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MLB New Era: Say goodbye to steroids & sluggers
The late '80s group Soul to Soul had a joint where lead singer Caron Wheeler's powerful first line was: "Back to life. Back to reality." Well that's the tune baseball is pumping through its speakers as it transitions from the offensive mutation called "The Steroid Era" into a new "Pitcher's Paradise."
The 2012 MLB Playoffs ushered in this new pitching-dominant era with authority. The World Series was a battle between the pitch potent, light- lumbered, San Francisco Giants and the golden arms of the Detroit Tigers. On this World Series stage, stud pitchers will dictate the flow of the show.
The heightened pressure of every playoff pitch and the increased importance of each run make the World Series a must-see for sports fans. Nail-biting pitchers' duels highlight the value, intrigue and excitement of low-scoring games. Taking the juice out of baseball has put the authentic spark back.
In the past half decade, MLB hurlers have regained their mojo, throwing us back to the pitching-rich seasons of "Bullet" Bob Gibson and Sandy Koufax. The elimination of rampant steroid use is the biggest reason. Harsher penalties and public humiliation have been a major deterrent to PED use in baseball. In 2006, suspensions for a positive drug test, was increased from 10 to 50 games. The Bud Selig-commissioned Mitchell Report in '07 exposed the epidemic, and damaged the reputations of baseball's biggest stars. Some were even dragged in front of Congress and exposed as liars.
In the early 1990s the effects of steroids and performance enhancers hit baseball like a tsunami. Like when crack hit the streets of Oaktown in the 80s. Player usage exploded after the MLB strike of 1994. Home runs swelled to an average of 1.77 per game by 1996. That number dwarfed the 1.26 per game average during the last clean era of baseball -- from 1978 to about 1990, when Hall of Famers like Dave Winfield, George Brett, Eddie Murray and Mike Schmidt put up "official" power numbers.
The days of Klitschko brothers-looking, 60-homer-hitting droids are over. Just peep how the numbers have flipped since 2000, when nobody threw a no-hitter. This season pitchers were "making it rain" like Lil' Wayne, racking up seven no-hitters and three perfect games. Cain, the starter in San Francisco's Game 7 NLCS, tossed one of those gems. Other pitching accomplishments included knuckleballer R.A. Dickey's Mets record 44 2/3 innings without allowing an earned run; and Tampa Rays closer Fernando Rodney setting the Major League record for the lowest ERA with at least 50 appearances (0.60).
In Y2K there was a whopping 5,693 homers hit in MLB. This season homers plummeted to 4,934. That's almost 800 less dingers. In 2000, Sammy Sosa led baseball with 50 homers. At least 10 other players hit 40 that season. By 2008, MLB's top slugger Miguel Cabrera led baseball with just 37 home runs, and in 2009, Mark Teixeira and Carlos Pena tied for the lead with 39 home runs. These were the lowest totals for a home run king since 1989. Runs are also down significantly from 2000 when 24,971 players crossed home plate. This season, just 21,017 runs were scored. With the decrease in offense, naturally pitching ERA's dropped nearly a run, from 4.77 to 4.01.
The death of steroids isn't the only factor in baseball's pitching renaissance. More pitchers are throwing 90-plus mph darts these days, making life much harder on hitters. FanGraphs ranked all of the pitchers who threw at least 30 innings in a season and their average fastball velocities. The number of pitchers with an average fastball velocity of 95-plus has steadily risen from 11 in 2007 to 35 in just five years.
The expanded pitching repertoire is another reason. Back in the day, most great pitchers had one or two pitches. Now, any average pitcher probably has an array of four pitches he can dial up at any time.
Mixing pitches and speeds keeps the best hitters off balance. San Fran's Ryan Vogelsong executed this to perfection against the Cardinals in the NLCS. According to BrooksBaseball.net, Vogelsong, a 35-year-old finesse pitcher, had five pitches poppin' against the Cardinals -- a four and two-seam fastball, change up, slider and curveball.
The "Pitcher's Paradise" era is dominated by information and mathematical formulas designed to give managers, pitchers and catchers, an edge on every pitch. Old-school managers like Detroit's Jim Leyland tend to go with their gut, and rely less on sabermetrics and dizzying numbers. The use of tracked information and studying statistical trends has also played a vital role in the rise of the pitcher. New-age managers like Joe Girardi, are constantly scouring their notes for a strategic advantage.
The future of baseball is a bright mix of skilled hitters and pitchers playing a high-stakes game of 60-feet, six-inch chess. When a hitter is at his best, he'll get his base knocks, but the pitcher remains the most influential position in a baseball game. If you love the science of pitching and softball scores just don't sit right, flip on the TV tonight. Baseball's "Pitcher's Paradise" era will be on full display.


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Posted: Sat 04 Aug 2012, 19:16
Post subject: Seamonkey-2.11-en-1.sfs
There is Seamonkey-2.11-en-1.sfs:
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Post subject: Request for developers understanding users and SFSs, as well
shinobar wrote:
There is Seamonkey-2.11-en-1.sfs:
This is not a criticism nor does it intend to be a distraction.
I am very clear on the auguments of Pros and the Cons of SFS versus PET in Puppy Linux packaging, installation, and use.
I, personally, do NOT have any position in either direction; simply, that it just works.
But, this is an appeal for understanding by those who develop subsystems and packages for Puppy.. Please acknowledge the existence of Puppy Package Management and provide a PET as well as an SFS whereever possible for all community members. Some members do not have sufficient skill levels to understand SFS use in PUppy distros,
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Posted: Sun 05 Aug 2012, 07:01
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gerry wrote:
Oscar- there must be a simpler way!
I downloaded.
I unpacked (in /tmp).
Where does the renaming come in?
And do I have to go through /usr/lib/seamonkey/ and check each file against the unpacked one, and replace the old by the new one if they are different?
What I have done is actually very simple. In fact the only renaming I did was as a precaution. I renamed (rather than deleting) the existing seamonkey directory in /usr/lib (which is the old version) to seemonkeyold in case there was any problem and I needed to restore back (which I didn't - it has worked OK on 2 machines running Slacko 5.3.3 so I have now deleted).
The downloaded tarball unpacks as a single directory named seamonkey (so does not need renaming). This can be done anywhere. After the rename just move the new directory into /usr/lib so it replaces the renamed one. No need to do anything with the files inside it.
I guess you could say all you need to do is download (to /mnt/home or /root), delete (seamonkey folder from /usr/lib), unpack (to /usr/lib).
You will find that features such as automatic and manual updates and the crash reporter are now included. Profile information such as bookmarks and settings are not lost because they are stored elsewhere.
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Wow! that was easy enough. Thanks-
EDIT: I mean the OscarTalks method. I assume, if updater works now, it will be up-to-date for ever?
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Posted: Sun 05 Aug 2012, 12:21
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gerry wrote:
Nope, none of that worked.
Edit> Preferences> Advanced> BLANK
and Help has no check for updates option.
The message appears on a red bar under the menu bar, and has a "check for updates" button, nothing happens there either.
Do we have Seamonkey in full, or are bits cut out to make it lighter?
You need to click the little triangle to the left
of the word advanced.
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if updater works now, it will be up-to-date for ever?
I think that in most cases, with most recent Puppies, the update process for Seamonkey goes OK. There will now be a few extra tick-boxes that have appeared in your preferences menu including one for the crash reporter. You can enable automatic updates and I think that will work, although I believe it is better to disable that and just do a manual check and update from the help menu at a time of your choice when you are able to monitor the process.
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Posted: Sun 05 Aug 2012, 21:04
Post subject: Pets or SFSes -- Why either
Hi All, but especially for gcmartin:
Pet or SFS? Why either?
Some time ago playdaz wrote about the advantages of "program folders" and provided a tutorial. Then DaveS followed it up by creating pets called Foxyfox and Opera-from-mnt/home (I think). Essentially, to use a program folder all you do is download the latest tgz from Seamonkey, Opera, Firefox, whatever; unpack it in mnt/home and create a symlink of its executable in one of the directories in puppy's executable path. Drag & Drop the symlink onto the desktop and give it a nice icon. Or fancy things up by creating a .desktop file so it shows up in your menu.
the latest Seamonkey, Firefox, Opera. Usable/Accessible in every Puppy. Create a pet of the symlink, icon and .desktop to avoid having to manually recreate them in another puppy.
Program folders work in almost every Puppy configuration: Frugally Installed to a hard-drive, a USB-Drive, included on a CD/DVD [but if the latter, a SaveFile must be used if you want to preserve changes]. I'm fairly certain they'll even work with Full Installs.
Of course, if you're a fanatic about minimalization just unpacking a tgz may leave you with some "unnecessary" files. But as they won't be in your SaveFile, this isn't too great a disadvantage. And you can, if you know what you're doing, strip them out.
Similarly, if a Dev wants to include a browser in his/her Puplet, using program folder's isn't the way to do it. On the other hand, updating a Puplet to the newest version of Opera, Seamonkey or Firefox is a snap. And you can test for problems before discarding the "old, but working" version.
Using program folders has several advantages: Devs don't have to use up their own "on-line storage" or their own bandwidth. Wasn't that one of the reasons for developing woof? But most importantly, devs don't have to take their precious time to compile/modify something that works when obtained straight from the source, Which means that Devs have more time to spend in developing applications which actually require their expertise.
Note, running Opera from mnt/home has always worked. For a while after Firefox 7, Firefox didn't: but Firefox 14 does. Not certain about Firefox versions 12 or 13, nor any version of Seamonkey. And the first run of Firefox from mnt/home (and I think Seamonkey) will still install its preference/config files in / in every Puplet you use it with, but you can move it (specifically .mozilla) to a folder in mnt/home and symlink it back to /, or having done so in one Puplet simply delete the .mozilla file from / and substitute it with a symlink to the .mozilla file you already have in mnt/home. In about a minute, the webbrowser will have the bookmarks and customizations you're used to. But if you want flash, you'll have to install it in each Puplet.
Note on updating firefox (maybe Seamonkey): The safe way is to copy your firefox/seamonkey folder to another directory should anything go wrong. Then click on Menu>help>About Firefox>Check for Updates and follow the instructions. If that doesn't work, you may have to download the tgz directly, or fall back to your old, protected version. With Opera, you have to download the latest tgz. On the other hand, its config/preference/bookmarks are already in your folder on mnt/home.
[Program folders don't have to be on mnt/home. But then you have to mount their partition before you can use them].
Pets or SFSes? For those of us who run several Puplets, neither: rather, program folders.
Posted from Slacko using firefox 14.0.1 on mnt/home. That firefox was updated per the above easy technique from firefox 11.
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I'm now happy to say that it is stable again. The defrag seems to have fixed matters. Now all that remains is to re-do the installs of the few things I like using.
I wrote earlier today: -
I'm sad to say that Slacko 5.3.3 has cacked itself on my old Toshiba A200 laptop after months of reliable service, and I can't revive it. I run it from a CD and save on the HDD. I've even tried starting from scratch - copied off the save file and deleted the slacko sfs, and it runs ok first time but fails to save the initial setting (eg hostname etc,) properly at shutdown. It saves something but on restart I have a screen full of caution triangles, the default background is missing and it wants to do the initial setup stuff again. Back to Lupo for the time being. I'll defrag the HDD on XP and try again later.
Also posted in the Puppy on laptops thread.
I learned from my mistakes that once I get a good setup going, I make weekly backups of my savefile in case it gets corrupted or I screw something up. I put it on a flash drive, and also another copy on the HD of the computer. All I have to do is delete the corrupted savefile and replace it with my backup. I'm up and running again.
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Posted: Tue 07 Aug 2012, 01:57
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Sylvander wrote:
1. I've just downloaded...
2. If I burn the live CD and run it with access to the slackosave.3fs file for...
Will this cause a problem?
Or will it be able to update the slackosave file OK?
Well, this would really be downgrading the save file from Slacko 18.104.22.168 to 5.3.3
Only way to know is try it.
Not really sure what the update process, for save files, would do with that.
I do not think the PAE would be an issue and the difference between Slacko 18.104.22.168 and 5.3.3 is not much.
I think the best answer is nobody knows till you try it.
Make a backup copy of the save file, you know why.
I have found, in trying to help people, that the things they do not tell you, are usually the clue to solving the problem.
When I was a kid I wanted to be older.... This is not what I expected
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Posted: Tue 07 Aug 2012, 02:17
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Sylvander wrote:
Tried to do
with the ISO file, but it couldn't be mounted [as per part 1].
I've done that OK with the ordinary ISO file [slacko-22.214.171.124-SCSI], and that worked OK, and is in use and doing the necessary.
Detailed many step process you are trying to do.
First idea is just did step in error.
From my experience with mounting iso files in file managers, it does not mount sometimes and seems to lock in a state where it will not. Nothing seems to work to fix.
I have done a complete reboot of Puppy and mounting an iso file now works.
I have found, in trying to help people, that the things they do not tell you, are usually the clue to solving the problem.
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Posted: Tue 07 Aug 2012, 04:45
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bigpup wrote:
First idea is just did step in error.
From my experience with mounting iso files in file managers, it does not mount sometimes and seems to lock in a state where it will not.
Previous to this problem event, every time I tried to complete the process there was no problem; it "just worked".
Or at least, the process could be completed, though sometimes the config change was ineffective.
So this failure to successfully mount the ISO seems most unusual to me.
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Sylvander wrote:
Tried to do
with the ISO file, but it couldn't be mounted [as per part 1].
I've done that OK with the ordinary ISO file [slacko-18.104.22.168-SCSI], and that worked OK, and is in use and doing the necessary.
Did you check the md5? I had no problems mount/unmounting the ISO in Rox, it's on a FAT32 filesystem if that matters.
Don't know about updating the savefile, but doesn't Slacko use a Slackosave.xxx where LuPu uses a lupusave? I don't have a frugal install to check on.
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Post subject: ROX "rescan" and "home" icons
Slacko uses "slackosave-xxx.xxx savefile naming. I use Grub4dos to boot it from a ext2 partitioned full size SD card mounded in a USB convertor on my older Acer laptop with great success. You can even manually lock the SD card to "read only" if you want absolutely no saves made to your OS.
Will someone please give me the full paths for the ROX "rescan directory contents" and "change to home directory" icons.
I have used pfind with every *.png, *.rpm combo I can think might work and have viewed hundreds of icons but not these two exact icons. Thanks ... KJ
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Today, guest blogger Erin Berhnard from The Awesome Mitten tells us about some great Michigan-made gifts to keep in mind as you start to cross items off your shopping list this holiday season.
At The Awesome Mitten, we encourage our readers to support local shops and start-ups to help revitalize the Michigan economy; as a state, we have the capacity to rebuild ourselves just by buying nearby. Team Awesome learned about some amazing new products this year, so we've compiled a list of some of our favorites in hopes that Santa is reading.
1) Teamwork Bags: Founded in 2006 and with a recently updated website and online ordering system, Teamwork has expanded its operations to give every purchaser statewide his or her own eco-friendly bag. The Nicks (Stockton and Stygstra, the company's founders) started making bags out of old sails, military canvas remnants, and other recycled materials and found a market for everything they sewed through pop-up shops throughout West Michigan.
Must-have item: Waxed Canvas Classic Tote, $45.99
2) High Five Threads: After the opening of their second store in downtown Traverse City and their acquisition of Two Bays, High Five Threads seems to be having the best year ever. H5T achieves their mission of creating high-quality goods and supporting local entrepreneurship with every piece of apparel they create; everything is designed and printed in Michigan and made in the US.
Must-have item: Classic Sweatpant in Royal, $35
3) Mittenfest: December 2013 marks the eighth annual Mittenfest in Ypsilanti and, after a successful first S'Mittenfest this summer, the festival is sure to be a knockout. Originally created as a one-day event, Mittenfest is now a weeklong celebration of Michigan music and holiday cheer during the week between Christmas and New Year's. The festival exists to benefit 826 Michigan, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting students ages 6 to 18 with their creative and expository writing skills.
Must-have item: Tons of tickets, $10 each per night
4) Handmade Kalamazoo: Handmade Kalamazoo gives local artisans a network within which to create, market, and sell their goods. The marketplace thrives through grants such as the Kalamazoo Foundation's ChangeMakers grant, which allows Handmade Kalamazoo to open pop-up shops throughout the downtown area.
Must-have item: Pleasant Peninsula t-shirt, $25
5) Shinola: Shinola opened their watch factory in downtown Detroit after vetting locations around the world. Why? Because Detroit has a great manufacturing legacy as well as the promise of a great future. A great statement to Michigan-made, Shinola is glad to have landed in such an up-and-coming city and makes the watches, bicycles, and leather goods to prove it.
Must-have item: Leather Card Wallet, $80
6) Shaggy's Copper Country Skis: Shaggy's is handcrafting both custom and mass-market ski lines for skiers in Michigan and beyond. Their brand-new factory in Boyne City is churning out skis for the upcoming season; purchase a limited edition pair and get a free season pass to Mount Bohemia! Keep watching the company for the launch of Shaggy's longboards in spring 2014.
Must have item: a pair of Tubbys, $449 or $600 in the Mount Bohemia Colab package
7) Libations: How can we pick just one, with so many amazing craft brews, wines, and spirits being made in this great state? Among our favorites are:
-Brys Estate: This winery on Old Mission Peninsula has a Pinot Noir that is a consistent gold medal and best in class winner, directing the international wine market's attention to Michigan reds.
-Ore Dock Brewing Company and Blackrocks Brewery: These two Marquette breweries recently got the go-ahead to start canning their beers for wide distribution, meaning we'll no longer have to make the trek to the 906 to get great UP beer!
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Santa Clara University School of Law Makes Available Thousands of Pages of Documents from ObamaCare Litigation Across the U.S.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 28, 2012 —Fresh off the Supreme Court's historic validation of what's become known as ObamaCare, Santa Clara University School of Law announces the availability of a digital collection of thousands of pages of documents from litigation challenging the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The collection contains briefs, memos, opinions, and other court documents filed as part of the scores of lawsuits that have attempted to overturn ObamaCare in full or in part since its passage in 2010.
The collection, being made available through the school's Heafey Law Library, has been an ongoing project between the library and SCU Law professor Bradley Joondeph, a nationally recognized constitutional law scholar and author of a blog devoted to analyzing the challenges and legal issues surrounding ACA. The collection, available to legal scholars or any other users with an interest in the subject, is believed to be the largest collection of such materials in an open-access archive.
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Palladium Books' Heroes Unlimited RPG is the very first RPG I ever played. Ever since then, I've been a fan. Not to say that the system isn't convoluted and begging for a modern revision, but I think I can appreciate what Kevin Siembieda accomplished with his Megaverse and how he games. Despite its issues, I always come back to Palladium at some point or another.
All that said, the GM Kit for PFRPG is all right. I bought it because I liked what the Rifts GM Kit had to offer, and would likely buy one for HU if they ever produced one. The artwork on the GM reference sheet is shoddy low res images lifted from other Palladium books, but having all the charts gathered together in one place is really what its supposed to do. So I'll forgive the art. The combat matrix is useful, as are the circle references and spell and skill references, but what is lacking is ward references that Diabolists crave.
Overall, a middle of the road product that could have been put together with a tad more polish, but is functional and serves its purpose.
I had trouble originally getting this to print properly, but its working now, apologies to the publisher for saying otherwise, but yeah it works. it's handy, I think the char sheets aren't the best quality, but that was Palladium's work, not theirs. all in all, I like it and hope to see it for all sorts of game systems!


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Is there is any painting that accurately captures the essence, themes, ideas of John Foulcher's poem Summer Rain?
The poem is below:
At 4 o'clock, cars
clutter on the highway like abacus beads.
No one dares overtake.
Sunlight scrawls
through the dust and the fumes,
and the shadows slap at the edge of the grass.
Somewhere ahead, there's been an accident.
One by one, the engines
stop, the cars slump into dusk.
You wrench yourself from the road,
sift the dark trees
for diversion.
Sub-division houses - teacups
of colour from television sets,
steam rising from ovens
and showers
like mist across a swampland. The cricket sound
of voices and cutlery.
Only the children
stay outside, bruised with dirt
and school, squeezing play
from the tattered edges of the afternoon.
In the darkness, they grow
to be heroes, clash in the park
like cars on a highway,
pound out grudges
tight as steel. At last, they slacken
home forgetfully.
As the wreck is cleared, rain trembles
acress the cars
and the charred, unbroken road.
Thanks in advance
It seems very unlikely, since poetry and painting are such different art forms.
The first step in addressing the question should surely to identify the essence, themes and ideas of the poem.
And since such things are largely matters of subjective personal opinion, I suggest you lead off, zxcvbnm [is that pronounced rowbotham?], by saying what you regard as the essence, themes and ideas of 'Summer Rain'.
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'Martin and the hand grenade'
Martin displays the grenade, the class pauses
for history. With his father's bleak skill
Martin edges out the firing pin, indicates
the chamber where the powder went; he fingers
the serrations, bristles with the shrapnel
possibilites. Questions. No-it had limited
power: ten yards, then the spread
became too loose to catch a man's mortality.
Around the class now. And each boy holds
the small war, lifts it into the air
above the desk trenches: the dead weapon hurls
across mind fields, tears the heart ahead
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You would have been more likely get a response if you started a separate thread for your request, using the name of the poem.
'Martin and the Hand Grenade' has been discussed before in Emule. For instance, go here:
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Chris Hillman was a founding member of the Byrds and is one of my all-time favorite musicians — we celebrate his birthday every year in "Time Between" — but I never thought I'd get to see him perform live, let alone in a reconstituted lineup of a great band going back twenty years. ("Time Between" is the first song Hillman ever wrote, back when he was with the Byrds.)
Last night we sat at Hillman's feet as he performed in a downsized acoustic version of the Desert Rose Band featuring John Jorgenson on 12-string guitar (mostly), Hillman on mandolin and guitar, Herb Pedersen on guitar, and Bill Bryson on bass. The band appeared at the Dakota Jazz Club and Restaurant in downtown Minneapolis for the first of two shows. The second is tonight at 7:00. The chance to see these guys play together is a rare privilege. I was grateful, and I will be back tonight for more.
The appearance at the Dakota last night was owing to Jorgenson. He had played the Dakota with his gypsy jazz quintet and found it a congenial environment, as so many of the artists who appear there do. The audience last night was knowledgeable and enthusiastic.
What Hillman's late bandmate Gram Parsons dubbed the Cosmic American Music got a major workout in the DRB's set last night. The three-part harmony singing verged on the transcendent. One highlight of the show was an impromptu performance of the DRB's "Twilight Is Gone," a song that warrants renewed attention.
My usual excuse for drawing attention to shows I've attended is to alert readers to the artist's tour. I can't do that in this case. All I can say is that you may want to keep an eye out for the appearance of any of these guys at a venue near you. They have something special on offer.
Below is the band's version of "Eight Miles High" last night. I have posted several more videos over at the Power Line YouTube channel. They don't do justice to what we heard, but they give you an idea.
They closed out the set with "It Doesn't Matter," one of the highlights of Hillmans's contribution to Stephen Stills's Manassas project.


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Chip McGee to take over as Bedford school superintendentBy SUSAN CLARK
Union Leader Correspondent
March 25. 2014 9:39AM
BEDFORD – Assistant Superintendent Chip McGee has officially been named the new school superintendent, taking the helm from Tim Mayes, effective July 1.
Bedford School Board Chair Terry Wolf announced the appointment at Monday's school board meeting.
"Chip McGee has spent the past 11 years as assistant superintendent here in Bedford leading our efforts in curriculum, assessment, and instruction. He played a critical role in the creation of Bedford High School. Before coming to Bedford, he helped found the Beacon School, now noted as one of the best public schools in New York City," said Wolf.
McGee, 43, grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, and graduated with a history degree at Brown University in Rhode Island. He earned a master's in business administration at Columbia Business School, and a doctorate in education from Columbia University in a joint program. He taught physical science and history at the Beacon School.
McGee and his wife, Mary Merkel, a family doctor at Dartmouth Hitchcock in Merrimack, moved to New Hampshire in 2002. In 2002-03, McGee worked as a visiting professor at Franklin Pierce College, now a university.
"I am grateful to the school board and to the entire community for this opportunity. It is an honor to be trusted to lead this superb school system. I have big shoes to fill with the retirement of current Superintendent Tim Mayes," said McGee. "With the support of the board, teachers, parents, students and the community, I hope to keep us moving in a positive direction."
McGee has been instrumental in working with the administration and staff to improve curriculum and instruction throughout the district. He chaired the Bedford High School Curriculum Research Committee prior to the opening of the school in 2007, which investigated best practices in secondary education and provided a blueprint for the high school's curriculum and instruction, said Wolf. Last June, Bedford High School was selected as the New Hampshire Secondary School of Excellence. He is widely recognized by his peers in the state as one of the leading educators in the region. He was recognized in 2009 by the NH School Administrators Association receiving their coveted Annual Service Award.
In a recent interview, McGee said he is looking forward to taking the district to the next level as changes in education bring more technology, global competition and diverse educational programs to challenge and inspire all students.
"There's a lot of changes coming in education and I think this district is set up as well as anybody to deal with those changes," McGee said. "For me, the big thing is keeping track of students' social and emotional development, as well as academics."
Mayes has led the Bedford School District since December 2001, first serving as assistant superintendent of finance, and then succeeding Superintendent Ann Remus in July 2006. Mayes was principal of Concord High School for four years before coming to Bedford. Mayes grew up in Keene, graduated from the University of New Hampshire at Durham. He started his career as a math teacher and sports coach in Salem.


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2006: Yiming Wang
Late Quaternary climate dynamics inferred from the stable oxygen isotope composition of aquatic insects (Chironomidae: Diptera) from Idavain Lake, Southwest Alaska
This research will contribute to an enhanced understanding of paleoenvironmental changes in southwest Alaska using a newly developed proxy--stable oxygen isotope analysis on chironomid chitin in concert with other existing paleoenvironmental proxy data, such as pollen, stable nigrogen and carbon anlyses of sediments and opal concentrations.
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Her dissertation research addresses the hypothesis that a plant refugium, dominated by balsam poplar, existed within the ice-age Beringian landscape. Macrofossil and pollen evidence indicate balsam poplar is the best boreal tree candidate species for survival during the last glaciation. To date, preliminary results from an investigation of the genetics of adaptation to climate across a latitudinal transect in balsam poplar show Alaskan populations are distinct. The presence of unique genotypes in Alaskan populations, as compared to those at the southern end of its range in the central Canada , suggests balsam poplar indeed has a long history within both arctic and boreal Alaska.
This research is supported by the Alaska EPSCoR program, in addition to the Alaska Quaternary Center 's David and Rachel Hopkins Fellowship. Hopkins was an imaginative and multi-talented Quaternary geologist and former UAF professor. He was also intrigued by these far northern stands of balsam poplar and was among the first to hypothesize they may have survived the last glaciation. Amy Carroll is the first recipient of the fellowship; her project exemplifies the kind of research that Hopkins supported throughout his 50-year career.


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UBS O'Connor LLC, the $6 billion hedge-fund unit within the biggest Swiss bank, risks upheaval as senior traders seek to defect after a clampdown on cash bonuses, two people with direct knowledge of the situation said.
Traders are contacting other hedge funds and recruiters after UBS AG moved them to a pay structure used throughout the firm, said the people, who requested anonymity because their plans to leave aren't public. That resulted in immediate cash bonuses falling by 50 percent to 1 million Swiss francs ($1.06 million), and some deferred pay being tied to five-year UBS bonds rather than reinvested in O'Connor funds, the people said.
The potential defections show the struggles the biggest banks may face in retaining top traders at internal hedge funds amid shareholder and regulatory pressure on pay and rules that limit how much of a firm's capital can be invested in the funds.
"This structure is analogous to working within a bank," said Ilana Weinstein, chief executive officer of New York-based search firm IDW Group LLC. "But what's the likeness of O'Connor? It's a hedge fund, and this structure is not competitive with working at another hedge fund."
Departures may hamper CEO Sergio Ermotti's efforts to rely more on wealth and asset management while cutting expenses by 3.4 billion francs in the next three years. O'Connor manages about one-fifth of UBS's 28 billion francs of alternative and quantitative investments, the Zurich-based company's highest- margin asset-management group. UBS O'Connor invests only client funds and not the bank's, the people said.
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"We believe our people choose to be here based on a combination of our team culture, access to client capital and UBS distribution," Bill Ferri, head of the alternative and quantitative investments business, said in an e-mailed statement. "I am fully committed to continuing to grow the O'Connor business and am confident that we can credibly compete while aligning with the long-term interests of our clients and UBS shareholders."
O'Connor offers a global multistrategy fund, a fundamental market-neutral fund, and several long-short equity funds, according to its website. The unit has a staff of about 175, including about 90 front-office employees, according to a person with knowledge of the group. Most of the personnel are based in Chicago, with others in New York, London, Hong Kong, Singapore and Tokyo, the person said.
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The unit's core Global Multi-Strategy Fund returned more than 8 percent to investors last year and more than 10 percent annually since its June 2000 inception, one of the people said. Multistrategy hedge funds fell 4.5 percent on average last year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
O'Connor's trading teams report to Chief Investment Officer Dawn Fitzpatrick and the group's traders include portfolio manager Kipp Schrage, the person said.
All employees who made more than $250,000 in 2012 had at least 60 percent of their pay exceeding that amount deferred, UBS said earlier this year. The firm also lowered its cap on immediate cash bonuses to 1 million francs last year from 2 million francs for 2011. O'Connor traders will get half of their deferred pay in five-year debt that can be canceled if UBS's Basel III tier 1 common ratio drops below 7 percent, the people said. The ratio under fully applied Basel III rules stood at 9.8 percent on Dec. 31.
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O'Connor employees got 40 percent of their 2011 bonuses in cash, up to 2 million francs, and deferred pay was reinvested in O'Connor funds and vested in equal annual installments over three years, one of the people said. There were no caps on immediate cash bonuses before 2009, the person said.
The new bonus structure pulls traders' incentives further away from hedge funds' traditional fee system of 2 percent of assets and 20 percent of profits, said Fabio Savoldelli, a finance professor at Columbia University in New York.
"You've got to look at it from the investor's point of view," Savoldelli said today in an interview on Bloomberg Television's "Market Makers" program. "I want them compensated 2 and 20. You make money, you make money; you lose money, you get nothing. That's the culture, to some degree, that you want to have."
Most hedge funds reward employees based on the performance of the funds, with no limits on cash compensation and deferred pay most often being reinvested in the funds. Consultants who advise institutional investors on which hedge funds to invest with view pay structures like UBS's as a risk of a bank-owned fund, said IDW's Weinstein.
'Competing Factors'
"They don't like the risk of comp being decided by bank CEOs, because you have other competing factors, like driving up the stock and paying other parts of the bank," she said. "There's not clear alignment between incenting and rewarding your top-performing investment managers within the fund."
UBS's asset-management unit cut personnel costs in 2012 by 7.2 percent to the lowest level since 2003. That helped the division post the highest pretax profit since 2008. The alternative and quantitative unit produced 268 million francs of revenue, 14 percent of total asset management revenue, and the highest gross margin among UBS's asset-management products.
O'Connor & Associates was founded in 1977 by mathematician Michael Greenbaum, with funding from brothers Edmund and William O'Connor, according to the 1999 book "The Predictors" by Thomas A. Bass, who wrote that the firm "made money hand over fist" and "developed a cult of secrecy."
The brothers started trade-clearing firm O'Connor & Co. in 1959, and Edmund was the architect of the Chicago Board Options Exchange, according to his 2011 obituary in the Wall Street Journal. William, who died in 1999, was chairman of the Chicago Board of Trade.
O'Connor & Associates was started as a private partnership focused on market-making and derivatives trading, according to UBS's website. Swiss Bank Corp., a UBS predecessor, bought O'Connor in 1992. UBS O'Connor's traders developed the bank's equities proprietary-trading desk before opening hedge funds to clients in 2000.
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Allard, 14, of Colbert, is the daughter of Brian and Shelley Allard.
"It's always great hosting a student from back home to page for us in the House," said Kretz, R-Wauconda. "Sophie is a very bright, hardworking individual and it was an honor to have her here learning more about our state government."
While a page in Olympia, Allard learned to navigate the Capitol campus, delivered messages and documents to legislators in their offices and in committee meetings, and assisted members in the House chamber during floor sessions.
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Israel calls for new pressure on Iran
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's prime minister on Tuesday urged the international community to step up pressure on Iran despite signs of possible flexibility from the new Iranian leadership in upcoming nuclear talks.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his Cabinet that halting Iran's nuclear program will be the focus of his trip to the United States later this month. Netanyahu is expected to meet President Barack Obama on Sept. 30 and deliver an address to the U.N. General Assembly.
Israel and the U.S. suspect Iran is trying to build a nuclear weapon. Tehran denies the charge, saying its nuclear program is only for peaceful purposes.
Israel believes a nuclear-armed Iran would pose a grave threat to its security and has repeatedly expressed frustration over the international community's inability to halt the Iranian program, even after several rounds of sanctions.
The election of Iran's new president, Hasan Rouhani, has raised hopes in the West that after years of inconclusive talks, there is a new opportunity to make headway. A new round of negotiations is expected in the coming months.
The U.S., one of Iran's toughest critics, has welcomed Iran's more moderate tone under Rouhani and has urged Iranian officials to seize the moment in reducing nuclear tensions.
On Monday, Iran's nuclear chief, Ali Akbar Salehi, said the chances for a breakthrough have improved thanks to unity among the new Iranian leadership over what it will seek in the next round of negotiations. He did not elaborate. But Iran wants an end to the economic and political sanctions it faces over fears it is progressing to nuclear weapons ability.
Netanyahu, however, urged the world to stand tough and make four key demands, most importantly that Iran stop enriching uranium — a potential pathway to producing a nuclear weapon.
According to the Israeli leader, the other three demands should be that Iran remove its existing stockpile of enriched uranium, close its enrichment facility in the central city of Qom and stop producing plutonium, which can also be used for nuclear arms.
"Until all four of these measures are achieved, the pressure on Iran must be increased and not relaxed, and certainly not eased," Netanyahu said. He reiterated his belief that all diplomatic efforts must be accompanied by a "credible military threat."
Netanyahu has said the threat of military action was key to ensuring the success of the new U.S.-Russia plan to destroy Syria's chemical weapons program. Syria is a close Iranian ally.
In his address to the U.N. General Assembly last year, Netanyahu presented a cartoon-like drawing outlining what he said was Iran's march toward nuclear weapons.
At the time, he said that Iran would reach the "final stage" of enrichment by mid-2013 at the latest.
Israeli officials say the timeline presented was based on available information at the time and that Netanyahu's "red lines" remain the same.
Israel has repeatedly hinted it is prepared to take military action against Iran if international diplomacy fails to halt the nuclear program.


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Erdos' Proof of Bertrand's Postulate
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 1997 23:59:43 -0500 (EST) From: Liz Biermann Subject: Bertrand's Postulate I am looking for a proof of Bertrand's Postulate (there exists a prime number between n and 2n (n>2)), a.k.a. Chebychev's Theorem (since he is the one who actually proved it). I have read numerous times that Erdos came up with a very simple proof, but I have not been able to find it. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide! --Liz Biermann, Cornell College
From: Anonymous Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 11:17:47 -0800 Subject: Re: Bertrand's Postulate Here's Erdos's proof of Bertrand's Postulate, paraphrased from Hardy and Wright, "An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers." The proof of Bertand's Postulate uses some simple properties of the function theta(x), defined for x >= 0 by theta(x) = sum(log p: p is prime and 0 < p <= x) We show that theta(x) < 2x log(2) (I use log(x) always to mean the natural log of x.) It is enough to show this when x is an integer. We're going to prove this by induction. The trick is to look at the binomial coefficient C(2m+1, m), which is (2m+1)!/m!(m+1)! Call this M for short. Let p be a prime such that m+1 < p <= 2m+1. Then p divides the numerator of M but not the denominator, so p divides M. So the product of all such primes divides M, and sum (log p: m+1 < p <= 2m+1) < log M or in terms of the function theta(x) theta(2m+1) - theta(m+1) < log M. On the other hand, the binomial expansion of (1 + 1)^(2m+1) has two terms equal to M, so 2M < 2^(2m+1) M < 2^2m log M < 2m log(2) so theta(2m+1) - theta(m+1) < 2m log(2) We're going to use this formula in the induction step of our proof that theta(x) < 2x log(2) For x = 1, we have theta(1) = 0 < 2 log(2) and for x = 2, we have theta(2) = log 2 < 4 log(2) Suppose the inequality is true for x < n. Let us prove it for x = n. If n is even and > 2, then it is certainly not prime, so theta(n) = theta(n-1) < 2(n-1) log(2) < 2n log(2). If n is odd, let n = 2m + 1. Then by what we proved above, we have theta(2m+1) - theta(m+1) < 2m log(2) heta(2m+1) < theta(m+1) + 2m log(2) < 2(m+1) log(2) + 2m log(2) = (3m + 1) log(2) < (4m + 2) log(2) = 2n log(2). This completes the proof that theta(x) < 2x log(2). Let's catch our breath. The next thing we're going to do is to look at the highest power of p that divides n!, where p is any prime. We call this number j(n, p). We use the notation [x] for the largest integer <= x. Every p'th number is a multiple of p, so we get [n/p] factors of p in n!. But every p^2'th number is a multiple not just of p but of p squares, and [n/p] doesn't count these, so we need to add [n/p^2} for these extra factors of p. Similarly every p^3'th number is a multiple of p^3 which we have not counted yet. So the highest power of p that divides n! is the sum of all the [n/p^m] for m >= 1. Of course [n/p^m] = 0 as soon as p^m > n: that is, for m > log(n)/log(p). Now we're going to suppose that Bertrand's Postulate is false, and that there is no prime p such that n < p < 2n, for some n. We're going to look at another binomial coefficient. This one is C(2n,n) = (2n!)/(n!)^2 which we'll call N for short. By our assumption, all the primes that divide N are <= n. Now using the notation above, we have N = (2n)!/(n!)^2 = product(p^j(2n, p): p <= 2n) ---------------------------- product(p^2j(n, p): p <= n) but there aren't any primes between n and 2n by assumption, so the "p <= 2n" in the numerator can be replaced by "p < = n" and we get N = product (p^(j(2n, p) - 2j(n, p)): p <= n). Let's call j(2n, p) - 2j(n, p) k(p) for short. Taking logs on both sides, we get log N = sum(k(p) log(p): p <= n). Notice that k(p) is a sum of terms of the form [2x] - 2[x}. [2x] - 2[x] is always either 0 or 1. If [2x] is even, [2x] - 2[x] is 0; otherwise it is 1. We show first that k(p) = 0 for p > 2n/3. For in that case, 2n/3 < p <= n or 2 <= 2n/p < 3 and [2n/p] = 2, so [2n/p] - 2[n/p] = 0. p^2 > (4/9)n^2 > 2n as long as n > 4, and we can certainly assume n is > 4, since we are assuming there is no prime between n and 2n, and 5, for example, is between 4 and 8. So there are no terms involving higher powers of p. Next we show that terms with k(p) >= 2 don't contribute very much. To get such a term we have to have p^2 < 2n or p < sqrt(2n), so the number of such terms is at most sqrt(2n). k(p), on the other hand, is a sum of terms [2n/p^m] - 2[n/p^m], which is certainly 0 if p^m > 2n, or m > log(2n)/log(p), so k(p) is at most log(2n)/ log(p), and k(p) log(p) <= log(2n), so sum(k(p) log(p) : k(p) >= 2) <= sqrt(2n) log(2n), taking the maximum possible number of such primes p and a number bigger than any of the k(p) log(p). For the terms with k(p) = 1, we have at most sum(log(p): p <= 2n/3) = theta(2n/3) < (4n/3) log(2) by what we proved way back when. Putting together what we've got so far gives us log N < (4n/3) log(2) + sqrt(2n) log(2n). Time for another breather before we close in for the kill. Looking back at the definition of N, we have 2^(2n) = 2 + C(2n, 1) + C(2n, 2) + ... + C(2n, 2n-1) (Binomial Theorem with first and last terms combined). This is a sum of 2n terms, the largest of which is C(2n, n) or N. So 2^(2n) < 2nN or 2n log(2) < log(2n) + log(N) <= log(2n) + (4n/3) log(2) + sqrt(2n) log(2n) by what we proved just before the breather. Now for large values of n, the only term that counts on the right side is the 4n/3 log(2), which is smaller than the 2n log(2). So what we're going to do is figure out how big n needs to be to make this inequality false, and then just prove the postulate directly for smaller values of n. Take n >= 2^9 and note that log(2n) = log(2^10) = 10 log(2). Divide the inequality by log(2) to get 2^10 < 10 + 2^10(2/3) + (2^5) 10 or 2^10 (1 - 2/3) < 10 (2^5 + 1) 2^10 (1/3) < 10 (2^5 + 1) 2^10 < 30 (2^5 + 1) < 31 (2^5 + 1) = (2^5 - 1) (2^5 + 1) = 2^10 - 1 which is false!! So the assumptions that Bertrand's Postulate is false for n and that n >= 2^9 lead to a contradiction. All that remains is to verify the postulate for n < 2^9 = 512. Here we can just look at the sequence of primes 2, 3, 5, 7, 13, 23, 43, 83, 163, 317, 631 each of which is less that twice the one before. - Dr. Wilkinson, The Math Forum Check out our web site! http://mathforum.org/dr.math/
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We're just over a week away from the big unveiling of the Galaxy S IV by Samsung, and the rumors continue to come swarming in. As of this morning several more astonishing rumors have made their way to the public including not only new hardware details, but also some new features for the phone.
- Specs: According to TechCrunch, the latest hardware details for the Galaxy S4 suggest a 1.8GHZ Quad-Core processor, as well as a 5-inch display with 1920×1080 pixel full HD resolution, and impressive 440ppi (pixels per inch), besting Apple's Retina display on the iPhone.
- Plastic: CNET's latest look on the GS4 suggests it will stick with its plastic bevel design, rather opt for a metallic bezel that is seen on other phones like the iPhone 5. Samsung's Executive VP of Mobile, Y.H. Lee, defends the decision over the need for a more durable and reliable handset.
- Smart screen: The GS4 will, according to both TechCrunch and BGR, also feature some exciting new "Smart Screen" features designed to allow you to better use the handset. The smart screen allows the GS4 to know when your head is looking toward or away from the screen, allowing it to turn on or off, as well as rotate. The technology likely uses the front-facing camera to accomplish the task, meaning your GS4 will be constantly watching you – for better or worse.
These are the latest rumors of likely many more to come in the mere days ahead before Samsung's big unveiling in New York. Check back with us for a complete roundup of all the rumors made on the Galaxy S4 so far.


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Return of the Cold War
But Tavaksay turns out to be a simple farming community next to a crumbling sanatorium. He greets me and Marina Kozlova, my translator who is also an independent journalist, outside his shabby house and shows us the patch of tomatoes, potatoes, and melons that provide his sustenance. "I'm in the middle class, and you see how I live," he says.
Unlike in many countries, where being a democratic activist ensures a reasonably lucrative life of grants from Western NGOs and travel to international conferences, the ones I meet in Uzbekistan live hand-to-mouth. Most don't speak English, and they have mouths full of gold teeth, a fashion of simple village people rather than cosmopolitan elites.
That there are democratic activists in Uzbekistan at all is remarkable. The country is a regular on Freedom House's "Worst of the Worst" list of human rights violators. It has banned any serious opposition political parties, kicked out most Western nonprofits, and has one of the worst torture records on the planet. When protests erupted in the city of Andijan in 2005, government troops opened fire, killing hundreds.
Uzbekistan's government has plenty of critics based outside the country. But I'm surprised to find that there is a handful of human rights activists, independent journalists, and opposition politicians living and operating openly here. While they are the angriest and most critical of all the people I speak to during my time in Uzbekistan, they are also the only ones who will allow their names to be published.
In addition to being brave, the activists are paranoid, weak, and divided. Several believe they are being poisoned by the government. Many of the dissidents I meet accuse the other dissidents of being government agents. One complains that the Western organization that used to employ him did not pay for his mysterious illness to be treated in Europe, and therefore, he concluded, it must have been infiltrated by Uzbekistan's National Security Service.
Of course, just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you. Along with the many implausible stories are well-documented patterns of police surveillance and harassment. And all the dissidents live under threat of even worse: The government has infamously boiled suspected dissidents to death.
Inside his house, Yuldashev offers us Nescafé in small bowls—the Uzbek style—and fresh melon. He lives alone—his wife, he says, was spying on him. He's lived here since 1995, when he fell out of favor with President Islam Karimov for advocating democratic reforms. But his time away from the capital has not diminished his belief in the influence he can wield. He drops hints that he is willing to take part in whatever government forms when Karimov eventually falls and suggests deputy prime minister as an appropriate post.
Yuldashev says he has been keeping a diary that details government abuses. He says it contains a record of how much he thinks the government is spending to spy on him. "Maybe it's 1 billion sum [close to $1 million]."
The diary, he says, is just one part of a blackmail strategy—it is already online and will be made public if he is detained. "I know that I can be arrested and tortured. But I have four nuclear bombs strapped to me, and one of them is the diary. Compared with what I have in this diary, Andijan is child's play." He won't give any hints as to what the other three "bombs" are.
If the information he has is so powerful, why doesn't he just go abroad and publish it? "I want to be a hero. If I am touched, I'll be famous all over the world. I'll be the only person able to beat Karimov. I'm not going to declare war on them; they will have to declare it on me, and then I'll beat them."
While Yuldashev, the intellectual, lives in self-imposed internal exile and writes analytical articles for Web sites that are blocked inside Uzbekistan, his allies at the Alliance of Human Rights Defenders (known as UzHRD) in Tashkent take a more in-the-trenches approach to their work.
Elena Urlaeva, who deals with police abuse for the UzHRD, says she often starts her day by filing formal complaints to the government ombudsman, state prosecutors, and members of parliament. "I really like writing complaints," she says. She gets calls and office visits from people who have been mistreated by the police, and she writes between five and 15 petitions a day.
It seems like quixotic work, but she says she occasionally gets results. During my visit, she wins a small victory—she receives a letter from the Uzbekistan parliament saying that a complaint she had issued was valid, the police involved in the complaint had broken the law, and the case was being referred to the Tashkent city prosecutor.
It seems ironic that, given the government's reputation for acting outside the law, the activists' main weapon is the law. "The Uzbekistan constitution is perfect—but the police don't obey it," says Jahongir Shosalimov, another of the alliance's activists.
The activists, however, obey the law—as much as they can. For example, when they protest, they have what in Russian is called a piket rather than a miting—the former is legal as long as there are no speakers; the latter is illegal.
Still, the activists regularly suffer police harassment. Plainclothes agents of the National Security Service are permanently parked outside the office, photographing everyone who visits. Urlaeva was fired from her job as a technician at the state TV company; she now cleans apartments for a living. She has been declared mentally unfit and has twice been placed in psychiatric hospitals and given psychotropic drugs against her will.
When the law doesn't protect them, the activists say, Western embassies do. Urlaeva has many stories of police blocking the door of her apartment building on days when there is a piket. When that happens, she calls the U.S. Embassy for help. On one such occasion she was trapped in her apartment for hours, but she called, "and as soon as the car from the U.S. Embassy pulled up, all of the agents ran away," she says.
Most of the activists express an absolute faith in the West's—and especially the United States'—willingness to fight for human rights. The irony is that Uzbekistan is often used as an example of U.S. hypocrisy on human rights: Washington made Uzbekistan a strategic partner in the "war on terror" and rented the Karshi-Khanabad air base while stomaching—at least until Andijan—its terrible human rights record.
"Thanks to the U.S. air base, the Uzbekistan government suffered our criticisms and had to close its mouth. And then when it left, the authorities called us American spies," says the UzHRD's Ahtam Shaymardan.
Adds Urlaeva: "We always say that our only defense is the U.S. Embassy, and our hopes are connected with the United States. We consider the United States to be the model of observing the law. We have more contacts with the U.S. Embassy than with any other embassy, and the Americans pay more attention to human rights defenders."
Opponents of democratization in the post-Soviet world often accuse human rights and pro-democracy groups of being a stalking horse for an American agenda, but reliance on American support is not something Uzbekistan's dissidents worry about. "It's impossible to have more problems than we have now," says Yuldashev.
After our interview, Yuldashev walks me and Marina back to the main highway, where we catch a bus back to Tashkent. On the way back, Marina tells me that in addition to being a journalist, she also dabbles in fiction.
"I've started writing stories in the magic-realist style. I think Uzbekistan is very similar to Latin America," she says.
"How?" I ask.
"A government like a dictatorship. A huge gap between the rich and poor. Torture," she says. It's hard to argue.
She says she has read Graham Greene's Our Man in Havana recently. She quotes one line that she liked: " 'There are two classes of people in Cuba—those who can be tortured and those who can't.' I hope I'm the second group. But you know, he also said whoever can't be tortured is just killed," she says and laughs.


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Photo editing experiments with Apps
The title of this was originally "iPhone Obsessed", but I was afraid that would chase away many readers, who -- like me -- are just about sick of hearing about the iPhone. But hold on. Dan Marcolina will blow your doors off with some of the spectacular works being created using low cost, easily available, apps for the iPhone. April 20, 2011


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What kind of image does that conjure up in your mind? In Minnesota and probably in states across the nation, the images vary widely.
If you call a metropolitan area home or are largely confined and content in suburbia, it might be that you simply say, "Huh?" when talk of county fairs comes up. Or maybe, if you call a big city home, images of smelly animal barns, toothless "carnie" workers, lame rides, and food that puts your cholesterol level through the roof pop into your head.
What kind of image does that conjure up in your mind? In Minnesota and probably in states across the nation, the images vary widely.
If you call a metropolitan area home or are largely confined and content in suburbia, it might be that you simply say, "Huh?" when talk of county fairs comes up. Or maybe, if you call a big city home, images of smelly animal barns, toothless "carnie" workers, lame rides, and food that puts your cholesterol level through the roof pop into your head.
But in rural Minnesota, for many of the very same reasons that metro-area folks might think a county fair, in the most positive sense, is an event that is simply not considered, and, in the worst sense, is something to be reviled, county fairs are embraced, they're held near and dear to the hearts of many. A summer without a county fair? Why, that just wouldn't be summer! We love to check out the animals in those smelly barns and see if any 4-H kids we know have taken home any significant hardware. We love to banter with the carnival workers who are trying to get us to invest our hard-earned money in games of chance in which we have little chance to win much of anything beyond a stuffed animal that practically fits in the palm of our hand. Many of the rides might indeed be lame, but there are still plenty on hand to make us more than a bit queasy, assuming we dare ride them. And the food? Who wants to eat a healthy salad at a county fair?
It's fairly easy to find county fairs in Minnesota that have existed for more than a century, in some cases well over a century. Certainly they've changed drastically through the generations, and some are probably quite a bit smaller or scaled-back than they once were. But don't for a second think that these slices of Americana are on their way out. Sure, there's the isolated case where over-worked fair organizers have finally thrown in the towel, but a quick scan of the Minnesota Association of County Fairs website (mfcf.com) shows that county fairs continue to be a major economic force, not to mention a great source of summertime entertainment.
Last anyone checked, Minnesota was home to 87 counties, and yet the MCFC lists "95 county fairs and going strong" in Minnesota. So something must be going right.
Even with several county fairs in Minnesota not listing their attendance figures for 2011, approximately 2.5 million people attended county fairs in Minnesota last year. You don't have to be a math wizard to know that amounts to approximately 1 out of every 2 Minnesota residents attending a county fair in 2011. (Sure, some of the more devoted fair-goers probably attended many county fairs, but why nit-pick?)
So there are the carnival rides, there's the food, maybe a beer garden, too, there are the grandstand events that charge admission and the smaller-scale, often more quirky events that are free of charge, and there are those smelly animal barns.
Talk to anyone about how Minnesota's county fairs are doing these days, and what the future might hold, there seems to be an underlying concern about 4-H programs in the state. The question seems to be, are there still enough kids engaged enough to be in 4-H, and are they going to keep taking care of these animals, or doing these other projects that they enter in all these fairs?
The answer appears to be a "fairly" resounding yes.
"County and state fairs not only make great memories, they help 4-H youth grow into successful adults," said Dorothy McGargo Freeman, state 4-H leader. It's not about just entering prized animals or various projects in fairs, either, she added, 4-H kids play a critical role at many county fairs, leading tours, conducting workshops and doing hands-on demonstrations.
The Legacy Amendment's Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, passed by Minnesota voters as an amendment to the state constitution in 2008, is even being invested in county fairs. While there was some debate over whether or not voters had county fairs in mind for state taxpayer money investment when they voted yes, in 2011 each county fair was allocated around $7,800. That money was distributed equally to each fair to "enhance arts access and education and to preserve and promote Minnesota's history and cultural heritage," according to a Minnesota Public Radio story. The other half of the $2.8 million Legacy Fund investment has been appropriated to a competitive grant program for county fairs that can be used to upgrade facilities or boost programming.
So how's your county fair doing, and what might the future hold? Minnesota newspapers owned by GateHouse Media, in Crookston, Granite Falls, Redwood Falls, Montevideo, Sleepy Eye, St. James and Cottonwood, and Devils Lake Journal in North Dakota, are asking just that, and what accompanies this story are some answers.
Yellow Medicine Co.
It was at best a mix up and at worst a blatant stiff, but either way the result was the same as the Yellow Medicine County Fair was robbed of its carnival this year.
They were able to work out a deal for a few rides and as a last resort purchased a few inflatable attractions. Still, the Midway of the fair grounds looked strikingly empty.
Some of those who were unaware that the YMC Fair Board had a long held contract with a carnival company that changed hands without their knowledge this past year, expressed frustration with this turn of events. A few others, who had not heard how many times board members tried to contact the carnival nor about the lengths they went to come up with the items that did make it to the Midway, acted a little upset.
The most perturbed of all, however, were the members of the Yellow Medicine County Fair who work and sweat to bring the $77,000 exhibition together while placing any perceived deficiencies square on themselves.
Said fair board president Miranda Evenson, "I hope that people are frustrated with us this last year, We were frustrated as well," "To have worked so hard all year and to have it crumble in your hands..."
Of course, all of this is another way of saying that the Yellow Medicine County Fair is doing wonderfully––because although some event planners and goers got upset, they were upset for the sole reason that they care. And that level of care creates success.
Held on the eastern outskirts of the county at the Canby Fairgrounds, the Yellow Medicine County Fair remains one of the increasingly rare county fairs that continue to offer free entry.
"Free" is a good thing for the YMC operation, says fair board vice-president Mark Westfield. It works. It incentivizes people to travel from a distance and provides some free entertainment in an increasingly expensive society. It is a big part of the reason attendance continues to be so good, he notes.
Because admission is free there is no way to take an official head count, but year-to-year Westfield and other board members say the numbers appear to remain steady. Numbering sixteen in all the group meets most months of the year, working to make this year's fair better than the last.
It's a tricky thing. With limited resources for advertising and events that appeal to varying audiences, each decision must be weighed carefully in accordance with current trends.
"When I started in 1995, the board didn't want demolition derbies because they believed they lost money," said Westfield. "Now, though, it's one of the fairs most popular events. Noise and mud is the big thing to draw people," he said.
Since arriving on the board three years ago, Evenson has added a youthful dimension as the group's youngest board member at age 30.
"I get cut down a lot. I have different ideas. Sometimes they look at me like I'm crazy," she said. But the Board couldn't have thought she was too off the wall, or they wouldn't have made her their president.
More likely, the board recognized a good thing when they saw it. They know that it is because of Evenson that the fair has a new webpage and has become relevant on Facebook, and they know that without Evenson they may not have been the recipient of nearly $30,000 in grants.
The two grants both derived from Legacy funding programs mentioned earlier in the article. One of the grants is comprised of the $7,800 that is distributed equally to all fairs. The other, a competitive grant, through which Evenson requested and received $20,000 toward the construction of a Heritage Center, which serves as venue for multiple events, from the Bramble Park Zoo Show to the Pezihutazizi Dancers.
Thus far only about a $12,000 portion of the grant funds have been received, but they are included the fair's $77,000 gross income for the year. Had the board not had to make the last minute purchase of the inflatables, they would have likely finished a few hundred in the black.
"We lost a little, but that wasn't bad," said fair board treasurer Julie Saltee. We had a lot of extra entertainment this year with the Heritage Center, so I was pretty happy how it came out."
Typically, "we just hope to break even," said Westfield.
In a state where fair budgets range from as little as $10,000 to hundreds of thousands, the budget of the YMC Fair is large enough for the board to put on a good show. And they do, according to District 7 Director of the Minnesota Federation of County Fairs, Steve Storck.
"Overall, things are going good there," said Storck. "They have a very good 4-H and a lot of local volunteers ... It seems to be doing well for a small town fair."
Storck tries to get to a few of the fairs in his district each year, but with a coverage area of 19 counties –– the most expansive of the nine districts –– it isn't easy. It was just by chance that he strolled through Yellow Medicine's.
He too noticed the vacant Midway and that a few kids looked like they would have had a bit more fun with a carnival ride. Unfortunately, carnivals are becoming harder to come by for smaller fairs as the number of carnivals available has dwindled. Transportation and other expenses account for some of these departures, but stricter more arduous state regulations in Minnesota also comes into play.
Next year, Evenson and the board intend to find a carnival to compliment the abundance of the fair's other attractions. With the dedication of the board and avid fair-goers, it seems like they'll come up with something.
"Everyone needs to know that we're working hard for next year," said Evenson. "We hope you'll come and join us."


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New York State Sen. George Maziarz will present a free Niagara County business fair Wednesday, Nov. 20, from 7-9 p.m. at the Niagara Falls Culinary Institute, 28 Old Falls St. Attendance is free and check-in begins at 6:45 p.m.
The event, co-sponsored by Maziarz, the Niagara County Community College Small Business Development Center and the Niagara USA Chamber, brings together numerous business resources, including local business associations, economic development partners and other local business owners. Whether you have been in business for years, or just want to learn how to become an entrepreneur, you will find organizations in attendance to help you succeed as well as have an opportunity to connect with members of the local business community.
For a complete list of exhibitors, visit www.niagaracc.suny.edu/wfcd/sbdc/exhibitors.php. To register, call the SBDC at 716-210-2515 or email [email protected]. Visit the NCCC Small Business Development Center website at www.niagarasbdc.org for more information.


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The following were recorded at the Bureau County Courthouse:
Driving under the influence of alcohol —A 17-year-old male of Spring Valley.
Fishing without license — Gregory A. Fandel Jr., 37, of Spring Valley; Aaron D. Steinhour, 25, of Spring Valley.
Illegal transportation of alcohol (driver) — Michael R.L. Strader, 25, of Tiskilwa.
Improper traffic lane usage — Joel Salazar, 20, of Princeton.
Operate uninsured motor vehicle — Jeremy R. Oaks, 21, of Wyanet.
Seat belt required (driver) — Amber J. Belan, 25, of LaMoille; Renee A. Benavidez, 30, of Buda; Steve L. Bonucci, 50, of Princeton; Jeremy D. Brandon, 36, of Walnut; Nicole A. Carroll, 26, of Princeton; Nichole J. DeVoss, 32, of Princeton; Robert D. Espel, 42, of Princeton; Robert T. Friel, 60, of Tiskilwa; Andrew J. Hubbard, 29, of Walnut; Deborah S. Kirley, 58, of Princeton; David L. Klein, 50, of Buda; Barbara J. McKinney, 58, of Buda; Jordan C. Mitchell, 20, of DePue; Max E. Olds, 61, of Wyanet; Christine L. Olson, 22, of Sheffield; Steven L. Philbrook, 28, of Princeton; Marc E. Philhower, 29, of Princeton; Benjamin J. Rapp, 32, of Princeton; Carolyn R. Tucker, 30, of Princeton; Heather A. Whittington, 42, of Princeton; William R. Williams, 27, of Princeton.
Seat belt required (passenger) — A 16-year-old female of Princeton.
Speeding (15-20) — Eric J. Backes, 41, of Spring Valley; Paul W. Jais, 67, of Tiskilwa; Meagan J. Johnson, 33, of Wyanet.