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California's 31st Congressional District was already considered to be one of the most watched races in the United States. Things became even more interesting with Gary Miller's decision not to run for re-election in the Congressional seat, which includes Inland Empire communities Redlands, Rancho Cucamonga, Upland, San Bernardino.
Miller's decision increases the chances that the 31st Congressional District will flip from Republican- to Democrat-run.
In a district that has a 7-percent Democrat advantage and gave President Barack Obama a 15 percent advantage over Mitt Romney, Miller was already a top Democratic target.
And he was becoming a target of the right, too.
The fact that Gary Miller was an early Tea Party member and pretty much in accord with the Tea Party Patriots mattered not to one of the local Tea Party groups, which withheld support for Miller specifically because they were concerned that Miller might, not would but might, support immigration reform.
The Tea Party claim that their fight is about fiscal responsibility and following the Constitution seems not to apply.
If a Democrat wins the 31st District, we should send the area Tea Party a holiday fruit basket.
The Redlands Area Democratic Club endorsed Pete Aguilar In September, 2013. Aguilar was the overwhelming choice of the RADC, although it was not unanimous.
People who know him best, Redlands voters, voted for him by a large margin in the November's 2012 municipal election.
Despite his young age, Aguilar has been on the council since 2007 and is a leader in other governmental organizations. In a time where the United States Congress is fractured to the point of being dysfunctional, Aguilar's ability to work with all parties is a needed quality.
Having known him better in the past six months, I can say he is a calm, even-tempered person with considerable knowledge and interpersonal skills.
Miller's withdrawal leaves Aguilar, Elaine Gomez-Reyes, Danny Tillman, and Joe Baca as the Democrats in the now-open race; anti-marijuana spokesman Paul Chabot and San Bernardino Councilman John Valdavia are two Republicans who immediately jumped in. Dr. Lesli McCollum Gooch, a former Miller staffer, entered the race as a Republican and quickly raised money.
Gooch is a University of Oklahoma graduate who worked for the Potomac Partners lobbyist group. Potomac Partners is the lobbyist for the San Bernardino County government. It should be interesting to see how a professional Republican lobbyist living and working around Washington, D.C., for at least 12 years, would be able to represent our district.
The most logical solution for a positive Democratic outcome would be for Eloise Gomez-Reyes to run in the 35th Congressional District. She is an attorney and a long-time advocate for Inland Empire working families.
Reyes was raised in Colton and lives in Grand Terrace. She attended a local community college before entering USC and graduating law school.
The best outcome for the Democrats would be if Reyes runs in the neighboring 35th district. There is not a requirement to live in the exact district, and Baca moved from the 31st district to the 35th district before the 2012 election.
Congresswoman Gloria Negrete-McLeod is in the 35th now, but like Miller has decided not to seek reelection. Instead, she will seek election to the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors as the representative for the 4th district in June.
Reyes would be an outstanding successor who would provide the Inland Empire with another excellent female representative. She certainly would have a better chance in the 35th district than in the crowded 31st. Colton was in a district largely composed of communities in the 35th district before redistricting, which put the Hub City in the 31st.
This would also help Aguilar, who received 67 percent of the vote in February's pre-endorsement caucus and is almost certain to win endorsement at the California Democratic convention this weekend in Los Angeles. (I am a delegate to the state convention and will vote for Aguilar.) It would also help Negrete-McLeod's Board of Supervisors bid.
Hopefully, some influential Democrats can urge Reyes to run in the 35th, where she has a great opportunity to stand up for working families in the House of Representatives.
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Allegheny County's crime lab ranks among world's best
The Allegheny County crime lab can perform crime scene investigations for thousands less than other labs and complete the analysis faster.
DNA work, however, takes longer and costs more, according to a study by the Forensic Science Initiative at West Virginia University's College of Business and Economics.
It's one of the top labs in the world, according to Paul Speaker, an associate professor of finance at WVU and principal investigator for the study.
Speaker said he featured the lab in a recent presentation he made to the international police agency Interpol, based in Lyon, France.
"I told the story of three laboratories when I was speaking at Interpol, and Allegheny County was one of the three," Speaker said. "Especially in toxicology, they were the best of any laboratory we saw."
He said, "There was a very high level of productivity compared to what you would find elsewhere. Not only were they highly productive, they were also performing more tests on every case."
Bob Huston, director of the lab at the Allegheny County Medical Examiner's Office, said staffing levels, budget constraints and the number of tests run on evidence contribute to longer turn-around times.
"With the realization of touch DNA evidence in 2006, we receive more evidence for processing in a case than we did in prior years," Huston wrote in an email to the Tribune-Review. "We are currently one of only a few laboratories in the country that maintains an open case file for bullets and cartridge casings. This review of the open case file definitely has an effect on turn-around time."
County Executive Rich Fitzgerald has lobbied Harrisburg to restore money for the crime lab, suggesting that without state money the lab could close. That would shift more than 19,000 pieces of evidence and 100,000 tests to Pennsylvania State Police labs. State funding dried up by the 2011-12 fiscal year.
The lab costs $4.65 million to run.
Speaker provided the Tribune-Review data from 2011 and 2012. He expects to publish 2013 and 2014 data next year. The county lab completes crime scene investigation work for about $5,000 less than the median and reports results 19 days faster.
Huston wrote that the lab keeps crime scene costs low by having scientists rather than uniformed officers complete the investigations.
DNA work, however, costs about $300 more per case and takes 65 days longer than the median, according to the study.
The scale of the county's operation contributes to the higher cost and longer wait times, Speaker said.
Speaker started his study in 2007 with 17 labs. Allegheny County's lab joined in 2008. The study takes data from about 80 labs across the country and in Canada, South America, Australia, Asia and Europe.
Speaker will meet with state police this week to discuss their participation in the study. State police operate six labs, the closest to Pittsburgh in Hempfield.
"From everything I've seen, from appearances there, it's a highly efficient organization," Speaker said.
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There's no place like home ... except Morinville
Wizard of Oz coming to town March 22
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Missoula Children�s Theatre
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Morinville Community Cultural Centre
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Tickets: $10. Call 780-939-7888 or purchase online at tixonthesquare.ca
Missoula Children�s Theatre rolled into Morinville last Sunday night driving a red Ford F-150, a slightly bigger vehicle than a small pickup.
It was carrying two actor/directors, portable sets, props, lights and costumes for 60 local children performing in The Wizard of Oz.
Yes, the Yellow Brick Road will wind its way to the Morinville Community Cultural Centre for two afternoon performances this coming Saturday.
�It�s a very faithful telling of the original story where Dorothy sets out to find the Wicked Witch, and the Lion, Scarecrow and Tin Man go with her. All the parts are played by the children except Aunt Em and Scarecrow,� said Matthew Loehrke, Missoula tour marketing associate.
This 30-year-old company focuses on promoting children�s theatre through active participation. After unloading their gear, two directors set up auditions casting nearly 60 children of varying ages.
�The only thing we require is that they have loud and clear voices, have expressive face and body movements and follow directions,� Loehrke added.
In what some would consider an impossible feat, Missoula rehearses one week with a children�s cast and then mounts two performances of the one-hour fantasy musical.
�Everyone is amazed by what kids can do. And both parents and kids come to realize that if they can do that, they can do anything.�
The Oregon-based company grew out of a grassroots idea when actors Jim Caron and Don Collins organized a company of adults who performed plays for children on makeshift stages at a local movie theatre.
The plays were well received in Missoula and soon nearby Montana and Idaho communities invited the troupe to perform in their towns.
During the �70s, the company began to cast children in shows such as Hansel and Gretel or Snow White.
In February of 1972, the troupe was slated for a Snow White booking at Miles City, a small Montana community about 500 miles from Missoula. The directors were hesitant about travelling great distances with seven small children across icy, wind-swept roads.
In an inspired moment, the directors took a radical step and travelled to Miles City a week before the event to audition local children. Unsure of finding enough children, they discovered 450 young actors arrived to audition.
The play�s success attributed through interest gleaned from the children, parents, teachers, the press and the sold out shows became the company nucleus.
Today, 35 teams travel across North America with two actor-directors per team touring for five months at a time. Directors Anna Lewing and Stephanie Brown are leading the Morinville brigade.
�It�s a big commitment for tour actors. We ask them to put their lives on hold. It�s not for everyone, but the teams we have are wonderful and they enjoy what they do.�
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When Urban Meyer named the Ohio State football captains for the 2014 season, he seemed to set the tone for the rest of the year.
Despite being out for the season, senior quarterback Braxton Miller was voted a captain by his teammates for the second season in a row. He headlined the list of five players who will lead the Buckeyes on the field.
Coach Meyer said Miller was a "high vote getter" and the team will try bring him along when it travels as often as possible.
"He'd be one of the 70 (players to go on the trip) if he can go. He won't be able to go this time because of his (shoulder), but there will be times we have to make that decision," Meyer said of Miller, who is currently in Florida to meet with Dr. James Andrews for shoulder surgery. Meyer said his surgery is scheduled for Tuesday.
The other four players, all seniors, include cornerback Doran Grant, linebacker Curtis Grant, defensive lineman Michael Bennett and tight end Jeff Heuerman.
Doran Grant, the only returning starter in the Buckeye secondary, has had impressive spring and fall camps, Meyer said Aug. 16, adding that Grant was playing like an all-Big Ten conference corner.
Curtis Grant struggled for most of his Buckeye career to crack the starting lineup as he was constantly battling for time against former Buckeye Ryan Shazier, but then was eventually replaced by former converted fullback Zach Boren because of lack of production.
Despite that, he's emerged as a starter and team captain for the Buckeyes this year because he's been putting the team first, junior linebacker Joshua Perry said.
"Curtis has been here for a few years and he has tried a lot of different things to be successful and some of them have worked better than others," Perry said. "This year his mentality was to be a guy who is about the team and to help everybody in our unit out. I think by doing that, that made him a better overall player and leader."
Meyer also made a point of singling out Curtis Grant, who has started 13 games in his Buckeye career.
"That's one of the great things about what we do for a living is to see young people grow up, and boy, has Curtis Grant done a nice job," he said Monday.
Bennett, who has remained a model of consistency at OSU, is coming off of a season in which he started 13 games and recorded seven sacks.
Bennett is the fourth Buckeye from Centerville High School in Centerville, Ohio, to be named an OSU captain along with now-ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit (1992), Cincinnati Bengals kicker Mike Nugent (2004) and Green Bay Packers linebacker A.J. Hawk (2005). All three went on to be named team-MVP at the end of the year.
He has played 34 games so far in his Buckeye career.
Rounding out the captains is Heuerman, who, like Miller, is coming off of an offseason injury.
Meyer said that although Heuerman still isn't 100 percent healthy, he anticipates the tight end will play in the opener against Navy.
The senior from Naples, Fla., recorded a career-best season in 2013 with 26 catches for 466 yards and four scores.
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OCEAN PINES—The Platform Tennis Club is gearing up for a brand new program that will offer free lessons to lure local young people and their parents outside into the fresh and open air this summer, based on a description of the clinics by Linda Horst, who is coordinating the program.
Interested parents and children can register up to two days before a scheduled class at the Ocean Pines Community Center, according to Horst. Classes for the youths will be held on four Saturdays, from 1-2:30 p.m.—April 5 and 12, and May 10 and 17, she said. The classes are free to both Ocean Pines residents and non-residents and players can attend as many of the family-oriented classes as they desire, according to Horst.
All of the equipment needed for play will be provided, but tennis shoes or sneakers required.
Platform tennis, which is also referred to as paddle tennis, is a year-round sport that combines elements of tennis, ping pong, squash, racquet ball, and hand ball, according to a description of the sport. The court is smaller than a tennis court and is surrounded by gauged wire fencing (screens), which allows players to keep the ball in play and contained within the court, as in racquetball.
In describing the logistics, they explained platform tennis rackets are 18 inches long and the ball is made of a rubber composite. It is mainly a doubles sport and is played nationally with tournaments and championships at all age groups, they said.
The club already provides a free open clinic every Saturday at noon to introduce the sport to adults. Horst said up to nine instructors would be on hand for the youth clinics and would tailor the level of instruction to the competency level of individual players.
Children from ages 12- to 14-years old must be accompanied by a parent, whom she noted must participate in the activities with their child. For children from ages 15- to 17-years old, parents do not need to be in attendance, but are welcome, according to Horst.
Participants who are 16-years old or older and who have previous racquet sport experience should attend the adult clinic at noon.
Horst, 60, is a retired fitness and physical education teacher, who said she has played "all different types of racquet sports for years" since she was a teenager in Pennsylvania. She said the tennis and racquet amenities offered at Ocean Pines was one of the aspects of the community that influenced her decision to make the Pines her home when she moved into the area.
Horst said by offering the youth clinics the club members are hoping to gauge the interest level local children might have with the sport of platform tennis, to help determine whether it would be feasible to offer a day camp this summer. "We would love to see parents get involved in tandem with their children," Horst added.
She said the sport was not overwhelming or hard to learn, which could encourage families and couples to get involved in platform tennis. The idea is to expose younger people to the great fitness and fun of the sport, Horst said.
The Ocean Pines club has 122 members and is a Region 3 Mid-Atlantic member of the American Platform Tennis Association, which includes all of Maryland, Delaware and part of Pennsylvania, according to Jim Freeman, who serves as the club's president.
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Q A guy asked me out for a first date. We went to a nice restaurant. All was well until the bill came. He pulled out a two-for-one Groupon and told me that I could cover the tip. My girls say dump him immediately. I'm not opposed to using coupons or saving money, but well into a relationship, not the first date. What would you do in this situation? – KI
A I'm amazed. Like you, I respect the desire to operate on a budget and be mindful of money, as our parents told us "it doesn't grow on trees". But there's a time and place for coupons, and a first date just doesn't strike me as one of them – unless there's a conversation about it beforehand. Also, down the line, even while still dating, I think it would be fine to use them.
If he'd given you a heads-up to say "Hey, there's a restaurant I really want to try that I saw on Groupon. Would you like to go?", I'd think that was fine.
But just to whip one out at the end of the night? It reads as cheap and, worse, tacky. As if that weren't enough, he's asked you to reach into your purse to pay the tip on a date on which he asked you. That's doubly tacky.
If he wasn't able or willing to pay for the full price of an expensive meal and tip, I would have preferred that he select a place where he could afford it or at the very least told you that he wanted you to pitch in to cover your portion. There were a few options available to him that could have made for a less awkward situation, and he elected not to use them.
As to whether you should go out with him again, the life coach in me wants to focus on the bigger picture: Did you enjoy the date? Did he make good conversation? Other than the sketchy situation with the bill, is he otherwise likeable? Still, I have pause here.
I know that when a man is really interested in a woman, he is trying to impress her. Even if he doesn't have a lot of money, he will make up for it with a lot of effort. And what bothers me most about your scenario is that your guy managed to put forth a minimal amount of it. Not only did he whip out a coupon on a first date, he asked you to pay the tip, and he didn't even give you a warning. He's either very socially inept or not all that interested in impressing you, neither of which bodes all that well for you. He had to know that there would be a great chance you were turned off, and he took it anyway, likely because he's just not all that interested.
I shared this perspective with some friends, and a few thought your friends and I were being hard on the guy. They argued that single women seem pickier than necessary and are writing off guys for these sorts of "concerns"; what they see as a minor infraction, I found to be a bigger issue. I'm of the mind that "single" is not synonymous with "desperate", and a woman's got to have some standards. If you start cutting corners with date No 1, you're not going to get any better treatment on date No 3 or date No 30.
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A judge has slapped down efforts by lawmakers to help balance the budget by forcing more than 200,000 state, university and school employees to pay a larger share of pension contributions.
In a ruling released Friday, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Eileen Willett said when workers were hired they became members of the Arizona State Retirement System. And the judge said the employees were told they would share equally in the cost of keeping that system financially solvent.
Last year, however, lawmakers unilaterally altered the system to have workers contribute 53 percent of the cost, reducing the state's burden to 47 percent. That move was designed to save the state more than $41 million this year.
Willett, however, said that move ignored a provision in the Arizona Constitution which spells out that membership in a public retirement system is a contract and that benefits "shall not be diminished or impaired.''
She acknowledged that nothing in the change reduces what workers would get when they finally retire. But Willett, ruling in a lawsuit brought by members of several unions, said that misses the point.
"Increased costs incurred over plaintiffs' length of employment for receipt of the same benefit negatively impacts the value of the benefit the plaintiffs ultimately receive,'' she wrote. "By paying a higher proportionate share for their pension benefits than they had been required to pay when hired, plaintiffs are forced to pay additional consideration for a benefit which has remained the same.''
In siding with the employees and the unions, Willett rejected arguments by attorneys hired by the state that the fact that the 50-50 split was in effect when these workers were hired does not entitle them to the same treatment as long as they are employed.
They also contended that the interests of the state were more significant than those of any of the more than 210,000 state, school and local government workers affected.
That was based on arguments that a typical employee earning $50,000 a year would see a difference of only $12.41 in each of the 26 paychecks, compared to that $41.3 million savings to the state.
Willett, however, was not swayed.
"The impairment to the contract is substantial, and no significant and legitimate public purpose exists for the breach,'' she wrote.
The ruling is unlikely to be appealed.
Senate Majority Leader Andy Biggs said legislative leaders, anticipating the decision, already have crafted a revised budget for the coming year that will return the employee contribution rates to what they were before last July as well as refund the excess. And Biggs said the spending plan for the new fiscal year also does not rely on the extra cash.
The decision affects not only state workers but anyone else in the Arizona State Retirement System.
That includes all public school teachers and those at community colleges as well as some -- but not all -- university faculty and staff. While the change reduced the employer obligation of those levels of government, the Legislature required them to pass on any savings to the state treasury.
The change in the law -- and the ruling -- also affects counties and cities with employees in the state retirement system. But the law did not require them to send their savings to the state, allowing them to instead pocket the difference.


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Nancy Motes was found dead on the bathroom floor of her Los Angeles home with prescription drugs around her body.
Julia Roberts' half-sister, Nancy Motes, was found dead in her Los Angeles home on Sunday, February 9. The 37-year-old had a history of "some medical issues," Los Angeles County Coroner's Assistant Chief Ed Winter said in a statement.
Paramedics were called to Motes' home and found her on the floor of a bathroom. "Some prescription drugs were found near her body," Winter said. She was pronounced dead at the scene at 2:12 P.M. Sunday. An autopsy will be conducted on Tuesday while investigation is underway.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and eight other countries helping to develop the new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter underscored their full and continued support for the program, according to two sources who attended a gathering hosted by Canada.
Despite U.S. plans to put off orders for 179 planes over the next five years and a steady drip of news about technical problems and developmental issues, a statement issued by Canada on Friday cited "good progress" on the program.
Julian Fantino, Canada's associate minister of National Defence, hosted a dinner on Thursday and all-day meeting at his country's embassy in Washington, D.C. on Friday to facilitate better communication among political officials from all nine partner countries.
"While good progress continues to be made, we will always be vigilant with our stewardship of taxpayers' hard earned dollars," he said in a statement, underscoring Canada's determination to stick to its budget for replacing its aging fleet of F-18 fighter jets.
He said the program had already resulted in hundreds of millions of dollars of contracts for Canadian firms.
The two sources said all nine countries underscored their full and continued support for what one described as the "backbone of allied defense in the free world".
Lockheed Martin Corp is developing three variants of the radar-evading, supersonic fighter jet for the United States and eight countries -- Canada, Britain, Australia, Turkey, Denmark, Norway, Italy and the Netherlands.
Senior U.S. officials sought to reassure the partner countries that Washington remains committed to the multinational fighter development program.
The slowdown in U.S. orders and budget pressures at home have prompted some of the international partners to rethink their own orders. Italy last month cut its planned buy of 131 planes by 30 percent.
"Our support of this program is clear," said Pentagon spokeswoman Lieutenant Colonel Melinda Morgan.
Navy Vice Admiral David Venlet, the official who manages the Pentagon's costliest weapons program, and acting acquisition chief Frank Kendall gave updates about development milestones and testing of the new warplane at the meeting, as did officials from Lockheed.
Fantino organized the meeting to facilitate greater collaboration among political officials from the nine countries funding the plane's development -- the first time so many countries have worked together to design and build a new plane.
In the past, the Pentagon has provided updates to senior leaders from the partner countries only on a bilateral basis. But military officials from the nine countries already meet twice a year for review sessions. The next military-level meeting is slated to take place March 14-15 in Australia.
Joe DellaVedova, spokesman for the F-35 program office, said the partner countries agreed to have their political officials make the meeting an annual event.
"The multinational Joint Strike Fighter Program represents a new model for international cooperation," the Canadian statement said, adding that the partners agreed that "multilateral updates add purpose over bilateral discussions and updates."
Fantino, a member of Canada's Conservative-led government, is under pressure from the NDP opposition party to hold an open and transparent competition for the new warplanes before making firm commitments to buy 65 of the new F-35 fighter jets.
"The Conservatives shouldn't be giving a blank cheque to Lockheed Martin before they know the real costs of the F-35s," Matthew Kellway, a member of Canada's parliament and frequent critic of the program, said in a statement.
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I'm the most awesome guy I know.
That's basically all I have to say about myself.
I guess they notice how tall I am?
MOVIES: I'll go see anything that's in theaters. I like 3D movies, and can't understand people who don't. Yes, I will see a chick flick with you. No, I will not sit in the back of the theater.
SHOWS: I like Doctor Who, Kitchen Nightmares, Restaurant Impossible, House, Bleach, Stargate, Star Trek, and nearly anything on Adult Swim. Oh yeah, and South Park, Family Guy, and The Simpsons.
MUSIC: I hardly ever listen to music. This is strange because I was in the school band from elementary school all the way through college. Trumpet (and french horn for a while in high school), if you must know. If silence is not an option, I'll put on some classical music, because I don't consider two guitars, a drummer, and a singer to be a band.
FOOD: I'm a picky eater. I don't like sushi. I love a well-cooked steak. I'm not a fan of onions or mushrooms. My preferred topping on a pizza is ham. I also drink a lot of milk.
That's a pretty standard list of stuff for one person to have.
Something always comes up.
WEAK: I don't touch type. This is odd because I work on computers.
GOOD: I watch Worst Cooks in America because it's good for a laugh and makes me feel like a cooking expert.
GREAT: I can't think of anything.


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BooksThis secure shopping cart here at my old website is processed through PayPal, and I'm using it until I can get a new one built into my blog. These books are available below in paperback or as PDF files for immediate download.
The PDF files are formatted for easy reading and are priced at $10 each.
Paperback books are $16 each, plus shipping costs.
Freedom From Self-Sabotage - The Intelligent Reader's Guide to Success and Self-FulfillmentJust about every one of us has a story of woe, a personal drama of being defeated by our situations in life and even by our own miscalculations or foolishness. It can feel as if some invisible saboteur lurks behind our defeat and failure.
Freedom From Self-Sabotage is a powerful book that exposes that inner saboteur. Convincing evidence reveals that the saboteur exists because of our unrecognized compulsion to experience and recycle unresolved negative emotions. This book shows how we resist and reject the positive, how we collude in creating our problems, and how we cover up awareness of these hidden dynamics through our defense system.
The paperback version of this book is the 1999 First Edition (Prospect Books Quality Paperback, 218 pages). The PDF file available here is the 2011 Second Edition. The Second Edition adds new material and updates the author's understanding of the varied psychodynamic mechanisms of self-sabotage. Read more...
Why We Suffer - A Western Way to Understand and Let Go of UnhappinessThis is the author's most recent title, and the one that takes his psychological understanding to its deepest level yet. It has not yet been published as a printed book, but is available at this time as a PDF file. It is also available as an e-book at both Amazon and Barnes and Noble, where excerpts are available. (Search "Michaelson Why We Suffer")
Why We Suffer brings into clear focus the existence of a hidden flaw in our psyche. This flaw is a grave danger to each of us personally and to all of us collectively. Through our defense system, we cover up awareness of this inner problem.
This flaw in our human nature gets the best of us only if we fail to become conscious of it. When we expose this inner condition, we are beginning to eliminate or eradicate it. When it no longer contaminates our inner life, we feel, just for starters, our goodness and our value more acutely, as we are more respectful of the goodness and value of others.
(In its digital format, the book is 285 pages, about 75,000 words.) Read more...
The Phantom of the Psyche - Freeing Ourself From Inner PassivityInner passivity, a common characteristic of the human psyche, distorts our sense of self and binds us to a second-hand experience of ourself.
This psychological condition, which affects men and women equally, is much more than just our difficulty in standing up for our rights. It is a complex and mysterious aspect of our psyche, concealed beneath our feelings of being helpless, overwhelmed, and indecisive.
Inner passivity contributes to feelings of being defective or unworthy, and it is a factor in hundreds of symptoms, including anxiety, fear, anger, addictions, compulsions, procrastination, panic attacks, and depression.
The primary conflict in our psyche is between inner passivity and inner aggression. When we're entangled in inner passivity, we represent ourselves in a feeble manner on both an inner level (in terms of standing up to our inner critic) and on an outer level in our dealings with others. Our growing awareness of this conflict produces inner freedom, enhanced self-confidence, peace of mind, and happiness.
(Prospect Books Quality Paperback, 2002. 242 pages.) Read more...
Secret Attachments - Exposing the Roots of Addictions and CompulsionsGenes and brain chemistry may be factors in addictions and compulsions---but so are negative emotions. Everyone has unresolved negative emotions from their past, and for some of us these emotions are very problematic.
We are unconsciously determined to go on experiencing these emotions. Hence, they constitute unconscious or secret attachments, meaning they are like emotional addictions. These emotional addictions generate painful feelings that can take the form of self-rejection, self-condemnation, and even self-hatred. These negative emotions weaken us and undermine our capacity for self-regulation.
Understand the mind and emotions of addictive personalities: Why do they deny the seriousness of the problem?; Why aren't they sensitive to the consequences of their behaviors?; Why do they find their addictive behaviors so hard to change? Secret Attachments delivers the keys to recovery through a powerful new awareness of the nature of out-of-control behaviors with food, drugs, alcohol, sex, and gambling.
(Prospect Books Quality Paperback, 1993. 210 pages.) Read more...
See Your Way to Self-Esteem - A Study of the Causes and Cures of Low Self-EsteemMore than we realize, our emotions determine how we see, what we see, and what we do not see. If we are bored, we see with eyes that are listless and dull; if we are angry, we see things to be angry about; if we are envious, we see what fuels our feelings of envy.
To grow and be happy, we need to make these visual tendencies more conscious. We are astonished to discover how determined we can be to see and to imagine situations that reproduce old, unresolved negative emotions from our past.
When we understand our visual nature, we realize that, instead of seeing and appreciating another person, we may instead be "seeing" how we think that person is seeing us. We are entangled emotionally in what others are thinking and feeling as they look back at us. The faces of others become mirrors in which we see ourself, as determined by our unconscious willingness to hold on to a negative self-concept. See Your Way to Self-Esteem outlines a therapeutic approach that attacks the root causes of negative and self-defeating beliefs and feelings.
(Prospect Books Quality Paperback, 212 pages.) Read more...
Three books by my late wife, Sandra Michaelson (1944-1999)
LoveSmart - Transforming the Emotional Patterns That Sabotage RelationshipsThis book demonstrates through theory, examples, and exercises how our unconscious interpretations and beliefs affect our relationships. We see how we are aligned with being an innocent victim, thus making our partner, loved ones, and friends largely responsible for our feelings and behaviors.
More specific topics include: why we choose our partner; the meaning of the begging-bowl syndrome; the origins of control issues and what we can do about them; the clear difference between genuine love and addictive attachments; how sexual issues reflect our emotional conflicts; the tendency to repeat compulsively self-sabotaging patterns of behavior; the illusion of reforming our partner; and how to take responsibility for ourselves.
Chapters include: The Emotional War-Zone--Power in Relationships; The Compulsion to Control; Self-Centeredness, a Hidden Relationship Problem; Our Fascination with Rejection; Rapture, Romance, and Reality; Intimacy and How We Sabotage It; and Perspectives in the Gender Gap.
(Prospect Books Quality Paperback, 1999. 294 pages.) Read more...
Is Anyone Listening? - Repairing Broken Lines in Couples CommunicationDiscover the dozens of ways we block communication and what we can do to change these unconscious ineffective patterns. This book is designed to help readers see and understand communication patterns. It gives you tools that help you overcome the fear of expressing yourself honestly and directly.
This book also reveals rules and insights that guide you in communicating more successfully with your partner, as well as with friends, family members, and even strangers. The essence of this book's communication program involves learning how to feel genuine interest, as well as compassion, without being judgmental or reactive.
Discover insight into our instinctive readiness to act defensively and inappropriately with our partner. Learn why defensive reactions are so common, and what they reveal about our issues on a deeper level. Resolve once and for all the fear that arises when it's time to be honest with ourselves and our partner.
(Prospect Books Quality Paperback, 1999. 154 pages.) Read more...
The Emotional Catering Service - The Quest for Emotional IndependenceThe Emotional Catering Service describes what is commonly known as codependency. This book takes a totally new approach by uncovering powerful emotional attachments lurking in the psyche of codependents. These are attachments to feelings of self-doubt, self-denial, self-deprival, self-rejection, as well as abandonment and control.
What is the real reason intimacy is so threatening? This book shows us how we are unconsciously drawn to those individuals who appear to give us the same hurt, neglect, and disappointment we experienced in our childhood. This subconscious willingness to repeat old patterns and experience old emotions is the real reason caterers cling to unsatisfactory relationships.
You will learn: How to appreciate yourself for who you are rather than for what you do; How not to take things personally; How to dissipate feelings of anger, dissatisfaction, and despair; New ways to develop intimacy and express love without fear of rejection; How to assert yourself when appropriate, think independently, and express your rights and feelings without fear; The ability to define clearly what you want and to live by your own inner voice.
(Prospect Books Quality Paperback, 1993. 264 pages.) Read more...


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Everything we expected!: Carnival Magic Cruise Review by Texmac1011
Overall Member Rating
Everything we expected!
Destination: Western Caribbean
Embarkation: Galveston
Day 1 9-30-12
This is our 2nd cruise, going to Jamaica, the Cayman Islands and Cozumel. Our 1st was on the Triumph, to Progresso and Cozumel last year. We are not cruising veterans.
We parked at Galveston Park & Sail. It is in a warehouse across the street from the terminal and very reasonable. We handled our own luggage since we had only 3 suitcases.
Passing through security and boarding the ship is what it is. It was not unpleasant. I have never tried to put 3200 people on a ship, so I give Carnival all the credit in the world for getting everyone on board as quickly as they did.
Once on board we headed to the Lido Deck, Deck 10. The bars and buffet were open and doing a brisk business. A note here for smokers. There is normally smoking on one side of the Lido Deck midship, but smoking is not allowed until the ship sails. We grabbed something More to drink and a bite to eat and waited for our room to open.
Our room was ready when I went to check about 1:15. I was pleasantly surprised. We booked our cruise a bit late, so the only balconies available we "cove balconies" on Deck 2. I looked at pictures and feared that the balcony opening was kind of small. This is not the case. The cove takes up maybe a foot on each side of the opening and helps block some of the wind. Also, being on Deck 2 put us under the lifeboats so this was a concern. This turned out to be a great advantage. When the rain came, we had our own overhead canopy. It was great sitting on the balcony watching the rain and staying dry. Another plus is that the boat does not rock near as much on Deck 2 as it does the upper levels. In the future, we will always book a cove balcony. The rooms have the network TV channels and pay per view movies, along with the various ship info channels.
We chose "our time" dining and ate in the dining room. I was not too impressed with the food or the service. I think our waitress was a bit overwhelmed and the "tangy sweet & sour shrimp" was fried shrimp with sweet & sour sauce on the side. It was pretty plain. I did have the melting chocolate cake and, as always, it was excellent. We sat with total strangers and had a great time with them. After all, everyone is on the ship to have a good time.
After dinner, we headed to the casino. I played poker and my wife hit the slots. Not much to say here. It is a nice casino, but still just a casino. Drinks are not free. Not coke, water, liquor, etc. They do not even serve coffee. Part of one side is smoking. I am a smoker and it was a bit much for me. After we left the casino, I put my shirt on the balcony to air out. The smoke was overpowering. If you enjoy casinos, you will enjoy this one.
Day 2
This is Day 1 of 2 full days at sea.
We went to the Comedy Brunch for breakfast. This really is just an opportunity for the comedians to introduce themselves and plug their shows for the cruise. It was okay, but I think breakfast will either be in the dining room, if we are up early enough or the buffet on the Lido deck from now on. We did order room service for 6:30 am to get some coffee, juice, danishes, etc. to get us going.
During the day we ate the buffet lunch and explored the ship to try and learn our way around. It is a daunting task. I recommend learning where the front and rear of the ship is when leaving your room to help with this. Some decks do not run continuously from one end to the other, but they are few. I finally figured out that our dining room is on Deck 3, the casino, shops and theaters are on Deck 5 and the buffet and other food is on Deck 10. We did not need anything else, so this simplified things greatly.
When evening came, it was time to hit the shows. We want to see them all. We saw Grooveline in the Showtime Theater at 7:00. It is a 70's type dance musical show and it was very entertaining. It sounded like the male singer was hoarse or losing his voice as the show went on, but he did a good job of keeping it together. The female singer and the dancers were lights out! 2 drinks during the show were about $13 and very good, so I can live with that. After this show we hung in the casino for a bit and went to the adult comedy show featuring Mutzie. He does a real good show without a bunch of foul language, which suited us just fine. He also never does the same show twice, so he is good to see every night. Cowboy Bill Martin is the other comic. He and Mutzie alternate show times. We will see him tomorrow night.
After the comedy show, we realized we better eat before we go to bed. Where to eat free at 11pm? Good question. The pizza place and the deli are the 2 options. There are other places if you want to pay. We chose the deli and it was very good. A couple hot ham and cheese sandwiches and we were off to the room, having enjoyed a very nice day.
Day 3
This is our 2nd full day at sea
Morning brought room service and laziness. We ordered breakfast and lunch through room service and didn't leave our cabin until noon. I guess the various drinks last night made a pretty good sleep aid!
We spent the afternoon in the casino. My wife reached 1500 points on her card, so now all her casino drinks are free. WOO HOO! This is no small cost.
We decided to give the dining room another shot. We got a new waiter, Anand, and he was great! The food was much better, also. We went about 7pm and got to see the little show the staff puts on. Anand was worried that we didn't like our meal because we didn't eat it all. We explained that there is so much, it is too much. We ordered dessert and Anand brought us another dessert that he wanted us to try, just because. It was a fig cake and it was pretty good, though not near as good as the chocolate melting cake. We sat with strangers again and had a wonderful visit.
After dinner, we went to Mutzie's family comedy show at 8:30. He is funny. He builds his entire show around people in the audience. It is only a 30 minute show, but it is fun. We had every intention of going to Cowboy Bill Martin's adult show at 9:45, but ran out of gas. We went back to the cabin and called it a night. We land in Jamaica tomorrow.
Day 4 on shore in Jamaica
Again we did room service for breakfast and watched all the people leave the ship. We did not plan an excursion, so we were in no hurry to leave. We figured we would find something on shore that would show u a little bit of everything. Good idea with a less than stellar outcome.
When we got on shore, I saw a "Hop On Hop Off" shuttle that went to the Rose Hill Shops, Cave Beach, Margaritaville and the Old Fort Market. This sounded right up our alley. You get off the shuttle at the stops you want and get back on to proceed to another stop when you are ready. Yeah right....
Rose Hill Shops were very nice. It had everything from t-shirts to fine jewelry. It was a good place to start. We spent about an hour and then moved on.
Cave Beach is a nice beach. What they don't tell you is that it is $6 each to get in, $6 each for a chair, $6 each for an umbrella, however much to go snorkeling, etc. You get the picture. Also, I was asked at least for times if I wanted to buy some weed. This is a regular occurrence and, from what we were told, very illegal. The police around Jamaica are very active and well armed. The staff was not too friendly, but we splashed around in the ocean, took some pictures and picked up some seashells. Not too bad of a time. Again, we decided to move on.
Margaritaville was next. We rolled to a stop with 30-40 people standing in line to enter and saw a sign for $10 to enter. I have no idea what the food and drinks cost because we didn't get off the shuttle. We moved on.
Next stop was the Old Fort Craft Market. We were both looking forward to this. We passed it earlier in the day and it looked like our kind of place. We both like to wander, browse and generally look at everything there is to offer. I was looking for some sleeveless t-shirts and my wife likes the long mumu type skirts. She saw one at the Rose Hill shops for $30, but thought she could get it cheaper at the market. Literally, after 5 minutes at the market, I told my wife it was time to go. She wanted to walk a little more. She found the mumu. It was $35 here. The whole experience was very unpleasant. The shop owners were very, very pushy and would pull at you to come in their shop. A shop consisted of a maybe 8'x8' box with no lights. We could not stop and talk without 3 or 4 shop keepers surrounding you and telling you to come see their goods. It was a bit scary for my wife and very irritating for me. We couldn't stop, talk, browse, etc. at all. Even while finally getting out of there and waiting for the shuttle the borderline harassment continued and we got offered a chance to buy some weed again. After this adventure, we were ready to get back to the ship. I'm sure there were better excursions, I just didn't choose one.
Once back on board, we grabbed some lunch at the buffet, relaxed and watched the people head back to the ship. The local kids rolled out a marching band that played on the pier for about 1-1/2 hours. People were throwing money off the boat to them. Towards the end, the kids started asking for candy. This made perfect sense to me, since I'm sure they don't get the money. People started throwing candy, especially the little chocolates that get left in the room each night. If you come this way, remember to bring candy. The kids loved it.
Oh yeah, remember the insulated cooler bag I mentioned earlier? Our room steward filled it back up while we were gone. That is service!
A "new" show is playing tonight, for one night only. It is an illusionist show called "Destination: Unknown". I say "new" because we sailed on the Triumph December 5th of last year and saw a show by the same name. It is the same guy, minus his sidekick, with a new glitzed up rendition of the show, with lots of fog, lights, singing and dancing. In my opinion, his new show isn't half of what his old show was. Don't get me wrong. He had some great illusions, but with all the fog and lights it was difficult to see clearly. The one thing missing this time is that he had no connection with the audience. He did not speak a single word the entire show. Maybe David Copperfield or Harry Houdini could get away with this, but not this guy. This is just my opinion, but I didn't see anyone sitting around clapping or looking for an encore, either.
After the show we went to "Our Time" dining in the dining room. Honestly, they should call it "All the Time" dining. I am getting tired of eating! Dinner was very good. I had shark for the first time and it was very good. It tasted like salmon to me, but I'm no seafood expert.
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands tomorrow for some snorkeling and swimming with the stingrays.
Day 5 in The Cayman Islands
We had morning room service and the order was so messed up it wasn't even close. I didn't check it before the waiter left, so shame on me. I will next time. We didn't have time to mess around, because we had a full day planned.
CI doesn't have a cruise ship dock, so we were shuttled to shore on boats that hold about 300 people. Try and sit on the upper level. Those that do, get off first. We booked the Coral Reef snorkeling and the Stingray Sandbar thru Carnival from 11:00-2:00, so we wanted to visit the shops first. The last shuttle back to the ship left at 3:15. We left the ship about 7:30 for a 10 minute ride to shore.
We were able to do all the shopping we wanted by walking. The island is small and many of the shops are on the streets surrounding the pier. You get a map when you get off that shows many of the shops. Unlike our previous stop in Jamaica, the people on the island are so friendly. They were happy to see us and were not at all pushy. We were able to walk and browse all we wanted and, lo and behold, we bought some things. We went back to our excursion meet spot about 10:15, got something to drink and waited. Well, I waited and my wife shopped for a bit more.
Our excursion was fantastic! First we visited the stingrays. This was an exceptional experience. We sailed way out to a sandbar where the water is about 3'-4' deep. The ship's crew said the water on the other side of the sand bar is about 6,000 feet deep. Not to worry, it is a huge sand bar. There were 4 other boats anchored there, but there was plenty of room for everyone. The crew brought a bucket of food into the water and in came the stingrays. They were anywhere from 1' wide to 5' wide. I don't mind saying that, although we were well informed by the ship's crew, these things were intimidating. They pose no danger and are vey social, but anything that moves like they do underwater can be scary. After getting to pet them and hold them, all was well. We stayed here for about 45 minutes. Now this doesn't sound like a long time, but if you have spent any time playing in the ocean, the waves can wear you out. By the time were had to leave, I was ready for a break. Honestly, if all we had done was sail out to the sandbar and went swimming, it in itself would have been great. I did notice that a different excursion rode jet skis out to the stingrays. That would have been a blast. I will remember that next time.
Next up was snorkeling at the coral reef. This also lasted about 45 minutes. Neither my wife nor I had ever been, so it was a new experience. Although it was fun, it is not something I will do again. I swallowed to much saltwater and my wife doesn't like anything over her face. It was about a 45 minute ride back to the canal we left from and we even enjoyed that.
All in all, our trip to the Cayman Islands was great and we will definitely do it again. I wish we had sailed past Jamaica and spent 2 days in there.
Day 6 in Cozumel
We didn't book an excursion in Cozumel. We struggled with "should we or shouldn't we" and made the right decision. After being in the ocean yesterday, we were very tired. We walked and shopped and were just generally lazy. We ate lunch at Pancho's on the pier and it was excellent. It was the best food of trip. I guess that is a sad statement, but true. My wife is a butterfly nut and found a beautiful butterfly bracelet, so she was happy. I drank a margarita and people watched, so I was happy, too. We bought some Bacardi rum and Jack Daniels at Dufry, the duty free shop on the pier. It appears the store clerk was misinformed. I asked how much liquor we could buy duty free and he said 3.5 liters each. According to Carnival, it 2 liters each. We will have to pay taxes on the extra. Oh well......
Once back on the ship, we rested until dinner time. We have given up on the dining room, so we headed to the buffet. We would give up on this too if there were other options. We can't eat burgers and pizza every night.
After dinner, we went to see the Marcus Monroe. He is a juggler and comedian. He was hilarious! This was, by far, the best time we have had on the ship. We laughed so hard hurt and were still laughing an hour later. We went to our cabin after this. The drinks made us sleepy. We are heading for home tomorrow.
Day 7 Sailing home and Day 8 Debarkation
Another fun day on the ship with less than average food. We are some kind of tired. I hit the poker table for a while and my wife shopped, rested and packed. She had us organized and ready for getting off the ship. Getting off went very smooth. We ate breakfast and waited for our zone number to be called (#8). We choose to have our bags checked instead of carrying them off ourselves. Those that carry their own get off first, but we had a lot to carry. We were called at 8:30 in driving away in our car at 9:10. Customs was easy. I had too much liquor (2 liters allowed per person), but they didn't ask how much I had, only how many bottles. I told her 3 bottles and the agent said have a nice day.
The only reason I didn't rate the cruise 5 stars was the poor food. I was not a deal breaker for us and we had a wonderful experience.
Sailing Tips:
1. Bring your own cup for drinks. Tea, juice, water and coffee are free, but the glasses are small and the tea is terrible. My wife got us 2 big insulated glasses with straws and we take them everywhere we go.
2. Bring your own sodas, Gatorade, red bull, etc. if you can. 24 - 20 ounce bottles each are allowed. It is cheaper and much more convenient. The free beverages are on Deck 10, so it can be a trip if you need something to drink.
3. You are allowed a small cooler, like 6 pack size, but try this. My wife bought a large insulated bag at Wal-Mart and packed items in it for the trip. After unpacking, our room steward filled it with ice for us.
4. We brought our own beach towels for the shore activities. Carnival puts towels in your cabin, but if you lose them they are $22 each to replace. Ours are $3, so we can lose them without worry.
5. Book a Carnival excursion in Jamaica or stay on the ship. Less
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The tattooed white supremacist accused in a stabbing that killed one person and wounded another will face his second jury this week. A panel last December deadlocked on John Ditullio's fate, voting 10-2 for acquittal. This time prosecutors have a new witness who claims Ditullio confessed to him about the March 23, 2006, attack. The defense will continue to hammer on discrepancies — clothing and build — between witness descriptions of the attacker and Ditullio. Both sides have the benefit of hindsight to fortify the weaknesses in their cases. Who will the jury believe? Here's an overview of the key players.
The suspect: John Ditullio
The 24-year-old defendant described himself on the witness stand last year as a lifelong wanderer who never fit in — the textbook personality of people who fall in with cults. With the American Nazis on Teak Street, he said, he finally found a sense of belonging. "The glamor and theatrics of the brotherhood," Ditullio called it. Life in their small mobile home had aspects of structure and ritual, but also of arbitrary hazing and menial work. Ditullio, as a recruit vying to be a full member, had to clean the yard, separate beer cans for recycling and stand guard at the property line. He said he was forced to drink cocktails laced with drugs, then taunted by the other members to stay awake. Jurors in his trial won't see the myriad tattoos covering his face and neck — including a swastika and the words "f--- you." But they're there, even though Ditullio renounced his white supremacist brethren soon after his arrest. "I will always believe in my race," he said in a 2006 interview with the Times. "It just don't make no sense to me, bro. This wasn't an Aryan movement. This was five drunk rednecks with guns."
The victims: Patricia Wells and Kristofer King
For weeks, Wells had been having trouble with the neo-Nazis who lived next door to her in Griffin Park. They chased her up her driveway and shouted slurs and threats because she had a gay son and an African-American friend who visited her house. The night of the attack, Wells testified that she was lying on her couch, dozing in front of the TV, when a man in a gas mask burst in with a knife. Fighting off his slashes, she scrambled to a back bedroom, where her son's friend Kristofer King was sitting at a computer. Wells said she never got a glimpse of her attacker's face, but when she saw a photo of Ditullio being led away in handcuffs the next day, she believed she was looking at the man who stabbed her, based on his height and build. Since the crime more than four years ago, Wells moved with her son and has kept a low profile.
King was 17 and dreamed of being a writer. He was working as a telemarketer but planned to attend Pasco-Hernando Community College. He frequently stayed at Wells' house and was good friends with her son, Brandon Wininger. Authorities have said King may have been mistaken for Wininger, who was a target of the neo-Nazis' ire for being gay, or that King was a target himself. The motivation for his killing cuts especially deep for his family, who said he accepted everyone. As Wells ran out of the house to get help, she said the last words she heard from King were, "Why are you doing this to me?"
The attorneys
Bjorn Brunvand
An in-demand private defense attorney in Clearwater, Brunvand was appointed to represent Ditullio. With his cool, confident demeanor, he didn't seek to prove anything, only to raise enough questions to undermine the state's evidence. He cast suspicion on Shawn Plott, another neo-Nazi, a tack he will drive home this time around using lifesize cardboard cutouts of Ditullio and Plott to illustrate their difference in size. He highlighted problems with the state's DNA evidence — normally a slam dunk — which was contaminated and not conclusive. Perhaps most importantly, he made a major issue of the clothing discrepancy. The stabber wore a white T-shirt and khaki pants; Ditullio had on red and black. Brunvand, through witnesses and photographs, made sure the jury didn't forget that.
Mike Halkitis
There's a reason Halkitis prosecutes virtually all of west Pasco's first-degree murder cases: He wins. In his most recent case last month, he had to convince a jury that a man who shook and beat his infant daughter — but maybe didn't intend to kill her — was still guilty of murder. The guilty verdict took less than 30 minutes. He uses stock phrases in his arguments that resonate with jurors — asking them to return guilty verdicts "in the interest of justice" and seldom calling the accused by name, instead using the less-humanizing label "this defendant." He hammers defense witnesses and has a knack for concluding cross-examinations with questions that catch them contradicting themselves. But the Ditullio jury last year came two votes shy of acquitting. Neither Halkitis nor Brunvand gave a closing argument then, a rarely seen tactic that could change this time around.
The new witness: Kraig Constantino
The new twist in the retrial, prosecutors added Constantino to the witness list just a couple of months ago. He's a frequent inmate at the county jail who has often represented himself in cases, filling volumes of court files with hand-written motions accusing judges, court reporters and attorneys of committing fraud and falsifying records. This summer, Constantino came forward claiming that Ditullio made admissions to him in jail about stabbing two people. According to the attorneys in the case, Constantino will testify that Ditullio had three or four conversations with him before last year's trial and one afterward in which he admitted to the stabbings; Ditullio, Constantino claims, said he stabbed Wells because she was dating an African-American man and they sold crack cocaine; and Ditullio said he turned the knife on King when he came to Wells' aid. Constantino, 40, has his own pending aggravated battery charge and was in jail until he made the deal with prosecutors agreeing to testify against Ditullio in exchange for being let out.
The missing person: Shawn Plott
The most important witness who won't testify in the trial is Plott. He was a member of the neo-Nazi clan in 2006 and the person Brunvand says is the more likely killer. His evidence: Wells testified that her attacker wore a white T-shirt and khaki pants. Other witnesses said Ditullio had on a red T-shirt and black pants that day, and the next morning when he was being led away in handcuffs. Wells also told her friend Ron James that her attacker was "a lot shorter than you, Ron." James, according to Brunvand, is the same height as Ditullio — 6 feet 1. Plott is listed in jail records as 5 feet 8. Plott, now 38, absconded from probation three years ago and hasn't been seen since.
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This article was published 12/12/2013 (1346 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Christmas is my favourite time of year. I know that sounds cliché, but it really is.
Despite the deep freeze outside, there is something ever so warm and magical about brightly coloured lights twinkling through lightly falling snow.
Throw in some holiday music, a few special traditions, and as many family and friends as you can tolerate, and you have all the fixings to make your days merry and bright.
Christmas is also a great time of year to discover the charms of a different place — right here in our own backyards. If you need a good reason to leave the city, why not go on an adventure to select and cut down your own Christmas tree? The Manitoba Christmas Tree Growers Association has a list of seven tree farms on its website, with all the details you need to know.
Each one offers something special for visitors, like Country Pines in Tyndall, where you'll find hot chocolate and a crackling fire. Cloverleaf Tree Farm in Anola provides marshmallows for roasting and candy canes for the kids. The pet-friendly Windrift Tree Farm in Beausejour has walking and ski trails, sleigh rides, and an indoor Christmas display.
Step back in time at the Manitoba Agricultural Museum's Winter Wonderland in Austin on Dec. 13 and 14. Take a walk or horse-drawn wagon ride through the pioneer village filled with glistening holiday lights, and see what Christmas was like in days gone by. Children can make holiday ornaments and cards, and families can try the outdoor skating rink, snow slide and snow hill, and play jam pail curling.
Oak Hammock Marsh is putting on its fourth annual Candy Cane Tea & Snowflake Raffle on Dec. 15. Enjoy a selection of specialty teas along with lunch, and the sounds of an old time country band. On Dec. 19 you can experience some fascinating astronomy at their Winter Constellations & Northern Lights event. It's a unique opportunity to gaze upon the starry night sky from the rooftop observation deck, and learn about the winter solstice.
If you missed the Santa Claus Parade here in Winnipeg, you can still catch the jolly old guy as he makes an appearance in Boissevain.Their annual Christmas Lights Parade happens Dec. 16 on South Railway Street, where stores will stay open late for last-minute shopping and browsing, and great prize giveaways.
Did you know that Manitoba's longest-running drive-through light show takes place in Portage la Prairie? The Manitoba Hydro Power Smart Island of Lights is on at Island Park from now until Jan. 7. Be dazzled by this amazing display, which has won numerous provincial and national tourism awards. The best part is, you can take it all in from the warmth and comfort of your own vehicle.
If you just can't get enough of all those lights, check out one million more at Canad Inns Winter Wonderland on the edge of Winnipeg. The 2.5-kilometre park boasts 26 different theme areas, an outdoor skating rink, and free horse-drawn sleigh rides.
If these events won't get you into the holiday spirit, the good news is that summer is only six months away.
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!
RoseAnna Schick is an avid traveller who seeks inspiration wherever she goes. Email her at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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High school notebook: McKeesport back to full strength this week
With one win in four games, McKeesport is off to one of its worst starts in years. Coach Jim Ward, however, has reason to be optimistic.
The Tigers (1-3) return seven players from suspensions for Friday's game at Altoona. Quarterback Eddie Stockett, an Akron recruit, is back after missing the Penn-Trafford game for violation of team policy. Mikell Moore, a 6-foot-1, 215-pound junior running back, returns after sitting out one game due to an ejection and two games as punishment for his involvement in a fight in the season opener.
Five other players also served a one-game suspension for violating team policy, and two players return from injuries.
"You get more excited when you get some of your better players back," Ward said. "It doesn't guarantee anything, but we're looking forward to having the team we thought we were going to have and competing with these guys."
Winless no more
Four weeks into the season, there are 20 WPIAL teams without a win.
That number will be reduced by 20 percent this weekend.
There are four games matching winless teams: Plum at Canon-McMillan, Shaler at Fox Chapel, Serra at California and Riverview at Wilkinsburg.
It has been a trying season for Serra coach Jamie Eckels, who lost five transfers, including WPIAL No. 2 passer Kyle Whipple to East Allegheny. The Eagles are expected to play California without sophomore quarterback Zac Quattrone (knee).
"They're in good spirits," Eckels said of his Eagles. "They want to learn or they wouldn't be here. You just try to teach, teach, teach. I try to keep it to: 'We're going to get better. Winning and losing will take care of itself.' "
Early return
Montour lineman Ty Haddock will rejoin the lineup this week, having recovered earlier than expected from a foot injury. Haddock, a Temple recruit, said in August that he could miss much of the season after fracturing his left foot in a scrimmage. But the 6-foot, 300-pound tackle will play this week vs. Ambridge, Montour coach Lou Cerro said. The Spartans, No. 1 in Class AAA, will have Haddock and Matt Barone, also a Temple recruit, anchoring their lines.


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Otley 13 Stourbridge 12
A desire to make up for a shabby home display last time out against Hull and a hunger to play with an intensity that was sadly lacking in that game two weekends ago propelled Otley to the most notable victory of their SSE National League Two North season.
They handed leaders Stourbridge only their second defeat of the campaign and also restricted a side that were scoring 37 points per game on average to a mere 12, and they all came from penalties.
No wonder their squad of 20 received a standing ovation.
And what's more the Cross Greeners achieved victory despite being on the wrong end of a 16-14 penalty count and being without first and second-choice fly halves Ben Cooper and Will Magie.
The former was playing for Leeds Carnegie Academy, while the latter was featuring for Leeds University.
This meant centre Ben Fairclough playing at fly half, winger Chris Gemmell taking the kicks at goal, centre Jack Mackie the kicks for touch and winger James Twomey the drop-outs.
"We must be the only team to have a different player doing each of the three kicking disciplines," said 20-year-old Gemmell, who was coolness itself in despatching the match-winning 83rd-minute penalty.
Former Bradford & Bingley loanee Gemmell said: "I was practising goal-kicking with Ben Cooper late last week and I just wanted to make sure that I went through my processes but to do it fairly quickly so I didn't get nervous.
"I knew that if I made proper contact then I would be all right."
In the end, Gemmell landed one other penalty and a conversion from his four attempts, and Twomey also struck four out of five drop-outs correctly to ensure that Cooper or Magie weren't missed too much.
However, Gemmell doesn't necesarily believe that Otley are at their best when the sun is out, as it was on Saturday.
He said: "We won at Westoe in the mud, at Huddersfield in the mud and we got a draw at Bromsgrove so we can adapt to different conditions."
Stourbridge didn't see much of the ball for the first two minutes but Otley couldn't reach the visitors' 22 and the hosts found themselves 6-0 behind after 26 minutes to two Caolan Ryan penalties after Otley failed to roll away in the tackle and got pinged for a head-high tackle.
Otley had shown glimpses in attack, however, and they cashed in when Stourbridge had hooker Stuart Pearl sin-binned for offside in the 39th minute.
The home side deserved something from the half and got it a minute later when the backs joined a maul, flanker Tom O'Donnell being pushed over the line and Gemmell converting.
Ryan's third penalty in the 50th minute, given against centre Michael Coady for tackling without using his arms, nudged Stourbridge ahead again, but the Midlanders were offside again ten minutes later, Gemmell making it 10-9.
In a contest that was just as entertaining as Ireland v England, minus the Dublin rain, the leaders went in front once more from another Ryan penalty in the 68th minute, Otley again not rolling away in the tackle.
But with flanker Daniel Temm the best player on the field, prop Toby Williams making great inroads into the Midlanders' defence, lock Matthew Stephens impressing with and without the ball and Coady tackling everything that moved, Otley were not to be denied, Gemmell landing the winning kick after Stourbridge had pushed too early in a scrum.


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House Democrats release Delaware redistricting plan
House Democrats have announced a redistricting plan for
The plan released Thursday by the House majority party reflects the latest Census data showing a shift southward in
House Majority Leader Pete Schwartzkopf (D-Rehoboth) says it was a difficult process, and he knows some people will be upset with the new districts.
"I take it very seriously ... trying to keep people in the same district that they originally were in," he said, "make sure that they go back to the same fire hall or the same school that they voted in the last 10 years. I couldn't do it for everybody, but I did it for as many as I possibly could."
According to the proposal, the 11th District in the Talleyville area and the 20th District in Hockessin would be closed. Both districts are currently represented by Republicans.
The new 11th District would encompass the southwestern quadrant of southern
The new 20th District would incorporate the municipalities of Lewes and Milton, running south near Long Neck, encompassing the Harbeson area and reaching west near the city limits of
Under the Democrat's plan, existing districts where more than half the population is a minority would remain and would retain their majority-minority status.
House Republicans released their own redistricting plan Tuesday. Their plan would move the 11th House District in the Talleyville area to eastern
The 3rd House District in
Schwartzkopf says the two plans are very similar, that they both send two New Castle districts south to Kent and Sussex counties.
"The only thing we differ with the Republican version is that we maintain the four majority-minority districts and they did not," he said. "They only maintained two of them."
House Democrats will hold a public hearing on its redistricting proposal on Thursday, May 26, at in the House Chamber at Legislative Hall in
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It was just over a year ago that the Canadian grocery landscape shifted dramatically with the announcement of two large deals: Sobeys Inc. acquiring Safeway's operations in Canada, and Loblaw Cos. Ltd. following with a deal to buy Shoppers Drug Mart Corp.
That came just a few months after I suggested a wave of M&A in the sector – and that investor excitement about the transactions could lead to gains for the grocers' shares in 2013. That prediction was dead-on, but the latter half of my forecast – that heavy competition in the grocery space would lead "the story to turn stale" in 2014 – hasn't yet materialized.
A big part of that has been the shocking incompetence of Target Corp. and its disastrous Canadian expansion. Rather than providing tough new competition for Canadian retailers, Target has created a money-sucking white elephant that some analysts say is easier scrapped than fixed.
That means that the major Canadian grocers have posted better results than some expected, and the share prices have followed. While none of the companies has returned to their merger-induced peaks of mid-2013, all have posted at least small gains, year-to-date. Loblaw, the largest, which reports its first full quarter of Shoppers Drug Mart ownership next week, is the big winner, having gained more than 17 per cent this year as its numbers have impressed.
It's possible more of the same is in store for the remainder of 2014. But we'll stick to our original forecast: Competition from Wal-Mart Stores Inc., and perhaps Target, means the very real possibility of eroding profit margins – and share prices – for Canada's major grocers over the long term.
As Target has amply demonstrated, Canada is not the United States. But our thesis is based on what happened south of the border as Wal-Mart and Target built out their network of grocery-selling stores.
A decade or so ago, U.S. grocery giants Kroger Co. and Safeway had EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) margins of 7 per cent or more. In those 10 years, however, Wal-Mart tripled the number of its "super centres" to more than 3,000, and Target added more than 1,000 stores that had a full line of groceries. Kroger and Safeway now regularly post EBITDA margins below 5 per cent (and sometimes below 4 per cent).
The rising tide in U.S. markets has lifted Kroger and Safeway's multiples above the levels seen in our first analysis in February 2013. But they have enterprise values – market capitalization plus net debt – of less than seven times EBITDA. The three major Canadian grocers' EV/EBITDA multiples all check in at 7.5 to 8.5, per Standard & Poor's Capital IQ. If their margins decline, their multiples will likely follow quickly.
Target's botched Canadian arrival in 2013 didn't send the legacy grocers' traffic of profit numbers into freefall – Loblaw, in particular, impressed with its combination of sales and margin results – and many investors concluded that competition wasn't dealing the grocers a crushing blow.
"It's easy when Target's messing up to say, 'We've done everything right, and improved our proposition, and customers are happy with us,'" says Morningstar analyst Ken Perkins, who covers Loblaw and Metro Inc. "So the market said 'Maybe this is absorbable. Maybe it's not a big deal for these guys.'"
Mr. Perkins, however, fears it's a false sense of complacency, and he estimates both companies' fair values a few dollars below their current levels. "It's sort of out-of-sight, out-of-mind for the long-term perspective of what's going to happen in the next three to five years," he says.
But what if you don't believe that Canada will ever see the U.S. level of competition? Given what's happened so far, and how our original forecast is at least deferred, it's worth examining the views of those who see a path to profits for investors in the grocers' shares.
Analyst Irene Nattel at RBC Dominion Securities says 2013, with Target's entry and 39 former Zellers turning into Wal-Marts, saw Canadian grocery square footage grow 3.5 per cent, twice as fast as the historical norm. After the second half of this year, that number should normalize, "which should help ease pressure on the incumbents."
To Ms. Nattel, who has an "outperform" rating on Loblaw stock, one of the big stories at the retailer is the completion of its multiyear effort to modernize its information technology and supply chain. She believes it will create efficiency gains that will not only improve margins but also free up cash to invest in driving sales.
The acquisition of Shoppers Drug Mart, she says, "should result in accelerated underlying earnings growth, enhance Loblaw's exposure to health and wellness, provide increased penetration to Loblaws in urban areas, and create an even larger gap relative to competitors in terms of both revenue and EBITDA," she says. Her target price is $55, versus Friday's close of $49.44.
Perry Caicco of CIBC upgraded Empire Co. Ltd., the parent of Sobeys and Canada's second-largest grocer, to "sector outperformer" in late June after its fourth-quarter earnings report and its decision to close about 50 stores in its newly expanded network. With EBITDA that beat Mr. Caicco's forecast, and the prospect of the worst-performing stores culled from the network (and reducing overall grocery industry square footage growth in 2014), Mr. Caicco added $2 to his price target, raising it to $82, versus Friday's close of $72.85. "As we have detailed in previous reports, 2015 looks like it could be a better year for the industry, and Sobeys' closure announcements make that more probable," he says.
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Luka Lesson's first poetry retreat will be held on Rhodes Island, Greece.
Luka Lesson's first writing and performance retreat will be held on the beautiful island of Rhodes, Greece from August 1st until August 4th.
The four-day intensive program will include visits to Ancient sites, workshops in both writing and performance, one-on-one sessions and a final group sharing.
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True Blood, That 'Big Death' This Season May Come Sooner Than You Think!05/07/2013
True Blood, That 'Big Death' This Season May Come Sooner Than You Think!
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Sookie wants her life back! Everything is spinning out of control! The humans are pissed! The vampires are even more pissed! Basically, True Blood is going all out this year. Just watch the season six trailer and you'll see what we mean. Plus, that big death that's happening this season? It might happen a lot sooner than we originally thought. It's in the second half of the season, but before the finale.
True Blood returns with episode 6×01 Who Are You, Really? on Sunday Jun. 16th, 2013 9/8c on HBO.
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Alex boys soccer: Youth movement gets a boost
The Alexandria boys soccer team is working to give young players who are new to the varsity roster experience over the course of the season.
With only six seniors on the team this year, the Cardinals are focused on getting a contingent of inexperienced sophomores and juniors playing time at the varsity level.
In their first home game of the season on Tuesday, the Cardinals came away with a 6-1 win against Sauk Rapids-Rice. The win helped push their record to 2-2 on the young season.
Sophomore Devin Crowe netted three goals in the game, and Kagan Foster, Kevin Roedel and Jesse Ohman each scored once for the Cardinals. The six goals were more than they scored in their first three games of the season combined.
Goaltender Zach Lamb only allowed one goal on nine shots before he was replaced by Quinton Nienaber for the final 10 minutes of the game.
The victory was a nice change of pace as the Cardinals were coming off a 6-1 road loss against Sartell-St. Stephen last Thursday.
"We've kind of had a problem coming out pretty slow for most of our games," head coach Cahil Collins said. "Today we came out strong; we put the ball in the net a couple of times right in the beginning and set a real good tone for the rest of the game."
Collins said the team is working on getting their younger players ready for future seasons. In their first few games, the Cardinals are focusing on making smart plays with the ball on offense.
"Mainly just possession, controlling the ball, trying to move the ball up the field," Collins said.
The experienced varsity players are working with their younger teammates to speed up the level of play. The varsity game is much quicker than in junior varsity and other lower levels of soccer.
"We've got to get them ready to play with some speed," Ohman said. "Because varsity's a lot quicker than JV, so you want to be playing a lot faster, thinking faster and it's just a lot quicker."
Coming off a 5-10-2 season last year, the Cardinals will need support from inexperienced players. Many of these players had the opportunity to move up to the varsity after they lost 13 letter winners from last season.
"The team's playing really tough, we're trying to be the best we can be," Ohman said. "We've got a lot of new guys kind of coming in that haven't played varsity, but they're really stepping up."
Facing teams they are more competitive with, like Sauk Rapids-Rice, gives players the opportunity to work on controlling the ball on the attack. The Cardinals hope to use their 6-1 victory as momentum for future games.
"This is a very good game, we were kind of evenly matched and it really made the guys play some very intense soccer and work the possession," Lamb said. "We just like to continue working and building up our skills after every game."
The two senior goaltenders, Lamb and Nienaber, have been working with freshman Zach Harstad to improve his play in net. Harstad is currently on the junior varsity, but next year he will likely move up to the next level when the senior class graduates.
"We've been working with Zach a little bit, getting him ready to step up when he needs to next year," Lamb said.
The Cardinals have noticed younger players are willing to learn from older players and coaches. This gives them an opportunity to be increasingly competitive in the next few seasons.
"I think it's going to be an exciting season because these boys are really stepping it up from being JV one [and] going to varsity," Lamb said. "I think it's a big learning experience because this is a young team, and it's going to be very exciting for them in the future."


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Leopold Conservation Award presented to San Isabel Ranch
Dec 20, 2007
The Wisconsin-based conservation organization Sand County Foundation, in partnership with the Colorado Cattlemen's Association (CCA) and the Colorado Agricultural Land Trust, presented its Leopold Conservation Award last Monday to the San Isabel Ranch. "We view the Leopold Conservation Award as an important investment in private lands' conservation," said Dr. Brent Haglund, Sand County Foundation president. "The $10,000 that accompanies th...
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