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SACRAMENTO- Detectives are investigating a shooting at a south Sacramento County apartment complex that left one person dead.
Sacramento County Sheriff's deputies responded to reports of a shooting the Willow Pointe apartments on Sunnyslope Drive at 10:15 p.m. Friday.
Sacramento County sheriff's Sgt. Jason Ramos said upon arrival deputies found a male victim in his late teens on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds, just inside the gate of the complex.
Ramos said the victim died at the scene.
No information regarding a motive or those responsible for the crime have been determined, Ramos said.


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Jimmy Kimmel recently asked Snoop Dogg if he's ever smoked in The White House.
"In the bathroom," Snoop Dogg said. "Not in the White House, but in the bathroom. I said, 'May I use the bathroom for a second?' They said, 'What are you going to do #1 or #2?' I said, '#2.' I said, 'When I do #2, I usually have a cigarette or I light something to get the aroma right.' They said, 'You know what? You can light a piece of napkin.' I said, 'I'll do that.' The napkin was this."
Later in the episode, Kimmel joked that ABC doesn't allow its hosts to smoke marijuana on television, alluding to Snoop's smoking on the show.
Snoop Dogg has been supportive of President Barack Obama for years. In 2012, he endorsed Obama.
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The Department of Parks and Recreation says Keokea Beach Park in North Kohala is once again open until 11:00 p.m. each night. The County had been closing the park nightly at 7:30 p.m. since November following the birth of an endangered Hawaiian Monk Seal pup to protect the newborn and its mother.
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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a behavioral disorder. It is characterized by ongoing problems with inattention and/or impulsivity and hyperactivity. It is usually first diagnosed in childhood.
Kids who have ADHD have problems staying focused, have trouble sitting still and are impulsive, which means not being able to control behaviors. These symptoms must be present in two or more settings (for example, home, school, and with friends).
The symptoms of hyperactivity and impulsivity are almost always apparent by the age of 7 and may be apparent in very young preschoolers. These symptoms often get in the way of the child's ability to interact appropriately with peers, siblings and adults.
They also affect the child's ability to follow rules and to not engage in behaviors which may be physically dangerous. The symptoms of inattention often not do not appear until a child faces the expectations of elementary school.
There are three types of ADHD.
This is the most common type of ADHD. Children with this type of ADHD have significant and ongoing problems with inattention and distractibility as well as impulsive and hyperactive behaviors.
Children with this type of ADHD have significant and ongoing problems with inattention and distractibility but do not have significant problems with hyperactivity or impulsivity. While not as well studied as the combined type, recent research shows that there may be as many or more children with the predominantly inattentive type of ADHD as there are children with the combined type.
This is the least common type of ADHD. Children with this type have significant and ongoing problems with impulsivity and hyperactivity without significant symptoms of inattention and distractibility.
The exact cause of ADHD is still unknown. Research shows a combination of genes and environmental factors likely plays a role in the development of the condition. Imaging studies suggest that the brains of children with ADHD are different from those of children without ADHD.
ADHD is the most commonly diagnosed behavior disorder of childhood. Estimates suggest that between 3 percent and 9 percent of all children have ADHD. It is more common in boys than in girls. Many parents of children with ADHD experienced symptoms of ADHD when they were younger. ADHD is sometimes found in brothers and sisters within the same family.
Most symptoms seen in children with ADHD also occur at times in children without this disorder. However, in children with ADHD, these symptoms occur more often and interfere with learning, school adjustment, and, sometimes, with the child's relationships with others.
Symptoms may persist through the teen years and into adulthood. It is estimated that 30 percent to 50 percent of children diagnosed with ADHD continue to have significant problems into adulthood.
The following are the most common symptoms of ADHD. However, each child may experience symptoms differently. The three categories of symptoms of ADHD include:
The symptoms of ADHD may resemble other medical conditions or behavior problems. Always consult your child's physician or mental health professional for a diagnosis.
A pediatrician, child psychiatrist, psychologist or a qualified mental health professional usually identifies ADHD in children.
There is no definitive test or set of tests for ADHD. Currently, the "gold standard" for diagnosing ADHD utilizes a combination of a detailed history of the child's behavior from parents and teachers, observations of the child's behavior, and standardized assessment measures to assess for the presence of ADHD symptoms and impairments at home and school.
Other tests may be used in some cases to rule out other conditions. For example, if there is a concern about a possible learning disability, intellectual and achievement testing may be conducted. Other psychological, neurological, or physical testing may also be used to rule out other conditions that may be suspected on the basis of the initial evaluation for ADHD. Consult your child's physician for more information.
Specific treatment for ADHD will be determined by your child's physician based on:
Treatment for children with ADHD includes parental support and education in behavioral training, appropriate school placement and medication (typically psychostimulants).
Treatment may include:
Psychostimulants (also known as stimulants) are the most commonly used ADHD medicines. Although these drugs are called stimulants, they actually have a calming effect in people with ADHD. These medications are used for their ability to increase the level of chemicals in the brain that help the child to better maintain attention and exhibit greater self-control. They have been shown to provide the greatest improvement in the core symptoms of ADHD (inattention, impulsivity and hyperactivity). Treatment with a psychostimulant is highly effective in 75 percent to 90 percent of children with ADHD.
Psychostimulants have been used to treat childhood behavior disorders since the 1930s. They have been widely studied. Stimulants take effect in the body quickly, work for one to four hours (in their short-acting forms; extended release formulations usually last two to three times as long), and then leave the body quickly.
Doses of stimulant medications need to be timed to match the demands of the child's schedule – for example, to help the child pay attention for a longer period of time and improve classroom performance at school, as well as to help with homework and other after-school activities which require age-appropriate attentional functioning and/or self-control. Current research suggests that the majority of children with ADHD who respond to medication benefit most from taking it daily, given its positive impact not just at school but also in behavior at home and other social settings.
There are several different ADHD medicines that may be used alone or in combination. Your healthcare provider will decide which medicine is right based on your child's symptoms and needs. Always follow your healthcare provider's instructions on how to take ADHD medicine. Some ADHD medicines have side effects. If your child has side effects, contact your healthcare provider right away. Most side effects of stimulant use are mild, decrease with regular use and respond to dose changes.
Antidepressant or other psychotropic medications may also be administered for children and adolescents with ADHD (often but not always in combination with a psychostimulant or other medication) to help improve attention while decreasing aggression, anxiety and/or depression.
Parenting children with ADHD may be difficult and can present challenges that create stress within the family. Classes in behavior management skills designed to address the special challenges associated with parenting a child with ADHD can help to both improve the child's functioning at home as well as help reduce stress for all family members.
Training in behavior management skills for parents usually occurs in a group setting which encourages parent-to-parent support. Behavior management skills may include:
Teachers may also be taught behavior management skills to use in the classroom setting. Training for teachers usually includes use of daily behavior reports that communicate in-school behaviors to parents.
Behavior management techniques tend to improve targeted behaviors (such as completing school work or keeping the child's hands to himself/herself), but are not usually helpful in reducing the child's broader difficulties with inattention, hyperactivity, or impulsivity.
Preventive measures to reduce the incidence of ADHD in children are not known at this time.
However, early detection and intervention can reduce the severity of symptoms, decrease the interference of behavioral symptoms on school functioning, enhance the child's normal growth and developmental process and improve the quality of life for children or adolescents with ADHD.
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To evaluate, among pediatric patients up to age 18 years of age admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of asthma or reactive airway disease who are receiving either continuous or intermittent nebulized albuterol, if the use of a clinical pathway to wean the albuterol treatment frequency compared to obtaining a physician order for every frequency adjustment affects length of hospital stay or amount of albuterol given
Pediatric patients up to age 18 years admitted with asthma or reactive airway disease (RAD) receiving either continuous or intermittent nebulized albuterol
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Health benefits associated with using a clinical pathway are decreased overall exposure to albuterol, decreased length of stay in the intensive care unit, and decreased length of overall hospital stay. By decreasing the length of hospital stay and medication delivered, overall hospital costs will be decreased.
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Cora Voce presents Alfred Burt Carols
NOV. 18 This 40-voice Tacoma-based choir presents music by Alfred Burt, Britten and Howells. 3:30 p.m., Luther Memorial Church, 13047 Greenwood Ave. N., Seattle; $10-$15 (206-724-7636 or coravoce.com).
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Tudor Choir: American Folk Holiday
NOV. 23 Carols and songs from New England, Appalachia and the Shakers. 7:30 p.m., Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave., Seattle; $20-$30 (206-323-9415 or www.tudorchoir.org).
Byrd Ensemble: "What Sweeter Music"
NOV. 24, 25 A program of English Christmas music. 7:30 p.m. Nov. 24, 3 p.m. Nov. 25, Trinity Parish Episcopal Church, 609 Eighth Ave., Seattle; $20 (206-397-3627 or www.ByrdEnsemble.com).
"Sacred Sounds of Christmas"
NOV. 25 Seasonal music and readings with Seattle Pacific University's Concert Choir, Wind Symphony, Orchestra, Women's Choir and Men's Choir. 4 p.m., McCaw Hall, 321 Mercer St., Seattle; sold out (www.spu.edu/sacredsounds).
Festival of Lessons and Carols
NOV. 27 9:30 a.m., First Free Methodist Church, 3200 Third Ave. W., Seattle; free (206-281-2205).
Sacred Music Chorale: "Sounding Joy"
NOV. 30, DEC. 1, 2 7:30 p.m. Nov. 30, Trinity Parish Episcopal Church, 609 Eighth Ave., Seattle; 7:30 p.m. Dec. 1, Trinity Lutheran Church, 6215 — 196th St. S.W., Lynnwood; 2 p.m. Dec. 2, St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 8398 N.E. 12th St., Medina; $13-$17 (206-457-2993 or sacredmusicchorale.org).
Seattle Men's Chorus: Baby, It's Cold Outside
NOV. 30, DEC. 1, 9, 13, 16, 20, 21-22 Festive songs from south of the border, Hawaii, and other tropical locales. 8 p.m. Nov. 30, Dec. 1-22; 2 p.m. Dec. 1 and 22; 7:30 p.m. Dec. 9, 16 and 20; , Benaroya Hall (S. Mark Taper Forum), 200 University St., Seattle; $25-$75 (206-215-4747 or www.seattlesymphony.org). 8 p.m. Dec. 13, Pantages Theater, 901 Broadway, Tacoma; $42-$58 (253-591-5894 or www.broadwaycenter.org).
Pacific MusicWorks: Bach Cantatas for the Holiday Season
DEC. 1 Pacific MusicWorks performs Bach's cantatas and works by his German predecessors, with soprano Yulia Van Doren, alto Laura Pudwell, tenor Colin Balzer and baritone Jesse Blumberg. 8 p.m., St. James Cathedral, 804 Ninth Ave., Seattle; $20-$40 (206-465-8316 or pacificmusicworks.org).
Kindermusik Symphony Serenades: Holiday Spectacular
DEC. 1 9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m. Dec. 1, Benaroya Hall (Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall), 200 University St., Seattle; $12 (206-215-4747 or www.seattlesymphony.org).
Magnolia Chorale's Christmas Concert
DEC. 1, 2 7:30 p.m. Dec. 1, 2:30 p.m. Dec. 2, Magnolia Lutheran Church, 2414 31st Ave. W., Seattle; $10-$12 (www.home.comcast.net/~luciajs).
Rose Ensemble: An Early American Christmas
DEC. 1 Carols, shape-note singing and lost traditions. 7:30 p.m., Rialto Theater, 310 S. Ninth St., Tacoma; $39-$59 (253-591-5894 or www.broadwaycenter.org).
Seattle Choral Company: "A Cathedral Christmas"
DEC. 1 2 p.m., Bastyr University, 14500 Juanita Drive N.E., Kenmore; 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Bloedel Hall, St. Mark's Cathedral, 1245 10th Ave. E., Seattle; $10-$27 (800-838-3006 or seattlechoralcompany.org).
Sephira: Holiday Concert
DEC. 1 The violin duo will perform music from its holiday album. 7 p.m., Shoreline Conference Center, 18560 First Ave. N.E., Shoreline; $18-$20 (206-417-4645 or shorelinearts.net).
Vashon Island Chorale Chanukah and Christmas Concert
DEC. 1, 2 7:30 p.m. Dec. 1, 3 p.m. Dec. 2, Bethel Church, 14736 Bethel Lane S.W., Vashon; $10-$15 (www.vashonislandchorale.org/).
WinterFest: Songs and Carols From Around the World
DEC. 1,2 University of Puget Sound Adelphian Concert Choir and Voci d'Amici with Steven Zopfi, conductor. 7:30 p.m. Dec. 1, 2 p.m. Dec. 2, Kilworth Chapel, 1500 N. Warner St., University of Puget Sound, Tacoma; $4-$8.50 (253-879-3555 or www.pugetsound.edu/calendar).
Holiday Harp with Bill McJohn
DEC. 2, 16, 23 1 p.m. , Volunteer Park Conservatory, 1400 E Galer St., Seattle; free (volunteerparkconservatory.org).
Lake Union Civic Orchestra Family Holiday Concert & Sing-Along
DEC. 2 2 p.m., Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave., Seattle; $13-$18 (townhallseattle.org/">townhallseattle.org).
Federal Way Symphony Christmas Party
DEC. 2 2 p.m., St. Luke's Lutheran Church, 515 S. 312th St., Federal Way; $27-$31 (253-529-9857 or www.federalwaysymphony.org/).
Master Chorus Eastside: A Renaissance Christmas
DEC. 2 3 p.m., Kirkland Performance Center, 350 Kirkland Ave., Kirkland; $15-$12 (425-893-9900 or www.kpcenter.org).
Columbia Choirs: "Good Cheer"
DEC. 2 7:30 p.m., Kirkland Performance Center, 350 Kirkland Ave., Kirkland; $15-$18 (www.columbiachoirs.org/performances.php">www.columbiachoirs.org/performances.php).
Red, White and Blue Holiday Concert
DEC. 2 A free community concert by the 133rd Army Band of the Washington National Guard. 2 p.m., Auburn Performing Arts Center, 700 E. Main St., Auburn; free (253-931-3043 or www.auburnwa.gov/arts).
Sing Heigh Ho! Christmas Concert
DEC. 2, 8 Music director Mark Kloepper leads the Northwest Chamber Chorus in a program including "What Cheer?" by William Walton, and other carols. 3 p.m. Dec. 2, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 8, Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church, 7500 Greenwood Ave. N., Seattle; $12-$22 (206-523-1196 or www.northwestchamberchorus.org).
A PLU Christmas: "A Child is Born"
DEC. 3 Pacific Lutheran University choirs and members of the University Symphony Orchestra present inspirational Christmas music. 7:30 p.m., Benaroya Hall (S. Mark Taper Forum), 200 University St., Seattle; $30 (206-215-4747 or www.seattlesymphony.org).
"December Carols" with Alison and Elizabeth Beck
DEC. 4 7:30 p.m., Fremont Abbey Arts Center, 4272 Fremont Ave. N., Seattle; $14-$18 (206-353-7038 or www.brownpapertickets.com).
"Tis The Season
DEC. 4 University of Puget Sound Chorale and Dorian Singers with conductor Anne Lyman. 7:30 p.m., Kilworth Chapel, 1500 N. Warner St., University of Puget Sound, Tacoma; free (253-879-3555 or www.pugetsound.edu).
Christmas Traditions
DEC. 4 The Choirs of Northwest University and University Presbyterian Church join the Rainier Symphony. 7:30 p.m., Benaroya Hall (S. Mark Taper Forum), 200 University St., Seattle; $12-$36 (206-215-4747 or www.seattlesymphony.org).
UW Music: CarolFest
DEC. 5 7:30 p.m., Meany Theater, University of Washington, Seattle; $10-$15 (206-543-4880 or music.washington.edu).
Seattle Symphony Holiday Pops
DEC. 6-9 New principal pops conductor Jeff Tyzik will lead the symphony and vocalists Doug LaBrecque and Christiane Noll in holiday favorites. 7:30 p.m. Dec. 6, 8 p.m. Dec. 7, 2 p.m.and 8 p.m. Dec. 8, 2 p.m. Dec. 9, Benaroya Hall (S. Mark Taper Forum), 200 University St., Seattle; $19-$91 (206-215-4747 or www.seattlesymphony.org).
"Jingle, Jangle, Joy!"
DEC. 7 KidSounds, TeenSounds and YouthSounds present holiday favorites. 7 p.m., Highline Performing Arts Center, 401 S. 152nd St., Burien; $10-$15 (206-246-6040 or www.nwassociatedarts.org/">www.nwassociatedarts.org).
Bells of the Sound presents Home for the Holidays
DEC. 7, 8, 9, 15, 16 A program of traditional and modern holiday classics. 7:30 p.m. Dec. 7, Mercer Island Presbyterian Church, 3605 84th Ave. S.E., Mercer Island; $8-$10 (206-931-7669 or www.bellsofthesound.org). Also: 8 p.m. Dec. 8, Trinity Lutheran Church, 6215, 196th St. S.W., Lynnwood; 4 p.m. Dec. 9, Woodland Park Presbyterian Church, 225 N. 70th St., Seattle; 3 p.m. Dec. 15, Fairwood Community United Methodist Church, 15255 S.E. Fairwood Blvd., Renton; 4 p.m. Dec. 16, Tibbetts United Methodist Church, 3940 41st Ave. S.W., Seattle; all concerts $8-$10 (206-931-7669 or www.bellsofthesound.org).
Musica Sacra's "Candlelight Christmas"
DEC. 7, 8 Choral concert with violinist Marjorie Kransberg-Talvi. 7:30 p.m. Dec. 7, Holy Rosary Parish, 4210 S.W. Genesee, Seattle; $18-$25 (425-277-0809 or www.musicasacrachamberchorale.com). 7:30 p.m. Dec. 8, Blessed Sacrament Church, 5050 Eighth Ave. N.E., Seattle; $18-$25 (425-277-0809 or www.musicasacrachamberchorale.com).
Sammamish Symphony Orchestra
DEC. 7 Holiday music with music director R. Joseph Scott. 7:30 p.m., Theatre at Meydenbauer Center, 11100 N.E. Sixth St., Bellevue; $12-$16 (206-517-7777).
The Tallis Scholars
DEC. 7 The Tallis Scholars, directed by Peter Phillips, present a concert of Renaissance polyphony, and music of our own time by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt. 8 p.m., Blessed Sacrament Church, 5050 Eighth Ave. N.E., Seattle; $25-$50 (206-323-9415 or www.tudorchoir.org).
Kirkland Choral Society: "Songs of Starlight"
DEC. 7, 9 8 p.m. Dec. 7, Seattle First United Methodist Church, 180 Denny Way, Seattle; 3 p.m. Dec. 9, Bastyr University, 14500 Juanita Drive N.E., Kenmore; $12-$18 (425-296-0612 or kirklandchoralsociety.org).
"What Sweeter Music"
DEC. 7, 8, 9 Cantaré Vocal Ensemble presents carols, Jason Robert Brown's "Chanukah Suite" and Christina Rosetti poetry. 7:30 p.m. Dec. 7, Trinity Lutheran Church, 6215 196th St. S.W., Lynnwood; 7:30 p.m. Dec. 8, 2 p.m. Dec. 9, Holy Rosary Elementary-West Seattle, 4142 42nd Ave. S.W., Seattle; $18-$20 (206-367-5667 or cantarevocalensemble.org).
A Light In Winter with the Cascadian Chorale
DEC. 8 The Chorale presents world premiere of Greg Bartholomew's "Moon Man." 7 p.m., St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 8398 N.E. 12th St., Medina; $15-$20 (425-606-4586 or www.cascadianchorale.org).
ChoralSounds Northwest: "I'll Be Home For Christmas"
DEC. 8-9 7:30 p.m. Dec. 8, 2 p.m. Dec. 9, Highline Performing Arts Center, 401 S. 152nd St., Burien; $15-$25 (206-246-6040 or www.nwassociatedarts.org/).
Christmas with Seattle Pro Musica
DEC. 8 Carols, holiday favorites and an audience singalong in this one-hour concert. 3 p.m., Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave., Seattle; $5-$25 (206-781-2766 or seattlepromusica.org).
Columbia Choirs Holiday Concert: Angels Sing
DEC. 8 2:30 p.m., Meany Theater, University of Washington, Seattle; $12-$15 (www.columbiachoirs.com).
Holiday Magic: O Come Rejoicing
DEC. 8 Traditional holiday music performed by the 100-voice Sno-King Community Chorale. 3:30 p.m., Edmonds Center for the Arts, 410 Fourth Ave. N., Edmonds; $15-$20 (425-275-9595 or www.ec4arts.org).
Island Sound: "Angels"
DEC. 8-9 7 p.m. Dec. 8, 2 p.m., 7 p.m. Dec. 9, Mercer Island High School (Performing Arts Center), 9100 S.E. 42nd St., Mercer Island; $10-$15 (206-232-8007).
Lake Washington Singers
DEC. 8 Holiday choral concert, featuring traditional and popular music. 3:30 p.m., Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church, 308 Fourth Ave. S., Kirkland; $7.50-$12.50 (425-828-4001 or lakewashingtonsingers.com).
Messiah Sing-Along with Garfield Symphony Orchestra
DEC. 8 Bring your own score, or buy or rent one at the door. 7:30 p.m., Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave., Seattle; $6-$12 (206-527-8735 or www.garfieldorchestra.org).
Northwest Chorale: "A Very Choral Christmas"
DEC. 8, 15 7:30 p.m. Dec. 8, Northminster Presbyterian Church, 7706 25th Ave. N.W., Seattle; 7:30 p.m. Dec. 15, Luther Memorial Church, 13047 Greenwood Ave. N., Seattle; admission by freewill offering (206-522-9853 or nwchorale.org).
Opus 7 Vocal Ensemble: "This Night"
DEC. 8 Music for choir, harp and organ for Advent and Christmas by Northwest composer John Muehleisen, and others. 7:30 p.m., St. James Cathedral, 804 Ninth Ave., Seattle; $18-$20 (206-782-2899 or www.opus7.org).
"Weihnachten: A German Christmas"
DEC. 8, 15 Experience traditional German choral music and a candlelight processional. 7:30 p.m. Dec. 8, Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave., Seattle; $12-$35 (206-781-2766 or seattlepromusica.org). 3 p.m., 7:30 p.m. Dec. 15, Bastyr University, 14500 Juanita Drive N.E., Kenmore; $12-$35 (206-781-2766 or seattlepromusica.org).
"Winter Song: A Celebration of the Winter Holidays"
Dec. 8-9 The Orcas Choral Society, under Roger W. Sherman. 7:30 p.m. Dec. 8, 2 p.m. Dec. 9, Orcas Center, 917 Mt. Baker Rd., Eastsound; $5-$15 (360-376-2281 or www.orcaschoralsociety.org).
Carmina Angelorum: Songs for Harp and Treble Voices
DEC. 9 An evening of song cycles by Britten, Rutter and Bingham. 4 p.m., Trinity Episcopal Church Everett, 2301 Hoyt Ave., Everett; $8-$12 (206-526-1900 or seattlegirlschoir.org).
The Salvation Army & Breath of Aire
DEC. 9 7 p.m., Daniels Recital Hall, 811 Fifth Ave., Seattle; $10-$20 (206-217-1206 or ChristmasWithTheSalvationArmy.org).
Keith Terhune and the Admiral Choir with Overton Berry
DEC. 9 A community sing-a-long of favorite Christmas songs and carols. Nonperishable food donations accepted. 4 p.m., 7 p.m., Admiral Congregational United Church of Christ, 4320 S.W. Hill St., Seattle; (206-932-2928 or www.admiralchurch.org).
Sammamish Symphony Orchestra
DEC. 9 Join the Sammamish Symphony and Beaver Lake Middle School Choir for holiday favorites. 2 p.m., Eastlake High School/Performing Arts Center, 400 228th Ave. N.E., Sammamish; $12-$16 (206-453-3119 or sammamishsymphony.org).
Brass Band Northwest: "Joyous Noel"
DEC. 11 A program of holiday favorites and musical surprises. 7:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church of Bellevue, 1717 Bellevue Way N.E., Bellevue; $5-$10 (206-992-6527 or www.brassbandnw.org).
The Choirs of Jesus College Cambridge (England)
DEC. 13 A program of seasonal sacred music. 7:30 p.m., Our Lady of Fatima Church, 3307 W. Dravus St., Seattle; $5-$15 (206-283-1456 or www.jesuscollegechoir.com).
Early Music Guild: The Baltimore Consort
DEC. 14 Music for the Yuletide season. 8 p.m., Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave., Seattle; $15-$40 (townhallseattle.org/).
Seattle Symphony and Seattle Symphony Chorale: Handel's Messiah
DEC. 14, 15, 16 Stephen Stubbs conducts. 8 p.m. Dec 14, 1 p.m., 8 p.m. Dec. 15, 2 p.m. Dec. 16, Benaroya Hall (S. Mark Taper Forum), 200 University St., Seattle; $24-$91 (206-215-4747 or www.seattlesymphony.org).
Bel Canto Singers: "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year"
DEC. 15 8 p.m., Daniels Recital Hall, 811 Fifth Ave., Seattle; free (206-422-6106 or www.belcantopas.org).
Christmas with Choral Arts
DEC. 15 8 p.m., St. Joseph Parish, 732 18th Ave. E., Seattle ; $18-$25 (877-404-2269 or www.choral-arts.org).
City Cantabile Choir: Celtic Christmas Concert
DEC. 15-16 7:30 p.m. Dec. 15, 3 p.m. Dec. 16, Green Lake United Methodist Church, 6415 First Ave. N.E., Seattle; $15-$20 (800-838-3006 or www.brownpapertickets.com).
Columbia Choirs: Lessons & Carols
DEC. 15 7 p.m., First Lutheran Church, Bothell, 10207 N.E. 183rd St., Bothell; $12-$15 (www.columbiachoirs.com).
Northwest Repertory Singers
DEC. 15-16 Northwest Repertory Singers present "Strike the Harp, Ring the Bells, Sound the Oboe" with Catherine Barrett on harp, Malia Johnson on handbells, Shannon Spicciatti on oboe and Tom Walworth on cello. 7:30 p.m. Dec. 15-16, Mason United Methodist Church, 2710 N. Madison St., Tacoma; free (253-265-3042 or www.nwrs.org).
"Nowell Sing We"
DEC. 15 A concert of medieval English carols. 8 p.m., St. James Cathedral, 804 Ninth Ave., Seattle; $25-$30 (206-264-4822 or medievalwomenschoir.org/concerts/).
Rainier Youth Choirs: "The Heavens are Singing"
DEC. 15 Donations of nonperishable food items accepted for Kent Food Bank. 3 p.m., First Evangelical Presbyterian Church, 19800 108th Ave. S.E., Renton; $10-$15 (253-347-0180 or www.rainieryouthchoirs.org).
Seattle Girls Choir: Annual Holiday Concert
DEC. 15 1:30 p.m., Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave., Seattle; $15-$20 (www.seattlegirlschoir.org/).
"Christmas Music: Old and New"
DEC. 16 2 p.m., Resurrection Lutheran Church, 134 S. 206th St., Des Moines; admission by donation (206-824-2978 or resurrection-lcms.org).
DEC. 16 Huw Edwards conducts soloist Simone Porter solos in Vivaldi's "Winter" from "The Four Seasons"; program also includes Beethoven's First Symphony and Christmas music from Bach and Williams. 3 p.m., First Free Methodist Church, 3200 Third Ave. W., Seattle; $10-$25 (206-682-5208 or osscs.org).
Carmina Angelorum: Songs for Harp and Treble Voices
DEC. 16 Works by Britten, Rutter and Bingham. 4 p.m., Episcopal Church of the Ascension, 2330 Viewmont Way W., Seattle; $8-$12 (206-526-1900 or www.seattlegirlschoir.org/).
Christmas with Choral Arts
DEC. 16 8 p.m., Trinity Parish Episcopal Church, 609 Eighth Ave., Seattle; $18-$25 (877-404-2269 or www.choral-arts.org).
Columbia Choirs: "Nativite"
DEC. 16 7 p.m., First Lutheran Church, Bothell, 10207 N.E. 183rd St., Bothell; $15-$18 (www.columbiachoirs.org/).
Kamiak Choir and Orchestra
DEC. 16 1 p.m., 3:30 p.m., Kamiak High School, 10801 Harbour Pointe Blvd., Mukilteo; $10-$35 (800-838-3006 or kamiakarts.org).
Sing-and Play-Along Messiah
DEC. 16 Singers of all ages, abilities and skill levels are welcome. 2:30 p.m., St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, 325 S. E. Darst St., Issaquah; admission by donation (www.stmichaels-issaquah.org/).
Washington Wind Symphony: Lux Aeterna
DEC. 16 Festive music including works by Alfred Reed, Leroy Anderson and David Lovrien. 3 p.m., Redmond High School, 17272 N.E. 104th St., Redmond; $10-$15 (www.washingtonwindsymphony.org).
Don Tiki's Hot Lava Holiday Show
DEC. 17 Don Tiki and friends bring Hawaiian warmth and danceable tiki tunes. 7:30 p.m., Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., Seattle; $37-$100 (206-215-4747 or www.seattlesymphony.org).
Moscow Boys Choir
DEC. 18 7:30 p.m., Edmonds Center for the Arts, 410 Fourth Ave. N., Edmonds; $30-$40 (425-275-9595 or www.ec4arts.org).
Prime Voci, Seattle Girls' Choir
DEC. 21 7:30 p.m., Holy Rosary Parish, 4210 S.W. Genesee, Seattle; $10 (206-526-1900 or www.seattlegirlschoir.org/).
Joyful! Noise: "All We Want for Christmas"
DEC. 21, 23 8 p.m. Dec. 21, Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave., Seattle; $15-$20 (425-941-1399 or www.joyfulnoiseseattle.org). 3 p.m. Dec. 23, Northshore Senior Center, 10201 E. Riverside Drive, Bothell; $15-$20 (425-941-1399 or www.joyfulnoiseseattle.org).
A Festival of Lessons & Carols
DEC. 23 Joseph Crnko leads the Northwest Boychoir, Vocalpoint! Seattle and members of Northwest Sinfonia. 7 p.m., Benaroya Hall (S. Mark Taper Forum), 200 University St., Seattle; $22-$83 (206-215-4747 or www.seattlesymphony.org).
Messiah Sing-and-Play-Along
DEC. 26 With conductor Karen P. Thomas. All singers and instrumentalists invited. 7 p.m., University Unitarian Church, 6556 35th Ave. N.E., Seattle; $13-$18 (206-525-8400 or www.uuchurch.org).
Seattle Symphony: "Holiday Specials"
DEC. 28, 29, 30 Ludovic Morlot conducts Beethoven's Ninth and Piazolla's "The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires." Tango dancers kick off each concert. 8 p.m. Dec. 28-29 and 2 p.m. Dec. 30, Benaroya Hall (S. Mark Taper Forum), 200 University St., Seattle; $28-$128 (206-215-4747 or www.seattlesymphony.org).
Tudor Choir: "Victorian Christmas"
DEC. 29 Seasonal songs for choir and brass, plus lighting of the 30-foot Christmas tree. 7:30 p.m., Blessed Sacrament Church, 5050 Eighth Ave. N.E., Seattle; $20-$30 (206-323-9415 or www.tudorchoir.org).
Seattle Symphony: New Year's Eve: Concert, Countdown & Celebration
DEC. 31 Ludovic Morlot conducts Beethoven's Ninth and Rachmaninov's Second. 9 p.m., Benaroya Hall (S. Mark Taper Forum), 200 University St., Seattle; $45-$152 (206-215-4747 or www.seattlesymphony.org).
Compiled by Jeff Albertson. To submit listings, go to seattletimes.com/submitlistings.


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verbal assault on NY 1 reporter Michael Scotto this week went viral, good government organization Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a complaint with the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) charging that the Staten Island Republican's behavior reflected badly on the House of Representatives.
You can read the complaint here.
It charges that Grimm violated House Rule 23, requiring all
members of the House to conduct themselves "at all times in a manner
that reflects creditably on the House."
Threatening to break a reporter "in half" for asking a question about a touchy subject probably qualifies as a violation of Rule 23.
Grimm, after initially trying to spin the incident as the product of the reporter's lack of "professionalism", has now apologized to Scotto by phone, attributing the incident to his passionate temperament.
The Scotto incident came as no surprise in Washington, where Grimm has a reputation as a hothead.
After Grimm's apology, House Speaker John Boehner, who is no friend of Grimm's but wants to hold onto Grimm's congressional seat, pocketed the CREW ethics complaint, saying Grimm's apology would suffice as a remedy.
CREW named Grimm one of its Most Corrupt in 2011, 2012 and 2013, based on the ongoing federal investigation into Grimm's 2010 campaign finances. CREW has also charged that Grimm violated House rules by
using official resources -- the insignia of the U.S. Marine Corps and the Federal Bureau of Investigation -- as fundraising tools.
The post from CREW.


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To give you some background as to what I'm doing: I'm trying to quantitatively record variations in flow of a compressible fluid via image analysis. One way to do this is to exploit the fact that the index of refraction of the fluid is directly related to its density. If you set up some kind of image behind the flow, the distortion in the image due to refractive index changes throughout the fluid field leads you to a density gradient, which helps to characterize the flow pattern.
I have a set of routines that do this successfully with a regular 2D pattern of dots. The dot pattern is slightly distorted, and by comparing the position of the dots in the distorted image with that in the non-distorted image, I get a displacement field, which is exactly what I need. The problem with this method is resolution. The resolution is limited to the number of dots in the field, and I'm exploring methods that give me more data.
One idea I've had is to use a regular grid of horizontal and vertical lines. This image will distort the same way, but instead of getting only the displacement of a dot, I'll have the continuous distortion of a grid. It seems like there must be some standard algorithm or procedure to compare one geometric grid to another and infer some kind of displacement field. Nonetheless, I haven't found anything like this in my research.
Does anyone have some ideas that might point me in the right direction? FYI, I am not a computer scientist -- I'm an engineer. I say that only because there may be some obvious approach I'm neglecting due to coming from a different field. But I can program. I'm using MATLAB, but I can read Python, C/C++, etc.
Here are examples of the type of images I'm working with:
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Imelda M. Roethler
Imelda M. Roethler, 93, of Marcus passed away on Saturday, July 9, 2011 at Heartland Care Center in Marcus. A Mass of Christian Burial will take place at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, July 22, 2011 at Holy Name Catholic Church in Marcus, Iowa. The Very Reverend Armand Bertrand will celebrate Mass. Inurnment will follow at Holy Name Catholic Cemetery in Marcus. Visitation will begin at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 21, 2011 at the Earnest - Johnson Funeral Home in Marcus. A Rosary will be led at 3:00 p.m. with a Scriptural Prayer Service to take place at 7:00 p.m. There will also be one hour of visitation at the church on Friday prior to Mass. Memories and expressions of sympathy may be directed through www.mauerjohnsonfh.com
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It is unclear why they gathered. A police statement said it was to discuss "escalating problems of the criminal world. " Some insiders spoke...
MOSCOW — It is unclear why they gathered.
A police statement said it was to discuss "escalating problems of the criminal world." Some insiders spoke of a conflict between Moscow crime bosses and of a looming underworld war reminiscent of the bloody battles of a decade ago.
Whatever the reason, when leaders of Russia's criminal elite convened on a yacht in the Moscow River recently, the police moved swiftly to stop the meeting.
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In black masks, with weapons drawn, commandos pounced from a hovering helicopter onto the roof of the yacht, starting a media frenzy when they briefly detained 37 men known here as Vory v Zakone or "thieves-in-law."
A Mafialike caste forged in the Soviet gulag, the Vory v Zakone maintain a hallowed place in Russia's criminal lore, something akin to the notorious Five Families in annals of New York crime.
Though the Vory's influence appears to have waned, Russians have long had an affinity for the group, perhaps because it has come to symbolize opposition to the country's often arbitrary political and legal practices, academics and other experts say.
After the Soviet Union collapsed, the Vory v Zakone "hit platinum," said Andrei Konstantinov, a journalist and novelist who has written about criminal subcultures. "Everyone started to sing about this topic, to talk about it, to make television series, write books," he said. "It became fashionable."
In the past 15 years the Vory have spread around the world, from Moscow to Madrid to Berlin and Brooklyn. They are involved in everything from petty theft to billion-dollar money-laundering schemes.
Born of Stalin's prison camps, the Vory grew into criminal barons that kept order in the gulags and governed the dark gaps in Soviet life beyond the reach of the KGB. While the Communist Party held a steadfast grip on government and society, they had something of a monopoly on crime.
With their own code of ethics, hierarchy and even language, they formed a society in opposition to rigid Soviet conformity, surviving on theft and black-market dealing when not in prison.
When the Soviet Union fell, the Vory emerged from the broken country's peripheries to exploit the legal chaos. By all accounts, they infiltrated the top political and economic strata, while taking command of a burgeoning mafia that spread murderously through the post-Soviet countries.
Crime war feared
The Russian news media covered the raid on the yacht this month with apparent delight. The major channels showed commandos marching the handcuffed gangsters to waiting buses.
Most were later released for lack of evidence connecting them to a crime.
Some speculated that a major crime boss, Tariel Oniani, had organized the meeting to discuss a conflict with a rival don, Aslan Usoyan, known as Grandpa Hassan. The rift, reports said, threatened to erupt into a full-scale war.
"There will be war and there will be blood," said the operator of vorvzakone.ru, an Internet portal that monitors the activities of the Vory. He requested anonymity because of the sensitive nature of his work. He said Oniani was at the meeting and detained, but not Usoyan.
In an interview with the newspaper Vremya Novostei, "Grandpa Hassan" denied rumors of impending violence.
"We are peaceful people and don't bother anybody," he said. "We are for peace, in order to prevent lawlessness."
In fact the Vory have been linked to numerous murders in the post-Soviet period. Authorities have accused them of ordering contract killings and carrying out kidnappings and innumerable financial crimes.
To be inducted into the Vory's society involves a life devoted to crime, and, traditionally, an adherence to a strict ethical code, said Aleksandr Gurov, an expert on Vory who headed the organized crime units of the Soviet Interior Ministry and the KGB.
Compared to the Mafia in Italy, Gurov said, the Vory "have less rules but more severe rules."
They must have served several jail sentences before they can qualify. They should not marry, Vory said.
Then there are the tattoos. Just as a Russian Orthodox icon depicts the works of saints, the elaborate tattoos that the Vory wear detail their criminal exploits. They also indicate rank and occupation.
In modern Russia the Vory have a certain allure, in part because of their association with prison life.
"Very many people have passed through prison, even those who have had no special connection to the criminal world," Konstantinov, the journalist, said
This intimacy with imprisonment has spawned a pop culture particular to Russia, in which the Vory and other criminal elements have taken center stage. They recently went Hollywood, vividly portrayed in the film "Eastern Promises," which won the top award at the Toronto International Film Festival last year. Konstantinov said the film was the most accurate depiction that he had seen.
Still, despite all the celebrity, the Vory no longer seem to wield the power they once did.
According to criminologists, in the late 1980s and the 1990s, as capitalism seeped in, new criminal players entered the field. Gurov said that unlike most Vory, the top leaders of the newcomers were college-educated and these new gangsters swarmed into the legal void left by the Soviet Union's collapse to snatch up lucrative shards of the shattered empire.
Influence fades
In the past decade the Vory have suffered a declining influence, analysts generally say, as competitors with stronger ties to big business and the government squeezed them from their traditional niches.
"Vory are still strong in gambling and retail trade, but their significance in Russian economy and society is rather low," said Vadim Volkov, a professor at the European University at St. Petersburg, who has researched criminal societies in Russia and the former Soviet Union.
Estimates of their numbers in Russia vary. Rashid Nurgaliev, the Russian interior minister, said recently that just under 100 remain active on Russian territory today, though others dispute that count.
"This is just funny and does not correspond to reality," said Oleg Utitsin, editor of the crime section in the weekly Argumenty Nedely. "No one knows how many there are, not even the Vory."


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3D Featuring Delisa Dawn will entertain on Friday night of the 2014 Picnic. The group is made up of members from the Country group Delisa Dawn & Route 66. Gospel music was also part of the show, but they had never done an all gospel show. It was when Delisa's grandmother asked her to do a gospel benefit a few years ago using all old songs that Delisa went to band mates and long time friends Darrin Chumley and Dennis Cook to form the gospel trio. Grandma picked her favorite hymns and the group threw in a few of their own favorites, the acoustic sound and great harmony. The response was overwhelming, a standing ovation at the very first show. The calls started coming in wanting to hire this great trio for all kinds of venues.
This crowd-pleasing trio is guaranteed to have the audience tapping their feet, clapping their hands and singin' along.


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Fire up the computers
Sports | Big 10 matchup may happen twice
Depending on how the computers process the stretch run of college football and how a few key teams finish the year, college football on Jan. 8, 2007, might look a lot like it did on Nov. 18. Depending on how other teams play, not just the winner but also the loser in the Nov. 18 Ohio State-Michigan contest could make it back to Glendale, Ariz., for the Bowl Championship Series National Championship game on Jan. 8.
For weeks, the BCS poll, the complicated formula combining human and computer polls, had ranked undefeated Ohio State and Michigan as the top two teams in the nation. Losses by USC, Florida, and possibly Notre Dame could leave the one-loss Big Ten team in the championship game.
Which raises the question: In that case, which Ohio State vs. Michigan matchup would really matter? If the Nov. 18 winner loses on Jan. 8, should that team be declared co-champion? Polls tied into the BCS system like the ESPN Coaches poll and the Harris poll would be compelled to vote the Jan. 8 winner as the champion. But the AP poll-the most widely respected of the rankings-doesn't have to crown the BCS champion.
Six computer polls make up one-third of the BCS formula, helping decide which teams play in the four coveted BCS bowl games and the BCS national championship game.
Anderson-Hester: These rankings by a web-savvy duo give the most weight to schedule strength and do not consider margin of victory.
Billingsley: Oklahoma resident Richard Billingsley's complex formula takes into account major or minor upsets, schedule strength, and the game's location.
Colley Matrix: Research scientist Wes Colley earned his Ph.D. in 1998 and now works for the University of Alabama-Huntsville. His "bias-free" matrix records schedule strength and gives bonuses for wins over top teams.
Massey: A math professor at Carson-Newman College in his mid-20s, Massey's rankings have the most bells and whistles. His rankings include the strength of offenses and defenses and even use a standard deviation.
Sagarin: The best-known computer pollster, Jeff Sagarin has provided his polls for USA Today since 1985. Unlike some other polls, Sagarin considers margin of victory.
Wolfe: Researcher Peter Wolfe studies HIV/AIDS at UCLA while using his spare time to administrate football and basketball rankings. His ratings do not reward teams for running up the score.
Around the Horn
BASEBALL: According to reports, the Boston Red Sox bid to negotiate with Japanese pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka surpassed $51 million. That's not the amount the club would pay the Japanese phenom-rather the amount the Red Sox would pay Matsuzaka's Japanese team simply for the right to negotiate with the star pitcher.
BOXING: Boxing fans probably already have May 5 marked on their 2007 calendars. On that day in Las Vegas, legendary fighter Oscar De La Hoya plans to defend his junior middleweight championship against undefeated welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. Considering Mayweather's stated desire to retire on top-and De La Hoya's age-it could possibly be the final bout for each boxer, though De La Hoya says he'll fight after the Mayweather bout.
NFL: Oakland quarterback Andrew Walter's bad moves may pave his way back to the bench. But it's not what Walter has done-it's what he said. Walter criticized the Oakland coaching staff for having too simple a playbook. In turn, Raiders coach Art Shell noted that Walter might not be long for his starting job. "When you speak out, you need to know what you're talking about when you make those statements," Shell said. "I'm going to take a hard look at it and see where we are with him."


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Academy Award-winning director Spike Lee will be honored at the Charles Guggenheim Symposium at June's SilverDocs festival, which takes place in Maryland near Washington, D.C. The event, named after the late, four-time Academy Award-winner Charles Guggenheim, honors a filmmaker who has "mastered the power of the documentary to capture current events, frame history and who inspires audiences with powerful explorations of the complexity of the human experience." "Spike Lee truly is truly a master storyteller; in both his contemporary and historical films, he uncovers the deep truths and unhealed wounds of the American experience while celebrating our resilience and passion," commented AFI president and CEO Bob Gazzale in a statement. [Brian Brooks]
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Illinois Republicans and Democrats are butting heads over the solution to companies reincorporating out of the United States to save on taxes.
Gov. Pat Quinn is favor of changing the tax code to remove the incentive for companies to, on paper, move overseas while keeping most of their operations in the U.S.
"We can't have corporate deserters leaving our country, trying to go elsewhere to pay less than they should in taxes that support America," Quinn said.
U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill..) has introduced legislation removing those loopholes and preventing so-called inverted corporations from receiving federal contracts. His Republican opponent in the November election, State Sen. Jim Oberweis (R-Sugar Grove), doesn't think highly of those ideas.
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Eight out of nine applicants seeking to succeed Clark County Superior Court Judge Diane Woolard made their pitches for support Wednesday to the Clark County Bar Association.
The association held an hourlong forum at the Clark County Public Service Center to give attorneys and members of the public a chance to question the applicants.
The bar association will poll members on which candidate they prefer and make a recommendation to Gov. Jay Inslee, who will appoint the successor in coming weeks. The new judge will have to stand for re-election in November to retain office.
Each applicant received five minutes Wednesday to present their qualifications. Then, members of the audience were allowed to pose a question.
A scheduling conflict prevented candidate Paulette Burgess, 43, a criminal defense attorney in Moses Lake, from attending, said Clark County Chief Deputy Prosecuting Attorney John Fairgrieve, who served as forum moderator.
Vancouver attorney Christopher Ramsay, 51, touted his multiple perspectives in the criminal justice system, including his roles as bailiff before becoming a lawyer, Denver, Colo. prosecutor and Clark County public defender.
Asked by an audience member how he would handle a defendant who chose to represent him or herself, Ramsay said he would allow the defendant to be heard while warning the defendant against incriminating himself.
Carin Schienberg, 56, of Vancouver has served as a full-time Clark County Superior Court commissioner since 2003.
"Being a judicial officer is about accepting responsibility on a daily basis, making hundreds of decisions that affect and impact hundreds of lives in the community, and that's what I've done," she said.
Schienberg already has received a recommendation for appointment from the National Women's Political Caucus of Washington.
Bernard Veljacic, Clark County civil deputy prosecutor, 41, recently moved to Vancouver from Portland in order to seek appointment as a judge.
He said he offers a spirit of community service from serving indigent clients in civil, criminal and family law in Seattle, as well as experience handling complex civil cases through his work at the Prosecuting Attorney's Office, where he represents the sheriff's office and other county departments.
The Vancouver Police Officers' Guild and the Clark County Deputy Sheriff Guild have endorsed him for the judge's position.
Vancouver attorney Louis Byrd Jr., 55, said he's best known in Clark County for representing indigent criminal defendants, but he also has experience with civil cases and federal cases. He's represented whistle-blowers from the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, among other notable cases.
Vancouver attorney Michael Simon, 62, said he offers a varied civil law experience, including workers' compensation cases in federal court and real estate contracts.
He has received letters of support from a few Vancouver businesses, including Realvest Corp.
An audience member asked him what experience he has with working with the indigent. He said his volunteer activities with Medical Teams International in Guatemala have exposed him to extreme poverty.
Suzan Clark, 50, of Vancouver is president of the bar association. She said her legal career has spanned Oregon and Washington and includes civil, criminal, prosecution, defense, appellate and family law. She also has worked occasionally as a pro tem judge since 1999.
Asked about the use of social media, she said its use is limited as an attorney and should not be used at all as a judge.
Bob Vukanovich, 55, of Battle Ground also offers a variety of civil and criminal law experience. He said he has shown a record of public and community service and calm disposition under pressure.
James Gilligan, 51, of Centralia is a hearings judge with the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals. He said he also offers varied experience in the law, including civil, criminal and family law.
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WHEELING - As the season moves along, Wheeling Park is becoming more of a complete baseball team.
Evidence of that was on display Saturday afternoon at Patriots Field where Coach Mike McLeod's squad took a pair from Cambridge, 7-0 and 13-8, to continue one of the best starts in school history at 9-0.
''We knew it was going to be a battle against these guys,'' McLeod said following Game 1. ''I told the guys we had to perform all aspects of the game.
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Wheeling Park's Justice Jackson delivers a pitch during Saturday's game against Cambridge.
''We have to be able to bunt and move guys over and things like that. That's what we keep preaching.''
If it was solid pitching McLeod was looking for against the Bobcats (3-4), he got it. If it was timely hitting, he got it. And if it was defensive gems, he got those, too.
''We're doing a little bit of everything,'' McLeod said. ''We've gotten back-to-back shutouts and back-to-back, seven-inning outings out of Andrew Kowalo and Justice Jackson. That helps makes things easy.''
Jackson was nearly flawless in Saturday's opener. Jackson scattered four singles, struck out four and walked none. He also shined with the glove, having a hand in six putouts.
Jackson was one of four players churning out multiple hits. He, Jesse Hartley (who also had four putouts) and Ethan Jacobs all laced two singles and plated a run. Leadoff hitter Eric Banks doubled, singled and knocked in a run.
Banks' stand-up double to the gap in right-center early in the sixth helped jumpstart the Patriots' four-run inning that put the game away.
''When he becomes the baseball player I know he can become he will be absolutely phenomenal,'' McLeod said. ''He's still getting the rust off him. We're talking about a kid who hasn't played in two years.
''Sometimes a single turns into a double ... and sometimes a triple when he's up.''
With one out in the sixth, Jacobs singled home pinch runner Julian Figaretti to make the score 4-0.
Next, Kowalo lined a shot to Cambridge shortstop Devon Francis. His throw to second was off line and Banks scored, while Jacobs and Kowalo moved to third and second, respectively.
Jackson followed with a liner to third, which again resulted in an error. Jacobs scored on the play to increase Park's lead to 6-0. Chalmer Moffett's groundout scored Kowalo from third to cap the scoring.
The Patriots put up innings of six and five runs in the Game 2 triumph. Hartley had three hits and three RBI, Figaretti collected two doubles and three RBI and Jacobs slapped two singles, a double and knocked in two.
''We have an unselfish bunch,'' McLeod said. ''We're just going to keep working hard and, hopefully, by May, we'll be ready for the tournament.''


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Murray & Ramis weren't just regular collaborators, they were also friends -- Murray is the godfather to one of Ramis' kids. But sadly, their relationship dissolved during the making of the film. Murray was in the midst of a divorce from his first wife, Margaret Kelly, at the time, and became obsessive over the role, ringing Ramis in the middle of the night to talk about it. Ramis, fed up, sent Danny Rubin to Murray's home to work with him in pre-production, the writer telling the New Yorker fifteen years later, "They were like two brothers who weren't getting along. And they were pretty far apart on what the movie was about—Bill wanted it to be more philosophical, and Harold kept reminding him it was a comedy." The difficulties continued on set, Ramis telling EW that "Bill had all these obvious resentments toward the production, so it was very hard for a time to communicate with him. Calls would go unreturned. Production assistants couldn't find him. So someone said, 'Bill, you know, things would be easier if you had a personal assistant. Then we wouldn't have to bother you with all this stuff.' And he said, 'Okay.' So he hired a personal assistant who was profoundly deaf, did not have oral speech, spoke only American sign language, which Bill did not speak, nor did anyone else in the production. But Bill said, 'Don't worry, I'm going to learn sign language.' And I think it was so inconvenient that in a couple weeks, he gave that up. That's anti-communication, you know? Let's not talk.'"
But as funny as it can be to relate now, it made the atmosphere on set very difficult, as Ramis told the New Yorker. "At times, Bill was just really irrationally mean and unavailable; he was constantly late on set," the director says. "What I'd want to say to him is just what we tell our children: 'You don't have to throw tantrums to get what you want. Just say what you want.'" Once filming wrapped, Murray stopped speaking to Ramis altogether, and aside from a few passing comments at funerals and the like, they continue to be estranged. Ramis tried to recruit Murray to play the part eventually taken by Randy Quaid in 2005's "The Ice Harvest," but Murray passed, and when asked to comment on a New Yorker profile, heartbreakingly commented, "I really don't have anything to say."
Contrary to its reputation these days as a classic, "Groundhog Day" was only moderately well-received on release, taking a solid but unexceptional $70 million in the U.S., and somewhat taken for granted by critics. For instance, the Washington Post's Desson Howe wrote that, while it was a relatively good vehicle for Murray "'Groundhog' will never be designated a national film treasure by the Library of Congress" (for the record, it was added to the Library of Congress only thirteen years later, deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant"). But the film quickly found favor not just among movie fans, but also among religious types. After all, by dealing not only with a concept variously described as reincarnation or purgatory, and with the central theme of a man learning to become a better person, it's as much a parable as a studio comedy. Ramis told the New York Times a decade ago of the reaction to the film. "At first I would get mail saying, 'Oh, you must be a Christian, because the movie so beautifully expresses Christian belief,' he said. "Then rabbis started calling from all over, saying they were preaching the film as their next sermon. And the Buddhists! Well, I knew they loved it, because my mother-in-law has lived in a Buddhist meditation center for 30 years and my wife lived there for 5 years."
Ramis himself doesn't practice any religion in particular, but certainly acknowledges the deeper readings of the film. Christians, like Jesuit priest Rev. James Martin, sees Murray's character as a Christ analogy saying, "You very clearly see the deadness of his life at the beginning of the movie. What is reborn is this new person resurrected from his comatose way of looking at the world." But a Greenwich Village rabbi, Dr. Niles Goldstein argued that the films' worldview is more Jewish than Christian, saying that Murray's character is rewarded for his good deeds, rather than being returned to Earth. But there's also a Buddhist interpretation, Professor Angela Zito of NYU saying that the film illustrates the concept of samsara -- the continuing cycle of rebirth that individuals can break out of by performing good deeds. In fact, she argues that the film is closer to Mahayana Buddhism, in which, as she says "nobody ever imagines they are going to escape samsara until everybody else does. That is why you have bodhisattvas, who reach the brink of nirvana, and stop and come back and save the rest of us. Bill Murray is the bodhisattva. He is not going to abandon the world. On the contrary, he is released back into the world to save it." Even wiccans have gotten in on the act, as the real-life Groundhog Day on February 2nd shares its date with the first of the "greater sabbats" that divide the period between solstices and equinoxes.
While "Groundhog Day" has become synonymous with the idea of living the same day or event over and over again, it was far from the first film to take on the conceit, and far from the last. The film was preceded by Richard Lupoff's 1973 short story "12:01," about a New York executive who discovers that he's reliving the same hour of his life over and over again. The story was adapted into an Oscar-nominated short, starring Kurtwood Smith, in 1990, as well as a TV movie starring Jeremy Piven and Martin Landau that aired only six months after the release of "Groundhog Day." Lawsuits were mooted by Lupoff and the short's writer Jonathan Heap, but never came to pass. The film was also preceded by an episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" in March 1992, in which the cruise of the USS Enterprise are forced to relive their crash into another ship (captained by, of all people, Kelsey Grammer) over and over again. But "Groundhog Day" has been more consciously homaged after its release as well. Episodes of both "The X-Files" (season six's "Monday," which sees Mulder and Scully trapped in a time-loop during a bank heist) and "Supernatural" (season three's "Mystery Spot," with another time loop caused by a trickster god). The short-lived Taye Diggs ABC series "Day Break" also tried to stretch the premise over an entire TV series, but unsurprisingly lasted only six episodes before it was cancelled.
But so far, the only official spin-off is 2004's "E gia ieri," literally translated as "It's Already Yesterday," and also known as "Stork Day." The Italian film, directed by Giulio Manfredonia, and starring Italian TV comedy star Antonio Alabanese, is a officially-sanctioned, reasonably faithful remake of the film, with Alabanese as a bad-tempered nature documentarian who goes to the Canary Islands to report on a stork migration, only to find himself repeating the same day over and over again. Many elements of the film recur, including surrogates for Chris Elliot's cameraman and Stephen Tobolowsky's Ned Ryerson, but it looks to us to be pretty Italian in nature too. Watch both the trailer and the full film below. More promising was the mooted musical version of the film, floated by the great Stephen Sondheim. The composer was considering the idea of adapting the film as a "theme and variations" piece, which makes sense, but by 2008, had dropped the idea, saying that "to make a musical of 'Groundhog Day' would be to gild the lily. It cannot be improved." Most recently, Duncan Jones' "Source Code" gave a sci-fi thriller twist to the premise, and won the approval of writer Danny Rubin, telling The Guardian "I quite liked that. Every time it happens, my friends say: 'You just got ripped off. I hope they paid you.' I'm, like: 'No, it's an homage.' It's not like I'm being erased. It's an honour. I always thought the premise could be explored a million different ways. I welcome all of these explorations; it's fun for me because I like to see how other people play with the idea. Basically it shows how ubiquitous it's become in the culture. It's getting harder and harder now to find anyone who hasn't seen it."


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A day after a Holocaust survivor was attacked in Holon, a 75-year-old Herzilya man assaulted by 27-year old for commenting on his dog. Amiram Oron suffers open break on his leg, bruising. Police arrest suspect
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Oron left his house in Herzliya on Saturday with his neighbor, 80, to go to the public garden, on Rishon Lezion Street in the city. As they were sitting in the garden, a group of teenagers arrived with their dogs.
Oron in the hospital (Photo: Lior Ram)
Lior Ram, Oron's son-in-law, said, "In the public garden there is an area designated as a children's playground. On the fence there are signs stating it's forbidden to allow dogs into the area. More than once, my father-in-law saw people letting their dogs in and said something to them.
"He even called the municipality regarding the issue,"Ram continued. "He saw the group of teens going into the designated area with dogs and made a remark to them about it. In response, a man came up to him and began to curse him."
Oron being evacuated (Photo: Lior Ram)
Oron fell and during the fall, part of his leg which was under the leg of the attacker, broke. "This created an open break, the leg was literally torn out of place and Amiram was left moaning in pain," his son-in-law said from his seat next to him at the emergency room of Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba.
A friend of Oron's called the police and Magen David Adom services, who arrived on the site. The paramedics found him lying on the ground, suffering from blunt force trauma to his head and an open break on his ankle. After first aid
was delivered, he was transported to the hospital. Police tracked down the suspect who claimed that "he was the one who attacked me, this is a matter of self defense."
At the same time the police continue to investigate the earlier attack of the Holocaust survivor Pavel (Pavlik) Gertman, 79, whose 'sin' was to make a remark to children who were taking apart a bench and table in the pillbox park in the Tel Giborim neighborhood of Holon.
"I was in Holon's
center when I noticed a number of children with a shopping cart dismantling the benches elderly people sit on every day. I approached them and asked, 'What are you doing?' I began to take out the boards they loaded onto the cart," Gertman said.
"A few minutes later a man of about 40 showed up and began yelling at me and shoving me. He sat me down on the bench, put his hand on my neck and started hitting me," the elderly man told Ynet.
The investigation of the Ayalon
Sub-District Police found that the suspect in the attack is not classified as a felon, and he is cooperating completely with the police. He claimed the elderly man was the one who threatened him with his cane and even scratched him with it.
The suspect was questioned and granted limited release on bail, and the police have not yet decided whether to file an indictment against him. Police plan to request to extend his arrest in Tel Aviv
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US military veterinarians assist Salvadoran cavalry regiment with vaccinations for their base animals to include horses, cows, sheep and goats. The mission is in support of Beyond the Horizon El Salvador, a joint foreign military interaction and humanitarian exercise occurring until late June. Other events for the mission include the building of schools in remote areas, free medical and dental clinics, and veterinary assistance. More than 500 animals were vaccinated during the visit. Produced by Sgt. Richard Frost. Also available in high definition FONT-1: Capt. Ryan Miller, 994th Medical Detachment, Veterinary Services, Round Rock, Texas
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Put your fingers in the wound. See the table opposite. This is what it was like the last time Ireland chose to tax its way out of a borrowing crisis. It took 12 years before the books balanced. That's from 1975 to 1987. It failed because, by the time it was done, Irish debt/GDP had shot up to 122% and Ireland was out of road. The marginal tax rate had peaked to over 70%, close to where Labour would like to take it again. It took Austria 14 years and Spain 15 years to achieve balance, both increased taxes as a percentage of GDP, they also increased spending. Finland, Germany, Canada and Norway all cut Government spending as a percentage of GDP and were in balance in 2 to 4 years.
The message is increase the tax take and you'll spend much longer in hell. Alternatively, when you lighten the burden on the real economy of carrying public spending, the economy flourishes. Knowing that taxes won't increase, people stop hoarding cash and start spending it.
Government says one thing but does another
Despite the rhetoric, the Irish Government has, so far, filled the hole with higher taxes because it is politically easier to do. Meanwhile, parties of the left are today telling the Irish public lies. By going light on cuts, by ring-fencing those on strong pay in the public sector and by proposing to increase taxes, they condemn us to a decade of failure. Look, this is hard to digest, but it is the truth:
- Decreasing income tax as soon as possible is the way to go.
- Filling the hole in the public finances by cutting is better than increasing taxes.
- The longer the austerity period is stretched out, the worse the pain we will endure.
- Five years of Labour-dominated policy would be catastrophic.
That's the internal solution. Cut and cut, but protect the most vulnerable and tax revenues will recover quickest to rebuild what has been lost or delayed.
Negotiated Default
The external solution has to be to relieve Ireland of the burden of the excess debt. We can't repay bank bondholders and the ECB. Ireland must launch a diplomatic offensive led by our most able European experts to support an E-Bond, transferring that excess to the centre. Those opposed need to be directed to the overwhelming academic and economic support that Ireland is receiving from international heavyweights who are convinced that Irish citizens must not be punished to underwrite poor banking decisions.
Get a gun
You can achieve more with a nice smile and a gun than just a smile. Ireland should explore refinancing elsewhere through bilateral loans from non-EU sources like the Chinese Government, who may be seeking an economic base for expansion into Europe. If we have to threaten to bring down the house of cards that is the unreformed Eurozone and, with it the EU, then we must be prepared to do so.


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Video Release: Chairman Royce Convenes Hearing to Examine U.S. Policy Toward Iran
At the hearing, Chairman Royce said, "I am convinced that Iran will continue on this path until the sanctions bite so bad that the regime must relent or face upheaval. That is where we need to get."
Witnesses included Wendy R. Sherman, Under Secretary for Political Affairs at the U.S. Department of State and David S. Cohen, Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence at the U.S. Department of Treasury.
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