDelete
I love your fabrics!ReplyDelete
Liebe Grüße ;-)
Ahhh! Just bought my little one those same pants. Every girl needs some star pants! I love that the pillow is bigger than your little peanut!ReplyDelete
Those tippy toes !ReplyDelete
Hoe down?!?!ReplyDelete
Can't wait to see you!!!!!
oh, yeah! I can't wait for this one. "subdued hues" from you made me giggle. currently working on a quilt for my girl in bits and pieces from my stash, all good folks saved from forever ago! I think a fresh pillow is in order here too.... and we have the exact same grey cover on our sofa!ReplyDelete
I was hoping that sunshine was your sweet little girl!ReplyDelete
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What the NRA should fear most from government action: Research
Tasking the CDC with a scientific study of gun violence would be enlightening.
President Obama is looking at issuing 19 executive actions on gun control, and while gun enthusiasts fear a gun ban that can't happen by executive order, there is one proposal that should make the gun lobby plenty nervous: allow the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to research gun violence. The possibilities to emerge from Vice President Joe Biden's gun commission, as The New York Times catalogs them, appear to mostly involve steps like more background checks on gun buyers or making it easier for federal agencies to share mental health and gun records. They are mostly small ways that Obama can, without needing Congressional approval, keep bad guys from getting guns. But there's one very big, and potentially momentous measure that Obama can achieve with an executive order: by allowing the CDC to conduct research on guns, we'd know more about what happens when good guys have guns.
Despite the fears of some genuine gun nuts threatening civil war, Obama can't issue a gun-grabbing executive order. An assault weapons ban would have to go through Congress. Biden's proposals will mostly involve better enforcement of existing laws, which are supposed to keep legal guns out of the hands of criminals. Which is popular! No one wants bad guys to have guns. Bad guys do bad things with guns.
But what the gun lobby wants is more good guys -- normal average citizens like teachers and movie theater patrons -- to have more guns. That is why it has been fighting since the mid-1990s to block any science that might show the costs of lots of good guys having lots of guns might outweigh the benefits.
In 1996, some members of Congress tried to completely defund the CDC's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, which was doing gun research, Live Science explains. Instead, lawmakers stripped $2.6 million from the CDC's budget -- the exact amount it had spent on gun injury research the year before. Congress forbade research that might "advocate or promote gun control." In 2003, Kansas Rep. Todd Tiahrt forbid the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives from giving researchers data about guns used in crime. Last year, the National Institutes of Health was blocked from funding gun research. The efforts have had impressive results. According to a letter to Biden signed by 100 researchers, The NIH has funded just three studies on gun injuries in the last 40 years. Hey, that's three whole studies, right? Hardly censorship! Well, the researchers point out that guns have killed 4 million people since 1973, while four infections diseases have killed just 2,000 -- and the NIH has funded almost 500 studies on them. The letter protests that "legislative language has the effect of discouraging the funding of well-crafted scientific studies."


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Finally, and in a desperate attempt for media coverage, Tara Reid has come CLEAN about her sick plastic surgery. I mean her saggy ass tits and flabby stomach have been well documented (See Exibits A and B) and finally, Reid has undergone reconstructive surgery and sold her soul ... I mean story ... to US Weekly.
No wonder Carson Daly dumped her ass - he thought she was sickening ... Please enjoy this excerpt from her interview:
"Guys I was dating would be like, 'What's wrong with them? They look really bad. You know, you should really get them fixed.' So embarrassing. I mean, you
definitely need to turn off the lights, that's for sure."
EXHIBIT B (for boobie)
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In 2010, there were 38,329 drug overdose deaths nationwide, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Medication, mostly prescription drugs, was involved in nearly 60 percent of overdose deaths that year, overshadowing deaths from illicit narcotics.
"The big picture is that this is a big problem that has gotten much worse quickly," said Dr. Thomas Frieden, CDC's director.
The report appears in Tuesday's Journal of the American Medical Association.
As in previous recent years, opioid drugs -- which include OxyContin and Vicodin -- were the biggest problem, contributing to 3 out of 4 medication overdose deaths.
Frieden said many doctors and patients don't realize how addictive these drugs can be, and that they're too often prescribed for pain that can be managed with less risky drugs.
They're useful for cancer, "but if you've got terrible back pain or terrible migraines," using these addictive drugs can be dangerous, he said.
Medication-related deaths accounted for 22,134 of the drug overdose deaths in 2010.
Anti-anxiety drugs including Valium were among common causes of medication-related deaths, involved in almost 30 percent of them. Among the medication-related deaths, 17 percent were suicides.
Frieden said the data show a need for more prescription drug monitoring programs at the state level, and more laws shutting down "pill mills" -- doctor offices and pharmacies that over-prescribe addictive medicines.
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Farmer Fights for Right to Host WeddingsBy NANCY BEAN FOSTER
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November 28. 2012 8:54PM
Steve Forster has been growing and selling Christmas trees at Forster's Christmas Tree Farm on Mount Hunger Road for nearly 40 years. He also built an alpine farmhouse on the site that serves as a gift shop featuring traditional German Christmas ornaments and decorations imported from Europe.
But to supplement his income, Forster began using his farm to host events including the annual Swiss Club gathering, as well as weddings. But last May, when a neighbor came across Forster's website that advertised weddings at the farm, the neighbor complained to the town that Forster did not have the right to offer such events on his property.
The town began researching the case and discovered that Forster had never filed a site plan review to get the necessary permission to host weddings.
Forster argued to Town Planner Mark Fougere that weddings were allowed on the farm as a part of RSA 21:34-a, a statute written by the state and adopted by the town that permits farmers to use their land to host a variety of events to help make ends meet and encourage folks to visit farms.
A letter to Forster from Lorraine Merrill, commissioner of agriculture for the state, agreed with Forster's argument that weddings were agri-tourism.
"We interpret on-farm weddings to fall within this statutory definition," Merrill wrote.
But based on his research, Fougere ruled that weddings don't count as agri-tourism and sent a cease-and-desist order to Forster. Forster appealed Fougere's ruling to the town's Zoning Board, who overturned the ruling 4-to-1 and agreed with Forster that weddings do count as agri-tourism.
But the board also said that in order to host weddings, Forster would have to come in for a site plan review to iron out details such as parking, traffic, sanitation, hours of operation and other details.
"They really just want to be able to tell me what I can and can't do on my own land," said Forster. "It's an invasion of my property rights."
Forster said he feels as though he's being made an example of by the town, and pointed to an email from Land Use Coordinator Nicole Gage to Fougere as evidence. In the email, the subject line of which said "Forsters now doing weddings?" Gage wrote, "It has been suggested that somebody needs to be made an example of (for disregarding the zoning ordinance) AND that the town needs to do a strategic public outreach and education campaign to remind business owner of Planning and Zoning and requirements, as well as building permit rules for all residents."
Fougere said Gage's email was not a driving force behind his decision to issue a cease-and-desist order, and he said he doesn't believe Forster is being targeted.
"I don't think he's being singled out to make an example of," Fougere said. "I think the neighbors have concerns about noise and concerns about traffic, and I believe we have the authority to have him come in and do a site plan review."
The problem, Fougere said, is that the language of the agri-tourism law is vague and different people have different interpretations of what qualifies as agri-tourism, and whether agri-tourism is exempt from site plan review. And it may not be until a case such as Forster's goes to court that the language becomes clearer, Fougere said.
Court is certainly an option for Forster, who has hired an attorney to help him navigate the planning and zoning rules, but he's having a hard time understanding why he should have to fight this battle at all.
"I'm following the law," said Forster. "The state set it in motion, the town adopted it, and now they don't like it."


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On October 5th, the Chicago International Social Change Film Festival will be kicking off at the Showplace Icon Theater on Roosevelt Road. Showcasing films that "heighten public conciousness" of social issues, one of the festival's featured screenings will be The Microlending Film Project, a documentary that explores the impact that "global microfinance" has on communities, especially for women who live in poverty.
The film is a "passion project" of Rachel Cook, a former futures trader who was inspired to produce it after reading an op-ed in the New York Times.
As part of the film's debut, a new social gaming app called Seeds will be made available. Developed by a team involving the likes of Amanda Wixted (formerly of Zynga) and award-winning game developer Brad Wiggins, Seeds seeks to "gamify" the micro-lending process by making it an option in the app. As it was explained to me "Players can explore an immersive, playable world, communally rebuilding a virtual civilization, while simultaneously microlending money to boost real entrepreneurs. Seeds gamifies microlending, using fun incentives to motivate players to greater generosity."
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In advance of her film's screening in Chicago, Rachel Cook took some time to answer questions about Seeds, where the idea came from, what players can expect from the game, and what to expect in the future:
Geek To Me: Can you tell us where the premise of Seeds came about? How long has the game been in development?
Rachel Cook: Seeds has been in development for the better part of a year, as we built the prototype and then traveled to Nairobi, Kenya to implement it on the ground. The idea came together when I was filming my documentary, The Microlending Film Project, on the ground in Nairobi, and we saw amazing things. Everyone has a cell phone, and people who live in sheet metal houses can buy produce, say at a roadside stand simply by sending a text message.
After learning that, I found out that the average social gamer is a 43-year-old woman, and the demographic that purchases the largest amount of virtual gold in World of Warcraft is women over 35. This demographic also tends to do more microlending, and because women are also the biggest beneficiaries of microloans, there was a natural opportunity to do well by doing good because of this demographic overlap.
Geek To Me: Have any of you been involved in other micro-lending ventures in the past?
Rachel Cook: I directed and produced The Microlending Film Project after reading an op-ed about the positive effects of microlending on women in the New York Times when I was actually sitting on a trading desk in Chicago at 3 in the morning, trading the European shift. My time spent as a trader brought me more money that I expected in my mid-twenties, but the environment was weirdly sexist and I wasn't creating anything innovative or helping anyone who really needed it.
We shot the film on four continents, including in Detroit, MI. Our team includes a Director of Photography with more thn 50 studio Hollywood films on his resume, including Fargo and Terms of Endearment, an Editor who has cut several films for Oscar-nominated Director Jon Alpert, and a Composer who has produced for the Grammy-nominated Shiny Toy Guns.
We're excited to be the Feature Film Presentation at the Chicago Social Change Film Festival on October 5th, during which we'll also debut Seeds, using it to source loans for Chicago-area small business owners.
Geek To Me: How does Seeds differ from other micro-lending campaigns?
Rachel Cook: To our knowledge, nobody has merged social gaming and microlending in this way to date. We're also partnering with other games to embed our API. The big ambition is to imagine a future in which the 3 billion hours per week spent gaming are harnessed and reinvested in for-profit social good. I want kids in the future to think of the definition of gaming as something like "fun things we play that help people." And then they'll go play the games with their bionic arms in flying cars or whatever.
Geek To Me: For those who may have never tried social gaming before, what can they look forward to with Seeds?
Rachel Cook: Seeds allows you to rebuild a destroyed civilization populated by plant-like characters called the Zeople, who can mate and pass down certain genes, something I was always personally obsessed with in games like the Sims 2 and 3. Players can buy decorators and social goods for their personal playable worlds, and they can choose to make microloans to specific types of microbusinesses. Doing so will earn them XP and allow them to rebuild the civilization more quickly.
Geek To Me:What is the cost involved in playing the game?
Rachel Cook: It's free. Players are only charged if they buy decorators and virtual goods, if they want to pay to hurry up a process within the game, or if they make microloans, and the microloans are repaid.
Geek To Me: And who will game players be benefiting when they contribute through their play?
Rachel Cook: Eventually it'll benefit entrepreneurs and for-profit social initiatives everywhere. At this stage, we've disbursed a loan and collected mobile repayments in Nairobi, and we'll be making loans in Chicago as well, in connection with the Chicago Social Change Film Festival Event.
Geek To Me: Are there any upgrades or game changes on the horizon?
Rachel Cook: Yes. We're currently raising a seed round and will use the investment funding to build out our team, bring the game to Android, and cultivate partnerships with other established and developing games through the implementation of the Seeds API.
Geek To Me: Thanks for taking the time to answer these questions!
Rachel Cook: Thank you Elliott!
You can learn more about Seeds and help fund its development on other platforms by checking out the Seeds Fundable campaign.
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MCHINJI, Malawi (AP) — Hundreds of orphans welcomed Madonna and her children with song and dance on Wednesday during their visit to the orphanage where the pop star adopted one of her Malawian children.
Madonna said she was happy to be back at the Home of Hope orphanage, where she adopted David Banda, in the western district of Mchinji near the border with Zambia.
"I'm happy that David is back to see his brothers and sisters," she said.
David, now 8, was accompanied by his sister Mercy James, who is 8 and also adopted from Malawi, and their siblings, Rocco and Lourdes.
Madonna adopted David in 2006. On Wednesday he was taken to his former crib, which has been preserved in his memory.
It wasn't known if the family would also visit the Kondanani Children's Village, where Madonna adopted Mercy in 2009 after a protracted court battle.
Madonna and her children will visit a pediatrics hospital in Blantyre on Thursday, and another orphanage Friday.
The singer arrived Monday in Malawi to visit projects she has helped with. Madonna initially planned to build a $15 million 500-bed Raising Malawi Academy for girls, before changing plans to help fund several community schools.


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Business' signs promoting Candia warrant article disappear
As the New Hampshire Attorney General's office is set to wrap up its investigation of political signs being removed in Candia, police reported yet another set of political signs disappearing, this time in favor of a zoning petition warrant article.
The three signs were in support of Article 2, which would rezone two lots from residential to commercial, sponsored by employees of Raymond Sand and Gravel. All three were on Langford Road, two near the intersection with Route 27, another on the intersection with Rory Street. They disappeared Monday.
Kevin Cole of RS&G notified Candia police officer Kevin Cashman of the disappearances.
"I don't know who took the signs, but I know they disappeared," Cole said.
The signs lacked the necessary disclosures of their sponsor, a key issue in the incident being investigated by the AG's office, where Selectman Fred Kelley was found to be removing signs critical of a colleague on the grounds that they lacked such disclosures. The AG has determined that the signs in that case required the disclosures, but have yet to rule on whether Kelley could remove them.
Cole said he was not aware of the requirement when he posted his signs.
The article supported in the signs would "allow for rock quarrying, excavation and other commercial uses permitted in the commercial district, which may provide the Town with more tax revenue." Raymond Sand and Gravel's property crosses the town line from Raymond into Candia. Most of the land on Route 27 in zoned commercial, except for a handful of residential lots, which include Raymond Sand & Gravel's property.
A court ordered RS&G to shut down its Candia operations in 2003 due to the zoning issue.
"We're just trying to create jobs for the area, and (the town government of) Candia just seems to stop us every time we try to do something," said Cole. "We're not in a residential area; we're a business on Route 101, and that's where business should be as far as I'm concerned. The only thing that's stopping us is an imaginary line which is the town line. If all the property was in Raymond, we'd still be crushing."
Cole has argued that rezoning the lot would be a boon to the local economy, allowing shipment of resources locally, saving transportation costs.
The planning and zoning boards have expressed reservations for RS&G's hopes to continue quarry work on the land.
RS&G appeared before the Candia Zoning Board of Adjustment in October to request a variance to blast on the properties, but the scheduled public hearing was never opened. After a tense exchange, a motion passed to defer any consideration of the application until RS&G could prove it was in compliance with several court orders.


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Four of the five Meridian City Council seats will be up for grabs this election beginning with May 7th's primary. Friday was the deadline for candidates to qualify, and coincidentally the US Justice Department approved the new Ward lines the City Council submitted last summer on Friday as well. That approval put two candidates into races that they hadn't originally anticipated. One of those is Kim Houston, and now she's having to switch up campaign plans.
"It just kind of blew my mind because although we knew that things were happening, it was my understanding that things would not change until after this election."
Houston originally was running against long-time City Councilwoman Barbara Henson in Ward 3, but the new lines placed her residence in Ward 4. Houston, a Democrat, is up against three other Democrats and an Independent. She says that she doesn't like looking at the election as running against anyone, but instead running for something.
"I'm running for a new day, and we are having to run a little faster and a little harder now, but the message is still the same. Our youth need to be inspired and it's time for a new day."
Houston's switch leaves Ward 3's race unopposed, guaranteeing Henson a 7th term on the Council. Since Henson is a Republican and Houston is a Democrat, they would not have met until the General Election in June, so Henson hadn't made too many campaign decisions yet. Now that she's unopposed, she feels much more relaxed.
"I've had two terms that I've had no opponents, and it's really a relaxing sort of thing and you can enjoy the commodity with the other candidates, and that I look forward to."
Democrat and Republican candidates will meet in the primary, and winners there will face each other and Independents in June.


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LONDON and NOIDA, NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION, India, January 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
Markit, a leading, global financial information services company, today announced that it will boost its workforce in India from 418 to as many as 600 employees by the end of 2013 under the leadership of a new regional head, Sid Banerjee.
New employees will be engaged across Markit's business, including development, testing, analytics, data mining and management. They will be based in Markit India's new state-of-the-art offices in Noida.
Banerjee, who joined Markit in late December, has more than 20 years' experience in financial information and technology. He joins Markit from Deutsche Bank where he held a number of roles over the past six years including Chief Operating Officer of the firm's India operations. Previously, he worked at Hewlett-Packard e-Global Services, Polaris Software and Kotak Mahindra Capital. Banerjee is a Chartered and Cost Accountant.
Lance Uggla, Chief Executive Officer of Markit, said: "Markit has had a presence in India since 2004 and our office in Noida is now our third largest after London and New York City. This has allowed us to take advantage of the tremendous talent pool India has to offer and to upgrade our product development and customer support functions significantly. Today, Markit India plays a key role in our growth strategy and in ensuring we maintain our competitive edge. Sid is a seasoned industry specialist and is well placed to lead our expansion in the region."
Sid Banerjee, Managing Director and Head of Markit India, said: "I am delighted to join such a dynamic international company. Markit India is increasingly becoming a preferred destination for talented technology and operations professionals looking for a challenging opportunity in a growing company. I look forward to expanding our presence in India and to continuing to enhance our product development and other capabilities."
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