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Photo by Robert YagerIT HAD BEEN WEEKS SINCE ARTURO VISITED THE Pico-Union neighborhood in which he grew up. It was hard not to see his friends, but going back was risky. Before he moved away a couple of years earlier, the police had been stopping him every time they saw him. Even since then, no matter how careful he was to avoid trouble, things seemed to happen. Just a few months before, an LAPD officer had stopped to photograph and interrogate him while he ate lunch with his young son at a Salvadoran restaurant on Pico. Now, though, he'd started a job nearby, supervising a free-lunch program among the tall palms and graffiti-scarred benches of Alvarado Terrace Park. When he ran into a friend outside the program's one-room office, he agreed to drop by his place after work.
At around 5 that afternoon last July, Arturo found himself standing on the sidewalk outside the wrought-iron gate that surrounds an aging two-story house on Bonnie Brae just north of Pico. The way Arturo tells it, he was worried about his friend's dog, a "real mean" chow named Raider. He didn't know if the dog was loose in the yard behind the house, so instead of walking up to the porch and ringing the bell, he stayed on the sidewalk and whistled.
The next thing he knew, Arturo says, two LAPD officers were getting out of their car behind him. They searched him and, not finding anything, put him in the back of the patrol car. "They took me for a cruise. They wanted information," nothing very specific, Arturo recalls. "They were like, 'You got anything for me?' I said, 'No, just take me in.' I thought it was a joke until they took me to Parker Center."
Arturo had no outstanding warrants. He had never been convicted of a crime. He had done nothing that day that you or I could get in trouble for. Rather, as he puts it, "They arrested me for whistling."
THE CHAIN OF EVENTS LEADING UP TO ARTURO'S ARREST last summer began in July of 1997, when LAPD officers submitted testimony to the City Attorney's Office that Arturo was one of the most respected gangsters in Pico-Union. He was, they said, a "rent collector" for the Hoover Locos clique of the 18th Street gang, the largest gang in Southern California, and was responsible for collecting about $40 a week in "taxes" from each of the many independent drug dealers who sold their wares in 18th Street's territory. Though he admits to having been a gang member, Arturo denies he was "one of the main guys." But in August of that year, Superior Court Judge William Beverly chose to believe the LAPD, and Arturo became one of 50 gang members covered by what was then the nation's largest gang injunction.
Now, whenever they find themselves in the square mile bounded by Ninth Street and Washington Avenue to the north and south and by the Harbor Freeway and Hoover Street to the east and west, Arturo and 61 others (12 more names have been added to the list) are prohibited from publicly associating with each other or with any other known gang member, from being out after 10 p.m. (or after 8 if they're minors), from carrying pagers or cell phones or screwdrivers or felt-tip pens, from being on private property without prior written permission from the owner, from being within 10 feet of an open beer can, from climbing a tree, from using "abusive language" and, of course, from "whistling, yelling or otherwise signaling . . . to warn another person of an approaching law-enforcement officer," Arturo's alleged sin.
They are also forbidden from a number of activities already proscribed by law, such as possessing drugs, selling drugs, writing graffiti, urinating in public, littering and "loitering for drug-related activity or for the purpose of engaging in graffiti activity." Violating the injunction, and getting caught for it, means a misdemeanor charge that carries a six-month jail term. So a half-year in county lockup for tossing a candy wrapper in the gutter is a real possibility. For someone already on probation or parole, as many gang members are, one violation can mean a few years back in the state pen.
Arturo, after being held at Parker Center for a couple of hours, was released on $500 bail and charged with violating a court order. Five months later, he became the first 18th Streeter to stand trial for such a violation; 15 others had been charged, but all had accepted plea bargains. His case was dismissed on November 30 following a mistrial, a hung jury split 6-6.
THE ARRESTS OF ARTURO AND OTHERS LIKE HIM RAISE several questions. Are gang injunctions -- a favorite tactic of City Attorney James Hahn, whose office has filed seven of them to date -- effective? Have they lessened crime in the targeted areas? And, if so, have the results been sufficiently positive to justify the serious abridgement of civil rights they entail? Hahn insists that while the injunctions are not "a magic bullet to end the gang problem in L.A.," they nevertheless provide communities with the breathing space to "get those resources into the neighborhood, and once you get those established the gang really can't come back and control everything." Thus far, the only thorough analysis of the effectiveness of injunctions, written by Dr. Cheryl Maxson, a professor at USC's Social Science Research Institute, invites serious doubts. In her study of a 1995 Inglewood injunction, an injunction she acknowledged was poorly implemented, Maxson found that crime actually increased in the area. "There is no credible evidence of the success of this strategy to date," she concluded, "yet its use in the Los Angeles region is expanding rapidly."
And even if injunctions are, as Hahn says, useful tools for profoundly troubled communities, some in the Pico-Union neighborhood question his timing. By February of 1997, when Mayor Riordan asked Hahn's office to seek an injunction in Pico-Union, it was no longer a community in crisis. LAPD statistics show that crime had been dropping steadily in the neighborhood (as it had been in the city as a whole and, for that matter, nationally) since about 1994. While the city attorney claimed in his injunction filing, "The level and frequency of violent criminal gang-related activities is increasing," a report included in that same filing revealed that in fact gang-related crime in the area had dropped by 28 percent in 1996 compared to the previous five years. Less than half as many crimes were committed there in the first quarter of 1997 as had been committed over the same period four years before. Pico-Union was still desperately poor and miserably underserved; it still had -- and has -- far more than its share of troubles. But gang-related crime was already on the wane. Residents were actively taking back their streets and becoming involved in the life of their community.
Hahn admits that the call for an injunction against 18th Street did not come from the community, or even from the police, as is usually the case, but from Mayor Riordan, shortly after the publication of a rather hysterical three-part series on 18th Street in the L.A. Times. (One community activist, a supporter of the injunction, says she didn't recognize Pico-Union as portrayed in the series; after reading it, "I was getting worried about living in the neighborhood, and I live here and never worried about it before. It's not that bad.") That no one took the trouble to find out if such extreme measures were actually needed lends credence to Arturo's theory about the motivations behind the injunction: "It's politics -- the D.A. wants to be D.A. again, Riordan wants to stay mayor." Hahn disagrees. "Every time we've done [an injunction]," he says, "we've seen that the crime has gone down." Hahn's office was unable to provide comprehensive figures in support of this claim although they were able to point to isolated examples of dramatic drops in crime.
If some activists are bothered by the city's claim that its gang injunction was responsible for Pico-Union's hard-won turnaround, more troubling still are some of the unforeseen -- if not unforeseeable -- results of the injunction. According to some in Pico-Union, the injunction has already begun to increase tensions between 18th Street and rival gangs, which may bring about disastrous consequences, as anyone who witnessed the violence of the early '90s can attest. By keeping 18th Streeters off the streets, as one activist who works with gang members puts it, the injunction "leaves the community virgin" for other gangs. In the meantime, even as the city claims success for having reduced 18th Street's visibility, many say that the gang's strength has gone unaffected, that it has merely moved its activities indoors and out of sight, ready to re-emerge when the crackdown inevitably ends. Perhaps most alarming, some argue that the city's near-exclusive reliance on suppression tactics like the injunction only further alienates the area's most embattled young, and makes going straight, difficult enough before, an almost impossible task. But the vast majority of activists who oppose gang injunctions agree that by not confronting the complex problems in the community that breed gangs in the first place, police and city officials "are not dealing with the real problems."
JAMES HAHN DOES NOT TAKE CREDIT FOR HAVING PIONEERED the tactic of suing a gang as an unincorporated association and demanding a court order against them. Former District Attorney Ira Reiner, he points out, broke that ground by taking a gang named Dogtown to court to prevent them from writing graffiti. But it was Hahn who broadened the idea to encompass all of a gang's activities. He won his first gang injunction by a hair in 1987 against the Playboy Gangster Crips in the Cadillac-Corning section of West Los Angeles, the closest poor, black neighborhood to Beverly Hills and a convenient drug-buying spot for the Westside's affluent white youth. Hahn's proposed injunction was much more severe than any he's done since, including clauses forbidding the Playboy Gangsters from staying out in the streets for more than five minutes at a time or having visitors to their homes who stay for less than 10 minutes each. But a judge struck it down and harshly reprimanded Hahn, calling his proposal unconstitutional and "far, far too overreaching." Hahn eventually reached a compromise, in which only the clauses forbidding already illegal behavior, such as trespassing and vandalism, survived.
Since then, other judges -- including four of the seven California Supreme Court justices, who upheld a San Jose gang injunction in June of 1997 -- have been friendlier to the idea of injunctions, which have become a popular tool wherever there's a gang problem. D.A. Gil Garcetti has enthusiastically pursued injunctions throughout L.A. County, and his office has helped bring them to cities all over Southern California. Until the Pico-Union court order, most injunctions just named a dozen or so gang members in a relatively small area. Since Pico-Union, which covers more than a square mile, Hahn has sought three additional large-scale injunctions, the broadest of them, also against 18th Street, covering 92 named gang members in an area stretching from Normandie Avenue to the western edge of downtown.
Despite the state Supreme Court's decision, the rapidly multiplying injunctions continue to pose a wide host of civil rights concerns, particularly given that thus far they have been used only in black and Latino communities. The breadth of the behaviors prohibited by gang injunctions gives police probable cause to stop named gang members almost every time they see them in the neighborhood. "The orders are so broad," says Alex Ricciardulli of the L.A. Public Defender's Office, "that every time they detain these people there's going to be something they're doing wrong"; it's nearly impossible not to be in violation. (How long could you get by without associating publicly with friends, carrying a pager, visiting friends without their landlord's written consent, or venturing from home at night?) The assessment of one police officer interviewed on the street in Pico-Union will do little to assuage the fears of civil libertarians: "It gives us a little more freedom to work on gang members. We have a lot more probable cause to stop them . . . If I see a couple of gangsters together, then I have a whole lot more leeway. It gives me the freedom to be more creative in my arrests."
Because injunctions result from civil suits, standards of proof are not nearly as stringent as they would be in criminal cases. Like Arturo, a number of the people named in the Pico-Union court order have never been convicted of a crime and are included only because police officers and community members (whose testimony is under seal, and therefore not subject to scrutiny) have identified them as gang members. It is certainly worrisome when the generally unchallenged statements of a handful of cops can alter the course of a young man or woman's life so drastically. Gang members assert that the police regularly lie about them and set them up. Given that one of the officers who submitted testimony for the injunction has since been arrested for stealing three kilos of cocaine, their fears are perhaps not entirely unjustified. And the alleged gang members named, who are generally not well informed about the niceties of civil procedure, are not entitled to court-appointed counsel, as they would be if they were charged with a crime -- though the L.A. Public Defender's Office has been fighting, thus far unsuccessfully, to change that.
On the other hand, law enforcement's frustration with gangs like 18th Street is understandable. "Many times we know that gang members are engaging in narcotics activity," Officer Mark Cohan said in an affidavit, "however, we are unable to locate any contraband due to the gang's size and sophistication in their sales methods." Many of the clauses in the injunction prohibit otherwise legal activities that gang members use to evade arrest; lookouts do whistle to alert dealers of approaching cops, gangbangers do hop fences and climb trees to get places where police cars can't follow, and gang members in some areas (though not in Pico-Union) have been known to demand entrance to private apartments and intimidate residents into telling police they were there all along. Very few neighbors are willing to testify against gangsters who live right down the block, who know where they live.
And generally speaking, it's hard to find many people who sympathize with gangbangers. While the hysterical rhetoric employed by many politicians and journalists (most of whom set foot in neighborhoods like Pico-Union only when some particularly gruesome or picturesque crime has been committed, and who, based on that experience, assuredly speak of gangs as "occupying armies" establishing "reigns of terror") overstates the situation by quite a bit, gangs do make communities a whole lot less livable. One woman who lives in the same building as a few 18th Streeters puts it simply: "It's very dangerous. We're afraid. We have children." Bullets fired by nervous 14-year-olds rarely go where they're supposed to; the presence of dealers implies the presence of addicts, who are generally desperate and often violent; and while many residents come to an uneasy "I don't bother them, they don't bother me" truce with the gangsters on their block, most are anxious when they're around.
IT MIGHT BE EASIER, OF COURSE, TO GET PAST THE civil rights issues if it could be shown that gang injunctions are truly effective. Malcolm Klein, former director of USC's Social Science Research Institute, says that there is still too little research on the subject to draw firm conclusions, but he nonetheless has his doubts. Two studies have been conducted thus far: his colleague Maxson's look at the Inglewood injunction and an ACLU report on a 1993 court order against the Blythe Street gang in Panorama City. Maxson's study was, Klein says, "pretty discouraging." The ACLU report found that the Blythe Street injunction had not significantly reduced crime in the targeted area and that it had caused crime to rise in neighboring communities. But Klein notes that that study was "fairly minimal" in scope, relying entirely on aggregated crime statistics.
In the absence of solid evidence in their favor, Klein is skeptical about the efficacy of injunctions as used thus far, grouping them with other "suppression approaches" -- including Daryl Gates' infamous Operation Hammer, in which 1,453 alleged gangsters were arrested in one night, and the STEP Act, which criminalized gang membership. All these techniques, he says, tend to backfire by further alienating gang members and unintentionally tightening the bonds that hold gangs together. At the same time, suppression techniques fundamentally fail to address the underlying causes of gangs and gang violence, which he says include a segregated minority population, lots of young people with few employment opportunities, weak parental control and inadequate social services. "That's the recipe for gangs," he says. "The problem is not the gang, it's the community, and until you deal with that, you're going to continue to have gangs and other kinds of problems."
While Hahn insists that the purpose of an injunction is to give a community the opportunity to improve itself without having to contend with gang activity, Klein and others question whether this in fact happens. "That's fine," Klein says, "if you have somebody who's gonna help the community regroup, but it ain't gonna happen by itself." Klein sees the solution as being "genuine community policing, where the community has as much to say about the allocation of police resources as the police. Then it's the community's community. It doesn't belong to the cops." But he cautions that such a change would be difficult. "I'm enormously pessimistic about our ability to pull this off, so in some sense I suppose suppression and injunctions are really the best we can do. I would hate to think that's true. That's a terrible statement about our society."
"I DON'T SEE ANYTHING NEGATIVE ABOUT THE INjunction," says Detective Steve Sena, a 21-year LAPD veteran who's been with Rampart Division's CRASH (Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums) unit for the last five years. During an interview, he points with pride to a series of papers taped to one wall listing all the murders in the division, year by year. 1995 takes up two full sheets, each one a couple feet square. 1996 gets a sheet and a half; '97 fills just one and '98, through October, not even one. "It feels good," he says. "Feels like you're doing something."
A few minutes later, driving me around the injunction area, Sena stops his patrol car at the corner of 11th and Park View and points to the recently repainted restaurant on the corner, which, he says, used to be filled with gangsters at all hours. The restaurant's security guard, Sena says, had to pay them off to avoid trouble. Across the street is a long cement wall, freshly spray-painted "EST" (for 18th St.) in 4-foot-high letters. "This used to be inundated with drug dealers," he says, gesturing at the empty blocks in front of us. "You would see wall-to-wall homeless along this wall."
But even Sena doesn't give the court action full credit for the improvement. "I don't put everything on the injunction," he explains, driving on. "I put it on everyone being involved, everyone meaning probation, parole, INS, the state, anybody and everybody. Community leaders even came onboard." All of those groups, he elaborates, began to coordinate their efforts beginning about three years ago, in a series of drug crackdowns.
Later, driving up Burlington back toward the police station, we pass a few new 18th Street tags. "They're still here," Sena says. "They're not here in the numbers they used to be, though." In the early days of the injunction, he says, "They were so confused about what the injunction was, they really didn't know what to do, and crime dropped. Whoom! Now they understand what it's about, so they're going slightly underground." But even now, he says, the court order has made his life easier. "It's always nice to see someone do three to six months rather than three to six days," he says, adding that it enables him to arrest kids he otherwise couldn't touch.
CARLOS PAIVA HAD BEEN IN THE UNITED STATES FOR eight years when he was asked in 1989 to take over as pastor at Angelica Lutheran Church in the heart of Pico-Union. He was shocked, he says, at what he found. "We were surrounded by gangs . . . I was involved just to bury them." Paiva learned that most of his congregation lived in overcrowded, decaying buildings, had little access to health care, had to spend all their time working, "and they find their kids just raised alone." There were next to no after-school programs, no libraries and very few jobs to hope for. And he found a generalized, mind-numbing neglect on the part of all city services: He says he was put on a 12-year waiting list when he called to complain about a broken streetlight and told he'd have to wait 14 years for the city to trim the trees that were blocking the lights that did work. Graffiti stayed where it was painted; trash stayed where it was left; the police were understaffed and unresponsive.
"We have already paid our taxes. We are human beings, we don't have to plead. In Beverly Hills [do they plead]? No. Why do we have to do it? Is this a different country . . .? I came to the point," Paiva says, "this is an extreme analysis I have -- somebody wants Pico-Union to be like this." No one, in city government at least, was trying very hard to make the neighborhood anything other than what it was. Pico-Union is not just poor -- a high percentage of its residents are recent immigrants. Many are undocumented, which keeps them not only out of the aboveboard job market, but out of the voting booths, and gives officials very little incentive to be responsive to their needs.
Paiva's frustration was apparently shared by others in Pico-Union, who, the day after the Rodney King verdict, took to the streets. Much of the neighborhood was left in ruins. "When we tried to invite other companies to invest and to reopen over here, nobody wanted to open," Paiva recalls. But from the neighborhood's ashes, a movement grew. In June of 1992, more than 40 local nonprofits began meeting to coordinate their efforts. Some groups staged cleanups, picking up the trash that the city wouldn't, washing off graffiti. Others struggled to provide decent housing, child care, after-school programs for troubled teens. Neighborhood Watch groups grew braver. More patrol cars roamed the streets, and in the post-Gates LAPD, to some extent at least, the police made an effort to address the neighborhood's concerns, meeting monthly with community members.
It took a few years, but, Paiva says, "Things are calmer now." The gang presence began to taper off in '96, a full year before the injunction. The neighborhood is cleaner, safer. About the city's action, which Paiva supports, he says, "Of course it's nice to feel recognized . . . but they're coming after the show."
Though 18th Street is much less visible now, Paiva cautions that the real show is far from over. "We need more in this area," he insists, more child care, more housing, more educational opportunities, more job training, more jobs. "I don't plead today. I demand."
ALMOST EVERYONE IN PICO-UNION AGREES THAT CRIME, and 18th Street's presence, have dropped remarkably in recent years. And most of them -- community activists, cops, gang members themselves -- are willing to take credit. What is not at all clear, though, is whether the injunction had anything to do with that drop.
One thing, however, is certain about the injunction: It has kept Saul Valdez off the streets for the better part of the last year. A quiet kid, Valdez, one police officer testifies, "is a prime example of why we need to break the gang's stranglehold on the community and its residents. Valdez has a strong mom who maintains two jobs and keeps a clean house. He appears to be a very intelligent individual who has joined the gang mostly because he lives right in the heart of the gang's activities." Living where he does has been keeping him behind bars of late.
Valdez found out about the injunction when he was 17, while serving time in juvenile hall for selling cocaine. "The cops took the paperwork up there, told me to ä sign it," he says. He'd been jumped into 18th Street when he was just 13. Though Valdez's docket records, Deputy City Attorney Nicole Bershon's memory and his own account differ slightly in the details of his subsequent arrests, in broad strokes they tell the same story. Just a month after being released from youth camp, Valdez was picked up "for hanging around with my homeboys and for being on a bike." He made the papers for being the first 18th Streeter in Pico-Union to be charged with violating the injunction. He served 20 days for that, this time in county jail, having come of age just two and a half weeks before the injunction took effect. "The second time," Valdez says, "I was out for one day and they picked me up. Again I was just hanging around with my homeboys." According to Bershon, as he was being arrested he told the police, "This injunction don't mean shit to me. I only got 20 days the last time." He served four months. Once released, in an effort to preserve his freedom, he moved in with a sister who lives outside of Pico-Union. But three weeks after getting out, he found himself back in the hood. "They busted me with a beeper." (Bershon remembers that bust as also being for littering.) That time he was sick of it. He tried to run, but for his efforts was charged with resisting arrest as well. "I just can't stay out of the neighborhood," Valdez explains. "All my friends are there."
Not surprisingly, Valdez finds the injunction effective, a little too effective for his taste. Even on the streets, he says, "It's changing everything. It's all quiet."
WHILE MOST OF THE ADULTS CONTACTED for this story agree with Valdez that things are quieter, shockingly few had heard about the injunction, suggesting, perhaps, that the city attorney's enthusiasm for community involvement has been largely rhetorical. The vast majority of those who know about the court order support it. As one neighborhood activist puts it, "I'll take anything that'll help out to better the community. Anything's better than nothing."
But there is little uniformity of opinion in the neighborhood, and the differences break down evenly and dramatically along age lines. With the sole exception of Saul Valdez, those in the neighborhood under 25 interviewed for this story, and most of the adults who work with them, have little faith in the injunction's effectiveness. Laura, a slight girl of about 16 with wide, silent eyes, agreed to talk at a nearby community center. She was put on probation about a year ago following a minor scrape with the law involving a few friends from 18th Street. But she doesn't get along with her mother and has run away twice to move in with 18th Streeters, although she says she no longer claims membership.
Laura insists that while the gang is less visible, its activities have continued. "They try to kick it where they won't get caught. For selling drugs it's harder. But it's still the same." And they have no trouble collecting rent. As much as the injunction and the increased police presence may have inconvenienced her friends, "They say 18th Street's never gonna die out. There's new cliques coming out. There's more youngsters coming in."
Other youths at the center are equally convinced the injunction won't work. "They just get more and more people in. If two leave, five more come in," one says. The only effect they allow it might have would be to weaken 18th Street in relation to its rivals. In one kid's words, "The other gangs are gonna get more street."
FOR WEEKS I HAD BEEN TRYING TO FIND 18th Street members willing to speak to me about the injunction. Things were too hot, I was always told. There was too much pressure, from both police and rival gangs. Then finally I get a call from Al Ortiz, who runs a legendarily successful gang-intervention and job-training program out of an office in Boyle Heights. Two of the guys in his program are willing to sit down. A police officer named Filbert Cuesta has been shot to death at a party in Crenshaw, and the suspect is from 18th Street. Things haven't gotten any cooler -- they've reached a boiling point. 18th Streeters all over the city, Ortiz says, are being picked up and questioned. His kids are feeling increasingly trapped, and they want to get their story out.
When I walk into Ortiz's windowless, bare-walled office, Luis and Mike are already there, sitting in plastic chairs in adjacent corners of the narrow room. Luis, skinny and intense, at times almost jumping out of his seat with excess energy and bottled-up anger, is from Columbia Little Cycos, a clique from Westlake whose members mingle extensively with the nearby Pico-Union sets -- a few of them are even named in the Pico-Union injunction. Luis is not among them, but he's one of the 92 18th Streeters named in the Westlake/MacArthur Park injunction announced last May. Mike, in his mid- to late 20s, a few years older and calmer than Luis, had been a member of a now largely defunct Hollywood clique. Luis immediately begins protesting the level of police activity in his neighborhood. "They're just taking people out," he says, his voice filled with urgency. The injunction has only made things worse. It's "just giving police more authority to harass people. Everybody's panicked, paranoid."
While police pressure has been growing, he says, pressure from rival gangs has not been any less constant. "There's been problems already," Luis admits, somewhat cagily, reluctant to provide specifics that might incriminate anyone involved. He's not as shy about predicting more trouble when currently incarcerated 18th Streeters get out of prison to find strangers on their streets. "It's gonna create a big war. You'll hear about it."
I ask Luis and Mike what they think about James Hahn's answer for 18th Streeters unhappy with the injunction ("If they want to go back to enjoying all the activities that everybody else enjoys in the neighborhood, they can get out of the gang. They can stop being gang members"). "That's impossible," Mike answers, shaking his head. "You're still labeled," Luis jumps in. "Even if you don't associate no more, you don't claim membership, they still label you." It's hard for people to go straight, and the struggle is made more difficult by police who, Mike says, "don't care if they're working, doing positive for themselves." As for those whose names are formally included in an injunction: "They have no chance. They're just gonna be in the system," Luis predicts, outrage rising in his voice. Mike mentions having spoken with a minor named in the injunction and asking him how long it would be in effect. Excusing his language, Mike recalls, "He said, 'Homey, I'm fucked. It's forever.'"
(Deputy D.A. Lisa Fox says that a few gang members have had their names removed from the injunction, "because they've been killed or because they've been sentenced to life in state prison." She adds, however, that the injunction could be modified if an individual provided sufficient evidence that he or she had stopped gangbanging.)
As the interview draws to a close, Luis talks -- the muscles in his jaw growing tenser, his eyes and gestures expressing increasing frustration -- about growing up in a neighborhood with no Little League teams, nowhere to go with your problems, no jobs to hope for, where "All [you] see is gang members. They need more programs that give help to kids instead of putting them away like dogs," he says, on the edge of his chair. "There are guys who have done bad things. Punish them. Don't just wipe the whole youth out. Some of us are gonna make it."
MARIA SANABRIA OWNS A GROCERY STORE in an old brick building on 11th Street. Its windows, like those on the first floor of almost every structure within sight, are protected by metal bars, in her case painted white to match the color of the bricks. Above her door, a sign boasts of "productos latinos" and Salvadoran breads as well as help with income tax, immigration proceedings, marriages and evictions.
A small Salvadoran woman in her 50s, her hair dyed black to hide the gray, wearing glasses and a palpable air of exhaustion, Sanabria, like many adults in the neighborhood, hasn't heard about the injunction. From behind the desk in the front of her store, below a shelf sparsely populated with boxes of birthday candles and brightly colored party favors, she recounts in Spanish that there used to be a lot of gangsters around (cholos, she calls them). "From 18th Street?" I ask. With raised eyebrows -- dumb question -- she responds: "It's their barrio." A bunch of them lived in, and sold drugs from, the apartment above her shop, and it was always crazy: noise at all hours, people coming and going, drinking, fights. It was bad, she says, shaking her head at the memory. Fear kept her indoors at night, but they treated her well. "They respected me, they called me 'Tia.'" They would even warn her to close her shop when they expected trouble from other gangs.
A minute later Sanabria reverses herself: "They don't care about anyone, they don't respect anyone, they're not afraid of anyone." And after another minute's digression -- the problem with this country, she explains, is that parents aren't allowed to discipline their kids -- she turns around again: "I don't have any problem with them. They looked out for me."
A little over a year ago, the gangsters were evicted for fire-code violations having nothing to do with the injunction. The windows on the second floor have been boarded up. "Now the street is empty," Sanabria says, almost nostalgically. The dealing, she observes, has just moved a block away, but no one comes into her store anymore, and, she says, pointing defeatedly at a stack of unpaid bills on the desk in front of her, she thinks she'll have to sell it. And she's still afraid, not of 18th Street, but of the homeless addicts who roam the newly quiet streets, who have already robbed her twice.
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SANABRIA'S REVERSALS ARE NOT NECESsarily contradictory, or no less contradictory than 18th Streeters' relation to the neighborhood, as thugs, but also as neighbors; as a constant source of danger, but also as sons and daughters, nephews and nieces, friends or friends of friends, people with whom one has to forge a relationship in order to get by. And that relationship -- like the twisted economy of the streets, in which a drug dealer's eviction can mean failure for a local grocery store -- is considerably more complex than the simple equation of victim and perp envisioned by Jim Hahn and the LAPD. Get rid of the most obvious perpetrators, and you still have a whole neighborhood of victims.
Last year 54 percent of Pico-Union's population was living in poverty. In 1990, the per capita annual income for Latinos in the neighborhood was $5,099, less than one-third the county average. While Pastor Paiva and others -- Arturo among them -- are hoping the construction of the nearby Staples Center will bring jobs and investment into the neighborhood, thus far the much heralded economic boom of the late '90s has made very few inroads into the community. The crime rate, despite it all, is still higher than almost anywhere else in the city. The Latino dropout rate at Belmont High, which serves Pico-Union, is 65 percent higher than the dropout rate for the district at large. A handful of community groups do run after-school programs that aim at gang prevention, but although there is now, through the city's L.A. Bridges program, more money available than ever before, they are still radically underfunded and can reach only a small fraction of the kids who need them. Almost no money goes to the few existing gang-intervention programs, which try to reach kids once they're already deeply involved in gang life.
Every time I asked a gang member how he got involved with 18th Street, the answer was the same. One simple sentence: "I grew up in the neighborhood." Unless the political will is born to listen to the voices coming out of that neighborhood, to register their existence, to heed their demands, then, like the kids say, 18th Street will never die.
The names Arturo, Laura, Luis and Mike in this article are pseudonyms. No other names have been changed.


text: New student applications . . . diversity . . . faculty scholarship . . . international experience. The numbers say it all. Oswego has made great progress in the last decade — and we've only just begun! This slideshow shows "SUNY Oswego by the Numbers" as presented by President Deborah F. Stanley at her opening breakfast this August.

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ABC Print needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 122 designs submitted by 34 freelance designers.
Design needed for a new company logo. The logo must be sharp, sophisticated, yet fun and appealing to a younger crowd, web 2.0 style. Main demographic is 10-40 with the core 14-22. GNE is a web based fundraising effort selling eco friendly products while at the same time raising awareness of enviornmental issues and solutions. Logo will be used on all corporate ID materials and website. Must build a brand identity.
Green New Earth is a web based, fundraising organization redefining how fundraising efforts are organized and executed. Using our unique Double Gift philosophy, Green New Earth will strongly support the Main Benefactor while also supporting environmentally, socially and economically responsible companies & organizations.
By creating an interactive and secure online environment, the individuals raising funds will be able to utilize the internet as a tool to market their campaign as well as to handle all product ordering activities. Additionally, those involved with the fundraiser will be able interact with others involved in fundraising, track progress of their fundraiser and most importantly raise funds for their initiatives.
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About Steph Kennedy, IPTT
"Intellectual Ventures' shareholders disagree"
Do they though? Are they making money now off of their "investment" in patent trolling? They weren't not too long ago...
Just sayin',
How would you fix the law? Institute "use it or lose it" for patents? That's one thing I wish #patentreform were about...
What's so funny is, I rick roll every.single.link to IV. Every one. And people still click.
Y'all are slow learners!!
I just want to know one thing: what exactly *is* just rewards for one's vision? An enforceable patent? A million dollars? If your vision is so good, why did someone else execute on it first? See, this line of thinking reminds me of the Winklevii.
This was interesting: "Although i4i does have a business besides enforcing its patents, it is not competing with Microsoft for word processing software."
I remember that case well, and at no time did anyone (I don't think) consider i4i a patent troll.
Agree that unethical patent litigators are the new ambulance chaser (hello? blog post title just wrote itself...) and I made reference to that at some point, regarding the lawyers that moved from the mesothelioma "dust docket" to patent infringement litigation.
Interesting read.
Just sayin',
The problem with fee shifting is that it won't matter. You can't get blood out of a turnip. If a patent troll loses a suit, all they have to do is hide their money in another shell company and all of a sudden, there's no money to pay the fee.
The problem of litigation cost recovery is a real one, and I agree with this guy:
"This problem (which applies whether you're suing or being sued) is one of the big reasons why the justice system is actually pretty sparing in terms of being able to deliver actual justice."
It does seem that the golden rule applies: He who has the gold makes the rules. But straight up shifting to a "loser pays" isn't going to help, in my opinion, because in the case of patent trolls they'll cry bankruptcy and you'll never see a dime.
Just sayin',
http://iptrolltracker2.wordpress.com/2013/10/07/ftc-asks-intellectual-ventures-answers-hint-probably -a-satirical-post/
OK...how they would *probably* respond.
Just sayin',
Well, Bill and Nathan (of IV fame) are in bed together so MSFT isn't likely to sue anyone out of oblivion, lol! Well, not anyone big anyway.
IV is panicking because they can't pay back their investors. They're going to sue and sue and sue until they get their returns up. They know the game well.
Just sayin',
Disclaimer: Bill and Nathan aren't literally in bed together. That I know of.
This would make a great new chapter in an updated version of Approaching Infinity...
Just sayin',
Coming to you from the "And, and, and, and...THENhe called me a baby and took my lunch money *pout*" department.
Good on TMSoft for not paying the troll toll! http://iptrolltracker2.wordpress.com/2013/07/06/tmsoft-says-no-thankyouverymuch-to-the-troll-toll/
"It's an important piece that chronicles the University of California's shift away from the pursuit and sharing of knowledge for the benefit of all humanity, to the monopolization of ideas and maximization of profits for a few privileged investors."
They're just doing what is profitable, and patent trolls have proven for over 10 years now that their business model is profitable...and growing.
Just sayin',
"This is another good one. We've written a few times about the practice of some trolls to try to even keep their demands secret, such that many who receive demand letters don't know that they're one of a group -- and a group that might team up to fight back against bogus threats. Basically, it sounds like this might help lead to a "Chilling Effects" website for troll demands. That sounds quite useful"
Working on that now...http://www.thatpatenttool.com
Not all states allow for declaratory judgment hearings, I think is the issue.
It's so sad when companies capitulate to this crap. SalesForce needs to have a convo with NewEgg, Rackspace, and Fark and figure out how to beat the trolls like they did.
Just sayin',
...where are these people's Mothers? Did they not learn as children that you don't return one bad deed with another?
Good God above, what have we come to?
Just sayin',
IPTT (and Mom, whose kids would be in heap big trouble for retaliation)
I'll never be convinced that the government is the right place to solve this problem, beyond cleaning up the USPTO so stupid patents don't get granted in the first place. But it is encouraging I suppose that at least the noise level is high enough now to convince people that patent trolling is a real and very serious issue facing American businesses!
Besides, Cornyn is a hometown boy for me so you gotta side with a Texan if at all possible!
Just sayin',
Thank God Mr. Bowman has that dog to keep him company in his time of loss. Like I said, playuhs gonna play: http://iptrolltracker2.wordpress.com/2013/03/06/play-uhs-gonna-play/
I would dearly love to read the truth about trolls, but got tripped up by the incorrect use of the word "allusive" in the first paragraph of your first link. I think the word you wanted was "elusive"?
I wouldn't argue that some large entities are part of the problem, but I *would* argue that point with better grammar.
Just sayin',
" but also how the trolls keep on fighting and demanding money, even after they have lost the case:"
This is what Neiman Marcus is facing with IP Nav. A judge eviscerated them in 2011, yet here they are suing the same company again. It's ridiculous.
"If the seeds are not safe for generic breeders, then they are not safe period."
LOL, exactly.
What do you expect from a consortium that includes the company who went after that sweet old farmer? Like I said, playuhs gonna play - http://iptrolltracker2.wordpress.com/2013/03/06/play-uhs-gonna-play/. (Yes, that's a self-serving blog post link, but it's totally relevant. Promise.)
Just sayin',
He used the word "outstanding" twice.
1. ...*and* the trolls would be...
2. ...which is just *sad*
Still don't know about debilitating, I have a case of debilitating laziness or I'd look it up. ;)
Just sayin',


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I published the following article in December 2012 in The New Times. The full text is available online, and you can also read it below.
Uniting to uproot malnutrition in Rwanda
Dr. Agnes Binagwaho, Minister of Health of the Republic of Rwanda
While Rwanda has made dramatic progress in decreasing child mortality over the past ten years, reducing the rate of deaths from 183 per 1,000 live births in 2000 to 54 in 2011, chronic height-for-age malnutrition (or stunting) has remained too high among children under the age of five. Earlier this year, His Excellency President Paul Kagame challenged the nation to eliminate the root causes of stunting by working together through a multi-sectorial approach from the community to the central level and across sectors.
The rate of stunting among children under the age of five years was found to be 51 per cent in 2005; by 2010, it was still far too high at 44 per cent. Over the same timeframe, the prevalence of underweight had declined by roughly 30 per cent, from 18 per cent to 11 per cent of children. Based on this and numerous studies by the Ministries of Health and Agriculture, it was clear that the driver of persistent malnutrition was not a lack of sufficient food, but a complex set of social, cultural, and economic factors interacting to prevent many children from accessing a healthy diet.
This challenge necessitated a multi-pronged approach to identify and combat the fundamental causes of malnutrition with significant emphasis on prevention. The most important strategies identified as priorities for action were the diversification of food sources, systematic growth monitoring of children at the community level, early detection of malnutrition, access to clean drinking water, and, most importantly, widespread awareness about the kinds nutritious diets children need and how to prepare them.
Existing programmes to promote access to a balanced diet among the most vulnerable have been strengthened, and new initiatives have been launched to fill gaps. The Ministry of Agriculture has continued to provide leadership in the national Girinka (One-Cow-per-Family) programme, Akarima k'igikoni (kitchen gardens), and One Cup of Milk per Child programs, and the central government has supported these initiatives by doubling the agriculture budget between 2006 and 2011.
More than 200,000 cows have now been distributed to families categorized as ubudehe socioeconomic 1 and 2 (equivalent to the poorest households), and these animals have begun to bear offspring which recipient families then pass along to their neighbors who have yet to receive a cow.
With the support of local communities through monthly umuganda communal work days, kitchen gardens consisting of nutritious vegetable and fruit plants have continued to be scaled up across the country among ubudehe 1 and 2 families. Schools in 14 of 30 districts now receive one liter of milk per 3 each week, and this programme will be expanded to cover every school in the nation in the near future.
To ensure that children who do become malnourished – whether through severe or moderate growth shortfalls, underweight, or stunting – are linked to the health system and provided with appropriate treatment (from Plumpy'nut Ready-to-Use-Therapeutic Food to multivitamin supplementation), the Ministry of Health has incorporated monthly growth monitoring into the national community health system.
The country's 45,000 community health workers (responsible for child health, reproductive health, and health promotion) now make regular household visits and can report children found to be malnourished to their local health centre, district hospital, and the central level via the cell phone-based RapidSMS system. Referrals of malnourished children have begun to occur much more rapidly than in years past, and preliminary data from the Ministry's community health information system (SISCOM) show that moderate malnutrition has fallen by half between January and November 2012 – from 1.2 per cent to 0.6 per cent at the community level.
To contribute to improving the population's access to potable drinking water, in addition to the work done by the Ministry of Infrastructure, the Ministry of Health has worked with partners to provide water filters to nearly 2,000 households in ubudehe1 and 2 across the country, with plans to scale up to the 600,000 poor households across the entire country
In addition to existing forms of filtration and purification (such as chlorination tablets), these filters help to improve hygiene and hence minimise children's exposure to pathogens that cause diarrheal disease. Furthermore, recent international data from the United Nations project Rwanda to be on track for Millennium Development Goal 7, which includes key indicators for access to water and sanitation.
These developments are crucial to the fight against malnutrition, as persistent diarrheal disease prevents children from absorbing the nutrients they need and makes them feel sick so that they do not eat enough. This is another reason why the Ministry of Health worked with the GAVI Alliance to roll out the rotavirus vaccine for the prevention of one of the most dangerous causes of diarrhea this May, and preliminary data show nearly 95 per cent coverage among infants.
All of these interventions will be essential if Rwanda is to succeed in our goal of dramatically reducing the prevalence of all forms of malnutrition. With the bounty of agricultural resources our land provides and the wisdom of the Rwandan farmer, we have all the tools we need to keep every child healthy and growing.
But ensuring that improved availability and diversity of food sources translates into better health outcomes for the most vulnerable children requires more than accelerating production – it necessitates a revolution in the way that families prepare their children's food and understand the importance of their children receiving nutritious diets for a brighter future.
For this reason, the government has started a massive educational campaign on "how to cook," and pamphlets have been distributed across the country detailing the kinds of foods that children need, how to cook them, and the importance of proper hygiene and exclusive breastfeeding for children under the age of six months.
Demonstration kitchens are being rolled out in districts across the country, to show families recipes that make use of local foods in such a way as to maximise their nutritional value to children using traditional cooking methods.
Each umudugudu will hold a meeting to strategise on ending malnutrition on December 27 of this year, and these meetings will result in the publication of comprehensive local plans.
To conclude, Rwanda has made great progress this year towards the goals we have set as a people under the leadership of our President. But our job will not be finished until every single child is assured a healthy and balanced diet, until no mother worries about how to feed her baby, until no household goes without a clean water source or a hygienic and sustainable toilet.
From scaling up drugs for HIV to reducing child mortality, our nation has proven that we have what it takes to achieve what some have called impossible, and I have absolute faith that together we will successfully apply this same sense of purpose to the fight against malnutrition.
I can guarantee you that your public servants in the Ministries of Agriculture, Gender and Family Promotion, Local Government, Education and Health are spending sleepless nights working with our colleagues and partners to devise, scale, and monitor solutions to the root causes.
If you have specific complaints about the response to malnutrition or suggestions on how to improve, I urge you to engage with us via Twitter through @RwandaMOH and my personal account @agnesbinagwaho. Be specific –name names, share exact locations, and we will explore every claim. Furthermore, the next #MinisterMondays Twitter and SMS (via 0788386655) discussion on Monday, December 17 will address the state of the malnutrition response, and I look forward to your participation.
The writer is the Minister of Health of the Republic of Rwanda.


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November 20th is the Early Deadline for Humble Arts Woman in Photography with Jurors Charlotte Cotton and Jon Feinstein
From the website:
"In March 2010, in honor of Women's History Month, Humble Arts Foundation (hafny.org) will present its second edition of 31 Women in Art Photography, a six-week exhibition celebrating 31 of the most innovative women in emerging art photography. The exhibition will be co-curated by Charlotte Cotton and Jon Feinstein, and open at Affirmation Arts in NYC during The Armory Show 2010 (March 4-7).
Submission Deadlines
Early: Friday, November 20, 2009, 12AM
Late: Friday, December 18, 2009, 12AM
In order to keep the show as fresh and diverse as possible, photographers who exhibited in our 2008 exhibition are not eligible.
Image Submission
Image size: 600 pixels wide
Image format: .jpg, sRGB, 72dpi
Text Submission
Bio: 100-words or less
Work statement: 100-words or less
CV: One-page, optional
Submission Fees
Early: Friday, November 20, 2009, 12AM
Three images: $15
Unlimited images: $30
Late: Friday, December 18, 2009, 12AM
Three images: $25
Unlimited images: $40″


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If the idea of snuggling up close to John Stamos gives you uncomfortable flashbacks to a long-maned Jesse Katsopolis gyrating wildly in an Elvis jumpsuit, stop that. And accept that those should be the most comfortable flashbacks you can have.
Joining Stamos in this highly spoonrotic tutorial (full video below) is his former Full House and current foul-mouthed perma-guest star Bob Saget. The combination of which, okay, that's fine if you get a little queasy:
The rest of this week's star-studded top comedy videos, including Paul Rudd pitching, Patton Oswalt wizarding, and a closeted Amy Poehler, can be found over at Splitsider.
Other highlights from the week in comedy:
-Stephen Colbert's Super PAC released its first two ads, which you can see here and here. One Iowa station refused to run them.
-We examined the philosophies found in the comedy of Louis CK.
-We tallied up the ten best comedy pilots in TV history.
-We looked at eight comedy stars who took unconventional paths to the top.
-We talked to SNL's John Mulaney about his job and growing up a comedy nerd.
-We met the people behind/beneath the Muppets.
-We looked at the lost roles of Janeane Garofalo.
-The first trailer for A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas was released.
-We took another look at Steve Coogan's Hamlet 2.
-We took a look at the sometimes-subversive world of Singaporean sitcoms.
-We examined Garrett Morris's contributions to the early years of SNL.
-We looked back at Nichols and May, the cool parents of modern comedy.
-We talked to a somewhat-loopy Ken Marino about Childrens Hospital.
-CollegeHumor's Sarah Schneider was hired as a writer at SNL.
-Lopez Tonight was unceremoniously given the axe.
Splitsider is a website about comedy and the people who create it. It covers movies, TV shows, web videos, books and any other format that exists to make you laugh.


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Saint Michael's College is pleased to welcome international students wishing to transfer credits or receive advanced standing for courses taken at another university or college located overseas or in the United States. A student who does this is generally referred to as a Transfer Student.
Direct Admission: To matriculate directly into an academic program, the student must submit English test scores (TOEFL, IELTS, etc.).
Conditional Admittance: If no test score is provided, or scores are below 55ibTOEFL, the student will be eligible for conditional admittance and enrolled in the Intensive English Program. The student will be tested in English upon arrival.


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Lewis brings Lord Stanley to Salt Lake Cityby Tal Pinchevsky
Thursday was already scheduled to be a big sports day in Utah, with the University of Utah, Utah State University, and Brigham Young University all scheduled to start their college football seasons.
But Trevor Lewis' arrival with the Stanley Cup is providing a nice boost for area hockey fans.
A prep hockey star growing up in Salt Lake City, the Los Angeles Kings center became the first Utah native to have his name inscribed on the Stanley Cup. So on his day with the trophy, Lewis decided to bring it back to Salt Lake City, where he starred at Brighton High School before joining the Des Moines Buccaneers of the United States Hockey League as a 17-year-old. And for a growing hockey community, it's a very big deal.
"I think it's exciting. The people who are in hockey in Salt Lake love the game and are very dedicated," said Steve Konowalchuk, the former Colorado Avalanche player and coach who became the first Utah player to skate in the NHL when he laced up for the Washington Capitals in 1992. "I hope it makes some headlines and gets some exposure for the sport in Salt Lake City."
Lewis' day with the Cup will include a lengthy public event at the Maverick Center, home of the Utah Grizzlies of the ECHL. A special day for Lewis and hockey fans across the state, it could prove to be a seminal moment for the sport, which has seen tremendous growth in the region.
"When I played [in Utah], there were three ice rinks. So the accessibility has definitely grown and the opportunity for kids is better," said Konowalchuk, who serves as coach of the Western Hockey League's Seattle Thunderbirds. "The areas that have really taken off in minor hockey are in Colorado and Phoenix, where they have an NHL team. The [2002 Salt Lake City Winter] Olympics helped. That was a big boost for getting more ice rinks out there."
With a member of a championship team bringing the Cup to Utah for the first time, there are signs of recent growth for the sport in the state. Last season, Utah State's club team posted its best record since joining the ACHA in 2006. The Utes will also be hosting the Pac-8 Championship in 2014.
With Salt Lake products Richard Bachman and Dylan Olsen seeing their first sizeable NHL action last season with the Dallas Stars and Chicago Blackhawks, respectively, every indication is that hockey is making waves in Utah.
Konowalchuk still sees room for more growth.
"Colorado and Arizona have programs that really have taken off and can compete with anybody in the country. Utah hasn't kept up," Konowalchuk told NHL.com. "With the Cup going there, [it shows] there is a way. If you want it, you can make it."


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The Mid-Michigan Pet Expert Talk Show
With Rick Preuss & Lee Cohen
Saturday mornings 9am-10am on 1320 WILS
Keeping Healthy Pets
Dr Melissa McNally Owner of Jolly Road Veterinary Hospital
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Super Bowl Of Dog Shows
Segment 1
February 11th, 2019 10:28am
Dogs ice skating?
Listen | Download
Segment 2
February 11th, 2019 10:27am
Rick and Lee preview this year's competition with the television emcee Gail Miller Bisher
Segment 3
February 11th, 2019 10:24am
Carol Bergmann, owner of DarbyDale Kennels in Williamston
Segment 4
February 11th, 2019 10:23am
More with Carol
Surviving Winter Weather
February 5th, 2019 11:47am
Lee has left the bear den
February 5th, 2019 11:46am
Janice Milligan, owner of Doggy Daycare and Spa
February 5th, 2019 11:45am
Tricia Wickens spa manager for Doggy Daycare talks about the importance of grooming year round
February 5th, 2019 11:43am
More with Janice and Tricia
Reef Tanks
January 28th, 2019 09:22am
Rick and Lee discuss animal education in the classroom
January 28th, 2019 09:21am
Rick Preuss teaches and Lee Cohen learns all about corals
January 28th, 2019 09:20am
Jim Watling, owner of captivereefs.com shares all the information about the 13th Coral Expo and Swap
January 28th, 2019 09:19am
Steve Oberg, Saltwater Manager from Preuss Pets
Rabbits and Guinea Pigs
January 21st, 2019 10:07am
Rick and Lee discuss pet keeping in the cold weather
January 21st, 2019 10:06am
Katie Holcomb from MSU 4-H
January 21st, 2019 10:05am
More with Katie Holcomb
January 21st, 2019 10:04am
Jayzun Boget from Preuss Pets.
Human Animal Bond With Dr. Alan Beck
January 14th, 2019 09:26am
Rick and Lee welcome Dr. Alan Beck back to the show
January 14th, 2019 09:25am
Dr. Allen Beck from Purdue University discussed the human animal bond
January 14th, 2019 09:23am
More with Dr. Allen Beck
January 14th, 2019 09:22am
The conversation continues with Dr. Beck
Best Of 2018
January 7th, 2019 09:11am
Rick and Lee look back on the great year they had
January 7th, 2019 09:10am
Rick's favorite segment of 2018
January 7th, 2019 09:09am
Lee's favorite segment of 2018
January 7th, 2019 09:08am
Rick and Lee look forward to 2019
Sheltering Animals and Families Together
December 26th, 2018 09:31am
What would you do if your spouse physically abused you and/or your children? Move out? What if you couldn't find or afford somewhere that allowed you and your kids to keep your pet?
December 26th, 2018 09:30am
Allie Phillips and Cindie Alwood, Executive Director of the Women's Center of Greater Lansing
December 26th, 2018 09:28am
Allie and Cindie tell Informative but tearful stories
December 26th, 2018 09:24am
More with Allie and Cindie
In The Pound Event
December 17th, 2018 09:27am
Kirbay Preuss in prison?
December 17th, 2018 09:26am
Kate Turner, Interim Deputy Director from Ingham County Animal Control, discusses event details
December 17th, 2018 09:25am
Kirbay Preuss and Nikki Soldan prepare to go in the pound
December 17th, 2018 09:23am
More with Nikki and Kirbay
Pet Gifts
December 10th, 2018 09:26am
Kribay Preuss and Don Brand join Lee to get excited for the holiday season
December 10th, 2018 09:25am
Don Brand, owner of Invisible Fence Midstate had products and suggestions to make the holiday and winter season happy and healthy
December 10th, 2018 09:23am
Rick Preuss joins Kirbay and Lee to discuss cool pet products
December 10th, 2018 09:21am
More with Kirbay
Keeping Healthy Pets
December 3rd, 2018 09:38am
Winter weather is here!
December 3rd, 2018 09:37am
Dr Melissa McNally Owner of Jolly Road Veterinary Hospital
December 3rd, 2018 09:34am
Dr. McNally suggests how to care for your pets during the winter
December 3rd, 2018 09:32am
The conversation continues with Dr Melissa McNally
AKC Dog Show
November 27th, 2018 09:38am
Turkey talk with Rick and Lee
November 27th, 2018 09:37am
Vickie Bovee, cluster chair for the upcoming show
November 27th, 2018 09:35am
AKC judge Gary Cooper with his GORGEOUS golden retriever
November 27th, 2018 09:34am
More with Gary Cooper
Dog Shows 2018
November 19th, 2018 09:21am
Rick reveals his favorite dog breed
November 19th, 2018 09:20am
David Frei, Co-Host of the National Dog Show on NBC
November 19th, 2018 09:17am
Sue Rose discusses the upcoming AKC show in East Lansing
November 19th, 2018 09:15am
More with Sue Rose
Suiting Up The Dogs
November 12th, 2018 09:44am
Rick and Lee discuss the colder weather and keeping your pet warm
November 12th, 2018 09:38am
Dawn Farrell, owner of Toastee Pups Pet Clothing
November 12th, 2018 09:37am
Pam Novello, winner of the Old Town Howloween Costume Contest
November 12th, 2018 09:35am
Trevor Friedeberg talks about the unique costume he made for his dog
A Visit to The Fish Vet With Dr Roy Yanong
November 5th, 2018 09:20am
Rick and Lee recap all the fun at Old Town Howloween
November 5th, 2018 09:19am
Dr Roy Yanong, Outreach Specialist and Fish Veterinarian at the University of Florida
November 5th, 2018 09:18am
More with Dr. Roy Yanong
November 5th, 2018 09:17am
The conversation continues
Spooky Spiders With Stan The Spider Man
October 29th, 2018 09:22am
Stan Schultz, Author of the Tarantula Keepers Guide 4th Edition returns to the show
October 29th, 2018 09:21am
Jayzun from Preuss Pets joins in the conversation
October 29th, 2018 09:20am
The tarantula talk continues
October 29th, 2018 09:18am
More with Jayzun and Stan
The New Director Of ICAC
October 22nd, 2018 09:28am
Rick and Lee discuss the upcoming Howloween event in Old Town
October 22nd, 2018 09:27am
Meet Jodi LeBombard! The new Director of Ingham County Animal Control
October 22nd, 2018 09:25am
Learn more about Jodi LeBombard
October 22nd, 2018 09:23am
Jodi LeBombard discusses plans going foward
Alligator in Lake Michigan?
October 15th, 2018 10:05am
Rick and Lee discuss the alligator found in Lake Michigan
October 15th, 2018 10:04am
Jim Harding, Professor and Outreach Specialist at Michigan State University
October 15th, 2018 10:03am
More with Jim
October 15th, 2018 10:02am
Rick and Lee discuss rescued alligators living in Michigan
October 8th, 2018 09:32am
Halloween season means it's time for scary animals!
October 8th, 2018 09:31am
Ryan McVeigh from Zilla Reptiles and the Madison Wisconsin Herp Society
October 8th, 2018 09:30am
The conversation about snakes continues with Ryan
October 8th, 2018 09:28am
More with Ryan McVeigh
October 1st, 2018 09:46am
Rick and Lee discuss the upcoming Wiener Walk
October 1st, 2018 09:44am
Josh Waldron from Preuss Pets
October 1st, 2018 09:42am
More with Josh
October 1st, 2018 09:41am
Molly Armus, Staff Attorney of Alley Cat Allies
Crazy Cat Ladies
September 24th, 2018 08:25am
Rick reveals he's a closet cat fan
September 24th, 2018 08:24am
Holly Thoms, Director of the Capital Area Humane Society Spay/Neuter Clinic in south Lansing
September 24th, 2018 08:21am
Marjie Niblack, front desk manager from Preuss Pets
September 24th, 2018 08:19am
More with Marjie
Emergency Readiness with Dr. Bill Van Bonn
September 17th, 2018 08:37am
Rick and Lee can't wait to talk to this week's special guest
September 17th, 2018 08:36am
Dr Bill Van Bonn, Vice President of Animal Health at Shedd Aquarium
September 17th, 2018 08:35am
Dr. Bill discusses research work being done on micro organisms
September 17th, 2018 08:33am
More with Dr. Van Bonn
Grain or Grain Free?
September 10th, 2018 08:27am
Rick opens Lee's eyes to a new and controversial area
September 10th, 2018 08:25am
Dr Derek Nolan, DVM from Cedar Creek Veterinary Clinic in Williamston
September 10th, 2018 08:24am
More with Dr Derek Nolan
September 10th, 2018 08:23am
Mark Marquardt, owner of Joey's Pet Outfitters
Alternate Approaches
September 4th, 2018 08:28am
Rick is spending the holiday weekend at Preuss Pets
September 4th, 2018 08:27am
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I think that this brings America to the realization that all people are created equal and have opportunities to be in leadership positions. That includes women, African-Americans, Hispanics, Latinos, Asians, young people, and all the ethnic groups who now have a chance to be in the political process.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — From Red River and Taos south to the mountains around Ruidoso, the state's ski areas are enjoying a stellar start to what many thought would be a questionable season given the dry conditions that have plagued New Mexico for the past year.
Red River's slopes were dusted Friday with snow as a steady stream of skiers waited their turn for the chairlift.
At Taos Ski Valley, skiers and snowboarders were celebrating the best opening in years this holiday weekend and had the rare option of taking in the backside of the mountain so early in the season.
The lifts have been running for a week at Sipapu, and snowboarders have been zipping down packed powder runs at Ski Apache since Thanksgiving Day.
"The encouraging thing for us is that all these ski areas are opening this weekend with more terrain and more snow than they have probably had in years," said Duane Kinsley, owner of Sports Systems in Albuquerque, which has been busy selling skis, boards and winter wear.
"When we tell people that, they're like 'Really? They don't believe us because they haven't seen it here in Albuquerque," Kinsley said of the snow.
The web cameras at the ski areas show mountain tops shrouded in fog, snow-dusted trees and white runs dotted with skiers and boarders.
The key has been a little help from Mother Nature in the form of some early snow storms in the high elevations and consistently cold temperatures that allow the ski areas to make their own snow.
With hundreds of millions of dollars at stake, the ski industry is on a mission this year to dispel any misperceptions the drought might cause about what kind of season this will be for the majority of the state's ski areas.
New Mexico has been suffering from a lack of moisture since last winter, when a pesky La Nina weather pattern forced the storm track north and away from the state. More hot, dry and windy weather followed in spring and summer.
Nearly two-thirds of New Mexico is still dealing with extreme to exceptional drought, and La Nina is lined up again this winter.
While below-normal precipitation is expected this winter, the good news is that forecasters say La Nina isn't expected to be as severe. That leaves some hope for the slopes this winter. In fact, the snowpack is 20 percent above normal in some areas in far northern New Mexico.
Whether that lasts will depend on La Nina and where it pushes the storms, said Ed Polasko, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Albuquerque.
The combination of man-made snow and the natural snow that has accumulated so far has George Brooks, the executive director of the industry group Ski New Mexico, hopeful that this will be a good season.
"Last year, we weren't the victims of poor quality skiing conditions, but rather a perception that it couldn't be good because it was too warm and we didn't have natural snow," he said. "What a lot of people forget is you only ski on the top 3 inches of snow anyhow."
Last year saw visitation to New Mexico's ski areas drop by more than quarter following a good season of nearly 1 million visits in 2009-10. The estimated economic impact also decreased from $541 million to $386 million.
Brooks said there's a lot at stake.
"Everybody in the state, including all the social programs that get money from the state, should be hoping for lots of snow and lots of skiers because it makes a big difference," he said.
Brooks and others are already working on changing perceptions. Along with daily snow reports, New Mexico's ski areas will soon be rolling out video clips so skiers and boarders can see what it's really like up on the mountain.
Angel Fire, Santa Fe, Sandia and Pajarito ski areas in December are expected to join those that are already open.
At Angel Fire, officials will be expanding cross-country skiing and snowshoeing with a new Nordic center. The resort's terrain park will also have more than a dozen new freestyle rails and other features.
Marketing director Dave Dekema said Angel Fire's summit has already received more snow this year than last year. Nighttime snowmaking conditions have also been consistently good.
"As important as total precipitation is to us, often more important is the timing of when we get it," Dekema said. "Some of our best seasons in terms of skier visits have had below normal precipitation, but if that comes in mid-December and January, we're set up well."
At Ski Santa Fe, officials are anxiously watching for any storms. They're hoping to rebound from last year, when they received half of their average snowfall.
"It just takes that one good storm and we're ready to go within 48 hours," said Ski Santa Fe spokeswoman Candy DeJoia.
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We are creating a free open source online educational platform. We aim to be the Wikipedia of coursework and hope to one day earn university accreditation. Our goal is to provide free education to the world to anyone from a med school student who needs to catch up on biochemistry to an sub-Saharan African villager who wants to pull her family out of poverty by pursuing financial engineering.
We aim to initially target university age students who aspire to learn subjects and understand material with tremendous depth. Someone who would come to our site would NOT ask, "What is a semiconductor?" They could go to Wikipedia for that. Instead, someone who comes to our site would say, "I want to learn everything I need to know to become an electrical engineer and one day design semiconductors."
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Early Wednesday 5 rockets were fired from Sinai and hit Israel. Egypt denied the incident officially. Still Israel declared that 5 rockets came from Egypt but later on that bloody day it got busy with the hell it created in Gaza with the Jaabari's assassination.
On Friday A Jihadist Salafist group in Sinai "Shura El Mujahadeen" declared their responsibility for firing these rockets !! The group also announced that these rockets hit their targets in Israel according to a video Al Shorouk newspaper's correspondent in North Sinai Mostafa Singer got a copy from. Here is the video.
Also on Friday more rockets were fired from North Sinai and fell near some Israeli village on the Southern Israeli borders
Where is the intelligence from this ?? We can enter war or rather be dragged to war because of these actions because of our intelligence failure. Getting rid of these groups from Sinai is a must now. We can not wait till we amend Camp David accord, you got Special forces you brag that they can bring down mountains unleash them on these groups for God sake !!!
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This is a club event of the West Virginia Trail Runners. It is a run on the North Fork Mountain Trail, down in southern West Viriginia. It's actually on the mountaintop behind Seneca Rocks.
The biggest problem with running on top of a mountain is there is no water supply. The plan this year was to drive a bunch of cars to the top of the mountain (driven part the second half runners) for the first half runners to drive back to the campground.
I arrived in the early afternoon at the campground, set up the tent, and retired to the shade. The talk was of the heat of the next day..I was quickly waffling on whether to run the full 24 miles, or start at the half-way point, since I had run the first 12 miles the year theyear before. I actally went over to Seneca Rocks this year, and hiked the 1.5 miles to the overlook. Great view, but stil a hot hazy afternoon. I decided to run with Siobhan, who runs about my pace, and we would run the second half.
We all drove up to the starting point, to drop off the full and first half runners, and to take the obligatory starting line pics. Siobhan and I did not plan this before!
Once we did the scary drive to the top of the mountain, to the halfway point, Siobhan and I took off. The first mile is actually back down the same road, and then we were off on the trail. I actually preferred the second half of the trail, but this time I was ready for the rocks. It's very rocky, pretty technical, but with some good sections of smoother single track. There was also some sections with overgrown mountain laurels, where you had to bring up your hands up to your face to kind of protect it.
The first lead runners (who had already run twelve miles) caught up to us about 20 minutes after we started. A few more people passed us, including some who yelled at us to climb up to a senic overlook.
It was a very hot day out there and we were glad we had only 12 miles to run. The trail gets more rocky. Dan, our fearless leader had cautioned us on two forks in the trail-luckily I was paying attention on a good downhill stretch, and we managed to make the fork. A little distance further, the trail was not marked with the blue blazes, and I had just turned to reconnioter, I was afraid we had taken the wrong fork, when Siobhan's father, Charlie arrived. Charlie was an old veteran on the trail and we were going the correct way. Charlie would run with us the rest of the way, which was good, since we were all getting tired by this point. The last two miles were downhill, but very rocky, and full of loose shale. It was hard to keep the feet under you.
It was good to get back to the campground for cool showers, lots and lots of food, with lots and lots of beer and wine (but that's a whole separate post in itself!!)
I got up way early Sunday, I had been dreaming of a bottle of water–yes I was dehydrated. Once up, I decided to strike the tent and get home earlier than planned. I was home, after my four hour drive, around noon. I was a little stiff after the drive, but I hope to be back next year for the run-next year, really, the full 24 miles!


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Soho House Museum was the home of Matthew Boulton, one of Birmingham's most famous sons. Boulton is famous for his associations with James Watt and the Lunar Society and left his mark on industrial development in Birmingham. The house has been painstakingly restored to its Eighteenth Century glory and reflects Boulton's taste and style. There is also a temporary exhibition gallery and education room on site that has a lively programme of community focussed exhibitions and events.
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On view inside Soho House is the Dining room where the famous Lunar Society met to discuss their ideas and experiments. Gathered here on the night of a full moon for dinner and lively conversation would be Erasmus Darwin, James Watt, Joseph Priestley and many other key figures from the science and manufacturing worlds of that day. On show is elegant furniture by James Newton, a James Watt copying press, and many Boulton pieces ranging from a stunning solid silver coffee pot to an impressive ormolu table made specifically for the hallway in the house. Uniquely, the house gives visitors glimpses of the unique inventiveness of its owner, such as the remains of a warm air heating system, probably the first in a British home since the Romans.
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One of the best speeches in history began: "I am the greatest." The desire to be the best, or be surrounded by it, is within us all. To be defined as the greatest in the creative sphere in the past 50 years is a massive achievement.
At 50, D&AD is honouring the creative visionaries of the past five decades - the ad agency, production company, art director, copywriter, directors, brand, design studio and designer that have received the most D&AD Pencils in the organisation's history.
The awards amount to a tribute to the impact that was made by Collett Dickenson Pearce & Partners on UK advertising. Not only is the agency named as the most-awarded of all time, but two of its alumni, the great art director Neil Godfrey and the equally revered copywriter Tony Brignull, are also acknowledged.
The recognition moves to more contemporary times with Frank Budgen and Tony Kaye's joint greatest director award and Apple's selection as the greatest brand.
The winners have also been celebrated with short video interviews with their contemporaries:
Sir Frank Lowe and David Abbott on Tony Brignull
Sir John Hegarty on Gorgeous Enterprises
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Lord David Puttnam, CBE on CDPPRODUCTION COMPANY: Gorgeous Enterprises
Not only can the people at this shop legitimately use the phone greeting "Hello, Gorgeous", they can now boast the title of the most-awarded production company of all time. Gorgeous, founded by Chris Palmer, Frank Budgen and Paul Rothwell, has also topped The Gunn Report every year from 1999 to 2009. Other directors on the roster include Tom Carty, Nick Broomfield and Peter Thwaites. Standout work includes Budgen's spots for Sony PlayStation, Guinness and Levi's, and Palmer's films for Skoda, T-Mobile and Visa.
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DIRECTOR (joint): Tony Kaye
Kaye's advice to budding film directors, "wear sunscreen, keep out of jail", is just what you would expect from the maverick director: not what you would expect. The American History X director has promised a return to the UK advertising scene, which can only be a good thing. His brilliance is on display in the ads he directed for Dunlop, Olympus and Volvo, and his style spawned many imitators. He was also behind music videos for Red Hot Chili Peppers, Soul Asylum and Johnny Cash. His latest feature film, Detachment, was released earlier this year.
Ads directed by Tony Kaye
DIRECTOR (joint): Frank Budgen
Budgen's towering stack of awards would suggest that he is one of the few true greats. His work, such as Levi's "twisted", Nike "tag" and Sony PlayStation 2 "mountain", confirms it. Budgen started out as a copywriter at BBDO, moved to M&C Saatchi and then to Boase Massimi Pollitt, where he directed his first ad for John Smith's. He co-founded Gorgeous Enterprises and was voted the Directors Guild of America commercial director of the year in 2007.
COPYWRITER: Tony Brignull
Brignull and Neil Godfrey were considered the most successful creative team in history. Brignull has written some glorious copy for Birds Eye, 100 Pipers, Parker pens, Olympus, Whitbread and many more advertisers that were clever enough to put his brilliant mind to work on their ads.
AD AGENCY: Collett Dickenson Pearce & Partners
If it was founded today, it would probably be called Tree or Wigwam. But, in the 60s, when all you needed above the door were the founders' surnames, this was the ad agency that ruled the planet. And, when it comes to D&AD Awards at least, no-one has stolen its crown since. The most-awarded ad agency of all time produced classic work for Benson & Hedges and Hovis, and was the starting blocks for creative talent who went on to become internationally famous, including Lord David Puttnam, Sir Alan Parker and Sir Frank Lowe.The agency may not be around any more, but its legacy lives on.
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DESIGN STUDIO: Apple
The Apple aesthetic has kept people all over the world queuing round the block for years. Its founder, Steve Jobs, will be remembered as a design visionary. The late Apple chairman and chief executive once said: "In most people's vocabularies, design means veneer. It's the fabric of the curtains of the sofa. But, to me, nothing could be further from the meaning of design. Design is the fundamental soul of human-made creation that ends up expressing itself in successive outer layers of the product or service."
BRAND: Apple
The stats speak for themselves. Apple is the world's largest publicly traded company by market capitalisation and the largest technology company in the world by revenue. That is more than Google and Microsoft combined. The brand urged us to "think different" and then showed that you can take over the world by doing just that.
ART DIRECTOR: Neil Godfrey
Godfrey's mantelpiece must have required reinforcements over the years. He has been building his hefty awards collection since 1967, when he worked at DDB. He then moved to Collett Dickenson Pearce & Partners, where he worked with another all-time winner, Tony Brignull. He has created outstanding work for Remington, Birds Eye, Fiat, Dunn & Co, Albany Life and Benson & Hedges, and his style still influences today.
DESIGNER: David Hillman
Hillman is a design icon. In the 70s, he art directed Nova magazine through its most successful period. In the early 80s, having become a partner at Pentagram, he steered the redesign of The Guardian, establishing the title at the forefront of UK publishing design. The award-winning designer founded Studio David Hillman in 2006.


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