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A Paradise Valley man on trial in the 2010 death of a prominent plastic surgeon claims it was diabetes, not illegal drugs, that caused him to lose control of his BMW, according to court records and testimony.
Patrick Nissley, 27, is accused of being under the influence of heroin and methamphetamine when he lost control of his BMW in the 5100 block of North Invergordon Road on Nov. 2, 2010, according to court documents.
He had been speeding upwards of 70 mph and swerving in and out of traffic when his BMW crossed the center line and struck a Lincoln Town Car nearly head-on, court documents say.
The impact caused the BMW to roll over onto the west sidewalk, crushing Richard Pavese and sweeping him "90 feet through a landscape of rocks, cacti and thick bushes," according to the documents.
Pavese, 62, a Paradise Valley resident out for a nightly stroll, died 45 minutes later at an area hospital. The driver and three passengers of the Lincoln were treated for minor injuries.
Nissley's trial on six counts, including second-degree murder and possession of narcotic drugs, is before Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Bruce Cohen, according to Jerry Cobb, spokesman for the Maricopa County Prosecutor's Office.
Nissley faces 10 to 37 3/4 years in prison if convicted on all counts, Cobb said.
The Arizona Department of Public Safety tested blood drawn from Nissley and determined that he was under the influence of heroin and methamphetamine at the time of the accident, Paradise Valley police said.
A hypodermic syringe filled with heroin was in Nissley's car, police said, along with a spoon, cotton, and a baggie containing residue.
Nissley also is a type-1 diabetic, according to police and court records. The defense theory is that low blood sugar can lead to a physical condition that can cause accidents, according to court records.
The judge ruled last month that the defense can present testimony about hypoglycemia, according to records.
"It's a claim people have made before," Cobb said. "It's rare because these circumstances are rare."
Defense attorney Larry Kazan did not respond to a request for an interview.
Lisa Pavese, who lives in San Francisco and is attending the trial, sobbed softly as she described how much she misses her father.
Certain parts of town remind her of his death. "It's hard. It's kind of difficult to even drive down Camelback Road."
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Finding Time
On vacation we may be happy just to check the position of the sun,but computers need a more accurate measure of time. Luckily, there are atomic clocks that can receive time signals by radio and off the Internet.
I'm a practical person, and also a big believer in being punctual. Of course, I expect my servers to keep perfect time. Half a minute can make all the difference between a happy admin and a chaotic network. Just as an example, imagine someone sends me an email message. The first thing that happens is that the spam filter gets to check the message, which it then hands over to the anti-virus server. If the AV server is happy with the message, the next step along the way is the mail hub, which locates the correct mail server and forwards the message to that location, where the mail server finally dumps the message in my inbox. In other words, email messages on my network are handled by no less than four servers. If there is a problem, I check the logfiles to see where things are going wrong. And this is where precise timekeeping becomes imperative.
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Question: MY MOTHER IS ESTABLISHING an Restatment of her will (Distributions). in essence, to act as a supplement needs trust. what is the correct language (example: 42 U.S.C. & 1396p (c)(2)(B)(iii) in new york state that such inheritance be protected an available resource under any government or assistance program? i would greatly appreciate your assistance. thank you v.gr
Response: The language that you are looking for is contained in New York Estates, Powers and Trusts Section 7-1.12 (e):
"(e) (1) The following language may be used as part of a trust instrument, but is not required, to qualify a trust as a supplemental needs trust: 1. The property shall be held, IN TRUST, for the benefit of (hereinafter the "beneficiary") and shall be held, managed, invested and reinvested by the trustee, who shall collect the income therefrom and, after deducting all charges and expenses properly attributable thereto, shall, at any time and from time to time, apply for the benefit of the beneficiary, so much (even to the extent of the whole) of the net income and/or principal of this trust as the trustee shall deem advisable, in his or her sole and absolute discretion, subject to the limitations set forth below. The trustee shall add to the principal of such trust the balance of net income not so paid or applied. 2. It is the grantor's intent to create a supplemental needs trust which conforms to the provisions of section 7-1.12 of the New York estates, powers and trusts law. The grantor intends that the trust assets be used to supplement, not supplant, impair or diminish, any benefits or assistance of any federal, state, county, city, or other governmental entity for which the beneficiary may otherwise be eligible or which the beneficiary may be receiving. Consistent with that intent, it is the grantor's desire that, before expending any amounts from the net income and/or principal of this trust, the trustee consider the availability of all benefits from government or private assistance programs for which the beneficiary may be eligible and that, where appropriate and to the extent possible, the trustee endeavor to maximize the collection of such benefits and to facilitate the distribution of such benefits for the benefit of the beneficiary. 3. None of the income or principal of this trust shall be applied in such a manner as to supplant, impair or diminish benefits or assistance of any federal, state, county, city, or other governmental entity for which the beneficiary may otherwise be eligible or which the beneficiary may be receiving. 4. The beneficiary does not have the power to assign, encumber, direct, distribute or authorize distributions from this trust. (2) (i) If the creator elects, the following additional language may be used: 5. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs two and three above, the trustee may make distributions to meet the beneficiary's need for food, clothing, shelter or health care even if such distributions may result in an impairment or diminution of the beneficiary's receipt or eligibility for government benefits or assistance but only if the trustee determines that (i) the beneficiary's needs will be better met if such distribution is made, and (ii) it is in the beneficiary's best interests to suffer the consequent effect, if any, on the beneficiary's eligibility for or receipt of government benefits or assistance. (ii) If the trustee is provided with the authority to make the distributions as described in subparagraph (2) (i), the creator may elect to add the following clause: ; provided, however, that if the mere existence of the trustee's authority to make distributions pursuant to this paragraph shall result in the beneficiary's loss of government benefits or assistance, regardless of whether such authority is actually exercised, this paragraph shall be null and void and the trustee's authority to make such distributions shall cease and shall be limited as provided in paragraphs two and three above, without exception. "
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MOSCOW (AP) — More than two dozen activists were detained in Moscow on Tuesday as they were protesting a bill that stigmatizes the gay community and bans the giving of information about homosexuality to children.
The protesters attempted to rally outside the Russian State Duma before what is expected to be a final vote on the bill banning "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations."
Police moved in after supporters of the bill started showering the protesters with eggs and water. Some of the protesters who were not detained were viciously attacked by masked men on a central street a mile away.
The Kremlin-backed legislation imposes hefty fines for providing information about the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community to minors or holding gay pride rallies.
Russia is also considering banning citizens of countries that allow same-sex marriage from adopting Russian children.
Lawmakers changed the wording of "homosexual propaganda" to "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations," which backers of the bill define as "relations which are not conducive to procreation."
Breaching the law carries a fine of up to 5,000 rubles ($156) for an individual and up to 1 million rubles ($31,000) for media.
Earlier Tuesday a dozen anti-gay activists picketed the Duma. One of them held a poster that read: "Lawmakers, protect the people from perverts!"
The bill has been seen as Putin's attempt to consolidate his support base which includes many conservative Russian Orthodox voters.
Russian and foreign rights activists have decried the bill as violating basic rights. Human Rights Watch on Monday said the bill would "infringe Russian citizens' freedom of expression and information, and discriminate against Russia's LGBT community."
Russian officials have rejected criticism. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov defended the bill in February, saying that Russia does not have any international or European commitment to "allow propaganda of homosexuality."
Russia decriminalized homosexuality in 1993 but anti-gay sentiment is still high.
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Des Moines representing on the Jim Rome show!
His first call has to be the BEST ever.
He certainly is the bottle on the top shelf.
I think Vinny Mac became a reader and decided to not take the stairs today.
Vinny Mac read from his ******....did not realize prof. athletes and smack off participants were even egging him on.
I'm convinced that Vinny Mac is a dude I went to high school with. Sounds just like and seems to say the same type of stupid ****. Oh, and his name was Vinny.
"Karl Malone love making up jokes. Karl Malone always say, 'laughter is the best Mexican.' "
-Jimmy Kimmel impersonating Karl Malone
Carefull all you Jive turkeys out there or you will get you *** rag dolled. Vinny is the bottle on the top shelf, the steroid that brought baseball back...
Anybody catch his brother Danny Mack call in the other day?
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GC, he's obviously all man. And I don't think Ellen would go *****, even for GC...
I couldnt listen to the end of his show today.. did he end up putting V Mac on the radio today?
vinny made iowa look dumb today
Iowa State: Anyone who's a true college basketball fan needs to see a game at Hilton Coliseum. Nice is in the DNA of Iowans and the fans here are particularly gracious -- even when the home team loses but gives a great effort, they are appreciative.
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Trafficking in Persons Report 2010 - Egypt
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|14 June 2010
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EGYPT (Tier 2)
Egypt is a source, transit, and destination country for women and children who are subjected to trafficking in persons, specifically forced labor and forced prostitution. Some of Egypt's estimated two hundred thousand to one million street children – both boys and girls – are exploited in prostitution and forced begging. Local gangs are, at times, involved in this exploitation. Egyptian children are recruited for domestic and agricultural labor; some of these children face conditions indicative of involuntary servitude, such as restrictions on movement, non-payment of wages, threats, and physical or sexual abuse. In addition, wealthy men from the Gulf reportedly travel to Egypt to purchase "temporary" or "summer marriages" with Egyptian females, including girls who are under the age of 18; these arrangements are often facilitated by the females' parents and marriage brokers and are a form of commercial sexual exploitation of children. Child sex tourism occurs in Cairo, Alexandria, and Luxor. Egypt is a transit country for women trafficked from Uzbekistan, Moldova, Ukraine, Russia, and other Eastern European countries to Israel for commercial sexual exploitation; organized crime groups are involved in these movements. During the reporting period, an international NGO released a report about alleged forced marriages of Coptic Christian females in Egypt, including an allegation of forced prostitution, though the allegations have not been confirmed.
Men and women from South and Southeast Asia may be subjected to forced labor in Egypt. There was a report during the year that the management of one factory in Egypt's Qualified Industrial Zone (QIZ) held workers' passports – a possible indication of forced labor. Ethiopians, Eritreans, Sudanese, Indonesians, Filipino, and possible Sri Lankan females migrate willingly to Egypt but may be subjected to forced domestic work. Some conditions they face include no time off; sexual, physical, and emotional abuse; withholding of wages; and restrictions of movement. Employers may use the domestic workers' illegal status and lack of employment contracts as a coercive tool. Some of the migrants and refugees who engage in prostitution may have been coerced to do so. Young female Sudanese refugees, including those under 18, may be coerced into prostitution in Cairo's nightclubs by family or Sudanese gang members. NGO and media reports indicate some Egyptians are forced to work in Jordan and experience the withholding of passports, forced overtime, non-payment of wages, and restrictions of movement.
The Government of Egypt does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so. The government approved new legislation criminalizing trafficking in persons for labor and sexual exploitation. The new law represents an important step in eliminating severe forms of trafficking in persons, though its implementation is as yet untested. During the reporting period, the government made its first two convictions under the 2008 anti-trafficking amendments to the Child Law, and has raised awareness on "summer marriages," which are often used to facilitate commercial sexual exploitation. Nevertheless, the government did not show overall adequate efforts to investigate, prosecute, and convict labor trafficking offenders, and did not make progress in protecting victims of trafficking over the reporting period. The government continued to lack formal victim identification procedures and protection services; therefore, unidentified victims of trafficking may be punished for unlawful acts committed as a direct result of being trafficked. The government took minimal steps to combat the serious issue of involuntary domestic servitude.
Recommendations for Egypt: Substantially increase law enforcement activity against trafficking, including against involuntary domestic servitude and child sex trafficking; begin enforcement of the passed anti-trafficking law; institute and apply formal victim identification procedures to offer protective services to victims found among vulnerable populations, such as street children, women in prostitution, and undocumented migrants; ensure trafficking victims are not penalized for unlawful acts committed as a direct result of being trafficked; implement a comprehensive public information campaign to educate the public on the definition and dangers of trafficking; assess the potential for forced labor and related offenses among migrant workers in Egyptian factories, including those located in special export zones and those with QIZ program status; and improve coordination of government anti-trafficking efforts through effective use of an inter-ministerial committee on human trafficking.
The Government of Egypt made progress in law enforcement efforts during the reporting period. Egypt's parliament passed legislation criminalizing all forms of human trafficking and prescribing penalties from three to 15 years' imprisonment – and up to life imprisonment if aggravating circumstances are present – with fines ranging from $9,000 to $36,000 for offenses. These penalties are sufficiently stringent and commensurate with penalties prescribed for other serious offenses, such as rape. As of this report's writing, the government had not used the new law to prosecute, convict, or punish any individual for trafficking offenses. Amendments to the Child Law (No. 126 of 2008) include provisions prohibiting the trafficking of children for commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor. These amendments prescribe sentences of at least five years' imprisonment, which are sufficiently stringent and commensurate with penalties prescribed for other serious crimes.
In May 2009, an Alexandria court, using the 2008 amendment to Egypt's Child Law and other penal code provisions, convicted two men of forcing eight street children into prostitution with wealthy Egyptians and tourists from the Gulf. The court sentenced one trafficker to life in prison and the other to fifteen years' imprisonment. A court in October 2009 convicted two marriage registrars under the anti-trafficking provisions of the country's Child Law. Each was sentenced to two years' imprisonment. The two had illegally registered commercial short-term marriages of girls under the age of 18. In February 2010, the public prosecutor investigated and then began the prosecution of five suspects for facilitating the marriage of an under-age girl to an older man from Saudi Arabia. The five suspects were subsequently charged with various offenses, including violations of Egypt's Child Law. The defendants include the victims' parents, the Saudi "husband," a marriage "broker," and a lawyer who facilitated the marriage. Police arrested an additional 27 marriage registrars for registering the commercial marriage of underage girls. In 2009, the quasi-governmental National Council of Childhood and Motherhood (NCCM) continued to train approximately 500 prosecutors, judges, police officers, Ministry of Tourism employees, labor inspectors, and social workers on human trafficking. In 2009, IOM and the Ministry of Interior collaborated to provide anti-trafficking training to police officials; in addition to providing the training facility, government officials led a few training modules.
Egypt made minimal progress in protecting victims of trafficking over the reporting period. Despite receiving training in victim identification, government officials did not employ formal procedures to identify victims of trafficking and refer them to providers of care; as a result, trafficking victims, including many street children and women arrested for prostitution, were often treated as criminals rather than victims. Some children may be sent to juvenile detention centers, which are in bad condition. Others may be subject to incarceration with adults, despite the Child Law which prohibits this practice. Border security personnel in the Sinai continued efforts to interdict undocumented migrants, occasionally killing some of them, while showing no evidence of efforts to identify possible trafficking victims among this vulnerable population. The Ministry of Social Solidarity continued to operate 19 drop-in centers for street children, women, and the disabled that may have provided care to trafficking victims in 2009; these centers, however, are only open during the day and do not provide comprehensive services for trafficking victims. The Ministry for Family and Population established a center where an NGO began rehabilitating victims of child trafficking in Cairo's Dar El Salaam area in August 2009. The NCCM, in partnership with an international NGO, continued to run a day center in Cairo to rehabilitate abused street boys involved in forced begging or petty crime; NCCM provided counseling, medical care, and literacy and computer classes, while the NGO operated the facility. The Ministry of Health (MOH) entered into an agreement with the IOM to establish a trafficking victims' care center in a Cairo public hospital, staffed with MOH employees trained in identifying and assisting trafficking victims. The center was due to open in March 2010; however the center did not open during the reporting period.
The NCCM continued to operate a 24-hour hotline to respond to complaints of child abuse, and between August 2009 and February 2010 it received 144 calls related to child marriages, some of which may have been related to commercial short-term marriages. Specialized care for adults or foreign victims was not provided. In prisons or detention centers, law enforcement officers may have further mistreated these victims through verbal, physical, and sexual abuse. Foreign victims are not offered legal alternatives to removal to countries in which they may face hardship or retribution. The government does not actively encourage victims to assist in investigations against their traffickers.
The government made progress in preventing "summer marriages" in the reporting period, but did not otherwise undertake efforts to prevent human trafficking. The government was mandated by the newly passed law to create an inter-ministerial committee to coordinate anti-trafficking enforcement activities, victim protection, and programs. In 2010, the NCCM conducted a study on "summer marriages," which concluded that economic forces were responsible for driving the phenomena; the NCCM study called for an integrated public policy response. The NCCM established a hotline for reporting instances of the practice and for counseling victims; it is not clear how many reports the hotline has received since its launch in August 2009. In August 2009, the NCCM also launched a campaign against underage marriages to Arab tourists in villages in the 6th of October Governorate, where commercial short-term marriages of underage girls are rife. The government did not institute any other public campaigns to raise awareness on trafficking, including any on involuntary domestic servitude. The government made no efforts to reduce the demand for commercial sex acts or to raise awareness of sex tourism. The government has a well-developed birth registration and national identity card system. There were no reports of Egyptian government's efforts to provide anti-trafficking training for its troops before deploying them to international peacekeeping missions.


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The newly announced Samsung Galaxy Alpha is heading to another UK carrier very soon. Three UK has recently announced its partnership with Samsung to offer the Galaxy Alpha subsidized on contract. Now EE UK (the product of Orange and T-Mobile UK merger) has done the same.
EE UK issued a press release announcing it has teamed up with Samsung to offer the Galaxy Alpha. There is no pricing or availability details announced just yet, but it says the Alpha will be available only with 4G plans.
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Sheriff Clarke urges residents to arm themselves with guns
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Sheriff Clarke's deputies are "no longer the best option"...uh...why then are we spending tax dollars to keep them around? Get rid of them and hire someone who can get the job done.
Really??? The sheriff is saying that it's OK to be a vigilante. It all sounds good until some wanna be shoots someone for walking in the neighborhood with a bag of skittles. But I guess that could NEVER happen.Hide replies
It all depends if the Skittles were stolen!
Protecting yourself and your family is not being a vigilante.
No outoftowner, it is not vigilante. But just as in skills and sports, not everyone has the constitution to 'kill'. And if someone thinks that they are capable of taking an oppressor's life and finds out while "on the job" and holding a gun, then they WILL be killed.
Nobody said anything about being a vigilante. All he is saying is that people should consider protecting themselves if the police cannot respond in time to protect them. Nobody is saying you should be a one man armed citizen watchdog. And second of all a concealed carry class teaches you when you can and can't use lethal force. It is a simple principal called "Self Defense." Last I check Skittles can't hold you at gun point or cut your throat. But those M&Ms you got to watch out for, they killed Santa after all.
What does protecting yourself and your family have to do with being a vigilante? more liberal gibberish!
Is Clarke advocating that persons convicted of non-violent felonies also arm themselves? Sadly this has been the position of some public officials in states with a Constitutional right to bear arms.Hide replies
Some nonviolent felonies should not be restricted from self defense. After all they are NONVIOLENT. People can change over time and too many people suffer for life because they made a mistake when they were younger.
Truly though Clarke didn't say anything about nonviolent felons. I am pretty sure that he would not be telling people to commit a federal offense and take up arms just so they can be charged with felon in possession of a firearm. After all Civics class should have taught you that Federal law cannot be overturned by local law regardless of how much weed you smoked last night.
Sheriff Clarke's deputies are "no longer the best option"...uh...why then are we spending tax dollars to keep them around? Get rid of them and hire someone who can get the job done.Hide replies
Can't be everywhere at once - don't take the statement out of context and show some personal responsibility.
No left turn, nothing was taken "out of context". It's what he said.
Clark has finally convinced me that he is looney.
Hey, JGC--- As they say, when seconds count, the cops are only minutes away. You defend yourself the way you want but don't make decisions for the rest of us!!
JGC check out some of the deputies. Either I have a vision problem or they REALLY lowered the bar for the physicals. I have seen a 500lb deputy!! Really? They are supposed to run after a criminal? Is this before or after the heart attack?
They are never sent out to respond to home or business 911 calls. Clarke is lying.
With everyone armed, who needs laws, including laws making murder illegal? Just like in Mali, the law is whatever those with the most firepower say it is.Hide replies
I guess being armed makes me a bad person to you then? I say Peace, through superior firepower.
Even though our heads appear large to us, we still possess the eyes of predators.
Based on comments, this is the perfect story to indicate if you are a maker or a taker.Hide replies
Or a dick head
Looks like 'Cowboy Clarke' has been watching Alaska State Troopers too often. Just about everyone on that show is packing, but usually for aggressive wildlife. Unless I get freaked out by the squirrels in my neighborhood, I don't see much need to arm myself! Does he really want every yahoo he or his troops encounter to be loaded for bear?Hide replies
LOL sievemann, Hooowwdee thar pardner, this is Sharrriff Dave Clark.
I don't care if you are breaking into my own to rape me or to steal my flat screen- either way you should assume that if you break into MY HOME, you a will be and deserve to be SHOT. Don't want to die? Don't break into my home. It's quite simple actually.Hide replies
The correct response actually is "He broke into my home and I didn't know if he was there for my TV or my wife. I assumed my wife since Best Buy has a tv just like mine. I had to defend her from the great bodily harm of being raped. Isn't that why we passed the Castle Doctrine?"
Castle Doctrine is the assumption you acted in self defense or the defense of another. It doesn't allow you to defend your property. Statements that say you were protecting your property will land you a nice expensive trial.
Probably not YOUR wife.
First of all, I cannot not think of one time the Milwaukee Sheriff's Department ever actually responds to a 911 call! All they do is warm the chairs in the jails, the court house and the 911 dispatch center.And if you look at some of the deputies it's amazing that they still have a badge let alone who they are paying to pass the physicals.
Second, it doesn't matter what his political affiliations are, he is a whackjob. His policies for the jails are criminal and his wife makes a killing charging up the whazoo for what pathetic junk you can purchase in jail. Yes, you heard it from me, Sheriff Clarke's WIFE is an owner in Aramark. His wallet gets fatter from both us taxpayers that cannot seem to vote him out and collects untold profit dollars from his wife's stake in Aramark. I would like to know why he is allowed to continue with this OBVIOUSLY unfair enterprise and conflict of interest?
Sheriff Clarke must be in office for the amusement of the powers that be, because I know of no rightminded voters, Republican or Democrat that like this guy.
He is rude and has some of the most mentally unstable ideas I have ever heard out of a law enforcement officer's mouth. Why he is allowed to hold the office is baffling to me. Plus he is only for lining his and his cronies pockets as he policies reflect, for example: keeping people off the GPS bracelet for non-violent and PETTY crimes, forcing inmates in huber to pay to play a ridiculous "rent" of $350 every two weeks when they are ALREADY getting PAID for their stay, having the food safety that has sickened more than you will EVER hear about in the MCCJ facilities, purposely not finding a full time and qualified medical and psych staff for said facilities and using taxpayer funds to make a gym/day spa for the sheriff's department brass. So ask yourself this, is this the way you would serve your community in public office? Not mentioning his #ssnine self servile "press conferences" on issues that he thinks are relevant. LOLHide replies
"Right minded voters" being only the ones that agree with you, no doubt.
No, I have talked to people of all colors, creeds, orientations and political affiliations, I myself take no colors. I am a gun owner but not a republican, or a NRA member for that matter. I'm not white and I always take every opinion in to account, but from my circle of input which includes strangers, I have not ONE person that said Sheriff Clarke is agreeable or useful to the community.
Well let me be the first. I don't always agree with him but then again I don't have to. He is doing a great job and his officers have helped me plenty of times when I was a motorist in need. Meanwhile all the MPD cops kept driving by like they were late to their lunch break.
I second that!
@Cobra469 Well, they are supposed to help on the highways, and I would like to see what examples of his "good" jobs you have besides that? Cause it cannot be preventing accidents or reducing road fatalities, those have increased, so has the incidents of drunks causing accidents. So enlighten me and tell me what job he has done at all, let alone good. Cause all I have seen with my own is a ego-trip with hot air being blown up my tax paying arse. And I don't even want to go in to how I feel about the utterly USELESS Mouse Police Department, I agree with you that they are purposely aloof to crimes and emergencies that happen right under their noses. In fact, I have seen an officer in a restaurant (in uniform and ON DUTY AT A BAR!!) sitting and having a beer, which is so wrong any way, get a ACTUAL call saying that shots were fired, he contiued to sit their like a lump on a log as one man asked him, "shouldn't you be leaving? Or are you off duty?" He looked at this man and said, " I'm staying right here and finishing my beer, those blankety blanks can run out of bullets and kill eachother before I poke my head out of the car."
to Cobra469: I am sure that was not a pleasant experience, but there is a reason why MPD did not assist you. The Sheriff's department is in charge of handling that type of situation. They never are sent to people's homes to assist with 911 calls, so Clarke is lying when he says he needs partners, or when he implies that the budget cuts have affected 911 response times.
I hope he runs for mayor!!!
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Grey's Anatomy Season 10, Episode 19 Synopsis — Cristina Is a Harper Avery Nominee!
Cristina better get red-carpet ready! Our fave cardiothoracic surgeon is nominated for the Oscars of the medical field in Grey's Anatomy Season 10, Episode 19 — "I'm Winning," airing April 10 — ABC's official synopsis reveals:
"Cristina [Sandra Oh] is nominated for a Harper Avery, and although most of her fellow doctors are ecstatic, she won't let herself get too excited. Bailey [Chandra Wilson] continues to work on a young boy without an immune system. Alex [Justin Chambers] thinks about making a change; Callie [Sara Ramirez] and Derek [Patrick Dempsey] work with a machine that recognizes emotions. Meanwhile, Richard [James Pickens Jr.] gives the residents a pep talk about the exciting projects going on around the hospital.
In case that award (and the surname therein) sound familiar, the namesake of the prize is Harper Avery, Jackson's grandfather. Past winners include Ellis Grey (Kate Burton) — aka mother of Cristina's "person" — and Preston Burke (Isaiah Washington) — aka Cristina's once-and-potentially-future lover.
How typical is it for Cristina to not get psyched? The only things that excite Dr. Yang, it would seem, are are blood and guts and surgery.
Alex's "change" has us a little nervous. We don't think his relationship with Jo (Camilla Luddington) is in jeopardy — these two have proven to be resilient partners who are in it for the long haul. Hopefully whatever "change" he's mulling over is a positive one — maybe he'll propose!
And we're glad to hear that Callie and Derek are charging ahead in their research, with all of that intellectual-rights legal drama as water under the proverbial bridge.
Do you think Cristina will win the Harper Avery? Let us know your thoughts in the comment section below.
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Tastes like chicken
A federal judge apparently didn't like the bland taste of the plea-bargain special served up by the independent counsel in the case involving poultry giant Tyson Foods Inc. So last week he added a little spice. U.S. District Judge Ricardo M. Urbina doubled-from two years to four-the length of probation on the company, whose officials admitted they gave illegal gifts to then-agriculture secretary Mike Espy while the company had business pending before the department. Judge Urbina, who said he would personally oversee Tyson's compliance with the terms of its probation, ordered quarterly reports detailing its spending on politics and lobbying and its establishment of a new in-house corporate code of ethical conduct. He wants an initial progress report in 30 days. If the company does not mind its table manners, Judge Urbina threatened there would be no dessert: namely, rich government contracts. Had Tyson Foods not agreed to the plea bargain and instead been found guilty, it stood to lose hundreds of millions in government business; according to The Washington Post, the company could have lost $200 million in Agriculture Department contracts alone. Meanwhile, AFLAC insurance company last week paid an $80,000 fine for making illegal campaign contributions to Mr. Espy's brother, who ran unsuccessfully for Congress. Henry Espy sought the House seat vacated by his brother when he became agriculture secretary. And nothing but the truth: Hillary Clinton answered questions under oath last week about an issue she has said publicly she knows nothing about. White-water independent counsel Kenneth Starr and a battery of prosecutors and defense lawyers converged on the White House Treaty Room-the site of several other interrogations of the president and first lady-to ask about the White House's gathering of FBI background files on hundreds of political appointees from past Republican administrations. Anonymous sources quoted by The New York Times and the Reuters news service said Mrs. Clinton repeated denials she knew anything about the files and about the hiring of the White House aide who oversaw the illegal acquisition of them. The first lady's session with Mr. Starr-reportedly just 15 minutes long-marked her fifth round of sworn testimony in connection with the Whitewater investigation. "Consistent with past practice," said presidential spokesman Mike McCurry, "no further statements about the content of the interview will be made at this time."
Abortion battles
Pro-lifers found good news in an abortion-law status report issued by a prominent pro-abortion group. The National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League reported that state-level "restrictions" on abortion continue to increase. Last year, the report said, 31 states enacted measures designed to reduce the number of abortions, including parental-notice requirements, mandatory waiting periods, and prohibitions against using taxpayer money to pay for abortions. Lamented NARAL's Kate Michelman: "We're not losing the war, but they are gaining ground." A federal judge approved a legal settlement that would end years of litigation between Operation Rescue founder Randall Terry and the National Organization for Women. Mr. Terry, now a candidate for Congress, is one of numerous pro-lifers sued by NOW a decade ago under federal racketeering laws. As part of the settlement, Mr. Terry agreed not to block abortion clinic entrances and to refrain from any criminal acts against clinics or their staff and clients. "The only reason [this settlement] was agreed to," said attorney Larry Crain, "is because Mr. Terry did not have to admit any wrongdoing, which he still adamantly denies." Several others named in the suit, including Joseph Scheidler of the Pro-Life Action League, have refused to settle, insisting they have done nothing illegal. The case against them goes to trial in March.
Deja vu all over again
The United Nations Security Council, for the fourth time, voted to rebuke Iraq for blocking UN inspectors from searching suspected weapons sites. As before, however, the Council didn't say what it will do if Iraqi President Saddam Hussein continues to violate the inspection requirement, a condition of Iraq's 1991 surrender in the Gulf War. In a related development, CBS News reported that UN arms inspectors have photographic evidence that Iraq has conducted biological warfare experiments on humans. Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz called the allegation "a sheer lie."
Lesbian law
Homosexual legal activists suffered a setback last week when the Supreme Court refused to hear the appeal of a lesbian lawyer denied a job with the Georgia attorney general after he learned of her plan to "marry" another woman. The activists had hoped the case would lay the foundation for a future Supreme Court edict requiring special treatment in the workplace. The high court's refusal cements into place a federal appellate court ruling that covers Georgia, Florida, and Alabama; it creates no binding national precedent. The decision of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals held: "The attorney general was ... entitled to conclude that the public may think that employment of a staff attorney who openly purports to be part of a same-sex 'marriage' is, at best, inconsistent with the other positions taken ... by the attorney general as the state's chief legal officer."
Campaign '98
In a closely watched special congressional primary, California assemblyman Tom Bordonaro, a conservative Republican pro-lifer, edged out the chosen candidate of the GOP establishment. With financial help from a political action committee founded by conservative activist Gary Bauer, Mr. Bordonaro defeated tire company heir and fellow state legislator Brooks Firestone, who had been recruited to run by House Speaker Newt Gingrich. Mr. Firestone's unwillingness to support a state ban on partial-birth abortion apparently did him in. "We were partial-birthed to defeat," conceded Firestone campaign manager John Davies. Mr. Bordonaro, who won 29 percent of the vote to Mr. Firestone's 25 percent, now faces a March 10 run-off with Democrat Lois Capps. Mrs. Capps, whose husband held the congressional seat until his death last year, was the top vote-getter in the open primary, receiving 45 percent of the votes. Meanwhile, a bipartisan national poll found that "chances are slim" Democrats will regain control of Congress in November. The poll, conducted by Democrat Celinda Lake and Republican Ed Goas, found the public is equally divided between the two major parties and that more than half of the respondents like having a Democrat in the White House and the GOP controlling Congress.
Smoking gun?
Flying in the face of repeated company denials, internal documents from the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. appear to show a purposeful effort to market the company's cigarette brands to teenagers. The documents, released as part of a legal settlement, include confidential memos, marketing surveys, and long-term planning strategies from the 1970s and '80s. In one 1973 memo, a RJR senior researcher noted that, despite legal restrictions on promoting cigarette use by those under age 21, "there is certainly nothing immoral or unethical about our Company attempting to attract ... to our products [young people who choose to smoke]." A 1975 memo speaks of the need to "increase [the Camel Filter brand's] share among the 14-24 age group." RJR, claiming that the material was being quoted out of context, issued a press release insisting that the company has never targeted young people and that it is firmly committed to reducing youth smoking.
Still standing
Having narrowly survived a no-confidence vote in the Israeli parliament, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepared to head to Washington for talks on Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts. Mr. Netanyahu's cabinet officially backed his negotiating position, declaring that Israel will never give up certain parts of the West Bank, won in the 1967 Middle East war. The cabinet also adopted a 12-page list of conditions that Palestinian negotiators must fulfill before Israel will cede any more of the West Bank.
Full faith and credit
At first glance, it seems like a rather straightforward business law case: In a unanimous decision last week, the Supreme Court ruled that a Michigan court order barring a former GM employee from testifying against the automaker need not be respected by courts in other states. GM argued that the so-called "full faith and credit" clause of the Constitution, which says that court orders in one state must be enforced by other states, required that the gag order be enforced around the country. The Supreme Court overwhelmingly disagreed. Case closed? Not quite. What remains open is a much more controversial issue-same-sex marriage. If a state does not have to recognize a gag order that it believes is against its own public policy, how about a homosexual marriage? Some conservatives had hoped that a ruling against GM would set a precedent denying that the full faith and credit provision of the Constitution requires all states to recognize a gay marriage sanctioned by a single state-most likely Hawaii. Don't count on it, says Paul T. Cappuccio, the lawyer who argued the case for GM. Although the decision, authored by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, ruled that the Michigan court order was not binding on other states, it emphasized that there was "no free-floating public policy exception to full faith and credit." This means, according to Mr. Cappuccio, that the justices might still rule that a court-recognized gay marriage be given full faith and credit by all states, unless Congress directs otherwise. And that issue-whether Congress can alter how full faith and credit applies to gay marriage-is precisely the issue raised by the federal Defense of Marriage Act. In the end then, the GM decision may leave liberals with the best they could have hoped for-an open door for a constitutional protection of gay marriage.
Rosty the taxman
President Clinton's opposition to proposed Republican tax cuts got a new ally last weekend: ex-congressman and ex-con Dan Rostenkowski. His appearance on NBC's Meet the Press was his first television interview since his release last November from federal prison where he did a 15-month stretch for fraudulently misusing taxpayer money. He said he thinks it's a misuse of taxpayer money to give any of it back: "If you are going to run a country and you're going to run a government, you need the revenues to do it." Two likely Republican presidential candidates, meanwhile, outlined ambitious tax-cut proposals. Last weekend, Steve Forbes unveiled his "1998 agenda," which urges Congress to move to replace the graduated federal income tax with the flat-rate tax he has long advocated; to eliminate the marriage tax penalty; to expand medical savings accounts; and to give parents greater control over education through such means as charter schools, vouchers, and educational savings accounts. Sen. John Ashcroft (R-Mo.) took a different approach on taxes: advocating a middle-class tax break that would reduce taxes on such Americans by as much as 86 percent.
Against the wall
Succumbing to international pressure and worried about an erosion of domestic political support, Indonesia's President Suharto agreed to implement austerity measures aimed at stabilizing the country's teetering economy. Mr. Suharto, who earlier had bucked austerity demands made by the International Monetary Fund, pledged to take full personal responsibility for carrying out the reforms, which include tightening the country's budget and putting an end to several monopolies controlled by the president's family and friends. The IMF demanded the reforms in exchange for a $40 billion rescue package for Indonesia, the world's fourth-most-populous nation. The Indonesian currency has lost two-thirds of its value since the economic crisis began last summer.
Police complicity
In southern Mexico, federal prosecutors charged a state police commander with building the stockpile of weapons used in the December massacre of 45 unarmed Indian peasants (WORLD, Jan. 10). Prosecutors hinted that other state officials may have supported the killers by helping to dispose of the bodies and destroy evidence.
Unruly White House guests
Security agents at the White House last week detected the container of spray paint in a female tourist's handbag, but did not raise a question about it. A spokesman for the Secret Service said, "A can of spray paint itself is not a security issue and there was nothing to indicate any kind of suspect behavior." Until, that is, the woman's White House tour group reached the Blue Room. She then allegedly removed the can of brown paint and began defacing two historic sculptures. Meanwhile, another potential White House troublemaker, plaintiff Paula Jones, did not make it past the White House gates. The scheduled deposition of President Clinton for the May 27 sexual harassment trial was moved from the White House to the offices of Clinton lawyer Robert Bennett. The change came after the deposition date was disclosed and after the Clinton legal team learned Mrs. Jones had planned to attend. Also last week, Mr. Bennett dropped his effort to obtain donor lists and depositions from the Rutherford Institute, the Christian religious-liberty organization that is raising funds for Mrs. Jones's case. In December, the federal judge in Arkansas presiding over the case ruled that Rutherford's fundraising, tax, and public-relations strategy documents must be turned over to the president's lawyers. Mr. Bennett declared on television he'd use the documentation to prove the organization was a "cash conduit" for "Clinton haters." But with the support of the American Civil Liberties Union, the institute challenged a Clinton subpoena for the documents in federal court in Virginia, arguing that the legal team was conducting a "witch hunt" aimed at revoking its tax-exempt status and chilling donations. Lawyers for Rutherford settled the matter by agreeing to turn over expenditure records instead.


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The last time we saw him this happy when climbing out of a Maserati was during the first ever Trofeo season.
Nicki Pastorelli: "After the comeback in Race 1, starting from pole in the second race made things easier for me. That aside, I really enjoyed it out there".
Niek Hommerson: "I took the lead after Sperati and Ardagna Perez's accident and managed to hold off the others until Nicki Pastorelli crept up on me".
A scan of the timesheet betrays a trace of disappointment.
The lap times set by Swiss driver Marcel Pawlicek show that he is making progress.
After his fine showing in Race 2 at Monza, all eyes were on Roberto Sperati.
After a good night's sleep, a beaming Pietro Zumerlee closed out qualifying in third place. The performance proved that a little rest goes a long way.
It is difficult to say whether the glass is half empty or half full for the Belgian.
The determination was there but the luck deserted him.
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Rolling Stone had these clips from a new documentary about the legendary producer that is Phil Spector. The title seems appropriate, "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil Spector." Click on the link to watch.
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We were talking about life, and what makes it worthwhile. My hosts were a high school graduate who had worked at the same factory since the early '90s and his wife, who is the chief nurse in the hospital emergency room in a nearby town. They have built a good, comfortable life for themselves with just about every desire satisfied. They make enough money every year to almost qualify as 'evil rich' according to our esteemed President.
He showed me his paystubs for the past three weeks. Eighty hours, then seventy-seven hours, and the last week was an easy one, only sixty nine hours. Those are weekly totals, and this ol' boy works with his hands, not sitting behind a desk wrangling numbers. He works for his money, and has the scars and limp and torn muscles that often result from hard labor. He and his crew maintain the plant, and there is always something to fix and not enough people to go around. I wouldn't want his job.
His wife has it a bit easier, although she spends a lot of time up to her elbows in blood and guts and torn flesh trying to save some poor unfortunate from their likely fate. I wouldn't want her job either. She works long hours, too. So many that she has rented a room from a coworker at her hospital so that she can shower and sleep there instead of making the hour-long trip home when she is exhausted and sleep-deprived. She sleeps there maybe three nights a week.
When you cash your government check, do you ever wonder where the money came from?
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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) -
AKRON: The Zips (1-3) nearly rallied back, but ran out of time and suffered a
35-30 setback to Louisiana in a non-conference matchup at InfoCision Stadium.
Kyle Pohl threw for 321 yards and three scores on 27-of-43 passing but threw
two interceptions. Zach D'Orazio caught four passes for 111 yards and a
touchdown. Fransohn Bickley grabbed five receptions for 79 yards and two
scores. The Ragin' Cajuns finishing with 460 yards of total offense and the
Zips were close behind with 455 yards. Pohl connected with Bickley on a 28-
yard touchdown pass in the final minute to make it a one possession game
before Akron's unsuccessful on-side kick attempt shut down the comeback
effort. The Zips will begin their MAC slate at Bowling Green on Saturday.
BALL STATE: Jahwan Edwards provided a much needed spark to the offense in his
return from injury to power the Cardinals (3-1) to a 51-20 rout of Eastern
Michigan in their conference opener at Rynearson Stadium. Edwards carried the
ball 15 times for 81 yards and three touchdowns. Keith Wenning completed 17-
of-28 passes for 317 yards and two touchdowns. Willie Snead reeled in nine
catches for a game-high 175 receiving yards. Ball State became the only team
in the nation to have scored a touchdown on its opening drive in all four
games this season. The Cardinals have a tough matchup against West Division
rival Toledo in Muncie on Saturday.
BOWLING GREEN: The Falcons (3-1) compiled 660 yards of total offense in their
lopsided, 48-7, victory over Murray State at Doyt Perry Stadium. BGSU moved
the chains 32 times and averaged 8.9 yards per play. Matt Johnson picked apart
MSU's secondary, completing 19-of-22 attempts for 244 yards and two
touchdowns. Travis Greene tallied 133 yards and a score on 17 attempts to
notch his second career 100-yard performance. Ronnie Moore led the Falcons'
receivers with 63 yards and a touchdown on five catches. Chris Gallon made his
first two touchdown receptions of the season as well. The Racers reached the
red zone only three times and scored on just one of those trips compared to
the Falcons' seven touchdowns on seven visits. BGSU will try to improve to 2-0
in MAC play next week when it hosts Akron.
BUFFALO: The Bulls (1-2) had a bye week following their 26-23 win over Stony
Brook. Buffalo will play its final non-league game on Saturday when it hosts
CENTRAL MICHIGAN: The Chippewas (1-3) had a rough start to their conference
year as they were dismantled by Toledo in a 38-17 loss to the Rockets at
Kelly/Shorts Stadium. The loss marked their second in a row and third in as
many opportunities against FBS foes. The Rockets were efficient on third down,
converting 9-of-12 opportunities, while CMU went only 3-of-9. Cooper Rush was
14-of-24 passing for 214 yards, tossing a touchdown and two interceptions.
Saylor Lavallii logged 24 carries for a career-high 144 yards and a touchdown
in the loss. CMU allowed 252 rushing yards with an average of 5.9 yards per
carry. The Chippewas will take a step out of MAC play next week to challenge
NC State in Raleigh.
EASTERN MICHIGAN: The Eagles (1-3) failed to defeat an FBS opponent for the
third straight contest as they were defeated, 52-20, by Ball State in their
league opener. EMU compiled 416 yards of offense, but failed to convert the
high output into points because of nine penalties for 81 yards and four
turnovers. Tyler Benz went 20-of-32 passing, for 212 yards and a touchdown
with two interceptions. Bronson Hill registered a game-high 126 rushing yards
on 21 attempts in the setback. The Eagles allowed 27 unanswered points to BSU
after scoring on their opening drive. They will have a bye next week before
hitting the road to face Buffalo in upstate New York.
KENT STATE: The Golden Flashes (1-3) were overpowered as they were shutout,
34-0, by Penn State in non-conference play at Beaver Stadium. The Nittany
Lions recorded 463 yards of total offense (287 rushing), while Kent State
managed just 190 yards in the contest. Colin Reardon threw for 100 yards and
an interception on 12-of-28 passing. Reardon also fumbled twice, although both
were recovered by KSU. Trayion Durham rushed for 38 yards on 11 carries. The
Golden Flashes were once again without their key offensive weapon, Dri Archer,
who is listed as questionable for their upcoming game at Western Michigan as
MASSACHUSETTS: The Minutemen (0-4) had their current losing streak extended to
six games dating back to last season as they fell, 24-7, to Vanderbilt in a
non-conference bout at Gillette Stadium. UMass, which entered the weekend
ranked 118th in the country in total offense with just 262.0 ypg, compiled
only 248 yards in the meeting. A.J. Doyle who converted 20-of-28 passes for
133 yards and a score. The Minutemen produced just 99 rushing yards on 31
attempts against the Commodores. Before beginning its second tour of the MAC
with a road game at Bowling Green, UMass will have a bye week.
MIAMI-OHIO: The RedHawks (0-3) still have plenty of questions to answer on the
offensive side of the ball after being shutout, 14-0, by Cincinnati in the
annual Battle for the Victory Bell game at Yager Stadium. Miami fell to its
longest standing rival after being held to just a single net yard in the
second half and allowing the Bearcats to score a pair of rushing touchdowns
late in the game. Austin Boucher went 7-of-16 for 80 yards with two
interceptions. The RedHawks gained only seven yards on 29 rushing attempts and
moved the chains on only four occasions. Dayonne Nunley and Heath Harding both
managed to record interceptions in the team's third consecutive setback. Miami
will try to turn things around on Saturday when it tangles with Illinois in
NORTHERN ILLINOIS: Although they trailed 20-0 midway through the first
quarter, the Huskies (3-0) stayed undefeated as they outlasted FCS foe Eastern
Illinois for 43-39 home victory. Jordan Lynch led the way as he passed for 235
yards and a touchdown and added 189 on the ground to help NIU earn its 22nd
straight win at Huskie Stadium. Cameron Stingily was a key contributor as he
compiled a career-high 134 yards and two touchdowns on 21 carries. Junior wide
receiver Tommylee Lewis (nine catches for 82 yards) and Da'Ron Brown (seven
catches for 99 yards) continued to shine in the passing game. EIU took a 39-36
lead in the second half before Keith Harris, Jr. put the Huskies back on top
for good with an eight-yard run at the 8:25 mark of the fourth quarter. NIU
defeated the Darrell Hazell coached Kent State Golden Flashes in last season's
MAC Championship. It will face Hazell's new team, the Purdue Boilermakers, in
West Lafayette on Saturday.
OHIO UNIVERSITY: The Bobcats (3-1) blanked an opponent for the first time
under ninth-year head coach Frank Solich with a 38-0 shutout of FCS foe Austin
Peay. The 38-point margin of victory also was Ohio's largest since the 2002
season. Tyler Tettleton surpassed the 7,000-career passing yards mark and
finished with 213 yards and three touchdowns on 13-of-15 efficiency. Matt
Waters reeled in two touchdown catches, while Chase Cochran racked up a game-
high 84 receiving yards. Das'mond Patterson led the Bobcats on the ground with
94 yards on seven rushes. APSU was limited to 298 yards of total offense by
Ohio, which tallied 494 yards for itself. Solich's squad will have a week off
before its Oct. 5 matchup with East Division rival Akron at InfoCision
TOLEDO: David Fluellen racked up a season-high 197 rushing yards and two
touchdowns to propel the Rockets (2-2) to a 38-17 victory over Central
Michigan in their conference opener at Kelly/Shorts Stadium. Toledo converted
9-of-12 third down opportunities and picked off QB Cooper Rush twice in the
contest. Terrance Owens completed 13-of-17 passes for 139 yards and a
touchdown for Toledo, which has won two straight after losing its first two
games of the season. Bernard Reedy caught eight passes for 96 yards to lead
all receivers. Jeremiah Detmer continued his steady play as he made his only
field goal attempt to improve to 8-of-9 on the campaign. Toledo faces a tough
Ball State squad on the road this Saturday.
WESTERN MICHIGAN: The Broncos (0-4) were completely outplayed by Iowa in their
59-3 loss to the Hawkeyes at Kinnick Stadium. Iowa's Kevonte Martin-Manley
returned two punt returns for touchdowns and B.J. Lowery also stood out
against WMU with a pair of interception returns for touchdowns. Tyler Van
Tubbergen struggled under center for WMU, going 14-of-32 for 114 yards with
two interception. Brian Fields had 20 touches for 115 total yards (58 rushing,
57 receiving). The Hawkeyes outgained the Broncos in total yardage, 446-209,
and held a 12-minute advantage in time of possession. WMU returns home to host
Kent State for its MAC opener on Saturday.
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Mysteries and sci-fi and more in this casting round up, so strap in... First up, Emily Blunt has joined the brewing mystery flick "Sister." Based on the novel by Rosamund Lupton—with the book repped not so coincidentally by Felicity Blunt, Emily's sister—the story "follows Beatrice (Blunt) as she investigates the death of her younger sister Tess, whose death is ruled a suicide by police. Convinced that her sister was murdered, Beatrice sets out to uncover the strange events leading up to Tess' death, though she may pay a terrible price for the truth." This one is still in early stages with a screenwriter waiting to be found, so it's still a ways off. Still, it's based on a best-seller so we don't think this will be idling too long. [The Wrap]
The ever busy Neil LaBute seems to have a new movie brewing called "The Toll." Penned by Jane Henderson it "tells the tale of a New Jersey tollbooth worker who winds up responsible for thwarting a terrorist attack threatening the entire east cost." And the worker may be none other than Melissa Leo. "That's really just discussions. It's a script that I thought was interesting. Melissa Leo, I've worked with her on stage. It's one of those, wouldn't it be great if we get to make this? It's at that stage," director said during press rounds for his latest "Some Velvet Morning." So in short: we'll see. [Collider]
Aaron Paul may be feeling the "Need For Speed" next, but after that he's going to settle down for some "Fathers And Daughters" time. Jesse Pinkman has joined Russell Crowe and Amanda Seyfried in the Gabriele Muccino-directed flick about "a father and daughter living 25 years apart in New York City. Crowe will portray a famous novelist and widower struggling with mental illness as he tries to raise his 5-year-old daughter. Seyfried will portray the now-grown daughter in present-day Manhattan as she battles the aftermath of her troubled childhood." Paul will play Seyfried's love interest. [Variety]
Last, rising "Girls" star Adam Driver ("Lincoln," "Inside Llewyn Davis") has come aboard "Mud" director Jeff Nichols' big studio sci-fi "Midnight Special." He joins Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst and Michael Shannon in the movie about "a father and son who go on the run after the dad learns his 8 year-old child possesses special powers." And yes, we're super stoked for this one. [The Wrap]


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INDIANAPOLIS - Senior forward Chloe Hamilton was selected Horizon League Women's Basketball Player of the Week after leading Butler to a pair of road wins over the weekend. It is the first time she's once this award.
Hamilton scored 16 points on Thursday to help the Bulldogs to a 64-60 win at Loyola. She shot 6 for 10 from the floor and grabbed seven rebounds. Two days later, the Holt, Mich., native went for a career-high 27 points on 12-for-20 shooting in a 66-61 victory at UIC.
For the week, Hamilton averaged 21.5 points and 6.5 points while shooting .600. The 5-10 senior is second in the Horizon League in field goal percentage (.576), 10th in scoring (13.7) and 10th in rebounding (6.9).
"We're very proud of Chloe for this award and for all of the hard work she has put in the entire season," head coach Beth Couture said. "She put together two big games for us, and she's been a big reason why we've been successful so far this season."
Hamilton and the Bulldogs (13-6, 7-0 HL) are tied for first place in the conference standings and will host co-leader #21/15 Green Bay Thursday evening at 7 p.m. It marks the second time in the last three years Butler and Green Bay have met with undefeated league records on the line. The two teams were also each 7-0 when Butler played at Green Bay in 2009.


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text: Hi, This is to announce the availability of the MayaVi Data Visualizer version 1.3. MayaVi is a free, easy to use, scientific data visualizer. It is written in Python and uses the Visualization Toolkit (VTK) for the graphics. It provides a GUI written using Tkinter. MayaVi is free and distributed under a BSD license. It is also cross platform and should run on any platform where both Python and VTK are available. For more information, sources, binaries, screenshots, installation instructions, documentation etc. visit the MayaVi home page at: http://mayavi.sourceforge.net Also bundled with MayaVi is a VTK pipeline browser written in Python and a utility module that makes using VTK easier from the Python interpreter. New in this release: * New Modules: - Volume: Volume visualization using either texture or ray cast mappers. A useful GUI color transfer function editor is also built-in. - Glyph: Generic glyphs for scalars and vectors. - BandedSurfaceMap: Display banded contours of input data. - Labels: Automatic labeling of data used in other modules. - Text: Display 2D text strings. * New Filters: - ExtractGrid: Select part of a grid or subsample it. - StructuredPointsProbe: Probes any input data onto a structured points grid so the data can be used for Volume visualization. - Delaunay3D/Delaunay2D: Triangulate input point data. - UserDefined: Manage any user specified VTK filter. - CutPlane: Cut through any input dataset with a plane. * Support for VTK's new XML based files and for EnSight case files (EnSight6 and EnSightGold formats are supported). * Improved VectorCutPlane and VelocityVector so you can use a 3D arrow and any of the standard 2D glyphs. * The 'imv' module is now part of the mayavi.tools package. imv is a simple MayaVi based module that provides Matlab like one liners to view 2D surfaces and arrays from the Python interpreter. * Support to save rendered scene to vector EPS/PS/PDF or save the text to TeX output using GL2PS. Requires VTK to be built with GL2PS support (the MayaVi binaries support this). Also added support for exporting to a Wavefront OBJ file. * Support to save the stereo rendering options, the lookup table settings and the lighting as defaults. * Default lookup tables have better contrast. 28 user contributed lookup tables are also included in the sources. Any lookup table can be reversed. * Improved vtkPipeline modules: - ConfigVtkObj: Separated functionality of the ConfigVtkObj class into a separate ConfigVtkObjFrame and a driver class. More options to generate GUI's automatically. - VtkPickler: Can save/load state from a dictionary. * Fixes for Python-2.3 and Tk-8.4 related changes. * Fixes for the Mac OS X. * Many other fixes and improvements. Acknowledgements: Many thanks to the following folks. - Gerard Gorman: initial volume module with GUI CTF editor. - Axel Steuwer: initial Delaunay3D filter. - Richard Boardman: patch for OBJ export. - Fernando Perez and Arnd Baecker: user contributed lookup tables. - P. N. Badri Narayanan: Win32 VTK DLL's. - Thanks also to others who reported bugs and sent in bug fixes. Have fun! prabhu


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These days Bernard Pierce has renewed confidence.
And why shouldnt he?
Its a new season for the Temple running back and the pressure of winning the Heisman Trophy seems to have subsided.
Gone are the injuries to his ankle and shoulder and symptoms of a concussion.
Im good, Pierce said. Im straight.
Now comes the hard part: Proving it.
Head coach Al Golden's departure for Miami has left Pierce a major responsibility. Steve Addazio is the new man in charge, and while former University of Florida offensive coordinator brings with him a plethora of football knowledge, its Pierce that those around Temples campus will see as the face of the team.
Pierce wants this season to be different. Yes, he wants the ball, and even more, he wants to help the Owls have a winning season. But keep the hype. Hold the accolades and Heisman hoopla. Hes seen firsthand what all that attention does, and its not positive.
Once I heard the whole Heisman hype, Pierce recalled, it kind of got to me. I was like, Damn, Ive got to perform. Now Im a little more relaxed now. Its about the team now. Its not about the whole Heisman candidacy and putting pressure on me. Its about us as a team now.
It was in 2009 Pierce opened eyes. He rushed for 1,361 yards and 16 touchdowns. He had huge breakout games against Toledo (40 carries for 212 yards and three touchdowns) and another against Navy (29 carries for 267 yards and two TDs).
Pierce led the led the Mid-American Conference in rushing yards and helped the Owls finish the season 9-4 to claim a piece of the MAC East Division title and advance to the EagleBank Bowl (a 30-21 loss to UCLA). He helped Golden win the MAC Coach of the Year, and pretty much put Temple back on the map in the college football world.
But last season, those results could not be duplicated for Pierce or the Owls. For Pierce, his rushing yards fell to 728, touchdowns fell to 10 and he played fewer games (eight), missing time because of injuries. Temple finished 8-4 with no bowl appearance.
It wasnt the type season I was expecting, Pierce said. The injuries definitely do take a toll on you. Your whole mental state, like I wouldnt say I was depressed, but it was like, Cmon man. Again? It was like more on the lines of that.
Though injuries didnt help, the mental part was the biggest culprit.
Mentality, he said. Injuries, off-the-field issues I would put a lot of pressure on myself. Put everything on me, thinking it was my fault, thinking I got to fix this. I've got to do this. I've got to do that.
Then, I realized I have to calm down and play my part and do what I have to do. I had that pressure on myself, like I had to do good. Thats what messed my whole mentality up.
Addazio knew what Pierce was going through and what a distraction it was, even though he was no where close to North Philly. Addazio was around quarterback Tim Tebow when he won the Heisman Trophy in 2007 while at Florida, so he has some experience in the hype department.
Bernard just needs to be Bernard, Addazio said. Work hard. Work on being a great football player, a great person. Work on getting his degree. He doesnt need all those outside distractions.
Addazio is impressed with the work ethic that Pierce has shown so far. He said he wouldnt hesitate to put the ball in Pierces hands, hoping that the junior running back will do what he did in 2009 make plays.
Obviously, when you have a tailback like Bernard you want to hand the ball deep to him and let him run.
Pierce said that he fixed his diet over the off-season, eating everything in efforts to put on more weight. He said he ran a lot, iced his body everyday and fixed his mentality by reading the playbook every night.
Classes are over, he said. Now its just football.
As of now, Addazio hasnt identified who would be the leader of this years team, and wouldnt count Pierce out, though the junior running back said thats not a role that suits him.
I wouldnt classify myself as a leader, said Pierce. Im not a vocal person. Im more of an I-lead-by-example type. I would say Im more of an on-the-field leader.
I think he can become that guy with his play and his work ethic, Addazio explained. Guys watch how guys handle themselves. Hes a guy thats handled himself out here. Hes got ability and those guys who have the ability to handle themselves usually have the opportunity to be leaders.
Pierce is humble, make no mistake about that. He constantly spoke about the team, even when the conversation was about him and what he needed to do to get back to that 2009 form.
He said he studied Tennessee Titans running back Chris Johnson and Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson over the off-season, comparing himself more to Peterson than Johnson.
Chris Johnson too fast, he said amusingly, I aint that fast. So, I would have to say Adrian Peterson.
Peterson is known as a power back. Pierce had a habit of attempting to emulate Peterson the last two seasons, which is why he is now focused on becoming a more finesse running back. He says hes working more on his lateral cuts, which would be a complement to his speed.
Im trying to make sure Im not just running around, trying to run people over because at the end of the day, that will wear your body out.
Addazio was asked if he agreed.
Can I be honest with you? Addazio asked. I dont watch a lot of pro football. I dont have time, so I cant really make the comparison. I just know that Pierce is damn good. Hes got a lot of potential.
Addazio also said he noticed a wiser, more mature Pierce. His pass protection, ball security and overall awareness have improved.
The confidence is there, too.
The unselfishness follows.
His health? Again, Pierce says hes fine. Im not going to try and jinx myself, Pierce said, but as of right now Im good.
With all that said, a return to 2009 should be the result, right? Another 1,000-yard season? Another winning season and bowl game for the Owls?
Pierce looked up and smiled before replying, I cant predict anything. I can hope. I cant predict though.
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Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler told KHOW radio's Craig Silverman yesterday that he "purposely decided to have this conversation to start talking and telling the people of Colorado what was going on before" starting to moonlight for his old law firm.
But do you "purposely decide" to start conversation, if you have to be asked about it by a pesky journalist before you start talking about it?
I don't think so.
In Gessler's case, it was the Denver Business Journal that started the conversation by asking Gessler about his planned moonlighting.
"I was tipped to it by someone," said the Journal's Ed Sealover, who broke the story Friday. "And I approached him, and he agreed to sit down and talk."
So Gessler should be giving himself credit not for starting the conversation, but for agreeing to continue it. The rest of us should be thanking Sealover for doing his job so well.
And once Sealover got Gessler ignited, other media types like Craig Silverman, have done a good job getting more information on the table, including Gessler's statement that he hopes to do legal work at home with a sleeping toddler in the house. I wish Silverman had asked Gessler if he plans to add surcharge for pulling that off.
"I'm not hiding anything," Gessler told Silverman yesterday. "And when it comes to conflicts and what not, most state legislators do stuff on the side, even though they are state legislators. There has been a lot of, well, several that I know, I haven't fully researched it, but you know state-wide office holders who also had things on the side. And I think that's appropriate. At the end of the day, we want people who have connections to the real world. We want people who face the same struggles that other people do, whether it's family obligations or other things. I think I fit in that category, but you want people who face those and have those connections, and I think the difference between, or the reason why there is a lot of attention on me, is because I want to be up front about this. And I purposely decided to have this conversation to start talking and telling the people of Colorado what was going on before I did anything."
Partial transcript of Scott Gessler Interview on the Caplis and Silverman Show, Monday, January 24, during the 5 p.m. hour.
Craig: Tell everybody about your background.... How long have you been a lawyer?
Gessler: I graduated from Michigan, passed the bar in 1990, so I guess you could say 21 years. I didn't practice law during all of that time. There were about eight years in there where I primarily focused on business stuff and didn't practice full time. So about 12, 13 years total full-time as a lawyer.
Craig: ...How many employees do you have in the Office of the Secretary of State?
Gessler: We've got about 130 here....
Craig: Tell us what you were doing before you ran for Secretary of State....
Gessler: Well, I was a partner in a law firm, Hackstaff Gessler, now Hackstaff Law Group. I had done that, I was with a guy named Jim Hackstaff, for about five years, actually almost six now.
Craig: How big of a law firm was it?
Gessler: When I left there, which was a few weeks ago, we had I think about 10 attorneys and about 13, 14 people total.
Craig: Now the situation that's gotten everybody talking about you, and it's great for talk radio, so thanks for doing it, is you want to do some law work for your old law firm. Tell us in your own words how that came about.
Gessler: Well, obviously I've got service to the state, and that's very important to me, but I also have some family obligations. And so the current salary is a lot lower than what I had been making for quite a while so I wanted to, still want to, supplement that a little bit. So the challenge that I have had is to make sure there are no conflicts. So that anything I do is completely segregated from any election law work or anything that the Secretary of State does, that it's temporary and focused in nature, so that I don't have any conflicts. And then I also want to make sure that I don't have the appearance of conflict. And my view on that is, right now I'm not doing anything. I'm not practicing or doing any work outside of the Secretary of State's Office. But I've sort of started this conversation, I've sort of revealed to everyone, obviously, what I'm thinking of doing. So I wanted to be really open and up front with that even before I do anything. I know people talk about transparency a lot, and I want to make sure I am transparent.
Craig: So this is not a done deal? You're still thinking about doing it?
Gessler: I'm still thinking about it. I mean, I'm planning on doing it. I've asked the Attorney General to sort of give me their views on it as well, because I want another set of eyes on this. But I'm planning, I'm expecting to do it. At the end of the day, there has to be work for me to do. It has to be an area where there are not conflicts. And I still want to get another set of eyes to review that, too.
Craig: How would that work...?
Gessler: I'd be an independent contractor, and I'd pretty much be limited to sort of research and writing. So I wouldn't represent anybody in court, or anything like that. It would pretty much be narrow research and writing. I'd be an independent contractor, for just very specific temporary projects that did not involve the Secretary of State's Office.
Craig: What about clients whom you'd be working for? Would it be that they wouldn't have any use for that law firm on any issue that could touch the Secretary of State's Office?
Gessler: I think the answer is generally yes, generally yes. And from my knowledge of the firm, since I used to be part of it, there are a lot of clients there. They do a lot of transactional work. But also litigation work, for example two people who have a property dispute or an appellate action where they are helping client that's just very limited to a specific project, whether it's a specific litigation or Court of Appeals project or something along those lines that doesn't touch the Secretary of State's Office.
Craig: How much would be making per hour with this independent contractor work?
Gessler: I don't know. I think that's going to be on a case-by-case basis depending on what the rate is. But usually depending on what the hourly rate is that's billed out, my sense is that I'd get about a third of that. So if it were $240 per hour, I'd bring in about $80 per hour.
Craig: Have you and your former partners researched this...?
Gessler: I did the research, spent a lot of time on it to cross the t's and dot the i's. That's why I feel comfortable, like I'm on solid ground, certainly with the bar association and ethics. They put out a lot of formal opinions, researching the ethics rules. And they have a very long opinion talking about temporary attorneys and how that interacts with the law firm and the fact that you don't become part of the law firm as long as you have the fire walls in place.
Craig: What about the appearance of impropriety...?
Gessler: Well, I think that's a fair discussion to have, and that's exactly why I put this out front and center, right away, early on, to tell people what I'm doing and make it very clear that I'm not involved in the election law activity and that they aren't sharing things with me. I'm not advising them or giving them any strategy. And at the end of the day, and they know this as well because we've had these conversations. I mean, I think they are great attorneys and they'll do great work for anyone, but if, for example, they sue the Secretary of State's Office, I intend to win that lawsuit. You could be friends away from the courtroom, but when it comes to the courtroom, my first is to the people of the state of Colorado and to the Secretary of State's Office.
Craig: ...You have a big job...How do you have time to do more [than run the Secretary of State's Office]?
Gessler: Well, what I'm looking to do is spend no more than about five hours every weekend. So this is not a huge number of hours that I'm looking at. It's pretty limited. It's what I think is sort of the minimum that I need to do to square my family obligations and state service. I've been very clear, I'm not asking from anything from the taxpayer, except the opportunity to do a small amount on the side. And the other think I would say is this. Look, I'm being up front about this. I'm not hiding anything. And when it comes to conflicts and what not, most state legislators do stuff on the side, even though they are state legislators. There has been a lot of, well, several that I know, I haven't fully researched it, but you know state-wide office holders who also had things on the side. And I think that's appropriate. At the end of the day, we want people who have connections to the real world. We want people who face the same struggles that other people do, whether it's family obligations or other things. I think I fit in that category, but you want people who face those and have those connections, and I think the difference between, or the reason why there is a lot of attention on me, is because I want to be up front about this. And I purposely decided to have this conversation to start talking and telling the people of Colorado what was going on before I did anything.
Craig: Would you agree that if you worked 20 hours on the weekend, it would carry over to your ability to be Secretary of State...?
Gessler: You know, I think that's a valid point. What I'm looking at is something pretty limited to five hours a weekend where I can do this at home. So I sort of have the flexibility to be at home if I need to spend 10 minutes here or something, while the baby's, a toddler now--she always tells us she's not a baby anymore--So if she's sleeping, or something along those lines, I can be there. So, yeah, if it were 20 hours a week or 40 hours a week, yeah, I think you're right. I'm looking at something five hours a weekend.
Craig: Without question, a lot of practicing lawyers serve in the state house....But isn't that a part-time position in the Legislature and weren't you elected to a full-time job?
Gessler: Well, I think some of the legislators, and my heart goes out to them, because I think, really, for a lot of them, it's a full-time position. I mean, they are answering constituent concerns year round, they are meeting in committees year round, but your point is right. I mean, we thoroughly expect people to be sort of citizen legislators. But I think, you know, as a matter in the past, I mean we've got sort of citizen executive-branch people too. You know, if you're still focused on the Secretary of State's Office, which I am, and I will continue to be, and you are not burdening yourself in such a way that you cannot spend the time on it. And if you're also making good decisions. I mean, yes, there are 130 people here, but I don't think we want a Secretary of State who's going to assume responsibility for, you know, every time the toilet flushes to make sure everything is right. I mean, we've got great staff here that do good jobs. And my job is to sort of make sure that this office is headed in the policy directions that we need to be headed in, that we're doing the right thing along those lines, that I am reviewing what staff is doing and helping tweak it, or make sure things are running well. Yeah, that's a busy job, but I think we also recognize that it's not like I'm working, or any executive branch officer, works 200 hours per week. It's supposed to be manageable. And to be honest with you, if I didn't have to do this on the side, I wouldn't.
Craig: ...ProgressNow is saying resign from the Secretary of State Office, Scott Gessler. Is there any chance of that...?
Gessler: I'm not resigning. ProgressNow, they've got their job to do, which is attack Republicans. They are going to do that anyway. Here's a group that screams for transparency, and I provide transparency and they scream louder. So that ain't going to happen. I'll go to plan B and I'll look into maybe teaching at a university. I've taught election law at the CU Law School in the past. Maybe something along those lines. I will find a way to figure it out.