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Just Cause 2 employs the Avalanche Engine 2.0, an updated version of the engine used in Just Cause. The game is set on the other side of the world from the original Just Cause, on the fictional island of Panau in Southeast Asia. Panau has varied terrain, from desert to alpine to rainforest. Rico Rodriguez returns as the protagonist, aiming to overthrow the evil dictator Pandak "Baby" Panay and confront his former mentor, Tom Sheldon.
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Loving wife, mother and grandmother, Penny David passed on to Heaven at her home in Live Oak on October 1, 2012.
Penny was born in Vallejo California on June 14, 1962. A longtime resident of Butte County, she was very creative and enjoyed art and crafts, she also processed a green thumb and enjoyed gardening, but the joys of her life were her grandsons.
She is survived by her mother and father, Mary and Bill Turner, of Biggs; husband, Roger David, of Live Oak; sister, Elaine Tade, of Oregon; two sons: Tony Galli, of Oregon and Tyler Galli, of Chico and two grandsons: Zackery and Michael David, of Oroville.
There will be a pot luck Celebration of Life at her parent's home, at 2963 First Street, in Biggs at noon, on October 13, 2012 for family and friends.
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Teens count their blessings for Thanksgiving Day
November 22, 2012
Today millions of Americans will gather around the table with friends and family and count their blessings. For some there are new beginnings and for other longtime loves....
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2 NC university chancellors head to White House
Published: Thursday, January 16, 2014 at 7:32 a.m.
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RALEIGH, N.C. — The top officers at North Carolina's two largest public research universities are spending Thursday at the White House as President Obama pushes for ways to expand college opportunities.
Obama meets with dozens of college presidents including North Carolina State University Chancellor Randy Woodson and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chancellor Carol Folt.
Colleges and universities need to help children in families with limited incomes and no history of higher education attend and graduate from college, Woodson said.
"We need to make sure that young people in America see a clear path to get to college, because frankly, financial aid being what it is on all of our campuses, if they prove themselves in high school they'll be able to attend a great university and do so through financial aid," Woodson said. "But they can't get there if they don't see a path and they don't understand what's necessary to be successful. Too many are giving up too early in their educational journey."
Folt and Woodson flew to Washington with the president on Wednesday as Obama returned from Raleigh, where he announced a $140 million advanced manufacturing hub.
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The lone person killed in Sunday's private-jet crash at Aspen-Pitkin County Airport has been identified as co-pilot Sergio Emilio Carranza Brabata, 54, according to the Pitkin County Sheriff's Office.
The accident occurred at 12:23 p.m., the Sheriff's Office said. The plane was a Bombardier Challenger 600, with three people on board. The other two, a pilot and another co-pilot, were both injured. Their names are being withheld by the National Transportation Safety Board, which is handling the investigation and will determine when the airport can re-open.
"Their injuries are described as moderate to severe and were traumatic and not thought to be thermal in nature," the Sheriff's Office said.
The plane departed Tucson, Ariz., at 10:04 a.m.. After it came to a rest upside down on the Aspen runway, a fire erupted, witnesses at the scene said. First responders extinguished the fire within minutes, the Sheriff's Office said.
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Set one contained two shows which haven't been played in some time right off the bat. They were fun, up, and well-played. This theme was followed for much of the first set. Very fun, good song selection, and all four members shone in their respective roles.
Set two started off with a strong Wilson which segued into Meatstick. Meatstick is one of those songs which you either love or hate, and for those in the former category, I'll refrain from stating my real opinion. I will say that it was one of the more enjoyable versions of Meatstick I've heard, and that should suffice. Saw It Again took the jamming in a dark direction which has been lacking in quite a few shows this tour, and was a pleasant surprise and a stark contrast from the first set. Piper began to take the show on a more upbeat turn, but after segueing into Ghost, there were definitely dark and dramatic tones being adopted by the boys. Jumpin' Jack Flash was transitioned into beautifully, a cover which was both completely unexpected and well-executed. When it segued back into Saw It Again, the darker tones came back. Contact was well-played, and the YEM was quite enjoyable during this show, if I do say so myself. The encore of Fire wasn't the best the band has played, but it was a very nice end to a really killer show. 8/10.


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Spartanburg man arrested in trailer scam
Published: Friday, March 29, 2013 at 9:53 p.m.
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The Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office is looking for people who might have purchased utility trailers and other items from a man accused of property crimes.
Timothy Wayne Johnson, 30, of 1246 Nazareth Church Road in Spartanburg, has been charged with obtaining property valued at $2,000 or less under false pretense, third or subsequent offense, as well as receiving stolen goods, worth more than $2,000 but less than $10,000, third or subsequent. The charges stem from the theft and sale of a utility trailer earlier this month.
The owner of Custom Window and Glass at 151 S. Hammett Road in Greer told an officer he arrived at his business March 5 and discovered someone had cut the lock on a gate and stole a utility trailer.
Another man told sheriff's office investigators that he purchased the trailer from a man he knew as "Timmy" on March 3, according to an incident report. The witness later identified Johnson as the suspect from a photo lineup.
"Investigators believe that Mr. Johnson may have sold other stolen trailers through ads placed on Craigslist or through personal contact with buyers," Lt. Tony Ivey with the sheriff's office said in a written statement.
Ivey wrote in an email that utility trailers are frequently stolen because many don't have a serial number or VIN number on them.
"Most trailers are painted a different color than the original color, making them hard to spot by law enforcement," he said.
Asked to list a few signs that someone might be selling stolen items, Ivey referred to the old saying: "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is."
"Anytime someone is offering to sell you a product well below retail value, there is a chance it is a stolen item," Ivey said.
Anyone who might have bought a trailer or other items from Johnson is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 1-888-CRIMESC or call the Property Crimes Unit at 503-4597.
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Historically, street homicides in Richmond and Oakland have been out of control. Without fail, both California cities ranked near the top on annual "Most Dangerous Cities" lists throughout the 1990s and well into the millennium.
Yet while gun killings in Oakland have continued to soar, they are way down in Richmond. There were 18 homicides in Richmond in 2012. That's still a lot for a city with about 100,000 people. But that's half as many ¿as the city averaged in previous years. How did Richmond achieve substantial reductions in gun killings? What can Richmond teach cities like Oakland?
It's not about fancy crime-fighting strategies or magic formulas.
The key lesson is, nothing changes without an unwavering commitment on the part of a broad cross section of the community to end the violence.
To understand the confluence of forces that got Richmond to where it is now, you have to go back to June 2005. The year before, the city had 35 killings. More than half of the people who died were African-American boys and men in their early 20s. On average, every 10 days, someone was shot and killed.
The Rev. Andre Shumake, a longtime Richmond activist, decided something had to be done. Shumake and other members of Richmond's clergy helped organize a "Black-on-Black Crime Summit." The theme was simple. "We want them to live." About 200 people from across Richmond -- clergy, police, city officials, media and neighborhood groups -- attended the daylong conference at a local middle school to talk about solutions to youth violence.
I covered the event for the Contra Costa Times, one of the event sponsors.
The organizers promised to work on a campaign to reduce homicides to zero in three years. It was wildly optimistic. All the more so when eight people were killed during the first 19 days of that very same month. But the Black-on-Black Crime Summit was the beginning of a communitywide mobilization around violence prevention that has endured to this day.
Later that month, hundreds of people packed a City Council meeting demanding that then-Mayor Irma Anderson and council members take action. Then, a tent city movement emerged where clergy and others camped out near the scenes of killings for more than a month to keep the spotlight on the homicide epidemic. Ministers continue to walk the streets of violent neighborhoods preaching messages of peace.
"All that laid the foundation," says Shumake, who credits Richmond's success in reducing gun homicides to the police department, the city, clergy, the community and the media all working together.
In October 2007, Richmond launched the Office of Neighborhood Safety, a city department.
The agency's sole mission is to identify the people -- most of them between 16 and 30 years old -- who are responsible for most of the gun violence in Richmond and to get them to stop shooting. Says director DeVone Boggan, "We don't focus on hot spots, we focus on hot people."
ONS has outreach workers who try to mediate conflicts before they erupt into shooting.
The most innovative and controversial program is a fellowship where those enrolled earn up to $500 per month as an incentive to achieve certain goals, whether it's getting their GED, going through drug treatment or attending career training.
Boggan has raised the money for fellowships from private donations. Yet some complain that people are getting paid -- basically to persuade them not to shoot other people.
Regardless of ONS' unorthodox strategy, killings in the city have declined overall since its inception.
The agency has a symbiotic, sometimes tense, relationship with the Richmond Police Department. In order to maintain trust with the men it serves, ONS can't be seen as being too cozy with the police. Some in the RPD have accused the agency of refusing to cooperate in criminal investigations.
Boggan and police Chief Chris Magnus acknowledge that the relationship between the two city departments has at times been difficult. But both acknowledge the other's key role in reducing violence.
Magnus came to Richmond in late 2006 from Fargo, N.D. At the time, some questioned what he could possibly know about policing a city like Richmond with major urban problems.
Magnus revamped the department from top to bottom. He focused on building relationships with the community, making officers and supervisors accountable for reducing crime as well as blight in their geographic zones, and using CompStat data for smarter deployment of officers. Since Magnus arrived, the city has hired 50 more police officers.
He is cautiously optimistic about Richmond's gains.
"It's a work in progress, " Magnus says. "It's very fragile."
Richmond might not have achieved zero homicides, but it's at least headed in the right direction.
Tammerlin Drummond is columnist for the Bay Area News Group. Her column runs Tuesday and Sunday. Contact her at email@example.com or follow her at Twitter.com/Tammerlin.


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The Heads and Tails of Project Coin
By Janice J. Heiss on Oct 05, 2011
Joseph Darcy, Member of the Oracle Technical Staff, spoke to a very large,
packed conference room in his "The Heads and Tails of Project Coin" (22641) session Tuesday.
Project Coin, a central part of Java 7, was described by Darcy as "a suite of language and
library changes to make things programmers do everyday easier."
Project Coin makes life easier by removing extra text to make programs more readable;
encouraging the writing of programs that are more reliable; and by integrating well with past and future changes.
Darcy emphasized that these are small language changes related to specification, implementation and testing;
there are no JVM changes. Project Coin was written to coordinate with forthcoming larger language changes.
Project Coin has strong IDE support:
• IntelliJ IDEA 10.5 and later
• Eclipse 3.7.1 and later
• NetBeans 7.0 and later
The six Project Coin features are:
• Binary literals and underscores in literals
• Strings in switch
• Diamond
• Multi-catch and more precise rethrow
• try-with-resources
• Varargs warnings
Diamond and varargs warnings enable easier-to-use generics. Multi-catch and try-with-resources allow for more concise error handling. Strings-in-switch and literal improvements result in greater consistency and clarity.
Darcy proceeded to demonstrate five of the six Project Coin features to a highly engaged audience.
Check out his session slides and you can also view this talk @ http://parleys.com/d/2663.
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Do catamarans, beaches, the rush of Iguassu & buzz of Rio sound like you? Mix this with cosmopolitan Buenos Aires & you've got the perfect combo of adventure, discovery & sun-seeking in 9 epic days through Argentina & Brazil.
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This morning, meet up with your Trip Manager & group & get out & experience the iconic city spots like San Telmo & La Boca. Tonight, get ready to tango with the locals as you learn all the tricks at a dance lesson & show.
- City sightseeing bike tour of Buenos Aires
We'll start day 2 with a coach tour to see the rest of the city & then you can experience BA your way. Get into the cuisine of Argentina on our culinary experience: try empanadas or the ubiquitous Argentine steak and learn to make the traditional sweet – alfajores. You might catch a football game, drink wine at a polo match or perhaps learn to play yourself, hit the shops or pay a visit to the historic Café Tortoni for a café con leche & a spot of people watching.
Today we depart Argentina to stay on the Brazilian side of Iguassu Falls. Iguassu Falls lies along the border of Argentina and Brazil, with awesome views from both sides, and you'll experience them both! From the airport in Puerto Iguazu we'll cross the border into Brazil and head to the Foz do Iguacu. You could get things started with a different perspective of the falls on an optional helicopter flight, providing you with awesome panoramic views and photo ops.
Although the parks on both sides are UNESCO World Heritage Sites, there is often debate about who has the better side of the Falls. We'll leave it up to you, but it's widely believed that that the view from the Brazilian side is second to none. Take in all 275 individual waterfalls that make up the falls and get an up-close view of the Devil's Throat (the largest of the 275 falls).
This evening we'll check into our hotel and enjoy the Brazilian national drink, a caipirinha.
- Visit Iguassu National Park (Parque Nacional do Iguaçu - Brazilian side)
- Helicopter flight over the falls Approx. cost: 230 BRL
Get ready for an awesome day at Iguassu. First up, we'll cross back into Argentina and visit their side of the falls. You could feel the spray of the falls on a speed boat ride, or if you feel like a wander, there's a short hike to the edge of the Devil's Throat. We have all day, so you can do it all if you want to.
Later, we'll say farewell Argentina and it's back to Brazil for another night of wining, dining and dancing. Tonight join us for a an authentic Brazilian BBQ and chill night in Iguassu.
- Visit Iguassu National Park (Parque Nacional Iguazú - Argentinian side)
- See the Devils Throat
- Taste delicious Brazillian BBQ
- Speed boat ride to the falls $350 BRL
Hello, Rio! We head to the city for our last 2 days on tour. Home to the world's largest Carnival celebration, the famous Copacabana and Ipanema beaches, the Brazilian bikini and of course some of the world's best football (soccer) players, Rio goes off!
First up, we will head to Rio's old Cathedral, one of the city's most important historical buildings before visiting the Lapa district and its 150 year-old aqueduct, the Arches of Lapa and Passeio Publico, the first public park in the city.
After the orientation tour of the city, we'll check–in to our hotel with time to rest up before a night out on the town. From evening football games, to bars and clubs, Rio's nightlife will not disappoint. Just ask your Trip Manager for some cool places to head.
This morning we'll visit the Christ the Redeemer statue located atop 'Corcovado' and recently designated as one of the New 7 Wonders of the World. Not only will you be amazed by the sheer size of the monument, but also by the incredible view of Rio in its entirety.
Next up you may want to ascend Sugarloaf Mountain. Climb 1299ft (396m) in glass-paneled cable cars to the summit for more astounding views of the city and its beaches. The trip is broken in two and if you take a break after the first car on Morro de Acucar you might meet some of the mountain's naughtier residents, tiny monkeys who will be more than happy to steal your food.
This afternoon join us for a Favela tour to get a deeper understanding of how many of the city's inhabitants live. You can visit the markets and shops throughout the city or just relax on the beach and watch the Cariocas, (residents of Rio), do what they do best, play football and practice Capoeira a martial art mixed with dance from the northeast of the country. You could also learn some tricks yourself if you're keen.
- Visit Christ the Redeemer statue
- Favela party Approx. cost: 65 BRL
- Carretao Brazilian Rodizio Dinner BRL$68.00
Today is yours to explore this amazing city. Try hang gliding, hang on the beach and this afternoon chill on a boat cruise around Rio's famous harbour. Tonight, end the trip as we head out for a meal & our last night out in this amazing city!
- Boat cruise with caipirinhas, sun & music
- Rio boat trip & BBQ
- Hang gliding Approx. cost from: 315 BRL
Don't forget to swap addresses with your mates and Trip Manager, as our South American adventure ends this morning after breakfast.
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Wellford couple charged with child neglect
Published: Friday, May 10, 2013 at 10:54 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, May 10, 2013 at 10:54 p.m.
A Wellford couple was arrested after an officer reported finding the condition of their home "horrendous" and a child with a severe infection.
Donald Paul Bluhm, 28, and Joy Michelle Bluhm, 27, both of 1535 Main St., are each charged with one count of child neglect.
A Wellford Police officer responded about 7 p.m. Thursday to the home at the request of a caseworker with the state Department of Social Services. The caseworker was sent there to investigate an injury to their youngest child. The Bluhms also have a 3 and 6-year-old, according to an incident report.
The youngest child, 22 months old, had an infection from a burn to his left foot that was not properly treated, according to an incident report. The child was taken to the emergency room due to the severity of the injury.
The child was injured April 19 and was treated at a hospital and his parents were told to take the child to a burn center in Georgia, the report states. The Bluhms did not keep the appointment and said they could not find a local pediatrician who would accept government insurance and care for the child, according to the incident report. They cared for the child at home, which the officer reported was crawling with roaches, cluttered and where the smell of urine and feces from pets was "so overwhelming it was nauseating."
The parents and children slept upstairs where the officer found two filthy mattresses on the floor with no sheets amid clutter.
The Bluhms were booked into the Spartanburg County Detention Center early Friday morning and were released later that day. Each is under a $10,000 personal recognizance bond.
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San Francisco nudists sue to block proposed ban
Published: Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 12:31 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 12:31 p.m.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A group of San Francisco residents is suing the city to block a proposed ban on public nudity.
A lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court in San Francisco claims an ordinance that city officials are considering would violate the civil rights of people who want to bare their bodies for personal or political reasons.
The Board of Supervisors is scheduled to vote on the measure next week. It would prohibit nakedness on city streets, sidewalks and plazas at all times except during permitted fairs and parades, such as the city's annual gay pride event.
Lawyer Christina DiEdoardo filed the case as a dozen or so of her clients stood outside the courthouse in varying states of undress.
DiEdoardo says the ban is too broad and would inhibit the free speech of nudists who can't afford a permit.
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Quote: . organized religion (poison) can't scare you into believing in their God
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That is the only kind of faith...I believe in the creator...
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people who say science is a form of religion. Shut up. They are in no way the same. Science is the anti-thesis of organized religion (which IS blind faith).
August Spies wrote: I think this is totally wrong. Organized religion is based on scaring people into belief. ESPECIALLY christianity and islam.
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I formatted my computer and reinstalled PMS, but now my videos no longer work. I'm wired w/ gigabit network and still using Windows 7 64 bit like previously.
On the PS3 I can see the pms and can see the files. When I click a .mkv to play, it will open it, but the movie is unplayable. It gives no errors but will play in spurts.
When looking under "Traces" on PMS it says that it is connected to my ps3 at 512Mb/s like it previously did and under "General Configuration" I have the maximum bandwidth set at 300. It seems my settings are the same however when trying to play a movie under "Status" the peak bitrate shows 1 Mb/s.
I know with PMS I shouldn't need to download any codecs but I I thought maybe that was the problem so I've installed them and can play the movies fine on the computer now but still not able to on the ps3. I am on the latest version of Java and PMS. What am I missing or forgetting? Thanks for any help.


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It's the time of year when hundreds of thousands of American parents are shipping their children off to college for the first time. For most, it's a time of celebration. But for the black parents of college-bound sons, the rite of passage has long come with a quiet, unique sense of dread.
These parents grapple with a scary open secret: Young black
males -- more than any other demographic group -- are haunted by cultural stereotypes that foster fear, discrimination and police harassment. Sending sons away to other parts of the country greatly magnifies those fears, particularly in the wake of last month's fatal shooting of Michael Brown by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri.
The uneasy preparation for life as a young African-American male often begins when black males are in their early teens and goes on for years. Black parents simply call it "The Talk."
"I taught him to keep his hands where cops can see them," said
Amelia Ashley-Ward, a San Francisco mom whose son, Evan, says he has been stopped three times by police for no apparent reason in the Tennessee town where he attends college. "I taught him that police are not your friends and that every traffic stop can lead to damage that can never be undone."
Evan Ward said each time he was stopped, he had passengers. "We were not speeding, or playing loud music or bothering anyone," said the 22-year-old, who attends Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro. "We got pulled over for being young African-American males riding in a decent automobile."
But Ward, remembering his mom's advice, gave "Yes, officer" responses, even when the cops were brusque. So all three times, Ward said, he drove away without so much as a ticket.
Steven Millner, a professor in the Black Studies Department at San Jose State University, says stereotyping young black males began during slavery and has piled on over the decades.
"Unfortunately, people have not evolved on this issue," said Millner, "and that puts young black men into numerous circumstances that can quickly turn tragic."
He pointed to Trayvon Martin, 17, who was shot dead in 2012 in Florida by a neighborhood watch commander, and Oscar Grant, 22, shot and killed by a BART officer in 2009 in Oakland. Like Brown, both young men were unarmed.
Dangerous image
According to Millner, young black males are tainted by broad-brush images -- that they are undereducated, undisciplined and hypersexual; athletic, entertaining and promiscuous; violent, brutish and irresponsible. Even their appearance -- from dreadlocks to baggy pants to hooded sweatshirts -- is used to tag them as troublemakers and thugs.
Sometimes, black parents say, simply telling someone where you live can trigger a stereotype.
"My son visited a London suburb called Brixton," said Joe Marshall, of Alive & Free-Omega Boys Club, a nonprofit that works with youngsters around the Bay Area. Marshall said when his son told his new acquaintances he was from Oakland, they asked: "Where is your gun?"
Some stereotypes are perpetuated by ugly facts, such as the high rates of inner-city black-on-black crime.
Even civil rights activist Jesse Jackson once told an interviewer, "There is nothing more painful to me, at this stage in my life, than to walk down the street and hear footsteps and start thinking about robbery -- then look around and see somebody white and feel relieved."
But millions of young black males who don't reflect such archetypes must also deal with the widespread fears sparked by the negative images.
Worried African-American parents strenuously warn their young sons to always stand down to police and authority figures.
Phyllis Daugherty, of Ferguson, Missouri, attended Brown's funeral last week and found herself overwhelmed by incredible sadness as she thought about her college-bound son, Pierre, 18.
"I tell him to always pull over for police in a public place, never ... on a side street," Daugherty said. "You must never give them any reason to harass you, lock you up or shoot you."
Barry Krisberg, a UC Berkeley criminologist, said young black males tend to be prejudged almost everywhere by cops and hosts of others. But when it comes to dealing with police, the message is: "To leave that situation alive, you have to accept second-class citizenship. If they assert their constitutional or civil rights ... terrible things can happen."
No racial peace
Some black parents, ironically, point to the 2008 election of the nation's first African-American president as the reason behind some of the racial animus. Many hoped a "post-racial" peace would ensue. Instead, African-Americans largely believe the election relit old hatreds and set off unapologetic venom in politics.
"How deep-seated is this negative image of black men that they would not show respect for someone like President Obama," said Amos Brown, senior pastor of the Third Baptist Church of San Francisco. He said treatment of the president "reflects how hateful they feel about all of us."
Police officers in California are trained in community relations, racial profiling and ethical street tactics -- in the hopes of giving fair treatment to everyone, said Alan Deal, executive director of POST (Peace Officer Standards and Training) in Sacramento.
"The approach in basic training is completely colorblind," he said. "We focus on the specific behavior or the crimes reported."
But Krisberg said the reality is far more complex. The trouble, he said, comes with the countless individuals, including cops, deeply imbued with stereotyped beliefs.
When many officers look at a young black male, Krisberg said, scientific research shows "they are subconsciously seeing a dangerous animal and experiencing an increased heart rate and fear levels. Training could help a little, but this is deep-seated stuff."
San Jose mother Beatrice X. Johnson said her concerns about her teenage son at the time of the 2009 BART shooting spurred her to become co-founder of the Oscar Grant Foundation. She said she hopes that by witnessing the protests and legal procedures surrounding the Grant case, her son, Akeem Aziz, now 19, is better prepared for the discrimination she knows he will experience.
"As black mothers of sons," Johnson said, "there is no peace when we know a trip to the store can mean their deaths. What can happen to our sons is in our hearts and minds all the time."


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Monday, April 23, 2012
{Pinch Me, I'm in Paris!}
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always a good idea indeed
you just missed the marathon though..shame
ahhh Paris! Sorry you had a hard week :( We miss you guys and we are hoping to visit this fall!! I've been on the hunt for flight deals! I can't wait to see more photos. xoxoReplyDelete
J'adore la Paris! I went twoish years ago with Chris - we went to the Sacre Ceour and he made me climb the steps rather than take the tram/train thing that goes up the hill side! I would have been up for the challenge if I didn't have a chest infection at the time! SO mean lol.ReplyDelete
well done on doing the "date" the european way ;)ReplyDelete
I've always wanted to go to Paris & write mine & Luke's name on a lock. I think it's so cute that you & Corey did! :)ReplyDelete
i've never been to Paris....seeing these beautiful pictures makes me want to go now!ReplyDelete
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WOW. What amazing pictures. Hoping to some day make it to Paris...ReplyDelete
You are such an inspiration, Liz! You are living the dream and discovering the world. It's truly amazing. :)
Following over from Trail Mix today and WOW, THESE IMAGES ARE AMAZING.ReplyDelete
I love that you took this trip and I will be anxiously awaiting more pictures. Paris is at the top of my wishlist. :)ReplyDelete
Audrey Hepburn is always right. :) So glad you had a nice time in Paris!ReplyDelete
I'm dying to go to Paris, somehow it's one of the only big cities in Europe that I've missed! Those crepes look to die for, love!ReplyDelete
Paris is always a good idea - I love that quote! Can't wait for more photos!ReplyDelete
Oh how I wish I could just jaunt off to Paris!! Audrey was so right :)ReplyDelete
this looks so lovely! you two lead such a wonderful and charming life!ReplyDelete
You know every American girl reading this is super jealous, right? :) It looks like a great time. I'll just continue living vicariously via other bloggers.ReplyDelete
oh so jealous you get to just jump over to paris! how wonderful! those pics are great and hope you had such a great time!ReplyDelete
Paris is such a fabulous city, was just there a couple months ago. Love your boots!ReplyDelete
your pictures are beautiful! and i can totally relate to the whole "living abroad is still life" thing. none of my friends get it when i say i'm still living an every day hectic life even though i live in a different country!ReplyDelete
You are living the dream right now! I love your photos from Paris! How did you sneak your camera into some of those museums? :] Sneaky! I'm so glad you did!ReplyDelete
I'm officially jeal! You look marvelous darling... like a natural Parisian ;)ReplyDelete
Beautiful pics Liz! I must get to Versailles one day!ReplyDelete
Awesome!! I'm so sad I didn't get to Versailles when I was in Paris! Just another excuse to go back to France I guess!! Pictures look fab!ReplyDelete
Beautiful! I love Versailles!ReplyDelete
i am glad you have crepes. thats what i automatically think of when i think of paris...and the effiel tower!ReplyDelete
You are one lucky girl! Love that photo of the lock on the bridge.ReplyDelete
Audrey was definitely right...Paris IS always a good idea! Glad to see you had fun in my favorite city, and I can't wait to see the rest of the pictures!ReplyDelete
what wonderful pictures, liz!! paris looks gorgeous and that crepe - oh my!! this gets me SO excited for our european adventure, which starts in Paris. t minus 36 days! wahooo! ;)ReplyDelete
Welcome back to NL! You are too cute in front of the Louvre! Love the lock pic and also Versailles of courseeeee.ReplyDelete
You are so very spot on about not realizing how much you miss a place until you are living/breathing/seeing it. The last time I flew Amsterdam-Jakarta, I stumbled off the plane and was hit in my gut by a wave of HOME!ReplyDelete
Did you have a pot of hot chocolate at Angelina's? Such a decadent, essentially Parisian treat. (:
eeeeee I can't wait to see the real ones, though these look darn gorgeous to me!ReplyDelete
I love living vicariously through your photos.ReplyDelete
those crepes are making my mouth water. can't wait to see more pics!ReplyDelete
Beautiful Iphone Pictures. I can't wait to see the "Real" pictures!ReplyDelete
Love the pics, glad you had fun!ReplyDelete
I am so jealous of your Paris trip. I keep asking the boy to take me but this is also my spot for my dream proposal (cliche I know... but whatevs)so I am trying to be patient. I totally get what you mean about life ruining your 'we are world travelers and so totally cool' vibe. We are here there and everywhere and sometimes life is just that... doesn't matter what language everyone else is speaking.ReplyDelete
Love Elle xo
I really like your blog! I'm a Portlander who is not nearly as adventurous as you.ReplyDelete
I enjoy traveling vicariously through your blog. I'd love to hear more about how you can manage to travel so much - not just in Europe, but it seems you did that a lot in Portland too. Traveling is so expensive, and takes so much time. How do you do it? Please give us some pointers and inspiration to follow your lead!
Thanks, Heidi
Paris never lets you down - I love it! Glad to hear that you spent a lovely weekend there...ReplyDelete
... and about living abroad... you are so right: after a while, it is "still live", with all its ups and downs :) but an exciting one for sure! happy weekend, xx
YAY! This makes me extra-super-duper excited to study abroad!!ReplyDelete
goooorgeous gorgeous! paris is so definitely on my list.ReplyDelete


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I have no clue how!
"Kick off your high heel sneakers, it's party time."
-- From the song FM by Steely Dan
My husband and I walked 2.5 miles today in 40 mins. on a nature trail. I have not walked like that for a very long time, years probably. It felt great and I was invigorated! For some reason, I cannot see myself taking off into a run. I am 40 5' 10" 268# with high blood pressure. I NEED to get in shape, I have NO choice anymore. I feel like a clumsy idiot running and I know I am scared of making a fool of myself. Yes, I know, I will be healthier. I have wanted to be a runner for as long as I can remember...HELP!!!
The advice from Haselsmasher is very good, find a "Couch to 5K" (aka C25K) program and follow it (repeat weeks as necessary but don't embellish).
Another thing you might consider for your next 2.5 mile walk is to jog say from "here to that tree up yonder", and/or jog say the last fifty yards. Next time do it a little longer and/or a few more times. Sooner or later you'll be jogging more than you'll be walking.
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There are as many ways as you can count to get up to being able to run reasonably long distances. The advantage of the C25K program is that it incoprorates in the wisdom of many many many runners and people have gone from the couch to being a runner.
It's awesome to hear about the reaction to your walk. Tap into that. Use that energy to focus on going out consistently. In fact - you might consider even forgetting the C25K for a week and just go for a walk 4 days a week. Get used to going out and being outside.
For all the C25K is a great program - don't become a slave to it. If you're following it and it seems particuparly tough at some point - repeat a week. The real purpose of the program is get someone into a running program/routine so they enjoy enough that they keep with it after the program is complete. So a runner that takes 18 weeks to complete the program - but is a happier and more enthusiastic runner at the end - is more successful than someone who completes it in 9 but is so frustrated that they go back to the couch.
In my opinion - if you orient yourself toward going out consistently and for the long haul, and not getting too wrapped up in being on the program or increasing distance every single outing - then you're more likely to be successful. And you'll probably be happier as a result.
Best of luck!
P.S.: Don't worry about how you look! As I've heard people say: No matter how slowly you're going, you're infinitely faster than the people on the couch.
"Kick off your high heel sneakers, it's party time."
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Thank You! I appreciate your great advice!
Congratulations on making the decision to become healthier and running.
C25K is a wonderful program. If you have an Iphone or Android phone there are plenty of free apps that offer the C25K program. Choose one that allows you to play your own music. And Jim is right, you are not a slave to the program. I repeated week 1 several times and week 2. Now I am running my second 10K this weekend and my first marathon in March.
Do listen to your body. Don't try to run more days than what the plan calls for Start out slow and then start slower. Seriously, even elite runners do their long runs at a slower pace than their other runs. And for anyone doing C25K, each run is a long run for the new runner. I wear several headbands to remind me. One is "looks like walking, feels like running" or "Slow is the new Fast" or one that has a turltle on it and says I AM running!
Proper apparel can make the difference also. Get fitted for proper shoes to prevent injury. I lock and load my bum and my *****. I use a maia or Juno bra from moving comfort. My capris are C9 premium from Target. The less you jiggle, the more in control you feel.
You will find that runners are the most encouraging supportive group of people. 90% of them pass me up saying good job, give a thumbs up or say "keep it up"...sometimes they are in the zone and say nothing and that is okay but most of the time they say something positive.
You will find over time that you will have some horrible runs and some great runs. We all do. I joined a running group and realized even the runners that have run marathons or ultramarathons have their off days.
I realized that the first two miles are always the hardest for me. It takes that long for my body to get into a rhythm and stride. I would have never discovered that and would have given up if I had not done C25K.
Our running group has two gals (one being me) over 220. The other gal has diabetes and other issues but since she started running, her medications have been decreased. Two other gals in our group use to be 200+ but one has lost 150 pounds and the other has lost 80 pounds. One just ran the Chicago marathon this past weekend and the other is training for a triathlon. Both of them couldn't run more than 30 secs 2 years ago.
Believe in yourself and know that you are not alone.
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Good post Fluffy, as always, your comments are both spot on and inspiring to read.
A marathon next March? Wow, I'm impressed; good for you. I'd love to be in the sidelines cheering you on!
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Yes, and I must say I am a bit nervous. But the course in 4 loops on the trails that are 100 yards from my doorstep so I find comfort in that. My house is going to be the hub for all those coming to cheer me on or run portions with me. They are going to BBQ, drink play games....I mean I figure they will be there for at least 7 if not 8 hours. LOL
I wonder if I am allowed to wander that far off the course for my potty breaks? My own home beats a porta potty anyday. I hope the day is cool.
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Too funny, back in 1979 when I ran my one and only marathon, I needed to "go" at the 12-mile mark, and as I was running by a house with a bunch of kids out in the front yard, I asked if I could pay a quick trip to their bathroom. They happily obliged and the course marshal standing out front at the 12-mile mark didn't have an issue with my little side trip.
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Technically, it is OK to leave the course as long as you re-enter at the same point. It would take a real stickler of a course marshall to say anything, unless you were in competition to place either overall or in your age group.
Len..you crack me up....running to place.....too too funny. I laugh because just today I was looking at the results for the last two years just to see the LONGEST time and told myself...I just have to be one second faster than the last person.
I pass my house 8 times on the route so I think I will stop there. I may regret the extra 200 yards each time at the end.
However....because I am sooo high maintenance. I have asked my husband to hire a Mariachi band to meet me at the finish line. By the time I come in, I know they would have done all the awards and 95% of the people will have gone home, if not more. I want all the pomp and circumstance that I feel I deserve...and who is louder than a mariachi band?
But it is an Irish themed event...nah, I am not into celtic music (Is that Irish?)
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A mariachi band... I love it....
I agree, nice touch!
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Great strides in his personal life and professional life. Marcus Matthews fits the mold of a contest recently held by Lounge Magazine, the quest to find 5 Under 35. Five people under 35 years of age making a difference. News 12 goes to the Augusta Tech campus in Thomson where Marcus is doing just that.
"We've got dizzie gothica, elematrania," Marcus Matthews said.
A name, enough to make you dizzy. But, Marcus Matthews is able to make sense of it.
"Water, that is correct, and what's the other way?" Matthews said.
Teaching Environmental Horticulture and Landscaping at Augusta Tech in Thomson is the life for this 30-year-old from Lincolnton. He started here in 2001 planting ideas to make a difference.
"Since we're so close to two of the best nurseries in the southeast, I wanted us to have one of the top horticulture programs where we could not only feed the nurseries, but feed the whole state," Matthews said.
This crowd is proof, things are well on their way. Enrollment is up. Some students like Jay Lewis, a mechanic for 17 years, and Mike McCorkle, a meat cutter for 20 years, are trying their hand at something different.
"He's an excellent teacher, he's real patient," Lewis said.
And they're finding out, the grass really is greener on the other side.
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Signing Day gives college football coaches an opportunity to finally speak publicly about the recruits they have just signed to a National Letter of Intent. And few coaches were as happy about the East Bay players they were able to recruit than Arizona State's Todd Graham.
Graham inked four East Bay football players on Wednesday -- DJ Calhoun and Jalen Harvey of El Cerrito, Dasmond Tautalatasi of De La Salle and Brendan Landman of Monte Vista.
Here's what Graham had to say about each player in his press conference Wednesday.
DJ CALHOUN, El Cerrito
Graham on DJ Calhoun: "This guy I'm really excited about, DJ Calhoun. He's already here working out. This guy will play the Will linebacker position. ... DJ is a guy that possesses great blitz ability, very, very smart. Obviously that's key in playing in our system.
"I think he's one of the best linebackers in the country. You see he's rated that way, and a guy that -- the thing that stuck out to me more than anything recruiting him is his character and his leadership. He's came here, and you guys know the standards from which Coach Gris works our young men, and Gris listed him as one of the most impressive newcomers or freshmen that we've had in our program from a training standpoint. So we're excited about DJ and his leadership and a guy I think is going to be very impactful in the fall."
JALEN HARVEY, El Cerrito
Graham on Harvey: "Jalen Harvey, Jalen is a young man, 6'2", again, wanting to get that frame obviously in this league. We want speed and explosiveness, but you also have to block on the perimeter, and Jalen is going to provide great physicality to our receivers. Looks and appears a lot the same body type as a Jaelen Strong, a lot of the same abilities, and Jalen was a guy that was very highly recruited. Again, we had a lot of success in Northern Cal, and that was one thing that we really ½'½' obviously we've got some great Sun Devils from that area, one being Pat Tillman."
"We're really excited. Another guy on a very winning successful team, teammates of DJ Calhoun, and a guy you see how he's ranked as far as the second ranked wide receiver in California when you look at the ESPN poll. Another playmaker, dynamic guy that's big and physical."
BRENDAN LANDMAN, Monte Vista
Graham on Landman: "Brendan Landman is a guy that I think is really underrated, tremendous blocker, a great athleticism. This is a guy that can play in line as well as move tight end. Got great hands. You can see he was the team MVP, great size, great frame, going to be a big man and a guy that I think is going to be impactful like we need him to be because obviously that tight end position is critical to us. Again, 6'5". We're looking to get longer and, again, keep our speed and explosiveness."
DASMOND TAUTALATASI, De La Salle
Graham on Tautalatasi: "Again, you see here going into the safeties, a young man from De La Salle, again, winning, winners. As you go down through here, that's the common theme throughout. Dasmond is a guy that played just about every position, played wide receiver, tailback, again, a guy that ½'½' one of the smartest players. A guy once he starts playing free safety and lines up every down there he's going to develop, going to have great size.
"You'll see the last two years most of the safeties that we've brought in are 6'1", 6'2" players, and again, a guy that brings a great physicality. He lost two games in his entire career in high school, so that's something we're excited about. We like bringing guys in that know how to win.
"The other thing about Das, and I won't attempt to pronounce his last name, but Das, one of the things that really struck me about him is how respectful he was, and our players loved when he came on the visit, these guys, all of our players were really excited about the character of these young men, and he was a guy, his character really stood out to us."


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Yarn Profile: Maine Merino
First Impressions
The yarn -- Maine Merino -- is produced by the Ahern family in coastal Maine. They share their 20-acre farm with a milking cow, pigs, chickens, and 25 merino sheep.
Each year, the Aherns send 100 pounds of fiber to the Blackberry Woolen Mill for processing. It returns in jumbo-sized skeins of delicious yarn, which they sell on their Maine Merino Web site.
The Aherns alternate years, offering pure merino one year and a merino blend (with small amounts of alpaca, angora, silk, etc.) in other years. Word about Maine Merino is spreading. Last year alone, it was used for several prize-winning garments at major East Coast fiber festivals. For this review, I focus on the pure two-ply merino yarn, which is available in lace and sport weights.
Knitting Up
Maine Merino knit up like a dream. Its soft, fuzzy, relatively elastic form slid through my fingers effortlessly. It has a subtle variation in thickness that reminded me of its all-natural cousin, Granite State Green.
Stitches appeared fairly smooth, with just a slight unevenness that I happen to find appealing.
Blocking / Washing
My rather nondescript swatches dried into perfect flat squares of soft, cohesive knit fabric. Even my non-knitting friends, when enlisted to admire yet "another" swatch of yarn, could immediately feel the difference.
The swatches required only a small amount of blocking after I squeezed them dry in a towel. Once dry, they resisted my crooked, tugging temptations and retained their shape perfectly.
After a decent amount of friction, a discreet extra layer of fuzz began to emerge on the already fuzzy surface of the swatches. Gradually this fuzz became a sea of barely discernible pills.
Trying to pull them all would drive even the most patient knitter crazy. A battery-powered sweater shaver quickly did the trick.
For handwash-friendly parents, I'd also recommend Maine Merino for any children's garments.
If you like sleek, consistent designer yarns in multitudes of colors, Maine Merino probably won't appeal. Its beauty lies in its pure, direct-from-the-farm simplicity, rather like a perfect ear of corn from a roadside farm stand.
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Maine Merino
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100% merino wool
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That hair mishap is definitely an extreme example, but it shows the make-or-break role that wedding hairstyles play on your special day. Sure, your gown can be breathtaking and your makeup flawless, but the wrong wedding hairstyle can make your entire look seem a little � off. Just like you wouldn't serve ribs at a black tie dinner, you probably shouldn't pair pigtails with a couture gown.
Since you choose your gown first, wedding hairstyles should be carefully selected to mesh with the design and cut of your dress. This may seem like common sense, but it's hard to be objective when you fall in love with a hairstyle that just doesn't quite suit your gown. But considering your wedding day will include hundreds (if not thousands) of photographs, you don't want to look back at your pictures and wonder, "What was I thinking?!"
To help, we sat down with celebrity hairstylist Ange Grmolyes from Hairroin Salon in Los Angeles, who has styled Molly Sims, Kristen Bell, and numerous brides-to-be. Here she explains which wedding hairstyles best complement all different dress types, so that you can decide which look is best for you -- and your wedding gown.
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But still, one gets the feeling that Phish could weave gold on any given night and what it seems to come down to is a choice by the band to either bust ass and nail the gig or just put on the kind of standard show they did tonight.
Of course, having said that, the "standard" Phish show is still miles above most of the dreck that passes for concerts these days so harping on the negative just strikes me as an exercise in futility.
Onward to the Great Rocky Mtns...Lets' hope for more than just 2 standard shows and 1 balls to the wall scorcher.
On a side note, shows like this make it abundantly clear that Phish is in dire need of an injection of new tunes. Their clearly not interested in playing songs like Waves or Steam or any of the other tunes that are gathering dust on the shelf and Leg 2 has been a recycle fest galore. Phish has always been at their best when theres a steady infulx of new songs to play with so the fall recording of this new album can't come soon enough.


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"If I really shared with you how I felt, I would probably burst out crying," Baldwin told U.S. television program "Extra."
Baldwin, 54, married the yoga teacher, who is 26 years his junior, in a July 2012 wedding in New York.
The child is expected in the summer, the spokesman said, but gave no other details. "It was a surprise, a wonderful surprise," said his wife, who also works as a correspondent for the TV show.
"Now I'm showing and it's getting to be much more, like, 'Oh, my God, this is actually going to happen'."
The award-winning actor most recently played egotistical television executive Jack Donaghy on the NBC comedy "30 Rock," which broadcast its last episode in January.
Baldwin was married to actress Kim Basinger from 1993-2002. The couple has one daughter, Ireland, who was born in 1995.


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West Alabama football No. 12 in D2Football.com poll
Published: Tuesday, October 8, 2013 at 11:00 p.m.
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LIVINGSTON | The University of West Alabama football team remained No. 12 in this week's D2Football.com Top 25 Poll after defeating Delta State, 48-14, last week. The first 22 spots in this week's poll remained unchanged.
The Tigers (4-1) host No. 1 Valdosta State (4-0) Thursday at 6:35 p.m. in a Gulf South Conference showdown to determine the early leader the in league and help shape the national Division II football landscape. Both teams are 2-0 in GSC play.
The GSC-TV LIVE Network will televise the game. Kickoff is set for 6:35 p.m. and will be televised on CSS and ESPN3. The game will be shown locally in Livingston on Mediacom Channel 8.
West Alabama's Brook wins honor
LIVINGSTON | The University of West Alabama's Tori Brook was named Gulf South Conference women's soccer Defender of the Week on Tuesday. Brook is the second Tiger to earn the honor this season.
The native of Leeds, England, led the West Alabama defense to two shutout victories last with the Tigers holding opponents to a combined five shots, three on-goal.
West Alabama women's golfers 7th
SUNSET BEACH, S.C. | The University of West Alabama women's golf team finished seventh at the Myrtle Beach Intercollegiate at 64-over par 640 on Tuesday. UWA carded a 332 in round two following a season best 308 in the first round.
Christine Stryken led the Tigers for the second consecutive tournament with 12-over par 156 to finish 14th. Savannah Payne finished 15-over par 159 to finish 24th. Ida Bergli finished with an 173 score.
Saint Leo University shot 609 too win.
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STOCKTON – Mayor Anthony Silva has tapped Councilman Paul Canepa to serve as the city's next vice mayor.
Canepa, a 46-year-old Stockton native, was elected in 2010 to represent Council District 3 in a term that ends in 2014. He manages Canepa's Car Wash at 642 N. Hunter Street in downtown Stockton.
As vice mayor, Canepa will stand in upon Silva's absence at council meetings, city functions or ceremonies. Councilwoman Kathy Miller is the past vice mayor appointed by former Mayor Ann Johnston.
Canepa and his wife, Leslie Canepa, have been married for 21 years and have two children.
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For decades—on television, in consultations,and in packed auditoriums across the country—renowned psychic Sylvia Browne has beenasked one question again and again: "What ismy favorite celebrity doing on the Other Side?"Now, for the first time, you can follow the redcarpet into the heart of the spirit world. Brownereveals intimate details of how some of our mostcherished actors, musicians, and public figureshave fared since their deaths, giving us one moreglimpse into the personalities we loved and lost.Both moving and rollicking, this is one book that'struly impossible to put down!
Afterlives of the Rich and Famous features intimateafterlife accounts of Princess Diana, John Lennon,Heath Ledger, Marilyn Monroe, and othercharismatic celebrities. By channeling herlongtime spirit guide, Francine, Browne gainedunrestricted access to a dimension most of uscan only imagine, one in which telepathiccommunication is the norm and everyoneoccupies their healthy, thirty-year-old beautifulbody. In candid reports, these stars revealfascinating details about their new lives and thework they're doing on the Other Side, manyeven sharing whether and where they intend toreincarnate.
With accounts written entirely in a trance state,Afterlives of the Rich and Famous offers an unprecedentedlook at life on the Other Side. You'llfind detailed descriptions as Browne brings thespirit world vividly to life and explains how weget there, from what transpires at the moment ofdeath to the extraordinary welcome spirits receive.Afterlives of the Rich and Famous is a book that no oneelse could have written and a must-read for everyfan of this extraordinary assembly of celebrities.
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SeattleLikesbikes.org is organizing another Ride for Freemont (2.0) tomorrow evening starting at 4:30 in Gasworks park. Ride starts at 5 and lasts an hour, see the link for a map.
The goal of the follow-up ride is protest the extended closure of the Burke-Gilman trail in Freemont and the broken-promise sharrows on Stone Way. Hopefully the ride will help influence an upcoming city council meeting on these topics. Attire is 'every day wear to work clothes'. There's a planned route, established message, and clear guidance on cycling behaviour on the events link.


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EL CERRITO -- As the city embarks on new sustainability endeavors, nothing demonstrates El Cerrito's environmental commitment more than the cutting edge Recycling and Environmental Center, rebuilt and reopened nine months ago.
The center has a number of energy-saving and waste-reducing innovations that other cities and other recycling centers don't offer.
For example, recycling center customers can drop off Styrofoam, a material recyclers typically don't want. Workers run the Styrofoam through a "densification" machine that compacts a 50-cubic-yard bin of the material down to about 2 cubic yards.
Loose Styrofoam is a potential pollutant when dumped in landfills, but after compacting, it can be sold for reuse to manufacturers of picture frames and crown molding at about $80 a pallet, said Garth Schultz, who supervises the recycling center's operations.
Besides such commonly recycled materials as paper, glass, scrap metal and plastic, green waste and food scraps, visitors can drop off electronics, motor oil, used cooking oil, fluorescent bulbs, batteries and many other items.
And while there is no market for "packing peanuts," the foam pellets people use to protect the contents when packing items for shipping, the center collects them anyway with the hope its customers will take and reuse them.
The center also accepts prescription drugs to keep them from polluting landfills and waterways under a program paid for by the East Bay Municipal Utilities District. Other partnerships include Goodwill, which collects clothing and other household items for reuse, and Berkeley-based Urban Ore, which takes reusable construction material and larger household items.
Another partner, Oakland-based Universal Waste Management recycles the electronic equipment that arrives at the center, including TVs, microwaves, computers and peripherals.
(The center does not accept paint, refrigerators and air conditioners, large furniture, tires or hazardous waste, which must be taken to the West Contra Costa Hazardous Waste Collection Facility in Richmond for disposal.)
Recycling and reuse are built into the center's design itself.
A rainwater collection system channels water from the roof of its main operations shed into an 11,000-gallon cistern that takes care of the center's water needs for eight to nine months a year and an expansion to its solar collection system will soon make it energy self-sufficient.
Some of the wood used to build the new center was salvaged from the previous recycling center.
Schultz said he knows only one other recycling facility like El Cerrito's nationwide, in Boulder, Colo., and a certification the center received in December for the U.S. Green Building Council, backs up his claim.
The center has been awarded platinum certification for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, the agency's highest award.
The recycling center is one of 17 buildings in the state that have achieved platinum status out of 521 that have been LEED certified.
The center has come a long way since it was started by a group of volunteers at the same site at the eastern end of Schmidt Lane, said Melanie Mintz, the city's environmental services director.
Today, El Cerrito's four curbside recycling trucks haul their loads to a facility in Oakland so the recycling center doesn't have to separate the materials on-site.
"The trucks don't dump their loads here anymore," she said. "It wasn't the best use of the space."
When customers separate the materials by dropping them into the proper bins, it makes the materials more valuable, Mintz said.
"Presorting materials always adds value," Schultz added.
The sale of recycling dropped off at the center and from curbside recycling accounts for about $250,000 of the center's and curbside recycling's $2 million annual budget, he said.
The rest is paid for from a $9-a-month charge on El Cerrito residents' garbage collection bills. Residents of other areas can drop off most materials free of charge, with the exception of fluorescent tubes and CFLs.
"If people from, say, Oakland want to donate material we can sell, we are happy to take it," Schultz said.
The city is introducing a set of new rules that go into effect this week. Anyone taking items from recycling bins must fill out a form describing how they intend to reuse the materials. Removing items to recycle them elsewhere is prohibited, Schultz said.
"People are allowed to take things if they get permission from the city in advance by filling out a form," he said. "We want to encourage reuse, which is a higher purpose than recycle."
Customers also will be limited to removing two bags of books per day from the book exchange, he said.
The center is part of a group of initiatives that El Cerrito has taken to help protect the environment.
The city is also working on a Climate Action Plan to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 15 percent in 2020 and 30 percent by 2035 from a baseline set in 2005.
WHERE: El Cerrito Recycling and Environmental Resource Center, 7501 Schmidt Lane
WEB ADDRESS: wwwecrecycling.org
HOURS: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 5:45 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.


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School supply drive underway
Published: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 at 8:59 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 at 8:59 a.m.
Vision Communications has partnered with local retailers Callais Office Supply and WalMart to collect school supplies for distribution in Lafourche.
You can donate items at:
- Galliano Walmart, 16759 La. 3235: 1-7 p.m. Thursday-Friday at the Galliano Walmart: July 25-26 and Aug. 8-9 and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 10.
- Callais Office Supply, 14402 W. Main St., Cut Off: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 1.
- Mathews Walmart, 4858 La. 1: 1-7 p.m. Aug. 2, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 3.
Suggested donations include pens, paper, binders, dry erase makers and erasers, one- and three-subject notebooks, hand sanitizer, clear or mesh school bags, note pads, note cards, tissues, jump drives, staples, black belts and white golf shirts.
For details, call 693-0775.
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SACRAMENTO -- Some of the big ticket features of the pension reform unveiled Tuesday by Gov. Jerry Brown may not live up to their billing -- at least not for a very long time.
Take the much-ballyhooed cap on pensions for new public employees who make $132,120 or more. Less than 2 percent of the state's quarter-million employees make that much, so savings from the cap for future six-figure earners would be almost negligible, according to a Bay Area News Group computer analysis.
That could be a problem politically for Brown, who is tying the success of his November tax-hike initiative to the perception that Democrats got rid of the state's pension headache.
"Will this show on the bottom line right now? No," said pension expert Chris Burdick, a Marin County attorney.
Indeed, a day after Brown and top Democrats in the Legislature announced the deal they say will rein in the state's runaway pension costs, many of its implications were still unclear as the Legislature barrels toward a midnight Friday deadline to pass a pension-reform package.
Under the proposal, the cap that would apply to their pensiosn for most workers would be $110,100. For the 35 percent or so who do not participate in the Social Security system -- mostly police officers, firefighters and other public-safety workers -- the cap would be $132,120.
According to salary data obtained by the Bay Area News Group from the state Controller's Office, only 1.6 percent of 246,297 state workers exceeded $132,120 in base pay last year; only 3.7 percent exceeded $110,100.
The numbers are higher among local government employees, at least in the Bay Area: About 5 percent of the 214,551 public employees in the Bay Area News Group's database make more than $110,100 in base pay.
Only only those workers hired after Jan. 1 would be subjected to any cap.
A preliminary analysis of the pension plan by CalPERS, one of the state's two big pension funds, echoed the estimate of legislators, who say it will save between $40 to $60 billion over 30 years. But critics argue that it would have been a lot more if state lawmakers had modeled the reforms on those instituted by the federal government in the 1980s -- something Brown had suggested in his 12-point plan released last October.
The federal government in 1986 established a new retirement system for civilian U.S. government workers. Employees covered under the old plan did not participate in Social Security, and their pensions were considered more generous and costly.
The new plan divided the retirement benefit between Social Security, a 401(k)-type savings plan and a smaller defined-benefit traditional pension. The current plan is considered solvent and a model of "hybrid" pension reform.
Senate President Pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg's office said there were "problems" with implementing such a plan for California and proposed the pensionable pay cap as an alternative.
"I was disappointed," said accountant Marcia Fritz, a Democrat who is president of the California Foundation for Fiscal Responsibility. "I don't know why they said it was too hard to implement."
CalPERS spokeswoman Amy Norris didn't dispute that a relatively small percentage of public workers have salaries exceeding the proposed "pensionable" pay cap.
"Most people aren't going to make that much money," Norris said. "I can't give you an exact percentage, but it's going to be small."
Fritz said that the "pensionable" pay cap will have a significant impact on local governments, where it will affect more workers.
"Where the abuse is mostly is in the local agencies," Fritz said. "That's where you see cities going bankrupt."
Under the bill, current state workers will eventually be required to contribute 50 percent of their pensions. But a large swath of public employees -- those who work for local governments -- would have another five years before they'd be asked to contribute half of their pensions. And even then, they may not.
Current local employees would ostensibly be required to agree to 50 percent contributions by 2018. But though employers could declare an impasse if no agreement was reached and be given the ability to impose the contribution levels, there is nothing in the law that would require them to do so.
"Now locals are locked into a five-year scenario where they can't impose" higher contributions, said Art Hartinger, an Oakland attorney and labor employment expert.
But the biggest barrier to finding the kind of savings to make pensions solvent for the long term, critics say, is the legal one: The courts have frowned upon attempts at taking away collectively bargained pension benefits.
Nothing short of a constitutional amendment -- or a major turnabout by the state's Supreme Court -- would allow reformers to get their hands on current employees' benefits.
"Public employees' benefits are vested, immutable and unchangeable," said Burdick, the pension expert. "That's been the law for 100 years.
"Unless the California Supreme Court is prepared to change 100 years of absolutely unchanging, straight-line case law, the Legislature really had no choice."
Contact Steven Harmon at 916-441-2101. Follow him at Twitter.com/ssharmon. Read the Political Blotter at IBAbuzz.com/politics.


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