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Nelly is 33 years old and has been in beauty services for a living from a very young age.
She has her beauty shop in a house that she rents in the center of town north of Esmeraldas, in the same house she has lived in for 10 years. She needs this loan to buy accessories like creams, deodorants, dye, relaxers, hair treatments, and extensions.
She wants to grow her business, give work to young people that like hair styling, and buy her own house for her business and to live in with her daughter. The community where she lives is very vulnerable. The people live from agriculture that is difficult to take to market. Nelly is new in the group "Unidos Venceremos" or "United We Overcome" and her companions elected her leader of the group for her work commitment and dedication to the tasks.
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The group is made up of 8 women and 2 men. Four of the members receive $500 and six of them receive $700 since it is their second time taking a loan. Nelly is raising her hand in the photo.
Nelly tiene 33 años y desde muy temprana edad se dedica a prestar servicios en su gabinete de belleza.
Ella tiene su gabinete en una casa que arrienda en el centro de un pueblo al norte de Esmeraldas en la misma que habita desde hace 10 años. Ella necesita este préstamo para la compra de accesorios como: cremas, desodorantes, tintes, alisadoras, tratamientos capilares, extensiones.
Tiene el deseo de crecer en su negocio, dar trabajo a jóvenes que les guste el estilismo, comprar su propia casa para poner su negocio y vivir con su hija.
La comunidad donde habita, es muy vulnerable, la gente vive de la agricultura que difícilmente pueden sacar al mercado. NELLY es nueva en el grupo "UNIDOS VENCEREMOS" y sus compañeras y compañeros la eligieron líder del grupo por su compromiso de trabajo, dedicación en las tareas a realizar.
El grupo se conforma por 8 mujeres y 2 hombres, 4 de sus integrantes reciben $500 y 6 de ellos reciben $ 700 dólares por ser la segunda vez que realizan el préstamo. NELLY levanta su mano en la fotografía.
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This loan is part of VisionFund Ecuador's effort to reach vulnerable populations located along Ecuador's frontier with Colombia. This region generally lacks access to financial services and is populated by many Colombian refugees seeking asylum from guerrilla warfare. This loan is designed to help these vulnerable populations improve their lives and set up sustainable businesses.
About VisionFund EcuadorVisionFund Ecuador is a microenterprise development fund that supports groups of entrepreneurs who lack access to formal financial systems. The organization works with vulnerable populations, especially women, in the marginalized urban and rural sectors of Ecuador. Its clients work in a variety of sectors including agriculture, artisan crafts and the commercial and service sectors. Kiva lenders' funds are used to expand the organization's services to the poor living in more rural parts of Ecuador.
This is a Group Loan
In a group loan, each member of the group receives an individual loan but is part of a larger group of individuals. The group is there to provide support to the members and to provide a system of peer pressure, but groups may or may not be formally bound by a group guarantee. In cases where there is a group guarantee, members of the group are responsible for paying back the loans of their fellow group members in the case of delinquency or default.
Kiva's Field Partners typically feature one borrower from a group. The loan description, sector, and other attributes for a group loan profile are determined by the featured borrower's loan. The other members of the group are not required to use their loans for the same purpose.
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I heard this last night during the night 3 - 4am - it was amazing.
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Now I've come to play it back for them - and you're telling me I can't! Strange - why not?
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Posted on 11/23/2010 1:23:32 PM PST by a fool in paradise
Deputies arrested a man Friday who is accused of hiding crack cocaine in his buttocks.
Charles Everette Robinson, 30, of the 3300 block of Ellington Court, Fort Myers, was charged with battery on a nurse, trafficking cocaine, introduction of contraband into a detention facility and two felony counts of driving while license is suspended/habitual offender. Bond was set on all but one of the driving counts which had bond denied. He remained Monday in Lee County Jail.
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Robinson became aggressive and finally emergency room staff held him on his stomach. The doctor found a golf ball-sized bag with suspected crack cocaine in it during the inspection.
Robinson immediately made a miraculous recovery and stated to (the) deputy dont be mad at me. I was just trying to provide for my family.
The doctor immediately cleared him and he was taken back to jail.
Why do you think they call it "crack"?
And where else would you hide crack cocaine?
Crack in the crack is pain in the butt.
Another good reason for avoiding illegal drugs...you just don't know where they've been....
crack is whack
Where would he hide marijuana?
It's happened again.
in a pot
Where would a Mormon hide the LSD?
LOL. Way to easy.
TSA Alert!!!!!
Some people (wink-wink) could carry 100 lbs. of crack in their crack under their boob belt,and no one would notice
No pictures, please.
Is it more potent as a suppository?
Better than caulk I suppose!
Reminds me of Johnny Carson and Jack Webb in The Copped Clean Copper Clapper Caper. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpVjW30I-YU
(A Very Serious) Johnny Carson: There's been a robbery.
(A stone faced) Jack Webb: Yes sir! What was it?
Johnny Carson: My clappers!
Jack Webb: Your clappers?
Johnny Carson: Yeah you know those things inside a bell that makes them clang.
Jack Webb: The clangers?
Johnny Carson: That's right! We call them the clappers in the business.
Jack Webb: A clapper caper.
Johnny Carson: What's that?
Jack Webb: Nothing sir! Now can I have the facts? What kinds of clappers were stolen on this clapper caper?
Johnny Carson: They were copper clappers!
Jack Webb: And where were they kept?
Johnny Carson: In the closet!
Jack Webb: (Ugh! Ugh! ) Do you have any ideas who might have taken your copper clappers from the closet?
Johnny Carson: Well theirs is once I fired a man and he swore he'd get even!
Jack Webb: What was his name?
Johnny Carson: Claude Cooper!
Jack Webb: You think then?
Johnny Carson: That's right! I think Claude Cooper copped my copper Clapper kept in a closet.
Jack Webb: You know where this Claude Cooper is from?
Johnny Carson: Yeap! Cleveland.
Jack Webb: That figures!
Johnny Carson: What makes it worse is that they were clean!
Jack Webb: Clean copper clappers? Why do you think that Claude Cooper would cop your clean copper clappers kept in your closet?
Johnny Carson: Only one reason!
Jack Webb: What's that?
Johnny Carson: He's a kleptomaniac.
Jack Webb: Who first discovered the copper clappers were copped?
Johnny Carson: My cleaning woman Clara Clifford!
(Smirking) Jack Webb: That figures! Now let me see if I got the facts straight here? Cleaning woman Clara Clifford discovered your clean copper clappers kept in a closet were copped by Claude Cooper a kleptomaniac from Cleveland. Now is that about it?
(Smirking) Johnny Carson: One more thing. If I ever catch kleptomaniac Claude Cooper from Cleveland who copped my clean copper clappers from the closet .
Jack Webb: YES! Johnny Carson: I'll clobber him!
"Deputies arrested a man Friday who is accused of hiding crack cocaine in his buttocks"
Another reason for TSA to do the grope. . . ewwwww
Good thing it wasn't crank.
They blew the title...
"Crack found in man's buttocks"
is the only proper title for this occurrence.
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Unusual gait leads to drugs inside inmate
Posted: Nov 18, 2010 10:25 AM CST
A man reportedly "walking awkwardly" as he asked to use the bathroom at the Charlotte County Jail was arrested after deputies found he was smuggling drugs inside his body.
Salvatore James Zambuto, 22, of Oswego Street in Port Charlotte, was picked up Wednesday afternoon on an outstanding warrant.
Investigators say he had Suboxen pills, marijuana and tobacco stuffed in tied-off latex glove fingers, which he'd then inserted into his...
Rock Hudson died from bad crack..
I thought it was from bad meat in a can.
In the junk....
Which explains the phrase "butt crack".
Some say he was rear ended..
Some jokes just write themselves.
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"The Transasia Airways turboprop plane took off from the southern city of Kaohsiung. It was headed for Magong, the only city in the Penghu Islands off Taiwan's west coast.
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According to sheriff's department officials, MacKay and his partner followed where they believed the truck had gone. They were unaware that Dorner had crashed it. They spotted tracks in the snow leading to a cabin and got out of their cruiser.
The pair stopped about 30 yards from the cabin to devise a plan when shots were fired. Neither deputy had a chance to return fire. Both were hit multiple times. A doctor told Loftis death for MacKay came instantly or in "just seconds."
Collins survived but has undergone multiple surgeries. A SWAT team arrived quickly and laid down covering fire to allow the officers to be airlifted.
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Despite declaring war on "those in LAPD uniform whether on or off duty," the only victim with a direct link to the department was Monica Quan. And it is more than a little ironic that a man lashing out against racial injustice should murder the daughter of the LAPD's first Chinese-American captain.
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Vai's View: Vai's View: Philadelphia temple groundbreaking was a day to remember
Camden is a city known for dysfunction. Three mayors have served time for corruption, most recently in 2000. In 2005, the state took the school system and the police department. In 2008, Camden had the highest crime rate in the country and for three years during the decade of 2000, it was voted America's most dangerous city.
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A number of years ago, we established a Spanish branch of the Church there in a rented building. Two years ago, attendance at the Camden branch forced us to convert it into a ward, so we simply called the branch president, Julio Ortiz, a self-employed auto mechanic, as its bishop.
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When he finished, he instructed my stake president who was conducting, to announce that he'd turn over a few shovel-fulls of earth with visiting dignitaries, then rush to the airport for his return flight to Utah.
As he walked past on his way to the car, he suddenly stopped and embraced me and whispered a few sweet comments. Then, he put his arm around me for a minute and without saying a word, smiled and posed for the cameras snapping all around us. He released my arm and just as quickly, his bodyguards whisked him away and off he went.
It was an incredible day.
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Health care rally aims to keep the pressure onPHOTO BY JEB WALLACE-BRODEUR
Demonstrators shout and wave signs supporting a health care overhaul in Vermont during a rally in Montpelier on Saturday.
MONTPELIER - Singing, music, dancing and theater kept a health care rally in Montpelier festive Saturday, but the hundreds of people who took part were trying to hammer home a message they couldn't take more seriously.
"We believe that health care is a human right for all people regardless of their income," Sen. Bernie Sanders shouted from the Statehouse steps to the buoyant crowd below, which appeared to number around 1,000.
The mid-day rally began at City Hall. After the performance of folk songs there, it wound its way down State Street to the Capitol.
The rally was part of the "Health Care is a Human Right" campaign that the Vermont Workers' Center launched in 2008 to try to change what is politically possible for health care reform. A similar rally was held last year.
The rally Saturday was both a celebration of the group's accomplishments and an effort to make sure the health care bill pending in the Legislature is the strongest it can be, according to a news release from the workers' center.
That bill, S.88, sponsored by state Sen. Doug Racine, calls for hiring a consultant to design potential new health care models for Vermont, including a single-payer system.
The House passed the bill April 23, making additions that expand the Blueprint for Health program and cap annual hospital budget increases. The Senate is expected to hold a final vote on the bill this week.
It isn't clear whether Gov. Jim Douglas, a Republican, will sign the bill, veto it or let it become law without his signature. His spokesman has said Douglas likes parts of the bill but has "strong concerns" about others.
Many at the rally Saturday said the federal health care bill signed into law this year, and the bill pending in the Legislature, are steps in the right direction. But many will be unsatisfied until there is a universal single-payer system.
"I think what they're pushing for here is a much better program," said St. Albans resident Sandra Behan as she stood in front of City Hall.
Behan said it's sad to see donation jars in convenience stores with pictures of kids whose families are trying to raise money for treatment.
"This is America," she said. "It shouldn't be this way."
Andrea Powell, of Rutland, said she had a close friend, James Mott, who died in 1996 at age 30. She believes his lack of access to health care played a role.
Powell held a sign that read: "In memory of James (Jim) Mott. Died Age 30. Held 3 jobs. No insurance."
Mott suffered from anemia, said Powell, but she was unclear on what ultimately killed him.
"All I know is he couldn't afford the care he needed," she said.
Barry Kade, from Montgomery, is 66 and recently became eligible for Medicare. He said the reality is that people put off seeking treatment when they don't have insurance because health care is so expensive, something he did for years.
"I've got Medicare. So should everybody else," Kade said.
A group from southern Vermont performed a skit during the rally based on "The Wizard of Oz" that criticized opponents of a single-payer health care system for using scare tactics.
"Liars and tyrants and scares, oh my," they chanted.
The wicked witch represented a "greedy insurance company" and she melted after "single-payer water" was thrown on her.
There didn't appear to be any counter-protesters at the event. The Vermont Workers' Center estimated that about 1,500 people participated in the rally, though Montpelier police would give no estimate of the crowd size.
About 700 marchers could be seen, and a representative of the workers' center said 150 to 250 people were already at the Statehouse.
David Kreindler, a Montpelier resident and a volunteer for the Vermont Workers' Center, told the crowd he wished he had more time to speak, but he summed up where he believes the movement for health care reform stands.
"The gist of it is this," Kreindler said. "We are winning, but we have a long way to go before we've won."
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I'm 15 years old and was sexually abused for two years in the past. How do I get over my intimacy issues?
The last boyfriend I had, anytime we were physically intimate, my chest would get really tight, I'd often start to shake, and I'd go into this blank zone where I'd just stare at the ceiling and my body would be completely unresponsive. It was really scary. Sometimes he would notice and ask me if I was alright, and I would just kind of nod numbly so I wouldn't disappoint him. Since that relationship, I've dated a little, but now it's gotten to the point where even kissing makes my stomach roil. I've had to stop seeing them so I wouldn't be put into a situation where they would try something physical. I cannot bear the thought of anything remotely sexual, and I feel like it's rapidly becoming an unstoppable downwards spiral.
I want to enjoy intimacy, not be terrified and repulsed by it. It's odd having my sisters gush over how good it feels when I just want to throw up. I feel really abnormal. I also feel like I'm never going to have a working relationship because what guy is going to want to be with a girl like me? It's frustrating, because I'm perfectly okay with all the other aspects of a relationship (of course I'd like to have someone to hang out with and cuddle with and all of that), but I'd just like it without the sex part.
What should I do? Is there any way I can fix this? I'm currently in therapy, but I still don't feel quite ready to open up and tell my therapist about my intimacy issues. It's easier this way. I hope you can help, I don't know what to do and I certainly don't want to get any worse!
My best friend raped me last year, and I'm just starting to deal with it.
Last summer ('06) I was pressured to sex by my former best friend. I kinda blocked it out and it's come back with full force now. I had a flash back when having sex with my boyfriend about a week ago and that was horrible! Any idea how I can cope with that?
And how do I cope with the feelings of guilt and shame. I really feel like the whole thing was partially my fault.. What happened was that we hadn't seen each other for a year cos he'd moved and when I came to visit we made out. He wanted to go further and I didn't. When I refused to go down on him he spiked me drink and made me do it when I was drunk. Unprotected. (Had STI screening since then, which was all clear...) I just feel like I could've somehow done something. Like keep an eye on my drink or say no more forcefully or just plain fight him off. I don't really know how to deal with this... I hope you can help..
Also, I was talking to a male friend the other day and he thought that men should have an option to legally not be fathers in case of a pregnancy. Like not be obliged to pay for child care and not be a part of the kids life whatsoever. I thought that this was ridiculous, but couldn't come up with any sound reasons why I though so.. It was just a general feeling. If this discussion comes up again what can I say?
I got her pregnant, and I just can't deal.
My girlfriend has been acting all shifty around me. I thought she'd gone off me and I started ignoring but then I started to hear rumours that she was pregnant and it was my kid which shocked me cause we're always so careful. I kinda confronted her when she told me it was true I freaked and completely flipped out at her. It was like world war 3, I felt so bad after but I feel like I can't talk to her and shes wants me to be involved but again I don't think I can. I'm finding it really hard to get used to all this stuff and every one around me is treating me like it's all my fault, which I know it is but I don't get why everyone's treating me like this. I guess if I was looking in on all this shit I'd probably judge but I've got so much shit going on after my dad walking out, coping with this is like hell on earth. What can I do? People are saying I'll get used to it but I really don't wanna.


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INDIANAPOLIS —If nothing else, the Indiana General Assembly's 2012 session showed that Hoosier lawmakers know how to fill a vacuum.
A year ago, Gov. Mitch Daniels and Republican House and Senate leaders accomplished all of their top policy priorities. So this year, they were willing to wage a knockdown, drag-out political fight over a right-to-work measure that hadn't made that original list.
Once that ended, lawmakers took a break, and the Super Bowl took over Indianapolis. When they returned in early February, there was more than a month remaining of the session and no "musts" left to tackle. Up rose the smoking ban — gutted, but eventually passed.
Even that and a handful of other news-making items still left most members of both parties with too little to do. So Democrats started an ill-timed dispute over the Indiana Department of Child Services, and a few Republicans bullied the Girl Scouts and gay teenagers.
It was always something.
And in the wee hours of Saturday morning, mercifully, it ended. All that was normal was how it did.
In one chamber, a group of exhausted senators dropped onto benches in the back. The group of conservatives lamented the notion that the police home entry bill they'd championed was perceived by some to put officers in danger.
Across the hall, a slap-happy House laughed as the intern whose job — the toughest one in the Statehouse, by the way — is to quickly read bills into a microphone accidentally called the speaker "Mr. Speakie."
Final votes were cast, and lawmakers drove off into the next election cycle.
But as they left town, there were a couple of things to be learned from the session.
Agree with his policy positions or not, House Speaker Brian Bosma, R-Indianapolis, proved himself a commanding leader who did not feel the need, as he put it, to "major in the minors," and restored the speaker's role as the most powerful man in state government during the session.
He applied the pressure of $1,000-a-day fines on Democrats who boycotted nine days to try to block the right-to-work measure in time to pass the measure before the Super Bowl, while holding his caucus together to ensure he had the votes to pass it.
Though Bosma ticked off a few other Republicans, he helped the party get plenty of distance when he mercilessly mocked Rep. Bob Morris, R-Fort Wayne, after Morris accused the Girl Scouts of being a radical organization that promotes abortion and homosexuality.
And unlike other recent sessions, when the Senate was regarded as the more adult, deliberative body that would kill bad bills from the House, Bosma refocused the Legislature when he ended talk about creationism and banning the pro-gay rights Indiana Youth Group's specialty license plate.
Though it did not show in the session's ultimate results, his counterpart could not exert that level of leadership.
As the session neared its end, it became increasingly clear that Senate President Pro Tem David Long, R-Fort Wayne, was riding a tiger as he tried to steer his caucus.
Religious conservative activists Micah Clark and Eric Miller convinced a handful of Senate Republicans to go after the Indiana Youth Group's license plate.
Like the creationism vote before it, Long did not immediately shut down a distraction he came to despise. He either would not or could not put a lid on it.
In fact, he said they'd found a "solution" to the plate situation. Those lawmakers believed the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles could abolish the group's plate because, they said, it had violated its contract.
That's not the solution Bosma wanted to talk about.
After the General Assembly had adjourned, he framed 2012 as putting the final touches on what Republicans started on the 2010 campaign trail.
Lawmakers gave voters plenty to think about. The question now is: Will Hoosiers remember Bosma's version of this session's history, or Long's?
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In California, debate over sterilizing pets goes to the dogs
Requiring people to spay or neuter their pets seemed like a commonsense answer to state Assemblyman Lloyd Levine. But since his bill narrowly passed the Assembly earlier this month, it has generated a storm of impassioned criticism.
The American Kennel Club - the nation's oldest dog registry - threatened to pull the country's second largest dog show from California if the bill becomes law.
Some dog breeders say they, too, will move out of state rather than comply with a law they describe as social engineering for animals.
And one rural county has complained that the sterilization requirement could lead to the demise of the beloved mutt.
"I think what's happening in California is socialism in its prime," said Janet Wahl, who lives east of Sacramento and is considering moving to Oregon or Washington so she can breed her Havanese and Yorkshire Terriers without rules.
Like other breeders, she fears the government will put itself in the position of deciding which dog breeds can reproduce and which cannot.
Levine, a Sherman Oaks Democrat best known for his bill seeking to phase out the incandescent light bulb, called the criticism of his sterilization bill "flabbergasting."
"My opponents are not bound by fact, not bound by truth, and will use any means necessary to stop this legislation," he said.
His supporters for the bill - which an Orange County resident helped develop - are just as passionate as the opponents: Animal shelter workers have testified in heart-wrenching detail about killing litters of kittens and lovable dogs because there are just too many to place in homes.
Singer Lionel Richie and actress Pamela Anderson have given their names in support. And minutes before the Assembly voted, several wavering lawmakers got a telephone call from retired "Price is Right" host Bob Barker, a longtime advocate of fixing pets.
It worked. The bill passed by one vote, sending it to the state Senate.
"I just felt I had to do what I could to help make it possible for every dog and cat to have a good home," said Barker, who has advocated for spaying and neutering pets for more than three decades. "We desperately need it passed. The overpopulation is really tragic, and it's not just in California - it's all over the country."
Levine's bill would be the most comprehensive in the nation to impose a spay-neuter requirement on a statewide basis.
At least 25 states require that dogs and cats adopted from shelters be sterilized. Last year, Rhode Island passed a law requiring cats to be spayed or neutered by six months. Denver, Camden, N.J., New York and Fort Wayne, Ind., are among cities that have some kind of sterilization law.
In its current version, the bill requires pet owners to spay or neuter their dogs and cats by the time they are 4 months old. But that is expected to be pushed back to 6 months after veterinarians expressed health concerns about sterilizing animals at such a young age.
Failure to comply carries a $500 fine, but owners first would be asked to voluntarily have their pets fixed.
"The more animals neutered and spayed, the fewer animals born, the fewer animals coming into our shelters, and fewer animals are euthanized," said Pat Claerbout, president of the California Animal Control Directors Association. "It's an oversupply issue."
Her organization estimated the annual cost to house, care for and euthanize the 500,000 unwanted pets at about $250 million.
Even the bill's critics agree there are too many pets in shelters. They just think Levine's proposed solution is the wrong one.
Professional dog breeders and cat lovers say the answer is not as simple as an operation. They complain that the measure would do little to control so-called "backyard breeders" and out-of-state sellers that advertise animals on the Internet or in newspapers.
To be exempt from the bill, licensed breeders would have to apply for a permit to keep their animals "intact" and pay an annual fee set by a local government.
Lois Thomas, who breeds Pekingese at her home about 30 miles south of the state capital, said she fears the bill penalizes responsible pet owners.
"We are going to have to ask permission to breed our dogs. What if they say no?" said Thomas, as she cuddled three of her dogs on a bench outside her home. "What if they say nobody gets to breed this year, or we don't like your breed. What happens then?"
A hobby breeder since 1955, Thomas is a veteran of the booming dog show circuit, having bred and coached 173 competition finishers. Ribbons line her family room like wallpaper.
Levine's most imposing opposition is coming from a typically reserved organization rarely associated with political causes.
The American Kennel Club sponsors the Eukanuba National Championship in Long Beach each December, the nation's second largest dog show after New York's famed Westminster Kennel Club event.
Last year's invitational drew 28,000 people and provided a $21.7 million economic jolt to the local economy, according to the Long Beach Area Convention and Visitors' Bureau.
The kennel club has threatened to pull the internationally televised event out of California if the bill succeeds. Its 5,000 member clubs have organized a national letter writing campaign, while the 122-year-old parent organization has formed its first ever political action committee to finance campaigns against what it calls "anti-dog laws" in California and elsewhere.
Levine said he has attempted to accommodate breeders, citing exemptions in the bill for purebred animals that are recognized by a registry or association, police and guide dogs. Dogs and cats that come to California for competitions or training also would be exempt from the rule.
Even so, the American Kennel Club remains opposed. In a letter to members, chairman Ron Menaker this month said none of Levine's changes make the bill acceptable.
"Should this bill become law, I fear it could be a catalyst for other states. As the old saying goes, 'As California goes, so goes the nation,"' he said. "We believe the best weapon in combating irresponsible pet ownership is education."
Even some California counties are lobbying against Levine's sterilization bill.
In the Sierra foothills east of Sacramento, the Amador County Board of Supervisors voted in April to oppose it, fearing it would be "an enforcement nightmare," cost local governments money and unfairly single out mutts, which do not qualify for an exemption.
"The proposed legislation would ultimately result in the elimination of mixed breeds," county board chairman Louis Boitano wrote in a letter of opposition. "Purebred dogs do not necessarily make better pets."
The bill's prospects in the Senate are uncertain. If it passes, it will go to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has not taken a position. The governor and his wife, Maria Shriver, own two male dogs - a Cockapoo named Sarge and a yellow Labrador retriever named Spunky.
Schwarzenegger's press secretary, Aaron McLear, declined to say whether the pets were neutered - "out of respect" for the dogs.
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Jets QB Geno Smith leaves game with injury
Mark Sanchez had a mixed night of results in the preseason opener vs. the Lions on Friday, leaving the quarterback competition wide open, but Geno Smith injured his ankle in the third quarter, and he has yet to return to the game.
Instead, third-string quarterback Greg McElroy has entered the game as reports trickled in that Smith was having his right ankle taped on the bench.
The injury occurred when Smith had to leave the pocket, and while scrambling, he tried to cut to his right. Unfortunately for Smith, he appeared to turn his ankle and went down to the turf without taking any contact.
He limped off the field and a few minutes later, Smith slowly walked to the locker room with a team trainer.
After Sanchez completed 10 of 13 passes for 125 yards, a touchdown and an interception, Smith went 6 for 7 for 47 yards on the night.
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Salad, bran muffins, fat-free foods―they're good for you, right? Not always. Our nutrition experts reveal surprisingly unhealthy foods, plus better-for-you alternatives.
Even in most smoothie chains and coffee bars, smoothies start out pretty healthful. Most have a base of blended fruit and low-fat dairy. But disproportionately large serving sizes (the smallest is often 16 oz.) combined with added sugar, ice cream, or sherbet, can add up to a high-calorie treat. Some chains serve smoothies that contain up to 500 calories.
A smoothie can be a great way to start the day or to refuel after a workout. Just remember to account for the calories you drink when considering what you've consumed in a day. For the most economical and healthy smoothies, consider making your own. This delicious Blackberry-Peach Smoothie with Walnuts is packed with healthy ingredients and contains just 240 calories per serving.


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Local student wins SolarFest designMarch 27,2013
CSC student wins
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A student at Castleton State College recently won the T-shirt design contest for this years SolarFest.
Digital Media student Ryan Ackerman of Clarendon Springs received 755 votes almost 50 percent of the votes cast beating out submissions from around New England.
His design will be featured on the 2013 SolarFest T-Shirt that will be available throughout during the annual festival.
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I was the lead character artist for the Free-to-Play 3rd person shooter Loadout from developers Edge of Reality and was Instrumental in developing and documenting the character pipeline for a highly customizable game.
Also, tasked with creation of character facial blendshapes for animation and destruction.
I spent a lot of time working closely with Art Director and Lead Concept Artist to achieve very specific style requirements as well as worked with our programers to develop custom tools to streamline our pipeline.
I created each of the characters fully nude to start as they are fully customizable head to toe. Yes, you can choose to run around the game completely naked if you wish.
The work involved creating unique characters that all share the same rig and, for the most part, animations.
After I finished the nude and base outfits, we began creating 100's of customizable outfits available to players.
Poses by Danny Matson
TBone's military belt and aviator shades created by Ben McArdle
The game is incredibly fun.
Check out www.Loadout.com to join the chaos.
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The Sims 3: Pets
Character Artist / 3D Artist
The Sims 3: Pets
For The Sims: Pets, I served on both the pre-production and production teams - At both Electronic Arts (Redwood City, CA) for the PC version and Edge of Reality (Austin, TX) for the console versions.
Starting at EA on pre-production, I worked with a very small team to create the prototypes that would be the basis for all the production work that was to come later. I adopted the CG puppies and kittens. Using existing adult animal meshes, I modeled the pups and kittens. I then went on to create the blendshape expressions that would be used by animation and also the various shapes that would be used to make specific breeds in the "Create-A-Pet" room. The shapes used to create breed were bone poses, so this also involved a hefty amount of weighting and tweaking.
Finally, I worked on creating a few fur blend shapes that would be used to fuel the fur technology of The Sims: Pets.
After production launched, I moved to Austin, TX (My hometown). There I continued creating production assets like collars, animal patterns and pelts - all to give the players more customization over their new digital best friends.
Having spent a lot of time in pre-production with the new Sims: Pets technology, I was also able to assist the console teams with the custom tools and methods for creating these little critters. 2014 Character Design, Computer Animation, Game Design
The Sims: Medieval
Character Artist
For this project I was brought on board to work closely with the art director and technical art leads to design a new skin shader and generally bring The Sims to a higher level and to match the new style that was his vision for The Sims: Medieval.
I assisted in created an updated lighting rig for the Create-A-Sim room (lighting and skin shader development really go hand-in-hand). And again, I worked with the AD and lead tech artists to create a new system for changing character ethnicity and age. I then went on to create the skin textures to represent various ethnicities.
I modeled and textured the male, female, and child default faces as well as helped to integrate those new faces into existing Sims pipeline.
I was also tasked with R&D to define a new style and strategy for building character hair assets and worked closely with the concept artists and Art Director to achieve a balance between his vision and our technical limitations. I then documented this new methodology for our internal team and outsourcing lead.
In addition to the above, I was able to sneak in a few of the creepy characters I'm fond of churning out. These were the NPC characters the Angel of Death and the Creature of Doom (aka Pit Monster). Heartwarming, I know. My good friend and co-worker Nadia Mogilev did the concept for the Angel of Death (As well as a huge chunk of the character concepts for the game along with another good friend Aurora Jimenez). They were both instrumental in helping to come up with hair concepts that would work for our style and limitations. For the EA costume party during Halloween, another Sims developer even hand-made the entire outfit from scratch and took the top prize. Good times. Really fun project to work on. 2014 Character Design, Computer Animation, Game Design
Red Cliff
Lighting Techincal Director / Texture Artist / Compositing / Cloth Simulations
Red Cliff (Chi Bi)
This was my first foray into visual effects for film. I was brought onto the team at The Orphanage as a texture artist and lighting technical director. I was responsible for hard surface texture work, look development and even cloth simulations.
Red Cliff is a Chinese epic war film based on the Battle of Red Cliffs (208-209 AD) and events during the end of the Han Dynasty and immediately prior to the Three Kingdoms period in ancient China. The film was directed by John Woo.
The bulk of my work was focused on lighting and rendering of the thousands of CG arrows for an awesome scene between Cao Cao and the Wu. There were a few real arrows "stabbed" into strategic locations in the original film so that the lighting artists and animators had something to match to. I created lighting rigs that were used to speed production for newer artists joining the team and effectively matched the live action shots. It was a challenge to match so many elements into each shot, but ultimately very fruitful.
Additionally, I was tasked with compositing two shots in this scene - learning the compositing application Nuke on the fly. (Thanks to a very supportive composting lead). Being able to take these shots to final under such tight deadlines gave me a much better understanding of how I can make my compositor coworkers job's just a little bit easier.
Lastly, I created the flags, textures and cloth simulations for the flags that fly from the Wu ships as they sail away in victory after having stolen 100,000 arrows from Cao Cao. 2014 Computer Animation, Digital Art, Film
Terminix Commercial
Modeler / Matte Painting
This was my last contract at The Orphanage before they shuttered their doors. It was for two Terminix commercial spots.
I really dug the very short turnaround for these types of spots. I also got to dig my heels into other areas of the industry. I did the little CG bug environment (photo references, modeling and matte painting) that begin when the termites first land outside of the house, scurry through the gnarled wood, and ends after they cross the threshold into the cathedral. Also, the exit shot, with the gnarled wood, was created by me.
The videos you'll see below are an incomplete high resolution comp (by senior compositor Jesse Russell) 2014 Computer Animation, Digital Art
Alien Soldier
This is a piece of game art I created for an art test.
It is 2621 polygons
Created with Maya, ZBrush, Photoshop, and XNormal 2014 Art Direction, Character Design, Computer Animation
Revenge of The Octopus
This was originally titled Tako no Fukushu. Which, so I was told, means Revenge of the Octopus. Too many of his family members have been murdered and served in fine sushi bars across the globe and this Demon-Octopus hybrid is not going to take it any more. Land-lovers beware You most likely won't escape the reach of his tentacle attack, but if you somehow slip by, you will be reeled back in with the help of his double-barrel, arm-mounted, tetanus-laced harpoons!
After watching the Dominance War one year, I was inspired to see what kind of terror I could unleash of own.
I was appreciative to have had this piece featured in 3D World magazine and a top row feature on ZBrushCentral.com
Responsible for: Concept, Modeling, Texturing, Lighting, Rendering
Hand-rolled and served with Maya, Zbrush, Photoshop, Mental Ray and a large hot sake. 2014 Art Direction, Character Design, Digital Art
The Malesquis
This little puppy was based on a concept by the awesome concept artist and art director John Kearney called Hunt of the Malesquis. He was nice enough to offer some guidance in the mechanics of the beast while I was creating it. So, cheers to that.
Responsible for: Modeling, Texturing, Lighting, Rendering
Hunted and slaughtered with Maya, Zbrush, Photoshop and Mental Ray 2014 Character Design, Computer Animation, Digital Art
GBell is a close friend of mine and was kind and patient enough to let me take very close-up high-resolution images for reference.
The base mesh was done in Maya and fine detail added into the sculpt in ZBrush.
I projected the high resolution skin detail onto the mesh in ZBrush and then manually painted and stitched all of the various projections together in Photoshop.
The hair in the main image is a photo composite - the 3D ends at the hairline and everything above is photo. The other images have hair created in Maya.
Responsible for: Modeling, Texturing, Lighting, Rendering 2014 Character Design, Computer Animation, Digital Art
Microsoft Research
Character Artist
This is a handful of images I did during my 9 months of work for an undisclosed project with Microsoft Research.
It was a significant amount of R&D. I spent a lot of time really focusing on functional topology that would work just as well for buff characters as it would for skinny or obese characters and the various blendshapes they could form. Next I went about creating those blendshapes.
Texturing was done in ZBrush and Photoshop via projection and stitching of high resolution photographs.
Modeling was done in Maya and Zbrush. 2014 Art Direction, Character Design, Computer Animation
The is an old (likely hostile) country mouse. I've discovered I have an affinity for big ears after creating this. Creating the skin shader and eyes was quite fun.
Pancho's fur was done with Maya Hair and Rogaine
Responsible for - Concept, Modeling, Texturing, Lighting, Rendering
Lured out of his compound in the small town of Villanueva with Provolone Cheese, Maya, ZBrush, Photoshop and Mental Ray. 2014 Art Direction, Character Design, Computer Animation


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Erase distractions for teen drivers' safety
South Bend Tribune
A recent study shows Indiana is the worst state in the country when it comes to teen driver fatalities.
The study, done by WalletHub, a personal finance website, ranks Indiana 50th behind Kentucky and New Mexico when it comes to the worst teen driver fatality rate.
There are 33 times more teen driver fatalities per licensed teen drivers in Indiana than in Utah, which ranked the best in the study.
Safety conditions, economic environment and the driving laws of each state were some of the metrics considered for establishing the rankings.
Indiana's ranking may also be the result of weaker laws and weaker enforcement of those laws compared with other states, according to a spokesman for the study.
Experts say young drivers tend to overestimate their own driving abilities and, at the same time, underestimate the dangers on the road.
Parents must set good examples for their children and not do the very things that are distracting to teen drivers — texting and talking on the phone.
Teens need to be aware of their surroundings and eliminate distractions that divert their attention from the task at hand: Driving safely.
Allow jailed Hoosiers awaiting trial to vote
The Times (Munster)
Lake County is trying to figure out how to allow incarcerated voters to cast ballots. If you think that's a bad thing, think again.
It's important to remember that county jails, in many cases, house people awaiting trial. They have the same right to vote as any other citizen.
Prompting the discussion is Albert Pabey, 61, of Hammond, who wanted an absentee ballot so he could vote in the spring primary. Pabey was at the Lake County Jail at the time.
Pabey had a valid voter registration in Lake County and wasn't a convict, so he was eligible to vote. Prisoners serving time after a conviction are ineligible to vote.
Pat Gabrione, the top Republican on the election board staff, said he can't remember a request like Pabey's during his many years with the board.
Pabey's request came after a state deadline for mailing an absentee ballot to his cell, so Michelle Fajman, the county elections director, sent election workers to him.
A travel board delivers ballots to voters confined, due to illness or injury, those caring for individuals confined at private residences and unable to vote in person on Election Day.
Pabey qualified as confined, Fajman said. That's certainly true, considering his circumstances.
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Facebook is an extraordinary tool, but its pitfalls have become increasingly apparent. Users' personal information, interests and habits are all fair game for the company.
Now Facebook has become creepy. For a week in 2012, it seems, the company manipulated users' news feeds as part of a psychology experiment to see whether happier or sadder content led users to write happier or sadder posts.
The result? Facebook has altered people's emotional states without their awareness.
It was unethical for Facebook to conduct a psychological experiment without users' informed consent.
Facebook conducted its research by altering the feeds of some 700,000 users, increasing or decreasing the number of "positive" and "negative" messages they saw to study the "emotional contagion" of social networking. The company recently published the results in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
In the study, Facebook asserted that users had given informed consent. But that's disingenuous. It's hard to believe that users who took the time to read Facebook's 13,000-word service agreements would have understood they were signing on to be lab rats.
How to dislodge youth immigration crisis
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The desire of parents to give their children a safer, better life is leading mothers and fathers in the violence-wracked Central American countries of Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras to take terrible risks. By the thousands, they are turning over their kids — many of them teenagers but others as young as 4 — to smugglers, praying they'll get through Mexico and into the United States.
Once here, mainly in Texas, the kids — several hundred of them every day — are picked up by the U.S. Border Patrol and detained temporarily in military bases and other government facilities.
Central Americans are taken into our overburdened immigration system, held for a time and then pushed out to family members or foster care to await a distantly scheduled immigration court hearing. Some don't appear at those hearings.
Spread the word to Central America as loudly and clearly as possible that there is no successful smuggling route into the U.S. There is only danger for children, followed by a traumatizing stay in a government holding center and then deportation.
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