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April 17, 2013
This Week
The Pac-12 regular-season title is on the line this week, as the third-ranked UCLA men's tennis team (21-1; 6-0 Pac-12) hosts No. 4 USC (22-5; 5-0 Pac-12) this Friday at the Los Angeles Tennis Center beginning at 3:00 p.m. The match is part of the USTA College Match Day Series, which highlights collegiate tennis around the country. As a result, the first 100 fans in attendance will receive a commemorative hat. Free pizza will be given out to fans, and the UCLA Band will also be in attendance.
Following the Action
Live stats will be provided for Friday's UCLA-USC showdown by clicking HERE. The team's twitter feed will also be updated during the match. Visit @uclatennis to follow. Ken Thomas from radiotennis.com will be broadcasting the match. Tune in early to hear player and coach interviews.
Pac-12 Title Race
UCLA has a chance to claim back-to-back Pac-12 regular-season titles on Friday, as with a victory the Bruins will finish the conference season with a perfect 7-0 record. UCLA was also 7-0 last year, beating No. 1 USC, 4-3 in the regular-season finale at the Marks Tennis Stadium.
As Close as it Gets
UCLA and USC have already played twice this season, with each team owning a victory over the other. The Trojans struck first, registering a 4-3 victory over the Bruins in the semifinals of the USTA/ITA National Team Indoors on Feb. 17 in Seattle. UCLA returned the favor less than a week later at USC's Marks Tennis Stadium, notching a 4-3 win of its own to even score. As amazing as it sounds, the two teams could very well meet again in the Pac-12 Tournament in Ojai, Calif. next week and once again in the NCAA Tournament. That would make it five meetings between the two schools in one season.
Senior Farewell
Friday marks the final regular-season home match for Bruin seniors Alex Brigham and Adrien Puget at the No. 1 position, helping UCLA reach the semifinals at the NCAA Championships in Athens, Ga. Tabatruong, from Paris, France, has been slowed by injury the last two years, however he has been a solid performer at the Nos. 4-6 positions when healthy.
Bruins Edge No. 7 Pepperdine, 4-3 in Malibu
It wasn't easy but the Bruins managed to register a 4-3 victory over No. 7 Pepperdine at the Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center on Monday. UCLA lost the doubles point, however was able to win four singles matches, capped off by a thrilling three-set victory from Clay Thompson at court No. 5 to clinch the win. Thompson actually fought off a match point in the third-set tiebreaker against Pepperdine's David Sofaer. A recap of that match can be found HERE.
UCLA In the ITA Rankings
UCLA slipped from No. 2 to No. 3 in the latest ITA team rankings released on Tuesday. Virginia is ranked No. 1 followed by No. 2 Georgia. Singles and doubles rankings were also released this week and Adrien Puget, No. 27 Dennis Mkrtchian. In doubles, Giron and Novikov are ranked No. 43, followed by Puget and Karue Sell at No. 76. Complete rankings are below:
ITA Rankings (April 16): Team | Singles | Doubles
Sell on Fire
Karue Sell takes an 11-match winning streak into this Friday's meeting with USC. The freshman from Brazil also leads the team in dual-match victories, owning a 20-2 record. Sell, who has played mostly at the Nos. 4-6 positions, has not lost since falling to Eric Johnson on Feb. 22 at USC.
Brymer Wins
UCLA tennis signee Gage Brymer took home the singles title at one of the most prestigious junior tennis tournaments in the United States on Sunday, as he battled back from set down to defeat Luca Corinteli in the boys' 18s final at the 2013 ASICS Easter Bowl. With the win, Brymer becomes the third Bruin in a row to win the event, following Marcos Giron (2011) and fellow signee Mackenzie McDonald (2012). McDonald also enjoyed a solid performance at this year's Easter Bowl, reaching the boys' 18s doubles final with partner JC Aragone. A write-up on the match can be found HERE.


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Bangladesh: Taking Sides
In the aftermath of contested elections, Nayma Qayum looks at the origins of continuing tensions in Bangladesh and a growing ideological divide.
Shahbag: Religion and Politics in Dhaka's Public Square
By Nayma Qayum War crimes trials usher in a new era of religious politics in a nation still suffering the wounds of a brutal war.
Bangladesh (Further) Surrenders Secularism
Kathryn Montalbano: This week, the Bangladeshi government has pushed to retain the state's Islamic status, a move that requires an amendment to the constitution that originally declared Bangladesh secular and independent from Pakistan in 1971. Bangladesh's path to independence could almost be credited to Indian Muslims, who sought reprieve from social and political marginalization in...


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First Lady Michelle Obama has made it her mission to raise a healthier generation of kids with her Let's Move Campaign! On Monday July 12, 2010, the First Lady introduced the new and improved Let's Move website. The relaunch of this website includes a Get Active page that talks about how to get active in the local communities, at school, and at home. Each link describes achievable ways to add more physical activity into kids and families daily lives. This website is a colorful and user friendly resource that every family should take time to look at and find fitness activities for the entire family!
Here is a brief description of each link. Please read each link for more information on how your children and your entire family can incorporate movement into your daily life!
Get Active ~ Children need at least 60 minutes per day of physical activity to maintain a heathy weight
Active Families ~ Great tips on how to stay active at home and as a family!
Active Schools ~ Influencing policies in schools to promote more physical activity and participate in the President's Challange
Active Communities ~ Promoting safe and walkable communities and playgrounds that are safe and in good repair
Let's Move Outside ~ Lists nature and outdoor events, where to find forests and parks, and where to find local playgrounds in your area
Physical Activity is just one part of this useful website! Check out the other links ~ Learn the Facts, Eat Healthy, Take Action, and Join Us to learn more about the First Lady's Campaign!
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Another substitution of ad hominem for fact-checking
The next most recent PolitiFact entry dealing with a Michele Bachmann statement plainly set aside the objective model of journalism in favor of opinion--poorly supported opinion, counting the granting of any benefit of the doubt.
This week found PolitiFact once again grinding a political axe, and accordingly serves as a good evidence of political bias at PolitiFact.
The issue:
I'll end the suspense right away. PolitiFact finds Bachmann's claim "False."
The fact checkers:
Robert Farley (writer, researcher)
Bill Adair (editor)
As with the last Bachmann entry by PolitiFact I checked, this one immediately sets aside the pretense of journalistic objectivity.
U.S. Rep. Michelle (sic) Bachmann's latest outrage focuses on an old nemesis: ACORN.The first sentence is an attack on Bachmann. The statement implies that she is guilty of serial outrage, though PolitiFact has only previously rated two of her statements. And regardless of how many were rated, the opening statement is an editorial judgment with no place in an objective news story.
Press release? The text linked via PolitiFact ("U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann's Web site, Press release: "ACORN got $53 million in federal funds since 94, now eligible for up to $8 billion more," May 6, 2009") consists entirely of a Washington Examiner story. Perhaps things were different when Farley investigated, but currently this "press release" is classified under "Articles," not "Press Releases" at the Bachmann Web site. In other words, the quotation attributed to Bachmann is not even her statement. Farley is primarily fact-checking Kevin Mooney's commentary for the Examiner, not Bachmann.
In a May 6 press release, Bachmann sounded the alarm:
"At least $53 million in federal funds have gone to ACORN activists since 1994, and the controversial group could get up to $8.5 billion more tax dollars despite being under investigation for voter registration fraud in a dozen states. The economic stimulus bill enacted in February contains $3 billion that the non-profit activist group known more formally as the Association for Community Organizations for Reform Now could receive, and 2010 federal budget contains another $5.5 billion that could also find its way into the group's coffers."
She has since thrown these numbers out several times in interviews, including ones with Lou Dobbs on CNN and Glenn Beck on Fox.Bachmann on CNN with Lou Dobbs and Barney Frank:
ACORN has received approximately $53 million since the early 1990s. Now, between the stimulus and the budget that was passed by President Obama, they have access potentially to $8.5 billion.Bachmann on the Glenn Beck program (May 13, 2009):
No organization has a right to taxpayer funding. And, and, if you look at ACORN, they have been the recipients of about $53 million in direct funding since 1994. Now with the stimulus bill and with the last budget bill, there's a potential that ACORN could have access to--get this--over $8 billion, potentially, in grants. This is serious money.What problem does Farley detect?
In January, we addressed a piece of this when we fact-checked a claim from House Republican Leader John Boehner, who warned the economic stimulus package "could open billions of taxpayer dollars to left-wing groups like the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN)." Boehner was referring to $2.2 billion in the stimulus package for "neighborhood stabilization," essentially money doled out to groups to buy up abandoned and foreclosed homes, to rehabilitate them and then sell or rent them out. ACORN said it had no plans to apply for the funding, and if it did, the money would have to be used to buy and fix abandoned houses, not for voter registration efforts. We ruled that claim Barely True.No doubt the ruling applies to Boehner's claim rather than ACORN's claim. But Bachmann does not appear to mention anything at all about using the money for voter registration and nor does Mooney's story. Is Farley's imagination on overdrive?
This latest claim from Bachmann follows the same tortured logic on an even grander scale.What "tortured logic"? How do we get from mentioning nothing at all about the specific destination of the funding to "tortured logic" to the effect that the money would be used for voter registration? Couldn't it be enough that ACORN is innately partisan and at the same time under an ethical cloud because of its pattern of voter registration fraud? Is ACORN left wing merely because of its voter registration drives? That hardly seems like the case.
ACORN's 2006 election campaign, "Raise the Minimum Wage," represented unprecedented victory for working families.
Let us hope for a better explanation from Farley of the supposed problems with Bachmann's claim:
A spokesman from Bachmann's office said the congresswoman got her data from a May 6, 2009, Washington Examiner commentary written by Kevin Mooney, who got the $8.5 billion figure from Matthew Vadum, a senior analyst and editor with Capital Research Center, a conservative think tank.No kidding. Way to go, Sherlock Farley. Mooney was the one who wrote the statement you attributed to Bachmann. What ever would we do without PolitiFact?
Comes to about $8.5 billion, then. Has Farley detected more invisible "tortured logic"?
Let's first look at how they arrived at that number. It includes, of course, the same $2.2 billion that Boehner cited from the stimulus package. Vadum also adds in another $1 billion in the stimulus for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds. ACORN could potentially tap into that, he said.
The remaining $5.5 billion comes from the Obama administration's proposed 2010 budget, specifically the budget for Housing and Urban Development. The budget plan includes $1 billion for an Affordable Housing Trust Fund, plus $4.5 billion more for CDBGs.
Note the second paragraph. Farley says that ACORN is not eligible for CDBG funding with respect to its voter registration drives. What a relief! That would cut out all but one of the aims listed on this ACORN Web page, leaving such things as a campaign for federally mandated paid sick leave--if we take Farley literally.
CDBGs have been around since 1974. Obama is seeking to increase the CDBG budget, from about $3.6 billion in 2009 to $4.2 billion next year. And then there's the addition $1 billion for CDBGs in the stimulus. But the point is, this isn't some new pot of money that hasn't been available in years past. To the extent ACORN has been eligible for CDBG money for decades, it is available to ACORN now.
But the fact is, ACORN isn't eligible for CDBG funding. At least not for the controversial voter registration efforts that Republican leaders claim are a willful effort to forward the group's liberal agenda.
The problem is that we have no clear assurance that ACORN is limited to non-partisan use of the funds for any of its purposes or services. ACORN is, after all, not a government organization. Who polices their efforts to ensure non partisanship? Farley, perhaps? Is paying for Democrat votes via housing assistance less dubious than fraudulent registration practices? Farley doesn't tread anywhere near that road.
But maybe he should, as this excerpt from a CDBG document might suggest:
"Grantees are responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of grant and subgrant supported activities. Grantees must monitor . . . subgrant supported activities to assure compliance with applicable Federal requirements and that performance goals are being achieved. Grantee monitoring must cover each program, function, or activity."In short, ACORN polices ACORN and its subsidiaries, though the same source implicitly suggests that HUD inspections could occur.
(Subpart J of 24 CFR Part 85 "Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Cooperative Agreements to State and Local Governments," from here)
But back to Farley and PolitiFact:
ACORN has a complex corporate structure. It's actually a network of affiliates. The ACORN that Republicans love to hate gets involved in political activity like voter registration. But there are other entities, like the sister company, ACORN Housing Corporation, a non-profit that provides free housing counseling to low and moderate income homebuyers. Some of the ACORN Housing affiliates have also dabbled in affordable housing projects, and have received federal funding. But ACORN Housing doesn't get involved in voter registration activities at all.There's that "voter registration activities" straw man again. If only AIG could compartmentalize as well as Farley does on behalf of ACORN. Bachmann, Mooney and Vadum do not talk about the money going for voter registration. Yet it supposedly demonstrates Bachmann's "tortured logic."
That's great, except it is not really true that the money could not be used for voter registration. Rather, it would simply be illegal for the money to be used for voter registration or other political activities. And ACORN is reponsible for ensuring compliance, with occasional inspections from HUD. My personal experience with government inspections is that they are pretty much a joke. Make the paperwork look pretty, behave yourself while the inspection is underway, and then back to business as usual. Not that Bachmann's veracity rests on ACORN using the funds for voter registration. It is reasonable to see the entire organization as tainted by the voter registration scandals. Unless you happen to be targeting Michele Bachmann.
According to the Washington Examiner's report, ACORN and its affiliates have received $53 million from the federal government since 1994. Most of that federal money went to the ACORN Housing Corporation, which by law could not be used for voter registration.
We checked, and there is no money in the stimulus package or the budget for voter registration programs.
According to a July 2002 report from the Employment Policies Institute called "Rotten ACORN, America's Bad Seed," tax forms show that since 1997, the ACORN Housing Corporation has paid more than $5 million in fees or grants to other ACORN entities. The report does not claim, however, that federal tax dollars were shifted into ACORN voter registration efforts.The EPI report does make the following claim, however:
The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now is registered as a non-profit corporation in Arkansas, which does not require public financial disclosure.Maybe that is why the report does not claim that federal tax dollars were shifted into ACORN voter registration efforts? Because there was not any real way to either confirm it one way or the other given the lack of disclosure? And Farley did not bother to mention it?
Nor this?:
Since 1977, ACORN has accepted federal government grants. That year it was awarded a grant to hire VISTA volunteers, who were supposed to be put to work helping Employment Policies Institute / www.EPIonline.org 21 low-income individuals. ACORN used the volunteers—in violation of federal law—for two of its favorite pastimes: politics and union organizing.I guess Farley is technically accurate, since "politics and union organizing" are not voter registration efforts. But most would call them political activities. Though the voter registration aspect remains a straw man, from what I can tell.
And Farley's course takes us yet further along Surreal Boulevard:
Did Farley forget to mention that Citizens Consulting Inc. is run by the brother of ACORN's founder and engages in lobbying on behalf of ACORN according to one of his sources?
Asked what funds ACORN Housing has transferred to other ACORN affiliates, Vadum said ACORN Housing has paid over $1.5 million to Citizens Consulting Inc., which he describes as "the shadowy part of the ACORN network where money seems to disappear into."
That's absurd, said ACORN executive director Steven Kest. Citizens Consulting Inc. is the accounting arm of the ACORN organization. CCI handles bookkeeping, payroll accounting and other financial management services for ACORN and its many affiliates. And ACORN Housing doesn't even use CCI anymore, as it now does its accounting in-house, Kest said.
Apparently so:
ACORN paid Citizens Consulting, Inc.—which is run by Rathke's brother—$520,000 for lobbying between 1998 and 2004.The Salvador Dali of fact-checking begins painting his conclusion:
Bottom line, we don't see any evidence that ACORN Housing has transferred money to ACORN for voter registration, so we think it's incorrect for Bachmann to link federal money that ACORN Housing might receive with the more controversial voter registration activities performed by sister organization ACORN.Bachmann did not link federal money that ACORN Housing might receive with the more controversial voter registration activities performed by ACORN, certainly not in the sense that Farley clearly intends where the current government actions would funnel money specifically to voter registration drives. She did implicitly link the practice of voter fraud to the worthiness of organizations to receive federal funding. And if ACORN Housing really isn't directly connected with ACORN proper then we should doubt that the law Bachmann duped Barney Frank into approving would apply in the first place.
Even more ridiculous is the suggestion that ACORN or any of its affiliates might actually get $8.5 billion in federal tax dollars.Bachmann, Mooney and Vadum were each very clear that the $8.5 billion was an amount potentially available to ACORN. Farley has constructed another straw man.
Straw men do not belong in the fact-checking business. Not that I'm prejudiced or anything.
Even if Bachmann says "ACORN could get that amount" it does not, contrary to Farley's assertion, assume anything about how much ACORN would actually get. Could a person who places the worst face on Bachmann's words come to that conclusion? Sure. Farley at least provides us proof of that. But "ACORN could get that amount" is a statement of possibility and Bachmann was considerably more circumspect than Farley suggests.
(W)hen Bachmann says ACORN could get that amount, it assumes the group would get every single dime in the stimulus for fixing up abandoned homes. And remember, they said they don't even have plans to apply for any of it.
The quotation Farley misattributes to Bachmann says "could get up to."
Bachmann on television with Lou Dobbs said "access potentially to $8.5 billion."
Bachmann on television with Glenn Beck said "there's a potential that ACORN could have access to ... over $8 billion, potentially, in grants."
Bachmann obviously emphasized that the figure in the $8 billion range was a potential figure. Farley, in addition to falsely attributing Mooney's words to Bachmann, obscures the care she took in making her public statements on the subject.
Between Bachmann and Farley, Bachmann is the more accurate of the two in this case. Farley helps reinforce that distinction by subsequently using ACORN's executive director, Steven Kest, as his go-to expert on accountability standards for government grants:
"These are competitive grants for very specific projects," Kest said."The money can only be used for the project you bid for. It can't go to voter registration. If you've ever had any experience with grant funding from the federal government, they do a good job of making sure the money is used for the purposes it was intended. You can't use the money for any other reason. You can't transfer the money to other vehicles for other purposes."The Government Accounting Office seems somewhat less impressed than Kest with grant accountability standards. The GAO produced a report in 2007 called "Single Audit Quality" with the subtitle "Actions Needed to Address Persistent Audit Quality Problems."
Note the key finding of that report:
In its June 2007 Report on National Single Audit Sampling Project, the PCIE found that, overall, approximately 49 percent of single audits fell into the acceptable group, with the remaining 51 percent having deficiencies severe enough to classify the audits as limited in reliability or unacceptable. PCIE found a significant difference in results by audit size. Specifically, 63.5 percent of the large audits (with $50 million or more in federal award expenditures) were deemed acceptable compared with only 48.2 percent of the smaller audits (with at least $500,000 but less than $50 million in federal award expenditures). The PCIE report presents compelling evidence that a serious problem with single audit quality continues to exist. GAO is concerned that audits are not being conducted in accordance with professional standards and requirements. These audits may provide a false sense of assurance and could mislead users of the single audit reports.So, ACORN is responsible for ensuring its own compliance with government standards for audits, and even if an audit occurs roughly half of the reports fall below acceptable standards. Is Kest's assurance of adequate accountability an acceptable standard for fact checking? Did we just receive an assurance from the fox that the hen house is well protected?
Dali applies the finishing strokes:
Bachmann's statement is irresponsibly misleading on several levels. She says the group under indictment for voter registration fraud could tap into billions of federal dollars. In fact, none of the federal money can be used for voter registration activities.Again, Farley implies that Bachmann is suggesting that the federal grant money would be directed toward voter registration activities even though Bachmann neither says that nor provides more than the very faintest of implications that would be the case. There is a disconnect between what Farley says Bachmann said ("the group under federal indictment for voter registration fraud could tap into billions of federal dollars") and the subsequent accusation that the statement is misleading ("In fact, none of the federal money can be used for voter registration activities").
It should go without saying that the Bachmann statement is correct even if it were true that none of the federal money can be used for voter registration activities. And, as shown above, the assurance that none of that money would be used for political activities is diaphanously thin.
Thus, it is reasonable to conclude that Bachmann's supposed misleading is a product of Farley's faulty inference.
Farley's last word rolls his faulty inferences into a neat conclusion:
An affiliate like ACORN Housing could conceivably apply for a grant to build an affordable housing project, or to buy, fix and sell abandoned homes, but that's exactly what the money would have to be used for. Suggestions that one of the affiliates might funnel money to ACORN for political activity is, so far, unsubstantiated conjecture. And then there's the matter of trying to make a splash by throwing out the massive $8.5 billion number, suggesting ACORN "could get" it, as in all of it. That's absurd. We rule Bachmann's statement False.1) We have little assurance that ACORN could not use the money other than for its intended purpose. Indeed, it is possible that buying, fixing and selling abandoned homes can be done in a politically partisan manner. Farley fails to consider that possibility, and does a wholly inadequate job of supporting his associated assertions.
2) Neither Bachmann nor her sources suggested that that an ACORN affililiate would funnel the as-yet-unallocated money toward political activity. Farley's own source did, however, provide evidence that ACORN had steered grant money toward political activities in the past. Bachmann's point is simple: ACORN has been indicted for engaging in fraudulent voter registration, and that should disqualify the organization from receiving federal grant money. Bachmann has her facts straight. One might disagree with Bachmann that all branches of the ACORN tree should be barred from receiving federal funding, but that is a political question, not a question of fact.
3) Finally, as noted above, Farley is simply making things up when he suggests that Bachmann is saying that ACORN would get the entire $8.5 billion for the asking. That is not a fair reading of Bachmann's public statements. Farley's inferences suggest a political bias on his part.
The inaccuracy of Farley's attempt at fact checking is positively surreal.
The grades:
Robert Farley: F
Bill Adair: F
I wanted to belatedly draw attention to the way PolitiFact uses misleading blurbs to advertise its stories. See below for an image clipped from the PolitiFact main "Truth-O-Meter" page.
What jumps out from this graphic? Two things. The image of Michele Bachmann, helpfully labeled, and the "False" Truth-O-Meter rating on the opposite side of the box. And there would not be anything wrong with that if the grade was close to realistic. But observe the text accompanying the graphics.
To the left, we have the statement Farley misattributes to Bachmann. Not a good start.
To the right, we have a brief caption apparently justifying the rating given to Bachmann:
"Access to" and "actually getting" are two very different things.Yes they are two very different things. But Bachmann only emphasized access to while never suggesting "actually getting." Even comparing "actually getting" with the statement falsely attributed to Bachmann cannot support the charge ("could get up to").
The graphic fairly represents Farley's ridiculous attempt at fact checking, albeit without letting on that it is ridiculous. But it is tremendously unfair to Bachmann.
Update 2:
Megathanks to Matthew Vadum for prominently linking to this post through a story of his at The American Spectator. His story makes this attack on Bachmann the central exhibit of a brief evaluation of the efforts at PolitiFact; a portion of the story delves into the general liberal tilt of PolitiFact's parent, the St. Petersburg Times.
Look under the tag "Grading PolitiFact" for more evaluations of a fact-checking outfit that might as well be taking its cues from Media Matters.
May 24, 2009: Corrected spelling of eight cylinder word "diaphanous"
Minutes later, corrected spelling of "Michele" where applicable.
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Jenny Lew, I've Saved You
Nino Colla | Friday, August 08, 2008 | Anthony Reyes | Ben Francisco | Game Recap | Jensen Lewis | Shin-Soo Choo
Jensen Lewis' quick save was a sight for sore eyes of Tribe Fans.
After the lead-off walk, Lewis got two ground ball outs and the strikeout of Alex Rios to end it. Thank god. Give him another shot.
Anthony Reyes pitched gooood. I like what I saw from the kid. He was getting ahead of just about every hitter he faced. 20 of 27 hitters faced got first pitch strikes. He allowed 7 hits but just one walk and all the hits were singles. Not to mention some of them were bloops and dribblers up the middle. He was simply just getting ahead, had them at two outs, the hits were harmless.
He pitched real well, I was real impressed with him. Lookingforward to more.. 6.1 innings, 7 hits, 1 walk, 1 run, 4 k's and the win.
Offensively it was all the 4th inning. Francisco and Choo with back to back doubles knocked in the first two runs and then Gutierrez with a single knocked in the third. That would be it until Francisco and Choo did it again with back to back singles to knock in two more. Shoppach went 1-3 with two runs and a walk hitting in the three hole again. Guess it wasn't just for one game Shoppy. Choo went 3-4 with the one run and two RBI
Tomorrow it's Paul Byrd and Roy Freaking Halladay, not cool. Day Baseball and FOX doesn't knock us out for once!
Posted by Nino Colla at Friday, August 08, 2008
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R.K.A. stands for Rossiyskoe Kosmicheskoye Agentsvo, so Russian Space Agency. For a long time the Russian parliament discussed about the need to establish such an organisation. Its tasks and possibilities, but also the relation to parliament and government, are almost equal to that of the American NASA. Projects for space-operations have to be submitted to that R.K.A. The R.K.A. investigates the project and evaluates the need, necessity, costs and eventual contribution from state-funds. Projects aimed to achieve political- or chauvinistic prestige will not have any chance. After analysing a project this will be send to the parliament for consent about eventual funding. The president can put his veto on it. After consent the project will be send back to R.K.A. R.K.A. asks for offers of firms, scientific institutes, enterprises, national as well as international ones, on the basis of free enterprise and free market and selects those who will get the order(-s). After that R.K.A. has to keep control on the execution of the orders. It will take some time before such an organisation is operational and in fact it is already a little bit late.
RIDICULOUS AND EXAGGERATED INFORMATION ABOUT BAD HEALTH AND MOOD OF Mir CREW:
For a long time, more or less caused by 'glasnost' and the bad economic situation in the CIS-states, the (ex-) Soviet press critically and even with denigration reported about their national space exploration. For a few weeks that same press gradually seem to be inclined to change this policy a little bit due to a moderate positive attitude towards 'space' of Yeltsin. A lot of Russian journalists still entertain grievances about the fact, that not a Russian, but a Japanese journalist flew in a Russian space-station. Average reports about space-station Mir are still below zero and a lot these reports find their way to the West. Regretfully the spokesmen and public relations officers of space-organisations in the CIS are still very passive and miss the skill and willingness of their western colleagues to fight for their cause. Negative reports, for instance articles in Komsomolskaye Pravda, Izvestiya and others, are extra exaggerated while proceeding along western press-channels. The cosmonauts hear a lot from western news-agencies and from radio-amateurs around the world and sometimes do not believe their ears. On Febr. 17th Moscow-TV relayed a direct TV-session with Mir and the viewers could see how healthy and active the cosmonauts were. I myself know by day to day observations that the crew has a very good health and a high morale. Of course they meet problems, technical failures, even serious ones, but they always keep good hearth and in co-operation with experts on TsUP they resolve problems by repairing or replacing equipment or systems. Radio-amateurs, who have the possibility to communicate with the crew or to exchange information via Packet Radio, certainly will share my opinion. I will advise you all: take all press-reports about Mir, not with a pinch, but with some pounds of salt.
C.M. van den Berg, NL-9165/A-UK3202.
The sampling kit was then stowed away. Leo's next NUTRITION/Repository activity will be his Flight Day 30 (FD30) session. (The current NUTRITION project is the most comprehensive in-flight study done by NASA to date of human physiologic changes during long-duration space flight. It includes measures of bone metabolism, oxidative damage, nutritional assessments, and hormonal changes, expanding the previous Clinical Nutritional Assessment profile (MR016L) testing in three ways: Addition of in-flight blood & urine collection (made possible by MELFI), normative markers of nutritional assessment, and a return session plus 30-day (R+30) session to allow evaluation of post-flight nutrition and implications for rehabilitation.) Additional Details: ISS On-Orbit Status 02/27/08.


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Definitions for month of sundays
This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word month of sundays
Princeton's WordNet
month of Sundays(noun)
a time perceived as long
"I hadn't seen him in a month of Sundays"
month of Sundays(Noun)
A very long time; too long.
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of month of sundays in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
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The Trailblazer 2 continued the work of NASA's Trailblazer 1 in taking re-entry test payloads high into space, then ramming them back down into the atmosphere. However the earlier version had a very small payload, meaning only ground observations could be made of the re-entry. The Trailblazer-2 was much more powerful, meaning instrumentation in the vehicle could send data to the ground. The first two stages of the rocket would take the upper stage package to an altitude of 300 km. The upper two stages would then fire, driving the 18 kg payload into the atmosphere at 6.1 km/sec.
The rocket was also used for further 'artificial meteorite' experiments. 0.7-0.8 gram steel pellets or chunks of explosive would be accelerated by a fifth stage and a shaped charge to up to 11.9 km/sec. The meteorite trails thus created were observed from the ground and gave astronomers a calibrated basis for inferring the size of natural meteorites from the trails they created.
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Held in June 2014, the second edition of Mural Festival transformed Saint Lawrence Boulevard into a veritable open-air studio and museum as 20 international muralists created works of public art on the facades of buildings around Montreal's most historic boulevard.
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Barakett's Letter to Atticus Investors: 'This Will Come as a Surprise to Most of You'
Timothy Barakett, the founder of hedge-fund firm Atticus Capital, is handing $3 billion back to his investors and closing down a flagship fund, along with a smaller vehicle, The Wall Street Journal reported this morning.
Atticus was one of the highest flying hedge-fund firms over the last decade, surging from a $6 million grubstake in 1996 to close to about $20 billion under management in late 2007. And it was emblematic of a new breed of aggressive hedge funds, publicly pressuring some companies to make changes. Atticus did less hedging than more traditional hedge funds, and scored huge returns as the markets climbed. But like many of its brethren, Atticus hit hard times in the past year. Atticus is closing down the Atticus Global Fund, which Barakett managed. Atticus will continue to operate, and will manage the $1.2 billion Atticus European Fund.
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August 11, 2009
Dear Investor in Atticus Global, Ltd. and Atticus Global, LP:
I am writing to inform you of my decision to close the funds I manage, including Atticus Global, Ltd. and Atticus Global, LP (together, the "Atticus Global Fund"). This decision will come as a surprise to most of you, especially given that we have received redemptions of less than 5% of capital and your loyal support over the past 15 years.
I have used the market's recent strength to begin liquidating a significant amount of our holdings. We currently expect that the portfolio will be fully liquidated by September 30th and that we will be in a position to return approximately 95% of your capital in early October. The balance of investor capital will be returned after the final audit is completed, which should be later this year.
My decision is solely a personal one. After fifteen years of being singularly focused on building and managing Atticus, I believe it is time to reassess my future. I intend to spend more time with my family, pursue my philanthropic interests and establish a family office to manage my own capital and charitable foundation.
Atticus (the management company) will continue to operate, and the Atticus partnership will remain intact. In addition, it is my partner David Slager's intention to continue to manage the Atticus European Fund.
I founded Atticus in 1995 and launched our first fund in January 1996 with less than $6 million under management. The Atticus Global strategy was launched in December 1996 and has compounded investor's capital at over 19% net annually since inception.1 I am very proud of the Atticus Global track record and our net returns through July 2009 are shown below:
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Diarrhea in 13month old. Is it milk allergy?
We've really been working on cutting back on the boob, and Gretchen's finally got the hang of drinking whole milk out of a sippy, so she's been doing really well. But this has coincided with diarrhea over the past couple days and a super red bottom. She screams everytime I change her diaper. She's eating fine, no fevers, she's acting fine, it's just the diarrhea. She's never had a problem eating the baby yougart made with whole milk, or the ice cream or the little bit of milk that she's had in the past... Is it just because the sudden increase in her consumption of the whole milk? I just feel awful for her, and I don't know how to make her feel better!!
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My first son had the same problem. We put him on soy milk until he was about two and then tried milk again, successfully (he had no problem with cheeses and yogurt, just real milk). The ped said some children just take longer to be able to digest the lactose in milk. You can also go with formula for another 6 months and then try milk; this is what we are doing with our second son (dr's recommendations).posted 03/26/2008 by Mom in Prague
The symptoms above: frequent too soft stools, super-red bottom, screaming during diaper changes (which are ALWAYS poopy), are all consistent with what my son has been exhibiting for the past month or so. He's about fourteen months, and two months ago we introduced cow's milk and have been really encouraging the sippy cup. We've cut out citrus and grapes, and most vegetables, on the theory that they were making the diarrhea worse, and contributing to his diaper rashes, but I think now it might be the milk. He never reacted to yogurt or cottage cheese, so it's probably mostly the straight milk in large quantities. We'll cut it out of the diet and see what happens. So glad others have been experiencing the same symptoms and come to a similar conclusion. I'll try to post back after we see the results.posted 04/13/2008 by ontheradio
i have my daughter on silk almond milk and she loves it you shoud try this it is less calories and easier on the stomachposted 04/06/2011 by SAMANTHAWI
Hey guys. I had the exact same issue...bright red rash with welts. My daughter was colicky so we had her on soy formula. Then after the whole milk switch at age one, eventually we ran into the horrible rash you all have described. The doctor didn't seem concerned, but her blisters and screaming was awful. No amount of diaper cream made any difference. We tried dietary switches and probiotics, but the only thing made a difference was us switching to Soy Milk and Almond Milk (we rotate Soy, Almond and Coconut) and giving her DHA drops and lots of avocados for good fat. I am convinced it was a lactose intolerance issue for sure, there is no doubt that cow's milk caused her never ending diaper rash.posted 08/24/2011 by Holz
Thank God I'm not the only one!! Switching to soy as of now! Maybe we'll try cow's milk again later, but for now I can't take my poor boy's cries of obvious SERIOUS discomfort from the horrible rash. It came out of no where yesterday (just switched to whole milk last week) and he already has a couple of blisters on his sad little buns. Thank you all for posting, I thought I was doing something wrong.posted 01/16/2013 by erica_stratton
My son had the same reaction :( Dr. said at 11 months slowly start incorporating whole milk in with his formula. I waited until 11.5 months,I bought organic milk, within a few days of adding it to his formula, he had a runny bm, red bumpy bottom, and screamed when I changed him. I stopped using the wipes and used wash clothes to clean while the milk was getting out of his system, he screamed less! He's been on milk based formula since he was 5 months, never had a problem with it. SO, when he goes for his 1 yr check up, I will discuss with his ped. and look for alternative liquids for him. My husband is lactose intolerant so it's not a mystery as to why my son is.posted 12/11/2010 by MamaLadyNikki
I'm so glad I found this posting! I'm experiencing the exact same thing with my daughter: loose stools, very red bottom and gassy. She recently started drinking whole milk. She has never had these symptoms with yogurt, cheese, or other dairy products...but I do know milk contains a higher level of lactose. I am actually lactose intolerant, and am really hoping my daughter outgrows this and is able to drink milk in the future. For now we'll be trying soy milk. Thanks for all the wonderful feedback, parents!posted 09/03/2008 by AmyNicole213
It takes time for babies' digestive system to be able to handle the fat in whole milk. When switching some babies are more sensitive, my son's dr recommended transitioning over 3 months time, slowly adding more milk to our formula or in your case maybe breastmilk? I stopped adding milk for a month because he got a crazy diaper rash -same as some of the other babies. Now a month later I am doing a bit at a time, a splash a day, then an oz a day, an oz 2x a day, etc... so far so good.Soy milk and almond milk should not be considered milk, they are beans and nuts respectively and just totally different. I only drink almond milk, as I am lactose intolerant, but the nutrition from milk is good for babies and kids. Soy milk (I used to drink) is actually processed as Estrogen by the body, so I don't think it should be given to children as it may be bad for the same reason BPA and all plastics are, it accumulates in the body and could add to issues during puberty, development and later in lifeposted 09/17/2015 by TeoFTM
My daughter having similar symptoms at 15 months old. She started daycare a month ago and they give her cow's milk there. She has always had milk based formula with no problems at all but now it seems she has diarrhea almost immediately after I give her formula in a sippy at home. Now I don't know if its the milk she's getting at daycare or her formula. Going for her 15 month check up today. Hopefully we'll get some advice from the pedi.posted 05/22/2015 by Ptu2slp
I had the same problem with my son at 11.5 months. I switched to goats milk and he has no problem with that. It's supposed to be closer to human milk than cow milk and easier to digest. I'm going to use that for about 6 months or so and then slowly try incorporating cows milk again and see how he does.posted 12/25/2014 by a BabyCenter Member
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Preparing for regular job interviews can be stressing and tough as it is, but it tends to get even more intense when individuals have to travel for an out of town interview. Not only do individuals have to prepare for the interview itself, there are lots of other factors they have to consider before actually setting out for it. Impressing the potential employer may still be the main priority, but there are things that people need to take in account before and after the interview. Discussed below are some of these important factors:
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On a recent trip to the land-down-under, Sydney, Australia exhibited a thriving bike culture that spans from the surfboard-carrying surfer, fix-wheel bike courier, to the suit-clad commuter of the Central Business District of Sydney. Yes bikes, or push-bikes, were everywhere and that made Sydney a bike friendly city.
Even though the broad spectrum of bike styles and numbers were familiar there were some obvious differences that went beyond name brands. The most obvious change was the flow of traffic from rite to the left side of the road.
The second obvious change was the helmet law. Everyone wore a helmet except one tanned sun-bleached-blond with the surfboard under his arm.
In New South Whales, the South Eastern State that holds Sydney, law requires cyclist to wear a helmet. The promise of a $75 Aus. fine and two points of your license encourages cyclist to comply.
On the weekends there were the familiar sounds and sights of clubs rides. Roadies, kitted in their local garb, held close to the wheel in front of them and swung around traffic circles, then out of view. Other than the reversed break set up, or motorcycle style, the road bikes used the same technology seen on the bikes in Boulder County.
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BOSTON (AP) — Sabermetrics patriarch Bill James was just fine with his absence from "Moneyball," though he admits it would have been nice to have been played by Sean Connery.
James is considered the father of the type of statistical analysis that was at the heart of the movie and Michael Lewis' book that the script was based on. It tells the story of Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane's attempt to win with a small-market team.
James wasn't included in the movie. But he says he liked it anyway, even though it changed some details for dramatic purposes.
James spoke at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference on Friday. The sold-out conference brought together 2,200 people to talk about new trends in statistical analysis in sports.


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Quinn Attacks Happy Meals, Applebee's Grilled Cheese
If elected, she won't ban unhealthy kid's meals, but nonetheless wants the grilled cheese reined in.
She may have celebrated the defeat of Mayor Bloomberg's soda ban by brandishing a Big Gulp on national TV, but mayoral candidate Christine Quinn is angling to curb the way chains like Applebees's and Outback Steakhouse market their kids' meals. "If you're gonna send that message to parents that this meal is good for a child, we're going to make sure that we actually know it's good for a child," she said, citing a sodium- and fat-laden grilled-cheese meal at Applebee's as an example of a spuriously healthy choice. Quinn, who says she prefers crudité without the Ranch, says she wouldn't attempt to ban any kids' meals, but would put pressure on chains to sell meals "in line with the standards the USDA sets for school lunches," Politicker reports. Basically, this means more green grapes and steamed carrots all around. [Daily Intelligencer, Related, Related]


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The Red Wings look to end their losing streak at two games as they host the Predators tonight.
Detroit has a couple lineup changes of note, as Kirk Maltby will be a healthy scratch with the return of Johan Franzen, who's missed the last several games with bruised ligaments in his hand.
Ty Conklin will also return to the Wings' crease, replacing Chris Osgood.
Preds score on a three-on-two. Bad D change by Meech. Chelios should have been able to clear it away.
A:SKDJ:AKLSJDKAHF:LKASHD. My brother insisted on playing Madden '08 or something like that, so I missed all but two of the goals ):
I did see the Hossa / Suter scrap That was interesting, wasn't expecting it at all.
Was that fight anything too exciting? I missed the game for this award ceremony I had to be at. I would've liked to see it. I hope I can find it later.
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From Multiculturalism to Cultural Voluntarism: A Family-based Approach
Version of Record online: 13 AUG 2010
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-923X.2010.02098.x
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Volume 81, Issue 3, pages 344–355, July-September 2010
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A picture of Mega Man, created as a thumbnail (which ended up getting some color) for Game Artisan's Ongoing 8-bit Character challenge. I'm gonna create this version of Mega Man in 3D later :]
Though I just might post it here anyway.
*Was thinking that he could use the slot in the gun arm, to load some of the canisters in his belt, to change weapon from the buster to one of the bosses'.
Other me is doing Mario, check it out!
*Guess you could say he's The Protomen inspired too
Though I just might post it here anyway.
*Was thinking that he could use the slot in the gun arm, to load some of the canisters in his belt, to change weapon from the buster to one of the bosses'.
Other me is doing Mario, check it out!
*Guess you could say he's The Protomen inspired too
that's a new look, and very well drawn too
Thanks did a #D-model aswell but never had time to finish it, might do sometime in the future dock!
Looked like this, kinda horrible today : www.gameartisans.org/challenge…
your redesigns are awesome!
your redesigns are awesome!
Thanks a lot man, this was actually done as a 3D-model as well but never finished, but I will finish him someday and upload him here!
This like...awesome
This is so...I love it.
This reminds me of one of those deep-sea diving suits, and the grittiness and dark colors also make me think of being deep underwater. A very nifty take on Mega! ^^
It looks pretty nice so far! It still has that deep-sea diver look the drawing had, and I bet the texture will make it all dark and worn like the drawing. ^^
Thanks! Unfortunately, I've got too much work to work on the texture atm, but eventually I'll get to it. I'll post it when it's done :]
Loving the colours and atmosphere!
Thanks :] Unfortunately, one of our computers died so I couldn't finish the 3D-version of this one, but it's in the works... and will be finished eventually Although, I think this concept will always be the cooler version... he 3D-version has to be pretty low-poly due to the game artisans's challenge rules. Too bad it's just a low-res thumbnail though.. maybe I'll draw a more high-res picture of this Mega Man design soon-ish :3
Can't wait to see it in 3D
Very Awesome job ~
Very Awesome job ~
awesome looks more military
This is a badass looking mega man. I see you put a lot of efort in it.
Thanks! :] It's actually just a rough thumbnail with sme color, I regret that I didn't do a proper render of him now that I've seen how much people like this version.. but I'll sculpt him in 3D atleast
Very nice I enjoy seeing a good Blue Bomber drawing.
Thanks a lot YEah, same here, there's been a lot of them popping up now after the tribute book was revealed too :]
If we ever true to make powered suits that have hand cannons, this is how I expect them to look.
I hope whoever makes them calls it the Megaman unit. XD
I hope whoever makes them calls it the Megaman unit. XD
Haha, yeah, that would be cool. But let's hope they won't start building stuff like this anytime soon, we've got enough weapons and probelms in the world as it is Maybe we could use a Mega Man to clear thing up.
Maybe we could use Mega Man to act like Iron Man. Just go around the world, destroying all the world's weapons so they go back to fists and clubs...maybe even swords.
Hahah reminds me of E-SWAT from way back on the Genesis.
Never played it, but now that I googled it, I see what you mean xD Looks kinda cool, although a bit 90's B-movie about it.
It had ALOT of 90s B-Movie in it. Didn't age all that well, to be honest, but its got some nostalgia factor going on for those of us who played it "back in the day." XD
Looks pretty hard to move in.
Might be, then again he's a robot so I guess he moves rather than moves "in" something xD
Yeah well, he's a robot, so I guess that's not a problem xD Endless stamina there. If it gets too hard I guess he could always call in rush to help him get around
Mega man, just got serious.
This is not Mega Man, this is Bioshock. XD


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Judge douses Cal Fire suit, exacting record $30 million fine for e-discovery abuse
A case, literally, of "who started the fire?" has gone up in flames for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and its lawyers at the state Attorney General's Office.
For engaging in a "stratagem of obfuscation that infected virtually every aspect of discovery," a state judge in Plumas County has dismissed the agency's suit accusing Sierra Pacific Industries and other landowners of sparking a blaze that burned to the ground more than 65,000 acres of woodlands in Northern California.
That terminating sanction is accompanied by fines of about $32 million, which lawyers for the defendants say represent the largest ever penalty for discovery misdeeds.
Superior Court Judge Leslie Nichols lambasted the government agency, commonly referred to as Cal Fire, in a 26-page order of February 4, issued simultaneously with a 57-page order that finely parses a litany of deceptions. Cal Fire was blasted for spoliating evidence, belatedly producing thousands of pages of documents, and withholding potentially damning emails related to an illegal fund it had created to secretly stash proceeds of wildfire settlements.
The defendants argued that the so-called WiFITER fund, which essentially set aside the spoils of legal victories that are supposed to be dispersed to authorities statewide, biased the plaintiff's investigators, who emails show were attempting to pad the hidden account.
"Cal Fire failed to comply with discovery orders and directives, destroyed critical evidence, failed to produce documents it should have produced months earlier, and engaged in a systematic campaign of misdirection," Judge Nichols wrote. "The misconduct in this case is so pervasive that it would serve no purpose for the court to attempt to recite it all here."
Janet Upton, Cal Fire Deputy Director of Communications, told ACEDS the agency is "assessing its next course of action," which she said could include an appeal of the monetary fine. She said the agency "vigorously" opposes the ruling.
Judge 'suspicious' of AG's tactics
Though Judge Nichols declined to sanction California Justice Department attorneys Tracy Winsor and Daniel Fuchs, citing lack of statutory authority, he did not hide his displeasure with their conduct.
"The sense of disappointment and distress conveyed by the Court is so palpable, because it recalls no instance in experience over forty seven years as an advocate and as a judge, in which the conduct of the Attorney General so thoroughly departed from the high standard it represents, and, in every other instance, has exemplified," he wrote.
"One hopes that this conduct is not explained in our law schools as 'what good lawyers do' to win their cases."
Judge Nichols also said that while evidence does not support a definitive conclusion, it "supports a strong suspicion" that the lawyers from the state attorney general's office "directed or advised the egregious and reprehensible conduct" of Cal Fire. He noted, however, that attorney-client privileges and other protections might have limited the ability of the lawyers to defend against accusations of misconduct. Neither Winsor nor Fuchs submitted a written declaration responding to charges of wrongdoing.
The public affairs office of California Attorney General Kamala Harris did not return a phone call seeking comment.
The case sparks from a 2007 wildfire that engulfed much of Moonlight Park in Plumas County, in northeastern California. Cal Fire alleged that a contractor hired by Sierra Pacific Industries started the fire when his truck hit a rock.
After a three-day hearing in July, Judge Nichols said the government did not have enough evidence to proceed. Sierra Pacific moved to recover the fees and expenses it incurred in the litigation, and for sanctions, in October. The terminating order dismisses a flurry of motions and briefing that erupted post-judgment after the defendants discovered Cal Fire failed to produce thousands of crucial documents in violation of the court's discovery orders.
A 'chance' discovery
Many of the WiFITER emails Cal Fire had withheld came to light only when they were published in a report by the California State Auditor's Office, which found the fund to be illegal. Cal Fire subsequently admitted that it had not turned over more than 5,000 pages of related documents, in violation of the court's April 30, 2013 discovery order, after the defendants brought the report to the court's attention.
The persistence of the defendants and court in demanding the WiFITER documents ultimately led to much of what is known about the off-the-books account. According to the Wall Street Journal, existence of the fund first appears in a 2009 demand letter by a Cal Fire investigator seeking from Sierra Pacific two checks for the wildfire damage — one for $7.7 million to the state, and one for $400,000 to WiFITER. Sierra Pacific refused. Cal Fire sued shortly thereafter, seeking to recover $8.1 million from the defendants. Several private parties joined the lawsuit.
"Some of these documents," Judge Nichols wrote, referring to 2,000 pages of materials produced by the plaintiffs almost a month after an October 2013 deadline, "belie Cal Fire's own representations to the court that there was no evidence whatsoever that that the WiFITER fund was improper."
One particularly sensitive email Cal Fire said it produced inadvertently triggered a squall of side litigation to determine the privilege status of the email, and whether the plaintiff could claw it back. That document alone produced two separate motions, on which Judge Nichols ultimately ruled the email was not privileged.
The case, which consolidated six separate actions, was originally set to go to trial last July, but Judge Nichols tossed the suit upon finding Cal Fire could not make a basic showing of its case. Cal Fire appealed that ruling in September to the California Court of Appeals. The order Judge Nichols issued last week could prevent the appeal from moving forward, barring a finding that he "abused his discretion" in issuing sanctions.
"This Court finds that Cal Fire has engaged in misconduct during the cause of the litigation that is deliberate, that is egregious, and that renders any remedy short of dismissal inadequate to preserve the fairness of the trial," he wrote.
Mark Pawlicki, Sierra Pacific Director of Corporate Affairs and Sustainability, did not respond to a request for comment. William Warne, attorney for Sierra Pacific at Downey Brand in Sacramento, could not be reached for comment.
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39-year-old Ricardo Salas was found in a driveway of a home on the 900 block of Rosales Court after a call reporting gunshots around 3:00 a.m.
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Laredo sees its 12th murder investigation of the year.
Police found the body of 39-year-old Ricardo Salas on the 900 block of Rosales Court after a call around 3 a.m. Thursday.
The neighborhood is near the intersection of McPherson Road and Calle Del Norte.
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My ex-husband is getting a check from the military in the amount of $1800.00 monthly. He still owes me for child support over thirty years ago. Because he moved around so much I couldn't receive any money no agency could find him. Now I am being told the statuary of limitation has run out and I can't sue him back child support in West Virginia. I live in Virginia for the last nineteen years. I had to leave my home because he kept breaking into my house and beating me and my children up. I finally gave up a good job, caught a greyhound bus and moved me and my children to a state where no one knew me just to finally be safe. Is there nothing I can to get some type of restitution from him. Years of abuse has left me afraid to trust anyone. He harassed me for over twenty years of my life. Lee
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My ex-husband is getting a check from the military in the amount of $1800.00 monthly.
Now I am being told the [statute] of limitation[s] has run out and I can't sue him [for] back child support in West Virginia.
Being told by whom?
Is there nothing I can [do] to get some type of restitution from him.
I'm not aware of any state that imposes a statute of limitations on enforcement of a child support order. I suggest you consult with a family law attorney in the state in which the support order was entered (WV, apparently) about how to do this. If your ex still lives in that state, the process should not be terribly difficult; if he lives in a different state, it can still be done but will be a bit more complex.
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In the dying seconds of Monday night's 108-101 win for the Toronto Raptors (27-24) over the New Orleans Pelicans, the visitors enjoyed a late mini-push that gave them possession while down five with 16 seconds on the clock.
On the surface, the two-possession advantage seemed to be a comfortable enough cushion. But fans in attendance had already seen their Raptors blow a pair of leads, making the closing seconds a little more nerve-wracking than they ought to have been.
In the end, Anthony Davis, whom Toronto struggled to contain all night, missed a lay-up and DeMar DeRozan (22 points on 7-21 shooting and 7-10 from the line) sank a couple of game-clinching free throws to help the Raps secure their eighth home win in their last nine games at the ACC. The win was anchored by Kyle Lowry, who came three rebounds shy of a triple double (19 points, 12 assists, 7 rebounds), and substitute starter Patrick Patterson, who shot well from the floor (7-11), three-point line (3-5) and charity stripe (5-6) en route to 22 points.
The Good:
Front Court Adjustments
Amir Johnson's absence on account of his bum ankle was unfortunate, even if it did seem to be some time coming. But the ease with which the Raptors managed to absorb his minutes has to be encouraging from a depth standpoint. Patterson stepped into the starting five seamlessly and even added another dimension with his perimeter shooting, while Tyler Hansbrough offered up 14 productive minutes (12 points on 4-6 shooting) as the primary big man off the bench. Monday's showing probably affords Toronto the luxury of sitting Johnson against Atlanta on Wednesday and, in doing so, giving his ankle a full 11 days off to recover.
The Non-All-Star
The difference between the Raps and Pellies on Monday? The point guard position, where Lowry put up big stats (see above), earned a game-best +19 plus/minus mark and served as the heart of the home side's attack while Brian Roberts and Austin Rivers (six combined assists) simply didn't have the same command of the offence.
The Bad:
The Tyreke Evans Effect
In looking at the weaknesses in the Raptors' Monday night performance, you can point two four distinct areas - the second quarter (they were outscored 29-18), the late third / early fourth quarter (an 18-point lead crumbled to just one), the points in the paint battle (New Orleans owned a 48-32 advantage) and the second unit production (49-22 for the Pelicans). The central element that connected all of it was Tyreke Evans, who had 23 points on 10-14 shooting, with many coming a) during the Pelican surges and at the rim. Evans was the game's highest scorer in spite of playing fewer minutes than four of the Raps' five starters.
The Random:
One benefit to the Pelicans' late, out-of-nowhere spurt: it helped the Raptors improve their weak record vs. opponents who score 100+ points. Although 5-18 is still pretty bad!
Spotted courtside on Monday was Toronto-born Denver Bronco Orlando Franklin, who also took in Saturday's Leafs game to see close friend Tyler Bozak.
The Opposition:
Davis is looking more and more like the real deal, but questions about the talent that New Orleans has surrounded him with remains. Injuries have taken some of the shine off of Eric Gordon, Evans remains inconsistent and unreliable in a central role and neither Ryan Anderson nor Jrue Holliday are focal pieces. That Holliday trade, which cost New Orleans Nerlens Noel and - in all likelihood - their 2014 first rounder, currently looks to be a pricey one.
Next Up:
A big Wednesday night contest in front of an ever-growing Raptors home crowd will see Toronto host the reeling Atlanta Hawks (7:00pm, TSN2), losers of four in a row.
Prediction: Raps 103, Hawks 96 (29-12 this season)