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by Mike Masnick
Wed, Nov 4th 2009 4:45pm
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mp3s, sales, the beatles
Last last week, a bunch of music blogs started noticing that a previously unknown site called Bluebeat.com was selling MP3s for $0.25, including numerous acts that still haven't officially authorized online sales -- such as The Beatles and AC/DC. There was a lot of headscratching among bloggers and reporters who wondered how this could possibly be legal. The answer, of course, is that it wasn't. The site didn't even make any attempt whatsoever to claim that they had licensed this music. They just said they thought that $0.25 was a better price for music. Not surprisingly, it took just a few days before EMI sued the site, and I'd imagine other lawsuits will quickly follow as well. It's not clear what the folks at Bluebeat were thinking -- other than that they were about to get a ton of publicity in the form of lawsuits, but it's hard to see what good that publicity is if the site is forced out of business.
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Rose M. Welch (profile), 4 Nov 2009 @ 5:00pm
I purchased......115 of my favorite Beatles tracks for $29.05. I could have purchased everything for about $120, but opted not to. That's the only money I've spent on the Beatles in... Well, my entire life, since they don't offer mp3s.
Rabbit80 (profile), 4 Nov 2009 @ 5:08pmIt looks to me like they are still online and selling the stuff...
Wocka Wocka Wocka, 4 Nov 2009 @ 5:46pm
25 cents to much...especially for 40 year old music.
Another Anonymous Coward, 4 Nov 2009 @ 7:11pm
Re: 25 cents to muchand .99, or more, is a fair price for stuff being made today that people call music?
Pwdrskir (profile), 4 Nov 2009 @ 7:19pm
Marker USAThey might be adapting the same business model as the owner of Marker USA, the ski binding company. He was sued all the time starting in the 70's, but he was in constant bankruptcy and his wife held all the assets in the company. Not sure if this is still their setup, but it worked for Marker to get established as a big player.
Nethos (profile), 4 Nov 2009 @ 7:21pm
Martyrdom...I almost feel like BlueBeat.com is setting itself up as a sort of martyr in this. Think about it: a lot of people will buy tracks from them at that price, especially ones that aren't available elsewhere. When the site is eventually shut down (as is inevitable), a lot of those people are going to start thinking that the $.99 price is way too high, since they were able to get songs for a lot less. They will also start to view the record labels in a more negative light, since (in their view) the labels shut down a competitor who was offering a better price so that they could keep charging four times as much.
In light of this, I'm not sure if BlueBeat.com was simply trying to make as much money as possible and then run, or if they are trying to raise dissent against the record labels in order to bring down the cost of music.
Paranoid Dude, 4 Nov 2009 @ 8:14pm
What about the..children..no. What about the music I buy. If I buy the MP3s which should not legally be sold, do I still own them? Do I need to return them? Maybe it is a sting set up by the RIAA where they can come and sue me as an illegal downloader?
Are you a cop? 'cause you got to tell me if your a cop right?
Rose M. Welch (profile), 6 Nov 2009 @ 8:35am
Re: What about the..I hope they sue me. I'd make a much better defendant than Tenenbaum.
"Hard-working mom of 3 is sued for 5 gazillion dollars after she purchased Beatles tracks that she thought were legal... Defendant was quoted as saying that her case would be a long and winding road, but imagine a world where you can no longer be sued for sharing music."
Anonymous Coward, 4 Nov 2009 @ 9:21pmBluebeat is owned by a DRM company that once sued Apple and Microsoft...for not using their DRM? I dunno, I couldn't make much sense of it.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/11/beatles-for-salefor-25-a-track-but-is-it-lega l.ars
They seem to think they're legal.
tristan lush, 4 Nov 2009 @ 9:29pmYa that was my point...charge 99 cents...no problemo
Doctor Strange, 4 Nov 2009 @ 10:38pmA rare missed opportunity for the Techdirties to remind everyone of the Streisand effect and how EMI is only drawing attention to BlueBeat and that the only appropriate or logical response is to ignore them.
Anonymous Coward, 4 Nov 2009 @ 11:15pm
Re:Except in this case there is a very valid copyright claim against Bluebeat, as it's blatant commercial copyright infringement.
Unless they're hoping to make a few quick bucks and then dodge around in legal hoops for the next few decades, this isn't really a valid "get rich quick" scheme.
Lonzo5, 4 Nov 2009 @ 10:45pmBest $30 I could ever see myself spending.
Sounds to me like "A Day In The Life" of an illegal music download site..
JP_Fife, 5 Nov 2009 @ 1:46amIs this perchance the same as those software sites that sell Photoshop and other applications for fifty dollars? Perhaps those who bought from this site might find some errors in their credit card statements when they get the next one in? Or it could be an elaborate phishing hoax. Did anyone else read through their terms and conditions? You have to install and activate their software plus third party software, there is mention of licensors. There is a full postal address - PO Box - for copyright infringement claims.
Hephaestus (profile), 5 Nov 2009 @ 5:55am
On this one I have to side with RIAA .....As much as I hate to, on this one I have to side with RIAA. This is commercial copyright infringement.
BBT, 5 Nov 2009 @ 6:19amtechnically, they're trying to exploit a loophole in copyright law by calling their products "audio-visual works". the copyright office says "the sounds that accompany an audiovisual work, for example, a motion picture, are not defined as a sound recording." And A/V work is described as a "series of related images that are intended to be shown by the use of a machine or device, together with accompanying sounds, if any."
So they're trying to exploit this. Presumably you need some other kind of license to be able to use music in an "audiovisual work", and BlueBeat claims to have that licensing.
Skout (profile), 5 Nov 2009 @ 9:51am
How is this theft?One of my major complaints against the music and movie groups (game publishers, too!) has always been that they're not offering what their customers want, and this is a classic example: people obviously WANT the Beatles music in MP3 format, and are willing to pay for it, BUT NOBODY IS OFFERING IT. Stealing it is the ONLY option! Why is it copyright infringement to take copies of something that doesn't exist in the market?
These people aren't stealing revenue from groups, because the groups aren't selling this material. I'm not legitimizing piracy - I'm simply pointing out what I see as a major flaw.
nasch (profile), 5 Nov 2009 @ 12:44pm
Re: How is this theft?The Beatles music is still for sale on CD, right? So you could buy it and rip it to whatever format you want, right? So your argument is that you don't like the format or the price. That certainly doesn't change whether it's copyright infringement. Even if it were not for sale anywhere, for any price, that would still not have any bearing on the question of copyright infringement as far as I'm aware.
VJ, 6 Nov 2009 @ 7:53pm
Re: How is this theft?Uh, you can buy the CD's and rip them into MP3, or you can buy the Apple-shaped USB drive with the entire collection on it. Its a little stupid to say that because somebody won't sell you something in the format you particularly want it in that it is OK to just steal it.
Alatar, 5 Nov 2009 @ 10:08am
How dare they......sell music for less than one buck for one tiny song? I understand why those thie...err...honest merchants are shocked.
By the way, it would have been a nice irony if Bluebeat was giving artists more money out of a $0.25 sale than the $0.06 artists get out of a $1 sale in what they call the "regular clean legal circuit"...
Anonymous Coward, 5 Nov 2009 @ 10:16amI don't think it's just 'audiovisual works' that they're using, I think they're also claiming that the use of lossy compression means that they've created an original work substantially different from the original recording, much like a a cover or something.
Court Documents for Capitol Records v. BlueBeatI found the Complaint, Reply and Response to the Reply. You can view or download the documents HERE
Anonymous1, 5 Nov 2009 @ 12:08pm@Mike Masnick: I'm surprised you didn't mention, but according to an article on Wired.com's "Threat Level" blog, the following isn't true:
"The site didn't even make any attempt whatsoever to claim that they had licensed this music." The article states that they they re-recorded the entire catalouge, made some accoustic changes, and the copyright office accepted the catalouges copyright!! In the end this may also be a case of copyright office runs amok.
Mike Masnick (profile), 5 Nov 2009 @ 3:30pm
"The site didn't even make any attempt whatsoever to claim that they had licensed this music." The article states that they they re-recorded the entire catalouge, made some accoustic changes, and the copyright office accepted the catalouges copyright!! In the end this may also be a case of copyright office runs amok.
They said that later in reply to the lawsuit. I was talking about the site originally.
However, will have a new post up later about the response from the company.
Kevin, 5 Nov 2009 @ 4:51pm
Court Grants TROThe Federal Court granted the TRO (Temporary Restraining Order). You can view or download the Court Order over at Copyright in the Internet Ages.
Rose M. Welch (profile), 6 Nov 2009 @ 8:37am
God...I hope they sue me. I'd make a much better defendant than Tenenbaum.
"Hard-working mom of 3 is sued for 5 gazillion dollars after she purchased Beatles tracks that she thought were legal... Defendant was quoted as saying that her case would be a long and winding road, but imagine a world where you can no longer be sued for sharing music."
ML, 6 Nov 2009 @ 7:57pm
I got a refundI tried to buy the Beatles catalog from them but after almost 24 hours and still being 12 albums shy, I complained and they gave me back the full amount of money I had PayPal'd them. Their argument for being able to sell them is pretty stupid, if you ask me. At first I just wasn't thinking and did business with them, then news stories popped up everywhere about this being illegal sales, which made me torn, as I really wanted to get the songs I paid them for, but also didn't feel so good about buying stolen goods. At least they gave me back 100% of my money.
Anonymous Coward, 6 Nov 2009 @ 7:58pm
Re: I got a refundWhen I say I tried to buy the catalog that means I put it in the shopping cart, paid them for it via PayPal, and the spent all day and night constantly resetting their download script.
ML, 6 Nov 2009 @ 7:59pm
Re: Re: I got a refundOMG, I forgot to put my name it and it called me Anonymous Coward. How cool!


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August 1 & 2, 2009
Mary Paffard and Maggie Norton: Safety and Ease in Backbends
Ann Dyer: Ease in Backbends continued, and Chanting 101
Yoga Mendocino, Ukiah, California
I had pretty much decided I wasn't going to go to this year's summer intensive at YOMO. The full weekend with Marta Mahou from Madrid was sounding too rigorously Iyengar and I just didn't want to be gone for two nights or do only part of the workshop. So when an email came saying Marta had canceled and would be replaced by Mary Paffard and Maggie Norton and an expanded offering from Ann Dyer I decided it sounded more what I was geared for and I decided to go for it.
Mary and Maggie started the Saturday morning with a three hour partner session for backbends. My shyness and discomfort in partner work needs a shift, so I welcomed this opportunity and cast my usual apprehension aside. With only 14 students Mary and Maggie were able to work with virtually every duo or trio in every pose, really making sure both the pose doer and the assistant were guided skillfully. Maggie opened by reading a beautiful Rumi poem "Birdwings" to set the tone. Mary warmed us up with a bouncy sun salutation, rhythmically bending the joints through the moves….imagine doing a sun sal on a train. It was quite fun and certainly got everyone smiling.
The partner and trio work were designed to give the pose doer gentle guidance rather than mind-blowing revelations, and as such took on a somewhat luxurious feeling rather than causing me my usual anxiety. It was a very nurturing atmosphere, but not at all cloyingly so. In twos we did revolved triangle, elbow balance, and thigh stretch at the wall all with a belly assist. Also in pairs we did camel with the partner's feet pressing opposite directions on the back (this was excellent) as well as down dog with partner pressing her head into the thoracic as she rotated the upper arms out; and bridge with a mat folded in to fourths the long way in place of the usual strap on the scapulas. In threes we did supine mountain releasing rib cage and scapulas with downward pressure. We also did wheel with those same folded mats under the blades held by one partner and under the pelvis by the other. The blades person pulled in her direction and the pelvis person pulled in hers and then they rocked the pose doer hammock style. It was a very comfortable wheel. The grand finale was Mary assisting anyone who wanted into a handstand into eka pada wheel at the wall stunt. First you did a wheel with toes at the wall, Mary marking where your hands were. Then you turned around to go up into handstand at your wheel's distance from the wall. Mary leveled your pelvis as you came over, pressing one foot into the wall and walking the other one down so you ended up in eka pada with top leg on the wall. Then you brought the down foot back up and pushed off as Mary guided you back up and over to your feet.
Mary and Maggie complement each other wonderfully. They both revel in the subtle, yet don't lose the fun. Maggie exudes compassion and Mary's a little tough. Both are funny, experimental and they really listen and observe keenly. A lot of my partner baggage fell away during those three hours. The group of students were almost all teachers or trainees under Mary and Maggie's tutelage, so they practice the same patience and care exhibited by their mentors. What a treat.
Ann Dyer's afternoon session was a more easeful practice, and was mostly focused on the role of the lats in backbends. She opened her session by having us lie in savasana while she sang a raga. Her voice is beyond my powers of description. Ethereal, sweet, profound, heartfelt just don't quite measure up, but it is all these rolled into one and more. The sound lingered in the room vibrationally as we began asana practice. We did some bolster work and some dog work showing how to extend the lats at their opposite ends: the upper arm and the low back. We did partner work in bow where the partner pressed the sacrum down and broadened it, leaning in from the pose doer's head, facilitating the most pain free bow I've ever done. Everyone's sternum was lifting off the floor with so much freedom.
Ann is a wonderful teacher. Tall and statuesque with a calming presence she has a vaguely Erich Schiffman quality to her physically. She is a little sharp, betraying her Iyengar underpinnings, but is also very verbal and articulate, as well as funny. During her more active backbending practice the next day as she had us all probing for some subtle shift in our hind ends to ease entry into backbends she put the perplexed roomful into laughter as she announced we were "bifurcating the buttocks". The session explored the roll of the hamstrings in lengthening the thighs and lifting the pelvis without clamping down through the glutes. The detail and subtlety of the work (she called it tedious a couple times, but I find it fascinating) reminded me of Mary Lou Weprin.
The afternoon was Ann's "Chanting 101" workshop and it was everything I had hoped for. I have long shied away from kirtans because of my aversion to crowds of blissed out people, and from formal chanting because of my sense that I couldn't possibly do justice to such a sophisticated practice. Ann made kirtan joyful but mindful and chanting accessible. She introduced Indian classical music with words and sound, speaking of it as devotional rather than performance oriented. Something to be felt within the body rather than projected away from it. She taught us how to breathe into the "pubic belly" to deepen the sound and the feeling of it. We did an exercise showing how each vowel sound has a resonance with a different chakra. She talked about om a lot, as a sound practice and philosophically. We explored its beginning (Brahma), middle (Vishnu) and end (Shiva). We did the Gayatri Mantra and Jai Jai Bhavani Mata (a Shiva chant).
She interspersed instruction with relaxed story telling, threads of sound from her own amazing instrument, and openly answering questions. When someone is so passionate and knowledgeable about what they're teaching it is truly inspirational, and when it happens to be music it is also so moving on our very most primal level. The session crescendoed with kirtan. Now that I know that kirtan evolved as chanting for the masses about a thousand years ago when chanting had formerly been restricted to male Brahmins I have a new "power to the people" tude about it. I'm not rushing out to buy every Krishna Das album, but I have new found and complete respect for the practice. We did a couple kirtans, and then Ann got us into doing one part while she accompanied with another, and then divided the room so one section was doing one part as the second group did the other. I have truly not felt that kind of pure joy since I was little kid singing unselfconsciously in grade school music class, one of my favorite early school experiences (and one that was ruined in an instant by a teacher once telling me to "just mouth the words"). When the class was over Ann genuinely complimented the group saying that we were especially open and receptive to the practices. I have to think it was all the easeful backbends, taught in such a liberating and decompressed way by three excellent teachers that made us such open-hearted music students.
The weekend was a brilliant synthesis of asana and sound, making real for me once again the way yoga illuminates connection, insists on presence, and tunes one in to the omnipresent and all encompassing vibration of life.

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Since its opening in 2003, Hansen House, located in Niagara Falls and operated by Community Missions, has provided adults with psychiatric disabilities a first step toward realizing their goal of more independent living. Earlier this month, the East Hill Foundation presented CMI with a $15,000 donation for an upgrade in the facility's kitchen, where many of the essential daily living skills necessary for residents to transition into more independent living environments are taught.
Though the facility has held up well in its 10 years of service, its kitchen has particularly endured the daily wear and tear associated with a facility of 10 residents, along with staff.
The project will include replacing the existing commercial-grade oven range, refrigerator, dishwasher, countertops, cookware, dishes and utensils. This follows the recent replacement of the tile floor in the adjacent dining room, a process that will also be a part of the kitchen's update.
"We are so thankful for the support of the East Hill Foundation," said CMI Executive Director Robyn L. Krueger. "We believe wholeheartedly in the work being done at our community residences, including Hansen House, and are excited that a respected organization like the East Hill Foundation has shown support for it as well. These funds will go directly to teach the living skills needed by our residents to transition to a more independent living environment."
Hansen House is one of two community residences operated by CHOICES, the adult housing division of Community Missions. The facility consists of 10 single bedrooms, along with sitting areas, offices, an open-concept dining and kitchen area, along with handicap accessibility throughout the first floor. Twenty-four hour staff supervision is provided, as residents work to gain the skills necessary to live more independently. To date, 84 former Hansen House residents have moved on to less intensive programs or permanent housing.
The East Hill Foundation is a privately funded family foundation, which was founded in 1986. The foundation identifies and funds innovative, charitable projects designed to enhance the quality of life of the residents from the eight counties of Western New York.
This year, the foundation is interested in assisting nonprofit organizations that provide basic human services such as providing food and shelter for the needy.The due date for grant applications is Aug. 1. Additional information is available at www.easthillfdn.org.
In 2012, CMI provided more than 70,000 meals and 9,000 nights of care within its crisis services programs. Additional agency programs serve adults and youth with psychiatric disabilities, parolees, at-risk youth and other underserved populations in both residential and recovery-orientated settings. For more information on the services and programs provided by Community Missions, visit www.communitymissions.org or connect via Facebook or Twitter.


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By John Goralski
Sports Writer
Parents and boosters huddle around gas grills at the edge of the pavilion, while groups of athletes stroll around the field in a wash of fall colors. On Friday, Sept. 27, YMCA Camp Sloper looked more like a fall festival than a competitive racing meet, and that's just what officials want at the 2013 Sloper Relays.
The mid-season challenge has become an oasis for distance athletes, and it's a chance for good-natured ribbing among teammates and across programs. The unique co-ed meet has swelled to 10 teams with almost 200 athletes competing across five divisions, and it has grown into a good team-building exercise in a sport that celebrates the individual.
"The athletes say that they love to come out here because this is for fun," said Blue Knight cross country coach Rich Niro. "It's great to take the time to enjoy running for fun and racing just to see how good you are without having to worry about team scores. It's a really nice change for a lot of these athletes with all the pressure that's put on them during the season."
Don't misunderstand. This is a fierce competition, but it's unlike anything else on the cross-country schedule. Instead of herding teams of boys or girls onto 5K courses, the Sloper Relays consists of four 1.5-mile loops on a special flat-course designed for speed.
Two and four-person teams challenge the course with boys and girls teaming up against all-boy teams or all-girls squads in a mad dash for supremacy. Niro said that there's something for everybody, and it's a good chance to pair up mis-matched athletes to see how they compete or load a relay team to try to dominate the field.
Winners claim plates of cookies instead of trophies, and bragging rights become the biggest prize.
"I really like the coed teams. When do you ever get to do that in high school?" said Niro. "It allows them to work with their teammates in a different way, and it's sometimes teammates that you never get to work with."
Take senior co-captain Andrzej Bielecki and up-and-coming freshman Catherine Myers. When an illness scratched Bielecki's teammate from the competition, Myers was thrust into an unlikely pairing, but the two rallied for a third place finish in the one boy-one girl division. Their time of 37 minutes, 11 seconds came within 30 seconds of the fastest time.
Or look at the four person co-ed division. Niro stacked a relay with state level runners. Sean Garrison, Jack Myers, Gabi Napoli, and Lauren Perkowski finished their relay in 35:43 to set a new division record (35:01) and beat their nearest competitors by almost 45 seconds.
Other programs did the same thing. Bristol Central stacked their two-boys team, and Josh Signore and Justin Zaino ran two legs apiece to post the best time of the day (32:43). Cheshire won the four boys division, and Bristol Central edged Megan Albert and Amanda Hamel (41:20) for the two girls division title.
When Catherine Myers was shifted to her co-ed race, it caused Alize Rodriguez to run two legs of the four-girls division race, but she teamed with Nickolina Doran and Margaret Meehan to capture the division title (42:26).
Niro said that the relay is a good way to create a competition for an off-day workout, and that should benefit everybody down the road.
"To run one and a half miles is easier than any other race," said the coach. "Even if you run two laps, it's still shorter than a full 5,000 meters. We use a flat course. It's a beautiful place to run at a beautiful time of year. You really can't lose."
Simsbury dominates
Southington's only varsity race was a mis-matched tri-team meet in Newington against powerhouse Simsbury and the Newington host team. Simsbury placed nine of the top 10 finishers in the boys race. The Trojans scored the top six finishers in the girls race. Southington crushed Newington in both competitions, 15-50 (girls) and 16-47 (boys), but Simsbury swept everybody.
"It was a meet of disparities," said Niro. "Simsbury's boys and girls are both top 10 teams, and we are just not quite there yet. We're still a little young to compete with teams at that level right now, and we were able to beat Newington solidly. That enabled us to conserve our legs a little bit for the end of the season. They didn't have to run quite as hard, but they still worked together to have a great workout. Down the road, when we're looking at the end of the season, I think this will be an important day for us."
With his ninth place finish, Colin Murphy (18:50) was the only boy to place in the top 10. Amanda Hamel (22:33) edged Perkowski (22:34) to claim seventh place in the girls race.
Damiaen Florian (19:17), Garrison (19:25), Jack Myers (19:26), and Kyle Summa (20:04) scored for the boys. Catherine Myers (22:57), Raquel Romano (23:48) and Margaret Meehan (23:54) scored for the girls.
Both teams are holding their own at 2-2 overall.


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Day One: Garry's Incident Review
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Day One: Garry's Incident
Day One: Garry's Incident first appeared on my radar back in September 2012. If you're a frequent visitor of OCC, you may recall that I actually wrote a Steam Greenlight Spotlight on the game. Having been greenlit on June 28, 2013, Day One is finally available on Steam, so it only seemed natural to review it.
Let's start with the basics: Day One is an open-world, first-person survival game. Protagonist Garry Friedman has crash-landed in the Amazonian jungle due to a combination of a volcanic eruption and some mysterious artifacts in his cargo. It's now up to you to survive and escape the jungle. Though originally planned as an episodic adventure, the game is now purportedly one complete adventure (more on that in a bit).
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STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) Brian Cashman feels so good about the Yankees' offseason, he decided to rapel down a building.
After spending the previous few days retaining veteran starting pitchers Andy Pettitte and Hiroki Kuroda as well as closer Mariano Rivera, New York's general manager made some practice jumps down the side of Stamford's Landmark Building on Friday. The workout was in advance of a charity event Sunday.
But the talk afterward was on pitching, and Cashman is confident the Yankees are already offseason winners. Pettitte, Kuroda and Rivera were given one-year deals that will cost the Yankees $37 million..
``I think Pettitte is a big thing,'' Cashman said. ``Kuroda was a big thing. I think we're having a successful early campaign to our winter because we've able to retain some high-end, high-caliber starting pitching and if you look at the marketplace, I'm not sure if anyone is doing better than us right now.''
The Yankees won the AL East last season and defeated Baltimore in the division series, then were swept by Detroit in the AL championship series.
``I think that we're doing really well early in the process,'' he said. ``I'm real happy about how our winter program is currently going.''
Cashman is also formulating a plan for next week's winter meetings in Nashville, Tenn., and that trip will begin after he officially ropes down the 22-story building on Sunday night. This year, for the benefit, he will be joined by former Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine, a Stamford native.
Cashman is to fly to Nashville on Monday. Among his priorities there will be testing the waters for a new catcher after Russell Martin finalized a $17 million, two-year deal Friday with the Pittsburgh Pirates, as well as filling an expected vacancy in right field as Nick Swisher is likely to head elsewhere.
Martin was offered a $20 million, three-year deal by Cashman in spring training and did not accept it.
``I like Russell Martin,'' Cashman said. ``I'm a big Russell Martin fan. But ultimately we have a lot of holes to fill and we have to be very careful how we spend our money. The market for Russell was aggressive as it should have been and again our focus has been our pitching.
``After that, I've got a lot of different holes to fill. We need to be careful how we allocate our remaining funds to make sure that we can fill all the holes.''
The moves may not be splashy - free-agent outfielder Josh Hamilton, for instance - but Cashman believes that doesn't preclude the Yankees from making a significant move. Cashman said that the catching vacancy could be filled internally, though he might seek an offensive upgrade. He also indicated that finding a right fielder is more of a priority than signing or acquiring a catcher.
``We're capable of doing a lot of different things,'' Cashman said. ``We are not out of the multiyear market. We are not out of thinking big, looking at something big. But despite everything that we have, if you look at our numbers, we can still make certain things work.''
The Yankees haven't been major players in free agency since the 2008-09 offseason. They had the contracts of pitcher Mike Mussina, outfielder Bobby Abreu and first baseman Jason Giambi come off their payroll then, and that enabled them to commit millions to starters CC Sabathia, A.J. Burnett and first baseman Mark Teixeira.
``That was perfect timing for us to be aggressive and we can make a lot of things fit,'' Cashman said. ``That scenario still exists despite the limitations, 189 if you want to call it limitations. Even if we did the $189 (million), we still have the highest payroll in baseball and so if you follow the math and look how things can unfold and come off the board and stuff like that, you can see how things can fit.
``We will be aggressive when we want to be, under the right circumstances. But it's in our best interests to stay as flexible as possible given a lot of reasons and that's obviously a big one.''
Shortstop Derek Jeter will enter the final year of a three-year contract that was finalized before Cashman's first appearance at this event in December 2010. Jeter is recovering from a broken left ankle suffered in Game 1 of the ALCS, and Cashman said the healing process is going well.
Even still, Jeter cannot work out until January.
``He had a checkup a few weeks ago in North Carolina and everything is going really well,'' Cashman said. ``He's going to be ready for us by opening day. He'll be a restricted player early in camp but all indications are very strong for a healthy recovery.''


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Clarence M. Paterson, 84
Clarence M. Paterson, 84, of Blackstone, Mass., died Sunday, June 8, 2008 at home. He was the husband of Sophia (Price) Paterson, whom he married November 24, 1947.
Born in Kenton, Manitoba, Canada, he was the son of the late Samuel and Ida (Young) Paterson and was a WWII and Korean War Navy veteran.
Clarence worked 35 years as an equipment installer for the former New England Telephone Company, retiring as a foreman in 1982. He was a member of the Telephone Pioneers Club and coached swimming at the YMCA.
Besides his wife, he is survived by four sons, Samuel Clarence Paterson of Jamestown, Joseph Paterson of North Smithfield, R. Bruce and Donald Paterson, both of Blackstone, three daughters, Susan Bergeron and Jenny Mowry, both of Blackstone and Dorothy Coetzee of South Africa. He is also survived by a sister, Joyce Chace of North Smithfield, seventeen grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
He was the brother of the late Elizabeth Scott, Pauline P. Staples, Olive Pickering and Charles W. Paterson.
His funeral service was held June 12 at the Holt Funeral Home in Woonsocket.


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We still have no power or heat in our house—day 8 for us—and since temperatures dropped into the 30s last night, we let the kids sleep in our bed. Now in addition to being cold, cranky and unshowered, we're exhausted.
As decidedly un attachment parents, Nick and I never even considered having our kids (or babies) sleep in our bed. We agreed from the very beginning that we would put in the time and effort to help them learn how to sleep on their own and to be comfortable and happy and able to nod off—and nod back off—in beds made for one. Every night. I realize some of you will think this is barbaric and mean but it worked for us. Neither of our babies ever had to "cry it out," they just eventually went longer and longer stretches until they slept through the night. They both love their beds and they are great sleepers. But when the storm of the century blows through your town, all bets are off.
The night Sandy hit and again last night, we let the kids sleep in our bed. We have a king so there's plenty of room, or so you'd think. The kids were pumped. Nick and I were dubious. He and I are the kind of people who hit the pillow and don't bat an eyelash until the next morning. We take great pride in our ability to sleep and credit it for making us fairly normal humans and parents. But we are not so good when the conditions are not ideal. And having two mini people tucked under your arm isn't exactly ideal (though I'd be lying if I said the idea of being so cozy and cuddly with my kids hadn't intrigued me). Sure, the body heat helped and I did love feeling like we were all in it together—at one point in the night, Nora held my hand—but it is not something I could handle on a regular basis. The feet in my back, the coughing, the flinging covers off. At another point in the night, Nora demanded that I take the brown, furry blanket off the bed because it looked like an animal and she didn't like it. Alex woke me up twice to wake up Nick to tell him to stop snoring. And because we had 85 blankets on the bed, I kept checking on Nora to make sure she was still alive. Needless to say, I am a little groggy today. And if the power doesn't make an appearance soon, we may have to camp out at my sisters' house, where we will be on aerobeds (my other sister's fam already claimed the real beds) but at least we'll each have our own.
Anyway, this is so not a big deal in the grand scheme of storm damage, but I wanted to give you guys an update on how we're handling everything out here. Clearly there are worse things in life than having to spend a night with your cute kids in your bed but I'm curious if any of you are family bed devotees. Do you have to seriously take one for the team every night or do you eventually learn to sleep through the kicking and tossing and turning? Do you ever get a good, solid night's sleep? How do you function all day if not? Anyone else dealing with post-Sandy parenting issues? Share them here.


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LOS ANGELES, March 14 (UPI) -- U.S. actor and musician Corbin Bleu has joined the cast of the revived soap opera "One Life to Live," The Online Network announced Thursday.
Bleu is best known for his work in the "High School Musical" television and film franchise.
He will play Jeffrey King -- friend of Matthew Buchanan, played by Robert Gorrie, and Danielle Manning, played by Kelley Missal -- in the web version of "One Life to Live."
King was described in a news release as "a brilliant young reporter who moves to Llanview to work for publisher, Victoria Lord, played by Erica Slezak, at Llanview's newspaper, The Banner."
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True, Joe R. I can relate to your point of view about making your music available in the most accessible format but without being pretentious (please do know that I'm not I've learned with vidnaObmana that this is just not what I want to do. I feel much more comfortable with smaller-scale releases but ones which are totally in tune with my vision and not because I want to sell more copies.
True enough Dirk, I've spoken with you enough to know that you are not pretentious. And it's admirable that you don't compromise your vision just to sell more copies. Sometimes integrity means more than the almighty dollar.
Went to the flea market in Tallahassee yesterday. My wife got a very, very new looking, kept in plastic cover, copy of the soundtrack for "A Fistful of Dollars" for $2. The second side is one 13 minute track of combined themes from the movie.I think I'm going to get a turntable.
I'm on a rollJust got (on vinyl)Emerson, Lake and Palmer Pictures at an ExhibitionHall and Oats Along the Red EdgeUriah Heep Return To FantasyOsibisa4 for $10 at an antique store
So, anyway, the whole vinyl thing. I don't know if I'd say it's better or worse than vinyl. It's just....groovier. Maybe there is some unfounded level of connection that happens when music travels the purely analog journey from musician to recorded media to stereo to your ears without the mathematical process of conversion to digital. I wonder if there was ever a vinyl printing of Mark Mothersbaugh's Music for Insominacs, which was a totally computer-programmed, digitally recorded, cd release. That would be interesting.
No vinyl, but if you love the sound of analog, this Music for Insomniacs series was originally released on cassettes, I believe 7 of them, which included material beyond the 2 CD set on Enigma (which are among the most treasured CDs I own).
Quote from: mgriffin on February 15, 2008, 03:13:52 PMNo vinyl, but if you love the sound of analog, this Music for Insomniacs series was originally released on cassettes, I believe 7 of them, which included material beyond the 2 CD set on Enigma (which are among the most treasured CDs I own).Was it a series? I only have one but that was enough for me, dreadful stuff. Personally I thought it should have been called Irritating Music that Will Make You An Insomniac. .
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I think my supply might be high, as I feel quite full more often than I did but that is prob because she is feeding less often - I used to feed her every 2 hours during the day but now she sometimes goes 4 hours during the day. I read on Kelly mom that some babies seek comfort after they have finished their feed and don't want more milk - they get fussy when the milk comes through. Think this might explain it. I was always looking forward to the time when feeding sped up a bit but funny how it has completely thrown me as to what is going on.
Yes, I remember when my first baby went from 40-60 minute feedings to 5-10 minute feedings. I had SO been looking forward to feedings getting faster, but when it happened I didn't know what to do with myself or with her! I had gotten used to long sessions of nursing and reading novels, and all of a sudden I couldn't read more than a couple of pages before needing to entertain her in some other way!
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STOCKTON - City officials announced Thursday that they hired a new chief financial officer from within the ranks, making her the third person to fill that position within a year.
STOCKTON - City officials announced Thursday that they hired a new chief financial officer from within the ranks, making her the third person to fill that position within a year.
Vanessa Burke, Stockton's assistant director of the Administrative Services Department, will step into her new role overseeing the city's finances effective Sunday.
Burke is a certified public accountant with more than 20 years of experience in the public and private sectors, began working for Stockton on Dec. 1, 2011. Her annual salary as CFO will be $145,704.
Burke served as a key figure in preparing Stockton for its Chapter 9 bankruptcy filing, which was made at the end of June.
"The past eight months have been among the most rewarding of my professional career," Burke said in a news release. "Getting the city's fiscal house in order will help the city to achieve the sustainability necessary for the future and for its citizens."
Burke holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from California State University, Sacramento. She has worked for Moss Adams LLP and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
City Manager Bob Deis said that selecting Burke is consistent with his plan to create a team of leaders able to guide Stockton out of its crisis. The city launched a national search before deciding on Burke, Deis said.
"She has demonstrated her financial acumen under the most difficult of circumstances," he said. "We are very fortunate to have had the perfect candidate for the position already working for the city."
She will replace Stockton's interim CFO, Dave Millican, a consultant with Management Partners. He filled the position after Susan Mayer left abruptly after one year. Mayer earned an annual base pay of $161,484.
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I see this picture and it reminds me of that ad, "Where's the beef?"
So...it's Debate Night in America, which is a little like Hockey Night in Canada, except a lot less interesting. My editor forced me to write a fair and balanced preview and it went something like this:
OK, WE ALREADY know that Mitt Romney is no Jack Kennedy, but neither is President Obama. We know that they're both likable enough, that their campaigns sometimes remind us of that ad, "Where's the beef," that neither is going to exploit his opponent's youth and inexperience, and that the Soviet Union does not dominate Eastern Europe (anymore).
So, going into Wednesday's overhyped political Super Bowl of a presidential debate in Denver, it might be good if you ask yourself: Will Romney - behind in the polls in key battleground states - be better off if he hits Obama with a memorable "zinger"?
The New York Times reported last week that "Romney's team has concluded that debates are about creating moments and has equipped him with a series of zingers that he has memorized and has been practicing on aides since August."
But James Hilty, Temple University professor emeritus and presidential scholar, said that getting in a few clever one-liners won't really help the Republican presidential nominee explain to voters who he is, or why he is here.
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Pilgrim story doesn't quite match reality, but was likely a 'harvest feast'By SHAWNE K. WICKHAM
New Hampshire Sunday News
November 23. 2013 9:23PM
The story of the first Thanksgiving among the Pilgrims and Indians is one of our most endearing, and enduring, American stories.
The essence of it is even true.
Heather Rojo of Londonderry is secretary of the New Hampshire Mayflower Society, an organization of folks who can trace their ancestry to the 102 souls who came to the new world on a tiny wooden boat by that name.
About that first Thanksgiving dinner ... "Well, actually, that feast that we all think of wasn't really a Thanksgiving feast," Rojo said.
It was likely a "harvest home" feast, the sort that Europeans would have held in the fall to celebrate the harvest. And for those first Pilgrims, there was a lot to celebrate, she said.
Of the 102 who arrived in that November 1620, 50 had died in the first three months. But by the next summer, she said, "they had their harvest and realized that they were going to make it."
"So they got to the following fall, and they had an abundant crop, and they had learned what local things they could hunt and eat," she said. "I'm sure they were thankful, but they weren't participating in what we would call Thanksgiving. They were just doing what they would do in England, which is a harvest feast."
They would have eaten local game and seafood, Rojo said. However, "they didn't have any white flour, so there were probably no pies. No sugar, so they didn't have cranberry sauce."
And the Pilgrims, she said, "didn't dress with buckles on their hats."
Still, the heart of the story is true: "They were having this celebration, and the Indians heard about it and came over and were invited to participate."
About 90 Wampanoag Indians joined the feast - with only five adult Pilgrim women to manage it, Rojo said. "You think you have it bad on Thanksgiving."
Already an old tradition
Liz Charlebois is education director at the Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum in Warner and a member of the Abenaki nation.
The kind of harvest feast held in 1621 was a tradition among native peoples as well as Europeans, she said.
When museum visitors ask about that feast, Charlebois tells them it wasn't the same meal we have today.
"There very well could have been turkey there because turkey was a food source in this area, but more likely it would have been deer and moose and crops. Because the native people were farmers and they, in fact, taught the settlers how to farm," she said.
That part of the story, she said, "is not a myth."
"And in fact, without food from the native people, without this knowledge, the Pilgrims probably would have starved."
Harvest celebrations continued to be held throughout New England, Rojo said.
"Usually the local minister would make a proclamation and so each community would celebrate it on a different day," she said. "After the American Revolution, it was declared by state governors."
Then Sarah Josepha Hale of Newport, editor of a ladies magazine, took up the cause in the mid-1800s to make Thanksgiving a truly national holiday.
And in 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation asking Americans to set aside the last Thursday in November as a national day of Thanksgiving and to "fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty Hand to heal the wounds of the nation and to restore it ... to the full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquility and union."
But for many native people, Thanksgiving is not a cause for celebration, Charlebois said. "A lot of native people actually consider Thanksgiving a national day of mourning," she said. "Because shortly after this feast, there were massacres.
"And the relations between the Indians and the Pilgrims were very uneasy."
A good start
However, Rojo said, while relations between natives and newcomers were indeed troubled at settlements in Jamestown, Va., and on the North Shore of Massachusetts, the Pilgrims of Plymouth, Mass., initially got along with the local Wampanoags.
"They never warred; they never broke treaties," she said. "They had a peace that lasted more than 50 years."
Then, she said, "that original generation of (Pilgrims) ... passed away, and then the subsequent generations sort of had this feeling of entitlement to land expanding into the rest of New England. They kind of forgot."
Charlebois said for years her mother attended native protests around the holiday.
"To put it in perspective, it's basically that this is the land of the native people, and these others came across the ocean and basically started to encroach upon hunting grounds and fishing grounds, and not allowing native people to be on the land that had been theirs for thousands of years.
"So of course there was hostility. It's basically the same as someone moving into your house without your permission and then just taking everything. And wondering, 'Why are you upset?'"
Rojo didn't know she was a Mayflower descendent until about 15 years ago.
A history buff and genealogist, she was doing research and recognized the name Allerton in her family tree.
The Mayflower Society has a strict process to prove someone is descended from a Mayflower passenger, using birth, marriage and death records, Rojo said. By the time she was done, she could trace her ancestry to 12 of the 102.
Began researching
Rojo started reading original journals written by some of the voyagers. "I wanted to know the real story," she said. "And a lot of it is really different from what we learned."
There are about 500 New Hampshire residents who belong to the state Mayflower Society. The group has chapters in every state and members in other nations, including Canada, Australia and England, Rojo said.
And, she said, "We have many members who are members of the Wampanoag nation. They were the ones who greeted the Pilgrims when they came."
The Mayflower Society is working with other groups on the 400th anniversary celebration of the Mayflower's arrival; the Wampanoag nation is also involved in the plans, Rojo said. Charlebois said there are hundreds of Indian tribes, "and they're all very different," with different languages and traditions on Thanksgiving.
"Native people are extremely adaptable, and some may actually be celebrating Thanksgiving," she said. "But there are those who don't."
Charlebois gets together with her family for dinner that day. But she said, "I don't claim this holiday as my own."
For Rojo, Thanksgiving has always been her favorite holiday, and it's even more meaningful since she learned of her Mayflower connections. "It's wonderful now to go to Plymouth and feel at home, like these are my family. You go to the graveyard and you see all the names.
"At the same time, I tell people all the time, 'It could be you, too. You just haven't discovered it yet.'"


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Norman William Hatler of Linden died Dec. 23 after a battle with multiple myeloma cancer. He was 68. He is survived by his wife, Joyce, two daughters, two brothers, four grandchildren and two great granddaughters. He was a rancher. A graveside service will take place Jan. 7, 11 am at the Milton Masonic Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, a donation can be made to the charity of your choice.


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Are the former Allied nations willing to acknowledge German suffering and loss during World War II? Are they willing to question the morality of the means by which they won the war, even the firebombing that laid waste to 131 German cities and towns, and killed more than half a million people (most of them women, children and the elderly)? Or was the extremity of Nazi aggression so great, the urgency to defeat Hitler so compelling, that the Allies have effectively been shielded from the kind of moral scrutiny that has been focused on the use of atomic weapons against Japan? However one might answer those questions today, for much of the postwar period the occupying nations on both sides of the Berlin wall felt little reason to justify their actions. Germans grumbled mightily among themselves, but any public airing of their grievances was subject to severe constraints and cold war manipulation. And when the German children born during or shortly after the war came of age in the heady years of the late 1960s, they demanded that Germany view the war through the lens of non-German victims, not that of its own losses. German victimhood became politically incorrect.
But the dead return; unacknowledged suffering claims its due. That seems to be the lesson of the German war memories that have washed over the new Berlin Republic in the past few years. Diaries, memoirs, historical novels, academic studies, documentaries and even feature-length films have piled up at a formidable clip, testifying to a long pent-up need for expression. Interestingly, most of these reflections do not come from conservatives or spokesmen of the far right but from former New Leftists who reshaped the politics of German memory in the late 1960s and early '70s and adamantly opposed the attempts of Ernst Nolte and other historians in the mid-'80s to compare Hitler's crimes to Stalin's purges and other instances of mass slaughter. The same people who insisted on the "singularity" of Nazi atrocities and rejected the very notion of historical comparison (for fear of relativizing the Holocaust and diminishing German responsibility) now speak of the "unparalleled" destruction of German cities and openly question the morality of the Anglo-American Bomber Command.
This reversal in the politics of German memory has alarmed many observers, who worry that Germany's current fascination with its own victimhood signals a desire to let the specificity of Nazi crimes fade into a historical continuum of other war crimes. In fact, the recent interest in German suffering represents an extension of Holocaust memory, not its demise. What has changed is the willingness of the '68 generation to consider the full scope of wartime suffering–even that of their own parents and older relatives. Precisely because German recognition of the Holocaust is no longer in doubt, a new generation of Germans has come to understand the war in less ideological, less Manichean terms. Individual suffering, not a simple tallying of perpetrators and victims, is beginning to emerge in striking historical detail and complexity.
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Ruth Herring Hopkins, 89, of Robert Beck Road, passed away at her home Sunday morning, March 17, 2013.
Ruth Herring Hopkins, 89, of Robert Beck Road, passed away at her home Sunday morning, March 17, 2013.
Funeral service will at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Sheets Memorial Baptist Church by the Rev. Frankie Matthews. Burial will follow at Forest Hill Memorial Park.
The family will receive friends at Davidson Funeral Home from 6 until 8 p.m. Monday.
Ruth was born in Wayne County to James Blount Herring and Lillian Georgia Bartlett Herring. She was a former employee of Duracell and a member of Sheets Memorial Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Delbert U. Hopkins in 1974; her daughter, Georgia Elaine Hopkins and her five brothers.
Surviving are her daughter, Anna Marie Pope of Lexington; her sons, William "Bill" Delbert (Julia) of Lexington and James "J.T." Thornton (Dru) of Clemmons; four grandchildren, Kyle Wilson (Angela), Jerry Hopkins (Sarah), David Hopkins (Joy) and Jackie Rapier (Ron); four great-grandchildren; Jillian Wilson, Sydney Hopkins, Zoe Hopkins and Ashley Barnette (Magnum); one great-great-grandchild, Bella Barnette.
In lieu of flowers, memorials should be directed to Sheets Memorial Baptist Church, 210 Cotton Grove Road, Lexington, NC 27292 or Hospice of Davidson County, 200 Hospice Way, Lexington, NC 27292.
Online Condolences may be made at www.davidsonfuneralhome.net.


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The Anthropology Division of the American Museum of Natural History, with major support from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), has been a world leader in the design and implementation of preservation and access programs since the mid-1980s. Innovative preservation facilities have been built for the entire ethnology collection, and access has been made possible for people worldwide who can reference the collection and its associated documentation via the Internet. Digital images are a key component of this documentation. Since 1989, the Anthropology Division has captured over 240,000 images which document the ethnology collections from Africa, Asia, the Pacific, and the Americas, and has made these images accessible via the Internet.
With significant support from the NEH, the collections were digitally imaged in the following order:
- North American Ethnographic Collection (1989 - 1995)
- Asian Ethnographic Collection (1996 - 1999)
- African Ethnographic Collection (1999 - 2003)
Textile Collection, all proveniences (2003 - 2005)
With a combination of support from the private sector and the NEH, the Anthropology Division has also digitally imaged the Andean archaeological textile collection.
- Pacific Ethnographic Collection (2005 - 2007)
- Mexican & Central American and South American Ethnographic Collections (2007 - 2009)
- Philippines Ethnographic Collection (2009 - 2010)
- Mexican & Central American Archaeological Collection (2011 - 2013)
The integrated image and text database greatly enhances collections accessibility for researchers and the public, and the Division of Anthropology adheres to established best practices for maintenance of this database.
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Images are captured at 6096 x 4558 pixels at 300dpi, providing high-quality images without compromising the rate of production. The images are saved in uncompressed TIFF format and archived to numerous dedicated image servers. The Anthropology Division's Collections Management System and servers are backed-up nightly to guard against hardware failure or data corruption. The images are stored in 24-bit JPEG format in three resolutions:
- 1024 x 768 (Full)
- 384 x 256 (Preview)
- 192 x 128 (Thumbnail)
The images are automatically displayed in the Collections Management System in "preview" resolution along with the object's catalog information. Users may click on the display image for "full" resolution, or they can view a screen of "thumbnail" resolution images.
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A Calgarian spotted fighting abroad with the terrorist group Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) appears to have been interviewed through an online messaging service.
Vice magazine's online news site Motherboard published an interview Monday morning with a man claiming to be the person seen burning his passport and issuing threats to Canada and the U.S. in a recent YouTube video.
Media reports identify the man in the video as Farah Mohamed Shirdon, a Calgarian in his 20s reportedly fighting with ISIL.
"I have no other identity other than Muslim and yes, I'm the guy that ripped my passport in the video," wrote a user on the app Kik, who goes by the name Abu Usamah.
Usamah says he's among "hundreds" of westerners in Syria who have gone to fulfil a religious duty, adding that he crossed the Turkish border easily. Shirdon's location has not been known in previous reports.
The user says he decided to join ISIL to help it build an Islamic Caliphate.
"I have anger against my government for entering Muslim countries on false pretences," he says. "When we see our brothers getting slaughtered it is mandatory for us to go support them."
He also says a female Canadian Security Intelligence Service official interviewed him days before he left for Syria.
"CSIS are idiots, I had a meeting face to face with an agent 5 days before I left and they let me walk outta the country," the user wrote. Vice says CSIS did not respond to its requests for comment.
The Vice journalist says he's messaged Usamah through Kik since May. The Herald has reached out Wednesday to the user on Kik and has not received a reply.


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Austin, Englewood and Gage Park each recorded a homicide in the last week, a RedEye analysis of preliminary police data found.
In Austin, a 22-year-old man was stabbed to death Monday in the 5000 block of West Ohio Street, police said.
Austin has logged three homicides so far this year. The West Side community area recorded 37 homicides last year, according to RedEye data.
In Englewood, a 29-year-old man was shot to death Friday in the 6900 block of South Morgan Street, officials said.
Englewood has recorded three homicides so far this year. This South Side community area logged 21 homicides last year, RedEye found.
In Gage Park, a 19-year-old man was fatally shot Feb. 7 in the 2300 block of West 50th Place, police said.
Gage Park has recorded three homicides so far this year. The Southwest Side community area logged six homicides last year, RedEye determined.
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And I gotta say, it looks pretty freakin' awesome.
Wow, fantastic trailer. And also some great production stills.
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holy crud! well, now i gotta see it!
thanks sooooooooo much for the trailer!
"No time outs. Only DEATH!"
"I don't like to brag and I won't cuz I don't have to!"
Hell! I saw it and ... I'm really amazed! You know, Dick and Jane en Snicket just looked good, but this is ... WOW! I so believe in Jim Carrey! It's just ... WOW! (not the trailer -looking damn good though, shumacher still scares me, lol, but Jim is WOW)
oh ma dear lord...
I never thought he could get any better looking...but there he is, better looking than ever before! I'm glad he kept that hair from Eternal Sunshine! He looks so hot with that tattoo on his back too...
He's really proven himself as a dramatic actor since Eternal Sunshine. I didn't think he quite had a handle on it 'till then. Of course, I wouldn't have said that ten years ago when I would have defended any performance of his as absolutely wonderful. I am so glad that he has taken another dramatic role. I'm a HUGE Jim fan as many of you here are, but I got tired of seeing him play the same character...you could say that his characters in Fun with Dick and Jane, Liar, Liar, and Bruce Almighty were not much different. I love his comedy, but I think that he has done enough of those movies. I love seeing him play characters like the Cable Guy and Andy Kaufman. In my opinion, that's where his true talent lies. He even took a character like Joel in Eternal Sunshine, a pretty flat charater (you don't get to know him very well) and made it an acting performance that shows how much potential he really has.
I hope that this movie is as exciting as it looks to be from the preview!!!
merrily merrily merrily...
I must b died now.YUMMY.That man has different kind of attractions which nobody has.I'm sinking into his deep eyes again.Its like a Voodo magic.Does Jim know voodo in real?Oh Myyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy this trailor makes me more curious about the movie.Ohhhhh I'm so thirsty about this movie.When it will b released in India.and this time Jim appears with lots of sexy scenes.He is looking damn sexy in the shirtless scene.
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BTW Thanks a lottttttttttttttttttttttttttt for this trailor.Its really gr8.
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(falls of chair spits cornfalkes out dramatically)wow its here at last yippeee!!!!!
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Thats probably the best first post anybody has ever made, thanks.
Very nice trailer, not too long, not too short.
"You Cant Stop Me No Matter Who You Are"
I knew it, it is the "safe" cut of the trailer because the scene where Walter pulls away the bedsheets was edited to show very little blood. Still, I wish the original cut would be available-- that was MUCH darker than this one. Not disappointed with the trailer though, especially at the end
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Shelby County Commissioners appointed Shante Avant, a mother who has worked for the Women's Foundation and other local nonprofits for 17 years, as the newest members of the countywide school board.
Avant garnered eight votes in the first round of voting Monday, Sept. 9, by the commission over four other contenders. Church pastor Rosalyn Nichols, who ran for Memphis City Council in 2011, had the votes of three commissioners. With one vote each for Rhoda Stigall and Cherry Davis. David Page, the fifth nominee, got no votes.
Avant's appointment to the seat vacated by Reginald Porter, when Porter resigned in August to become chief of staff to schools superintendent Dorsey Hopson, is effective immediately.
Avant will attend her first school board meeting Tuesday evening, a special meeting in which the seven-member board will decide on a new meeting place and a new meeting time.
She holds the office through the August 2014 school board elections with the winner of the election taking office on Sept. 1, 2014. Avant said Monday she has made no decision on running for the seat next year.
The aftermath of the vote on Avant plunged the commission into a raucous opening meeting for the chairmanship of commissioner James Harvey.
As soon as the roll call results on Avant were read, commissioner Terry Roland accused commissioner Sidney Chism of voting for Nichols because they are cousins.
Chism accused Roland of having "a vindictive attitude about black folks."
"He's just basically a person who's against blacks," Chism added. "In my opinion, he's a racist and he'll be that way for the rest of his life."
Roland who has an ongoing ethics complaint pending against Chism said Chism was dodging the issue of what he believes is another conflict of interest that should have prevented Chism from voting.
The rhetoric cascaded into a challenge by a group of Democratic commissioners of Harvey's committee assignments for his year-long tenure as chairman – in particular his selection of commissioner Heidi Shafer as budget chairman replacing Melvin Burgess.
Harvey and Burgess are Democrats. Shafer is a Republican. Harvey was elected chairman with the votes of five of the six Republicans on the commission plus Democrat Justin Ford.
Commissioner Walter Bailey moved Monday to replace Shafer with Burgess, who had been budget committee chairman under Harvey's predecessor as chairman, Mike Ritz.
"I do take issue with her politics," Bailey said. "Her politics had her to vigorously fight to decrease the (county property) tax rate. … It was irresponsible. It suggests to me that her approach … would not be in the best interest of a sound county government budget process."
"Really I think it's silly," commissioner Chris Thomas countered as he responded directly to Bailey. "I hate that you want a tax increase every time the door swings open but I wouldn't oppose you as chairman of the budget committee."
Roland then brought up a dispute between Bailey's brother, retired Circuit Court Judge D'Army Bailey, and the county retirement board.
"They call me a racist," Roland said. "But I ain't crooked."
Bailey called the comments "character assassination.
Bailey's amendment failed on a five-to-seven vote with commissioner Steve Mulroy abstaining. Democratic commissioner Justin Ford joined Harvey among those voting no.
In other action, the commission approved the reappointment of Al Bright as the chairman of the Economic Development Growth Engine – or EDGE – group.
Ritz directed the county attorney's office to begin drafting a resolution he intends to propose that would block future approval of appointments to the EDGE board until the city of Memphis pays its part of financing both local governments pledged to put up to fund the work of the economic development agency.
Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell said he had talked as recently as last week and received a pledge from Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. that the city would pay its share.
The commission also approved a $1.5 million contract with AllliedBarton Security Services LLC to provide security at county government buildings as well as two contracts totaling $1.7 million in federal Community Development Block Grant funding to replace flood pumps and make bank repairs in the Millington area from the 2010 flooding there.
The commission also approved the addition to the Spring Creek Ranch golf course at Collierville-Arlington Road and Raleigh LaGrange Road. The item had been delayed several times as commissioners verified the owners of the property had paid their property taxes.
The addition approved Monday includes single family housing, an events center including a culinary school and microbrewery and a day spa with a pool.
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Wind tunnel facilities at The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) and University of Texas at Austin (UT) have been specifically designed to simulate film cooling of turbine vanes, blades, and endwalls. These facilities incorporate equipment that simulates the deposition of contaminants in the turbine by using molten wax particles to simulate the molten contaminant particles that occur at actual engine conditions. The wax particles used in the test facilities are sized appropriately to simulate the inertial behavior of particles that exist in engine conditions. The use of wax also allows for the simulation of the liquid-to-solid phase change that is essential to the primary deposition mechanism.
UT will be focusing on the performance of shallow trench film cooling configurations for various positions on the suction and pressure sides of a simulated vane with active deposition. Meanwhile, Penn State will be investigating the effect of active deposition on various endwall cooling configurations. Preliminary results show that deposition could be simulated dynamically using wax and that the effects of deposition could be quantified using infrared thermography. New endwall and vane surface film cooling configurations will be developed to minimize deposition and maximize cooling performance under contaminated conditions.
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This project will utilize wind tunnel facilities to simulate film cooling of turbine vanes, blades, and endwalls using molten wax. Turbine aerodynamics and heat transfer research will develop advanced cooling technology that will allow for higher firing temperatures which translate into increased cycle efficiency. Specifically, this project will analyze the wax particle depostion for shallow trench cooling configurations of a simulated vane and various endwall cooling configurations using infrared thermography.
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The number of Americans filing first-time claims for unemployment insurance payments fell more than forecast last week to the lowest level in five years, pointing to further improvement in the labor market.
Applications for jobless benefits decreased by 37,000 to 335,000 in the week ended Jan. 12, the lowest level since the period ended Jan. 19, 2008, Labor Department figures showed today. Economists forecast 369,000 claims, according to the median estimate in a Bloomberg survey. A spokesman for the agency said the drop may reflect the difficulty the government has in adjusting the data after the holidays when seasonal workers are let go.
Fewer claims indicate businesses have grown comfortable with their current headcounts, a necessary development before hiring starts to pick up. At the same time, higher payroll taxes that shrink paychecks may prompt companies to hold the line on expanding headcount should Americans cut back on discretionary spending.
"The labor market is certainly getting better," said Brian Jones, senior U.S. economist at Societe Generale in New York, who projected 345,000 claims. Even with the seasonal adjustment issues, "this is still a good report. Chances are claims remain at a fairly low level."
Another report today showed housing starts climbed 12.1 percent in December to a 954,000 annual rate, capping the best year for the industry since 2008. For all of 2012, builders began work on 780,000 homes, up from 608,800 a year earlier, Commerce Department figures showed.
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Stock-index futures added to earlier gains after the reports. The contract on the Standard & Poor's 500 Index maturing in March climbed 0.6 percent to 1,474.5 at 8:54 a.m. in New York.
Estimates for first-time claims ranged from 340,000 to 385,000 in the Bloomberg survey of 50 economists after an initially reported 371,000 in the prior week.
"Our weekly numbers bounce around quite a bit," the Labor Department official said as the figures were released. In the first couple weeks of January, unadjusted claims typically rise to the highest level of the year. The increase this week was smaller than the agency anticipated in adjusting the data.
"This tends to be a short-term distortion," he said, noting that similar patterns occurred in January 2007 and 2008.
The four-week moving average of claims, a less-volatile measure, dropped to 359,250 from 366,000.
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Grounded in the belief that modern painting should merge abstraction and representation to best reveal the underlying order of the universe, Lee Mullican made drawings and paintings that synthesized European Surrealism, American abstraction, and Native American heritage geometries. Mullican's experience as a topographer during World War II instilled in him an admiration for the abstract patterns inherent in natural forms and refined his drawing abilities. Favoring contradictory visual elements, he opted for clashing yet complementary colors, building images simultaneously serene and stimulating. Mullican painted in a style influenced by printmaking, forming ridges of paint and using the edge of a palette knife to achieve a line raised and puckered; the resulting surfaces caught light and cast shadows, ultimately assuming a tapestry-like quality.
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