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Tuesday, April 26, 2011
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VIRGINIA BEACH — The Cheesecake Factory has told its landlords and investors that it won’t be paying its rent in April.
The restaurant chain said in a financial filing this week with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it would not pay its leases, “as part of ongoing efforts to manage our financial position and further preserve financial flexibility." In the same filing, the company said its CEO and other executive officers would reduce their 2020 salaries by 20% and its board of directors would do the same to their fees, in response.
The restaurant anchors a high-visibility corner in Virginia Beach’s Town Center — Virginia Beach Boulevard and Central Park Avenue. The center’s owner, Armada Hoffler, said it would refrain from discussing individual tenant’s lease terms.
“As always, we remain committed to our tenant partnerships and supporting them during this unprecedented time,” said Chelsea Forrest, Armada Hoffler’s director of marketing.
She noted that the center announced three new tenants on March 26: European Wax; Hand & Stone Massage and Facial Spa; and the baby boutique Merriment on Main, The Beaufort Bonnet Company Signature Store.

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The End Of The Streaming Holdout; Jay-Z Is Choosing His Streaming Service Over His Legacy
Jay-Z Is Choosing His Streaming Service Over His Legacy — And That’s Wrong — www.the-dowsers.com
We all have our passion projects. For some of us, it’s tending a garden or collecting vinyl, while others write novels or cut vanity records.
Blockchain is a big topic, and the way the music business looks at it is actually limited, and limiting. But first, let’s delve into something that’s easier to understand: chatbots.
Kanye West splits with Jay-Z’s Tidal Music: Report — www.cnbc.com
Kanye West departed from Jay-Z’s streaming service Tidal due t a financial dispute, according to TMZ.
A Compromise Proposal to Fix Streaming Royalties,Licensing and Notification — thetrichordist.com
I have a feeling I’m about to wander off the reservation here. I say this because what I’m about to propose is essentially a modification of a potential legislative proposal that rumor has it the NMPA is floating.
Anchor lets you record and publish podcasts from your phone — www.engadget.com
If you haven’t heard of Anchor yet, it’s an app that lets you record little bits of audio and broadcast them to your followers with minimal fuss. In a lot of wa…
YouTubers killed the radio star: Radio 1 boss admits struggle to find new DJ talent — www.telegraph.co.uk
For decades, they have entertained the nation from behind a microphone, educating generations with their musical tastes.
Can SoundCloud break your band? — www.musicweek.com
The platform’s director of content partnerships, Europe says its “top 1% of artists is much more diverse” than that of its rivals. He also tells Music Week about SoundCloud’s approach to breaking new acts.
Jay-Z 4:44 New Album Tidal Fans Can’t Listen — www.refinery29.com
Jay-Z fans flocked to sign up for the music streaming app, co-owned by Jay-Z himself, to stream his new album 4:44, only to find they couldn’t.
Protecting IP in the Blockchain Sector — www.ipwatchdog.com
Compared to smartphone technology, the blockchain sector is clearly in its infancy. However, elevated levels of patenting activity tend to attract patent…
Google Home now supports Bluetooth music streaming — www.androidauthority.com
Google is now rolling out support for Bluetooth streaming on the Google Home, meaning you’ll be able to use it like a Bluetooth speaker.

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Adaptive Capacity for eutrophication governance of the Laurentian Great Lakes
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The Great Lakes are the largest freshwater body in the world, holding 20% of the worlds freshwater. Together, Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario, are home to over 35million Americans and Canadians, a factor that lead to severe human related stress to the lakes’ ecosystem. The eutrophication of Lake Erie is one manifestation of this anthropogenic stress from nutrient enrichment from farming, sewage treatment plant discharges, airborne emissions and nutrient flows from paved surfaces. This paper examines the eutrophication of Lake Erie and shows that it is a wicked problem that can benefit from an adaptive governance approach. More specifically, it proposes a framework for assessing adaptive capacity and tests this framework through key informant interviews in the case where adaptive capacity was displayed; a Lake Erie that went from severe eutrophication the 1960s to significant nutrient reduction and restoration of the Lake Erie ecosystem in the 1990s. This research also aims to identify gaps in adaptive capacity for current eutrophication governance of Lake Erie.

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Most Americans ride bikes for recreation, but many people use them to commute to work, improve physical health and reduce their carbon footprint. In recognition of National Bike Month, AAA reminds both motorists and cyclists to be vigilant about sharing the raod and the to exercise caution year round.
“It’s important for motorists to remember that cyclists are granted the same rights and are expected to obey the same laws as they are,” said Cathleen Lewis, director of public affairs for the AAA New Jersey Automobile Club. “AAA appreciates the continued efforts of stakeholders and transportation officials towards making road safer for motorists and cyclists alike.”
To celebrate Bicycle Safety Month and help young cyclists with bicycle safety, the AAA New Jersey Automobile Club is hosting a fun bike rodeo on Saturday, May 15 from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. at AAA Florham Park (1 Hanover Road). Children (ages 5 – 12) and their parents are invited to learn about bicycle safety, have their bike adjusted to “fit” them, learn how to properly fit a bike helmet and enjoy fun bike-based games. For more information or to register, call (973) 245-4860.
As the warmer weather lures more cyclists onto roadways, AAA urges motorists to exercise exceptional caution when approaching bicyclists with whom they share the road and offers the following tips:
- Allow three feet of passing space between your car and the cyclist. Tailgating or honking can startle or fluster a bicyclist, causing them to swerve further into the driving lane.
- Be patient. Remember, cyclists are moving under their own power and can’t be expected to go the same speed as cars.
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Latest from The Spokesman-Review
Crime Stoppers is offering a reward for tips that help arrest to sex offenders who haven’t registered with authorities.
Gary L. Scott, 56, (left) was convicted of first-degree statutory rape in Kitsap County in 1988. He has an 18-year local arrest history but no convictions, according to Crime Stoppers.
Scott, 6-foot-1 and 170 pounds, is wanted for failure to register as a sex offender.
Also wanted on that charge is William L. Schriver, 41.
Schriver (right) was convicted of first-degree and second-degree child molestation in Clark County in 1991. His 11-year arrest history in Spokane County included convictions for failing to register as sex offender.
Schriver, 5-foot-11 and 170 pounds, was living as a transient last time he checked in with authorities.
Both he and Scott are level 1 sex offenders the group considered least likely to reoffend.
Anyone with information their whereabouts is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS or submit tips online. Tipsters don’t have to leave their name to collect a reward but should leave a code name or number.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The spread of child pornography, fueled by technology and the Internet, is outpacing efforts to combat it, the Justice Department said Monday in a report to Congress that promises more arrests, prosecutions and better coordination among federal, state and local authorities.
Attorney General Eric Holder said the distribution of child pornography, the number of images being shared online and violence against child victims all have increased. “Tragically, the only place we’ve seen a decrease is in the age of victims,” Holder said in a speech at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in Alexandria, Va.
The report, ordered by Congress in legislation approved two years ago, concedes that the market for child pornography continues to grow rapidly and determining its size is impossible. “The number of offenders accessing the images and videos and the quantity of images and videos being traded is unknown,” the report said.
Creating or possessing images that depict the sexual abuse of children is illegal. There is no First Amendment protection for child pornography.
In announcing a national strategy for preventing child exploitation, Holder laid out several steps that he said would help authorities make progress:
— The U.S. Marshals Service will target the “top 500 most dangerous” sex offenders who have not registered with authorities in the states where they live.
— The Justice Department is creating a database intended to increase cooperation among authorities at all levels of government that investigate child porn cases.
— Thirty-eight new prosecutors will be hired for child porn cases.
The increased attention to fighting child pornography already has led to record numbers of prosecutions and tips. More than 8,600 people have been prosecuted at the federal level since October 2006. State and local authorities focused on the use of the Internet in child sexual exploitation reported that documented complaints of online enticement of children more than tripled from 2004 to 2008 and complaints of child prostitution rose more than 10 times.
Crime Stoppers is offering a reward for tips that help arrest two convicted rapists who haven’t registered with local authorities as required.
Christopher James Miller, 37, (right) is accused of violating his probation for a 1998 third-degree rape conviction in Spokane County. He’s been wanted since January for failure to register as a sex offender.
Court records show mail related to his 1998 case started being returned to the court in February 2009.
Miller’s criminal history includes a conviction for fourth-degree assault, according to Crime Stoppers. Miller is 6-feet tall, weighs 200 pounds and last gave his address as 2622 W. Fairview Ave., in Spokane.
Roth McPheeters, 65, (left) was convicted of first-degree rape and second-degree assault in King County in 1974. His eight-year local criminal history includes convictions for reckless driving and negligent driving.
Now McPheeters is wanted for failing to register as a sex offender, according to Crime Stoppers. McPheeters is 5-foot-8, weighs 170 pounds and last gave Route 2, box 198C in Cheney as his address.
Anyone with information on Miller or McPheeters is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS or submit tips online.
Tipsters don’t have to leave their name to collect a reward but should leave a code name or number.
UPDATE: Cheney pleaded guilty in March 2011 and is no longer wanted by authorities.
Crime Stoppers is offering rewards for tips that help arrest two unregistered sex offenders wanted since last summer.
Gregory D. Cheney, 32 (left), was convicted of two counts of first-degree child molestation in Spokane County in 1992.
Cheney, 5-foot-9 and 160 pounds, is a transient with an 18-year-criminal history, according to Crime Stoppers. He's been wanted since last August for failing to register as a sex offender.
Also wanted is Steven V. Latterman, 39 (right).
Latterman, who has a nine-year criminal history, was convicted of third-degree assault with sexual motivation in 2003 in Spokane County.
A warrant was issued in July 2009 for one count of failure to register as a sex offender. Lattreman, 6-foot-2 and 210 pounds, last gave 1905 W. 2nd Ave. #L in Spokane as his address.
Cheney and Latterman are level 1 sex offenders, the classification considered least likely to reoffend.
Anyone with information their whereabouts is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS or submit tips online. Tipsters don't have to leave their name to collect a reward but should leave a code name or number.
A man cleared of rape charges in 2008 after a Spokane County jury couldn’t reach a verdict was sentenced Tuesday to eight years in prison for a string of sexual assaults last year.
Justin L. Dehn, 23, was arrested last August after three women said Dehn assaulted them at a home in the 6700 block of N. Standard after they returned from a party.
One woman told police she awoke to Dehn raping her on Aug. 2; two others said he’d groped them, according to a probable cause affidavit. One victim’s boyfriend was sleeping next to the bed and called 911 when he awoke to her screaming that she’d been raped, according to the affidavit.
Dehn pleaded guilty in June to two counts of third-degree assault and one count of indecent liberties. He was originally charged with second-degree rape and two counts of indecent liberties.
Dehn was charged in June 2008 with second-degree rape for an incident a woman said happened in December 2006. A jury couldn’t reach a verdict after a two-day trial in March 2009, and prosecutors dropped the charge the next month.
Now Dehn will register as a sex offender for life after he’s released from prison for his recent convictions.
The sentencing recommendation approved in Superior Court on Tuesday gave him 84 months in prison, with credit for time served in jail.
Crime Stoppers is offering a reward for tips that help capture a convicted child rapist who has failed to register with authorities as required.
Ryan A. Borland, 27, was convicted of third-degree child rape in Asotin County in 2007 and is a level 1 sex offender, the classification considered least likely to reoffend.
Borland is listed as non-compliant on the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office website, and Crime Stoppers says a warrant has been issued for failure to register as a sex offender.
Borland, who also has conviction for second-degree theft and violation of a domestic violence order, has several tattoos, including the Playboy bunny and the word ‘sexy’ on his chest, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
He’s 5-foot-6 with brown hair and brown and eyes and last gave 3224 N. Madison in Spokane as his home address.
Anyone with information on Borland is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS or submit tips online.
Tipsters don’t have to leave their name to collect a reward but should leave a code name or number.
A Moses Lake man will spend four years in prison for possessing more than 2,000 images of child pornography.
Keith Marshal Ivers, 50, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Spokane after pleading guilty in March to possessing child pornography.
The case began in November 2007 when the FBI in New York traced a child pornography website to Ivers’ home, which agents searched in January 2008.
Ivers, who had no previous criminal record and was downloading and uploading child porn on his computer, surrendered in July 2009 and has been on electronic home confinement.
He was ordered to report to federal prison on his own once he’s been assigned, according to federal court documents. He’ll be on probation for five years after his release and will be required to register as a sex offender of the rest of his life.
CORRECTION: Tonia S. Vansant, 36, who is accused of striking a Spokane police cruiser Friday, injuring three detectives, is the sister of Richard Vansant, Jr., who was sentenced to prison for child pornography possession July 14, family members said. Tonia Vansant’s relationship to Richard Vansant, Jr., was misidentified in the post below, which has since been corrected. Richard Vansant’s wife, who was not involved in the crash, is named Tonya L. Vansant, 39.
The brother of a woman accused of crashing into three Spokane police detectives Friday was sentenced two days earlier to federal prison for child pornography possession.
Richard L. Vansant, Jr., 44, was a BNSF Railway employee when employee found his lost iPod with images of child pornography. Federal agents served his home at 11907 E. Railroad Ave. in November 2008 and found more than 10,000 explicit images of children, according to federal court documents. Vansant also told investigators “he uses his Xbox gaming system to communicate with children through the Internet,” according to a plea agreement filed in March.
Vansant, 44, was ordered last Wednesday to serve five years in federal prison.
Two days later, police say his sister, Tonia S. Vansant, 37, was drunk when she crashed into an unmarked patrol car driven by Mark Burbridge, (right) a detective with the Spokane Police Department’s major crimes unit, at 7:15 a.m.
Also injured were sexual assault Detective Jan Pogachar (left) and Douglas Orr, (bottom right) a computer forensics specialist for the sexual assault unit.
The crash occurred when Vansant allegedly ran a red light and broadsided the police car at Division and Sharp Avenue.
Burbridge strained his back; Pogacher broke her pelvis and Orr suffered broken ribs, a broken collar bone, a fractured sternum and punctured lung.
All were released from Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and are recovering at home, said Officer Jennifer DeRuwe.
“While they remain in a lot of pain, they are healing and expected to make a full recovery,” according to a news release.
Tonia Vansant spent the weekend in jail and appeared in Superior Court Monday on three counts of vehicular assault.
Police said she smelled of alcohol after the crash and had poor coordination.
She remained in jail Monday evening on $75,000 bail.
Steven J. Snedden does most of his work in college libraries. Unfortunately, none of his efforts can be characterized as research.
The 47-year-old registered sex offender, whose exploits have helped the Washington Supreme Court define criminal law, pleaded guilty today to yet another charge of indecent exposure stemming from a 2008 incident in which he twice masturbated in front of a student at the JFK Library on the Cheney campus of Eastern Washington University.
He appeared Thursday before Superior Court Judge Maryann Moreno.
Read the rest of Thomas Clouse’s story here.
A man who fled child pornography charges in West Virginia will spend 12 years in federal prison after he was arrested in North Idaho with more than 200,000 explicit images of children on his computer.
Dennis J. Burke, 52, was sentenced today to 144 months in prison after pleading guilty in U.S. District Court in Coeur d’Alene to transporting sexually explicit images of minors.
Burke was arrested in March 2009 after Bonner County Sheriff’s deputies responding to an assault call at a Sandpoint motel learned of the pornography from the alleged assault victim.
Along with photos, investigators found 500 videos with explicit images of children in Burke’s possession.
Investigators with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children identified photos from 14 previously known child pornography cases involving children in Washington, Montana, Florida, Kentucky, California, England, Russia, Belgium, Paraguay, Brazil, Australia and France, according to federal court documents.
Burke will be on probation for 10 years after his prison sentence.
According to the News and Sentinel in Parkersburg, W.V., Burke left jail in September 2008 on $30,000 bond. Several people protested outside the courthouse at his next hearing, saying his bond was much too low.
A child molester released from prison last year and once called “a real danger to little girls” is back in jail after Spokane police found suspected child pornography on his cell phone.
Charles E. Smith, 39, was jailed on a probation violation June 24, two days after detectives found a cell phone with inappropriate photos of young girls.
Police learned of the phone from Smith’s landlords at 9 North Rambo Road, who rent to registered sex offenders and had written permission from Smith to check his trailer for prohibited items.
Smith is known to hunt through dumpsters for photos children, pornography, ID cards and cell phones, according to a search warrant used to search the phone.
Smith told detectives he’d found the phone in a dumpster at near Jefferson and 7th or 8th Avenue about nine months ago. The images are low quality, and detectives still are trying to determine which ones fit the statute for child pornography, said John Grandinetti, a detective with the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office.
But Smith’s probation officer determined the case violates his probation, and he’s been in jail since.
Smith, level 3 sex offender, has convictions for third-degree child molestation in 1993, possession of child pornography in 1995, failure to register as a sex offender in 2002, possession of child pornography in 2005 and failure to register as a sex offender in 2008.
In 1995, a detective called Smith “a real danger to little girls,” according to previously published reports. He caused a stir when he moved in near a Spokane Valley elementary school, tried to get a job as janitor at the YMCA and was a suspect in 17 child sex assaults before undergoing treatment in Montana.
A Bonner County, Idaho, man is wanted on child sex abuse charges.
Ted Norman “Bear” Engelbrecht, 50, is wanted on felony charges of lewd and lascivious conduct with a minor under 16 and sexual abuse of a child under 16, the Priest River Police Department announced Monday.
The charges were filed in Bonner County District Court. The case is sealed, records show.
Engelbrecht is known to drive a maroon 1991 Ford Ranger pickup with a black canopy, Idaho license plate 7BE8662.
Anyone with information on his location should call their local law enforcement agency.
A heroin dealer who pleaded guilty in April but skipped out on an agreement with prosecutors has a warrant out for his arrest.
Eddie J. Combs, 62, was to reduce his prison sentence by at least three years if he complied with a sealed plea deal signed April 7 after he pleaded guilty to two counts of a delivery of a controlled substance (heroin).
But after he was released pending sentencing, Spokane County prosecutors say the convicted sex offender didn’t maintain contact with his lawyer, didn’t maintain an address and didn’t comply with the sealed deal, according to court documents filed May 14.
Now Crime Stoppers is offering a reward for information that leads to Combs’ capture.
Combs’ criminal history began in 1965 when he was convicted of burglary in Spokane County. He has other convictions for forgery, second-degree robbery and possession of a controlled substance in King County, as well as a conviction for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle in Multnomah County, Ore., in 2002.
Combs is a level 1 sex offender (the classification considered least likely to reoffend) for an indecent liberties conviction in 1990 in Clark County; online sex-offender records show he isn’t in compliance.
He was arrested in November after police searched a home at 1827 E. 4th avenue and found heroin and loaded syringes. A confidential informant bought drugs at the home three times in the weeks prior, according to court documents.
A co-defendant, 61-year-old Loretta J. Coleman, was sentenced to 20 months in prison in February. Combs’ criminal history gives him a standard sentencing range of 5 years to 10 years, but prosecutors were to recommend just two years confinement if he complied with the agreement.
Anyone with information on Combs’ location is asked to call 1-800-222-TIPS or submit tips online. Tipsters don’t have to leave their name to collect a reward but should leave a code name or number.
A sex offender who has been arrested twice since January for failing to register with authorities is wanted by police again.
Crime Stoppers is offering a reward for tips that help arrest Tyrone L. Gardipee, 25, who is charged with failing to register as a sex offender.
Gardipee was convicted in 1999 of indecent liberties with a 7-year-old girl in Spokane County. He was convicted of failing to register as a sex offender in 2005, then arrested in January for not checking in, then arrested again in April.
Gardipee was released from custody April 30 but never checked in with authorities as required. Detectives say he’s been in and out of jail in Washington and Montana since January 2006.
He was first arrested when he was 9 years old, according to Crime Stoppers, and has previous convictions for hit and run and attempting to elude a police vehicle.
Gardipee is considered to be a gang member, which means the reward for tips on his location is larger than usual.
Anyone with information on his location is asked to call 1-800-222-TIPS or submit tips online. Tipsters don’t have to leave their name to collect a reward but should leave a code name or number.
Three sex offenders considered likely to re-offend recently registered in Spokane County.
Joe Louis Barton, 47, (right) is living in the 1100 block of West York after serving 216 months in prison for raping a 7-year-old girl in 1986. He’s no longer on probation.
Delores M. Hegge, 31, (left) is living in the 1300 block of North Foothills Drive. She was sentenced to 21 months in prison in 1995 for first-degree child molestation. Her victim was a 10-year-old boy. She is not on probation.
Jeffrey W. Naftel, 52, (right) is living as a transient in Spokane County. He was convicted of first-degree child rape and first-degree child molestation in 1991 in Chelan County. His victims were 5- and 7-year-old boys. He’s not on probation.
Barton, Hegge and Naftel are level 3 sex offenders, the classification considered most likely to reoffend. None is wanted by law enforcement, but authorities want the public to be aware of their presence.
Another day, another level 3 sex offender registers as a transient in Spokane County.
For the fourth time since May 27, the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office has announced that a sex offender considered likely to reoffend will be living a transient lifestyle.
The latest is James D. McMurtrey, 21, (left) who was convicted of incident liberties with a 5-year-old girl in 2003 in Spokane County. He’s under supervision by the state Department of Corrections.
Also announced today is a level 3 sex offender who moved to the 2200 block of North Calispel St. in the Emerson Garfield Neighborhood in Spokane.
Jeffrey R. Evans, 22, (right) was convicted of second-degree child rape in 2001 and of indecent liberties with forcible compulsion in 2004. His victims were a 6-year-old male relative and a 12-year-old female family friend, according to the Sheriff’s Office. Evans is being supervised by the state Department of Corrections.
McMurtrey and Evans are level 3 sex offenders, the classification considered most likely to reoffend.
Neither is wanted by law enforcement, but authorities want the public to be aware of their presence.
A child rapist considered likely to reoffend is living as a transient in Spokane County, the sheriff’s office announce today.
Edwin L. Kedish, 54, served 80 months in prison after being convicted of third-degree rape of a child and first-degree child molestation in Pend Oreille County in 1996.
His victims were girls ages 9 and 15. He recently registered as a transient and is not under supervision, the sheriff’s office said.
Kedish is a level 3 sex offender, the group considered most likely to reoffend. He is not wanted by law enforcement, but the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office wants people to be aware of his presence.
A sex offender with a history of not registering with authorities is wanted on a felony warrant again.
Eric P. Alger, 22, was convicted of indecent liberties in Spokane County in 2005.
Crime Stoppers is offering a reward for tips that lead to his arrest after he failed to register as required.
He has at least two past convictions for failing to register, including a conviction in August 2009 when he was sent to prison. He was released on April 19.
Alger, a level 2 sex offender, also has a conviction for misdemeanor theft. He claims to be a transient, according to Crime Stoppers.
Anyone with information on his location is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS, or submit tips online here.
A child rapist who recently served nine months in jail for violating his probation is now living as a transient in Spokane County.
Donald A. Radecker, 39, served 140 months in prison after being convicted in 1995 of raping a 5-year-girl in Ferry County.
He’s lived in Spokane before but returned to jail for nine months beginning in September. He’s being supervised by the Washington Department of Corrections.
Radecker is a level 3 sex offender, the group considered most likely to reoffend.
He is not wanted by law enforcement, but the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office wants people to be aware of his presence.
A child molester considered likely to reoffend will be living as a transient in Spokane County.
Elijah P. Stanford, 47, was convicted in 1998 and served 68 months in prison for first-degree child molestation in Walla Walla County. His victim was an 11-year-old girl.
Stanford is white, 5 feet 11 inches tall, 350 pounds, with red hair and blue eyes. His right middle finger is missing.
He is not wanted by law enforcement at this time but recently moved back to the area from Chelan County, and authorities want people to be aware of his presence.
Chris L. Gilbert, 40, drove in reverse for several blocks after Officer Terry Preuninger, tipped that Gilbert (left) had a warrant, approached him in the 1100 block of West Jackson Avenue about 2:30 p.m.
He lost control, then slowed to let a woman out of the car before speeding away. Preuninger struck the back bumper of Gilbert’s Honda with his police cruiser, forcing it into a spin and bringing it to a stop. Gilbert raised his hands but then sped away again, this time westbound on Grace Avenue through Monroe as Preuniger got out of his cruiser.
” Gilbert was clearly unconcerned for the heavy afternoon traffic on Monroe Street,” according to a news release.
Officers Erin Raleigh and Bruce Palmer helped block Gilbert’s car and arrest him. Police say he had two knives - one with a blade more than a foot long.
Police found suspected stolen property in the Honda, which was stolen from the area of Ash Street and Glass Avenue Saturday night. Its plates were stolen from another car Sunday in the 1100 block of West Spofford.
Gilbert was booked into jail on charges of attempting to elude a police officer, possession of a stolen motor vehicle, possession of stolen license plates and a warrant for failing to register as a sex offender.
He has convictions for third-degree rape, as well as theft, possession of stolen property, malicious mischief, reckless driving, refusal to cooperate, domestic violence assault, violation of a no contact order, unlawful possession of a firearm and driving while license suspended, according to Crime Stoppers.
An educational event, Take 25, will offer ways to keep children safe during a day of activities Tuesday at the Spokane Valley Mall.
To raise awareness for National Missing Children’s Day, the program encourages parents, educators and law enforcement to take 25 minutes to talk to children about safety.
Among the activities planned from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on the mall’s second floor near the food court:
- Operation Family ID will allow guardians to make identification kits of their children, including photographs and fingerprints. A donation of $1 is requested per kit, which parents keep.
- Spokane County Sheriff’s deputies will discuss Offender Watch, a nationwide program that monitors sex offenders’ location and status.
- Internet safety guides will target parents and children, providing online security toolkits and tips.
Two sex offenders considered likely to reoffend are living as transients in Spokane County, the Sheriff’s Office announced today.
Allan R. Cruz-Masga, 23, (right) was convicted of indecent liberties in Spokane County in May 2002. His victim was an 11-year-old girl.
Steven Garcia, 34, (left) was convicted of second-degree assault of a child and released from prison in February 2006. His victim was his 2-month-old son.
Garcia also served 15 months in prison for third-degree child molestation involving a 15-year-old girl in Grant County. He was sentenced to prison when he was 17 on two counts of second-degree rape involving a mentally handicapped 18-year-old male.
Neither Cruz-Masga nor Garcia is under supervision, but the Spokane County Sheriff’s office wants the public to be aware of their presence.
Both are level 3 sex offenders, the classification considered most likely to reoffend.
A Wenatchee man will spend 20 years in federal prison for distributing photos of himself sexually abusing children.
Russell D. Riker, 51, was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court in Spokane.
The investigation began with an undercover New York detective who busted a child porn peddler from Georgia.
The porn distribution chain was traced to Riker, and federal agents spotted one of the victims playing in Riker’s yard, according to federal court documents. At least one of the children said the abuse had gone on for about eight years.
Riker was arrested on Aug. 7, 2008. He pleaded guilty to producing child pornography in February and was sentenced to 240 months in prison. He’ll be on probation for the rest of his life and will be required to register as a sex offender.
“In our society, some like Mr. Riker must be locked up to protect our children,” U.S. Attorney Jim McDevitt said in a prepared statement. “The scars he inflicted will take a lifetime to heal.”
Riker is in Spokane County Jail awaiting transport to prison.
A Spokane Valley transient pleaded guilty today to molesting a 12-year-old boy over a five-month period last year.
Sean M. Hofer, 27, faces up to three years in prison at a sentencing scheduled for July 7.
Hofer was a transient who had been staying in a trailer in a Spokane Valley RV park when he was invited to live in the same home as the boy, according to court records and testimony. He babysat the victim while the father went to work, according to court records.
Hofer admitted to molesting the boy between February and July 2009 Spokane County Deputy Prosecutor Ed Hay allowed Hofer to plead guilty to second-degree child molestation and assault of a child in the third degree. Hofer originally had been charged with child molestation in the first degree.
The agreement calls for a recommended sentence of 27 months for the molestation charge and eight months for the assault charge. It was not clear if the sentences will consecutively or at the same time.
- Thomas Clouse
A former Post Falls church youth leader could be out of custody in about six months after being sentenced Thursday for three counts of statutory rape.
Jordan C. Vernon, 20, was sentenced by Kootenai County District Court Judge John Mitchell to three consecutive sentences of two to six years.
But Mitchell retained jurisdiction over the case, which means Vernon will go to the North Idaho Correctional Institute in Cottonwood for treatment.
The judge will hold a hearing in about six months to decide if Vernon should be released on probation or sent to prison in Boise, where he could stay for as long as 18 years.
Vernon was arrested in December on charges that he had sex with at least two girls, ages 14 and 17, and had inappropriate contact with at least two others, ages 12 and 14, from 2007 to 2009.
Police say he met and began grooming the girls for sex while serving as a youth leader in training at Real Life Ministries in Post Falls.
A statement from the church at the time of Vernon’s arrest said he had been dismissed from his volunteer positions in July 2008. Church records showed he had not attended the church since November 2008.
Similar retained jurisdiction sentences were handed down in two vehicular homicide cases last year. Read about it here.
The longtime psychologist for the Colville School District was ordered Monday to serve at least 14 1/2 years in prison for molesting one of his students and attempting to molest another.
Superior Court Judge Al Nielson sentenced 59-year-old Craig L. Figley to 174 months in prison. However, his case will go before a state board that reviews the sentences of sex offenders, and that board could decide to keep Figley in prison for life, Stevens County Prosecutor Tim Rasmussen said.
Read the rest of Thomas Clouse’s story here.
A Twisp, Wash., man will spend more than five years in prison for receiving child pornography over the Internet.
Timothy J. Schmekel, 36, was sentenced to 68 months in federal prison today after a investigators found 519 images of child pornography on computers and storage devices at Schmekel’s home in April 2008.
He was indicted in U.S. District Court in August 2008 and convicted by a jury after a three-day trial in Spokane in September 2009.
Schmekel will be supervised for five years once he’s released from prison. He’ll be required to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.
A man accused of raping a Coeur d’Alene woman early Saturday remains in jail on $500,000 bond.
Thomas C. Dickerson, 40, appeared before Kootenai County District Judge Scott Wayman on Monday on charges of rape and battery with intent to commit rape.
Dickerson remains in jail on $500,000 bond after appearing before Kootenai County District Judge Scott Wayman on Monday on charges of rape and battery with intent to commit rape.
When asked by Wayman if he wished to comment on his bond amount, Dickerson said: “It doesn’t really matter. This is a bunch of a bull … .” He declined a jailhouse interview.
Dickerson has previous convictions for failing to register as a sex offender in Pierce County, along with convictions for drug and stolen property possession.
But he wasn’t required to register as a sex offender - a plea deal stemming from a debate over the legality of the registry requirment led to his dmissmal.
Read my story here.
A man accused of raping a Coeur d’Alene woman early Saturday was convicted in 1990 of raping a child in Washington but wasn’t required to register as a sex offender in Idaho.
Thomas C. Dickerson, 40, was charged with failing to register as a sex offender in Idaho in May 2003 after moving from Washington.
But the Idaho state Court of Appeals overturned his conviction in 2006, saying the law requiring him to register violated the U.S. Constitution.
According to the Associated Press, the case largely came down to timing. Idaho’s sex offender registry law was enacted on July 1, 1993, requiring that any people who moved to Idaho after that date be required to register as a sex offender if they’d been convicted of a sex crime in another state.
But the same law did not require long-term Idaho residents convicted before 1993 to register, unless they were still in prison or on probation or parole. That anomaly essentially created a disadvantaged class of new Idaho residents, holding them to stricter laws than long-term residents, the appellate court found. Because the law worked against those moving to Idaho, it effectively violated the federal Constitution’s right to travel from state to state, the court ruled.
An order dismissing Dickerson from the sex offender registry requirement was filed in Kootenai County District Court on Nov. 4, 2008.
Now Dickerson is in Kootenai County Jail, accused of raping a female acquaintance in the area of West Clady Lane and North Fruitland Lane in north Coeur d’Alene.
The woman told police Dickerson hit her in the face, strangled her and raped her before fleeing the home.
Police arrived about 3 a.m. and spotted Dickerson driving in the area.
The woman was treated and released from Kootenai Medical Center, officials said.
Dickerson, who’s in jail on charges of rape and battery with intent to commit a serious felony, is due in Kootenai County District Court on Monday.


Asheville Tourists shortstop Rosell Herrera’s quiet series changed in an impactful way Monday night.
Herrera’s two-run double in the 11th inning led to a 7-5 win over the Augusta GreenJackets at Lake Olmstead Stadium.
The GreenJackets limited Herrera to two singles in the first two games of the series in Augusta, but the South Atlantic League’s leading hitter broke through with a double to right-center off reliever Mason McVay for the deciding runs.
Herrera, a switch-hitting shortstop, entered hitting a league-best .359 with 28 doubles and 15 home runs.
“He made a good adjustment,” GreenJackets manager Mike Goff said. “It was a fastball over the plate and he squared it up. It was a good piece of hitting.”
Augusta (14-14) entered the eighth inning with a two-run lead, but catcher Eliezer Zambrano allowed two passed balls that allowed two runs to score, tying the game at 5 and eventually sending it to extra innings.
Augusta starter Joe Biagini allowed three runs on six hits in seven innings, walking two and striking out nine. The right-hander induced 11 swinging strikes while tying a season high in strikeouts.
“He threw the ball well tonight,” Goff said. “He gave us seven solid innings and gave us a chance to win.”
Right fielders Derek Jones and Chuckie Jones exchanged two-run doubles in the second inning. GreenJackets second baseman Trevor Brown singled home a run in the third to take a 3-2 lead.
The Joneses again exchanged runs in the seventh on solo home runs for a 4-3 Augusta lead. Brown added an RBI double in the bottom half for a two-run lead.
Brown and Chuckie Jones combined for six hits and five RBI. The GreenJackets totaled five extra-base hits.
Derek Jones went 2 for 5 with a homer and three RBI for Asheville (13-16). Herrera had two hits and two RBI.


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When two USC industrial and systems engineering graduates launched a Kickstarter campaign in 2016, little could they have known that in five short years the 3-D printing company they founded would become a leader in the dental industry.
Every human mouth is completely unique. When dentists need custom fit medical devices and products for their patients, such as dentures, nightguards, crowns, models and aligners, they often must outsource to external laboratories, which then craft the custom devices to each patient’s measurements. This results in costly lab fees and weeks of wait-time for the patient. But what if dentists could create these products in-house, quickly and affordably?
This was the opportunity that SprintRay co-founders Amir Mansouri (Ph.D. Manufacturing Engineering ’16) and Jasper Jing Zhang (Ph.D. ISE ’09) saw when they pivoted their company from a manufacturer of affordable desktop 3-D printers to a dedicated dental device innovator.
SprintRay has grown to become the leading supplier of dental 3-D printers within dental offices. The company also maintains close ties to the Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering. Along with Mansouri and Zhang, company president Erich Kreidler and director of operations Kazuo Takeda also lecture within the department. The team also works with professor of industrial and systems engineering Yong Chen on IP through the USC Stevens Center for Innovation.
Mansouri said 3-D printing was a natural fit within the dental industry, so he and his team considered the possibility of creating targeted 3-D printing technology for that sector, to produce parts on demand for patients.
“It was a vision that looked impossible four years ago, but that’s the reality now,” Mansouri said. “Now thousands of doctors have multiple of our units in their dental practices. They’re printing parts for patients—prosthetic teeth, night guards, dentures—while the patient is sitting in the chair.”
The technology is also allowing dentists to schedule fewer visits for their patients. Kreidler said that if patients needed dental surgery, they often required a surgical guide to be made from an imprint of their mouth, a process that would take weeks from a lab and would cost hundreds of dollars.
“Now the doctor can 3-D print while the patient is sitting there, so the patient doesn’t need to come back three weeks later, after enduring that pain,” Kreidler said. “Also, from an operational perspective, this 3-D printed version is only $4 worth of materials.”
Mansouri completed his Ph.D. at USC Viterbi School of Engineering, working with Louise L. Dunn Professor in Engineering, Berok Khoshnevis, on his NASA-funded research into 3-D printing in space. It was high-level innovation that inspired Mansouri, and demonstrated how USC Viterbi research could have a profound impact on humanity.
But Mansouri said he always had an entrepreneurial streak.
“Ever since I was 13 or 14 years old, I was buying things and then selling them – I liked the hustle.”
In 2016, while Mansouri was still a student, he and his team launched a Kickstarter for an affordable desktop 3-D printer. The campaign was a runaway success. It was a Kickstarter staff pick and raised over $400,000, allowing the team to launch the startup.
Demand from industry was also heating up, with companies such as Lockheed Martin and GE buying the early devices for avionics, and Disney and Marvel purchasing devices for use in developing custom materials for their Spiderman and The Lion King franchises.
But soon the team realized that by focusing on one sector and tailoring their expertise to it, they could have a stronger differentiator in the market compared with other 3-D printer companies. The dental industry was the ideal fit.
The SprintRay machines utilize a 3-D printing process that builds layers with a liquid polymer and UV light. After the part has been digitally designed, a dental appliance can be 3-D Printed in less than an hour. Existing solutions rely on labs, which can take up to 3 weeks to deliver the dental appliances.
“Different applications in dentistry require different performance, so we developed a portfolio of products for those different applications,” Mansouri said. “For example, one of our printer models is a dental crown printer, and it’s perfect for implant cases and dentures. Another one is best for orthodontists and another is good for night guards.”
The products also include a wash unit and post-processing equipment that helps users refine the finished devices. The system allows dentists to create complex custom items such as denture models in 30 minutes to an hour. The response from dental providers has been positive.
“We’ve had a lot of great stories, such as how a grandma showed up at a dental office last minute because she had a wedding coming up the next day and had a broken denture. The doctors had the ability to replicate that denture on the spot for her,” Mansouri said.
“We have built an amazing ecosystem to enable digital transformation in the dental industry, Kreidler said. “We have been fortunate to partner with industry giants to integrate technology that delivers a solid dental workflow supported by 3-D Printing.”
Takeda said that SprintRay was founded with industrial and systems engineering approach, which gave the company a strong business advantage.
“Our two founders, president and director are industrial engineers. The way we look at challenges as opportunities and understand the difference of a symptom rather than a problem allows us to make course corrections faster and to avoid issues before they happen,” Takeda said.
Next up, the team is looking at ways to collaborate with USC Viterbi students, as well as further global expansion of their company. They recently opened subsidiaries in Germany and Canada, as well as operations in China, and are working with distributors worldwide. The SprintRay team is currently employing Trojans from around the world and are actively recruiting ISE and other engineering talent.
“So a little bit of passion, a lot of vision, perseverance, resilience and meeting the right people along the way were all the factors were involved in getting off the ground,” Mansouri said.
Published on July 30th, 2021
Last updated on July 30th, 2021


Chris Pine is a single man -- rejoice, Pine Nuts!
The "Horrible Bosses 2" and "Into the Woods" actor confirmed his relationship status on Wednesday's episode of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show."
Host DeGeneres put the blue-eyed star on the spot during his appearance: "So, you're handsome, you sing and are you single? I should ask that for other people not [me]," she said before getting him to prove each of those attributes.
"Oh, man!" the 34-year-old said, laughing. "I'm a single man."
The "Star Trek: Into Darkness" star was most recently linked to Icelandic beauty queen Íris Björk Jóhannesdóttir and previously dated Dominique Piek.
The rising action star has kept in shape for his various roles, something DeGeneres gladly pointed out by showing a shirtless still photo of him.
"Ellen, that's a lot of fake tanning," he said. "For the movies, you gotta look healthy."
Still, his career and fit physique have earned him a fervent fan following. DeGeneres asked him to confirm whether his fans were indeed referred to as Pine Nuts.
"They are. Yes, indeed they are. Do you have a 'Pine Nut' here?" he asked.
And she did, bringing a star-struck Pine Nut out onstage.
As for the singing? The Frank Sinatra aficionado demonstrated that as well by serenading the Pine Nut with a few bars from Sinatra's "Summer Wind." (He even sounds like the Chairman of the Board!)
Pine, who plays a sleazy heir in "Horrible Bosses 2," will play Prince Charming opposite Anna Kendrick's Cinderella in this Christmas' "Into the Woods." The big-screen adaptation of the Broadway musical also stars Meryl Streep, Johnny Depp, Emily Blunt and James Corden.


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By Lisa Singleton-Rickman
July 26, 2015
Students’ right to express their religious beliefs always has been afforded in local school districts, but this year schools are upgrading their policies to reflect mandates from the Alabama Legislature.
Florence upgraded its policy recently, but Superintendent Janet Womack said the change to the policy is minimal.
“We’ve always permitted religious freedom to our students, but we just tweaked the existing policy to further develop what was a very general statement,” Womack said. “It isn’t much of a change for us because we already value and respect diversity in our student body, and we operate as such.”
All Alabama school systems are required to have a policy, reflective of the Legislature’s request. The policy, by law, must be adopted by boards of education by Sept. 1.
In Florence, the policy will be adopted this month.
It states there will be no discrimination against students or parents on the basis of their religious viewpoint. Students will be allowed to express beliefs about religion in homework, artwork and other written and oral assignments free from discrimination based on their religious content.
It further states students may pray or engage in religious activities or religious expression before, during and after the school day in the same manner, and to the same extent, that students may engage in nonreligious activities or expression.
Students may wear clothing, accessories and jewellery displaying religious messages or symbols, and the board will not take actions which establish a religion or prohibit the free exercise of a particular religion.
Muscle Shoals Superintendent Brian Lindsey said religious expression among students is most often displayed through clothing and jewellery.
“We’ve never had any issues in those areas,” he said.
In Lauderdale County, Superintendent Jennifer Gray said the upgraded policy won’t affect the way her schools operate.
“We just took the law and put it in our policy manual,” she said. “It’s essentially what we’ve always done and abided by.”

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Saturday, June 21, 2008
(editor's note: Toad posted nearly indecipherable comments addressing Former College Champ. I went archeologist on it and reconstructed from the fragmented bits of English what message I could. Again, Toad, if you can keep it civil I welcome your comments and voice.)
It’s not that “ultimate players are balancing fairness, it’s that ‘people’ (in general) are. We as Ultimate players are not special; we are the same as normal people. We are normal people. The anti-ref stance is dogmatic idealism with goals that are too lofty and don’t belong within a competitive sport.
Referees’ interest in performing well in order to keep his job or get promoted is what leads to them calling a good, efficient, clean, accurate, and fair game. Their interest in self-preservation (job-wise) ensures their objectivity. Their objectivity will lend the game an integrity that will come in the form of game management and presentation.
What you’re arguing is that the presence of refs will lead to what I call a Claim of Diminished value, where your perception of the other team cheating somehow makes their victory hollow and tainted. But as far as the root of competition and desire, the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat can all be achieved in sports that use refs to facilitate rule enforcement.
And for your example of ‘doing the right thing’ and withholding a call in a big game, there are plenty of counter examples of bad calls being made when the stakes are equally high (see Steve Dugan’s confession of game-changing cheating in semis of Worlds). Understand that there is nothing that equates watching the “international competition with the self” via a self-officiated sport with good sports entertainment. There’s a reason this internal challenge doesn’t exist in televised sports. By your own admission refs will definitely make the game more “watchable, fast-paced, and like other sports.” Why is this a bad thing?
I also don’t buy the “focus on not getting caught” with refs. The focus of the athletes is on strategy and execution. How different is this mentality of “not getting caught” in refereed sports with the constant intentional bumping of a thrower, the fast counts, the double teams, the traveling that’s prevalent in the game today? Have referees enforce stricter deterrents against that type of cheating and I guarantee player focus will be on not committing the infraction in the first place.
And while I commend you on your no-call in the heat of the moment, you’re the exeption. The point isn’t to look at what people “should do”, but rather on what they will do, are capable of doing, and what they’re already doing *now*.
Your concern that Ultimate is heading towards mediocrity is laughable in light of the fact it’s not even mediocre yet from a presentation and commercial level. Your vision for rule enforcement is simply too idealistic, considering Ultimate is a sport and not a priesthood. It’s great that you can compete within the system, but the fact is others can’t, most haven’t gotten there yet, and others who have will falter and backslide. Your vision is too unrealistic an expectation and it isn’t fair to the sport for these unattainable dogmas to influence things on the “field of competition.” You would like everyone to keep themselves honest and not cheat but, after all, isn’t what entails (or is perceived as) cheating also subjective?
Referees are the way to go. The dynamic of them “breaking the pact” when the game gets heated is a non-issue. Their pact is with their crew to call a good and consistent game, nothing more or less. You say, "the inequity of the other team is no reason to throw out the notion of fair play." Agreed but, neither is the presence of referees. Point is, if people cheat with refs and use a "not get caught" tactic, dosen’t that say as much or more about that person than your idealistic notion of how Ultimate should be played now? I think the fact that those against referees think Ultimate players will “turn” overnight really says more about the kind of people they are, and the kind of people they think each other to be.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
A friend of mine, former college and club standout, recently retired, weighed in on the previous few posts and comments made by people. Although he's loathe to sit in spotlight, I felt what he said was well articulated and came from a different mind than mine, JV's, or Match's, and wanted to share the things he'd said. Let's just call him Former College Champ, and you can take his point of view for what you'd like. (all emphases mine)
All of Hector's points about Match's misguided assertions of objectivity are valid, but I might argue that Hector pulls up a little short in his criticism. It's not just that Match isn't in a position to declare himself objective; in point of fact, no one reading or contributing to this blog, to say nothing of playing the sport, can consider themselves disinterested or objective. Match is an Ultimate player; he has played for San Diego. That he isn't an impassioned partisan for or against, say, the Hodags doesn't render him capable of seeing issues in the championship game in their entirety, or from a God's-eye perspective. Rather, like all of us, he sees each game through the lens of his own Ultimate experience, through the history of his interactions with other players, through the biases inherent in his own expectations.
That none of us has access to objective truth isn't important merely because it seems to harm Match's credibility when he claims an unbiased opinion; it gets to the heart of the game of Ultimate itself. There's been a recent resurgence in the argument over the role of observers and of refs in Ultimate, with proponents of an "objectively" officiated game saying, among other things, that players are incapable when the game is on the line of balancing their sense of fairness with their desire to win. That may be true. In fact, reading the posts about college nationals, it seems pretty accurate. But the idea that a third party – an "objective" party – really would be objective is just as specious as the notion that players can maintain their integrity when the title's on the line. All parties to a game see things merely from different perspectives – that a ref doesn't necessarily have an obvious interest in the outcome of a game doesn't mean that they have no interest at all. Poor calls have been part of officiating in all major sports since their inception, and those poor calls result from an erroneous perspective, a kind of blindness, willful or not, to the event as it was perceived by others. In other sports, though, the ref's perspective matters more than the participants'.
Those clamoring for refs and their attendant arguments – that it will make Ultimate more "fair," more mainstream, that it will lend the game an integrity it currently lacks, etc. – seem to err in their understanding of competition itself. Like all sports, even team sports, Ultimate fundamentally comes down to a competition with the self. Opposing teams provide a foil against which to test oneself, and maybe the memory of being beaten by other players contributes to your motivation while training, but really, sports are about struggling to facilitate the emergence of your best, at the right time. The level of one's play comes from within; while the presence of the other team challenges a player in new ways, the idea of beating the other team and the externality of that goal is secondary to the ascendancy of your own strength. When teams win championships, they're celebrating their own victories, not the other teams' defeats. It's an important distinction.
That Ultimate doesn't officially pretend that having an objective third party around will make the game fair is, in fact, a credit to the sport. One effect, intentional or otherwise, of the player-officiated game is that the competition with the self is actually heightened. Especially in big games, with meaningful victory or defeat forty minutes away, can one play with the same honesty and integrity that they would in a scrimmage? Can one stifle the urge to use the power of officiation to gain an unfair advantage? It's watching this internal competition play out, even within oneself, that makes Ultimate so great a sport. After all, no such challenge to a player's integrity exists in more conventional – or at least televised – sports.
There are ways to drift away from this added element in Ultimate. One is, obviously, refs. Refs might make the game more watchable, more fast-paced, more like other sports. But they wouldn't make it better as an arena of competition. The burden of ensuring fairness would simply shift from the competitors themselves to some other interested, biased, perspective-tainted party. Certainly not as biased or interested as the players, but not objective, either. With refs, players wouldn't have to be litigants; they'd merely have to focus on not getting caught.
I'm at the end of my career, now, and over the course of the last fifteen or sixteen years I've played on a number of really great teams, with a lot of really great players. And I came to accept that I could be an effective player at the top level of club play in certain roles, but would never be dominant. I trained hard and I tried my damnedest, and it didn't feel like defeat when I got beaten by somebody better than me. I had no problem giving them the respect that they had earned.
And I was glad to know, when, for example, Giora came flying by me in a crucial game at nationals to make a ridiculous play on the disc, that I had the fortitude not to call a bullshit foul simply because as he took the inside track and the aggressive angle on the disc, he made contact with my arm. While that contact may (MAY) have violated the rules as they're written, it was the peeling nature of my cut that gave him the opening. I offered him an opportunity, he took it, my team paid for it, and I didn't make that mistake ever again.
What I fear, hearing the coach of a prominent college program talk about teaching his players to expect other teams to cheat, is that cheating will become part of the game in a way that it hasn't been before. I'm not even as concerned with the victim of the cheating, though, as I am with the perpetrator. At the moment one team gains an advantage by misuse of the rules, there's really nothing left to win on the field. You can't ever know, even if you emerge on top, that you're better at ultimate. And if the sense of shame falls away from act of cheating, if it becomes acceptable to violate the pact in the pursuit of victory, the possibility of competitive greatness will simply evaporate.
What can be done to stem the flow of the game toward mediocrity in one form or another? Adding refs to police the cheaters will only be an explicit admission that it's impossible to compete with a sense of personal honor, that it's too much to expect of a player. Perceiving the objective truth – the play as it "really was" – is impossible; seeing a play from your opponent's perspective as well as your own, though, is not, and that's the goal. A player should stick with a call he believes in, but he should take back – or forego – the calls he knows to be either dubious or spurious.
With even the top teams making probably accurate but likely unnecessary calls, with games getting increasingly chippy, there's been (so far) no removal of the individual onus to play fairly and with respect. You don't have to cheat. You don't have to treat the other teams as potential or probable cheaters before the game even starts. There's this pervasive attitude that, as long as the other team plays fair, so will we; people are willing to reciprocate fairness, as long as they don't have to go out on a limb and risk the game by continuing to play fair at 13s when the other team, or some d-bag on the other team, has decided in his own head to break the pact. Nonetheless, until refs step onto the field, the fairness of the game is incumbent upon the players themselves, and the iniquity of the other team is no reason for you to throw out your own notion of fair play. The good guys tend to win regardless. The fear is that someday there won't be any good guys left, and every title will bear the taint of, charitably speaking, a strategic use of the rules. Strategic use of the rules is not Ultimate.
How do we maintain or regain the sense of competition that made so many of us opt for Ultimate over other sports? It's not complicated, nor does it require systemic adjustments in the sport itself: just fucking play fair. Admit it when you're beaten, call fouls when they've caused (and are not simply coincident with) the beating you've taken, and believe at the start of a game that the other team wants to play Ultimate – not Lawyerball – as badly as you do.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
This is a rebuttal post.
I am going to make various points regarding several arguments Match has made about: our sport in comparison to basketball/football from his latest MSSUI article, decision makers and people of influence in our sport, and the validity and importance of the Callahan award from another MSSUI article he wrote. It will be difficult, because as I re-read the two MSSUI articles and his comments on my blog here, I found few cogent arguments and many contradictions, false assumptions, and non sequiturs.
Let's begin with "One and Done," an article entertaining only because at its end I wasn't sure if it had been written by Match, or Jim Carrey on the set of his box-office bomb The Number 23. Like the Lincoln-Kennedy assassination coincidences, Match declares a conclusion and then sets about desperately looking for signs of 'proof.' And of course, he finds them. Let's examine a little more closely what he found.
He begins similarly to our RSD MI5 spammer, "the similarities are endless and the more I think about the two sports the closer they get." Then he proceeds to make comments that do nothing to further his argument.
Unlike football or soccer the better team cannot be decided in one game and one mistake (on offense) in football or soccer is not the end of the world.Match, you say nothing here. One offensive mistake in football or soccer is not the end of the world: agreed. Guess what? Same in Ultimate and basketball! Breaks and turnovers happen. Peyton can throw a pick, Ronaldo can miss a shot, Parker can overthrow a receiver and Nord can spike a disc outside the goal — and victory is still possible. You've done nothing here to differentiate the sports from each other. You go on:
Peyton can throw a pick and the Colts can still win, Ronaldo can miss a shot and Manchester United can still win. Offensive production is not assumed the way it is in Ultimate and Basketball. The game start to finish matters more in those two sports and a single match is a good indication of who is better.
This isn't to say that a game can't come down to single play, but the impact of that single play losses [sic] its significance if you look at the game as a whole. Take football, a kicker could miss the game winning field goal, but what about a stalled drive in the 2nd quarter or a pick in the red zone in the 3rd?Again, you're chasing your own tail. Everything you write in that first paragraph about football applies to Ultimate, and basketball. Your D gets scored on and the game ends, but what about your poor resets that helped your Offense get broken earlier? You miss the last second shot to tie in basketball, but you were out-rebounded all game. No one play, in any of these sports, determines the game's outcome. Who wins and loses is a lengthy sum of small mistakes and breaks. And I barely even understand your second paragraph. How is that an argument for or against series play? If you got broken 5 times in one half, I guarantee you by the end of the game I've pretty much seen enough to know which team is better.
Getting a big lead early is nice, but your offense must still grind it out over the course of the whole game. Maybe you don't get 5 more breaks in the second half, but you still have to score. Football and soccer don't work that way. If you go up 21-0 or 3-0 early, you don't have to score anymore if your defense does their job.
A series to determine the champs? Sounds interesting, I'm listening. But your article does nothing to convince me one is inherently better than the other, and for all your comments devolving competition down into nothing but winning, you sure sound eager to discredit a championship earned on "one and done." At least, when you have "objectively" determined the best didn't win.
Let's take a look at your own objectivity, Match. We should, because it seems central to your arguments in your article "What Would Hank Think," as poorly conceived as "One and Done" but unforgivingly fraught with 'theory of mind' assumptions about who Henry Callahan would vote for based on your goals.
You claim boldly, "As for being objective, I think I am objective because I have no emotional investment in who wins or loses." You follow that up with comments such as:
My frustration over single matches started with Brown/Colorado in 2005. In Corvallis, Colorado was the better team. Yes they lost 14-15, but come on.That sure seems like you are emotionally invested. If you weren't, you'd take the outcomes as that: the outcome. Instead, here you are bemoaning all the times the 'better team' lost. You are not allowing the score to determine it, you're going back and giving your opinion on who you think should have won or lost. Doesn't sound too objective to me. (For that matter, I objectively think that Wisconsin '06 beats Florida '06 7 of 10 games. Oooh, see what I did? I said something was objective so that made it so! Just because I think I know what I'm talking about!)
Yes Zipp was awesome, but Brown capitalized on luck...Yes Brown was better then, but had they played a series, Colorado wins Nationals.
Gibson was easily the best player but people did not like his publicized attitude, especially towards his teammates.
Same thing with the Sockeye/Furious George Final in 2006. Sockeye gets a world's greatest and the unbelievable Skip play? Those two plays were pure luck and they completely erased a great offensive game by Furious, and Sockeye won 15-13.
Your Callahan article was likewise full of false assumptions and contradictions. Take for example, these two comments from the article:
In watching the last few Callahan Award winners come and go from the podium, it really seems like the award is nothing short of a popularity contest.You claim the award was a popularity contest, but for 4 straight years the winner played on the eventual championship team, '04-'07, and Wiggins was a finalist in '03. And Richter, winner of a popularity contest? Did you even play in San Diego? No one liked Richter in college but his teammates; everyone feared him. He won not because his team won in '04 (irrelevent: the outcome of the Callahan was decided before Nationals) but because he was dominant. Dominant. Ask your former teammates on the Squids about how popular Richter was.
Despite his amazing talents, Richter got the award because he was the nomination when they won it all in 2004.
You propose a a more 'objective' means of electing the "real MVP," the NUMP, of which you are a member (did you forget to mention that?). And yet, how objective is the NUMP? A quick glance at this year's members shows that of the 34 members, 22 are current players or coaches of college teams. It also shows 34 of 34 once played Ultimate for a college team. How objective is that? At least most sports writers, who you assume guard the sanctity of objectivity when selecting other sports' MVPs, never played competitive college athletics. They are people who travel and study and watch game after game after game. And even then, they cant' agree on what "most valuable" means. Look at the Hall of Fame and steroid scandal in baseball; there's no consensus on what to do because of differing opinions. Objectivity has no opinion, Match. But why do you think the NUMP would do a better job of deciding the MVP than Callahan voters? Your response:
Athletes are responsible for playing, nothing more and nothing less. It is not their job to hype the sport, or write about it, or even discuss it because frankly it detracts from your ability and there are more objective people out there who can do a better job.I see, Match. Is the NUMP really the "body of intelligent, objective, and focused people" that you say it is? It sounds like there's a thorough vesting process to become a NUMP member. How does one become a member?
The future of the MVP is the NUMP. Having a body of intelligent, objective, and focused people is a great thing for this sport and their choice for MVP is better than the Callahan.
What’s also great about the NUMP, is that it is purely volunteer based. It’s not like people are turned away, anyone can volunteer for it.Wait, so you're saying anyone can be on the NUMP, including people who are unintelligent, biased, unfocused, or generally don't watch more than a few tourneys a season? Make up your mind already, but do so before you start putting down the Callahan award and calling its namesake "Hank." One last quote:
What Rob or Skip or Rodney or myself have done for the game was simply because we as individuals wanted to make a difference. We did nothing special, we didn't survey people, we weren't amazing players (well, skip is), we just knew we had a good idea and we were brave enough to put in the work to see it through.And here is where I think your true intentions lie naked for us to read, as you list yourself along with Rob, Rodney and Skip; it's not that you think players' votes shouldn't count, but that you want so desperately for your vote to count, for you to have a say, for your opinion to matter. "Please listen to me, I'm on the NUMP, I'm unbiased, I know what I'm talking about, I flew to Centex this year" is scrawled along the margins of all these writings claiming objectivity.
I'm happy to read your opinion on who you think should have won the Callahan or the Championship, but you have failed to convince me that your opinion is any more valid than a kid casting his ballot having played in 4 tourneys against many of the nominees. And in case you're wondering, this year I was at Vegas, Stanford, NW Regionals, and Natties. I'd be happy to share my opinions with you too. In fact, I think I have.
Match, this sport is at a stage where, by pure virtue of you writing a lot (and often), you get a seat at the table of discussion on a national scale. Good for you. You put in the time, as you said; you earned it. Now, do you have anything substantive to add, or is merely braying and being heard enough for you?
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Colin probably understates the number when he says, "you will always be able to call travel on any throw of significance and due to the normal motion of a thrower’s body, be technically correct at least 20% of the time." I think the number is at least 50%, from all the college ultimate I watched this year.
Then he says making the call if you weren't going to point-block the throw is the same as "forfeiting the competitive respect between teams." Is it? Since when is calling a travel when it's a travel bad? Why not put the onus on the throwers to be more controlled?
Thing is, a lot of people equate making calls with bad spirit. There are certainly bad calls out there, I saw plenty of 'em this year with no spirit in'em. But I think the problem is not so much in the calls themselves, but the inconsistencies in call-making as a game gets tighter and the outcome dicier.
A great aspect of self-officiation is that both teams, at the start of games, feel themselves out to see how tightly the game will be called. Elite Club has for the last several years adopted more of a 'let's play' mentality; we play physical and aggressive D and allow it on ourselves, despite the fact D like that would be instant fouls in summer league or college ultimate. I've had times when I get heavy body as I make a dump cut; there's a moment of contact where I think to myself "ok, let's play it this heavy." I'll even talk about it occasionally during a stoppage of play with my defender, and we nod our heads.
If a team makes close calls early, the other will follow suit. If a team lets play, the other does likewise. A tacit agreement is reached between them, unspoken.
It only feels like 'cheating' when one, usually toward the end of close games, begins calling fouls and travels that both had previously 'played-on'. Were those plays still fouls or travels at the beginning of the game? Sure, by the letter of the rule. But the level of play was established early on and had been played as such until one team started fearing losing and altered the game. In the 11th edition rules I.C. it says:
Captain’s Clause: A game may be played under any variation of the rules agreed upon by the captains of the teams involved. In tournament play, variations are subject to approval by the event organizer.All players, captains included, set the tone early for what the game will be like by how aggressively they play and call. The second sentence above, regarding variations being approved during tourneys, might be construed against my point until you notice that the one thing players have full, unopposed control over is foul calling.
Changing the way you make calls towards the end of games, and suddenly calling everything you see, breaks this pact, and feels like cheating to the other team. Calls now seem to be made specifically to alter the course of the game, because the team allegedly committing the violations feels as if it hasn't changed anything about their throwing or game play, but calls against them have dramatically increased. Their minds leads them to the obvious conclusion: the other squad is cheating to win. They broke the pact; it feels like betrayal.
I have no problem with anally correct calls, calling every tick-tacky foul, as long as the team is being consistent. They tire of it soon enough, because teams adjust and because it sucks, for both teams, to constantly interrupt a game. I do however take offense to those who begin to call every violation they see towards the ends of games as a tool to win. If it's not cheating, it's inconsistency and it hurts the trust between teams, crucial for self-officiation to work. Anyone who has suddenly found themselves in a callfest knows too well the slope is slippery.
But before we start writing revisionist history let's remember that the Hodags had as many calls reversed by the observer as Mamabird in this year's semifinal, and less than Florida in finals. Also remember the callfest finals '05 against Brown, that for being a double-game point championship game was unbearably boring for its last 5-7 points. That game before calls increased? Incredibly memorable. Towards the end? It felt like watching litigation on C-SPAN.
I coach my philosophy: consistency and fairness. I devote the time you'd spend teaching them to play in shitty callfests to helping them learn and play with the rules. I tell them, "before making a soft call ask yourself if you'd be livid having that called on you. Chances are if you make the call it will. " Seems pretty simple to me: know the rules and call 'em straight. Do that and you've got a pretty fun, fair, and competitive game on your hands. Isn't that better than winning and feeling cheap any day?
Monday, June 09, 2008
The UPA College Championship is dead. Long live the UPA College Championship.
The College Championship no longer holds the same significance it did even 5 years ago. The very essence of the tournament as a measure of who is the best at playing Ultimate is obsolete. I submit the following as evidence: as a coach of a college team there is simply no doubt that in the coming season I will have to spend practice time teaching my players how to deal with intentionally poor calls and fouling to gain an advantage in all phases of the game. After coaching my team in the 2008 College Championships, it’s clear it would be a disservice to my team to leave them unprepared to deal with these factors at the highest levels of competition. We will have to practice our offense with multiple stoppages in flow (to mimic the above mentioned intentionally poor calls). We will have to practice being willing to call fouls (thus stopping our own offensive flow) on every single mark. I will have to secretly instruct one of the teams in our scrimmages to try and get into the heads of their teammates with such bad calls and intentional fouling.
How top teams spend their practice time would seem to be an accurate assessment of the state of the game. That I see no other way to prepare my team for College Nationals 2009 other than to spend practice time on learning how to play against poor calls and intentional stoppages of play tells me the game is becoming less about the competition between two players and two teams. It is now becoming a competition between both teams and the rules. Rather than young talented players on the field competing against the athleticism and skills of opposing players, they are battling their own composure and their knowledge of the exact wording of the rules.
The rules are designed to rely on the respect of individual players for the game, if not for each other. There will always be aspects of our game, as a self-officiated competition, that can be taken abused. It is a harder and thus more worthy goal to win the college championship while making calls that respect the nature of player vs. player competition. To make poor, unspirited calls and to so blatantly exploit weaknesses in the rules is to cheapen whatever finish your season ultimately produces.
For those riding the short bus: you will always be able to call travel on any throw of significance and due to the normal motion of a thrower’s body, be technically correct at least 20% of the time. Similarly, as the disc begins moving quickly through the offense, one can always convince themselves that they saw someone’s pivot foot move on a give and go and stop play with a travel call. Doing so is a tremendous advantage for the defense; the offense’s flow is disrupted and the defense can plan a strategy during the stoppage to recover and stop the movement. However, if you were not going to point-block the throw and more importantly, if you did not conclusively witness the travel, then making the call is tantamount to forfeiting the competitive respect between teams and literally changing the game into a competition between both teams over knowledge of weaknesses in the rules.
Where will the game go if it dissolves into a glorified on-field litigation process over the intent of the rules and their exact meaning? The NBA has just announced that they will impose fines for flopping in the 2008–2009 season. How far away is ultimate from needing to institute similar corrective measures? And how sad is that question?
The challenge of our sport is unique. The responsibility of maintaining the integrity of every other sport is left to referees and judges. In our game, the rules have been created to give that responsibility to the players. Make bad calls and you may win, but you will forfeit the most fundamental essence of sports. If you start making calls every time you think you might lose a game, what’s the point of putting on different jerseys and finding out who’s better?
Congratulations to the University of Wisconsin. You were, without question, the deepest and most talented team in 2008. You didn’t need to make bad calls to win. You didn’t need to get booed in the finals. You were better than that.

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A FORMER cop who stole more than £400,000 from his elderly aunt and cheated his own brother has been ordered to pay back £200,000.
John Lamberton, 57, persuaded 75-year-old widow Annie Paul to hand over her portfolio of stocks and shares to him.
His actions left Annie, who treated him like a son, short of cash in her last years – and meant his brother never got his rightful inheritance from her estate when she died in 1998.
Yesterday, Lamberton, who fled to Spain to cheat justice but was brought back to Britain and jailed for seven years in 2005, was told he must pay back £200,000 under proceeds of crime legislation.
After the hearing at Edinburgh Sheriff Court, Lindsey Miller, head of the Crown Office’s Serious and Organised Crime Division, welcomed the ruling.
She said: “This was a despicable crime and a breach of trust carried out by John Lamberton against members of his own family.
“He betrayed his own brother and the wishes of his aunt, to whom he claimed to be very close.
“He pretended to be a loyal nephew but his later actions revealed he had designs on her fortune. We are satisfied that this £200,000 confiscation order represents the amount of money available to us at this time.
“The message is a clear one. Fleeing from Scotland and investing in property abroad does not protect criminals.”
Lamberton, who worked for the former Royal Ulster Constabulary in Derry, moved the shares into an offshore account in his own name within a few weeks of persuading his aunt to sign them over.
He then told the pensioner, from Bo’ness, West Lothian, that he had invested the money, which she inherited from her millionaire farmer husband, poorly.
At Lamberton’s trial in 2005, Lord Hardie told him: “This was a gross breach of trust placed in you by an elderly relative. Elderly people must be protected from the avarice of people such as you.
“As a result, she was deprived of a substantial income and complained about a lack of funds.”
Lamberton’s sentence was reduced to five years on appeal.


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Two Rivers Mall is set to host a one-of-a-kind festival dubbed Somali Cultural Festival 2021 between July 19 and July 25, 2021. It will be the first-ever Somali Arts and Culture fair to showcase the incredible talents and beautiful customs among the community.
On the line-up for the evidently busy week, are artwork, admirable Somali music, kids’ corner, football tournament and many more.
Top Somali musicians including Xariir Ahmed, Khadar Keyow and Suldaab Seeraar among others will be showcasing their magical skills in the entertainment-packed event.
Leaders, businessmen and kinsmen from across the community will also be in attendance.
Kids will get to play Somali games and read Somali books as a way of perpetuating the rich culture. It’s going to be a perfect moment for football lovers as there will be a 7-aside tournament on July 24 and July 25 from which winners will walk away with goodies.
“Bring your kids to the #SomaliCulturalFestival where they will draw, paint and so much more! From 19th July to 25th July at Two Rivers Mall,” a statement read in parts.
This event was initially scheduled to run between June 30 and July 4, 2021, before it was moved.
“The Somali Cultural Festival scheduled for 30th June – 4th July 2021 has been moved to 19th July – 25th July 2021. We apologize for any inconvenience caused,” organizers had announced.
Business partners willing to be part of this major event can contact Two Rivers Mall for advice.
Why Two Rivers for Somali Cultural Festival 2021?
Two Rivers Mall is the largest Mall in East and Central Africa. It is home to over 170 stores, over 20 restaurants with the largest Entertainment theme park and over 2,100 parking bays.
It’s arguably an ideal location that attracts discerning customers who are looking for a new experience.
The major aim of the event at Two Rivers Mall is to celebrate Somali Culture, expose its customers to elements of a culture that is prominent in Kenya as well as show appreciation to the Somali community that has offered continuous support to the mall.

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