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ORLANDO, Fla. - Orlando police say they arrested a homeless man after a 14-year-old girl accused him of groping her while in line at a popular ride at Universal Studios Orlando.
According to the police report, Carlos Marino Guia, 48, got in line behind a 14-year-old girl as she and her family waited to get on a Simpsons ride. As she sat on a railing, a witness said they saw the "suspect bend over, as to attempt to look up the victim's shorts" and then "in an obvious way, stuck his face onto the victim's buttocks."
"You'd hope that something like that wouldn't happen, but if it does, it's obviously something that is going to anger you," said Sonia Bettridge, who visited Universal with her family.
The girl said she felt the man touch her inappropriately, and when her family asked Marino what he was doing, they said he grew confrontational, said the report. The family ran for help from the ride attendant, but by then, Marino had disappeared.
Universal security finally caught up to him, saying he was trying to hide himself in the crowd.
After this incident, parents said they would like to see more cameras, and visible security manning the lines at Universal Studios Orlando.
"They should have some security cameras in the line. Yes, that would be upsetting to me as a mom," said Jennifer Carrier, who had a stronger reaction when she heard the allegations. "I would probably turn around and hurt the guy back if he were to do it to my daughter, who is 10 years old."
Local 6 asked a Universal spokesman about cameras and about the security at the lines. They told Local 6's Shaun Chaiyabhat that Universal does not comment on "police matters."
Marino Guia remains in jail and faces a charge of lewd or lascivious conduct on a person under 17 years old.
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Thrifty number hits charts summit
An ode to the delights of buying second hand clothes has climbed to the top of the singles chart.
Macklemore And Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz completed their ascent to the number one spot with Thrift Shop, which had jumped 22 places to number two last week.
The track has already topped the charts in Australia, New Zealand and the US.
It displaced Dutch dance duo Bingo Players, whose Get Up (Rattle), featuring Far East Movement, had been number one for the past two weeks. That tune slipped to number three.
White Noise by British duo Disclosure, featuring AlunaGeorge, rose 26 places to number two, while Clown by Emeli Sande climbed from eight to four and reunited US pop-punk outfit Fall Out Boy entered the chart at number five with My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up).
In the album chart, former number one The Motion Picture Cast Recording of Les Miserables returned to the top, displacing Opposites by Biffy Clyro, which fell to number three.
English singer-songwriter Jake Bugg's eponymous album rose from six to two, while Our Version Of Events by Emeli Sande stayed at number four and Rumours by Fleetwood Mac fell from three to five.
Anna by English indie rockers the Courteeners went in at number six and Pedestrian Verse by Scottish band Frightened Rabbit at number nine.
Pianist Richard Clayderman has scored his highest chart hit for 30 years with his comeback album making number 13 in the chart. The French musician - one of the world's biggest-selling recording artists - has released his first collection of new tracks for more than a decade last week, called Romantique.

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Shaina Armstrong is trying to figure out how to move forward after her mother was killed in an incident that left her with a fractured back and put the woman she loved in jail.
"I'm in a lot of pain," she said. "I'm just trying to stay strong for the family."
The day she was released from the hospital, Armstrong, 22, talked about her girlfriend of several years, Candace Kiara Jackson, their relationship and the day that Jackson allegedly hit Shaina and her mother with an SUV in a Bank of America parking lot.
Armstrong frequently looked away as she talked. A few times she pressed the bandaging at her waist and mentioned she cannot sit for a long time because of her back. She wears a brace now, and thick patches of road rash, bruises and bandages mark her arms.
"I just feel like I'm in a dream," she said.
May 10
Detectives believe that an argument that began on May 10 between Armstrong and Jackson, 24, continued later in the day and ended with Jackson driving an older model Chevrolet Suburban into Rosa Lee Armstrong, 56, and Shaina as they walked away from the Bank of America off U.S. 1 near Wildwood Drive.
Rosa Lee died at the scene.
Earlier in the day, Shaina left the mobile home she shared with Jackson. They had argued, she said. She went to her parents' home at the Breezy Brae mobile home park on Wildwood Drive.
Her bank card was with Candace, so she wanted to cancel it and get a temporary one, she said. She walked up to the Bank of America with her father, mother and sister.
Shaina was in the bank when her father came in to tell her that Candace was outside.
Once Shaina walked outside, she went to the passenger side of the SUV and got into an argument with Candace, according to the arrest report. Shaina told Candace it was over and the family began to walk home. Moments later, they heard the SUV's engine getting loud and saw Jackson driving toward them, the report said.
"The defendant's vehicle then went over a curb in the parking lot and struck Shaina Armstrong and Rosa Armstrong, killing Rosa Armstrong and injuring Shaina Armstrong," according to the report.
"I just remember the pregnant lady … saying don't look at your mom," Shaina said.
Rosa's husband, Stephen Armstrong, was there along with their other daughter. They were both screaming.
"I said, 'You just killed my wife. You just killed my wife,'" Stephen said.
He went to his wife's side, and when he saw she was dead, he closed her eyelids.
"That's what I done," he said. "And I told her I loved her."
Jackson walked away with a baseball bat in her hand, according to the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office. Several eyewitness followed her and called 911 and provided sworn testimony.
Detectives found Jackson near the Kangaroo gas station and took her in for questioning. Later, she was booked into St. Johns County jail on charges of second-degree murder with a deadly weapon, attempted second-degree murder with a deadly weapon and two counts of aggravated battery, according to the Sheriff's Office. During her first appearance in court, on a newscast from the jail, Jackson said it was an accident.
Stephen and Rosa Lee Armstrong, or "Rosy," met in first grade. They were married for 37 years.
"You couldn't ask for a better wife," he said.
Stephen sat next to a building in the middle of Breezy Brae mobile home park one evening last week. Two of his children stood nearby. She was the best mother in the world, one of her daughters repeated.
"All I remember seeing is my wife being drug under the SUV," he said.
She was a native of Bartow and had lived in St. Augustine since 1992. She was a homemaker.
Rosa Lee was a good woman, Shaina said. She was always there for her. She loved her animals, especially her dogs. She loved everybody.
"She loved Candace," Shaina Armstrong said. "That's why it's so unbelievable."
Shaina Armstrong and Candace Jackson met around seven years ago. Jackson was the second girlfriend she had ever had, she said. They shared a trailer together.
Jackson had recently talked about getting married.
"We loved each other," Armstrong said. "We wanted to stay together. We wanted to have kids."
There had been arguments and violence in the relationship before, Shaina said.
In November, Jackson was arrested on charges of domestic battery by strangulation and domestic battery. Jackson was accused of hitting and choking Armstrong, according to the arrest report. Armstrong told a deputy that she fought back to try and get away. Jackson denied wrongdoing.
Armstrong said she bailed Jackson out of jail.
"I kind of felt like it was my fault," Armstrong said, because she believed she provoked Jackson. They separated for about a week until Armstrong requested that the court lift a no contact order so they could be back together, she said.
The domestic battery by strangulation charge was dropped, and Jackson was eventually adjudicated guilty of an amended charge of simple battery.
"I just want [people] to know if there's any signs of any violence, get out," she said.
When Shaina spoke about what happened, one of the first things she mentioned was finding a way to give her mother a proper burial. Her family can not afford funeral services.
Later, a local funeral home director offered to pay for cremation. The family wants to extend their gratitude.
Her mother was on Social Security and her father does not work. She has autistic siblings. Shaina is employed at the Flying J but she does not have insurance covering any of her medical expenses.
After the incident, Shaina was left to stay with her family, several people in one trailer. She was not able to get back into the trailer she shared with Candace because it was in Candace's name, and she has not been able to retrieve her belongings, she said. She signed the trailer over at one point because she thought she was done with the relationship. She wasn't.
Someday, Shaina Armstrong wants to go back to school to become a nursing assistant. She wants to work with autistic children.
First, though, she has to be strong for her family, to help support them. She has to heal.
She said she never thought her girlfriend, the woman she loved, would be capable of what she is accused of.
"I don't understand," Shaina said. "I just don't understand."
Shaina Armstrong is reaching out to the community for help with medical expenses and for support for her family. Anyone who wants to help can call the family's home phone number at 342-7729.


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Schaefer Prairie
Open to the Public
Things To Do
Plan Your Visit
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Schaefer Prairie is a remnant of the once-vast northern tallgrass prairie that covered millions of acres in Minnesota, the Dakotas and Iowa. Today, the rich soils of wet, mesic, and dry prairies at Schaefer harbor an estimated 275 plant species—245 of which are native to Minnesota—unusual for a site that is just 45 minutes from downtown Minneapolis. In the spring and fall, volunteers, students and neighbors are invited to help with seed collection and distribution at the preserve.
McLeod County (seven miles southwest of Glencoe)
160 acres
Why the Conservancy Selected This Site
In 1955 Dr. Walter Breckenridge, (a founding board member of the Minnesota Chapter and then-director of the Bell Museum of Natural History), visited the site-then known as Brownton Prairie-and recommended its preservation as a research area. At the time Lulu Schaefer Leonard, whose mother had bought the land from the Dakota Indians in 1881, owned the property and had received several offers to purchase it. Due to the family's interest in the beauty and preservation of the property, Mrs. Leonard agreed to sell to The Nature Conservancy in 1967.
What the Conservancy Has Done/Is Doing
To maintain the prairie, the preserve has been divided into several units, each of which is burned every four years in April or October. In recent years volunteers have collected seeds from the prairie for restoration and transplantation. A showcase area in the southeast corner has been enriched by approximately 5,000 seedlings. Large-scale restoration was carried out in 1996 and 1997 on the 45-acre old field on the preserve. Half the area was burned and planted with seeds collected on site. The other half was treated with herbicide and tilled beforehand to see if those treatments significantly improve the success of the restoration. Volunteers also protect the prairie by removing weeds like Canada thistle, and by cutting Siberian elm, European buckthorn, and other woody species off the grassland areas.
Area school children, as well as college students and researchers, are granted permission to use Schaefer Prairie as an outdoor classroom.
What to See: Plants
Sullivant's milkweed, a threatened species, Nuttall's bur-reed (special concern) and Hill's thistle (special concern) are especially notable. Dominant grasses are big and little bluestem and Indian grass. Also uncommon are the prairie loosestrife and small white lady's slipper, plants that thrive in Schaefer's wetter prairie areas. From May through September, visitors are treated to a beautiful display of wildflowers at Schaefer Prairie—among the blooming plants are aster, primrose, blazing star, violet, milk vetch, daisy, goldenrod and buffalo bean.
What to See: Animals
The regal fritillary, a species of special concern, also inhabits Schaefer Prairie. The preserve originally supported the poweshiek skipper, a now federally endangered species, but it has not been documented here in recent years. A significant number of bird species are also present, including the upland sandpiper bobolink and American bittern. "Mima mounds", hibernating sites for toads, also occur in wetland areas of the preserve.
For more information on visiting this and other Minnesota preserves, check out our Preserve Visitation Guidelines.
From the town of Glencoe drive west on U.S. 212 for seven miles, turn south on a gravel road, Nature Avenue, opposite County Road 4. Drive 0.5 mile to the first intersection. The preserve lies to the southwest of that intersection. Proceed on the gravel road to the southeast corner of the prairie. Nearest services are in Glencoe and Brownton.
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Watching "Monsters University" is like paying Fenway prices to see minor leaguers struggling to master their curveball.
Watching "Monsters University" is like paying Fenway prices to see minor leaguers struggling to master their curveball. Yes, one day raw talents like one-eyed Mike Wazowski and the hulking, underachieving James "Sulley" Sullivan will lure multitudes to the turnstiles. But who wants to see them struggling to pay their dues, a la Daniel Nava? The aspiring Sox all-star is certainly worth the price of admission now, but would you have paid $50 to put your fanny in a seat when he was beating the bushes with the Chico Outlaws?
That's exactly how I felt watching the two monster stars learning to feel their oats long before they were scaring up millions for their agents at Pixar. Never mind that they're more than a decade past their "Monsters, Inc." prime, being made privy to how Mike and Sulley learned to carry the fright as ostracized college students just isn't all that interesting. Nor is it funny. Mildly amusing is more like it, as the unlikely companions progress from enemies to frenemies to best pals over the course of their freshman year at the prestigious Monsters University, where the not-so-dynamic duo grudgingly learn to care, share and scare with the best of the beasts.
OK, some of it's cute, like the imaginative array of physically diverse students, some with dozens of appendages and others who are better rounded, like the cycloptic Mike. But most of it is bland and predictable, closely following (like the recent flop, "The Internship") a "Revenge of the Nerds" scenario in which the outcasts must prove themselves against the cool kids in a series of intramural competitions in which we can guess the eventual winner with 100-percent accuracy. True, there's a daring little twist at the end, but it comes much too late to rescue the picture from the rote rut it quickly gets stuck in.
This after a promising start in which we meet Mike (voiced once again by a never-better Billy Crystal) as a precocious grade-schooler on a field trip to the famous Monsters, Inc., where ogres have been bottling screams, one child at a time, for decades. It's nirvana for the pint-sized Mike, who vows to one day work there alongside the greats of the old scare game. Cut to a decade later, when Mike, his "eye" still on the prize, excitedly enrolls at MU, where he immediately runs smack into a horde of naysayers, including the university's taciturn dean, Miss Hardscrabble (Helen Mirren), and the obnoxiously cocky legacy, James P. Sullivan (a returning John Goodman), who is about to become the bane of Mike's waning existence as a viable Scarer.
Eventually, Hardscrapple (think "Animal House's" Dean Whimmer) gives them both the boot, and will only let them back in if they and their new loser cohorts at the laughingstock fraternity, Oozma Kappa, can miraculously win the multifaceted Scare Games. Cue the "Rocky" clichés, along with a lot of yawns, as director Dan Scanlon ("Cars") and his co-writers Daniel Gerson and Robert L. Baird introduce one stale idea after another.
It's the sort of lazy writing one has come to expect from the folks at rival Blue Sky ("Ice Age," "Epic"), not Pixar, which used to be the gold standard of computer animation by creating classics like "Up," "Toy Story" and "WALL-E." But with "Cars 2," "Brave" and now "Monsters University," the cartoon kings have been reduced to jokers, seriously sullying Pixar's reputation for imagination, cleverness and most importantly, heart, a quality "MU" sorely lacks.
The only think remotely Pixar about it is the spectacular 3-D animation, especially the incredibly realistic rendering of the MU campus and the menagerie of monsters, no two looking alike, unless you count the two-headed Terri and Terry Perry (both voiced by "Bug's Life" vet Dave Foley). If only the script sported the same amount of depth and resplendence. As is, "Monsters University" offers little that merits accreditation.
MONSTERS UNIVERSITY (G) Featuring the voices of Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Helen Mirren, Dave Foley and Steve Buscemi. Co-written and directed by Dan Scanlon. Grade: C


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Moving Forward. The vision it inspires is the engine that drives us. It's why we make diversity and inclusion our priority — why we strive to stay ahead of the curve in workplace equality and LGBT inclusion.
Our commitment to progress and innovation has inspired best-in-class initiatives. We have policies in place to help protect against discrimination. Full benefits are offered to same gender domestic partners. And, since 2007, Toyota has had a transgender policy and transition plan in place.
Our Spectrum Business Partnership Group promotes customer understanding, community support, and professional development for LGBTs and Allies at Toyota. We proudly support the Human Rights Campaign, GLAAD, The Point Foundation, AIDS Walk Los Angeles, as well as LA-based LifeWorks which provides mentoring for LGBT youth.
Accolades from leading LGBT organizations recognize Toyota's efforts. Our perfect 100% score on the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index serves as but one example. We accept these honors with pride and appreciation. They serve to acknowledge that we are indeed making a difference and that our words are supported by our deeds.
At Toyota, moving forward is an ongoing journey. Each time we reach a new benchmark of achievement, there is a higher goal beyond. So while we celebrate each accomplishment made in our path toward progress, we remain constant in our commitment to opening new doors and opportunities.


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No Cursing at Yahoo Corporate, Except for Carol Bartz
The Twitterati went on vacation: Kevin Rose visited his exclusive happy place; Xeni Jardin was in Gautemala; and an AFP reporter set off for Paris.
Digg founder Kevin Rose is sorry he forgot you don't have a magical VIP Web browser like he does.
Chris O'Brien of the San Jose Mercury News noticed a Yahoo profanity policy was kind of fucking hypocritical!
Oliver Knox's vacation to Paris began with some quality American customer service. Being an AFP man, he reported it.
Boing Boing's Xeni Jardin found the Ugly American, in Guatemala.
Writer Tricia Romano quietly cursed the blogger who revealed her happy secret.
Did you witness the media elite tweet something indiscreet? Please email us your favorite tweets — or send us more Twitter usernames.


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Maha Baimyrzaeva: What will you do at the Casa Fuente Building?
December 3, 2010
Mahabat Baimyrzaeva, Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of International Policy and Management, spent her youth in the libraries of Kyrgyzstan, reading whatever she could get her hands on. While her interests varied, her passion for learning drove her to obtain a doctorate degree in the U.S. Considering Maha's eclectic background, it's no surprise she is attracted to the Casa Fuente Building.
In addition to housing the Financial Aid, Human Resources, and Records Office, Casa Fuente is the go-to place for interesting student and faculty led activities. Whether a Karate Club meeting, a French film or an intensive weekend workshop, you'll find it here.


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Hope Allen wanted RHA Boutique to be a neighborhood destination. So, she planted it right across the street from Morton's Market in Southside Village and dressed the interior with her favorite fashions and accessories.
If there's one item this fashionista and her clients can't get enough of, it's the Tolani scarves.
"It's something worn by every celebrity," Allen said. "I sell hundreds of those — they are all made by skilled weavers and vary in tone, size and finish. You can order for of the same scarf, but every one is going to be just a little bit different."
Allen first noticed the scarves at a Florida market.
"I saw a woman wearing one, and my eye was just so drawn to the design of the scarf I had to ask her about it," Allen said. "We have a couple summer scarves on the shelves right now, but the fall selection will start arriving in August."
The contemporary/missy sports wear boutique opened June 1, 2009, and carries Hobo Handbags and lines by designers like Barbara Lesser, Spanner, Petit Pois and Hardtail. Average prices range from $40 for tops to $150 for jeans.
"I had a boutique back in Kansas, where I'm originally from, but I wanted to be more of a neighborhood destination here, which is kind of what I established," Allen said. "The first year has been awesome."
Contact Loren Mayo at [email protected].
RHA Boutique
Owner: Hope Allen
Address: 1935 Osprey Ave.
Phone: 706-2627
Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday; Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and Sunday by appointment
Line of business: Designer women's clothing, accessories and baby boutique
Employees: One
Website: www.rhaboutique.com
What makes the business unique: "The selection of merchandise — I try to have something for everybody and cater to people 18 to 18 years old."


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Well done!
Now lets make an example of him so that any potential copy cats will
live in a withering state of paralyseing terror
I don't know if making an example of this individual would do any good, I doubt people like him have the intelligence to learn from the experience of others. You can punish a rattlesnake for biting all you want, but the other rattlesnakes will not learn from it.
The first task is to make VERY sure we have the right person here, and that means running him through the courts to establish guilt or innocence. I don't believe in punishing anyone before they are proven guilty, and there is always the possibility of a mistaken arrest.
If this individual is proven to be the guilty party, punishment is not really the issue. We just have to make VERY sure that this individual NEVER has the ghost of a chance to repeat his crime. I am game for whatever it takes to prevent further offenses by him. But I think we would need to focus on prevention, not punishment. The prevention will probably be punishment enough.
I am really looking forward to hearing the details of this in the announcement. I have many questions. Was this random abduction or was the girl "chosen" for a particular reason? Don't get me wrong, I have no doubt that this vicious attact was completely unwarranted, but the brazen manner in which it was done makes me think that there is more to this than immediately meets the eye.
As usual, the Palo Alto Police are right on top of everything. Your department is one of the very best things about Palo Alto. Bravo!
I don't believe in neighborhoods, I believe in a town working together. I'm sorry you made me choose a neighborhood to get my comment accepted. In a town of approximately 55,000 people it is ridiculous to divide us into groups, each lobbying for their personal desires.
Fear is in fact the most powerful deterrent to crime particularly violent crime.
Too many violent criminals are treated with a social work mentality
and avoid severe punishment until they have come to believe they will
not be caught, they will get probation or that their behavior is ok
(just listen to some rap lyrics glorifying sexual violence )
Mayor Giuliani of New York was successful in dramatically reducing
violent crime by creating credible terror in the hearts and minds of
potential criminals.
That is what we need here and in surrounding communities.
I would like to commend our Police Department for their huge effort. I was so heartened to drive down Arastradero and see so many police officers stopping each car and giving us a photo of the suspect. I shall be waiting to hear further information. Thank you so much for all you do, every single day. Debbie Kurland
The chances here are 100% that this guy was a prior criminal.
Most likely his DNA was matched to the crime scene evidence.
My question is why was this guy out of jail in the first place??????
You so called tolerant people when will you learn once a criminal always a criminal.
Good job PAPD and State Lab!
As I have repeated before over and over, the PA Police need to have a clear presence about our businesses, especially around our schools. They need a more personal approach in this town, which has out grown it's britches. The starting up of a "Flatfoot Patrol" ,I believe, would cut down on crime by the mere presence of a uniformed, informed,police person patroling.
How about that comment, Chief of Police?????????? Put to a vote, think it would pass...........
"Let's nip it in the bud", so the saying goes..Stop these opportunist criminals from destroying the peace and tranquility that our town USED to have!
The Little Lindberg Law mandated the death penalty for kidnapping with bodily harm. A bunch of idiots, Brando included, protested the execution of Carl Chessman, the red light bandit. This led to the failed social experiment of letting monsters live.
What shocks me about this is the age of the guy. He is 20 years old. He is a 2006 Paly grad.
We (society) are raising kids who know nothing about respect and how to live as a responsible adult in today's society. Teenagers today spend too much time watching violent movies, playing violent video games and living in a world where violence towards others and women in particular is the norm and in fact glamorized. These teens get their kicks in the virtual world and when that stops being enough, they go out and get their kicks in the real world.
Society must do something to stop things like this happening. We must stop the video game industry, the movie and tv industries from glamorizing violence. Punishing the guys after they have done the deed is one thing, preventing them from getting into a situation where they think it is ok to behave like this, is very definitely another and what we should also be doing.
I am opposed to any punishment. Punishment amounts to revenge, and as King Arthur noten in Camelot, "Revenge is the most worthless of all causes." I am also opposed to punishment because society may indeed judge this person to have been adaquately punished for his deeds and let him go to repeat them. (Plea bargains, parole, time off for good behavior, etc.) Punishment itself is not the answer.
Society should have a right to protect itself from individuals like the perpetrator of this crime, and that protection should include the ability to make sure that this offender never gets a chance to repeat his offense or any other offense similar to it. I am game for doing whatever it takes to make sure that this individual is ever in a position to assault our children again. I don't care if he is happy with our preventative measures or not, just as long as society is protected.
This news is less than an hour old, and some commentators have convicted the man online, sentenced him to death, endorsed assault and rape as long as it happens in prison... how thoroughly un-American, savage, uncivilized. Bill of Rights, anyone?
How many wrongful arrests and wrongful convictions will it take to temper your bloodlust? Would you go to a public square to watch someone being drawn and quartered? Can I interest you in front row seats at the Roman Coliseum to watch the lions devour their human prey?
If this suspect is guilty, I hope he draws a lengthy sentence. Isn't it possible to endorse firm punishment without taking delight another person's suffering?
I'm just guessing here, and I'm sure we'll know more soon, but this is not sounding like an out-of-the-blue stranger attack any more. Given that the (alleged) perp lived in the area up until a few months ago, I'm thinking there was some prior knowledge of his potential victim in advance of the attack.
Maybe he was laying in wait for her? Maybe he picked her because (according to the SJ Mercury article) her English skills are lacking and he thought he could get away with it?
I just did a quick look at the Paly Voice website, seeing if the guy who was arrested had been mentioned. It says that he was going to go into the Marines after his 2006 graduation -- Web Link and scroll wwwaayyyyy down to the "U" area (or just search for his name, Burpee).
It also looks as though he was a running back on Paly's football team, at least in 2004. Not sure if he played in '05 (his senior season); there is no mention of him in the Voice articles about the games.
Dang it Parent! What you wrote is too long to print on a sign for picketing businesses that make violent games, music, or movies. But you are SO right. We are teaching this stuff to our kids, and then we wonder why they practice what we taught. The manufacturers of this stuff say it is up to the parents to monitor what their kids are doing. BULLHONKEY! In the first place it is too pervasive for most parents to monitor, and in the second place, even if I monitor to for my kids, they will still be victimized by kids whos parents didn't bother to monitor it. (You notice we are not talking about what kind of games, music, or movies the victim here enjoyed.)
I am a proponent of free speech, but your free speech rights do NOT extend to teaching that stuff to my kids.
I would withold any judgment until there are more facts. Many parents went ballistic over the first newspaper report, which turns out to have many inaccuracies. This prelimnary report may turn out to be just as wrong.
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I have to say that I feel saddened for everyone involved in this case. Whether young Burpee is guilty or not, his life will be irrevokably altered by recent events, and if he is indeed guilty, his life is as good as over. We all lose any contributions his life would have made to us had this never happened.
Young Burpee's parents must be traumatized, and they will probably face some hard choices in the future about cashing in their savings to try to defend their son or just let the public defender misrepresent him. Their dreams of grandchildren and normal retirement are over.
The victim of this crime will face a long road to a recovery that may never be completed. She will undoubtably be emotionally scarred by this, possibly physically scarred too. The emotional scars will probably be worse.
The victim's parents and family will also be traumatized by these events and her recovery. At least they know that they and their daughter have done nothing wrong, though that will be small consolation. They will also need to look into therapy and help for the victim. Personally I would spare no expense there.
The rest of us will look at kids in the neighborhood differently, watch our kids more closely, and wake up nights with nightmares that our kids became the next victims. It's a scary world.
One thing I would like to know: More than music, video games, or whatever, was there a history of drug use? Which drugs? This is not from an excuse-making point of view, it is from a "We have to fight the drugs" point of view.
What do you mean by "somebody like him"? Many rapists are high school - and college - graduates. Psychopaths are in every strata of society, & he sounds likely to be one.
I would guess that not many PAHS grads are rapists. If this guy is one, it would be interesting to see if there are factors that distinguish him from the other PAHS grads who are not rapists so that this kind of thing can be avoided in the future if possible.
I went to Paly and I saw some pretty scary stuff. Rapists fit into every echelon of our society and many don't get caught. So why would you make that naive comment? Do you really think Palo Alto is THAT special? I was nearly raped by a Stanford football player, for example. He was white, intelligent, etc.
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Interestingly enough, as you might expect, there has been a fair amount of research by crimnologists on the characteristics of rapists (and other criminals). Here's a pretty good summary. Extensive citations at end of link. Web Link
Characteristics of rapists:
AGE: 75% under age 25, 80% under age 30; over 30 if sadistic type
SEX: male normally 100% of the time
RACE: Vast majority are black (75-90% of rapists in prison are black); crime tends to be intra-racial; rapists are usually unarmed; 1 in 4 times (25%) uses a knife or instrument.
CLASS: majority are from poverty-lower class backgrounds
IQ: majority in normal range 90-110
FAMILY: sibling history more important than family history, may have been sibling bed sharing, overt sexual behavior in family with siblings and/or (sadistic) mother; lack of support from (absent) father; temper tantrums as child
SCHOOL: usually no learning problems and typically a high school graduate; some college possible; discipline problems likely, most likely involving pornography interest
PEERS: mild to moderate social maladjustments, but normally one of the "boys"; tries to cultivate a reputation as a tough fighter, but known as a punk and low life to many; usually married, divorced, or lives with a women, in that order, but has demonstrated poor relations with women
WORK: majority work reliably around women; lack self-confidence to improve self; if sadistic, takes better job
CRIMINAL HISTORY: majority are successful at avoiding this; average of 2.5 priors, only 2 years served on each
DRUG/ALCOHOL: noted problems in this area
MENTAL: antisocial personality; defines self as normal in every way except sexually, where suffers a known philia or mania; ritualism may border on psychotic with sadistic type
ARREST: frequently leaves clues with victim; plays games with police; difficult to get confession
TYPES based on Hale's research, not Scully's:
POWER REASSURANCE (30%) - precipitating factor is lonliness and lack of self-esteem on 7-15 day cycle; neighborhood nonviolent attacks; keeps souvenirs, thinks victim liked it
POWER ASSERTIVE (30%) - precipitating factor is desire to dominate an impersonal sex partner on 20-25 day cycle; cruises singles bars, acts macho; may repeat on same victim
ANGER RETALIATION (24%)- precipitating factor is perceived injustice at hands of women on 6-12 month cycle; sees self as athletic and masculine, action-oriented; uses blitz attack
SADISTIC (16%)- precipitating factor is need to express fantasy; compulsive in personal appearance; carries rape kit; learns better ways to stalk, and will eventually kill
Thank you, Palo Alto Police Department, for working this case really fast and arresting a suspect. Those of us with teen daughters have been quite concerned. This proves you just can't stick your head in the sand in Palo Alto and think crime never strikes here. We need to have a certain level of awareness and preparedness as citizens, and I also thinks it helps to deter criminals if the city's Police Dept. is known as for being on the ball.
Barney Morgan
Thanks a lot for that research-- very valuable--- time to start weeding
these likely offenders out early despite the inevitable howls from the PC crowd.
Also how about having everyone provide a DNA sample to get a drivers
permit we already provide thumb prints but that is 19 century technology.
Also it is time to implement total castration for violent rapes such as this. Lets get the proposal to the legislature NOW
My 20 year old daughter, a Paly grad, was concerned to...about the level of blatant racism and violence on the part of some of the writers to this column. She didn't know the fellow student personally but knows of him and his siblings and was horrified with some of the comments people have been making. This is upsetting enough to our kids without some of the adults in our community using this as an excuse to show how truly violent and bigoted they truly are. And I am sure she is correct..if this was a white student people wouldn't immediately be requesting the death penalty or castration and your "statistics" obviously are suspect because rape is one of the crimes that is reported, charged and convicted quite differently based on race.
My 14 year old daughter attends Gunn HS, she and her friends have read these posts.
They do not see racism here and they agree with the idea that the
punishment should fit the crime.
They also feel very reassured by the excellent performance of the PAPD
and the actions of the good samaritan
"The chances here are 100% that this guy was a prior criminal.
Most likely his DNA was matched to the crime scene evidence.
My question is why was this guy out of jail in the first place??????" -- Henry Plummer (above)
100%? You sure now? ...eh, I'd be wary of listing personal speculations as fact...
According to my newspaper's most recent report: "Burpee has a pending credit card fraud case against him, but otherwise has no prior criminal record, according to police."
Maybe that report may turn out to be inaccurate, but I'll wait - without assumptions - to see what more information surfaces.
Given that Burpee used to live on Arastradero, he was probably there to visit someone. The question then arises as to how he happened on to the victim. With his familiarity of the street, it is possible he has actually planned this attack by carefully screening for a potential target. Hopefully, more facts and details will be released on his MO.
Paly parent
Have you ever listened to the horrifying lyrics of some RAP songs or
read the criminal history of some of the performers.
This has nothing to do with race, it has to do with lyrics that
denigrate women and encourages sexual violence towards them just like in this crime.
If that were part of the Country Music, Motown or the Blues genre I would condemn it but it is not there its in RAP
Based on the sketch, I called the police tip line to report on a man I know pretty well who works locally and lives in Sunnyvale. The sketch looks just like him. I felt awful, because I could not imagine him committing this crime. But I still called, because it was the right thing to do. I'm so glad I was wrong and take it as another lesson not to jump to conclusions.
Burpee has been arrested and I trust that the police have good evidence. But I will double my efforts to think and speak of him as the ALLEGED perp unless he is convicted. And even then, I will hope for prevention and rehabilitation. Vengeance only harms those who hold it. Hate the crime, but never the criminal.
My thoughts and prayers are with the victim and her family. And Burpee and his family.
And I'm the father of three school-aged daughters.
I went to school with the suspect, and I do not think or can believe the case that is brought up against him. I can never see him doing this. He has never displayed the potential for doing such a thing for all the years I have known him. I hope this is a case of mistaken identity, and for if it is not I will just keep my hands together and wish him well with his sentence.
How to reconcile this last statement from "unknown" with a prior comment from someome that a girl had to transfer away from Paly a few years ago to get away from this suspect while he was also at Paly?
It is good news to hear that they have a suspect in custody, but still dangers remain out there. What about the attempted abduction at Castilleja just a few weeks ago? Is that guy still wandering around? Just check the Megan's Law website to see how many convicted offenders there are in our midst, not to mention the ones that are still out there or are on the brink of committing their first offense. It is naive to think that just because you live in an affluent area with good schools that you are immune from this cancer of society.
i agree with the michelle v approach to complete physical castration for convicted violent rapist
let us call it the "make them smooth" campaign. we will be distributing flyers on campus and
downtown next week--- join us for a rally to take back the day and the night-- how
about a march down university avenue all the way to dumbarton bridge --- let freedom
ring---make them smooth---go girls
We need to recognize that crime is a violation of people and relationships and this violation creates an obligation to make things right.
The victim, the offender and the community are all affected - not just the police department and prosecutors.
Even those of you in this forum can help to foster reconciliation, restitution and healing.
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"How to reconcile this last statement from "unknown" with a prior comment from someome that a girl had to transfer away from Paly a few years ago to get away from this suspect while he was also at Paly?" -- from paly parent (above)
Was that prior comment in another thread? I didn't find it in this thread...
Why is castration such a popular punishment among so many women? Something else is going on here. Should we also cut out the tongues of verbal abusers?
This stuff is crazy.
many of us actually have children ---we are not talking about punishment for
stealing ---you obviously just do not get it if you equate stealing with violent rape-- the
students i have heard from are fully supportive of the full castration of convicted violent
rapists and i have heard from 79+ so far this evening alone---make em smooth--go girls
many of these young women are willing to talk to the media about this and will in the next
week both print, blog and national tv --- we have a tipping point and will take this all
the way to the highest court--- this is no trivial joke ---beleive me and the sisters. you are
now on record for ever as the trivial minority opinion on this matter in palo alto-- hope
youre proud about that.
Rodney, verbal abuse is not a crime, just bad manner. You could also be banished from the limelight if verbal abuse has racial overtones. Sexual abuse is very serious under any circumstances but is particularly heinous when the victim is underage. Just imagine the trauma and the stigma for the rest of her life. I second the motion to castrate serious sexual criminals, and Burpee fits the mold. We hear too much about habitual sexual predators that the criminal justice system has allowed back into the society. Fine, allow them back but only after they can't do the thing.
The alleged previous accusation of rape is from a thread in "Crimes and Incidents":
"Web Link"
As far as "castration" idea, I think it misses the point that studies suggest the "jumping from the bushes" stranger rape is actually a crime of violent force being used to exert power, maybe fueled by anger (or drugs), with an intent to control and subjugate/brutally humiliate a victim for some reason of theirs, not really a crime of "uncontrollable lust".
Men are perfectly capable of controlling their sexual feelings. Some men commit rape (ie: child molesters) by choosing not to control their obsessive feelings. But a sudden violent assault on a stranger is not primarily about sexual gratification, even though that is the method of hurting the victim being employed.
full castation--- that is taking off everything---- takes away both the drive and the ability
to offend again--and will deter other potential offenders--just think about it---- i have
to tell you this idea is catching on like wild fire-- if this guy is in fact guilty he can be the
posterboy for deterence-- make em smooth girrrrls---
Michelle again a thoughtful post from you and your posse of discerning youth! Sorry I don't "get it." So you oppose cutting off hands of thieves, that's good. Medieval punishments are just for violent crimes then - shall we pluck out the eyes of people who commit battery then, and dismember murders?
I have two daughters and am glad to keep them away from the nutty ideas you are peddling. I hope you keep the girls away from the media - bad for Palo Alto and I expect bad for them being "on the record" for medieval-ism. [Portion removed by Palo Alto Online staff.]
'lola' who seems a lot like a couple other pseudonyms here obviously didn't read my post, ah well.
For those who are interested, there's a book on the market called "Men Who Rape: The Psychology of the Offender". Chapter 1 page 2 explains the common misconceptions of rape as a sexual act instead of a sexual expression of power and anger.
"Web Link"
A castrated angry violent criminal could still resort to regular methods of assault with future victims; bash them in the head or some such. "But much better than if he could still rape!" - Not.
Parent, you are missing the point of the need for castration. It would deprive the criminal the male organ needed to penetrate the victim, which according to you is a show of power and control rather than lust. Once castrated, the criminal would have lost the means to project his power and control. The resulting damage to his psyche should be enough to suppress any fantasy to hurt others.
Maybe. Can you guarantee that impotent men cannot (or if they have, would no longer) violently harm others? I personally wouldn't bet my safety on it.
Oh please Ray if you cut it off the rapist can just use some other thing to penetrate. Castration doesn't solve the problem, it only solves the need for violent revenge.
I dare say castrated men would develop an inferiority complex too hard to overcome. Also, the threat of castration itself should be an effective preventive measure against rape. Most people are law abiding citizens because they don't want to be punished, not necessarily because they were born nice. Any potential rapist would think twice or more if he knew the consequence might mean the loss of manhood, which to all men is probably the single most important thing!
When you consider what the Marines and the rest of the US armed forces are doing in Iraq, this guy would've been a perfect fit-what a shame he flunked the Marines entry tests. For purely selfish reasons, I'd rather these type of guys be over there than roaming our streets. Let the international war crimes courts deal with them and those who are rresponsible for their presence there instead of our courts.
As the grandpa of a marine with two tours in Fallujah, and as a combat infantryman, I can attest that the morals of our troops are likely among the world's highest, because the Uniform Code of Military Justice and its predecessor the Articles of War are unambiguous in their treatment of criminal behavior. There is no need for an international tribunal because we clean up our own messes.
I would like to thank the Palo Alto Police Department for their quick and focused work to identify and apprehend the suspect.
As a parent of children in the Palo Alto Unified School District, I very much appreciated receiving the telephone announcements from the City of Palo Alto's new Community Alert and Notification System. It was very appropriate for the City to alert residents to the tragic event and to the potential danger for other children. The phone announcement about the arrest was most welcome.
The email alerts sent out through the parent-run PAUSD mailing lists at my children's schools were highly effective, as always, in getting information out to parents right away. I heard about this distressing crime first from our school email list. Immediately, I reviewed with my children the instructions about walking in groups and so on.
Thanks to all.
No Wallis, we certainly don't clean up our own messes since many rogue soldiers and the entire Bush/Cheney junta are not in jail. As far as your grandson, the excuse of "I was just obeying orders" won't fly in the Hague.
The Palo Alto Police Department has been under rated and under appreciated by the loons of this city for years. I have had enough speculation from those who are obviously unknowing and ill informed. Loons with opinions should try to sound less like an authority on the subject. I am sure the police have the right guy. Do you really think they would have made an arrest if they weren't absolutely positive they had the right guy? Stop drinking the Kool-aid of conspiracy people. Must you doubt everything positive?
Foot patrols? And where will we get the manpower for that? Do you realize that there is a shortage of police in California that is quickly approaching epidemic levels? Probably because no one wants to subject themselves to a career where ones every contribution to society is minimized and unappreciated. Parent's roles shape society, not the police.
I think we should build the police a nice new police station and pay them a wage that allows them to live right here in Palo Alto. Thats my idea of community problem solving.
I agree with Robert P. that the police should be paid wages that allow them to live in the town they protect. I think this should also be the case for other underappreciated members of our infrastructure like teachers and firefighters. They deserve to be a real part of the town they give so much to. How much more would it mean to them if they could really call it their town?
I, too, feel that our police should be appreciated for the vital and dangerous work that they perform.
I hope we can move forward with this new police building, soon.
I think if you talk to many police officers, PA or elsewhere, they will tell you that they do not want to live in the city they work. They feel that it is not fair on their families. How do you think they feel if they take their kid to a soccer game and discover the coach is someone they just stopped for a speeding ticket who remains angry with him, or a parent in a child's class is someone he has just arrested for burglary, or some such. No, I can fully understand why PAPD officers don't want to live in Palo Alto, and it is nothing to do with the cost of housing.
It seems to me that there was a healthy venting of anger over the weekend about this matter.
I have no doubt cooler heads will prevail moving forward.
This horrible assault traumatized the whole community,
we were all victims of that.
Victims have a right to express their anger paloaloonline provides a valuable and unique forum for the expression of that anger.
The staff do a good job of editing personal attacks and slander.
In terms of the family, they decided to provide interviews and the content of those interviews was, in fact, very sympathetic towards them, some people believe too sympathetic.
The identity of siblings was known instantly through the school grapevine no doubt and to anyone with google etc. in a second
We can now allow the courts and due process to proceed and see what we can learn and what we can do to deter such vicious crimes in this community moving forward.
This is Palo Alto, not Durham North Carolina nor Salem Mass.
A very sad incident, but let's please keep our wits about us. One of the elementary schools is not letting students walk on the outside of the building to go to the restroom, even though the perimeter entrances are secured. They have to walk on the interior hallways of this particular school. The children were told this is because of "the kidnapping". The kidnapping took place off of a PA city street, not at a school. Women being grabbed by strangers is VERY rare people, why are we scaring our children that they can't walk to the bathroom at school? It was a horrible thing, but you can't overreact and make kids think danger lurks everywhere. Having kids walk or bike in groups is probably the safest thing, scaring kids about unlikely crimes is ridiculous.
Be happy the man is off the street. Obviously The PAPD did a good job. Believe, me I knoe this is one of the best Organizations of the country. Yes the citizena od CPA expect GOLD and they have got it, so please quit complaining. Look at life in a good way & stop b;aming others. PA is a great City & they have a much better PAPD than many Cities of it's size.
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When I was going through it I would say "Yes" every time about changing it. Now being on the other side of it, I realize I wouldn't be where I am at this point -- married with two kids with a strong relationship with God. So I look at it as God's timing and not my timing. He had a plan all along.
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Iron Peak Climber's Log
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|North Ridge + Teanaway and Bills
Date Climbed: Jun 17, 2017
|From DeRoux TH, Iron, then Teanaway, then Bills. Trip report here
|Posted Jun 24, 2017 12:45 am
|Brian Jenkins
Date Climbed: Jun 7, 2015
|With Lunadog, who was not happy as it was 90+ degrees. She did thoroughly enjoy the remaining snowpatch on the summit ridge which she rolled in for about 10 minutes. And ate half of. Great views of the Stuart Range, Ingalls and the rest of the Teanaway. Was one hot drive back to Portland afterwards though.
|Posted Jun 8, 2015 12:36 pm
|Fun hike to a great summit
Date Climbed: Oct 8, 2008
|Great views! Did with Earl!!
|Posted Dec 27, 2014 10:22 am
|Cascade Scrambler
Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2013
|Bagged this summit as summit number 8/10 in a contest put on by Sahaptin Outfitters out of Cle Elum. Ascended via the Beverly Turnpike trail. There are two very different routes to the summit of Iron; they each really deserve a route page, or at least a more detailed description. Bagged Teanaway afterwards. Both summits were heavily bug infested and didn't seem to care that I had a metric ton of bug spray on. Weird.
|Posted Nov 30, 2013 9:57 pm
|walk up
Date Climbed: Sep 15, 2012
|Easy walk up. Scrambled Teanaway peak first.
|Posted Sep 16, 2012 12:24 pm
|Iron Peak
Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2011
|A great relatively short hike to a 360 degree view summit.
|Posted Nov 12, 2011 11:19 pm
|Fun snow climb
Date Climbed: Jun 7, 2010
|Lots of snow on the upper part of the peak, great views of the Stuart Range and beyond.
|Posted Aug 12, 2011 10:08 pm
|via South Ridge
Date Climbed: May 29, 2010
|nice route in the snow
|Posted Feb 16, 2011 7:50 pm
Date Climbed: Jul 2, 1988
|Climbing Iron peak is a rite of spring for me. More than 20 summits in the past 22 years. Also the summit is a great place to camp in winter or spring. Fantastic sunsets and sunrises from 6510'.
|Posted Oct 24, 2009 12:07 am
|Bryan K
|Simple summit
Date Climbed: Jul 7, 2009
|This was the easy summit of the day
|Posted Oct 19, 2009 5:58 pm
|After Genes
Date Climbed: Oct 23, 2004
|Not as exciting as Genes/Teanaway but on the list for a long time, got it done. Map and pictures at http://www.willhiteweb.com/washington_climbing/iron_peak/genes_teanaway_051.htm
|Posted Oct 7, 2009 12:49 am
|Dan Winter
|Naughty by Nature
Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2007
|Did this as a naturalist hike with the Mountaineers.
|Posted Aug 19, 2009 2:01 am
|Did it with Koppen
|This was pretty fun on the snow.
|Posted Jul 25, 2009 10:36 pm
|Two For One
Date Climbed: Jul 7, 2007
|Bryan, Dane, and I scrambled up Teanaway Peak and then finished off the day with Iron Peak. It seems that Teanaway Peak must have one of the closest and best views of Stuart and the Enchantments.
|Posted Jul 7, 2009 11:26 pm
|Soil Searching
Date Climbed: Jun 28, 2008
|Climbed with Teri, Brian and Tanya...and Kimi The Wonder Dog. Flower hunting fun!
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Here's a run down of the most 'Frequently Asked Questions' regarding Alice's Now & Zen Festival.
Do I Need Tickets?
No tickets are necessary. Alice's Now and Zen Fest is FREE! Just show up for the show.
When do the doors open?
Doors open @ 11:00 am. Show starts at noon and ends around 5pm.
Approx. Set Times
Hedley – 12pm
Tristan Prettyman – 12:25pm
Phillip Phillips – 1pm
Ed Sheeran – 1:35pm
Matt Nathanson – 2:20pm
Alanis Morissette – 3:30pm
Is there an age restriction?
No. Now & Zen is an all ages event.
What Happens if the Venue Reaches Capacity?
IF, by some chance we reach capacity in Sharon Meadow, we will close gates and allow people in as people leave. We don't anticipate this happening, but we are mindful of safety and comfort for all concert goers.
What can't I bring into the festival?
Sorry, no coolers or ice chests. Please, don't bring long-legged lawn chairs, unless they are low profile lawn chairs that don't exceed 6 inches. If you bring anything higher, you will be asked to strike it. As always, no glass, cans, glass bottles, alcohol of any kind, soft drinks, aerosol cans, video and audio recording, flyers or signs, frisbees, laser pointers, lawn furniture, stickers, umbrellas, wagons, carts or tents may be brought into the festival area. Any items that event organizers consider usable as weapons will be confiscated. Dogs are allowed, but remember to have your four-legged friend on a leash and bring along water and treats. Sorry no reptiles allowed. Alice @ 97.3, on-site security and police reserve the right to inspect all containers brought onto the premises.
Items allowed
Disposable Cameras or Digital Cameras, Low Profile Lawn Chairs. In order to minimize visual obstruction, we ask that the seat height for chairs not exceed 6 inches, Small Bags or Backpacks, blankets, Tote size Umbrellas, Ponchos or Rain Coats, Seat Cushions, Snack or Picnic Food, Bottled Water. Strollers are permitted. Alice recommends you bring a hat and sunscreen because there is not much shade in Sharon Meadow.
Is there food and beverages sold on site?
Now and Zen has lots of food options to purchase and choose from… and we sell soft drinks, water, wine and beer. And sometimes cocktails too! Proceeds from our alcohol and beverage sales help out the park!
Is there a Lost and Found area?
If you find something like cell phones, keys, purse, etc., please turn into the Alice booth.
ADA Information:
Alice Radio's Now and Zen Festival is accessible to persons using wheelchairs and with other disabilities. Parking for the event will be located on Bowling Green Drive off of Lincoln Way, near the tennis courts before John F. Kennedy. There will be reserved parking spots with handicap accessibility and a designated entrance into the event from the parking lot. A security guard will be stationed near the area to direct you into the event. Just adjacent to the path, in the northwest corner of Sharon Meadow will be a platform made available only to disabled persons and their friends and families. Wheelchair accessible portable restrooms will be available at both the Kezar Drive and John F. Kennedy Drive entrances and also directly behind the designated handicapped seating area for your convenience. If you have any questions regarding this area while attending the festival there will be knowledgeable security guards available to assist you. We look forward to seeing you at Alice's Now & Zen 2011!
Ride your bike and have it valet parked. It's free (cause we think you should be rewarded for cycling to the park) and located at the main entrance. Bike Valet provided by SF Bike Coalition
What happens if it rains?
We all get wet ! Now & Zen will take place rain or shine.
How do I get to Sharon Meadow?
Sharon Meadow is located across from McLaren Lodge at the corner of Kezar and JFK Drives, one block off Stanyan. Due to the limited parking at the park, Alice recommends you use public transport.
Driving Directions:
From East Bay: From the Bay Bridge (westbound, Hwy. 80), take Hwy. 101 North (Golden Gate Bridge). Take the Ninth Street exit and follow the detour signs to Fell Street. Take Fell Street to the Park (where Fell crosses Stanyan Street and becomes John F. Kennedy Jr. Drive).
From Marin County: From the Golden Gate Bridge (southbound, Hwy. 1), take the Golden Gate Park/19th Avenue exit. Eventually, this will become Park Presidio Blvd. Follow the signs to Golden Gate Park (if you don't, you will end up on a road going through the Park; you will not be able to get off this road to get into the Park).
From the Peninsula and South Bay: Take Hwy. 101 north towards the Golden Gate Bridge. Take the Fell/Laguna Street exit; continue straight coming off the exit and this will put you onto Fell Street. Take Fell Street to the Park (where Fell crosses Stanyan Street and becomes John F. Kennedy Jr. Drive).
Available at St. Mary's Hospital (Off Fell St.) and at UCSF (Irving & Arguello), 3 blocks from Sharon Meadow.
Public Transportation:
From Bart: From the Embarcadero Station – Take San Francisco Muni Route N Judah. Get off at Carl St. & Stanyan St. stop. Walk north a few block to park entrance (on your left).
From Caltrain Station (4th & King): Take San Francisco Muni Route N Judah. Get off at Carl St. & Stanyan St. stop. Walk north a few block to park entrance (on your left).
Bus Lines: MUNI Bus #21 to Stanyan & Hayes; MUNI Bus #33, #66, and #71 to Stanyan & Haight


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Checking the Vitals: Heart Function and Sound
- Jul 29, 2010
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You are at a concert when suddenly the orchestra stops playing their instruments with the exception of the kettledrums. The kettle drummer hits two beats with a pause. This is repeated over and over as you realize the drumbeats are the heart and rhythm for the orchestra. In your head you can mimic your own heartbeat with valvular doors that slam with distinct thuds and a synchrony of rhythm that is supposed to alert you to any delay in beats or an undeniable rumble of the added percussion that is a sound gone array. These sounds are meaningful, they emanate from your heart, and that of your horse's, as barometers for the physicians, and veterinarians, to rely on for interpretation of your vital signals to your health status.
Dr. Byars listens to a broodmare's heart.
The heart functions as a magnificent pump. It fills and empties thousands of times a day. There are four chambers, and when divided into two sides, the left and right sides each perform their functions to transport blood to the cells of the body. The left side of the heart pumps oxygenated blood into the arterial circulation through arteries, arterioles, and capillaries where the oxygen is exchanged and the used blood is returned to the venules, veins, and eventually back to the right side of the heart. The blood then travels from the right side of the heart where it is pumped into the lungs to become re-oxygenated, and the exchanged carbon dioxide waste is expelled through the air. The new oxygen-rich blood is then returned to the left side of the heart and again pumped out into the arterial circulation.
The heart pump does this through its chambers, which are separated by valves while adjusting to different volumes and rates. These changes are signals of pressure and oxygen sensors throughout a complex physiological system that feeds from a network of regulators throughout the body and brain.
The heart should function with a rate and rhythm that is consistent with an overall assessment of your horse's health. If there is an inconsistency, it does not always mean that your horse's heart is failing, in fact heart failure in horses is reasonably uncommon. It may mean the heart rate and rhythm is adjusting to other physiological issues such as in stress, exercise, electrolyte abnormalities, shock, toxic insults, and a myriad of circulatory disturbances that may require regulation of heart function.
The heart rate and rhythm is most easily attainable with a stethoscope. Sit in a chair and listen to your own heart by moving the stethoscope over your chest until you get the most distinct "lub-dub," the two sounds that make up a single heart beat followed by a delay. Use a watch or nearby clock with a second hand and count the heart beats over a 15 second interval then multiply by four to determine your heart rate per minute. If extra beats or dropped beats are present you will probably need to count for a full minute. These sounds are the interpretive information provided through your stethoscope to your ears. The EKG or electrocardiogram is the visual tracing device at the hospital or doctor's office used for the same or similar purposes.
Mammals, including yourself and your horse, have four-chambered hearts; a left and right ventricle (lower compartment) and a left and right atrium (upper compartment). The chambers are separated by valves and walls (septums). For simplicity we label the heart by left and right side according to the function. As mentioned the left side carries the oxygenated blood that has returned from the lungs and ejects it out of the aorta during cardiac contraction (systole) and then refills with fresh blood during relaxation (diastole).
Lub, Dub Explained
Systole or contraction phase (blood pumping to the body & lungs):
- Both the mitral and the tricuspid valves (which allow blood flow from the left atrium to the left ventricle and from the right atrium to the right ventricle respectively) close to prevent backfilling; this closure creates the "lub" sound;
- Fresh, oxygenated blood is pumped out of the left ventricle, through the aortic valve to the horse's body; and
- Used, deoxygenated blood is pumped out of the right ventricle through the pulmonary valve to the lungs
Diastole or filling phase (the heart relaxes & blood flows into the heart from the lungs & body).
- At the end of the contraction (systole) phase both the aortic valve and the pulmonary valve close creating the "dub" sound;
- Simultaneously the mitral valve (separating the left atrium from the left ventricle) and the tricuspid valve (separating the right atrium from the right ventricle) open;
- Used, deoxygenated blood from the body enters the right ventricle through the tricuspid valve; and
- Fresh, oxygenated blood from the lungs enters the left ventricle through the mitral valve.
A leaking valve will usually be heard as a heart murmur (swishing sound).
Now go listen to your horse. The heart sounds and rhythm should be similar to your own sounds. The heart functions are also the same although the horse has a much more efficient muscle electrical conduction system that assures peak heart muscle performance. Still, when listening the "lub" will be the first heart sound (S1) and will reflect closure of the ventricular valves (A-V) during systole, then S2 as the dub sound from the semilunar valves. These two sounds are the basic ones to be heard although variations may occur such as hearing three or four total sounds between delays. Trot your horse and listen again to listen to normal correction of heart sounds.
Murmurs will be heard as swishing or dampening of either the lub or the dub. The majority of murmurs arise from leaking heart valves and if of low intensity they are likely not pathological. Most abnormal sounding hearts are actually within the normal limits and getting an opinion from your veterinarian is important in the final interpretation of either the rate, rhythm or the presence of a murmur as suspected abnormalities.
Remember, the lub and dub make up one heartbeat with the heart rate of an adult horse being between 32-44 beats per minute.
Let's apply this to a couple of clinical scenarios. Your horse does not eat all of his food. His temperature is normal and the heart rate is 48 per minute while respiration is not elevated. You can alert your veterinarian about the not eating but the possibility of an emergency farm call is unlikely. You monitor your horse's vitals and your veterinarian can visit at both of your conveniences. Same scenario, your horse is not eating, heart rate is 80 per minute and you've checked it twice. The temperature is normal with a slight elevation in respiratory rate. Your veterinarian is on the way. The heart rate is the impact number that changes the response rate and makes you and your veterinarian a team. In actuality that second scenario horse developed a severe diarrhea shortly after the veterinarian arrived and was treated appropriately.
Contact your veterinarian and learn how to assess your horse's vital signs today. Knowing how to identify abnormalities in your horse's heart rate and rhythm will help you and your veterinarian treat him or her when illness strikes.
- For more information on equine cardiology and the heart, download this free Fact Sheet from TheHorse.com: Cardiology: The Equine Heart
Reprinted with permission from the Kentucky Horse Council.
About the Author
Doug Byars, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM
Doug Byars, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM, is Director of the medicine clinic at Hagyard-Davidson-McGee equine practice in Lexington, Ky.
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believe it...
believe it...
they said this when he got here, why is this news?
The most ridiculous part of the whole thing is that Tebow is a story at all on this team. It's a great deflection for the team itself and the fans to forget that:
We have the worst staring Qb in the league.
We may have the worst set of olbs in the league.
We have very below avg running backs.
We have lousy receivers.
We have an out to lunch head in the sand coach.
We have a gm that has hamstrung the team by over paying lousy players and malcontents.
We have an under achieving oline.
We suddenly have terrible special teams.
Yup, lets all talk about the back up Qb who is playing hardly at all.
This makes me ashamed for the Jets. Such low class to bash a teamate and also hide behind annoymous. I have never seen another NFL team in 50 years bash another teamate like this. Phuck 'em.
I remember the jets defensive starters talking a lot of **** last year too. Then this happened
Love the fan cameras when the stadium explodes during a td. Anyway I'm tired of the jets mouths for better or worse.
Also, i have always been a big Warner guy....Curtis Martin too!
Anyways, as a fan, and a person, thats why i like Tim Tebow.
What is the reason why so many people hate him, especially Jets fans? Thats the real question im curious about. Do people really believe he made Mark suck so very badly?
Can only imagine he has been supportive of Mark, but you can imagine he can offer only so many "youll get them next time Mark" , or "yeah, i woulda missed that CB in the end zone too, he was camouflaged"....or "dont worry Mark, i told rex my ankle is sore today....you got this one , man"
Even Mark is only so stupid.


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Nine Things to Know About Obama's myRA Accounts
The White House offered details Wednesday about a new retirement savings account that President Barack Obama unveiled in his State of the Union address. He's calling the accounts "myRA."
While any savings would accumulate over time, the low-risk investments would not deliver whopping returns. If they are pegged to the Thrift Savings Plan Government Securities Investment Fund, they would have had an annual return of 1.47% in 2012, or an average annual return of 3.61% from 2003 through 2012. Of course, the savings would compound, and even a small return is better than a loss.


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Yesterday I spoke with Lauren, the first contestant to pack up her knives on the fifth season of Top Chef. The confident, young pastry chef was emotional when she spoke of her deployed husband and opinionated as she discussed the difference between the food and film industries. To find out what she had to say about Padma,
On being the first contestant kicked off the show: I was miserable. Honestly it's absolutely embarrassing. I was shocked. I went into the competition so confident in myself. I thought I was going to be Top Chef.
Her impression of Tom and Padma: I feel that Tom was portrayed accurately. He's very kind and well educated. He's obviously earned his place in the industry. As for Padma, they do a very nice job editing and she comes out looking nice. She's not a person I would like to hang out with. I'm pretty easy going and not high maintenance. Everyone has to do their own hair and makeup, but she has a glam squad surrounding her at all times. They had to stop filming every two minutes to powder her nose. I was disenchanted with the beauty side of the film industry. Film is very different from the food industry.
On watching friend Patrick be kicked off after her: You always hope you will be the one to make it, but if it can't be you, at least you hope for your friends. I wanted him to do well. Now I'm rooting for the other three contestants who graduated from the CIA.
How she prepared for Top Chef: I don't think there is anything that could have prepared me more than watching the show. I watched every episode multiple times, but it never compares to being there. Going to culinary school definitely prepared me for the challenge.
On being inexperienced: I didn't feel out of my league until I met my competitors. I thought, I am being trumped by experience and decades. I'm still very young in my career.
On telling her husband in Iraq she was kicked off: Breaking it to him, telling him that I was the first one kicked off was the hardest thing I've ever done.
On returning for another season of Top Chef: I would need a lot of experience to go back into the competition. Right now I want to open a bakery and get more experience.


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Taking a break from recording their sophomore album, Evangelicals are supporting Sunset Rubdown in Austin and Denton this weekend. Expect plenty of new material from Evangelicals, who have spent most of the winter holed up recording their new album.
Finally! We are thrilled to unveil the details for the sophomore album from Evangelicals. Let us introduce you to The Evening Descends.
The Evening Descends… and worlds collide. First you hear the prodigious musical skill: the deft guitar work, the clever pop sensibility, the wild arrangements. But then on other end of the spectrum there is the innocent and youthful charm of a trio of lost boys who seem to have no business making music with such maturity and sophistication. Taken together, you have Evangelicals, a wholly demented ensemble from Norman, OK. Dabbling in glam, slipping in a little funk and soul, drinking the psychedelic Kool-aid, blasting the synths, cranking up the guitars, and wrapping it all up with a dose of pop smarts, The Evening Descends is the first great album of 2008.
The Evening Descends will be released on January 22nd via Dead Oceans.
We recently sent an email to Josh Jones from EVANGELICALS asking for some inside dirt on their recent recording sessions as the band works towards a new LP in 2010. We were hoping for a demo or outtake to share in this press release, to help promote the band's upcoming November tour dates, where they will be premiering new material live for the very first time. Instead of that detailed email, giving us the scoop on their brand new album, which we were hoping to tease you with, we got something else. The subject of the email said "From the Desk of Josh Jones…" and he attached a photo, and linked to a youtube video, which might or might not contain audio from the forthcoming record soundtracking an acid fried video clip. That's it. Thanks Josh! From the looks of things, the band is hard at work, creating their black magic in a home studio someplace. More missives and concrete information as we get it. Check out the video.
In more concrete news, Evangelicals are definitely touring this November, joined by Holiday Shores on most dates. The band will also be playing a special hometown show in Norman, OK, celebrating Halloween, where things are sure to get very weird. See the full tour HERE.
Brazilian fashion designer Alexandre Herchcovitch has recently featured the music of Dead Oceans' EVANGELICALS in premiering his collections. The songs "Skeleton Man" and "Paperback Suicide" were used during New York's Fashion Week and at São Paulo Fashion Week in Brazil. Both tunes appear on the band's 2008 longplayer The Evening Descends. Check below for a clip from Herchovitch's New York show as Evangelical's blast in the background.
Meanwhile, Evangelicals have started a YouTube page, which can be accessed by going HERE.


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My story: a hope-filled Sunday
Editor's note: The following post was written by Jay Strum, World Vision sponsor and Hope Sunday host (pictured above with his wife).
"What if they reject me?" Swallowing my fear and pride, I stood up and began to speak. I quietly prayed to myself for God to allow the words to flow out. Then as I spoke from my heart, I knew exactly what to say.
I had a few reservations when I learned that I could share about World Vision's child sponsorship program at my church by hosting a Hope Sunday. And at times I felt like the Lord's reluctant servant. But I knew that I was being called to share my story.
After overcoming my initial discomfort, I was able to respond to the Lord's gentle nudge, understanding that God's vision is greater vision than my own.
I began planning for my Hope Sunday and, in the process, discovered that there were other families who sponsored kids through World Vision in my church. I thought that combining our stories would be powerful for the church to hear, so I asked them to share about their own sponsorship experiences. I was grateful when six people said they would be happy to speak.
Other sponsors at Jay's chuch share their sponsorship experience on his Hope Sunday. (Photo courtesy of Jay Strum)
On the day of my Hope Sunday I was planning on talking about the many ways in which sponsorship benefits and transforms the life of a child. But as I spoke to the congregation I found myself, instead, sharing about how my own life has been transformed by sponsorship.
As I finished speaking, the other sponsors walked to the front of the church. One by one, they began to share about their own experience. As testimonies were given about the incredible blessing of sponsorship, I felt completely at peace. I was witnessing God's church listen and respond to the passion of the other sponsors as they shared about the importance of serving the poor.
Then I asked the church to respond to what they've heard by sponsoring a child. To my surprise and joy, twenty families decided to sponsor a child that day.
What an amazing day it was! I praise God for his faithfulness, and I'm grateful that I was able to help change the lives of even more children by simply sharing my experience as a child sponsor with my church family. While I know it may very well be a blessing to the children in need around the world, sponsorship continues to be a blessing to my life, too.
Learn more about hosting a Hope Sunday at your church. Order your free event kit today.


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WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — A local Black Lives Matter group held a rally tonight in response to the Grand Jury decision in the Tamir Rice case.
A Grand Jury in Ohio decided not to indict two officers involved in the case. Tamir Rice was shot last year.
The group gathered at the 1898 Memorial Park in Wilmington and said they wanted to show support and solidarity for Tamir Rice, Sandra Bland, and others who have not yet received justice.
Kelly Rae Williams, a community member and member of Black Lives Matter, said the gathering was also to discuss the problem of local violence.
"Recently there was a killing on Sunday, and so I think we also want to get together and discuss what can we do here locally? Who can we talk to to end violence here in Wilmington?," said Williams.
Community members held hands, took turns speaking, and lit candles.
Williams added that these local events are important because they bring together different groups of people to help make change happen.


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The Movie:
Ballet documentary Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance is a comprehensive, enjoyable film that seems a little too in awe of its main subjects to truly let loose and fly. The film uses a ton of archival clips and eyewitness accounts in documenting the history of the Joffrey Ballet, a ragtag, defiantly American troupe that has continually challenged the classical notion of dance with original choreography and daring revivals since its humble beginnings in the '50s.
Not knowing much about ballet or recent dance movements, Joffrey's tangled up-and-down saga of collapses, rebirths, spellbinding successes and weird misfires came as a somewhat unexpected surprise. The troupe was founded in 1956 by Robert Joffrey and his then-lover, the lesser-known but no less important Gerald Arpino. With a small company of six dancers, the Robert Joffrey Theatre Ballet set out on a cross-country tour with a program that included both classical and modern-style dancing, a tour that is amusingly recounted in the film by several of the original Joffrey dancers. Joffrey and Arpino's m.o. was a decided contrast to the rigid standards set forth by George Balanchine and the other dance heavies of the day - this was reflected not only in its acknowledgment of anything produced after 1900 but in the egalitarian makeup of the company, with the male dancers taking as active a role in the choreography and a wide variety of physical types for both sexes (a refreshing change from the standard emaciated ballerinas that Balanchine so famously favored).
Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance's biggest strength comes from recounting the troupe's dramatic earlier years. In the early '60s, Joffrey and Arpino scored a major coup by getting sponsored by Standard Oil heiress Rebekah Harkness - only to have her wanting to rename the company after herself. She ultimately hired away much of the company for her own venture. They rebounded, however, with striking pieces like the hippy-trippy Astarte (1967) with its swirling mix of folk-rock, organic movements and film combined with dance. Joffrey and company also excelled at presenting faithful revivals of earlier, genre-busting dance pieces such as The Green Table, a 1936 anti-war piece from choreographer Kurt Jooss that got an acclaimed restaging 31 years later. The productions behind other pieces such as the colorful Trinity (1970) and the odd Twyla Tharp/Beach Boys mashup Deuce Coup (1973) get a comprehensive going-over in the film. After the late '70s, however, the company's fortunes become a blur that encompasses both tragedy (Joffrey's death of AIDS in 1986) and triumph (Billboards, a horribly dated, Prince-scored effort that nevertheless saved the Joffrey from bankruptcy in the early '90s). Thankfully, the company seems to have hit a plateau with its move to Chicago and getting placed in capable hands after Arpino's 2008 death. Through it all, the company's never-ending commitment to excellence is celebrated with various dancers' and associates' admiring praise.
Director/writer Bob Hercules manages to keep Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance lively and eclectic throughout. It's clear that the former dancers speaking throughout the program have a lot of love for Joffrey and Arpino. The liberal use of film clips from various vintage dance performances (including a 1966 appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show) also helps maintain interest. The film does, however, have a slightly embalmed, PBS-ish feel which never lets up. Much of the blame should be placed on the narration, which is bland and read in an admiring but decidedly unwavering tone by actor Mandy Patinkin. Had Joffrey and Arpino seen the final film, they might be pleased for a moment. Then again, they might have to tap a cane on the floor a few times and exhort everyone involved to "step it up!"
The DVD:
Docurama's DVD edition of Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance presents the film in a great looking 16:9 image in which the new footage looks crisp and clear, and the frequently utilized older footage is properly window boxed in 4:3 (as a hater of enlarged/cropped imagery, I really appreciated this). The vintage footage has a variety of slight problems relating to age, but it generally never detracted from the overall viewing experience.
Joffrey's stereo soundtrack, available in 2.0 or 5.1 Surround, is a full-bodied affair with a good mix between clear dialogue and music. The film also uses a lot of archival recordings, which are not as lush sounding but mixed in a fine, unobtrusive way. Optional subtitles are available in French, Spanish and German (not English).
Typical of Docurama discs, Joffrey has an above-average amount of bonus material to check out. The 12-page Collectable Booklet, alas, is nothing special - a glossy set of photos and flattering quotes, that's all. The Making of the Film (6:39) covers the production in a dry manner that nevertheless contains some interesting tidbits. Two other featurettes have a "deleted scenes" feel: The Making of Altman's The Company (3:25) details production on Robert Altman's 2003 drama (which prominently features the Joffrey dancers), and The Tragic Death of Max Zomosa (2:41) supplies some background info on the fate of Astarte's male lead dancer. Finally, 'The Green Table' Rehearsal, 36 minutes of simple black and white footage, is a fascinating look at the exacting work that the company typically did in the '60s. This portion would be especially valuable for dancers, but it's enjoyable in itself.
Final Thoughts:
Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance is a touch too reverential for its own good. Still, the journey through 50-plus unpredictable years of the Joffrey Ballet is nicely recounted with loads of fun clips and enough admiring testimonials to fill a concert hall. Recommended.
Matt Hinrichs is a designer, artist, film critic and jack-of-all-trades in Phoenix, Arizona. Since 2000, he has been blogging at Scrubbles.net. 4 Color Cowboy is his repository of Western-kitsch imagery, while other films he's experienced are logged at Letterboxd. He also welcomes friends on Twitter @4colorcowboy.


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WOW Café Expands its 'Wings' and Rebrands as American Grill [1]
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New Orleans' favorite wing joint WOW Café has gotten a facelift and will roll out a new trade dress among locations across New Orleans and the U.S.
The new look is part of a larger rebrand strategy for the 11-year old company, with a major focus on expanding its menu offerings beyond wings and tenders to healthier options and variety appealing to all audiences. The transition from "World of Wings" to WOW Café: American Grill & Wingery has evolved over the last year as the menu has expanded extensively and culminates with the launch of the restaurant's new look and interiors. The casual grill expects to roll out the new design in 20 restaurants over the next year.
"We want to stress to the communities where we operate that we're not just wings anymore," says Paul Ballard, founder of WOW Café: American Grill & Wingery. "A big emphasis of ours is offering All-American fare focusing on healthy dishes made daily with fresh ingredients."
WOW Café: American Grill & Wingery's menu boasts an array of healthier options, including seven entrée salads, fresh wraps, grilled options, lettuce wraps, and lighter side items like fresh fruit.
Customers will also notice a distinctive difference when they walk into the New Orleans-inspired restaurant chain that goes beyond the menu. The company is conducting an overhaul of its trade dress. Patrons will see a more sophisticated, cleaner look of the interiors – a direct result of heightening the quality and craftsmanship of the materials used. While the company is steering away from the sports-theme trade dress, locations will still feature TVs strategically placed throughout the restaurant to maximize view ability.
"While we'll always be a destination for viewing major sporting events, our goal is to be known for quality, flavorful menu options featuring fresh, cooked to order food," says Ryan Stansbury, WOW's franchise development director. "We want to appeal to a broad audience from families to college students. We believe we will do this with our diverse menu and exciting environment."
The fast casual grill has not forgotten its origins. All locations will encompass that New Orleans flair through images and accessories, while also incorporating elements of the specific neighborhood in which it operates.
WOW Café: American Grill & Wingery falls under the restaurant portfolio of Ballard Brands, which is co-owned by three brothers Paul, Scott, and Steve Ballard.
Over the last year, WOW Café: American Grill & Wingery has seen extensive growth in the non-traditional market, expanding in universities across the country from California to Florida to New Jersey, as well as airports, hotels, malls, hospitals, and most recently, its first military base location at Camp Pendleton in California.
Says Stansbury, "WOW works well for non-traditional locations because our operating model is flexible, adaptable, and scalable. We have a great understanding of how non-traditional locations operate most efficiently – the number one challenge in non-traditional locations."
There are 70 WOW Café: American Grill & Wingery restaurants located nationwide. The company expects to open approximately 20 locations in 2013.


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