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Billy Howerdel talks A Perfect Circle, Ashes Divide and teching for Nine Inch Nails

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Billy Howerdel talks A Perfect Circle, Ashes Divide and teching for Nine Inch Nails
Billy Howerdel talks A Perfect Circle, Ashes Divide and teching for Nine Inch Nails
Guitarist Billy Howerdel is busy plotting new music from both Ashes Divide and A Perfect Circle

Even though his robust and imaginative playing has been the dominant musical force behind the moody and metaphysical sound of A Perfect Circle, earlier this year guitarist Billy Howerdel decided that it was time to take a few lessons.

"I know guys who can just play you anything you want to hear," Howerdel says. "So I thought, 'Hey, I should be able to sit down and at least play a song on the guitar.’ I’m just not good at that. I mean, I can play Love Cats by The Cure, but once you get into learning arrangements and things like that, I’m like, ‘I don’t know.’ That's OK. I have my strengths, I guess."

That he does. Howerdel's intense, squalling guitar figures are front and center on two new APC releases, the greatest hits package Three Sixty and the sprawling live set A Perfect Circle Live: Featuring Stone And Echo. Howerdel sat down with MusicRadar recently to talk about both sets (including the new song By And Down, featured on Three Sixty), his plans for future Perfect Circle and Ashes Divide music, and what it was like to guitar tech for Nine Inch Nails.

You're originally from New Jersey. Were you a part of the "Jersey scene"? Did you play clubs like the Stone Pony?

“I worked for bands that were part of the scene. Before Perfect Circle, I only played three shows in my life. When I first picked up the guitar, after about six months, my two friends and I played a high school party. Our next gig was at some frat house, and then we played at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park, which is a place I had worked.

“I graduated high school and started doing lighting for bands and corporate events, plays and things in New York and Jersey. So I didn’t play that much at all, but I certainly worked the scene – that I knew. In the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, I was everywhere.”

Billy Howerdel talks A Perfect Circle, Ashes Divide and teching for Nine Inch Nails
Billy Howerdel talks A Perfect Circle, Ashes Divide and teching for Nine Inch Nails

Do your experiences as a guitar tech make you treat your own tech extra nice?

[Laughs] “I don’t know. I used to think I was so easy, but I think maybe I’m not. When it comes to dealing with techs, I probably expect a lot. I’m sure I do. My current tech, who was with me on the first APC tour and now the last two, is this guy Justin Crew – he does Kirk Hammett and has been the Metallica guy for years and years. We have a great working relationship, but I’m… I’m probably a pain in the ass. [Laughs] That’s the bottom line.

“I try not to be difficult. I know what’s happening, so I try to get everything prepped ahead of time and to make sure things are as easy as possible. During the heat of battle, during a show, I’m not as calm as I am during everyday life, especially if something goes wrong.”

You played on Chinese Democracy. Got any good Axl Rose stories?

“Actually, I didn’t play on the record – I just played during some rehearsals. When they were auditioning drummers, I played bass – this was when Duff was kind of on the way out. [Nine Inch Nails guitarist] Robin Finck called me and said, ‘It’s the craziest thing. You’ll never guess what I just got an audition for.’ I was guessing all of these bands, and when he said, ‘Guns N’ Roses,’ I was like, ‘What? That’s insane!’ It just seemed so bizarre.

“He said that they were looking for some wild sounds, and then he asked me if I would go with him to help program. So I did. I went down and met Axl, and we hit it off that first day, and they offered me a job. I had no intention of getting a job; I got off the road and was planning to start Perfect Circle – only it wasn’t called A Perfect Circle then. But I fell in love with that project and wanted to see it through. Axl became a close friend.”

Billy Howerdel talks A Perfect Circle, Ashes Divide and teching for Nine Inch Nails
Billy Howerdel talks A Perfect Circle, Ashes Divide and teching for Nine Inch Nails
Howerdel and A Perfect Circle frontman Maynard James Keenan

The first Ashes Divide record was pretty much you and Josh Freese. Will the next one be more of a band effort?

“It’s gone through different evolutions, this one. There’s no set deadline for when it has to come out, so that will let an artist linger and overthink things. I’ve written a batch of songs that [bassist] Matt [McJunkins] and [drummer] Jeff [Friedl] have played, but I think that a good chunk of them will go to Perfect Circle. That’s the nice thing about the two bands sharing members. [Pauses] I haven’t really disclosed to them which songs are for which band.” [Laughs]

Oh! Well…

“Yeah, I’m working on the new material for Ashes, and I’m kind of doing it like in the old days – being a hermit, fleshing the things out and getting them to a certain point, and then I’ll bring them to a rehearsal place and have the guys play ‘em out.”

It’s interesting that you can write songs with the idea that either band might conceivably record them.

“It just comes down to ‘Where do you think it’s going to go?’ It was really just writing the next phase of APC; that’s where I’ve been designating these songs to go. But we’ll see. It really comes down to Maynard hearing them and feeling like he’s inspired or not, and will he find himself singing on them?

“It’s amazing what he can do with a complex arrangement and complex melodies that weave in and out. The first songs I gave him were The Hollow and Orestes, and with The Hollow I could barely see how that vocal was gonna go over this weird arpeggio thing. But there you go – he just did it. So we’ll see. With these things, they might go forward or they might not. It might be like old times, and he’ll find his path and weave the vocal around the music. Time will tell.”

A new APC record could still be a ways off – Maynard is in Tool-mode right now.

“He’s in Tool-mode. When he’s done, that just means there will be more skeletons and foundations of songs to be ripped apart or sung on. I’d like to have it ready, but I still want everything to be fresh. That’s sort of the challenge for me.”

Billy Howerdel talks A Perfect Circle, Ashes Divide and teching for Nine Inch Nails
Billy Howerdel talks A Perfect Circle, Ashes Divide and teching for Nine Inch Nails

I’m curious – did Maynard ever tell you specifically what he likes about your playing?

“No. No, it’s more like… ‘This sucks less than other things, even for me to sing on it.’”

What a compliment! “You suck less than other guys.”

“Yeah – ‘You such less than the other guys.’ That’s the general impressive I get. You know, I don’t look for accolades from Maynard. I don’t give them to him, either – in interviews, I mean. I assume he doesn’t read interviews. He’s a friend whom I don’t see a lot; when we work together, I still don’t see him that much. But as things go, I count him as one of my closest friends. That’s how it goes as you get older. I still understand that he is one of the greatest voices and lyricists in rock music. I’m always amazed at how prolific he is. There are some songs on the last Puscifer record that are absolutely incredible.”

The song By And Down on Three Sixty – did that come about any differently from other APC songs?

“In the initial stage, I guess. It came out of a melody idea that grew into a music foundation. Maynard latched onto it, sung to it. I was a little surprised that he picked that one from the batch of songs I gave him. You just never know how that’ll go. He threw down some vocals, and once I heard what he did it inspired me to take the music further. That’s typically the way it works.

“The song was basically hatched by me plunking around on the keyboard with my three-year-old son. He was banging his fist on the keys, and I was going, ‘Hey, how about using a single finger? Play a melody. Like this… ‘ I grabbed my phone and thought, ‘I should record this.’”

Talk to me about playing Red Rocks. Is it as awe-inspiring to be on that stage as it seems?

“Absolutely. At other arenas – like Madison Square Garden, which is awesome to play – once the lights go down, they can feel exactly the same. With Red Rocks, being on that stage is incredible. With our light show, we play more to shadows than we do to light, so the lights come up from the bottom and illuminate the side walls of the place. Pretty amazing. On top of having the adrenaline rush of having 10,000 people to share the experience, you have this unbelievable setting. A really beautiful place.”

Billy Howerdel talks A Perfect Circle, Ashes Divide and teching for Nine Inch Nails
Billy Howerdel talks A Perfect Circle, Ashes Divide and teching for Nine Inch Nails

Guitar-wise, you’re a real Gibson guy. What are you using these days?

“The same guitar I’ve always used: a 1960 Les Paul Classic reissue. I’ve got Tom Anderson pickups in that. I also use a 175 – I believe it’s the Steve Howe model. I’m not big on knowing all of my vintage specs.”

Some guitar tech.

[Laughs] “Yeah, right. I was more into the effects and MIDI – that’s always been my specialty. I could work on whatever guitars were around, and with Nine Inch Nails I got pretty good at working on whatever guitars were broken each night. My passion is in the technical side of things. For reasons purely financial, I’ve stuck to one main guitar. I know I have it, and I have a backup of it. I don’t want to have to carry 13 guitars around on the road with me.”

Back when you were teching, did you ever have a real nightmare where you thought you could be fired?

“I’m sure I did. Working for Trent Reznor on the Downward Spiral tour was unlike anything that ever was or will be – ever. It was pure chaos, mayhem and destruction. There was one pedal, the DigiTech Whammy pedal, and there was no way that was gonna survive what was happening on stage. Trent would come over and just crush that thing with full force.

“I hired the guy at DigiTech to make a remote version of it. But even though it was laser-based, the laser was out there on stage in a pedal form and the guts were in a rack. Trent would still crush the pedals, though. I had three of them in a trough. He’d crush one and another would go up; he’d break the second and a third one went up. If he broke the third one, I thought, ‘That’s it. Fuck, after this one, I’ve got nothing.’ And once everything breaks, that’s it – total destruction on stage. That was probably the most tension I felt out there, thinking that if the third pedal breaks the monitor board is going to come crashing onto the floor.”

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Injured Harper needs boost in NL All-Star voting

Injured Harper needs boost in NL All-Star voting

ST. LOUIS -- Injured Nationals' outfielder Bryce Harper is one of the leading vote-getters for the National League team in the All-Star Game this year, according to the latest totals released Sunday.

Harper is currently 14th among outfielders, with 543,501 votes. Los Angeles' Yasiel Puig (1,942,701 votes) leads all outfielders and is followed by the Pirates' Andrew McCutchen (1,727,534) and the Marlins' Giancarlo Stanton (1,659,430).

Harper was batting .289 with a home run and nine RBIs before he tore his ulnar collateral ligament in his left thumb on April 26. He has been on the disabled list since then, but he's expected to start light swinging when the Nationals return home Monday.

Harper, 21, is already a two-time All-Star, being selected for the NL squad in each of his first two seasons.

Fans can cast their votes for starters at and all 30 club sites -- online or on a mobile device -- using the 2014 All-Star Game Ballot Sponsored by Experian until Thursday, July 3, at 11:59 p.m. ET. The 2014 All-Star Game will be played at Target Field on Tuesday, July 15.

Fans may submit up to 25 online ballots, but they can also earn a one-time bonus of 10 additional online ballots. To access these additional online ballots, you must be logged into your account when you submit any online ballot. If you do not have an account, register on the site in accordance with the enrollment instructions for a free account.

Fans this year once again can participate in the Home Run Derby Fan Poll. Fans will have the opportunity to select three players in each league who they would most like to see participate in the Home Run Derby. The 2014 Home Run Derby will be broadcast live on ESPN, ESPN HD, ESPN Deportes and ESPN Radio in the United States beginning at 8 p.m. ET on Monday, July 14.

The 2014 American League and NL All-Star teams will be unveiled on the 2014 MLB All-Star Game Selection Show during the weekend of July 5-6, with further details to follow on Immediately following the announcement of the AL and NL All-Star rosters, fans can begin voting to select the final player for each league's 34-man roster via the 2014 All-Star Game Final Vote Sponsored by Experian. Fans will cast their votes from a list of five players from each league over the balloting period.

And the voting doesn't end there. The final phase of All-Star Game voting will again have fans participating in the voting for the Ted Williams All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award presented by Chevrolet. During the Midsummer Classic, fans will vote exclusively online at via the 2014 All-Star Game MVP Vote Sponsored by Pepsi, and their voice will represent 20 percent of the overall vote that determines the recipient of the Arch Ward Trophy. will provide extensive online coverage of the All-Star Week festivities.

The 85th All-Star Game will be televised nationally by FOX, in Canada by Rogers Sportsnet and RDS, and worldwide by partners in more than 200 countries via MLB International's independent feed. ESPN Radio and ESPN Radio Deportes will provide national radio coverage of the All-Star Game. MLB Network and SiriusXM will also provide comprehensive All-Star Week coverage. For more information, please visit

Joe Harris is a contributor to This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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Nationals recall Sandy Leon from Triple-A, place Wilson Ramos on paternity list

The Washington Nationals today recalled catcher Sandy Leon from Syracuse of the Triple-A International League and placed catcher Wilson Ramos on the Paternity List. Nationals President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo made the announcement.

Leon, 25, rejoins the Nationals for his third Major League stint of the season. The switch-hitting catcher is batting .212 (25-for-118) in 34 games with Syracuse this season, with eight doubles, two home runs and 11 RBI. In 28 games behind the plate for the Chiefs, Leon has caught 65 percent of attempted base stealers (11-of-17).

Ramos, 26, is hitting .290 (54-for-186) with a .340 on-base percentage, eight doubles, three home runs and 25 RBI in 49 games this season.

This is Ramos' first trip to the three-day Paternity List as he and his wife, Yely, are expecting their first child.


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Crooks target Fort Caroline neighborhood

Published On: Nov 08 2012 03:39:37 PM EST   Updated On: Nov 08 2012 08:44:52 PM EST

VIDEO: Another neighborhood crime alert for the Arlington Area tonight. People living in the Secret Hills Subdivision off Monument Road say several houses have been burglarized.

People living in the Secret Hills subdivision off Monument Road in Fort Caroline say several houses have been broken into recently.

The neighborhood is only seven miles from the Arlington neighborhood where at least seven homes were broken into Tuesday.

The scenarios appear similar. In several of the burglaries, thieves have gone behind homes and broke in through a window or door to get inside.

In the last two weeks, at least three homes on the same street in Secret Hills have been hit.

"The day of the Air Show, the 20th of October, my house was broken into in the middle of the day," Marc Geier said.

Geier has an alarm system, a big dog and other means of defense, all reasons to believe his home was safe. But that changed when thieves targeted his house.

"They drove a car behind my house through the grass and entered into the back bedroom, and they took some valuables of my father's that I got when he died, they took my laptop, my wedding video and my photos of my dad and some cash," Geier said.

Eight-hundred dollars in cash, three rifles, a handgun, a laptop and he and wife's sense of security are gone.

"No one ever expects it to happen to them until it happens," Geier said. "I have to board my windows for my wife to feel safe now."

After learning his neighborhood isn't the only one being targeted, Geier is trying to start a neighborhood watch group.

"It seems like somebody's getting hit like every couple days or every week," said resident Dennis Vansant.

Five houses down, neighbors say a burglar tried to kick the front door in, leaving a footprint, but the alarm went off and the burglar ran.

"We're getting tired of it, so people are ready to do what they have to do to stop it," Vansant said.

This isn't the first time the neighborhood has been hit. Erica Simpson said that last Christmas, thieves broke into every car parked outside and her husband's briefcase was stolen.

"It's scary because, I mean, we have families here, this is a good part of town, and you know, we all like to park out here because we use our garages for other things, storage or just other rooms, and it kind of makes you think twice," Simpson said.

Channel 4 crime analyst Ken Jefferson said that especially with another holiday season approaching, residents should keep in mind that daytime burglaries are even more common.

Almost all of the homes in Secret Hills neighborhood have alarm systems. Jefferson said those who have an alarm system should with their alarm company and make sure it's being properly monitored and doesn't just go off without alerting someone.

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Complaints against Crist and Scott thrown out

Published On: Jul 21 2014 09:11:28 AM EDT

A flurry of election-year complaints contending that the two leading candidates for governor are flouting Florida's campaign finance laws are getting tossed out.

Since March, supporters of both former Gov. Charlie Crist and Gov. Rick Scott have filed a long list of complaints with both the state's ethics commission and the panel that deals with election law violations.

Public records from the Florida Elections Commission show the commission has already rejected two complaints filed this past spring by Republican Party of Florida executive director Justin Johnson that targeted Crist. Both were deemed legally insufficient by commission officials.

The complaints contended Crist got an illegal campaign contribution because he appeared on billboards and in television ads paid by the Morgan & Morgan law firm that included Crist. Crist joined the firm after losing his bid for the U.S. Senate in 2010. He is now running for governor as a Democrat.

State law limits how much a person, or corporation, can donate directly to a campaign. The current limit is $3,000 for a statewide race.

One of the complaints was thrown out for technical reasons. But commission records show that investigators stated the other complaint was based on a "faulty premise" because the law firm ads had no political purpose and could not be regulated.

Complaints filed by Florida Democratic Party chairwoman Allison Tant against Scott and his political committee Let's Get to Work have also been thrown out.

Those complaints maintained that the Scott campaign broke the law when it transferred nearly $27.4 million from one type of campaign account to another. Shortly after the money transfer Let's Get to Work started paying for television ads that have largely criticized Crist.

If the governor's campaign were found to have violated the law, it could have been subject to a fine up to three times the amount of the contribution, or about $82 million.

Commission records show that lawyers for both the Democratic Party and Let's Get to Work argued over whether there were grounds to reject the complaint.

The executive director of the Florida Elections Commission maintained the complaint was legally insufficient because there was no statutory prohibition on the money transfer. A Democratic Party attorney maintained that if the law did not explicitly allow the transfer, then it was illegal.

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Guthrie has one more hurdle to clear

Guthrie has one more hurdle to clear

BALTIMORE -- Jeremy Guthrie threw a sideline session on Monday and will throw a three-inning simulated game on Wednesday, the last test the Orioles ace will need to pass in order to get one more start this season.

Guthrie hasn't pitched in a game since Aug. 29, when he allowed seven earned runs to the Rays in three innings.

"He says he feels real good, he says he feels 100 percent," said manager Dave Trembley. "He'll throw three innings [Wednesday] and then, if he feels good coming out of that, he would probably start either Saturday or Sunday. That's kind of the plan with him."

Guthrie, who has been sidelined with the effects of a tired arm, has been itching to get back in the rotation since the start of the month but has seen his return delayed more than once as the Orioles continue to proceed with caution with their most valuable arm.

"If this was May and I was hurt, I'd want to come back as quickly as possible," Guthrie said. "Even though it's the end of the season ... it just so happens that I'll get one start ... and then the season's over. But if it was May, my goal would still be to come back as quickly as possible. So it's not necessarily [as much] insistence as it is the season isn't over, so you just treat every day the same and work and try to get back on the field."

Last year, the right-hander was put in a similar situation when he suffered a strained left oblique as the season was nearing its end. He was shut down for most of the month of September and came back to make one start before the season concluded. Guthrie said Tuesday that pattern is something he's hoping to avoid as his career progresses.

"I was hoping to make more than one start so that it didn't resemble as much as last year," he said. "I'm hoping to avoid that trend in the future, but it doesn't factor into anything that I do. I just want to be prepared and try to get back healthy. It just so happens that this time, trying to get back healthy runs me into a roadblock, which is the end of the season."

Guthrie, who was the Orioles' Opening Day starter this season, said he and the team's training staff are confident that his coming back to make a final start this season would not risk future injury since there is nothing structurally wrong with his arm. If all goes according to plan, Guthrie's final start of the season will come against the Blue Jays this weekend, possibly in the final game of the season.

And as the Orioles inched closer to a return date for Guthrie, Trembley said that fellow right-hander Daniel Cabrera was looking into a second opinion on the right medial elbow sprain that forced him onto the disabled list and effectively ended his season last week. Cabrera struggled with both his control and his velocity -- which took a very noticeable dip in the final few weeks of the season. It was not known when or with whom Cabrera was seeking a second opinion.

"I think the rule of thumb with a lot of these situations is these guys just like to get another opinion from another doctor, and they're certainly entitled to do that," Trembley said. "I really don't know anything more than that."

Amanda Comak is an associate reporter for This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Walters signs Minor League contract with Royals

Walters signs Minor League contract with Royals

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals have signed right-handed starting pitcher P.J. Walters to a Minor League contract, but he'll get a look as the club sorts through its rotation candidates in Spring Training.

"We think he's a guy who's going to come in and pitch for a spot and make things interesting in Major League camp," assistant general manager J.J. Picollo said. "He's got Major League experience, so we thought he'd be a real good fit for us."

Walters had a 2-5 record and a 5.95 ERA in eight starts last season for the Twins. Two of his losses were to the Royals. For Triple-A Rochester, he went 7-5 with a 4.18 ERA in 19 starts.

He's also pitched for the Cardinals and the Blue Jays, with a 6-10 record and 6.28 ERA in 40 games over five years.

Dick Kaegel is a reporter for This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Royals not settling, have eyes on more upgrades

Royals not settling, have eyes on more upgrades

Royals not settling, have eyes on more upgrades

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals warmed up for the Winter Meetings in aggressive style.

On Thursday, they acquired outfielder Norichika Aoki to be their leadoff man, and two days before that, they romanced free-agent prize Carlos Beltran at Kauffman Stadium.

Busy guys, these Royals. They extended manager Ned Yost's contract through 2015 and general manager Dayton Moore's deal through '16 and also signed free-agent pitcher Jason Vargas for the rotation.

While Beltran reportedly agreed to a three-year, $45 million deal with the Yankees on Friday night, the Royals await the opening of the Winter Meetings on Monday in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

All along, the Royals' brass has quietly but consistently pointed to 2014 as the club's breakout year, the season when all of the farm system refurbishing, the infusion of young players and the retooling of the veteran layer of the team would come to fruition.

Kansas City fans have been waiting a long time. The team hasn't added to its outfield flag collection since 1985, when the Royals beat the Cardinals in a seven-game World Series. That was the seventh postseason for 32-year-old third baseman George Brett. And Brett, now a 60-year-old Hall of Famer and team vice president, hasn't seen the Royals in one since.

They made a run at an American League Wild Card spot last season, and after the Aoki trade, Moore made it clear he's eager for more.

"There are a lot of different scenarios that would allow us to acquire another bat or even another pitcher going forward. We're very open-minded, and we don't feel like that our offseason is complete," Moore said.

"But that being said, if we go into the season today, I feel like our team is improved with the signing of Jason Vargas and the trade for Nori, knowing full well that we're going to have to continue to improve if we're going to win a world championship. So we still have work to do, and I don't view this move as us being complete."

Club needs

Offense: While the pitching and defense were excellent most of the season, the ability to score runs actually diminished a bit. Aoki gives the club a true leadoff batter for the first time in years. But an RBI bat is being sought, preferably one who would fit into the outfield or second base. Beltran was the prime target before his agreement with the Yankees.

Rotation: Vargas was brought in on a four-year, $32 million deal, but another veteran to go with him, James Shields and Jeremy Guthrie is being sought. Failing that would not be disastrous, however, because there are at least four or five solid in-house candidates who could fill out the rotation.

Who they can trade if necessary

Relief pitchers: One thing the Royals have is an abundance of younger hard throwers who made up the best bullpen in franchise history and arguably the best in the Majors last season. It might seem foolhardy to deal sensational closer Greg Holland, but setup types like Luke Hochevar, Kelvin Herrera, Aaron Crow, Tim Collins or Louis Coleman could be attractive in the market place.

Designated hitter Billy Butler: A one-dimensional player -- although excellent in that dimension -- with an $8 million contract would be expendable only if another bat was obtained.

Starter-reliever Wade Davis: Although he struggled at times in his first Kansas City season, Davis is a hard-throwing right-hander with great stuff. He was a solid starter in his Rays days.

Top prospects

Only two of the Royals' top 10 prospects are expected to have a shot at surfacing in the Majors this season: No. 1 Kyle Zimmer and No. 2 Yordano Ventura, both right-handed starting pitchers. Behind them, in order, are outfielder Bubba Starling, shortstop Adalberto Mondesi, outfielder Jorge Bonifacio, left-hander Sean Manaea, third baseman Hunter Dozier, shortstop Orlando Calixte, third baseman Cheslor Cuthbert and right-hander Miguel Almonte.

Rule 5 Draft

Added to the roster to protect them from the Draft were Cuthbert, second baseman Christian Colon (ranked 17th among Royals prospects), outfielder Lane Adams and pitcher Michael Mariot. The Royals are always looking to make a pick like closer Joakim Soria in 2006. Last year, their roster was at the 40-man limit, and they couldn't choose anyone in the Major League phase.

Big contracts they might unload

The Royals are hanging on to their top earners because they're crucial pieces. If Butler becomes expendable because of an influx of offense -- he's at $8 million in 2014, with a $12.5 million club option for '15 -- and that's $20.5 million that could be freed up. Hochevar, who made $4.56 million this past season, is up for arbitration and in line for a sizable raise. If he's a starter or setup guy, that might fly, but not as a middle reliever. But that won't be determined until Spring Training.

Payroll summary

Although GM Moore indicated early in the offseason that the Royals would probably stay around their $81 million-plus payroll of 2013, there also has been the background hint that it could go higher -- for the right player or players. So the Glass family ownership is prone to giving him some flexibility.

Dick Kaegel is a reporter for This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Roundtable: UFC 168 Weidman-Silva 2

Dec 27, 2013

Jack Encarnacao returned to the Sherdog Radio Network Friday for a roundtable discussion of tomorrow night’s UFC 168 card. Joining him were’s Greg Savage, Jeff Sherwood, and professional gambler Luca Fury.

Tomorrow night Chris Weidman looks to prove that his July victory over Anderson Silva was no fluke. The panel breaks down one of the most anticipated rematches in mixed martial arts history. The table also tackles another rematch as women’s champion Ronda Rousey looks to tangle once again with rival Miesha Tate.

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Where creativity blooms

Julia Baird -May 12, 2012

Illustration: Kerrie Leishman

Illustration: Kerrie Leishman

In a little primary school in Sydney's south in the late 1940s a school teacher stood at the front of a second grade class, waiting for her students to stop talking. They fell silent and stared at her, wondering why she was holding up a thin piece of navy fabric. "Does this belt belong to anyone?" she said, scanning upturned faces. "It seems it might go with a coat?"

In the middle row, a sweet little girl with thick black hair was blushing and fixing her gaze on the ground. Just the day before, that belt was looped around her new, shiny, wonderful raincoat. She wanted it desperately, but was too shy to put up her hand. The belt was thrown out.

That little girl was my mother, and this story has been retold with affection for decades in my family, usually to explain my mother's behaviour: she prefers intimate conversations to large parties or, heaven forbid, "working a room". She does not care for status, wealth or fame. She is sensitive, quiet and perceptive - and listens more than she talks. She would, quite often, rather stay in than go out. She has so much empathy that she has cried seeing strangers marry - on TV.

But, in truth, these characteristics have nothing to do with shyness. My mother is simply an introvert, in a family of extroverts. We all see her as the wisest and strongest of us all, but we puzzle over her need for quiet. When I told her, as we were strolling to the ferry recently, that I had ordered a book on the forgotten importance of introverts, she stopped and looked at me intently. "I think that is really, really interesting. We're always made to feel inferior, and it's wrong."

And here lies the significance, and appeal of what is being called the "Rise of the Introvert"in the Western world, in a movement that has been likened to the second wave of feminism, and aims to smash stereotypes about introverts, who, despite comprising somewhere between a third and a half of the population, are constantly made to feel lacking, deficient and substandard because they would usually prefer to read a book than dance on tables.

Introverts are drained by social interaction while extroverts are uplifted by it. Introverts need solitude; extroverts are bored by it. Carl Jung, who defined these terms in 1921, said introverts showed the value of "the interior life which is so painfully wanting in our civilisation". They were drawn to the inner world of ideas, the extrovert to the outer, to people and activities. However, Jung acknowledged that the introvert's "reserve and apparently groundless embarrassment naturally arouse all the current prejudices against this type".

It is now these prejudices that are under assault. A series of forceful articles and books have challenged the misunderstanding of introverts as unfortunate people who need to be coaxed "out of their shells" like mute tortoises. The introverts who have written them have urged us to understand that introverts are creative, calm, grounded - and crucial to any culture that values depth, thought and calm leadership. How is it, they ask, we have come to see extroverts as representing the ideal?

The quiet but successful rise of the introverts reached the mainstream this year with the publication of a book called Quiet - The Power of Introverts in a World that Can't Stop Talking, which instantly leapt onto The New York Times bestseller list. Importantly, its author, Susan Cain, a former Wall Street lawyer, has given the introvert movement a charismatic, articulate face after a decade of debate.

In 2002, in The Introvert Advantage: How to Thrive in an Extrovert World, Marti Olsen Laney argued introverts should recognise their strengths, such as thoughtfulness and concentration, and learn how to fake extroversion when necessary.

Then, in 2003 The Atlantic published a powerful piece called "Caring for your introvert". In it, the writer Jonathan Rauch outed himself as an introvert - a member of one of the ''most misunderstood and aggrieved groups in America, possibly the world" - and asked we understand his kind are not anti-social grouches, who need a drink, Prozac or a cattle prod to get them out of their rooms. They are merely craving solitude, which is what sustains them. While we see extroverts as happy, big-hearted and warm, he pointed out, introverts get cast as "guarded", "loner", "reserved", and "private".

Rauch wrote, almost wistfully, of an uprising of quiet people, or at least a drowning of some of the voices of the loud. ''We can only dream that someday," he wrote, "when our condition is more widely understood, when perhaps an Introverts' Rights movement has blossomed and borne fruit, it will not be impolite to say, 'I'm an introvert … Now please shush'.''

Rauch's article, written nine years ago, has received more traffic than any other ever posted on The Atlantic website. The internet is where the rise of the introverts began, and was fermented: some call it the "intronet" because introverts have flocked to it, and use it to speak and argue with extroverts they would usually just endure. Introverts are comfortable speaking in infinite spaces they can enter and exit at will - from their bedrooms.

Now, Cain has skimmed the cream of this crusade and written a book heralded by the British author Jon Ronson as "The Feminine Mystique for anxious nerds". Introversion has become, Cain says, a second-hand personality trait, "somewhere between a disappointment and a pathology".

"Introverts living under the Extrovert Ideal are like women in a man's world,'' she writes, ''discounted because of a trait that goes to the core of who they are. Extroversion is an enormously appealing personality style, but we've turned it into an oppressive standard to which most of us feel we must conform."

So much so anti-anxiety medication has been marketed since the 1960s to those who "don't fit in" or don't speak up enough. Fear of public speaking has been diagnosed as a sickness.

Cain's arguments are persuasive. Why, she asks, do we assume that those who talk most often and most vigorously, have better ideas than those who stay quiet? Why do we think leaders need to be jolly, dominant and charismatic when there is no evidence to suggest that these attributes matter?

(Bradley Agle, a management professor at Brigham Young University, studied chief executives of 128 big companies and found those thought of as charismatic by top executives had bigger salaries but not better corporate performance.)

Why do we think it is better to be an extrovert when the introverts are the most creative? Why make excuses for children who hide behind our legs, force students to work in teams and tear down cubicle walls in offices? Why, in short, so much noise?

Noise, Cain argues, can be the enemy of creativity, while solitude is a catalyst for it. Without introverts, she says, we would not have the theory of gravity, the theory of relativity, Chopin's nocturnes, Peter Pan, Orwell's Animal Farm, Charlie Brown, The Cat in the Hat, Google, Harry Potter.

Nor would we have the insights of the likes of Mahatma Gandhi, Albert Einstein, Eleanor Roosevelt, Warren Buffett, Frederic Chopin, Charles Darwin, Al Gore, Isaac Newton, Larry Page, Rosa Parks, J.K. Rowling, Steven Spielberg, and Steve Wozniak.

Cain is most convincing when she talks about how we have shifted from what the historian Warren Susman calls a culture of character to a culture of personality, where we stopped concentrating on improving our minds and our moral fibre, to trying to be loud, looked at and admired for sheer noise-making and space-occupation. Crudely put, we now like big personalities, not big brains; showmen not shy men.

Cain falls short, though, when she tars extroverts with the same, broad brush. Extroverts, she says, are more likely to be killed in car accidents, hospitalised as result of injury, cheat and remarry. She also blames them for the collapse of Enron, as well as the disastrous subprime risk-taking on Wall Street that led to a global recession. I know extroverts were involved, and incautious, but it was certainly a lot more complicated than that.

Also, while Cain is right to argue that extroverts such as Bill Clinton are politically dominant, as we too often conflate exuberance with talent, there are many influential introverts: Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are both introverts - while the defeated Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum are extroverts. The former prime ministers John Howard and Kevin Rudd both display strong introvert tendencies.

In truth, most of us rest somewhere in the long middle stretch of the introversion-extroversion spectrum. We might be - at least I think I might be - something called an ambivert, or an introvert-extrovert, or just unsure. People who like to strap on dancing shoes for days or years at a stretch, and then happily hibernate to write, or think, or be with children before emerging again. People who stride the globe, then retreat to the cave. This cycle can happen in a single day.

Still, the gist of this movement rings true: we do not recognise quietness as strength, or allow introverts to be introverts. We apologise for shy children, assume teamwork - or brainstorming - is a good thing for all concerned, and grimace through the noise and interruption of open plan offices. (Some of the most gratifying of the research Cain dug up found open plan offices diminish productivity, create stress and make people sick and anxious.)

Part of the reason this movement is growing is that introverts are not the only ones who are uncomfortable with the relentless, staccato dictates of a technological culture; many people, subdued or loud, yearn for a slowness of life. Across large swathes of commentary, books and articles can be seen an obvious yen for quiet, peace and stillness in a world where pockets of silence are shrinking every year.

This is why the introvert movement is important. Not just for how we understand our children - especially those like my mother who usually knew the right answer but never raised her hand in class - co-workers or bosses, but how we need to respect our own impulses for stillness.

We need to recognise solitude is not a retreat from the world, but an ascent to a place of calm, where poems and cakes can be concocted, thoughts planted or polished and daydreams made tangible. We need to honour and celebrate contemplation without attaching dismissive words such as "your navel" to it. Because this is where, for millions of us, creativity blooms.

The world of the introvert is very appealing, not just to introverts who crave space, but to the rest of us as well, who understand intuitively that if we, too, were to pause more, clamber into solitude, do work we love, and somehow pin silence to our roofs, then we might be capable of things we have not yet dreamed of.

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Stoner in new spat with Rossi

Dec 18, 2012

'He wasn't man enough' ... Italian rider Valentino Rossi.

'He wasn't man enough' ... Italian rider Valentino Rossi. Photo: Getty

Casey Stoner might have retired from MotoGP but his war of words with bitter former rival Valentino Rossi is dragging on.

The pair have clashed once again over their infamous duel during the 2008 US Grand Prix at Laguna Seca.

Rossi, the nine-times world champion, claimed in a recent interview that Stoner began to "hate" him after the Australian lost the dangerous and nerve-wracking clash.

Stoner, who is focusing on a career in V8 Supercars, has retorted that the Italian feels brave enough to speak out without him in the paddock next season.

Rossi was forced to return to Yamaha after spectacularly failing on the Ducati with which Stoner won the 2007 world championship.

But at Laguna Seca, it was Rossi who came out on top, winning the race courtesy of some controversial high-speed wheel-to-wheel racing.

Rossi maintained that their relationship turned sour after the US race.

Stoner had dominated practice and qualifying on his Ducati but Rossi threw away the rulebook to produce one of the bravest and most successful coups of his career.

The Australian was highly critical of his rival's aggressive riding and he eventually crashed, but remounted to finish second.

"Stoner started to hate me just because he lost," Rossi told the Daineses Legends magazine.

"After that, he always seemed to talk about the past, this race, because he wasn't man enough to understand that at the time, he lost."

Stoner responded via his official Twitter feed: "I think Valentino feels a little more brave now that I'm not there."

The pair have clashed repeatedly in the past while Stoner could not resist a crack at Rossi's decision to abandon Ducati after two winless seasons.

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Twin Cities to host RBI World Series for third time

Twin Cities to host RBI World Series for third time

MINNEAPOLIS -- For the third consecutive year, the Twins will host the RBI (Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities) World Series, with baseball and softball tournament games to be played around the Twin Cities.

RBI leagues from the United States, Canada, the Caribbean and South America will compete in eight regional qualifying tournaments throughout the United States and the Dominican Republic beginning June 27, before the World Series is held Aug. 3-14. The championship softball games will be played at Jane Sage Cowles Stadium, home of the University of Minnesota softball team, and the baseball championships will be played at Target Field.

The Senior Division baseball championship game and the softball division championship will be broadcast on MLB Network and will be streamed on

"This is the third consecutive year for us, and you can count on one hand how many teams have hosted the RBI World Series three consecutive years," said Kevin Smith, the senior director of corporate communications and broadcasting for the Twins. "Major League Baseball and the Twins have worked well with this program. We understand the relevance of that program nationally, internationally and here in Minnesota."

RBI is administered by Major League Baseball and is designed to provide young people from underserved and diverse communities with the opportunity to play baseball and softball, encourage academic success, and teach the value of teamwork and other important life lessons. The program serves more than 220,000 young men and women in more than 300 programs in more than 200 cities worldwide. More than 200 RBI participants have been drafted by MLB teams throughout the program's 24-year history.

In 2011 and '12, World Series events in Minnesota featured appearances from Commissioner Bud Selig and Hall of Famers Bert Blyleven, Rod Carew, Paul Molitor and Dave Winfield.

"To able to bring these kids to Target Field and see their faces and the 'wow' factor at a Major League facility, you can't put words to it," Smith said. "A lot of these kids have never been on airplane, much less outside of their hometown, much less here. You add all that together and it's an experience they'll never forget."

Joey Nowak is a reporter for Follow him on Twitter at @joeynowak. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Walla Walla police warn of counterfeit cops

Drivers are cautioned that someone driving a car with emergency-style lights and possibly a siren has been pulling over cars.

WALLA WALLA -- Authorities are cautioning drivers about possible contact by unmarked law enforcement vehicles following a series of complaints over the weekend.

So far three people have reported to the Walla Walla Police Department they were asked to pull over by a vehicle using dash-mounted red and blue emergency-style lights that may have also had a siren, said Walla Walla Police Officer Tim Bennett.

Descriptions of the vehicle ranged from a silver Toyota Camry, to a white "larger" vehicle, to a green vehicle. One witness gave the last three letters of the license plate as "SGB."

Suspect descriptions ranged from "several kids," to two Hispanic men wearing casual clothing, Bennett said.

The contact reportedly occurred Saturday night near Chase Avenue and Poplar Street, Chase and Willard Street and Clinton and Pearson streets, Bennett said.

In each case, no contact was made between those in the purported law enforcement vehicle and the victims. The suspect vehicle in each case drove off. No weapons were displayed or threats made to the victims, Bennett said.

The Police Department offers the following tips when a stop is initiated by an unmarked law enforcement vehicle:

All local agencies utilize some unmarked vehicles by officers. While the majority of officers making traffic stops will be in uniform, detectives and administrative staff may not.

If the purported law enforcement vehicle doesn't look right, try to stop in an area where there is other traffic, lock your doors, and open the window only far enough to speak to the officer until you feel confident with their identity.

There is nothing wrong with asking officers to see their police identification if they are not wearing a department uniform.

If pulled over at night, try to stop in a well-lit and well-traveled area.

If concerned about their identity, ask to call their dispatch center to confirm it or ask if you can follow them to the nearest law enforcement agency, within reason.

Anyone with information about these cases should contact Walla Walla Police at 527-4434 or, after 5:00 p.m., at 527-1960.

Maria P. Gonzalez can be reached at mariagonzalez@wwub.com or 526-8317. Check out her blog at blogs.ublabs.org/schoolhousemissives.

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Family, friends mark somber 10-year nightclub fire anniversary

Published On: Feb 20 2013 11:13:27 AM EST   Updated On: Feb 20 2013 01:25:04 PM EST

Rhode Island is marking the 10th anniversary of a nightclub fire that killed 100 people.

The Feb. 20, 2003, fire in West Warwick was started when pyrotechnics for the 1980s hard rock band Great White ignited flammable foam that had been installed as soundproofing.

“They were just good people -- liked to listen to concerts have a good time,” said Michael Keegan, who lost friends Tommy Barnett and Jason Osborne in the inferno.

Edward Gonsalves, lost his brother Mike, a local disc jockey, in the fire.

“He was the local disc jockey – introduced Great White. He was my brother,” he said.
Relatives of those killed and survivors are marking the day in different ways. Some are staying home from work to spend time with family. Others are taking trips out of town.
Some will pay their respects with a visit to the site of The Station nightclub, where more than 100 handmade crosses dot the ground.

“It just doesn’t seem real, still,” said Daniel Autieri, who lost a family friend in the blaze. “I was actually thinking about the last time I saw him – you don’t think that’s the last time you’re going to see someone.”

A foundation working to build a permanent memorial at the site held a ceremonial groundbreaking Sunday.

“I’m just happy there’s some sense of peace with what’s going to happen with the land here. But as far as having friends and family back, that never goes away,” Autieri said.

Keegan said he is upset by the lack of progress that has been made in building the permanent memorial.

“How can you come by and look at this? I don’t know what happened in the 10 years, but it’s not right, that’s for sure,” he said. “It’s nothing like I thought it should be.”

Work on the permanent memorial is expected to start this spring.

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Photos: Remembering Rhode Island's deadly nightclub fire

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NOPD: Man posing as FEMA employee forced way into Algiers home, beat woman

Published On: Dec 04 2012 04:18:24 PM CST
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New Orleans police are looking for a man who is posing as a FEMA employee and invaded a woman’s home in Algiers.

Police said the incident happened on Nov. 26 about 11:45 a.m. in the 1400 block of Casa Calvo Street in Algiers.

The man rang the woman’s doorbell and said he worked for FEMA when the woman answered, police said.

The man then asked the woman about trimming trees, then forced his way into the home and battered the woman, according to the New Orleans Police Department.

Police said the man fled and was seen in the area speaking to other residents.

The man was described by police as a black man in his 40s, about 5 feet 3 inches tall with a slim build. He was unshaven with gray facial stubble, police said.

He was last seen wearing a jacket with a green and white plaid shirt underneath and khaki pants.

Anyone with information is asked to call NOPD 4th District Detective Jason Hickman at 504-822-1111 or Crimestoppers at 504-822-1111.

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NOPD investigating Mid City homicide

Published On: Apr 09 2013 04:09:22 PM CDT   Updated On: Apr 05 2013 07:43:37 AM CDT

New Orleans police are investigating a homicide that left one man dead early Friday.

The man was found in an apartment unit in the 300 block of South Jefferson Davis Parkway, according to police.

Police said they received a call at 5:03 a.m. with reports of arguing overheard at the building. Officers arrived to find a door open at the apartment unit, and the victim lying in a pool of blood.

EMS attempted to revive the man but he was later pronounced dead at the scene. The man was suffering from trauma, but an exact cause of death in unknown at this time, said police.

The name of the victim is being withheld pending notification of family members. A police representative said the man appears to be in his 50s.

If you have any information, police ask that you call Crimestoppers at 822-1111.

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Arts Around Town: For Scott Stoneback, Alburtis is a wonderful hometown for the art of oral histories

Published On: May 09 2013 10:50:05 AM EDT
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Scott Stoneback, seated right, conducts an interview with a borough resident for his two-hour oral history series, "Reflections on Alburtis." His son, Ellis Stoneback, is the videographer.

Not many towns can boast their own homegrown videographer. And not many towns can boast their own oral history series. But for the borough of Alburtis, nestled in southwestern Lehigh County, this weekend’s Centennial Celebration will showcase a hometown rich in the contributions of its people made to preserve the quality of life they enjoy today. The moments in Alburtis life, as told by the people who lived them, has been captured by the borough’s own, Scott Stoneback, and his production company, The Media People Inc., in a two-hour oral history series, “Reflections on Alburtis,” premiering Saturday at 10 a.m., at Lockridge Church, Franklin and Church streets. The project was produced for the Alburtis-Lockridge Historical Society, based at the church, and headed by Kevin Shoemaker.

In the last decade, nearly 100 oral histories of those who lived in the borough have been preserved by Stoneback, with “Alburtis, A Wonderful Hometown” and “Alburtis, Over 100 Years of Memories.” The stories run the gamut in borough history, touching upon its former iron industry, railroad station, shirt mills, school house, and grocery and general merchandise stores, to name some. The productions garnered national recognition with the Telly Awards and the Videographer Awards.

A 1962 graduate of Emmaus High School, and Temple University’s School of Communication, Stoneback still resides in the same home he grew up in on Franklin Street, overlooking the county’s 60-acre Lockridge Park and Swabia Creek. In 1977, he and his wife, Francee Fuller, also a Temple graduate, founded The Media People, which is based at the family home. Stoneback is a former Alburtis mayor, Lehigh County commissioner and original board member of Camelot for Children. He chairs the Alburtis Centennial Committee.

Regarding the process of historical documentaries, Stoneback explained that his subjects are interviewed; their comments transcribed and then arranged in an order that tells a story. In oral history interviews, he seeks to capture a piece of the subject’s life with regard to a special event or a subject in which that person played an active role.

Many of those interviewed in years past have since passed on, Stoneback said, but their recording “provides a remarkable insight into the lives they lived. In this way, their voices may still be heard today and into the future. Just as the farm fields around Alburtis become warehouses, future generations will have no direct knowledge of the life that existed when those fields were cultivated, seeded and harvested. These recordings preserve those personal memories of the people who lived them.”

For “Reflections on Alburtis,” Stoneback gathered 12 hours of recordings from more than 40 residents, young and old, as they reflected on life, past and present, during half-hour interviews conducted at his home studio. Each interview was carefully edited to approximately five minutes. The oral histories were preserved on Delkin brand Archival Gold DVDs for archival purposes and will be among those items included in the borough’s centennial time capsule.

“They should last through the next 100 years,” Stoneback said. “The question is if the equipment will be available to play them.”

Alburtis centennial logo One of those interviewed by Stoneback was Sharon Trexler, executive secretary for the borough of Alburtis and a member of the Centennial Committee. She’s been involved with the planning of this weekend’s events along with representatives from borough organizations. She’ll be among those present with Council President Steve Hill for Friday’s kickoff and 100th birthday cake-cutting at 6:30 p.m., at Borough Hall.

“It was wonderful to work with a committee who offered different ideas and levels of involvement. There was a real sense of community,” said Trexler. “When people come hear the oral histories, they will feel that swell of pride. They may feel like they want to live here.” She added that the celebration weekend coincides with Mother’s Day Sunday, May 12, this year only because the town officially was recognized as the borough of Alburtis on May 13, 1913.

The Media People, recognized as the oldest independent, full-service production company in the Lehigh Valley, was established in 1975. It has completed more than 2,000 productions for clients in the United States and abroad and has garnered more than 50 national and international awards for its work. Locally, it has completed historical documentaries for Dorney Park, the Emmaus Historical Society, the Macungie Historical Society, and the Kalmbach Trust, all of which captured national awards. Stoneback serves as the company’s executive producer, with his son, Ellis, as the videographer and editor. Originally a 16 mm script to screen production company, The Media People now operates in broadcast high definition video for more than 100 clients.

“With the ease of video recording today, families should be recording members of their family’s recollections of the past so they may share them with descendents who will never have the opportunity to meet these family members, except through these oral histories recordings,” Stoneback said.

Alburtis centennial banner “Reflections on Alburtis” will be available for sale later this month through the historical society. A two-hour recap of the weekend’s centennial events by videographers Ellis Stoneback and Greg Roth – including Saturday morning’s Centennial Parade -- also will become available for sale. An Alburtis Centennial Souvenir Book has been created by Scott and his wife.

“It is the volunteer fire company members, the Camp Fire and Scout leaders, volunteers at the Alburtis Area Recreation Association, plus the government and other community leaders that make Alburtis, A Wonderful Hometown,” Stoneback said.

Mary Himmelberger, revitalization coordinator for the Lehigh Valley Chamber’s Borough Business Revitalization Program, works with small towns, one of them being Alburtis. (The population of Alburtis is over 2,300; its size is nearly a mile).

“With the quality of life, sense of place, and passion of its people, there was no question in making the Alburtis Centennial a three-day celebration,” said Himmelberger, who resides in Bernville, Berks Co. “Our next goal for the borough is to go after National Historic District Designation.”

May Queen Celebration #1 There will be plenty of arts-related happenings throughout the weekend. The 30th annual outdoor May Queen Celebration presented by the Lockridge Theatre Group will be held on Sunday at 2 p.m., at Lockridge Park. The performance will be held during the May Day Festival which runs from noon to 5 p.m. The May Queen Celebration traditionally has been held the first Sunday in May but this year, at the borough’s request, the performance is being held in conjunction with the centennial events. This year’s May Queen to be crowned, Kaetlyn Faith Calissi, also will serve as the Centennial Queen. Her attendants are Kaitlyn O’Gera and Nicollette Reiser. All are seniors at Emmaus High School.

May Queen Celebration #2 Scott Stoneback’s sister, Faith Andrews, is director of the Lockridge Theatre Group and its May Queen Celebration and carries on the tradition in honor of her mother, the late Jean Stoneback. According to Andrews, the show started in 1983, as an idea to bring back a tradition including the Maypole Dance that first found its roots at the Alburtis School in 1928. In addition to the May Queen and the Maypole Dance, Sunday’s cast includes King Henry and his Royal Court who welcome the spring season to Alburtis in Renaissance fashion.

Andrews said she invited previous May Queens, their attendants and cast members to attend Sunday’s show and be recognized. Through the years, many children of the locale have grown up through the ranks of the May Queen presentation, she added. Past participants often return to enjoy the traditions the show represents.

“Today we have second generations of families stepping lively on the green at Lockridge in this annual tradition,” said Andrews who also will be presenting a vintage fashion show through her company, “Caroline’s Closet.” Using local models, she will narrate “Fashions through the Ages” on Saturday at 4 p.m., at the park’s Cast House. Later that evening, a concert by the Macungie Band will be held from 7 to 9.

Local artisan Peg McCormack, owner of Folkwerks Art Studio in Alburtis, finds enjoyment in the borough’s landscape as her subject. Primarily a sculptor (chalkware) of farm animals, her watercolors and pastels reflect borough history in such scenes as the Maypole Dance, Lockridge Park, the Camp Fire cabin on Church Street, Lockridge Church, and the Surrey Ride at Christmas. Her art, along with artistic interpretations of the town, past and present, by her students, will be on display throughout the weekend beginning Friday at 7:15 p.m., at the neighboring Old Vic Art Gallery and Frame Shop, owned by Susan M. Hercek.

McCormack is a graduate of Parkland High School who studied under William Swallow and at the Baum School of Art under Richard Lieberman. She has brought highly recognized artists to the borough as studio teachers, including Bill Wentz and Will Daskal, and for workshops including pastel artists David Garrison and Cecile Houel of France. Upcoming artists include watercolorists Jean Uhl Spicer in September and Tony Couch in June 2014.

May Day cast 2012 As an Alburtis councilwoman and member of the Revitalization Committee, McCormack said she wants weekend visitors to leave “excited about the arts and sense of community in the borough.”

Among the crafters at Sunday’s May Day Festival in the park will be 11-year-old Grace Bors, who actually has her own business – A Girl’s Gotta Eat! – featuring handmade play food for 18-inch doll play.

The Alburtis youngster, daughter of Jessica and Frank Bors Jr., believes that no doll is meant to be shelved, but rather played with to full enjoyment. Personally, she found herself wanting more than just dressing up her dolls or hosting tea parties with empty dishes. She wanted to step more into the scene with creative play.

It was a visit to Crayola that sparked her imagination once she was introduced to its Dream Makers series. She began experimenting at home with the kit’s dry clay and eventually found herself creating culinary delights that filled those empty dishes. She designed cupcakes, cake pop-up sticks, and birthday cakes that lit with battery votives. In the company of happy dolls, she expanded her repertoire to include pretend-food menus with breakfast and lunch bundles and dessert offerings. She even perfected Chinese takeout.

The young entrepreneur decided she was ready to market her happiness, keeping it affordable and fun, with the formation of A Girl’s Gotta Eat! and the Facebook page. She said she already has customers from as far away as Virginia. Bors said she cautions customers that her pretend food is just that – pretend food – and is not intended for children under 8 and is not edible.

“She’s a pretty crafty girl,” said her mom, adding that Grace enjoys fashion design and following TV’s “Project Runway.” She studies pottery with Jennifer Nahan Gidley at the Baum School of Art in Allentown and waits for the day when she is old enough to enroll in fashion classes.

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The Alpha/Omega Players of 301 E. First St., Birdsboro, Berks Co., will present “Bugsy Malone Jr.” beginning Friday through May 19. Upcoming musicals for its 2013-14 season include Jason Robert Brown’s musical, “13,” Nov. 29-Dec. 8, and “Avenue Q the Musical,” March 28-April 6.

GoggleWorks 2013 juried exhibition in Reading is themed “HOME: Interpreting the Familiar,” opening Saturday through June 23. An opening reception will be held Friday from 5:30-7:30 p.m. The multi-faceted exhibition thinks beyond the literal and interprets a very familiar subject matter -- HOME. Genevieve Coutroubis, award-winning documentary photographer and ethnographer, served as juror. She is director of programming for The Center for Emerging Visual Artists in Philadelphia.

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Burger King giving away new 'satisfries' this weekend

Published On: Dec 24 2013 10:53:07 AM EST   Updated On: Oct 12 2013 08:12:26 AM EDT

Free Satisfries at Burger King

Burger King wants you to try its new, lower-fat French fries for free.

The fast food chain is giving away the so-called "satisfries" Saturday and Sunday.

The freebie applies only to the value-sized fries, and there is a limit of one per customer.

Burger King said the "satisfries" have 30 percent less fat and 20 percent fewer calories that regular BK fries.

A small serving of "satisfries" has 270 calories and 11 grams of fat. Compare that with a small serving of classic fries, which has 340 calories and 15 grams of fat.


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Micbael Boyle, William Parr charged with running meth lab

Published On: May 28 2013 01:21:47 PM EDT

A traffic stop in Monroe County led officials to two men, who are now charged with running a methamphetamines lab.

State police said they saw a Dodge Neon with Delaware plates make a U-turn in front of them, then sped up when police pursued them.

The chase took place around 1:50 a.m. Tuesday on Route 447 near Franklin Hill Road in East Stroudsburg, Monroe Co.

When the car came to a stop, the driver and the front seat passenger both fled on foot, police said, but were apprehended.

The passenger, 37-year-old William Peter Parr of 6225 Forest Lane, East Stroudsburg, told police that the driver ran because he was in possession of a meth lab.

The driver, 41-year-old Michael Robert Boyle of Brodheadsville, was found to have a black-colored vial which contained suspected cocaine in his pocket, police said.

While interviewing Boyle, police said he told them there was a bag of drugs in the car, and that he had injested cocaine about two hours before driving.

Police found a tan-colored bag containing suspected methamphetamine-making material in the front seat of the car, as well as a glass pipe commonly used to inject narcotics.

Boyle was charged with violating the controlled substance, drug, device and cosmetic act, driving under the influence of alcohol or controlled substance, fleeing or attempting to elude police officer, and related charges.

Parr is facing charges of violating the controlled substance, drug, device and cosmetic act.


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Driver crashes into gas pump in Caledonia

Published On: Jul 09 2013 08:48:31 PM CDT   Updated On: Jul 09 2013 10:24:16 PM CDT

A woman lost control of her SUV Tuesday night and crashed into a gas pump in Caledonia.

According to WISN 12 News' partners at Caledonia Patch, the woman was driving north on Main Street when she had unknown emergency, became dizzy and lost control of the Honda Pilot.

She struck the pump at the Mobil station on Three Mile Road and North Main Street just after 7 p.m.

A small fire started but was quickly extinguished.

"I just heard a big old boom," neighbor Joey Cooper said.

Cooper said he grabbed his cellphone and ran next door to capture video of the flames shooting up from one of the gas pumps that had been knocked down.

Neighbors who live behind the gas station told WISN 12 News they thought something exploded in their apartment because the crash was so loud.

"It was kind of crazy. We all ran outside. We thought it was in our apartment when we heard the boom sound," Beth Kretchmer said.

The driver was taken to Wheaton Franciscan Hospital in Racine.

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Holiday shopping season is in full swing

Published On: Nov 24 2012 09:57:10 PM EST

This morning, the first of four cruise ships this week has docked in Portland. While we all know how big of a business tourism is, this particular ship could help the local economy even more. News 8's Dave Guthro takes a closer look.

Shoppers descended on local shops in Portland’s Old Port Saturday for Small Business Saturday.

Sandwiched between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Small Business Saturday is a nationwide initiative to support locally owned shops and businesses during the busy holiday season.

The program is sponsored by the Department of Economic and Community Development.

Portland shops even drew customers from out of state, like Michele Nichols from New Hampshire, who had multiple reasons for visiting.

“We had a long weekend this past weekend and we knew the weather was going to be beautiful and the unique stores that are in the Old Port of Portland because we want to pick up some unique Christmas gifts. The one of the kind gifts you can’t find at the mall. And we like promoting small businesses,” Nichols said.

Small Business Saturday is in its third year.

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Boil water advisory lifted

Published On: Dec 07 2012 07:45:42 PM EST   Updated On: Dec 07 2012 10:40:42 PM EST

The Anderson Regional Water System has lifted the boil water advisory that had been in effect since Thursday.

According to Mark O’Bryant of the Anderson Regional Water System, bacteriological tests confirmed that there was no contamination of the system after a water main leak.

The affected districts included Sandy Springs, City of Pendleton, City of Clemson and Clemson University.

Clemson University canceled classes Thursday because of the leak.

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Upstate group helping Superstorm Sandy victims

Published On: Dec 27 2012 05:03:02 PM EST
Supplies for Sandy

The Oconee Men's Outreach is seeking donations for their drive to help victims still devastated by the damage from Superstorm Sandy in October.

Robbin Potrafka, a member of OMO, said that some smaller communities are still in need of donations.

"What we hope to do is build a bridge from those who have to those who have not," said Potrafka.  "In a lot of reliefs, you're going to find, that if it's done in a general way, there's a whole bunch (of donations) in one place and not as much in another."

That's why the group is hoping to "adopt" a smaller community.  They're collecting clothes and other necessities and plan to fill a truck and drive it to Far Rockaway, N.Y.

Ed Shepherd read about what the group is doing and donated more than 400 coats and 5,000 shirts and sweatshirts.  Shepherd is from Gerritsen Beach in Brooklyn.

"I know those people are really hurting. It's just terrible," said Shepherd.  "I'm trying to help. That's all I can do."

Anyone who is interested in helping OMO in their Sandy Relief Drive can go to the group's website at

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Truck hits mobile home

Published On: Dec 24 2013 07:57:20 AM EST   Updated On: Sep 20 2013 05:28:58 PM EDT

Fire officials and Highway Patrol troopers are on the scene of an accident in Travelers Rest.

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Sky 4 video shows a truck against a mobile home along Bates Crossing Road.

Troopers are still gathering details but they said no injuries were reported.

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 From:  Henrik Nydell <nyd at nyd dot cc>
 To:  list at m0n0wall dot neon1 dot net
 Subject:  pcn driver?
 Date:  Sun, 04 May 2003 16:39:23 +0200
Hi, is the AMD-pcnet driver (pcn*) included in the m0n0wall kernel?
I'd like to run m0n0wall in a vmware environment, and vmware emulates
the AMD cards. Also, is m0n0wall compiled for 486 only? (options I486_CPU)
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 From:  Bart Smit <bit at signature dot nl>
 To:  Joe Doran <joe at jbdww dot com>
 Cc:  m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch
 Subject:  Re: [m0n0wall] NTP
 Date:  Thu, 12 Jun 2003 09:17:12 +0200 (CEST)
On Wed, 11 Jun 2003, Joe Doran wrote:

> Has anyone been able to get a NTP client/server to work on
> m0n0wall?

If I'm not greatly mistaken, running ntpd is just a matter of slightly
modifying m0n0wall to get a running instance of ntpd at startup and to
allow ntp traffic to/from the box. That should pretty much be all if you
don't want a fancy UI for modifying the ntp config. Once you figure out
your box's drift, you can statically burn an ntp.drift file onto CF as

OTOH, if I *am* mistaken, I'll be gladly corrected by the list.

> I get up to the point of the timezone. How in the world do you set the
> timezone using PHP? I know Manuel has it on his agenda, but I would like
> to get this in place so I can sink my machines to m0n0wall.

ntp is not concerned with time zones. it uses UTC and nothing else.


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 From:  "Chris Buechler" <cbuechler at gmail dot com>
 Cc:  m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch
 Subject:  Re: [m0n0wall] setting up a dmz
 Date:  Wed, 15 Mar 2006 23:31:27 -0500
On 3/15/06, jan gestre <m0n0wall dot list at gmail dot com> wrote:
> based on the diagram, there is no ip address assigned to the OPT
> interface,

There is no IP on a bridged interface.

> what if i have assigned a private ip address to that interface
> e.g. , will the bridge setup still work?

If you want private IP's off that interface, you don't want bridging.

> is it possible to
> assign a private address e.g. to my mail server but in reality
> it just forwarding it to that ip because the mail server has a real public
> ip e.g. 202.xxx.xxx.xxx, is there a documentation for these kind of setup?

Add that public IP in proxy ARP, then set up 1:1 NAT between the
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New beta also lets you drag items from a UPnP Media Server to a device

Vuze, the popular BitTorrent client for Macs formerly known as Azureus, has received a new maintenance update which introduces a tracker-merging feature and the ability to drag items out of a UPnP Media Server to a device, or outside the boundaries of the app.

Users who download the latest Vuze beta ( beta 8) will notice something new should they add a torrent file that already exists in their library.

If the new torrent has additional trackers in it, Vuze will now prompt the user to merge the new trackers into the existing download. You don’t have to, of course, but now there’s an option to do so.

What else? The developers say you can now drag items from a UPnP Media Server either to a device or outside of Vuze.

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Hi tmm, S'OK and I can understand the reluctance in posting such a large and odd shaped item. Plus having some old pc that can boot native into 9.2.2 or earlier is getting to be more of a rarity, not the norm.

Bar yourself I don't know a soul living in your state neither, sad to say. There's bound to be a few who visit the MG tho.

Cheers for now.

Yup, it has 10.4.11 on there as well, but boots always into 9.2.2 Smile

urrrgh, I don't have a box, and if you've seen the sunflower iMac, you know what a b*tch it is to ship anywhere (monitor on a swivel/tilt arm). My swivel/tilt arm is in very firm/good condition (they usually get too loose and rattly) but I doubt it would arrive in NSW in one piece Sad

If you know someone in Tasmania who is willing to package and post it, I will gladly pass it onto him/her for you.

PS. It has one drilled screwhole on the base, and the burner is not installed at the moment (but can be reinstalled - I believe it is either a DVD-ROM/CDRW or a SATA-CONVERTER+DVDRW. Whichever I can find.

PPS. This is the one I would rather keep, as the G5 only does "Classic Mode" yUURCH

Hi tmm, about your G4 iMac (original 700MHz sunflower). I take it boots into 9.x native? Anyway I'm interested in it. - But as you know, I'm up in the mountains NSW not Tas Sad

Feel like posting it up this way?

Hey man, finally added 2.0 [k] to Pararena - assuming you were still looking for it! Sorry it took forever!

many thanks mate. Hope this runs on 9.2.2 Smile

Thanks for responding. It looks and sounds cool, so I thought I'd ask.

Hey, macmeister, I have a quick question. What game is your avatar from?

You are the first to ask. This is from Dino Run SE. I picked it up on Desura, but I'm sure you can get it elsewhere, possibly even on Steam.

It now works under Win/Lin/OSX -- Mavericks yes, Yosemite unknown.

It is only a casual game, and good for maybe 10 minutes per session, but I like the visuals and the sound/music. Gameplay is a little like wave runner 2 -- outrunning the apocalypse.

Try the iLife '04 link again - looks like there was a character missing.

many thanks, download too slow at the moment (12hr+). Started at 500kb/s, rapidly dropped to only about 50kb/s

Hey Craig, sorry missed your guestbook entry. Yeah if the offer's still around I'll take it up. I'm in Hobart now Smile

Hi! I'm new here and I wonder if a list of all the app here exist: I have dozens of MacAddict, MacWorld, SVM from the 90's and it would help me (save a lot of time) to select what I could upload to you guys (Lots of FW and SW)…
Let me know!

Hello! New here, brings back so many memories! I was flicking through the apps list and saw you had Illustrator 9, i would be very grateful is you could re-upload it as the mediafire link has gone. Many thanks if you can! Smile

I am currently using 10.0, but I will have a look, and see what I can do. Just got back on the iBook for the first time in a few months. Had a lot of fun playing Ambrosia games.

Many thanks ! I understand, what happens in this camp, stays in this camp : ) Does the game work well with today's Apple computers ? All I know is that they update the game to work on OS X

Only ever played this on OS9, don't know how it plays on OSX sorry.

hi there, I'm a new member and i've been hunting for any leads on Gridz. Would it be possible for you to send me the serial no. please ?

Hi Themacmeister,
I've got a Hoyle Board Games collection, also in German language, which could be the 2001 version you request. Please check the one I've commented on 2012, May 16 - 4:55pm at this page:

I was looking for CARD games, sorry about the confusion. Someone here has the German version (or saw it on ebay in Germany). I wanted the English version sorry.

That Rage128 still does not do DVD decoding... The DVD decoder card is online for $90 !!!

I think I will try for a Radeon, if one becomes available!

Glad you got the k'board & mouse OK. They were in excellent working order before sending so I hope they reached you in good nick.

For your Beige G3 check out applebits sale in ebay.au for the ATI Rage Pro 128 card, this card is excellent in the G3, it has VGA out only and not the 15 pin D-sub that old Mac monitors used.

Apologies for recent (short lived) hacking of my hotmail account. I have retaken control and changed passwords/secret questions, so shouldn't happen again. Thanks for pointing it out!

Macmeister, I am recieving junk mail from your hotmail account. Was it hacked or caught a virus?
Please try to cut it out.

Hi, I saw that you were able to play Gridz in:

I was wondering if you could message or email me a gridz serial key which gives access to the single player game, the posted serial is only for network play. I have sent a message to Green Dragon Creations but no response so far. I would be forever thankful Smile

About that SCSI host adapter, sure I can give a good home to that device. If you happen to check you hotmail account you'll find my email.

No problems with sending you attachments via email but can't see how to do this obviously. You can reach me at mike DOT tneqrazr AT emteedee DOT net - replacing the obvious (and del this afterwards plz).


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Subject Re: WriteableSource to write anywhere
Date Mon, 25 Feb 2002 10:59:22 GMT
At 12:22 am +0100 23/2/02, Sylvain Wallez wrote:
>The door is now open to other implementations that will allow us to
>write anything anywhere just as Source already allows to read anything
>anywhere. Some possible implementations include xmldb (Gianugo ?), SQL
>blobs, http/ftp upload, etc.

While working on WritableSourceTransformer, I was going to look at making a
SourceIOTransformer, that would have two verbs :

	<source:write src="" ..... />

	<source:read src="" ..... />

What do you guys think about this?
This is kind of the logical conclusion to the symmetry provided by the new
WritableSource interface.

It would not completely replace XInclude because it would not be able to do
any caching (?). The transformer in the sitemap has no knowledge of what it
is going to be asked to do (read or write) or on which resource, this would
be for completely dynamic operations I imagine.

What do you think?

regards Jeremy

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Date Tue, 13 May 2008 06:54:12 GMT
Hi guys,

since a few versions (1.5.1 ?), more and more users are complaining that
they get errors when trying to define their own schemas.

We have some big problem in this area :
* We have a great page
which explains extensively how to define a new schema, but nowhere we
explain how to enable an existing schema.
* In some previous version, the schemas can be enabled through the
server.xml file. This is not anymore the case, or at least, it's not
explicit. It would be great to have this possibility back, because
people who don't ar can't use Studio will have difficult time to enable
a schema otherwise
* The error "attributeType w/ OID not registered" is
not really self-explanatory... It would be much better if we can return
something like "attributeType ipService (OID not
registered". This should be possible...

As you can see, there are many places on the server we can work to help
user to have a better first impression. And it will also alleviate all
of us the burden of answering users who are all complaining about this
very same issue :)

Thanks !

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Subject Re: SableVM? -- ICLA details
Date Fri, 24 Mar 2006 19:49:14 GMT
Dalibor Topic wrote:

> Having
> submarine copyright holders on VMs using Harmony's VM modules or class
> libraries would be a pretty bad thing.

FYI, *NO* ASF is immune for what you call "submarine copyright holders".
The ASF does not have records of all the copyright holders of the
software it distributes. I would also venture to say that the ASF does
*NOT* own any code at all, since it never paid anybody to write any code
nor asked for copyright transfer.

This was a very very very cautious decision and quite a clever one, if
you ask me: the copyright remains of the respective owners.

Just like for Kaffe, the IP trail of any ASF project is not trivial to
reconstruct, but this doesn't matter because:

  a) all code is licensed under the same license

  b) the ASF was given the right to relicense via the CLAs

Copyright law was not designed for "sharing" but for copy protection.
But when you give a "license" you are reducing some of that protection.
The fact that you still "own" a piece of intellectual property is
completely ineffective if you have given enough rights to the users to
modify, change, redistribute and, in case of the ASF, relicense.

Etienne identified an issue with this scheme: the ICLA gives the ASF
enough power to relicense his code without having to put his name on it,
even if he still maintains the copyright of (part of) it.

The ASF states "Copyright ASF and its licensors, where applicable."
Which means everything and nothing at the same time. We could also
remove that statement and nothing would change from a legal point of view.

Etienne doesn't like the fact that his name might simply disappear. He
doesn't like that and he's asking the ASF to guarantee him that his name
won't be removed from the NOTICE file.

Call it ego polishing, call it altar building, call it academic career
booster, call it whatever you want, but I still think he has the right
to be assured that his name won't be removed from the credits.

I see nothing harmful in this request, it's just going to take some time
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Subject Re: design of testuite exceptions
Date Mon, 17 Jul 2006 23:31:33 GMT
Martin Sebor wrote:
> _rw_bufcat() is supposed to fail when the requested amount of memory
> exceeds the maximum (Buffer::maxsize). When the format string starts
> with the %{*} directive, maxsize is set to the value of the first
> argument in the argument list. So some of the pieces necessary to
> make this possible are in place, but not all of them. In addition,
> the code that is there is buggy and needs to be fixed to make the
> feature usable. The bottom line is that something like
> rw_snprintf (buffer, size, "...", ...) should do what we want. Let
> me look into it.

Here's a patch that lets us call rw_snprintf() to format a string
into a fixed-size buffer:

It's not quite as "elegant" as it should be (or rather, it uses
a hack to get it to work) but it's better than nothing for now.

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