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NBC 7 has learned the driver accused in Saturday's road rage incident on the Coronado Bay Bridge has a prior criminal record and history of mental health problems.
A motorcyclist exchanged words and hand gestures with the driver of a blue BMW while both were traveling westbound atop the bridge around 6 p.m.
San Diego police investigators say the BMW driver intentionally struck the motorcycle. Two people were thrown from the bike.
The BMW driver, Phillip Michael Eggers was booked on two felony charges including first-degree attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon other than a firearm. He is slated to be arraigned Wednesday.
According to court records, Eggers, 24, has three prior criminal cases. He has also admitted to previous street racing, according to psychological reports.
Documents show that in 2011, Eggers' attorneys sought to have him serve the entirety of a 36-month sentence for burglary at the Vista Detention facility to assure that he receive "proper medication and treatment."
Prior to his incarceration, Eggers was diagnosed with Bipolar I Disorder and ADHD the court records show. At the time, he was being treated with "medication management and individual therapy."
Court paperwork shows Eggers behavioral problems started in the second grade. By the fifth grade it was determined he had "severe learning disabilities." At this time, documents show, he was hospitalized at Sharp Hospital for 'out of control behavior'.
Psychological reports included in the court documents indicate a long and significant history of emotional problems. In 2008, a doctor determined Eggers has 'severe bipolar disorder' and 'angry outbursts.'
It also says when properly medicated and treated, Eggers is a 'model citizen.'
A former attorney for Eggers said the description of Saturday's incident is "out of character" and he describes Eggers as a "gentle, non-violent" person.
Another significant finding comes from a psychological report that talks about his involvement with streets racing and use of a modified Corvette, which belonged to his father. "I've been in my share of street races," Eggers tells the psychologist.


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McWhorter, earned her PharmD degree and magna cum laude honors from the UGA School of Pharmacy in May. She also graduated summa cum laude from Georgia College & State University with a B.S. in biology in 1998.
She worked part-time for Hodgson's while attending pharmacy school. Now she joins Harold Hodgson, Chester Sosebee and Mack Lowrey in the pharmacy.
Jackson marks 25 years with firm
Terry A. Jackson, agent in the Athens office for the American General Career Distribution Group, has marked 25 years with the insurance group.
The American General Career Distribution Group is part of American General Financial Group, the marketing name for American General Corporation and its subsidiaries.
Workman heads state Rural Development
Earlier this year the U.S. Department of Agriculture appointed F. Stone Workman as the Georgia state director for USDA Rural Development, which maintains offices in Athens.
Workman, from Monticello, Ga., is a member of the Monticello City Council and serves as the executive director of the Jasper County Economic Development Authority. In addition, he serves on numerous boards including the Middle Georgia Boy Scouts of America, Georgia Public Web Inc., Gas Authority of Georgia and Georgia Academy of Economic Development.
USDA Rural Development serves as the lead federal entity for rural development needs, and administers program assistance through three agencies: Rural Housing Service, Rural Business -- Cooperative Service, and Rural Utilities Service.
Fambrough associated with Hawthorne clinic
Marcie Fambrough, L.D.O. is now practicing her optical skills with Athens Family Vision Clinic in the Hawthorne Medical Center.
Fambrough has 14 years of optical experience in Athens and is a graduate of the University of Georgia with a B.S. in health education. She is currently working toward her master's degree.
Legette aids in Girl Scouts' celebration
Cheryl K. Legette, executive director for the Girl Scouts of Northeast Georgia will help in developing a celebration for the 90th anniversary of the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A.
Legette will participate in a special planning committee, which will organize a gala event and Executive Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C. for the year 2002. She attended a planning session this month at GSUSA headquarters in New York.
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I can see why Harney and Sons says that people who try this never go back to regular Earl Grey! I was not a big Earl Grey fan, and when this one came with my tea chest I expected the "Supreme" to mean that they had added a lot of extra bergamot. Not so! They put all the Supreme into the leaves themselves! This is a beautiful base of black tea, oolong tea, and silver tips. I believe Mike Harney's book said they order Formosa Oolong especially for the base of this tea. The bergamot is a lovely addition, but not overwhelming and only enhances this tea. It isn't there to cover up the use of inferior leaves, as is often the case with flavored teas. This one will definitely be kept in stock in my cupboard.
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Subject: Re: [IRL-WEX] Carleton Mary
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The Carleton name is also linked to the Quaker religion
Bird [Bourd], Margaret, Dublin
To my daughter Grace Hutchinson £142.10.0. per bond dated 2 June
1718, executed by Amos Strettle, merchant, and Samuel Baker,
tallow-chandler, devised by Will of my former husband John Hutchinson,
deceased. John Carleton, Samuel Carleton, Jonathan Carleton and Margaret
Carleton, all children of my sister Jane Carleton. Hannah Barret, youngest
daughter of my brother Benjamin Barret. My late husband Joseph Bird, his
daughter Jane Baker alias Bird. My late husband's nephew Richard Bird, his
nephew James Bird. Remainder of my estate to John, Samuel, Jonathan and
Margaret Carleton, and Martha Fall, Susannah Saunderson, Abigail Thompson,
Hannag Thompson, all daughters of my sister Abigail Thompson. Executors my
kinsman John Deaver, my good friend John Barlcay, both of Dublin, merchants.
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Until yesterday, there was this notion floating around the media and a lot of fans that Carmelo is a player closer to LeBron than to Tracy McGrady.
I don't think anyone thought Melo was on LeBron's level, but simply that, if you put their faces on a line, you would put Melo's face closer to LeBron's than to McGrady's on that line.
But all this was crushed yesterday. LeBron came in and did the dirty. Carmelo floundered like a fish.
To my mind, this comes down to their off-season work. LeBron, no doubt in my mind, works on his game and his body in the off season. Carmelo looks like he eats donuts.
With such a lax work ethic, I predicate a dramatic drop-off in Carmelo's play over the next few years. As he gets closer to 30 and then crosses that hill, he won't be able to overcome the donut eating.
Guy can still save himself, put some work in, and become a great player.
But the sun is setting fast.
Look, bottom line, this is our team. This team, as it is constructed, is what all the deals and trades were aimed at. I know Lin is out, but Lin might have made that game a 20 point instead of a 33 point laugher.
Knicks got blown the **** out by a team with two legitimate superstars.
Knicks got two fugazy stars.
Real talk.
LBJ and Wade are superstar. Melo and Stats......oh pleaseeee...not even close. Only Melo fan think he is even close to LBJ or Wade level.
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The numbers are pretty shocking — many are over 1,500 calories per plate, with a few clocking in at over 3,000. As the CSPI puts it, "You could take half home and still overeat." Is your favorite dish on the menu? Check out a few of the winners here, then see the rest of the list. Want to save a few calories on your next restaurant trip? Use these tips for eating healthy when dining out.
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Of 47 projects to improve UK broadband that are currently in progress, 44 are either already approved or likely to be given the go ahead in the near future.
Three groups of local authorities, however, are categorised as "making insufficient progress" by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
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Three of the 50 most-generous American philanthropists in 2013 are from Dallas-Fort Worth, according to The Chronicle of Philanthropy's annual list.
The locals on the list are Lyda Hill of Dallas, with donations totaling more than $63 million, and Robert and Anne Bass of Fort Worth, who gave away $50 million.
Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, topped the list with a donation of 18 million shares of Facebook stock, valued at more than $970 million, to a Silicon Valley nonprofit in December.
The Chronicle reported Monday that Zuckerberg's donation was the largest charitable gift on the public record in 2013 and put the young couple at the top of the magazine's of 50 most generous Americans.
The top 50 contributors made donations last year totaling $7.7 billion, plus pledges of $2.9 billion.
Chronicle editor Stacy Palmer said the most significant fact from the list was the amount of money coming from living donors, which totaled about the same amount as the two previous years combined.
"It's a sure sign that the economy is getting better and people are getting a lot less cautious," Palmer said.
Some of the nation's biggest givers do not appear on the 2013 list, not because they stopped being generous, but because their donations in 2013 were counted as pledges in previous years.
For example, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda, gave their foundation slightly more than $181.3 million last year, but they were paying off a pledge of about $3.3 billion they made in 2004. CNN-founder Ted Turner and Berkshire Hathaway chairman Warren Buffett also made large gifts toward previous pledges.
It took gifts totaling at least $37.5 million to make the list this year. Forty-two of the top 50 made gifts of $50 million or more.
Thirty made big gifts to colleges and universities, but Palmer noted most college gifts went to science and research this year, not to buildings, as in previous years.
Ten of the 50 made the list because of bequests after their deaths, including the second biggest giver in 2013, George Mitchell, a Galveston man who made his fortune in energy and real estate.
At No. 3 were Nike chairman Philip Knight and his wife, Penelope, of Portland, Ore., who made a $500 million challenge grant to Oregon Health & Science University Foundation for cancer research. The Knight pledge requires the university match it within the next two years.
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Nineteen people or couples on the list have signed the Giving Pledge, started by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett in 2010. More than 120 of the world's wealthiest individuals and families have pledged to give at least half their wealth to charity since the movement began.
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For many young drivers the choice is obvious, and is usually made thanks to an existing love of one or the other. But some people are equal fans of all things on wheels, while others are mostly just bothered about the getting the best deal; for some, the choice between a car and a motorbike will be an agonising one. So let's take a look at some of the basics.
Are motorbikes cheaper to buy than cars?
Obviously it depends on what you want to buy, and shopping around may mean you find unexpected deals on both, especially if you're going for something used – which, as a young driver, you probably will be.
However, for a rough sort of guideline, a new Ford KA starts from £8,945 and a new Peugeot 208 costs well over £10,000. Meanwhile, a Honda CBR300R will set you back 'just' £4,299. Similar differences will apply in the used market as well. The bike of your dreams will probably be much, much cheaper than the car of your dreams.
Is motorbike insurance cheaper than car insurance?
Motorbike insurance certainly hasn't risen anywhere near as much as the cost of car insurance over the last few years, and policies are generally cheaper too – depending on the makes and models involved. Car insurance is notoriously expensive for young people – often well over £1,000 a year – but a lower cc bike could cost just half that. Breakdown cover, on the other hand, has a tendency to be a bit more expensive for bikes than for cars – but usually just by less than £25 a year. Make sure you're getting a good deal – at Carole Nash, we offer breakdown cover as a benefit with every policy!
Are motorbikes cheaper to run than cars?
In some ways, yes, and in other ways no. If you are riding a motorbike you will need safety gear that you won't need if you're driving a car. However, look at safety gear as an investment that will (hopefully) last you for some time! Some bikes can also perform as much as twice as efficiently as cars on fuel consumption, so you'll make your savings back there. Tax, too, provides a big difference – road tax for a car is usually over £100, whereas for a bike it can be less than £20.
Are motorbikes less practical than cars?
Another divisive one, the answer to which changes depending on whether you're trying to get through the rush hour traffic, or get a weekly shop home from the supermarket. Be sure to think carefully about what you need from your transportation.
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We'll avoid getting too partisan and simply say that the decision between a car and a motorbike depends on what you want, what you want to do with it, and how much you want to pay. But, of course, we are passionate about motorbikes at Carole Nash, and would remind you that good prices on used bikes and comprehensive motorcycle insurance policies for young riders are all out there, and it does provide a fantastic alternative to a car for those looking to be part of something that's just a little more exciting!


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Mona is a teenager growing up in Bucharest under the reign of the brutal dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. Like many middle-class families she and her parents spend a few weeks every summer first holidaying on the Black Sea coast and then staying with family in the city of Brasov in the Carpathian mountains where the coolness brings relief from the intense summer heat. On one of these trips, when she is seventeen, Mona falls in love with Mihai, a mysterious dark-haired student who lives in Brasov. Mona makes a beeline for Mihai whom everyone is saying killed his last girlfriend with a rock, trying to comfort him in his grief and the two quickly fall deeply in love. Or so Mona thinks until her family fall under the radar of the Securitate - the secret police - and Mona begins to wonder whether there might be some substance in the rumours she hears about Mihai. When Mona's father is arrested for being part of a dissident group - not actually against communism but wanting to replace Ceausescu - her parents resolve to put into action plans to get Mona out of the country to a place of safety.
Mona escapes to Italy through Yugoslavia and thinks she will be happy there, almost within touching distance of home. But Mona learns that she can't stay in Italy and ends up in Chicago where she knows nobody. The resilient young woman soon builds a successful new life but Mona can't help wondering who Mihai really was and what her life might have been if she had stayed.
Not only will people interested in modern Romanian history enjoy this novel, but it's also a very good way of learning about recent Romanian history if you aren't familiar with the events of the 1970s and 1980s in that country. The author, Domnica Radulescu effortlessly slips in details that give an insight into life under Ceausescu - the food shortages, the paranoia of wondering who is walking behind you in the street, who you can trust and where people have mysteriously disappeared to - as well as Romanian customs and culture. When Mona talks about the tastes that remind her of childhood you can almost taste the fragrant walnut and rose petal preserves yourself. Even the accounts of the hardships are laced with little humourous details that make you smile. Anyone who grew up "behind the Iron Curtain" will be sure to recognise much of what Radulescu describes.
I loved the description of Aunt Ana who "brought my mother an amber necklace that she had traded for a roll of Romanian horse salami and a pair of Romanian tights" from the USSR. Mona describes how Ana's son disappeared without warning and how, hoping in vain for news of him Ana "waits for him in the evening with dinner ready, and she becomes fatter and fatter until she dies of a heart attack from never seeing Petea again and from eating all the dinners that Petea didn't get to eat".
More than anything "Train to Trieste" is a love story and I thought that Radulescu excelled at demonstrating how much Mona loves Mihai and how much pain her doubts caused her. The love scenes, while not explicit, are very sexy yet understated and the way that Mihai is described as this brooding, raven-haired mysterious young man it would be pretty hard to imagine any impressionable teenage girl not falling for him. Mona says "I taste the raspberries on his lips. I want to melt into the pink clouds and this kiss tastes like the wildest fruit of the earth".
But, of course, this story is different in some respects because of the time and location in which it takes place and I felt that this was highlighted in a subtle yet evocative way so that you don't forget that it's the love story that's the most important element of the novel, and, of course, when Mona is with Mihai she is able to forget those nagging doubts she has about exactly who he might be. "The lacy curtains are moving in the breeze. Through them, above our heads, the three Marxist leaders and the fourth one, our own Father of the Nation, are staring at us. We make faces at them; we tell them to go away deep into hell."
A look at the book's blurb appears to tell you the whole story and you might think there's nothing more to discover. Indeed, as I was reading this novel I felt like there were no surprises. Not that there need be, this isn't a thriller after all; however, I did think that the most important part of the story happened frustratingly too near the end of the book and, as a result, left too many unanswered questions.
"Train to Trieste" is written in two distinct sections - Romania and America. I found the first half of the book utterly compelling and evocative. There was plenty to learn about and appreciate. Mona narrates in the present tense - which I do find a little irritating - but intertwines the account of her love affair which memories of her childhood and stories about her relatives, in particular her grandmother who was rescued when floating down the Dniestr river on an old door and subsequently married her gallant rescuer - Mona's grandfather. Between the descriptions of the harsh conditions of living in the capital, baking summers on the Black Sea and the cool crisp air of the Carpathians, the first half of the book is crammed with stylish and descriptive prose so much so that the scenery almost jumps off the page.
The second section was less successful though it started promisingly with Mona's reaction to a totally new country and lifestyle. It describes very eloquently how she felt confronted by so much that was alien to her at a time when she was very vulnerable. However, the subsequent part of the story became too much of a list of things that happened and really could have been any of lots of books that have been written about the experience of immigrants to the United States.
Like Mona, I was still intrigued by Mihai and it was this that made me read on even when I was not enjoying the book so much. Mihai does appear in the book again but I felt that this could have been tackled better and it was an element that seemed like it had been added at the end almost as an afterthought. With or without the re-appearance of Mihai this novel would have finished in an unsatisfactory way and I am surprised that Radulescu was not better supported by her editor, this being her first novel.
One niggle that may seem minor but that I think has a major part to play in people's impression of this book is found on the front cover. Under the title is the line "An incandescent story of forbidden love". What nonsense! Not only do these words make this book sound like a cheap paperback aimed at old ladies but it simply isn't true of the story. The romance between Mihai and Mona is never actually forbidden. What's more the picture shows two fair haired people in an embrace and, as we are repeatedly reminded, Mihai has raven hair. The illustration need not be a literal representation of the lovers but this detail plus the fact that it looks like a very 1940s picture in terms of the woman's clothing do mislead a little.
In spite of these complaints I really enjoyed "Train to Trieste"; it is a beautifully written novel that succeeds in creating a picture of a pretty and charming Romania at a time most people associate only with misery and hardship. It is a tender love story that isn't sickly sweet and that excels at presenting a portrait of first love. It is funny where it needs to be and is a telling reminder that no matter what is happening on the outside people have passions and fears on the inside that cannot be suppressed even by an oppressive regime.
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WASHINGTON, May 5 (UPI) -- The U.S. House has approved bipartisan legislation overhauling the federal deposit insurance system.
Approved by a 413-10 vote Wednesday, the measure would increase the maximum insurable amount for bank accounts from $100,000 to $130,000.
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., failed in his effort to eliminate the contentious provision from the measure.
The House had approved similar legislation in the last two congresses only to see them stall in the Senate due to concerns from Senate Banking Chairman Richard Shelby,R-Ala., about the potential tax burden of raising the limit should a bank fail.


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An Asymmetric Model on Seigniorage and the Dynamics of Net Foreign Assets
The emergence of international current account imbalances has dominated the economic debate for several years and has been considered one of the main reasons for the turbulences in the world economy since 2007. Economic theory suggests that an economy cannot run persistent current account deficits without depleting its net foreign assets. Nevertheless, for most of the 2000s the US net foreign liabilities grew at a rate below the one of the cumulative current account deficit. To investigate on the mechanisms that allow the US to do so, this paper sets up a two country DGE model with asymmetric liquidity constraints. The model will show that there is a permanent wealth transfer from the world to the US. The unique position of the US not only allows them to run persistent current account deficits, but also imposes a permanent decay on the American current account. As the issuer of the world key currency in an asymmetric world monetary system, the US can make use of Seigniorage and valuation effects to be able to run a continuous current account deficit. These mechanisms work in favour of their net foreign bond holdings, but let their CA further deteriorate. The corresponding one-way capital flows were part of the distortions that laid the ground for the world financial crisis 2007-2009. Future will show if a multi polar world with several (regional) reserve currencies emerges.
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Los Angeles Times
December 29, 2004
MOSCOW — In an apparent sign of infighting among Kremlin aides, a top advisor to President Vladimir V. Putin on Tuesday harshly criticized the takeover of Yukos Oil Co.'s main production unit by a state-owned company and warned of far-reaching repercussions for Russia's economy.
"The sale of the main oil-producing asset of the best Russian oil company and its purchase by Rosneft company, 100% owned by the state, has undoubtedly become the scam of the year," presidential economic advisor Andrei Illarionov told an annual end-of-year Moscow news conference, speaking days after Putin praised the deal and called it entirely legal.
"When the Yukos case began, everybody was asking which will be the rules of the game," Illarionov said. "Now it is clear that there are no rules of the game."
Even before the news conference, many observers saw Illarionov as being on his way out because of disagreements with other Kremlin figures, a perception that has now been reinforced.
Putin on Thursday bluntly described last week's controversial takeover of the private oil company's core asset by a state-owned firm as a step to redress injustices of Russia's post-Soviet shift from communism to capitalism. In doing so, he appeared to drop the pretense that authorities' pursuit of $27 billion in back taxes from Yukos was primarily a law enforcement matter.
Critics charge that the Kremlin wants to get control of Yukos' assets and punish its former chief executive and primary owner, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a jailed political foe of Putin who is on trial for alleged tax fraud.
Khodorkovsky said in a letter from prison published Tuesday that the dismantling of Yukos was "the most senseless and destructive event in the entire reign of president Vladimir Putin." His letter was published in a leading Russian business newspaper, Vedomosti, and on his personal website.
"The destruction of Yukos demonstrates that bureaucrats who were set free from their leash are not guided by the real interests of the state," Khodorkovsky wrote. "They simply know that the state machine exists to serve their own interests."
Khodorkovsky predicted that "very soon there will remain only one opponent of this omnivorous bureaucracy: a fierce amorphous mob."
"It will take to the streets and ask: You promised us bread and circuses? Where are they?" he wrote. "It won't be possible to ironically wave a pack of administrative papers in the face of this mob. What will happen next will be 'uncontrollable democracy' with its countless troubles and sufferings. This is what we must actually fear."
Putin, defending the action against Yukos at Thursday's news conference, declared: "You all know very well how privatization took place here in the early 1990s and how, using various tricks and sometimes violating the laws that were in effect at the time, many market participants got hold of state property worth many billions. Today the state, using absolutely legal market mechanisms, is securing its interests. I consider this to be quite normal."
A U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Houston attempted to block the forced auction of Yukos' biggest asset, Yuganskneftegaz, which accounted for more than 60% of the company's production. Despite the U.S. court order, a previously unknown Russian financial group successfully bid for a 76.8% stake in Yuganskneftegaz and then was itself sold to the state-owned Rosneft oil company. That in effect nationalizes 11% of Russia's crude oil production, although the transactions have not been finalized.
The chairman of Rosneft's board is Igor Sechin, who also is deputy chief of the Putin administration. He is considered one of the Russian president's closest advisors and apparently won a battle with Illarionov over Yukos.
At his news conference Tuesday, Illarionov criticized the forced sale and the operation's pending takeover by Rosneft as an example of "extremely incompetent intervention in economic life by state officials."
Illarionov painted a picture of far-reaching damage to Russia's economy from the destruction of Yukos, which had been seen as one of the country's best-run companies. The result, he said, will be to channel investment flows to well-connected but inefficient firms rather than the best companies.
"Naturally, investors flee from the company which is being ruined," he said. "They are forced to move their assets to companies which have been described as 'Kremlin companies' by brokers, those companies which are close to the authorities . Financial flows are rerouted from the most effective companies to the least effective ones. The overall efficiency of the national economy goes down and economic growth rates go down accordingly, as well as the pace of growth in living standards."
Steven Dashevsky, chief of research for the Aton Capital Group in Moscow, said it had become clear that others in the Kremlin were no longer listening to Illarionov.
"In this sense he is like a small dog barking at a herd of elephants," Dashevsky said. "He is still barking, but the elephants have done their job and moved on without paying attention. I think the only safe advice to the market will be not to listen to Illarionov because it is clear that his statements reflect a view that is not supported or even taken into account in the Kremlin."
Some observers suggested that Illarionov's criticism on this and other issues in recent months may have been permitted as part of an effort by the Kremlin to appear reasonably open and democratic even as key decisions are made behind closed doors.
"The Kremlin doesn't have a unanimity of views, and the mechanism of how the decisions are taken are totally unclear," said Yevgeny Gavrilenkov, chief economist of Troika Dialog Investment Group in Moscow.
"I share everybody's surprise that Illarionov, who not for the first time allows himself sharp criticism of government actions and of the policies approved by the president himself, has not been sacked yet," he said. "It may be explained only by one logical consideration: that the Kremlin keeps Illarionov and some other liberal advisors on its staff to preserve the democratic facade over its otherwise nontransparent and questionable decisions and policies."
Gavrilenkov said that Putin had "succeeded in building a vertical power model in which only very top officials close to the president are allowed to take part in the decision making."
"The democratic structures, which had been painstakingly assembled in the country since 1993 are being quickly dismantled now," he added.
Illarionov defended his outspokenness by claiming to serve the president and the nation with frank advice.
"I am an advisor to the president, not a presidential demolition expert," he said. "We are not living in a country where a man takes an oath of allegiance to one man and serves only this man and nobody else. The position of a presidential advisor is a state position, and I am doing what I consider required, useful and necessary for my country. I am doing all I can to help, not to sabotage. To say publicly today that everything is splendid and that with current policy in all spheres we will be a success, in my opinion, is to undermine not only the president but the entire country."


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Papa, Grenada and me
He was not a big man, but he was barrel-chested and walked with a bit of a swagger, leaving you to remember him as bigger than he was.
He was dressed as if he was on his way to a regatta: white pants, deck shoes with no socks and an oiled, wool sweater with a rolled collar. That latter item is almost surely wrong, though, a trick of my memory. We were in Barbados and it was 90 degrees. Nobody would have worn such a sweater. Still, I remember him that way, though I realize I am confusing him with Ernest Hemingway.
Story Continued Below
He walked into the bar and surveyed its inhabitants: me, a dozen other reporters and a bartender reading a newspaper. It was 10 a.m.
"So," he said smacking his hands together with a crack that brought every head in the room snapping up with attention. "We go to war, no?"
The more experienced reporters went back to their drinks. "Another Swede," one sighed.
It was late October 1983, and the United States had just invaded the small island nation of Grenada in the southeastern Caribbean. In what we called Operation Urgent Fury, the Army's Rapid Deployment Force, the Marines, Delta Force, SEALs and other forces totaling about 7,000 men blasted their way on shore to confront about 1,500 members of the Grenadian army and about 700 Cubans, most of whom were engineers helping Grenada expand its airport.
The U.S. was invading either to restore order after a military coup, to keep Cubans from building an airstrip that could serve as a military outpost, to protect American students attending a medical school in Grenada or to make the American public forget that just two days before the Marine barracks in Beirut had been blown up, killing 241 American servicemen. Take your pick.
The world press had gathered, but nobody could get to Grenada because the U.S. military had cordoned off the island with jets and ships. The legality of such a blockade was an open question, and an American TV network rented a plane and headed for Grenada.
But a U.S. jet appeared off its wingtip, warned the small plane away and then "bounced" it. This meant the jet flew close enough to the small plane to catch it in the turbulence from its jet wash. The pilot of the network plane lost control and spiraled toward the sea, before pulling up at the last second and turning back safely.
After that, the media lost their taste for challenging U.S. air power, and the world press was happy to congregate on the island of Barbados about 160 miles away from Grenada. The U.S. military promised they would ferry us over by transport plane as soon as things were pacified.
I was very happy to hang out in Barbados. It was a lovely resort island, with restaurants and beaches and bars. But the barrel-chested guy with the swagger had other ideas.
"We go to Grenada!" he said, slapping down a business card from a Swedish newspaper in front of me. "And we go by sea!"


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President George W. Bush warned on Thursday that U.S. telephone companies won't help the government in the war on terror if they are facing lawsuits from Americans who claim to have been spied on. "How can you listen to the enemy if the phone companies aren't going to participate with you?" Bush said in an impassioned news conference. "And they're not going to participate if they get sued." Bush was urging Congress to pass a new law that would give the companies immunity from prosecution on eavesdropping charges. "I just can't tell you how important it is to not alienate, or not discourage, these phone companies."
AT&T and Verizon face some 40 lawsuits, consolidated into five cases, alleging they helped the government wiretap Americans in the wake of 9/11. It has been reported that the companies are declining to help with wiretaps as a result. But Democrats have repeatedly offered to pass a bill that gives telecoms immunity for cooperation with government security efforts; the standoff revolves around whether that immunity should be retroactive.
"Democrats have always supported prospective, 'from-here-forward' liability protection for companies," says Jim Manley, spokesman for Senate majority leader Harry Reid. "Prospective immunity is not in dispute," says Brendan Daly, spokesman for Nancy Pelosi. The argument is over the White House call for immunity to be extended for any eavesdropping the companies may have done in the past at the government's behest. Bush has said he'll veto any bill that doesn't include retroactive immunity; Democrats are refusing to offer it.
The telecom companies decline to comment on any matters relating to national security, so it's impossible to get their side of the story. But the White House is suggesting that the lawsuits could be a crippling financial blow to these companies. "A judgment for the plaintiffs' lawyers could be the death knell for the companies," says White House spokesperson Dana Perino. "Alternatively, Americans will be paying higher phone bills."
Wall Street, however, doesn't appear to be buying this argument. "From an investor perspective it's never been about whether the telecom companies would face financial damage," telecom analyst Blair Levin told Dow Jones' MarketWatch. Another telecom analyst told the business wire, "Quantifying the impact would be pretty tough to do." AT&T's current annual report doesn't mention the eavesdropping cases or their potential financial impact.
The President's more compelling argument for retroactive immunity is that the telephone companies acted in good faith in response to a government request during a moment of crisis. The Administration had told the companies that it was legal to help with eavesdropping, even without a warrant from a secret court, and keeping the word of the government is important to maintain the credibility of any White House in future crises. "They were told what they were going to do was legal," Bush said at his press conference.
Critics counter that it is the courts, not the executive branch, that determine what does and does not comply with the law. But if a court concludes that the companies acted out of patriotic motives, even if it's determined the wiretapping is against the law, a massive punitive damage award is unlikely. What's more, if White House credibility is the issue, critics of retroactive immunity argue that offering prospective immunity should be sufficient.
Still, the Administration argues passionately for retroactive immunity. Says White House spokesperson Perino: "A wide bipartisan group of Senators and a majority of the House, if given a chance, believe that the companies acted in good faith. Only trial lawyers and their allies in the House, who have received millions of dollars in contributions from class-action lawyers, argue differently, and that's because they're putting greed ahead of fairness and national security." (In fact, the cases have been brought by non-profit civil liberties groups.)
For now the issue remains stalemated, although G.O.P. lawmakers have agreed to meet with their Democratic counterparts in a bipartisan, bicameral conference to seek a compromise. Previously Democrats have offered to grant retroactive immunity to the telecoms if the Administration accepts liability and lets the cases proceed. Another possible compromise would let a secret intelligence court decide whether the companies acted improperly.


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Selesa Beach Resort Port Dickson
The Selesa Beach Resort is utterly a paradise of its own. Situated along a beachside that is declared as one of the cleanest beach in Port Dickson, this resort clearly echoes the Minangkabau heritage.
Designed to be more than just a tourist hideaway, the Selesa Beach Resort is a tailor-made, spic-and-span, enclosed beachfront hotel quite ideal for businessmen, leisure travelers and vacationing tourists. The Selesa Beach Resort is also the ultimate venue for holding unforgettable conferences, corporate events and private functions.
As a clustered U-shaped hotel that is open toward the beach, this setting takes advantage of the spectacular seascape getaway attraction this side of Malaysia. The Selesa Beach Resort is a popular choice for families, but also for executives, who may want to take a breather from their daily busy schedules.


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ETA: Wow, I'm impressed. They didn't even take the top of the leaderboard. I figured it was coming (it always does), but figured that'd be down the road. So did J.R. finally get the spot he should have been in twice before?
And here come the tens...Though I didn't think you were supposed to break hold in a foxtrot.
Oh, my....Bruno and CA are actually being critical. I'm guessing still nines, though. Len is actually being critical, though he's saying it wasn't their worst dance. Ricki looks absolutely stunned, as if she can't imagine getting any criticism from the judges. Wonder how ironic Tom was being when he said Derek can't be a genius every week.
Straight 8s? You mean they won't even be in second? They're tied with H/M? Not that they're going anywhere, of course, except probably right back to the top of the leader board next week. Guess this was their obligatory less-than-perfect week. What stunned me is that they actually got called out for doing something that was, indeed, wrong.
Anyone else catch that there's going to be a special dance tomorrow night where Mark and Derek dance with a girl who's overcome tremendous obstacles? I really hope they don't over dance her.


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Members of the City Council are:
Back Row (left to right): Council Member TJ Thomson, Council Member Ben Quintana, Council President Pro Tem Lauren McLean, Council Member Scot LudwigFront Row (left to right): Council President Elaine Clegg, Mayor David H. Bieter, Council Member Maryanne Jordan
Phone: (208) 384-4422
Email the Mayor
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150 N Capitol Blvd
Boise, ID 83702
William L. Bones
Chief of Police
Contact: BPD Media Relations Office
The following is a news release from the Boise Mayor's
Boise, Oct. 12, 2010 - Mayor David Bieter
today announced the successful negotiation of the City's Police and
Fire collective labor agreements, each effective through 2013.
Terms of the separate agreements call for no wage increases for
Police or Fire union members until October 2011.
The Mayor also announced the
establishment of a Police and Fire Heath Care Trust, an innovative
plan that will allow the Police and Fire unions to jointly
administer their own health care plan while saving the City of
Boise an estimated $11.5 million in future unfunded
Memberships of both the International
Brotherhood of Police Officers Local 486 and the International
Association of Firefighters Local 149 approved their respective
agreements in earlier votes. Resolutions regarding the two
collective labor agreements and the health care trust will be
presented to the City Council this evening, where they are expected
to be ratified.
"These agreements and the establishment
of this new health care trust will protect both our residents'
safety and their pocketbooks," Mayor Bieter said. "By maintaining
quality police and fire services for the next three years, we
ensure Boise residents can sleep soundly knowing their families
will have the help they need in times of crisis. By holding down
wage increases and eliminating a major portion of the city's long
term financial obligations, we allow residents to know that their
tax dollars are being well managed."
"By working together on these issues, we
have reached a solution that is beneficial to both unions and the
City of Boise," International Brotherhood of Police Officers Local
486 president Guy Bourgeau said.
"With a great deal of hard work on both
sides, we succeeded in coming to an agreement that ensures that
both Boise Police and Boise Fire will continue to be the leading
agencies in the State of Idaho while at the same time addressing
some very significant financial concerns of the city."
"In these difficult economic times it is
refreshing to see labor and management come together and resolve
issues that create a win-win for both sides," Boise Firefighters
Local 149 President Greg Womack said. "Both unions entered into
this agreement to preserve health care access for our retirees.
This agreement allows that to happen while still resolving the
City's GASB obligation -- a far better solution than the state
model that immediately severed retiree health care access. This
agreement should be held up across the country as a model for
others to follow."
Health Care Trust
Under the terms of the Health Care Trust
agreement, the City of Boise will make a one-time contribution of
$4.5 million to establish a new trust to fund eligible Police and
Fire personnel health care plans. Transferring Police and Fire
health care benefits to an outside trust will vastly reduce the
City's GASB 45 obligation, which is currently estimated to be
approximately $16 million for police and fire employees, and was
expected to increase by an estimated 6.9% per year had the city not
taken this action.
GASB 45, or Government Accounting
Standards Board provision 45, was established in 2004 and requires
government employers to measure, report and resolve unfunded
liabilities associated with non-pension post-employment benefits
such as health care coverage for retired personnel prior to
Medicare eligibility. The one-time $4.5 million payment will come
from savings generated by skillful management of the City's own
health care trust.
Establishment of the trust also allows
the City to move from a defined benefit standard to a defined
contribution standard for Police and Fire, as it has with all other
city employees. A defined contribution standard allows for greater
stability in health benefit costs for municipalities.
Terms of the defined contribution have been negotiated through
December 2018.
Police Collective Labor Agreement Highlights:
· Agreement effective from April 1, 2010 to September 30,
· No wage increase from April 2010 to September 2011
· A 2.5% increase effective October 2011
· A 2.5% increase effective October 2012
· An increase to 12 in the number of civilian service officer
positions allowed. (Civilian positions are more cost efficient than
sworn officers.)
· A change in grievance policy requiring the loser of a hearing to
pay the hearing officer's fee.
· An incentive of $300 for those who do not use any sick leave
during the year and $200 for those who use 24 hours or fewer.
Fire Collective Labor Agreement Highlights
· Agreement effective from October 1, 2010 through September 30,
· No wage increase from October 2010 to September 2011
· A 2.5 % increase effective October 2011
· A 2.5% increase effective October 2012.
· A requirement that vacation be used in blocks of time rather that
just a few hours to allow for greater staffing efficiency
· Adjustments to the structure of specialty teams to give the Chief
more flexibility in the number of team participants and the
membership makeup of the team
· An incentive of $300 for those who do not use any sick leave
during the year and $200 for those who use 24 hours or fewer # #


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G-8 Leaders in France Focus on Mideast
Officials Work on Plan to Help 'Arab Spring' Countries Build Democracies, Integrate Into World Economies
DEAUVILLE, France—Group of Eight industrialized economies will endorse a blueprint for financial assistance for "Arab Spring" nations in the Middle East and North Africa, while calling on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad "to stop using force and intimidation against the Syrian people," according to a draft of the summit communiqué.
The G-8's plan, to be issued Friday, isn't expected to detail specific contributions but instead to focus on how international institutions will participate.
The declarations on the Arab Spring and Syria would satisfy two chief objectives of President Barack Obama. However, the draft communiqué also includes a U.S. promise to get its federal budget deficit under control.
"The United States will put in place a clear and credible medium-term fiscal consolidation framework," the draft said. The statement includes no specific commitments or timeframe, and comes at a time when the White House and congressional lawmakers and others have offered several competing plans for reining in future deficits.
The draft statement from the G-8 heads of state also says European countries will continue to address their government debt woes "with determination."
G-8 leaders on Thursday also expressed confidence in the rebounding global economy. "We are delighted to see global growth take off again and quite strongly," French President Nicolas Sarkozy, the host of the meeting in this seaside town, said at a press conference. However, the draft statement warned that "commodity prices and their excessive volatility pose a significant headwind to the recovery."
The initiatives G-8 leaders are set to announce on Friday, according to the draft, will officially put the heft of the world's largest economic powers—the U.S., Canada, Japan, France, Germany, the UK, Italy and Russia—behind the advancement of the "Arab Spring" of popular uprisings that continue to roil the Mideast and North Africa.
Friday, the prime ministers of Egypt and Tunisia and the secretary general of the Arab League will join G-8 leaders here to announce an assistance plan to be called the "Deauville Partnership," the draft statement said.
Syria and Libya—where the governments are violently suppressing social protests—have been chief topics of discussion during the G-8 summit.Mr. Sarkozy will press Mr. Obama in a meeting Friday to increase U.S. efforts in the military operation against Col. Moammar Gadhafi's forces in Libya, a French official said.
The G-8 leaders will "call on the Syrian leadership to stop using force and intimidation against the Syrian people and to engage in dialogue and fundamental reforms in response to the legitimate expression of the demand of the Syrian people," according to the draft.
Deputy national security advisor Ben Rhodes said the U.S. goal at the summit "is to send a signal that the G-8 and the nations here are strongly supportive of the movements for democratic change in the region."
The declarations on the Arab Spring, Libya and Syria are a boost, at least symbolically, to Mr. Obama's diplomatic effort to promote democracy in a region the U.S. sees as its most worrisome national security threat.
Uprisings in North Africa cleared the way for political change, but left their new governments fragile and their economies battered: The World Bank this week lowered its economic growth forecast for the Middle East and North Africa region to 3.6% in 2011 from the previously estimated 5%. However, the movements have also raised hopes for democracy and economic integration, drawing comparisons with Eastern Europe in the 1990s.
Last week Mr. Obama pledged $2 billion in debt relief and $2 billion in loan guarantees for Egypt.
According to the draft statement, the G-8 leaders will call on Arab countries moving toward democracy to fight corruption and introduce pro-growth economic policies. "In the short term, our collective aim is to ensure that instability does not undermine the process of political reform, and that social cohesion and macroeconomic stability are both sustained," the draft said.
Mr. Sarkozy described the assistance plan under discussion by the G-8 for the Middle East and North Africa as "substantial aid." U.S. officials said the effort will rely heavily on the International Monetary Fund, which will devise standards that countries would have to meet to receive help. The IMF couldn't immediately be reached for comment.
"While this meeting is not about pledging, we are setting in motion here a process that will address the financial questions," said David Lipton, the U.S. National Security Council's director for international economic affairs.
Foreign and finance ministers from G-8 nations will meet this summer and fall to determine the financial needs of countries in the Middle East and North Africa and how to best help them stabilize and modernize their economies, U.S. officials said.
—Sebastian Moffett, George Nishiyama, Grainne McCarthy, Geoffrey T. Smith and Sudeep Reddy contributed to this article.
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CCR is proud to partner with producers of God Loves Uganda and host two film screenings in New York City on October 17th. Talkback discussions will feature CCR Senior Staff Attorney Pam Spees and Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) Executive Director Frank Mugisha after the 5:00 p.m. showing, and CCR Executive Director Vincent Warren alongside Frank after the 7:20 p.m. showing.
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B.J. Penn defends his lightweight championship against Diego Sanchez at UFC 107.
Also, Frank Mir returns to the octagon to face Cheick Kongo.
Preliminary card results:
- T.J. Grant def. Kevin Burns by first-round TKO
- DaMarques Johnson def. Edgar Garcia by first-round submission (triangle choke)
- Rousimar Palhares def. Lucio Linhares by second-round submission (heel hook)
- Johny Hendricks def. Ricardo Funch by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-25)
- Matt Wiman def. Shane Nelson by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Alan Belcher def. Wilson Gouveia by first-round TKO
Paul (The Headhunter) Buentello vs. Stefan (Skyscraper) Struve
Round one
Struve tries a head kick, but Buentello blocks. Buentello catches a body kick and presses him against the fence. Struve tries to jump into a guillotine choke, but gives up on it. Struve cracks Buentello with an uppercut. He takes Buentello down and grabs his back with a body triangle.
Struve is trying to flatten Buentello, but is having trouble. He unloads with punches, but Buentello blocks. Struve rolls him over and is working for a rear-naked choke. Buentello finally breaks the grip and spins out. Buentello is now in Struve's guard. Struve delivers some elbows to the top of Buentello's head as the round ends.
Round two
Buentello lands a nice overhand right. Struve slips, but Buentello lets him back up. Struve presses him against the fence and knees Buentello's legs. Buentello reverses and works some body punches in. Struve jumps into a leglock attempt, but Buentello slips out.
Buentello counters a flying knee attempt with a big right and Struve's wobbly. Struve is in survival mode and presses him against the cage. They start swinging for the fence with huge punches. Both guys are tired and landing. They smile and touch gloves after the exchange. Buentello nails him with a stiff left-right combo. The round ends.
Round three
Struve lands a nice straight-right to start. He follows up with a leg kick. Buentello delivers a stiff straight-right of his own. He tries a body punch, but Struve lands another leg kick. Struve tags him with a left-right and presses him against the fence.
They clinch and Struve comes over the top with a big elbow. Struve keeps finding a home for his leg kicks -- Buentello doesn't seem interested in checking them. Buentello keeps trying to land big punches to the head, but Struve is keeping his distance and is picking him apart with leg kicks.
Buentello charges and shoves Struve over. Buentello lets him back up and tags him with big punches as the round ends.
winner: Stefan Struve by majority decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-28).
Kenny (KenFlo) Florian vs. Clay (The Carpenter) Guida
Round one
Florian takes octagon control. Florian lands a straight-left. Florian with a head kick, but Guida takes him down. Guida can't do much on the ground and Florian gets back up.
Florian is bleeding a bit now. Guida pushes forward, but Florian avoids it. Florian grabs a leg and takes him down, but Guida is back up right away. Guida shoots for a single-leg takedown, but Florian sprawls.
Guida is bleeding quite a bit after a big elbow. Florian unloads with some more nasty elbows against the fence and they stop the fight to check the cut. Guida is gushing blood, but they let the fight continue.
Round two
Florian lands some jabs as the round starts. Guida shoots for a takedown, but Florian sprawls again. Florian is looking loose now. He's landing his jab and is avoiding Guida's shots.
Florian drops him with a huge right and takes his back! Florian sinks in a rear-naked choke and it's over!
Winner: Kenny Florian by second-round submission (rear-naked choke)
Jon Fitch vs. Mike Pierce
Round one
Fitch tires a head kick, but misses. Fitch catches Pierce's leg and grabs his back. He pulls Pierce down and sinks in his hooks. Pierce stands up with Fitch on his back, Fitch is grinding him to the mat and softening him up with punches.
Fitch gives up his hooks. Pierce picks him up and slams him. Fitch uses the cage to stand up and they separate. Fitch with a slapping leg kick. He follows it up with a left-hook. Fitch catches Pierce with an uppercut.
Round two
Fitch with a quick leg kick to start off. Pierce tries to shoot and presses Fitch on the fence. They separate and Fitch tags him with a stiff jab. A nice knee from Fitch; he follows with another leg kick. Fitch catches a leg kick and takes him down.
Pierce tries to stand up, but Fitch grabs his back. Pierce manages to switch out and press him on the cage. Nice jab from Pierce. He tags Fitch with a left-right combo. Nice overhand right from Pierce.
Fitch catches him with a knee, but eats a body punch soon after. Fitch dumps him again and grabs the back. Pierce is on his feet, but Fitch is working to put him down.
They switch out and Fitch dumps him again.
Round three
Fitch with a knee to the body and a leg kick. He tags Pierce with a straight-right. Pierce presses him on the fence, but eats an elbow from Fitch. Pierce goes for another takedown, but Fitch is defending.
Fitch tries a head kick. Pierce charges forward with punches, but Fitch avoids any damage. Fitch secures a takedown. Pierce stands up and lets loose a wild uppercut that misses. Fitch catches him with a huge knee, but Pierce hurts him with a big right hand. Pierce swarms and Fitch is bleeding, but the round ends.
Winner: Jon Fitch by unanimous decision (All judges scored it 29-28)
Frank Mir vs. Cheick Kongo
Round one
Kongo tries a flurry of punches, but Mir avoids it. Mir drops Kongo with a huge overhand left and sinks in a guillotine choke. Kongo is out cold!
Winner: Frank Mir by first-round submission (Guillotine choke)
B.J. (The Prodigy) Penn vs. Diego (Nightmare) Sanchez
Round one
Intense staredown from both men.
Penn immediately cracks Sanchez with a huge overhand right. Penn swarms him and unloads. Sanchez manages to survive, but he has to be wobbly. He tags him with another, but Sanchez presses him on the fence.
Sanchez tries a high kick, but it's blocked. Sanchez tries to charge with punches, but Penn tags him again. Sanchez misses a takedown attempt. Sanchez tags him with a straight-left. Penn nails him with another stiff right and the round ends.
Round two
Sanchez shoots for a takedown, but can't get it. Penn tags him with another right. Sanchez tries a takedown, but Penn steps out. Sanchez is swinging widly, but he can't seem to touch Penn. Penn catches him with a left-right combo, but Sanchez shoots to avoid any damage.
Penn with a straight-right, jab and right-hook. Nice combination. Sanchez tries for another takedown, but he just can't take Penn down.
Round three
Sanchez with a nice body kick. Penn tags him with a straight-right. Sanchez shoots again, but still can't get the fight to the ground. Penn lands some uppercuts as Sanchez digs for a leg. Sanchez eventually gives up on that.
Sanchez is once again trying to take Penn down. This is starting to look like Penn vs. Florian. Penn grabs a Thai clinch and lands a beautiful elbow on the break.
Sanchez eats a knee to the body and presses him against the cage. Penn switches out and nails him with a right-hook. Sanchez needs to do something drastic here.
Round four
Sanches tries a head kick, but misses. Sanchez tries to shoot, but eats a punch for his trouble. Penn tags him with another straight-right. Sanchez presses him on the fence. Penn catches him with a hook as they break.
Sanchez tries to shoot again, but Penn elbows him in the head. Sanchez tries a wild hook and misses another takedown. Sanchez tries a head kick, but it catches Penn's arm.
Penn lands a hard knee as the round ends.
Round five
The story of this fight is all over Sanchez's face -- he's bruised and bloody.
Sanchez tries another takedown, but Penn scoops his leg out. Sanchez goes for it again, but Penn sprawls and controls his head. They stand up and Penn catches him with a head kick and Sanchez is bleeding! Penn unloads with punches, but Sanchez goes for another takedown. Penn sprawls and unloads with punches. Sanchez is bleeding profusely and the ref stops the fight to check the cut.
That cut is nasty and the doctor calls it.
Winner: B.J. Penn by fifth round TKO (doctor's stoppage)