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WASHINGTON, November 12, 2012 – Nothing much to see here today folks. We held off on today's column hoping for something a little more definitive in the market either way, but no dice. The market seems frozen into slow meltdown mode, with averages briefly up this morning before resuming their relentless march down. It's also a weird trading day, with markets open, banks closed, and last week's stock settlement dates delayed by a day due to the holiday.
The negativity has cleared slightly as of this writing (12:25 p.m. EST), with the Dow down about 12 and the S&P down a fraction and trying to move higher. But the Long March off the "fiscal cliff" will probably resume later this afternoon, barring some kind of small relief rally in between.
It's really hard to see what's driving the markets except the usual bugaboo that makes all businesses nervous—fear of the unknown. Given that the current White House—inexplicably given another 4-year lease on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW—is still willfully clueless as to what uncertainty does for business planning, we don't expect an atmospheric change anytime soon. President Obama briefly cheered markets when he, along with House Speaker Boehner declared they were ready for compromise.
But then the President did his usual Colombo 180: Oh, by the way, we still need higher taxes for "the rich," and I'll veto anything that doesn't punish them. The briefly happy stock market tanked again after that brilliant post-election demonstration of bipartisanship, and it will likely stay anemic unless something drastically changes.
What the market is likely doing, mostly, is building in some extra insurance against that fiscal cliff as well as shoring up for the unknowns in Europe and in Greece. The latter country, somewhat surprisingly, coalesced around still more austerity, but the government there still wants a 2-year extension on actually doing something, so the EU won't give them any more money. And since they don't have any money of their own, apparently, the situation there remains, erm, another cliffhanger. Nothing much to like here or anywhere, is there.
CNBC online noted this weekend that "Two of the most influential market prognosticators today — Pimco's Bill Gross and Goldman Sachs's Jim O'Neill — both warned clients…of the perils of the coming 'fiscal cliff,' when tax increases and spending cuts kick in at the end of the year.
"'U.S. fiscal cliff (is) deeper than advertised,' said Gross, whose firm oversees $1.9 trillion, in a tweet. 'It's a Grand Canyon. Washington will defer entitlement cuts & raise revenues only marginally.'"
Continuing with Gross' chain of thought, "O'Neill, chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, warned clients in a note that market momentum was quickly turning down on fears of policy gridlock.
"'The world and the U.S.'s own people need Washington, D.C. to be sensible," wrote O'Neill. "We had a rehearsal of life without a fiscal package in August 2011, and it wasn't very pleasant.'"
Both Gross and O'Neill avoid the glaringly obvious fact that American voters inexplicably not only re-elected Jimmy Carter II as president, but also voted back in essentially the same House and Senate that failed to do one single thing to help the economy over the past two years. I.e., how can anyone imagine a different outcome now given that America's voters decided to give Washington's bunch of losers another chance to screw things up?
That said, it's also remarkable how pundits, the financial press, and everyone else is talking this market down, down, down. Could it be that the professional investors are short and are trying to force mutual funds and those few foolish small investors who are left to unload their longs, thus making more money for the fat cats.
The problem with most "free" financial advice out there is that it's provided by "pros" (CNBC's favorite headline term) who are doing nothing more everyday than hawking their current book. So it's hard to determine if the worst-case scenario for the "fiscal cliff" is already baked into the averages today, or if we still have further to go on the downside.
We've been selling into this mess, particularly our beloved utilities which have been getting hammered, largely due this time to the now-cascading effects of the EPA's effective total ban on coal-generated power. Utility after utility is announcing the shuttering of its older and/or smaller coal plants. Coal mines are issuing boatloads of layoff notices (how's that workin' out for ya, union coal miners who voted for Obama?), and so are the utilities since, if they shut down coal fired facilities, who needs anyone to staff them?
So, in spite of better and better yields as they go down, utilities are now starting to give us capital losses—unusual in this group—so it's time to leave them.
Also, anyone who nibbled on banks during the recent rally ought to be unloading them as well. As it become clear that Dodd-Frank does not allow banks to be profitable at all, any intelligent investor will avoid these once key behemoths at all costs as well, and selling has been heavy in this sector as well.
It's probably time to hedge what we have left with short ETFs, and we've been nibbling into them today. SH (short E&P) is a plodding old war horse that we picked up on Friday. It's generally too pokey to make much out of unless you own thousands of shares, but it can be at least a good placeholder in a down market.
Likewise, there are numerous sector short ETFs, with SMN (double short materials) and QID (double short the tech-heavy QQQ index) being good bets. FAZ (the triple short financial ETF) takes care of the banks, but this is one dangerous puppy and we've had mixed luck with it before, along with its happier opposite, FAS (triple long financial ETF).
We've gotten involved in all the above but will have a hair-trigger on FAZ as, with the triple-leveraged momentum, you can get killed in a matter of seconds if you're not hawkeying the darn thing on your computer or having your broker do the same.
Aside from this, we are dumping, as circumstances warrant, various odds and ends from our portfolios so that what eventually remains will be either short, relatively safe (and few) longs, bonds, muni bonds, and cash, cash, cash. Plus a tiny bit of physical gold ETF IAU just to keep our hand in.
Columns are likely to be fairly short for the rest of this week as we try to figure out if anything meaningful is going to happen anywhere. We keep going back to the fact that American voters last week voted in nearly every last one of the idiots who've been causing the once-mighty U.S. economy to stagger and fall for the last two years. What in the name of the Almighty were voters thinking?
Disclaimer: The author of this column maintains several active trading and investment portfolios and owns residential and investment real estate. He is currently long IAU, SMN, QID, FAZ, and SH and continues to hold medium term corporate and municipal bonds.
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Collaboration is envisioned through at least two programs within Florida International University. GLOWS is a consortium financed by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and led by FIU; it works to increase social, economic, and environmental benefits to people of the developing world through clean water, healthy aquatic ecosystems and sustainable water resources management. WaterSCAPES is a NASA Group 4 University Research Center based at FIU; it focuses on research and education activities centered on the coupled interaction between the hydrologic cycle and vegetation dynamics. Its work will be performed on the Everglades of South Florida and the Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve in the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico.
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Exploring China's Wild West
December 17, 2009 by TMO · Leave a Comment
The Jakarta Globe
There is a smell of goats, fresh bread and melons. A cacophony of bleating animals rises, mixed with conversations full of hard-edged Turkic gutturals. A small boy clambers deftly onto the back of an unbroken, barrel-bellied pony, and reining it back sharply he somehow stays in place as it gallops wildly over the stony ground. Horse-trading elders with beards and skull caps look on with approval and begin to count wads of tattered money. Above everything arches a vast Central Asian sky.
I am in China, but here, at the Sunday livestock bazaar on the outskirts of Kashgar, an ancient city in the southwest corner of Xinjiang, I have to keep reminding myself of that fact.
Xinjiang is China's Wild West, a state of deserts and mountains peopled by Muslim Uighurs, and leaning more to Bokhara than Beijing. It has long had a troubled relationship with the rest of the country, slipping in and out of effective Chinese control as imperial power waxed and waned over the centuries. Today the tensions continue. In July, protests by Uighurs in Urumqi, the state capital, turned violent and a government crackdown followed. But unlike in neighboring Tibet, the government has kept Xinjiang open to tourists. When I arrive in Kashgar on a long-distance train, rolling though vineyards and pomegranate orchards, there has been a state-wide telecommunications shutdown for over four months and army trucks bearing antiseparatist slogans were rolling down the streets. But I am free to go wherever I like, and the first place I head is Kashgar's famous Sunday Market.
Kashgar stands astride the ancient Silk Road, the much-mythologized trade route that once linked China with Europe. From here trails led east along the fringes of the desert, and west over mountain passes. For centuries, people, religions and ideas passed along the caravan routes. The Uighurs' Turkic ancestors dropped out of the mountains in the sixth century. Before them, Buddhism, Manichaeism and Nestorian Christianity had traveled west. A few centuries later, Islam arrived.
Today a hint of this old romance survives — the borders of Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan lie within 150 kilometers of Kashgar, and trade goes on in weekly markets across the region. In the Kashgar Sunday Market I see carpets, fruits and embroidered cloth, mixed in with everyday metals and plastics. Women in sparkling headscarves jostle with old men in embroidered pillbox hats.
But the Chinese government is determinedly dragging Xinjiang into the mainstream. The market has now been corralled into a modern complex, and beyond it new high-rises tower over the remnants of the old mud-walled city. In recent years, swathes of the Uighur old town have been bulldozed, and immigration from other parts of China has been encouraged. These moves — and the dominance of immigrant Han Chinese in the job market — have only increased tensions. English-speaking Uighurs I meet on my journey whisper their disquiet in hushed, paranoid tones. A man at the Sunday Market explains the resentment at the destruction of old Kashgar.
"There is no privacy in a Chinese apartment," he says. "Our traditional houses are built around a courtyard so we all live together, but with privacy. We don't want to live in apartments."
Looking for something a little more authentic, I head to the livestock bazaar. It is a glorious chaos of goats, donkeys, horses and sheep and haggling men in fabulous hats. I am hoping to see a camel or two — real evidence that I am on the Silk Road — but to my disappointment there are none. I console myself with a plate of greasy kebabs and plot my onward journey.
From Kashgar I head east. Human habitation in Xinjiang has long been squeezed into the narrow margin between the mountains and the desert. A string of oases runs along what was once the southern branch of the Silk Road. My first stop is Yarkand — a place once as fabled as Samarkand or Xanadu. During Xinjiang's periods of independence from Chinese rule, Yarkand was usually the capital city. It was also the terminus of skeleton-strewn caravan trails over the mountains from India.
Today, it is a backwater. A Uighur old town of mud alleyways remains, and a dusty graveyard of royal tombs studded with the faded flags of mystic Sufi cults sprawls behind a medieval mosque with a vine-shaded courtyard. A modern Chinese town of arrow-straight boulevards dominates, but away to the south I can pick out the faint white line of the Kun Lun mountains, the back wall of the entire Himalayan range.
From the next oasis, Karghilik, I take a taxi into those hills along a road that leads, eventually, to Tibet. An army check-point by the chilly banks of the Tiznaf River is as far as I can go, but I scramble up a steep brown slope to take in the view. A mass of brown mountains, ribbed and scored with dark shadow, spreads east and west. Behind them, rising in a glittering white line, is the backbone of the Kun Lun. This was the barrier that Silk Road traders from India once had to cross en route to Kashgar, Yarkand, and my own final destination — Hotan.
The road to Hotan blazes across the stony desert, the mountains floating to the south. The vast void that surrounds it makes arrival in Hotan a strange experience, for here, at the very limit of China's vastness, is another large, modern town. As a Uighur heartland, the Chinese government has been particularly keen to integrate Hotan with the rest of the country. Roads from the north now plough straight across the Taklamakan Desert, and from next year a railway line will link it to Kashgar. A Uighur man I meet at a kebab stall hisses, "When the railway is ready we will be finished — Hotan will be all Chinese."
But something remains here: a week has passed and it is time for Hotan's own Sunday Market. Nothing has been regimented here; the bazaar sprawls over a vast area, filling all the lanes and alleys of the old quarter with a mass of color and commerce. There are sections given over to cloth and carpets, to the jade mined from the banks of nearby rivers, to animals and even tractors. Donkey carts clatter through the crowds, the drivers calling out " Bosh! Bosh! " ("Coming through!"). When I am tired of wandering I feast on laghman (Uighur noodles) and slices of fresh watermelon.
And as I leave the market I spot something — what I had hoped to see in Kashgar. A boy is leading a pair of shaggy, twin-humped Bactrian camels through the crowd. They are enormous beasts and they pass through the chaos unperturbed and disappear among the trucks. I stare after them as they go, now sure, despite the political tensions and the heavy-handed Chinese modernization, that I am in Central Asia, and on the Silk Road.
China's Rodney King Riots
July 9, 2009 by TMO · Leave a Comment
Vivian Po, New America Media
New America Media Editor's Note: Tensions between Muslim Uighurs and majority Han Chinese escalated July 5 when a peaceful protest over the deaths of two Uighur workers in Southern China turned into riots, leaving at least 156 dead and more than 1,000 injured. China expert Dru C. Gladney, Ph.D., says the riots reflect longtime ethnic tensions caused by unequal resource distribution and employment. Gladney is president of the Pacific Basin Institute and professor of anthropology at Pomona College. His most recent book is "Dislocating China: Muslims, Minorities, and Other Subaltern Subjects" (2004). He was interviewed by NAM reporter Vivian Po.
What was your first reaction when you learned about the riots in Xin Jiang?
I think it is quite remarkable. Mostly, incidents have taken place in the south of the province, so this is quite extraordinary to have such a high number of people involved in this many casualties, in the downtown district of Urumqi. This place has really a small Uighur population, about 11 to12 percent of the entire city population. Urumqi has never been a Uighur city. It is just one small district. I understand there is a sympathy riot in support of them in Kashgar, so it is interesting to see whether it will spread to the rest of the region.
What really caused the riot?
Clearly, there is a lot of tension underneath the surface. Though a lot of people make references to the uprising in Tibet, I think a better analogy is what happened in the Rodney King riots in Los Angeles. There was a terrible beating of Rodney King, but there were so many other tensions in the city, racial tensions that were ignited by this incident. I think the Tibetan situation is different. It was much more internationally focused, monks were involved, and religion was a factor.
Is religion playing a part in this riot?
It is not. In the past, the problems of the region have been attributed to Islam and to complaints about religious freedom, independence, separatism and even jihad. But none of them seems to be an issue here. There are many complaints from the Uighurs about wanting more roles in government, and more freedom to practice religion, but that is not what prompted this riot.
The Uighurs organized the protest as a response to a fight that took place at a factory in Guangdong, after a Han Chinese man who used to work there accused Uighur men of raping two Han Chinese girls. How did relations between the Han and the Uighurs in China's labor market contribute to this riot?
Labor is a very important issue in this whole situation. I wouldn't be surprised if the Han Chinese man who accused the Uighurs of rape did it because he was angry over losing his job. Uighurs from Xin Jiang had jobs but he couldn't get a job, so he made these allegations about rape that are totally unsubstantiated.
And Uighurs in Xin Jiang have complained that they get squeezed from both ends of the labor market, as both the skilled jobs go to the Han and then the unskilled and low-wage jobs go to the Han migrants, so Uighurs are really stuck in the middle. And when they go outside of the region to look for work, they are discriminated against and are not protected by the government. That was what a lot of the protests in Urumqi were about.
What is the Chinese government's approach to ethnic minorities in China?
The policy and constitution in China are extremely enlightened and have some very positive policies for minorities, but the reality is that there is discontent. It is clear that these people have some legitimate concerns. You do not get that many people out on the streets if they are satisfied with their situations. So there are real problems.
How did technology play a role in the riot?
The role of the Internet in fostering Uighur national consciousness is very important. Now, Twitter and cell phones, YouTube and Youku, all this technology has made the region much more accessible. In the past, the region was very cut off and in some ways less accessible than Tibet because Tibet was a place people were interested in and people knew the history. Uighurs have always been isolated, and nobody really knew or cared about them. Now through technology, international organizations of exiled Uighur groups, as well as the media attention that the Uighur detainees in Guantanamo Bay have gotten, it has become a global issue.
The Chinese government claims political activist Rebiya Kadeer masterminded the riots. What do you think?
I think it is true that several international organizations, not just Rebiya's, were engaged in this issue, but to suggest that any one of them has masterminded the event in Xin Jiang is very difficult to prove. I think the Chinese government is taking a cue from the Iranian situation, where they blamed the Americans for inciting people to go into the streets.
How would you compare the ethnic conflicts in China and those in the United States?
The Rodney King riots were an example of these extraordinary racial tensions. Hopefully we won't have to wait for a Uighur to become president or premier of China before racial tensions improve. They run very deep. We also have the issue of the indigenous people here, like the Native Americans and their concerns, and many have similar problems such as joblessness and high mobility.
Is there any solution to the ethnic conflicts?
Uighurs are demanding a greater voice in their own affairs and greater representation. There are Uighurs in the government but they are handpicked by the party, so their real concerns aren't being addressed. There are some policy issues the government could address, such as limiting Han migration, ensuring that Uighurs are given equal opportunities or even greater compensation for the mineral wealth that is extracted from their province. Residents of Xin Jiang should get some special privileges. Also, the Chinese have the "hukou" (household) residential privilege system where residents get certain benefits, such as education, and Uighurs do not feel they are getting those benefits in their autonomous region.
What do you think about the way China's state-sanctioned media has approached covering the riots?
I find it quite striking that they immediately reported the uprising in the region. I think they've recognized the fact that they can't keep a lid on the news anymore because of cell phones and easy access to media outlets. But you also see their bias. It is really extraordinary that the level of animosity between the Uighur and the Han population exhibits itself so clearly, so you can actually see Uighur men kicking a Han Chinese girl on TV. I am concerned that the reason this was shown on Chinese television, as opposed to a policeman beating protesters, was deliberate and can be very counterproductive.


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Hatfields, McCoys make moonshine legally in southern W.Va.
GILBERT, W.Va. (AP) -- After generations of bootlegging, direct descendants of the Hatfields have teamed up with the McCoy name to produce legal moonshine in southern West Virginia with the state's blessing - the start of a new legacy for the families made famous for their 19th-century feud....
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Revel sale put on hold while nightclub appeals terms
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- The sale of Atlantic City's former Revel casino is hold while the company that ran its popular nightclub and beach bar appeals....
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Ala judges weighing whether to perform same-sex weddings
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- Fred Hamic is a marrying judge: He's performed about 1,000 weddings during seven years as Geneva County's probate judge and considers the ceremonies a highlight of his job....
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Pilots in helium-filled balloon land in Mexico after record-setting Pacific Ocean flight....
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Man detained over suitcase found stuffed with human remains
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A man was detained Friday night in connection with a suitcase that had been found on a downtown San Francisco street stuffed with human remains, authorities said....
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5 boaters rescued from sailboat 200 miles off NC coast
MANTEO, N.C. (AP) -- The U.S. Coast Guard says it rescued five people from a sailboat after the boat's mast broke about 200 miles off the coast of North Carolina....
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"I believe that one of our next generation of Republican leaders, one who may not be as well-known as I am today, one who has not yet taken their message across the country, one who is just getting started, may well emerge as being better able to defeat the Democrat nominee." - Mitt Romney, who ended his roller-coaster return to presidential politics....
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Attorney wants mistrial declared in Vanderbilt rape case
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- An attorney for one of the ex-Vanderbilt University football players convicted of raping an unconscious fellow student says he will ask that a mistrial be declared after learning that a jury member was a rape victim....
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NYC to pay $5M to kin of man killed in 'Mafia cops' case
NEW YORK (AP) -- Nicholas Guido was showing off his new car outside his mother's home on Christmas Day 1986 when he was gunned down because he'd been mistaken for a mobster with the same name. The bad information, prosecutors said, came from two decorated police detectives who would later be convicted of moonlighting as hit men for the mob....
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City will pay $3.9M in 2012 NY police shooting of Bronx teen
NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City agreed Friday to pay $3.9 million to the family of a black Bronx teenager shot to death by a white police officer in 2012....
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Prison for NYC duo accused of abusing partly paralyzed woman
NEW YORK (AP) -- A New York City couple accused of battering a partially paralyzed woman and controlling her finances for more than a year has been sentenced to over a decade in prison....
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Father of 1st known surviving US quintuplets dies
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Andrew Fischer was a stock clerk earning less than $100 a week in 1963 when a doctor explained why his pregnant wife's belly had grown so large: She was about to give birth to five babies, who would become the first known surviving quintuplets born in the U.S....
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Air Force instructor gets 20 years in prison for rapes
SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- A military jury has sentenced a U.S. Air Force instructor to 20 years in prison for raping two women, including a recruit he was training two decades ago at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio....
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Sheriff: Gun in City Hall shooting came from straw buyer
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Connecticut legislature approves NRA-opposed judge nominee
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- The Connecticut House and Senate on Friday voted overwhelmingly to confirm a state judge nominee who was opposed by the National Rifle Association and other groups because she supported a gun control bill approved in the wake of the Newtown school shooting....
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Vanessa Hudgens Peddles Around Studio City
Tuesday July 19, 2011: Vanessa Hudgens covers her newly chopped hair while going for a bike ride with her younger sister Stella in Studio City. She and Stella both strolled around their neighborhood on their Townie bicycles, with Vanessa sporting a "Faith" baseball cap.
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Good side dish
servings6-8 people
active time30 minutes
total time1 hr 15 minutes
2 eggs1/4 cup sugar
1 T flour
2 cups corn, thawed
4 T butter melted (1/2 stick)
1 cup milk
dash pepper
dash nutmeg
1/2 tsp salt
Beat eggs and sugarAdd-flour, corn, butter, milk and seasonings.
Pour in casserole dish and cover. Bake 45 minutes in preheated oven at 400 degrees.
my notes
recipe at a glance
type: Quick & Easy, Vegetable, Casserole/Gratin
main ingredients: Corn
cuisine: American


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The Mikhailovsky Ballet: Without Words, Nunc Dimittis, Prelude
This modern triple bill by the Mikhailovsky Ballet St Petersburg is the last in its London run, rounding off a varied season.
Without Words is a simple and stunning show of form and structure set to the music of Schubert. In nude costume, we look at these fine athletes with an anatomical eye, with all other production values vanquished, concentrating on the delicate choreography and lilting movements of the dancers. Although emotionally impassive, the sweep and glide of their movement is effective. Arms outstretched, easy lifts, increasing arabesques and circular motions in spins and traced pathways all pertain to images of flight.
In true accordance with the music, they are quick and lively in the allegro sections, heavy, hunch-backed and drooping in the legato, rising and falling with pace and tempo as they releve and drop onto flat feet, fluttering fingers at tinkling ivories.
Nunc Dimittis is set to the religious music of Arvo Part. Crosses of light over a smoky stage create atmosphere as a dancer moves like a wounded bird, dying in the belfry. Dancers wear papal gowns in blood red velvet, bowing, with backs to the audience, grouping together as if congregation, curving backs in deference to a higher deity. They traverse the space, rushing from one side to the other. Religious references are clear, as hands are held out, palms face up, referencing stigmata, and images of Christ elevated on the cross appear, before ascension on a huge swathe of red silk, during a sung amen.
Prelude brings together facets of modern movement with traditional romantic elements, set to the music of Handel, Beethoven and Britten. It's a recognisable balletic world - a woodland set, traditional curtains and facades, which are ripped down and dragged offstage. Contemporary choreography merges seamlessly into romantic tableaux, hand-held groupings and long netted skirts.
Like a flock of surreal birds, they enter jerking their upper bodies forward in pecking motion, before joining together centre stage and raising their arms like a flock of geese taking flight. It's an apt piece to finish on, in a final program that demonstrates how the company are capable of contemporary as well as full length traditional works.


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Police Chief Rich St. John has identified a man who died Sunday after a Billings police officer shot him as he fled in a stolen police car.
The cause of death for Daniel August Brawley, 29, of Billings, hasn't been determined, but St. John confirmed that the man had been struck once in the torso by a bullet. An autopsy was completed Monday morning. The Yellowstone County coroner is awaiting toxicology results.
St. John identified the woman who was arrested with Brawley as his wife, 25-year-old Heather Brawley.
The Brawleys were arrested Sunday afternoon on suspicion of burglary after a three-hour standoff at a home at 807 Miles Ave.
A focus of the investigation is how Brawley, who had been placed in the back Officer Dave Punt's patrol car with his hands cuffed behind him, managed to slip free of the cuffs and get into the front seat.
"This is obviously one that is going to be heavily looked at and scrutinized," St. John said at a news conference Monday afternoon.
Slipped the cuffs
Members of the SWAT team arrested Brawley and used two Flex Cuffs — a type of disposable plastic restraint that resembles heavy-duty zip ties — to secure his hands behind him, St. John said.
Brawley managed to slip free of the cuff on his left hand, with the two cuffs still on his right wrist, St. John said. He said he doesn't yet know exactly how that happened and that it is under investigation.
Photos taken by a Billings Gazette photographer appear to show Brawley working to free his left hand from the cuff as an officer leads him to a patrol car.
After freeing his left hand, Brawley climbed into the driver's seat through a Plexiglas partition separating it from the back seat. The middle third of that partition has a window that can be lowered or raised to separate the officer from people in the back seat. After the incident, investigators saw the middle section was down.
St. John said investigators do not yet know how Brawley climbed through the window, and it isn't yet known if the window was down, up and unlocked or locked when he was placed in the patrol car.
"What took place in the car is the big question right now," he said.
The situation began when officers went to the home on Miles Avenue after an acquaintance of the resident, who was out of town, checked on the house and found an unknown man inside.
Police who entered the home spotted a rifle and ammo and learned that a shotgun and other weapons were also present. Fearing a possible ambush, they left the home and called in the SWAT team and a negotiator, who persuaded the couple to give up after about three hours.
Punt put Brawley in the back of his patrol car.
After Brawley freed himself, he tried to drive away and struck Punt with the patrol car as he backed up, St. John said. Punt got up and fired nine shots at the back of the car as it traveled west on Miles, St. John said.
The patrol car hit a pair of parked vehicles before stopping less than a block away.
Brawley died a short time later.
Punt was placed on paid administrative leave and has begun receiving mental-health services as mandated by BPD policy.
The incident remains under investigation by the Police Department. Its internal-affairs division will look at the incident, as will a shooting review board, which is made up of the deputy chief, a representative from the department's Office of Professional Standards, its head of firearms training and two officers below the rank of sergeant.
A coroner's inquest, which is required when a person dies in law enforcement custody, will be held later to determine if Punt's actions were justified.
Policy on deadly force
According to the Police Department's policy manual, approved by St. John in 2008, use of deadly force by an officer is justified "only if the officer reasonably believes that such force is necessary to prevent imminent death or serious bodily harm to the officer or another or to prevent the commission of a forcible felony."
It also says officers can use deadly force to stop a "fleeing felon" who they believe poses a threat of serious harm to officers or others. It goes on to say that they may also fire at or from a moving vehicle if necessary and says that a police vehicle is a law enforcement tool capable of inflicting death or serious injury and "should be considered in the same light as any use of deadly force."
St. John said Monday that it's not yet known how Punt made the decision to fire at the car. The chief said numerous times that he wouldn't speculate on Punt's actions. An official interview with the officer has not been scheduled.
"I'm not going to make any conclusions until the investigation's done," St. John said.
He did say that in such situations, officers must make a decision involving several factors — whether or not people are in harm's way, if the officer is threatened, if there's a threat to the public — in a matter of seconds.
"We are trained to take all of these things into consideration," he said.
As to why Brawley tried to flee, St. John said police probably will never know for sure, but that it may have been linked to his criminal history.
"There's a great probability that he didn't want to go back to jail," he said.
Criminal record
Brawley was convicted in Yellowstone County in 2005 of four counts of burglary, and a judge sentenced him to 10 years in custody of the Montana Department of Corrections, with seven years suspended.
In October 2012, while still on probation, Brawley was arrested on suspicion of crashing a car into a South Side home and running away before authorities arrived. He pleaded guilty to those charges later in the year.
After the incident, Brawley's probation officer recommended that the court revoke the suspended sentence and give him seven years, with four suspended, with the DOC. He failed to appear Dec. 31 for a disposition hearing, which was rescheduled for later this month, according to District Court records.
"More and more people are using violence against police officers, and a big portion are convicted felons that don't want to go back to jail," St. John said.
Heather Brawley was being held Monday at the Yellowstone County Detention Facility on suspicion of burglary.


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- From legendary retreats to new offbeat oases, MARK C O'FLAHERTY picks the world's most inspiring, free-spirited travel experiences
Big Sur,
California :The Esalen Institute
From Jack Kerouac's cabin in the woods to the Patti Smith poetry readings at the Henry Miller Memorial Library, Big Sur is a slice of counterculture legend. The Esalen Institute has been offering personal-growth retreats since the '60s: Hunter S. Thompson and Joan Baez were both residents. Non-residents can skinny dip in the cliff-side hot springs, but only between 1am-3am. For serious luxury, stay off-site at the adults-only Post Ranch Inn. Weekend workshops at Esalen, from US$405 per night; esalen.org; The Post Ranch Inn, from US$675 per night; postranchinn.com
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METS welcomes hundreds of first-time exhibitors
Posted onThe Marine Equipment Trade Show in Amsterdam expanded its exhibition program with a sold-out SuperYacht Pavilion and more than 230 first-time exhibitors.
Organizers said that even with an expansion in Hall 9, the pavilion is sold out. METS still has a few places left and organizers said that with the new exhibitors the show has more to offer visitors than ever.
"We are excited that even with the entry committee guarding our strict policy, we keep welcoming new blood to the show," METS product manager Sarah Westdijk said in a statement. "We have 18 country pavilions this year, and our successful partnership with the marine industry associations bring in over 470 companies."
"The Construction Material Pavilion and Marina and Yard Pavilion, relaunched last year, have taken off with growing exhibitor numbers and a solid speakers program at the stages," METS sales manager Rens-Jan van Vliet said. "METS offers an incredibly broad exhibition program. Everything you need to build and keep a boat — that is what METS is all about."
METS will be held Nov. 19-21 in the Amsterdam RAI Convention Center.
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Project "The magic world of books" is for children from 10 to 13 years. Project's plan: 1.Let's meet. 2."Bookworms Journeys" - Let's see our library. 3."Bookworms Traces" - The most popular books and author in school. 4."European Bookworms Cartoon" - Let's make our cartoon about the European Union 5."Bookworms Makes" - Let's get our book.
Wishing you a beautiful holiday season and a New Year of peace and happiness with best wishes from Poland.
Hello our new friends :)
We are just fine. Thank you. And you
Please, tell us more information about your school, class and library.
Pupils "The Library Club of Bookworms".
Greetings from Romania. How are you
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The next step is: "Bookworms Journeys" - Let's see our library.
You can read about our school library on web site: www.bibliotekasp30.blog.onet.pl
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12th May 2011
Sport takes centre stage once more in Barcelona on the weekend of 20th and 21st May 2011 when the Formula One season speeds into town.
It has been an enthralling start to the season, one that sees reigning champion Sebastien Vettel lead the way. With the weather currently excellent in the city, many Formula One fans might be tempted to hop on a cheap flight to Barcelona to check out the action.
The Barcelona Grand Prix is seen as one of the glamour races, such is the beauty and popularity of the city. This added international flair, provided by the grand prix, creates an intense atmosphere, prickling with excitement.
It is the perfect event to base a city break around. With qualifying on the Saturday and the race itself on the Sunday, anyone wanting to experience the thrill of the sport whilst making the most of Barcelona won't be disappointed.
Yet the excitement of the event transcends just the Formula One crowd and reaches right through the city.
The bars and restaurants are busy with fans, celebrities, drivers and team members all making the most of the city; although don't expect to find the likes of Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso in the bars and restaurants before the race.
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Song Name | Artist | Album | Genre | Time | ||
1. Do Better to the Young | Cody Chesnutt | Black Skin No Value | R&B/Soul | 3:17 | ||
2. Everybody's Brother | Cody Chesnutt | Black Skin No Value | R&B/Soul | 2:21 | ||
3. Under the Spell of the Handout | Cody Chesnutt | Single | R&B/Soul | 4:09 |
Cody Chesnutt
Tell us about your first concert experience:
My first concert experience was with the band Earth Wind and Fire. It was 1979.I was 10 years old. My parents took me to the show as a reward for me winning a championship game in little league football. Unfortunately, I didn't get a chance to see the entire show... I was so exhausted from the game that afternoon, that fell asleep about 45 minutes into it.
If you couldn't be a musician, what would you be doing instead?
If I couldn't be a musician? Wow! that's really hard to conceive... but, if I had to entertain such a thought–I would definitely get off into the world visual arts.
If you could collaborate with one artist, living or dead, who would it be and why?
I would love to collaborate with quite a few people, but there's one collab –that when I think of the positive effects it could have on the community- really inspires me– and that collaboration would be with Lauryn Hill. I choose Miss Hill for two reasons...one being, we have a common interest in stirring up the spirit and conscience of our people, and the other is, I feel that the male and female dynamic resonates much deeper with audiences -especially if the song they're singing has the kind of content that offers up something for both the soul and mind.
If you became President, what is the first action you would take?
If I were president? I would take a chunk of the 700+ billion dollars spent on defense, and use the money to elevate the quality of education, restore and beautify schools, hospitals and the communities that surrounds them. The objective at this point I believe, is for the nation to get back to its healthier fundamentals.
What social cause is closest to your heart?
Being a parent, I do whatever I can to support the protection and development of children.
What does the right to vote mean to you?
What bands or artists did you listen to when you were in high school? And which bands or artists influenced your style the most?
When I was in high school, I listened to the radio and my parent's records. I don't remember having a "favorite band". But, if I had to single someone out–it would have to be Michael Jackson.( man! as I'm typing this, I still can't believe he's dead) He was undoubtedly the biggest influence during this most impressionable period of my life. I didn't really start paying attention to bands as a musician until the late eighties-early nineties. The simple and melodic writing talent of Tony! Toni! Toné ! caught my attention, and the raw, soulful bite of Nirvana– move me and inspired me to pick up the guitar.
What's the biggest obstacle that you had to overcome in high school? (could be personal or academic)
Ha! The fact that I was the president of a "club" of preppies might surprise a few.
Do you do any volunteer or community work when you're not on tour?
There weren't really any major obstacles for me to overcome during high school. Other than adjusting to a transfer my sophomore year and my first major heartbreak in the 10th grade, my high school experience was cool!
What change would you like to see in our society in the next year?
Yes, I do. Most of it's church related.
The biggest change I would like to see in our society in the next year- is a shift in consciousness- more spiritual than the material.


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your wife says –
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Ok so I got my new issue of Linux Journal and it had a big article about Yubikeys They're basically super cheap two factor authentication.
They have a number of neat features –
I put in an order for some tonight just to play around with them. Where I work, the IT department has already selected the RSA dongles, but I figure in these tough economic times it doesn't hurt to know the other options (especially if those options are cheap and open source friendly). Who knows maybe I'll decide to set up my own personal one time password authentication system. I've done stranger things with my free time.
I will post the gruesome pic later. For now this is me with my bulldog. He just had two toes fused making him a peg leg bulldog for now . As for me – I dropped a glass carboy that I was cleaning to tranfer beer into it. It exploded and cut me in a number of places. 5 stiches to reseal my right hand and two in my left two. I am totally switching to plastic carboys.
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Not to be out done – my wife found a way to make Truck Nuts (already very classy) even classier – with a little extra something something
I've been watching Best Week Ever since it showed up on VH1 a couple of years ago. It seemed like a guilt free way to catch up on a lot of reality TV I wasn't ever going to watch.
Lately, it has gone down hill. I love Paul F. Tomkins, but the show has gone from mostly funny clips – to mostly hamming it up. Lame!
Getting back to a simpler (and funnier format) I've switch over to InfoMania which is on the tubes and CurrentTV (on directTV).
Sure it is low rent – but it has a lot more laughs per minute and memorable hosts than BestWeekEver (I totally miss Christian Finnegan).
Check it out!
I've teased by wife for some time that I would figure out a way to add Truck Nuts to my beetle – now I know I could get them in a silver that matches.
Ok I started using I want Sandy over a year ago. It was a neat tool. I had two problems with it -
First, you couldn't set up your own email alias – which would have made it much easier to use.
The second, and more important thing – it didn't really scale to the volume of stuff I have to track. This ending up being the main reason I started looking for another solution a few months ago.
I just logged in to Sandy today and saw I Want Sandy Going Offline In Dec. Guess it was a good thing I got off of it already. Based on the article sounds like some of the stuff is going to roll into Twitter – which could be cool.
So what did I switch to – Chandler It has it's problems – but overall it is the best thing I've used to date to manage the sheer volume of tasks and ideas that I jumble through.
It has also been nice to be able to easily collaborate with friends through shared categories. And it is accessible through a client (Linux,Mac, & Windoze) or the web. The only thing missing right now is an iPhone app (The web app doesn't work well in the iPhone browser). This may be something I look into building if I don't switch over to the Android Dev Phone Hotness (though it looks like that may have to wait because it doesn't support AT&T 3G (yet))
So if you are into GTD and want to play with a very interesting productivity tool – check Chandler out!


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Mary Margaret Stamper and Caldwell reported they placed a display for Constitution Week at Stamper's Furniture Store.
The bookmarks were delivered to Bradley and Polk county schools as well as Cleveland schools.
Jeannine Scott gave the National Defense report. She stressed the importance of voting and remembering veterans when Veteran's Day is celebrated Nov. 11.
Joy Harden talked about the Cherokee Indians in Bradley County when she gave the Indian report.
Helen Riden read the secretary's report prepared by Mildred Maupin.
The treasurer's report was given by Ellen McReynolds. Each of these reports was approved.
Riden announce Ann Cherry is going to be an associate member of the Ocoee Chapter for the present since she is working on establishing supplemental ancestors at the Jane Douglas Chapter in Dallas.
Jane Lucchesi gave information on the DAR magazine.
Robert L. George, historian for Cleveland, was the guest speaker. He talked about the importance of railroads in general.
George mentioned one very interesting statement made by President Abraham Lincoln about the importance of a railroad going through Cleveland. Lincoln's statement was a reference to the importance of railroads during the Civil War. In addition to focusing on the importance of railroads, George gave a slide presentation on the renovation of the Cleveland Depot.
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The Social Justice House is a unique opportunity to take an active role in immersing yourself in Barnard College and New York City through the lens of justice and activism. Dedicated to educating students about the problems and solutions related to contemporary social issues, students will pursue positive change within local and global communities as members of the Social Justice House. Students will learn how to make a difference by engaging in the theory and practice of social justice and interacting with their peers and local activists and policy makers.
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Venezuela under president Hugo Chavez has become the poster child of how to maim a burgeoning oil sector. But Caracas's latest deal — the Juno 6 field, to be developed by Pdvsa and several Russian partners — has some heavy political firepower behind it and may yet lead to new oil production from Venezuela's Orinoco Belt.
However, there are some rumblings of discontent: sources tell FT Energy Source that Russia's decision to invest in Junin 6 was made by Vladimir Putin, and handed as a fait accompli to the less-than-thrilled chief executives of Russia's biggest oil and gas companies.
In fact one source is betting (literally*) that nothing will come of this latest efforts, pointing out how few upsteam oil projects Russian companies have managed to pull off successfully outside their own borders.
The Russian government, for its part, is taking the commitment seriously, if a recent visit to Caracas by Putin is anything to go by. Petroleum Intelligence Weekly reported the details:
The Russian premier presented President Hugo Chavez with documents for the first tranche of a $1 billion loan that allows Russian National Oil Consortium (RNOC) — comprising state Rosneft and Gazprom, as well as privately owned Lukoil, TNK-BP and Surgutneftegas — to set up a joint venture with state Petroleos de Venezuela (PDV). The first tranche totalled $600 million with the rest to be paid by the end of the year. RNOC will hold 40% in the JV with the remaining 60% belonging to PDV. The partners aim to produce 450,000 b/d from the block, and exploration could start next year, according to Surgut head Vladimir Bogdanov. Investment should total $60 million-$80 million this year, he added. The partners aim to approve the 2010 budget and choose the JV's head, who will come from PDV, within a month.
Venezuela's energy minister, meanwhile, says the project could start producing up to 50,000 barrels per day by the end of the year. It will be interesting to see whether the sceptics are proved wrong.
[*Said source has in fact bet us 365 sushi dinners; so arguments to the contrary on Russia's record on foreign projects are particularly welcome - use the comments below or email us.]
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Our web app helps companies you've heard of like Microsoft X-Box, Colgate Toothpaste, Wrigley Gum, and Mercedes-Benz make better products for consumers. It does this by connecting our customers that make consumer products to our vendors that make innovative materials and technologies like gel magnets, tension sensing rope, and stainless steel yarn. Think of us like a dating site for technology seekers and sellers. The internet makes lots of information available but it's really challenging and time consuming to source new materials. Our mission is to make it SIMPLE to source and sell these cool technologies globally.
The first phase will be taking our current web app written in ASP and doing a re-write in Ruby on Rails using TDD. The reason we are doing the re-write is we want to clean up the code base and set it up to quickly make improvements customers care about without breaking legacy code. The second phase will be to make improvements we've identified need to happen by observing our customer behavior.
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St Helens captain Paul Wellens and former England winger Ade Gardner scored two tries each to help Saints to a 42-12 win over Wakefield in the Jon Wilkin testimonial match at Langtree Park.
Early tries from James Roby and Willie Manu gave Saints a 10-0 lead before Isaac John replied for the visitors.
Lance Hohaia and Lee Gaskell grabbed second-half tries for the home side while Lee Smith scored the Wildcats' other try late on.
Full-back Greg Eden scored a try in each half to help Hull KR to a 28-18 win over arch rivals Hull FC at the KC Stadium.
The Robins led 22-6 at half-time thanks to tries from Omari Caro, Craig Hall, Cory Paterson and Eden, with England winger Tom Briscoe responding for the home side.
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My sunroom is my Magi room and is decorated in purple and royal blue as those were the colors of royalty in ancient times.
Gaspar, Melchior, and Balthazar are the focus of the room. The 7 1/2 ft tree has purple and blue lights and ornaments. Close up of one of the magi ornaments on the tree. These figures were from Sal. Arm. this fall for $2.12!! I painted the ceramic kings back in the early 80's. I found the pillow at ARC this fall. The table has purple chargers, lg. white plates, clear blue plates, small white plates, small clear blue plates, and purple bowls with blue glass Magi/Holy Family glitter ball ornaments. The purple HG goblets reappear and some blue TS goblets etched with trees. Also, purple TS napkins and flatware. This is a small purple tinsel tree with blue ornaments and bead garland.
I have a hunch Karen might like this room, LOL!! TTFN,
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- Posted by purplemoon (My Page) on Wed, Dec 15, 10 at 23:29
Karen has dropped her jaw on the floor and is drooling on the keyboard to make matters worse. Holy Purple Cow.... where am I going to find words for this? There aren't any! Except I wish you'd shown the little purple tinsel tree two weeks ago. LOL. I have one, but didn't get it out this year. I never thought of putting my blue ornaments on it in the past tho! Next year for sure, I just saved yours in my personal Xmas planner. The big tree has me pointing and going "ah ah ah ah AH WANT THIS ONE" I'm in purple overload...and loving it. |
- Posted by luvstocraft (My Page) on Thu, Dec 16, 10 at 11:39
What a wonderful theme you've chosen for this room. Looks very elegant and you certainly have a great collection of items to use in there. I knew Karen would click on this as soon as possible since it had "purple" in the title! LOL Santa is probably going to have to bring her a new keyboard--all that drool you know. LOL Great job, Candy, I loved seeing it all. Luvs |
Candy, Your room is stunning. I can't find any more words to describe it. The theme is perfect, and everything is lovely. NanaKaren P.S. I'm sure seeing it helped to brighten Karen's day a little |
- Posted by jeannespines (My Page) on Thu, Dec 16, 10 at 16:04
Very pretty, candy! Lovin' the blue/purple combo! And what a wonderful theme for your sunroom! The gold/purple combo is very rich with the wisemen figures on camel under your tree. Gorgeous round t'scape, too! The white/blue place settings work lovely with the purple linens, centerpc, bowls w/ornies! Your ceramic kings are quite ROYAL looking! TFS your lovely room! Jeanne S. |
- Posted by christmascandy (My Page) on Thu, Dec 16, 10 at 19:33
Thanks for the lovely compliments. I don't decorate as much in this room as we don't heat it. Also it gets very full because I move my geraniums and some of the other outside plants into the room and they survive in a kind of dormant state until the spring. It does make it rather crowded. TTFN, |
Candy, this tree and table are beautiful. The tree skirt is wonderful. These colors are so pretty together. You have so many neat decorations! Punk |
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I'm reading Carrots and Sticks by Ian Ayres. The book discusses hyperbolic discounting, which is the natural tendency to discount the future value of something in favor for having it now.
The book cites a study of kids placed in a room with a marshmallow. They were told that if they could wait until the examiner returned they could get a second marshmallow. Years later, a follow up found that the kids who waited the longest scored the highest on their SATs.
The initial reaction might be, "Thats great! We need to train or kids to have more patience. If we teach them patience, they'll score higher on their tests!"
I probably fell into the category of the patient kid. I used to stash my halloween candy and even forgot where I hid it once, discovering it months later. Recently, I've concluded that I have a tendency to put too much emphasis on future value. I've spent a good portion of my life "waiting" and being patient. I have a tendency to overanalyze so much that I fail to act when the time is right. I think often times my intelligence lures me into thinking that I know more about the future than I really do.
My point is not that we should always be impulsive. Neither should we always be patient. We need to have the capacity to do both and apply whatever is most appropriate to the situation. I currently strive for impulsiveness because I havent mastered it to the same degree as patience.
Is this flawed thinking? Am I crazy for thinking that high SAT scores really aren't that important? Is patience always a good thing?


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Wednesday, October 6, 2010 - 4:11pm
New details in the federal case against Ernie Lopez, the former COO of NCED.
Today, an employee for an organization that represents people who are blind or severely disabled, testified in front of the jury.
Louis Bartalot says that he received an anonymous letter claiming that NCED's ratios were incorrect.
Documents claiming 75 percent of the work was done by severely disabled employees were shown.
But, Bartalot says after investigating, he found only around 30 percent of the work was actually being done by people who were severely disabled.
The trial resumes tomorrow.