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Pengrowth Energy Corp. rolled out bad news Friday, just as spectators filled the stands to watch the Calgary Stampede's kickoff parade trot through the city's downtown. Pancake batter was mixed, mayor Naheed Nenshi was getting ready to saddle up. For an energy company to put out nasty news on the first (official) day of Stampede is the equivalent of a Bay Street bank dumping an ugly press release on Christmas Eve.
"Did they think everyone is stuffing themselves with free pancakes and they wouldn't notice?" asked Laura Lau, a fund manager at Toronto's Brompton Funds, 3,000 kilometres away from Calgary's rodeo grounds. "I guess if I had to put out bad news, I'd put it on that day, too."
And Pengrowth did, ruining the first day of cowboy Christmas for some investors. The oil and gas company cut its dividend by 43 per cent, dropping monthly payments to shareholders to 4 cents, down from 7 cents.
Pengrowth, once an income trust darling, is suffering from the dent in commodity prices, which hits all of the energy industry. A handful of oil and gas companies recently rejigged their strategies and trimmed budgets,with the market waiting for the next victim. But Pengrowth comes with its own problems, too: a recent acquisition, a balance sheet under pressure, and an expensive oil sands project in the works.
The dividend cut follows Pengrowth's $200-million (pro forma) budget cut following its acquisition of NAL Energy Corp., a deal which closed in May. "The reduction of the dividend, in conjunction with the capital expenditure reduction and our ongoing hedging programs, should enhance our financial flexibility," Derek Evans, Pengrowth's chief executive, said in the company's statement.
Ms. Lau, however, thinks the NAL Energy acquisition is also weighing on the company, and that it is trying to protect its Lindbergh steam-assisted gravity drainage oil sands project by possibly selling assets which churn out a higher rate of free cash flow.
To be fair to Pengrowth, it wasn't the only one with suspicious timing this week. Trican Well Services Ltd. edited its second-quarter forecast Tuesday evening, hours after U.S. traders clocked out for Wednesday's Fourth of July celebrations. The revisions were negative.
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Would you care to tell us what those "ill effects" yet?
Surely you want to share your wisdom with those of us so ignorant, and all... Don't you?
Or are you too busy lol'ing? Or still no words?
And it certainly doesn't change the fact that billions of people around the world see it as social degeneration
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Actor Ronit Roy, who plays a drunkard father in the recently released "2 States", says if it weren't for producer Karan Johar's conviction, he may have not even done the movie.
Ronit, who features in a key "special appearance" in the film, has been getting praise galore for his performance as Krrish's (Arjun Kapoor) father.
"And to think I almost didn't do '2 States'! It's all Karan Johar's conviction I went with. Credit goes to him," Ronit posted on his Twitter page.
"I'm overwhelmed by all the appreciation you have showered on me for my performance and the film '2 States'. Thank you sooo much. Wow! What a tremendous reaction to me in '2 States'. Never would have thought. Can't thank you guys enough," he added.
The actor, who has had a successful transition from the small to the big screen, also featured in Johar's "Student Of The Year".
"2 States", co-produced by Johar's Dharma Productions and Sajid Nadiadwala's banner, is directed by Abhishek Varman. Starring Alia Bhatt and Arjun Kapoor, the movie tells the love story of a couple belonging to two different states.
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Sense extended 1848 to "one who controls a balloon," and 1907 to "one who flies an airplane." As an adjective, 1788 as "pertaining to a pilot;" from 1928 as "serving as a prototype." Thus the noun pilot meaning "pilot episode" (etc.), attested from 1962. Pilot light is from 1890.
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This Spanish Mission style building was constructed in 1926 and received the Chamber of Commerce's Best Historical Restoration Award in 2012. Wood floors and real plastered walls with arches give it a comfortable professional feel, according to Hudson while preserving the historical detail.
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OP, it's obvious you care about your brother, but he stole from you, and he needs to have consequences to those actions. You don't want him to turn around and do this to an elderly relative or anyone else because he got away with it when he did it to you.
You need to turn him in so that you can get your own credit repaired. The only way you're going to get the companies and agencies to listen to you is if you do what you know is right, and turn him in.
You're facing a decision you shouldn't have to face, but you didn't do anything wrong. Turning him in isn't doing anything wrong either. It may be the best thing you could possibly do for him.
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Another alleged child abuse case has erupted in New Jersey when a Randolph woman was charged with hitting a 9-year old with a frying pan.
Donna Ambrosio-Ruglio was charged with second-degree child endangerment, according to court records. An arrest warrant affidavit was filed in Randolph Municipal Court by Detective Cheryl Drinkard of the Morris County Prosecutor's Office.
NJ.com reports the boy told the detective he had dropped a bagel and cream cheese onto the floor, and when a dog began eating the cream cheese, Ambrosio-Ruglio said the cream cheese was going to "kill the dog." Ambrosio-Ruglio then hit the boy over the head with the frying pan and punched him in the back, according to the affidavit.
The woman allegedly told the boy he was stupid but the abuse stopped when he left the room, according to the affidavit. A criminal complaint says the frying pan blow left an abrasion on the boy's head and bruising was visible on his back.
The Daily Record reports the suspect was brought Wednesday night to the Morris County jail upon her arrest, with bail set at $75,000 on a charge of endangering the welfare of a child. For now, she cannot have any contact with the boy.
The boy said Ambrosio-Ruglio had done things like this "over a thousand times" and he hadn't spoke about it because he wanted to forget about it, "but this time he had to because it was 'the most serious,'" Drinkard said in her affidavit.
On January 26, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that slapping a teenager was not a case of child neglect or abuse.
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At the Nolan County Commissioners meeting on Monday morning, Feb. 27, 2012, approval was given for an agreement with Pro Star Energy to provide electric service for county facilities.
Two presentations were heard in the morning--from the awarded company and from Priority Power Management. Both companies have had representatives attend previous meetings since this past December to share about their companies and offer updates regarding the market, which in turn affect costs.
Five entered guilty pleas to Judge Glen Harrison during 32nd Judicial District Court proceedings on Monday, Feb. 27, 2012.
Luis Albert Ruiz pled guilty to possession of marijuana, a state jail felony and received two years confinement in the State Jail Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, probated for three years. He will also have to pay a $2,500 fine, $384 in court costs and $500 in attorney's fees, as well as serve 120 hours of community service.
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"It was my position all along that he was not competent to stand trial, but even much more important is he was not sane at the time of offense," said Michael Brown, Rico's attorney.
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Richard Fergeson has taken over the State Farm establishment located on Broadway, but has been with the company since November 2009. He worked under local former State Farm agent Mike Reed until May 2011, when he began a nine month internship in Austin to make the transition into his new role beginning on March 1, 2012.
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This week in Arkansas, state Senator Shawn Womack authored a bill that would require shops that rent or sell M-rated games to display them at a height of at least 5 feet from the floor. The bill, introduced on March 3, would allow the Arkansas Department of Public Health to fine vendors up to $500 each time they violate the law.
And three Washington State representatives--Mary Lou Dickerson, Jim McCune and Jim McDermott--have authored a bill that seeks to hold game companies accountable when minors commit violence seemingly inspired by a video game they've played.
Their bill cites the "increasingly realistic depictions of violence" in games, particularly torture and sexual assault, as well as the killing of women, people of color and police officers. "These games choreograph violence in a stylized and romanticized way that encourages children and adolescents to associate violence and killing with pleasure, entertainment, feelings of achievement and personal empowerment," the bill states.
That bill also references studies that correlate the playing of "violent" games with hostile behavior among children and adolescents, arguing that exposure to these games desensitizes young people to real-life violence, perhaps inspiring copycat activity. "Throughout the country, law enforcement officers report that offenders committing violent crimes admit that they are intentionally copying the types of violent acts they play out in video or computer games."
Recently, an Alabama family filed suit against Take-Two Interactive and others, saying the publisher's " Grand Theft Auto" games inspired a young man to kill three police officers.
Though Dickerson, McCune and McDermott's bill seeks to hold game companies partly accountable for allegedly inspiring such criminal acts, others feel it shifts the blame from where it belongs--the perpetrator. "We're removing the responsibility from the person who committed the act to somebody else who's completely removed from the situation," Washington Software Association member Lew McMurran told Seattle-area television station KOMO News.
California Assemblyman Leland Yee has authored a bill that would prevent vendors from selling or renting violent games to children under 17. Legislators in Indiana and Missouri have proposed similar bills, but courts in those states have blocked them, saying they violate the free-speech rights of game publishers. Measures are pending in other states, as well.
Beth Winegarner reported for GameSpot.
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- 5 feet?
- Most teenagers are at least 5 feet tall, what would this accomplish?
So it is OK to kill white men? Of course, they are forgetting, that no one gets killed in video games.
We don't need more legislation. We need more responsible parents, and lawmakers need to stay out of areas that they have no clue about.
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- are game ratings law or just a suggestion?
- Are the game ratings actually backed up by any state or federal laws that prohibit vendors from selling M-rated games to minors? If not, all these parents should be suing their legislators instead of the game manufacturers. The fact that the industry implemented the ratings system at all shows that even they knew that certain games shouldn't be sold to minors (though they were happy to do so), but is there anything to actually encourage vendors not to sell them as there is for tobacco, porn or guns?
Though, I still firmly believe that any parents that bought the "offending game" should automatically have their case thrown out and be required to pay all court costs for being stupid.
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- The parents are idiots
Parents who bought the game for their kids are idiots if they turn around and sue. The ESRB is the best rating system even considered better than the MPAA's rating system so if the parent is too lazy to check the back of the box but is willing to go out of their way to sue game developers and distrubutors then that is really really appauling that they should be sued and put in jail because we don't want crazy people running around are streets do we?
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- I remember when i tried to buy a M rated game
- This was several years ago while i was in highschool. On the last day of school i WALKED! several miles to goto toys R us to buy a nintendo 64 game called "Perfect Dark" (if that game is M rated then this world is HellXXX rated)...anyway they wouldn't sell it to me...i was pissed...My exact words to the guy at the register was "You gotta be s****** me!"...then he told me that stuff how the law was being enforced and i said ok...bought the expansion pack (needed to play this game due to heavy memory needs) and left. Next day i asked my mom and she let me buy it and she said ok, because i had the money.
My little brother likes playing M rated games to...but he doesn't play them all the time if at all...he thinks "kingdom of hearts" is more fun. Seeing this behavior proves to me that some people are born more prone to violent acts then others, and although the environment they are born into affects them...it does not create their pre-disposition. Pollution, a bad gene pool, and living in a VIOLENT! world does that.
Their maybe a day when unborn children are put to death because they are likely to commit a violent act...They are already killed in some countries for having birth defects. That's what the future will be, and the people will appreciate it which is the sickest part!
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- Parents are the most effective way of keeping kids away from violent games. All the game companies can do is label their content as for mature audiences, it's up to parents and stores to enforce it. Making game companies liable does nothing but punish the publication of material that's more than likely protect by the constitution. The laws aimed at making stores check the age of the person buying a mature rated game are probably going to be the most effective and reasonable solution.
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- Honestly they should at least make a law that had a effect.Parents are blaming there bad parenting on they were lied to by there kids what the M meant and the like.Well why not make it like movie ratings?You know NC-17,R,TV-14,PG13,TV-7,PG,G I mean honestly.
Now on a test of a new law in Florida that makes you get carded when buying a M rated game,I,a 15 year old in 9th grade went to several stores and bought M Rated games in each,such as GTA SA,Halo 2,Devil May Cry 3,Manhunt,The Guy Game,and Leisure Suit Larry.Out of the 15 I went to I only had been HASSLED 1 and that was at K-Mart and even without a card I got it cause the manager was there and told the guy to just give it to me when I paid in cash without showing id.I understand 5 feet alittle you know when you were a kid you'd rent a movie or something just cause the cover looked cool but its kinda stupid if there gonna pick a violent cover and be able to do these violent actions at that age,they'd get lucky if they killed someone without dieing thereselves at that age(And if they were able to they would probally have enough sense to know not to pick up a machete and maim a few cops).I've played video games since I was 4 years old and the first game I played was Mortal Combat,the thing is I can talk to my baby sisters friend and they wont talk bout video games,hell if they even really know what it is,no they talk bout Power Rangers,some believe Power Rangers KILL the "bad" guys,now with all the corny "bad" guy plots whats to say Power Rangers isnt gonna have a 7 year old pick up a kitchen knife and kill his friend cause he wont share?I could go on but theres limited subject material to go on,let's get some pro censor video games people to post there opinons and arguments. =)
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- I have an idea for a new M-rated game: In it, you hunt down all the petty tyrant legislators who propse this kind of garbage, and slaughter them all any way you like. This game would let you get creative, even going so far as to tie them to a tree in the middle of the jungle, where they would be consumed alive by fire ants.
As sick as that may sound, it should be allowable. Penalizing game makers is not only ridiculous, it's illegal. Yes, "illegal". According to what? The Constitution. A little thing we call the First Amendment. Imposing penalties for game content is a violation of free speech.
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- I dont think the mature games are the problem
- The games your talking about are not the problem. It does deeper then that its like putting tape on a leaking dam. Why are the parents buying these games for them. Thats where the problem lies in the parents. I watched that junk on 60 minutes last night 3-06-05 to see them bash the gaming industry for there pratices then why did in NYC. The city expect ads on there buses for Grand Theft Auto your saying I dont want little johnny to play these games but your not helping when little johnny sees these ads and says mommy i want that. She buys it then you blame Take Two for your own actions when you signed a contract too prmote the games on the site of buses. Listen people the games are not the problem society is the problem theres no freedom of speech to play these games anymore. I've been playing doom,castle wolfenstein since i was a teen and nothing happened theres alot worse stuff out there.
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- . As a parent and avid game player myself you fail to make note that its not the Video games fault that encourage kids to kill. Society has always liked to find that bad in things and point the fingers. For years I have heard and seen some really bad stuff where video games wasnt a factor or even related to the incidents that occurred. But no matter what it was society failed to point the fingers back at themselves. The point is, It is up to the parents to make the decisions for their children, not Mr. lumpy that sits behind the desk in the fancy clothes, not you or my next door neighbor. But me if I want to expose my children to some enlightening entertainment from time to time I have every right to do so. If my child turns out to be a menace well thats nobodys fault but my own. The point is stop the ******** about the games and the movies they are put out because everyone has the freedom to choose and nobody and I mean nobody has the right or the privilege to take the right away from them, I dont care if you are the president or some form of politician. But if you are; dont you think you should be solving the things that really matter like for example global warming, or the homeless. Other then wasting our tax dollars to ***** and moan about how violent video games are affecting our children. See that there is the key word to make my point, our not yours so do something useful with you time and help out the poverty stricken communities.
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Earlier today, we discussed the 11-team relegation quagmire at the bottom of the Premier League, a topic NBC Sports' Match of the Day panel tackled on Saturday. From Aston Villa in 10th the three teams tied at the bottom, only six points separate the first tier's worst from the top half, leaving more than half of the league with serious relegation concerns through 22 rounds.
The most serious of those doubts rest with Cardiff, who sit in 20th place after this weekend's action. Asked about which clubs will go down, neither Robbie Earle nor Robbie Mustoe have faith Ole Gunner Solskjær can turn things around.
As for the other clubs that might go down, NBC's analysts share one point of agreement while seeing different futures for Crystal Palace and West Bromwich Albion.
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This train museum is approx. 1 hour's drive from San Diego. The main museum is inside a large building with about 4 trains in good shape, including a mail train, a business train with meeting areas, sleeping arrangements, kitchen, etc., and others. These trains are set up for walk-throughs. The staff is mostly friendly and knowledgeable. There's also an outdoors... More
2 adults and 8 year old. As we were looking for things to do on a Sunday afternoon, we decided to make the drive to Campo from El Cajon. We took the scenic route through the 94, passing through Jamul, Dulzura, taking in the scenery through the rolling mountains and winding roads. Either taking the 8 or going through the... More
The ride lasts about 2hours, passing through the mountainous countryside all the way to the actual Mexican border. There is hope for a joint continuation of the route into Mexico one day again. It depends on Mexico's meeting some agreements and refurbishing a section of track. The staff is all volunteer and they study, pass tests, certify for service, and... More
I enjoyed the ride on the train to the tunnel on the border. It's slow with pleasant scenery. The children on the train were all having a great time. The depot/museum seems a bit remote. I drove there from Palm Springs (about 2 1/2 hours). I is probably much shorter trip from San Diego. If you love trains, it's worth... More
The museum and the trains are located out in the lovely countryside of Campo.The area looks like a painting right out of the old west.The area is rolling hills of desert.The museum contains many unrestored trains and locomotives, outside,and several restored ones,in a large indoor building.The train ride itself takes you,via a 1942 diesel locomotive,from Campo to the Mexican border... More
I love trains and wanted to do something special. This trip was great! You board the train in Campo CA and ride through the hills along the border traveling through tunnels and over bridges. You have many type rail cars to choose from open air to covered. Many many views to enjoy.. You arrive in Tecate Mexico where you get... More
The Pacific Southwest Rail Museum area is comprised of a train depot with a few restored train jewels, and many a wrecked trains just outside of the building. It also has a charming little shop where you purchase (or pickup) your museum tickets. I bought tickets for the cabin and rode next to the conductor and the engineer -- had... More
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At the outset, Syrian government's actions are indefensible.
That said, settling the score in Syria on behalf of the scores of innocent victims of gas attack by their own government seems appealing, reasonable and warranted.
But is it that cut and dried? Can we be sure about the short and long run outcomes? Do we know the agenda of all the players pushing for coercive action? Given that the UK and Germany have distanced themselves, is it really our job to do?
First, face saving our typically calm and thoughtful President cannot be any reason for a military retaliation.
Secondly, after going through two wars almost a decade and half long and with a constant drone presence over the enemy territory, how can stepping back send wrong signal to our enemies suggesting weakness?
Thirdly, that by seeking approval of the Congress makes the President appear less presidential is an utter absurdity on the part of Representative Peter King.
Fourthly, having entirely sidestepped the brutal military coup in Egypt against
its first ever elected government, any intervention in Syria carries dual messages: One, that of hypocrisy and two, that of a desperate bid to restore image as the Champion of Democracy.
Fifthly, by one German account, there was a command and control failure causing this abomination. Renegade officers pulled the trigger despite the Syrian
Administration's refusal to grant permission to do so.
Sixth, following an earlier gas attack, a similar outpouring of outrage and saber rattling was directed at Syria. It was later disproved. This time around we are getting too close to the real thing, so we need evidence. We cannot wait for another Wikileak or NSA leak to find out what really happened.
Seventh, NJ's Senator Bob Menendez is the mover of this resolution. It's not clear who his Pied Piper is. He has been a rabid, wanton anti-Iranian, being either the architect or the pusher of every new sanction-laden bill against that country. So, it is not clear whether this is a ploy to bring Iran to task by punishing its sole regional ally. Despite being a Democrat, his goal seems to be to corner his
Party's President to go into war with Iran by delegitimizing all other options.
Eight, will this attack win the war for the rebels? Hardly!
Finally, even if Syria surrenders her WMD at the behest of Russia, and the US Government, on its part, responds to the call to cease and desist, that probably will not be the case with the evil, immoral, cruel Stalinist Syrian regime. Regardless, the thinking and the attitude that led the US to the umpteenth brink of flexing its muscle is also not about to change any time soon. According to some analysts, it is a product of hubris and opportunism toward extending its global sphere of influence as well as a mindset driven by the desire for oil wealth.
Dr. Shafi A. Khaled is a freelance writer.
He teaches and does research in Business & Economics.
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I have a question; I have never taken a regular art class before I?ve taken 3 oil painting. 2 Illustration (markers, color pencil, acrylics) I intend to take life drawing next along with story telling. The question is this; if I draw a character what would be a good method to determine where the shadows go. Can I just use an orange or something of the sort hit it with some light and go from there? What would you do or how would you approach this? Anything and everything is appreciated.
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if your drawing an orange, use an orange... if your drawing a person use a person. i know i've said this a lot in this and other forums but it still stands.
figure out what your character's pose is, then ask a friend to stand/sit in that pose and shine a light on them. study the shadows and what they do.
the best way to figure out a problem is from life. there's no way around it.
hope this helps.
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Ugh.. don't leave the boy like that...
I'm less then a newbie but I try to help you as much as I think I can.
Buy a spot light and work in the evening. The goal is to work with only one light source at first and on complex forms.
I've bought myself a statue replica of Moses by Michelangelo - unfortunately now, my spot light just borke (i'll fix it this weekend).
Place first the light above or in a 3/4 position and draw what you see. Try drawing only the darks and work where the light meltts with the dark areas.
Use only few values - 2, 3 max in the beginning.
Use crayon or charcoal on paper - try only few before going digital.
Later you will buy two more spots and use them for lighting effects.
I hope I didn't make a foul out of myself - and that this helps in some way.
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Khan made a choice.
Was it beam up Kirk and kill right there and then, or have Kirk trapped forever more?
If I were feeling as vengeful as Khan I would leave Kirk on that planet. The point is Khan is not a totally ruthless villain, vengeance is Khan's weakness and because Khan made it personal we have a much better movie for it.
This is not a plot hole but simply questioning Khan's motives.
It is a massive plot-hole. MASSIVE. He spent the whole movie wanting to kill Kirk right up to beaming up Genesis and then just changed his mind? I call BULLSHIT.
It's not a plot hole at all. Kirk gave Khan the opportunity to punish him in a more fitting manner than simply killing him. He's going to do to Kirk exactly what Kirk did to him and his wife. Justice. He wasn't settling for anything, he was getting an even better revenge. Hell, Khan flat-out
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Surfing in Baja turning into a risky venture
In the 2006 movie "Turistas," a group of young backpackers' vacation turns sour when a bus accident leaves them stranded in a South American jungle and in the hands of locals who pillage their belongings and kidnap them to sell their organs on the black market. While the movie is fictional, a recent string of crimes in Mexico's Baja California reminds us of just how real these dangers can be.
On Oct. 23, Pat Weber, a 48-year-old San Diego surfer, and his girlfriend were robbed at gunpoint and the girlfriend was sexually assaulted on the bluffs near Cuatras Casas in the Colonet region of northern Baja.
According to Weber, about an hour after sunset, two men wearing ski masks, dark clothing and brandishing handguns pounded on the surfers' RV door and demanded entry. The surfer denied the two men permission to come into his RV and the gunmen fired several rounds of bullets into the vehicle.
Weber and his girlfriend, fearing for their lives lay on the floor of the RV as glass and debris rained upon them. The two perpetrators' eventually gained access when Weber, fearing for his life, opened the RV. They led the surfer out of his RV and onto his knees where he was held with a gun pointed to the back of his head by one of the men.
According to Weber, the other masked man ransacked the RV packing a suitcase with thousands of dollars worth of possessions, including laptops, camera equipment, tools, and $460 in cash.
Weber's girlfriend was found hiding and led out of the RV and onto her knees, next to her boyfriend. The masked men then allegedly sexually assaulted the woman while holding both victims at gunpoint.
The gunmen then fled on foot, according to the surfer. Weber and his girlfriend drove to Ensenada and spent 10 hours with Ensenada Police, attorneys and interpreters.
On Labor Day of this year, three surfers from San Diego were pulled over in Tijuana and carjacked at gunpoint. After crossing the border on Saturday afternoon, San Diego surfers Anthony Lombardo, Brian Evans, and Greg Bishop made camp in the Quatro Casas area of Baja. They had settled in for the night when they were set upon by two men brandishing firearms.
"It was about midnight," said Lombardo. "I was sleeping in my tent when I thought I heard a gunshot. I unzipped my tent and that's when a guy wearing a ski mask dragged me out and forced me face down into the sand with a gun to my head."
After being relieved of their cash, wallets, driver's licenses, passports, boards and electronics, the three surfers were left with only their vehicle, the clothing on their backs. They were able to gather $35 from some other travelers to get back across the border.
"We didn't hear them come or go," said Lombardo. "They were ridiculously quiet."
The same weekend, according to BajaNomad.com, which focuses on traveling within Baja, an American fisherman was accosted and robbed on the toll road near the Tijuana beaches.
A few weeks later, according to an Internet report, a surfer and his girlfriend were pulled from their tents along the bluffs south of Cuatras Casas and robbed of everything except their pillows.
A few weeks later, according to a first-hand report from one of the victims, an Encinitas local, three cars full of San Diego surfing buddies were robbed of $1,200 on their way to San Juanico after driving into an early morning road block. This was in the same region as the other Tijuana robberies.
Mexico has always been an escape for California surfers who are looking for uncrowded surf breaks and warmer water. But is it really worth it? Baja is a place where things can go wrong quite quickly.
According to one report, more journalists have died in Mexico than in Iraq. It is the wild west and there is not to much protection for a visiting American.
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Why Is This Important?Asthma can usually be managed in an outpatient setting, reducing the need for inpatient hospitalization. Tracking rates of hospitalization can aid in identifying populations or areas with inadequate access to routine medical care.
An asthma attack can result in a hospitalization and can be initiated by a variety of triggers. Some of these include exposures to environmental tobacco smoke, dust mites, cockroach allergen, mold, pets, strenuous physical exercise, and air pollution. Two key air pollutants that can affect asthma are ozone (found in smog) and PM or particulate matter (found in haze, smoke, and dust).
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