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Friday, February 19, 2010
Minneapolis Marathon
I've been blogging for quite a few years. As Trail Runner magazine put it "Julie Berg began blogging before everyone was blogging"; I guess that is the truth. Only recently have I noticed that bloggers are given free merchandise, services and affiliate dollars from others as an exchange in receiving publicity via the blogger. I wasn't sure how these bloggers received these freebies but I though it was pretty cool. Alas, I had never been contacted by anyone to receive anything free other than POM juice. Until this past week.
Amy of Team Ortho Foundation contacted me, asking if I was interested in a free entry to the Minneapolis Marathon as well as free shwag - fleece shirt and hat - in exchange for blogging about the training runs prior to the race. Amy read my post relating to The Polar Dash, this is how she found me. She stated that the posts I would write were not required to be positive only; that the only requirement was I would blog about them. Well, of course I agreed. I had been hoping to run the Series because as I stated earlier, I love to promote a local race and the finishing medals are top notch. Top Notch.
The Minneapolis Marathon is a new marathon which will be celebrating it's second birthday this next June. I think Minnesota really needed another marathon during the summer season.
Grandmas has been the only marathon choice for many of us in the beautiful summer months and, unfortuately, the City of Duluth has taken advantage of the runner and his/her pocketbook by price gouging. Don't get me wrong, I love Grandmas Marathon. It was my first ever marathon and I went back to run it another half dozen times. Our family would stay at the Best Western Edgewater, right on London Road. This made it so easy for for my family to watch me as I ran past. The only downfall: $$$$$. Big bucks. The hotels in the City require a three night stay. THREE NIGHTS! In 2000 it was a two night minimum. By the time I ran the race in 2006 it was three nights. Needless to say, the last time I ran Grandmas I drove up in the AM, drove back home in the PM, leaving the family behind. We easily dropped $1500 for the Grandmas weekend. It is now just too expensive for our family of four to visit Duluth during my Grandmas Marathon weekend. I now have to go solo.
So there is a new kid on the block. Team Ortho - same directors of the Polar Dash which I wrote about earlier-and was so impressed with - have put together the Minneapolis Marathon. The race is held Saturday, June 6. Early registration would get you in for $69. Price increases as time goes on.
What's real cool about the race orginaization is that they have FREE training! Yeah. FREE. Each Saturday, from tomorrow the 20th, through the end of May, you can particpate in group training runs. They will provide water, sports drink and gel. I am not kidding!
Tomorrow's run is 5 miles at 8:00. You can find directions/details here. I can't make it tomorrow but I will be there next week. I'm looking forward to it!
A coworker of mine, Rachel, ran her first marathon here last year and had a great experience. I'm looking forward to running my 40th marathon here in June.
Labels: Minneapolis Marathon, Team Ortho
3 comments:
- Iris said...
I had no idea that there was a Minneapolis Marathon. Good to know - now if only my school year ended a little earlier so I could get out there again!
That will be a great race. I know alot of the pacers at this event. Nice job with blogging
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Peru's health ministry has dispatched emergency medical teams to the Amazon rainforest to stanch an outbreak of rabid vampire bats. So far 500+ people have been attacked by the bats, and four have been killed.
The creatures' habitat has recently been reduced by deforestation. From the BBC:
Four children in the Awajun indigenous tribe died after being bitten by the bloodsucking mammals. Health workers have given rabies vaccine to more than 500 people who have also been attacked. Some experts have linked mass vampire bat attacks on people in the Amazon to deforestation. The rabies outbreak is focused on the community of Urakusa in the north-eastern Peruvian Amazon, close to the border with Ecuador.
Vampire bats normally feed on the blood of sleeping horses and cows, but attacks on humans are not an entirely uncommon occurrence.
[Spotted on Foreign Policy. Image via Michael & Patricia Fogden/Corbis for National Geographic]

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Schilling's story borders on libel
Rob Schilling's article [August 25 essay: "Game over: Whites 2, blacks 0 in Democrats' firehouse primary"] is not only factually inaccurate, but it verges on libelous. The Democratic Party has had extensive discussions about how to involve underrepresented groups in City governance. I know, because as co-chair of the Tonsler district I have been at those meetings.
Here are some facts: Members of underrepresented groups were actively encouraged to run for City Council. Candidates were given equal access to Dem resources. All presented their platforms and answered questions at an advertised public meeting sponsored by Charlottesville Tomorrow in partnership with the Daily Progress. The firehouse primary was held at a central location, the date was highly advertised, and voting hours were extended to maximize participation. Dems were walking the streets in all neighborhoods to encourage voter participation. The ballots were counted using a statistically proven method to ensure a majority vote.
We are to believe that Dems should select a "successor to the 'black crown' on City Council" regardless of a democratic procedure, and that there can only be "one sitting black Democrat at a time" presumably regardless of who wins an election. It also seems that male black candidates are not "willing to capitulate," so only black females need apply (an insult to black women).
To state that a black candidate should win based on "one-of-a-few votes on (nearly) every ballot" circumvents the democratic process. Moreover, to state that [incumbent clerk Paul] "Garrett's ouster will heap gasoline onto an already raging fire" conveniently overlooks the fact that a minority woman won that nomination.
To call this a "racially engineered" election says much about Mr. Schilling's sense of entitlement and the back-room tactics he advocates. Perhaps he should instead focus on getting more members of underrepresented groups to participate in the political process.
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· undergo; "The stocks had a fast run-up"
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Hypernym(s): change
13. have - verb
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This week's challenge is "One Layer Wonder" or "Clean and Simple Card," totally in my league! =)
I inked Until Olive, Altogether Evelyn and Almost Ella with Antique Linen Distress Ink on a PTI's Rustic White card front. They are then colored with Copic markers.
The sentiment is from the Mason Jar of Flowers set.
That's all from me. Don't forget to find out what the other design team members and participants created for this week's challenge and see all the challenge details over on the Stamping Bella Blog! =)
Have a fabulous day and thanks for stopping by!
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cardstock: (Rustic White) Papertrey Ink
rubber stamps: (Until Olive, Altogether Evelyn, Almost Ella, Mason Jar of Flowers) Stamping Bella
dye ink: (Antique Linen) Ranger Industries
hybrid ink: (Chocolate Brown) My Favorite Things
Copics used:
skin: E13, E11, E01, E00, E0000, R20
Altogether Evelyn (left girl):
jeans: T8, T6, T4
top: BG13, BG23, BG11, BG10, YR15, YR12, Y28, Y26, Y12, Y23
hair: BV29, BV08, BV25, V25, BV00
Almost Ella (middle girl):
dress: R24, RV14, RV13, T2, T0, 0, Y26, Y21, Y23
hair: BG13, BG23, BG11, Y13, YG01, Y11
Until Olive (right girl):
jeans, head wrap: B06, B04, BG02
top: Y28, Y26, Y21, Y11, R24, RV14, RV13, YR18, YR68, YR04, YR02
hair: Y38, Y18, Y13, R30
card size: 3 1/2" x 5 3/8"


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Nia Sanchez doesn't feel like she's ever been in any real physical danger. She has never felt threatened in public or feared she could be the victim of any type of violence.
There was, though, that one time a few years ago when she was in a public place and a jerk grabbed her by the wrist and pulled her in the opposite direction of the way she was going. Maybe the man was just joking around. Sanchez wasn't going to stick around to find out, quickly using her martial arts training to get the man to remove his grip.


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James J. Pellerite, professor of flute at Indiana University retired a few years ago and turned to a new world of musical exploration and a new career with the Native American flute. He will be the featured performer tonight in the St. Marks Recital Series at the East Third Avenue Episcopal church. He was not a random booking; Fort Lewis College Professor Emerita Rochelle Mann was a student of Pellerites at Indiana. But Scott Hagler, executive director of 3rd Ave. Arts, which produces the Recital Series, said scoring Pellerite is a coup.
This is a big deal for 3rd Ave. Arts. Weve never brought anyone in from so far away, said Hagler, who also will play organ for tonights concert as one of several local musicians providing accompaniment for Pellerite. Mann also will.
Pellerite owns his own publishing company, JP-PUBLICATIONS, and commissions works by American composers specifically for the Native flute. They feature the Native flute in solo, chamber and orchestral settings.
Since I had no previous knowledge of American Indian music, I have approached the study of this beautiful flute of tradition as a classical flutist, and have elected to combine the influence from music of Western societies with the flavoring of Native American-styled ornamentations, Pellerite said. My dedicated efforts have brought together many enthusiastic composers who have created a new repertoire for this unique flute.
Pellerite will premiere three new works tonight: Legends for Solo Flute by Colorado composer John Heins; Oh, That I Had Wings Like a Dove, for Native flute and organ, by David Patterson; and Canopache for Native flute and drone by Carson Cooman.
His pedigree is much more than just academic. Pellerite was solo flutist of the Philadelphia Orchestra and has held the position of principal flute with the symphony orchestras of Detroit and Indianapolis. His resumé includes performances with the orchestras of Chautauqua, N.Y., Radio City Music Hall, LOrquestra Sinfonica de Puerto Rico, San Francisco Symphony, Dallas Symphony and the Minnesota Orchestra under such conductors as Leonard Bernstein, Pablo Casals, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Eugene Ormandy, Igor Stravinsky and Bruno Walter.
The fourth and final performance in the 2012-13 St. Marks Recital Series will be held April 12 with a solo piano recital by Lisa Campi Walters, associate professor of music at Fort Lewis College.


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New: Berkeley Police Seek Man Who Tried to Kidnap Woman on Street
Police are looking for a man who attempted to kidnap a woman as she was walking home alone in Berkeley on Friday night. -more-
Police are looking for a man who attempted to kidnap a woman as she was walking home alone in Berkeley on Friday night. -more-
East Bay residents should be on the lookout for suspects posing as water department workers after an official truck was stolen from the East Bay Municipal Utility District last week, the district announced today. -more-
A man who was found dead in an apartment in West Berkeley last Friday was identified by police today as 54-year-old Sylvan Fuselier of Berkeley.
Berkeley police also announced they are offering a $15,000 reward for the arrest and conviction of the suspect or suspects who were responsible for his death.
Police said they were dispatched at about 11:45 a.m. Friday for a welfare check at an apartment in the 1100 block of Addison Street.
They said a community member told them that they were concerned because they hadn't seen Fuselier, who lived in the apartment, for several days.
Officers who entered the apartment found Fuselier dead inside, police said. -more-
The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) will be meeting in Oakland on March 11, 2014, to hear testimony on the sale of historic post offices and its effect on communities, historic buildings and historic districts. The ACHP is an independent federal agency that promotes preservation and sustainable use of our nation's historic resources and its members are appointed by President Obama.
The Council is required to develop and submit a plan to Congress by April 17, 2014 to make sure that the U.S. Postal Service follows the law in handling its historic buildings. The ACHP invited groups working on historic preservation to make presentations from 1:45-4:30 PM at the Dellums Federal Building, 1301 Clay Street, Oakland. The meeting is by invitation only, and not open to the public. However, the public may submit their concerns in writing. This will be the only meeting in California.
Members of the press should contact the ACHP Office of Communications. The Director is Susan Glimcher, email@example.com Phone: 202-606-8648
Secretary of State, John Kerry, issued a strong statement to Russian czar, Vladimir Putin - "You just don't in the 21st century behave in 19th century fashion by invading another country on completely trumped-up pretext." Oh really! Perhaps, Kerry should look in the rear view mirror and reflect on our 'shock and awe' preemptive attack on Iraq based on bogus claims of WMD's. -more-
It took 13 deaths and hundreds of complaints for the Justice Department to finally launch a criminal investigation into why the largest automaker, General Motors, ignored deadly safety defects in its compact cars Contrary to earlier assertions that the problem was first discovered in 2003, GM now admits that the ignition switch on its Saturn Ion stalled in 2001. -more-
In honor of International Women's Day, March 8, and Women's History Month let's celebrate the life and work of a couple of heroines who are still working on their place in history, Sister Megan Rice and Ohio State Senator Nina Turner.
First, Sister Megan, of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus, is the 84-year-old nun who's just been sentenced to three years in jail because she took part in a break-in at the facility where the U.S. stores most of its weapons-grade uranium. She and her two companions wanted to call attention to what they perceived as violations of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, a world agreement supposed to control the spread of nuclear weapons.
I'm particularly proud of Sister Megan because the nuns of the SHCJ taught me in high school in Pasadena. In those days all of our teachers were women, almost all of them nuns. It was a great privilege to learn by their example that women were fully capable of running things, could even tackle subjects like chemistry and math which girls at co-ed schools sometimes were led to believe to be too hard, better left to the boys.
Looking online to learn more about Sister Megan, who might have been one of my teachers, I was amazed to learn that instead she'd spent 40 years in Africa teaching science to African girls. I was impressed by the pictures of the SHCJ sisters in Africa, now almost all of them native to Africa, with just a few of European descent sprinkled among them. They not only run schools, but work in organic agriculture, health, and other diverse fields.
There's a petition in circulation asking President Obama to pardon Megan Rice and her two co-conspirator peace activists, or to limit their sentences to time served. But I can't help imagining what a fertile field a women's prison would be for Sister Megan's activism and her experience as an educator—she'd be teaching truth there at government expense. Before she was sentenced, she asked the court to send her to jail, so she may have some plans…
What women like Megan Rice show us is that if something needs to be done and no one seems to be doing it, just get moving. The influence of a single determined woman can be enormous.
Another kind of heroine has recently come to my attention, one whose strength is instead working within the system to get things done. Ohio State Senator Nina Turner, who has represented a Cleveland district in the Ohio legislature for many years, is now running for Ohio Secretary of State in an attempt to end the Republican domination of that office which has resulted in numerous attempts to keep Democrats, especially African-Americans, from voting. The latest outrage, says Katrina Van Den Heuvel: "Ohio's Republican Secretary of State John Husted moved to restrict early-voting hours in the Buckeye State, eliminating early voting on Sundays and weekday nights."
Turner's campaign to end voter suppression in Ohio was profiled by Van Den Heuvel in The Nation: Why This Woman Should Be Ohio's Next Secretary of State. You can also see her appearance on The Rachel Maddow Show -more-
1) The guy who identified himself to the Berkeley City Council tonight as some kind of managerish person at the Oxford/Center Starbucks. He thinks putting a very popular Starbucks on the corner of Ashby and Telegraph would turn that intersection into a pedestrian mecca. Uh-huh.
2) Then there's Mayor Bates, who expressed surprise that neighbors report the Alta Bates parking garage full at 8am. "Why,"he said, "when I go there at 10 I can find a space." But wait--doesn't he say he's given up his car, that he's a non-driver? Just sayin'
3) And at the tail end of the meeting, at the eleventh hour, literally, the Mayor's Majority, whom he's suckered into believing that filing an action to get a judge to set the district lines for the November local election will result in his district map triumphing. As Councilmember Arreguin pointed out, the judge will be able to examine ALL the plans submitted for consideration, and will be obliged to pick the one which best follows the charter. And that's not the blatant gerrymander which the M's M. passed.
How much will hiring an outside lawyer to sue the city (yes, that's what they're planning to do!)cost the taxpayers? Plenty, and a lot of citizens will remember that when they're deciding how to vote on the revenue measures the council wants to put on the very same ballot. -more-
Over the course of the past decade, the doyens of the left, Peter Dale Scott and Noam Chomsky, began to use the term "deep state" to refer to the relatively small number of Washington and Wall Street player who actually control America. Now former GOP congressional senior staff member, Mike Lofgren, has elaborated the concept. -more-
Secretary of State John Kerry recently denounced Russia's intervention in the Crimea by declaring, "It is not appropriate to invade a country, and at the end of a barrel of a gun dictate what you are trying to achieve. That is not 21st-century, G8, major nation behaviour." Guess which country has a sordid history of invading countries. As the saying goes, people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. -more-
On March 17th, the Irish, the more than 70 million world-wide who claim Irish heritage, and the Irish-for-a-day, will be lifting a pint of Guinness, or something stronger, to toast Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. I bet corn beef and cabbage will be on many a menu. And many will be wearin' the green. Why is it celebrated on March 17th? One theory is that is the day St. Patrick died and is now celebrated as his feast day. -more-
Most people have, at some point, encountered someone with a mental illness. Perhaps there is an aunt or cousin with mental illness, or the son or daughter of a coworker. Yet, people in general have limited understanding of the life of someone with serious mental illness. It might help you understand if I explain to you what it is like for me to experience a psychotic episode and then recover from it. -more-
March is National Women's History Month. March 8 is International Women's Day. -more-
Everything that explains the world has in fact explained a world that does not exist, a world in which men are at the center of the human enterprise and women are at the margin "helping" them. Such a world does not exist -- never has" (Gerda Lerner )
Aside from the Republican's relentless War on Women, let me offer you another reason why even one token month is still necessary to America's political culture.
I've just finished reading a book titled The Season of the Witch, written by David Talbot, who founded Salon.com in 1995, the first web magazine in the United States, known for breaking investigative journalistic stories. The book is an evocative political, social and cultural history of San Francisco from the late 1950s through the early 1970s. Since he dealt with every trend and movement, often in overheated prose, I kept waiting—and waiting--for him to describe the sudden explosion of the women's liberation movement.
Astonishingly, Talbot didn't even write one paragraph about the women's movement, which certainly transformed American political and social culture more profoundly than did the two chapters he devotes to the San Francisco 49ers football team. -more-
Piedmont and Oakland has a new theatre company—the Piedmont Oakland Repertory Theatre -more-
Larry Reed, American dalang (shadowmaster) extraordinaire, and his 40-year old company ShadowLight will stage a free Balinese shadowplay, "The Marriage Contest for the Hand of Princess Tatewati," a tale from the Mahabharata, with gamelan musicians Carla Fabrizio, Lisa Gold, Paul Millar and Sarah Willner, sponsored by the UC Berkeley Department of Music and the department of Southeast Asian studies, this Saturday night, 8-9 p. m. at Morrison Hall, 125 Elkus Room, on the UC campus. Information: firstname.lastname@example.com or call 642-2678. -more-
—Almost five years ago, Central Works staged 'Machiavelli's The Prince,' a two-hander with good performances by Richard Frederick and
Michael Navarra as the famed political writer of the Renaissance and Lorenzo II, Duke of Florence, the ruler to whom Machiavelli's most famous screed was dedicated. -more-
Two Strong Women Making Waves 03-07-2014
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National Advisory Council on Historic Preservation to Meet in Oakland on Sale of Historic Post Offices By Margot Smith 03-07-2014
Remember History When Considering Ukraine By Tejinder Uberoi 03-07-2014
The G.M. Recal By Tejinder Uberoi 03-14-2014
New: Berkeley Police Seek Man Who Tried to Kidnap Woman on Street By Bay City News 03-11-2014
East Bay Residents Warned Against Phony Water District Employees After Utility Truck Is Stolen By Bay City News 03-09-2014
Man Found Dead in Berkeley Identified by Jeff Shuttleworth (BCN) 03-07-2014
THE PUBLIC EYE: The War on Democracy: The Deep State By Bob Burnett 03-07-2014
ECLECTIC RANT: Thoughts on the Ukrainian Crisis By Ralph E. Stone 03-07-2014
ECLECTIC RANT: St. Patrick's Day By Ralph E. Stone 03-14-2014
ON MENTAL ILLNESS: Chronicle of an Episode By Jack Bragen 03-07-2014
SENIOR POWER: Inspiring Change By Helen Rippier Wheeler, firstname.lastname@example.com 03-07-2014
AGAINST FORGETTING: Why Women's History Month? By Ruth Rosen 03-07-2014
New Theater Company Plays "Other People's Money" at Kehila in Oakland By Our Correspondent 03-14-2014
Around & About Theater & Music: ShadowLight & Gamelan Musicians Stage Free Balinese Shadowplay Saturday Night on UC Berkeley Campus By Ken Bullock 03-07-2014
Two Theater Reviews: 'The Lion & the Fox,' Central Works at the Berkeley City Club; 'A Maze,' Just Theater at Ashby Stage By Ken Bullock 03-07-2014


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Adjustable-rate-mortgage (ARM): A mortgage having an interest rate that can change at designated intervals, based on a financial index.
Annual percentage rate (APR): A rate that reflects the actual annual cost of a loan, incorporating the loan interest rate, private mortgage insurance, points, and fees.
Appraisal: A professional assessment of the market value of a property.
Cap: A limit set on an ARM as to how much the interest rate or monthly payments may increase.
Closing: The legal procedure in which the transfer of property becomes final. Also called settlement.
Closing costs: Costs incurred by the buyer and seller in transferring ownership of a property.
Contingency: A condition that must be met before a contract is legally binding.
Convertible ARM: An adjustable-rate mortgage that can be converted to a fixed-rate mortgage under specified conditions.
Down payment: The part of the purchase price of a home that the buyer pays in cash up front; not included in the loan.
Earnest money: A deposit given to the seller by the buyer when submitting an offer to show serious intent about buying a property.
Escrow: The holding of documents and money (such as a deposit) by a neutral third party prior to closing. Also an account held by the lender into which a homeowner pays money for taxes and insurance.
Equity: The difference between the market value of a property and the owner's outstanding mortgage balance; measures the degree of ownership.
Fixed-rate mortgage: A mortgage in which the interest rate does not change during the entire life of the loan.
Flood insurance: Insurance that will be required if a property is in a federally designated flood hazard area.
Homeowner's insurance: An insurance policy offers liability coverage and protects the homeowner against physical damage to the property.
Interest rate cap: A provision of an ARM that limits how much the interest rate can increase per adjustment period.
Lifetime cap: A provision of an ARM limiting the total increase in the interest rate over the life of the loan.
Lock-in rate: An interest rate the lender guarantees to the borrower provided the mortgage is closed within a certain time period. The borrower pays a fee for this guarantee.
Margin: The set percentage rate the lender adds to the index rate to determine the interest rate on an ARM.
Mortgage: A legal document that pledges a property to the lender as security for the payment of a debt.
Offer to purchase: A formal document in which a buyer proposes to buy a property for a specified amount and under certain conditions. Acceptance by the seller creates a contract binding on both parties, subject to any contingencies.
PITI: Stands for principal, interest, taxes, and insurance—the components of a monthly mortgage payment.
Points: A one-time charge by the lender to increase the yield of a loan. Equal to one percent of the loan amount and paid at closing.
Prequalification: The process of determining how large a loan a prospective home buyer can qualify for; this procedure is done before actually applying for the loan.
Principal: The amount originally borrowed. Also that amount of the monthly mortgage payment that reduces the outstanding balance of a mortgage.
Private mortgage insurance (PMI): Insurance provided by a nongovernment insurer to protect a lender against loss if a borrower defaults. Usually required if down payment is less than 20 percent of the purchase price.
Real estate agent: A person licensed to negotiate and transact the sale of real estate; works on behalf of the seller, unless designated as a buyer's broker.
Title: A legal document establishing the right of ownership.
Title insurance: Insurance to protect the lender (lender's policy) or the buyer (buyer's policy) against loss arising from disputes over property ownership.
Title search: A detailed examination of the title records to ensure that the seller of a property is the legal owner and that there are no liens or other claims outstanding.
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Contrary to the widespread view that the European debt crisis is acting as a drag on the U.S. economic recovery, it actually has been beneficial for the United States. The euro-zone debt crisis has given Washington a respite by boosting the safe-haven premium of Treasury bonds and reducing the debt-service burden for the U.S. government. But the current plight of Italy, Spain and other euro-zone debtors provides a blueprint for the way a debt crisis could develop in this country, as well, in the next 12 to 18 months.
The euro-zone debt crisis didn't begin in late 2009, and not even in September 2008, when the collapse of Lehman Brothers unleashed the global economic slump. The crisis dates back to the mid- and early 2000s, to the last global economic boom, when the Greek budget deficit averaged over 6 percent of GDP despite a favorable economic environment. The same was true of Italy: even though the country was running a primary budget surplus (i.e., excluding debt service payments), its debt burden didn't budge during the fat years and remained above the 100 percent of GDP mark.
Both countries, which in the fourth quarter of 2011 were the crux of the euro-zone debt crisis, entered the global economic downturn in an extremely weak fiscal condition. Regardless of whether one embraces Keynesian economics or sides with its critics, it should be noted, first, that John Maynard Keynes expected governments to run fiscal surpluses during economic booms in order to cool off the overheating economy and accumulate resources to fall back on in downturns. And, second, modern industrial economies are all based on the Keynesian model. In all rich industrial countries, government spending constitutes a big part of the economy, so that whenever the economy begins to slow, deficit spending kicks in to moderate the severity of the downturn. When economic activity slows, tax receipts fall while unemployment payments, transfers to local governments and other such expenditures increase.
Not a V-shaped Recovery
While the first condition was universally ignored, and budgetary red ink flowed freely during the economic boom in Europe and North America, not to mention Japan, the second condition, deficit spending, kicked in promptly. Governments also put in place large fiscal stimulus packages in the hopes that public works and subsidies to consumers to buy cars, among other measures, would jump-start economic growth.
The result was that heavily indebted euro-zone countries, already lacking fiscal discipline entering the recession, faced a dramatic widening of their budget deficits and a rising borrowing requirement. Had it been an ordinary recession, of the kind we have seen several times since the early 1980s (which were mild and then followed by swift, V-shaped recoveries), the euro-zone fiscal crisis might not have occurred — or at least it would have been swept under the rug yet again. But this was a different kind of economic slump. The economies in Western Europe and the United States weakened and, unaccountably, didn't rebound. No clear wellsprings of growth emerged, consumer demand remained weak and private investment slumped. Rich economies were flapping along the bottom and governments were forced to continue to supplement aggregate demand with deficit spending.
It took financial markets about a year after the Lehman collapse to realize that the likes of Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and Italy would not be able to sustain their torrid pace of public sector borrowing. Investors began demanding higher interest rates on the money they were lending to their governments; plus, bondholders faced margin calls from clearing houses, which led to higher yields. A vicious cycle was born. While Italy could continue to service its debt at a 3-4 percent rate on long bonds, it was very likely to face bankruptcy if rates rose to 7.5 percent or even 8 percent.
Starting in 2010, governments across Europe were forced to cut spending and raise taxes, thereby plunging their economies deeper into a recession. In Greece, an increase in certain sales and value-added taxes ended up reducing the overall government take because consumption and economic activity promptly ground to a halt.
America's Gain
In recent months, as the euro-zone crisis intensified, a widespread opinion has emerged in the U.S. blaming Greece and Italy, and also Spain and France, for creating market uncertainty and weighing on a nascent U.S. economic recovery. In reality, the exact opposite is true: the crisis in Europe has given America some breathing room — albeit most likely only for a short time.
As the euro slouched toward collapse, the risk premium on U.S. Treasury bonds rocketed. The yield on the 10-year bond, which in mid-2010 neared 4 percent, dropped to less than 1.75 percent in September 2011, an all-time low. The decline in two-year yields has been even more dramatic, from nearly 1.5 percent in mid-2009 to around 0.25 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011.
This explains why spending on interest by the federal government has remained manageable, despite the government's debt burden having increased by over $1 trillion a year, doubling since 2005. In fact, the government laid out around $200 billion in net interest costs in 2011, approximately the same as in 2005 and less than in the final years of the Bush-era boom in 2006-07.
This is a special situation, reflecting uncertainty in Europe. It is unlikely to last indefinitely. Current bond yields are well below the rate of inflation, meaning that bond investors are paying the U.S. government real money for the privilege of giving it a loan. If the long bond yield were to return to 4 percent (which is close to the current rate of inflation), we may see interest payments double, to $400 billion. This would merely signal the return to "normal" conditions.
Yet since our debt now measures over $16 trillion and is approaching the Italian level of 100 percent of GDP, the situation is far from normal. In the late 1990s, the Treasury paid some $240 billion annually on debt that was less than one-third as large as it is today, or around $5 trillion. If the relentless printing of money by the Fed awakens inflationary expectations among bond investors, interest payments could jump to more than $750 billion a year.
Curbing the Deficit
Some economists have been critical of the Republicans for proposing to cut government spending while the economy teeters on the brink of another recession. In fact, reducing the budget deficit voluntarily, while bond yields remain extremely low, is preferable to doing so the way the Greek and Italian governments were forced to do, in an environment of rocketing bond yields. Republicans and Tea Party activists deserve credit for raising the issue before it is too late.
However, addressing the budget deficit won't solve the underlying problem — namely, the inability of the economy to rebound from the economic crisis on its own accord. Cutting the deficit, either by reducing spending or raising taxes or a combination of both, will inevitably put a brake on the economy.
It would be naive to expect that cutting taxes or reducing government regulation will create a substantial boost for the economy. Profits at S&P 500 companies in the July-September quarter increased 4.6 percent, outpacing analysts' expectations for 11th straight quarterly period. This shows that many American companies, across a variety of industries, are thriving in the current environment. Nor was the existing system of regulations, or an even more onerous rate of income taxes, an impediment to the technological revolution of the 1990s, when the U.S. economy experienced an acute shortage of labor and when new college graduates commanded fabulous salaries.
The fact that the normally resilient, irrepressible and entrepreneurial U.S. economy has remained dead in the water for more than three years is extremely worrisome. Getting it afloat again may require a more serious overhaul, comparable in scope to revolutions accomplished during the Franklin Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan administrations. Unfortunately, it now appears that it may have to come after a second leg of the financial crisis is played out and the massive Treasury bond bubble is deflated, probably with dramatic consequences.
Alexei Bayer is an economist and author based in New York City.


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Milwaukee has plan to reduce fuel costs of city plow, salt trucks
Salt trucks and a full fleet of plows were clearing Milwaukee streets all day Wednesday, and the fuel adds up, but the city had a plan to reduce the cost.
The sound of a DPW truck has become the sound of winter -- especially this winter -- in Milwaukee, but that sound may soon change.
There's a new kid on the block -- a truck fueled by natural gas.
"The natural gas engines are a lot quieter, and they're a lot cleaner," Milwaukee DPW Fleet Operations Manager Jeff Tews said.
They're also a lot cheaper to fuel than the current fleet of 105 diesel salt trucks. Last year, these trucks cost the city $408,000 to fuel.
"Right now, where diesel might be costing us about like $3.78 a gallon, an equivalent amount of natural gas that runs this truck is costing about a $1.34, and that's phenomenal savings," Tews said.
With the help of a federal grant, the city has started replacing diesel garbage trucks with natural gas garbage trucks.
The average cost to fuel a diesel garbage truck last year was $11,695.
The average cost to fuel a natural gas truck is $5,372.
The city hopes to begin the salt truck transition to natural gas soon.
"We're hoping that we might actually be able to buy some of those this year," Tews said.
The fuel efficiency is a little worse on natural gas trucks. They don't get the same miles per gallon, but the cost is so much cheaper that the savings are still significant.


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Owner Alex McCarty, who you may recognize from her online shop Blossom Boutique, describes her new venture as an indie boutique and gallery. Located in an old row house in the historic business district of West Reading, PA, the shop has original architectural details with tons of vintage charm, wood floors, and walls painted with gorgeous saturated colors—bluebird blue (of course) in the first room, with a fruit-punchy raspberry on the back and staircase walls. The remaining rooms, which flow from one to the other (shotgun style) will get a similar treatment in the coming weeks.
Display of cards against the raspberry-colored wall.
Newly arrived bags artfully arranged on hooks. Isn't this wall color perfect?
Little journals and picture frame magnetic boards covered with vintage fabric and with matching fabric-covered magnets—love these!
Tiny lampshades with storybook animals and ball fringe trim, jars of chunky wooden beads for stringing, and children's dresses made from fun fabric combinations.
I got to meet Tara Gentile from scoutie girl and Handmade in PA who was helping out for the day and several other local consignors who were dropping off items. Everything beautiful and well-made—you're going to love shopping here.
I hope you'll stop by for the opening to welcome Alex to the neighborhood, meet some of the artists, and browse the gallery show. If you hate crowds (too many people—ack!), skip the opening and stop by when things have quieted down a bit and you can browse in a more leisurely fashion. It's not too early to think about starting your holiday shopping and you might just find everything you're looking for here!
Hello Bluebird, 609 Penn Avenue, West Reading, PA 19611
6 comments:
- Unknown said...
How neat! Looks like it's gonna be great. You make me wish we were closer. We are just gonna have to take a weekend ride over one of these days. We don't have any shops in Cincy that cater to things handmade...just the flea markets or craft shows that occur occassionally.
- August 01, 2009 9:07 AM
- Funky Finds said...
Just moved to Philadelphia area from Texas & am excited to visit this new shop next month! Also looking forward to Crafty by Nature tomorrow. Jessica D.
- August 01, 2009 10:15 PM
Looks like such a cute shop and I love the name of it. Wish I could fly over and visit. :)
- August 02, 2009 2:10 PM
- janet said...
I'm surprised about Cincinnati not having anything fun. We desperately need something like that where I live, too, but I'm just not sure if there are enough customers to make it work. I've gone over this in my head endlessly because I'd love to open a shop like this myself.
Jessica, I think you'll really like it. Too bad Crafty by Nature was rained out yesterday - maybe the next one will have better weather (it's been such a wet summer).
- August 03, 2009 9:55 AM
- tara - handmadeinpa.net said...
thanks for the shout out about hello bluebird!! alex & i are so excited to get the doors open and have customers browsing the shelves.
- August 03, 2009 2:17 PM
- alex said...
Oh! I just spied your post--such beautiful pics of the shop--maybe some day soon I'll be able to assemble a post as lovely as yours! It was so nice to see you again--it has been too long. thank you for always being so supportive of my journey. Your thoughtful, perfect work is really just a manifestation of the lovely person you are on the inside.
- August 06, 2009 12:26 AM


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For prime p sufficiently large, there is always an integer q such that q is a residue mod p, but neither q−1 nor q+1 are; the number of such residues scales like p/8 (and similarly for any sequence of residues/non-residues in three consecutive integers).
What are the best lower bounds on primes p, for which such "isolated" residues are guaranteed to exist? Do they exist, for instance, for all p ≡ 3 (mod 4) aside from p = 3?
(If this is a typical homework problem, please point me to a textbook for which it is an exercise.)


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Heavy Roses, Voulangis, France, 1914, is said to be the last photograph Steichen took in France before the Great War. The sensual blooms dying a slow death seem to mirror what was about to happen to the world. The photograph has a rich painterly quality—when it was taken Steichen still had aspirations to be a painter. Following the war Steichen returned to Voulangis and destroyed all of his paintings.
This print was made by master photogravure printer Jon Goodman.
Edward Steichen is an immortal among photographers. He was one of the most prominent and influential figures of twentieth-century photography. During his long career he worked in a variety of styles in black-and-white and in color; his subjects ranged from portraits and landscapes to fashion and advertising to dance and sculpture. As a curator at the Museum of Modern Art for fifteen years, Steichen was responsible for many important exhibitions, including The Family of Man. He became chief photographer for Condé Nast Publications in 1923, publishing regularly in Vogue and Vanity Fair for the next fifteen years. His richest, most profound photographs were made between 1900 and 1927. It is the masterpieces from this period that Steichen asked Aperture to publish as hand-pulled photogravures. In 1961 Steichen was honored with a one-man show at MoMA. The Edward Steichen Photography Center was established at the museum in 1964. In 1967, he wrote, "Today I am no longer concerned with photography as an art form. I believe it is potentially the best medium for explaining man to himself and to his fellow man." Steichen died in West Redding, Connecticut, shortly before his ninety-fourth birthday.
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by Michael Caruso
Two local musical ensembles have been awarded challenge grants from the Knight Foundation. Both The Crossing and the Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra are among this year's winners, with Black Pearl being honored for the second year in a row.
"The Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra is honored to once again receive this prestigious award from the Knight Foundation," said Jeri Lynne Johnson of West Mt. Airy, founder and conductor of the Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra. "The $50,000 award will go towards creating a Black Pearl POPS! concert series. Using music and artists from the Afro, Latino and Arab pop genres, this series puts a world music series spin on the traditional symphonic pops concert. This series will further Black Pearl's mission to use classical music to connect countries, cultures and communities in Philadelphia."
Johnson is also the conductor of the Trowbridge Chamber Orchestra, the advanced instrumental ensemble of Settlement Music School, where she works with the most talented instrumentalists from throughout Settlement's six branches in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Donald Nally is the founder and conductor of The Crossing, a chamber choir that specializes in new music. Also a West Mt. Airy resident, Nally is the interim music director of the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, where The Crossing regularly performs.
Nally will lead the first installment in The Crossing's "Month of Moderns" at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 12, at Chestnut Hill Presbyterian Church, 8855 Germantown Ave. The program includes local composer Curt Cacioppo's "Cantata of the Angels" (Vermillion Vespers), set to the poetry of Luigi Cerantola.
For ticket information, visit www.crossingchoir.com.
The Pennsylvania Ballet opened its production of "Peter Pan" this past weekend in the Academy of Music. The presentation is a company premiere for the East Falls-based troupe. It continues through Sunday, May 13.
Sometimes it takes substandard material to prove the quality of a performer. For example, "Butterfield-8" is the worst movie Elizabeth Taylor ever made, but it proves without question that she was not only the most beautiful woman of her era but one of Hollywood's finest actresses. The screenplay and direction were abysmal, but her performance was radiant, fully worthy of the first of her three Academy Awards.
The same can be written about the Pennsylvania Ballet's production of "Peter Pan." Trey McIntyre's choreography is dreadful. There's very little actual dancing. It's mostly pantomime, but the mime is so garbled that you wouldn't know the story of the boy who wouldn't grow up from the ballet unless you already knew it from J.M. Barrie's original novel and its subsequent incarnations. With the exception of the nearly eliminated Tinkerbell, all the major characters are there, including the crocodile. The narrative reasons for their being there is another matter altogether. It's just a pity the crocodile didn't swallow the choreographer instead of Captain Hook, who was merely following his destiny as a pirate. At least that would have been balletic justice and dramatically satisfying.
And yet, the production "Peter Pan" is receiving by Pennsylvania Ballet was excellent. The chief strength of Sunday afternoon's performance was the portrayal given the title role by Amir Yogev. He made the most of his opportunities to dance, he made a mighty effort to make sense of the mime, and he flew across the stage of the Academy of Music with fearless abandon and infectious exuberance, soaring to incredible heights yet landing as though he really were lighter than air. Yogev was devilish and touching. Lauren Fadeley was a lovely Wendy. Her dancing was both elegant and energetic, and she also strove effectively to overcome the insufficiencies of McIntyre's pantomime.
For ticket information, visit www.paballet.org or call 215-893-1999.
Charles Dutoit launched the final leg of his tenure as chief conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra with a pair of concerts in the Kimmel Center's Verizon Hall Friday and Saturday nights. The man who should have been chosen to succeed the departing Riccardo Muti in 1992 led a program comprised of Mozart's (Paris) "Symphony No. 31 in D major," Saint-Saens' "Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor," Debussy's symphonic fragments from "The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian" and Scriabin's "The Poem of Ecstasy" (Symphony No. 4). Saturday evening's audience virtually packed the house and gave the popular Dutoit several standing ovations over the course of the concert.
Dutoit and the Philadelphians caught the intense elegance and eloquent lyricism of all three of the Mozart movements. The opening Allegro assai bristled with excitement, the Andante sang with intimacy, and the closing Allegro danced with rhythmic vitality. The playing of the entire ensemble was admirable, especially from the orchestra's fabled string section. Dutoit is one conductor who can summon up memories of the late Eugene Ormandy's famous "Philadelphia Sound" with the flick of a baton.


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Via Think Progress. Another week and another racist or sexist slur from the all-white, all-male fratboys at cable "news" network. MSNBC. Hardball's Chris Matthews offered Sen. Barack Obama some "practical" "advice" on how to attract more white men and working class white voters to his presidential campaign.
MATTHEWS: You got to talk like a firebrand because if you're carrying their fight for them, they're going to like you. You know, a lot of white people root for black athletes because they're winning for the home team. People are quite willing to pick up black heroes, if they'll win for their side.
Watch the video:
Rod 2.0 previously reported Matthews' colorful description of Obama's bowling game: "This gets very ethnic, but the fact that he's good at basketball doesn't surprise anybody."
Matthews, who was forced to make two on-air apologies to Hillary Clinton for crude remarks, often gushes over Obama but continues to offer on-air racial stereotypes. Maybe this is the admission price some people are willing to pay to watch one of
anchor newsreader Keith Olbermann's vitriolic anti-Hillary "Special Comments."
Some Background ...
Matthews: Does Obama Connect with "Regular" Voters or "Only African-Americans [R20]
Chris Matthews Mocks Obama's Bowling as "Ethnic" [R20]
Shuster Suspended Over "Pimping" Chelsea Clinton Comment [R20]
All White Panel on MSNBC's Tucker: Is Obama Black Enough? [R20]
Matthews on Giuliani: The Country "Wants Fascism" [R20]
Matthews on Hillary: "How Many Times is She Going to Be Confused by Men?" [R20]
Matthews and Newsweek: Mitt Romney is "Buff" [R20]


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Feb. 7, 2012 -- The FDA today approved Sklice, a no-comb, 10-minute treatment for head lice.
The announcement comes from Sanofi Pasteur U.S., which last year acquired the developer of the treatment, Topaz Pharmaceuticals.
Sklice is aprescription topical (on-the-skin) lotion containing a 0.5% solution of ivermectin, a powerful parasite killer. It can be used in kids as young as 6 months.
In clinical trials, a single home treatment got rid of head lice in about three-fourths of kids. Fewer than 1% of kids had negative side effects, which included pinkeye, redness in the whites of the eye, eye irritation, dandruff, dry skin, and a burning sensation.
According to Sanofi consultant Bill Ryan, DVM, who conducted the clinical trials for Topaz, side effects were seen in only 0.1% of kids.
"It speaks to the safety of this product that there is no need for covering the eyes or using gloves," Ryan tells WebMD. "Ivermectin has been used in pill form in a billion people over 20 years. I think that should put people's minds at ease."
With many current head lice medications, parents are encouraged to comb out nits after treatment. That is not necessary with Sklice, although parents may use a nit comb if they prefer.
Sklice is formulated with shea butter and olive oil, Ryan says, to make it especially "user friendly."
Sanofi says Sklice should be available in a few months. The company has not yet announced a price.


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Richard Hurd, who attempted to extort $1 million from Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III, will face up to three years in prison Wednesday.
Like Griffin, Hurd is a former Baylor University student-athlete, having played for the Bears' basketball team from 2004-08. He contacted Griffin's agent in June asking for $1 million to not release sensitive information apparently damaging to Griffin's reputation. Griffin's agent then contacted authorities, who arranged to give Hurd $120,000 to sign a non-disclosure agreement. Once Hurd did, he was arrested.
Hurd pleaded guilty in September to threatening to injure the reputation of another person and receiving the proceeds of extortion. He will be appearing before a judge in Waco, Tex. to receive his sentence.
Tuesday, Griffin discussed the matter with Dallas-area reporters. Griffin will return to Texas for the first time as a professional when his Redskins play the Cowboys Thursday.
"Whenever you have situations like that, you come into a lot of money, anything like that, people are going to try to bring you down, try to tarnish your image and things of that nature," Griffin said. "It was unfortunate. It's a guy that I know who he is. He's my fiancée's ex-boyfriend. People do things like that when they're angry at you, or for whatever reason it is. To me, it's just extremely unfortunate and you just got to move on from it. That's what I've done, I've moved on from it. It's not anything that I'm afraid of. It's just sad."
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As he walked off the turf at Reliant Park after the sixth session of organized team activities with the Houston Texans, David Hunter got a little personal instruction from a teammate, veteran defensive end Antonio Smith.
While Smith offered tips on technique to Hunter, a rookie from the University of Houston who signed with the Texans as an undrafted free agent, listened intently, taking it all in.
During the first two weeks of OTAs, Hunter has been taking tips from all the Texans veterans and coaches.
"It's been great: Antonio, J.J. (Watt), (Shaun) Cody, Earl (Mitchell), (Tim) Jamison, all those guys are real good guys," Hunter said. "They're always coming to you trying to give you tips to be successful. They want to see you succeed."
While Case Keenum has been the Cougar at the center of attention when it comes to media at OTAs, Hunter has quietly worked diligently as well to make the adjustment from college to pros. The Waller High School product has said the experience has been a good one so far.
"It has been a real good experience and a great transition," Hunter said. "It's definitely different going from college to (the pros). But a lot of the vets are real good about showing you what you need to do to be successful."
The majority of the emphasis for Hunter so far has been learning technique for playing the run.
"Being more run sound, having better run technique and also recognizing play action; when it's pass, when it's run," Hunter said. "The recognition has been a big thing that I've been learning the last couple of days."
Hunter said it has been pleasant to work with his coaches, particularly defensive coordinator Wade Phillips and defensive line coach Bill Kollar.
"Those guys are great guys. Coach Phillips is a fellow Cougar so I knew he was going to be a great guy," Hunter said. "Coach Kollar is always on you, but that's only because he wants you to be great."
For the last two years at Houston, Hunter lined up in a base 3-4 alignment so it hasn't been a drastic change for him, but there have been some adjustments that he has had to make.
" The difference, if anything is some of the calls," he said. "Obviously the tempo and the technique that you use is a little different, but other than that, it's not really different."
With familiar faces around like Keenum, Hunter said it has been an enjoyable experience so far.
"It definitely feels good, to be here in Houston and see some familiar faces; it always makes you feel good and makes you feel at home a little bit."


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So, do you like Anime ? Are you watching some series? Which is your favourite?
Also feel free to propose some of them!
Well right now i am going to watch Black Lagoon, and i am just after Chrno Crusade. Also right now i am watching Bleach(Don't like it at all Manga is nice though) , Naruto (Anime sucks, but still watching, also reading manga which is kewl and i <3 it) , D.Gray-man (Only anime and i am a bit retarded with it.).
So feel free to talk about anime in here!


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Three homeless men have been stabbed to death in north Orange County in recent weeks, raising alarm in police departments and homeless camps as investigators try to determine whether any single motive links the killings.
The men were all stabbed multiple times as they slept alone. Police posted bulletins at homeless shelters describing the killings as "remarkably similar," but said it was still too early to say whether anything more than the men's homelessness connected their deaths.
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Homeless people said the killings have only underscored a rule of life on the streets. "Nobody here sleeps alone," said Sherissa Houston, 49, who lives around Anaheim's La Palma Park. "Nobody here stays alone. Always."
The body of the first of the three victims was found on Dec. 21 at a shopping center in Placentia, not far from a park; he was identified as James McGillivray, 53. One week later, another body was found on the Santa Ana River Trail, near the 91 Freeway; he was identified as Lloyd Middaugh, 42.
The body of the third victim was found late Friday afternoon at the bottom of a stairwell behind the Yorba Linda library. He was identified as Paulus Cornelius Smit, 57. Candles still burned for him at a small memorial at the stairwell on Tuesday, next to a man's photo framed by the words, "Rest In Peace Dutch."
Police have declined to release a grainy surveillance video that shows a thin man dressed in black lying in wait and then stabbing McGillivray, the first victim. Placentia police initially described the man in the video as 18 to 25 years old, 5-foot-6 to 5-foot-9.
"We are not certain that there is only one suspect," Anaheim police Sgt. Bob Dunn said. Investigators have not found any link between the three murders, he said, except that the victims were all homeless men and were all stabbed to death.
Police have increased their patrols in places where homeless people are known to stay. Police in the three cities where the victims were found – Placentia, Anaheim and Yorba Linda – have formed a task force to investigate the killings, joined by the Orange County Sheriff's Department.
Police also have circulated warning fliers in homeless camps and communities throughout Orange County — "to make them aware they are apparent targets of these attacks," Dunn said.
The fliers advise homeless people not to sleep or camp in dark, secluded areas. They also warn them to stay together and keep aware of their surroundings.
That's everyday street smarts, several homeless people said. Many said they stay in small groups and look with suspicion on new faces.
"Come up and try me, is what my attitude is," said Thomas Gillespie, 48, who stays under a bridge near Anaheim Stadium. "I'm well taken care of. … It's part of my tribe out here, my extended family. We watch each other's backs."

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Stockton: Council expected to OK bankruptcy filing
ECONOMY Stockton expected to be the biggest municipality in U.S. to file Chapter 9
Stockton -- At 8 years old, Elizabeth Cerna doesn't know anything about Stockton going bankrupt, but she knows a lot about hope.
She's been saving coins she finds on the sidewalk so her family can move out of the city homeless shelter where they wound up two weeks ago when her father, like so many here, lost his job. So far she's got 37 cents.
"I'm saving it for a house," she told her mother Monday, holding out a lavender box with two pennies, one quarter and a dime.
"Thanks, sweetheart, it all helps," Michelle Cerna told her daughter. She tried not to show her tears.
Stockton's city leaders are going to need a lot of Elizabeth's kind of spirit.
Faced with a crippling $26 million deficit, the City Council is expected to vote Tuesday to become the largest U.S. municipality ever to file for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection - further stigmatizing a city already reeling from years from skyrocketing unemployment, foreclosures and rising murder rates.
Under the filing, creditors from banks to bond funds would have to wrangle in federal court for how many pennies per dollar they would get for the hundreds of millions the city borrowed to build ambitious projects during the mid-2000s. Health benefits to retired city employees would be cut, and everyday costs such as parking tickets would go up.
Where the ripples spread from there is anybody's guess.
"It's hopeless," said Jim Hill, a retired salesman taking a stroll Monday along the city's once-booming but now sleepy Miracle Mile shopping district. "We're not going to implode, but I just don't see how it's going to get any better."
At the shelter and soup kitchen complex where Michelle Cerna stays with her three children and boyfriend, the homeless and their service providers see the bankruptcy as just the latest in a cascade of economic blows.
"We're doing our best to prepare for the worst, but we really don't know how the bankruptcy will affect us," said Edward Figueroa, head of St. Mary's Dining Room, which has seen its daily lunchtime crowd double to 800 since 2010. "Ninety-five percent of our annual $1.8 million budget comes from donations, and when times get harder that gets harder.
"Now when people think of Stockton, they don't think of the beautiful delta, the proximity to the Sierra or the really nice people we have here," Figueroa said. "They think of the crime, the foreclosure crisis and bankruptcy."
Good times gone
Before the recession hit, Stockton was riding high.
Real estate values nearly quadrupled from 2000 to 2006, pushing property taxes higher and pouring money into city coffers. Leaders of the 292,000-strong community spread out along the San Joaquin River channel pulled out $300 million in bonds for civic projects that included gussying up its waterfront and building a hockey arena and minor-league baseball stadium.
Some $48 million went toward an eight-story building to replace the worn-out City Hall, where the cement work shows huge cracks and cat-size rats chew the carpets. The city had already agreed to a generous deal with its workers - everyone who worked for Stockton for at least a month became entitled to health benefits for life.
Then, in 2008, the recession hit like a jackhammer.
Today, the city has the nation's second-highest foreclosure rate, and unemployment is 15.5 percent, well above the state's 10.8 percent. Driven by gang violence, homicides climbed 56.7 percent since 2006 to last year's record total of 58, and this year is on pace to top that.
There's no money to complete or move into the new City Hall, and money is so tight Wells Fargo repossessed three of Stockton's downtown parking garages. Last year, Forbes magazine named Stockton America's most miserable city.
Tuesday's expected vote to file for bankruptcy would give the City Council and City Manager Bob Deis authority to freeze payments to creditors and restructure expenditures to erase the $26 million deficit in its $155 million general fund. The rest of the $521 million budget, which is locked in nondiscretionary expenditures such as sewage system upkeep, would remain untouched.
Plans for fixes
Deis took his job in 2010 after working as Sonoma County's manager, and he says he was shocked when he dug into the finances and found the problems he is now trying to fix.
But make no mistake, he said - the problems will be fixed. He pointed out that the city has already slashed $90 million from the general fund in the past three years, and said leaders are unafraid to make more cuts.
To save that $90 million, the police force was reduced 25 percent, the Fire Department 30 percent and the general city staff 43 percent.
"The other story that doesn't get told enough is about the courageous, politically incorrect decisions this City Council has been making with all these cuts," Deis said. "They're not pretty decisions, but they are gutsy. You don't see this kind of courage at the federal or state level."
As for the bankruptcy itself, he doesn't think it will resonate much beyond city workers and headlines.
"The average citizen won't really notice any changes," Deis said. "Just look at American Airlines. They filed for bankruptcy, and you didn't see wheels missing or planes falling out of the sky. The same will be true for us."
Not so bad
Outside the tony Centrale Kitchen and Bar on Pacific Avenue, retired mechanical engineer John Dierking said he shares Deis' confidence.
"Sure, there's gang violence in some parts of town, but there are lots of parts that are great, too, like this," he said. He gestured toward the district of high-end, Craftsman-style houses sprawling to the west of Pacific.
"This town is not as bad as Forbes says," Dierking said. "It's got a great climate, two colleges (University of the Pacific and San Joaquin Delta College), and the people are very nice, looking you in the eye and saying hello when you pass them on the street.
"Sure, we'll have the stigma of bankruptcy for a while," Dierking said, "but I expect in five or 10 years, people will have forgotten all about it."
Kevin Fagan is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: email@example.com


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Last year we introduced timeline, a new kind of profile that lets you highlight the photos, posts and life events that help you tell your story. Over the next few weeks, everyone will get timeline. When you get timeline, you'll have 7 days to preview what's there now. This gives you a chance to add or hide whatever you want before anyone else sees it.
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