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The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) remains amongst the most persistent perpetrators of human rights violations in the world. As recently as last month, a UN report found that the LRA continues to commit all six grave violations against children identified by the UN Security Council as war crimes.
Chairman Rohrabacher, Ranking Member Carnahan, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. My name is Larry Sampler and I am the Senior Deputy Assistant to the Administrator & Deputy Director of the Office of Afghanistan & Pakistan Affairs at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). I am glad to be here to discuss USAID's work in Afghanistan and the various methods we are employing to ensure rigorous, multi-layered oversight of U.S.
Thank you, I welcome the opportunity to participate in today's hearing, which is shining a spotlight on the disturbing trend toward growing restrictions on the space for civil society institution in a number of countries and the physical threats against citizens stepping forward to demand change in their societies.
Chairman Smith, Ranking Member Bass, Members of the Committee, I appreciate your giving me the opportunity to speak before you today on the deepening humanitarian crises in Sudan and South Sudan.
Good morning Chairman Coons, Ranking Member Isakson, and members of the Subcommittee. Thank you for inviting me to speak with you today.
The more than 9,000 men and women of USAID work to provide effective economic, development, and humanitarian assistance in support of our U.S. foreign policy goals. How we improve our contracting practices, including our contingency contracting practices, directly impacts the success and sustainability of our mission. Accountability to Congress and the U.S. taxpayer for the funds we use to develop successful programs is our duty. And it is a duty that we take very seriously.
Therefore, USAID understands the significance and motivations behind this legislation. It addresses many of the management challenges that were highlighted in the report written by the Commission on Wartime Contracting (CWC), that you, Senator McCaskill, created along with Senator Webb. It also addresses some of the most important issues that we contend with through engagements such as Afghanistan, Iraq, and expect to contend with in a potential future contingency.
Madam Chairwoman, Ranking Member Lowey, and Members of the Committee: Thank you for the invitation to testify today. I am grateful for the committee's interest in the U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID) priorities in Latin America and the Caribbean and pleased to have this opportunity to discuss the Obama Administration's development policy in the Americas and our efforts to enhance security in the region. As always, I am eager to hear your advice and counsel.
Only eight months ago, we celebrated the peaceful separation of South Sudan from Sudan as a sign of great hope for a people who have endured war for the greater part of half a century. We also knew that despite the peaceful referendum, these two nations faced considerable challenges that would not be quickly surmounted, including severe underdevelopment in South Sudan, ranking it at the bottom of most development indices, and a series of unresolved disputes. However, we are deeply concerned at the re-emerging conflicts in the region that are undermining hopes for a peaceful pathway for these two new nations and that are creating grave new humanitarian crises. Southern Kordofan, Blue Nile, Abyei, Jonglei: each of these areas has been plunged into uncertainty and suffering for a wide range of preventable reasons and requires a wide range of assistance to meet the needs of the people who live there. Unresolved conflict in Darfur has made a permanent impact on the livelihoods of the region, and we still see over one and a half million people displaced. In South Sudan, rising intercommunal conflict, the steady and potentially increasing flow of returns, and the Government of South Sudan's recent decision to cut off oil production, effectively suspending the flow of 98 percent of state revenues, have heightened our concern for the future stability and long-term health of the world's newest nation.
Thank you Chairman Leahy, Ranking Member Graham, and members of the subcommittee. I am honored to join you to discuss the President's fiscal year 2013 budget request for USAID.
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A FORMER Antrim man who now lives in England with his family has spoken of his distress at being turned down by Australian immigration because of his autistic child.
Adrian Scott, originally from Brantwood Gardens, lives in Oxfordshire with his wife Julie, 19-year-old son Tevin and Niamh, who will turn 13 next week. The couple's twin sons, Stephen and Marc, are both already settled in Australia with their respective families.
The 47-year-old and his wife always had the intention of moving to Australia once they had completed their family, but due to Niamh's condition the process has not been smooth. As well as the autism, Niamh is profoundly deaf and has no verbal communication skills.
"My mother-in-law has contacted a federal MP in Australia who is going to take our request for ministerial intervention to the immigration minister. It's just been so disheartening for us, although a small blessing is Niamh's unawareness of the situation," Scott says.
The Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship said families who required health or community care could be refused. In a letter to the Scotts, the department said it did not refuse applications based on disabilities, but it took into account public expenditure on "health care and community services in short supply."
"For most permanent visas, if one family member fails to meet the health requirement, the visa cannot be granted to any of the migrating unit," the letter added.
A petition urging the department to reverse the decision has attracted worldwide attention and has been signed by people in England, Australia and elsewhere
Scott's parents Nelson and Olive Scott still live in Antrim and are "devastated" by the plight of their son and his family.
"Niamh does not require more medical attention than any other child now," Olive Scott said. "She wouldn't be a drain on their services. And her quality of life would be improved dramatically. The different climate and the pool are a real tonic for her, she's like a different child when she's in Australia."
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Bridal Concerns
A NEW survey has found that over 50 percent of Irish brides say bad weather will disrupt their big day, with a third citing the likelihood of good weather in summer months as a major factor in choosing the time of year to get married in Ireland.
The survey of over 230 Irish brides was conducted by top wedding venue, Dunboyne Castle Hotel and Spa, which in response will launch its new "rain or shine" offer at a wedding fair it is hosting this month.
The four star hotel's offer takes the stress out of Ireland's typically bad weather for brides and grooms.
If the sun shines, the bridal party can have their photography taken in the hotel's picturesque tree-lined grounds. If the weather is not so good, photography can be taken in the hotel's light-filled Castle Lounge and originally restored Dunboyne Mansion, with a romantic, candle-lit drinks reception.
"We want to give people the wedding of their dreams, and this survey is so useful in identifying that for an incredible 53 percent of brides-to-be surveyed, bad weather is a real wedding worry" said Elisabet Diaz, general manager of Dunboyne Castle Hotel and Spa.
The survey also found that over half of respondents said the reputation of wedding venues was a primary factor in choosing a location, more specifically those with great surroundings and photo opportunities. Over 70 percent choose the weekend to get married for guest convenience, with Saturday being the most popular day.
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SEVEN little Lurcher puppies found abandoned at Ballybrittan Bridge are being transferred for further care to an Offaly Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA) foster carer.
he OSPCA's Colette Coates said she has been minding the puppies since passersby got in touch with the organization after stumbling on the secret seven, thought to have been thrown into or close to the canal. A lady driver on her way to see her father initially came across six weak little Lurcher puppies on the road, while a male good samaritan who then came on the scene helped to uncover a seventh puppy in the ditch nearby.
Though estimated to be approximately 12 weeks old by a vet, all of the puppies are severely underweight and are suffering from mange. The weakest of the lot weighs under two kilos, while the others weigh approximately three and a half kilos.
Treatment for mange would have initially cost something in the region of €16 according to Coates, but because the problem has been allowed to escalate and the puppies' skin is now infected their medical bill is in the hundreds instead. All puppies are on antibiotics for the skin condition and must be washed with special shampoo.
Coates said when found the puppies were suffering greatly from the cold. Lurchers feel cold more than other breeds, she explained, and the situation was worsened by the mange that meant the puppies had hardly any hair left to keep them warm.


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DataStax Enterprise configuration file (dse.yaml)
The configuration file for Kerberos authentication, purging of expired data from the Solr indexes, and setting Solr inter-node communication.
The dse.yaml file is the configuration file for setting the delegated snitch, Kerberos authentication, and purging of expired data from the Solr indexes. It is located in the following directories:
- Packaged installs: /etc/dse
- Tarball installs: install_location/resources/dse/conf
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Snitch settings
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encryption of all transmitted data.
Encryption using auth-conf is separate and completely independent of whether encryption is done using SSL. If both auth-conf and SSL are enabled, the transmitted data is encrypted twice. DataStax recommends choosing one and using it for both encryption and authentication.
Multi-threaded indexing
DSE Search provides multi-threaded indexing implementation to improve performance on multi-core machines. All index updates are internally dispatched to a per-core indexing thread pool and executed asynchronously, which allows for greater concurrency and parallelism. However, index requests can return a response before the indexing operation is executed.
(Default: number of available Solr cores times 2) Configures the maximum number of concurrent asynchronous indexing threads per Solr core. If set to 1, DSE Search returns to the synchronous indexing behavior.
(Default: 10000) The total number of queued asynchronous indexing requests per Solr core, computed at Solr commit time. When exceeded, back pressure prevents excessive resources consumption by throttling new incoming requests.
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- fix_rate_period - (Default: 300 seconds) Schedules how often to check for expired data.
- initial_delay - (Default: 20 seconds) Speeds up startup by delaying the first TTL checks.
- max_docs_per_batch - (Default: 200) The maximum number of documents deleted per batch by the TTL rebuild thread.
(Default: 5 minutes) The maximum time to wait before flushing asynchronous index updates, which occurs at either at Solr commit time or at Cassandra flush time. To fully synchronize Solr indexes with Cassandra data, ensure that flushing completes successfully by setting this value to a reasonable high value.


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Closure Creates an Investor Opening
As they sift through the Washington mess, some money managers think it could be a blessing, at least for their investments.
With the government shutdown heading toward a second week, economists say it could hold back economic growth, business confidence and corporate earnings, but probably won't cause a recession. Many money managers doubt the damage will be lasting. Any stock selloff, they say, would be a great buying opportunity.
"We are looking to take advantage of it if it drives turmoil in the markets," said Bruce McCain, who helps oversee more than $20 billion as chief investment strategist at Key Private Bank, an arm of KeyCorp in Cleveland.
Richard Steinberg, whose Steinberg Global Asset Management oversees $600 million in Boca Raton, Fla., said he would buy if stocks fall another 2%. David Kotok, whose Cumberland Advisors oversees $2.25 billion in Sarasota, Fla., said he has moved $100 million into stocks in the past two weeks.
"I view this recurring weakness as an entry opportunity in the U.S. stock market," Mr. Kotok said.
With Wall Street taking things so calmly, there hasn't been much turmoil yet for investors to take advantage of, despite the specter of a government that soon could be unable to pay its bills.
On Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 76.10 points, or 0.51%, to 15072.58, just 3.9% below its September record. The S&P 500 index still stood at 18 times its component companies' earnings for the past 12 months, more expensive than the historical average of 16. That means most stocks need to fall farther before they look cheap.
The risk in buying during a crisis is that the Washington gunfight could be a bigger calamity than Wall Street thinks. If an actual debt default, financial crisis or recession began to loom, these money managers say, they might have to adjust their strategies.
"If we see evidence that there is major and lasting damage, obviously we would have to rethink that," Mr. McCain said.
The real crisis could come in a few days, with House Republicans refusing to raise the debt ceiling unless the administration suspends Obamacare or agrees to another, as-yet-unidentified quid pro quo. The Treasury Department says it will run short of money around Oct. 17 unless it can resume borrowing.
In 2011, after a previous debt-ceiling fight, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services cut the U.S. debt rating to AA+ from AAA, citing government dysfunction. Fitch Ratings says it could do the same this time unless Congress raises the debt ceiling "in a timely manner" before Oct. 17.
"Investor confidence in the full faith and credit of the U.S. would be undermined in such a scenario," Fitch said Oct. 1.
Ratings firms generally expect the government to use tax revenue to keep servicing the debt even if the debt ceiling isn't raised. Other bills would go unpaid. For Fitch, that would merit a downgrade. Moody's Investors Service says as long as debt payments are made, it wouldn't downgrade.
Many money managers think Congress will raise the debt limit because failing to do so would damage the U.S. position in the world. But even if congressional Republicans refuse to do so by Oct. 17, professional investors widely view that as a short-term tactic that wouldn't lastingly hurt financial markets.
After the S&P downgrade in 2011, stock prices fell sharply. Bond prices rose as investors sought havens. Stocks finally recovered and surged to new records.
"We just believe the odds of lasting economic damage are very, very minimal," Mr. McCain said.
Mr. Steinberg said he would watch closely for signs of economic damage, but he doesn't expect it either. "We are hoping to pick up some bargains on any weakness," he said.
One hidden benefit for investors is that the confusion could delay any Federal Reserve cutback in financial stimulus.
The looming political mess was one reason the Fed decided against trimming its $85 billion monthly bond-buying program at its September meeting. The Fed meets next at the end of October, and it could delay again.
"All of these shenanigans indicate that the Fed is going to continue this stance for a longer period," Mr. Kotok said.
Fed stimulus supports economic growth and funnels cash directly into financial markets, some of which winds up supporting stock prices. The longer the Fed stimulates, the better the stock outlook, investors figure.
The fight in Washington is proving particularly helpful to investors who want to adjust their bond portfolios.
They think long-term bond prices will suffer and yields will rise once the Fed cuts back on bond buying, so many want to reduce holdings now. And with the Fed still buying and some investors fleeing to the perceived safety of bonds, bond prices have risen. That lets investors unload long-term Treasury bonds at higher prices now and shift to shorter-term bonds or stocks.
Some clients are too scared to follow the "take advantage of the turmoil" strategy, Mr. Kotok said. He said half a dozen clients have phoned in the past week, saying, "I can't stand it, take me out, liquidate everything." But that represents a tiny proportion of his total investments.
What makes some people nervous is that Washington already has sunk deeper into dysfunction than most people believed possible. If a refusal to raise the debt ceiling provokes another financial crisis, it could cause a bigger stock slide than markets anticipate.
Many money managers shrug off that risk.
"We don't see an apocalyptic event," Mr. Steinberg said. "The way we view it is we are watching a train wreck in slow motion, but eventually there won't be a crash."


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GYPSUM, Colorado - The world's richest man used one of the world's most prestigious publications to praise the way local educators are measured and evaluated.Bill and Melinda Gates visited Eagle Valley High School in October. In an essay published in Saturday's Wall Street Journal, praised language arts teacher Mary Ann Stavney, along with the school district's performance pay program.Gates and his wife Melinda were in Stavney's classroom for a lesson in writing non-fiction narrative."She engaged her students, walking among them and eliciting great participation," Gates wrote in his Saturday essay. "We could see why Mary Ann is a master teacher, a distinction given to the school's best teachers and an important component of a teacher-evaluation system in Eagle County."Measuring successGates wove a theme of measurement through his essay, explaining how measuring performance and results are crucial to success. The Gates Foundation invests huge amounts of money aimed at improving the human condition around the world, and usually demands measureable results."In the past year, I have been struck by how important measurement is to improving the human condition. You can achieve incredible progress if you set a clear goal and find a measure that will drive progress toward that goal," Gates wrote. "This may seem basic, but it is amazing how often it is not done and how hard it is to get right."While measuring teacher performance worldwide is growing more widespread, more than 90 percent of educators in the U.S. still get zero feedback on how to improve, Gates wrote.Eagle County's school district launched its performance pay program more than a decade ago. Teachers earn salary increases and bonuses based largely on student performance. Teachers and staff are paid up to 2 percent of their annual salary as a bonus - if they meet performance criteria including student achievement - instead of lock-step raises based solely on years of service, explained Brian Childress, the school district's human resources director.Teachers work in groups and with master and mentor teachers. That has shifted the district's teachers away from solo practitioners to groups of teachers, Childress said.The school district spent $750,000 on performance pay bonuses in 2010-11.Eagle County's 470 teachers are evaluated three times and are observed in class at least nine times by master teachers, their principal and peers called mentor teachers, Gates wrote."I think the most critical change we can make in U.S. K-12 education, with America lagging countries in Asia and Northern Europe when it comes to turning out top students, is to create teacher-feedback systems that are properly funded, high quality and trusted by teachers," Gates wrote.Eagle County Schools is one of 13 school districts pioneering a statewide educator performance evaluation system.The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation donated $5.9 million to support the Colorado Legacy Foundation's Colorado Integration Project.Gates is the co-chairman of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the co-founder of Microsoft. Staff Writer Randy Wyrick can be reached at 970-748-2935 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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For most people the dream is getting to college, but for Irish American Anastasia Somoza it's not getting there that is the issue -- it's the accessibility that's needed once she arrives.
After being accepted to the prestigious London School of Economics (LSE) to pursue her master's degree in human rights, the New Yorker is fundraising so she can hire an aide for the duration of her studies.
"I feel strongly that my disability should not be the reason why I am not able to attend a fabulous university abroad," she told the Irish Voice over a recent phone interview from her home.
Anastasia and her twin sister Alba were born with cerebral palsy and spastic quadriplegia.
"Most people have low expectations for individuals like myself and my sister," reflects Anastasia. "We are not typically seen as people who can grow up and contribute to society."
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A well known advocate and consultant for people with disabilities, the twins' mother Mary Somoza, who was born in Dublin, has been fighting for the rights of her disabled daughters for decades.
The determined Irish mother became dedicated to ensuring that her daughters received the same educational opportunities as others. Since the girls were at a young age in public school, Mary has fought for her two girls to attend regular classes and be exposed to the same opportunities as their counterparts.
"How many kids with severe disabilities get this chance of education?" Mary points out.
At 27 years of age, Anastasia has already graduated with a degree from Georgetown University. The smart and ambitious young woman tells the Irish Voice about how excited she is to get back to London to pursue her post-graduate education.
Anastasia uses a motorized wheelchair to get around and depends on an aide to help her throughout the day. Through a Medicaid waiver, Anastasia was able to bring her aide with her while she studied for her degree in DC.
Since graduation in 2007, she has been unable to find work. But instead has focused her energy on an internship with the Clinton Foundation. Anastasia and her family befriended the Clinton family in 1993 after she appeared at a nationally televised forum hosted by then-President Clinton, and asked him why her sister Alba wasn't allowed in a regular classroom.
The appearance touched off an avalanche of publicity for the Somozas and advocates of rights for the disabled, and a lifelong friendship as well. Anastasia has served as an intern for Hillary Clinton while she was in the Senate, and the families have kept in regular contact.
It was Anastasia's work at the annual Clinton Global Initiative that would inspire her to travel to London for a master's, after striking up a friendship with Cherie Blair, the wife of the former prime minister of Britain Tony Blair.
An active campaigner on equality and human rights issues, Cherie asked Anastasia if she had ever considered studying abroad in London for her masters.
"She got accepted with a full scholarship," said a proud Mary.
Anastasia was hopeful that, akin to her undergrad, her aide could travel with her to London for the duration of her studies.
"We worked closely with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on securing a waiver that would enable my aide to accompany me to London," Anastasia said. But it was not to be.
"We got a call at 9 o'clock two nights before we left for London from the Department of Health in Washington, denying the waiver," recalls Mary.
Not discouraged, the mother and daughter traveled to London in early September, determined to explore other solutions once they arrived. After two weeks passed, the situation was bleak, and they were faced with the long journey back across the Atlantic and a deferral for Anastasia.
But on the eve of their departure, a close family friend came forward with funding for a stipend (rather than a salary) for a volunteer who agreed to travel from New York and work with Anastasia until the end of her first semester in December 2011.
But again, it was not to be. Just a few weeks after enrolling in her two year course, the 27-year-old ran into difficulty with her aide. Cramped living arrangements and trouble with accessibility meant her daily needs were not being met, so in the end Anastasia was forced to return home and defer her studies until 2012.
"We had to fly over to England to rescue her," recalls Mary.
"It was really sad to have to come back and to make that decision after so many miracles," Anastasia recalled.


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PLEASANTON -- A Stockton man convicted of killing his 25-year-old girlfriend and stuffing her in a Pleasanton trash can was described Wednesday by one prosecutor as "the closest thing to a serial killer" he's seen in his career.
Javier Sandoval, 35, pleaded guilty June 12 to the murder of Ana Flores-Pineda, who remained unidentified for close to five months after her badly decomposed body was discovered inside the 45-gallon trash can on May 24, 2012. Sandoval was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison for the murder of his live-in girlfriend, whom he began dating in 2008 while working at a San Bernardino market.
Family members say the two were in love for close to three years and that only near the end did their relationship become shaky.
Prosecutors, however, say they believe that Flores-Pineda may be the third woman Sandoval has killed for the sake of getting out of a relationship. They are compiling evidence on the suspicious deaths of other women in his past with the hope that he will be denied parole when eligible in 2028.
Covering his tracks
Flores-Pineda's identity remained a mystery for months until Stockton police revisited the report on her disappearance and considered the possibility that the Jane Doe in Pleasanton may be their missing person.
Pleasanton police forged an exhaustive effort to pinpoint where the woman came from, including subpoenaing the SKU number from every matching garbage can in the Bay Area, doing clay reconstruction on her skull to analyze her facial features, and even performing forensic analysis on her hair follicles to see if the kind of water she drank could point to her hometown.
While investigators found that Sandoval's cellphone had been used in the Pleasanton area May 3, they did not make the connection to the unidentified body until August, when the case was reopened after a misdirect prompted by Sandoval himself.
According to San Joaquin County Deputy District Attorney Mark Ott, Sandoval tried to stave off questions from Flores-Pineda's employers at Sahuayo Market by telling them she had to go to Mexico to care for her mother, who he said had stomach cancer. She was not reported missing until June 12, after friends watched Sandoval repeatedly request her paychecks.
It had been nearly six weeks since her body had been dumped and three weeks since police had discovered her body.
Ott said the missing persons case was briefly called off when investigators contacted the woman's family in Mexico, who at one point had confirmed she was there. The family admitted to authorities a month later that Sandoval called them and told them to lie, saying that Flores-Pineda was working in Las Vegas and that Immigration and Customs Enforcement was looking for her.
Investigators traced the SKU number found on the bottom of the trash can and discovered it had been purchased at the Big Lots store within two miles of Sandoval's Stockton home.
The cellphone tracking, trash can purchase and deliberate misdirection of the family were enough for police to build a case against Sandoval, and he was arrested on Halloween night.
While Sandoval strongly denied allegations that he had killed Flores-Pineda during police interrogation, he began to cave once investigators showed him photos of her foot sticking out of the trash can.
He eventually described kneeling on top of his girlfriend with one hand over her throat until she stopped moving, then hauling her out to the trunk of his car, where she remained overnight while Sandoval's new girlfriend, Natalia Diaz, came over to spend the night.
Seeking an 'upgrade'
In early 2012, Sandoval met Diaz, who was working as a waitress at BJ's Restaurant, where he also worked, Ott said. By late April 2012, the two were in a romantic relationship that Ott believes prompted Sandoval to get rid of Flores-Pineda the only way he knew how.
"He wanted an upgrade," Ott said. "And he always thinks the best thing to do is just off them."
Ott also noted that early in the police interrogation, Sandoval said he and Flores-Pineda had considered splitting up once before and that she said he could have all of their possessions, including their home and both vehicles, and she would take their $10,000 in savings and go back to Mexico.
Ott believes Sandoval, who he describes as a man who is "all about his things," saw killing Flores-Pineda as an easy way to ensure he'd maintain full control of all of their possessions -- cars, money and more.
Even when he was headed to prison, he had his belongings in mind, Ott said.
"He was wondering about who was going to get his bookshelves," Ott said. "Someone that's going to go to prison for the rest of their lives is generally not concerned about bookshelves or couches."
Diaz, who Ott described as extremely devoted and "almost cult-ish in her God-fearing ways," continues to date Sandoval despite his extended stay in prison. At one point, she told him "we are passing through fire, and we will come out pure on the other side," Ott said
Still, investigators aren't convinced that Diaz was exempt from the pattern they believe Sandoval had established in ending his relationships.
"There's no doubt in my mind we saved that girl's life," Ott said.
Suspicious death
In late 2012, the Mexican niece of Sandoval's deceased wife, Jaqueline Estrada, began searching for him on the Internet; Sandoval had fled to the United States in 2008 after Estrada's death.
The woman soon discovered that Sandoval had been arrested for Flores-Pineda's murder. She contacted Stockton authorities and sent them Estrada's death certificate, which noted her cause of death as manual strangulation -- the same way Sandoval killed Flores-Pineda.
Prosecutors told Sandoval during interviews they had learned his wife died in Mexico, to which he replied, "That was an accident." He told detectives that he had pushed her down the stairs during an argument, an account inconsistent with the autopsy results.
Investigators went on to discover the man fled with his then-3-year old son Leni, whom he left in a Mexican town square before calling his parents to go pick up the child. He promptly crossed the border into the United States, landing in San Bernardino, where he met Flores-Pineda.
According to Flores-Pineda's sister, Ancelma Flores, conversations between the Estrada and Flores families also revealed Sandoval told Jacqueline Estrada he was mourning the loss of a girlfriend when they met in the early 2000s, leading investigators to consider the possibility of there being more victims.
"He's a threat to the women he dates, and he's proving it," Ott said. "He takes the term 'Til death do us part' very literally.
Despite U.S. investigators' progress in getting Sandoval to confess to his role in Estrada's death, it is not known whether he was ever arrested for the crime in Mexico, and he cannot be prosecuted for the crime in the United States.
"We have no jurisdiction over crimes that occurred in a foreign country, though prior domestic violence can be used as a motive," Ott said. "I'm hoping all of this information will be in the hands of the parole board 15 years from now.
"I've been prosecuting these kinds of cases for a long time. And this is the closest thing to a serial killer I've seen in my career."
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It's time to take it down a notch! Embrace the new season with these super-pretty low bun hairstyles
Yes, I'm talking about the same low bun that often gets a bad rap (it's how your third grade teacher wore her hair every day, after all). But this old-school hairstyle has gotten a major upgrade. The low bun was seen all over the catwalk during fashion week this season and it's turning up on the red carpet. Jennifer Lawrence wore a gorgeous low bun at the Oscars and even the queen (er, Duchess, officially) of long, loose hair -- Kate Middleton -- is a fan.
To get the scoop on the five best low bun styles for spring, we went straight to celebrity hairstylist and Bravo TV star Jonathan Antin, who broke down the how-to steps for each look. Which one will you try this spring?
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Like the extra loose low bun, simple & sexy
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Super easy, quick style for my extra long hair on days I feel lazy... Which is a lot LOL
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Buns are what I've been wearing for a while now. Very easy to just twist, pin and go.
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Almost makes me wish I had long hair again...
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These articles always sound so good....in theory but I can never manage them in reality. LOL I have learned that if it says "effortless" or "blow dry hair super straight" or "take a 1" curling iron...", I may as well give it up now. LOL
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good options for bad hair days
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Very pretty & sheek
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I'm not a huge fan of buns, but I liked quite a few of these.
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Sexy, sophisticated, beautiful; thanks for the ideas!
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SAN ANTONIO – The Texas A&M - Corpus Christi women's tennis team earned their 10th consecutive Southland Conference victory today with a 5-2 win over Incarnate Word (5-18, 1-11 SLC) to conclude regular-season road play. With the win, the Islanders (18-5, 10-1 SLC) have set a new program record of 18 wins and have now won 12 of their last 13 matches.
"Give Incarnate Word credit, it was their senior day and they really fought hard," Director of Tennis Steve Moore said. "This was not an easy match on the road. We lacked energy at the beginning in the doubles, but I felt like we really made the choice to come out with incredible energy and sense of purpose in the singles."
The Islanders, who have already secured a spot in the Southland Conference Tournament next weekend, hosted by Texas A&M - Corpus Christi, are at the top of the Southland standings with Northwestern State. The women's team is one match away from clinching their first ever Southland Conference regular-season title.
A&M - Corpus Christi dropped the doubles point today before winning five of the six singles matches today. The pair of Stefania Nicolae and Venesa Figueroa teamed up for the first time this season in the No. 3 slot to sweep Christina Rodriguez and Brianah Creek, 8-0. However, the Cardinals answered with wins on courts one and two to jump out to a 1-0 lead. The senior-freshman duo of Sandra Burges and Judit Vives snapped a three-match winning streak today after falling to Ivana Katavic and Andi Botha, 8-4, in No. 1 doubles. The tandem of sophomores Celia Rodriguez and Maider Martin then dropped a tight 8-5 loss in the No. 2 spot to Sarah Savedra and Jennifer Betancourt.
A&M - Corpus Christi answered back in singles play to win five straight-set victories. Kerry Galhos evened the match at 1-1 after winning her third straight match in No. 6 singles. The freshman cruised to a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Kelsey Reblin to improve to 13-3 in singles action and 9-1 in the Southland. Burges then followed suit with her program best 58th career-singles victory with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Taryn Strahl in No. 5 singles. The senior also improved her conference mark to 10-1 and her overall season record to 17-5. Martin padded the Islanders lead to 3-1 after downing Betancourt, 6-0, 6-0, in the No. 3 slot, to win her third straight match.
For the third consecutive match, Rodriguez clinched the match for the Islanders in No. 4 singles. The sophomore notched her 11th straight singles match with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Botha and now has tallied a 15-0 record in the No. 4 spot. She also holds an overall 18-3 mark, including a 9-1 record in Southland action.
Vives also picked up her 11th consecutive singles victory with a 6-0, 6-3 win over Savedra in No. 2 singles. The freshman now holds a 17-1 singles record in her first year and a 10-1 mark in the conference. She has also registered a 5-0 mark at No. 2 singles.
The Cardinals picked up their second and final point of the day in No. 1 singles after Nicolae fell in a tough three-setter to Katavic. After dropping the first set, Nicolae bounced back to sweep the second set, 6-0. In the third, Katavic edged out the senior, 7-5.
The women's team will join the men's team for their final regular-season match on Monday, April 21, at 1 p.m. at the Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center against New Orleans. The match will also be the final regular-season match for seniors Burges, Nicolae, Ashley Garza, Cassie Shaw, along with Matt Westmoreland for the men's team.
For all the latest on Islanders Tennis, like the team on Facebook (IslandersTennis) and follow them on Twitter and Instagram (@IslandersTennis).
Tennis Match Results
Texas A&M - Corpus Christi vs. Incarnate Word
4/19/2014 at San Antonio, Texas
Texas A&M - Corpus Christi 5, Incarnate Word 2
Singles competition:
1. Ivana Katavic (UIW) def. Stefania Nicolae (AMCC) 6-4, 0-6, 7-5
2. Judit Vives (AMCC) def. Sarah Savedra (UIW) 6-0, 6-3
3. Maider Martin (AMCC) def. Jennifer Betancourt (UIW) 6-0, 6-0
4. Celia Rodriguez (AMCC) def. Andi Botha (UIW) 6-2, 6-4
5. Sandra Burges (AMCC) def. Taryn Strahl (UIW) 6-1, 6-1
6. Kerry Galhos (AMCC) def. Kelsey Reblin (UIW) 6-1, 6-1
Doubles competition:
1. Ivana Katavic/Andi Botha (UIW) def. Sandra Burges/Judit Vives (AMCC) 8-4
2. Sarah Savedra/Jennifer Betancourt (UIW) def. Celia Rodriguez/Maider Martin (AMCC) 8-5
3. Stefania Nicolae/Venesa Figueroa (AMCC) def. Christina Rodriguez/Brianah Creek (UIW) 8-0
Match Notes:
Texas A&M - Corpus Christi 18-5, 10-1 SLC
Incarnate Word 5-18, 1-11 SLC
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (6,5,3,4,2,1)


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Too Big to Bail Appears to Take Hold
It is a view that rises from Main Street, echoes through Washington's corridors of power and ricochets off Wall Street's wood-paneled rooms: If a crisis hits tomorrow, taxpayers still would have to bail out the world's largest banks.
It may also be the wrong view, at least judging by the behavior of the bond market and the behind-the-scenes work of policy makers.
More on that later. First, the received wisdom: Five years after the painful discovery that some firms were "too big to fail," regulators and banks remain incapable of coping with teetering financial behemoths.
One of the sharpest and most-sensible financial minds said as much recently. "We still have the issue of too big to fail…we haven't solved that," John Thain, who led an ailing Merrill Lynch & Co. into the arms of Bank of America in 2008, told me in a video interview.
Robert Benmosche, Wall Street's contrarian-in-chief, begged to differ. Mr. Benmosche, who became chief executive of American International Group after its huge bailout, declared too big too fail a thing of the past in a recent interview with The Wall Street Journal.
Let's look at the evidence.
Any hope of avoiding a repeat of the messy actions of 2008 rests on two premises: that there is a credible plan to take over a failing financial firm and that market participants understand that losses will fall on them and not taxpayers. In short, investors have to believe that banks are too big to bail.
On the first point, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation believes it has a plan ready to go when the next big bank gets close to failure. It is a pretty simple playbook. The FDIC would take over the bank's holding company while trying to keep alive its operating subsidiaries—the units that run its branches and its trading and wealth-management operations, etc.
This variation on the "bad bank/good bank" split should have the advantage of staving off a potential run on the institution. The flip side, though, is that shareholders, creditors and management of the parent company would have to take the pain—a lot of pain, as it happens. Shareholders would be wiped out, creditors—even those holding so-called senior, or the safest, debt—would sustain losses, and top executives probably would be fired.
Martin Gruenberg, FDIC chairman, sounded confident last week that his agency could pull off a big bank rescue. "If you ask me, 'Do we have the authorities and capabilities to do this?' the answer would be 'yes,'" he told me.
Paul Tucker, deputy governor of the Bank of England, which has worked closely with the FDIC, sounded even more optimistic.
"It seems to me that if one of the big institutions were to fail now, it would be difficult for the U.S. administration to persuade Congress to provide a bailout, as they are basically equipped to resolve these firms," he told me.
Skeptics raise two issues. First, the FDIC has little experience of taking over large firms with international operations; its specialty has been local banks. Second, history has shown that lenders tend to run into trouble all at the same time, which would complicate attempts to keep their vital parts going.
Still, when compared with the confusion and trial-and-error attempts seen in the last turmoil (the box score from 2008: one big failure, at least four shotgun mergers and several bailouts), the current plan ought to be an improvement.
More important, there are signs that investors are adapting to the new regime. Movements in bonds of large U.S. banks suggest that markets perceive the holding companies of large lenders as riskier than their operating subsidiaries. The key variable here is the spread, or the difference between the interest rate paid by a bank bond and a U.S. Treasury of similar maturity.
Traditionally, holding companies' spreads have been lower than the ones for the debt of operating companies. That is because investors believed that the holding companies were more solid entities and therefore less likely to default.
But in recent months, the relationship has inverted, according to data from Credit Suisse AG's corporate-sector strategy group. For Wilson Ervin, a Credit Suisse vice chairman, the reason is simple. "There is good evidence that the market is getting the message and putting too big to fail behind it."
Investors should take note. Operating units' debt may be a safer bet than bonds issued by the parent company. And smaller banks' bonds may be better than the debt of large banks. More broadly, if shareholders and bondholders start to believe that they might pay for bank failures, they will put pressure on management to avoid unnecessary risks and build strong capital buffers.
That doesn't mean the next crisis won't be a mess, but at least there is some hope taxpayers won't be asked to clean up.
As Sheila Bair, the former head of the FDIC, said last week, "This is the new paradigm. Bondholders have to understand that they are going to be on the hook for losses."
– Francesco Guerrera is The Wall Street Journal's financial editor. Write to him at: email@example.com and follow him on Twitter: @guerreraf72.


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There were 69 bookings at the San Joaquin County Jail in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Thursday. At that time, there were 1,452 people held at the jail, which has an official capacity of 1,411. When the jail is full, some inmates may be released early.
Robbery: A woman was selling Valentine's Day items when she was approached by three women who pushed her to the ground and stole merchandise before fleeing in a waiting vehicle driven by a fourth person, police said. The thieves were described as black women 20 to 25 years old wearing black clothing.
Robbery: A man climbed through a drive-through window and robbed a fast-food restaurant about 12:40 a.m. Thursday, police reported. The robbery occurred at a Jack in the Box in the 6000 block of Pacific Avenue. The man reached through the drive-through window, climbed inside the restaurant and stole money before fleeing. He was described as a black man in his early 20s wearing a black hat, black shirt and blue jeans with a white belt.
The California Highway Patrol did not submit an incident report Thursday.
The Stockton Fire Department responded to 120 calls for service in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Thursday, including eight vehicle accidents, 94 medical calls and one structure fire.
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Proxy advisory firm ISS on Tuesday recommended shareholders of Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) vote against the re-election of HP's board chairman and two other directors because of their role in the costly 2011 acquisition of software company Autonomy.
The purchase of Autonomy led to a massive writedown for HP and ISS said shareholders should reject Chairman Ray Lane and board members John Hammergren and G. Kennedy Thompson.
"While developments surrounding the 2011 Autonomy deal may continue in the coming months, it is clear that the due diligence process that occurred at that time was not robust," ISS said in a report.
It said that executive chair Lane, the finance and investment committee's Hammergren and Thompson "bear the most responsibility for a very costly oversight failure."
Last month, a union pension adviser said it would campaign against Hammergren's and Thompson's re-election to the board, though it said it would not oppose Lane because of the risk of disruptions were he to leave.
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- Audrie Pott case: Documents detail party, acts at heart of sexual assault blamed for teen's suicide
- Audrie Pott case: Stepmother's statement on pain Saratoga girl, family faced
- Saratoga sexual assault case: Parents of teen victim to file wrongful death suit against three boys
- Apr 14:
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- Saratoga High's tragic assault case: Students say photos didn't go viral
- 3 charged in sexual abuse case previously cited
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- Canadian police reopen case of girl who committed suicide after alleged rape
- Lawyer: Girl saw details online of sex assault
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- Canada minister to oversee probe to teen's suicide
Leah Parsons said she took her 17-year-old daughter, Rehtaeh, off life-support Sunday after she hanged herself last week. She said one boy took a photo of the alleged assault in 2011, and her daughter was subjected to bullying after it went viral.
Parsons is dissatisfied that police concluded there were no grounds to charge the four boys after a year-long investigation.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Cpl. Scott MacRae said the investigation was completed in consultation with prosecutors and said there was insufficient evidence to proceed with charges. Nova Scotia Justice Minister Ross Landry said he has no plans to review the case because he has no reason to doubt the integrity of the police investigation. Landry said he has yet to hear of any formal complaint from Parsons about the police investigation, though he added she was open to file one.
"In regards to the issue of second-guessing the police at every case, no, I'm not going to do that," Landry said.
A Facebook page has been set up in tribute to Rehtaeh's life, featuring dozens of photos of the smiling, bespectacled brunette, often with a dog by her side.
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Patrons of Dyckman Free Library were able to pay their fines in food in November and December.
The library sponsored the event to help the Sleepy Eye Area Food Shelf. With a library card and a food item, each item donated removed $2 in library fines.
Librarian Gail Christenson said over $106 in fines were removed with 21 people donating items.
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Clue wrote:This decision did not come lightly, but I decided to appoint this year's representative and am proud to announce that Dave Beery will be attending on behalf of the state of Iowa! There were only about a handful of people who expressed any interest at all in going this year and I've noticed more and more hints from the USDGC itself about appointing people who have worked hard and it got me leaning in that direction. This is not only a reward for Dave's hard work but his wife's as well. Amanda and Dave have done so much for tournaments in and around Des Moines, the club, but have also supported tournaments all over Iowa as much as anyone. Thank you both and I hope you enjoy the trip!
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PLEASANTON -- Administrators at Fairlands Elementary in Pleasanton have alerted parents to a suspicious incident that occurred near the school.
According to interim Principal Julie Berglin, on Nov. 6 at around 3:10 p.m., a Fairlands student encountered an older woman in a "white or light blue car" outside a school gate along West Las Positas Boulevard. A teenager in the car allegedly offered the boy candy if would get in the vehicle. The car slowed, but didn't stop.
The boy, Berglin said, reported the incident to his mother, who was nearby, and school staff called police. Parents were notified of the incident via an email sent out the following day.
"It appears the comment was made in jest," Berglin said. "But we felt it was important to inform the community so they're aware."
According to Pleasanton police Lt. Jeff Bretzing, officers arrived immediately and searched the area, but didn't find anyone matching the description or the vehicle. Bretzing said there was no criminal activity involved and that police documented the encounter as an incident. There were no other witnesses or reports, however police said they'll continue looking out for the vehicle.
"Certainly we're heightened," Bretzing said. "We have to assume there's some legitimacy to it."
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|When Steve Jobs passed away, not only did we lose a visionary, but we lost a world class speaker as well. In fact, all of us who speak in front of others can learn a lot from the man who turned business keynote speeches into an art form. Not bad for a Techie.
Here are some of the things I learned from the former CEO of Apple:
1. Connect to the Audience - No one likes being lectured to, and Jobs had the ability to make a speech sound "un-speechy" He talked to his audiences, not at them, which often made his remarks sound off-the cuff. In fact, because he was so conversational and didn't use notes, many people were surprised to learn that he spent a great deal of time memorizing and rehearsing his speeches. That's the brilliance of a great speaker - keeping it conversational and making a well rehearsed speech look improvised.
2. No Podium, No Notes, No PowerPoint - In order to have a successful speech, a speaker has to connect with an audience. Jobs made sure he connected by usually not having anything between him and his audience. Instead of being hidden behind a podium, Jobs strolled the stage. He had no notes and made eye contact with people, not paper. Jobs used pictures to convey a mood, or a product, not mind-numbing Powerpoint slides filled with technical data.
3. Be Yourself Authentic Self Onstage - Jobs didn't wear the typical CEO suit. He was a "jeans and a turtleneck" kind of guy... and that's exactly what he always wore. Many speakers want to look exactly like the audience and dress in "business-casual" rather than finding their own "brand" which includes not only their content, but what they wear.
4. Tell Stories Rather than Facts - Although Jobs was a Techie and spoke to a high tech audience, his speeches were never a mechanical recitation of specs, data, and insider jargon. Rather, he emphasized real-life stories of how Apple products changed lives and he focussed on the stories of the customers who used their products.
5. Reveal Your Personal Life Struggles
In this era of reality shows where there are no personal secrets, even CEOs need to reveal the non-business side of themselves. As you will see in the linked video, Jobs draws stories from some of the most pivotal points in his his life -- his loves, losses and his struggle with cancer. He inspired audiences with not only his products, but with his life.
He will be missed. For those of you who have never seen Jobs in speak,, here are a few links to some videos.
Compellation video
Stanford 2007 Commencement speech - Urging graduates to pursue their dreams and see the opportunities in life's setbacks -- including death itself.
|Making Dreams Come True for Comics and Speakers since 1984
Steve Jobs - Lessons from a Great Speaker
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Definition of guillotine in English:
1A machine with a heavy blade sliding vertically in grooves, used for beheading people.
Example sentences
- The king was beheaded on the guillotine on January 21, 1793.
- Despite his every effort to persuade his judges of his innocence and that all he was doing was giving spiritual help to those in need he was condemned to death by beheading at the guillotine.
- Brainwashed disciples play with eyelashes, file fingernails and draw intricate pictures of men beheaded on bloody guillotines.
1.1A device for cutting that incorporates a descending or sliding blade, used typically for cutting paper, card, or sheet metal.
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- But witnesses said Banovi had been placing a wad of paper under the guillotine in preparation for cutting and a colleague apparently activated the blade before Banovi's hand was out the way.
- Harry made British medical history in 1999 by becoming the first eight-finger replant after his hands were caught in a hydraulic paper guillotine.
- When a large number of bricks must be cut, you might want to rent an electric power saw adapted with a masonry blade or a manual cutting machine called a guillotine.
1.3British (In parliament) a procedure used to prevent delay in the discussion of a legislative bill by fixing times at which various parts of it must be voted on.
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- The Government is resorting to the excessive use of parliamentary guillotines to quickly push through controversial legislation, according to Labour chief whip Emmet Stagg.
- Can we expect the use of the guillotine in parliamentary debates to be abandoned by this government allowing those debates as much time as they need?
- The fact that government used the guillotine during the committee stage certainly did not contribute to any intelligent cross-bench discussion.
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1Execute (someone) by guillotine.
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- Just before he was guillotined he made a speech vowing that he would return from the dead to punish his captors.
- They want to guillotine these people without any evidence.
- He spent his last night in the Conciergerie before he was taken away to be guillotined comforting a beautiful, young aristocratic girl, which we'd all like to do on our last night alive…
1.2British (In parliament) end discussion by applying a guillotine to (a bill or debate).
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- The controversial amendment to the Electoral Bill, banning opinion polls for seven days in the lead up to elections, was passed without debate or a vote when the Bill was guillotined in the Dáil yesterday.
- Dail records show that the proposal had not been reached when the Finance Bill was guillotined at committee stage in May 1983.
- I always assumed that all those details in the budget are written into each year's Finance Bill and guillotined through parliament, but maybe I'm mistaken and he does in fact have arbitrary power.
Late 18th century: from French, named after Joseph-Ignace Guillotin (1738–1814), the French physician who recommended its use for executions in 1789.
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Who could ask for anything more? In 's wonderful news for fans of the great American songbook, Berkeley Repertory Theatre will present the musical "George Gershwin Alone."
Starring Hershey Felder as the iconic composer, this tuneful 90-minute show is a valentine to the life and work of the music legend.
Gershwin wrote more than 1,000 tunes that continue to captivate the public ear. George and his brother Ira, born and raised in Brooklyn by their Jewish immigrant parents, came to fame for a mind-boggling catalog of standards that includes "Embraceable You," "Fascinating Rhythm," "I Got Rhythm," "The Man I Love," "Someone to Watch Over Me," "'S Wonderful," and "They Can't Take That Away from Me."
Staged by director Joel Zwick ("My Big Fat Greek Wedding"), the production has been described by critics as "a gift" in which "there's not a sour note." The solo show, which traces the man's life and work from his humble roots in Brooklyn to his death at the age of 38, runs June 8-23. Gershwin, who died of an undiagnosed brain tumor, did not live long enough to see his songs become famous. As the show notes, he never chased hits instead preferring to embrace groundbreaking projects such as "Rhapsody in Blue" and "Porgy and Bess."
Felder, a pianist in his own right, has made a name by channeling composers in works such as "Gershwin," "Beethoven, As I Knew Him" and "Maestro Bernstein." As one critic noted, he "melts the audience like a giant campfire marshmallow."
"Gershwin" holds court at Berkeley Repertory Theatre's Thrust Stage, 2025 Addison Street. Tickets range $29-$77 (subject to change). 510-647-2949, www.berkeleyrep.org


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LANDOVER, Md. -- Michael Crabtree didn't make his season debut Monday night, but the 49ers are expected to activate the wide receiver Tuesday, his final eligible day on the physically-unable-to-perform list.
Coach Jim Harbaugh said after Monday's 27-6 win over Washington that Crabtree is "coming back next week," suggesting he might debut Sunday when the 49ers host the St. Louis Rams.
Wide receiver Anquan Boldin said Crabtree doesn't just add depth but also is "another playmaker on the outside, another dimension that we need."
Crabtree said he's "all right" but doesn't know what the 49ers have in store for him. He tore his right Achilles on May 21 and returned to practice three weeks ago. He participated in a light workout before Monday's game, running routes and catching passes in gray sweats.
General manager Trent Baalke said the 49ers were considering several options to create a spot for Crabtree on the 53-man roster.
James averaged 14.4 yards on five returns. He recovered his own muffed punt to start the fourth quarter. Said James: "I'm happy to be making a (contribution) to the team.
Of those 19 take-aways, 11 resulted in touchdowns, eight in field goals. Dawson's field goal raised the 49ers' league-leading total to 105 points off take-aways. Seattle ranks second with 88 points. It was Whitner's second interception this season, matching his single-season career highs from 2009 and 2011.


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Things opened up quickly with Fire. The next two songs, I didn't know and Halley's featured Richard Wright on vocals (and also on the drums for I Didn't Know!). The audience cheers wildly for Richard, who at that time went by 'Nancy'. At the time he was a fellow classmate of Trey, and Trey introduces him as his best friend "for 28 years". Fishman is once again introduced as "Moses Brown, Moses Heaps, and Moses DeWitt" and also as the "second best trombonist drummer in Vermont", all nicknames he'd be introduced as throughout Phishtory. The move into Light Up happens quickly and the song ends quickly, but there's nothing of particular long-term interest.
YEM is preceded by some funny banter. Checking the sound, Page says that Mike needs more Mike in his mic. Trey introduces Marley by singing "Who is She?", a lyric that would eventually be the title of Phish's music label, many years later. The YEM vocal jam here has a tease of the Jackson 5's ABC, but the jam is lackluster. The Lizards next is botched heavily in Trey's series of arpeggios and is one of the worst early versions. Perhaps referencing the flubs of Lizards, the band plays a brief BBFCFM, which features a lyric change: "Why am I barking?" - referencing a Marley freak-out.
Bobby Brown is featured on harmonica in this JJLC who adds a nice element to the song and makes it one of the better tunes from the set. Post JJLC, Trey points out "Mrs. Fishman", Fish's new drum throne. He rides Fish on the price of the throne, which cost over $250! Fluffhead here is unremarkable, but is very clean. Nothing much to say about the Alumni, but there is a guest saxophonist on A-train (although you can hear how he doesn't really want to play it before the song starts). There's a brief tease of Rockin into the Night by 38 Special as well as a HYHU, which the whole band plays.
Not much musically here, although there are a whole lot of low-quality friend of the band guests. I like the banter throughout the show and there's lots of great goofy silly things going on. Were it not for the banter, this show would likely get just 1 star, but since the band had so much fun and was so talkative, it's a bit better than that. Nothing you'd want to play continuously though.


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Pirce Halogen Semi Flush Ceiling Mount
Pirce semi-flush ceiling mount features a White aluminum finish. General light distribution. One 300 watt, 120 volt, T3 R7s base halogen lamp is included. Small: 27.19 inch width x 14.19 inch height. Large: 37 inch width x 17.31 inch height.
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|Length Overall
|31' 4''
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|5,200 lbs.
|10' 2''
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|Weight Capacity
|Draft Up
|Person Capacity
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|Fuel Capacity
|53 gal.
|Air Draft
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|Prices, features, designs, and equipment are subject to change. Please see your local dealer or visit the builder's website for the latest information available on this boat model.
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The Head of the Pack
By Captain John B. Wenz
Today's pontoon boats are becoming more and more like yachts all the time. This class seems to be evolving quickly, far beyond their traditional image. Premier knows this well- they've been in the business of building nothing but pontoon boats since 1992. Their lineup ranges from simple, no frills double "toon" boats to high-end triples. The Boundary Waters line is their top end, with the 310 as the largest. This boat is quite a package, with lots of opportunity to customize. And you can add the optional "Sky Deck", with its spiral staircase and slide, for luxury bordering on the decadent. In addition, the unit that we tested featured what Premier calls the PTX option. It's actually a 36-inch wide cross between a pontoon and a hull with a 12-inch flat surface, offering the performance of a V-hull with the comfort and stability of a pontoon. In the deck you'll find a seven foot storage locker, big enough for skis and other water toys. It also allows for a towing post, so the kids can bring the skis, boards, and tubes along for the day.
Built to Last
The folks at Premier build their boats to last. The 310 Boundary Waters features 16" crossmember spacing and 27 inch diameter tubes. Experience has taught them an awful lot about boat building. Details like solid aluminum keels and multi-chamber tubes maintain the boat's strength and integrity. Transoms are reinforced to prevent racking, and they heat-shrink all of the electrical connections to keep them dry. If you're serious about pleasing your customers, those are the things you need to do. Another item that distinguishes Premier from the competition is in the seating. First, the individual units are rotocast, which means that they're wood-free in construction. You'll find an increasing number of mid-priced pontoon boats to be built this way. Gone are the days of little jury-rigged hooks and lanyards that you find around so many boats. Stainless steel cleats, polished corner castings and flush-mounted docking lights are useful and attractive details which not only look good, but they're functional and they add value. And the list of standard features doesn't stop there.
The Layout
There's a sink up forward, a 12-volt refrigerator, and a beverage holder that does double-duty as a paper towel holder. Luxurious wood-grain details highlight a full set of standard instrumentation including a speedo, tach, voltage, horn, trim, and fuel gauges. A Lowrance GPS/plotter is also standard. Hydraulic tilt steering and a Flexsteel 7-Star helm chair pamper the captain, and the handy Captain's caddy is alongside the seat. Storage is found underneath and a marine-grade CD stereo is protected from the weather.
The balance of the seating is aft and opposite the helm. There are a couple of recliners, and more seating with storage underneath. A removable table is to port, and LED courtesy lighting is located throughout. To starboard is the Caribbean galley, featuring cabinets with shelves underneath. A changing room with porta-potti is located at the stern, so you can change out of your wet swimsuit before dinner.
Up on the skydeck you'll find additional seating with storage underneath. There's a spiral staircase, a bimini top, and a slide. Get back on board using the stainless swim ladder. In addition, the PTX hull configuration allows for a towing post, so the kids can bring the skis, boards, and tubes along for the day.
Test Run
For our test, the 310 Boundary Waters was powered with a 350 horsepower, four-stroke outboard from Yamaha. This 5.3 liter V-8 outboard is loaded with innovative features to deliver outstanding torque and power. A 60-degree offset double overhead cam 32 valve configuration complements the multipoint fuel injection and single electronic throttle control valve for maximum performance up and down the throttle range. A digital electronic control system and Yamaha's Ultimate Corrosion Protection System offer reliability this season and for many seasons to come. Premier's 310 Boundary Waters is 31' on deck and 31'4" overall. A 10'2" beam offers room for lots of luxury, and she'll carry the whole party- up to 25 passengers, in fact. The PTX version of the Boundary Waters can safely handle an outboard of up to 350 horsepower. If you really want engine capacity, go with the twin PTX. That rig will handle up to 600 horsepower. Now that's truly awesome!
The Yamaha 350 put us up on plane in 4.3 seconds and we reached 30 miles an hour in 8.1 seconds. Our top speed was 35.8 mph at 5500 rpm. We determined our best fuel economy to be at 3000 rpm where we calculated our range to be 64 miles at 19.3 miles an hour. This boat is a luxury package, and the 350 Yamaha is an impressive piece of machinery.
The 310 Boundary Waters with the Skydeck option from Premier is a really unique package. It's a whole lot of luxury, and a whole lot of fun. This will undoubtedly be the center of the party at the next raft-up.
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Enlightenment in the City of Light
Traveling comes with its own distinct set of trials and truths. If yoga is a practice of equanimity in the face of constant change, that evenness takes on new meaning when we're far from home.
On October 2, 2011, I led a class of 3,000 yogis, all in white, on the Champ de Mars near the Eiffel Tower's Wall for Peace to honor Mahatma Gandhi's birthday and the United Nations' International Day of Peace.
Whether I'm lost, found, late, early, confused or completely uplifted, Paris offers me lessons on Light — on being light, on absorbing light, on offering light. I've been teaching there twice a year for seven years, and my dream of teaching a class about the Light of True Gratitude and Peace in front of the Eiffel Tower has finally come true.
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DB CJ Reavis (6-1 202) of Chester, VA has offers from Virginia, Virginia Tech, Maryland, Boston College, NC State, North Carolina, Wake Forest, Tennessee, Ohio State, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Georgia, Tech, Connecticut, UMass and Vanderbilt with interest from Clemson, Cincinnati and Michigan. Recently, Reavis visited the Upstate. "I liked it a lot," he said. "I liked the way the coaches came after me." He went onto express interest in the Tigers. Reavis has been to Virginia, Virginia Tech, North Carolina, Wake Forest and Ohio State as well. Of those visits, UVA and UNC made the biggest impression. "They were all nice visits but Virginia and North Carolina stood out," said Reavis. "I got to sit down with the head coaches and talk. That was pretty cool." This summer he plans to narrow his list to ten and does not have any current favorites. As a junior, Reavis totaled 107 tackles, two interceptions and three forced fumbles.Tweet
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Definición de elective en inglés:
1Related to or working by means of election: an elective democracy
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- Good thing, then, that elective democracy has a built-in mechanism for removing him.
- Instead, we suffer a good deal more from elective dictatorship, with prime ministers and premiers able to shape the political agenda with a freer hand.
- Looking back on it all many years later in their old age, Thomas Jefferson wrote to his former antagonist John Adams, 'an elective despotism was not what we fought for'.
1.1(Of a person or office) appointed or filled by election: he had never held elective office the National Assembly, with 125 elective members
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- Krugman is not a journalist by training, and he's never held appointive or elective office.
- George Will notes the steadily increasing ranks of African-American Republicans holding significant elective and appointive office.
- And yet, its new Republican governor is perhaps the freest-thinking holder of high elective office in the entire nation.
1.2(Of a body or position) possessing or giving the power to elect: powerful Emperors manipulated the elective body
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- If we cannot elect men with sufficient education and honor even to try to be wise, we can number in a few score the years in which the elective power will remain ours.
- They cower down and allow him to dictate the pace rather than being an elective body.
- In giving the elective power to the states, the framers of the Constitution hoped to protect state independence.
2(Of surgical or medical treatment) chosen by the patient rather than urgently necessary: elective surgery
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- Spontaneous abortion refers to pregnancy loss at less than 20 weeks' gestation in the absence of elective medical or surgical measures to terminate the pregnancy.
- Music's soothing effects have been demonstrated in patients undergoing chemotherapy or elective surgery under local or regional anesthesia.
- The reduction in hospital stay was present in all subgroups and most pronounced in the patients undergoing elective surgery for aneurysm who received transfusions.
2.1(Of a course of study) chosen by the student rather than compulsory: elective courses on this subject have always been oversubscribed
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- The students enrolled in this elective course range from advanced placement to general studies.
- Pharmacy ranked last in permitting overseas research for its faculty members and allowing degree-candidate students to take elective study abroad courses.
- A student research program is conducted concurrently with the elective courses - students with something to say are encouraged to say it.
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An optional course of study.
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- In a trade-off, though, Tech College offers far fewer electives, or curricular freedom of any sort.
- He chose a philosophy minor, and several courses in classics as electives.
- As I progressed through school, I chose art classes for electives in junior high and high school because that's what I enjoyed.
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- Adequate preoperative planning, scheduling surgery electively as opposed to emergency and improving nutritional status may be helpful.
- Surgeons often electively repair abdominal aortic aneurysms that measure 4 to 5.5 cm in diameter even though the long-term survival benefit of early elective surgery is uncertain.
- The patient was taken electively to the operating room where a 7.5 cm x 5 cm x 4 cm hard, nodular tumor mass was resected from the neck and anterior mediastinum.
Late Middle English: from Old French electif, -ive, from late Latin electivus, from elect- 'picked out', from the verb eligere (see elect).
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Appalachian-influenced 'Nutcracker' debuts at Flat Rock Playhouse
Published: Friday, November 23, 2012 at 3:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 at 2:10 p.m.
Chase Brock's interpretation of "The Nutcracker" — with Appalachian influences — debuts Wednesday, Nov. 28, at Flat Rock Playhouse.
Performances are 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and 2 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday at the Mainstage, 2661 Greenville Highway, Flat Rock, N.C. Tickets are $40, with discounts for senior citizens and students.
For information, call 828-693-0731 or 1-866-732-8008 or visit www.flatrockplayhouse.org.
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Monroe County residents threatened with home foreclosure came armed with paperwork and their stories during a state-sponsored forum Friday at East Stroudsburg University's Innovation Center.
The event, sponsored by the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, enabled consumers to discuss their cases with certified housing counselors who specialize in negotiating loan modifications. Other workshops focused on Housing Finance Agency funding programs, legal options, local employment opportunities and building better credit.
Business was brisk, but not overwhelming during the early portion of the 12-hour event, scheduled in response to a five-month case backlog in a special Monroe County foreclosure-diversion court. "We feel the process will result in real positive outcomes for people in the community," said Terri Redmond, the state housing agency's education manager.
"I was looking to retire here," said Everett Branch of A Pocono Country Place, who has seen his mortgage and property tax bill steadily climb since moving here from Brooklyn, N.Y. in 2009. He hopes a counselor can help him succeed where he was unable to negotiate new loan terms with his lender.
Carla Carter of Stroudsburg is recently widow, out of work and trying to survive on a veterans pension and Social Security.
"I'm not in foreclosure, technically, now," Carter said. "I'm trying to avoid that. The wolf is at the door, sort of speak."
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