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1For the leader; with stringed instruments. Of David.
2Hear my cry, O God,
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3From the ends of the earth* I call;
my heart grows faint.
Raise me up, set me on a rock,
4for you are my refuge,
a tower of strength against the foe.a
5Let me dwell in your tent forever,
take refuge in the shelter of your wings.b
6For you, O God, have heard my vows,
you have granted me the heritage of those who revere your name.
7Add days to the life of the king;
may his years be as from generation to generation;c
8dMay he reign before God forever;
send your love and fidelity* to preserve him—e
9I will duly sing to your name forever,
fulfill my vows day after day.
* [Psalm 61] A lament of the king who feels himself at the brink of death (Ps 61:3) and cries out for the strong and saving presence of God (Ps 61:3b–5). The king cites the prayer being made for him (Ps 61:7–8), and promises to give thanks to God.
* [61:3] Ends of the earth: "earth" being taken in its occasional meaning "the underworld," cf. Jon 2:3.
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FANUC Robotics Introduces New Paint Mate 200iA Compact Painting Robot
FANUC America Corporation Posted 01/16/2009
ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich., Jan. 13, 2009 – FANUC Robotics America, Inc. has introduced the new Paint Mate 200iA intelligent mini paint robot. The compact Paint Mate 200iA, based on the company's popular LR Mate 200iC robot series, is designed to paint small parts, and provides a cost-effective alternative to applications requiring multiple fixed paint guns.
"This is the perfect solution for virtually any hazardous coating environment," said Barton Faylor, paint product manager, FANUC Robotics America. "We've incorporated the same "best in class" performance as the LR Mate 200iC, including wrist load capacity, repeatability, work envelope, and speed."
Like the LR Mate 200iC robot, the new Paint Mate 200iA offers maximum performance in a light, efficient, accurate and nimble (LEAN) package. It is designed to meet the automation needs of a variety of industries including aerospace, alternative energy, automotive component, appliance, agricultural equipment, consumer goods, plastics and many others.
"The Paint Mate 200iA robot is extremely flexible and can adapt to small lot sizes, new styles and other modifications, providing customers an affordable and versatile solution," added Faylor.
Slim and lightweight, the Paint Mate 200iA robot can be mounted in a variety of positions including floor, tabletop, angle and invert, which helps customers challenged with small and narrow workspaces.
The Paint Mate 200iA robot offers a variety of benefits, including:
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- Supports a variety of intelligent functions including: an internal programmable controller (PMC), Ethernet, iRVision (built-in), the iPendant, line tracking, HandlingTool, and PaintTool
- Extremely fast operation resulting in faster cycle times
- Compact size permits operation in tight work spaces
FANUC Robotics America, Inc. designs, engineers and manufactures industrial robots and robotic systems for a wide range of applications including arc and spot welding, material handling (machine tending, picking, packing, palletizing), material removal, assembly, paint finishing and dispensing. The company also provides application-specific software, controls, vision products, and complete support services. After 26 years of success, FANUC Robotics maintains its position as the leading robotics company in the Americas. A subsidiary of FANUC LTD in Japan, the company is headquartered in Detroit, and has facilities in Chicago; Los Angeles; Charlotte, N.C.; Cincinnati and Toledo, Ohio; Toronto; Montreal; Aguascalientes, Mexico; and Sao Paulo, Brazil. Over 200,000 FANUC robots are installed worldwide. Contact FANUC Robotics at www.fanucrobotics.com or by calling 1-800-iQ-ROBOT, option 5.
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As Jacksonville prepares to enter a tax hike debate that is certain to eclipse the contentious Trail Ridge debate, a civilized conversation about the future of Jacksonville and its finances is looking like a goal that may be rather difficult to acheive. Several days ago, JaxPoliticsOnline.com published an article that included some of the public responses to the Mayor's millage rate increase proposal. The responses reviewed, which came from the Times-Union public message boards, were overwhelmingly negative. While some were politely worded and focused on opposing the concept of a "growing government" and tax increases, many were devoid of civility in stating their opposition. Part of the reason for the harsh tone may be a defensiveness of taxpayers who are nervous about the current economic state of the country, but a great deal of it might also lie in the manner in which the Mayor rolled out his plan.
Radio talk-show host and former Florida House Representative Andy Johnson was one of the most vocal in expressing his displeasure with the Mayor's approach. Johnson called the Mayor's discussion of closed fire stations "unfair". Johnson argued that it was "wrong" for the Mayor to "threaten that [he would] close fire stations if [he] didn't get what he wanted."
Johnson's reaction was hardly unique, as another e-mail respondent insisted that the Mayor "stop these fear tactics." Another e-mail from Don Welfare, a city employee, asked the Mayor if he planned on personally embracing some of his own recommendations by having he and his staff take the furloughs he proposed for the rest of city employees.
In Sunday's paper, the Times-Union editorial board said it best when they expressed their concerns over "another rush job" by the Administration. Perhaps more than anything, that "rush job" is at the core of what troubles Duval County voters.
The Mayor has cited the recent JCCI study that called for additional revenue sources in proposing his tax increase, but he has chosen to ignore another crucial recommendation in that JCCI study—rebuilding public trust. An Administration with a series of high-profile missteps will not rebuild public trust by proposing a property tax hike without first engaging the public. That failure to engage before a major decision is something that has plagued John Peyton from day one. People do not wish to be told you are "open to listening" after you spring a "recommendation" on them, they want to see you out listening before the "recommendation" is made. Jacksonville's budget woes are hardly new, so why the need to spring a tax hike on voters with barely a month for voters (and the City Council) to react? Wouldn't it be likely that responses would be less reactionary if an ongoing conversation between the Mayor and voters had been taking place for several months?
Tax hikes are never easy and the public is rarely thrilled. However, increases are much more palatable when the public is firmly convinced that its government has taken every possible step to ensure existing dollars are being well spent. While Duval County's millage rate is one of the lowest of any major metropolitan area in the country, there are still concerns over the expenditure of current tax revenues.
In early May, JaxPoliticsOnline.com published an article that discussed the continued growth of AMIO positions. For those not familiar with these positions, AMIO's are Assistant Management Improvement Officers and are often special positions that are typically filled through a process that involves no formal job qualifications, established responsibilities or pay ranges for the positions. While the Mayor pledged to reform this process four years ago, these positions have grown dramatically—from 125 AMIO's making $7.5 million in 2005 to 166 AMIO's making nearly $11.2 million today. The individuals in these positions currently include the children of a former council member and a former mayor, as well as a former council member himself.
The situation with AMIO's is hardly unique in Jacksonville government. Voters have repeatedly expressed frustration over issues ranging from the ongoing pension crisis to the assertion that the budget for the Mayor's Office and the City Council has burgeoned over the past eight years. All of these unaddressed issues make acceptance of a tax increase incredibly difficult for the average Jacksonville resident. The many who are passionate about funding the arts, believe in the missions of the city's non-profits and are absolutely convinced the city must invest in its decaying infrastructure, are wary of a tax increase being proposed before they have witnessed a good faith effort to clean up wastefulness within the existing budget.
With the cat already out of the proverbial bag it's hard to know where to start on the current proposal. It's problematic to have a discussion when one party's mind is already made up before the conversation begins. Nevertheless, it is time Jacksonville begin a conversation on our future. If the Mayor has any hope of convincing a wary public to back his plan, he might want to restart the process. If he could rush through a tax hike, perhaps he could also move quickly to engage the unions on the pension issue. He could move to immediately scale back AMIO's within his Administration and eliminate any position that exists without clearly defined job responsibilities, qualifications and a pay range. He could also trim his staff, as well as the City Council's. He should engage the public in requesting recommendations for areas that can be trimmed. Then, and only then, should he move forward with a tax increase.
The hike may very well be inevitable, but shouldn't it be the last step in solving our budget woes, not the first?
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Last week, we reported the exciting news that Fox was looking at director Joe Carnahan (The Grey) to reboot Daredevil. The studio needs to get a reboot of the Man without Fear into production by October 10th or else the rights for the character will revert to Marvel Studios. There was even word that Fox, in order to hold onto the rights a little longer, was willing to make a trade with Marvel. This report was later denied, and we learned that Fox was still lukewarm on rebooting Daredevil. Carnahan was still involved, but now that may have changed as well.
Hit the jump for more including two very cool updates:
I'm a big fan of Carnahan's movies, and I was excited to hear his name attached to a reboot of Daredevil. However, he tweeted some disappointing news earlier today:
Think my idea for a certain retro, red-suited, Serpico-styled superhero went up in smoke today kids.
We shall see. Time is NOT on anyone's side.
It's doubtful Carnahan is still attached after saying that the studio wasn't interested in his pitch, which is unfortunate because I bet Carnahan would bring a fresh take for the character. Daredevil needs a push in order to be more than the Marvel Universe's version of Batman. Honestly, what is Daredevil's superpower? He's blind, but he can see. He's also got batons, which are easily one of the weirdest weapons a hero has ever wielded.
With less than two months to go until Daredevil would have to go into production, it's looking highly unlikely that Fox will hold on to the rights.
- Watch the Daredevil Sizzle Reels Carnahan created to get the job!
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Continual coverage of the trial of Drew Peterson for the murder of his third wife, Kathleen Savio.
The judge released the jury for the day, saying he "did not anticipate that the arguments would take as long as they did."
Judge Edward Burmila told the jury to return Wednesday morning when he will give them their instructions and they will begin deliberating.
State's Attorney James Glasgow has ended his rebuttal.
"In this case you combine all of the evidence -- the scientific evidence from the expert, all of the circumstantial evidence that's been admitted regarding the physical attacks... (and) Stacy's statements most importantly, and the defendant's statements to the media showing consciousness of guilt — we don't have to prove each beyond a reasonable doubt," Glasgow said. "But when combined...you can absolutely see that we have proven this beyond a reasonable doubt. It's solid, it's real, and it proves beyond a reasonable doubt that Drew Peterson killed Kathleen Savio in cold blood. And we ask that you return a verdict of guilty. Thank you."
The judge recessed the trial for 30 minutes to allow the jurors to eat lunch before he reads them the jury instructions.
3:20 p.m. Witness statement 'rings true'
State's Attorney James Glasgow quickly went through the testimony of Kristin Anderson and Mary Parks, who testified about how Kathleen Savio told them of threats made by Peterson and later tried to call police when they learned of her death.
In Anderson's case, "she made three separate phone calls to the state police," Glasgow said. ""She made every effort to report it, and it fell on deaf ears."
Savio's sister Anna Doman, he said, told the jury that Savio said weeks before her death that Peterson threatened to kill her.
"That statement, based on all the facts and circumstances in this case, rings true. And that's what happened."
Prosectur James Glasgow shifted his attention to Drew Peterson's actions before Kathleen Savio's body was found.
"If we could look at the defendant's behavior from the point of time he committed the murder in the early hours of Sunday morning," Glasgow said.
On Sunday night, when he first tried to return the children to their mother at her home, "he's got a situation where his wife, who was always there, isn't answering," Glasgow said. "And he's got Mary Pontarelli, who's 35 feet away, and he doesn't reach out to her? He doesn't reach out to her because he knows what's in there."
State's Attorney James Glasgow said Dr. Mary Case, the neuropathologist, was "unwavering" in her opinion that a fall in that bathtub would not have been enough force to render her unconscious.
The bruises and abrasions, the blood on her diaphragm, none of it could have been caused by a fall in the tub, he said.
As for when she was killed, Glasgow that the extent of rigor mortis showed Savio died 36 to 48 hours before her discovery -- a time frame that includes the period of time Stacy Peterson said she found Drew Peterson missing from their home.
During the sidebar, State's Attorney James Glasgow said he would pursue a different line of argument, and the jury was brought back into the courtroom.
Glasgow continued, not with an impassioned, emotional argument, but rather a point-by-point rebuttal of the defense's forensic experts.
"You heard Mr. Lopez tell you that he found the manner of death was accident," Glasgow said. "That's not true."
When Glasgow explained that the initial autopsy report by Dr. Bryan Mitchell determined only the cause of death was drowning, but did not rule on whether it was a homicide, the defense objected that the autopsy was not admitted to evidence.
Judge Edward Burmila sustained the objection.
Glasgow turned to the tub, saying the defense experts are wrong when they say Kathleen Savio could have fallen with enough force to knock herself unconscious.
"You saw the tub in this case. It's 40 inches long and 22 inches wide," he said. "Use your common experiences in everyday life — with a 44-inch tub and a 5-foot, 5-inch tall woman."
Savio, he said, was a healthy woman at the time of her death, who was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol according to the multiple autopsies which found no trace of medication or illicit substances.
The defense experts, when confronted with evidence of injury that doesn't fit the defense theory of a slip-and-fall, simply explain the apparent injury as an "artifact," or product of either the handling of the body or the byproduct of decomposition, Glasgow said.
"They can't explain the abrasion on the buttocks, it's gone," he said, snapping his finger. "It's an artifact."
James Glasgow opened by countering:
"All you heard during the defense closing was that his was a slip and fall accident," Glasgow said. "But you know much better than that."
Glasgow brought out the certified copy of Kathleen Savio's death certificate.
"All this is is a statistical..."
"Objection," defense attorney Joel Brodsky shouted.
"That objection will be sustained," Burmila said.
Glasgow began again.
"If this piece of paper stood for what the defense says it does..."
"Objection, judge."
The judge then sent the jury out of the courtroom. Glasgow was less than two minutes into his argument.
"Ladies and gentleman, before we start, I just want to remind everyone that this trial is about Kathleen Savio," Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow said as he began his rebuttal argument. "A young lady, vibrant, murdered in the prime of her life."
The judge has given Glasgow one hour and 10 minutes for his rebuttal.
Joe Lopez told jurors to think "What would Lopez say?" after State's Attorney James Glasgow gives his rebuttal.
Lopez then ended his closing argument by showing a cartoon picture of the Cheshire Cat from "Alice in Wonderland."
"I want you to think of that when you look at that guilty verdict" he said, referring to what he described as the smiling smug demeanor of Kathleen Savio's divorce attorney Harry Smith on the stand, who Lopez had said earlier was laughing at the state's case.
As Joe Lopez wrapped up, he reminded jurors that they need remember they have the responsibility to judge Peterson based on the evidence, not their personal feelings about him.
"You don't have to like him. You can hate him. You have to like America more than anything.
"I said it before and I'll say it again: the framers of the constitution would barf on this evidence.
"Presidents have gone on TV and lied to the public, pastors have done it," Lopez said. "People lie. That's why you have to look at the physical evidence."
Lopez is now finished. The judge is giving jurors a short break before the prosecution rebuttal.
Joe Lopez turned his attention to pastor Neil Schori, who told the jury Stacy Peterson said Drew Peterson coached her to lie about his whereabouts.
"He was put in a weird position," Lopez said. "He had to bring a chaperone. Something's going on that no one's telling us about.
"Objection," Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow said.
"Sustained — the jury will disregard that comment," Burmila said.
Undeterred, Lopez continued to mock Schori's testimony.
"Starbucks. The church of the moment, where he has his clients come so they can cry in front of everyone."
Then he turned his criticism to Kathleen Savio's divorce attorney, who testified that Stacy asked if she could help her intention to divorce Peterson if she threatened to tell police how Peterson killed Savio.
"(Smith) comes in here grinning like a Cheshire Cat, laughing," Lopez said. "Then, during a break, he's sitting there talking to the water pitcher, like it's Wilson from the movie. Laughing, laughing at the state's case, just laughing."
As Joe Lopez began addressing the testimony of Mary Parks, who was a classmate of Kathleen Savio's at Joliet Junior College, Parks entered the overflow room to listen.
Lopez said Parks was untrustworthy and lied about Savio's alleged statements to her that Drew Peterson attacked and threatened to kill Savio.
"You know what they say? When something like this happens, all the rats come out of the woodpile," Lopez said.
At that, Parks laughed and stood up to leave the overflow room, offering a whispered apology to the sheriff's deputy at the door.
"Sorry," she said. "He was talking about me."
Joe Lopez told jurors the only thing every pathologistin the case agreed with was that they have no way to say exactly when Kathleen Savio was bruised.
"As much as they want to agree and disagree with one another, they all agree about one thing, and that is that you can't date a bruise," Lopez said. "Nobody know the ages of the bruises in this case, and nobody knows what caused the bruise. They are speculating as to the cause, and that's because it's not a homicide, it's an accident."
Lopez also said one of the most telling signs that Savio lied about Drew Peterson's threats to kill her that she never told either her best friend and neighbor, Mary Pontarelli, or her boyfriend Steve Maniaci.
"Steve loved her; he adored her, and she never once told him about this," Lopez said. "You know why? Because it never happened."
1:10 p.m. Cut was 'as big as the Grand Canyon'
Joe Lopez derided the state experts who opined that the force needed to cause the 1.5 inch laceration to the back of Kathleen Savio's head would not have been enough to knock her out.
"Look at the gash in the back of her head — it's a big as the Grand Canyon," he shouted. "You could stick your fist in there! Don't you think that could have knocked her out?"
His hyperbole elicited groans from the gallery in the overflow room.
Lopez said the bottom line is that the hearsay testimony is meaningless if the state can't even prove her death was not an accident.
"You know what, if they can't prove it's a homicide, who cares what (Pastor Neil) Schori says, who cares what (divorce attorney Harry) Smith says, who cares what Anna Doman says? It's gotta be a homicide, and they can't prove it."
1 p.m. Sister made up testimony, Lopez says
At the coroner's inquest after Dr. Bryan Mitchell's autopsy, Kathleen Savio's sister Sue Doman made no mention of the alleged threats Drew Peterson made to kill Savio and make it appear accidental, defense attorney Joe Lopez said.
"What do you think about that?" Lopez asked jurors. "Wouldn't that be the first thing out your mouth? 'He killed my sister, how could you rule it's an accident?' (But) she said nothing. You know why? Because she made it up later."
Further, the state police never questioned Peterson about whether he murdered Savio.
"They never asked him, 'Hey, did you kill your wife?' No, they never asked him. And you want to know why? It's because they knew it was an accident."
Lopez moved again to the initial autopsy performed by Mitchell in 2004, saying that they found no evidence of injury to the diaphragm — a finding later disputed by Dr. Michael Baden.
"Even their own experts, I told you before, can't agree whether the glass is half empty or half full," Lopez said. "That's reasonable doubt.... Their own experts can't agree."
12:45 p.m. 'It's an accident'
Joe Lopez urged the jury not to put too much stock in the statistic that only 1.6 people per million drown in a bathtub.
"It's a 1.6 in 1 million people. You know what, people win the lottery with worse odds than that. It happens."
He hammered on the fact that the state police investigators and the deputy coroner all agreed that her death appeared accidental and there was no sign of foul play or forced entry at the home.
"Everybody that was there classified it as an accident, except the state wants you to classify it as a murder. It isn't -- it's an accident."
12:40 p.m. 'They are trying to nail Jell-O to a tree'
Joe Lopez said Drew Peterson's first response to learning of Kathleen Savio's death is telling.
"'What am I going to tell my children,'" Lopez said. "Those are the first words out of his mouth.
"They (the state) are trying to nail Jell-O to a tree. It's an accident."
As for the blue towel that was not seen by the first people to enter the bathroom but is seen in crime scene photos, "It's a fallacy," Lopez said. "The state presented it in order to divert your attention for the original issue, that Kathy's death was an accident."
When Drew left the upstairs, "the towel wasn't there. The last time anybody saw Drew Peterson upstairs, the towel wasn't there."
12:35 p.m. Lopez dismisses financial motive
As for a financial motive, defense attorney Joe Lopez said there "there wasn't even a determination that she was going to get the pension!"
Lopez began reading from the divorce record showing Drew Peterson agreed to allow Kathleen Savio to potentially claim a larger share of his pension, prompting an objection from the state.
Judge Edward Burmila ordered the jury out of the courtroom, and the state complained the document Lopez was using was not admitted to evidence.
Lopez argued it was agreed to under a stipulation, and that he should be able to refer to it in argument.
"I'm not asking that it go back to the jury, I'm only asking to refresh the jury's memory about it," he said.
Burmila said he could refer to testimony about the document, but sustained the state's objection about the use of the document.
12:30 p.m. Savio home was peaceful, quiet
Drew Peterson attorney Joe Lopez said in the close-knit neighborhood where Kathleen Savio lived, it is unlikely that a life-and-death struggle would have gone unnoticed on Saturday night or early Sunday morning, the time prosecutors have implied that Savio was murdered.
"Nobody hears anything coming out of that house," Lopez said. "There's no dogs barking, no doors slamming. It's peaceful and it's quiet."
12:20 p.m. Lopez: Peterson has nothing to hide
Defense lawyer Joe Lopez said Stacy Peterson offered nothing to incriminate Drew Peterson in her interview with state police.
"What did she tell them?" Lopez said. "All you heard about was that they had bacon and eggs for breakfast."
As for Kathleen Savio's divorce attorney, Harry Smith, Lopez said they put him on the witness stand because Peterson has nothing to hide.
"We didn't hide him from you. Did he say some things that hurt us? Yes. But he also said some things that helped us. But the important thing to remember is we didn't hide him from you."
12:10 p.m. 'They've proved it was an accident'
Defense attorney Joe Lopez told the jury Kathleen Savio's death was an accident.
"Kathy's death was already ruled an accident" by Dr. Bryan Mitchell, now deceased, Lopez said, drawing an objection from the state.
Burmila overruled the objection, and Lopez moved on to her death certificate, showing that it still classifies her death as an accident.
The state, he said, can't even say when Savio died. "Was it light out? Was it dark? Were the dogs barking?" he said. "Did it happen after 2 o'clock...Did it happen Monday morning? When did it happen?
"Proof beyond reasonable doubt is the standard. They've proved it was an accident all right, that's what they proved."
12:05 p.m. Hearsay called dangerous
Defense attorney Joe Lopez shifted focus to hearsay evidence.
"You hear about hearsay, rumor and innuendo, water cooler talk," Lopez said. "You don't have to believe any of it.... Just because someone says something doesn't make it so."
Lopez then honed in on the fact that the divorce was the backdrop of the trial.
"People will say things to get an advantage. They'll blow their horn, and blow it and blow it until someone sympathizes with them.
"But you know what? The state hasn't proved anything beyond reasonable doubt — this case is riddled with doubt like Swiss cheese. You might as well get out a Ouija board to determine what happened."
Lopez then attacked the hearsay law.
"You know, sometimes people go fishing, and they catch a trout and tell their friends," Lopez said. "Before you know it, it's a 10-pound fish instead of a 2-pound fish."
Hearsay evidence requires that jurors judge the credibility of a witness who testifies about what another person said, and hope that witness didn't put his or her own spin on what was allegedly said.
"It's dangerous," he said.
11: 55 a.m. State's theory called laughable
Defense attorney Joe Lopez derided the state's theory as laughable.
"'Oh, excuse me, Kathleen. Can you fall in the bathtub so I can strangle you and hit you in the back of the head,'" Lopez said. "The state has no evidence."
"You don't have to like Sgt. Peterson at all. You know what you have to like? That flag. You have to like America. You have to like the Constitution...You have to like the principles that we live by in this country."
11:53 a.m. Trial is like football, Lopez says
Defense attorney Joe Lopez likened a trial to a football game, in which there are rules both teams have to play by, and he got in an early dig at the state.
"And you know, the state violated the rules a couple of times — the judge gave you cautionary instructions, and things like that happen sometimes."
11:50 a.m. 'Sgt. Peterson is presumed innocent'
Defense attorney Joe Lopez started out softly, saying how jury service is unique, throwing people from diverse backgrounds together who sometimes form lasting friendships as a result of their service.
He then turned to the merits of the U.S. criminal justice system.
"It's the only place in the world, were you have the people decide your fate," he said. "You took an oath -- it's like being in the Army. You violate your oath, it's like going AWOL."
Lopez reminded jurors that they took an oath to hold the state to the standard of beyond reasonable doubt, to not hold it against the defendant for not testifying, and to follow the instructions of the court as they deliberate.
"As we sit here today, and you're listening to my mumbo jumbo, you have to have this little voice in your head reminding you that Sgt. (Drew) Peterson is presumed innocent."
11:45 a.m. Defense begins its closing argument
The jury is back in the courtroom and defense attorney Joseph Lopez has begun his closing argument.
11:35 a.m. Sisters of Stacy Peterson, Savio in court
Five Illinois State Police officers who worked on the Kathleen Savio investigation, Stacy Peterson's sister Cassandra Cales and members of Savio's family including her sisters Susan Doman and Anna Marie Doman are in the courtroom for closing arguments today.
11:30 a.m. Little reaction from Peterson
Assistant State's Attorney Chris Koch turned and pointed directly at Drew Peterson at least seven times during his closing argument. Peterson showed no reaction at the defense table, watching jurors closely, taking some notes and whispering to his lawyers.
Jurors occasionally took notes during the 70-minute argument.
11:25 a.m. Prosecution ends closing argument
Prosecutor Chris Koch ended his 70-minute argument.
"Taking all of that information together and drawing reasonable inference from them... we have proved to you beyond a reasonable doubt that he entered that home with the intent to kill her, that he forced her down, that he held her under water to cause her to drown, and she died, and because of that, ladies and gentleman, we are asking you to find him guilty."
Following Koch's argument, Judge Edward Burmila gave a brief break to the jury.
11:20 a.m. Closing shifts to Stacy Peterson
The medical evidence about Kathleen Savio's injuries, her statements about Drew Peterson's threats, and Peterson's own statements to police and others about her death and his monetary gain, all point to the fact that "he went into that house, and forcibly held her down so that she could inhale fluid so that she could drown."
With that, Koch turned his focus to Stacy Peterson and her statements to her pastor, Neil Schori.
"She said that she had something to talk about regarding the evening that Kathy died," Koch said.
"Stacy woke to find her husband missing, and could not reach him by phone, only to later find him placing his clothes and clothes from a bag in the washing machine," Koch said. "They were women's clothes, and they weren't hers.
"The defendant said soon the police would be wanting to sit down and interview her, and he told her what to say to the police.
"So not only to you have all that other evidence...you have his wife, who tells Neil Schori about the defendant coming home with these clothes in a bag."
A few months later, Stacy Peterson contacted Savio's divorce attorney, Harry Smith, and asked if she could use her knowledge of Peterson's murder of Savio in her own divorce case, Koch said.
"It wasn't if she had information, it wasn't I might have information, it was I have information about how he killed Kathy," Koch said. "How."
11:15 a.m. Jury reminded of sisters' testimony
Anna Doman told the jury that six weeks before her death, Kathleen Savio told her sister that Drew Peterson said he was going to kill her, that she wasn't going to make it to the divorce, get the kids or his pension, and that he could make her death look like an accident.
Savio's other sister, Sue Doman, said the alleged victim told her substantially the same thing, as did Kristin Anderson — who's family lived with Savio briefly in 2003 — and Mary Parks, who attended nursing school with Savio.
"This isn't one person. This is multiple people coming in here saying Savio said, 'He told me he would kill me and make it look like an accident,'" Koch said, again appealing to the jurors to use their common sense.
11:10 a.m. Defense raising objections
The defense team has raised numerous objections during the prosecution's closing argument, but Judge Edward Burmila has denied all but two of them, saying that the jury heard the evidence and can judge whether the state's arguments are consistent with the facts.
11:05 a.m. Motive was money, prosecutor says
Prosecutor Chris Koch said jurors should use the testimony about Drew Peterson holding Kathleen Savio captive in her home in July 2002 to show that he intended to prevent her from getting any of his money in the divorce.
"The motive is clear — 'I don't want to pay you anything.' The intent is clear — he had a knife to her throat."
Jurors should treat the testimony of Jeffrey Pachter the same way, Koch said.
Pachter, who testified that Peterson offered him $25,000 to find a hit man to "take care" of Savio, said Peterson told him later not to worry about it because Savio was dead.
Koch said jurors can look at other testimony to find that Pachter was telling the truth, such as the fact that Pachter said Peterson told him Savio worked at Red Lobster, something other witnesses corroborated.
Kock argued that Pachter's knowledge of where Savio worked shows the witness was also telling the truth about Peterson's offer to pay for a hit.
11 a.m. Peterson coached Stacy, Koch argues
When Illinois State Police Investigators Patrick Collins and Bryan Falat interviewed Stacy Peterson, "the testimony was that Stacy was real shaken by the event, and that's why (Drew Peterson) wanted some professional courtesy," Koch said.
"There's four chairs down there, and Drew sat next to her with his arm around her. At one point he helped her out with what they had for breakfast," Koch said. "Too bad Collins and Falat didn't know that Drew Peterson had spent hours and hours telling Stacy what to say in that interview."
10:55 a.m. 'Why would anyone think he did it?'
Prosecutor Chris Koch said during Drew Peterson's first phone call minutes after finding Kathleen Savio's body he said, "I just found my wife in the bathtub and they're going to think I did it."
"Why are they going to think he did it? Isn't their relationship going good, aren't things fantastic as they go on with their lives? Why would anyone think he did it?" Koch said.
And then, the following day, Peterson frantically went through the home while Savio's relatives were there, saying he needed to get things for his kids.
But Anna Doman, Savio's sister, testified that she found him in the bathroom, Koch said.
"By God, he was cleaning the bathtub," Koch said. "What in the world was he cleaning the bathtub for? He said it was so the kids wouldn't see it. But the kids weren't there. Why clean the bathtub? You know what, murderers sometimes go back to the scene to make sure they got it right."
10:50 a.m. 'He knows what they found in that tub'
Assistant State's Attorney Chris Koch argued that Drew Peterson is trying to have it both ways by saying on separate occasions that his relationship with Kathleen Savio was fine, but that he didn't want to enter her home because he feared she would accuse him of stealing from her.
He also questioned why Peterson, who was on duty as the Bolingbrook police watch commander, didn't call for back-up from his own department before entering the home.
When he goes upstairs in the pitch-black home after hearing Mary Pontarelli scream, "he doesn't have his gun drawn, he doesn't have his flashlight out," Koch said. "Why? Because he killed her, he knows what they found in that tub."
10:45 a.m. Closing moves to family, friends
Prosecutor Chris Koch transitioned away from medical experts to Kathleen Savio's friends and neighbors.
First, he reminded jurors that Steve Maniaci, Savio's boyfriend, saw her on Friday night and stayed over until Saturday morning.
"No abrasions, no bruising, no rough sex," Koch said. "They had sexual intercourse, and then they went to bed."
Then Mary Pontarelli and her family, who were Savio's next door neighbors, saw her on Saturday afternoon, and saw the bathroom light on at midnight and 2 a.m., Koch said.
On Sunday, the Pontarellis can't reach her, but "it's not until Monday night that the defendant reaches (Mary Pontarelli) and they decide to go into the house."
10:40 a.m. Koch: Pathologist undercut own theory
Prosecutor Chris Koch continued with his closing argument, saying that defense forensic pathologist Dr. Jeffrey Jentzen's theory that Kathleen Savio's injuries could have been caused by a fall was undercut by his own admission that the normal mechanics of a fall would not have been possible in the tiny bathtub in which she was found.
"How are you going to get airborne in a tub that's only 40 inches, but I guess she was airborne and twisting so that she could hit her head," Koch said. "Use your common sense, ladies and gentleman."
10:30 a.m. 'Her opinion stands for the truth'
Prosecutor Chris Koch reminded the jury that one of the state's forensic pathologists, Dr. Mary Case, is an expert in brain injury and determined that the wound to the back of Kathleen Savio's head was not sufficient to knock her unconscious.
"Her opinion stands for the truth in this case that that force was not enough to cause brain trauma," Koch said.
Dr. Michael Baden found that the injury to Savio's diaphragm could have been caused by a strong blow or a very strong bear hug.
Koch mocked the defense assertion that there was no mark of injury to victim's body near the diaphragm so there could not have been any injury to the muscle that controls breathing.
"What did he (Drew Peterson) bring home?" Koch said, his voice rising. "Women's clothes — he brought them home that night and put them in the washing machine with his own black clothes that he had on. That we know from Stacy Peterson."
10:25 a.m. Defense pathologist criticized
The injuries to Kathleen Savio's body were also a sign that her death could not have been accidental, because there were injuries to all sides of her body, prosecutor Chris Koch told the jury.
"How can you get that in one fall?" Koch asked. "You can't do it -- it's impossible."
Koch attacked the defense pathologist, Dr. Vincent DiMaio, who said that the abrasion on Savio's buttock was not in fact an abrasion, but rather dry skin.
Koch focused on DiMaio's admission that if it was an abrasion, it could not have happened in the tub, using DiMaio's testimony to bolster the state's contention that Savio was attacked and rendered unconscious before she was placed in the bathtub.
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10:20 a.m. Jury told to use common sense
Prosecutor Chris Koch first focused on the cause of death and manner of Kathleen Savio's death, saying that "everyone has agreed that the cause was drowning.
"The issue becomes, did she drown at the hands of the defendant, and the answer is yes," Koch said.
Dr. Larry Blum, who performed the 2007 autopsy after Savio's body was exhumed, concluded she was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol, and didn't have any history of illness that contributed to her death.
That, Koch argued, led Blum to look at her body, especially how her toes were jammed against the edge of the tub.
"You don't leave your common sense outside when you come into this courtroom," Koch said, noting that Blum found her position could not have been the result of an accidental fall.
Koch has said "common sense" more than a half-dozen times in the first few minutes of his closing, indicating that the state is going to emphasize that jurors use their life experience and understanding to sift through the highly circumstantial case.
10:15 a.m. 'This man killed Kathleen Savio'
Judge Edward Burmila told jurors that closing arguments are not evidence but are to be based on the evidence and should be judged against the evidence.
Assistant State's Attorney Chris Koch then began closing statement.
"I'm going to kill you, you are not going to make it to the divorce settlement. You're not going to get the pensions, you're not going to get the kids. That is the statement the defendant made to the victim weeks before her death. And you know what, ladies and gentlemen, that threat became reality."
The first objection from the defense came just 30 seconds into the state's closing, when attorney Steven Greenberg asked that prosecutors not be allowed to display a photo of Kathleen Savio on the screen during their argument.
The judge sustained, and Koch moved on, reminding jurors that they must use their common sense in judging the evidence, and if they do, they will find that "this man killed Kathleen Savio."
10:10 a.m. Jurors in the courtroom
Nick Pontarelli, Kathleen Savio's neighbor who testified that she was like a second mother to him, just took a seat in the media overflow room to hear the closing arguments.
Jurors have just entered the courtroom.
10 a.m. Brodsky asks judge to warn gallery
Drew Peterson attorney Joel Brodsky asked the judge to warn the gallery not to react to anything said by attorneys during closing arguments.
"I asked that you caution the gallery to remain absolutely silent as to any remarks of approval or disapproval to the remarks of counsel," Brodsky said.
Judge Edward Burmila, who has admonished the gallery several times after outbursts in the trial, said he didn't see any need to issue a warning prior to closing arguments.
"One can only assume that people in the gallery know they're in a courtroom and if they were to make any outburst, the court would have to deal with that," he said.
9:50 a.m. Courtroom packed for closings
Court watchers began lining up for seats to today's closing arguments Monday afternoon, officials said.
Four people arrived at the courthouse at 1 p.m. Monday and another arrived at around 8 p.m. to get a seat for closings in the Drew Peterson murder trial, said Kathleen Hoffmeyer, a spokeswoman for the Will County sheriff's department. Another dozen arrived between 3 and 4 a.m.
By 9:30 a.m., both the courtroom and overflow room — where an audio feed of the trial is played — were packed with spectators and a relative of Kathleen Savio who complained that the family should have been allowed to fill the courtroom before the public.
"I don't care what time they got here -- the family's more important," he said, his hands folded across a gray suit coat festooned with a large button featuring Savio's face.
Will County state's attorney's office spokesman Chuck Pelkie said he sympathized, but said the judge and the sheriff's department set aside seating for the alleged victim's immediate family.
"They've done everything they can to make sure that the direct family members are accommodated," Pelkie said.
The trial opened about 9:50 a.m., as the attorneys hashed out a few final issues regarding jury instructions.
6:45 a.m. Closing arguments today
Jurors in the Drew Peterson murder trial will hear closing arguments Tuesday morning after listening to five weeks of evidence in the unusual circumstantial case.
The former Bolingbrook police sergeant, 58, is charged with drowning his third wife, Kathleen Savio, whose 2004 drowning in her bathtub was treated as an accident until Peterson's fourth wife, Stacy, 23, vanished three years later.
Peterson's trial has featured three near mistrials, jurors coordinating their clothing and, last week, a defense witness who testified Peterson's fourth wife told him Peterson murdered Savio.
The fourth-floor Joliet courtroom where the Will County trial is being heard is expected to be packed Tuesday.
Defense attorney Joseph Lopez will give Peterson's closing argument, a speech he said he had put more than 50 hours of preparation into crafting, sometimes over dinner with his wife, Lisa, who is also on the defense team.
"All I know is this — I'm going to do the best I can," he said. "It's not going to be like any lawyer you've seen before. I break every rule in the book."
Prosecutors haven't yet explicitly presented their theory of the case — that Peterson put Savio in a police chokehold until she passed out and then drowned her in her bathtub. Will County Judge Edward Burmila repeatedly prevented the jury from hearing some testimony supporting that claim, ruling that the prosecution had not introduced any evidence proving Peterson was at the death scene.
The state indicated last week that it would make those same inferences during closing arguments, despite assured objections from Peterson's attorneys.
"What inferences they draw from evidence remains to be seen, and I'm not going to put any restrictions," Burmila said Friday. "Defense can object at the time."
Experts say prosecutors must tread carefully in this area, both to avoid a major misstep and prevent Peterson's attorneys from disrupting their rhythm with a barrage of objections. The prosecution survived a near mistrial during opening statements when Glasgow mentioned a topic that had not yet been admitted by the court.
"They're walking a very fine line, especially with a judge that has been relatively hostile to them," said criminal defense lawyer Andrew St. Laurent, a partner with Harris, O'Brien, St. Laurent & Houghteling in New York. "The defense has done an excellent job of objecting to testimony and disrupting the prosecution's case during this trial. If you're the prosecution, you don't want to give them a chance to take away the drama of a closing argument."
Lopez's closing argument is expected to hit what has been a consistent theme for defense attorneys since Peterson was charged in 2009 — that Savio's death was an accident.
No physical evidence ties Peterson to Savio's death, and prosecutors have built a circumstantial case that relies heavily on hearsay statements. But Lopez may find himself needing to combat a witness called by his fellow defense attorney Joel Brodsky.
Savio's divorce attorney Harry Smith last week testified that Stacy Petersoncalled and asked him if she could use the fact that Drew Peterson killed Savio to her advantage in a potential divorce.
Even Burmila has remarked on the oddity.
"I will say that I think it's unusual that ... the information of how (Peterson) killed (Savio) came from the (second to) last witness called in the case by the defendant," he said in court Friday.
Jurors did not hear that Stacy Peterson vanished about four days after the conversation with Smith. Drew Peterson has not been charged in her disappearance, but prosecutors believe he killed her.
Assistant State's Attorney Chris Koch will give the state's closing argument with State's Attorney James Glasgow providing the final words rebutting Lopez's comments to jurors.
They declined to comment.
"Chris Koch, he knows what he's doing. And Jim Glasgow, he ain't no idiot. So we got an uphill battle, no question about it," Lopez said. "This case is far from being in the bag. We're going to do the best we can, win or lose."
"It's going to be one for the books," Brodsky said. "You are not going to want to miss it, I can promise you. Front row and center is where you want to be if possible."
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Carlos Gomez went 3-for-5 and tacked on a two-run blast for Milwaukee, which snapped a season-high four-game slide.
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The SQL Crazy train continues chugging along this month. The next two whistle stops are back to back in the Carolinas.
The first stop is coming up in just a few short hours. I will be stopping in for SQL Saturday in Charleston South Carolina. I have been selected to present on the topic of Compression.
The lineup is pretty rock solid for this event. And nothing like extending a bit of training to encompass the SQL Saturday events if it just so happens you had intended to be in town for the next whistle stop – Summit 13. I'll talk about that in a bit.
There are a lot of speakers for this single day event that I would really like to see. Looking at the schedule, I don't know how I am going to pick which session to attend. Every single time slot has at least two sessions that I would like to attend. There are only 3 tracks! At least this will give me practice in selecting which sessions to attend for Summit.
The next whistle stop is in Charlotte North Carolina. Charlotte is the home of PASS Summit 2013.
Even better is that this year, the summit really does have a train – of sorts.
(Image is a link to the actual source at SQL Sentry – the sponsors of the trolley.)
SQL Sentry has been kind enough to sponsor the SQL Sentry Shuttle to help Summit attendees get around and see some of Charlotte while in town. You can read all about it here.
Yeah – I will be boarding that train/trolley.
I have a busy schedule coming up at Summit 2013. But, I am looking forward to meeting people and talking about whatever may come up.
Will you be at any of these whistle stops? If see, say Hi.


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For all you New Atheists out there, a little compare and contrast exercise. Tell me if you think this proof makes sense:
- My mind is identical to certain neurochemical processes in the brain.
- We have observed these neurochemical processes, and have verified that they exist.
- Therefore, my mind exists.
If that one sounds valid, how about this one?
- God is identical to the whole of nature.
- We have observed the whole of nature, and verified that it exists.
- Therefore, God exists.
I can think of two objections to the second proof. The first is that a lot of modern theists might not be able to sign onto our working definition of God. Fair enough, but I should note that our pantheistic account is not wholly without precedent — Baruch Spinoza believed in deus sive natura (God or nature) as interchangeable properties, and much of Eastern philosophy contains roughly analogous concepts. (Replace "God" with "tao," and the proof still holds.)
The second, stickier objection is that "God" in this proof has a form, but not much content. (Same goes for tao.) We can point to physical properties we believe to be correlated with God as much as we'd like, but the deity's most important properties are entirely spiritual. So demonstrating the existence of certain physical phenomena that we'd expect to exist in a God-created universe really tells us absolutely nothing.
So for atheists who believe in the existence of their own minds, here's the dilemma: why does that rebuttal apply to the second proof, but not the first?


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from what I understand, if I have email mis-classified as, say, junk, i first have to declassify it as junk, then classify it as good (which probably is done by simply moving it to inbox [can i move it to any folder or just inbox?]).
but why do i need to declassify it? why can't it be done when classifying? i mean, i can't have both good and junk mail, or neither good nor junk, right? so if i classify it as junk, then declassifying as good should be automatic, and vice versa?
this is messy :/


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Chocolate & chestnut truffle torte
Nutrition and extra info
- Freezable
- kcal704
- fat54g
- saturates29g
- carbs51g
- sugars37g
- fibre3g
- protein8g
- salt0.42g
For the sponge base
- 50g butter, melted, plus a little extra
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- 3 eggs
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- 85g caster sugar
- 40g plain flour
- 40g cocoa, plus extra for dusting
- 2 tbsp brandy (optional)
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For the truffle topping
Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Grease a 25cm springform tin, then line the base and sides with baking paper. Whisk eggs and sugar until pale and thick.
Sift the flour and cocoa together onto the mixture, then gently fold in, followed by the butter. Pour into the tin, ease to the edges, then bake for 8-10 mins until risen and firm to the touch. Cool in the tin.
Meanwhile, beat the chestnut purée and egg yolks until as smooth as possible. Melt the chocolate in a bowl over a pan of simmering water with half the cream. Remove from the heat, then beat into the chestnut mixture.
Whisk the egg whites until stiff. In a separate bowl, whip the remaining cream until it holds its shape. Fold into the chocolate mixture, then carefully fold in the egg whites. Drizzle the brandy, if using, over the sponge base, then pour the chocolate mix on top. Level the surface and chill for 5 hrs or overnight until firm. Chill for 2 days, or freeze for 2 months. Thaw overnight in the fridge.
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Running for a charitable purpose is not new, but it's become a popular way to get fit and feel good at the same time. It's fitness that is good for your heart, literally and figuratively.
Nonprofits use a variety of events to raise money and awareness. During the years, those have gone from fashion shows and luncheons to formal galas or wine tastings. And now it seems to be charity runs/walks that have people motivated and donors lining up with an event taking place almost every weekend throughout Southern California, especially as the days get warmer.
"The idea of people working up a sweat for a cause they believe in has been around for 40 years. The new thing, however, is there are more do-your-own events with the advent of inexpensive online methods to publicize them and to fund them," said David Hessekiel, president of the Run Walk Ride Fundraising Council in New York.
Southern California is a hot bed of activity because of residents' strong bents toward leading healthy lifestyles and a favorable climate.
"Charity events tend to be more spring- and fall-related here where I live, but in Southern California it can be year round. What we're seeing now is a huge interest in fun runs, too, such as color runs or obstacle course runs," Hessekiel said. "People get involved in athletic events for different reasons and I think it can be a case of icing on the cake if a charity benefits, too."
Organized 5Ks, half marathons and marathons attract thousands, particularly ones like the upcoming Los Angeles Marathon in March. These attract dedicated athletes intent on conquering their races, bettering their times or simply finishing. These newer fun runs are increasingly popular and some also have a charity connections.
The increased interest in charity runs is not an either/or issue, though, when it comes to running, Hessekiel said.
"There has been a democratization of fundraising, of peer-to-peer fundraising events. Those out there range from very grassroots to enormous ones. Whatever the event, you have the power to decide about your charitable giving," he said.
Ryan Lamppa, media director of Running USA, couldn't agree more.
"Charity fundraising has been part of our sport since the first running boom (circa 1972) and during the second running boom (circa 1994 to the present)," Lamppa said. "The sport has helped raise billions of dollars for charity – big and small. In 2013, approximately $1.2 billon was raised from U.S. running events."
Lamppa was citing Run Walk Ride Fundraising Council statistics included in Running USA's state-of-sport 2013 report.
Most of the charities that made the Run Walk Ride Fundraising Council's Top 10 Events (by total revenue in 2012) are familiar names and many are walks, although participants are free to take on the challenges anyway they choose within the event's parameters.
Top revenue producers are Relay for Life (American Cancer Society); Race for the Cure (Susan G. Komen for the Cure); March for Babies (March of Dimes); Heart Walk (American Heart Association); Bike MS (National Multiple Sclerosis Society): Walk to Cure Diabetes (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation); Team in Training (Leukemia & Lymphoma Society); Making Strides Against Breast Cancer (American Cancer Society); Jump Rope for Heart (American Heart Association); and Susan G. Komen 3-Day (Susan G. Komen for the Cure).
However they're doing it, people are walking and running their way to increased fitness and many charities are riding the financial wave to success.
Erin Easterday ran sprints in high school, but her days on the track pretty much ended there until after she had her son.
"When I had my son I decided I wanted to get back into shape, so I starting running. I ran my first half marathon (a few years ago) without much proper training and all I can say is it was the most shocking experience of my life. My running stopped after that," said Easterday with a laugh.
But when some Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center personnel decided to train together and tackle the recent hometown Holiday Half Marathon and 5K fundraiser, Easterday, the contracts manager for the medical center. decided it was time to run again. This time, however, she said she trained for the half marathon portion of the fundraiser. It still was tough but she finished, and she and her X Team running mates raised more than $1,500 for the medical center's foundation.
"It really does make a difference when a charity is involved. Before coming to Pomona Valley, I worked for a Visiting Nurses Association, which is a nonprofit. Believe me, it is extremely rewarding to run for a cause," she said. "You want to push yourself to a point where you didn't think you could go, but knowing you're doing it for a charity helps make each step somehow easier."
The wife and mother continues to run three times a week. Next on her list is the 5K Revlon walk/run in Los Angeles on May 10 that benefits those affected by cancer.
"I run it and it isn't anything like a half marathon, but it doesn't matter. It is a huge event and I'm looking forward to next year's Holiday Half Marathon and hope it, too, attracts even more people because that means more money for charities. But whether the run/race is big or small makes no difference. There is the same enthusiasm and camaraderie of being there to help others," she said.
Molly Thorpe is an experienced runner who has 13 marathons, including the Los Angeles Marathon, under her belt. She also is involved with the nonprofit Palm Springs Marathon Runners, which helps at-risk young people find a path through running.
"Running just has that stick-to-it attitude. You have to commit and be focused," said Thorpe.
She came up with an idea four years ago to have her group create a small run in memory of a Palm Springs Police Department dog named Ike who was killed on duty. She said the Run for Ike was meant as a small token of respect for the animal who saved its handler's life.
"It was just going to be our little group trying to get pledges and once we publicized it, in three weeks, we had 200 people signed up," Thorpe said.
The 4th Annual Run for Ike is set for April 5 and proceeds go to the Palm Springs Police Department's Canine division, including Max, a new dog in training.
Dr. Yolanda Quam is a vocal advocate of exercise, encouraging people of all ages to get up and move. She decided to walk the walk, or in this case, run the run. Quam starting hitting the pavement in order to bring home the message of the importance of exercise and good health. She began participating in the yearly Huntington Beach half-marathon, to raise money for Kids Come First Community Clinic in Ontario, but she also starting running to show that an active lifestyle is important and will add years to your life.
"Run/walk activities are a way to promote health, stress the importance of physical activity (especially outdoor activities) and encourages the community to get involved. The excitement witnessed from those who may have participated in an event for the first time and the support received from others is so awe-inspiring," said Quam, who is the medical director of the nonprofit Kids Come First Community Clinic.
"The day I ran the Surf City Half-Marathon, my first official race with the word 'marathon' in it, was exhilarating. I felt the love and the support from the participants and those cheering along the streets, and at the 10th mile when I hit the wall, seeing the smiling face and listening to the words of encouragement, I knew that I could finish the race because so many believed that I could. And I did."
Nonprofits always need donations, but the added benefit of public exposure is priceless, according to Jose Luis Zavala. He ran when he was in college at California State University Los Angeles. He got involved in a mentoring program trying to show young people the benefits of exercise and healthy lifestyles. He has a degree in child psychology and a master's degree in marriage and family therapy. He provides supervision for Los Angeles County and its Skid Row Family Assessment Team and he is the president and chief executive officer of Aztlan Athletics, which owns and operates eight SoCal events that help more than 10 nonprofits.
The mission of Aztlan Athletics, which maintains offices in South Pasadena and East Los Angeles, is to support nonprofit groups that help preserve families and the environment. Its client list includes Homeboy Industries and the Aquarium of the Pacific. Two of its upcoming charity runs are Help2HealAHeart on Feb. 15 in Downey to benefit the Always a Mom Foundation for bereaved mothers, and the 4-Mile Hill Challenge Walk on March 22 in Debs Park in Los Angeles, supporting the Audubon Center.
"The idea behind Aztlan Athletics is to encourage people to run for their health but also to run for their communities. Yes, you're paying to participate but you're giving something back. We rely heavily on volunteers and try to keep events as grassroots as possible because we want the benefits to go directly to the people the programs help," Zavala said.
"We want to take running to another level like it was in the 1990s. Many big companies have bought the big runs and those events are huge. The challenge is to help the smaller runs who have trouble coming up with the $20,000 to $25,000 it can cost to get one started along with permits and things like that. That's where we come in. We have the infrastructure in-house to have a co-venture. The goal is to make as much money for the nonprofits as possible."
Zavala said the increased number of charity runs is because they work in raising money while being able to put their particular cause in the public's eye. And the Affordable Care Act provides financial incentives to businesses willing to set up employee wellness programs, who then, if they choose to, can pass on donation money and goodwill to nonprofits.
Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center has a wellness program in place. The idea is to promote healthy lifestyles to its employees with the benefit of helping others, too. The hospital foundation benefited from the recent Holiday Half Marathon and 5K in Pomona, as did other local charities including Steven's Hope in Upland and Bright Prospect in Pomona.
Rick Rossman is the associate director of physical therapy in the hospital's Sports Medicine Center. He and Dr. Duane Styles, center medical director, were on hand during the race to help runners if needed.
"We as a hospital have a medical role in promoting healthy lifestyles, but when you can combine it with helping a worthwhile cause, it's a success for everyone," Rossman said. "Employees who wanted to participate in the Holiday Half Marathon could pledge to help the foundation and that's a double benefit. I think altruism is not a bad thing and should be encouraged."


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E-Liquid Ingredients
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E-Liquid Ingredients
Tobacco Extracts – Tobacco leaves are processed and extracted by chromatography for us in tobacco flavoured e-liquid. Examples of processing techniques include air cure and flue cure. Chromatography is a separation technique in which the required substance is selectively isolated. The type of tobacco leaves, processing technique and chromatographic technique used determines what tobacco flavour this extraction can be used for.
Tabanone – A chemical that is naturally found in Turkish tobacco. Tobanone is commonly added tobacco cigarettes for its unique flavour. Addition of Tabanone to e-liquid creates a similar tobacco flavour to these well known brands of cigarettes.
2,5 Dimethylpyrazine – A flavour additive that enhances taste and aroma in tobacco cigarette and many other food products including coffee and wine.
Damascenone – A pleasant rose scent flavour.
Propylene glycol (PG) – A solvent that is used across the pharmaceutical and food industry. PG is often labeled as an E number when used as a food additive. PG has been approved to be safe to consume by human and animals, except for cats. E-liquid using PG as a solvent base gives a strong throat hit. A small group of the population is allergic to PG.
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Alcohol – Alcohol is an essential ingredient for alcohol based flavour including whisky, rum, champagne etc.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. 'juking and jiving' and 'turbo-bound' before crash at Talladega (Video)
Dale Earnhardt Jr. was setting up leader Jamie McMurray for a pass for the lead on the final lap at Talladega Superspeedway Sunday when Austin Dillon's spectacular crash foiled those plans.
When Dillon's car got airborne on the final lap, Earnhardt finished second for the second time this year in a restrictor-plate race.
Earnhardt told his crew he was ready to "juke and jive" and was "turbo-bound" when Dillon, his drafting partner, crashed behind him.
Here's a look at the final lap and audio of Earnhardt's communication with his crew.


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Privacy activists have urged top web firms to ensure they tell Phorm not to monitor communications with their users, ahead of BT's proposed deployment of its interception and profiling system.
In an open letter to privacy officers at Amazon, AOL, eBay, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo!, campaigners claim the system, which will be branded "Webwise", "may well bring your own system into disrepute". Phorm's technology uses a complex series of traffic redirects and spoofed cookies to scan broadband users' web use for keywords to help target advertising.
It's planned that the search terms entered at the web's top destinations will be grabbed in transit and used by Phorm to judge surfers' interests. Because they strongly indicate intentions, they will be some of the most valuable data fed into the targeting algorithm. When contacted by The Register last year, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo! all declined to comment on the such activity.
The open letter was signed by Open Rights Group executive director Jim Killock, Richard Clayton of the Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR), and prominent anti-Phorm campaigners Alex Hanff and Pete John. Last year, with Phorm's cooperation, Clayton, a University of Cambridge security researcher, carried out a detailed analysis of how the system operates.
"We strongly believe that it is clearly in your company's interest, it is in the interests of all of your customers, and it will serve to protect your brand's reputation, if you insist that the Phorm/Webwise system does not process any data that passes to or from your website," the group wrote.
Phorm offers website owners who don't want their traffic to be intercepted the opportunity to opt out. "While we recognise that an 'opt-out' is an entirely second-rate way of dealing with this problem, we would strongly urge you to take advantage of it, in order to immediately reduce the risk of harm to your company and to your customers," the open letter said.
Phorm declined to say whether any of the companies the letter was sent to asked to be excluded from its system. It sought to compare its approach to behavioural advertising to that of Google and Microsoft, which collect targeting data by working with websites.
Phorm said: "We are aware of the letter and note that the vast majority of recipients use or offer interest based advertising. Many of them have, like Phorm, demonstrated their commitment to user privacy as signatories to the IAB UK's interest based advertising good practice principles."
The Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB), a trade association, published guidelines earlier this month, in a move widely interpreted as an attempt to head off regulation.
FIPR's general counsel Nicholas Bohm has argued that the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act requires both ends of a communication to consent to Phorm's interception, and so the firm needs to ask the owner of every website it intends to monitor for permission. Phorm and BT have disputed FIPR's analysis, although they have declined to provide details of their legal position.
In response to privacy concerns, Phorm has consistently stated that its technology retains no data and that users remain anonymous. However, at a recent event at Parliament to discuss monitoring of the internet, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, who invented the worldwide web, said he objected to the interception itself. "It is very important that when click we click without a thought that a third party knows what we're clicking on," he said, arguing that Google-style behavioural targeting does not violate privacy in a comparable way.
Phorm executives will appear at a second "Town Hall Meeting" at the London School of Economics on April 7, a year after they mounted a first public defence of their firm. The details are here.
The full text of the open letter is here and there is information for website owners on how to opt out of monitoring here. ®


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Every child needs a little Christmas, but some Fairfax County parents don't have the means to provide it.
Thanks to the efforts of the Democratic Women of Clifton (DWC), thousands of children throughout the county will receive new coats, toys and other gifts this holiday season.
For the second year, the Democratic Women of Clifton coordinated with Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department (FCFRD) to collect toys for 3,000 needy children throughout Northern Virginia.
"These donated gifts will be the only ones many of the children receive for Christmas," said Jane Barker, president of the Democratic Women of Clifton. "The toy drive is the highlight of the holiday season for both the first responders and the young gift recipients."
In addition to toys, the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department accepted monetary donations to purchase coats for area children. Last year, the department distributed nearly 3,000 new coats to more than 50 schools, shelters and nonprofits throughout Fairfax and Alexandria. Firefighters said "giving these kids a new coat builds such great self-esteem," and that it helps them do better in school.
The Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department will distribute toys and coats on Dec. 18.
The Democratic Women of Clifton also sponsored a collection of grocery store gift cards to benefit Our Daily Bread, a local nonprofit organization that provides food and assistance to Northern Virginia families experiencing financial hardship. Gift card donations will be distributed to the families in January.
"Although the DWC is not a service organization, we often feel like one," said Debbie Nagy, the group's secretary and director of this year's holiday projects. "Democratic women not only talk the talk of caring for the less fortunate among us, but we also walk the walk by supporting nonprofit organizations that serve many needs throughout Northern Virginia."
"We want to make this a memorable holiday season for those right here in Fairfax County who need our help," Barker said.
It's not too late to contribute, Barker said. The DWC will collect grocery food gift cards for Our Daily Bread through Dec. 31. To contribute, mail gift cards to DWC, P.O. Box 143, Clifton 20124. To contact the DWC, email firstname.lastname@example.com or go to the website at democraticwomenofclifton.org.


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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) As if the Carolina Panthers don't have enough problems, they'll be without four starters against the Atlanta Falcons.
Running back Jonathan Stewart, wide receiver Brandon LaFell, strong side linebacker James Anderson and defensive tackle Dwan Edwards won't play for the Panthers.
Carolina (3-9) has already placed 13 players on injured reserve. Quarterback Jimmy Clausen, guard Jeff Byers and offensive tackle Bruce Campbell are also inactive.
Running back Michael Turner and cornerback Asante Samuel are active and will start for the Falcons after being listed as questionable.
Atlanta's only key inactive is safety William Moore. Chris Hope will start in his place.
Other inactives for the Falcons are quarterback Dominique Davis, wide receiver Time Toone, guards Halrand Gunn and Phillipkeith Manley and defensive linemen Lawrence Sidbury and Travian Robertson.
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