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Police say man had large amounts of substances in condom, plastic bags
Valdez police arrested Timothy Miller, age 24, charging him with two felony counts of misconduct involving a controlled substance. Miller came to police attention after receiving a tip that Devon Totemoff, who had two outstanding Anchorage warrants, had been spotted in Valdez.
"Miller is being held on two counts," Bill Comer, Valdez police chief said during an interview Monday. "The investigation is ongoing and they're awaiting lab results."
According to court documents, the tip said Totemoff had been spotted in a tan GMC Yukon at the Totem Inn parking lot. Officer Andrew Pritchett of the Valdez Police Dept. went to investigate and discovered Totemoff in the company of Miller, who was changing a tire on the vehicle.
Sgt. Kalen King, who accompanied Pritchett, arrested Totemoff. While searching Totemoff, King "discovered drug paraphernalia and observed what appeared to be other illegal substances…"
Police seized the Yukon and applied for a search warrant.
Charging documents state that while in police custody, Totemoff said she owned only two items in the vehicle, a purse and a suitcase. She also told police that she and Miller had arrived in Valdez only hours before her arrest and that the pair had spent the night in the Yukon.
While searching the vehicle after receiving the warrant, Pritchett's sworn affidavit states he found - 1 clear plastic baggie containing 7.8 grams of a white powdery substance – 1 condom filled with a substance wrapped in tape weighing approximately 200 grams – 1 vacuum sealed, clear plastic wrap package filled with a white powdery substance weighting approximately 377 grams.
The baggie's white powder field tested positive for methamphetamine and one pill, identified as hydrocodone, was found in Miller's possession, netting the two felony charges.
The contents of the condom and vacuum sealed bag, along with the other suspicious items, have been sent to the state's crime lab for in-depth testing.
Comer said the duct tape covered condom – and its contents – was "weird looking" and weighed just under half a pound.
He described the heavier package as the type "like you vacuum pack your fish in."
It weighed in just under a full pound.
Both Totemoff and Miller were in Valdez jail as of Monday according to Comer. Both have $10,000 bail and third-party custodian requirements.
"It was a considerable bail," Comer said of Totemoff's warrants.
Police arrested Miller later Tuesday evening after he came to the police department to retrieve the Yukon, which is registered in his name.
"It was some good patrol work and follow up by Pritchett," Comer said.
Police have declined to identify the type of substances they suspect were in the duct tape-wrapped condom and the vacuum sealed bag or if additional charges are expected.


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I can't say for sure whether Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky will run for mayor in 2013. I don't even know with certainty whether he's already made up his mind and is just stringing the rest of us along. What I can tell you without any question, though, is that he's enjoying being asked.
Before a well-connected group at the Palm last week, Yaroslavsky managed the neat trick of simultaneously insisting that he's still undecided and laying out the campaign he would wage if he jumped into the race. The supervisor, interviewed by KCAL-TV Channel 9's Dave Bryan at the Current Affairs Forum, a luncheon program hosted by public affairs consultant Emma Schafer, insisted that even as he's let one self-imposed deadline after another for deciding slip by, he's inching toward a commitment.
Is he running? It's a question, he said, "that I get asked more than 'How are you?'" Bryan pressed, and Yaroslavsky feinted again and again. Yes, he'd promised to make his decision by the end of the year, but, he mugged, he hadn't promised to tell anyone what that decision was. The crowd laughed with the appreciation of insiders.
It may be smart politics, but the act is getting to be exasperating.
The supervisor has famously waffled before, suggesting he might run for mayor and then pulling back. And that seems to be the part of the campaign he likes best: listening to his supporters tell him how he'd be the perfect mayor, without having to do the hard work of raising money and campaigning, or taking abuse from the other candidates.
Yaroslavsky wears one of the two big shoes left to drop in the Los Angeles mayor's race. The other belongs to mall developer Rick Caruso, who has spent recent weeks aiming at another target, the Los Angeles Dodgers. But that's a long shot too, and there's no sign that Caruso's flirtation with the Dodgers will take him out of politics. No one has ever accused Caruso of lacking ambition, and he's now pursuing these two ambitious goals on parallel tracks. It's hard to imagine him owning the city's signature sports team and being mayor too, but Caruso doesn't have to choose yet.
He has money, and Yaroslavsky has name recognition. Both are milking it.
While Caruso keeps his name in the news with the Dodgers, Yaroslavsky is the object of political insider speculation. He's one of the region's longest-serving and most recognizable public figures, universally known by his first name. He's also smart and, more important, shrewd, though he sometimes employs those gifts to avoid accountability. At the forum lunch, for instance, he delivered a withering attack on the embattled former manager of the Los Angeles Coliseum. But when Bryan asked whether he didn't have some responsibility as a member of the commission overseeing that entity, the supervisor deflected: "We were the victims of a criminal conspiracy."
If he were to enter the race, Yaroslavsky would alter it immediately. City Controller Wendy Greuel and Councilmember Eric Garcetti would be first to feel the pressure, as both rely on support that Yaroslavsky would draw on — liberals; Valley, Westside and Hollywood residents; Jews. Garcetti is probably stronger among Latinos, and Greuel would benefit from the support of women, but many of their backers would jump to Yaroslavsky if he made it official. (Councilmember Jan Perry would probably not feel much of an effect, nor would Kevin James, a radio personality waging a quixotic bid as a gay Republican without a personal fortune or government experience.)
But how would Yaroslavsky run? That too was evident as he fielded questions over lunch, passing on the chicken and opting for fresh berries. Caruso and businessman Austin Beutner, who worked for a time as a deputy to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, are angling for the outsider mantle (along with James), while the rest of the field runs on its City Hall know-how. Yaroslavsky's looking for both.
The county, Yaroslavsky stressed, has managed its way through the recent budget troubles without laying off a single worker or demanding a single furlough. That's a commendable record and notably in contrast to the city, where fees have gone up and workers have been dropped. Yaroslavsky's provocative question, in the nature of a campaign slogan: "Where did all the money go?" His campaign, then: Yaroslavsky is the insider who knows city government but who has stood outside its current difficulties and thus is free to disparage those in charge. He's prudent where the current mayor has been profligate. At least, that's his message.
Mind you, the county also runs a jail in perpetual crisis, a Probation Department on the verge of a federal takeover and a foster-care system that resists public oversight even as it racks up victims with alarming speed. The supervisors bicker — most recently over reapportionment and the role of the county chief executive — while the problems of this county's poorest and most desperate residents grow more dire.
Those are all things Yaroslavsky will have to address if he decides to run, which he'll have to do soon. For now, though, he is imagining his moment.
Jim Newton's column appears Mondays. His latest book is "Eisenhower: The White House Years." Reach him at email@example.com or follow him on Twitter: @newton_jim.

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|Modern-day Laos has its roots in the ancient Lao kingdom of Lan Xang, established in the 14th century under King FA NGUM. For 300 years Lan Xang had influence reaching into present-day Cambodia and Thailand, as well as over all of what is now Laos. After centuries of gradual decline, Laos came under the domination of Siam (Thailand) from the late 18th century until the late 19th century when it became part of French Indochina. The Franco-Siamese Treaty of 1907 defined the current Lao border with Thailand. In 1975, the communist Pathet Lao took control of the government ending a six-century-old monarchy and instituting a strict socialist regime closely aligned to Vietnam. A gradual, limited return to private enterprise and the liberalization of foreign investment laws began in 1988. Laos became a member of ASEAN in 1997 and the WTO in 2013.
Landlocked; most of the country is mountainous and thickly forested; the Mekong River forms a large part of the western boundary with Thailand
|Southeastern Asia, northeast of Thailand, west of Vietnam
|Geographic coordinates:
| total: 236,800 sq km
land: 230,800 sq km
water: 6,000 sq km
Size comparison: slightly larger than Utah
|Land Boundaries:
|total: 5,274 km border countries (5): Burma 238 km, Cambodia 555 km, China 475 km, Thailand 1,845 km, Vietnam 2,161 km
|0 km (landlocked)
|Maritime claims:
|none (landlocked)
|tropical monsoon; rainy season (May to November); dry season (December to April)
|mostly rugged mountains; some plains and plateaus
|Elevation extremes:
|Natural resources:
|timber, hydropower, gypsum, tin, gold, gemstones
|Land use:
| agricultural land: 10.6% arable land 6.2%; permanent crops 0.7%; permanent pasture 3.7% forest: 67.9%
other: 21.5% (2011 est.)
|Irrigated land:
|3,100 sq km (2012)
|Natural hazards:
|floods, droughts
|Current Environment Issues:
|unexploded ordnance; deforestation; soil erosion; most of the population does not have access to potable water
|International Environment Agreements:
| party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
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| noun: Lao(s) or Laotian(s)
adjective: Lao or Laotian
|Ethnic groups:
|Lao 54.6%, Khmou 10.9%, Hmong 8%, Tai 3.8%, Phuthai 3.3%, Lue 2.2%, Katang 2.1%, Makong 2.1%, Akha 1.6%, other 10.4%, unspecified 1% (2005 est.)
|Lao (official), French, English, various ethnic languages
|Buddhist 66.8%, Christian 1.5%, other 31%, unspecified 0.7% (2005 est.)
|7,019,073 (July 2016 est.)
|Age structure:
| 0-14 years: 33.4% (male 1,184,344/female 1,159,731)
15-24 years: 21.29% (male 742,073/female 751,983)
25-54 years: 36.1% (male 1,250,108/female 1,283,834)
55-64 years: 5.36% (male 184,183/female 192,298)
65 years and over: 3.85% (male 122,485/female 148,034) (2016 est.)
|Dependency ratios:
| total dependency ratio: 62.8%
youth dependency ratio: 56.6%
elderly dependency ratio: 6.2%
potential support ratio: 16.1% (2015 est.)
|Median age:
| total: 22.7 years
male: 22.4 years
female: 23 years (2016 est.)
|Population growth rate:
|1.53% (2016 est.)
|Birth rate:
|23.9 births/1,000 population (2016 est.)
|Death rate:
|7.5 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.)
|Net migration rate:
|-1.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.)
| urban population: 38.6% of total population (2015)
rate of urbanization: 4.93% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
|Major urban areas - population:
|VIENTIANE (capital) 997,000 (2015)
|Sex ratio:
| at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 0.97 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.83 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2016 est.)
|Maternal mortality rate:
|197 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
|Infant mortality rate:
| total: 51.4 deaths/1,000 live births male: 56.8 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 45.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.)
|Life expectancy at birth:
| total population: 64.3 years male: 62.2 years
female: 66.4 years (2016 est.)
|Total fertility rate:
|2.76 children born/woman (2016 est.)
|Contraceptive prevalence rate:
|49.8% (2011/12)
|Health expenditures:
|1.9% of GDP (2014)
|Physicians density:
|0.18 physicians/1,000 population (2012)
|Hospital bed density:
|1.5 beds/1,000 population (2012)
|Drinking water source:
| improved:
urban: 85.6% of population
rural: 69.4% of population
total: 75.7% of population
urban: 14.4% of population
rural: 30.6% of population
total: 24.3% of population (2015 est.)
|Sanitation facility access:
| improved:
urban: 94.5% of population
rural: 56% of population
total: 70.9% of population
urban: 5.5% of population
rural: 44% of population
total: 29.1% of population (2015 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
|0.26% (2014 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
|11,100 (2014 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - deaths:
|500 (2014 est.)
|Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
|3% (2014)
|Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
|26.5% (2012)
|Education expenditures:
|3.3% of GDP (2014)
| definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 79.9%
male: 87.1%
female: 72.8% (2015 est.)
|School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
| total: 11 years male: 11 years
female: 10 years (2014)
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|Country name:
| conventional long form: Lao People's Democratic Republic
conventional short form: Laos
local long form: Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao
local short form: Mueang Lao (unofficial)
etymology: name means "Land of the Lao [people]"
|Government type:
|communist state
| name: Vientiane (Viangchan)
geographic coordinates: 17 58 N, 102 36 E
time difference: UTC+7 (12 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
|Administrative divisions:
|17 provinces (khoueng, singular and plural) and 1 capital city* (nakhon luang, singular and plural); Attapu, Bokeo, Bolikhamxai, Champasak, Houaphan, Khammouan, Louangnamtha, Louangphabang, Oudomxai, Phongsali, Salavan, Savannakhet, Viangchan (Vientiane)*, Viangchan, Xaignabouli, Xaisomboun, Xekong, Xiangkhouang
|19 July 1949 (from France)
|National holiday:
|Republic Day, 2 December (1975)
|previous 1947 (preindependence); latest promulgated 13-15 August 1991; amended 2003, 2015 (2016)
|Legal system:
|civil law system similar in form to the French system
|18 years of age; universal
|Executive branch:
| chief of state: President BOUNNYANG Vorachit (since 20 April 2016); Vice President PHANKHAM Viphavan (since 20 April 2016)
head of government: Prime Minister THONGLOUN Sisoulit (since 20 April 2016); Deputy Prime Ministers BOUNTHONG Chitmani, SONXAI Siphandon, SOMDI Douangdi (since 20 April 2016)
cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president, approved by the National Assembly elections/appointments: president and vice president indirectly elected by the National Assembly for a 5-year term (no term limits); election last held on 20 April 2016 (next to be held in 2021); prime minister nominated by the president, elected by the National Assembly for 5-year term
election results: BOUNNYANG Vorachit (LPRP) elected president; PHANKHAM Viphavan (LPRP) elected vice president; percent of National Assembly vote - NA; THONGLOUN Sisoulit (LPRP) elected prime minister; percent of National Assembly vote - NA
|Legislative branch:
| description: unicameral National Assembly or Sapha Heng Xat (132 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by simple majority vote from candidate lists provided by the Lao People's Revolutionary Party; members serve 5-year terms)
elections: last held on 20 April 2016 (next to be held in 2021)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - LPRP 128, independent 4
|Judicial branch:
| highest court(s): People's Supreme Court (consists of the court president and organized into criminal, civil, administrative, commercial, family, and juvenile chambers, each with a vice president and several judges) judge selection and term of office: president of People's Supreme Court appointed by National Assembly on recommendation of the president of the republic for a 5-year term; vice presidents of People's Supreme Court appointed by the president of the republic on recommendation of the National Assembly; appointment of chamber judges NA; tenure of court vice-presidents and chamber judges NA
subordinate courts: appellate courts; provincial, municipal, district, and military courts
|Political parties and leaders:
|Lao People's Revolutionary Party or LPRP [BOUNNYANG Vorachit] note: other parties proscribed
|Political pressure groups and leaders:
|International organization participation:
|ADB, ARF, ASEAN, CP, EAS, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IPU, ISO (subscriber), ITU, MIGA, NAM, OIF, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
|National symbol(s):
|elephant; national colors: red, white, blue
|National anthem:
| name: "Pheng Xat Lao" (Hymn of the Lao People)
lyrics/music: SISANA Sisane/THONGDY Sounthonevichit
note: music adopted 1945, lyrics adopted 1975; the anthem's lyrics were changed following the 1975 Communist revolution that overthrew the monarchy
|Diplomatic representation in the US:
| chief of mission: Ambassador MAI Xaignavong (since 3 August 2015)
chancery: 2222 S Street NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 332-6416
FAX: [1] (202) 332-4923 consulate(s): New York
|Diplomatic representation from the US:
| chief of mission: Ambassador Rena BITTER (since 2 November 2016)
embassy: Thadeua Road, Kilometer 9, Ban Somvang Tai, Hatsayfong District, Vientiane
mailing address: American Embassy Vientiane, Unit 8165, APO AP 96546
telephone: [856] 21-48-7000
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The government of Laos, one of the few remaining one-party communist states, began decentralizing control and encouraging private enterprise in 1986. Economic growth averaged 6% per year from 1988-2008 except during the short-lived drop caused by the Asian financial crisis that began in 1997. Laos' growth has more recently been amongst the fastest in Asia and averaged nearly 8% per year for the last decade. Nevertheless, Laos remains a country with an underdeveloped infrastructure, particularly in rural areas. It has a basic, but improving, road system, and limited external and internal land-line telecommunications. Electricity is available to 83% of the population. Agriculture, dominated by rice cultivation in lowland areas, accounts for about 25% of GDP and 73% of total employment. Laos' economy is heavily dependent on capital-intensive natural resource exports. The economy has benefited from high-profile foreign direct investment in hydropower dams along the Mekong River, copper and gold mining, logging, and construction, although some projects in these industries have drawn criticism for their environmental impacts. Laos gained Normal Trade Relations status with the US in 2004 and applied for Generalized System of Preferences trade benefits in 2013 after being admitted to the World Trade Organization earlier in the year. Laos began a one-year chairmanship of ASEAN in January 2016. Laos is in the process of implementing a value-added tax system. The government appears committed to raising the country's profile among foreign investors and has developed special economic zones replete with generous tax incentives, but a small labor pool remains an impediment to investment. Laos also has ongoing problems with the business environment, including onerous registration requirements, a gap between legislation and implementation, and unclear or conflicting regulations.
|GDP (purchasing power parity):
| GDP (purchasing power parity): $40.96 billion (2016 est.) $38.11 billion (2015 est.) $35.43 billion (2014 est.)
note: data are in 2016 dollars
|GDP (official exchange rate):
|GDP (official exchange rate): $13.76 billion (2015 est.)
|GDP - real growth rate:
|7.5% (2016 est.) 7.6% (2015 est.) 7.5% (2014 est.)
|GDP - per capita (PPP):
| GDP - per capita (PPP): $5,700 (2016 est.) $5,400 (2015 est.) $5,100 (2014 est.)
note: data are in 2016 dollars
|Gross national saving:
|25% of GDP (2016 est.) 20% of GDP (2015 est.) 25.8% of GDP (2014 est.)
|GDP - composition, by end use:
| household consumption: 62.6%
government consumption: 14.1%
investment in fixed capital: 33.1%
investment in inventories: 1%
exports of goods and services: 47.2%
imports of goods and services: -58% (2016 est.)
|GDP - composition, by sector of origin:
| household consumption: 62.6%
government consumption: 14.1%
investment in fixed capital: 33.1%
investment in inventories: 1%
exports of goods and services: 47.2%
imports of goods and services: -58% (2016 est.)
|Agriculture - products:
|sweet potatoes, vegetables, corn, coffee, sugarcane, tobacco, cotton, tea, peanuts, rice; cassava (manioc, tapioca), water buffalo, pigs, cattle, poultry
|mining (copper, tin, gold, gypsum); timber, electric power, agricultural processing, rubber, construction, garments, cement, tourism
|Industrial production growth rate:
|8% (2016 est.)
|Labor force:
|3.5 million (2016 est.)
|Labor force - by occupation:
| agriculture: 73.1%
industry: 6.1%
services: 20.6% (2012 est.)
|Unemployment rate:
|1.3% (2012 est.) 1.4% (2014 est.)
|Population below poverty line:
|22% (2013 est.)
|Household income or consumption by percentage share:
| lowest 10%: 3.3%
highest 10%: 30.3% (2008)
|Distribution of family income - Gini index:
|36.7 (2008) 34.6 (2002)
| revenues: $2.882 billion
expenditures: $3.822 billion (2016 est.)
|Taxes and other revenues:
|20.9% of GDP (2016 est.)
|Public debt:
|61.6% of GDP (2016 est.) 61.7% of GDP (2015 est.)
|Fiscal year:
|1 October - 30 September
|Inflation rate (consumer prices):
|Inflation rate (consumer prices): 0.7% (2016 est.) 1.3% (2015 est.)
|Current account balance:
|-$2.471 billion (2016 est.) -$2.904 billion (2015 est.)
|$3.075 billion (2016 est.) $2.928 billion (2015 est.)
|Exports - commodities:
|wood products, coffee, electricity, tin, copper, gold, cassava
|Exports - partners:
|Thailand 30.4%, China 27%, Vietnam 17.6% (2015)
|$3.936 billion (2016 est.) $4.058 billion (2015 est.)
|Imports - commodities:
|machinery and equipment, vehicles, fuel, consumer goods
|Imports - partners:
|Thailand 60.9%, China 18.6%, Vietnam 7.3% (2015)
|Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
|$1.024 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $1.058 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
|Debt - external:
|$11.98 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $10.77 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
|Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
|$15.14 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $12.44 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
|Market value of publicly traded shares:
|$1.012 billion (2012 est.) $576.8 million (2011 est.)
|Exchange rates:
|kips (LAK) per US dollar - 8,190.2 (2016 est.) 8,147.9 (2015 est.) 8,147.9 (2014 est.) 8,049 (2013 est.) 8,007.3 (2012 est.)
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|Electricity - production:
|16 billion kWh (2014 est.)
|Electricity - consumption:
|3.9 billion kWh (2014 est.)
|Electricity - exports:
|13 billion kWh (2014 est.)
|Electricity - imports:
|1.3 billion kWh (2014 est.)
|Electricity - installed generating capacity:
|3.4 million kW (2014 est.)
|Electricity - from fossil fuels:
|1.7% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
|Electricity - from nuclear fuels:
|0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
|Electricity - from hydroelectric plants:
|98.3% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
|Electricity - from other renewable sources:
|0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
|Crude oil - production:
|0 bbl/day (2015 est.)
|Crude oil - exports:
|0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Crude oil - imports:
|0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Crude oil - proved reserves:
|0 bbl (1 January 2016 es)
|Refined petroleum products - production:
|0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - consumption:
|3,500 bbl/day (2014 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - exports:
|0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - imports:
|3,480 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - production:
|0 cu m (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - consumption:
|0 cu m (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - exports:
|0 cu m (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - imports:
|0 cu m (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - proved reserves:
|0 cu m (1 January 2014 es)
|Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy:
|500,000 Mt (2013 est.)
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|Cellular Phones in use:
|total: 3.727 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 54 (July 2015 est.)
|Telephone system:
| general assessment: service to public is generally improving; the government relies on a radiotelephone network to communicate with remote areas
domestic: mobile cellular usage has slowed as the regulator imposed a strict policy on pricing and competition is effectively discouraged; network performance has suffered because of insufficient maintenance and upgrades
international: country code - 856; satellite earth station - 1 Intersputnik (Indian Ocean region) and a second to be developed by China (2015)
|Broadcast media:
|6 TV stations operating out of Vientiane - 3 government-operated and the others commercial; 17 provincial stations operating with nearly all programming relayed via satellite from the government-operated stations in Vientiane; Chinese and Vietnamese progr (2012)
|Internet country code:
|Internet users:
|total: 1.258 million percent of population: 18.2% (July 2015 est.)
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|41 (2013)
|Airports (paved runways):
| total 8
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2013)
|Airports (unpaved runways):
| total 33
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 9
under 914 m: 22 (2013)
|refined products 540 km (2013)
| total 39,586 km
paved: 5,415 km
unpaved: 34,171 km (2009)
|4,600 km (primarily on the Mekong River and its tributaries; 2,900 additional km are intermittently navigable by craft drawing less than 0.5 m) (2012)
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|Serving one of the world's least developed countries, the Lao People's Armed Forces (LPAF) is small, poorly funded, and ineffectively resourced; its mission focus is border and internal security, primarily in countering ethnic Hmong insurgent groups; together with the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and the government, the Lao People's Army (LPA) is the third pillar of state machinery, and as such is expected to suppress political and civil unrest and similar national emergencies; there is no perceived external threat to the state and the LPA maintains strong ties with the neighboring Vietnamese military (2012)
|Military branches:
|Lao People's Armed Forces (LPAF): Lao People's Army (LPA; includes Riverine Force), Air Force (2011)
|Military service age and obligation:
|18 years of age for compulsory or voluntary military service; conscript service obligation - minimum 18-months (2012)
|Military expenditures:
|NA% (2012) 0.23% of GDP (2011)
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|Disputes - International:
|southeast Asian states have enhanced border surveillance to check the spread of avian flu; talks continue on completion of demarcation with Thailand but disputes remain over islands in the Mekong River; concern among Mekong River Commission members that China's construction of dams on the Mekong River and its tributaries will affect water levels; Cambodia and Vietnam are concerned about Laos' extensive upstream dam construction
|Illicit drugs:
|estimated opium poppy cultivation in 2008 was 1,900 hectares, about a 73% increase from 2007; estimated potential opium production in 2008 more than tripled to 17 metric tons; unsubstantiated reports of domestic methamphetamine production; growing domestic methamphetamine problem (2009)
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Dr. Vitali Silitski worked as an associate professor at the European Humanities University in Minsk, Belarus, a position he was forced to leave in 2003 after publicly criticizing the government of President Alexander Lukashenka. He is currently working on a book titled The Long Road from Tyranny: Post-Communist Authoritarianism and Struggle for Democracy in Serbia and Belarus. Dr. Silitski is also a freelance analyst for Freedom House Nations in Transit Report, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, and Oxford Analytica. In 2004-05, he was a Reagan-Fascell Fellow at the National Endowment for Democracy. Dr. Silitski received his Ph.D. in Political Science from Rutgers University.
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Since Charles Mingus' death in 1979, Sue Mingus has created and continues to direct repertory ensembles that carry on the music of her late husband. The most well known is the Mingus Big Band, a New York institution, which performs weekly at the Jazz Standard, and alternates with the Mingus Dynasty and the Mingus Orchestra. In 1989, she produced Mingus' monumental Epitaph in its premiere at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall. She has produced numerous Grammy-nominated recordings with Mingus repertory bands and the 2011 Grammy winning Mingus Big Band Live at Jazz Standard, as well as several legacy recordings.
Sue Mingus has published educational books including, Charles Mingus: More than a Fake Book, and several Charles Mingus: More than a Play Alongs, distributed by Hal Leonard Publishers. Other publications include Mingus Big Band charts, a book of guitar chars, and a special series for students called "Simply Mingus." In 2008, she founded the Charles Mingus High School Competition which has been held annually at the Manhattan School of Music.
In 2002, Pantheon (Random House) released Sue's memoir of her life with Mingus entitled Tonight At Noon, which was a New York Times Notable Book and a Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year. It was released in paperback by DaCapo press and has been translated into several languages.


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Washington D.C., Sep 6, 2012 / 12:40 am (CNA).- A dissenting Catholic group believes that the First Amendment protection of religious freedom applies to personal decisions but does not allow people to apply their beliefs to every area of their lives.
Sara Hutchinson, domestic program director of Catholics for Choice, explained that religious freedom protects "me acting in my own faith for my own life" but does not extend to actions in other areas of life, such as business decisions about company policies and health insurance plans.
"Our faith charges us to respect religious pluralism and religious freedom," said Hutchinson. This means "respecting an individual's right to follow his or her own conscience and religious beliefs and practices as well as in moral decisions."
But while this constitutional freedom covers "personal beliefs" and private decisions made as "an individual," rights of conscience are forfeited when "acting as an employer," she argued.
Business owners making decisions about policies and health care contracts "are actually serving as an institution" and therefore cannot apply the teachings of their faith to such decisions, she said.
Hutchinson spoke as part of a panel on religious freedom at the Holiday Inn Charlotte Center City in Charlotte, N.C.
The Sept. 4 event took place during the Democratic National Convention but was not an official convention event. It drew about six attendees.
Panel speakers argued that Americans' religious freedom will be severely restricted if they cannot get birth control for free.
They slammed those who oppose a federal mandate requiring employers to offer health insurance covering contraception, sterilization and abortion-inducing drugs free of charge.
Critics of the mandate, including leaders of the Catholic Church and other faiths, have voiced strong concerns that the regulation violates the religious liberty of employers who hold sincere moral objections to such coverage.
Hutchinson criticized "the Vatican and the bishops" and warned of a devious campaign by Church leaders to amass power and suppress dissenters.
"Under the guise of religious liberty, the bishops want to rewrite the rules on health care, employment, adoptions, marriage and more, so that they can deny civil rights for anyone who disagrees with them," she charged.
Hutchinson argued that this campaign is "a real threat" to true religious liberty, which requires employers to offer free coverage of contraception and abortion regardless of their views, and then leaves it up to the "individual conscience" whether or not use such coverage.
Catholics for Choice and its partner organizations are working to "stand strong against the bishops and their allies," who threaten "true religious freedom" with their "false cries of religious liberty," she said.
Bishop Tonyia Rawls, a lesbian and minister at the Freedom Center for Social Justice in Charlotte, also spoke at the religious freedom discussion. Rawls emphasized the importance of fighting for the "right to choose" and of supporting efforts to redefine marriage.
Rev. Harry Knox, president and CEO of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, said that "religious liberty is a very complex subject" but agreed that such freedom does not extend to employers who wish to follow the tenets of their faith in the health coverage they offer.
Knox, a homosexual advocate who was appointed by President Obama to the President's Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships, said that he worked in this role to ensure that faith-based organizations using tax money to serve those in need would not be permitted to do so in rooms with religious symbols.
People of different faiths or no faith could be "harmed" by such an environment, he said, and religious organizations such as hospitals and food banks should therefore have to cover or remove crucifixes, religious pictures and other faith symbols to make the room "neutral."
On the topic of abortion, Knox emphasized the importance of "empowering the person that you're counseling" and said that the role of a pastor is largely "to be quiet" and let individuals make their own decisions.
No individual or institution can tell other people "what is right for them," he said, adding that these moral discussions are "fundamentally a matter of perspective."
For the Church to suggest that its moral teaching is based in objective and unchanging truth is "the worst kind of hubris" and displeases God, he argued.
The faithful must fight against religious groups seeking to "impose their set of values on everybody else," Knox stressed, because "when that happens, people get hurt."
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Waiting for the next Watergate
Reformers in Washington are looking for a few good scandals.
Watergate led to the biggest overhaul of campaign finance law in the past century. Outrage over donors sleeping in the Lincoln Bedroom and Enron influence peddling helped spur the 2002 McCain-Feingold overhaul. And the Jack Abramoff affair got Congress to act quickly on lobbying and ethics reform.
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But the explosion of campaign spending, super PACs and political nonprofits hasn't been enough for campaign finance watchdogs to get momentum on Capitol Hill. They are brimming with ambitious proposals to curtail the influence of money in politics, end the role of corporations in the political process, force more disclosure on freewheeling outside groups and rein in the activities of Beltway lobbyists.
What they're missing: a messy scandal to gin up public outrage and embarrass Congress into acting.
"It always takes a scandal in order to get Congress to reform itself," said former Rep. Marty Meehan — a Massachusetts Democrat and a veteran of the 2002 campaign finance fight.
"One of the jobs of the reform community is to identify the problems in the system as it stands and to try to create good policy proposals — and then wait for the scandal," said Lisa Gilbert, director of the Congress Watch division at the pro-reform group Public Citizen.
While voters have long complained about the role of money in politics and give lobbyists low marks, it often takes a dramatic and lurid political scandal to really galvanize public outrage — like "someone hiding bricks of gold in the freezer. That kind of moment when the public is just that shocked," mused Gilbert.
There are a half-dozen bills currently floating around Congress to overhaul the current system and rein in spending, influence peddling and megadonors.
Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) has proposed a constitutional amendment to undo the 2010 Supreme Court case Citizens United and allow Congress to regulate the flow of political cash. Nearly 50 Senate Democrats have have signed on and Majority Leader Harry Reid has vowed to bring the proposal to the floor. But the measure has little chance of passing and is, in part, meant to support Democratic talking points on the Koch brothers and big money spending.
Senate Democrats have reintroduced the long-stalled DISCLOSE Act that would bring more transparency into the campaign finance system. And several House Democrats have floated proposals that would create a voluntary system of public financing for congressional campaigns.
Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) has proposed two bills this year that would reform the lobbying profession from top to bottom. His bill proposes to ban members from lobbying for life, increase the amount of disclosure and to ban members from asking lobbyists for cash while Congress is in session.
"Something needs to change, and it shouldn't take another scandal. The incredibly frustrating dysfunction should be motivation enough for us to make significant changes," said Bennet.
The entire history of campaign finance and lobbying regulation is tied up in the ebb and flow of scandal.
The first campaign finance law ever written — the Tillman Act of 1907 — came after Theodore Roosevelt faced embarrassing questions about which corporations funded his 1904 campaign.
Forty years ago this month, Richard Nixon's resignation following the Watergate scandal convinced Congress to act on getting money out of politics. An independent agency, the Federal Election Commission, was created in 1974 to enforce new campaign finance laws. Strict new restrictions on what donors could give were put in place. And Congress created a public financing system for presidential elections to help curb the influence of money in politics.


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The Illinois Central was a trailblazing railroad that led from the mouth of the Ohio River to Chicago. Southern extensions carried its tracks to Mobile and New Orleans. Constructed in the 1850s, it was at that time the longest railroad in the world and the first one to be financed by major land grants from the federal government. Stephen A. Douglas, a Democratic leader in the 1850s, sponsored the railroad as one aspect of his plan to hold the nation together during that decade of crisis.
1. Locate Chicago. Why do you think the city became a focal point for the emerging railroad network in the 19th century?
2. What do you notice about the direction in which most of the railroads run? What do you notice about the direction of the Illinois Central?
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Last season, the Knicks were 4-0 against the crosstown rival Nets. The two teams matched up for a primetime thriller at the garden late last season in which Melo led the team to an overtime victory. See highlights above. Also in those highlights, see some vintage Chauncey Billups at the 2:17 mark as he bricks a transition three with Melo and Amar'e running down the court to his left. The Nets are coming off a 108-105 loss against Minnesota.
Here is what to watch for:
- The Knicks legs tonight. Tonight will be the third night of a back-to-back-to-back in which the Knicks have gone 0-2 so far. In each of the last two games, the Knick starters have all played at least 35 minutes. New York's bench has been absolutely putrid this season but the Knicks will need to get some run out of them tonight. It will be interesting to see how the Knicks, who don't shoot the ball well anyways, will shoot tonight with tired legs.
- This is a must win for the Knicks. This is how the remaining February schedule looks for the Bockers:
- Feb 4: New Jersey
- Feb 6: Utah
- Feb 8: @Washington
- Feb 10: Los Angeles Lakers
- Feb 11: @Minnesota
- Feb 14: @Toronto
- Feb 15: Sacramento
- Feb 17: New Orleans
- Feb 19: Dallas
- Feb 20: New Jersey
- Feb 22: Atlanta
- Feb 23: @Miami
- Feb 29: Cleveland
- The Knicks play some good teams this month and they have already dug themselves in a deep hole at 8-15. They need to start scrapping out wins any way they can, especially against the bad teams like New Jersey, Washington, Toronto and Sacramento. This month will make or break the Knicks season. I know it is early but this team cannot afford another poor month and cannot afford to keep accumulating losses.
- Can the Knicks slow down Deron Williams? I think the world of Williams. I think behind Chris Paul, Williams is the 2nd best point guard in the league. He has size, athleticism and elite ability in both shooting the ball and getting others involved. Against the Knicks last season, Williams put in 22 points and almost led the Nets to victory. The Knicks struggled mightily against Derrick Rose on Thursday night and I think Williams has the potential to burn the Knicks tonight. However, I think Shumpert will have a more favorable defensive matchup against Williams. While Rose is small and quick, Williams is not as quick and is a bigger bodied point guard. I am interested to see how Shumpert matches up against the Nets star tonight.
- This is my basically how I react every time I watch Toney Douglas play point guard:
- It will be interesting to see if D'Antoni gambles tonight with Douglas. Last night, the lame duck coach stuck with Douglas in the 2nd half in an attempt to get his confidence up. Douglas was his usual ineffective self and helped Boston beat the Knicks. I think it is time to scratch the Toney Douglas point guard experiment. He clearly cannot do it and it is time for the Knicks to move him back to an off-ball shooting guard. Douglas is best in spot up situations in which he does not need to think and just needs to shoot. If the Knicks are going to stick with Douglas, he must get his head around playing defense and knocking down his shots. If D'Antoni is going to save his job, he needs to put the Knicks in better position to win games. Using Douglas at the point is not how you win games. D'Antoni must realize this and make changes.
- The Knicks gotta keep Kris Humphries off the boards. Last night, ex-Knick donut inhaler Chris Wilcox killed the Knicks on the boards in the 2nd half and turned the game around. Tonight, ex-Kardashian Kris Humphries brings some actual talent to the garden. While he is hated by most for his toolish reality show antics, Humphries quietly is having a 2nd consecutive quality season. Humphries comes in averaging a double-double at 13.2 ppg and 10.4 rpg. Stoudemire will have to work to keep Humprhries off the boards or else the Knicks will lose again.


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Government officials from Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand held discussions last week about promoting sustainable financing to ensure enough funding to protect the environment and livelihoods of villagers.
Government officials from Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand held discussions last week about promoting sustainable financing to ensure enough funding to protect the environment and livelihoods of villagers.
Experts attending the regional roundtable meeting last Friday said large amounts of funding for natural resource protection currently came from donors, and new sources to sustain this funding would need to be identified.
Senior Programme Officer of the World Conservation Union (IUCN), Mr Xiong Tsechalicha, said had significant potential to encourage sustainable financing through fee collection from national parks and hydropower projects.
"In some protected areas where ecotourism activities are being conducted, fees have been collected from tourists to protect natural resources," he said.
However, the Country Group Head of IUCN for , and , Dr Katherine Warner, said there was currently not enough funding going to the sustainable management of natural resources.
"What we are doing is trying to promote sustainable finance mechanisms that will provide more funding to protected areas and other areas that need protection," she said.
She told Vientiane Times during the meeting that sustainable financing did not have to come from donors, but should instead come from fees collected for the use of natural resources.
The meeting was part of the Asia Regional Biodiversity Conservation Programme, bringing together officials from the four countries, along with representatives from implementing partners, both regional and country-specific, to share experiences and learn from each other.
The primary focus of the roundtable was the identification and establishment of funding mechanisms that will allow protected areas and corridors to function in the long term in the greater Mekong region.
The goal of the programme is to work with multiple levels of shareholders to improve sustainable management of natural resources and biodiversity conservation in the greater Mekong Sub-region.
"There is an urgent need to be able to look at new sources of financing for biodiversity conservation and people in rural areas who are ready to protect the environment and are not receiving any benefits from that," Dr Warner said.
The Asia Regional Biodiversity Conservation Programme is being implemented in , , , , and southern , but the programme is active in , and
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Shure Announces Fall Rebates on Selected Mics and Wireless Systems
Shure Inc. announced it is offering fall rebates of up to $40 back on select wireless microphone systems and microphones. Customers who purchase a SM57, SM58, DMK 57-52, PGX Digital Wireless system, PGX Wireless system, or a Performance Gear Wireless system between October 1, 2012, and December 31, 2012, are eligible to receive the rebate. Also included in the promotion is Shure's X2U XLR-to-USB signal adapter bundles, available with the SM57 or SM58.
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Actor Ranveer Singh's condition has shown no improvement but it is stable, a source close to the actor has revealed.
"Ranveer's condition is still the same ever since he was hospitalised. There is no improvement but his condition is stable and that's how it happens with dengue," the source said, adding, "There is nothing to worry about."
The actor was admitted to a suburban hospital here Sep 27 following high fever. Doctors have diagnosed him to be a severe case of dengue.
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Prior to THE BIG BANG THEORY, Kaley Cuoco was best known to television audiences for her role as Bridget Hennesy in the series "8 Simple Rules." Her other television credits include a recurring role on "Charmed," and guest appearances on "Complete Savages," "Prison Break," "My So-Called Life," "Northern Exposure" and "Ladies Man." Cuoco starred in the cable movies "Fat Like Me," "Crimes of Fashion" and "The Hollow," and was seen in the miniseries "10.5." Her other television movie credits are "Alley Cats Strike," "Toothless," "Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman," "Growing Up Brady," and the miniseries, "Dean Koontz's Mr. Murder." Additionally, Cuoco lent her voice to the animated series "Brandy and Mr. Whiskers" and "Loonatics Unleashed."
Cuoco began her acting career at a young age, modeling and appearing in commercials. Her first TV role was in 1992's "Quicksand: No Escape" opposite Donald Sutherland. She landed her first feature film role at the age of 8 in "Virtuosity." Her other film credits include "Picture Perfect," "Can't Be Heaven" and "Lucky 13." She also appeared on stage in community theater productions of "Fiddler on the Roof" and "Annie."
Recently, Cuoco starred opposite Rob Lowe in the television movie "Untouchable: The Drew Peterson Story." On the big screen, she was seen in the 2011 family comedy "Hop" opposite James Marsden and Russell Brand. Cuoco will soon be seen in "The Last Ride," an independent film which has been screened at several film festivals throughout the country.
Cuoco is a gifted tennis player who also hikes, runs, rides horses, goes to the gym and spends time with her rescue dogs. She is involved in several charities, including EBMRF, Friends of Animals, the Humane Society, the Elisabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Animal Avengers and PETA.
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I would like to create a simple one-page portfolio theme for my own use. Most of the content will be static. The main reason I want to make it in WordPress at all is to make use of Contact Form 7 and include blog posts from another site of mine. My questions:
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So we're roughly 6 weeks away from the Wrath of the Lich King expansion and the timer is ticking.
I would assume everyone has some goals in mind they want to complete before the expac hits and I am no exception.
As a raid leader and a tank, my biggest goals before the expac were to finish out Black Temple, go back and kill Kael'Thas and down a boss or two in Sunwell.
I am happy to report that 2 of those goals have been met. We dropped Illidan for the first time a few weeks ago. Two weeks ago we decided to head back to Tempest Keep and put in the time to kill Kael'Thas since we skipped that encounter when attunement was dropped for BT/MH. It took us a couple of nights, but we downed KT after getting familiar with the various phases.
So that basically leaves Sunwell Plateau and as of last night, we are now working on that goal as well. Kalecgos has some new mechanics, but I have no doubts that we'll defeat him soon.
Other than that, I don't really have any personal goals. I wouldn't mind picking up a Bulwark of Azzinoth purely for the status but that's about it. My goals are more oriented towards keeping the guild cohesive and happy until time for the level grind and experiencing the new expansion.
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TRIBUTE TO AFRICAN AMERICAN AUTHORS Set for 2/25 at L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center
The L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center's Lily Tomlin/Jane Wagner Cultural Arts Center celebrates Black History Month with two concurrent free events highlighting some of the cultural contributions African Americans have made to our society: A Tribute to African American Authors, in which renowned actors and singers perform selected works; and a reception for the new exhibit Ain't Just Paint: Works from the CCH Pounder Collection. Both events take place on Monday, Feb. 25, in the Renberg Theatre and Advocate & Gochis Galleries at the Center's Village at Ed Gould Plaza. The Tribute will begin at 7:30 p.m., followed immediately by a reception in the Galleries. Admission to both events is free, but reservations are required for the Tribute: www.aatribute.eventbrite.com.
Ain't Just Paint: Works from the CCH Pounder Collection will be on exhibit Tuesday, Feb. 19, through Saturday, March 2. It showcases artwork from Ms. Pounder's personal collection, with a focus on art that could be considered non-traditional. On display are works on canvas as well as pieces fashioned from unusual materials, such as beads, fiber, embroidery, plastics, cardboard and even tortilla chips and silk worm dung! The humbleness of the material is used with glorious execution in the hands of these artists.
CCH Pounder is an Emmy and Grammy Award nominated actress. Her credits include Warehouse 13, Avatar , ER and The Shield . She is also an art collector and consultant who has amassed a collection of contemporary art over the past 40 years. A world traveler, Pounder procures or identifies emerging artists for the Boribana Museum in Dakar, Senegal, which she co-owns with her husband, Boubacar Kone
A Tribute to African-American Authors features renowned actors and singers reading selected pieces by writers who have shaped, and perhaps will shape, the American cultural landscape. Performers include:
Cleo Anderson-a youth spoken-word artist performing original work.
CARLEASE BURKE-film credits include Get Shorty, In Her Shoes, The Back-Up Plan, and The Terminal. TV credits include: Heroes, Dollhouse, Grey's Anatomy, Bones, Days of Our Lives, How I Met Your Mother, Dexter, The Closer, Monk, Without a Trace, and Desperate Housewives. In addition to her acting career, Burke also performs as a stand-up comedian.
Michael Castro-a youth spoken-word artist performing original work.
Dale Guy Madison-a writer, actor, filmmaker and former host for the QVC network. He appeared in the original 1988 John Waters movie, Hairspray, and has appeared on NBC s Homicide: Life on the Streets. Madison produced a CD of spoken word poems in 2008 called WANTED: DamnGoodMan.
Iona Morris-TV credits include: Law & Order: L.A., Cold Case, Lincoln Heights, The Shield, many others. She recurred on: As the World Turns, The District, Moesha, others. Among her extensive theatre credits are In the Red and Brown Water (nominated for two L.A. Drama Critics Circle Awards) andher one-woman show For You, about her father Greg Morris from the '70s TV series Mission: Impossible. Morris is also a writer and director.
Michael A. Shepperd- an actor whose work has been applauded by critics on both coasts, often compared to Sidney Poitier and Paul Robeson. His impressive resume boasts roles on Arrested Development, Ally McBeal, Frasier, Friends, Monk, ER Strong Medicine, the film Humanoid and others. His first love is the theatre, most recently co-starring in the Los Angeles production of Peter Pan, starring Cathy Rigby.
Jenifer Leigh Warren-a critically acclaimed singer/actress lauded for her show-stopping performance in Big River on Broadway and the original Little Shop of Horrors. She has received an Ovation Award, a Garland Award, two BroadwayWorld awards, and NAACP Award nominations. Her show Diamonds Are Forever: The Songs of Dame Shirley Bassey premiered in 2011 at the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center's Renberg Theatre and received seven BroadwayWorld Award nominations. Warren has been seen in numerous films and television shows.
The event will take place in The L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center's Renberg Theatre (200-seat theatre) and The L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center's Advocate & Gochis Galleries at The Village at Ed Gould Plaza, 1125 N. McCadden Place, Hollywood (one block east of Highland, just north of Santa Monica Blvd. Free parking.), on Monday, February 25. Tribute at 7:30 p.m. Gallery reception at 8:30 p.m. Ain't Just Paint on exhibit Feb. 19-March 2. Gallery hours: Mon.-Fri. 6-10 p.m.; Sat. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission: FREE, but reservations are required: www.aatribute.eventbrite.com.
The L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center provides a broad array of services for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community, welcoming nearly a quarter-million client visits from ethnically diverse youth and adults each year. Through its Jeffrey Goodman Special Care Clinic and on-site pharmacy, the Center offers free and low-cost health, mental health, HIV/AIDS medical care and HIV/STD testing and prevention. The Center also offers legal, social, cultural and educational services, with unique programs for seniors, families and youth, including a 24-bed transitional living program for homeless youth. Information about the Gay & Lesbian Center is available on the Web at www.lagaycenter.org.
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In keeping with RYP's post in June.....Ask something, plan, go somewhere, do something, tell folks about it and learn.
I tried hiking the Marianne River, Blanchisseuse, Trinidad and Tobago. DO NOT DO IT DURING RAINY SEASON! My buddy had done it a decade prior but didn't realize it could be so dangerous in the wet season....go figure. The drill is to drive two vehicles to the mouth of the river, drop one off, then park somewhere up the river, around 20 km by road, then get wet. It was SUPPOSED to be a river WALK but we ended up swimming most of it, wearing heavy gear and no floatation, getting dragged by strong current across sharp rocks and fallen trees at chest level under the water. I got hung up and held a few times by the current, and was scared quite a few times. We were committed before things started to get hairy. At one point the rapids were unmanageable so we tried traversing the canyon walls, about 60 feet up in slippery slopes vine to vine. I was scared again. I struggled to keep my head above water quite a few times. Pretty bruised and cut up but we had fun.
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But I'll just play devil's advocate on this one: if you find yourself inordinately excited about the arrival of this (admittedly clever) application, there's an excellent chance that your email archiving system is unnecessarily complex and, in fact, is in need of a major streamlining. Discuss.
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Takeda likes to bring up politics a lot.
For example, he probably had quite of input into the politics of Blood+, and perhaps the original E7 as well. He mostly referenced the Palestinian/Israeli conflict in regards to the worldview of the original Eureka Seven
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Started a manga thread for anyone who would care to continue discussion over there...
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Bringing real world context into creative work is always a good thing, it enriches the story and settings.
Even in the original series of Eureka 7, the whole story and world was built up from the hippie movement.
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One of the things that I really liked about anime compared with most western entertainment forms was the way that things ended. Series were generally not drawn out, there were no endless sequels or prequels. A franchise ended, there was a sort of closure, and then we could expect to have something totally new.
I really enjoyed Eureka Seven, so I'd be lying if I said that I'm not looking forward to this. All the same, recently it seems like a number of series franchises are being revived in some form, whether by sequels or remakes. I hope it's not the start of a new trend.
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Or is this a situation kind of like the one Gundam is in these days where people seem to be against whatever it's trying to do just because and refuse to even entertain the notion of giving the staff a chance with whatever it is they are trying to do? This apparent trend of deciding that a show and it's premise is automatically bad before it's even had a chance to get underway is getting pretty silly. I'd expect that sort of thing from 4Chan, but not Animesuki. People could actually just watch the show and then if they find actual things to criticize it over come here and talk about them. They'd probably be taken a lot more seriously for it too.
For example I'm not too keen on the idea of a new Star Driver, but I'll give it a shot anyway and if it sucks and wastes time like I felt the TV series did then I'll address it in a post, but if it's actually good and entertaining then I don't want to totally condemn it and close myself off to the possibility of enjoying it before I've had the chance to see it.
So far I count Last Exile, Space Battleship Yamato, Eureka Seven, Aquarion, Code Geass and Votoms as among the series revivals of late so if we suddenly see a new Getter Robo or Mazinger Project I think will know a Renaissance is officially on again for older style sci-fi/mecha anime. By the way I'd argue there was one back in 2007, but it died off pretty quickly midway into 2008.
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Everytime SRW features a new series in the lineup of a new game, there's a chance it will be followed by a sequel if not just toys. Notable examples includes Choja Reideen, Dancougar Nova, Gaiking, Evangelion movies, Top wo Nerae!2, you can even include Gundam, Mazinger and Getter Robo.
Eureka 7 has appeared twice in 2 years of SRW as well as ACE3, bringing back its popularity enough to produce a few Robo Damashii figures and this sequel. Aquarion EVOL is also the direct result of this, it appeared in the same 2 SRWs that Eureka 7 did, as well as ACE:R.
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Although here's a question, since King Gainer and Big O's popularity seem to have taken off in a huge way again after Super Robot Wars Z does that mean we might be in store for a revival at some point? Both shows just kind of ended inconclusively with the crew walking off into the distance and the cast walking off the set of Paradigm City respectively so I don't see any reason why it couldn't work. They could have a King Gainer that's about exploring the Land of Yapan and maybe they uncover a whole new set of Overmen that sparks a new conflict and for Big O they can just have it take place in a new setting or possibly a new Paradigm where everybodies memories have been revived and the conflict is about something else.
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Gundam probably can keep pushing itself, but Mazinger seems hard to appeal to young audience though. It would need a true miracle in Z2.2 to bring us the Shin Mazinger sequel that's gone.
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Well I won't be keeping up with this series, I've only read the first chapter and know next to nothing about the story so far, but my mind is made up. Also anyone who thinks this is gonna turn out good is naive.
Srsly if you didn't like this, don't show your face on this thread again. I'm sick and tired of a show being condemned after the first chapter/episode only to have the people who hate it continually post about how bad it is week after week, if you don't like it don't read it!
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Though what does any of what was mentioned in that article have to do with star driver besides the setting? Star drivers problem wasn't that it took place on an island it was that almost every plotline it tried to start never went anywhere and that there was next to no continuity between episodes despite it ostensibly being a serial and not episodic.
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When I refer to Star Driver I mean all the action taking place in an isolated environment. From what we saw in the first chapter it seems to be going the route of monster-of-the-week just like Star Driver. The idea of an outside force ruining this isolated paradise only got re-inforced by that Iran comment. It doesn't take a genius to know who is Iran in the manga and who is the US and which side is portrayed as good and which as bad.
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AdTech Startups in Los Angeles
List of AdTech startups in Los Angeles
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At Edmunds, we're driven to make car buying easier. Ever since we began publishing printed car guides in the 60's, the company has been in the business of trust, innovating ways to empower and support car shoppers. When Edmunds launched the car industry's first website in 1995, we established a leadership position online and have never looked back....
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Gimbal is a marketing and advertising automation platform that translates location data from the real world into targeting, measurement, and insight products for our customers. Using its own hardware and software, Gimbal enables brands, media agencies, and marketers to improve their campaigns with personalized messaging and measurable results.
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AdMedia is a technology company with the largest search advertising network outside of the major search engines. AdMedia provides data-driven performance at scale to the Internet's leading marketers and their agencies through its powerful yet easy-to-use search syndication platform.
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Founded in 1998, MatchCraft is a global provider with offices in USA; Netherlands; Brazil; & India. MatchCraft's Advantage™ platform is a bid & budget management system that serves SMB's at the local level in an automated & scalable manner. We operate in more than 44 countries with technology that supports over 23 unique languages & dialects.
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Heartbeat connects brands directly with the millennial and GenZ audience they are trying to reach, and consumers with the brands they genuinely love. Our network of over 210,000 real consumers creates scalable, ROI-focused user-generated marketing campaigns on social media, proving that word-of-mouth is the best marketing channel out there.
25Local Employees
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Maple Media is a media and technology company in Century City, CA. We acquire best-in-class mobile apps and games, on the App Store and Google Play, and deploy our product and ad tech expertise to make them even better - while learning a lot and having fun along the way. So far, we've grown to over 40M MAU & have over 200 apps under management....
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MomentFeed is the leading mobile customer experience management platform for multi-location brands. We help retailers, restaurant chains, banks, salons, and automotive groups to use their mobile presence to drive more in-store sales. The platform creates more relevant mobile engagement across Facebook, Google, Instagram, Snapchat, Yelp, & Twitter.
92Local Employees
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A leader in advertising technology, SteelHouse created a marketing platform that includes everything needed to create successful digital marketing campaigns that run across all channels — including Connected TV.
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Versus makes games more fun. Our white-label platform gives players the opportunity to play for the things they love, inside of the games they love. Interactive entertainment becomes even more engaging, more fun, and more personal.
32Local Employees
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Prodege, LLC, an internet and media company that is dedicated to "creating rewarding moments" for its members by rewarding them with more than $700 million in cash and free gift cards since inception. Prodege is comprised of four consumer brands — Swagbucks, MyPoints, ShopAtHome, and InboxDollars— and a complimentary suite of business solutions.
140Local Employees
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Taboola enables over 1.4B people to discover what's interesting and new at the moments they're most ready to explore. Powered by Deep Learning, AI, and a large dataset, Taboola's discovery platform creates new monetization, audience and engagement opportunities for digital properties, including publishers, mobile carriers and handset manufacturers....
55Local Employees
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The Trade Desk
The Trade Desk powers the most sophisticated buyers in advertising technology. We were founded by the pioneers of real-time bidding, and we've become the fastest growing demand-side platform in the industry by offering agencies, aggregators and their advertisers best-in-class technology to manage display, social, video and TV advertising campaigns....
202Local Employees
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Core Digital Media is a leader in online marketing and online consumer acquisition. Our websites LowerMyBills.com and ClassesUSA.com are fueled by an industry leading marketing platform which operates across a variety of financial and education markets working with more than 1000 unique partners.
150Local Employees
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Genly helps companies generate demand with an easy, scalable, and risk-free Growth on Demand platform. Through fearless innovation and intelligent automation Genly developed a predictable demand generation solution that empowers companies with control of their own growth.
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Santa MonicaLocation
AdTech • Agency
HYFN is an award-winning group of strategists, human behavior analysts, creators, and amplifiers that thrive on engaging audiences in meaningful ways. We create partnerships to design and develop cross-platform solutions that meet the demands of an evolving digital culture and diversified media landscape.
90Local Employees
Playa VistaLocation
We set a mission to challenge the paradigm of how brand marketing is valued, bought, and sold. We provide software and data solutions to marketers and media owners to plan, execute, and measure brand marketing against business outcomes such as sales lift, in-store visits and online conversions.
100Local Employees
Los AngelesLocation
AdTech • Marketing Tech
Nativo empowers brands and publishers with the world's most advanced platform for content. For brands, Nativo enables storytelling at scale with the largest native reach and reveals insights that unlock return-on-content.
El SegundoLocation


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Attitude of Gratitude Challenge Day 26
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