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LEHI, Utah – Real Salt Lake are set to tackle another Champions League opponent, as Toronto FC visit Rio Tinto Stadium on Wednesday. And if there's one RSL player who should be relishing another chance at continental play, it's Alvaro Saborio.
The Costa Rican international has had a solid season in his first MLS campaign, finding his way often onto the score sheet. He has scored eight goals in his 21 league matches to go along with the four assists that he has notched.
He also puts in a great deal of effort off of the ball, helping his team defensively, and helping link the midfield into the attack with his ability to hold up the ball and thwart pressure coming from the opponent.
But he's been just as lethal, if not more so, in CONCACAF play. Saborío has bagged braces twice in Champions League matches (to match two braces in league play), against Árabe Unido at home, and against Cruz Azul in Mexico City.
MATCH PREVIEW: Real Salt Lake host Toronto FC in CCL on Wednesday
Saborío came to Real Salt Lake an accomplished scorer in the CONCACAF region, perhaps one of the most prolific in recent years. To go along with his 95 goals over a 149-game stretch with Saprissa, he has also racked up 22 goals in 55 matches with the Costa Rican National Team.
So perhaps it's no surprise that he has put away four goals in his two CCL matches since his arrival. It might be his poise on the ball, or his confident ball striking ability. Maybe it's his crafty movements away from the ball. Or it could be just his overall goal-scoring knack and international experience that has allowed him to succeed.
Jason Kreis has a different theory.
"I think that he recognizes that as a player from Costa Rica, there are probably a few more opportunities than some of the American players being in Mexico and other places similar to that," said the RSL head coach.
"He's also played in this tournament before and I think he has used it as a platform to move on to somewhere else, and so I think he probably has a little more motivation than some."


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Pasadena. Yep, "The Little Old Lady Terror of Colorado Boulevard" (Jan & Dean circa 1968), delivers. It is a pastoral gem that is as beautiful as it is diverse.
- Julia Child the original celebrity chef
- Mary See founder of See's Candy
- USA's first limited access highway - the Pasadena Freeway
- Cordon Blue School of Cooking -
- The Rose Bowl - the Grandaddy of all the New Year's Day games
- The Tournament of Roses - the most important, globally significant New Year's Day parade
And that's just for starters. To present Pasadena, the Convention and Visitors Bureau invited a group of journalists to a three-day visit to let the city "strut its stuff". We stayed at the Athenaeum - a private, members only hotel on the campus of Cal-Tech. Its corridors are lined with portraits of distinguished faculty and alumni - including Linus Pauling, Albert Einstein, Frank Capra, Frank Borman (Apollo 8). Nobel Laureates, Internationally renowned scientists and geniuses who made their contributions to the world. One cannot help but feel their presence and it motivates to explore an area that is so rich with history, arts, culture, and diversity. From the pastoral, gentrified setting to the more than 500 restaurants established to add flavor to the character of the city…Pasadena is abloom in every season with a wealth of historic sights, shopping, and and happening day and nightlife in Old Town and throughout the city.
Of the 500 restaurants we had the pleasure of experiencing the Parkway Grill, one of five local establishments owned by the Smith Family, Cafe Santorini, Mediterranean dining in an historic brick building in Old Town Pasadena, La Grande Orange Cafe, an eclectic collection of three unique eateries housed in Pasadena's Del Mar Train Station, Malbec, an Argentinean restaurant where one feels like a Gaucho after dinner, and a marvelous breakfast at the Langham Huntington, Pasadena's world-renowned Grande Hotel. This gave us a slight sample of the cuisine available in the city, and it's quite thought provoking to think that it would take close to two years to try every restaurant visiting one every day. Wow.
Our days were constructed to experience variety. We visited the Huntington Gardens, home to an arboretum of incredible flora. Gardens and horticultural exhibits that are intoxicating in their beauty. Chinese gardens, a Japanese Pogoda, ferns, roses, even a conservatory housing a variety of species in a controlled environment. The Huntington is also an art museum with docents at the ready to give guided tours. Here is the original Blue Boy, masterpieces, and...one of the three Gutenberg Bibles in the United States...in Pasadena.
Next was the Gamble House, a California Craftsman structure built for Mr. & Mrs. Gamble, of Proctor & Gamble fame. The house was deeded to Pasadena, who maintains it in partnership with USC. Tours, explaining the intricacies of the home and its grounds are available. This was followed by a visit to the Norton Simon museum, home to a priceless collection of art that is so vast it extends outdoors to a sculpture garden, as well as two levels of paintings and sculptures. Mr. Simon, a wealthy industrialist, chose Pasadena as the location to build his repository in order to share it with the world. He was married to actress Jennifer Jones, who continued his tradition until her own death, and now it is curated by the city of Pasadena.
The final day was the highlight of the trip - A Day at the Races: The Breeder's Cup at Santa Anita Park. The Breeders Cup is a big deal in Horse Racing. It's as significant as Ascot, The Kentucky Derby, The Preakness...and for Santa Anita to host the Breeder's Cup was a coup for both the city and the Santa Anita track. We had a marvelous day. It was sunny and people came dressed to the nines, to enjoy Horse Racing at its finest and to witness the discovery of horses and jockeys that will go on to fame and fortune. We stayed for the full card of 1 races and saw long shots take it all, women jockeys winning races, and watched as favorites won races they were supposed to win. It was a thrill to witness this up close and personal as the horses galloped by on their way to the finish line. At the end of the day, the group had one more night together, and then it was good bye to Pasadena, and a bank full of memories to relive and to immediately plan for a return visit.
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Low foreclosures in community land trusts, survey finds
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (July 28, 2011) -- Despite unemployment rates and continuing home-financing problems, delinquent mortgages and foreclosures continue to decline in community land trusts, according to a paper published by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.
Stable Home Ownership in a Turbulent Economy, a study conducted by a researcher from The Housing Fund and Vanderbilt University and commissioned by the National Community Land Trust (CLT) Network, found substantially lower delinquency and foreclosure rates compared to owners of market-rate homes.
Conventional homeowners were 10 times more likely to be in foreclosure proceedings than CLT homeowners at the end of 2010 (respectively 4.63% in the conventional market versus 0.46% in mortgages held by CLT homeowners), the study found.
The survey results were based on 3,143 mortgage holders in 62 CLTs across 29 states.
While the Mortgage Bankers Association reported all-time highs in foreclosure proceedings following the 2008 housing market collapse, CLTs reported ongoing declines of homeowners in trouble. In terms of mortgage delinquencies, 1.30% of CLT homeowners were seriously delinquent relative to 8.57% of homeowners in the conventional market at the end of 2010, as reported by the MBA. Serious delinquencies included mortgages at least 90 days delinquent or those in foreclosure proceedings.
Community land trusts offer low-to-moderate income households the opportunity to buy homes at prices substantially below market rates, utilizing a combination of public and private subsidies. In most cases a long-term ground lease allows buyers to purchase homes excluding the cost of the land. CLTs also provide pre-purchase education and support that prepare families for homeownership, and after purchase, provide ongoing stewardship services to "backstop" homeowners for as long as they own their homes. In exchange, homeowners agree to limit the appreciation they receive when they sell their home, which has the effect of sustaining housing affordability for future generations of homebuyers.
The study found that the stewardship services offered by CLTs prevented foreclosure for 82% of the CLT homeowners who became serious delinquent during 2010.
Roger Lewis, Executive Director of the National CLT Network, said that compared to interventions by the federal government, or steps by private industry, community land trusts do a better job of securing successful homeownership to lower-income earners.
"I feel supported all throughout my home buying and homeowner experience," said Jackline Mukiibi, a homeowner in the City of Lakes Community Land Trust in Minneapolis. "I feel like I will always have a resource to get me through any challenges I may have while owning a home."
"Fostering sincere relationships is the most valuable tool we have in resolving challenges faced by our homeowners," said Staci Horwitz, program director at the City of Lakes Community Land Trust. "Knowing what is happening sooner than later helps us readily connect homeowners to the resources needed to minimize the impact of unexpected financial or life changes."
"Lower earning homeowners were disproportionately hit by subprime lending and now they have been hit again by higher unemployment rates," said Emily Thaden, the researcher of the study. "CLTs never allowed homeowners to obtain subprime loans in the first place, and now CLTs — through their stewardship — are buffering the impact of the economic recession on their homeowners."
About The National CLT Network
The National CLT Network is the umbrella organization for community land trusts in the U.S., with over 100 member organizations. The National CLT Network provides training, advocacy and resources for its member organizations, which nurture and sustain healthy and economically diverse communities by providing permanently affordable access to land, homes, and related resources. For information, visit www.cltnetwork.org.
About the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
As part of its joint venture agreement with the National CLT Network, the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy has supported ongoing workshops for best practices in community land trusts as well as the last two national CLT foreclosure surveys. The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy is a leading resource for key issues about the use, regulation and taxation of land. Providing high-quality education and research, the institute strives to improve public dialogue and decisions about land policy. For information, visit www.lincolninst.edu.


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LAS VEGAS - Former Motown vocalist Richard Street, a member of the Temptations for 25 years, has died. He was 70.
Street's wife, Cindy, says her husband died early Wednesday at a hospital in Las Vegas after a short illness.
Richard Street sang as a young man with Temptations members Otis Williams and Melvin Franklin, but didn't join the famed Motown group until the early 1970s. He later made the move from his native Detroit to Los Angeles with other Motown acts and stayed with the group until the mid-1990s.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete, but Cindy Street expects services to be held sometime next week in Cypress, Calif.
She says her husband "was a really good person" who should be remembered for his work with the Temptations.


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On this day we commemorate the relocation of the relics of St. Martianus (Martinianus) the fighter monk from Athens to Antioch. After he led an adulterous woman to repentance and then to monasticism, he placed her in one of the convents. Then he went to an island and visited many countries. Finally, he came to the city of Athens where he stayed for a short while, until he fell sick and departed in peace(1).
St. Demetrius, Patriarch of Antioch, took on the endeavor to relocate the relics of the saint during the reign of Emperor Valens the Infidel. St. Demetrius sent priests to Athens. They carried the body of St. Martianus with great honor to Antioch. He placed the body in a sarcophagus and appointed a feast to celebrate him on this day.
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(1) The account of his departure is mentioned on the 21st day of the month of Bashans.
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SAN ANTONIO — A man seems to have jumped to his death early Friday from the 18th story of a River Walk hotel after a fight with his wife, police said.
Officers were called to the 200 block of South Alamo Street just before 2 a.m., where they found the man in the San Antonio River near the Hilton Palacio Del Rio, said Sgt. Jim Cole of the San Antonio Police Department. The river in that area is only about 4 feet deep.
The man, who was in his late 40s, has not been identified.
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(CNN) — Ellen DeGeneres was so nice as an Oscars host the first time, the Academy has asked her to do it twice.
"It's official: I'm hosting the #Oscars!" DeGeneres tweeted Friday. "I'd like to thank @TheAcademy, my wife Portia and, oh dear, there goes the orchestra."
We'll get to hear more of her quips when she leads the Oscars ceremony next March.
The producers of last year's show, Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, are returning to oversee the upcoming production. The duo said in a statement that they're "thrilled" to have DeGeneres join the team.
"As a longtime friend, we had always hoped to find a project for us to do together, and nothing could be more exciting than teaming up to do the Oscars," Zadan and Meron said. "There are few stars today who have Ellen's gift for comedy, with her great warmth and humanity. She is beloved everywhere and we expect that the audience at the Dolby Theatre, and in homes around the globe, will be as excited by this news as we are."
DeGeneres previously hosted the 79th Oscars in 2007, and snagged an Emmy nod for her work. The daytime talk show host follows Seth MacFarlane, whose hosting of the 2013 Academy Awards was divisive.
As for what we can expect from her this time around, DeGeneres is trying to adjust expectations.
"I am so excited to be hosting the Oscars for the second time," DeGeneres said in the Academy's announcement. "You know what they say — the third time's the charm."
The Oscars will air live on ABC March 2, 2014.
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• "...there is no revolution without the masses..." (From : Mikhail Bakunin.)
• "...'higher powers' exist only through my exalting them and abasing myself." (From : Max Stirner.)
• "...government only interferes to exploit the masses, or defend the privileged, or, lastly, to sanction, most unnecessarily, all that has been done without its aid, often in spite of and opposition to it." (From : Errico Malatesta.)
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'Possible' That Utah Doc's Wife Drugged and Drowned, Medical Examiner Says
Medical examiner says he changed cause of death due to possible role of drugs.
Oct. 31, 2013 -- Utah's chief medical examiner testified today that though a cause of death for Michele MacNeill was never determined, the prosecution's theory that she was drowned was plausible.
When asked by prosecutors if it was possible MacNeill died after being drugged and held down in a bathtub full of water, Utah State Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Todd Grey said it was a possibility.
MacNeill's cause of death was changed by Grey from "natural" to "undeterminable," he said, due to the possibility that drugs could have played a role in her death.
Despite the change, Grey told the court, "I did not feel I could reach a conclusion of homicide."
Dr. Martin MacNeill, 57, is on trial for the April 11, 2007, death of his wife, Michele MacNeill, 50. Prosecutors allege MacNeill persuaded his wife to have plastic surgery so he could dope her up during her recovery and then drown her -- all so he could pursue a relationship with a mistress, Gypsy Willis.
MacNeill's defense lawyers said heart problems were a contributing factor in the death of the mother of eight.
Dr. Maureen Frikke, a former assistant medical examiner who died in 2008, certified that MacNeill died of cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure and inflammation of the heart. That report was amended after Grey reviewed the case after Frikke's death.
Mistress Said Doctor Told Her Secret During 'Pillow Talk'
On Wednesday, one of two women who have testified that they had a sexual relationship with Dr. MacNeill while his wife was still alive, said the doctor once explained to her during "pillow talk" how he could induce a heart attack in someone while making it appear natural.
Anna Osborne Walthall testified that she began an affair with Dr. Martin MacNeill in 2005, when he was a consultant at a laser hair removal clinic she briefly operated in Utah.
Walthall said the doctor volunteered to serve as a "liaison" between her and her estranged husband during their divorce. Their relationship turned sexual in March 2005, she said, and ended six months later when Walthall moved out of town.
She said during a "pillow talk" moment she remembered the doctor telling her there was a natural way to induce someone to have a heart attack.
"There's something you can give someone that's natural that's a heart attack that's not detectable after they have a heart attack," she quoted MacNeill as saying.
The doctor's defense attorneys tried to discredit Walthall by mentioning she had been diagnosed with disassociative identity disorder.
They also pointed out that Walthall had emailed investigators with what she believed were evidentiary tips found in her dreams, asking them if there was anything about a "white Toyota" or if the autopsy said anything about Michele MacNeill's toes.
"You know I was processing and sometimes I just give too much information," Walthall said when the emails were brought up in court.
Doctor's Daughter Confronted Him About Over-Medicating Mom
In the days before Michele MacNeill was found lifeless in the bathtub, one of her eldest daughters, Alexis Somers, confronted her dad about over-medicating her mom as she recovered from plastic surgery.
After Alexis Somers found her mother "very sedated" one day after she came home from the hospital on April 4, 2007, Somers, who was then a medical student, said she told her father, Dr. Martin MacNeill, "I'm taking over."
Somers testified for the second time during her father's murder trial on Wednesday, which is in its third of five scheduled weeks in Provo, Utah. She said her mother was a reluctant plastic surgery patient who didn't like taking all of the drugs her physician husband insisted she take during her recovery.
After taking a cocktail of pills that left her sedated, Somers said her mother told her she didn't want MacNeill to dispense her medication anymore since she couldn't see through the bandages on her face.
"She actually had me take out every single pill from the pill bottles and she wanted to feel what the pills feel like in her fingers, so if my dad tried to give her anything, she would know what he was giving her," Somers said.
On April 10, 2007, Somers said she left her family's home in Pleasant Grove, Utah, to go back to medical school in Henderson, Nev.
Somers told the court her mother "was feeling really well" when she left.
The next day, the mother of eight was found by her 6-year-old daughter unconscious in a bathtub full of brown water. Less than two hours later, Michele MacNeill was dead.
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Daughter Saw Nanny Go to Dad's Room
Vanessa MacNeill, one of MacNeill's daughters, testified that she participated on a family panel to hire a new nanny days after her mother died. The only candidate her father presented, she said, was Willis.
Utah Doc's Youngest Daughter Recalls Finding Mom Submerged in 'Brown' Water
Sabrina MacNeill, 19, said Willis moved in shortly after her mother's death, however she never recalled Willis doing any typical nanny duties.
"She didn't do much. She made spaghetti once and that was the only time she ever cooked," Sabrina MacNeill said.
Even though Willis had a room downstairs at the family's home, Sabrina MacNeill said she noticed the nanny would go upstairs to her father's room at night and that the door would then be closed.
"I remember staying up at night and [thinking], 'What in the world? I thought she was our nanny. Why is she up in dad's room?'" she said.
The relationship between MacNeill and Willis moved full-speed ahead, and by late June, the couple were looking for wedding rings online, prosecutors noted. During a trip to Wyoming in July, just months after his wife died, MacNeill proposed to Willis at a restaurant with a four-and-a-half carat diamond ring.
Willis' mother, who testified Tuesday, said the family was "giddy" to have MacNeill, who is both a doctor and lawyer, in the family.
"Martin MacNeill is a very impressive person. He's tall, he has a bright white smile. He holds the title of doctor and also attorney," Vicki Willis said. "We were pleased, of course. Who wouldn't be?"


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Prenda Hit With $12,000 In Sanctions Over Its Bogus Defamation Suit
from the Assclown-Law-racks-up-another-debit deptThe spectacular Prenda flameout continues. As was reported here back in January, US District Judge John Darrah approved Paul Godfread and Alan Cooper's request for sanctions at the tail end of Prenda's disastrous defamation suit (one John Steele himself did plenty to undermine). Now, we have a dollar amount. (via Ars Technica)
Today, Judge Darrah in the Northern District of Illinois granted yet another sanctions award against copyright troll Prenda Law. Paul Godfread and Alan Cooper have been awarded $11,758.20 as reimbursement for a portion of the fees they have spent on attorneys in defending themselves against Prenda's defamation lawsuit.This will be added to the half-million in (mostly uncollected) sanctions levied against Prenda since the beginning of last year. Prenda tried to argue that the hourly fee requested was ridiculously high.
The Court awarded the sanctions under both Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11 as well as its inherent power to sanction provided in 28 U.S.C. § 1927. In the Court's own words, the sanctions award was "[b]ased on Prenda's misrepresentations in this Court" and the Defendants' incurred fees were "occasioned by the misconduct of Prenda Law and Paul A. Duffy in this Court."
According to the American Intellectual Property Law Association's 2013 Report of the Economic Survey, intellectual property attorneys based in Chicago and Boston within the first quartile bill $400 per hour, in line with the amount billed by Defendants' counsel, who are based in Chicago and Boston. (Dkt. No. 61, Ex. B.) Yet, Prenda argues that this rate is "exorbitant" because Defendants' attorney Erin Russell is not registered before the United States Patent and Trademark Office and, therefore, not an intellectual property attorney."Apropos of what," Judge Darrah doesn't even bother asking.
Prenda cites no law supporting this contention, and its claim of exorbitant rates fails.Prenda also argued that some of the fees incurred were "self-inflicted" and not the direct result of its bogus lawsuit/endless dicking around. Darrah dismantles this argument as well.
The basis of Prenda's mitigation argument is that Defendants chose not to trust Prenda to withdraw its motion to remand. Defendants' failure to trust Prenda was not unreasonable, given Prenda's vigorous defense of its motion to remand on the same day it filed its motion to withdraw the motion. In any event, Defendants' response to Prenda's motion to remand was sufficiently quick and efficient. Not only did Defendants file their response within six days, they filed it on the same day that Prenda presented its motion to withdraw. Prenda's opposition with respect to Defendants' fees being self-inflicted or avoidable is denied.Prenda did manage to come out of this in slightly better shape than it could have. Darrah only awarded the attorney's fees racked up in his court, not including anything that occurred in a separate court in 2013. That decision cut the awarded amount roughly in half.
This appears to be the final moments for Prenda Law, a sordid episode of legal abuse that is ending with lots of (gavel) banging and (Prenda partner) whimpering.
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Marie Browne and Troy Kindred will step down as the owners of the The Quartermaster Inn and Restaurant on March 31.
The two have run the Burton business since April 2009, after John "Stormy" Storms and Victoria Davies closed what was then the Back Bay Inn. Until the end of March, "The Q"— as the business is sometimes known — will be open for dinner Friday through Sunday, and the inn will remain open seven days a week.
Browne and Kindred were undeterred by the recession when they took the reigns, but it has not been an easy time for the well-known Island couple.
"I have never worked so hard for so little return," Browne said recently. "It gave new meaning to the expression, 'Will work for food.'"
Despite the challenges during their three-year tenure, Browne said she and Kindred had hoped to continue under the terms of their existing lease after it expires at the end of March, but they will not be doing so.
"We were not able to come to terms with a lease going forward," she said. "We could not find mutually acceptable terms."
Islander Armen Yousoufian, a semi-retired businessman and private lender, owns the property and the accompanying house next door.
He confirmed that Kindred and Browne will not be renewing their lease and stressed that he would like to see a business remain there, providing Island jobs and offering an eatery at the Island's south end.
"I would like to see something continue there," he said. "I am open to any and all possibilities."
When Browne and Kindred began this venture, they had hoped the recipe for success there would be to turn the restaurant into a community gathering place, with frequent music, special events and a well-rounded menu that would offer what Browne called "comfort food with panache."
But by the time they had a year of experience behind them, Browne said they had learned they were more dependent on Burton's many summer residents than restaurants in Vashon town are. They adjusted their hours accordingly, cutting back on dinners but adding breakfasts for a time.
By last summer, they had come to feel that running an inn and restaurant was too much for two people, Browne said then, and they decided to look for someone to take over the restaurant portion of their business. They found someone who they thought would be a good fit, Browne said, but that situation did not work out.
Looking forward, Browne encouraged people to come down for dinner. She noted Kindred has been cooking while their chef is out because of an injury, though they expect him back before they close.
Beyond March, Browne said they will remain on the Island.
"Stay tuned for what comes next," she said.
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Utility commissioners present diversity award to Exelon Treasurer Chaka Patterson
CHICAGO (Nov. 17, 2009) - An Exelon executive received an industry award for consistent leadership in partnering with minority and community banks. The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners' Ad Hoc Committee on Utility Market Access Partnership (UMAP) on Sunday presented the award to Chaka Patterson, Exelon vice president and treasurer, noting his personal commitment to fostering minority and community bank relationships.
"Chaka Patterson has set the standard for sustainable business partnerships between utilities and women-, minority- and disabled veteran-owned enterprises," said Commissioner Timothy Alan Simon of the California Public Utilities Commission.
Commissioner Harold D. Williams of the Maryland Public Service Commission, who chairs the Utility Market Access Partnership, said, "Our committee is working actively to promote diversity in the utility industry, and Chaka Patterson has demonstrated that achieving that goal is not only possible, but also makes good business sense."
Wendell F. Holland, former chairman of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission added: "The changing nature of the capital markets is a strong argument for diversifying sources of funding. There are now fewer financial institutions and a smaller pool of capital available. If utilities look to borrow from a more diverse funding pool, they might find themselves in a stronger financial position. Reaching out to local community banks or diverse firms, as Exelon has done, is a good strategy, and a viable option for regulators to encourage."
Last month, Exelon and its subsidiaries ComEd and PECO entered into new credit agreements with 26 minority and community banks in Chicago, Philadelphia and other regions that Exelon serves. Seaway Bank and Trust Company, Riverside Community Bank and the United Bank of Philadelphia arranged the credit agreements, with JP Morgan Chase serving as the administrative agent.
The agreements, totaling $67 million, provide the companies with an additional source of credit, while offering minority and community banks the opportunity to grow their relationships with Fortune 500 companies. Patterson played a key role in expanding Exelon's reliance on minority and community banks.
Since Patterson became Exelon's treasurer in February 2009, Exelon has increased its spend with minority- and women-owned investment banks by five-fold, spending nearly $5 million with those banks in 2009 compared to a little more than $1 million in 2008.
"We are very proud of Chaka's work in fostering these relationships, which are unique in the utility industry and have broken new ground in terms of lender diversity," said Ruth Ann Gillis, executive vice president and chief diversity officer, Exelon. "These credit agreements are part of Exelon's ongoing efforts to invest in the communities we serve, demonstrate our commitment to diversity and inclusion in all our business relationships, and provide greater opportunities for minority and community banks to participate in major transactions."
Today, the UMAP committee also honored Exelon with its Utility Leadership Award in recognition of the company's efforts in supplier diversity, advocacy and leadership in the utility industry.
Exelon's total spending with minority- and women-owned enterprises was $455.2 million in 2008.


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Two people were injured in a wreck involving a police chase near I-85 North and the U.S. 74 ramp in Gaston County.
Two people were injured in a wreck involving a police chase near I-85 North and the U.S. 74 ramp in Gaston County.
Police soon had the wreckage cleared from the side of the road but the crash slowed traffic in the area.
Gaston Emergency Medical Services reports two people were taken to Cleveland Regional Medical Center in Shelby. One suffered possible life-threatening injuries. When they were transported, their conditions were stable, a paramedic said.
The chase reportedly began in Blacksburg, S.C., and ended around Exit 10 in a grassy area just off the Interstate. Police chased a red Ford F-150 pickup that was reportedly stolen.
North Carolina Highway Patrol troopers are investigating the crash.
First Sgt. T.L. Greene said apparently police in South Carolina began chasing the truck. When the pickup passed mile marker 5, a North Carolina trooper began pursuit. They traveled five miles and around exit 10, the driver of the truck lost control and wrecked.
The truck is reportedly the only vehicle involved in the crash.
Additional troopers were attempting to get in position to stop the truck when the wreck happened, he said.
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WASHINGTON - The Air Force is taking aim at its big costs of fuel and flight this week, temporarily halting training operations for 12 active duty fighter and bomber squadrons across the United States in order to save nearly $300 million.
Details emerging Wednesday underscored the sweeping effect of the service's move to slash 45,000 hours of flight training between now and Oct. 1. The cuts will hit squadrons in eight fighter wings in at least seven states and the Air Warfare Center at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada. Bomber squadrons also will likely be affected, but it will be up to the military's Global Strike Command to determine how to allocate the new flight restrictions.
The cuts, forced by congressionally-mandated spending reductions for this fiscal year, won't affect current military operations, such as fighters in Afghanistan or bombers training over South Korea. But the Air Force warned that they will have a ripple effect, sharply reducing the service's ability to be prepared for future operations because pilots must meet minimum flight hour requirements in order to fly.
With fuel, maintenance and personnel eating up a significant portion of its budget, the Air Force looked to the training flights to find savings.
The Air Force's budget chief, Maj. Gen. Edward Bolton, said large chunks of the service's budget are eaten up by military and some civilian personnel costs, contract obligations, and money to keep bases and facilities open. The Air Force also has to fund much of the major drone flights over Afghanistan, the analysis of the data, the country's ground and air-based missile defense system and its nuclear arsenal So, he said, cuts have to be found in flying hours, civilian furloughs and weapons system repairs.
The stand-down started Tuesday for eight of the squadrons. The other four are currently deployed, so when they return from their current operations they will delay the resumption of training flights until the end of the fiscal year, according to the Pentagon.
Defense officials said that while cutting flying hours was a difficult decision, it had to be done in order for the Air Force to maintain its ongoing critical support for combatant commanders around the world, including those in Afghanistan and hotspots in the Middle East and Asia. Over the past month, fighters and bombers have been participating in the joint U.S.-South Korea military exercises that have enraged North Korea.
Lt. Gen. Mark Ramsay, director of force structure and resources for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the Air Force had to make the conscious decision to stand down the 12 combat squadrons in order to find savings without affecting ongoing combat operations.
"Certainly they don't want to have to do that," he told reporters on Wednesday. "I think the president is aware that there are some arrows in the quiver that are going to be affected as the year goes by."
According to the Air Force, air crews, on average, "lose currency" to fly combat commissions within 90 days to 120 days of not flying. It generally takes 60 days to 90 days to train the crews to mission-ready status.
Air Combat Command announced Tuesday that it would ground one-third of the active-duty fighters and bombers, including F-16 Falcons, the stealthy F-22 Raptors, and some of the bombers and airborne warning and control aircraft. Most of the impact would be in the United States, including fighter wings at air bases in Arizona, Florida, Idaho, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia, as well as bombers in South Dakota.
The squadrons not affected would include those that are deployed, preparing to deploy or are critical for the military's nuclear capabilities.
The military services have been unveiling cuts in recent weeks in response to Congress' move to cut funding by about $41 billion beginning March 1. Overall, the Pentagon faces $487 billion in cuts over the next decade, plus tens of billions of dollars more from the congressionally-ordered automatic cuts, which include the $41 billion for this current fiscal year that ends Sept. 31.


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British sensation Rita Ora is a fashion maven. She's been featured in Vogue, Elle, Harper's Bazaar, MTV Style, Glamour and many others. The singer sat down with CBS Local to talk style, starting with her sneaker collection.
We often see Ora mixing up high fashion and sneakers, so we wondered how she makes the call between a good sneaker and a pair of heels.
"Sneakers and heels are so different," Ora started. "I feel like that helps right there. If there's two hot sneakers then I would be struggling. If there was two pairs of really good pairs of sneakers. But, I don't know. I would always pick sneakers if it was just me but then sometimes you have to say, 'Aright, heels.' But I'm definitely a sneaker and a flat person. I've always been."
One place you'll never catch Ora in heels is on the stage.
"I never perform in heels. I'm saying that now. Maybe a few years down the line I will. But right now I will never perform in heels because I think people can tell when you're uncomfortable on stage. I think that's the worst thing, when you're uncomfortable on stage. It's kind of easy, like today it's raining. It's not a nice day. So I put sneakers on."
On the day of our interview, Ora is wearing a cream mini-dress with Minnie Mouse on the front, a pair of sneakers. Her arms, neck and fingers are loaded down with jewelry — a mix of gold and silver pieces. With a simple outfit it is easy to layer jewelry as the centerpiece of your look. We asked Ora what her key starting pieces of jewelry are for everyday wear.
"Yeah my rings. I have this ring that my mum gave me when I was young, well when I turned 18…I never take that off. I have a few items I never take off. And these watches. This watch was an amazing gift from a very good friend of mine."
That amazing watch was reportedly a gift from her good friend Drake, who she gave a ring to in return.
-Courtney E. Smith, CBS Local
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If our gripping gameplay footage of the title from last year's Gamescom wasn't enough, here's an advertisement for the upcoming Farming Simulator 2012 for the Nintendo 3DS.
Not that I looked that closely at the pic, but it does creep me out a little that his red underpants seem to be Photoshopped on.
UPDATE - To stop the questions, yes, it says "Rape". It's a crop.
Farming Simulator 2012 [Marching With Eyes Shut, via Tiny Cartridge]


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The Big Read encourages all citizens of Charlottesville to read and talk a thought-provoking book each year to foster community and civic awareness. J-MRL is proud to cooperate with the Virginia Foundation's Center for the Book, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and Arts Midwest. Past titles were:
2012 Bless me ultima by Rudofo Anaya
2011 The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
2010 A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
2009 Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
2008 To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
2007 The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
What America Is Reading
- In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
- Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
- My Antonia by Willa Cather
- The Poetry of Emily Dickinson
- Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
- The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
- A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
- Sun, Stone, and Shadows edited by Jorge F. Hernandez
- Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
- Washington Square by Henry James
- The Poetry of Robinson Jeffers
- A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- The Call of the Wild by Jack London
- The Poetry of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- The Thief and the Dogs by Naguib Mahfouz
- The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
- The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
- The Shawl by Cynthia Ozick
- The Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
- Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
- The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
- The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
- The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
- The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
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Ghastly wrote:Incidently... for some reason, everytime I draw The Commander I'm always thinking in the back of my mind, "I'll betcha Honor would do her like she was a Sunday morning crossword puzzle."
R_Karandosh wrote:Ghastly, I was truly surprised when you continued into chapter two with the characters and situations from chapter one. I was guessing you would end or tie up the story threads and make each chapter self contained, but then again I don't suppose the spam is always that obliging. I imagine that continuing like this will be more difficult for you, but will be more intricate and enjoyable for us to play with. I have a question , a comment and a quandary.
When you're making your comic, do you have the characters and their back stories already in mind, or do you rethink them as the spam snakes the story around? Or possibly, do you just fake it and let us figure out if it makes sense.
Did you know before the church scene?
Do you not know now and will not know until the Spam tells you of their future? I don't really want to know about them right here, I was just curious on your method.
I have been thinking on your "true Apophenia experience" of writing the dialogue as each page comes out. I'm afraid that it wouldn't work well for me. My story line would be full of "Ha, I was just kidding" and "Oops I thought you were someone else" sorts of gaffes.
Heck, I've already written myself into a hole by identifying the blue woman as the Rouge's dream lover, when she now seems to be his mom.
I've already figured a way to plot around that. (The message the Rouge reads is that they have finally found his dream girl who he met only once for a night of dull vanilla sex, and it turns out that she recently died leaving behind their bastard child, Rouge Junior. The funeral was attended by her three other sons, half brother bastards of three other main characters. The girl was dull, but quite a slut. It fits, right?)
That's certainly another way to go with it.But I worry that no one will want to read more odd religious ranting and drama for the sake of drama. Drama for the sake of drama may be fun, but it's futility becomes obvious after a while. We'll see.
jackalope wrote:I can see that it'll be harder for me to write dialogue this time around. The artwork for the first chapter had a lot of dynamic poses and movement that implied dialogue to me. The new chapter has more static poses or ones where the dialogue could be just about anything. The action doesn't telegraph any particular plot. That's going to make it a lot harder to write dialogue (I thought of a lot of mine as "cheating" because I wrote what I thought was the obvious storyline for the most part).
Ghastly: might it be easier if you think of yourself as being on the receiving end of a storytellers' round-robin? One even more insane than usual, but six or eight different authors would explain the sudden 180 degree turns of the plot...
queenhank wrote:Would it be at all possible to see an example of the Spam you've used, Ghastly? I'm interested in seeing just what it is you have to work with.
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squidflakes wrote:Hey Unka G, in the lyrics to "Ivory Towers" how do you spell Nocturnus Chasma? or is that how you spell it?
Ghastly wrote:squidflakes wrote:Hey Unka G, in the lyrics to "Ivory Towers" how do you spell Nocturnus Chasma? or is that how you spell it?
According to Google that is indeed the correct spelling. Of course the lyrics for that song have long since been changed.
Ghastly wrote:Apophenia 357 is going to be on hiatus until next wednesday as I've been too busy to do any work on it this week.
In other news we will likely be having our CD release party on March 31st.
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Ethiopia: Account For Journalists
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Open Letter To Meles Zenawi
Dear Prime Minister: We are writing to express our deep concern about the whereabouts, legal status and health of Eritrean journalists Tesfalidet Kidane Tesfazghi and Saleh Idris Gama of Eritrean state broadcaster Eri-TV.
Official statements and videotape indicate that your government has been holding them incommunicado after their arrests by Kenyan authorities late last year during fighting in Somalia.
We call on you to ensure your government accounts for veteran cameraman Tesfazghi and producer Gama, to publicly disclose charges and evidence against them, and to provide confirmation of their well-being.
A three-part video, titled "The Strategy of Sowing Discord by [President] Isaias [Afewerki's] Eritrean Clique," and posted in April on the Ethiopian government Web site Waltainfo, suggested the journalists were involved in military activities in Somalia, according to CPJ research. While journalists in Eritrea are often conscripted into military service, the video does not present any evidence linking the journalists to military activity.
Tesfazghi and Gama had been dispatched to Mogadishu by the Eritrean government, but later went on their own toward Kenya, reaching the border, according to an Amharic-language voiceover allegedly interpreting Gama's comments from Tigrinya. The video also introduced Gama as "a reporter for Eritrean TV" who "reports on military-related issues" and "appears on TV wearing a military uniform with insignia," according to CPJ research. "Until 2001, I was a member of the Eritrean armed forces. After that, I was transferred to the Eritrean Ministry of Information," he is attributed to say.
Tesfazghi and Gama have apparently been held since late last year. According to an April statement from the Eritrean Foreign Ministry, Kenyan authorities stopped them at the border and held them for three weeks before handing them over to the Ethiopian-backed Somali transitional government on January 20.
Statements from your government acknowledge that a number of detainees in Somalia were later placed in Ethiopian government custody. In April, in response to international news reports about secret detentions, your government acknowledged that 41 people of 17 nationalities "captured" in Somalia had "indeed been brought over to Ethiopia" on suspicion of "terrorism," according to an official statement of the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry. Twenty-nine prisoners were slated for release, with the remaining 12 scheduled for an April 16 appearance "before the competent Military Court," according to the same source. Your government's statements do not identify the detainees by name, but the videotape on your official site appears to confirm that Tesfazghi and Gama are among those being held.
Several Ethiopian officials, including Information Minister Zemedkun Tekle, Justice Ministry spokesman Ato Alemayu, and federal police spokesperson Demsash Hailu, declined to comment in response to CPJ's inquiries. In July, Foreign Ministry spokesman Wahid Belay told CPJ: "There is nothing new I can say on this issue. We stand by our previous statement and will issue another statement in time."
As an organization of journalists dedicated to defending our colleagues worldwide, we call on you to use all your influence to ensure your government publicly account for the whereabouts, legal status, and health of Tesfazghi and Gama.
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Welcome to another Real L Word recap. At 58 minutes and 17 seconds long, Episode 8 is the longest episode to air this season, so for my own sake and yours, I'll just dive right in and get through this as quickly as possible.
Lauren, Whitney and Sara are hanging out at the Juicy party at Factory nightclub in West Hollywood, which is conveniently hosted by Whitney – and Sara is one of the dancers. Neither Whitney nor Sara seem to be working tonight. Instead, they listen to Lauren gush about taking a red eye to New York to visit Kiyomi.
Lauren tells us, again, that she has developed strong feelings for Kiyomi – which, as we know, took all of three days at Dinah. Lauren says that she cannot wait to see her and that, "we have a lot of things to do." Like what? Taking long walks on the beach, playing with kittens and accidentally falling into threesomes? Meow.
Sara jokes that Lauren is falling in love, and Whitney jumps in saying that "There isn't any way you can un-serious this situation."
Peanut gallery time.
"I feel Kiyomi has Lauren in the palm of her hand. Doot da doot doot!" says Sara.
"You've got to keep them guessing," Sara concludes.
"Give them little tastes," agrees Whitney.
Whitney looks over at Sara and continues, "We gave each other little tastes for over three years before we chomped. And look at us now. We are a month away from walking down the aisle." They also gave quite a few other people little nibbles for those three years, because they are generous.


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A 15lb dog should be fed 1 1/3 cups
Chicken Meal, Whole Brown Rice, Ground Rice, Rice Bran, Lamb Meal, Poultry Fat (preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Dried Plain Beet Pulp, Flaxseed, Soybean Oil (preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Salmon Meal, Oatmeal, Natural Flavors, Suncured Alfalfa Meal, Fish Oil (preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Tomato Pomace, Sunflower Oil (preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Potassium Chloride, Cranberry Powder, Dried Egg Product, L-Lysine, Vitamin E Supplement, Dried Kelp Meal, Zinc Sulfate, Zinc Proteinate, Choline Chloride, Ferrous Sulfate, Taurine, Dried Bacillus licheniformis Fermentation Extract, Dried Bacillus subtilis Fermentation Extract, L-Carnitine, Ascorbic Acid (source of Vitamin C), Biotin, Manganese Proteinate, Manganous Oxide, Niacin, Garlic, Calcium Iodate, Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement (source of Vitamin B2), Vitamin A Supplement, Copper Sulfate, Thiamine Mononitrate (source of Vitamin B1), Copper Proteinate, Sodium Selenite, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (source of vitamin B6), Beta-Carotene, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (source of Vitamin K activity), Folic Acid.
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Crude Protein (min) 28%
Crude Fat (min) 16%
Crude Fibre (maxn) 4%
Moisture (max) 10%
Linoleic Acid (min) 3.5%
Calcium (min) 1%
Phosphorus (min) 0.8%
Zinc (min) 250 mg/kg
Iodine (min) 5 mg/kg
Selenium (min) 0.3 mg/kg
Vitamin E 200 IU/kg
Choline 1800 mg/kg
Ascorbic Acid (min) 60 mg/kg
Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) (min) 0.1%
Alpha-Linolenic Acid (min) 0.65%
L-Carnitene (min) 200 mg/kg
Beta-Carotene (min) 0.5 mg/kg
Total Bacillus Species (min) 283 million CFU/lb
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First and fifth ingredients are named meat products.
Minimum acceptable meat content, fat of unidentifiable origin, controversial filler.
The first and fifth ingredients in this food are named meat products, both in meal form. There is a further meat meal ingredient in the food (Salmon meal) 10th on the ingredient list, though this is too far down to make a substantial contribution to the meat content of the food. We note that the manufacturer does not claim to use ethoxyquin-free fish sources (ethoxyquin is a chemical preservative commonly added to fish destined for meal, and is believed to be carcinogenic).
The second, third and fourth ingredients in the food are rice and this is almost certainly the primary ingredient in the food. Rice in the whole form is a good quality grain that is low-allergenic and a good source of carbohydrates and additional protein. Rice bran, however, is a grain fragment and filler. More importantly, the combined rice products likely exceed the meat content of this food. We firmly believe that any dog food should be based on meat rather than grains, but have limited confidence in the amount of meat product in this food.
Poultry fat is a low quality ingredient rarely found in anything but very low quality foods. Poultry fat is an ingredient of unidentified origin for which it is impossible to determine source or quality. Unidentified ingredients are usually very low quality. AAFCO define this as obtained from the tissues of poultry in the commercial processes of rendering or extracting. It consists predominantly of glyceride esters of fatty acids and contains no additions of free fatty acids. If an antioxidant is used, the common name or names must be indicated, followed by the words "used as a preservative"
Beet pulp is another low quality ingredient and filler. It is a by-product, being dried residue from sugar beets which has been cleaned and extracted in the process of manufacturing sugar. It is a controversial ingredient in dog food, claimed by some manufacturers to be a good source of fibre, and derided by others as an ingredient added to slow down the transition of rancid animal fats and causing stress to kidney and liver in the process. We note that beet pulp is an ingredient that commonly causes problems for dogs, including allergies and ear infections, and prefer not to see it used in dog food. There are less controversial products around if additional fibre is required.
Flaxseed is an excellent source Omega 6 and Omega 3 essential fatty acids. Alfalfa contains a range of vitamins and minerals. Oatmeal is a good quality grain, but tomato pomace is filler. Sunflower oil is a good quality source of linoleic acid. We would prefer to see the use of whole eggs rather than egg product in this food, but the range of probiotics is appreciated.
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A year-old campaign to crack down on animal cruelty in Orange County has not only led to a substantial increase in felony animal-abuse cases, but it's also helping law-enforcement agencies uncover a host of other crimes – from domestic violence to drug-running to possessing illegal weapons.
The Cruelty Hurts campaign, launched in April 2009 by Orange County Animal Services, is credited with fostering a new spirit of cooperation between abuse investigators, the Orange County Sheriff's Office and police departments from Orlando to Ocoee. It also led to a partnership with Central Florida Crimeline, which began encouraging the public to report animal abuse via its anonymous hotline.
"Studies show that people who abuse animals are five times more likely to commit violent crimes against people," said Kathleen Kennedy, spokeswoman for the animal services department. "It's really exciting to see people take crimes against animals seriously."
Two prominent cases – one national, one local – sparked public interest in the severity of animal abuse and its connection to other problems. In August 2007, NFL quarterback Michael Vick was convicted on charges of operating an interstate dog-fighting ring that killed and tortured the animals. That was followed, in the spring of 2009, by charges of animal cruelty against popular Orlando radio personality Shannon Burke for shooting his wife's dog. In a sworn statement filed in court, Catherine Burke said her husband had threatened, "I'm going to shoot the dog in the head, and you're going to watch." Later, both said it was an accident.
"Especially since the Michael Vick case, people have just paid more attention," said Crimeline Executive Director Barb Bergin. That case, coupled with the Cruelty Hurts campaign – which plastered local billboards and bus shelters with ads publicizing reward money – has led to a sharp rise in tip-line calls reporting animal abuse.
In the year preceding the Cruelty Hurts campaign, Crimeline had just 16 such calls. In the year since, it has had 112. The most shocking call led to the arrest last summer of then-21-year-old Laszlo Horvath of Bithlo, who investigators said had repeatedly sodomized his dog. The Whippet mix was so severely injured that she had to be euthanized.
Last month, Horvath pled no contest to animal cruelty charges and was sentenced to three years' probation and forbidden to own animals.
"The sentence was not ideal," Kennedy said. "And that's still a hurdle, but it's something we're working on this year – reaching out to the judges."
Only a few years ago, cases of felony animal cruelty in Orange County were practically nonexistent. Because Animal Services cannot pursue criminal charges on its own – it can only levy civil fines – it needed the cooperation of police and prosecutors to do the heavy lifting. But in the past six months alone, Kennedy said, her department has worked with prosecutors on a dozen felony animal cruelty cases.
In the past year, it has held training sessions on the issue for the Orange County Sheriff's Office, Orlando Police Department, Ocoee Police and the State Attorney's Office.
Further, Animal Services has partnered with Harbor House of Florida – Orange County's lone domestic violence shelter and prevention program – to train its own animal-abuse investigators to recognize and respond to signs of domestic violence. The Humane Society of the United States estimates that nearly 1 million animals a year are abused or killed to threaten or traumatize their human owners.
Earlier this month, CourtWatch Florida also got involved to monitor animal abuse cases and publicize the outcomes. Incorporated in 2007, the nonprofit organization was already sending impartial volunteers to observe court proceedings on domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse cases.
"I was aware of the correlation between animal abuse and domestic violence," CourtWatch Executive Director Laura Williams said. "But it took the Shannon Burke case to make me realize we needed to start following these cases too…. Because it's so often a precursor to other violence, it's really important that they not get away with it."
In fact, what begins as a call on animal abuse often turns into something else when officers investigate.
A recent cockfighting investigation, for instance, led to the discovery of guns and illicit drugs, said Orange County Animal Services manager Katherine Lockett. Another complaint, about a dog being abused, expanded into a domestic violence case. "The victim was sitting on the couch when the police came in," Lockett said. "And she's mouthing to the police, 'Help me.'"
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Animal-abuse crackdown helps fight other crimes
A year-old campaign to crack down on animal cruelty in Orange County has not only led to a substantial increase in felony animal-abuse cases, but it's also helping law-enforcement agencies uncover a host of other crimes – from domestic violence to drug-running to possessing illegal weapons.


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Jodi Arias suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and acute memory loss in the months and years after she says she killed her lover in self-defense, a common occurrence after highly stressful events, a defense expert testified Thursday in her Arizona death penalty trial.
Arias is charged with first-degree murder in the June 2008 death of Travis Alexander in his suburban Phoenix home. Authorities say she planned the attack in a jealous rage. Arias initially told authorities she had nothing to do with the killing then blamed it on masked intruders. Two years after her arrest, she settled on self-defense.
Trial was set to resume Monday.
Arias testified for 18 days over nearly six weeks during which she described her abusive childhood, cheating boyfriends, dead-end jobs, a shocking sexual relationship with Alexander, and her contention that he had grown physically abusive in the months leading to his death, once even choking her into unconsciousness.
She says she recalls little from the day of the attack.
"A large percentage of individuals who are in such settings do not remember or have cloudy or foggy memories of what has transpired," psychologist Richard Samuels told jurors Thursday. "We are more concerned with survival."
Samuels is an Arizona-based expert whose website says he specializes in "sexually violent perpetrator evaluations, psychosexual risk assessments, sexual harassment and gender discrimination matters."
He said he met with Arias a dozen times over the past three years and that he eventually diagnosed her with PTSD.
Samuels explained how when a person finds themselves in a stressful situation, "the body prepares to fend off harm, to protect itself," releasing hormones and adrenaline that block the brain's ability to retain memory.
"It can't be controlled. It's part of our built-in protective system," he said, adding that up to 30 percent of defendants convicted in homicide cases claim to have amnesia at their trial.
"There are many people that never remember the actual events," Samuels said.
Alexander suffered nearly 30 knife wounds, was shot in the head and had his throat slit before Arias dragged his body into his shower.
Arias has said she recalls Alexander attacking her in a fury. She says she ran into his closet to retrieve a gun he kept on a shelf and fired in self-defense but has no memory of stabbing him repeatedly.
Arias' grandparents had reported a .25-caliber handgun stolen from their Northern California home about a week before Alexander's death - the same caliber used to shoot him - but Arias says she didn't take it. Authorities believe she brought it with her.
She has acknowledged trying to clean the scene of the killing, dumping the gun in the desert and leaving the victim a voicemail on his cellphone hours later in an attempt to avoid suspicion. She says she was too scared and ashamed to tell the truth.
Since the trial began, none of Arias' allegations of Alexander's violence, that he owned a gun and had sexual desires for young boys has been corroborated by witnesses or evidence. She has acknowledged lying repeatedly but insists she is telling the truth now.
Judge Sherry Stephens allowed Samuels to testify Thursday over objections from the prosecution, but only about the brain's process of memory retention and PTSD. Stephens set a hearing for Friday morning to hear arguments from attorneys before deciding if she would allow Samuels to discuss whether the killing appeared to be premeditated based on his review of crime scene photos and interviews with Arias.
Samuels also testified Thursday that based on a review of Arias' journals dating back to her teenage years that she is "essentially a pacifist."
He said she lied initially about her involvement in the killing because she was in denial, "where a person cannot deal with the fact that something they did is so opposite from everything else in their life."
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Gregory N. Scott
April 21, 1965-Nov. 19, 2013
Clifton, Colorado
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Gregory Scott, 48, was a 10 year resident of Clifton, Colorado. He died suddenly on Nov. 19 in Clifton. He was raised in Pleasanton and attended Amador Valley High School, graduating in 1983. He was a 4 year member of the varsity baseball team. He also played football and basketball. He attended Ohlone Community College for two years. He enjoyed fishing, baseball and reading. He is survived by his daughter Courtney, mother Diane, brothers Patrick (Shelbi) and Jeff, and nephew Riley. He was preceded in death by his father Jack and Uncle Harold.
A celebration of life will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 14 at the Century House on Santa Rita Road. Donations should be sent to St. Judes.


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- Underneath the banner, I need ahorizontal navigation bar with 5 buttons (please not square!). Above the lastbutton, please add a box or whatever "Me rappeler" (="call me back" see example4: on the right side, the phone).- Underneath the navigationbar, I need 2 columns for content, with a ratio of 25% left (with text: title"Actualités" = News), 75% center.
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- If needed, our local designer(in charge of logo design) can bring you additional information. Just ask ushis contact.
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New play re-imagines the lives of famed Siamese twins Chang and Eng
Growing up, renowned Bay Area playwright Philip Kan Gotanda remembers hearing the term "Siamese twins." But it wasn't until he was an adult that he came across a blurb written about the men for which the term was coined: Chang and Eng Bunker. Born in 1811 to Chinese parents living in Thailand (formerly known to Westerners as Siam), the twins came into the world conjoined by a band of cartilage at their chest.
Hailed simultaneously as monster and miracle, they were condemned to death by the King of Siam—but then spared, continuing on to live a conjoined existence as capable, strong boys who grew into men.
When Gotanda read bits and pieces about the lives of Chang and Eng, who were shipped off to join a circus freak show in the U.S., and later settled down on a farm in North Carolina, where they married two sisters and raised large families, he was intrigued. So he did what playwrights do when they want to understand something more deeply: he began to write a play.
Almost three decades later, the results can be seen in "I Dream of Chang and Eng," opening Friday, May 25 at the UC Santa Cruz Mainstage Theater, where it will run through Sunday, June 3.
Directed by Gina Marie Hayes, the production stars Sutton Arabe, Kristofer Bumanglag and Alexandra Ho.
"I've been trying to write this play for 25 years," says Gotanda, speaking over the telephone from Berkeley. "Some of my earlier drafts were much more political. But it is ultimately their personal lives that was the most interesting part."
What intrigued him even more than the fact that they lived their lives physically connected, was the fact that they did so with colorful and distinct personalities, which he describes as "feisty, stylish, sexy, sexual, athletic, extremely savvy … and combative."
"The thread that really hooked me was the idea that they were not only inseparable, but they had this synchronicity in the way they talked and moved," Gotanda explains. "But by the end of their lives, they couldn't stand each other to the point that when they got in an argument their families would have to call the police."
Other than a few tattered remnants of Chang and Eng's lives—personal letters, shopping lists, and scribbled notes—most of what Gotanda gleaned of their story was from reportage.
"In terms of primary historical material for Chang and Eng, there is almost nothing," he says. "There is not much known about their inner world. So I thought, why not make this a made-up dream about Chang and Eng and tell the story the way I want to tell it?"
Using the device of an imagined eldest daughter of the twins as storyteller, Gotanda strung together a narrative that is not so much a historical account, but rather an impressionistic telling of their lives.
"It's outside of reality, but based on history," says Hayes, whose lifelong fascination with the story behind freaks of nature attracted her to directing this show, as did the surreal imagery in the script. "It's a play about misfits, circus folks … Anyone who's wondered where they belong will be able to relate."
The story is told in a nonlinear way, depicting memories of a childhood in Thailand, a voyage across the ocean to America, life as freaks in a circus sideshow, and the portrayal of 19th-century family life on a southern plantation.
"There are no scene changes," explains Arabe, who plays the part of Chang. "One scene melds to another, so Chris (Eng) and I are literally onstage the entire show while the world changes around us."
But the prolonged stage presence is not the challenge for these performers as much as the fact that they are bound together during the performance by a chain covered with scarlet cloth.
"It's unlike any other production I've been in," says Arabe. "During rehearsal we're connected at all times except during breaks. We try to tap into twin mentality, predicting what the other is thinking or is going to do next. First we tried walking together, then running and now we are skipping backwards."
The only time the twins are separated during the show is when they metaphorically disconnect.
"Ultimately it's a love story," says Gotanda. "It tracks two brothers and their intense love and what it means. With the dreamlike aspect, there is a resonance—a coming to understanding of who they are for each other and who they are for each of their own selves."
"I Dream of Chang and Eng" from the UCSC Theater Arts Department runs May 25-June 3 at the Mainstage Theater, UCSC Theater Arts Center, 1156 High St., Santa Cruz. Tickets are $12-$15, with a buy-1-get-1-free offer for the Sunday, May 27 and Thursday, May 31 performances. For tickets, visit santacruztickets.com, or call 459-2159.
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the handbook. We will talk about the ideas behind the handbook, its current
status, the future plans, how bug reports are handled, etc.
Gentoo Linux is available for many architectures. But what exactly is an
An architecture is a family of CPUs (processors) who support the same
instructions. The two most prominent architectures in the desktop world are the
x86 architecture and the x86_64 architecture (for which Gentoo
uses the amd64 notation). But many other architectures exist, such as
sparc, ppc (the PowerPC family), mips, arm, ...
A distribution as versatile as Gentoo supports many architectures. For that
reason, you'll find that our Gentoo Handbooks are offered for many of the
supported architectures. However, that might lead to some confusion as not all
users are aware of the differences. Some are only aware of the
CPU type or name that their system is a part of (like i686 or Intel Core
i7). Below you will find a quick summary of the supported architectures and the
abbreviation used in Gentoo. However, most people that do not know the
architecture of their system are mostly interested in x86 or
The table below gives a high-level overview of the supported architectures. The
example set of CPUs or systems is nothing more than an example. If you are
still not certain which architecture to pick, please read the first section of
the Gentoo Handbook's second chapter (Choosing the Right Installation
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