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Leidy Figueroa, Joran Van der Sloot's Wife Says Her Husband was Stabbed Twice in Peru Prison … Just Twice, Damn!
Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus … Please, please let this story be true.
Leidy Figueroa, Joran van der Sloot's wife says her husband was "seriously injured" in a stabbing at the Challapalca prison in Puno Province, Peru where Van der Sloot is serving a 28 year sentence fro the murder of Stephany Flores. Leidy Figueroa, and his lawyer, Máximo Altez, told told RTL Boulevard Monday that "the little Sporter" was stabbed twice by fellow inmates, leaving "wounds that are definitely 2 inches deep."According to her account, Joran was stabbed in the shoulder and waist.
Figueroa, told the Dutch-language TV program that her husband, a Dutch national, was stabbed in the shoulder and waist by fellow prisoners. She also said she visited him Sunday in prison and smuggled out a bloody polo shirt as evidence.
Figueroa, 25, also gave Britain's Daily Mail photos of blood-soaked white sheets that she claims were used to cover Van der Sloot's wounds.
"Joran was stabbed many times in the stomach by other inmates, he was almost killed, I am scared for his life," Figueroa, 25, tells MailOnline. "He's losing a lot of blood but isn't receiving any medical attention. He's been very poorly, I have been trying to get the guards to take him to hospital."
However, prison officials is calling her account an outright lie. Jose Perez Guadalupe, director of Peru's National Penitentiary Institute, which oversees the country's prisons, stated that Figueroa's assertions were untrue and further labeled her a "compulsive liar. Hmm, imagine that, I guess we now know what the common bond between Joran Van der Sloot and Leidy Figueroa is.
Joran van der Sloot's wife says her husband was "seriously injured" in a stabbing at the Peruvian prison where he is serving time for murder, but a top prison official is calling her account an outright lie, according to reports.
Leidy Figueroa, the Dutch convict's wife, told RTL, a newsgroup in the Netherlands that is also a CNN affiliate, that van der Sloot was stabbed twice.
She further claimed that after visiting him Sunday at Challapalca prison in Puno Province, near the Bolivian border, where he is serving a 28-year sentence, she smuggled his bloody polo shirt out of the facility, RTL reported.
Van der Sloot was stabbed in the shoulder and in the waist, and both wounds were about 2 centimeters (three-quarters of an inch) deep, she told RTL.
Jose Perez Guadalupe, director of Peru's National Penitentiary Institute, which oversees the country's prisons, told a 24-hour television station that Figueroa's assertions were untrue and further labeled her a "compulsive liar."
He continued with an assault on her character, telling Peru's Channel N, "For starters, no woman in her right mind goes to a maximum-security prison and marries the biggest killer there."
One can just say this to Joran Van der Sloot when it comes to the damage that he has brought to the families of Natalee Holloway and Stephany Flores, KARMA IS A BITCH.
If this story that Joran Van der Sloot was stabbed is true, I just have two question, what took the inmates in this prison so long to stab him and can we buy those involved a beer, or at least a pack of smokes?
Posted November 3, 2014 by Scared Monkeys
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Joran Van der Sloot, Convicted Killer of Stephany Flores and Suspected Killer of Natalee Holloway Marries Girlfiend Leidy Figueroa in Peru Prison … The Bride of Frankenstein
Bride of Frankenstein …
In just another example of the world has gone mad, convicted killer Joran Van der Sloot was married his Peruvian
girlfriend conjugal squeeze Leidy Figueroa on Friday morning at the Peruvian prison that the "Little Sporter" is being held for murder. John Barrera, Mayor of Ancón District, presided over the ceremony. How special, maybe his mom Anita could have a first dance to "Psycho Killer". It gets even worse, Figueroa is pregnant with this dirt-bags child. Van der Sloot is currently serving a 28 year prison sentence for the murder of Stephanie Flores and is the prime suspect for all common sense thinking people in the disappearance and death of Alabama teen, Natalee Holloway who went missing in 2005 on Aruba.
A marriage made in Hell
Joran van der Sloot, the prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of U.S. teen Natalee Holloway, married his pregnant Peruvian girlfriend Friday in a ceremony at the maximum-security prison where he is serving 28 years for murdering a woman he met in a Lima casino.
Van der Sloot, 26, wed Leidy Figueroa, 24, in a private ceremony. Prison officials prohibited video and photos during the midday nuptials and none of the groom's relatives attended, said his attorney, Maximo Altez.
Wearing a tailored suit and dress shoes sent by his mother, Van der Sloot told his bride, who is seven months pregnant, that after he is released from prison, "'I want to marry you again,' and she told him the same," said John Barrera, who officiated the wedding as mayor of the city of Ancon, where the prison is located.
Leidy Figueroa, Bride of Frankenstein … She wore white for nuptials, are you kidding?
Sick monster, Joran Van der Sloot
Just sick. This murderer snuffs out the lives of 18 year old Natalee Holloway and 21 year old Stephanie Flores and he is allowed to have a life, get married and have children. I wonder where Joran Van der Sloot wedding registry was … Murderers R Us? Maybe Joran and Leidy can honeymoon in Aruba?
We are still looking for confirmation as to whether Joran's new wife took out the phrase "unto death do us part" from the wedding vows, for obvious reasons.
The Dutch national, who is serving a 28-year sentence for the killing of Stephany Flores — married a Peruvian woman named Leidy Figueroa on Friday morning, his attorney told CNN en Espanol.
The nuptials took place at the Lima, Peru, prison where the 26-year-old van der Sloot is being held, according to the lawyer, Maximo Altez. John Barrera, Mayor of Ancón District, presided over the ceremony.
Van der Sloot is expected to become a father in September, when Figureoa is due to give birth to their child together, Altez said.
But just like he won't have a honeymoon anytime soon, van der Sloot won't be around to change diapers after the baby heads home.
Even his mother these days refuses to have contact with Joran as she believes his is sick in the head. Ta think? Although she still is in denial that he had anything to do with the death of Natalee Holloway, she does believe he did murder Stephany Flores. Anita claims that days before he went to Peru, Joran was supposed to be committed to a psychiatric facility in Holland. Sorry Anita, Joran Van der Sloot did not need mental help after the death of his father or Nataee Holloway, this killer needed help long before that.
VIDEO - June 20, 2010
For much more information and updates, go to Scared Monkeys Forum: Natalee Holloway.
Posted July 5, 2014 by Scared Monkeys
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Imprisoned Murderer Joran van der Sloot to Marry 23 Year Old Leydi Carol Figueroa Uceda, Pregnant With His Child … Weddings & Parenthood, Things Natalee Holloway & Stephany Flores Will Never Experience
Just one more vindictive poke in the eye to Natalee Holloway's Family …
May 2005 Natalee Holloway goes missing in Aruba while on vacation with other teens from Mountainbrook, Alabama and Joran van der Sloot was and still is the primary suspect in all rational thinking people's minds in her disappearance and death. Five years to the day that Natalee went missing, May 2010 Joran van der Sloot murders 21 year old Stephany Flores and later confesses to the crime and is eventually found guilty and sentenced to 28 years in prison in Peru. Now May 2014, Joran van der Sloot through his attorney tells the world that the sociopath is getting married in a couple of weeks to 23 year old Leydi Carol Figueroa Uceda, who is pregnant with his child. Coincidence, hardly.
Sadly, neither Natalee Holloway nor Stephany Flores will ever be able to experience the joys of marriage or being a parent. Yet this sociopath is allowed to do both. One day there will be a reckoning Joran and it will not be pretty.
Hey Leydi, you may want to rethink the nuptials … it did not work out so well for the two girls above being near "The Sporter,"Natalee Holloway and Stephany Flores
He's serving a 28-year sentence for killing a Peruvian woman. He's also the main suspect in the disappearance of an American teenage girl. But these days, Joran van der Sloot is more focused on his wedding plans than his legal situation.
Maximo Altez, van der Sloot's Peruvian defense attorney, told CNN the 26-year-old Dutch national is getting married "in late May or early June" to a Peruvian woman he befriended in the prison in which he's being held in Lima, the capital.
"They met when she was visiting a relative in prison. They became friends and spent a lot of time together in his cell," Altez said. "Unlike The United States, here in Peru loved ones or relatives can see inmates inside their jails."
Joran van der Sloot is scheduled to be released on June 10, 2038; but according to his attorney the 28 year sentence can be reduced considerably "for good behavior." However, Van der Sloot is then supposed to be extradited to the United States to face extortion charges. Some have speculated that Joran is marrying his prison conjugal visit partner to help him become a Peru citizen and some how lessen his chances for extradition to the US. However, as stated above by HLN correspondent Jean Casarez, there is no benefit for Van der Sloot to get married. So why? Can you just say spite from the sociopath and one more way to harass Beth Holloway and Natalee's family. It is not lost that this is the anniversary of her death and disappearance.
For more updates, read comments and opinions of others and to provide your own, go to Scared Monkeys Missing Persons and Crime Forum: Natalee Holloway.
Posted May 15, 2014 by Scared Monkeys
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Peru Agrees to Extradite Joran van der Sloot to United States in 26 years in 2038 for Federal Extortion & Wire Fraud Charges in Connection with Disappearance of Natalee Holloway in Aruba
Joran Van der Sloot, you can run, but you can't hide … Peru has agreed to extradite Joran van der Sloot to the United States.
Joran Van der Sloot will be contradicted to the United States in 2038. Peru confirmed Sunday it will extradite Dutch convicted killer Joran Van der Sloot, serving a 28-year sentence here for murdering a young Peruvian woman, Stephany Flores, to the United States in 2038. Joran Van der Sloot murdered Stephany Flores five years to the day that he was also accused of killing Natalee Holloway in Aruba. Van der Sloot, the prime suspect in the disappearance and death of Natalee Holloway, will be extradited to the United States, but only after he serves his sentence in Peru first. A federal grand jury in the United States indicted Van der Sloot on charges of extortion and wire fraud.
Joran Van Der Sloot será extraditado al cumplir su condena de 28 años.
Natalee Holloway (Left) – Joran Van der Sloot (center) – Stephany Flores (right)
That's how much time will pass before the prime suspect in the disappearance of American Natalee Holloway faces the American justice system.
Peru has agreed to extradite Joran van der Sloot to the United States, but only after he finishes serving a 28-year murder sentence, the Peruvian news agency Andina reported. The Peruvian court system sentenced him in 2012.
In the United States he's been indicted on federal charges of extortion and wire fraud. American authorities accuse him of extorting money from Holloway's mother by offering bogus information about her daughter's disappearance.
For more information, updates, read others comments and to provide your own, go to Scared Monkeys Forum: Natalee Holloway.
Posted March 10, 2014 by Scared Monkeys
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GOOD GRIEF … Wedding Bells for Joran Van der Sloot, To Be Married in Two Weeks While Serving for Murder of Stephany Flores at Piedras Gordas Prison (Still Waiting Extortion Charges in US in Connection with Death of Natalee Holloway) … Unlucky Bride Leidy Figueroa
As reported at Ad.nl, Joran Van der Sloot is to be married within two weeks. Yes that Joran Van der Sloot who is currently serving 28 years in Piedras Gordas prison in Peru for the murder of Stephany Flores and the same "Sporter" who should have already been in prison for the death and disappearance of Natalee Holloway in Aruba. The unlucky or insane to be bride is reports as Leidy Figueroa. I am sure her parents are so proud. But of course Joran Van der Sloot is marrying out of love. NOT!!! So why would Joran Van der Sloot marry a Peruvian woman? It can't be for the conjugal visits, one does not have to be married to do such. Could it be to become a Peruvian citizen through marriage? However, I am not sure why this would matter for Van der Sloot seeing that both Peru and the Netherlands have extradition treaties with the United States. At some point Van der Sloot is going to be extradited to the United States and an Alabama courtroom to face extortion charges he perpetrate against Beth Holloway in the death of her daughter, Natalee Holloway.
We have heard these rumors before, looks like this time it might just be true. Where is the couple registered at, Murderers 'R Us?
Of course the timing of this has nothing to do with the fact that Natalee Holloway, the Alabama teen from Mountainbrook, went missing in Aruba on May 30, 2005.
Rough translation of AD.nl article via Google below:
According to Maximo Altez, the lawyer of Joran van der Sloot, the Dutch convicted murderer, serving a sentence of 28-year sentence in a Peruvian cell, to get married. "Joran is currently busy with the preparations," said the counsel against Heart of the Netherlands.
Altez expects the consent is issued within two weeks before the wedding but says that there is a lot of paperwork for a wedding in the Piedras Gordas prison is needed. The 'happy' is Joran Peruvian fiancé Leidy Figueroa.
Marry for love The marriage would be 'out of love' were born, and are not intended to prevent. Possible extradition to the United States "Being married does not change his situation," says the lawyer. Van der Sloot in America must stand trial for the extortion of the mother of the disappeared in Aruba American Natalee Holloway.
Joran, brought in connection since her disappearance in 2005, Holloway her mother would have kept wanting to tell where her daughter is buried fee. Van der Sloot only part of the requested money in hands, and had traveled to South America.
In Peru he murdered in his hotel room, the student Stephany Flores. He fled to Chile, but was arrested and sentenced in Peru. Marrying a Peruvian, Van der Sloot, according to local media, provide the Peruvian nationality. That fact would complicate extradition to the U.S..
UPDATE I: May 31, 2013 … MSM finally reports that Joran Van der Sloot engaged and too be married. Hmm, only six days late to the game.
Convicted killer Joran van der Sloot has announced that he is ready to tie the knot.
Maximo Altez, van der Sloot's attorney, has confirmed that his client is engaged to a Peruvian woman named Leydi Figueroa Uceda. She's the same woman that van der Sloot was dating in October of 2012. The couple reportedly met through an inmate. In late 2012, Uceda was rumored to have been pregnant with van der Sloot's child, but the news was never confirmed.
Altez says that the couple is working on getting some final paperwork processed so the marriage can take place. He adds that he expects the union to happen in the next two weeks.
UPDATE II: Joran Van der Sloot plans to get married next month in the Peruvian prison where he's serving time for murder, his lawyer told ABC News Friday. Told ABC News? Why didn't ABC News just do a simple Google search and they would have learned from Dutch publications that the "Sporter" was getting married?
Maximo Altez, van der Sloot's lawyer, said the 25-year-old will marry girlfriend Leydi Figueroa Uceda sometime in June. The two met in 2011 when Figueroa was visiting another inmate at the prison where van der Sloot was being held before his trial, ABC News reported. In October, Altez denied reports that Figueroa was pregnant with van der Sloot's child.
For much, much more on Natalee Holloway and the disgusting exploits of Joran Van der Sloot, go to Scared Monkeys Missing Persons: Natalee Holloway.
Posted May 25, 2013 by Scared Monkeys
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Jamie Neal and Garrett Hand Go Missing While on Trip in Peru, Have Not Been Heard From Since January 25, 2013 (Update: Found Safe)
US State Department American joins in the search for the missing San Francisco couple in Peru.
Jamie Neal and her boyfriend Garrett Hand departed the United States in December for an biking adventure through South America. Their biking expedition was to take them through Argentina, Chile and Peru, as the couple chronicled their travels on Facebook. However, the two were last heard from on January 25, 2013. Jamie's last communication with her sister Jennifer was on the 25th , in a Facebook post. Jamie Neal had posted numerous pictures along the way during the couples trip; however, they have suddenly stopped. Another alarming set of events is that Garrett's cell phone simply goes to a recording.
KTVU reports, that the couple was last seen on January 26 taking a bus from Cusco to Lima and then getting in a cab. What is most amazing is the following from the KTVU article, "Although miles away from home, they were never more than a computer away from family and friends." If that is what these two Americans thought or anything, past, present and future, you are delusional. Trust me from experience, when you are on such a vacation, you are all alone, by yourself. All the internet or cell phone does is chronicle your demise and potential last place you were at because by the time help comes, it is most likely going to be far too late.
Cycle enthusiasts Garrett Hand and Jamie Neal left the Bay Area in November for an adventure of a lifetime, a bike trek through South America. Although miles away from home, they were never more than a computer away from family and friends. The couple chronicled their travels on Facebook, but the photos and status updates stopped Jan. 25. "It's upsetting, I'm worried about both of them," said Jeff Jerge, owner of Pedaler Bike Shop.
FACEBOOK: American Citizen Services – U.S. Embassy Lima, Peru. The U.S. State Department has made a poster of Neal and Hand, while the U.S. Embassy in Peru's website posted a travel warning for Americans.
February 13, 2013 The U.S. Embassy warns U.S. citizens of a potential kidnapping threat in the Cusco area. The Embassy has received information that members of a criminal organization may be planning to kidnap U.S. citizen tourists in the Cusco and Machu Picchu area. Possible targets and methods are not known and the threat is credible at least through the end of February 2013. For the moment, personal travel by U.S. Embassy personnel to the Cusco region, including Machu Picchu, has been prohibited and official travel is severely restricted as a result of this threat.
Facebook Pages of missing Jamie Neal and Garrett Hand
For more updates, to provide your opinion and analysis, and to read others opinions on this missing persons case, go to Scared Monkeys Missing Persons Forum: Jamie Neal and Garrett Hand.
UPDATE I: US: Kidnap threat for travelers to Machu Picchu
A U.S. Embassy warning to U.S. tourists of a potential kidnapping threat in the Cuzco region, including the famed Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, drew vehement objections from Peruvian officials Friday. But a U.S. Embassy official said credible evidence exists of a threat from a Peruvian terrorist group. The official confirmed a report in the Peruvian newspaper La Republica that said leaders of the cocaine-financed Shining Path outlaw band discussed kidnapping foreigners, principally Americans, in intercepted communications. Tens of thousands of Americans visit Peru each year.
UPDATE II: Jamie Neal and Garrett Hand Found Safe.
Jamie Neal and Garrett Hand have been found save traveling along the Navos River. They stated that they did not even know their families were looking for them. First let me state, I am glad they have been found safe and there was never any incident. That being said, are you serious! They kept in contact while traveling alone throughout South America on their biking trip constantly posting on Facebook, then go silent and out of contact for a month and they don't think anyone is concerned or worried? REALLY? How would one not think that people are concerned that they have not heard from you in a month? This speaks volumes, doesn't it.
A California couple thought to be missing for a month during a trip to Peru have been located aboard a boat – and they didn't even know their families had been looking for them.
Jamie Neal, 25, and Garrett Hand, 27, from California's Bay Area, left for Peru in December for a South America bike trip, and had not been in contact with friends and relatives since late January.
The couple was found on a boat that was traveling along the Navos River.
Posted February 24, 2013 by Scared Monkeys
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Joran Van der Sloot to Marry? In Prison for Murder of Stephany Flores in Peru and Prime Suspect in Death & Disappearance of Natalee Holloway in Aruba
Hey Joran, instead of saying "I do," just admit "You did it"!!!
Is Joran Van der Sloot going to marry while behind bars in Peru and serving a 28 year sentence for the murder of Stephany Flores? Are nuptials in the air for the convicted murderer and the prime suspect in the death and disappearance of Natalee Holloway? Or is this just a PR stunt by his attorney? As Joran Van der Sloot and his attorney attempt to appeal his murder conviction is the "little Dutch Boy" also picking out China patterns? Where would he register?
Do bullet proof vests come in black with matching cumber buns?
The 24-year-old is reportedly planning to marry while serving a 28-year sentence in a Lima prison for the murder of Stephany Flores, according to Peruvian tabloid Peru 21.
Van der Sloot's defense attorney was named by the paper as a source – but he denied the report.
"As far as I know, he's not going to get married," Maximo Altez told the Daily Beast. "They cited me as the source, but I'm just in charge of his legal issues, and I don't participate in his private life."
More from the Daily Beast.
And as Van der Sloot tries to squirm his way out of a 28-year sentence, there's another hot piece of gossip: the possibility of his upcoming nuptials while behind bars. The news broke late last week as local tabloids asserted that he plans to marry and unidentified woman. It's not the first time Van der Sloot has been branded as a lady's man—just last year, while he was awaiting trial, a story broke in the local media that a pregnant young woman was carrying his child. She denied it on Peruvian television.
These stories were published through the week, with the information attributed to Altez, who denied he was the source. "I deny all of that," the lawyer said. "As far as I know, he's not going to get married. They cited me as the source, but I'm just in charge of his legal issues, and I don't participate in his private life."
It is rather sad and quite pathetic that such a news story would be spread by Team Joran Van der Sloot, especially when his victims Natalee Holloway and Stephany Flores will never have the chance to have their wedding day.
Posted July 29, 2012 by Scared Monkeys
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Joran Van der Sloot Asks for Forgiveness in Death of Stephany Flores Ahead of Next Months Murder Appeal … But Still No Apology to the family of Natalee Holloway
Just when you thought that Joran Van der Sloot was no longer in the news and was quietly serving out his 28 year sentence for the murder of Stephany Flores in Peru … He's back! The narcissist Dutchmen, Joran Van der Sloot, has sent a letter to the Flores family apologizing and asking for forgiveness in the murder of their daughter. What is most amazing is that even in this letter that is supposed to be an apology, he still blames the victim for being on his computer. In his drunken rage, he killed her. Wow, has Joran had a change of heart, has he seen the light, is he a changed "little sporter" and now sincere? Hardly, do not hold your breath. What is the real reason for the sudden act of compassion? The 24 year old Dutchman is due to appeal against the long prison sentence next month, hoping to knock a couple of years off his sentence.
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Van der Sloot says in the letter, which has been leaked by his reinstated lawyer Maximo Altez, that he was drunk and killed the 21-year-old in a rage, after finding her looking at documents pertaining to the Natalee Holloway case on his laptop. Natalee Holloway disappeared exactly five years earlier on the Caribbean island of Aruba, she has since been declared dead – Joran van der Sloot is still the prime suspect in her murder.
In the letter, Van der Sloot also claims he suffers from psychological problems. He writes: "I ask God every day if Stephany's parents can forgive me." If the appeal court rules that the murder was not premeditated, five years could be knocked off Van der Sloot's sentence. In which case he could be extradited to the United States earlier, where he faces extortion charges. Van der Sloot is accused of demanding 25,000 dollars from Natalee Holloway's mother in exchange for revealing the whereabouts of her daughter's body. How compassionate of him!
By the way, where is the apology for the death of Natalee Holloway in Aruba in 2005? Joran Van der Sloot is a calculating predator to the end. Anything he does has a direct self-gratification for himself. Does any one think that if it were not for the upcoming appeal that Van der Sloot would be writing this letter? Nope! Also, just like he kept twisting the knife with the family of missing and murdered Natalee Holloway, where Joran has yet to apologize, Joran appears to continue interjecting himself in the lives of the Flores family like a cancer that just won't go away.
However, Joran Van der Sloot may not want to get out of the Peru prison too soon. When he does, his Dutch butt is going to be extradited to the United States and he will face wire fraud and extortion charges.
Posted July 3, 2012 by Scared Monkeys
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Peru's Supreme Court OK's Joran Vander Sloot's Extradition to US for Extortion in Connection with the Death of Natalee Holloway
Joran Van der Sloot is back in the news …
Peru's Supreme Court has ok'd Joran Van der Sloot's extradition to the United States to face extortion charges in connection with the death of Natalee Holloway in Aruba in 2005 by attempting to extort Beth Holloway. It was long suspected that Peru's court would approve the extradition. Peru's top court stipulated, however, that Joran Van der Sloot can only be extradited to the United States after serving his sentence. The Little Dutch boy is presently serving a 28 year sentence in prison in Peru for the murder of Stephany Flores.
Joran van der Sloot may, in due course, be extradited to the United States, Peru's Supreme Court has ruled.
Mr Van der Sloot is currently serving a 28-year prison sentence in Peru for the murder of Stephany Flores, though an appeal against the ruling is still pending. He is wanted in the United States in connection with the disappearance of Natalee Holloway, who went missing in Aruba in 2005, and alleged attempts by the Dutchman to extort her mother.
Van der Sloot was indicted in Alabama on wire fraud and extortion charges. Hopefully the Peru government can interject itself and have Van der Sloot face the American music sooner rather than later.
Count One
That on or about May 10, 2010, the defendant, Joran van der Sloot, did obstruct, delay, and affect commerce and the movement of any article or commodity in commerce, by extortion and attempts to do so, in that, the defendant did knowingly and willfully cause another person to wire transfer a partial payment of money ($15,000) from a financial institution in Birmingham, Alabama, to a financial institution in the Netherlands, after representing to the other person that he would provide the location of Natalee Holloway's remains in Aruba and information regarding the circumstances of her death, upon receipt of $250,000 from the other person, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1951(a).
Count Two
That on or about May 10, 2010, the defendant, Joran van der Sloot, having devised or intending to devise any scheme and artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, did knowingly and with intent to defraud did knowingly and willfully cause to be transmitted by means of wire communication in interstate and foreign commerce, any writings, signs, signals, pictures, or sounds, that being, a wire transfer in the amount of $15,000, from Birmingham, Alabama, to the Netherlands for the purpose of executing and attempting to execute such scheme and artifice, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343.
Posted June 2, 2012 by Scared Monkeys
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Suspect in Natalee Holloway disappearance Joran Van der Sloot Being Evaluated for Extradition to US from Peru for Extortion Charges
Just when Joran Van der Sloot thought it was safe to go back in the Aruba water … well, he won't be doing that for some time as he faces a 28 year sentence in a Peruvian prison for the murder of Stephany Flores, Van der Sloot faces new issues.
According to Maximo Altez, Joran van der Sloot's Peruvian attorney, Van der Sloot, the prime suspect in the death and disappearance of Natalee Holloway in Aruna in 2005 now faces possible extradition to the United States. Joran Van der Sloot was charged with extortion in Alabama for allegedly receiving $25,000 from Beth Holloway in order to tell her where to find the remains of Natalee Holloway. Needless to say, after Van der Sloot had received the monies, he lied to Beth Holloway as to the location where her daughter could be found.
A lawyer for Joran van der Sloot says Peru is evaluating a request by the United States to extradite the jailed Dutchman, who is the main suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway in Aruba.
The 24-year-old also faces extortion charges in Alabama for allegedly receiving $25,000 from Holloway's mother to tell her where to find the remains of her daughter, who was 18 when she disappeared while on vacation.
CNN is reporting, the extradition process could be completed in the next three months.
Posted April 24, 2012 by Scared Monkeys
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Engineers Out to Squash the Competition
After countless trips to Lowe's, hundreds of man hours, four binders filled with physics equations and nearly $800 spent on supplies, a New Jersey robotics team believes it has what it takes to hurl a pumpkin 250 yards through the air on Saturday.
Mount Olive Robotics, or Mort11 as this high-school team of engineering buffs is affectionately known, is the reigning champion of the Warren County Last Fling Pumpkin Sling, a competition that is equal parts "MythBusters" and Monty Python. Now in its second year, the Pumpkin Sling was inspired by the world championship Punkin Chunkin competition, a Super Bowl for engineering wonks held annually in Bridgeville, Del., and broadcast on the Discovery Channel.
"We saw Punkin Chunkin and thought, 'Hey, we have a region filled with pumpkins. This could be a great way to show people all the agri-tourism we have to offer here and that this part of New Jersey isn't all malls and parking lots. We have mountains and trees and streams and farms,'" said Giulia Iannitelli, the event's organizer.
The pumpkin, say the Flanders, N.J. robotics enthusiasts, presents a formidable challenge for the would-be chunker: It's at once hollow, oddly shaped, wobbly and fragile.
"If it whips it too fast or too strong it can easily crush the wall and you're left with a splattered pumpkin before it leaves your arm," said David Bodmer, an engineering teacher at Mount Olive and Mort11's adviser.
In last year's competition, most teams used a fancy catapult, an ancient weapon also known as a trebuchet. Mort11 built a floating arm trebuchet, which Mr. Bodmer describes as a sophisticated version of the medieval weapon once used to hurl flaming cannonballs over castle walls. Their machine was capable of hurling a 2- or 3-lb. pumpkin at speeds of up to 200 mph. Their winning hurl lobbed the squash more than 548 feet.
This year, the team's main competition appears to be Warren Hills Regional High School, whose Team Impact is overseen by David "Coach" Rader.
"I'm a life coach and a robotics coach," Mr. Rader explained.
Team Impact has built its own floating-arm trebuchet, but Mr. Rader says their secret weapon is Jimmy Farkas a senior who can program robots to climb walls—that is, when he isn't using his engineering know-how to tweak medieval machinery. Last year, after their trebuchet's arm broke the day before the event, Team Impact had to rebuild in a hurry. Still, they chunked a pumpkin 361 feet, and if all goes according to plan Saturday, they expect to dethrone Mort11.
But pumpkin chunking is not without its risks.
In a YouTube-worthy incident, an errant squash hurled by an elementary-school team smashed into the windshield of Fred Grotenhuis's Chevy truck during last year's competition.
"You're not supposed to park directly behind the machines, but I didn't listen," said Mr. Grotenhuis, a hot-air balloon operator. "I heard someone yell, 'Fire in the hole!' and then I saw a pumpkin smash right in my windshield. I will not be parking behind the machines this year."
Property damage aside, Mr. Bodmer is confident his team, with their careful calculation binders and beefed-up trebuchet, will go home Saturday with the Sling trophy, a green cube outfitted with half a pumpkin and a small wooden trebuchet. He said the school's trophy case has a space waiting for it.
"I don't want to sound cocky but we will do well," he said. "Hopefully we can bring her back home."
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Cornell Desmond Brown
Position: LB
Height: 6-0 Weight: 240 lbs.
Born: March 15, 1975 in Englewood, NJ
High School: E.C. Glass
College: Virginia Tech (school history) (Brown college stats)
Drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the 6th round (194th overall) of the 1997 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 17 (5416th overall since 1950)
Relatives: Brother of Ruben Brown
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|Undercover Book Club
Event Type: Book Clubs
Date: 5/21/2014
Start Time: 4:00 PM
End Time: 5:30 PM
The Undercover Book Club will be discussing People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks. We will be handing out our book for June, The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery. New members are welcome.Library: Manitou Springs Library http://www.ppld.org/manitou-springs-library
Location: Lower Level
Contact: Susan Griswold
Contact Number: 685-5206
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Tuesday Afternoon News, July 8
Supervisors Hear Quarterly Recorder's Report
(Le Mars) -- The Plymouth County Board of Supervisors heard a report from County Recorder JoLynn Goodchild during their Tuesday morning meeting. Goodchild informed the supervisors that the county has collected more than $115,700 this past quarter.
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Goodchild reported most of the money collected was from mortgages
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The county supervisors also heard from County engineer Tom Rohe who informed the board, debris clean up from the June flooding is still occurring.
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Despite the flooding, and the subsequent debris clean up following the flooding, Rohe told the supervisors he thought his crew and contractors were still on schedule with many of the county's culvert and bridge replacement projects scheduled for this summer.
Iowa To Pay Army $750,000 For Drowning Victim
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - The state of Iowa will pay the Army $750,000 for the medical care of a boy who died after nearly drowning during a university-operated camp in Germany.
The State Appeal Board on Monday approved the settlement with the Army, which had been seeking $1.8 million reimbursement for the cost of treating Blake Jermon.
Jermon was 10 when he nearly drowned in 2003 at a municipal swimming pool during an outing with Camp Adventure, a University of Northern Iowa program for the children of U.S. military personnel. His mother was an Army sergeant in Germany.
Jermon suffered brain and spinal injuries and had to use a wheelchair. He died from complications during a 2006 surgery.
The state in 2012 paid a $2.1 million settlement to Jermon's mother, following years of litigation.
Trial Continues For Death Of 20 Month Old Dead Boy
MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) - More than 2,000 documents, photographs and cassette tapes have been discovered recently in connection to the case of a man charged with killing a 20-month-old Mason City boy in 1994.
A retired state Division of Criminal Investigation agent was testifying last week in the case of 38-year-old Michael Cisneros when his comment over 20-year-old crime scene photographs sent both prosecutors and defense attorneys searching the evidence room of the local police department. A judge sent the jury home on July 2 in response.
Cisneros is accused of killing John Snyder Jr., whose body was found in a creek. Cisneros was an acquaintance of the child's father. He has pleaded not guilty.
The Mason City Globe Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/1qPz3hD) testimony in the case resumed Monday.
Attorney General Says Iowans To Receive Refunds From Fraudulent Membership Club
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - More than 400,000 Iowans who were tricked into signing up for buying club memberships will be eligible for refunds ranging from $6 to hundreds of dollars or more.
Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller announced Tuesday that refund notices are being sent to Iowans who had memberships with Connecticut-based Vertrue Inc. and two other buying clubs.
The $40 million refund is the culmination of Miller's 11-year investigation and prosecution of Vertrue, which was found to have tricked Iowans into buying 864,000 memberships dating back to 1989. Most of the memberships weren't used.
Miller says the checks will be sent later this year, likely between October and December. Des Moines man Richard Schulz says he expects to receive $1,500 in refunds from Vertrue after he unknowingly had a paid membership for years.
Ames Closes Water Slides
AMES, Iowa (AP) - An Ames pool has temporary closed its slides to the public because of design cracks.
Officials at the Furman Aquatic Center said in a news release Tuesday that they recently discovered cracks in the structural supports of the drop slide and the tube slides.
The slides will be closed until a structural engineer can investigate the issue.
Ames Parks and Recreation Director Keith Abraham says the public's safety comes first. The rest of the center, which includes a lazy river, diving boards and a water playground, remains open during regular hours.
Prosecutors Ask Victims Of Salmonella Food Poisoning To Decribe Illness Affects
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - Prosecutors are asking the victims of a 2010 salmonella outbreak to share their stories as a judge considers how to punish the corporation and executives responsible.
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Iowa is asking anyone who was sickened by eggs produced by Quality Egg, LLC to come forward. Victims have the right to submit statements to the court describing what they had to endure.
Quality Egg owner Austin "Jack" DeCoster and his son, Peter, have pleaded guilty to distributing adulterated eggs in interstate commerce. Quality Egg pleaded guilty to the same charge, as well as bribery and introducing misbranded food.
The DeCosters and the company are awaiting sentencing, which hasn't been scheduled. They face up to one year in jail, plus fines and restitution.
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Turning off the motor of her BMW, Sarah Collins braced herself for the inquisition she was surely about to face. After all, hadn't she been avoiding this for the past three months?
"She's here!" A young boy around seven years old scrambled out of the large, dilapidated house. Tommy. He had grown so much since she'd last seen him. The older boy, Chris, chased him, but stopped in his tracks when he caught sight of her car. His face had been alight with laughter while he played with his brother. Now it hardened into a stony mask of rejection.
Sarah felt a twinge of remorse. She was a virtual stranger to her own nephews, and a most unwelcome one at that. Oh well, she fully intended to be gone by tomorrow morning at the latest, then everyone could go about their own lives.
The only reason she was out here in the first place was to make sure Mr. Manning was providing the children with a proper environment and the nurturing they needed. She needed to make sure he was indeed serious about wanting them in his life permanently. He wanted to put his illustrious photography career on hold to play Daddy? So be it. Although she couldn't imagine such a thing, she was well aware of his playboy lifestyle.
Pushing her Dior sunglasses up further on her nose, Sarah viewed the knee-high weeds and varied assortment of rusted garden tools strewn about. An old tire sat in the middle of the yard with an array of wildflowers growing out from the hole in its center. "How charming," she drawled.
The house had definitely seen better days. The remnants of flaking white paint clung to the gray, weathered wood by nothing short of a miracle. She only prayed the inside was in better shape.
Climbing out of the car, the heat from outside smacked into her, nearly singing her eyebrows. "The air-conditioning better be on full blast," she muttered to herself.
As she started to reach back and grab her suitcase, Chris--equally slender and with the same shock of hair as his younger brother--solemnly offered his assistance. "Thank you," she said, noting how they were the spitting image of Debbie. This visit was going to be hard on her already frayed emotions.
She gave a small smile, hoping it was a good cover for the anxiety she felt storming inside her. She really didn't like being in this situation. In fact, her lawyer advised she either sign over guardianship and be done with it, or suggest the kids go into foster care. Sarah could do neither, not until she was certain what type of lifestyle these kids would be living. And she'd take them herself before they ever went into foster care!
Chris offered a grunt in return and trudged back up to the house. Sarah stared after him, feeling about as welcome as the devil in the Vatican. Her sigh was inward and silent. She should have expected such a greeting. Not only had Chris lost his father and mother in that awful car accident, but here she was popping in like some social worker. The thought caused her throat to tighten with guilt, but she pushed it away. She really did have their best interest at heart. Besides, she'd most likely be out of here by tomorrow.
Tommy looked her up and down a good ten times, fists planted on his slim hips, eyes narrowed. "Is something wrong?" Sarah asked, feeling uncomfortable under her nephew's close scrutiny.
"You don't look like a wicked witch."
Sarah pursed her lips. "Thank you, I think."
"Uncle Raif said you were just like the wicked witch in the Wizard of Oz and you wanted to take us away from him. Is that true?" He took in her attire of linen peach skirt suit and matching pumps. "You don't look like a witch to me."
Sarah closed the car door and crouched down in front of the boy who had a challenging look in his gray eyes. "No, I'm not here to take you away from your uncle Raif." Unless absolutely necessary, she silently added. "I just want to make sure you're being well cared for."
"Then you'll leave?" His tone was so hopeful and solid, Sarah truly felt like scum.
She poked him softly in the stomach and smiled slightly. "I promise."
"Okay. You can come in then, I guess."
"Thanks for the hospitality," she murmured, walking behind him as he led her up to the house where she was greeted by an inviting blast of cool air.
"Uncle Raif's been expectin' you," Tommy said as he held the tattered screen door open for her. She didn't know why he bothered with the formality. She could have just as easily walked through the gaping hole in it. "He's in the kitchen." Tommy pointed the way then turned and ran back outside to play.
Pushing her sunglasses up on top of her head, she walked through the living room, noting it was decorated in Early American Yuck. The carpet beneath her feet looked as if it hadn't been vacuumed in at least a decade, its original color unrecognizable beneath the thick layer of grunge. Floral curtains hung sagging at the windows and were so dingy nearly all daylight was blocked out.
All this charm was set against what were probably at one time white walls, now dull and grimy. Sarah sighed. Things weren't going to be as simple as she'd hoped. She'd never be able to leave knowing the kids were wallowing in this sty.
She entered the kitchen, detecting the scent of tuna fish, dreading what she would encounter next, but her spirits lifted as she was greeted by the heart-stopping sight of a man's backside. A tall, broad-shouldered man in a cowboy hat stood at the counter. She tried to quiet her racing pulse, noticing he filled out his tight jeans quite well. Western wear had never appealed to her until this very moment.
I wonder if the front looks as good as the back?
Her hand tightened on the handle of her briefcase as every muscle in her body stood up at attention. Sweat broke out on her temples and she felt her nipples peak. She blamed it on the quick change of temperatures between outside and inside, but knew it was a lie.
Sarah thought to reprimand her exuberant hormones, but pushed the little voice of shame aside. She was a red-blooded woman who could appreciate a fine looking man just as well as any other female.
"Mr. Manning?" She forced an air of all business into her words.
He had obviously been absorbed in his task of fixing sandwiches since he started at the sound of her voice and spun around.
He stood there mute for a few seconds before touching the brim of his gray Stetson with his thumb and forefinger. "Howdy." The one word seemed squeezed from his lungs.
Sarah groaned silently. Yep, front's even better. It had been awhile since she'd seen any publicity shots of him, and he was quickly creeping up on his forties. With his notoriously wild lifestyle, she fully expected him to look as shabby as the house. Never in her life could she have imagined Mr. Raif Manning looking like this. Those tabloid photos didn't do him justice.
She started to feel a bit self-conscious as his inviting green eyes gave her an intense once-over. Maybe if he wasn't so gorgeous she wouldn't have minded, but here he was, well over six feet tall, that Stetson pushed back on his head revealing a mass of raven curls. A firm, totally male body was clothed in a red and black plaid shirt and blue jeans that might as well have been made of latex. Scuffed black leather boots completed the breathtaking view before her.
Somehow he didn't fit in with the chaos and grime around him. Sarah swallowed hard.
It was she who finally broke the intense surveillance. "I'm Sarah Collins." She aimed to keep her voice clear and steady.
Raif stood there in disbelief. This was nothing like the mental picture he'd created of her. He expected a tall, willowy beauty with her nose held high in the air. Instead, Sarah Collins was more than generously curved, and in all the right places. His gaze dipped to the front of her white blouse and he felt his dick knock against his zipper. Her breasts were full and her nipples tight. He realized it was probably the air-conditioning causing the erotic effect, but he didn't care and certainly appreciated the view.
Her pale blond hair and dove-gray eyes gave her an almost fragile look, but the hard set of her chin and pursed lips told him she could be a real bitch when she wanted to.
Common sense finally kicked in. Remember, she's the enemy. Keep your mind off your libido, get the papers signed, and get her out of here, pronto. Raif blinked back to reality. "You're Sarah?" He aimed for a tone of gruffness and prayed he made his mark.
"Otherwise known as the wicked witch." She gave a flat smile.
Raif let out a little cough. "Seems you've already been talking to the boys." He turned back to his chore of putting tops on the sandwiches, not offering an apology for his remark.
When his task was finished, he turned around, leaned against the pink and blue counter that was chipped and pockmarked in several hundred places, hooking his thumbs in the front belt loops of his jeans. He settled his expression into a mask of complete indifference. "So you finally managed to make an appearance? One that's three months overdue, I might add." Remembering his manners, he offered her a seat at the yellow Formica table.
She took up one of the torn chairs and met his gaze straight on. "Well, I'm here now."
Raif didn't like the look he saw in those icy gray eyes.


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Scarlett Starlett and Simon Greensnout were best friends; they were also alligators who lived in a town menaced by a rotten-to-the-core witch. She hated anything sweet and nice and had no use for love.
Scarlett longed to be a singer and Simon yearned to travel the world. One day, they stumbled upon a silver dollar that the witch had lost. In exchange for its return to her, the witch granted them their wishes. But be careful what you wish for, because these wishes came with an evil spell attaches. . . .
Through some scary twists and turns, Scarlett and Simon managed to find what they were looking for as well as the answer to the question, "Who needs love?"
About the Author
Elise Primavera has, like Ivy, suffered her fair share of jinxes in life and has found it helpful, like Cat, to consult the I Ching before making any important decisions. She often feels, like Pru, that the safest place in this danger-filled world is under a quilt with a good book. As Franny dreams of doing, she has made her mark in the world but as a writer and illustrator of children's books and not as an explorer in the mold of Sir Ernest Shackleton. Among her many books are the national bestselling Auntie Claus and its sequel. This is her first novel, but it won't be her last, because like Hieronymus Gumm, she always likes to have the last word and is hard at work on another book about the Gumm Street Girls.


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The Access Initiative Assessment Toolkit
At the heart of The Access Initiative's (TAI's) work is an assessment toolkit that helps civil society coalitions pinpoint strengths and weaknesses in environmental governance in their countries and identify opportunities to make positive changes. Using a framework of case studies and indicators that evaluate both laws on the books and government practices on the ground, TAI coalitions answer questions such as:
• Does the government inform citizens when pollution poses a health threat?
• Do citizens have a say in how natural resources are used?
• Does the justice system equitably resolve environmental disputes?
Based on experience gained from conducting 32 assessments around the world, TAI updated its assessment toolkit in 2006. As part of the update, web-based software was developed to help TAI coalitions easily conduct assessments, analyze their findings, and store their data.
There is an introduction guide with can be found here: http://www.accessinitiative.org/resource/the-access-initiati...


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Oklahoma City Thunder: Russell Westbrook 'knew something was wrong with my knee'
Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook held a press conference Thursday morning, speaking for the first time about his season-ending knee injury and what life has been like for him and the Thunder in the aftermath of his first major injury.
Here is a transcript of Westbrook's press conference.
Did you know immediately something was wrong?
Kind of. Kind of sort of. Not a hundred percent, but it definitely felt a little different than usual. But at the same time I was still trying to help my team win the game and go out there and compete.
What were the next 24-48 hours were like?
It was stressful. Definitely after the game my knee was hurting. When I got home it was hurting. The morning after it was hurting. Getting an MRI is always scary because it's always something. I feel like every time somebody gets an MRI they always come back with some bad news. So it was stressful, and once I got the MRI then things got real. I had to figure out what I needed to do.
How difficult was it to make the decision to shut it down for the season?
It's tough, man. I don't want to let my team down. I want to compete. I love playing. I want to play in every game as long as I'm able to and able to walk. But this time I wasn't able to walk and run like I was supposed to.
Was this different because you never missed a game? Did you feel like you could play through anything?
It's tough. If I'm able to play and able to move around I'm going to play in the game. During this time it was tough for me to kind of sit back and weigh my options on what I wanted to do moving forward.
How hard has it been for you to have to watch the team play?
It's tough, man. But as a point guard and a leader of this team my job is to find a way where I can help my teammates, the coaching staff and the organization. They've been a big supporter of me. And my job is to give it back. Help them out as much as I can and give my input.
How have teammates tried to keep your spirits up?
Just keeping it normal. I think my teammates and, like I said, the fans and the organization has done a great job of keeping it normal. Sending their thoughts and prayers. My teammates definitely, every day always checking on me, which is a great thing. And I feel like my job is to give my input. I'm watching all the games and things like that from a different view now. I never got the chance to sit back and really watch the games so I got a lot of different things that I can say and see.
What's it like watching from the stands?
It's different. It's definitely different. Definitely sitting up in the sky box and kind of seeing the game from a different view, kind of like a fan. Just sitting back and kind of seeing every possession, how things are going and kind of seeing how we can do better.
When did you find out? Was it that Friday morning?
Yeah. We kind of sat down, the medical staff and myself and they decided that was the best decision for me.
Did you think you could play through it?
No. When I was playing on it I was basically playing on one leg. Kind of just hobbling around. You probably could notice, but kind of just hobbling around just trying to find a way where I can do what I can to help my team win. And at the same time I was in pain.
How much pain were you in the night it happened?
A lot because half of it was halftime. Once it got to halftime it got real stiff. So it was tough for me to come back and start running again and jumping. But as the game went on and the crowd is going I'm going to continue to play and try to find a way I can help.
Have you had a chance to see the play? Do you have any thoughts on whether it was dirty or a basketball play?
I've seen it numerous times. That's really something I can't answer. I just hope it wasn't a dirty play. But just moving forward I'm just going to do better, rehab and try to come back better.
What's harder, getting through the mental part of it or the physical aspect?
Both. I never had to rehab anything. This is tough, coming in doing the same thing every day. And then mentally it can be tough. I mean, you've got to keep your spirits high, stay positive and then come in with a mindset of trying to get better.
What have you learned about this team in your absence?
They're tough. I think we have a tough group of guys. We're finding a way to win games. The group of guys we have, I think we have enough to get a ring. I honestly think we've been together long enough to be able to figure things out when guys go down. You can see that.
What have you seen out of Reggie Jackson?
Reggie's done a great job of playing his game. He's been playing with good composure I think, especially going to Houston and taking care of those games and now getting ready to head to Memphis. I think he's done a great job of just controlling the game. Obviously KD handles the ball a little more. But I think Reggie's done a great job of just being consistent and playing his game.
What's been your reaction to the support of the fans?
It's great, man. It's amazing. Like I said, we have the best fan support in all of sports. They do a great job of just supporting you. Whatever it is that you may be going through or they may think you're going through, they help you out and try to find a way to help you get through it.
Do you have any idea of your timetable for traveling with the team or sitting on the bench?
Nah. I just know for now I can't travel, which is tough. But I'm just going to do rehab each and every day. Try to find a way to get off them crutches.
Have you ever been through anything this difficult in life before?
Yeah, I have. I have. I definitely have. But this is a different type of injury or different type of event I would say in my life. But it's something that I've got to find a way to get over.
What would you say to fans saying maybe it'll be different if you were in the game? How would you encourage them as the team moves on?
Just have confidence in the group of guys we have. I think the group of guys that's on the floor is a talented group. They know a lot about the game. We do a lot of film and things like that. They work on their game as much as I would and we have it in control.
What is your timetable for when you can start doing basketball things?
Not sure. I just know for the first four to five weeks I'm on them crutches. And when I get off the crutches then we kind of sit down and see what the timetable is for me.
What's rehab like now?
Just strengthening my quad and try to find a way to keep my leg strong.
Are you doing other stuff like weight work or anything else, even?
No, I can't do that now.
Even upper body stuff?
No. Not really. I try to but not much.
Will you be able to get a ball in your hands in the foreseeable future?
Yeah. I mean, not now. I mean, there's really no need for me to do it right now. It's kind of like I just have to wait until I get off the crutches and try to find a way to slowly get myself back. There's no need for me to rush now. I just got to wait.
Are you giving any input in practices?
Definitely. That's my job moving forward. Just kind of sit back and (figure out) where I can help my team. Try to throw in input at halftime and whenever I can, in film, during practice or whenever they need me to.
Are you watching practices and sitting in the locker room at halftime?
Yeah, as much as I can, especially any home games before the games. Just like normal. Just try to keep it as normal as possible. Stay around the guys. I may say a few things here and there. But not too much. Just kind of let them play. That's what I try to do.
Are you especially vocal with a guy like Reggie Jackson?
Definitely. I'm definitely talking to Reggie a lot more. But I also want him to learn and get better. You don't want to tell a guy to go out there and do all these different things. You kind of what him to learn. It's a learning process for him as well as it is me.
Coach Brooks talked about Reggie being ready to step in. how much of that has to do with the way he's been brought up in this organization, working with the coaches, being sent to Tulsa, all that?
It's a huge part. I think the whole process, a lot of people may skip through that. Going to Tulsa, coming back up and playing in different games. Reggie missed half of the year, didn't play. And then he started playing. I think all of that is a process and you can see it's helping him out. He never really looked rattle or anything. He's kind of just smooth and plays his game.
Coach McHale had a lot of nice things to say about you right after the injury. did anyone else form the Houston team reach out to you. did Patrick Beverley say anything to you?
Um, nope. Just James (Harden). James texted me, and that was it.
What's been the most surreal or weirdest moment in all of this?
Waking up from surgery. (laughs)
What do you remember from that?
Nothing much. (laughs). But waking up from surgery was a little weird, because I can just remember going to the hospital and then I just remember my mom sitting there when I woke up. That's the only thing that hits you, like 'dang, I'm sitting in this bed with this surgery and my knee is messed up and I really can't do much.'
Did you have pain at that point, after the surgery?
No. I was feeling pretty good. I mean, all the meds (laughs). I was all right.
Everyone knows how competitive you are. Hard to imagine you'll be even more competitive after this. But what's your outlook when you do come back next season?
Come back better. Come back better. A better player. Mentally, I think that's the biggest thing. Mentally it's going to be a big step for myself and moving forward with this team.
Outside of rehab, what are you doing to keep yourself busy?
Movies. Watching movies. Hanging out at home with the family. Here with the guys. Hanging with the guys. Other than that, can't do much. Can't drive yet. So I'm kind of just chilling.
Why will you be better mentally?
I think I get an opportunity to sit back. This is my first time basically seeing the game from a different view. I may sit out for a few minutes here and there. But to kind of sit back and watch a whole game when I'm not playing is different. This is my first time doing it, and it's something that can help me; to see some of the things that maybe you guys see or somebody may see. The crazy shots I shoot or the time and possession (laughs), you can kind of see different things. So I think it's good for me.
Of all the nasty falls you've taken and all the nasty spills and all the contact you've taken, to go down like this?
Yeah, it's disappointing. It's definitely disappointing. But it's part of sports. It's kind of things that happen in sports and it's unfortunate. But at the same time it's also a time for me to find a way I can do other things. To find a way I can help in other ways.
Will you rehab in Oklahoma? You've always gone back home.
Yes, I'll rehab here in Oklahoma and try to find a way to get back.
Did you have a wide range of emotions? When it first happened you were obviously angry. How long until the anger wore off and reality set in?
Uh, (laughs).
It hasn't worn off?
During the game, like I said, I'm a competitive guy and things like that happen. And at the time, I knew something was wrong with my knee because it felt weird. At the time, it was kind of painful. But I kind of just went through it and played throughout the game.
What about when you found out you would be out for the season? What were your emotions then?
I was disappointed, man. It was disappointing. You never want to be out the whole year. Especially (not be able to) help my team out during the playoffs. This is a time where guys play through everything. And this is something that I couldn't play through. It's tough.
When you banged the scorer's table, was that because you knew immediately that something was wrong?
I just knew it hurt at the time. It was a sign of emotion. Just hitting the table was just like, 'Dang, my knee hurt.'
You talked about having to watch the game as a fan. Sometimes fans get excited, fist pump, they're jumping up and down. Has it changed how you can react to a great play or a great win?
No, not really. I can't do much. But I fist pump from time to time and try to find a way to help cheer my team on.
Watching this team these last six games, what's been your favorite moment?
How competitive we've been. I think when we lost the game here, when we played Houston, I don't know what game that was, Game 5, I thought a lot of people was kind of like, 'Well, maybe they won't be able to do it.' And I think as a team they came together and did a great job going to Houston and taking care of business and playing Thunder basketball. And I think that's been a big step for our team of moving forward. Everybody stepped up. Everybody has a role to increase.
What has Kevin Durant been talking to you about during this time?
We just talk about the game, about different things, how he can help change the game; helping us moving forward. Talking about what I can do to help the team and help him out. Find a way where we can both contribute.
So are you teaching him some point guard skills?
(Laughs). Nah. I talk to him from time to time, basically every day. Throughout a game and try to text him at halftime or talk to him at halftime. Just tell him what I see. Because it's kind of hard. Playing and seeing are different things.
How has your support system been throughout all this?
Great, man. My family's the best. My mom, dad, brother, girlfriend. They've been amazing. They've done a great job of just helping me out whenever I need it. They've been around, travel with me. Just helping me out. It's great. They've been great.
You've proved your worth a little more each year. But maybe never have you proved your worth more than when you're out. Does that hurt you to hear how important you are to this team? Do you try to not listen to the news about the Thunder now?
It just hurts not to help. I think it hurts me not to help, not to be able to go out there and help my team. I really don't listen to that stuff. Try to just, like I said, find a way where I can help. Even though I'm out, I still have a voice and I can help my team. Still find a way where I can communicate things to guys. Maybe they don't listen, maybe they do. But I still have a point to where I can use my voice and try to find a way where I can help my team.


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Home > Blogs > Options Trading: Dangers of Rolling Covered Calls
Most covered call writers know how to roll a covered call to avoid or defer exercise. But this can create unintended losses or even have serious tax consequences.
In rolling a covered call that's approaching the money or has gone in the money, the strategy is straightforward:
1. Close the current call with a "buy to close" order.
2. Open a new covered call expiring later with a "sell to open order. This will produce additional net income due to the later expiration, thus higher time value.
Ideally, if you can close the current position and open another at a later-expiring higher strike, you have two benefits. First, you escape exercise of the original short position while generating extra income. Second, if you can up the strike, you create more potential profits if that call is eventually exercised.
The problem is that some traders will go for that higher strike and willingly pay a little extra to gain the strike increase. If you do this, be sure you know your true adjusted basis in the short call. It's the sale price plus the debit on the roll. Given that the strike is a new one, be sure the difference between the strike and your original basis is in the black; you don't want to roll to set up a net loss.
Also be aware of possible tax consequences. If your original covered call was qualified (meaning close to or out of the money, or in the money by only one strike increment below the closing price of the previous day), you are safe. But when you roll, your new call could be unqualified. This is a potential problem.
If you have owned the underlying less than one year, opening an unqualified covered call freezes the count to the required one-term before long-term treatment kicks in. For example, if you have owned the stock for 10 months when you roll into an unqualified position, if that short call gets exercised four months later, you have a short-term capital gain on the stock. Even though you owned the stock 14 months, the count is tolled. It doesn't start again until the unqualified option is closed.
These are a few of the potential problems to be aware of before you just roll your short calls forward. Always know your true net basis and what you need to create a profit; and be aware of the tax rules and how they affect your trades.
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Carl Schmidt - August 28, 2009
Carl Arthur Schmidt, son of Arthur George and Esther Caroline Nierman Schmidt, was born Feb. 21, 1920 in rural Amherst. He died Aug. 28, 2009 after a lengthy battle with cancer.
Carl was baptized into the Christian faith at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Amherst on March 20, 1920. Later, as a young man, he reaffirmed his baptismal covenant through the rite of confirmation on March 25, 1934, also in St. Paul's.
Carl attended the school at St. Paul's Lutheran School in Amherst completing the eighth grade. He then attended Phillips County High School in Holyoke, graduating in 1936.
Carl enlisted in the army on Jan. 31, 1942. He served in World War II and was discharged on Feb. 28, 1946. While serving, Carl earned the America Service Medal, Asiatic Pacifica Service Medal, Philippine Liberation Ribbon with one bronze star, World War II Victory Medal and the Good Conduct Medal.
After returning home following his time in the service, Carl farmed in the Amherst area. He also was co-owner of Plains Liquor in Holyoke. He retired from farming in 1991.
Carl married Marilyn Eileen Busch Einspahr on May 12, 1962 in St. Paul's Lutheran Church. Following their marriage, Carl and Marilyn made their home in Holyoke.
Carl was very active in St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Amherst and Zion Lutheran Church in Holyoke. He was a member of the VFW, American Legion, Pheasants Forever, Ducks Unlimited and the Moose Lodge in Fort Collins.
Carl was a member of the Amherst Volunteer Fire Department of 50 years. He served as a board member for the Credit Union for 26 years. He also worked for VITA, helping the elderly with their income tax returns.
Carl was preceded in death by his parents and by one son, Mark Allen Einspahr.
Carl is survived by his wife, Marilyn; a granddaughter, Amanda Mae Einspahr of Stryker, Mont.; a grandson, Allen Gene Park of Blackwell, Okla.; three sisters, Leona Oltjenbruns and husband Milton of Holyoke, Wilma Jean Prussman and husband Lyle of Greeley and Lois Schilke of Imperial, Neb.; two brothers, Merle and wife Carol of Holyoke and Les and wife Shirley of Rawlings, Wyo.; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Funeral services for Carl were held at Zion Lutheran Church in Holyoke. Rev. Gary Rahe officiated. Burial was in Holyoke Memorial Park. Baucke Funeral Home of Holyoke handled the arrangements.


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Report on the Abolition of Slavery in Mauritania
Slavery as an institution protected by law had been genuinely abolished in Mauritania, according to Marc Bossuyt, an expert of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities of the Commission on Human Rights.
He added that the legal abolition of slavery in Mauritania on 5 July 1980 was an "important" fact. The Government of Mauritania recognized the need for "complementary measures" to eradicate situations of de facto slavery that might still persist in certain remote corners of the country over which the administration had little control, and was implementing them. The measures included the 1983 land reform and "other measures to change attitudes and mentalities".
Mr. Bossuyt made the observations in two separate documents--a written presentation (E/CN.4/1985/50) of the report of the mission he had undertaken "to study the situation prevailing in Mauritania with regard to slavery and the slave trade with a view to assessing that country's needs in its struggle to end such practices" (E/CN.4/Sub.2/1984/23). The documents were reviewed by the Commission during its 1985 annual session held at Geneva from 4 February to 15 March.
Mr. Bossuyt said the Government of Mauritania should be encouraged to "pursue and intensify" its efforts, and an appeal should be addressed to the international community to provide assistance to it in its struggle to eliminate the consequences of slavery. He pointed out that slavery as practised in Mauritania, usually took the form of servitude which, "as such," was contrary to human dignity, but was "not attended by inhuman treatment." The essence of the notion of slavery, he observed, was the particular legal status of dependency upon another person, and the legal status of slavery must not be confused with inferior social status. Thus, the Proclamation of 5 July 1980 by the Military Committee for National Salvation and the order of 9 November 1981 abolishing slavery--which implied at the time recognition of the fact that a certain form of slavery existed in Mauritania--were of particular importance.
Origins: In a statement at the 1983 session of the Sub-Commission, included as an annex to the report, a representative of the Mauritanian Government had said there was no "fundamental difference" between the origins and the form of slavery in Mauritania and those encountered in the history of other African societies, especially in the Sudano-Sahelian region. With one of Africa's longest coastlines and situated on what had always been a highly active trade route between the countries of the Mediterranean and Europe and Sub-Sahara Africa, Mauritania, as it was now delimited, had long been a transit zone for trade, including trade in slaves. The practices of slavery had been known in the ancient population centres of Mauritania long before the country turned to Islan, and had never taken the form of racial domination. …


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Newsletter for the Section on Statistical Education
Volume 8, Number 1 (Winter 2002)
Greetings! As I begin my term as Chair of the Section, I thank you who work so hard in teaching others. Recently I had occasion to reflect upon the fact that working in academia is quite different from working in the business world. For one thing, we make a lot less money. But we also have a kind of freedom in what we do that others don't enjoy and we have the chance to work with young people and to help them shape the future. I feel privileged to work at a college and to be part of the world of education. I hope you do also.
It is always good to be a teacher, but now is a particularly good time to be involved in statistics education. The teaching of statistics continues to evolve in exciting ways. Technology is changing what we teach and how we teach it. New developments in statistics keep us on our toes and make it fun to be a life-long learner and to struggle with questions such as "What topics should I add and what topics can I delete from my courses?" The mathematics community is coming to better understand the importance of statistics and the value of teaching statistics as a major part of the quantitative literacy movement. (OK, maybe some of you would like to see the mathematics community move more quickly to this understanding -- but at least we are making progress! Note that there is a SIGMAA (Special Interest Group of the Mathematical Association of America) dedicated to statistics education. Dex Whittinghill (Rowan U. in New Jersey) has been a major player in the work of that group since its inception.)
The MAA has issued new "Guidelines for Programs and Departments in Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences." Recently the ASA Board of Directors approved our Section's endorsement of these guidelines, which go much further than previous MAA guidelines in showing an understanding of statistics and support for statisticians housed in mathematics departments.
The Quantitative Literacy project of ASA and related projects, such as Data-Driven Mathematics, provide teachers in the schools with resources they can use to incorporate statistics into their classes. Many high schools are adding Advanced Placement Statistics to their AP offerings. The Journal of Statistics Education continues to be a popular and valuable resource for teachers at many levels. The 6th International Conference on Teaching Statistics is coming up this summer in Durban, South Africa. (Take a look at http://www.beeri.org.il/icots6/.) I could go on, but I'll stop my list here.
Many of you are members of the isolated statisticians. If you teach at a small school and feel isolated, or even if you teach at a large university yet feel isolated, you are invited to become a member of the isolated statisticians. This year we are again holding down the cost of annual dues to a level that is commensurate with the salary of a faculty member: Membership is free. Of course, you get what you pay for. There aren't a lot of direct benefits to joining the isostat group, but we do maintain an email discussion list, which averages a few messages per month. People use the isostat list to advertise job openings that are of particular interest to those of us who want to work in academia but who are more interested in teaching than in research. We also have a meeting at JSM every year. If you want to join the isolated statisticians, send an email message to me (firstname.lastname@example.com).
I thank our newsletter editors -- Terry King, editor, and Tom Moore, associate editor -- for their work in keeping you (and me) informed of what is happening in statistics education. In closing, I remind you that Section information is available at http://www.stat.ncsu.edu/stated/homepage.html and that you can send ideas and questions to me at any time.


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Sgt. Jamie Quinceno, the career planner for Marine Transport Squadron 1, takes a plate of Carolina Barbecue from Stephanie Duncan, the executive director of the Havelock Chamber of Commerce, during the Havelock Military Affairs Committee's Pig Pickin at Hancock Marina March 27. "This is great," said Quinceno. "I personally feel that the people of this community truly care about the Marines, Sailors and families aboard this air station. My wife loves coming to these events, it makes her feel like one of the members of the city not just a tourist."
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"We are living in a world in which it's still important for our children to know that we can call on the name of God," said Thompson, an area pastor, "and in many cases we really have situations where people are getting away from that."
The East Mississippi Baptist State Convention has endorsed Thompson along with several other state religious organizations as he looks to unseat three term incumbent Greg Snowden.
"It is time for a change, and some people kind of think it's about the party but it's really about the man, you have to have a man who is concerned about the people," said Thompson.
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High Flux Beam Reactor Began Operation
October 1965
In 1958, a new reactor concept designed at Brookhaven was approved for construction by the Atomic Energy Commission. The High Flux Beam Reactor (HFBR), BNL's third research reactor, was built upon experience gained with the BGRR. It had become clear by 1955 that the neutron fluxes available at the Brookhaven Graphite Research Reactor were not high enough to support proposed experiments. The HFBR was designed to produce copious amounts of neutrons, which are uniquely suited for research using subatomic particles to investigate the structure of matter. The greater neutron flux cut by a third the time needed to do experiments making the reactor available to more users.
The HFBR first achieved a self-sustaining chain reaction on October 31, 1965. For more than 30 years, the HFBR was one of the premier beam reactors in the world, matched only by the Institut Laue-Langevin reactor in Grenoble, France. In the HFBR, the neutron flux reached its maximum outside the reactor core, where it was readily available for experiments, rather than inside the core, as with most reactors. Neutron beams were delivered to experimenters through beam ports that came out of the core on a tangent, rather than radiating outward as was typical in previous reactors. This improvement yielded more slow-moving neutrons, which are desirable for most research. Most research reactors built today incorporate the design innovations which first appeared in the HFBR. The reactor operated until 1996.
The research accomplishments at the HFBR included new uses of radioactive isotopes, the understanding of one-, two-, and three-dimensional magnets and superconductivity, experiments on the lifetimes and decays of many unstable, neutron-rich nuclei, and allowed researchers to study the basic nature of chemical structures.
During a routine maintenance shutdown in 1996, tritium, a radioactive form of hydrogen and a by-product of reactor operations, was found in groundwater south of the reactor. Investigations revealed that the source of the tritium was a small leak in the canal where spent reactor fuel was stored. Operations at the HFBR were suspended while the Department of Energy considered what action to take. In November 1999, the Secretary of Energy announced that the reactor would be permanently closed.
Decommissioning the HFBR
Since the HFBR was shut down many actions, including the shipment offsite of all spent fuel in 1998, were taken to prepare it for permanent decontamination and dismantling. The actions undertaken throughout the HFBR complex ensure that it remains in a safe and stable condition and prepared it for long-term surveillance and maintenance and decommissioning. (The actions taken are documented on this timeline in the year they occurred.)
A final plan for decommissioning of the reactor was completed in 2009. The plan called for phased decontamination and dismantlement with near-term removal of some highly activated components, removal of ancillary buildings and underground utilities and piping and preparation of the reactor confinement building for safe storage to be completed by 2020. The reactor vessel and remaining components will be removed and disposed of after a safe storage decay period not to exceed 65 years.
In 2009, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding allowed selected near-term actions to be accelerated from 2020 to 2011. Detailed descriptions of the actions are found in the appropriate year further down the timeline.
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What I see as an issue:
A lot of times when I read and write code in StackOverflow I run into the following scenario:
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Code and words. This is more random wody stuff,
some code suddenly a widd more some more
Other Code which makes the above code seems
Related although it is not.
See how
Code and
Other Code seem visually related although they are not?
Possible solutions:
I actively try to avoid this when writing questions and answers, and it's no fun to read either. Since the two lines of text are in the same paragraph, adding another line between them or more spacing seems like a poor solution to me.
Possible approaches I came up with:
- Remove the
background-colorattribute from code that is in paragraphs. Which would produce:
- Add a white border (maybe thinner?) which would produce:
- Reduce the padding of code blocks inside tags which would look like
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During US president's Jerusalem address, Arab student yells out 'have you come here to give Israel more weapons to kill Palestinians?'
Hassan Shaalan
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"(US President Barack) Obama
should have listened to what I told him," said the Israeli student who interrupted the American leader's historic speech in Jerusalem
Thursday evening.
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Rabea Id, a Haifa University student from Eilabun, an Israeli-Arab local council in the north, yelled out during the speech: "Have you really come to promote the peace process or to provide Israel with more weapons to kill the Palestinian people?" On your way here did you see the (West Bank security) fence, or the killer of Rachel Corrie?"
Id, a Balad
party activist, was escorted out of the hall at the International Convention Center after heckling the American president. "His visit shows us that he supports Israel and is not interested in what is going on with the Palestinian
nation," Id told Ynet after the incident.
"Obama's visit supports the Israeli side at the expense of the Palestinian people. This country (Israel) should be for all its citizens, not only the Jewish citizens. I do not regret the words I said to Obama; on the contrary, I wanted him to hear me.
"I expected Obama to deliver a democratic speech, but unfortunately his speech was provocative," the Arab student told Ynet.
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The deal, which will add over $6.7 billion in assets toward Carlyle, is expected to close in February 2014.
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CHANTILLY, Va. – There have been four fatal motorcycle crashes in Virginia and Maryland during the last week in April and the first week of May.
It is a reminder of how dangerous the vehicles can be either in bad weather or if not properly operated.
May ironically, is motorcycle safety awareness month. And that is why a group that was imported from Europe a few years ago is promoting a new safety program.
It is called "Rider Alert" and it has about 250,000 members in the United States so far.
The group's website promotes rider safety, but Rider Alert also provides members with a card that can be placed inside their helmet.
"It contains very key information about the rider, their next of kin, their medical condition to enable EMS if a rider can't communicate because they've been knocked off," says Rob Lawrence, from the Richmond-based chapter of Rider Alert.
There's also a decal to go on the outside of the helmet to let EMS know the card is inside.
Lawrence says it also says "do not remove helmet," warning people that removing it, unless you are medical personnel, could lead to further injury.
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