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St. Luke's boys basketball team unable to make up early deficit against Brunswick
With its fans participating in a "white out," the Brunswick School basketball team went out and quickly wiped out St. Luke's School.
Friday night's game against the Storm couldn't have come at a better time for the Bruins, who were eager to take the court against one of their biggest rivals after producing a subpar performance in a double-digit loss to Loomis Chaffee School on Wednesday.
Brunswick atoned for its recent loss, seizing a 21-point halftime lead, then coasting to a 74-53 victory over St. Luke's in an FAA game before a standing-room-only crowd at Dann Gymnasium.
Senior forward Nick Kono scored 13 of his team-high 15 points in the first half for the Bruins, who built a commanding 40-19 advantage at the break.
"Our last game against Loomis we played sluggish, but we had a good practice yesterday and today, we fed off our crowd," said Kono, who made two 3-pointers. "This is my fourth year here and I've been on the other end, so I know how it feels. Winning like this tonight is fulfilling."
St. Luke's (3-5, 2-3 FAA) received 18 points from Jackson Prince, 13 of which came in the second half.
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"We didn't make them uncomfortable at all, we let them do what they wanted to do offensively," St. Luke's coach Brian Kriftcher said. "They are a very disciplined team and they have heady players at the right spots. I think we had stars in our eyes at the beginning, which happens with a young team."
Like their second game against the Storm last season when they led by 18 at the half, the Bruins forced numerous turnovers while shooting a high percentage from the field.
After Prince made a jumper from the left side to cut Brunswick's lead to 9-7, the Bruins went on a 20-4 run to seize a 29-11 lead. Kono scored on a putback, senior forward Dylan Wadsworth made a layup off a pass from point guard Henry Taylor and Kono nailed a 3-pointer, putting the home team on top, 19-7 midway through the opening half. Junior center Teddy Murphy's foul line jumper, followed by a pair of fast-break baskets by forward Billy O'Malley made it 29-11. Wadsworth scored 10 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, Murphy had nine points and guard Sam Fraser had eight points and three steals for the Bruins (6-5, 2-1 FAA).
"This was a big game and having so many people out there for the white out gave us a lot of energy," Wadsworth said. "We wanted to come out strong because the last couple of games we came out kind of flat."
Playing mainly a 1-3-1 zone in the first half, Brunswick made the Storm work hard for their shots.
"We wanted to put pressure on their guards to get them out of doing what they wanted to do," Wadsworth said.
Sean Cullinane scored 12 points, while Elijah Holyfield had nine points for St. Luke's, which wasn't helped when junior center Amin Lakoju (six points) picked up his second foul five minutes into the game. Fraser got the large crowd, which also included a lot of Storm fans, going with a dunk off a fast break two minutes into the second half.
"We were really excited coming into the game, but we kept our composure and hit our shots," Fraser said. "Everything just clicked for us today after having a subpar game."
Kriftcher said: "We were prepared, we just didn't play that way. The second half we settled down and made some shots and made them work a bit though."
Taylor, who briefly left the game in the second half with a bloody nose, had six assists, while guard James Robinson scored 11 points off the bench for the victors.
"Tonight was a great night for our team," Bruins coach Robert Taylor said. "Our guys came ready to play and really put forth a strong performance in front of our fans. I wanted to see how we rebounded from our loss two nights ago, so this was a good sign."
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T.J. Simpson 0 1-2 1; J.B. Boggs 1 0-0 2; Sean Cullinane 5 0-1 12; Jalen Latta 1 3-6 5; Jackson Prince 6 2-2 18; Amin Lakoju 3 0-2 6; Elijah Holyfield 2 5-6 9; Aidan Stone 0 0-0 0; Kevin Florio 0 0-0 0; Jacob Henry 0 0-0 0. Totals: 18 11-17 53.
Henry Taylor 0 2-2 2; Nick Kono 6 1-3 15; Sam Fraser 3 2-5 8; Teddy Murphy 4 1-2 9; Dylan Wadsworth 3 4-7 10; James Robinson 3 5-9 11; Jack Sherwood 1 0-0 2; Sean Forester 2 0-0 4; Matt Gendell 3 0-2 6; Billy O'Malley 2 0-2 4; Jimmy Knight 0 0-0 0; Alex Skolds 1 1-1 3; Ryan Hardin 0 0-0 0. Totals: 28 16-33 74.
3-pointers: SL -- Prince 4, Cullinane 2; B -- Kono 2.


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Rep. Earl Pomeroy got a good laugh with a comment about one of the proposals considered by the House General Farm Commodities Subcommittee when it met to consider changes to the commodity title of the new farm bill last month.
"It's kind of a flaky bill," the North Dakota Democrat said of a commodity title amendment proposed by Reps. Ron Kind, D-Wis., Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., and others that would overhaul major features of the current farm law.
While the joke may have angered hard-line farm bill reform advocates, Pomeroy's comments were mild compared to the language some farm organizations have used to describe the Kind amendment in recent days. Their concern: Although the subcommittee rejected the amendment, it could come up again on the House floor.
"Reps. Kind and Flake say their bill would offer reforms to the farm safety net, but their legislation would actually gut the farm safety net by completely repealing it — much of it immediately and the rest over a short period of time," says Jeff Harrison of Combest-Sell and Associates.
A policy analyst with the consulting firm begun by former House Agriculture Committee Chairman Larry Combest and his chief of staff, Tom Sell, Harrison said it's questionable whether many farmers could stay in business if Kind-Flake was adopted.
"A soon-to-be-released study will show that while some farmers might be able to survive Kind-Flake in times of higher commodity prices, many farms and ranches would not be able to survive even a modest dip in prices unless Congress approved additional emergency relief, which is both costly and unbudgeted."
Most of the major farm bill organizations have also had less than flattering things to say about the Kind-Flake proposal. A letter signed by 38 of the groups was recently sent to all House members urging them not to co-sponsor the Food and Risk Management for the 21st Century Act, the name the authors have given their bill.
The authors say Farm 21, as it is also called, would "modernize the farm safety net, institute fiscally responsible reforms and reallocate the savings to programs that will help more farmers and more regions of the country through resource conservation, better nutrition and renewable energy development."
Under their proposal, they say, counter-cyclical, loan deficiency, income loss and direct payments would gradually be transitioned to a more "cost-effective and responsive system" of farmer-held risk management accounts and revenue insurance tools.
Farmers could use RMAs to weather market ups and downs, make investments and plan for the future. Supporters claim the accounts would streamline a "redundant revenue insurance system" of Title I farm subsidies and a federal insurance program that supposedly covers 80 percent of subsidized acres.
The accounts would cover "shallow" losses not addressed by crop and revenue insurance policies with withdrawals being permitted when sales fall below 95 percent of a farmer's five-year rolling average. The program would help stabilize farm income and prevent the need for disaster payments, proponents say. Accounts would also act like a pension.
The accounts would cost an estimated $20 billion less than current farm programs over the next five years and $55 billion less over 10 years, according to Flake, Kind and other supporters.
"Not only does our federal farm policy hamper free trade, but it's simply not fiscally sustainable," says Flake. "Farm policy is in bad need of reform. This legislation is the first step in putting farm policy on a more trade-friendly and financially responsible path."
But at what cost to farmers? Policy analyst Harrison says Kind-Flake would decimate the programs that have helped corn and soybean farmers remain in business so they could enjoy the current higher prices for those crops and kept cotton and rice farmers from bankruptcy.
"Kind-Flake would immediately repeal the heart and soul of the farm safety net for millions of farmers by immediately eliminating the non-recourse, marketing-assistance loan that provides a basic level of protection against the lowest of low prices for these farmers," he said.
"It would also repeal in one year the counter-cyclical program that restored the safety net in 2002 to avoid future need for additional costly and unbudgeted ad hoc emergency economic relief."
The proposal would phase out direct payments between 2008 and 2014 to 65 percent, 45 percent, 20 percent and 10 percent. At the same time, an increasing percent of the remaining payment — 50 percent in the first two years, 75 percent in the second two years and 100 percent after that — would be withheld in a risk management account.
Farmers could only access those funds under limited circumstances. A farmer's adjusted gross income would have to drop to 95 percent of the previous five-year average even though four of the previous five years involved depressed prices. He could request the funds from USDA to avoid insolvency, to purchase crop insurance or make an investment.
"However, even a portion of the amount of direct payments that would be made available to the farmer would still be withheld unless the farmer performs certain activities on the farm or ranch that cost money to implement, effectively rendering the direct payment meaningless," says Harrison.
"Few, if any, states would avoid the economic harm caused by these provisions given the breadth of crops impacted."
The proposal would also have a negative impact on the safety net for fruit and vegetable growers, dairy farmers and sugar producers by phasing out or immediately eliminating income protection programs for those crops, according to Harrison.
Flake-Kind would also reduce reimbursements for federal crop insurance at a time when Congress has been moving toward greater reliance on crop loss protection to avoid more ad hoc disaster assistance bills.
It could also hurt, rather than help, conservation efforts by reducing the incomes farmers need to implement the cost-share conservation practices funded in the farm bill's conservation title.
"While proponents of Farm 21 suggest that increased conservation funding would somehow keep farmers and ranchers on the land in order to carry out conservation practices, economic experts doubt that claim," Harrison writes in a briefing paper on the proposal.
"The equity this legislation offers the nation's farmers and ranchers is an equal share in nothing," he said. "And, as ironic as it is sad, the first exodus under a Kind-Flake farm bill would be small and beginning farmers and ranchers in whose name, reform is being advanced."
Most of the country's major commodity groups agree with many of those observations, saying the Farm 21 proposal by Reps. Kind and Flake goes too far in its attempt to change the direction of farm policy.
"The Kind amendment is not kind to production agriculture," said National Corn Growers Association President Ken McCauley. "NCGA agrees farm programs must be reformed to meet the challenges producers face. To completely upend farm programs, however, will not help producers or taxpayers."
Groups that signed a June 22 letter to the House of Representatives also said they believe in meeting the country's obligations to the World Trade Organization. "But the farm bill can accomplish this without gutting the critical safety net needed by producers," the letter said.
"U.S. farm policy should continue toward a more level playing field in the global market by providing assistance to America's farmers. However, this goal is not achieved by writing a farm bill that complies with what someone assumes will be the potential outcome of the WTO negotiations."
"Reform-minded" farm bill observers, meanwhile, say it's the criticism of Kind-Flake that has been overdone. When some members of the House General Farm Commodities Subcommittee compared Farm 21 to Freedom to Farm, a farm policy analyst for Environmental Defense objected strongly.
"The Kind-Flake proposal would not eliminate all subsidies, as Congress did in 1996," said Scott Faber, who manages ED's Healthy Farms, Healthy Food Campaign. "Instead, Farm 21 would replace current subsidies with the system of risk management accounts that would cover shallow losses not covered by crop or revenue insurance.
"Every measure of farmer wealth — farm household income, net farm income, debt-to-equity ratios — are off the charts. Most commercial farmers are doing much better than the average American, and the credit for this success belongs to our farmers, not to depression-era subsidies."
In his weekly press conference July 12, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson said he did not expect the Kind-Flake proposal to come up again when the committee debated the final version of its farm bill (July 17-19). "There's no support for it and no purpose," he said. "We've been through that before."
But most observers expect its authors to offer it as an amendment to the farm bill when it comes to the floor in late July.
Meanwhile, Pomeroy and Rep. Marion Berry, D-Ark., have been named to serve as co-whips for the 2007 farm bill when it reaches the House floor. Thus, Pomeroy may get a chance to say a lot more about Flake-Kind before the debate is completed.


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Headed out on Sunday for about 90 minutes with the ol' twin tip and worked on getting some air. Had some success, but also plenty of time body dragging back to my board after crashing. My biggest issue didn't seem to be landing when I did get into the air, thank you snowboarding, but rather getting the kite to pull me up instead of just downwind, dragging my board out from under me and teabagging me good.
I think my main issue is not holding that hard edge long enough, or perhaps not enough speed.
Should I be holding a typical upwind edge for speed, then carve hard upwind right before I pull hard on my back hand? Maybe I was losing speed holding that hard edge too long. I usually find that I fly my kite a bit too close to the water compared to others, but I was pretty diligent this day about keeping it around 45 degrees, at least when I was preparing to take flight. I got way upwind of the crowds after my first tack so I tried getting closer to that hill that seems to smooth out the water a bit more... perhaps I should just head down to lower launch for this kind of thing. Any advice on what I'm likely doing wrong would be greatly appreciated.
Anyway, I did manage to get my first grab while launching off of a wave, which was a little strange since I've never done a stalefish grab and my first attempt at going for the classic indy felt very awkward, whereas the stalefish felt GREAT. Also worked on my slide transitions, which greatly improved, and general stance to keep more weight against the kite and keep water from spraying my face by twisting my hips and keeping my front leg a little straighter. A great overall session and excited to get back out for more. I do miss my surfboard though.


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E-books appear to be doing for religious books what they did for erotica.
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After years of choppy sales, publishers of religious books posted revenue growth of 7% last year, to $1.45 billion — driven largely by sales of e-books, according to new data from the American Association of Publishers. A separate study found e-books accounted for nearly one-third of all Christian fiction sold in 2011. That marks a six-fold increase from the previous year, and puts it well above the level of all other publishing genres, according to Bowker Market Research. (The closest competitor was "general fiction," with 17% of sales from e-books.)
Why the surge in digital demand? Privacy is one explanation. Erotic titles with racy covers are believed to sell better as e-books because the technology removes the embarrassment of toting them around in public – and the same may be true of spiritual titles, experts say. Book jackets covered in angels and rainbows may be equally uncomfortable for some people to read in public, says Mark Coker, founder of Smashwords.com, a publisher of self-published e-books. "These books can be sampled, purchased and read without the judgmental eyes of a clerk at the cash register, or colleagues who might glance at the cover." Plus, digital bibles and sex trilogies are only as heavy as your Kindle Fire, he says.
Indeed, writers say it makes sense that erotica bestsellers like "Fifty Shades of Grey" by E.L. James and religious ones like "Heaven is for Real" by Todd Burpo are achieving similar success in the e-book market. Besides death, there are two experiences universal in the human condition: sex and faith, says Patchen Barrs, author of The Erotic Engine. In fact, he says the two genres have long been strange bedfellows. As far back as the 14th Century households had to be wealthy to afford a single book, he says: "Often that manuscript was a prayer book with erotic pictures in the margins. They served both body and soul."
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That said, in 2012 many cash-strapped consumers who cut back on their spending in the last year are genuinely searching for a bigger meaning in their lives, religious publishers say. "People are looking for something to help them make sense of what is happening in the world, something that will give them assurance, peace, connectedness and hope," says Catherine Lawton, publisher and editor of Cladach Publishing in Greeley, Col. Many Americans realize their pre-recession spending was unfulfilling, and are increasingly worried about the uncertain economic outlook.
The category has also been helped by a slew of Christian blockbusters, which sold solid numbers throughout the 1990s and early 2000s and have now found a second life in digital form, says Lynne Garrett, senior religion editor at Publisher's Weekly. This has also helped encourage more booksellers of religious and spiritual titles, she says. Bestsellers like "Made to Crave: Satisfying Your Deepest Desire with God, not Food" by Lysa TerKeurst and "Jesus Calling" by Sarah Young have sold millions in paperback and are available on Amazon's Kindle.


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Kristina Sue Adams of Damascus, PA, a life long resident of the area, a office manager for Peck's Market, Narrowsburg died Monday, August. 20, 2012. She was 29.
The daughter of the William "Karl" Adams and Cindy Gries Adams, she was born October 19, 1982, Honesdale, PA. Kris was a graduate from Marywood University, Magna Cum Laude with a BA in Interior Architecture Design.
Kris was a Volunteer at Equinunk Overlook Fire Dept, Former Volunteer for Damascus Volunteer Ambulance Corp., Auditor for the Damascus Township, volunteer for Dessin Animal Shelter, Volunteer at Conklin Hill Church.
A Family statement reads: Kris was a amazing, caring and loving daughter, stepsister and granddaughter. She was always involved in giving back to her community. She had great values. She will truly be missed by all."
Survivors include her father: Karl Adams and his wife Penny of Tyler Hill, PA, her mother Cindy Adams of Callicoon, NY, her stepbrother Michael Marienschek, stepsister Katie Marienschek, Paternal grandparents: Bill and Helen Adams, Maternal grandparents: Donna Gries and Harold Wilcox and Walter and Rose Gries. Uncle Dean and Wendy Adams, Great Uncle and Aunt Donald and Betty Wehner. Best friend in the world, Toby Johannes and his two children: Marissa and Joshua. Numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.
Friends are invited to call on Thursday, August 23, 2012 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Rasmussen Funeral Home, 90 Main St., Narrowsburg, NY 12764.
Funeral Service will be held on Friday, August 24, 2012 at 11 a.m. at Damascus Manor United Methodist Church, Damascus, PA Rev. Jean Blackie will officiate.
Burial will follow in Hillside Cemetery, Damascus, PA.
In lieu of Flowers donations can be made in Kristina name to the Equinunk Overlook Vol. Fire Dept.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Rasmussen Funeral Home Narrowsburg, NY.


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Argentina: Tierra del Fuego court annulls first Latin American same-sex marriage
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Late breaking news from Tierra Del Fuego this afternoon.
The judge of the city's Children and Family Court,
Marcos Meillien
, has determined that what was the first ever same-sex marriage in all of Latin America is "non-existent" under the constitution and has, in fact, annulled it.
According to today's
Sur 54
, the civil wedding between
Alex Freyr
e and
José Maria Di Bello
was challenged by a local district attorney
Karina Echazú
, on the grounds that the national constitution did not give gay couples the right to marry.
For years, Freyre and Di Bello (right) had fought an uphill battle to be able to marry until a Buenos Aires court gave them the go-ahead in November. Plans to marry on December 1st were placed on hold when local authorities stepped in and put a stay on the order (they had chosen December 1st as a symbolic date since they are both HIV positive and the date marks World AIDS Day).
Working behind the scenes, LGBT rights advocates sought a friendly government official with the power to perform a civil wedding and found her in the Governor of Tierra del Fuego,
Fabiana Rios
, who agreed to marry the men on December 28th, 2009.
As I wrote yesterday, there have been another three positive court rulings allowing gay couples to marry in Argentina since Freyre and Di Bello tied the knot. One of those, the ruling allowing
Damian Bernath
Jorge Esteban Salazar Capon
to marry, has also been annulled.
That leaves
Martin Canevaro
Carlos Alvarez
Norman Castillo
Ramona Arevalo
as the only two same-sex couples in Argentina with unrevoked marriage equality rulings.
LGBT advocates have been pressing the Argentinian legislature to act upon the rulings and pass a federal marriage equality law but it's unclear where these set backs leave those efforts.
Ultimately, it is expected that the Argentinian Supreme Court will take the issue later this year and perhaps rule in favor (Read: "
Highest Court ready to back same-sex marriages, says justice, but there is one caveat
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Actual dreams that I had in the last few days:
1. I was at the supermarket.
2. I put shampoo on my hair before wetting it. Weird!
3. That dream above, about the supermarket? That was it. The whole thing. I bought chicken.
4. And salad.
5. I was writing an email. I can't remember to whom.
6. I was sitting around with Scott, and we both realized we were in a dream, and I said we should do something crazy. We couldn't come up with anything. And then I fell asleep. In my dream.
Topics that I've considered addressing in my next post:
1. My kitty cat sure is getting fat!
2. Uh…
3. Really. She's fat.
4. Uh, Easter?
5. Well, Scott told me his work might dry up soon, and I was hyperventilating into paper bags for a while, but then he started a new project. So. Never mind.
6. If there's a cheese I dislike out there, I'll tell you, I haven't yet found it. Go, cheese.
Wake me when it's April. What are you people doing? Anything good?


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Best of SEMA: the Runamucka
I'm almost positive I saw a video about the Runamucka a couple years back, but regardless, this was the first time I've seen it in person.
The body comes from a '42 Ford, the grill came from a '32, and the nose cone was snatched from a '50 Studebaker. But the builders reached across the pond to find power for this fighter-themed project, and dropped in a Jaguar V12 to provide power. It probably makes a gorgeous racket when it's running?too bad it was parked inside.


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Are Food Allergies Causing Your "Mystery" Symptoms?
By Michael A. Smith, MDIt seems that a vast majority of people suffer from the same group of symptoms: headaches, insomnia, stomach problems and bowel irregularity. Is there a common culprit behind these "mystery" symptoms? We think there is.
Mystery Symptoms Afflict MillionsIt is estimated that anywhere from 45%-60% of the general population struggles with what we call "mystery symptoms." Millions of people every year see their doctors because of them and often leave frustrated because no diagnosis is made and treatment usually defaults to antidepressants.
It's equally frustrating for both doctors and patients. But before you give up altogether, take heart … your health "problem" may not be the problem at all. Have you ever thought that it might be what you eat that's making you feel sick?
Food is a Foreign InvaderFood, specifically protein, can be identified by your body as a "foreign" invader. This elicits an immune response to attack the invader and defend your body. There are two kinds of immune responses to food:
- Immediate – this is the immune response that can be deadly, like peanuts in kids. It's driven by the antibody IgE. But this is not the reaction that we are talking about in this post.
- Delayed – this is the response we want to focus on, what we call food sensitivity. It's driven by the antibody IgG. The response here is slower and more chronic. We believe that it's this delayed reaction that can result in the "mystery" symptoms. This low-grade, chronic immune response causes a heightened inflammatory state that can damage cells and tissues, producing the symptoms that drive millions of people to their doctors' offices.
Can a Simple Finger Stick Hold all the Answers?Unfortunately, identifying which of the many foods you regularly consume that may be causing your symptoms, or the specific natural or artificial compound contained in any of those foods, can be like trying to find a needle in a haystack.
There are as many food allergies and sensitivities as there are symptoms. And until recently, the available detection methods have been rudimentary at best. The good news is that advances in individualized blood testing now enable you and your doctor to zero in on the compounds that may be causing your problem.
It's called the Food Safe Allergy Test. The Food Safe Allergy Test measures your sensitivity to certain foods from an antibody-mediated immune response. The antibody measured in this test is IgG. The Food Safe Allergy Test comes conveniently packaged as a kit. It requires a "finger stick" blood spot to be collected and shipped directly to the laboratory in a pre-paid envelope. All necessary components for the "finger-stick" are included in the kit with a complete set of instructions for easy collection.
A total of 95 individual foods are tested, organized within the following nine categories:
- Dairy
- Fish
- Meats
- Shellfish
- Grains
- Nuts
- Fruits
- Vegetables
- Miscellaneous
How to Use the Results to Start Feeling BetterWhen you receive your results, all 95 foods will fall into one of three immune reaction categories: high, moderate and mild. The reaction categories are colored-coded for easy interpretation. Red is high, yellow is moderate and green is mild.
Here's what you do:
- Stop eating all red (high) and yellow (moderate) foods.
- Two to four weeks later start adding one food at a time back into your diet, starting with yellow (moderate) foods. Most people add a food back into their diet every four to seven days.
Don't Wait Any LongerSo many people are suffering needlessly from such "mystery symptoms." Get tested, get your results, avoid the foods if they cause symptoms or rotate them back in if they don't cause symptoms AND finally get on with the important things in your life.
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October 9, 2010
Wabash suffered another difficult one-goal loss Saturday evening in Meadville, Pennsylvania in a 1-0 defeat by North Coast Athletic Conference foe Allegheny College.
The Gators (6-5-3, 2-1-1 NCAC) scored the game-winning goal when Brian Terpin put a shot in the net off a free kick restart by Ryan Fetterolf in the 76th minute of the match.
"We played very well once again, but lost a match that once again we didn't deserve to lose based on our play, we just didn't find a way to win," Head Coach Roberto Giannini said. "We had several chances to score. We limited Allegheny to two shots on goal in the first half which our goalkeeper Ian MacDougall handled easily. We had two or three really good chances to score ourselves that Allegheny's goalkeeper stopped with some very nice saves.
"The second half went very much the same way. We matched Allegheny shot for shot and blow for blow, even when we went a man down after a difficult red card issued to Femi Oluyedun when he and an Allegheny defender got tangled up on a play and both players received cards. We still created some good chances to score."
Wabash took a total of 10 shots in the match with three total shots on goal in each half. Allan Swan (above right) put two shots on net out of four attempts. Ryan Fier added the final shot on goal. MacDougall recorded four total saves, two in each half.
"That's the bottom line for us right now. We have not been able to capitalize on the chances we are creating. We were running and passing unbelievable well, even when we were a man down. We played well enough to deserve at least a tie if not the win, but the ball just didn't bounce the right way for us tonight. Regardless, I'm very proud of this team. They made a long eight-hour trip, got themselves ready to play and performed admirably."
Wabash (6-7, 0-3 NCAC) travels to Delaware, Ohio Wednesday for a 5 p.m. match against sixth-ranked Ohio Wesleyan.


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Today my boy, my Henry Jacob, turns eight. Eight! He ties his own shoes and solves complex math problems and can recite entire passages of "Diary of a Wimpy Kid." I...yeah. Words fail me.
But I can't sit around today singing "Sunrise, Sunset" and sniffling into Minty Bear (technically, Minty Bear II). I've got a cake to bake, an apartment to clean (my family's coming over, and you know my mom's going to notice the tumbleweed of cat hair floating across the kitchen) and, most importantly (for Henry) a staggeringly large Lego box to wrap. (This last part will probably take me an hour and cause me to somehow waste an entire roll of wrapping paper, because even though I'm technically an adult, I seem to be missing the adult life-skills I thought I'd have perfected by now, like "wrapping" and "folding laundry.")
(On the other hand, I finally figured out how to snap my fingers! Life list!)
Anyhoo, why don't you take a moment to read Henry's birth story? I mean, if not today, when? It has Dan Rather, and mooing. I couldn't have created a better story out of my imagination. Which is true of quite a lot of things in my life, not least of which is my son.
Happy birthday, Henry. I love you so much it's stupid.


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Article I
Name and Purpose
1.1 Name
This section shall be known as the Dispute Resolution Section of the Tennessee Bar Association.
1.2 Purpose
The general purposes of this section shall be:
- To provide a forum to discuss and promote the use of all forms of alternative dispute resolution ("ADR").
- To educate lawyers, law firms, the judiciary, the business community and the general public as to the theory, practice, and benefits of ADR.
- To encourage cooperation among local bar associations concerning ADR.
- To provide continuing education and training opportunities in the theory and practice of ADR.
- To provide assistance to local bar associations and organizations considering ADR.
- To promote high standards of practice in the area of ADR.
- To promote research and evaluation of ADR.
1.3 Principal Office
The principal office of this section shall be maintained in the offices of the Tennessee Bar Association.
1.4 Fiscal Year
The fiscal year of this section shall coincide with that of the Tennessee Bar Association.
Article II
2.1 Enrollment
Any member in good standing with the Tennessee Bar Association shall, upon request to the treasurer of the Tennessee Bar Association, be enrolled as a member of the section by the payment of the annual section dues. The term of membership in the section shall be for a period of one year.
2.2 Membership
Members so enrolled and whose dues are paid pursuant to the provisions of this Article shall constitute membership in the section.
2.3 Dues
Dues for membership in the section shall be initially set at $20 per year, payable upon enrollment to the TBA at its headquarters in Nashville, and thereafter, annual dues shall be paid in advance and are payable on the first day of July of each year for the 12-month period beginning on that date.
2.4 Delinquency
Any member of the section whose annual dues shall be more than six (6) months past due shall thereupon cease to be a member of the section.
Articles III
A board of this section is authorized to establish or to empower the chair of this section to establish such committees as she/he may deem necessary and desirable to promote effectively the activities of this section.
Articles IV
4.1 Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the section shall be held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Tennessee Bar Association.
4.2 Quorum
The members of the section present at any meeting shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
4.3 Controlling Vote
Action of the section shall be by majority vote of the members present.
4.4 Agenda
Among the business to be transacted at the annual meeting by the membership shall be the election of officers and board representatives.
4.5 Special Meetings
A special meeting of the membership of the section may be called by the chair with approval of the board of governors of the section and at such time and place as the board may determine.
Article V
The Board
5.1 Powers
The board of this section (board) shall manage the affairs of the section.
5.2 Composition
The board shall be composed of the following persons:
- The officers;
- The immediate past-chair;
- Three governors to be elected by members of the section as provided by Article VII below; and
- A liaison appointed by the Tennessee Bar Association's Young Lawyers Division from among its members, shall serve a term of one year.
5.3 Controlling Vote
Action of the board shall be by majority vote. Members of the board, when personally present at a meeting, shall vote in person, and when absent, may communicate their vote in writing on any proposition to the secretary/treasurer, and have it counted with the same effect as if cast personally at such meeting.
5.4 Meetings
The board shall meet at least twice a year (with one meeting to coincide with the annual meeting of the section) and, may meet at such additional times as called by the chair upon written notice.
5.5 Poll of Board
A meeting is not essential for action by the board, provided that a response is sought from all members of the board. A chair may, upon written request of three members of the board, submit or cause to be submitted in writing to each member of the board, any proposition upon which the board may be authorized to act. The members of the board may vote upon such proposition so submitted by communicating their vote orally or in writing to the secretary/treasurer, who shall record the same upon the minutes. The adoption of any proposition submitted to the board shall require an affirmative vote of the majority of the members of the board.
5.6 Executive Committee
There shall be an executive committee, which shall consist of the officers and the immediate past-chair, who shall have full authority to act for the section at all times between meetings of the board.
5.7 Referendum
The board may direct that a matter be submitted to the members of the section for a vote by mail. Such action shall be effected by a majority of the votes received in accordance with the rules fixed by the lower board and as conducted and certified by the secretary/treasurer.
Article VI
6.1 Officers
The officers of the section shall be the chair, the vice chair and the secretary/treasurer.
6.2 Chair
The chair, or the vice chair in the absence of the chair, shall:
- Preside at all meeting of the section and vote for the board;
- Formulate and present at each meeting of the Tennessee Bar Association a report of the work of the section for the closing year;
- Appoint all committee chairs and committee members of the section who are to hold office during the chair's term; and
- Plan for and supervise the section during his or her term of office, subject to the approval of the board.
6.3 Vice Chair
The vice chair shall aid the chair in the performance of the latter's responsibility in such a manner and to such an extent as the chair may designate.
6.4 Secretary/Treasurer
The secretary/treasurer shall:
- Be the custodian of all books, papers, documents and other property of the section;
- Keep a true record of the proceedings of all meeting of the section and of the board;
- Keep an accurate record of all moneys appropriated and expended for the use of the section, and shall keep counsel duly informed of the section's account balance; and
- To the extent necessary, utilize the executive director and director of sections in assisting him/her in performing his/her duties.
Article VII
7.1 Elective Offices
At each annual meeting of the section, the membership shall elect:
- A vice chair;
- The secretary/treasurer;
- One board representative from each of the three grand divisions of the state. The board representatives shall be elected from the grand division in which the annual meeting is held.
7.2 Eligibility
A nominee for any elected position must be a member of the Tennessee Bar Association and of the section at the time of his or her election. No person who has served a full term as chair or vice chair shall be eligible for re-election to said position for a period of three years following the expiration of his her term in said position. No board members may serve more than two successive terms of office.
7.3 Nominations
The chair may appoint a Nominating Committee which shall make and report to the section nominations for such offices and positions as are scheduled to be filled at the annual meeting. Nominations shall be permitted from the floor.
7.4 Voting
Each position to be filled by election shall be voted upon separately. Elections shall be by a majority of the votes cast.
7.5 Vacancies
If any office or position, other than that of chair, shall become vacant during the period between the annual meeting of the section, the officer position shall be filled by the board until the next annual meeting of the section.
Article VIII
Adoption of the Amendment of Bylaws
8.1 Adoption of Bylaws
Adoption of bylaws shall become effective upon their approval by the Board of Governors of the Tennessee Bar Association.
8.2 Amendment
These bylaws shall be amended at any annual meeting of the section present and voting. Any amendment so adopted shall become effective only to the extent that it is not inconsistent with the Bylaws of the Tennessee Bar Association.


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Dir: Ben Gregor. UK. 2013. 100mins
A good and resolutely feel-good family film, youthful British dance film All Stars (a sort-off spin-off from successful StreetDance 3D films) ticks all of the right boxes for keep young dance fans happy – certainly in the UK – and while familiar in terms of tone and structure its sheer exuberance wins through in the end.
The film is at its most engaging and amusing when adults get involved – especially Ashley Jensen (from Extras) who plans Garage manager Gina and Mark Heap (from Green Wing).
The film – released in 3D and 2D – is shot against the safe and secure backdrop of a friendly London where the sun always shines, makes good use of its young performers while also adding in a series of appealing adult performances from recognisable UK comedy actors. The 'lets put a show on to make money to save the day' storyline may well have been tackled before, but All Stars is blessed with an engaging young teenage ebullience that helps brush over the slower sections.
It will likely have a strong box office response in the UK, timed for a Spring release in early May, and could well fill a family-friendly gap in other territories whose youngsters go for innocent dance tales.
When their local youth venue The Garage is set to be torn down, Nathan (Theo Stevenson) and Jaden (Akai Osei-Mansfield, who performs simply as Akai) come up with a plan – recruit a crew of performers, stage a talent show and raise enough money to save the venue from demolition. At the same time, Ethan is desperate to impress the girl of his dreams with his dancing skills…the big hurdle being that he can't dance.
But with Ethan banned from dancing by his parents and the other members of their crew proving to be less than co-ordinated it looks like they are long way from their goal of staging a contest. With the deadline for demolition approaching they have to learn to help each other and find some natural rhythm.
Both Theo Stevenson (who starred in Horrid Henry: The Movie) and Akai (who featured in the two StreetDance films and had a cameo in Horrid Henry) are charismatic young performers. They are supported well by the young cast, though the film is at its most engaging and amusing when adults get involved – especially Ashley Jensen (from Extras) who plans Garage manager Gina and Mark Heap (from Green Wing) who plays evil contractor Simon Tarrington, the man behind the plans to tear down the youth club.
The 3D is effective and suits the glossy look of the film, which makes good use of the Garage backdrop as well as London locations for an effectively staged series of dance routines. The jokes are often rather lame – but then this isn't high comedy – and the direction pretty straightforward, until in one sequence there is a fantasy scene involving space invaders andexam papers, which come alive in Jaden's mind, offering some imagination of the dance sequences.
Production company: Vertigo Films, Squareone Entertainment
International sales: Protagonist Pictures, www.protagonistpictures.com
Producers: Allan Niblo, James Richardson, Jim Spencer
Executive producers: Al Munteanu, Rupert Preston, Nigel Williams, Nick Love
Screenplay: Paul Gerstenberger
Cinematography: Ben Wheeler
Editor: Jono Griffith
Music: Simon Woodgate
Main cast: Theo Stevenson, Akai, Ashley Jensen, Ashley Walters, Hugh Dennis, Kimberley Walsh, John Barrowman, Mark Heap. Kevin Bishop, Javine Hylton, Kimberly Walsh, Fleur Houdijk, Dominic Herman-Day, Amelia Clarkson, Gamal Toseafa


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Minnesota House Kicks Off 3 Days of Hearings on Guns
ST. PAUL (AP) - The growing debate over gun control is taking center stage at Minnesota's Capitol this week as lawmakers take up a handful of proposals that would limit access to guns for some individuals.
The House Public Safety Committee plans three days of hearings starting Tuesday on various proposed gun laws. Measures include a ban on certain assault weapons, background checks for all pistol and assault weapon purchases, mental health screening for firearm permits and other proposals.
The hearings come a day after President Obama visited Minneapolis to tout his own federal gun control proposals. In Minnesota, some Democratic lawmakers want to combine a package of changes to gun legislation into one bill. No votes on specific gun proposals are planned at the Capitol this week.
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A group of respected coral reef scientists has released a declaration intended to change how the Australian government manages development in the coastal region bordering the Great Barrier Reef, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
A coal mining boom in the country, fueled by demand from Asia, has spurred plans to develop several ports along the coast of Queensland, the northeastern Australian territory whose coast abuts the reef.
In the statement, the scientists call for Queensland and the Australian government to restrict port developments and create a sustainable development standard for the Great Barrier Reef coastline. They also invite other scientists to sign the declaration.
The declaration was authored by several leading reef researchers, signed by many of the luminaries in the world of coral reefs and endorsed by the International Society for Reef Studies, an organization representing more than 700 scientists worldwide, and the Australian Coral Reef Society, a 200-plus-member organization.
The Great Barrier Reef has already experienced a 50 percent decline in coral cover over the last 27 years, in large part due to nutrient runoff from the coasts.
Dredging and sediment among the 'stressors'
Climate change is another threat, with warming oceans likely to lead to more extreme coral bleaching events, when corals lose the symbiotic algae that lend them their color. Ocean acidification, another change caused by the oceans' uptake of carbon dioxide, also hurts corals.
Because the threats climate change poses to reef systems are difficult to control without global action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, many coral reef experts have advocated reducing the stresses to coral reefs that are easier to control at a local level.
Bob Richmond, president of the International Society for Reef Studies and a senior investigator at Kewalo Marine Laboratory at the University of Hawaii, said the declaration was meant to be "proactive, not reactive," targeted at Australian decisionmakers "to provide policy guidance from the science community."
"The concern we have: Unless we do a really good job of reducing local stressors now, we're not going to be able to buy sufficient time to address climate change," said Richmond.
Many of the development proposals are currently being analyzed for their environmental impact. They would involve significant construction as well as dredging large quantities of sediment, which can affect the reef and other sensitive marine species.
In extreme rain events, sediment and associated pollution have already been shown to flow out to sea in a pulse reaching as far out as 100 kilometers (62 miles) that can be seen from space, said Richmond.
6 coal export projects under study
There are six coal export-related development or expansion proposals under assessment by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, the agency responsible for managing the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. Another port expansion proposal is still open for public comment.
In one typical proposal, the Dudgeon Point expansion, the North Queensland Bulk Ports Corp. has proposed to dredge 13 million cubic meters of sediment and dispose of it inside the Marine Park.
Dredging stirs up sediments, making the ocean water cloudy, said John Guinotte, a marine biogeographer with the Marine Conservation Institute and an expert on corals.
This makes it harder for sunlight, which corals need, to filter through to them. The corals, in turn, are stressed out and grow more slowly.
Guinotte said scientists are also worried about threats to the Great Barrier Reef's UNESCO World Heritage site status.
"You have to meet a really pretty stringent list of criteria in order to be considered for World Heritage status," he said. "One thing that puts World Heritage status at risk is if you've got a lot of development and other things that are impacting the intact ecosystem."
In March 2012, representatives from the UNESCO World Heritage Center and the International Union for Conservation of Nature conducted a monitoring mission to the Great Barrier Reef to examine its health.
They issued a report examining threats to the reef, including climate change, and stating their concern about proposed port expansions for liquefied natural gas and coal. UNESCO also sought a response from the Australian government on how it plans to protect the site.
This June, when UNESCO meets again, it will consider Australia's response and also decide whether to maintain the Great Barrier Reef's status as a World Heritage site.
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I feel like I have turned a complete circle. I think when I joined this forum I had just purchased a Panasonic FZ20...popular for its constant f/2.8 Aperture (although I didn't even know what that was at the time)
I then moved on to Canon DSLRs (400D / 50D / 5D).
Tonight I just purchased a Panasonic FZ200 which again, has a constant f/2.8 Aperture (and this time I know what that means). Not sure if anyone visits this section of the forum anymore but I will post some pics after taking it for a test drive for old times sake.


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Hungry Girl's Swingin' Cinna-Monkey Bread Singles
Makes 6
3 tablespoons Splenda sweetener (granulated), divided
2 teaspoons cinnamon, divided
2 tablespoons light whipped butter spread
2 tablespoons sugar-free pancake syrup
2 tablespoons brown sugar, not packed
1 package Pillsbury Crescent rolls or Crescent seamless dough sheet
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix 1 tablespoon Splenda and 1 teaspoon cinnamon in a large bowl.
2. Spray 6 cups of a muffin pan with nonstick spray or line with cupcake liners; set pan aside.
3. Place a small pot on the stove, but do not heat. Add butter spread, syrup, brown sugar, remaining Splenda and remaining cinnamon. Leave on stove to be melted later.
4. Roll out dough, pressing together seams if needed. Sprinkle with baking powder, gently smoothing baking powder over entire sheet. Cut dough into 6 widthwise strips. Cut each strip into 4 squares. Roll each square into a ball.
5. Place 12 balls into a bowl with the Splenda and cinnamon mix. Lightly toss to coat, and place in 3 muffin cups, 4 balls to a cup. Repeat with remaining balls.
6. Heat pot with butter-syrup mixture over medium heat, stirring frequently to melt. Spoon equally over muffin cups.
7. Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until puffy and firm. Cool slightly, then serve.
— www.hungry-girl.com, submitted by Sandy Walters
Per serving: 154 calories, 7.5 g fat, 369 mg sodium, 21 g carbohydrates, 0.5 g fiber, 6.5 g sugar, 2 g protein.


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Genealogy is a fascinating subject. No matter what area I research, new questions or areas of interest arise. In recent weeks, I have been working to expand my data base on the descendants of Ulrich Winegar who came to America in 1710 and settled in New York state. In a recent post I described the involvement of the Winegars with the early Mormon Church. As my project continued, I became aware that there was a large number of Winegars who settled in Michigan during the middle 1800s. My great-grandfather had settled in Wacousta in Clinton County, and I knew that some Winegars had settled in Grand Rapids, but the large number in Michigan surprised me. I also became aware that they seemed to be concentrated in a strip of counties in southern Michigan. I had lived in Eaton Rapids, Michigan, in the late 1950s and was surprised to learn that Winegars had settled near there over 100 years earlier. Some were buried in the Eaton Rapids cemetery. I vaguely remember my father contacting some nearby Winegars, but it seems they were unable to determine if we were related.
I decided to explore the migration of the Winegars from New York to the area in Michigan where they settled. Ulrich Winegar was a German Palatine who was brought to America by the English to work in the timber industry. After 14 years he was able to buy land and settled with his family in Amenia, Dutchess County, New York. Ulrich had two daughters and a son Garrett. Garrett had 14 children, nine of them boys. Descendants of at least three of these boys eventually settled in Michigan.
Dutchess County is located on the east side of the Hudson River, north of New York City. As the family grew, they moved north along the Hudson River but also settled in the area westward between Albany and Buffalo. This was the area where the Erie Canal was built and completed around 1825. Almost all of the Winegars who moved to Michigan were born or lived along the Hudson River or the Erie Canal. The Erie Canal made westward movement possible. Pioneers and their families could travel down the canal, catch a steamer across Lake Erie and be in Detroit. This was much easier than overland travel. Apparently, land was available in the territory which encouraged people to move there. Michigan became a state in 1837. The map below shows the counties where the Winegars who traveled to Michigan were born.
As it turns out, where the families settled was determined by the roads in the new territory. The government built a road north from Detroit northwest through Howell to Lansing, the new capital, and then west along the Grand River to its mouth at Lake Michigan. The road was called the Grand River Road or Grand River Turnpike. I found a lot of information about this road and that could make an interesting future post. Recognizing the path of this road, it is easy to see why the Winegars settled where they did. The road started at Detroit in Wayne County, went through Howell in Livingstone County, then to Ingham County where Lansing is located, and then followed the Grand River through Eaton, Ionia , Kent, and Ottawa counties. The map below shows the counties where Winegars settled, all within a short distance of the Grand River Turnpike. The heaviest concentrations were in Kent, Eaton, and Jackson counties. One exception was a large number who settled in Macomb County just north of Detroit.
As I compiled this information I found new areas to explore. Amos Winegar and his family were in Howell, Michigan by 1817, at least 8 years before the opening of the Erie Canal. I would like to learn more about this family. George Winegar and his family were in Eaton County by 1836, before the government had funded the highway. Isaac Winegar jr. was in Kent County by 1847. These families played a major role in the development of Michigan and I hope to explore their stories and share them in the future.


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15 of the All-Time Most Powerful Women on TV
Veronica Mars is coming back to TV. Now, don't get excited — there are no new episodes in the works. (Kristen Bell is 31 years old at this point, after all.) But this Sunday, fans will be able to stuff themselves with wisecracking teen-sleuth goodness as SOAPnet kicks off its syndication of the series with an 11-hour marathon. We're so excited to see such a strong female character on television again that we're celebrating by rounding up 15 of the all-time most powerful women on TV. From Mary Richards to Daenerys Targaryen, our picks are after the jump. Leave your additions in the comments.
Veronica Mars, Veronica Mars
At 17 years old, Veronica Mars has endured more trauma by her junior year of high school than most people have to deal with in a lifetime: her best friend, Lily, is mysteriously murdered, her sheriff father is disgraced after accusing Lily's father of the crime, she's raped, and her alcoholic mother disappears. Thankfully, Veronica is also a brilliant and cynical detective-in-training, systematically untangling each and every one of her own complex mysteries while outsmarting her town's stupid, corrupt new sheriff and solving those of her peers (for a price, naturally).


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Questions about Chittenden County, VT
- What is the Percent Employed?
- What is the Population Count?
- What is the Population Density?
- What is the Land Area?
- What is the Percent who did not finish the 9th grade?
- What is the Student Teacher Ratio?
- What is the Median Earnings?
- What is the Mean Job Proximity Index?
- What is the Percent Without Health Insurance?
- What is the Mean Environmental Health Hazard Index?
The number of employees of Chittenden County, VT was 10,600 for office and administration in 2017.
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CLYDE, N.Y. — A New York man who says he caught four boys vandalizing his father-in-law's home has been charged with child endangerment after corralling them in a closet until police arrived.
Jesse Daniels was charged with four counts of endangering the welfare of a child after authorities say he interrupted the vandalism at the empty home in the Wayne County village of Clyde.
Daniels tells WHEC-TV in Rochester he heard pounding June 8 and went to investigate while his wife called 911.
He says he found four boys, ages 8 and 10, inside with hammers. He says he took a hammer from one, then stuck the boys in a closet until officers arrived.
Their parents say Daniels handled the boys roughly.
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About Patrick
Mike and Jerry have a stated policy of only allowing ads on their site for games/products that they enjoy and would recommend. I have actually discovered games through their ads that I would have missed. I hope they find a way to replace that "feature" if this Kickstarter succeeds.
I agree that there are substantial problem inherent to DRM. As I note in my original post some days I feel like all DRM is bullshit.
The problems you point out are quite real (see EA server shutdowns) and while they haven't effected Steam yet they could.
The thrust of my argument is that I am a realist. I don't see the ideal world of no DRM coming to pass any time soon. Steam as DRM is certainly not the worst offender currently available so lets direct our focus and energy at the people using truly "Bullshit" DRM first.
Also lets give Steam and Valve credit for what they do get right. Their games and client are available cross platform, are incredibly mod-able, and are sold at reasonable prices with frequent significant sales.
Basically this my whole post was spurred by one word "bullshit" I just don't like to see Steam (a relative good guy) get lumped in with the Ubisofts and EAs of the world.
I realized that some people believe that all DRM is bullshit. Some days I feel that way myself.
However, DRM does exist and when we evaluate DRM the question can be is this DRM worse or better than that DRM. To that end I argue that while Steam is DRM it is not "Bullshit DRM". Steam's DRM differs from many other DRM schemes in several important ways.
1. They are honest about what DRM the games they sell contain and how it works.
2. They provide other benefits that help to balance the "cost" of DRM to the user (the ability to install games on more than one computer, the ability to download my game whenever I want, the fact that they remember all of my CD keys, social features, etc.)
3. They sell games more cheaply. If DRM makes a game just a rental (as some argue) that's fine as long as I am paying rental prices.
4. Offline mode. This is huge as it means that Steams DRM will rarely actually be a burden to the player.
Basically, If DRM protects the seller and doesn't hurt the consumer then let's keep the pitchforks aimed at the worst offenders.
That is quite impressive.
John Walker at RPS just published a followup to his original debunking post. In this one he requests, receives, and then breaks down the studies originally referenced (then later provided) by Dr. Carole Lieberman. Its very thorough, detailed and quite long.


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The New York Mets have never settled on a role for Jenrry Mejia, which could be the case again this spring.
At 24, Mejia is one of those promising young arms the Mets are boasting. Coming off elbow surgery, they are treating him with kid gloves, but there have been no signs of a setback.
Most starters want to pitch 30 innings in spring training, but with only two weeks left has only worked two. He could get four today against the Cubs in Las Vegas, but won't get close to 20, much less 30.
Originally, Mejia was to compete with Daisuke Matsuzaka and John Lannan for the fifth-starter role. But, if building for the future is the objective for 2014, it should be Mejia because he has the greatest upside.
Without Matt Harvey, this would have been the perfect chance to develop Mejia. Instead, it is turning out to be a lost opportunity, either to use him for their rotation or showcase him for a trade.
With Mejia in the rotation, they'll have a better idea of where they stand heading into 2015. If Matsuzaka gets those starts, they still won't know about Mejia as a starter.
But, how about as a reliever?
The Mets tried that route without success in 2010. Then-manager Jerry Manuel, knowing his job was in severe jeopardy, wanted Mejia on the major league roster to work out of the bullpen to start that season. That was for Manuel's interests, not Mejia's.
However, Manuel wouldn't use him in pressure situations, so Mejia languished without work when he could have been getting starts in the minor leagues.
Understandably, Mejia struggled and was eventually optioned to Triple-A to go back in the rotation. His arm didn't adjust to the back-and-forth and he was eventually injured and required elbow surgery.
Entering that season, Mejia was a highly sought prospect, but his value was greatly reduced because of how he was used. The Mets couldn't promote him as a reliever if they were afraid to use him in pressure situations. They also couldn't promote him as a starter because they wouldn't use him in that role, either.
After he was hurt, he missed all of 2011.
The Mets are again considering Mejia for their bullpen, but already have seven candidates without him. Just how much work would he get?
If not up here, they should use him as a starter in the minors, which is probably in their best long-term interest because that would hasten his development and possibly build his trade value.
I see him starting the season in Triple-A, but where ever he ends up, just pick a role and stick with it. In the end, I also see it never happening for Mejia with the Mets. They blew this one.


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iTrend needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 80 designs submitted by 27 freelance designers.
Middleman System
Fun logo needed for Internet marketing company who is selling a
course about making money using a simple system. It involves
generating targeted traffic to the websites.
Will be seen mainly by fellow marketers.
The design for the Middleman System should be simple and professional.
Text within logo should include words 'Middleman System'. The typeface should be clear, simple and bold. The symbol within the logo could play around the letter M, but we welcome all ideas!
It should create a sense of allure, credibility and power. The concepts behind the logo are movement, exchange, sharing, action and dynamism.
We don't want more than 3 colors. Black, red and white are good color schemes - also black, white and gold could work too.
Here's what we don't want:
1. No cartoons. We want a darker more alluring look.
2. Nothing too fancy or elegant.
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Craig Button's Final Draft Rankings 2013
So some don't put a tonne of stock in Craig Button's draft rankings, much preferring Bob McKenzie's list (which is based off a survey of NHL scouts). But it still is worth looking at.
Button has Seth Jones ranked #1 overall. Nathan MacKinnon sits at #3, which is probably different than what a lot of scouts have him at (most probably have him at 1 now). The Oilers fans may be disappointed if Button's list is accurate to the actual draft, with the top six. I think it will be as far as players taken, although not necessarily the order. That means the better centers, including Sean Monahan, will be gone by the Oilers #7 pick. So the question a lot of people are asking is "should the Oilers trade their #7 pick?"
I'm on the fence on that idea. On one hand, I think the Oilers fans need to break away from the mentality of drafting a guy, then seeing him play that same year. Realistically, the player should be going back to junior for at least a year, and perhaps a year or two of AHL. So we could be talking somewhere between 3-5 years before seeing a player in action. So think of this draft as stocking the cupboards, unless we trade up and get in the top 4 somehow and land Seth Jones, Jonathan Drouin, MacKinnon or Sasha Barkov. This doesn't seem likely, although it's possibly we could move up to #5 (Carolina Hurricanes pick) and perhaps one of the big names will be still available by then if someone deviates slightly. Anyways, I think MacT should consider all options with this pick.. moving up, moving down, using it. And really, it sounds like he is. It will be interesting to see what can happen.
The other play of interest on this list is Edmonton Oil Kings' Curtis Lazar. I've seen him as high as 12 (on the ISS rankings). Button has him way down around 32. That seems unlikely. But I think if Lazar lingers, the Oilers should trade their 2nd, and another pick (perhaps in another draft) and get a late 1st. I don't see Lazar lasting past 20th though.
To wrap up, teams are always going to need centers, and they're always going to need defensemen. I don't want to see the Oilers drop too far down with their pick unless they get a good offer in exchange. No matter where they pick, I hope they choose the best d-man or center available (unless we get into a position of picking a guy like Drouin).


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Bike Girl has a roughly 6 mile commute to work. This would ordinarily be extremely do-able. But as fate would have it, the commute has a mountain in the middle. This would ordinarily be only a mild deterrent to the physically-fit Bike Girl. But as fate would have it, the only way over that mountain, is via the
For those unfamiliar with the
Cahuenga West may be the most dangerous street for cyclists in the entire city. It runs along the 101 and is often treated as another lane of that freeway by speeding motorists. The right lane is full of potholes, grates, and manhole covers that are not flush with the roadway. It's also a hill.
If it wasn't the ONLY way to get from Universal City/Burbank to
Adding to that danger is the fact that Bike Girl has to ride this stretch in the middle of the night on her way home from the evening shift at her Place Of Employment. Oh, and did Bike Girl mention that at least 13-20 of the streetlights on the most dangerous part of this stretch are out. So Bike Girl has to traverse this stretch of road in literal blackness. (The above photo of the blackness was snapped by Bike Girl in front of the building that says Alternative on Cahuenga West)
Bike Girl considers herself pretty brave. After all, she rides the mean streets of
Bike Girl even invested in a Road ID so that when she is inevitably hit or killed on this stretch of road, her Significant Other and Mom can be notified to identify her body. Bike Girl's Significant Other was so worried about her; he purchased an extremely expensive, extremely powerful Nightrider light for her trusty cycle.
Bike Girl notified the city of this horribly dangerous streetlight outage in early August, but weeks later, it hasn't been corrected.
Bike Girl is more concerned because with the path through
This stretch of Cahuenga is in Los Angeles City Councilman Tom LaBonge's district. Since Mr. LaBonge purports to be a friend to cyclists, Bike Girl would like to invite him to make this bike commute with her one evening to see how dangerous it is.
Bike Girl is calling for
1. Adequate Lighting (starting with fixing existing street lights)
2. Enforcement of existing speed limits to calm traffic and increase safety for all travelers
3. Repaving of this road, especially the right side
4. Opening Griffith Park to cyclists, not only during the Light Festival, but year round through the night so that there is more than one option for travel over the Hill.
Cyclists have the right to traffic signals, signage and maintenance standards that enable and support safe cycling according to Article 7 of the Cyclists Bill of Rights which is supported by Council Members Wendy Gruel, Bill Rosendahl, and Eric Garcetti.
Bike Girl cordially invites Tom LaBonge to drop her an email at bikegirlblog (at) gmail (dot) com and check out
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Written by Cedric Johnson, Policy Analyst, NC Budget and Tax Center
North Carolina policymakers have pledged to make revenue modernization a legislative priority in 2013. The policy decisions that they make – and the principles that guide them – will be the foundation for how we collectively pool our resources to educate our children, protect our communities, and support economic opportunity for generations to come.
Since we began, the Budget & Tax Center has advocated for modernizing North Carolina's tax system to make sure that community needs across the state are consistently met in good and bad times. We have analyzed and advocated for policies that would do so by asking all North Carolinians to contribute according to their means. In our work, it has become clear that tax reform that is truly modernizing can not only address our state's fiscal challenges but also put the state back on a path to shared prosperity.
To be sure, the Great Recession and the subsequent policy choices made in the face of our state's fiscal challenges have made all too clear the problems with North Carolina's revenue system. Tax collections as a percentage of personal income are near a 40-year low for North Carolina, which challenges the state's ability to adequately invest in important public structures. But beyond its inadequacy for our current and future needs, our tax system is out-of-date, upside-down, and unaccountable.
It is these practical problems —not theoretical ones — that policymakers must address in their efforts to pursue true and comprehensive reform.
Moreover, efforts to modernize the state's revenue system must be guided by principles that are broadly recognized as indicators of a sound revenue system: adequacy, equity, stability and elasticity are primary among them, with simplicity and efficiency also being important.
- Adequacy: A tax system exists to provide for public services demanded by citizens. Both short- and long-term adequacy are critical to ensuring that the tax system can build the infrastructure of services that support communities and the broader economy today and in the future.
- Equity: How tax policies impact households across the income spectrum as well as how they impact taxpayers similarly situated can impact citizen's assessments of the fairness of a tax system as well as its ability to support important economic outcomes.
- Stability: The predictability of a revenue stream is important to the planning and decision-making that policymakers undertake especially with regards to ensuring consistent and long-term investments that promote economic opportunity.
- Elasticity: How a tax grows with the economy provides an important indication of how well the taxes can keep up with the demand for public services; this is why the elasticity of a tax is important to consider in the design of a tax system.
- Simplicity: From an administration standpoint, and from the perspective of a citizen, it is important that a tax code be transparent. The degree to which tax loopholes are rampant is key to simplicity, not tax rates themselves – as some would suggest.
- Efficiency: A tax system should not drive economic decision-making or provide preferential treatment for one type of economic activity over another — for example, investing over earning a wage.
Each of these principles will be highlighted in a series of blog posts this week and each will serve as guideposts against which BTC will assess tax proposals moving forward.
North Carolina cannot afford to forego comprehensive revenue reform that addresses the real problems with our revenue system nor can we afford to get this wrong. A modern tax system will be essential if North Carolina is to remain a leader among states: a leader that, in this century, must redouble our efforts to support an innovative economy that strives to expand opportunity for all.


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If you like your AK-47, you can keep your AK-47. That's the message from the U.S. Treasury Department to U.S. gun owners.
Despite slapping sanctions on the famed assault-rifle maker Kalashnikov last week, along with other Russian defense companies, in response to suspected Russian involvement in the shoot-down of the Malaysian jetliner over the Ukraine, the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) says U.S. owners of the weapons can still own them and resell them at gun shows so long as they don't owe the parent company any money.
"If a U.S. person is in possession of a Kalashnikov Concern product that was bought and fully paid for prior to the date of designation (i.e., no payment remains due to Kalashnikov Concern), then that product is not blocked and OFAC sanctions would not prohibit the U.S. person from keeping or selling the product in the secondary market, so long as Kalashnikov Concern has no interest in the transaction," the Treasury Department states on its website in a frequently asked questions section.
Kalashnikov — named for Mikhail Kalashnikov, a World War II veteran who developed his now-famous rifle after he was wounded in combat in 1941 — is the largest firearms producer in Russia and is a subsidiary of Russia's State Corporation of Russian Technologies, or Rostec.
New transactions with the Kalashnikov company are prohibited after the date of July 16, which is likely to hurt gun dealers, who won't be able to import any new Kalashnikov models.
Atlantic Firearms of Bishopville, Md., which sells AK-47 and AK-74 model rifles, notes on its website that "due to the recent Import Ban on Russian Based AK firearms we are experiencing heavy order volumes." A Russian-made AK-47 model lists for between $849 and $1,049 on the Atlantic Firearms site. On its Facebook page, Atlantic Firearms reports that it sold over 400 weapons the day after the ban was announced and that its inventory is "drastically low."
Atlantic Firearms President Blaine Bunting tells MarketWatch he'll still be allowed to import Polish, Romanian and other Eastern bloc–made copies of the Kalashnikov, which run about $500 to $800, to his warehouse near Ocean City.
He says the Obama administration has an ulterior motive in banning the Russian imports, which make up about 30% of his sales because of what he called the "mystique" of the famed weapon. "This is just one step in the anti-gun strategy to slowly cut off all imports, then go for the domestic market," he says. "It's awfully convenient this got thrown into the sanctions mix."
In a July 18 posting on its site, Rostec said that the U.S. market is one of "high demand" for the company and that "the sanctions of the United States government against Kalashnikov Concern go against the interest of American consumers," stating that preorders are currently running three times higher than annual deliveries.
− Dan Goldstein
MarketWatch must-reads:
Malaysia plane downed by top Russian export
Target asks customers to keep guns out of stores
Gun-store ordinance reluctantly but unanimously passes in Chicago
Obama talks gun-violence shame, student debt in Tumblr Q&A


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