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WEATHERFORD A Texas man said he had sexual fantasies about bondage but couldn't explain why he kidnapped his ex-neighbor, sexually assaulted her on a deer-skinning device and chained her to a bed, according to videotaped interviews with law enforcement officers played at his trial Friday.
I don't really know all the whys, Jeffrey Allan Maxwell tells investigators in a March video recording made a few days after his arrest.
Maxwell, 59, faces up to life in prison if convicted of aggravated kidnapping and two counts of aggravated sexual assault.
In the interviews, he described abducting the woman and driving 100 miles to his Corsicana home, about 50 miles south of Dallas. The woman escaped 12 days later when authorities went there to question him about her disappearance.
The Associated Press generally does not identify possible victims of sexual assault.
Maxwell's attorneys objected to playing of the interviews, saying he requested an attorney during the questioning. The judge overruled them.
In the video recordings, he denied sexually assaulting his former neighbor repeatedly while holding her captive, only giving details about an assault on the deer-skinning device in the garage and saying after that, I pretty much left her alone. But in an audio recording made just hours after Maxwell was arrested, he's heard telling an investigator they had sex at least one other time and later acknowledging the woman had not consented.
Maxwell and the woman, now 63, were neighbors in a rural Parker County town about 70 miles west of Dallas before he moved seven years ago. In the video, he tells investigators he stole panties from her house when they were neighbors but says they weren't sexy enough as he and the investigator start laughing. He says he and the woman were acquaintances and never dated.
Investigators repeatedly asked Maxwell, who had been the vice president of the Kiwanis Club in Corsicana, why he kidnapped the woman and why he did it at that time.
That's a damn good question, Maxwell said at one point. When later asked if he needed help, he said, I imagine I do. Yes.
After an investigator told Maxwell that pornographic DVDs with bondage and rape scenes were found at his home, Maxwell acknowledged he'd fantasized about bondage. During another interview, Maxwell said he tried bondage once with his second wife, Martha Martinez Maxwell.
It's unclear whether investigators asked him more questions about her; only parts of the interviews were shown to jurors. After his arrest last year, authorities said they were re-opening the case into Martha Martinez Maxwell's 1992 disappearance and Jeff Maxwell was under investigation. State District Judge Trey Loftin has barred anything about her disappearance from being discussed during this trial.
In several recorded interviews with investigators, Maxwell repeatedly denied setting his former neighbor's house on fire two days after her abduction. But in a video recording, he tells investigators he returned to her house that day to get her mail so her neighbors wouldn't realize she was gone.
The woman testified earlier that Maxwell hit her with a rolling pin and handcuffed her during the March 1 abduction. She said he kept her in handcuffs and chained her legs to a bed, even locking her in a box when he once ran an errand. She told jurors she bled profusely after one of the sexual assaults, which she said stopped after about a week when he became ill. Then he left her unrestrained when they were in the same room but still watched her closely, she said.
Investigators have testified they found whips, chains, sex toys, duct tape, the animal-skinning device, blood-stained sheets and guns in Maxwell's house.


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I do believe in what he is saying on the forehand, but I think there is a caveat.
You have to be able to hit through the ball before you can really get the to the point of coming across. Coming across is the next level of power IMO.
I warmed up tonight and just hit through the ball..I hit with topspin even coming through the ball so it is a nice rally ball. Decided to take it up a notch and start swinging harder and coming across.
Now and then I have a "trick shot" in which I take a high ball and wipe across it as hard as I can from 3 to 9. If you do it now then, it screws the opponent because the bounce is very aggressive to the side. Anyway, I did that a few times just to get in the mode of swinging out and then I start swinging out a little more and coming across the ball.
Realized I had done this before, but never consciously thought about it. It does work in situations where you need a heavier rally ball and pace is coming at you. It works really well.
If you are playing at a 4.0 level on groundies you can probably play an entire match and not need to utlize this.
But if you need to turn up the pace another notch, I found this technique produces a really heavy ball that is tough to attack.
It also takes some serious practice as well so if you want to do it well, prepare to hit the ball machine and call your best hitting partners.
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much of what you see from him.
5263, great to see you back.
Wrt the fh, at this point in my tennis life I have the opposite thing going on. I really focus on always wiping up and across the ball. The through-the-ball part just happens for me. Perhaps it's my grip (almost SW). It's so easy for me to get too much through-the-ball happening and not enough spin, and then the ball starts going long. I need that spin to keep the ball in. And I'm only hitting generally about 2 to 3 feet over the net.
But I hit pretty flat more most of my tennis life. It's hard to know what effect that had.
I don't change my stroke for hitting light. It's still up and across. I use the same motion and form as when I'm hitting hard and I just slow down the swing speed and usually go for more spin and more net clearance.
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Explorer Stars are reading and math clubs offered two days per week as requested by individual teachers.
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If Apple did actually license its most highly prized patents to HTC that could be ammunition that Samsung can use in post-trial motions now under consideration. After its stunning $1.05 billion loss to Apple before a San Jose jury, Samsung is on the defensive trying to stop Apple from winning an injunction that could kick some of its phones off the market. If Apple is indeed licensing those patents to a competitor like HTC'and the license agreement said it covered "current and future patents"'Samsung will be able to argue that Apple isn't suffering "irreparable harm," and should be satisfied with monetary damages.
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The sun has extended some bright rays; temperatures have edged up enough to change a jacket from a comfort to a burden. Spring is finally emerging, and the thoughts of many are turning to the joys of gardening.
Jackson resident Valerie Marr was kind enough to share with us her thoughts on Spring Gardening Fever, and the months following, which she captured in verse.
Mrs. Marr submitted "The Befuddled Gardener" to the Garden Club of Georgia 2008 poetry contest on behalf of Jackson's Azalea Garden Club and the Redbud District and was awarded first place.
We hope you will enjoy her entertaining ode to the excitement and frustrations of creating and maintaining beautiful plants and flowers.
The Befuddled Gardener
Hooray, March is here, no surprise.
This is the year I'll organize.
No tolerating pesky moles.
No gardening gloves full of holes.
The lawn looks grim, but I am wise.
I shall simply fertilize.
Weed and Feed sounds like fun.
You go girl, grab a bag and run.
The turf is fed and has protection,
Oops, forgot to read the directions.
It says to water, what a pain.
Now I'll have to pray for rain.
So, it's time for shrubs and flowers,
and all those lovely April showers.
We all know what's our best friend.
A big old bag of 10-10-10.
Weeds love me and my garden.
I curse them, begging your pardon.
My back is aching, pity my plight.
I forgot to take Advil last night.
In May all is looking good.
The greedy roses need more food.
Wait, something is not right.
Who tiptoed around in the night?
Miss Lily's now in front of little Daisy.
Did I mess up, or am I going crazy?
I moved them with a very stern face,
And instructions to stay in place.
Ah, the lovely month of June.
Everything is in full bloom.
But what is eating at my petals?
Horrors, it's the Japanese Beatles.
I spray and treat, and treat and spray,
to try and make them go away.
They won't have my flowers for dinner
And in the end I am the winner.
July and August leave me beat,
My plants and I can't take this heat.
We strive to do our very best,
But these months are the acid test.
By September, the race is run.
The late bloomers are still fun.
I sit on the porch and drink iced tea.
The garden clean up can wait on me.
Some things I do are all in vain.
The effort makes me complain.
Will I stop gardening, you fear?
Hey, I can't wait until next year!
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- Growing optimism - Martha Randolph Carr ( May 24, 2011 )
- When sinuses attack, the misery index rises - Valerie Baldowski ( February 10, 2010 )
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Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp was unable to hide his disappointment at not being consulted by The FA over Fabio Capello following the Italian's appointment as England coach on Friday.
The 60-year-old thinks that while Capello is undoubtedly a good choice, he still believes The FA should have at least considered an Englishman for the role before offering the job to the former Real Madrid manager.
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KBR Faces Wrongful Death, Toxic Exposure Claims Over Iraq and Afghanistan Burn Pits, According to Burke O'Neil LLC
The lawsuits are being filed today and Wednesday in state courts in
KBR is accused of allowing thick, noxious smoke – coming off of flames sometimes colored blue or green by burning chemicals – to hang over U.S. bases and camps across
According to the complaints, "U.S. soldiers and other residents of the military bases and camps have become seriously ill, been diagnosed with serious and potentially fatal diseases and in some cases have died from the physical injuries and diseases caused by the exposure to hazardous smoke and fumes."
The burn pits are so large that tractors are used to push waste onto them and the flames shoot hundreds of feet into the sky, according to the lawsuits. KBR allegedly burned waste such as biohazard materials including human corpses, medical supplies, paints, solvents, asbestos, items containing pesticides, animal carcasses, tires, lithium batteries, styrofoam, wood, rubber, medical waste, large amounts of plastics, and even entire trucks.
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Robyn Sachs, of Buffalo, N.Y., whose husband Christopher J. Sachs, died in November 2008of complications of leukemia allegedly caused by his prolonged exposure to KBR burn pit smoke, fumes and ash during his military service in Iraq.
Melissa Ochsand Joanne Ochs, of Fuquay Varina, N.C., the surviving spouse and mother, respectively, of Iraqand Afghanistanveteran Steven Ochs, who died, in July 2008, from the same type of leukemia as Mr. Sachs, allegedly caused by exposure to KBR burn pits.
Albert Paul Bittel III, of Golden, Mo., an Army veteran who was stationed at BaladAir Force Base in Iraq, where he and his squad were exposed to KBR burn pit emissions. Upon his return from Iraq, he was diagnosed with cancer of the testicles, stomach and lymph nodes. After surgeries, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy, he continues to suffer from memory problems and chronic numbing and swelling of his feet and hands and was forced to end his military career.
James Morgan, of Statesville, N.C., who served in Iraqand was stationed at a guard tower located directly above KBR's BaladAir Force Base burn pit, suffered from chronic cough and respiratory problems before developing lung cancer which has spread to his back.
Michael Auw, of Hesperia, Calif., a disabled former soldier who was a guard in the tower located directly above the enormous burn pit at BaladAir Force Base and who is now completely disabled due to severe neurological damage as a result of constant extreme exposure to toxic emissions from the burn pits.
Michael Douglas Moore, of Hinesville, Ga., a former soldier who was stationed at and then medically evacuated from BaladAir Force Base after burn pit emissions exposure. His exposure to the burn pit emissions caused severe respiratory disease and he later underwent jaw surgery to address related breathing problems and sleep apnea and was left with facial scars and lasting medical effects.
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The collective claims against the defendants include wrongful death, negligence, battery, breach of duty to warn, medical monitoring, future medical expenses, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and breach of contract.
The legal team for the plaintiffs intends to seek class certification of the lawsuits to cover costs of medical monitoring, future medical expenses, and other damages for other individuals exposed to KBR burn pit emissions.
Ms. Burke stated, "KBR promised to minimize the environmental effects of the burn sites they operated in
The defendants are KBR, Inc., of
The first five cases filed today are:
- "Richard Ronald Guilmette, et al., v. KBR, Inc., et al.," in the Circuit Court of
Alabama, Twelfth Judicial Circuit, Coffee County, Alabama(71-CV-2009-900036.00).
- "Dean Guy Olson, et al., v. KBR, Inc., et al.," in the District Court of the
State of Minnesota, Third Judicial District, Steele County, Minnesota(74 CV091013).
- "Michael Douglas Moore, et al., v. KBR, Inc., et al.," in the Superior Court of
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- "Fred Robert Atkinson, Jr., et al., v. KBR, Inc., et al," in the Supreme Court of the
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European Games Progress; ANOCA Assembly; Pan Ams Update
Euro NOCs Leader Reports "Positive" Moves for European Games
European Olympic Committees President Patrick Hickey tells
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that 15 continental sports federations are behind plans to organize a new European Games.
Patrick Hickey says a continental games would provide a significant income stream for European NOCs and federations. (ATR)
Hickey says meetings held in Rome last week with the federations were "extremely positive". Hickey has been leading the push to create a continental games in Europe along the lines of the Asian or Pan American Games.
He says the 15 federations at the Rome meeting included archery, badminton, boxing, canoeing, fencing, gymnastics, basketball, judo, modern pentathlon, sailing, shotting, table tennis and weightlifting.
The remaining Olympic sport federations will be consulted next month in Trabzon, Turkey at the European Youth Olympic Festival, Hickey says.
"There's a great will to do something positive," is how Hickey assesses the mood among the European sports federations toward a continental Games.
Hickey's plan for European Games may face it biggest challenge in finding a place on the crowded events calendar for the new addition.
Deloitte is conducting a feasibility study of the proposal, and sports marketing expert Andrew Craig is providing advice to Hickey and the EOC.
African NOCs Celebrate 30th Anniversary
The Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa celebrates its 30th anniversary in Lome, Togo – where the continental association was formed in 1981.
Delegates from 33 NOCS founded ANOCA on June 28, 1981 in Lome.
All 53 NOCs in Africa were expected for the two-day meeting.
Ivory Coast IOC member Lassana Palenfo is the ANOCA president.
The major item of business will be presentations Tuesday by the three cities bidding for the 2018 Winter Olympics. The ANOCA assembly is the last international presentation for the bids ahead of the IOC Session in Durban next week.
Also making presentations to the assembly will be the two bids for the 2018 Commonwealth Games as well as the organizers of the 2011 All-Africa Games and the 2012 Olympics.
Construction Back on Track, Says Pan Ams Chief
Guadalajara 2011 chief Carlos Andrade says no construction concerns remain ahead of the Pan American Games, now less than four months away.
Guadalajara chief Carlos Andrade alongside one of the Pan Am mascots. (ATR)
"The 23 stadiums will be 100-percent ready by October 12," he said Friday in an interview with the Guadalajara Reporter. "The athletics stadium will be finished by the end of July, as will the rugby and canoeing venues. The Athletes Village is now being furnished so we have no concerns that it won't be finished on time."
The future of the Village – and the Games as a whole – was briefly cast into doubt early last month when a Mexican magistrate barred further construction in response to complaints from the townspeople of nearby Zapopan that their supply of drinking water was at risk.
Despite the court-ordered work stoppage, the organizing committee COPAG kept its builders at work as its legal team scrambled to secure a suspension finally issued days later by a federal judge.
Also in Friday's interview, Andrade addressed the security concerns stemming from drug violence throughout Mexico in recent years.
"I don't believe that security is going to be a different issue here than it would be anywhere else in the world," he said.
"It's the same as in New York or Rio de Janeiro, which actually has more violence than the whole of Mexico combined. Rio held the last Pan Americans with no problems, and will host the 2016 Olympics. We're not over-confident but we know what we have to do."
With 36 sports on the program, Guadalajara 2011 is poised to be the largest multi-discipline event of the year as well as a qualifier for 15 of the 26 sports on the London Olympic program.
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The 2011 Arab Games organizing committee will unveil its mascot on Monday.
"The date comes in coincidence with the meeting of the heads of Arab participating delegates here in Doha," said chief organizer Saoud Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani. "Accordingly, we have signed contracts for the event, as the test tournament will be held in October ."
Sheikh Saoud also confirmed that the committee is ready to host the Games.
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reds.comGonzalez update: Shortstop Alex Gonzalez, who is on the bereavement list with his 7-month-old son in the hospital, indicated to the team that he could rejoin the Reds by Monday.
"It's day to day. He's hoping. We're all hoping," Narron said.
"I hadn't seen Ward much my whole career, but I know he's very quick inside," Arroyo reasoned. "There's no reason for me to face a guy from the left side fresh off the bench that I don't know a ton about when I've got a guy like Soriano that I've completely manhandled my whole career."
And they got what they wanted off of Soriano.
For people who rely so much on stats they aren't making much sense here. The numbers showed it to be a very favorable decision. Isn't that what you're looking for? But if it can involve slamming Narron they'll overlook that aspect. Besides the fact that Arroyo has owned Soriano. Take a look at these numbers....
This game came down to numerous things....Code:BA OB% SLG% OPS vs LH .281 .341 .475 .816 vs RH .220 .269 .341 .611
#1 - Rich Hill, who pitched at whooper of a game vs us last Sept at Wrigley, did so again yesterday. Give the guy credit.
#2 - While there was ony 1 error, and it cost us, there were numerous defensive lapses and poor decisions made. Ross abandoning the plate on the Izturis squeeze bunt, and while there was a man on 3B (who scored easily). That was Arroyo's ball. Arroyo's WP that advanced two runners into scoring position. A sac fly by Cedeno made it 1-0. And how in the world does a runner at 2B tag and get to 3rd on a pretty routine FB hit to LF? Freel's throw, and I don't even know who or where he was throwing it to, that hits the mound. And his impulsive behavior when on the bases and getting picked off against a strong throwing LHer.
All the 5 runs given up in that fateful 7th inning were unearned.
All these things add up.
And they didn't pull Arroyo soon enough? Yeah, this BP really came in and did a bangup job yesterday.
And it's obvious that some guys on this team have come out of the gate struggling offensively. We've played a whole 11 games. EE is struggling; but guys like Ross and Phillips have regressed to career norms after only two weeks of play?? Very small window.
Rich Hill is a good young LHer. But I compare his start yesterday to the previous one vs Lilly. They pitched good enough, but the weather was also a factor and beneficial to them. I understand that is so with both teams; but my point is about those so concerned about the Red's offense at this early stage of the season. In both of those games several Reds players put the wood on the ball, and they would have been no-doubters, as far as Hrs, if not for the weather/wind. As I listened to that game yesterday, Conine, Jr, Ross, EE, and Phillips all laid into some balls, with men on too, that a belligerent wind kept in the park. Even the announcers were saying so.
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29th January 2013
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9:15 PM — The Catholic Church in England and Wales has made a surprising acknowledgement that same-sex couples make good parents. The statement is included within a document submitted to MPs and Peers urging them vote against same-sex marriage.
Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco: Allowing gays to marry 'is like legalising male breastfeeding' 139
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Married priest switches from Episcopals to Catholicism over gay rights and gives up sex with his wife 54
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Catholic Church warns gay teachers they risk the sack if they marry or enter into civil partnerships 69
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23rd January 2013
Scottish Catholic charity must accept adoption applications from gay couples – says regulator 25
7:15 PM — A ruling by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator has said that a Catholic adoption agency must accept applications from gay couples, or risk losing its charity status.
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4:16 PM — A Catholic Illinois priest, who last year got stuck in a pair of handcuffs, was engaged in "non-sexual" conduct at the time, and the incident was brought on by "stress" – according to a bishop.
12th January 2013
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1:44 AM — More than a thousand Catholic priests have signed a letter saying that if equal marriage is legalised it could threaten religious freedom in a way last seen during "centuries of persecution" of Catholics in Britain.
11th January 2013
Anti-gay Rhode Island Catholic bishop criticises governor over equal marriage veto threat 23
7:18 PM — The leader of Rhode Island's Roman Catholic Diocese says state Governor Lincoln Chafee is wrong to threaten to veto legislation that would put equal marriage to a popular vote.
7th January 2013
Former Archbishop of Glasgow: Same-sex marriage is 'morally defective' 59
4:33 PM — The Catholic Archbishop of Glasgow Mario Conti has described same-sex marriage as "morally defective" and has urged the Scottish Government not to equate "homosexual unions with heterosexual marriage."
4th January 2013
US: Catholic priest forced to call 911 after getting stuck in handcuffs 56
6:59 PM — A Catholic priest in Springfield, Illinois, has been granted a leave of absence after he called 911 from the rectory and told a dispatcher that he needed help getting out of handcuffs.
3rd January 2013
Catholic gay rights campaigner criticises Archbishop Nichols over ban on gay masses 27
10:24 AM — The director of public affairs at gay rights charity Stonewall - who is also a Catholic - has criticised the Archbishop of Westminster Vincent Nichols for banning gay-friendly masses.
1st January 2013
Comment: A lesson on equal marriage for the Archbishop of Westminster by a gay teacher 69
7:43 PM — Gay teacher Richard Queripel explains in an open letter to the head of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales how wrong he is to use the teaching of marriage in schools as an argument against allowing same-sex couples to get married.
31st December 2012
Comment: The leadership of the Catholic Church are hate-fuelled bigots 116
12:29 PM — In light of today's dramatic announcement that Pope Benedict XVI intends to step down – let us point you to this PinkNews comment piece by Adrian Tippetts – published at the end of last year about the Catholic Church's leadership.
30th December 2012
Catholic think tank: Same-sex marriage denies children the right to be raised by their parents 50
10:30 PM — The Irish Catholic think tank the Iona Institute, has released a video and a document that argues that gay couples should be banned from marrying "for the sake of the children." It also argues that same-sex marriage could lead to children not being brought up by their parents.
29th December 2012
Catholic Church: Children will be damaged by gay couples marrying in Britain 188
9:53 PM — A letter to be read to worshipers in Roman Catholic Churches across Birmingham will say that the Government has not considered the damage to be done to children by allowing gay couples to marry in England and Wales as well as Scotland.
25th December 2012
Cameroon's Catholic Archbishop: Giving gays equal rights is a 'crime against humanity' 62
10:10 PM — One of the most senior Catholic leaders in Cameroon has labeled gay equality such as same-sex marriages as a "crime against humanity".
18th November 2012
Comment: Coming out as gay at a Catholic high school 32
12:40 PM — PinkNews.co.uk reader Andrew Doughty writes about what it's like to be a gay teenager in a British Catholic school in 2012.
16th November 2012
US: Catholic Church denies teenager confirmation until he publicly denounces gay equality 104
3:20 PM — A teenage Catholic boy has been banned from confirmation after he posted a photograph on Facebook urging people to vote for equal marriage rights.
31st October 2012
Plans for same-sex marriage are 'foolish' says Tory MP 57
10:47 AM — Conservative MP Edward Leigh has once again criticised the government's policy on equal marriage.


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Another federal agency has officially embraced commercial cloud services.
The latest example is the secretary of the Navy's web portal, now hosted by Amazon Web Services following a successful pilot program between the Department of the Navy Assistant for Administration (DON/AA) and the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command Systems Center Atlantic.
According to a statement from the Navy Department's Office of the CIO, the site is part of the secretary of the Navy's Public Portal Initiative, which establishes a unified web presence that allows multiple organizations to share public content online and standardizes the technology used for public website development.
Secretary of the Navy's web portal
The key drivers for the Navy are efficiencies and cost savings.
As FCW reported in April, Navy Department CIO Terry Halvorsen said the decision to go with a commercial provider was made after analysis of the "type of data stored in the portal, the ease of access due to significantly faster response times, security and cost."
When compared to using a government site to host the public-facing data, commercial services faired particularly well in price, costing half as much.
The Navy's use of commercial cloud services aligns with the department's cloud computing strategy published in June, which enables Navy organizations that host publicly releasable information to use commercial cloud providers so long as all security, technical and mission requirements are met in a best-value deal.
According to the Navy CIO's statement, several Secretary of the Navy websites have transitioned to the portal, including the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations and Environment, 21st Century Sailor and Marine, Navy Civilian Human Resources, the Navy CIO and DON/AA.
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cheaper to give them candy but....
Fondest memory: One day in Battambang, four little ragamuffins that would make any needy children's poster look tame besieged us. Typically, they wanted some candy. Hey, lots of other western tourists probably got them in the habit so who can blame them. I like free chocolate as much as the next person does. But with no candy on us and no desire to continue a bad trend, I was hard pressed for what I could do aside from throwing them some small change. The oldest of the batch spoke some English so I asked if they were hungry. Candy being a distant cousin of food, I figured it just might be the case. She answered affirmatively but most likely never imagined what I would do next. I motioned for them to follow me to a small sandwich stall I spotted just up the street. I ordered up four and brought them over to a bench to make sure they ate them. They dug in with full gusto. It would have been much cheaper to give them some coins, or even some candy but at least this way they got a real meal out of it and their smiles of contentment easily made up for the cost.
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- Food and Dining
- Budget Travel
sometimes you have a choice
Favorite thing: Battambang would be worth a visit if even just for the French Colonial architecture and a visit to The White Rose restaurant, but there are lots of other reasons to head that way. It is one of the least spoiled tourist destinations I've come across with great opportunities to experience village life close to town. If you can't do that, enjoy the locals. They are a friendly lot and even the little kids making the begging rounds are worth corralling for a street side meal.
Fondest memory: There are some do's and don'ts for the intrepid traveler, especially regarding how to treat beggars and in particular, children in admittedly bad circumstances trying to make a buck. Common sense should tell you giving kids candy would do little for their situation. Rotting teeth will only add to their calamities. Pencils and pens are now strewn across the Inca trail so well intended handouts do not always work much better than more thoughtless ones. So, what can you do? Simply ignoring them is one option though not always so easy and never much help for your conscience either. Sometimes, that is all you can do. But other times, you have a choice.
(concluded below in Fondest Memory)
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Battambang, second largest town of Cambodia
Favorite thing: Battambang is the name of the province in the northwest of the Cambodia, but also the name of its capital. Battambang is meaning 'loss of stick' referring to a legend of Preah Bat Dambang Kranhoung (Kranhoung Stick King).
Battambang is the second-largest city of Cambodia with good-preserved colonial architecture along the riverside. Battambang has a few hotels and is a good base for visiting the nearby hilltop temples, killing caves, rural area and villages.
In the town itself is not much to see, but the town has a relaxed and laid/back atmosphere to stroll around visiting the wats, the small museum with artefacts of the angkorian-era artefacts and the market.
Countryside around Battambang
Favorite thing: The countryside around Battambang is very scenic and can easily be visited by moto witrh driver like we did. We made a lovely ride along the narrowand unpaved tracks between the green rice paddies.
We were warned not to leave the tracks because of possible landmines from the time of the civil war. There are many victims of landmines in Cambodia.
At many places we saw the local people working in the ricefields with their feet and legs in the water. We passed also many small villages and dwellings with wood houses built at stilts and surrounded by shady coconut palms and from far we could recognize the several hills topped with stupas.
Fondest memory: The trip at the backseat of a moto in the tropical breeze in this rural area was very interesting and relaxing despite the red dust on your face, clothes and body.
Kids of Battambang
Favorite thing: Visiting a place or country I always like it to meet the people. Making our moto trip in the countryside of Battambang the people we met were very friendly. But not many were speaking english.
The kids I met were mostly a bit shy, but curious at the same time. Many kids, as young as they are had allready their duties, not meaning (only) school.
Battambang, riverside town
Favorite thing: Battambang is a laid-back and quiet riverside town, though it is the second largest town of Cambodia with a population of about 80.000 inhabitants. The town was founded on the bank of the River (Stung) Sangker in the 11th century. The river is a important landmark of the town.
In the area are some interesting historical wats built in the 11th century like the Wat Ek Phnom and the Wat Banan, a smaller version of the famus Angkor Wat. In the towncentre itself are besides the Battambang museum the Wat Phiphetaram and the Wat Kampheong. And strolling around in town or along the riverside you can find the best-preserved colonial architecture of Cambodia.
Fondest memory: I liked it very much arriving in Battambang by boat and looking at the houses, boats and daily life along the river.
road and runner
Favorite thing: erm... ;-0 I will probably ask them to get move fast out from there. I donno.... I saw Battambang was just a small province and seems I dont really like it. Maybe, other people have a different opinion about Battambang but me, just say, naahh....
If I choosen to be guide for a friend who willing to discover what the city provide for tourist, I will definately bring them to a center of market, school where children having fun-as education used to be banned sometimes ago, and try their local meal....
A Living Town....
Favorite thing: Battambang is very much a living town. Although second to Phnom Penh in population, it's still a very small town.
This is not a place to come and party. This isn't a backpacker's paradise. Don't expect to find quaint little cafes, craft and souvenir shops....Battambang isn't set up for tourism. It's a traditional small Cambodian town with dusty streets and slow living.
Battambang has occupied a very sad and tragic space in Cambodia's recent history with the Khmer Rouge. It's an area in recovery. There are many interesting things to explore outside of town.
But this is basic living in a rural area of jungle and farmland.
Go only if you want to appreciate and respect these conditions.
Camboya en Torrelavega
Favorite thing: Antes de ir a Battambang , tuvimos la suerte,junto con los Aguilar de conocer a Enrique Figaredo en Torrelavega , acompanado de ms de 50 jovenes camboyanos durante una gira por Espa?a para darnos a conocer su arte y cultura
Before going to Battambang , we had the oportunity to meet Enrique Figaredo in Torrelavega, acompanied with more than 50 young Cambodians , duiring a tour in Spain , to show us their art and culture
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See the countryside and help out at a local NGO!
Favorite thing: If you want to see the countryside around Battambang (which I highly recommend if you want to see the real Cambodia.....excuse the cliche) then I advise you not to use any of the drivers who hang around the hotels. Instead I met a really great guy called Saveth who set up an NGO in his area just outside the city where he now teaches english; he knows the area really well and can show you all around on his moto (moped). With me we went to the sacred mountain which was used by the khmer rouge, several khmer temples, and the bamboo railway. (see pictures)
But best of all you can offer to help out at his school (the NGO) by giving an english class. And if your lucky like me he will invite you to eat dinner at his home, meet his family, experience some proper Cambodian food, and simply hang around and eat interesting tasty fruit from his garden! Dont just do the normal tourist things; being a guest in his home was the most interesting, and most rewarding part of my whole 2 months in SE Asia; and I am still in contact with him to this day.
if you want to email him his address is firstname.lastname@example.com
his mobile number is 855-(0)92 79 05 97
the standard rate for one days travel with a guide was $10 per day when I was there in spring 2008. Thats good value when you consider the price of petrol. This money goes to support him and his family. He has a good command of english, a good knowlege of the area and history, he won't try to cheat you, and he is a good safe driver.
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Favorite thing: There are a few banks with ATM machines around the Psar Nut (market) right in the middle of town and these dispense US dollars, as this is what Cambodia uses for currency. I used one and was surprised to see that I could withdraw up to $2000 which I found absolutely amazing as the limit for a withdrawal from an ATM back home is around £300 ($500)!
Tourist Information Office
Favorite thing: The Tourist Information Office is located in the south of the town, near the Governor's Residence and has the usual maps and info leaflets. The chaps who work here are very nice and I enquired about taking a trip on a norry (bamboo train) and one of them took me on the back of his bike to the railway line a few kilometres south of town and then came along with me for a ride!
The market
Favorite thing: Right in the center of the town there is a nice market where you can buy whatever, raincoats, fruit, scarves etc. etc. You can spend a lot of time triyng to bargain with them, they seem to like it a lot.
Magnificent ruin temples
Favorite thing: Visiting most of the ruin temples that was in Battambang and basically enjoying my time there with families and friends ^_^
Fondest memory: hhmmm....going shopping almost everyday and eating all the nicest food there!yummmmmmm........
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Confusing Place
Favorite thing: The ride on the motorbike to the temple is a brilliant overview of the countryside life of Cambodian people.
Fondest memory: The funniest compliment of my life, made by my guide:
"you´re so beautiful because you´re so white and you have such a big noise !" WHAT ???
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Ex-cop pleads guilty in campaign scheme
San Diego A retired San Diego police detective admitted Tuesday to helping funnel illegal foreign funds into local political campaigns, marking the first guilty plea in the public corruption investigation.
Ernesto "Ernie" Encinas, 58, pleaded guilty in San Diego federal court to conspiracy to commit crimes against the United States and filing a false tax return.
He faces up to eight years in prison when sentenced June 9.
As owner of a security consulting business, Encinas provided protection for Mexican tycoon José Susumo Azano Matsura, the alleged source of $600,000 in illegal donations.
Prosecutors say Azano, whose family owns two homes in Coronado, wanted to buy political influence so he could transform San Diego's bayfront into "Miami West."
The U.S. Attorney's Office said Encinas had a motive of his own — to have then-Police Chief Bill Lansdowne ousted.
Sources say Encinas wanted a new chief with more lenient views on alcohol licensing for nightclubs and bars. Encinas consulted regularly for downtown businesses after his retirement in 2009, and he helped lobby city officials on issues relating to licensing, public records show.
Encinas' attorney, Jeremy Warren, said outside the courthouse Tuesday that the 31-year police veteran wanted a new police chief for broader reasons.
"He was in contact as a retired officer with lots of fellow officers, and the message he was getting was that Lansdowne as a chief was a good guy but had overstayed his term," Warren said. Encinas wanted a new chief to reflect the diversity of the department and the community, he added.
"He did what he felt was in the best interest of the Police Department ... and the citizens of San Diego," Warren said. "Obviously the end didn't justify the means, and that's why he took responsibility."
According to the plea agreement, the scheme began in 2011, when Azano became interested in donating to local campaigns. Encinas consulted a representative of a campaign and was told it was illegal for a non-U.S. citizen to contribute. Encinas passed this information onto Azano, the document states.
Azano then used straw donors to make a series of $500 contributions to an unnamed candidate — identifiable as District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis — in the 2012 San Diego mayoral race, according to the court document. Encinas found out about it and got his own friends and family to make similar donations to show solidarity with Azano, the plea deal states.
An independent expenditure committee was also formed to support Dumanis, raising $114,000.
About $150,000 and social media services were given to support another unnamed mayoral candidate, identifiable in records as Bob Filner, and other support was provided to an unnamed congressional candidate, believed to be Rep. Juan Vargas.
The payments were allegedly made through a straw donor, who has not been named publicly in court documents but is identifiable as Marc Chase, co-owner of a luxury car dealership in La Jolla.
Azano has been indicted in the scheme, as well as City Hall lobbyist Marco Polo Cortes and Ravneet Singh, whose ElectionMall campaign services company provided candidates with website and social media services, authorities said. They have pleaded not guilty.


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HANGZHOU, China, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- China Biopharma, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CBPC) today announced its new plan of operation to take closer control and to better improve its current operation results. The company also plans to move away from the increasingly competitive and low margin vaccine business, and to enter new specialty pharmaceutical products.
"We plan to take more control on the available cash in out subsidiaries and move into higher market potential and higher margin specialty pharmaceutical products," says Peter Wang, CEO and Chairman of Board. "And we are negotiating with a few global vaccine manufacturers now for carrying their higher margin products, in order to avoid direct competitions with other manufacturers."
Recent changes in vaccine sectors have resulted in more vaccine manufacturers entering into low margin vaccine business such as flu vaccine, thus creating severe competition among, and squeezed profit margin of, vaccine distributors such as China Biopharma. Besides moving away from the low margin vaccine business, the company also starts to enter specialty pharmaceutical products such as the recently released anti-viral products.
China Biopharma has most of its operation in China. Working to take direct control on subsidiaries' operation and financial management, the company plans to increase its shareholding in China Zhejiang Tianyuan Biotech Co., Ltd., and eventually to have 100% control and ownership in this joint venture. With internally available resources, there would be no need to raise additional capital to complete the transactions. This is expected to improve current performance and increase operation stability.
"This new direction is expected to preserve available cash position and
give us more operation flexibility," says Chunhui Shu, the new interim
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Submitted: 07-11-2007 by MikeT
Every boat design attempts to answer a question. And since there are many different questions to be answered, there are many different boat designs. While no one boat can do it all, the T-16 has certainly met my paddling needs and exceeded my expectations. In this review I am going to tell you not only how wonderful this boat is, but also all the problems that I had with the T-16 and how I resolved them. But before I get into the details, I would like to briefly share my background and paddling goals.
I am a 60- year-old physical therapist, 5 ft. 7 in., a fit 200 lbs. and built like a fire plug, I have canoed in the Adirondacks, near where I live in the St. Lawrence Valley, for the last (12) years and kayaked for the last (7) years. I rate myself as an intermediate flat water canoe and kayak paddler. Before I got into paddling because my knees had become �tired� from overuse, I had spent (25) years in the West as a technical rock, snow and ice climber; high mountain backpacker and telemark skier. During the paddling season I am on the water every weekend, and also do a couple of multi-day trips. Often I kayak alone, as my wife and other paddling companions are far saner as regards the weather appropriate for boating.
My paddling goal, as I near retirement in the North Country, is to continue doing pretty much what I am doing now, but more frequently and with greater technical proficiency. I kayak mostly on large Adirondack lakes from late April (depending on ice out) to mid December (depending on when the last water freezes over). My favorite spot is Cranberry Lake, the third largest lake in the Adirondacks. It is 7,040 acres in size, with 55 miles of shoreline. Cranberry Lake is certainly not the North Atlantic, but with a maximum depth of only 38 feet and with 10 miles of fetch, when the frequent NW winds get up over 20 miles per hour, the confused waters can sure rattle your fillings! In early May, and then again late October I paddle in the Canadian Thousand Islands of the St. Lawrence River where the river opens up into Lake Ontario. Other kayaks I that have owned have included a rotomolded Perception Eclipse and a Current Designs Storm. In addition to the T-16, I currently own a rotomolded Prijon Kodiak - you never know when you might plan a trip that would require dragging a loaded boat across lots of rocks. Early this spring I added a fiberglass QCC-700 to the fleet � fantasies of going fast on long trips with lots of gear. While I like both of my other boats, I tend to spend the bulk of my seat time in the T-16.
I began paddling the T-16 14 months ago in May of 2006. For its relatively short length of 16 feet the T-16, like other John Winters designs, is a fast boat. It is a semi-hard chine boat that edges and turns well, with good initial and great secondary stability. Easily loaded, the bow and stern compartments provide plenty of dry storage for week long trips. At 6 months and again at 12 months I had to re-caulk where the rudder cables enter the boat, other than that there have been no water problems in either bow or stern compartments.
Though seldom needed, the Kajak-Sport Navigator rudder has performed well; however, the rudder housing appears �flimsy� looking in a space age plastic sort of way. The reliability of the Kajak-Sport pivoting rudder pedals proved to be quite another matter. These large, foot-shaped, gas-pedal type rudder pedals had a poor angle of throw, and were crudely constructed of plywood. At 2 months one of the connectors that hold the pedals to the rail bracket failed. Mike Steines, owner of Enlightened Kayaks and always a delight to deal with, immediately replaced the pedal.
Over the winter, I retro-fitted a set of Sea Dog pivoting rudder control foot braces. Unfortunately I ended up being a beta test site for the Sea Dogs system�s teething troubles, and without the above-and-beyond-the-call-of-duty interventions of Chuck Leinweber of Duckworks Boat Builders with the manufacturer, I would probably still not have a rudder system I could trust. There was one final issue with the rudder system. To allow for rudder cable tension adjustment, a piece of nylon cord connects to the rudder pedal and engages with a plastic cleat that is connected to the rudder cable. The cleat did not provide a secure connection; wrapping duct tape around the cleat proved to be the solution to that problem.
The T-16 is 24 inches wide with a commodious cockpit. Even with my full figure, I ended up needing hip pads and other minicell foam outfitting to achieve a more positive contact with the boat. The cockpit coaming and the thigh braces are made of a light material that flexes easily. While these same components are used on several other manufactures� boats, they do not inspire confidence. I would recommend taking particular care when securing the T-16 to a vehicle if using tie town straps over the coaming. The back band was comfortable. My only issue was the lack of a way to keep the back of the back band from twisting. Solved the twisting problem by gluing a minicell foam block to the floor of the boat, running a bungee cord loop through the block and then with more bungee cord, securing the back band to the loop. That Comfort Max seat was sure comfortable, at least until the day in June of 2006 on a week long kayak camping trip on the St. Lawrence River, when a breaking wave landed in my lap and thoroughly soaked the open cell foam inside the seat cover. Think of a large, very wet sponge trying to support your butt - not a pretty picture. After that experience, I kept the original seat cover, and made a very comfortable seat out of 1 inch minicell foam base with a Seal Line Touring Seat velcroed to the top the minicell. A Seal Line Kayak Support Cushion, velcroed to the floor of the boat to prevent a yard sale in the event of a wet exit, completed my seating system. Since Seal Line stopped making the Touring Seat in 2004 it may no longer be readily available. If you can�t find a Seal Line Touring Seat, try using a Seal Line Discovery Seat Cushion velcroed to a 2 inch minicell base.
The quality of my T-16�s exterior finish does not please the eye. It appears as if the people doing the thermoforming for Enlightened kayaks are in the process of mastering their craft. If Mike Steines can improve the exterior finish of the T-16, he will have manufactured a boat that looks as good as it paddles.
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Andes — Voters in the Town of Andes will get a chance on Sunday, Oct. 23 to meet many of the candidates who are running for town office this year. A forum, based on guidelines set by the League of Women Voters, will begin at 1 p.m. in the main dining room of The Andes Hotel.
The forum will be moderated by Rev. Steven Swanson, pastor of the Andes Presbyterian Church. Candidates are allowed three minutes each for opening remarks, and each candidate will be permitted a two-minute response to every question.
By Pauline Liu
The Roxbury Town Board got its first look at next year's $3,250,000 budget at a specially scheduled workshop at town hall on Monday night. The 2012 Preliminary Budget was prepared by Town Clerk Diane Pickett.
Other than some minor adjustments, most of the budget, which represents the amount of money that will be raised by taxes, remained the same after the workshop concluded. The 2012 budget is little changed from 2011.
By Pauline Liu
The owners of the six flood-ravaged buildings on Main Street, Margaretville are considering a second engineering plan, which is expected to be formally unveiled on Friday by engineer Paul Gossen of Vega.
A few owners have already embraced the new plan, which they say is within their budgets. Gossen, who was contacted by telephone, did not want to give away all of the details of his study before the meeting, but summed it up for the News.
Flood repairs only
By Jennifer Kabat
A woman shuffles into the MARK Project offices in Arkville with a couple handwritten sheets of paper. One of a stream of people to come in since MARK started accepting applications for flood relief, she hardly speaks, embarrassed at needing help.
She apologizes that her forms are taped and not clipped or stapled together, and MARK's representative rushes to tell her they're just glad to have the application. They want everyone to know it is okay to ask for help.
By Pauline Liu
Roxbury residents will have a chance to voice their opinions about the state's new two percent property tax cap and the town's 2012 budget at a public hearing to be held at town hall on Thursday, Nov. 10 beginning at 6:45 p.m.
The event was announced at the regularly scheduled town board meeting on Monday night. Town Clerk Diane Pickett has already prepared the tentative budget and she will present it to the town board at a budget workshop scheduled for next Monday, Oct. 17 at 7 p.m.
By Brian Sweeney
The installation of two major bridge projects along county-maintained roadways damaged by August 28 flooding is planned for completion by January.
Officials have indicated that a replacement structure for the "Arthur White Bridge" spanning the Dry Brook stream in Delaware County is targeted for opening to emergency vehicles by December 24. The structure, which is situated about three miles from Route 28, is targeted to be open to all traffic by January 14, 2012. Work on the bridge is expected to get underway this week.
By Pauline Liu
The Town of Andes will hold a series of public hearings at town hall on Thursday, Nov. 10 to address an array of important subjects in five-minute intervals.
By Jay Braman Jr.
After months of research and scrutiny, the long-awaited design plan for the Phoenicia Sewer system is at hand.
On Thursday Oct. 20 at 6 p.m. the Shandaken Town Board will convene a special session at town hall in Allaben to give the pubic a chance to see what it is that Lamont Engineering and the Catskill Watershed Corporation (CWC) have come up with.
By Jay Braman Jr.
Some Ulster County Legislators are hopping mad at Willie Janeway.
Janeway, director of Region Three of the State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), is being singled out by lawmakers as the man responsible for a series of bureaucratic slowdowns that led to delays in the dredging of Stony Clove Creek in Phoenicia.
Those delays, officials said, made the flooding problems during Tropical Storm Irene much worse than they should have been.
Resolution drafted
New York — New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Carter Strickland announced last week that DEP will provide $1 million in funding to help West of Hudson businesses recover from flood damage as a result of Hurricane Irene and the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee.
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