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Week in and week out, the Eagle Valley Enterprise provides readers with information about the Eagle/Gypsum community. Now the 116-year-old institution wants to know what its current readers have to say.
The Enterprise's 2013 Eagle/Gypsum Community Survey is now live at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/T6G2SKS. The survey will run from April 25 through May 31.
"We are surveying residents of the Eagle, Gypsum and Wolcott areas regarding Enterprise readership and content, shopping habits and planned purchases including where they shop, family activities and recreation," said publisher Don Rogers. "We will also offer open-ended questions, demographic questions and more. The information and data will be helpful in determining future content and advertising in the EVE and Glenwood Springs Post Independent and may be used in marketing and promotions."
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This soup comes together in a hurry and if you toss that bag of frozen broccoli in the fridge before you leave for work in the morning, you can have this on the table in under 30 minutes from the time you walk back in the door that evening.
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Broccoli Sunflower Seed Soup
1 pound frozen broccoli, thawed
1 1/2 TBSP olive oil
1 onion, quartered
2 cloves garlic
1/4 cup sunflower kernels (plus extra for garnish)
pinch of crushed red pepper flakes
1 tsp lemon pepper seasoning
2 TBSP flour
3 cups chicken broth
1/2 cup fat free half & half
1/4 cup fat free sour cream
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When Koch Gave the FBI a 'New York No'
As mayor of New York City, Ed Koch had plenty of confrontations but few were as tense as the day in 1986 when FBI agents grilled him in his office about a major corruption scandal.
The news of Koch's death early Friday morning prompted one of the agents who conducted the long-ago interview, Joseph Persichini, to remember the scene.
At the time, Persichini was a street agent working on the city's biggest corruption case in years: the Parking Violations Bureau scandal, in which city officials took bribes from companies with contracts to collect unpaid parking tickets. He was an investigator on a prosecution team led by Rudy Giuliani, who would later become mayor himself.
As the federal investigators prepared to go to trial, FBI agents wanted to see if there was anything to the speculation that Koch, in his third term as mayor, might have benefited or sought to benefit from the parking-ticket scheme at the center of the case.
"We needed to interview the mayor and find out what he knew and what he thought," said Persichini. The agents called his office, and to their surprise Koch agreed to be interviewed.
On the appointed day, two FBI agents went into Koch's office for a private talk. "He was sitting at Fiorello's desk," remembered Persichini, referring to a piece of furniture that had belonged to legendary New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia. "We sat in two chairs in front of him."
"He was very cordial, very nice," Persichini continued. "We started with some of the questions, and it only took about two minutes for him to get up, put his hands down on the desk and let us know that in no way, shape or form, had he ever been asked to participate, or participated, in any scheme of corruption."
Persichini, who had never met the mayor before, remembered being surprised at Koch's height — and perhaps less surprised at his blunt way of speaking.
"He stood up from that chair…He was adamant, and loud and boisterous. He gave us what I would call a 'New York No'," said Persichini. "I'm sure there were a few profanities bantered about, but it was really more about how he delivered the message."
Over the course of an hour, the mayor repeatedly insisted he had done nothing wrong but also kept egging the agents to keep prying.
"What else ya got? What do you want to know?," the mayor kept asking, according to Persichini. The agent was convinced Koch was being honest: "I walked out of there saying, 'Wow.' "
On Friday, after learning of Koch's death, Persichini said, "God bless the mayor, he was a good public servant."


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I wanted to get your opinions on the video thumbnails I am testing through PS3MS. Feedback both positive and negative is welcome.
I really like this feature through PS3MS, as it adds a bit of visual sparkle to the drab XMB. However as the icons are in 320x240 (widescreen) typical portrait box art looks tiny trying to fit into the out-of-proportion space allocated.
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But I still find the artwork on these icons still too small. SO I decided to mock up a design that makes better use of the 320x240 dimensions but also allows for space of some other info.
For me the lack of meta data is a big issue, things like classification, release year, audio etc leaves a lot to be desired and I have tried to address that some what...
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All Sorts of Weird Stuff offers news and information about George R.R. Martin, in particular about his A Song of Ice and Fire series.
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The L.A. Weekly's "Squid Ink" page, which focuses on "Food in Literature", discusses the George R.R. Martin unofficial fan club, the Brotherhood without Banners, in relation to the traditional "quest" GRRM assigns fans at various conventions around the world. A leading light of the fandom, David McCaman (who really was the driving force behind the creation of the group) explains the origins of the quests, and gives some examples of past events.
But why is it on "Squid Ink"? Because the quests have inevitably involved tracking down some particular item of food, usually a local delicacy. Those who succeed in the quest—whether it was collecting burnt ends in Kansas City, tasting lamprey pie in Toronto, or finding haggis in Glasgow—were "knighted" by GRRM into a special order. It's great fun. To add a bit of local color, David notes that at the Worldcon in Anaheim scores of fans participated in getting a hold of hot dogs from Pink's Hot Dogs. The writer, Margy Rochlin, noted that that was a 70 mile round trip. Now I know why Linda and I didn't tag along with anyone on that particular quest…
The next change to get knighted by GRRM? Renovation, the 2011 World Science Fiction Convention, held in Reno, Nevada. Having attended two Worldcons, if you've any interest in genre literature, or want a great opportunity to meet George and fellow fans, Renovation is going to be a great opportunity. And, you know, the knighthood ain't bad!
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I am a slim, toned, athletic guy who works out three times per week. I'm muscular, not in a bodybuilder way, but more the size of...say an Abercrombie and Fitch model.
My weakness is my abs. I have great, strong abs and I can feel a really great six-pack stomach, the problem is my bodyfat percentage around my waist is higher than the rest of me - because of this my good abs are only about 30% visible. I eat well and dont drink alcohol much. My problem is that I rarely do cardio. Infact I have not done regular cardio since around 1998!
For the past few weeks I have started running twice a week for ten minutes but I havent lost anything. What can I do to redeem this and make my abs visible?
Running twice a week for ten minutes each is frankly...diddlysquat. A solid 25 minutes 3 times a week is probably a minimum. That being said, what purpose is a sixpack? (other than for drinking). If you are strong in your core and not flabby or fat, you should be ok. Few if any people have a sixpack all the time, usually they diet down for photos or for body building contests. Maintaining a continuos sixpack for most people is tough. But if that's what you want, try more cardio, maybe re-think your diet as well. Good luck.
Is it for looks, or to increase your athletic performance? Persoanlly, I think 6-packs are kind of gross (but that's just me).
If you want a stronger core, why not try pilates? It's supposed to be good for runners. And I agree with beerpace. Increase your running.
how do you know your abs are only about thirty percent visible? just wondering... I think mine are about negative 30 percent visible. They're in there somewhere. Maybe they got sent down the same shaft as my brains when i gave birth.
yeah, you need to run more. Run til you can't run any more, and then consider yourself half done. That's a Mohammed Ali training practice technique. Then you'll burn that fat.
Also, stay away from trans fats. Studies with monkeys showed that those that were fed trans fats had a higher precentage of fat in the abdominal area than other monkeys that were fed monounsaturated fats, which is olive oil.
Visions of monkeys with six pack abs dancing thru my head...Did the fat monkeys have a pot belly and a cigarette in their hand? Sorry, it's early for me..
OH my gosh!! I have to reply to this because I love monkeys and I totally got the same image in my head!! Except my monkeys were drinking beer!!!
I have the same problem. I do run more (10 to 18 miles per week). Weight training, core work, plyometrics. I eat perfectly at least 5 days per week (lean proteins, veggies and fruit, and 1 complex carb per day). I live a bit on the weekends (eat out, drinks) I maybe have a three pack and a line down the middle of my stomach in the morning. My bodyfat percentage in my arms and legs must be about 8% to my 18% in my stomach. A bit tougher for chicks. If we didn't do any of that where would we be. Genetics! Get to where you are comfortable and maintain or make small strides to improve. Drastic measures will drive you nuts in the end. Good Luck.
Don't we all have better things to worry about than whether we display a 6-pack, 3-pack or no-pack? Come on, look at the world around you. Is it worth all the stress and worry?
I agree with Beerpace (nice long on!). I have a lot of marathon runner friends and they all are thin, have flat stomachs and use a six pack for fuel. They also weight train. So, as long as bulk is not your desire, the answer is simple, keep up the lifting and also run, run, run. I have some shoulder and elbow tendonitis, so my weight lifting is limited. However, I run 30 to 40 miles a week and have no gut, despite my propensity toward good microbrews and a bottomless pit that I continuously stuff with good food. Prior to running (30 years ago), I had a gut. Running really works. Good luck.
To the op and 22legs: 20 minutes equals a decent warm up and 10-18 miles is a nice long run. These should not be your weekly totals. Also, what sort of ab work are you doing?
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By Mark Jenkins
Friday, September 14, 2012
Twenty years ago, "Samsara" would have been a knockout. In fact, it was. Only then it was called "Baraka."
Director-editor-cinematographer Ron Fricke's 1992 cinematic world tour offered stunning 70mm images and -- despite no dialogue or narration -- something akin to a narrative. His follow-up looks equally great, but it's less lucid. It's also, inevitably, less surprising.
Both of Fricke's features descend from "Koyaanisqatsi," the 1982 visual essay that began a trilogy. Fricke worked as a cinematographer on that film, which contrasted images of natural beauty and urban frenzy.
"Baraka" and "Samsara" do the same, although with less vehemence. The movies (conceived with producer-editor Mark Magidson) shift between cosmic reverie, slightly trippy travel video and occasional bummers.
Like its predecessor, "Samsara" spotlights many religious structures and rituals. It also observes teeming cities, dramatic landscapes and industrial operations (including factory farms). While the movie visits 25 countries around the globe, the filmmaker clearly considers Asia the world's most photogenic region, followed closely by the Middle East.
One of Fricke's specialities is time-lapse photography, so sometimes his world seems to be spinning wildly. In fact, "Samsara" is Sanskrit for "wheel of life." Yet this movie has less locomotion than "Baraka" (whose title means "blessed" in various Semitic languages).
One reason for the occasional doldrums is that Fricke's new movie revisits some of the same places. It also has a similar new-agey score, composed in part by "Baraka" veteran Michael Stearns and featuring the same soprano, Dead Can Dance's Lisa Gerrard.
It's not just "Baraka," though, that has shown us these sites before. Images of once-remote locales have become more common as Hollywood goes global, video recording gets simpler and cable channels and Internet streaming proliferates.
So "Samsara" can devolve into a game of spot-that-location. That carved-rock city is Petra, as seen in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade." The profusion of orange gates is the approach to Kyoto's Inari Shrine, familiar from "Memoirs of a Geisha." And there's Tokyo's bustling Hachiko intersection, which turned up not only in "Lost in Translation" but also in "Baraka."
Less-pretty pictures of impoverished trash-pickers, regimented factory workers and post-Katrina New Orleans are familiar from both movies and television news. Even the grimmest location, a Java sulfur mine whose exploited workers risk asphyxiation from volcanic gases, has been seen in previous documentaries.
So what's new in Fricke's wide world? Quite a bit, including gun cultism, Dubai's grandiose developments, Israel's West Bank separation fence and an exercise yard full of dancing Filipino convicts. "Samsara" finds the world a little less blessed than it was two decades ago, yet still beautiful, which seems to be the movie's primary message.
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Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant is ordering state agencies to not provide public benefits to immigrants who recently received deferred deportation status from the federal government.
Bryant, a Republican, issued an executive order Thursday, hours before a state House committee was to meet about immigration issues.
Bryant has campaigned for years on tightening immigration enforcement.
He says his order "does not change or modify Mississippi law," which already bans state agencies from providing unemployment payments, food stamps or other benefits to people who are in the United States illegally.
"Illegal immigration has real consequences for Mississippi, as it puts additional burdens on our already stretched budget," Bryant said. "This Executive Order will help ensure that public benefits go to only those persons who are lawfully eligible."
President Barack Obama, a Democrat, recently issued an executive order that defers deportation for immigrants who are 30 or younger and entered the U.S. before they were 16.
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PLEASANTON -- There will be no more slipping and sliding at the waterslides at Shadow Cliffs Regional Recreation Area.
An East Bay Regional Park District committee recommended Thursday a permanent shutdown and dismantling of the Pleasanton slides.
The district had sought bidders willing to fund reconstruction of the aging slides but got just one bidder, who needed parks money to make it happen.
Harvest Family Entertainment, a Texas firm that runs water parks, had proposed a larger water park where the slides are now.
"They wanted us to cover 80 percent of the capital development cost," said operations committee member Ayn Wieskamp, who represents the area on the committee. "We have no such funds."
"They were envisioning a much larger attendance, and it would overwhelm the neighbors and the park," she said. "It just wouldn't work, which is too bad."
Wieskamp said park staff will next devise a plan to remove the waterslides and take down the hill. The hill was built for the slides and has become seismically unstable, she said.
Because the park board previously approved a land use plan for Shadow Cliffs, the slides issue won't need to return to the board, said Jim O'Connor, the district's assistant general manager for operations.
"Next steps for staff will be to determine a funding source for demolition and removal of the slide complex and to implement the park facility recommendations" from the land use plan, he said.
There is no funding at this time for those projects, he said.
The four-flume slides have been popular with young children, families and youth groups since they were built in 1981. The district closed them last year after concluding they needed about $885,000 in safety, structural and other renovations.
The slides attracted at least 25,000 paying customers per summer season and provided 35 jobs for youths.
"We will miss the waterslides because this is a hot area," Wieskamp said. "But we certainly do not want to have a facility there that is not appropriate."
Reporter Denis Cuff contributed to this story. Contact Jason Sweeney at 925-847-2123. Follow him at Twitter.com/Jason_Sweeney.


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Offered online to all CSPP students, this LGBT Human Services and Health Certificate program is designed to meet the growing need for behavioral health professionals to develop competencies in working with lesbian, gay male, bisexual and transgender individuals, couples and families. The program focuses on multicultural competencies specific to the intersecting identities of LGBT clients, historical and cultural influences impacting LGBT clients, and best practice procedures for assessing and addressing issues in LGBT mental health.
The certificate provides courses that address the competencies recommended by the American Psychological Association's ethical guidelines for the treatment of lesbian, gay, and bisexual populations. The courses are offered as electives through the Office of Online Education for CSPP and are available to students in all CSPP programs and on all Alliant campuses. The courses may be taken individually or as part of the certificate. Required certificate courses are offered annually and elective courses will be offered at least once every three years. Placing the courses in the online environment creates the unique opportunity for engaging Rockway Core Faculty from all of our campuses, as well as national and international experts in the provision of course materials. In some courses 2-4 different instructors combine to guide students through the ever-growing, research and clinical literature about the LGBT community.
All students are required to take the Foundations of LGBT Mental Health Course. The remaining required units are divided into two Groups: Advanced Study Courses (where one group within the LGBT community is explored in a more exhaustive way) and LGBT Electives (which examine therapeutic interventions across all of the LGBT community). Students are required to take at least one Advanced Study Course and at least two LGBT Electives. Additional Courses may be taken from either group to round out the 12 unit requirement. The philosophy behind this distribution is based upon the student's preference for breadth versus depth. For Example, some students may choose to take the Foundations, Advanced Study in Transgender Issues, and all of the LGBT Electives—thus given breadth for therapeutic interventions with all groups, but deeper understanding of Transgender Issues. Another student may focus on the Advanced Study courses, taking the Lesbian, Bi-sexual and Gay Male courses while being exposed to Transgender issues in two elective courses. This assures minimal competence with all LGBT groups, but allows for greater knowledge and competence with one group.
The certificate is awarded when the student completes 12 units of the coursework during their graduate matriculation.
LGBT Human Services and Mental Health Certificate Curriculum
Required Courses
All students completing the certificate must take the following courses:
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- PSY 8515 – Professional Application of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues (2 units required unless waived)
Advanced Study Courses
At least one of these Advanced Study Courses is required:
- PSY 7630 Advanced Study of Bisexual Issues (2 units)
- PSY 8500 Advanced Study of Transgender Issues (3 units)
- PSY 8500 Advanced Study of Lesbian Issues (2 units)
- PSY 8500 Advanced Study of Gay Male Issues (2 units)
LGBT Electives
At least four units must be taken from the following:
- PSY 7610-50 LGBT Couples and Families (2 units)
- PSY 7605 LGBT-Affirmative Substance Abuse Treatment (2 units)
- PSY 8600 Socio-cultural Diversity: LGBT People of Color (3 units)
- PSY 8500 LGBT Issues in the Workplace (2 units)
- LGBT Lifespan Development (2 units, Fall 2013)
- LGBT Affirmative Psychotherapy (2 units, Spring 2012)
- LGBT Issues in Education (Pre-K through High School) (2 units)
- LGBT Health and Medical Issues (2 units)
- LGBT Issues in Higher Education (Colleges and Universities) (2 units, Fall 2011)
- LGBT Legal and Forensic Issues (2 units)
- LGBT Public Policy/Advocacy (Local, State, National, and International Levels) (2 units)
In order to complete the certificate, it may be necessary to enroll for more than the required number of units for your program and it could add time to your matriculation at CSPP/Alliant. Please consult your Program Director and advisor about the effect of the certificate on your entire program of study.


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On today's Oprah Winfrey Show, we were given a rare '90s talk show treat! Winfrey welcomed Phil Donahue, Geraldo Rivera, Ricki Lake, Sally Jesse Raphael, and Montel Williams on for an hour of... Winfrey bragging about herself/her show. Watch inside.
In this clip, Winfrey makes sure to mention that she's been at the top of the ratings for all 25 years she's been on, and then condescendingly asks everyone else if they "remembered" the few days that they beat her:
And here, everybody has a Champagne toast. Winfrey starts to ask what all of the others are up to, but quickly devolves into a "Me!" session filled with talk of her upcoming show on her forthcoming network:


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By Michael Shea, Field & Stream's Atlantic Flyway Duck Reporter
October 05, 2012,
Mixed reports from opening weekend in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont have many speculating a slow start to the Atlantic flyway duck migration. Bird counters in and around the Chesapeake Bay agree, but a cold snap expected to hit the East Coast this weekend could jump-start the season.
Brad Shepard, who lives near Augusta, had a bang-up opening day last week in Maine's north zone. "Three of us all shot limits and saw 200 to 250 birds – a good mix of mallards and woodies," he said. "We got seven the next day, a banded woodie, then the last day of early goose season we got five between three of us." A few miles down in the south zone, it was a different story with heavier hunting pressure and fewer birds.
"Southern Maine I've got some mixed reports," said Kelsey Sullivan, migratory and upland game bird biologist with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. "It's been very mediocre south on Bangor."
Overall bird production was higher in the northern half of the state, and without weather to push those birds south, they simply haven't left, Sullivan said. Blue-winged teal are still being sighted and shot in good numbers, but the green-winged teal reports are down. "Usually we see good local production, but we're not seeing much this year," Sullivan said.
Reports from Canada also seem to point at a weather-induced duck delay. One hunter on Prince Edward Island bagged widgeon and teal on their opening day. Mallards and black ducks are more typical fare.
"Mallards seem down in our area," said Avery Pro staffer Russell Brzezinski, who hunts out of southwest Ontario. "That could be why some guys infer a late start. Historically it happens in the second moon phase of October with a good northwest wind. We'll get deluged with birds."
Weather—not just this week, or this month, but over the last two years – has been the possible cause for a late start. "Last winter, collectively on the Atlantic flyway, we didn't have the harsh freeze or cold weather that forces birds south," said Kurt Anderson, New England Regional Biologist for Ducks Unlimited. "Up on the St. Lawrence in New York, for example, they were flush with birds all winter because it never froze and the ducks never left."
That mild winter, Anderson said, means breeding conditions kicked off earlier than normal. Coupled with lots of precipitation, a warm spring, and ample food, ducks have had no reason to fly for more than a year now.
"This gets down to the origins of migration," Anderson said. "Think about it from a duck's perspective. All the resources you need are in one place, from bugs in the spring to grain and crops in the fall, and your energetic demand is limited, so there's no stress. You can capitalize on food, you don't have to work for it, there's decreased opportunity for predation, so really you have no reason to leave."
The exception? Wood ducks.
Despite the slow start on big ducks, reports of off-the-chart wood duck reports keep rolling in from across the flyway. Avery Pro Staffer Bryn Witmier was surprised this week when he checked a local central Pennsylvania woodie hole and didn't see a thing. Walking back to his truck he dipped into an oak stand, near the parking lot. "There they were running around the open woods fighting over acorns," Witmier said. "There were probably 25 woods ducks picking up acorns, chasing each other, fighting. They didn't need to fight. It is like walking on marbles, there are that many acorns."
Heavy weather could get those wood ducks trading spot for spot, and push the bigger ducks out of Canada and northern Maine. The arctic front working east, currently dropping snow over the Dakotas and parts of Minnesota, will be a good start. Temperatures are projected to drop into the 40s on Sunday in most of the New England and Mid-Atlantic states.
"I think we're going to see a lot of birds moving next week," Witmier said.
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Britney Spears' manager has defended the pop star against charges of lip-syncing and "vocal coaching," as she prepares for her upcoming, two-year-residency in Las Vegas.
According to MSN.com, fans have grumbled about being short changed by shelling out big dollars to see Spears, only to have her lip-sync. Her manager Larry Rudolph told Billboard.com, like all the best female singers, Spears will sing along with a backing track.
"It's hard for the public to understand what goes on when you get onstage and you're dancing full out during a song," Rudolph said. "No matter what anyone says, there's not a single artist who goes out there and does full choreography and is singing without a vocal track underneath them. It's physically impossible. There might be some numbers where she's full out dancing with a track underneath her, but there won't be any lip-syncing across the board."
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Rudolph also addressed reports that Spears is taking singing lessons. Which, for those of us who have actually seen (and heard) a Britney Spears concert, sounds like a pretty swell idea.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Advanced voting for the upcoming runoff finished up Friday at 6 p.m. Election officials say the turnout for early voting has been very good, and they are expecting 20 to 30 percent of voters to turn out on Tuesday for the primary runoff, but there's a few things you should know before you head to the polls.
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In the primary election and primary runoff, you must choose a party and stick to it, something that is confusing to a lot of voters.
Nikki Wright is a Richmond County voter, and she doesn't like this state-wide policy, saying, "The best person for the job isn't always the party that you're normally with, so yes, it's kind of frustrating."
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STOCKTON - The Stockton Police Department launched a sting operation Friday, targeting people driving with suspended licenses, authorities said.
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MARTINEZ -- Verdicts have been reached in the cases against both defendants on trial in the Richmond High School gang rape case.
The verdicts regarding Marcelles Peter, 20, of Pinole, and Jose Montano, 22, of Richmond, will be read at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in Contra Costa County Superior Court Judge Barbara Zuniga's courtroom, according to the court.
Peter and Montano each face life in prison if they are convicted as charged in connection with an Oct. 24, 2009, attack on a 16-year-old girl in a dark courtyard on the Richmond High School campus.
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Peter's jury deliberated for about seven hours before announcing Tuesday that it had reached a verdict. Montano's jury deliberated for about 11 hours before reaching a verdict Wednesday.
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As Congress was wrangling over the fiscal cliff deal, CEOs were busy selling stock – and they ended up saving millions of dollars in the process. As the WSJ's Scott Thurm reports, 58 executives sold stock valued at $10 million or more in December – just before Congress voted to increase taxes on income, capital gains and dividends for high earners.
Teavana Holdings CEO Andrew T. Mack unloaded $333 million of Teavana shares on Dec. 31 — the same day the company was acquired by Starbucks. If he had waited one more day, he would have been looking at more than $20 million in additional taxFortress Investment Group co-founder Robert Kauffman said last month that his decision to retire—and to sell $180 million in stock back to the firm—was partly influenced by concerns about higher rates. "It was more that the current certainty, with rates relatively attractive, was a factor," Mr. Kauffman said. "It's a material amount of money."
As tax fears spurred executive stock sales, special dividends also spiked. As CFOJ noted last month, at least 191 companies announced special dividends for Q4 in December alone, about triple the rate of special dividend payouts from all of last year.
Weekly jobless claims are expected to fall to 363K from 372K. And in Europe, the ECB is likely to hold rates steady at a record-low 0.75%.
CFOJ's Emily Chasan is at NYSSA's International Financial Reporting Conference today where FASB Chairman Leslie Seidman and IASB Chairman Hans Hoogervoorst are slated to speak.
Markets flash: Upbeat trade data out of China helped lift markets in Asia. Europe is little changed ahead of the ECB's rates decision. DJIA futures are up 0.2%.
Orbitz CFO also-rans may get second shot. Hopefuls for the top finance job at Orbitz last year are getting a second shot at the position now that Mitch Marcus has stepped down after less than two months. The selection of Mr. Marcus was atypical, Maxwell Murphy writes. Most companies that begin a CFO search today look for candidates who have been in a CFO role previously, whether at the company or divisional level. "Nobody is taking a risk anymore," said Jeanne Branthover, an executive recruiter at search firm Boyden, noting it has been very rare over the past few years for companies to hire a CFO who hasn't previously held the title. "Companies don't want to take a chance hiring someone without the experience needed to get up to speed quickly."
Sprint financing an issue in Dish's Clearwire bid. Dish Network unsolicited bid for Clearwire includes a provision that says the offer will be withdrawn if Clearwire taps a financing package offered by Sprint Nextel that came as part of Sprint's takeover offer. Already, Clearwire has revoked a draw notice on the financing, but Sprint is disputing its ability to back away, Vipal Monga reports. Meanwhile, the WSJ says that Dish Chairman Charlie Ergen is in it for the spectrum. Even if Sprint prevails, Mr. Ergen could benefit if his bid pushes Clearwire to sell him some of its spectrum or leads Sprint to bring him into a network-sharing partnership.Comcast piles on more long-term debt. Comcast raised $2.95 billion in the investment-grade bond market on Tuesday by selling 10-, 20-, and 30-year bonds, Vipal Monga reports. The new issuance come less than two months after the cable operator sold $250 million worth of 49-year bonds. The money raised will go to working capital and general corporate purposes, a person close to the deal said. Comcast already carries a debt load of almost $40 billion, an amount that its CFO, Michael Angelakis, described as "a lot," in an interview with CFO Journal in December.
HR pay on the rise. Median compensation for human resources officers at large U.S. companies rose 11% in 2012, increasing at the fastest rate in at least two years, Emily Chasan reports. The jump in pay comes as HR executives have added responsibilities in recent years for say-on-pay proxy disclosures, 401(k) fees for employees and preparations for the Obama administration's health care law. Median total compensation for human resources executives was $1.1 million in 2012, according to Equilar. For companies with more than $20 billion in revenue, that figure climbs to $2.05 million.
Chrysler spars with union over IPO. Chrysler could be forced to stage an IPO to settle a dispute with its union retirees over the value of their stake in the auto maker, the WSJ reports. A UAW retiree trust that holds a 41.5% stake says some of its shares are worth twice what Fiat offered to pay last year and yesterday it presented Chrysler with a "registration demand" asking it register a portion of its holdings. But CEO Sergio Marchionne is wary of taking Chrysler public, preferring to buy the trust's shares directly and to repay debt owed to bondholders. And a stock offering without Mr. Marchionne's blessing could be difficult to pull off because it would largely depend on the company's efforts to pitch itself to investors and execute the offering.
Money funds follow Goldman's lead. Following the lead ofGoldman Sachs, three of the largest money-market-mutual-fund firms said they would begin disclosing the values of their funds each day, the WSJ's Kirsten Grind reportsJ.P. Morgan, BlackRock and Dreyfus, a unit ofBank of New York Mellon said they soon will begin listing on their websites each day the net asset values for all of their U.S. money funds.
AMR creditors mull path forward. American Airlines bondholders are in confidential talks over whether to merge withUS Airways or exit bankruptcy as an independent company, the WSJ's Mike Spector reports. The bondholders want to get a better grasp on how quickly additional revenue and cost savings would be realized in a merger and how pilots would be integrated into a combined airline. The bondholders own nearly enough of the airline's obligations to block any path out of bankruptcy, so the company needs them on board with whatever it decides.
Herbalife clash shines spotlight on new financial stars. The Herbalife face-off between hedge-fund managers William Ackman and Daniel Loeb highlights the arrival of a new wave of postcrisis financial stars, writes the WSJ's Juliet Chung. "They tout their positions during television interviews and at conferences … often convincing other investors to follow their lead. Their pronouncements move stocks, at times dramatically, and leave companies scrambling to respond." Mr. Loeb's hedge fund says it now owns an 8.2% stake in Herbalife valued at $350 million. And Mr. Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management has bet more than $1 billion against the company by shorting its stock. One thing about this battle is clear, Chung writes – "someone is probably going to lose a whole lot of money."
Lew to take reins at Treasury Department. President Obama is set to tap White House Chief of Staff Jacob Lew to take over from Tim Geithner at the Treasury Department, Bloomberg reports. The Washington Post says the selection signals that Obama's second term won't initially focus on big new ideas to create jobs, but instead "will involve a sustained conflict with congressional Republicans over the nation's finances." Politico notes that while Tim Geithner was a banking man tapped to handle a banking crisis. Jack Lew is a budget guy being "brought in to handle the government's fiscal disaster."
And the WSJ says the move signals that the president "is prepared to aggressively pursue his economic-policy goals in his second term." Mr. Lew has been a vocal supporter of raising more tax revenue as part of any future deficit-reduction plan, suggesting the administration, "while willing to negotiate, won't give ground without a fight."
China trade rebounds. Chinese exports and imports rebounded in December, pointing to solid economic growth both in China and abroad, the FT reports. Exports rose 14.1% — the fastest in seven months. Imports increased 6% from a year earlier after flat-lining in November. China's trade surplus came in at $31.6 billion for the month, up from $19.6 billion in November. For 2012 as a whole, China had a trade surplus of $231 billion, more than 50% larger than a year earlier, breaking a streak of three straight annual declines.
SEC charges KPMG auditors. The SEC charged two KPMG employees with failing to uncover problems at a Nebraska bank that later failed, marking the first time the agency has taken action against auditors related to the financial crisis, the WSJ's Michael Rapoport reports. John J. Aesoph and Darren M. Bennett, didn't do enough to scrutinize bad-loan reserves at TierOne Bank of Lincoln, Neb., the SEC said. The action could mean that the two auditors lose their right to audit public companies.
Bloomberg's Jonathan Weil cheers the SEC move, saying it is "finally doing something that desperately needed to be done: Suing the auditors of a failed bank that got caught cooking its books." Weil notes that it was TierOne's regulator, the U.S. Office of Thrift Supervision, that caught the bank's accounting manipulations — not KPMG, which "continually blessed TierOne's financial statements and resigned as auditor only weeks before the bank failed in 2010."
CFO of failed bank faces SEC charges. The SEC has charged three executives of the failed Bank of the Commonwealth with deceiving investors about the health of its loan portfolio at the apex of the financial crisis, American Banker reports. Former CEO Edward Woodard, former CFO Cynthia Sabol and a commercial loan officer underreported nonperforming loans over a roughly two-year period starting in November 2008, the SEC said in a complaint. The SEC alleges that Woodard knew that the value of the bank's loan portfolio was deteriorating rapidly, yet worked to mask the problems in earnings releases and public statements. Though Sabol knew of efforts to hide the problems, she signed financial statements that attested to the statements' accuracy, according to regulators. As CFOJ has noted, the FASB is working on a new model for accounting for loan losses.
SEC enforcement chief exits. Robert Khuzami, who overhauled the agency's enforcement unit after it missed Bernie Madoff's fraud, said he will leave the agency in late January. SEC Chairman Elisse Walter hasn't decided on a replacement, but George Canellos, the deputy enforcement director, is seen as a top candidate, the WSJ reports.
- Carpenter Technology hired Tony R. Thene as its chief financial officer. He succeeds K. Douglas Ralph, who said in September that he planned to step down. Mr. Thene was most recently CFO of Alcoa's engineered products and solutions business. Mr. Ralph received compensation in 2012 valued at $2.2 million, according to a proxy filing.
- Affymetrix said Chief Financial Officer Tim Barabe will retire from the company once his successor is chosen. The announcement came amid an announced restructuring that will see an expected 8% reduction in its work force. Mr. Barabe received compensation in fiscal 2011 valued at $1 million, according to a proxy filing.


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STOCKTON – Three armed men took over a home in the 200 block of East Sixth Street on Thursday night, battering a man and a woman before leaving, the police reported.
The incident took place around 10:40 p.m. when a man with a sawed-off shotgun entered the residence, striking both the man and the woman with his shotgun. His two accomplices, both armed with handguns, remained by the front door. Police did not immediately report the conditions of the victims nor what, if anything, may have been taken. They described the case as a residential robbery.
Police provided a description of the suspect with the shotgun as a Latino man between 18 and 20 years old, 5 feet 5 to 5 feet 6 inches tall, heavyset with long dark hair. A second suspect was described as in his 20s, tall and light-skinned. Very little information was provided about the third suspect.
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I am starting today! Good luck!!
"I woke up one day and saw that it was up to me; you can only be a victim if you admit defeat" -The Descendents
I know what you mean. I was in the 300+ pounds category, I have a wife and three kids (5, 3, and 10 months). Work is crazy (between travel and overtime) and life is crazy.
Starting in October of 2012 I started dieting and working out in the gym. I have lost a total of 53 pounds so far (losing 50 pounds was my first goal). I am now in the high 200's and looking for a new goal (something not weigh-loss related but something that would continue my weight loss) I was told about this program. My goal is now to run my first 5k in under 30 minutes. I am currently on W2D2. Man is this the hardest thing I have ever done before. We will see how this turns out. I stopped going to the gym during my running days and I run outside.
But I really came on here to say something about getting over what people think. I could say "don't worry about it and just do it" but being close to 300 pounds when I starting this program and my inability to run, what people thought came into my mind more then once. When I "run" I am slow, breathe heavy, and I can only image what others see. Getting over that was the hardest part for me.
I always say I don't care what others think and heck, I am a man, I don't care about stuff like that but I did care and I think I was more ashammed then anything.
Well someone gave me some great advice at my work.. he told me he looks at it this way "It's none of my business what others think of me". He told me to get a hold of that mindset, don't worrying what others are thinking about you, it's none of your business. You are doing this for yourself, for your gain, to better yourself. That is how I look at it, sure once in a while I start to wonder what all these people are thinking as I get over taken by them but hey, it's none of my business... I will keep on keeping on for me, my wife, and my children.
BiggJohn your coworker is right just do it. Runners will encourage your and cheer you on, some who want to run but are too scared to start, will secretly envy you and those who don't "get" running...well they think all runners are crazy.
So get out there and give it what you got. You know, I am one of the biggest people running our trails and it makes no difference. Everyone smiles and cheers eachother on or says hi. I have even seen people on the trails and said they started running because they saw me out there. They said, if I can do it, so can they.
I cried on the trail either W1 or W2...so if you didn't lie on the ground and start boohooing...well then you are better than me. LOL
Come join us on the 200+ thread. It is a pretty active thread with great people.
Look forward to hearing about your progress.
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Hey Biggjohn, you nailed it. It's all about getting past those perceptions. For me it was less about what others thought (although that was definitely there, which is why I did all my early running at night) but for me even more insidious was the image of myself. I couldn't stop comparing myself to the 20 yr. old me and to all the 20 somethings I saw running around. I even got self conscious when I saw the HS track team. My logical mind understands that I'm not a teenager anymore, but it still hit me in the gut.
But untimately it's most important to realize, you're doing something to better yourself. And you will be better tomorrow than you were yesterday. Keep at it!
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And then I let it all go again. More "restarts" than I can count but I haven't given up hope or trying yet. So who knows what's possible.
Congratulations on starting teh program. I too am overweight and decided i was going to do this. When I started I was barely able to run the 1.5 minutes in week 2. I just finished week 7 and am running 25 minutes. Who woulda thought!! Now i'm tired and out of breath...it's not easy but i'm doing it. I don't care what anyone else says or thinks. I'm not the fastest but i'm doing it and you can too. Hang in there!
I started the program today!! About 2 weeks ago I bought a pair of comfy shoes, and a watch with a stopwatch in it, and today I made the decision to finally start!! I took my 8 year old daughter with me (who is already fit and trim--she does gymnastics for 4-6 hours per week) and she really kept me going!
2013 is a big year for me. I have reached the magical 5-year mark of being cancer-free! I'm finally ready to take back my health! I've got a lot to live for!
Any advice would be wonderful! for example, anyone have any suggestions for keeping stomach flab from hurting when it bounces when you're jogging??
Congrats Jen! Hopefully your first run went well. I'm sure it was a challenge. I think I only did 3 or 4 reps the first day out. As to your specific question, I purchased XXL compression shorts by moving comfort to keep the chub rub on my legs from happening and it helps with my lower stomach. I also use to wear a very tight fitting (mens) compression t-shirt under a more flattering shirt to hold it all in. This t-shirt was tucked into the compression shorts to keep it in.
Hope this helps and keep your questions coming. Most problems you will expeience, someone else has experenced too!
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Completed Races
Webster Co. Woodchopping Festival 5K (5/28/11) 38:03 "Holy crap! Did he just say 38 something? I was hopinig for 45 minutes"
Never underestimate yourself!
That Dam Race 5K 7/23/11 44:46 - a challenging route & a hot day- but I will do better next year!
"Run for the Ta-Ta's 5K 10/29/11 39:54 in the snow!
Woodchoppers 5K 5/26/12 36:08 My 5 year old was 5 minutes behind me. Way to go Liat!
Fly By 10k 6/16/12 1:24:12
And the dream race...
"Flying Pig Half Marathon" Cincinnati, OH (May 2013)
Don't let anyone discourage you...I am plus size and have done many 5k's...do what you can and don't give up...you catch the 5k bug quickly!! Your there for you, the challenge and the fun...love the Color Runs and Electric Runs!!
What a great thread to find today! I am a newbie runner and am over the 200lb mark. It's been a long road learning to love my body, and now that i love it I know I need to take care of it. I've run two 5Ks so far this year, with another coming up next weekend. The biggest thing to work on is endurance.
Anyway, I just wanted to say that everyone on here is amazing and you should feel so proud in the decision you have made to be healthy.
My hat is off to all of you!
Hi KW...the Glow Run sounds like fun!
I just learned last night that my Bible Study group is going to run the BlueBell 5K. For those that don't what bluebell is...it is a brand of ice cream. You guessed it...ice cream at the finish line. I have a family reunion that day so I can't go.
Need to find out more these Glow runs.
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I'm starting with day one today! I know it's doable because I've finished the c25k about 4 years ago. Then life happened and I quit running. Now I'm pushing 290 and decided I've got to do something! I have active kids I want to keep up with and lots of stuff I want to do (always wanted to try kayaking). I have to agree with some of the other posts that it is embarrassing to be active as a large person. I feel like people are wondering "who's chasing that fat chick?" My goal is to loose 50 lbs by my 40th birthday in sept.
LOL wow do I agree with the thought of "whose chasing the fat chick?" .... I too am starting the C25k but my goals are a little different than alot of you guys. I want to be able to do Tough Mudders next year!! I know, I know ... huge goals right?!?! I have several smaller goals in mind but that is the grand finale goal...lol. A little about myself and my goals.... I am a 36 yo mom of 3 boys, 19, 7, and 4 yo. I weigh 242 lbs. and I am really very active at all. I have started C25k before and quit, I have started a million and one diets before and quit. I have tried all kinds of weight loss crap and quit it all. I am tired of being a quitter!!! I want to show my kids and my family that I can start and finish something and I want to be able to go on hikes and bike rides with my boys and I want to know when my life is over that I LIVED each day not just going through the motions, that I enjoyed each moment and I lived my life to the fullest and I conquered my fears. I want to be show appreciation to the Good Lord for this wonderful life he has bestowed upon me by being the best person I can be, inside and out!! My first goal is to finally finish C25K, then I want to do a Warrior Dash, depending on my fitness accomplishments there is one in September in Oregon and one in October in NorCal (Esparto) so we'll see which one I end up at...maybe both lol!! I would love to have a buddy along if any of you guys think this is something that you would like. I am hoping that my giving myself a challenge and the ability to help a great cause (St. Jude's Hospital) instead of just a weight loss goal or a running goal I will be more likely to stick with it.
I hope that all y'all that had wonderful goals on here achieved them and are well on your way to a healthier you!! How fare have you gotten on your goal of 50lbs Dairygirl17?
Good luck to us all!!!
There is so many inspiring people here! I love it! I check in here daily to read all about you guys but check me out too... I'm just starting out but super pumped!
KAYAKING IS A BLAST! I go almost every weekend. It's so important to stay active:) You got this!
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Just wanted to wish everyone here good luck - I remember going out for my first run and being so embarrassed because of how slow I was and how many walking breaks I was taking doing C25k, I knew people would be looking at me thinking "wow, she is running SO SLOW and walking half the time, why does she even bother?"
Every time I see a runner out there who doesn't look like a stereotypical athlete, I am inspired and impressed and I want to cheer and clap for them because it's those of us at the back on race day that are actually making the biggest difference in our own lives by taking up running.
Take it slow, work hard enough to feel good and not so hard you quit, and keep at it. Running has made a huge difference in my life. I had some weight to lose after my two pregnancies, and more specifically, just had to get back into good health after having two c-sections in sixteen months and struggling with raising two boys. I don't know what I would do without running, and I totally believe it can change your life.
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McPherson College runner Aspen Frey was awarded Capital One Academic All-American status as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
She was placed on the second-team for the College Division.
The Capital One College Division Academic All-America® men's and women's cross country/track and field teams are comprised of student-athletes from NAIA, Canadian and two-year institutions.
Frey was Mac's top cross country athlete and anchored the distance group of the track and field team in 2013.
This season, she broke the track and field school record in the 5000 meter run for both indoor and outdoor. She also qualified for the NAIA Outdoor National Championship track meet in the marathon.
As an Elementary Education major, Frey holds a 4.0 GPA and is set to student-teach in McPherson in the fall.
Earlier this summer, she was named an NAIA Scholar-Athlete.
To be eligible for Academic All-America® consideration, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative G.P.A. of 3.30 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at his/her current institution and be nominated by his/her sports information director.
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Nohe backs bill aimed at gun rights
March 8, 2013
CHARLESTON — State residents want the Legislature to protect people's Second Amendment rights, a Wood County senator said. Sen....
It sounds as if the next step for Nohe's Nutjobs will be to take up arms against the federal government. Timothy McVeigh would have loved these folks.
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I only hope when the economy collapses you have a way to protect yourself from home invasions that area increasing all over the country. Oh, wait, you think the government is good and will take care of you. Maybe you can get free stuff from the government too at the expense of those who work. Maybe a drone will protect you against all of us crazy gun nuts.
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Best news i've heard all week. You gun control idiots will wish you had made friends with gun owners when the s--- hits fan!
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Its nice to see that at least one senator understands his voters. Stand tall Dave Nohe the hunters and gun owners of WV and beyond are behind you!
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Good job Mr. Nohe! Keep up the good work!
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He's working on keeping my vote and my rights. Good Job.
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Thank you Mr.Nohe for standing up for the people's rights. It's very enlighting to actually see one stand up for the very reason he took the position for. Wish I could say the same for other government officials, including the WHITE HOUSE!!!
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as usual, nohe is grandstanding. a lower level entity CANNOT over ride a law from a higher level. in this case federal law WILL trump any state law with which there is a conflict. so this is much ado about nothing. what people need to be watching is not the for sure progress to limit 2d amendment rights but also the attempt to track the purchase of ammo. this will allow the feds to find those unregistered weapons of any type out there now. the next issue we should be watching is the attempts to get doctors' and teachers, etc to ask about weapons in a home. this will also allow the locating of weapons that may be out there and unregisterd. big brother is on the move and the ones that people need to contact are caputo, manchin and mckinley. rahal and rockefeller are going to back obama/ liberals.
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Oh yes teflon, I'm sure those who have unregistered weapons are going to make sure their family tell their doctor's and teacher's that they have them!
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Excuse me Mr. Teflon, but that would make us a dictatorship if an independant State's Law could be smacked down by Federal Law. That is why we have "Nation States", and is the reason why different States have different Laws! Though, Federal Government will likely try to "flex" on States to make them think they have no say, when in-fact, they have ALL the say.
I agree that they will try to track you though, and that is why we MUST preserve our FIRST and FOURTH Amendmants! Our right to free speech on the subject and our rigt to PRIVACY (4th).
No person should have the right to surveil me because I own a Gun. AMERICA WAS FOUNDED BY OWNING GUNS AND THROWING BRITISH OVERLORDS OUT ON THEIR JOLLY FANNY!
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You know Henry Wescott...if that ever actually happens, we will be armed to protect ourselves because of a little thing called the 2nd amendment. No one is trying to take everyone's guns. They are just trying to limit the amount of semi-automatic weapons floating around in the hands of private citizens. Obama is not "coming to take your guns" lol
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Technically, BrandonSW, we don't have 50 "nation states", only one.
Texas was a nation state, but gave it up to join the Union.
Whether the original 13 colonies became nation states after the Revolution is arguable, they probably were. They gave up being real sovereign states when they ratified the Constitution. States are something between a sovereign state & a province.
Which leaves it a little unclear which level of government can do what. We have one side in this discussion saying the U.S. Constitution applies, but the Federal government is powerless. I don't think that makes sense, but it gets even less clear.
I think SB 420 over-reaches, but a legal argument can be mounted either way. It may go to court. Oh yeah, that's Federal court.
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Good job Senator. And by the way maybe the Senate would like to hire Mr. Teflon as there Constitutional adviser??. He seems to know a little bit about everything.
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Well said neocurmudgeon74
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He's working on keeping your vote, is right
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Not all of these new rules are because of the crazies. The UN is determined to dis-arm America. Don't let them people. We are the only country that stands a chance of rebelling against a One World Order. So dis-arming us makes sense from their point of view. Dont't do it people.
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Today's Charleston Gazette has an excellent editorial on the subject of individual states attempting to pass legislation to declare federal gun laws unenforceable. It's on page 4A and is appropriately entitled 'Crazy'.
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If the far-left gun haters get their way and all Hades breaks loose, they had better find someone other than me to hide behind.I'm sick of the anti-gun idiots concentrating non the wrong end of the gun. We need to keep guns from mentally mill people and criminals, but all the legislation you can write will do little except hurt people who obey the laws in the first place.
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Kenya's BitPesa Launches Beta Test of Remittance Service
One bitcoin start-up is building what it hopes will become a template for using digital currencies in the developing world, a much-talked-about market for cryptocurrencies. It's called BitPesa, it's based in Nairobi, and it's beginning a beta test this week of its first product, a remittance service for Kenyans living abroad.
On Friday, the start-up launched a pilot remittance program involving about 15 Kenyans in London, who can begin using BitPesa to send money back home. If it works, and spreads, it promises to lower the billions currently spent on transfer fees, and, its founders hope, maybe even spark a tech boom in Kenya.
BitPesa is the brainchild of Duncan Goldie-Scot, a well-known name in microfinance, and Elizabeth Rossiello, a Queens-born former Credit Suisse banker with a background in microfinance who's been living in Nairobi the past five years. With Ms. Rossiello acting as CEO, the company has raised $700,000 so far, and its investors include Barry Silbert, founder of CEO of the private asset exchange Second Market, and Joe Mucheru, who runs Google's East Africa operations; Mr. Mucheru's investment is a personal one.
"There's a lot of talk about the impact of bitcoin around the world," Mr. Silbert said. "This is the company that's actually executing, that's setting up the model."
BitPesa's idea was to focus initially on one "corridor" for remittances – the U.K. and Kenya. The company sent its people out to the Kenyan cafes, to meet locals and build up its small group of beta testers. They will begin with about 15 users, and expand over the summer.
Ms. Rossiello met Mr. Goldie-Scot when she was doing consulting work, and with his encouragement, the two co-founded BitPesa in November. "I took 30 meetings in two weeks talking about linking bitcoin and M-Pesa," she said, "and I saw eyes light up."
M-Pesa (pesa is Swahili for money) is a popular mobile money system, unrelated to BitPesa and run by Safaricom, the biggest mobile operator in Kenya. Transaction costs for M-Pesa vary according to the size and type, but they are generally low and the service has improved access for Kenyans. However, remittances still go through traditional money transmitters like Western Union, so those costs remain.
More than $400 billion globally was remitted from developing-world emigrants back home in 2013, according to the World Bank, and it expects that number to rise to $506 billion by 2016. "Those are only the official flows," said the World Bank's Dilip Ratha. He said the bank estimates nearly another $200 billion gets sent through unofficial channels. "The total size of the flows is enormous."
Kenyans remitted $1.3 billion back home in 2013, according to Kenya's central bank.
For many developing nations, the remittance business accounts for a larger share of foreign exchange than imports, and the World Bank in particular has a high-profile program in place with the goal of lowering those costs.
Those numbers do not include the fees that money transmitters like Western Union, MoneyGram, and WorldRemit charge; in aggregate, it amounts to roughly another 8.4%, according to the World Bank. But Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest remittances costs, with an average of 11.7%. For Kenyans in the U.K. sending money home, the total cost can range anywhere from just under 6% to nearly 13%, according to the World Bank.
BitPesa's fee will be a flat 3%. Senders convert U.K. pounds to bitcoin on the one end, and recipients will receive Kenyan shillings on the other. The system rides on the bitcoin "rails," but it isn't strictly speaking a bitcoin product. "We are taking bitcoin, translating it into the local currency, and dispersing it the way people know," Ms. Rossiello said.
The way that people know is cellphones. "Everybody has a phone," she said. "You're on a boat in the Indian Ocean with the fishermen, and they're checking their text messages." Kenya also has a higher percentage of citizens with bank accounts that most other places in Africa. "They're way more financially knowledgeable than people give them credit for. You have to go way into the bush to find people who aren't."
If it takes off, the savings could be significant–and it can go back into the local economy.
Ms. Rossiello isn't just interested in the remittance business, though. She sees BitPesa as being on the leading edge of a financial and technology boom in Kenya that will be greatly aided by the open-source nature of digital currencies. "The beauty of the system is it's decentralized," she said, "it makes it very easy to use the protocol." She said the numbers at local meet-ups have been rising sharply, there are more coders, and there are even private groups teaching coding to children.
"Every meet-up has more and more engineers who are doing apps," she said. "We're starting, people are responding, people are excited about it."
It's typical, at least to a Western mind, to think of the remittance business as geared toward uneducated immigrants and impoverished Africans living in dusty villages. But Ms. Rossiello bristles at such stereotypes. She points out that Nairobi is a cosmopolitan city of 3 million, with an educated professional class.
"They're not just living in a hut," she said. "People want to start businesses."
BitPesa will face some of the same challenges of any bitcoin-related enterprise. The firm is working to gain the backing of the local government, for one thing, and it will have to convince people to try something new for another. Getting the blessing of a big telecom company like Safaricom would be key as well. In all those instances, though, BitPesa will be going up against an entrenched competitor in M-Pesa.


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MOUNTAIN VIEW -- The rallying cry from the coaching staff all week long was be "WCAL tough."
Maybe no one encompassed that more than St. Francis senior Alex Andrighetto, who after missing the previous three games with a shoulder injury returned to the gridiron Friday night in a 45-21 triumph over Palo Alto in the Central Coast Section Division II football semifinals.
Not only did Andrighetto spearhead a bruising ground attack for the top-seeded Lancers (9-3) that amassed 355 yards on 56 carries, the two-way player also made an interception in the first half as Palo Alto quarterback Keller Chryst tried to keep pace.
"I've played tackle football since I was 6 years old, so to be told by the doctor I couldn't play on the field with my guys, it's the most heartbreaking thing for me," said Andrighetto, who suffered the injury in an upset of rival Serra. "I owe it all to them. They kept me in it, they kept me wanting to come back out. And when I did come back out, it was fun. It was worth it."
It was the final home game for the senior class at St. Francis, which hopes to defend its Division II title next week against No. 2 Los Gatos (9-3).
"It's amazing to come out here with the great support, with my teammates," Landon Baty said. "We've played here four years, put in a lot of work. We ended it with a bang here at St. Francis -- can't ask for anything better."
The Stanford-bound Chryst threw for 291 yards and a pair of touchdowns, but only 36 of those yards came after halftime as the No. 4 Vikings (6-6) failed to score after coming out of the locker room.
"They brought heat all day," said Chryst, who finished 15 of 34 with two interceptions and was sacked three times. "And when they're playing 2 deep, it's hard to throw against coverage like that. We were able to do that a little bit, but obviously not enough."
Things couldn't have started much worse for Palo Alto. On the second play from scrimmage, Chryst fumbled the snap. On its third drive, the Vikings lost senior co-captain Andrew Frick, a fullback and inside linebacker, to a right-leg injury.
"The last few games here, we only had 23 varsity players on the team," Chryst said. "We were fighting. Everyone was going both ways and special teams."
St. Francis turned the fumbled snap immediately into points as Baty took the first handoff and sprinted 28 yards up the middle for a touchdown 39 seconds into the game.
"Coach told us earlier in the week we gotta be WCAL tough," said Baty, who gained 122 yards on 14 carries. "Give all the credit to the o-line. We pride ourselves in being a physical group of guys. We wanted to wear them down and the first play says it all."
Palo Alto kept finding ways to respond in the first half. Defensive end Justin Rittman recovered a fumble -- one of three lost by the Lancers in a sloppy first half -- and three plays after the injury to Frick, it was Chryst hitting sophomore Eli Givens on a go-route for a 71-yard touchdown with 6:04 left in the first quarter to make it 7-all.
That's when Andrighetto went to work. The senior scored touchdown from 3 and 5 yards in the first half to build a 21-7 lead -- part of his 143-yard, 20-carry effort.
"Our coach harped on one thing, about being WCAL tough," Andrighetto said.
The last couple of minutes were a rollercoaster for Palo Alto.
After failing to convert a fourth down inside the red zone, Chryst got the ball right back on a fumble recovery by Mike Grandy. Three plays later, the senior lofted a touchdown pass on a 27-yard fade to Keesean Johnson with 1:56 left to cut the deficit to 21-14.
Just when it looked as if the Lancers would run out the clock, St. Francis quarterback Will Fischer-Colbrie completed his lone pass in three attempts -- a 68-yard bomb to Trill Herbert.
Once again, the Vikings had an answer in the form of a 98-yard kickoff return by Malcolm Davis to make it 28-21 at intermission.
"We battled the best we could the whole game," Palo Alto coach Earl Hansen said. "So I was proud of that. We weren't going to stop trying to score."
"It's definitely emotional," Chryst said. "But, I mean, the guys who this might be their last snap of football in general, I just feel for those guys. It's just emotional."
Palo Alto's inability to establish the run, finishing with minus-six rushing yards only thanks to a late 14-yard scramble by Chryst, caught with the offense in the second half as the Vikings never managed to cross midfield again.
"Keller Chryst is a great quarterback," Baty said. "We knew that coming in and we have got a great defensive coordinator in Coach (Matt) Scharrenberg. He told us, 'You know what? He's great, but we're better. We're going to contain him.'"
Meanwhile, St. Francis kept pounding away in the second half with its brigade of running backs. Andrighetto found the end zone for a third time on a 54-yard run off a toss play and teammate Devin Hurtado capped a 15-play, 53-yard drive that ate up more than eight minutes off the clock with a 1-yard plunge to make it 42-21 with 8:11 left in the fourth quarter. Fullback DC Canty had 68 yards in 13 carries.
Palo Alto 7 "14 "0 "0--21
St. Francis 14 "14 "7 "10--45
SF -- Baty 28 run (Fordham kick)
PA -- Givens 71 pass from Chryst (Patino kick)
SF -- Andrighetto 3 run (Fordham kick)
SF -- Andrighetto 5 run (Fordham kick)
PA -- Johnson 27 pass from Chryst (Patino kick)
SF -- Hebert 68 pass from Fischer-Colbrie (Fordham kick)
PA -- Davis 98 kickoff return (Patino kick)
SF -- Andrighetto 54 run (Fordham kick)
SF -- Hurtado 1 run (Fordham kick)
SF -- Forham 23 FG
Records -- Palo Alto 6-6; St. Francis 9-3.


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Battlefield 3 was one of my most anticipated games of this fall. It is the latest iteration in a long-line of beloved shooters from a team of developers who know what they're doing, but I also love a good fight. I'm not just talking about the endless gun battles you get into in the game. I'm talking about the tooth-and-nail brawl that pits Battlefield against Call of Duty. Things tend to get better when two developers are trying to be the best at something. So how did it work out for Battlefield 3?
Brian Crecente, who will be reviewing the game and has played through a chunk of the campaign and online: Battlefield 3's multiplayer is as good as its single-player campaign is bad.
Dropping into an online match of Battlefield 3, on computer or Xbox 360, is a bewildering first-time experience. I've played all of the Battlefield games, all of the Call of Duty games. First-person shooters are my football, my baseball, my basketball. This is what I play when I want to kill a little time in the evening or relax with a beer. So I'm not new to the different forms an online match can take in a military shooter, but falling into a match of Battlefield 3 is still awe-inspiring, distracting, immersive. The game's use of sound, its massive battlefields, the disintegrating cover, the vehicles, the push to get players to act in concert, all combine with a new level of graphical detail and smartly sharpened leveling up and unlock system that delivers the deepest play experience I've ever had in an online shooter. This is the new bar for online first-person shooters, when it works. Launch day jitters hit my PC matches with some dropped play and an occasional bungee run back and forth on a couple of maps. The Xbox 360, after valiantly delivering mostly fault-free gameplay for a half a day, just gave up. The developers later said they were investigating server outages.
Where does sublime online multiplayer leave Battlefield 3's campaign? At the other end of the spectrum. I've played through maybe a third of the campaign so far, so it's possible that the game will shape up by the time I've finished it and I'm writing my full review next week, but I doubt it. Battlefield 3's story is a confused hodge-podge of events that still hasn't delivered a single spectacular scene. I don't mind a game leading me by the hand, but it needs to take me somewhere, and this one hasn't yet. Worse still, the Xbox 360 version of the game shows significant slow down during key firefights. I'm not sure why the game stutters and slows, but I suspect it has to do with the destructible environment, something that's a nice touch but isn't worth the cost if that's what is causing this problem.
Should you buy Battlefield 3? Absolutely, just don't expect to spend any time playing it alone. If that's all you're looking for, go somewhere else. Yes
In the run-up to the game's launch, it seemed like DICE was putting as much effort in crafting a single-player game that would fold in some of the lesson they learned from their multiplayer successes. They specifically talked about creating moments of surprise for the solo portion of BF3 but that's exactly what it's lacked to me so far.
However, surprises abound in the multiplayer. Whether it's the big ones of building falling on people or tank-vs.-jet skirmishes or the little ones of how interconnected the assist and XP systems feel, the times I've stepped into BF3's online conflict have left me blown away. So, my thinking is if you keep expectations low and think of single-player as a training ground, Battlefield 3 is a must-play game. Yes.