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by Mike Masnick
Mon, Nov 30th 2009 4:45pm
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auctions, fines, france, liability, trademarks, users
While more and more courts seem to be understanding that eBay shouldn't be responsible for what users are selling on its site, it appears that French courts are a bit confused. Last year, a French court fined eBay $63 million because counterfeit LVMH products were being sold on the site. Of course, eBay has no way of knowing what's legit and what's not, but the French court didn't seem to care. A similar case, also involving LVMH, but concerning Google ads, was also ruled in LVMH's favor, but it was appealed to the European Court of Justice, and a judge there has already indicated that it makes little sense to blame the company. But that isn't stopping the French courts. eBay has now been fined yet again, because of a French ban on selling even legally purchased brands of LVMH perfumes if you're not an authorized distributor. eBay is appealing the ruling, saying that banning the resale of legally purchased goods doesn't make sense and harms consumers. However, a much bigger question is why eBay should be liable at all. It's not eBay doing the selling, but users on the site.
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Brian (profile), 30 Nov 2009 @ 5:29pmWell the only solution obviously is for all users to ship every item being sold to ebay so they can then inspect it, confirm it is legit and legal, and then approve it for sale.
In response, why doesn't ebay just block France from accessing their site. While they're at it, block Paypal too. If French users are going to cost you $63 million it would probably be financially better to simply not have French users.
However, a much bigger question is why eBay should be liable at all. It's not eBay doing the selling, but users on the site.
My understanding is that brand owners within the EU are allowed to use trademark law to control the channels through which their products are sold. LVMH apparently does not allow its products to be sold in supermarkets or other discount shops, limiting sales to boutiques that are more in line with the brand image they wish to project. Here, they are trying to do the same to stop eBay selling cheap stuff.
A related case from 2002 is the European Court of Justice's ruling against Tesco (a UK supermarket) for importing grey market Levi jeans and selling them cheaply.
At least I think that's right. My knowledge of EU trademark law is extremely limited.
PaulT (profile), 1 Dec 2009 @ 2:07am
Re:Pretty much, I think. Hong Kong importer Lik Sang was shut down under copyright/trademark law for daring to offer people PSPs before their official UK launch, and online retailer CD-WOW was heavily fined for importing legally produced CDs from the Far East to allow them to sell albums at a reasonable price.
Not sure if there's been many similar cases in the wider EU, but those UK cases were the thing that made it clear to me how anti-consumer industry can really be.
logicologist (profile), 30 Nov 2009 @ 7:36pm
ebay in FranceIf the situation was taking place on ebay.com then they wouldn't have much authority. They could ban ebay.com from the French market but not much else. It is ebay.fr that is in question. (my thoughts)
France is jealous of anything American and of prominence. So the story is not surprising.
I used the 'gray market' for several years in the computer industry. It simply is a result of price breaks given by a manufacture to companies that buy in bulk. To shut this market down would damage or end this pricing practice which is not democratic. Can you imagine Airbus not being able to give price breaks to British Airways to help entice larger orders?
"Here, they are trying to do the same to stop eBay selling cheap stuff." ... ebay sells nothing. You even cut-n-pasted that as explained in the article. ?? Users of their site do the selling. The "related case" is not relevant.
The case will be overturned and I think ebay should make a stink and shut down ebay.fr and see if the French government feels a backlash? Show them that they can play games too.
Marco, 30 Nov 2009 @ 8:19pm
What's their model?I've never bought or sold anything on ebay, but doesn't ebay get a cut of each sale? That's how it works right? If they do then I would have to say they should be liable. Ignorance is no excuse.
Unless it's pay to post an item. Then I would say they shouldn't. If someone could clarify for me.
Sam, 30 Nov 2009 @ 9:33pm
Re: What's their model?Marco, as far as I am aware, eBay do NOT take a cut of any sales. They are simply the "middle man" of the sale. After you win an auction you must contact the seller directly and then discuss postage etc. Most of the time the buyer must pay for the postage, in rare occasions p/h is covered by the seller
Mark, 30 Nov 2009 @ 10:07pm
Re: Re: What's their model?Nope. There is an insertion fee for listing an auction on ebay, which is based on the starting price of the item. There is also an additional fee, payable when the auction is over, that is based on how much the item actually sold for at the end of the auction. The latter fee is not charged if the item did not sell.
However, the fact that they are trying to fine ebay for this is only punishing ebay for other people's choice to sell stuff that they have. It's stupid.
Hate EbayOK, so I personally hate eBay and PayPal (owned by eBay) for their ever more aggressive anti-consumer actions that stifle legitimate sellers and buyers in return for more crap volume, but I have to agree with Mike on this.
This is like suing Cisco for building routers that may or may not end up transmitting pirated software across the internet in their given lifespans. Or suing rubber makers for supplying the rubber used to make the tires on the vehicles that are used to smuggle drugs.
But then again isn't that true of many of these new attacks by copyright holders?
Anonymous Coward, 1 Dec 2009 @ 7:07am
Re: Hate EbayEbay in some ways has created it's own hell. With a quality assurance team and the fact that they often remove fraudulent or misleading auctions before completion, they have clearly indicated that they are aware of what is being sold on their site. Apparently Ebay has someone eye inspect every auction sometime during it's listing period.
Combine this with ebay profiting from the sale (unlike, say, Craigslist), and you end up in a situation where it is easy to show that Ebay is aware of what is on their site, and profits from the sale of grey market / black market goods.
Ebay isn't just a listing site, it's a partner in your sale. They profit from you getting the highest price, the higher the price, the more they profit.
Unlike Cisco, your example, Ebay is well aware of everything on their site, checks all listings, and profits from the use. If Cisco was giving preferential passage to P2P traffic for a price, and inspecting it to make sure that was no (example) kid porn in there, then they would also come more liable for all of the content.
Ebay isn't a "230!" entity, they are a sales partner, which is a very different game.
Ryan Diederich, 1 Dec 2009 @ 3:30am
Hate them both also...Having used eBay and Paypal as my income at age 14-16, i hate them too. They take a HUGE cut, it is something like 0-2 dollars to list item, depending on price, then 2%, then another 2% if it is over $100, then another 2% if it is over $500, then paypal takes 3%. It really adds up. My costs for selling a $300 item were $30.
Nonetheless, it is never ebays fault. If our democratic free nation websites had to follow every foreign policy, we would have a pretty shitty internet. Maybe this perfume company should lower its disgustingly high prices.
There is no such thing as an Axe deodorant conterfeit, because its only 3 bucks a can.
Nathan Belsun, 1 Dec 2009 @ 3:16pm
eBay, don't go awayLMVH's stuff isn't even good...
eBay is like an electronic community board where you can pin up your item, and it's a bidding system. They can get some money if you want to really spruce up your item and put bells and whistles on it.
Are there any counterfeit bag sellers on the streets of France? I didn't see any, but I guess they don't have 63 million Euros to offer.
eBay should auction off the fine to the highest bidder. If someone can buy a red paperclip on eBay, why not their own fine? They could even pay it off, sorta. Wikipedia's asking for 7 million dollars from people, why not eBay?
Oh, and CD WOW changed hands a couple years back. They're safe to use now. Although if they start selling LMVH bags...HAHA!
Jackie, 13 Jan 2010 @ 8:01am
FinesYou think ebay getting fined is bad enough I had an item sent to my holiday home in France a one off purchase which turned out to be fake goods and now I personally am being sued by the manufacturers for this. So far it has cost me 1750 Euros in legal fees and I have been told this could drag on for up to 2 years.
I have been treated like a criminal the customs retained the item the police searched my holiday home and then the company who own the real goods want me to pay about 40,000 euros. This is a nightmare.
ebay selling tips, 17 Feb 2010 @ 8:35am
eBayTheres no suprise there. Sounds fammilar to the recent louis vuitton case.
catalyst, 16 Apr 2010 @ 5:42pm
Join Sellers Contacting ABCs 20/20!Greetings all,
My name is April. I am knottybynature-ny, "no longer a registered user" on eBay. Due to the fact that I had the nerve to state my opinion openly, as guaranteed by the American Free Speech Amendment, I was first censored, then suspended from their site.
Many of us are more than frustrated with the blatantly buyer-skewed feedback system, the FB extortion or manipulation that goes on ignored; continuous removal of posts-what only eBay feels to be 'a serious threat to the security of the site'. What they removed of mine, were nothing more than a list of policy changes I had come up with on the FB, along with a request to sellers to contact Chris Cuomo at the US 20/20 show. I strongly believe that there are unfair and possibly unethical business practices on eBay. My goal is to get the media attention we need to have eBay investigated and stopped. Since theirs is an online venue, and spans the globe, I am bringing my story to you. I hope you too have the courage to stand up against discriminatory treatment by a large company. Let's end this together!
I hope you will visit the following US forum where I am encouraging all sellers to not only contact 20/20, but your local paper or major metro with letters & links on how others can participate. Please, pass it on to everyone you know. I'm sure there are many former eBayers who are not on this forum but would like to know.
I am a firm believer that if we work together, we can change eBay back to the fun venue it used to be. Please see me on Power Sellers Unite:
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In_Correct (profile), 19 Oct 2010 @ 7:41pm
This applies to SHAVERS also:I like to get portable shavers. I use the rechargeable batteries. One type of Shaver I use is Lightspeed Clio. The screen wears out after one year and needs to be replaced. It probably can be replaced by any universal spare parts screen, but whenever I find a deal on a lightspeed clio, it is simpler for the moment to buy another lightspeed clio shaver. I bought a replacement last year for around $12.00 USD including shipping. This year I found an including shipping price of around $15.00 USD for two new shavers. This price includes both shavers. I could not buy it because of France and their perfumes. Does a shaver look like a perfume?! Previously I tried to buy Centrum Vitamins on Ebay. I could not because of France. So it looks like it affects any and all items that are "health & beauty" related. What needs to happen instead of France sueing Ebay is that Ebay and its sellers needs to sue France!! And everybody else should boycott the France perfumes!! The shaver was made in China and was already in U.S.A. and sold by a U.S.A. seller!!!! NOTHING to do with France!!


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Betting a bitcoin payout will motivate more people to sell their old gadgets, Glyde Inc. is offering the virtual currency to customers.
Since launching in 2009, the electronic thrift shop has allowed people to easily sell their old iPhones, tablets and other devices, much like eBay Inc.EBAY +0.95% and startups Nextworth Inc. and Gazelle Inc. The company suggests a price, provides a shipping envelope and takes roughly 10% of each transaction.
Expanding its payout to sellers from U.S. dollars to bitcoin is a next step calculated to bring more sellers to the site and possibly generate some fresh revenue on the exchange margins, according to Glyde Chief Executive Drew Lieberman.
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The move comes as both enthusiasm for the virtual currency and concerns run high. Although Overstock.com Inc.OSTK -2.16% and Zynga Inc.ZNGA +3.67% have recently joined Reddit Inc., OKCupid Inc. and others in accepting bitcoins, majorprice fluctuations triggered by hackers, trading halts and dismissal by some countries has tempered some of that enthusiasm. Fuzzy government regulation in the United States adds to the uncertainty.
Mr. Lieberman says the risks are worth it for the Menlo Park, Calif.-based startup, which recently raised another $1.2 million from Charles River Ventures for its bitcoin experiment and expansion into sports, household items and other new categories.
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Why are you adding the option for sellers to get paid in bitcoins?
We want to give people an opportunity to get bitcoins in an easy way. We think there's a lot of excitement and energy around Bitcoin.
How will it work?
People will see an estimate for the price for what they are selling in bitcoin as they list the product. When they withdraw the money, after the item has sold a few days later, they'll see the actual amount they will be paid in bitcoins. They can choose that or dollars.
Couldn't that be a big difference? Bitcoin prices have fluctuated a lot. Are you prepared for that volatility?
We'll continue to test to see what costs we're incurring and risks we're taking. It will be a small source of revenue for us.
When you launched in 2009, the focus was on helping Midwestern soccer moms buying and selling CDs, DVDs, books and cartridge games. How has the target changed?
It tended to be a little younger–more 18 to 34-year-old males. And gamers in particular who are a little more techno-savvy. We pivoted to consumer electronics because the higher average selling price was more attractive.
How has that worked out?
We did about $10 million in gross sales last year. We've also started to work with partners, like Ting Wireless and X Cellular, and embed in their marketplaces. You're seeing our marketplace, but it's on their site.
With the recent $1 million or so from CRV, Glyde has raised $28 million in funding in all. Why so much money?
We invested in making the user experience–both on the buy side as well as the sell side–as frictionless as possible. We patented several parts of our process, including product search, one-page buy, and an integrated shipping solution. Integrating bitcoin is one more extension of this.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Adele's "Skyfall" has won the Academy Award for best original song, a first for a James Bond theme.
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Updated: Durham man killed in Route 4 crash was judge in Candia; others remain hospitalizedBY PAUL FEELY
New Hampshire Union Leader
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DURHAM -- A New Hampshire judge killed in a two-car crash on Route 4 is being remembered as a "generous and giving" man.
Bruce R. Larson, 74, of Durham was pronounced dead at the scene of Saturday's crash, which happened just before 9 a.m. near the State Police weigh station. Deputy Police Chief Rene Kelley identified the men in the other car as Ryan T. Merchant, 22, of Wakefield, Mass., and Martin V. Hyppolite, 22, of Malden, Mass.
Merchant was in critical condition Sunday night at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston; Hyppolite was in stable condition at Portsmouth Regional Hospital.
Kelley said Larson was headed west in his 2000 Buick when he was hit, almost head-on, by a 2004 Chrysler Sebring driven by Merchant.
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"My sympathies go out to his family and colleagues," said longtime New Hampshire attorney David Nixon of the Manchester law firm Nixon, Vogelman, Barry, Slawsky and Simoneau. "The New Hampshire Bar Association has lost a longtime and well-respected member. He was an admired lawyer, and a respected judge by those that knew and worked with him. He was a kind and compassionate man."
Mike Sivgny said he met Larson six months ago, when he moved into the first floor of what was Larson's home in Durham as a tenant. Sivgny said Larson had sold the home to a buyer in New Jersey, and lived on the second floor of the home as a tenant, with Sivgny renting the first floor.
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The increase of 5.7 million domain names globally equates to a growth rate of 2.4 percent over the second quarter of 2012, and marks the seventh straight quarter with greater than 2 percent growth. Worldwide registrations have grown by 26.4 million, or 12 percent, since the third quarter of 2011.
The .com and .net Top-Level Domains (TLDs) experienced aggregate growth in the third quarter of 2012, reaching a combined total of approximately 119.9 million domain names in the adjusted zone for .com and .net. This represents a 1 percent increase in the base over the second quarter of 2012 and a 7.1 percent increase over the third quarter of 2011. As of Sept. 30, 2012, the base of registered names in .com equaled 105 million names, while .net equaled 14.9 million names.
New .com and .net registrations totaled 7.8 million during the third quarter of 2012. This is a 1.1 percent year-over-year decrease in new registrations. The .com/.net renewal rate for the third quarter of 2012 was 72.5 percent, slightly down from 72.9 percent for the second quarter of 2012.
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Logan Square Kitchen owner Zina Murray sparked a bit of controversy last week when she posted messages to Everyblock and the Logan Square Yahoo Group urging residents to support a change of venue for the Logan Square Farmers Market this season.
In her posting, Murray suggested that the market has outgrown its current location on Logan Boulevard and should move to a more spacious location on Milwaukee Avenue. She said the current site "is too small, congested and restricts commerce."
However, Paul Levin, executive director of the Logan Square Chamber of Commerce, which organizes the market, said he has no plans of moving the market this season, and that Murray's campaign for a change of venue "just came out of nowhere."
"[The market] works fine where it is," Levin said. "This whole thing is just a distraction while we're already deep into getting the market ready to go."
Murray said she and vendor Rob Montalbano of Montalbano Farms met with Alderman Rey Colon several months ago to tell him that the main concern of the vendors was a change of location this season. Murray said she told Colon that she was interested in restarting the conversation of moving the market onto Milwaukee.
"I didn't make any commitments at that time, except that I would look into it and revisit the issue with the department of transportation," Colon said.
The chamber of commerce first considered moving the market two years ago. Colon asked CDOT for permission to move the market to Milwaukee Avenue, but CDOT denied the request.
"I'm baffled as to why I've met so much resistance," Murray said. "At least now the conversation is on the table."
Levin said the chamber would not support a move this season, but he said that he would be open to a move to Milwaukee Avenue in the future if the vendors were supportive and the logistics could be managed properly.
According to a statement released by the Logan Square Chamber of Commerce, the chamber has been considering a move from the Logan Boulevard location since 2009, but logistical hurdles have kept the market where it is.
Traffic congestion and pedestrian safety issues must be dealt with before a move can be considered, which could be both costly and time consuming Levin said.
The Logan Square Farmers Market is set to open June 3 at the intersection of Logan and Milwaukee avenues. For more information, vist the Logan Square Farmers Market web page at http://www.logansquarefarmersmarket.org/home.


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Best and Worst Player
Best Player
Goal Choice
G. BaleTottenham Hotspur Position: Attacker
Fan Choice
G. BaleTottenham Hotspur Position: Attacker
Worst Player
Goal Choice
E. AdebayorTottenham Hotspur Position: Attacker
Fan Choice
E. AdebayorTottenham Hotspur Position: Attacker
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West Ham United
J. Jääskeläinen
Unfortunate to finish on the losing side, keeping his side in the game at crucial times with a string of brilliant stops. Excellent display.
J. Collins
Stuck close to Adebayor early on denying him room to manoeuvre and forcing him to drop deeper, but should have done better to get out to Bale for his goal.
G. Demel
Always available down the flank for the pass and offered plenty of support but his delivery from wide areas was frequently poor and ended up inadvertently setting up the opening goal.
J. O'Brien
Very solid at left-back and while he offered little going forward and in the final third, his reserved style saw Lennon's movement restricted and played a lovely pass for Cole's goal.
W. Reid
Capable in the air and strong in the tackle, he continued his consistent form this season with yet another composed display.
J. Cole
Drifted in off the right flank to good effect in the first half and wasn't afraid to probe and play the ball forward at pace on the deck. Took O'Brien's long diagonal pass down expertly before handing his side the lead with a clinical finish.
M. Jarvis
A bright start down the left saw him beat Walker for pace on the outside and try his luck after a good move and looked lively throughout with his running in behind.
K. Nolan
Picked up a knock early on but got himself in and around Carroll to provide an aerial threat and indirectly set up the equaliser before hobbling off.
M. Diamé
Willing runner in midfield both on and off the ball, with his combative nature giving Dembele something to think about, but can sometimes seem too selfish in the final third when a simple pass will suffice.
G. O'Neil
Tasked with keeping an eye on Lennon's forward runs down the right and supported O'Brien well in a defensive sense, covering plenty of ground.
A. Carroll
Played an excellent ball around the corner for Cole that started a flowing counterattack in the first half, before showing quick feet to win a penalty and good composure to send Lloris the wrong way from the spot. Lost Caulker on three occasions from corners at the other end, though and his marking was woeful.
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H. Lloris
Made two smart stops down low inside the opening ten minutes when his side were on the back foot and clawed away a Diame cross with Cole lurking at his near post. Should have perhaps got more on Cole's scuffed goal. Snuffed out a Taylor chance brilliantly with his speed off the line.
M. Dawson
Beaten in the air by Carroll whenever the ball was played forward to him, but organised his back four well and kept them focused on the task in hand.
K. Walker
Caught out high up the pitch for Jarvis' chance early on and wasted the ball in promising positions on more than one occasion with wildly optimistic efforts from range. Improved as the game wore on, though, with one superb last-ditch block on Jarvis the highlight.
J. Vertonghen
Fortunate not to concede another penalty in the first half for a clumsy foul on Carroll at the back post, and completely lost Cole for his goal by playing an offside trap his team-mates were unaware of.
S. Caulker
Still very raw positionally when the game becomes more stretched and Carroll's sheer physicality posed problems for the young defender, but looked a real threat at the other end from set-pieces.
S. Parker
His natural game of keeping it simple, rotating in the middle of the park and laying the ball out wide worked well, but his tackle leading to the penalty and Carroll's equaliser was both reckless and poorly judged.
A. Lennon
Isolated by a lack of service in the first half, with only one rare run and shot to show for his efforts, but is quickly carving out a reputation for himself as one of the best wingers at tracking back in the entire league.
L. Holtby
Played in an absolutely beautiful ball from out wide on the left which deserved more on the end of it and drifted in between the lines and found space to exploit at times before being subbed off. Not as his best.
M. Dembélé
A real driving force from midfield, both tracking the runs of Diame and spraying the ball out wide and starting attacks, also showing that he's not afraid to stick his boot in when it matters.
E. Adebayor
Wasteful as the team's focal point to a somewhat less fluid attack than usual, losing possession far too easily under pressure. Missed an absolute sitter following Sigurdsson's effort from well outside the box that was tipped onto the post.
G. Bale
Continued his superb recent run of form with another well-taken goal in the first half before a sublime strike from distance won the game. Makes the game look so simple at times and has quickly become one of the most deadly players in the world, with his free kick also leading to Sigurdsson's equaliser.
E. Pogatetz
Struggled when he came on at left-back after the team's defensive reshuffle and gave Lennon far too much room to attack him on the outside and get a cross into the box. Very poor.
M. Taylor
Came on for the injured Nolan in the first half and slotted in seamlessly, helping crank up the pressure after the interval with his excellent delivery from dead balls but should have scored when played through only to see Lloris rush out and get something on the ball.
J. Collison
Came on for Diame to add some energy to a midfield that was in danger of being dominated but had little time to make a lasting impact on proceedings.
G. Sigurðsson
Came on just ten minutes into the second half and went close with a fabulous effort from distance, hitting the post. Looked dangerous cutting in off the left flank before poking in at the back post to help his side back into the game.
T. Carroll
Introduced to try and add a degree of spark and control in the middle of the park, with the visitors struggling to get any tempo going and kept the ball ticking over well.
J. Livermore
Replaced the tiring Parker late on but with the game but didn't have any real influence with the flow so stretched.


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Bob Weir is best known as one of the founding members of the Grateful Dead, while Bruce Hornsby has built one of the most diverse and adventurous careers in contemporary music. They are joined by renowned Grammy Award-winning saxophonist and Tony Award-nominee Branford Marsalis. The band performs Friday, July 20 .
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MEA 100 - Introduction to Earth System Science
Dave DeMaster
Course URL: http://courses.ncsu.edu/classes/mea100/Public/homepage.html
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Earth Systems Science
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The goal of Earth System Science is to obtain a scientific understanding of the entire Earth system on a global scale by describing how its component parts and their interactions have evolved, how they function, and how they may be expected to continue to evolve on all timescales. The challenge to Earth System Science is to develop the capability to predict those changes that will occur in the next decade to century, both naturally and in response to human activity.
Course Context:
This is an introductory class for majors and non-majors.
Course Goals:
Course Objectives:
- Develop a basic understanding of the major components and processes of the four primary Earth systems;
- Recognize linkages between the Earth systems;
- Develop an understanding of dynamic equilibrium and feedback loops between and among the Earth systems;
- Develop an insight for the anthropogenic influences on the Earth systems;
- Learn to use computer simulations to model behavior of the Earth systems.
Course Content:
This course covers topics such as greenhouse systematics, the carbon cycle, global warming, atmospheric and ocean circulation, climate regulation and human impacts.
Teaching Materials:
The text for the class is
- The Earth System, Lee R. Kump, James F. Kasting, and Robert G Crane; Prentice Hall, 2nd Ed., 2004.
Test 1 - 100
Test 2 - 100
Test 3 - 100
Term Project - 50
Pop Quizzes - 50
Final Exam - 150
Lab - 150
Total - 700 points
Test 2 - 100
Test 3 - 100
Term Project - 50
Pop Quizzes - 50
Final Exam - 150
Lab - 150
Total - 700 points
References and Notes:
A Gateway to Earth System Science Resources
Prentice Hall's Earth on the Internet: A Field Guide for Geoscience Students


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Waterville Valley Elementary School tops again in stateBy JOHN KOZIOL
Union Leader Correspondent
March 26. 2014 10:07PM
WATERVILLE VALLEY — It takes a valley to raise an academically-successful student, says Gail Hannigan, who credited parents, educators and the community for again helping Waterville Valley Elementary to earn top marks in the NECAP math and reading tests.
The principal of WVES for 13 years, Hannigan on Tuesday found herself in the familiar position of explaining how the school — which has 34 students in grades K-8 — keeps coming out on top with the highest math and reading results in New Hampshire on the New England Common Assessment Program tests.
The state Department of Education recently released the Fall 2013 NECAP results and since then Hannigan has been fielding phone calls and inquiries from colleagues looking to replicate the accomplishments at WVES.
For starters, Hannigan said, "We do data-driven instruction which is what the state is looking for" from all its schools eventually, and which WVES has been doing so for 12 years.
Independent of standardized testing WVES tests its students three times a year to make sure that they're progressing.
If a student is falling behind his or her peers, that situation can be identified and addressed quickly, said Hannigan, conversely if a student is advancing past their classmates, that, too, can be remedied by placing the student in a more academically-rigorous setting.
"We have tremendous community spirit" in Waterville Valley, said Hannigan, adding that in her time at WVES, the support for the school has come from parents and citizens, as well as from the school board and local school administrative unit office. Cumulatively, she said those entities provide the emotional backing and material resources that the school needs.
There's nothing magical about why WVES students do well, Hannigan said, it's just simple things that when put together, really add up.


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FORT WORTH, Texas -- Tennessee Tech lost five turnovers in its
own end of the field and No. 4 TCU took full advantage, turning all
five mistake into touchdowns on the way to a 62-7 victory on a hot
and steamy Saturday night in Amon G. Carter Stadium.
The Horned Frogs recovered four Tech fumbles also had a 29-yard interception return for a touchdown in the first quarter, giving the home team 35 of its 62 points of Tech mistakes.
The Golden Eagles scored their initial TD of the season when sophomore quarterback Tre Lamb tossed an 11-yard scoring pass to Tremaine Hudson in the second quartert the trimmed the difference to 21-7.
The win came in front of 37,117 purple-clad fans, the eighth-largest crowd in Tech history.
TCU compiled 452 yards of offense, including 270 on the ground on 41 carries. TCU quarterback Andy Dalton passed for 182 yards, going 15-for-21 with one touchdown. The Heisman candidate also rushed for one score.
Tech managed 150 yards of total offense on 55 plays, also rushing 41 times and gaining 92 yards. Tre Lamb and Cass Barnes combined to go 9-for-14 for 58 passing yards.
In all, Tech fumbled six times in the contest and lost four along with the interception for a total of five turnovers. TCU lost one fumble.
Ed Wesley topped TCU's ground game, rushing 11 times for 85 yards and one touchdown. Matthew Tucker had two touchdowns, gaining 53 yards on nine carries.
Tech's leading rusher was Dontey Gay with 38 yards in seven carries.
For the second straight week, Marty Jones led Tech's defensive charts with eight total tackles and a fumble recovery. Corbin Miles and Dustin Dillehay had seven tackles each.
The Golden Eagles (0-2) return home to host Lane College in just five days. The home opener is Thursday night in Tucker Stadium with kickoff on Communiversity Night at 7 p.m. The first home game is also First Tennessee Bank Poster Night.
First Quarter Notes
* After receiving the opening kickoff, the Golden Eagles ha a tough time on the game's first possession. A 10-yard holding penalty on first down was followed two plays later by a nine-yard sack at the TTU four. Tech had to call its first timeout with 13:06 remaining in the opening period facing a third-and-26. Dontey Gay was stopped for no gain and Nick Campbell punted from deep in his own end zone. He delivered a 50-yard kick.
* The Horned Frogs drove 44 yards in three plays as Andy Dalton fired a 24-yard TD pass to a striding Josh Boyce with 10:54 to play in the quarter, making it 7-0.
* After getting one first down, Tech was halted and forced to punt, and TCU was charged with a personal foul when they knocked down Campbell on the kick, giving Tech the ball first-and-10 at the TCU 48. The Golden Eagles still couldn't move and Campbell's punt went 53 yards into the end zone.
* Mixing up their plays from ground to air, the horned Frogs drove 80 yards in 11 plays (4:17 length of drive) as Matthew Tucker covered the final three yards for the score to make it 14-0 with 1:03 to play in the period.
* TCU tacked on another quick score with one second left in the period as Tre Lamb suffered his first interception of the season. Jason Teague made the pick at the Tech 29-yard line and took it across the field all the way for the score to make it 21-0.
Second Quarter Notes
* Early in the quarter, Tech's Jocques Crawford was stopped for no gain but fumbled the ball. It bounced loose to Demetrous Garrett, who picked it up and raced 25 yards to the TCU 23. The play was reviewed by officials, but the ruling on the field stood.
* Tre Lamb's first career TD pass went to Tremaine Hudson, an 11-yard toss over the top of the defense, that cut the TCU lead to 21-7 with 11:39 to go before halftime. Tim Benford made a big 12-yard reception on the previous play to keep the drive alive. Tech's first TD scoring drive of the season was eight plays and went 72 yards in 3:22.
* The Golden Eagle defense held TCU after on first down, forcing the Horned Frogs to punt. Henry Sailes made a fair catch at the Tech 39.
* Again the Tech defense held and forced a punt and Sailes made another fair catch at the TTU 31 with 3:46 toplay in the half. On the first play, Cass Barnes took over at quarterback. He rushed qround the right side for a gain of eight but fumbled, and TCU recovovered at the 39.
* On first down, Dalton found an open receiver for a gain to the five, but a holding penalty brought the ball all the way back to the TTU 49 for first-and-20. Dalton hit Boyce for a 22-yard catch-and-run to the TTU 17. Three plays later, Jeremy Kerley went five yards to paydirt to make it 28-7 with 1:26 remaining. It was a five-play, 39-yard scoring drive that lasted 2:14.
* Tech lost its third turnover of the half, and second in it's own territory, when Doug Page fumbled on second down at the Golden Eagle 20 with less than two minutes to go before halftime. Matthew Tucker bulled over from the one for a touchdown to make it 35-7.
Third Quarter Notes
* Tech yielded its fourth turnover of the game midway in the third quarter, and the fourth time on Tech's half of the field. This time it was a lost fumble at the TTU 36. Four plays later Andy Dalton broke free for a 19-yard TD run. A missed PAT kick made it 41-7.
Fourth Quarter Notes
* The Horned Frogs opened the final period by finishing off a 10-play, 80-yard touchdown drive, engineered by Dalton. Ed Wesley went seven yards for the score to make it 48-7.
* On third-and-five, Dontey Gay lost a fumble that TCU recovered at the Tech 30. It marked the fifth turnover in their own end of the field by the Golden Eagles.
* With a 41-point lead, TCU sent in backup quarterback Casey Pachall. Waymon James scooted 15 yards up the middle for a touchdown, capping another short TCU scoring drive to make it 55-7. Following the turnover, the Horned Frogs went 30 yards in four plays and lasted 1:32.
* The final score of the game came on a 16-yard run by Ryan Hightower, capping a nine-play, 71-yard TD drive that chewed up 4:53 off the clock, the longest scoring drive of the game in length of time.
Pregame Notes
* Tennessee Tech and TCU will be greeted by mostly clear skies and warm, humid conditions Saturday when they meet in Amon. G. Carter Stadium on the edge of the sprawling campus.
* Temperatures are expected to reach 95 degrees and humidity will be high. At gametime (6 p.m. CDT), temps will be hovering in the mid- to upper-80s.
* The Golden Eagles won the coin toss and elected to receive the kickoff.
* The game will be played under partly cloudy skies. Temperature at kickoff is 92 degrees.
* The Golden Eagles are dressed in their road uniforms with white jersey and gold pants. TCU will be in purple jerseys with purple pants.
* The Horned Frogs are ranked No. 4 in the nation, the highest-ranked opponent ever faced by an Ohio Valley Conference team.
* Tech is only the fifth FCS opponent that TCU has faced in Gary Patterson's 10 years as head coach. The previous four were Northwestern State (2001), UC Davis (2006), Stephen F. Austin (2008) and Texas State (2009).
* TCU is 27-3 in their last 30 games. Seven of their last eight victories have nbeen by at least 27 points.
* TCU head coach Gary Patterson earned a master's degree in educational administation from Tech in 1984 while served as an assistant coach for the Golden Eagles.
* TCU brings a 14-game home winning streak into the contest with the Golden Eagles. Since 1999, the Horned Frogs are 56-6 (.903) in its 62 home games in Amon G. Carter Stadium.
* This game is the first-ever meeting between Tech and TCU. The Golden Eagles have played two opponents from the Mountain West Conference. Tech lost to UNLV in 1985 and dropped a game at Air Force Acadmy on Sept. 8, 2001.
* TCU quarterback Andy Dalton is mentioned among the preseason Heisman hopefuls, making the fifth player Tech has faced who was considered a top candidate for the Hiesman. The most recent was last week with Arkansas QB Ryan Mallett. Before that, Heisman foes included RB Michael Turner of Northern Illinois (2005), QB Seneca Wallace of Iowa State (2002) and Randall Cunningham of UNLV (1985).
* Henry Sailes needs 60 all-purpose yards to catch Craig Rolle for seventh on the career list.
* Tim Benfod is ninth in career receptions, needing four to move to eight and five to climb into seventh place. Benford can also cllimb into the career Top 10 for receiving yards if he has 11 yards against the Horned Frogs.
* The stadium at TCU holds nearly 45,000 fans, and the game is nearly a sellout. That means it will rank somewhere around sixth on the list of all-time largest crowds in Tech history. Last week's crowd of 69,596 at Arkansas was the third-largest in school history.
* Linebacker Will Johnson has moved up the depth chart and will start tonight at the "bandit" position, his first career collegiate start.


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Tradition not always order of day in building lineups
Mike Scioscia used to play a game with reporters from time to time. They'd ask the Angels manager about the logic that went into his seemingly always-in-flux batting order, and he'd ask them what they would do if they were in his spikes. The sessions would usually end in laughter.
But for all 30 Major League managers, batting order is a serious matter, and it is one that doesn't lack for its share of old-school-vs.-new-school debate.
Mike Scioscia used to play a game with reporters from time to time. They'd ask the Angels manager about the logic that went into his seemingly always-in-flux batting order, and he'd ask them what they would do if they were in his spikes. The sessions would usually end in laughter.
But for all 30 Major League managers, batting order is a serious matter, and it is one that doesn't lack for its share of old-school-vs.-new-school debate.
In the classic corner, the time-tested virtues of hard-boiled baseball men would have you believe what you've been hearing for decades: that the leadoff spot should be reserved for a quick guy with a good on-base percentage and the ability to steal. The two-hole should feature a player who can handle the bat and get the leadoff guy over, often by hit-and-run or sacrifice. The third spot should be occupied by the team's best hitter because ... well, because the cleanup spot is for power. And pure hitting talent rules after that.
But enough managers have scrapped that theory by now. Realities of roster construction and injuries have left clubs bereft of the perfect mix of skill sets. You've got to make the most of what you have, and sometimes it won't be pretty.
That's when age-old tenets such as protection and left-right matchup optimization become luxuries and thinking too much about who should bat where can become cumbersome and even counterproductive.
So where to start? Well, how about with what works best for you?
Mariners manager Eric Wedge, for example, didn't have a lot to work with in 2012. He had a rookie, Jesus Montero, as one of his main projected power sources. Wedge had a second-year player, Dustin Ackley, expected to be one of his best all-around hitters. He had a veteran, Ichiro Suzuki, who had led off for his whole career but whose batting average appeared to be in decline. Wedge had youth all over the diamond and not a lot of pop or average to position around those guys.
So Seattle's skipper did what he could. Wedge moved Suzuki lower in the lineup and took his chances with the young guys. It didn't work well, but he didn't have much of a choice.
"We've had a very young team here the last couple years, and that makes [devising the best lineup] all the more difficult," Wedge said. "Because when you know you have to put a young kid in the middle of your lineup and you know he's not ready for it, but somebody's gotta hit third, somebody's gotta hit fourth, you know it's mentally either going to help him or hurt him.
"And when you talk about working one hitter off another, it's important. If you've got somebody in the two-hole, you have to consider what the one-hole guy and the three-hole guy means for him, and then vice versa. You have to work your lineup."
Most people would agree with that -- even sabermetrician types and proponents of analytics over traditions.
In a nutshell, the statistical set's main argument for lineup construction -- which is expressed in the most cohesive, researched manner by Tom Tango, Mitchel Lichtman and Andy Dolphin in "The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball" -- is that your best hitters should hit at the top of the lineup and your worst hitters should be at the bottom. It's simple. There will be more plate appearances for the top half of your order, so get the best bats up there. No one seems to be arguing with that.
But stats guys will argue the notion that the No. 3 hitter should be the best hitter, because No. 3 hitters often come to the plate with the bases empty and two outs. Therefore, the logic would be that your Nos. 1, 2 and 4 hitters should be your best offensive players. And after that, not a lot matters.
"The thing teams most often do wrong is putting a bad hitter at No. 2 because they make contact," said Dave Cameron, the managing editor of the influential stats site FanGraphs. "The logic is to bat a low-strikeout guy there, thinking it gives you a strategic advantage with the hit-and-run with the leadoff guy, or that they like having flexibility in that position to do a number of things. But we can show that this is almost demonstrably wrong."
Cameron says some teams are adapting to the numbers. Tango, for example, will use these numerical findings in making suggestions for the Cubs, who recently hired him as a statistical consultant.
And Nationals skipper Davey Johnson batted Jayson Werth first and Bryce Harper second for a good portion of the very successful 2012 season.
"You'd think that a team wouldn't want to put a high-strikeout 19-year-old with some power into the two-hole," Cameron said. "But Bryce Harper's pretty good."
Other examples abound from recent years of tailoring a lineup to the personnel of a team. Rays manager Joe Maddon had catcher John Jaso lead off. The Red Sox did the same with beefy on-base maven Kevin Youkilis.
"I personally ascribe to the thought that you have your best hitters hit most often," Cubs general manager Jed Hoyer said. "I mean, that's generally the best way. I think you can drive yourselves crazy talking about different lineups. You only lead off once, so let 'em hit. We led off Youkilis. That was fantastic. He never stole a base, but he hit a lot more often and he was on base for the guys in the middle of the lineup."
As far as the notion of protection goes, most baseball people agree that it's a very real thing. If you have good hitters in front of and behind your best hitter, it will be tougher for the opposition to pitch around your marquee bat.
"It was a lot easier pitching around Miguel Cabrera when Prince [Fielder] wasn't there [in Detroit]," Royals manager Ned Yost said. "There were times you could take Miguel Cabrera totally out of the equation. We try to protect Billy Butler in our lineup that same way, so, yeah, there's something to be said for protecting your hitters."
Yost added that there's something to be said for getting the right lineup and sticking with it, so players don't have to worry about being moved down after an 0-for-4 night and can have faith in consistency and continuity.
Wedge agreed but said no matter what the numbers say, you're not going to succeed with no nuance behind a "best hitter first" approach.
"If you're going to put your best hitter first, then you're saying the collective nine -- it doesn't matter what order you put them in," Wedge said. "You're not going to go best hitter, second best, third best. It doesn't make any sense.
"Then you're not working off each other. So you have to have it one way or the other."
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Mike Cote's Business Editor's Notebook: Business thrives at Waumbec MillMIKE COTE
October 26. 2013 1:19AM
In the commercial real estate world, securing 95 percent occupancy in a 450,000-square-foot building is a feat worth celebrating, even more so when you're talking about a century-old Manchester mill building no one much wanted when Shane Brady and Arthur Sullivan bought it for $10,000 plus $200,000 in back taxes in 1995.
Waumbec Mill - the equivalent of a 20-story office tower flipped on its side - is now home to a major insurance company, a national auction house and an assortment of tech startups, research and development firms, salons, nonprofits and other small businesses that have set up shop at 250 Commercial St.
Brady Sullivan recently announced the completion of 10 deals totaling about 18,000 square feet it has signed over the past several months. But the property began inching toward its latest peak about 18 months ago, says Benjamin Kelley, an associate broker whose first project was Waumbec Mill when he joined the company more than seven years ago.
"We just finished what we consider a transformation of the building. We took it from a mixed-use quasi-industrial building and turned it into a creative, flexible work environment," Kelley said. "It's attracted a real eclectic mix of tenants. And we've shifted away from those older traditional industrial uses that you used to see in the Millyard in the '80s and '90s.
Those spaces boast 14-foot ceilings, exposed bricks and beams, and room to grow as those startups expand and need additional space.
PillPack, which fills, sorts and delivers medication in personalized packets and mails them to customers, recently moved its pharmacy operation to the Waumbec from Cambridge, Mass., though it retains its engineering, design and marketing team in the Boston area.
"They had some New Hampshire roots,"Kelley said. "We've seen a lot of that: newer, dynamic businesses that don't want traditional concrete and steel."
The flexible spaces can accommodate two- or three-person businesses that just need 500 square feet to large corporate clients, such as the RiverStone Group, an insurance company that occupies the fourth and fifth floors and leases nearly 150,000 square feet.
"They were one of our main tenants when we started developing it, and we built the building around them," Kelley said. "They developed their own space, but they were crucial to our further developing of that building."
During a tour of the building Friday hosted by Kelley and Sullivan for the Union Leader, Carol Baldwin, human resources manager for RiverStone, offered a view of the company's renovation project, which aims to replace its remaining Dilbert-style cubicle environment on one side of the building with the sleek open-concept look of its already renovated space. The new version eliminates private offices for managers and dumps those gray-carpeted workspace walls in favor of lower-rise, etched-glass partitions.
RiverStone moved to Waumbec in 1999 and has been a major presence in the building since its arrival.
"RiverStone was in downtown Chicago and they were looking at where they wanted to relocate in the country. They relocated here because of the airport," Sullivan said.
RiverStone is among the companies that have employees living across the street at 300 Bedford St., a building now known as the Lofts at Mill Number One Brady Sullivan converted to 110 apartments that opened several months ago and is fully occupied.
"We've been able to get huge synergy between those two buildings," Kelley said. "During the day, when those tenants are gone, it provides overflow parking for the Waumbec and vise versa on the weekends when those tenants are there and they can use the Waumbec parking for guests."
Kelley said it's the environment that many professionals crave, one that eliminates a commute.
"It speaks to the bigger picture of what's going on - people coming out of suburbs and moving to the city to live," he said. "It's about as close as you can get to a live/work combo. There is nothing like that right now that truly exists in Manchester, but this is pretty close to it. .
Mike Cote is business editor at the Union Leader. Contact him at 668-4321, ext. 324 or email@example.com.
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Disclosure Every product here is independently selected by Mashable journalists. If you buy something featured, we may earn an affiliate commission which helps support our work. If you've dated in the past 20 years, you've likely encountered one — or all — of the myriad dating sites in some form. And as we've increasingly moved our lives online, digital dating's finally shed the stigma it once carried, leaving people free to meet others however they choose.
Plus in those days, there was a stigma associated with online dating. You did not tell people you met your spouse, or partner, or even a date online. In the years since their initial launches, the forefathers of dating sites have forged ahead on mobile while holding on to their desktop roots.
Here are our top 5 dating site picks: Best for international daters: Rather than asking its user for dating questions, Zoosk picks dates for its users based on a user's on-site activity.
If you shoot a message to Jake Doe, for example, Zoosk says it'll use that action to determine which types of profiles to show you going forward. Zoosk is free to sign up , but you'll need a paid subscription to interact with other users. The company also uses its own form of currency called Zoosk coins that are available for purchase.
Daters can use these for features like adding a "boost" to their own profiles in search or sending another user a "virtual gift. Best for all kinds of daters: Launched back in , its decades in the business help it bring a ton of insight to the table for singles looking for all kinds of connections.
And with its more recent push into mobile come a few new features that have helped make the ancient site more relevant, including its very own version of Stories, popularized by Snapchat and, uh Match users can shoot little videos of their day or add voiceovers to photos and post them to their profiles for other users to check out. It has the largest critical mass, and they have done a fabulous job of keeping up with the technology.
There's also a free trial option. Match users can browse on desktop and on mobile through its app. Match also recently added Missed Connections which, like the app Happn, tells users who they've crossed paths with recently. More than 25, new users join each day, apparently. Spira says it "spans a lot of different relationship types," from casual to serious.
Best for those looking to get hitched: Neil Clark Warren , eHarmony is the site for serious daters. A spokesperson for the site says it's been used by 54 million people, and is apparently responsible for 4 percent of U. Users answer a lengthy questionnaire that helps eHarmony determine what it calls a "a select group of compatible matches with whom you can build a quality relationship.
It may lead to living together or at least being in an exclusive, committed relationship. While it's free to make an account, answer questions, and see your matches, you'll need to select a paid membership to make contact. It's available on both desktop and through its app. It's not recommended for users looking to date casually. Best for the opinionated: Per OkCupid's own stats, liberal women in particular have luck on the site. And in , the site offered users the chance to answer 50 "current events" questions that illuminate a user's politics.
People spend a lot of time on site just perusing the questions that other people answer, and I like that. OkCupid is free for the most part, but does offer some paid upgrades for features like increased search abilities, a "free automatic boost per day during prime time," or even the option to browse privately in "Incognito Mode.
Plenty of Fish Image: The site recently launched a feature that allows users to message others through Google Home. POF is pretty much entirely free , but does offer upgrades. Like Zoosk, POF offers "tokens" that let users "highlight" their profiles so that they stand out to other users, send a message that goes straight to the top of their inboxes, or send a "Super Yes" to users they're particularly interested in.
It has both a desktop site, and an app. Alright, daters — get your beautiful faces out there.


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A catholic monastery devoted to the teachings of St. Benedict
(1) Today was Father Richard's feast day, and
our prayer for him was that his patronal saint would intercede on
his behalf, asking God to give him peace and consolation. Father
celebrated his 89th birthday in July. He suffered a fall at the end
of August, which eventually led to his complete loss of vision.
Father is much less aware of what is going on around him and with
himself now; he continues to receive the excellent care our
infirmary staff provides.
(2) This evening Father Adrian began offering a
weekend retreat, "Deliberate Christian Living," to 39 participants
at our Guest House and Retreat Center.
(3) After our Midday Prayer, we invested Ann
Tully of Indianapolis as an oblate novice. May God bless her in her
prayer, work, and witness in and to the world!
+++ Many guests on the hill this weekend. They include
about 25 students from Greenville College, Greenville, Illinois, on
retreat, and about 20 members of Young Adult Ministry from the
Archdiocese of Indianapolis.
(4) On this Second Sunday of Advent, Father
Vincent began his duties as our Mass Heb.
+++ We invested Maria Russell of Louisville as an oblate
novice, following our Conventual Eucharist this morning. Once
again, we welcome a new oblate and ask God's blessings upon
+++ The Tri-State Harp Ensemble presented a concert in our
Archabbey Church this afternoon. It brightened up what was a dark,
rainy day.
(5) Father Subprior Guerric presented an Advent
Conference to the monastic community in the Chapter Room after
Compline this evening.
+++ We welcomed another large group to the hill yesterday:
about 40 junior high boys from Bishop Chatard High School,
Indianapolis, who concluded their retreat today.
(6) Students, faculty, and administrators are
especially busy this week, of course: last class meetings of the
semester, papers due, exams to give, take, and grade. . .
(7) This evening we celebrated I Vespers of the
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, with Father Archabbot
Justin presiding.
(8) We followed our Sunday schedule this
Thursday, as we celebrated the Immaculate Conception. Father
Archabbot presided at the Conventual Mass, Father Vincent preached,
and Deacon Brother Romain, our visiting confrere from Togo, sang
the gospel.
+++ Father Prior Kurt left shortly after Mass to begin a
week's worth of vacation prior to the great feasts just around the
corner. Father Archabbot Bonaventure will be taking notes for this
Chronicle in his absence.
(9) More than a hundred men and women are
making the Oblate Advent Retreat, "Living under a Rule and an
Abbot," presented by Archabbot Justin.
(10) An exhibit of Christmas crèches from
around the world is on display in the library. The display features
crèches from the monastery collection, as well as from the
Catherine A. Smith Nativity Collection, donated to our School of
Theology in 2002 in memory of Charles Patrick Smith.
+++ After noonday prayer, Teresa Stricklen was invested as
an oblate novice. We also received the final oblations of Helen
Burris, Shirley Casebolt, Lee Cooper, Sally Gravatte, Timothy
Mattingly, Racine O'Connell, Catherine Russell and Kelly Sollinger.
And we celebrated the 25th anniversary of oblate Margit Sanders,
and the 50th of oblate Ted Waflart. Congratulations-and our
continued prayers for all our oblates!
(11) Third Sunday of Advent, also known as
Gaudete Sunday. Father Eugene is our Mass Heb.
(12) Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, and Fr.
Eugene preached.
+++ This past Saturday evening, St. Mary's Parish in
Huntingburg hosted a special Mass in honor of Our Lady of
Guadalupe; Evansville Bishop Charles Thompson presided, and Fathers
Archabbot Bonaventure and Noël, and St. Mary's pastor, Father Mark,
concelebrated. The homily was delivered by Father Noël.
+++ Brother Martin presented the second Advent Conference
for the monastic community this evening in the Chapter Room.
(13) Brother Terence has left to be with his
family, who are keeping watch over their 87-year-old sister who is
(14) We received word that the Most Rev. Thomas
C. Kelly, Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville, died in his sleep
during the night. Archbishop Thomas, a great friend of Saint
Meinrad, was 80 years old.
(15) Madeline, Brother Terence's sister, died.
We offer our prayers for her, and for all the faithful departed.
May the Prince of Peace, whose birthday we prepare to celebrate,
grant her and all those who have gone before us eternal rest.
(16) The mother of Ann Rohleder, our Director
of Health Services, died quite unexpectedly today. Margaret was
only 73 years old and had just returned from a trip with her family
to Virginia, which included some volunteer work laying wreaths at
Arlington National Cemetery. May she rest in peace, and may those
who mourn know the support and friendship of many.
(17) Father Prior Kurt returned from his
vacation this evening, and so the keeping of the Chronicle reverts
to him!
(18) Father Brendan is our Mass Heb for this
Fourth Sunday (and week) of Advent.
+++ Father Eugene concluded offering a weekend retreat,
"Reflections on the Infancy Narrative of St. Matthew's Gospel," to
21 participants at our Guest House and Retreat Center.
(19) Father Sean presided and preached at our
Advent Penance Service in the Archabbey Church this evening. He and
Fathers Sebastian, Vincent, Meinrad, and Joseph served as
confessors for the community.
(20) Several confreres, including Archbishop
Daniel, attended the funeral of Archbishop Kelly in Louisville this
+++ We enjoyed our annual Christmas Tree-Trimming Party in
the calefactory after Compline this evening. Organized by our
junior monks, novice and candidate, various versions of eggnog and
other assorted Christmas treats sustained those straining to string
lights and hang ornaments.
(21) During our praying of Vespers this
evening, we also celebrated the sacrament of the Anointing of the
Sick. As Father Archabbot is on the road today, Father Prior Kurt
presided and preached in his stead. Six monks were anointed in the
church during Vespers; after Vespers Father Prior went to our
infirmary wing to anoint nine confreres waiting for him
+++ While "on the road," Father Archabbot was also very
involved in ministry to the sick: in his travels, he spent time
visiting Father Boniface and Father Matthias, presently in
hospitals in Indianapolis.
(22) It has been announced that John Wilson
will retire on July 1 as the general manager of Abbey Press, a
position he has held since 2009. Mr. Wilson began his work for
Saint Meinrad in 1978 as assistant treasurer of the Archabbey. He
served as treasurer and business manager from 1989 until 2010, when
he was named Abbey Press general manager. Mr. Greg Tate, who joined
Abbey Press in 1992 and, since 2003, has been the Director of
Marketing Services, will assume the responsibilities of general
manager on July 1. We thank Mr. Wilson and Mr. Tate-and all our
co-workers-for their fine and faithful service to Saint Meinrad
(23) A very quiet day. A persistent drizzle is
keeping most people inside, encouraging the final arrangements and
preparations for Christmas.
(24) The celebration of Christmas officially
began with I Vespers at five o'clock. After supper, we prayed
Vigils at seven, then spent a few hours relaxing or quietly
recreating until our "Midnight Mass" at 10 o'clock, at which Father
Archabbot Justin presided and preached. Eggnogs and cookies were
waiting for us in the refectory after the liturgy.
(25) Christmas Day brings our latest rising of
the year! Breakfast at seven, Lauds at eight, and the Christmas
Mass "in die" (in the day) at 9:30. Father Archabbot Justin
presided and preached.
+++ After Midday Prayer many monks enjoyed one of the very
few "cocktail half-hours" we have during the year, before enjoying
a fine Christmas dinner prepared by our kitchen.
(26) The feast of St. Stephen, first martyr of
our Church, and the feast of our confrere Father Stephen, who
serves as pastor of St. Augusta Parish in Lake Village, Indiana.
Father plans to arrive here tomorrow to spend a few days with
+++ This is an OP-ranked feast, and so Father Prior Kurt
presided and preached.
+++ Christmas cookies, cakes and candies continue to
appear on the tables in our refectory: a 24/7 (but not 365)
(27) Feast of St. John the Evangelist, and the
feast day of our Brother John, who is with us during these days,
taking a break from his studies at Fordham University.
+++ This day is ranked as an OS-Order of the Subprior (one
of only two of those rankings)-but as Father Subprior Guerric is
away, Father Prior Kurt presided at the Conventual Eucharist and
Father Tobias preached.
+++ We welcome six young men who begin a several-day
"Monastic Observance" with us. They'll get an inside look at our
prayer and work this week, as they have the opportunity to join us
in the house for meals, work and recreation.
(28) The feast of the Holy Innocents. The house
and the hill continue to be quiet. Some of our co-workers are back
in their offices and at their jobs; others are enjoying a longer
(29) Father Timothy left last week for Blue
Cloud Abbey, Marvin, South Dakota, where he will be spending the
next six months participating in community discussions about their
life and work. Blue Cloud was founded by Saint Meinrad in 1950,
erected as a priory in 1952 and raised to an abbey in 1954.
(30) Father Tobias, our Mass Heb, presided and
preached on this Feast of the Holy Family.
+++ Our six "monastic observers" were touring some of the
surrounding neighborhood this morning, including the chapel at
Monte Cassino and Monastery Immaculate Conception in
+++ Father Ephrem arrived from Rome this afternoon to
spend some time with us. Father resides at Sant' Anselmo in Rome,
the International Benedictine Residence/University, where he
teaches and serves as the president of the Pontifical Liturgical
(31) Today, the seventh anniversary of the
election of Father Archabbot Justin. No celebrations-we reserve
those for the anniversary of blessing (January 21), although we did
suspend our customary table reading at our evening meal and,
instead, listened to some fine sounds composed by J. S. Bach and
performed by The Hilliard Ensemble. And, as has been his custom,
Archabbot Justin did offer the community a conference in the
Chapter Room after Compline. Undoubtedly, a few monks did stay up
to welcome in the new year but, for the most part, the hill was
dark and quiet well before midnight!
We end this year with gratitude and with confident hope. We are
grateful for the many blessings the Lord has shown us. And we
confidently pray that He will continue to guide, inspire and bring
to completion all that we have begun through our prayer and work.
And may God bless the readers of this Chronicle. May you know God's
peace and strength throughout the new year. May the Lord cause the
light of His face to shine on you and give you peace!
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Probe continues into East Kingston police station break-inBy JASON SCHREIBER
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September 04. 2013 7:33PM
EAST KINGSTON — State and local authorities continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding a break-in at the East Kingston Police Department allegedly carried out by an inmate working at the station.
Associate Attorney General Jane Young said Tuesday that her office is still working on the investigation with the Rockingham County Sheriff's Department and the Rockingham County Attorney's Office.
"It remains ongoing. At this time I still cannot predict when our investigation will be completed," Young said.
Young said the town and members of the police department have been cooperative during the probe.
The Attorney General's Office announced in early August that a criminal investigation was under way to determine whether any members of the police department could be held criminally liable following the burglary that occurred on May 11.
Police Chief Reid Simpson and Cpl. Mark Iannuccillo were placed on paid administrative leave last month pending the multi-agency investigation that began after inmate "trusty" Jarred Brisbois allegedly broke into the evidence room when he was left alone at the police department.
Young has said her office is conducting a "comprehensive review" of the department to see if anyone engaged in any criminal conduct.
Selectmen placed Simpson and Iannuccillo on leave around the same time the Attorney General's Office joined the investigation, but Young has said that doesn't necessarily mean they are the ones being targeted.
According to County Attorney James Reams, neither Simpson nor Iannuccillo were working at the police station when the break-in occurred, but the two were the only ones with keys to the evidence room.
Brisbois, 20, was indicted last month on charges connected to burglary. He is accused of stealing heroin from the evidence room and later bringing it into the jail.
The theft allegedly occurred when he was left alone while performing maintenance work as a trusted inmate through the jail's trusty program.
County prosecutors have also said Brisbois broke into an officer's locker and drove a police cruiser while he was alone.
The trusty program has come under fire in the wake of the East Kingston incident and problems involving trusties at other police departments over the years.
Meanwhile, selectmen have hired Municipal Resources Inc. to manage and coordinate policing services.
Bruce MacDougall, a retired police chief from Methuen, Mass., was named interim police manager of the department.


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Compared to some areas of the Mid-South, the Missouri Bootheel has very good water resources. "We're lucky in the Bootheel that we have all the water we do," says Earl Vories, USDA-ARS agricultural engineer stationed at the Delta Center in Portageville, Mo. "In this area, in the past, water quality issues have been tied more to livestock than crops. So there hasn't been a lot that row-crop producers have had to address in that regard." But that's about to change, warns Vories. "We're seeing TMDLs (Total Maximum Daily Load) coming in and more will probably be put in place. That means we have to pay more attention to water quality."
Vories, who began his engineering work in northeast Arkansas before recently moving to Missouri, still has extensive ties further south. In December he told those attending the 2006 Bootheel Irrigation Conference and Tradeshow that the two areas have much in common.
"There's definitely a difference between Stuttgart, Ark., or southeast Arkansas and (the Bootheel). But comparing (Arkansas') Mississippi County and this area of the Bootheel, isn't difficult — there's a lot of water and it's rather high-quality. Both areas are lucky.
"The recent addition of more rice in the Bootheel and northeast Arkansas has certainly played a role in the need to watch TMDLs. The rice acreages have risen very quickly.
"Obviously, more water is used to grow rice than other crops. Some studies I was involved with in Arkansas verification fields looked at estimates on how much water it takes to grow rice. We need those to make sure the numbers we cite are realistic."
What Vories and colleagues found in studies between 2002 and 2005 is it takes about 30 inches of water annually to grow rice.
Meanwhile, there has been "a lot of work" among researchers looking at other ways to grow rice. Sprinklers, furrow irrigation and even some drip irrigation work has been attempted around the Delta Center.
"With drip irrigation, we've had problems with water plugging up the lines. That's very common with that irrigation technique, whatever crop you're growing.
"With the other two methods — sprinklers and furrow — we never could achieve the yields flooded irrigation provides. So, they aren't an option most farmers are interested in."
While Vories isn't looking at those irrigation techniques currently, there is some research on them in Arkansas.
"Daniel Stephenson (Arkansas Extension system agronomist, stationed at the Northeast Research and Extension Center in Keiser, Ark.) is looking at furrow-irrigated rice. Last year was his first checking the system.
"Only a few rice growers in Arkansas are using furrow irrigation. Primarily, it's a matter of necessity. It's used in relatively steep fields where if furrows weren't used, the levees would be so close together it would be almost impossible to farm. Often, farmers in that situation use levees on part of the field and then, when they reach the steep area, switch to furrow."
Vories has also done on-farm studies looking at multiple- or side-inlet irrigation. In side-by-side tests with conventional flooding, "we found that producers used 24 percent less water with the multiple-inlet technique. And it didn't cost the farmers any yield.
"However, on those studies, we weren't checking water quality. So we began some work in the L'Anguille River watershed. That work is in conjunction with Phil Tacker (Arkansas Extension engineer).
"Phil and I began the study right before I left Arkansas. It'll soon wrap up. We're compiling the numbers and we'll try and figure out exactly what they mean.
(Editor's note: for more on the L'Anguille River project, see http://deltafarmpress.com/mag/farming_arkansas_languille_river/index.html)
Last January, Bootheel researchers began several studies on the series of ditches that drain the region. They're concentrating on collecting samples on Highway 162 between Portageville and Gideon.
"Four of the ditches run very close together but drain very different areas. Several bring water in from far to the north. Others bring water from adjacent fields."
Since the water comes from such diverse areas, if researchers find something of interest it should be easier to trace and explain.
"If a problem showed up in a ditch with water coming from an area too far north to grow rice, obviously it isn't a rice-related problem — same thing with cotton. It really seems like a good study opportunity."
Researchers sampled the ditches throughout the spring "just looking to see what's happening. Is there a problem? Could one develop?
"From January through March, we only saw low levels of nitrogen and phosphorus. We'll begin collecting samples again in 2007 and look in more detail. We'll also be following the situation year-round instead of just during the spring.
"For example, we'll take samples in the fall to see if there are any defoliants in the water. Another time, we may look for fungicides."
Part of the need for this relates to the hypoxic zone in the Gulf of Mexico (for more information, see http://deltafarmpress.com/mag/farming_researchers_probe_gulfs/index.html). Much of the problem is supposedly related to agricultural run-off. These ditches eventually empty into the Mississippi River and then the Gulf, so we need to see if, or how much, we might be contributing to the hypoxic area."
Currently, much of the research into run-off is focused on the Midwest.
"But our water ends up in the Gulf, too, so eventually they'll be checking the Mid-South. We need to be ready when that happens. That seems the wise course."
Vories insists that "everyone know we're not trying to sneak in and create problems that aren't there. We're working with farmers and area water use groups to make sure they know what we're up to. They certainly know water quality is important."
Another aspect of Vories' research involves precision agriculture. The Missouri work first began in Columbia, Mo., and also included other states.
"They've got a spraying machine that has sensors on the front. It measures the corn canopy and has applicators in the back for variable-rate nitrogen application.
"It's kind of like what's going on with the In-Time company on defoliation and Pix and the like. In this case, though, it involves nitrogen."
Instead of taking a picture and then working up a prescription, the machine simply writes the prescription as it moves through the field.
"The tie to water quality is if we can apply only what the crop needs, there shouldn't be extra running off."
In working with the spraying and prescription technology, cotton is also on the agenda.
"Obviously, cotton is a bigger crop in the Bootheel than corn. This year was the first year we began studying how the technology will work in cotton."
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MILAN (AP) — Silvio Berlusconi's failed attempt to topple the Italian government has left him weaker than ever, zapped of the aura of invincibility that has surrounded him for two decades as he faces the possible loss of his Senate seat and a ban from politics.
Still, it is unlikely to be his last act.
The 77-year-old three-time former premier staged one of Italy's most stunning political plot twists in memory on Wednesday when he took the Senate floor at the last minute to announce that he would, after all, support Premier Enrico Letta's government in a confidence vote.
It was a face-saving measure that came after key loyalists in Berlusconi's center-right party refused to follow his bid to collapse the coalition government as fallout over his tax-fraud conviction. The conviction carries a four-year prison sentence that endangers his role as a legislator.
"We have decided, not without internal strife, to vote in confidence" Berlusconi said.
Though he tried to look magnanimous, it was the billionaire media mogul's first-ever defeat within the party he founded and which has achieved electoral success largely through his personal appeal.
Berlusconi's retreat bestows a measure of stability on Letta's 5-month-old left-right coalition which won confidence votes in both houses and faces the daunting task of trying to revive Italy's economy. And while Berlusconi was left bruised and battered, political analysts argue he is not yet out of the picture.
"Berlusconi is not finished," said Roberto D'Alimonte of Rome's LUISS University. "This is another step toward the end, but it is not the end yet. The end will come with a major electoral defeat.
"He has great resources. He has media resources, financial resources, the resources of the 6 or 7 million voters who will follow him down the abyss. That is why he cannot be counted out, even with his options being closed."
Whether Berlusconi can ever again face the electorate is far from certain because his judicial woes are narrowing his ability to maneuver.
His appeals over his tax fraud conviction were exhausted this summer, and he now faces a prison term, the loss of his Senate seat and a political ban that will bar him from running in new elections.
Berlusconi's theatrics — pushing for the government to fall, then saving it at the last minute — are a sign of the nervousness provoked by his judicial woes, said Giuseppe Orsina, a political scientist who this summer published a book about Berlusconi's influence in Italy.
"This is another paradox," Orsina said. "It wasn't in his interest to make the government fall, from the point of view of his companies, and it was not politically rational. It was rational in the protection of his honor ... It was an act of political pride."
Despite being weakened, Orsina said Berlusconi "remains a protagonist in the political life. Today he suffered a defeat that is the first in the history of his party."
A Senate committee is due to vote in the coming days on whether to recommend stripping Berlusconi of his seat following his conviction of tax fraud and its four-year sentence. A 2012 law bans anyone sentenced to more than two years in prison from holding or running for public office for six years.
Separately, a Milan appeals court will decide later this month on the exact length of a political ban, from one to three years, that was included alongside the four-year sentence in the tax fraud case.
Berlusconi also must decide if he wants to serve his sentence — reduced to one year due to a general amnesty extended to first-time offenders — under house arrest or by performing social services, a choice that will impact his political reach.
Beyond that, Berlusconi is appealing his seven-year sentence on a conviction of paying a minor for sex and forcing public officials to cover it up. That sentence, if confirmed, carries a lifetime political ban.
Naples prosecutors also are preparing charges against him for allegedly paying a lawmaker to pull support from a former government of ex-Premier Romano Prodi, a move that seriously weakened that center-left government.
Berlusconi has claimed his innocence in all these cases, and alleged that he is being persecuted by elements in the judiciary.
D'Alimonte said it is a foregone conclusion that Berlusconi will lose his seat, sooner or later, due to his legal problems. "He would have lost his seat even without the government crisis, so nothing has changed," the analyst said.
It remains to be seen if the rift in Berlusconi's People of Freedom party that emerged over the confidence vote will heal or lead to a permanent fracture.
Dissident lawmakers in the party have announced they will try to form a new parliamentary group, while Berlusconi has previously said he will relaunch the original Forza Italia party that brought him to power.
The confidence vote delays the threat of new elections, at least for now: Analysts don't expect the center-right to stop challenging the center-left on policy.
Meanwhile, with Berlusconi unlikely to be running in elections any time soon, his daughter Marina is being floated as a likely political successor.
"Marina can be competitive," D'Alimonte said. "If Marina steps in, then Berlusconi is still in the fray. That is why I say only an election can put an end to the Berlusconi saga."
Associated Press writer Nicole Winfield contributed to this report from Rome.