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With North Dakota's Job Boom, A Sharp Uptick in Work-Related Deaths
Massachusetts leads the nation in job safety with just 1.4 deaths per 100,000 workers, while the label of the most perilous state goes to North Dakota, home of an enormous energy boom and a rapidly rising rate of workplace deaths, according to government data.
In 2012, 17.7 per 100,000 workers in North Dakota died from job-related injuries, compared to the national average of 3.4 workers. Nationally, an average of 13 workers die each day because of job injuries, a rate that varies greatly from state to state. Among the jobs with the highest fatality rates: logging and fishing, aircraft piloting, flight engineering, roofing, truck driving and farming and ranching.
This grim roster was laid out Thursday in the AFL-CIO's annual "Death on the Job" safety and health report, a 200-page analysis of 2012 government data, the most recent available. The union federation uses the report to highlight and critique the current state of workplace protections and survey workplace fatality and injury trends for states and industries. Among the most dangerous industries: oil and gas, and construction.
The national average for the rate of fatal job injuries, at 3.4 per 100,000 workers, was nearly unchanged from 3.5 in 2011. A total of 4,628 workers lost their lives in 2012 because of job injuries, down slightly from 4,693 in the prior year, though these numbers don't include deaths from occupational diseases that the AFL-CIO said number in the tens of thousands a year.
North Dakota's rate of work fatalities jumped by 43% in 2012 over the previous year, according to government data. At the least, about a quarter of those deaths were from workers directly involved in oil and gas extraction. The state's rising rate of fatalities meant that 21 more workers died on the job in 2012 than in 2011, when North Dakota first took over as the state with the highest rate of workplace deaths in the country. That raised the death toll there to 65 workers. The state had 25 workplace deaths in 2009.
The situation has been a difficult one for a state leading the nation in economic development and receiving thousands of new employees. But local industry officials say they're working on increasing training programs and infrastructure to try to create a more stable workforce and take away some of the workplace and road safety risks.
"We are leading the nation in just about every category you can imagine and this is something we don't like to be leading in," said Ron Ness, president of the North Dakota Petroleum Council that represents companies involved in the local oil and gas industry.
In addition to North Dakota, the states of Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and West Virginia were among those with the highest fatality rates in 2012, while Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Washington and New Hampshire were among those with the lowest. In all, 21 states saw an increase in either their rate or number of fatalities, or both, between 2011 and 2012, the report stated.
The labor federation uses the annual report to spotlight the costs of job injuries and illnesses, which it estimates exceed $250 billion a year. This shoulders employers, workers and taxpayers with many expenses that could be avoided, it said.
"Very simply, workers need more job safety and health protection," the AFL-CIO said in the report, which credited the administration with taking some steps toward improvement but called for more and swifter action it has long argued is needed: more regulations, higher fines for violations, and increased staffing and funding for the Labor Department's workplace safety divisions.
Business groups agree that improvement is needed but are at odds with the federation over how to proceed. "The goal of employers, of course, is to have zero fatalities," said Marc Freedman, executive director of labor law policy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. But "we're not convinced that the current level of workplace fatalities is a product of inadequate regulation."
The overall death rates in the oil and gas industry, while lower than the industry's death rates in North Dakota, have caused concern since oil and gas extraction is growing in the country and doesn't have the same kind of robust workplace safety government oversight that the mining industry requires, said Peg Seminario, who directs health and safety for the AFL-CIO. "There's a particular focus that is needed on the oil and gas industry," Ms. Seminario said.
"North Dakota stands out as an exceptionally dangerous and deadly place to work," the AFL-CIO stated in its report.


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It would be tough for adults to pull off a musical with only three weeks of practice but 33 kids ages 8 to 15 are going to do it.
At 6 p.m. Friday, the Porchlight Player's Children's Theater presents "Seussical Jr." at Gypsum's Lundgren Theater. The performance is free, the costumes are colorful and the youngsters are eager to entertain.
The musical kicks off Gypsum's Celebrate America Night, which features free hot dogs and root beer floats, a 7:30 p.m. performance by the Kort McCumber Band and an 8:45 p.m. screening of the movie "Captain America."
"Seussical Jr." is a version of Broadway's "Seussical the Musical." The story braids several Dr. Seuss stories into one, centered around "Horton Hears a Who."
"Horton the Elephant finds himself faced with a double challenge," reads the synopsis on www.porchlightplayers.com. "Not only must he protect his tiny friend, Jojo, and all the invisible Whos from a world of naysayers and dangers, but he must guard an abandoned egg, left to his care by the irresponsible Mayzie La Bird. Although Horton faces ridicule, danger, kidnapping and a trial, the intrepid Gertrude McFuzz never loses faith in him, the only one who recognizes 'his kind and his powerful heart.' Ultimately, the powers of friendship, loyalty, family and community are challenged and emerge triumphant in a story that makes you laugh and cry."
The children have been practicing at least six hours a day five days a week for almost three weeks. They've been doing tongue-twisters to practice enunciation and projection. They've learned blocking, choreography and had moments of improvisation and now they're ready to enchant an audience.
At least 24 of the 33 kids are returnees from previous Porchlight Children's productions. "Seussical Jr." will be the sixth annual Porchlight Players Summer Children's Theater production.
"They are amazing kids and I've seen them mature since I started as an assistant director last year," said Jillian Kiss.

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STOCKTON — A man was taken to a hospital with multiple gunshot wounds after being shot Saturday night in west Stockton.
The shooting occurred about 7:20 p.m. at the Country Club Villas apartment complex in the 2100 block of Fontana Avenue, less than 50 yards from a busy Safeway parking lot. The man's condition was unknown, but he was conscious and communicating with emergency responders as he left the scene in an ambulance, said Lt. Jay Smith of the Stockton Police Department.
A woman cried loudly inside an apartment unit while officers shined flashlights in a dark, grassy area out front, occasionally illuminating what appeared to be bloody clothing lying among the leaves. Smith said "stories aren't matching" and the victim was being uncooperative with police.
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Who is Kenny George? Well, if you caught even a couple minutes of Wednesday nights game between University of North Carolina and University of North Carolina-Asheville I am guessing you know who he is. Kenny George plays basketball for UNCA and also happens to be the tallest player in the country at 77 and weighs a solid 360 pounds. I will add that with his shoes on, a size 26, George rises to an impressive 79, as if 77 wasnt impressive enough. To say George stood out amongst the other players would have been an understatement. Not only did he stand out due to his tall stature but he also put up 14 points, 11 rebounds and 4 blocks in 24 minutes coming off the bench for the Bulldogs. Despite a solid effort by George, the attention after the game still fell on Tar Heel star Tyler Hansbrough and the aggressive dunk he threw down over a stunned George, but what can you do.
George is having a great junior season for the Bulldogs and is currently leading the nation in blocked shots, but the ride hasnt been easy for George. His size has brought serious drawbacks on and off the court. George has struggled with injuries caused mostly by the considerable amount of stress his joints take on a daily basis. He is too tall to fit into a drivers seat, which leaves him depending on friends and family for rides. Also, he gets 12 pairs of shoes a year from Nike, which are made special for him since the largest athletic shoe made is a size 23. Clearly, the journey to becoming the nations leading blocker has been by no means easy, but Georges future is bright and he hopes to one day play in the NBA. Most would say he will almost certainly get a chance to live his dream considering most teams would want to use his size to their advantage.
There have been a multitude of very tall and very successful players that have gone through the NBA. At 77, Manute Bol is the tallest player to date to ever appear in the NBA and had a very accomplished career playing for the Washington Bullets, Golden State Warriors, Philadelphia 76ers and Miami Heat. Shawn Paul Bradley is yet another player whose 76 height helped him to become a noteworthy NBA player for the Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Nets and Dallas Mavericks. Both of these players faced adversity because of their height, but were able to turn it into a positive in order to succeed. I hope George will continue to do the same and follow in the footsteps of the exceptionally tall players who have come before him.


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The Nike Thermal Men's Running Gloves are engineered especially for men's body heat patterns. These warm, yet breathable gloves are constructed with mesh over the palm and between the fingers, along with insulated fleece. A hidden, easy access storage pocket is great for storing a key or I.D. while on the run and the high contrast logo will get you noticed. Stay warm on even the coldest days with these innovative gloves.


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The Rotonda Condominiums
A Gated Community in the Heart of Tysons, Virginia
The Rotonda is a unique condominium community, with a beautiful 34-acre site and easy access to the Tysons, Dulles Corridor, and D.C. business, retail, and employment centers. Five high-rise buildings designed in graceful curves form the primary residential portion of the property; drive circles, landscaping, and fountains create a gracious entryway for residents and their guests.
On-site amenities include two swimming pools (indoor and outdoor), tennis courts, golf putting green, children's play areas, mini soccer field, and more. Behind the residential buildings is an area of woodlands and greenery with a gazebo overlooking two ponds, as well as a fitness trail and walking paths. There are several pet-friendly areas where residents can "walk" their dogs and use the Pet Park for dog exercise.
Just minutes away are the world-class Tysons I and Tysons II malls, as well as many upscale stores and restaurants. Tysons is an established business center slated to become a major east coast hub within the next 20 years. The Metro arrived in Tysons in 2014, bringing hotels, corporate offices, and retail mixed use development. Four Metro stops now connect the area with Maryland and D.C., and eventually with Dulles International Airport.
Responsible management has resulted in replacement of major systems such as roofs, elevators, and the fire alarm system so that residents enjoy spacious floor plans and solid construction with modern and efficient updates. Enthusiasm is high as management, owners, and residents embark on additional enhancements at the Rotonda and enjoy a metro stop just two blocks away.
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South Park's record-keeping under investigation
Published: Thursday, April 4, 2013 at 3:21 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, April 4, 2013 at 3:21 p.m.
Discrepancies in "business record-keeping practices" have emerged during an ongoing investigation into South Park Funeral and Cremation Services.
The Hendersonville Police Department is continuing to investigate the business, which closed March 1 when the owner was evicted from the property after the landlord said he failed to pay rent.
The owner, 53-year-old Richard Jarrett Mosley, faces a total of 22 felony counts pertaining to illegal activity including forgery and writing checks on a closed account, according to police.
Detective Heather Cash said Mosley has been released on bond since his arrest March 25, but he may face more charges.
Hendersonville police are working with the N.C. Board of Funeral Service "to make sure nothing slips through the cracks," Cash said.
She said that "additional discrepancies have been discovered regarding the business record-keeping practices," which are still under investigation.
With the help of the state board, the police are in the process of returning cremains to families from the business.
Anyone with concerns about South Park Funeral and Cremation Services should contact the board at 919-733-9380 or www.ncbfs.org.
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Dr. Holley is Associate Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology at Yale University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago working in the lab of Chip Ferguson. He was next a Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Fellow in the lab of Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology in Tübingen, Germany. He joined Yale University as an Assistant Professor in 2002. His current research includes studies of patterning by the segmentation clock, and the biomechanics of somite morphogenesis and body elongation. In these studies, his lab and its collaborators combine in vivo cell biology, embryology, genetics, imaging and systems level data analysis and modeling to elucidate the mechanisms underlying the development of the musculoskeletal axis.
Systems and biomechanical analyses of vertebrate musculoskeletal axis formation
During vertebrate embryogenesis, cell signaling and tissue mechanics couple body elongation to the segmentation of the vertebral column. Perturbation of these processes leads to vertebral defects such as scoliosis. I will first discuss our systems level analysis of the role of regulated cell flow in the elongation of the zebrafish embryo. I will then present our studies of the reciprocal interactions between cells and extracellular matrix protein Fibronectin during body elongation and segmentation. In total, our studies delineate both the in vivo mechanisms controlling extracellular matrix remodeling as well as the role of cell-Fibronectin matrix interactions in defining tissue mechanics during morphogenesis.
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Who will decide Warm Mineral Springs dispute?
Published: Monday, February 25, 2013 at 12:58 p.m.
Last Modified: Monday, February 25, 2013 at 12:58 p.m.
Somebody needs to sell. Sarasota County leaders believe joint ownership of Warm Mineral Springs with the City of North Port will only result in "continued conflict."
If only agreeing on a sale were a simple matter.
County Administrator Randall Reid will suggest that either North Port or the county take full control of the attraction when county commissioners meet Tuesday to discuss the property.
The only problem: Neither commission has been willing to sell its half to the other.
That's why County Commissioner Christine Robinson believes a formal dispute resolution process is inevitable. Commissioners could vote to take that step when they meet Tuesday.
"I really think at some point based upon the fact that city won't take a position that we need to probably have a facilitator and have this dispute resolution," Robinson said.
If the county initiates dispute resolution, a meeting would be held within 30 days to try and hash out a deal.
Dispute resolution is not the only option Reid is presenting to commissioners. He also notes in a memo that the county could offer to sell its half of the property to North Port, or purchase North Port's half of the property at a higher price than the $2 million offer city leaders rejected earlier this month.
But selling to North Port — whose commissioners have proposed putting the property back in private ownership or selling it to another government agency -- has already been rejected by county commissioners.
And it's not clear that offering $2.75 million -- the full price North Port paid for its half of the property in 2010 — will make any difference, Robinson said.
One option Reid is not recommending for the property is a joint sale by the city and county to a third party.
Relations between the municipalities are so strained that just coming to a consensus on a real estate agent could be difficult, Reid said.
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We always aspire to be the best when it comes to innovation and our commitment to quality, safety and environmental care. But we don't stand alone in associating Volvo Trucks with these attributes. Let's take a look at the awards our trucks and technical solutions have won lately!
The new Volvo FH from Volvo Trucks beat thousands of international products and impressed a panel of design experts to win one of the prestigious If product design awards.
Go to press release about the If product design award
The advanced Volvo Dynamic Steering system made it possible for Jean-Claude Van Damme to carry out the daring stunt shown in Volvo Trucks' resounding YouTube success. Now the new technology has received the Quality Innovation of the Year 2013 award. This prize is awarded every year by SIQ, the Swedish Institute for Quality, and the aim is to stimulate the development of high-quality innovations.
Go to the press release about the Van Damme stunt
"Volvo Trucks has delivered a completely new heavy-duty truck, which, with its innovative cab, hi-tech driveline components and advanced maintenance solutions, sets a new benchmark in the automotive industry," said Truck of the year Chairman Gianenrico Griffini when handing out the International Truck of the Year 2014 award to the new Volvo FH.
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Our Remote Diagnostics, which handles proactive diagnostics and repair planning, was awarded the Best Telematics prize by the 10th annual Telematics Update Awards in Detroit.
Go to the press release about the Telematics award
Only the very best ideas are honoured in the prestigious red dot design award. This year, in tough competition with almost 5 000 products, the New Volvo FH brought home one of the prizes.
Go to press release about New Volvo FH wins a design award
Volvo Trucks has received two top awards in the prestigious Epica 2012 International Creative Awards for the launch of the new Volvo FH.
Go to press release about the Epica 2012 award
"A sea change in thinking." The Truck Writers of North America (TWNA) didn't hold back when naming the XE13 powertrain package the industry's most significant technical innovation of 2011.
Go to press release about Volvo Trucks' XE13 innovation
Frost & Sullivan Best Practices Awards identify exemplary achievements in a variety of industries. 2012, they chose Volvo Trucks' Remote Diagnostics aftermarket service as winners in the "value enhancement in commercial vehicle repair and maintenance" category.
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At a gala dinner organised by NOBELUX, the Swedish chamber of commerce for Belgium and Luxembourg, the Volvo Group in Belgium were praised for their major efforts to improve the environment with the CO2 neutral plant in Ghent.
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Volvo was the most sustainable company in the commercial transportation industry in 2012. This according to Brazilian magazine Revista Imprensa who has based their conclusion on an analysis of news stories related to sustainability.
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The editors of Croatian magazine Kamion & Bus were so impressed by the New Volvo FH and its solutions that they gave it a special award for the most important technical innovation of 2012.
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For the fourth year in a row, the Volvo FH Classic has received the Brazilian magazine Frota & Cia's commercial transportation prize the Lotus award. Volvo FH won in the category "Heavy duty truck of the year".
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Volvo Trucks' corporate movie "The big picture" brought home two prices at the 2013 edition of the prestigious movie- and TV-gala New York Festivals. The movie was awarded a silver medal in the category "Introductions & lead-in titles" and a bronze medal in the category "Public relations".
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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.
"When I was young, I read all sorts of stuff. One week it would be Lovecraft, the next Vance. It was all imaginative literature, or as my dad called it 'Weird Stuff.' It was all 'Weird Stuff.'"
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Tor has launched its 2011 Reader's Choice Awards, giving fans a chance to have their say in what their favorite works of the last year were. Voting's easy: just sign up for a; make sure to follow the rules!
You can nominate as many titles you like in the following categories: Best Novel, Best Short Fiction, Best Cover Art, Best Graphic Novel. You all probably have notions for what to suggest as your favorite novels last year, but I'd like to recommend comic book fans consider nominating Criminal: The Last of the Innocent by Ed Brubaker (for my money, one of the best writers working in the field right now) and Sean Phillips. If you've read it, you know how good it is as it mixes crime fiction with a deconstruction of the classic Archie comic characters (yes, really). And if you haven't read it yet, what are you waiting for?
The Westeros network consists of several different sites, including a forum and a wiki, for all your A Song of Ice and Fire needs.


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The reward for any information leading to an arrest in Kyle Royal's murder is up to $5,000. Investigators say to call with any information, no matter how small. You can remain anonymous.
News 12 First at Five / Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Twenty-two murders in Richmond County so far this year. That is an increase compared to this time last year, but investigators say they've solved all but one of them.
Lt. Blaise Dresser, head of the Violent Crimes Division at the Sheriff's Office, says, "Overall, our murder rate is up this year than in previous years."
But even though murders are up for the year, the number of unsolved murders are down.
"Out of the 22 murders we've had this year, only one is unsolved," Dresser said.
To put that number into perspective, last year, there were eight unsolved murders. There were eight more in 2010.
"We've made some changes to our homicide division. We have additional investigators slated to investigate nothing but homicides," he said.
Dresser says the extra manpower has really made a difference.
"They have taken cases that were really 'who-done-its' is what we call them ... They've been able to develop leads that ultimately lead to the solving of the case."
The only case so far from 2012 that continues to stump investigators is the death of 16-year-old Kyle Royal. Royal was found dead in the backseat of a car on Jan. 16. Deputies say he was shot while leaving the Magic City teen nightclub. The Sheriff's Office has offered reward money, identified a murder weapon and even put up billboards back in June. However, despite their efforts, new leads still haven't shown up.
"We're still tracking down people. Every time we do an interview on it, we get an additional name of someone who may have been there. That one person may be the crux for solving the case," Dresser said.
And solving this case would mean a perfect record for Richmond County homicide investigators in 2012.
The reward for any information leading to an arrest in Royal's murder is up to $5,000. Investigators say to call with any information, no matter how small. You can remain anonymous.


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This is an excerpt from EERE Network News, a weekly electronic newsletter.
December 09, 2009
DOE Launches Save Energy Now LEADER Program with 32 Companies
DOE has joined forces with 32 industrial companies to launch the Save Energy Now LEADER Program, which will provide technical assistance and resources to companies that pledge significant improvements in industrial energy efficiency. The 32 charter member companies from a broad spectrum of the U.S. industrial sector signed a voluntary pledge on December 2 to reduce their industrial energy intensity by 25% over the next decade. The industrial sector accounts for more than 18 million jobs in the United States, but it also consumes nearly 30% of the energy used nationwide and produces 27% of the country's carbon emissions.
The charter member companies agreed to establish energy use and energy intensity baselines and develop an energy management plan over the next 12 months. As indicated by the special "LEADER" designation, these companies are more than just first actors on the path to greater energy efficiency; they are serving as role models on an ongoing basis for others in the industrial sector. In return, the companies will receive access to select DOE resources, as well as national recognition for their energy management achievements. The companies signing the pledge include such industry heavyweights as 3M, AT&T, Bridgestone, Dow Chemical Company, Honeywell, Intel, Mohawk Industries, and Sherwin-Williams. For a complete list, see the DOE press release.
The LEADER program is a new component of the existing and successful Save Energy Now initiative, through which companies partner with DOE to conduct energy audits and assessments that identify the opportunities for energy and cost savings in the companies' operations. Participating businesses also have access to the tools and training they need to implement those recommendations. Since 2006, more than 2,000 plants received energy assessments through Save Energy Now, identifying opportunities for $1.3 billion in cost savings, 119 trillion Btu of natural gas savings, and carbon dioxide reductions totaling 11.2 million metric tons. See the Save Energy Now Web site.


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We have collected useful information on civil rights case law, journal articles, agency databases and other relevant publications to aid public servants who too often confront retaliation and discrimination in the Federal workplace. C4C members understand that the impact of discrimination on victims is unhealthy and often long-term. Navigating through the administrative system to address Federal workplace injustices is both frustating and costly for employees who are victimized in the workplace. Moreover, to the peril of our Nation, the public servant charged with administering vital public services often suffers physical, psychological, occupational and economic consequences as a result of employment discrimination.
In addition to providing useful data to present and former public servants seeking to challenge pervasive Federal workplace discrimination, the C4C Information Portal offers the general public insight on civil rights violations taking place within the Federal sector. It captures notices to agency officials and the RMO link identifies public officials who have been named in civil rights complaints. Wrongdoing within the Federal sector continues to impact public program administration fairness, safety and efficiency. Notably, the cost of discrimination to the public, the taxpayer, remains in the $$$,$$$,$$$$ millions of dollars. To better protect our citizens, we must protect our Federal workers. For the Federal government's treatment of its workers is inextricably linked to the quality of goods and services it renders to the public. Federal workers function in such areas as: homeland security, air and highway safety, food inspection, environmental science and public welfare. Without question, employees who work for the Federal sector serve on America's first line of defense with regard to protecting our domestic security.
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NEW ORLEANS -- With Cal stinging from defeat in the semifinals of the NCAA women's basketball tournament, senior Layshia Clarendon immediately offered her teammates positive words to put the 64-57 loss to Louisville in perspective.
"Don't hang your heads, we've come too far," was the message Clarendon said she delivered to her teammates. "I just can't help but smile because what we've done is beyond amazing."
Coach Lindsay Gottlieb echoed Clarendon's sentiments that the Bears' first run to the Final Four and their historic season shouldn't be spoiled by Sunday's loss at the New Orleans Arena.
But the Bears are kicking themselves for a poor second half that allowed Louisville (29-8) to become the lowest seed to ever advance to a national title game. The Cardinals, a fifth seed, will look to continue their magical postseason run against Connecticut in Tuesday's championship after already knocking off defending champion Baylor.
Cal (32-4) let a 10-point, second-half lead evaporate as Louisville stymied the inside game that was working so well for the Bears in the opening period.
"It's going to hurt, definitely, because we knew there were mistakes," Clarendon said. "It wasn't like we played someone who's flat-out better."
Louisville coach Jeff Walz slightly adjusted his defensive plan against the Bears coming out of halftime. The Cardinals switched between man and zone defense often, and their pressure didn't allow Cal to play at the fast pace it wanted. The Bears also were prevented from making a living off second-chance points.
"They came out more feisty and physical," said Cal forward Gennifer Brandon, who had 12 points and nine rebounds. "They threw a lot of different defenses at us to get us rattled."
Walz said the biggest difference in the second half was the way his team executed offensively and the way it battled with Cal for rebounds.
"The bottom line is we finally did a better job of keeping them off the glass," Walz said. "And when they did get an offensive rebound, they were long offensive rebounds. They weren't able to just go back up and score."
Cal still held a six-point advantage with 5:23 left, but saw it slip away in a hurry.
Louisville took the lead for good when Sara Hammond converted a tiebreaking three-point play with 1:28 left.
Down by three with 30 seconds left, the Bears weren't rattled. Cal was battle-tested in tight games having used overtime to win in the tournament twice.
Gottlieb put 3-point specialist Mikayla Lyles on the floor, but she came up short on two shots from beyond the arc in the final 18 seconds.
"I had complete faith that one of those threes was going to go in," senior Talia Caldwell said.
The Bears were forced to foul, and Louisville's Bria Smith and Jude Schimmel were both perfect from the line in the final seconds to secure the Cardinals' win.
Antonita Slaughter was a blistering 6 of 10 from 3-point range to lead Louisville with 18 points.
Cal did contain Louisville star Shoni Schimmel for much of the night. The junior connected on just 1 of 7 shots in the opening half with Clarendon and Eliza Pierre doing most of the defensive work on her.
Schimmel finished with 10 points and six assists.
Clarendon scored 17 points to lead Cal, which shot only 30 percent in the final 20 minutes.
Gottlieb said this Cal team set the standard for the future, both in what it achieved on the court and how it did it.
"I think forever the legacy they will have left from this year is that when you come to Cal, you play for the person next to you," Gottlieb said. "You play with a lot of character, you work really hard, you make the name on the front of your chest the most important thing even if you're really, really talented."
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I would like to have the feature to set an ip filter for every "folder" i am sharing.
Why? I use PS3MS in a network with my family and want to give them access to some of the folders but not to all of them.
I don't know how hard it would be to implement this feature - i hope it's not that hard and the only reason that it isn't already implemented is that nobody thought about this
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A renaissance in the domestic oil and gas industry
Two innovations that led to a boom in domestic natural gas and oil production—horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing—are creating opportunities as well as challenges across the value chain.
The US oil and gas (O&G) sector has experienced a renaissance thanks to two innovations—horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing—that have led to a boom in domestic production of natural gas and oil. O&G leaders have been navigating this reality for years. Strategists in other sectors, though, have not fully understood the trend and what it may mean for their companies and their sectors.
Major oil producers have invested billions to gain access to shale gas in Pennsylvania and neighboring states and are evaluating and investing in foreign shale gas assets, while foreign buyers, including national oil companies, are investing billions in US and Canadian assets.1 In Ohio, natural gas processing facilities and pipelines worth over $7 billion are under construction, with additional pipelines worth billions expected.2
The US O&G sector is experiencing a sustained wave of innovation, investment, and change, which has extended to a range of downstream industries from petrochemicals to steel and other energy-intensive manufacturing sectors. This is due to two primary factors:
- The dramatic expansion of domestic O&G production and the accompanying downward pressure on natural gas prices nationally and oil prices regionally
- The new geography of domestic oil and gas production, which has created a need for entirely new or greatly expanded supply chains and distribution networks
The facts and projections about US oil and natural gas production are striking:
- US oil production recently hit a 20-year high and could surpass Saudi Arabia's output by 2019.3
- The United States, with a 100-year supply of natural gas, will be the world's largest natural gas producer by 2015.4
- Natural gas prices in the United States are one-half to one-fourth the gas prices in most international markets.5
- Seeing a lucrative export opportunity, developers have submitted more than 15 liquefied natural gas (LNG) export projects to the Department of Energy for approval,6 each of which would cost billions of dollars to build. Only a few years ago, the United States was preparing to become a major importer of natural gas.
This turnaround in the US energy situation is largely due to the combination of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling—a technological innovation that has enabled the efficient production of oil, gas, and natural gas liquids from low-permeability oil and gas geologic structures. O&G companies have continued to improve their use of this technology, resulting in a dramatic increase in production. (Domestic crude oil production jumped 14 percent between 2008 and 2011; natural gas production increased 10 percent during that period.7) This has sent natural gas prices to lows not seen in 10 years. In fact, the United States has transitioned from one of the highest-cost natural gas markets to one of the lowest in only five years.
The abundant, low-cost supplies of domestic gas and natural gas liquids that shale production has made available are already having major impacts across the US economy—in the power and utilities sector; among big users of hydrocarbon feedstock, such as the petrochemical subsector; and in energy-intensive manufacturing subsectors such as food, bulk chemicals, refining, glass, cement, steel, and aluminum.
The changes within the O&G sector span the entire value chain from upstream to downstream, creating both opportunities and challenges.
Upstream (exploration and production)
- Oil and gas producers need to consider optimizing procurement, logistics, and supply chain management. New oil, gas, and gas liquids production is happening across the United States, far from traditional producing areas. Energy producers thus need to create new supply chains that draw on local suppliers for many of the products and services used in drilling wells and producing oil and natural gas. A mastery of logistics and lean operations is critical to profitability in this era of low natural gas prices.
- Operating in new geographies means that producers need to comply with unfamiliar regulations, including local codes governing fees as well as sales and use taxes. They also need to understand and comply with local environmental and other regulations.
- Information management is a challenge for producers, given the large volume of transactions required for unconventional onshore operation. Companies have to manage royalty payments to mineral rights holders, who may number in the hundreds, and validate and pay hundreds or thousands of invoices to a supplier base that may consist of numerous small businesses.
- Producers need to carefully evaluate and manage capital projects. KKR estimates that $2 trillion in upstream investments for natural gas production will be required by 2035.8
- Producers will also likely engage in a range of pre- and post-merger activities such as valuation, due diligence, and post-merger integration. According to PLS, the North American O&G sector witnessed over 400 M&A transactions worth nearly $200 billion in 2012,9 including the acquisition of upstream assets worth over $16 billion by foreign O&G companies.10
- Foreign companies looking to invest in US and Canadian shale plays through joint ventures must navigate cross-border accounting and tax issues and implement new operating models.
Midstream (transport, storage, marketing) and downstream
- Vast new infrastructures are being constructed to transport gas and oil from new or newly productive regions to markets across the country. A widely cited estimate for midstream infrastructure investment alone through 2035 exceeds $200 billion.11 Midstream companies must address the related contracting and regulatory issues.
- Private equity firms, which are channeling capital into the sector and rolling up midstream companies, need to conduct effective commercial and environmental due diligence.
- Firms developing port and dock facilities for exporting refined petroleum products, gas processing plants, and LNG export terminals must find ways to manage major capital projects.
Energy-intensive industries
- A range of industries for which oil and gas are strategically important inputs, from petrochemicals to utilities to steel, are facing new choices and need to make strategic plans. These include thinking through issues such as how to secure supplies of natural gas, oil, or refined products at predictable prices, as well as making decisions about whether to invest in new facilities to take advantage of new sources of supply.
The dramatic expansion of oil and gas production from shale formations is precipitating an epochal transformation of the O&G sector that heralds decades of continued investment, innovation, and economic benefits for the US and global economies. The energy renaissance is not without risk, however. Companies seeking to take advantage of expanded US supplies of oil and natural gas face execution risks as they undertake major capital expansion projects. And those dependent on coal or pricier non-US sources of natural gas are challenged by uncompetitive costs.
John England is Vice Chairman and US Oil & Gas leader for Deloitte LLP.
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- "GAIL to spend $1 billion in shale gas asset acquisition in US," The Economic Times, February 1, 2013, http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-02-01/news/36684680_1_shale-gas-dabhol-lng-lng-cargoes.
- Bob Downing, "Processing plants, pipelines worth $7 billion coming to Ohio," Akron Beacon Journal Online, December 9, 2012, http://www.ohio.com/blogs/drilling/ohio-utica-shale-1.291290/processing-plants-pipelines-worth-7-billion-coming-to-ohio-1.356200.
- According to data from the US Energy Information Administration, the statistical arm of the US Department of Energy.
- International Energy Agency, World Energy Outlook 2013, to be published on November 12, 2013, http://www.worldenergyoutlook.org/publications/weo-2013/.
- US Energy Information Administration, Global natural gas prices vary considerably, September 30, 2011, http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=3310.
- US Department of Energy, "Applications received by DOE/FE to export domestically produced LNG from the lower-48 states (as of April 2, 2013)," http://www.fossil.energy.gov/programs/gasregulation/reports/summary_lng_applications.pdf, accessed May 8, 2013.
- Mark Thompson, "U.S. to become biggest oil producer—IEA," CNNMoney, November 12, 2012, http://money.cnn.com/2012/11/12/news/economy/us-oil-production-energy/index.html.
- Marc S. Lipschultz, Historic opportunities from the shale gas revolution, KKR, November 2012, http://www.kkr.com/_files/pdf/KKR_report-20121113-Historic_Opportunities_from_the_Shale_Gas_Revolution.pdf.
- The total number of North American deals (including all subsectors) given by PLS is 404 (261 US, 143 Canada) with a total deal value of $187 billion. Total deal value for North America in 2011 was $207.2 billion.
- Analysis of data from PLS.
- The INGAA Foundation, Inc., North American midstream infrastructure through 2035—A secure energy future report, June 27, 2011, http://www.ingaa.org/Foundation/Studies/14904/14889.aspx.


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Line at Chair 8: Nothing much once the morning crowd dissipated
Weather: Partly cloudy, but still plenty of sun and no wind.
Breakdown: The first Monday of the year doesn't feel like a Monday; a fairly sizable crowd of 50 or so was gathered at Chair 8 before it started loading. The snow was riding hard and fast, with yesterday's light dusting mixing in well with the man made snow to make for some great conditions on Born Free. With shorter lines today, it's definitely worth getting out for a few turns.


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I've always loved Audrey Hepburn's and Katharine Hepburn's timeless style. Crisp oxford shirt and trousers for Kate and slim cigarette trousers and ballet neck tops for Audrey. Beautiful! Thinking about their style, I decided that it would be the ideal project for my fall and winter sewing.
I wear mostly separates in the fall and winter, so this is the ideal opportunity for me to get really creative. One of my goals is to keep this project simple and achievable, as well as to fill my wardrobe with handmade, classic pieces that I will wear year after year.
I've chosen the following patterns and fabrics for several reasons:
- they are flattering and comfortable
- they fit my lifestyle
- they will compliment items I already have
- they are in-line with my Lifetime Wardrobe Plan
I have chosen a simple colour scheme for this project. I'll be able to mix and match easily, both with items I'm making and items I already have.
I'm going to make the beautiful bateau neckline blouse from either a polka dot or floral print.
I'm also making two plain versions of this skirt; one in black corduroy and one in aubergine corduroy.
I'm thinking outside of the box a bit with this one, as I'm making this pencil-style skirt out of purple boiled wool with a slight silver sparkle.
I have only recently picked up crocheting again. To start, I wanted one beginner project and I made this hat: The Audrey Cloche
I also plan on making this easy shrug from Mary Jane Hall's Positively Crochet:
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Over the past months, traffic to Westeros—both to the various website sections and the forums—has grown steadily, in no small part due to the buzz surrounding HBO's Game of Thrones project. Given this, we thought it might be fun to take a little look at the various sections that make up the site and introduce them to both new and old visitors.
First up, Blood of Dragons MUSH, the reason that this site exists at all as all of Westeros was originally envisioned as a website with information for players of the MUSH. As it happened, the website grew so that the pages associated with the game became one section among several and the MUSH itself took longer than expected to complete. But in November 2006 it finally opened and the story has been unfolding ever since. Perhaps you want to be a part of it?
Of course, you may wonder what a MUSH is? It is a text-based online roleplaying game, a cousin to MUDs and a distant kin of MMOs. On some MUSHes stats, skills and various coded systems for determining success or failure are an important part of the play, on others the roleplay is almost entirely freeform. Blood of Dragons falls somewhere in the middle, with the majority of the roleplay happening without any use of coded commands. One way to describe it would be cooperative storytelling in real-time. The "real-time" aspect is what separates it from for example forum roleplay and compared to roleplay in a chatroom a MUSH offers a more structured world with an explorable grid of rooms representing the world or the parts of the world that the game focuses on.
In our case, that world consists of King's Landing (with most of the roleplay focused around the Red Keep) and Sunspear and players are allowed to control one character in each area. The year on the game right now is 161 after Aegon's Landing, about 140 years before the start of A Game of Thrones, which allows us to follow canon history as far as its known while still leaving plenty of room for the actions of individual players. King Daeron's Conquest of Dorne was recently ended as he was murdered and Dorne is once more an independent region that does not recognize the authority of the Iron Throne on which now the pious King Baelor sits.
If playing a character in this world sounds like something you would like to try out, we're always happy to welcome new players, including those who have never MUSHed before as long as they have some familiarity with the books. To check out the game, and maybe catch us online to ask some questions, connect with a telnet client to bod.westeros.org: 3000. Just keep in mind that we're in Europe, so we won't be around US evenings.


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The Daily Startup: Sigma West Closes Inaugural Fund, Aims at Enterprise Software, Consumer, Storage
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Sigma West has closed its inaugural fund at $124 million, a major milestone for the team which split last year with East Coast colleagues at Sigma Partners to form two distinct firms, VentureWire has learned. Sigma West General Partner Greg Gretsch said the firm will focus on enterprise software, consumer Internet and storage startups. Gretsch, along with General Partners Pete Solvik and Bob Spinner, will back early-stage companies with initial investments between $1 million and $3 million and an average investment of $8 million over the life of each company.
TechStars graduate Apptentive has closed a $1.2 million round. The startup makes a software development kit enabling a mobile app maker to build a feedback mechanism into their app, so users can send in thoughts about the app's features. Apptentive raised the convertible note from Google Ventures, Founder's Co-Op, Social Leverage, Golden Venture Partners and a handful of Seattle-based individual investors.
Also in today's VentureWire, The founders of Runa Capital have held a $30 million first close on a new fund aimed at commercializing advancements in quantum physics. Quantum Wave Fund, which could close as high as $100 million, will look for companies that are commercializing new materials technologies, quantum encryption security technologies and quantum devices such as lasers…Mine, a startup creating a purchase directory app, has raised $600,000 from eBay executive-turned-angel investor Michael Dearing. Its app allows users to import their past year's purchase history from email receipts and add to it with fresh purchases. Users can then share that directory with others, follow others and browse as well. The Mine app then finds and displays the best links online to purchase the item…and Pica8 has secured $6.6 million in Series A funding led by VantagePoint Capital Partners to sell software-defined networking technology that's particularly geared towards cutting through the hype that currently surrounds that corner of the networking market.
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Frisco will present more than $46,000 in grant awards for 2013 at a ceremony set for 7 p.m. Tuesday. The award presentation will precede the normal council meeting in the Council Chambers at Frisco Town Hall, according to a town statement.
More than 30 nonprofits will receive grants.
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- Apr 8:
- Letter from the family of Elizabeth Butler
- Letter from the family of Sergeant Loran "Butch" Baker
- Mar 13:
- Panetta: Military 'ought to be transparent' on record of man who killed Santa Cruz police officers
- Mar 7:
- Motorcade, memorial for fallen Santa Cruz officers felt like a reunion
- Thousands mourn, celebrate slain Santa Cruz police officers
- Leon Panetta: Military 'looked the other way' in case of Jeremy Goulet, and Santa Cruz officers paid the price
- Santa Cruz police officers' funeral: Thousands pack service at HP Pavilion
- Live blog recap: Slain Santa Cruz police officers' funeral service
- Huge turnout, long procession expected for Santa Cruz officers' memorial in San Jose
- Mar 6:
- Mercury News editorial: Santa Cruz officers' deaths are an unspeakable tragedy
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- Man who allegedly stole flowers from fallen officers memorial appears in Santa Cruz courtroom
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- Why did Santa Cruz shooter, with so sketchy a background, have registered handguns?
- Feb 28:
- Court martial of Jeremy Goulet following alleged rapes in Hawaii was dropped
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- Santa Cruz fallen officer: Sgt. Loran 'Butch' Baker always wore shorts -- and a big smile
- In confronting suspect Jeremy Goulet, Santa Cruz police officers found a troubling history
- Santa Cruz reels from shooting deaths of police officers
- Santa Cruz sheriff: Killer shot two plainclothes officers at his doorstep
- Raw Video: Witness videotapes Santa Cruz shootout between cops, gunman
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SANTA CRUZ -- Police detective Elizabeth Butler, gunned down Tuesday while conducting an investigation on North Branciforte Avenue, loved to cook, hike, ride roller coasters and spend time with her partner Peter Wu and their sons Joaquin, 5, and Stellan, 2.
Just last weekend, the family of four hung out a local beach, a family member said.
Butler, 38, moved to Santa Cruz in 1992 to attend UC Santa Cruz, where she earned a degree in community studies in 1996.
Butler -- the daughter of the late Gerald Butler and Louise Butler, who recently moved to Santa Cruz -- grew up in Lomita, a small town near Los Angeles.
She attended Catholic high school Bishop Montgomery in nearby Torrance, where she was known as Beth and participated on the volleyball and track teams.
Ron Jenkins, who taught Butler history at Bishop Montgomery, remembered the former student vividly after he saw Butler's senior portrait posted on the high school's website Wednesday as a tribute to Tuesday's horrific shooting that took Butler's life along with detective Sgt. Loran "Butch" Baker.
"She was a great kid -- outgoing, bright," Jenkins said. "Beth was always friendly, she always connected with her teachers. She stood out."
Butler met her partner Peter Wu, a Santa Cruz Metro District bus driver, at a ceramics class in San Francisco, where she lived after college.
Butler joined the Santa Cruz Police Department in 2002 after graduating from San Jose's Evergreen Police Academy.
In her 10 years with the Santa Cruz Police Department, Butler served as a patrol officer, a hostage negotiator, a downtown foot and bicycle officer, an agent with the county drug task force, and a detective.
She was friendly yet stern in her interactions.
In 2005, the Sentinel profiled Butler while she patrolled Pacific Avenue. She described her job as a mix of public relations and fighting crime.
Police Chief Kevin Vogel said Butler found her niche as a sexual assault investigator.
"She really had a passion for what she did. She had a huge heart," Vogel said. "She just developed a rapport with the women, with the survivors of sexual assault crimes. She had an uncanny ability to investigate these crimes and see justice was done."
Two weeks ago, Butler was part of the team investigating the shooting of a 21-year-old college student during a robbery at a Westside bus stop.
Butler gave testimony in an April 2012 preliminary hearing of a man accused of killing Santa Cruz resident Heather Stearns and leaving her body in his apartment for days. The man, John Bruce Clauer, still awaits trial on first-degree murder charges.
Santa Cruz County District Attorney Bob Lee said Butler had worked closely with his office on many cases, including the Clauer case.
Lee said his prosecutors had gotten off the phone with Butler just a few hours before she was killed.
"She had extreme passion," Lee said. "She worked countless sexual assault cases. She was extremely diligent and extremely passionate about the victims in those cases."
In an interview with the Daily Breeze newspaper in Torrance, Alexis Butler said her sister was drawn to a career in law enforcement out of a desire to help people and use her ability to speak Spanish.
Alexis Butler said police work was perfect for Elizabeth because she "really liked to investigate things."
Handling sex crimes, Butler excelled at conducting interviews and interrogations, and interviewing children, her sister said.
Butler never became depressed, despite the nature of her work, Alexis Butler said.
"She ended up being a really good police officer. She loved the job," Alexis Butler said. "My sister believed in the innate goodness of people. She didn't dwell on it."
Elizabeth Butler completed her field project for UCSC at the Beach Flats Community Center, where she worked with young Latino students and decided to find a career that would benefit the local community.
Former Mayor Mike Rotkin, retired from the UCSC community studies program, worked closely with Butler on her field project.
"She really was a sweetheart and very community-minded," Rotkin said. "Her schoolwork prepped her for working in the community. She was serving the community in the best way."
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SAN JOSE -- A San Jose woman who brought international notoriety to the city with a severed-finger-in-chili hoax was back in court in another alleged charade, this time accused of obscuring the fact that her felon son had a gun.
Anna Ayala, 47, and son Guadalupe "Junior" Reyes, 26, were arraigned in a San Jose courtroom Friday. Ayala was arrested Thursday on suspicion of being an accessory to a felony and filing a false police report.
Police say her son admitted to accidentally shooting himself in the ankle at their Alviso home, and because a felony burglary conviction barred him from having a firearm, the mother-and-son duo made up a story about him being attacked by two men.
And just like in 2005 when she planted a severed finger in a bowl of Wendy's chili and claimed to have discovered it -- grabbing worldwide headlines and costing millions in business, according to the restaurant chain -- police say she gave such compelling detail, this time in describing the alleged shooter, that they identified and interrogated a potential suspect.
In addition to charges of falsely reporting a crime, Reyes has been charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
Reyes, clad in an orange jail jumpsuit, used crutches to enter the courtroom Friday. Ayala used her hands to shield her face from media cameras during the brief hearing where both were assigned bail of $150,000, which Judge Philip H. Pennypacker set with their criminal histories in mind.
Ayala served four years in prison for the chili finger caper, and Deputy District Attorney Bret Wasley said her "history of manipulating the system for her gain" warranted the bail amount.
Reyes, sitting in the defendant's gallery, mumbled something unintelligible in protest to Wasley's characterization of his mother and was admonished by a bailiff not to talk out of turn.
Outside the courtroom Mary Ayala stood up for her sister and nephew to reporters, saying they were good people. She said Reyes "makes mistakes like everybody else," but saved most of her words for his mother.
"I'm confused. I don't really know what to say," Mary Ayala said. "I'm worried for my sister. She didn't do (anything) wrong. I love her, and I will support her to the end."
Ayala and Reyes are scheduled to return to court March 1.
Contact Robert Salonga at 408-920-5002. Follow him at Twitter.com/robertsalonga.


text: The always-surprising, always-annoying David Blaine plans on staying awake for 13 days for his next "stunt," and Keith Richards has some anecdotal advice for him. As Richards' latest bout of playing Dr. Phil proves, Blaine's newest idea isn't so original; Keef already decided to see what would happen by forcing himself not to sleep for 9 consecutive days back in the '70s. As Richards told the SF Gate, "On the ninth day...I fell asleep and crashed headfirst into a JVC speaker, smashing my nose apart. I just lay there and let it bleed. It was a chemical thing." While we're sure these rocker words of wisdom won't deter Blaine's masterful and magical plans, we do suggest he avoids snorting ashes and takes Keith's advice to nose-proof whatever fish tank he envisions pulling this off inside of. [SF Gate]


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Holocaust Denial on Trial, Statement of Mark David Bateman: Electronic Edition, by Mark David BatemanTable of Contents
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26.Page 18 extract from Gray judgment (7.51).
27.Rudolf acknowledges in his witness statement that 'The following is based on research by Samuel Crowell and taken from his article'. In fact pages 19 to 23 and 24 to 27 directly replicate Crowell's article "Bomb shelters in Birkenau: a re-appraisal dated 6/5/2000" (see "MDB 4" tab 6 pages 56-61). Thus where Rudolf states in his Witness statement, at page 24, "On the basis of the above report, I feel justified in drawing the following conclusions..." he is in fact quoting directly from Crowell and using Crowell's conclusions as his own (see page 59 'On the basis of the above report, we feel justified in drawing the followingconclusions'). The witness statement pre-dates the arguments concerned to 1989. This is confirmed in the Crowell article atpage 56.
28.Interestingly although Crowell is repeated word for word in the Rudolf witness statement, one sentence is missing: the line "This is an argument that we pointed to in late 1997, and has probably been made by others" appears in Crowell, but not in the witness statement (compare page 60 of Crowell and page 25, line 14 of the witness statement). The fact is that the Crowell article is a review of material previously in the public domain. (see page 3 of Crowell) and that the Claimant is well aware of this work. As noted at page 2 and 3 of Crowell 'In early 1998, we received copies of three documents from...Moscow...These documents along with a brief letter...were published on the internet website of the British historian David Irving.' (Crowell also states that Rudolf published his article 'Technique and operation of German Anti-Gas shelters in World War Two' in 1998). Indeed Irving has published other Crowell documents on his website (see "N1DB 4" tab 7). For example he carried a link from his 'dossier on Auschwitz and other Nazi atrocities' to the 'Codoh' website publication of Crowell's 'The Gas Chambers of Sherlock Holmes' which itself carried links (at note 1, page 12) to earlier Crowell articles. Irving also published Crowell's comments on Kurt Aumeier and the Himmler daybook entry of 18 December 1941. Irving's site also has correspondence with Crowell in 1998. And who is Crowell? We are told by Rudolf that Crowell is a pseudonym, and by Irving ("NIDE 4" tab 7 page 9) that he is an academic but we know nothing of him or his qualifications.
29. The information in the Rudolf witness statement that is not contained in Crowell is taken from the Carlo Mattogno article "Morgue cellars of Birkenau: Gas shelters or disinfecting chambers?" (Page 8). At page 19 (lines 3-9) Rudolf quotes Bischoff and sources a document APMO, BW/34 p.40 at FN 16. In the Gray Critique however the same Bischoff quotation is used but prefaced by 'Let me quote from an article written by Carlo Mattogno'; a hyperlink at that point leads to the Martogno article, which sources the quotation (set our at page 7 and 3) as APMO, BW/34. p40. The translation provided is by Crowell, not Mattogno (Crowell page 33) and Crowell notes that this document has been known since at least 1989. Rudolf sources Mattogno at page 23 when taking lines 7-14 from the article (page 8), but Rudolf sates that Mattogno's article was published in 2000 when, in fact, the article dates from 1999 (see 19(i) above). FN 20 and 21 are taken directly from the Mattogno articles footnotes (23 and 24, page 13).
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In his nonfiction book "Rez Life," David Treuer offers an affecting portrait of his childhood home, Leech Lake Indian Reservation, and his people, the Ojibwe. Before writing the book, he visited small reservations across the vast marshlands of Minnesota, North Dakota, Ontario and Manitoba, many of which are inaccessible by road. So he traveled by canoe or by foot -- just as the Ojibwe had once done in search of game, berries and wild rice. Here is an edited chat with him:
What's the best time of year to explore Leech Lake?
In northern Minnesota, the land is almost impassable in the summer (because) so much of it is swamp or lakes or rivers. When ice comes -- this is what people say back home -- everybody turns into Jesus because everyone can walk on water. Winter is finally when you can go anywhere. You can go by snowmobile or explore by going snowshoeing or skiing.
What about exploring other reservations?
In the winter, you can go by ice road -- if you've seen the show "Ice Road Truckers," you know what I'm talking about -- but better still is by canoe come June or July. Along the Berens River, whose headwaters start at Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba, are quite a few First Nations, as they're called in Canada. Very small communities like Poplar Hill, Pikangikum, Little Grand Rapids. We pulled ashore there once. They don't get many visitors, so they were very glad to see us.
Any suggestions for canoe areas?
If you have no experience, you should start in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Minnesota. The lakes aren't too big, and the rivers aren't too wild, and it's well preserved. If you want to take it up a notch, the Bloodvein River in Ontario is a good 2.0 trip.
Any rivers for the truly adventurous?
The Thlewiaza River from Nueltin Lake in Nunavut to Hudson Bay. You have to take a float plane there; it's hundreds of miles north of Minnesota. There are no trees. The wind is constant. It sleeted and snowed when we were there in July.
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In Inception, the hotly anticipated new thriller opening this week, Irish actor Cillian Murphy plays the kidnapped son of a tycoon who has to confront his darkest fears. CAHIR O'DOHERTY talks to Murphy about working with Hollywood's golden boys, actor Leonardo DiCaprio and director Christopher Nolan.
Cillian Murphy is arguably the most consistently impressive screen actor that Ireland has produced. He'd deny it if you said so (he's from Cork after all), but in a career that sees him alternating between low budget independent hits and multimillion dollar blockbusters, he has yet to put a foot wrong.
From the beginning Murphy, 34, has been notoriously protective of his private life and hasn't gone in for the usual trappings of celebrity -- booze and all the epic benders that burn up Internet gossip sites. He's never challenged anyone to a duel, or got drunk at the airport, or dropped a sex tape before the startled public's gaze. As Hollywood celebrities go, he's unusually low-key, and that's how he wants to keep it.
"I'm just not very good at it really, and I never have been," Murphy, who hails from Douglas, Co. Cork, tells the Irish Voice during a recent interview.
He mentions no names, but its no secret that some of his famous friends like Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Colin Farrell must envy his self-control.
"Some people are just naturally good at that stuff (being stars). I'm not," he says.
"For me the publicity should always be the work and you can just judge me on that. That's the way I try and keep it, purely because I'd be rubbish at it otherwise."
This week Murphy stars in Inception, the most anticipated big budget thriller of the summer directed by Christopher Nolan (Batman Begins, The Prestige, The Dark Knight). This time Murphy (who has appeared in several of Nolan's films) shares screen time with actors like Leonardo DiCaprio and Michael Caine and once again he does what he's paid to do -- provide the most captivating portrait in the film.
Controversially not many film critics have seen Inception yet, in an unusual attempt by Warner Brothers to shroud the story line in secrecy right up to the opening date. This has led to a lot of online grousing. It must really stink, assumed the critics, if they're being that paranoid.
But the decision to keep it under wraps until opening day has turned out to be a wise one. Going in blind you may anticipate Inception will just be a second-hand retelling of the Keanu Reeves sci-fi classic The Matrix. It's not a bit.
In fact Inception is a dark and surprisingly thoughtful thriller that explores some mind-bending ideas while it's making you jump out of your seat. Set inside the minds of each character, literally inside their dreams, in Inception anything is possible -- you can go anywhere and become anyone.
Sounds great, until you remember that dreams can turn into nightmares in a heartbeat. That's what gives Inception its fascination and its strange power.
Nolan makes action flicks that are also completely absorbing philosophically, even when the material gets noticeably thin or contradictory. He knows how to fire on all cylinders in a way that ensures he has few equals in the thriller genre. It's a way of working that Murphy clearly enjoys.
"If you say this film has the structure of a heist movie I would be what they call the mark. Traditionally that's not a very interesting role to play. The layers wouldn't be very complex, you know?" says Murphy
"But with Chris at the helm he gave my character a lot of color. I tried to play him as a petulant child who's in need of a lot of attention from his father. He has everything he could ever want materially, but he's deeply lacking emotionally."
To find some truth behind his role, Murphy says he delved into his own personal life with his artist wife Yvonne McGuinness, and their two children.
"I'm a father of two sons myself, and in the role I thought about my own relationship with my dad. To add to that the idea of living in the shadow of someone so immensely powerful (in the film Murphy's father is a tycoon and a Rupert Murdoch-like figure) must have a huge effect on a person," says Murphy.
"I also looked at the Murdoch family and how his sons have dealt with his achievements, and it was interesting to play and to try and give him some humanity."
Some people may be surprised to discover that when they first met, director Nolan was contemplating casting Murphy in the role of Batman in Batman Begins.
"There was a few of us going up for that role. We met years ago and I think he'd just done Insomnia. We chatted and we got on very well. He talked to me about the Batman thing and I said, 'Me? I don't know man. But sure I'll come in and audition,'" Murphy recalls.


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This weekend's top events
The best things happening in San Diego from Oct. 25 to 27, 2013
The Boulevard Boo! Parade and Carnival
This popular neighborhood parade features floats, zombies, music and more surprises than ever before.
10 a.m. Saturday. El Cajon Boulevard, from 59th Street east to Aragon Drive, College Area; details.
Festival of Lights: Diwali Celebration
More than 300 people from various Indian states will participate in this festival, which will feature hundreds of lamps representing the many regions and faiths in India.
3:30 to 8 p.m. Saturday. Organ Pavilion, El Prado, San Diego Museum of Art and Mingei International Museum, Balboa Park. $5; children 5 and under free. Tickets will be available at the Organ Pavilion, SDMA and the Mingei.
Celebration at the Creek
Celebrate the many cultures in San Diego via music, dance and food at this daylong street party.
Noon to 7 p.m. Saturday. Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation, 404 Euclid Ave., southeastern San Diego. Free; details.
Zombie Walk San Diego: Undead Heroes
Think of your favorite character from movies, cartoons, anime, comics, manga, television, sports, video games. Now Zombie them up for this heroes-themed walk.
To participate, meet at Children's Park, on Island Avenue between Front Street and First Avenue, at 5:30 p.m. Saturday. To watch, hang around the Gaslamp District from 6 to 8 p.m. Free; details.
Oceanside Día de los Muertos
This celebration of ancestors includes altar displays, a classic car show, entertainment, carnival rides, craft activities and food.
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Mission San Luis Rey, 4050 Mission Ave., Oceanside. Free, $5 parking; (760) 757-3651 or details.
Shrek - the Musical
This is the last weekend to catch the J*Company's version of "Shrek - the Musical." The family-friendly performance features songs, dancing and a lesson about being comfortable in your own skin.
8 p.m. Saturday; 1 and 4:30 p.m. Sunday. David & Dorothea Garfield Theatre, LFJCC, 4126 Executive Drive, La Jolla. $16; (858) 362-1348 or tickets.
California Ballet stages its seductive vampire story featuring Jonathan Sharp as Dracula and Mila Dragicevic as Lucy Van Helsing. The show is recommended for ages 8 and up.
8 p.m. Saturday, 5:30 p.m. Sunday. San Diego Civic Theatre, 1100 3rd Ave., downtown. $22 to $60; tickets.
Carnival of the Animals
This San Diego Ballet piece for children, usually performed at area schools, will have one public show and will combine ballet, hip hop, modern dance and world music.
2 p.m. Sunday. Lyceum Theatre, Horton Plaza. $30 and $50; tickets.
Dori Holladay's Borrego Days Desert Festival
This three-day desert party features a parade, car show, beer garden, children's area, vendors, live entertainment and lots of food.
5 to 10 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Christmas Circle Park, Borrego Springs. Free. (619) 233-5008 or details.
Horrible Imaginings Film Festival
Do you like scary movies? This weekend film festival showcases classic horror films as well as new releases from around the world.
6 p.m. to midnight Friday; 1 p.m. to midnight Saturday; 1 to 11 p.m. Sunday. Digital Gym, 2921 El Cajon Blvd., North Park. Tickets and details.
Dia de los Muertos
Rancho Guajome Adobe in Vista puts on a popular Day of the Dead celebration that features food, music, ballet folklorico and crafts.
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Rancho Guajome Adobe County Park, 2210 N. Santa Fe Ave., Vista. Free admission and parking; details.
More Halloween events
Looking for more costumed things to do? Here's a list of even more carnivals, parties and other spooky celebrations.


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Republicans Seek Support for Iraq
Republican lawmakers Sunday called on the Obama administration to step up the training, logistics support and arm sales being offered to the Iraqi government as it faces a rising threat from Al Qaeda militants.
While GOP senators appearing on the Sunday news shows criticized President Barack Obama's failure to reach a deal to keep U.S. forces in Iraq after 2011, they said they oppose a return of any American combat forces to the country.
Two separate car bombings in Iraq on Sunday killed 13 people, in the latest sign of rising violence in the country. Sunni militants, left out of power by the current Iraqi government, have claimed responsibility for suicide attacks against mostly Shiite targets. And in recent days, Al Qaeda-aligned militants have seized Fallujah and much of Ramadi, the major cities in Sunni-dominated Anbar province.
Sen. John McCain, the Arizona Republican, laid a portion of the blame for rising violence on the Obama administration.
Mr. Obama "wanted out of Iraq, we're out," Mr. McCain said. "And now you've seen increasing Iranian influence, you're seeing [Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki] being very–persecuting the Sunni minority, the Iraq-Syrian border is now becoming a haven for Al Qaeda, and now, of course, Fallujah."
Mr. McCain, appearing on CNN's "State of the Union," noted that 95 soldiers and Marines died fighting in the second battle of Fallujah in November 2011, what he called the "bloodiest battle of the war."
"Now we see Fallujah vehicles driving down the main street with Al Qaeda flags," he said. "It's very distressing to those veterans who fought so hard."
The larger worry, said Sen. Marco Rubio (R., Fla.), is that ungoverned space in both Iraq and Syria could allow Al Qaeda to operate freely.
"This is all fertile territory for Al Qaeda and other radical elements to set up training camps and plot attacks against the homeland and interests around the world," Mr. Rubio said on CBS's "Face the Nation."
Mr. Rubio said he would support increased equipment and training for Iraqi forces. While he opposes a return of combat troops, Mr. McCain said the U.S. could speed up sales of Apache attack helicopters and could provide increased logistics support.
The Wall Street Journal reported last week the U.S. military is pushing a plan that would have Iraqi commandos train with U.S. special operations forces at a facility in another country, most likely neighboring Jordan.
Sen. James Inhofe (R., Okla.), the ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said he was encouraging the administration to provide more "surveillance, intelligence, logistics, training" to the Iraqis.
"They're great warriors, but you can't just leave them and not have the intelligence and the logistics there with them," Mr. Inhofe said on "Fox News Sunday." Mr. Inhofe said he believed the takeover of Fallujah could be reversed "with a little bit of the type of help that I'm suggesting."
Appearing on Fox with Mr. Inhofe, Sen. Ben Cardin (D., Md.) said the Iraqi government, not the Obama administration, bore responsibility for the violence and internal strife Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's failure to share a measure of power with the Sunni minority has contributed to the strife, Mr. Cardin said. "The Iraqis have to take responsibility for defending their own country, and the Iraqi government must respect the different ethnic communities within Iraq," he said. "And a good deal of the problems today is internal security, and it's a government that does not respect and try to bring together all the people of Iraq."
Mr. Rubio also said the Iraqi government's missteps have allowed insurgents to return, but said the failure to keep a long-term troop presence had made it difficult to head off the rise of the militants.
"Ultimately whether it is Afghanistan or Iraq, the future of those countries is in hands of their own people," he said. "The U.S. cannot rescue them from themselves. But I do think we have a strategic interest in what happens there and it poses a real challenge."


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