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Spain, a big-screen destination
Molina de Aragón Castle
Belmonte Castle in Cuenca was used in the filming of 'El Cid'
Avila city walls
Mónsul Beach in Almería was one of the sets for 'Indiana Jones and the last crusade'
James Bond, Indiana Jones, Anakin Skywalker, Lawrence of Arabia, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly… All these characters have come to Spain to shoot their adventures. And they're not alone. Spain's cities and landscapes are often chosen as settings for international productions and renowned directors. Did you like the film? Then you're sure to love seeing the places they were made too.
Thanks to the magic of film, there are places in Spain that have been transformed into far-off worlds, the wild west or the Siberian steppe. On other occasions, the scenes are more easily recognisable. Spain's cities, monuments and countryside have often become "sets" for major international productions, as well as titles that have already taken their place in film history. Come and discover them and you'll be amazed –and you'll enjoy the films all the more when you see them again.
Scenes from yesteryear...
Spain's incredible wealth of monuments is a real gold mine for filmmakers. The city of Soria and its surrounding countryside served to recreate the world of Doctor Zhivago. The filmmaking genius Orson Welles also chose the province of Soria to shoot Chimes at Midnight in the village streets of Calatañazor. What's more, some of the battle scenes were filmed inside the city walls of Avila, whose historic centre has the UNESCO World Heritage designation.
Charlton Heston and Sofia Loren starred in the story of El Cid, the famous medieval Spanish knight, which was shot in places such as Belmonte Castle in the province of Cuenca, Manzanares el Real in the province of Madrid, and the Mediterranean beaches of Peñíscola in Castellón, among others. Another castle, Loarre in the province of Huesca, was chosen by Ridley Scott for some scenes in his film Kingdom of Heaven. Cabo de Gata Nature Reserve, in Almería, and Plaza de España square, in Seville, were used in the classic film Lawrence of Arabia. Clint Eastwood took his first steps in the famous spaghetti western genre in Almería: films such as For a fistful of dollars, For a few dollars more and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly were shot in the Tabernas desert. Some of the sets and western towns that were built back then can still be visited to this day.
And scenes of today...
Some of the biggest box-office hits of recent times have also found ideal locations in Spain. It was in Cabo de Gata, on Mónsul Beach, in fact, that Steven Spielberg shot the scene in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade where Sean Connery frightens some seagulls with an umbrella to bring down a German plane. In Attack of the clones, the second episode of Star Wars, Plaza de España square in Seville serves as the palace of queen Amidala on the planet Naboo. The James Bond films have also found a place here too: the Guggenheim Bilbao Museum and its surroundings, were the setting for the opening sequence of The world is not enough, while in Die another day, the famous spy can be seen strolling through the streets of Cadiz. In Cantabria, meanwhile, in the village of Las Fraguas you'll find Los Hornillos Palace, where Nicole Kidman had a few frights in The Others. The landscape of Almería and Fuerteventura were also chosen by Ridley Scott for his film Exodus.
Furthermore, two major Spanish cities, Madrid and Barcelona, are often the setting for film shoots. In Barcelona, the streets of the Gothic Quarter, Plaza Real Square, the Pueblo Español attraction and Horta Maze park provide settings for the cinematographic adaptation of the novel Perfume. The most emblematic places in Madrid such as Plaza Mayor Square, the Gran Vía, the Fine Arts Academy or Paseo del Prado Avenue have all also been chosen for productions such as Deception, with Ewan McGregor and Hugh Jackman, or The Bourne Ultimatum, with Matt Damon. They are also frequent locations in the films of Pedro Almodóvar, one of Spain's most international directors. If you visit Castile-La Mancha, the Spanish Region that Almodóvar comes from, you can go on a route that takes in the different settings of the film Volver. In Andalusia you can also go on an itinerary based on The way of the English, directed by well known Spanish actor Antonio Banderas.
These are just some of the places in Spain to have experienced the magic of Hollywood. And don't forget you can enjoy the best cinema at the international film festivals held each year in Spain, including San Sebastián, Sitges and the Seminci de Valladolid. In Spain, film is a chance to discover a whole host of emotions: come and see for yourself.
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A Santa Ana City Council member accused of sexual battery and other charges was described Tuesday as a "well-connected" man who used his management power to prey on female employees.
More details were released Tuesday when the Orange County District Attorney outlined charges against Carlos Bustamante, the former administration manager for the Orange County Public Works Department who was arrested on his way to a city council meeting Monday.
"He had a type," said OC District Attorney Tony Rackauckas. "County employees who were subordinate to the defendant and women who were emotionally vulnerable."
Jail records showed that Bustamante was released overnight after posting bond.
He faces the following charges:
- Six felony counts of false imprisonment
- Three felony counts of assault with the intent to commit a sexual offense
- One felony count each of stalking, attempted sexual battery by restraint, and grand theft by false pretense
- One misdemeanor count each of battery, assault, sexual battery, and attempted sexual battery with a sentencing enhancement allegation for committing the offenses as a result of sexual compulsion and for the purpose of sexual gratification
During the news conference, Rackauckas read from victims' statements obtained during the investigation.
"'He was really close to our (human resources) manager,'" one woman told investigators, Rackauckas said. "'Everyone's under Carlos, pretty much, everyone. He's like mister, like a god kind of thing.'''
The encounters occurred at Bustamante's office, stairwells, cars in parking lots and other remote areas, Rackauckas said.
"Once they arrived (at the office), he cornered them by closing the door behind them," Rackauckas said.
Arraignment in the case was scheduled for Thursday morning. Calls to Bustamante seeking comment were not immediately returned.
Bustamante resigned from the public works post in October. In a statement, he addressed anonymous letters detailing alleged sexual misconduct with employees that prompted a weeks-long internal investigation.
"The allegations in the anonymous letters were unsubstantiated because they are not true," Bustamante said in a statement at the time. "Therefore I have decided to resign my position with the county and pursue a career in the private sector."
The accusations also involve fraud-related crimes linked Bustamante's participation in a 2010 program at the Harvard Kennedy School in Boston. During the more-than two week trip, Bustamante paid more than $3,000 in tuition for the school's Senior Executives in State and Local Government program, according to the District Attorney.
"The trip, when you add the tuition, meals, airfare, an extra bag, lodging and taxis, should have cost $12,791 and change," Rackauckas said. "Bustamante should have paid at least $3,200.
"When his paper shell game was finished shuffling, the county paid for 97 percent of the junket, instead the agreed upon 75 percent."
Bustamante, who made $170,000 per year working for the county, has been a Santa Ana city councilman since 2004. His term expires in November.

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This very NSFW video stands as further proof that even the most obviously phony and staged clips will draw eyeballs given enough footage of bouncing tits and tire smoke — especially the former.
The original was posted on Reddit yesterday and promptly blew up big-time. Various versions have been up and down on YouTube as the prurience police try to maintain community standards. Feel free to enjoy this video as your surroundings allow (or as long as it stays up).
Also enjoy the latest in special-effects shirt buttons while the actress practices her "Help! I'm in such danger!" emoting. The only not-fake thing about this video is probably the breasts and... yeah, those are probably also fake.


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The Oneida Indian Nation of upstate New York is launching a radio ad campaign urging the Washington Redskins to change their name, often criticized as offensive to Native Americans.
"We believe that with the help of our fellow professional football fans, we can get the NFL to realize the error of its ways and make a very simple change," said Oneida Nation representative Ray Halbritter in a prepared statement Thursday.
The ad is scheduled to begin airing on the radio in Washington D.C. Sunday, ahead of Monday night's season opener against the Philadelphia Eagles.
The tribe, which runs a resort and casino in central New York, plans to run the ad in Washington for home games, and in states that host Washington for away games.
"We do not deserve to be called redskins," the Oneida leader says in the ad. "We deserve to be treated as what we are -- Americans."
Halbritter says NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell should "stand up to bigotry" and condemn the use of a "racial slur" in the team's name. But team owner Dan Snyder has vowed the name will never be changed.
Earlier this year, the Oneida Indian Nation gave $10,000 to a local high school that changed its nickname from the Redskins to the Hawkeyes, so they could buy new jerseys.


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BALTIMORE – After a record-setting 2012-13 indoor and outdoor campaign in which the Retrievers received three invitations to the NCAA Championships, the UMBC track and field teams kick of their new season and look to build on that success starting this weekend at the Bison Opener at Bucknell.
Both NCAA qualifiers, junior Mercedes Jackson (Huntingtown, Md./Huntingtown) and sophomore Vincent Rentzsch (Oranienburg, Germany), return for head coach David Bobb who is back at the helm of his alma mater for the 16th year. Bobb, a national meet qualifier and school-record holder himself, hopes previous successes push his team even further this time around.
"We really want to piggy-back off of the success that our team had last year, in addition to that of the cross country teams this past fall," Bobb said. "We want to challenge for a conference championship and I think we have the pieces to do so.
"Last year, we were able to get two athletes to the NCAA meets and we would like to have a few more join them this year."
On the women's side, Jackson has set new standards at UMBC since first competing for the Black and Gold at the 2011 Bison Opener in which she broke the school record in the 60m dash with a time of 7.52. Since her first-ever collegiate meet, Jackson lowered her top time down to 7.34 at last season's Penn State National Invitational and became just the fourth Retriever to ever advance to the NCAA meet where she garnered a spot on the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-America list.
In addition to her individual accolades, which also included the 2013 America East Most Outstanding Female Track Athlete award, Jackson helped lead the Retriever women record their best-ever finish at the conference indoor meet, claiming second-place. As a sophomore, Jackson won gold in the 60m and 200m dash events, tying with now-graduated teammate Amanda Deller and two other athletes for 20 points gained.
Jackson has plenty of help as senior Kirsten Jones (Brentwood, Tenn./M.L.K. Magnet), and juniors Paulette Fogle (Washington, D.C./Bishop McNamara) and Sarah Daly (Lake Orion, Mich./Lake Orion), all school record holders, also return for coach Bobb. Jones broke the school mark for the 400m dash both indoors (55.80) and outdoors (55.63), while also anchoring the 4x400 relay team to program history-breaking times during both seasons.
Fogle, meanwhile, reset the school record while winning the 500m event (1:13.69) at the America East Indoor Championships. She then claimed the record in the 400m hurdles during the outdoor season and proceeded to lower it three more times, leaving it at 1:00.83 during a bronze medal-winning run at the conference outdoor meet. She also contributed to the relay squads, helping the 4x400 team win a silver medal.
Daly contributed to the record-breaking season by snapping the school mark in the indoor 800m (2:12.65) and aiding the distance medley relay team set a new program-best time of 12:04.24. Outside, Daly jumped up to fifth all-time for the Retrievers in the 800m event (2:14.90).
"These athletes add some great depth for us," said coach Bobb. "We need them and others to perform well because in order to win a conference championship we need to score points across the board."
UMBC also welcomes back a strong contingent of distance runners led by senior Cody Mezebish (Westminster, Md./South Carroll). During the cross country season, Mezebish led the UMBC squad across the line in each of the last four competitions of the season and looks to parlay her success to the track. Last season she led off for the distance medley team which set a new school record of 12:04.24 at the ECAC Championships and moved to third all-time in UMBC history in the 800m with a time of 2:14.69. During the outdoor season, Mezebish placed fourth in the 800m at the America East meet with a career-best time of 2:11.90.
Junior Julie Gessler (Ellicott City, Md./Institute of Notre Dame) and sophomore Nicole Dawson (Jessup, Md./Hammond) also look to contribute after successful cross country seasons. Dawson paced the Retrievers twice and scored in all six meets while also excelling in the classroom to earn a spot on the America East All-Academic Team.
In the throws, the Retrievers look to replace Deller, an eight-time conference shot put champion, with a host of capable athletes. Senior Emma Mayne (Mt. Airy, Md./Linganore) and sophomores Nneoma Edokobi (Rockville, Md./Richard Montgomery) and Jennifer Nelson (Plainfield, Conn./Plainfield) each set career-bests last season, earning a spot among the top-ten in school history in the various events. Edokobi won a bronze medal in the shot put at the indoor meet while Mayne placed fifth in the event indoors and outdoors and Nelson finished as high as sixth in the weight throw.
For the Retriever men, Rentzsch and senior Dennison Long (Greenbelt, Md./Eleanor Roosevelt/FIU) both return for UMBC after breaking onto the scene last year, their first for the Retrievers. After placing third in the heptathlon at the America East Indoor Championships, Rentzsch made his mark immediately outside, breaking the UMBC school record in the javelin at his first meet, the Florida State Relays. The German international went on the snap his own record five more times, including his toss of 70.88m (232'6") to book a spot at the NCAA Championships at Oregon. Along the way, Renztsch captured the conference title in the event, as well as winning a gold medal in the decathlon.
"What Vincent and Mercedes did shows our athletes that the possibilities are out there if they're willing to put in the time and effort," said coach Bobb.
On the track, Long flew past the competition en route to being named the America East Most Outstanding Male Track Performer at both the indoor and outdoor meets. After winning the 60m and 200m dash events at the indoor championships in Boston, Long captured the 100m and 200 dash competitions, and anchored the 4x100 relay team to a gold medal, as UMBC earned a second-place finish, its best-ever, at the outdoor meet at Binghamton. This year, he will compete for the Retrievers during the outdoor season.
After returning from injury to capture a gold medal in the 60m indoor hurdles and 110m outdoor hurdles, senior Trae Proctor (Brandywine, Md./Thomas Stone) looks to add to his medal haul in his final campaign. Proctor also helped the Retrievers win the 4x100 relay at the conference outdoor championships and will help lead UMBC during the outdoor campaign again.
In the mid-distance events, senior Andrew Smith (Chadds Ford, Pa./Garnet Valley) will once again lead the Retrievers after earning his first career conference gold medal last year in the 800m. Smith, a 2013 All-Conference cross country selection, also anchored the 4x800 relay team to a conference title last season. Sophomore Andrew Keresztes (Port Jefferson, N.Y./Port Jefferson) gives UMBC depth at the top, having claimed the 800m conference title at the outdoor championships last season.
Sophomore Hassan Omar (Frederick, Md./Thomas Johnson) paced the Retrievers nearly all season as they won their first America East Cross Country Championship since 2005. An All-Conference and USTFCCCA All-Mid-Atlantic Region selection, Omar broke the UMBC school record at the 8k and 10k distances during the fall season. As a freshman, he captured the 10,000m run title at the outdoor conference championships and also won the event at the Duke Invitational.
Senior Brandan McGee (Hiram, Ohio/Crestwood) and sophomore Austin Hayslett (Mt. Airy, Md./Urbana) will aid the Retriever distance squad after both scoring at the conference championships and the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional at Lehigh.
"The success of the cross country teams this fall shows that our program is building a positive environment which can be carried over in the classroom and on the track," coach Bobb said.
Senior Shioma Obemeata (New Rochelle, N.Y./Iona Prep) leads the jumps and vaults crew after earning his first conference gold medal last year in the triple jump, but will only compete during the outdoor season. Obemeata bested the field with a career-best leap of 15.01m (49'3.00") to move to second in UMBC history. Classmate Mo Drammeh (Frederick, Md./Thomas Johnson) also returns, seeking his first conference title after finishing fourth indoors and third outdoors in the high jump.
Senior Yao Adantor (Germantown, Md./Reservoir/Morgan St./Maryland) and junior Thor Serafenas (Olney, Md./Good Counsel/Clemson) both set school records a year ago and hope to push the Retriever throwers even further this time around. Adantor claimed the school record for the indoor (16.50m; 54'1.75") and outdoor (16.60m; 54'5.50") shot put events as a junior, and won a silver medal in the event at both conference meets. He will start competition during the outdoor season in late March. Serafenas, meanwhile, set a new program standard in the hammer throw (57.26m; 187'10") and won the league title in the discus.
Following the Bison Opener, UMBC has the remainder of the 2013 calendar year off before starting 2014 at the Penn State Relays on Jan. 11.


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Several Colorado agricultural groups are on high alert for the possible introduction of new legislation targeting genetically modified crops this year.
LOVELAND, Colo. — Several Colorado agricultural groups are on high alert for the possible introduction of new legislation targeting genetically modified crops this year.
Becky Brooks, state lobbyist for the Colorado Corn Growers Association, reported at the Colorado Ag Classic that she has heard "rumblings" about a statewide push for some type of GMO initiative.
"There's a chance it could be coming up in Colorado this year," added Jules Van Thuyne, a Longmont farmer who farms land held in a conservation easement managed by Boulder County. "Nobody's exempt. Every county along the Front Range has an open space program. It could very easily become a state issue."
According to news reports, 30 states around the country are now working on legislation relating to labeling of genetically modified crops. New Mexico, Washington, Oregon and Vermont are likely to see new initiatives pop up this year.
Debate over use of the technology, which represents progress to some and a source of concern to others, isn't likely to end any time soon.
In November, voters in California narrowly defeated Proposition 37, one of the first major proposals to require labeling of genetically modified foods. It failed after labeling opponents spent an estimated $46 million in the campaign.
In Colorado, Boulder County has already been the site of an intense showdown over GM crops. The experience of farmers there might be used in the future as a blueprint for how to respectfully take on biotech opponents and make the case for GM crops.
Boulder County first approved GMO corn planting on the county's open space land in 2003. In 2008, a request was made to expand that policy to include sugar beets. A three-year battle ensued over whether or not to allow the expansion.
U.S. Department of Agriculture approval of GM technology for sugar beets was itself a lengthy process besieged with lawsuits from environmental groups questioning its potential impact. In July, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service formally granted non-regulated status for sugar beets genetically engineered to be resistant to the herbicide glyphosate, commonly referred to as Roundup Ready. The agency completed "a thorough environmental impact statement and plant pest risk assessment, held three public meetings and considered and analyzed thousands of comments" before concluding that RR sugar beets are as safe as traditionally bred.
According to estimates, more than 95 percent of the sugar beets grown in the U.S. are genetically modified, which increases yields while improving weed control and reducing labor. About 85 percent of the nation's corn and more than 90 percent of soybeans are also the product of genetic modification.
In Boulder County — hotbed of vegetarianism, organic mania and dairy alternatives like soy milk — the backlash against GM crops grown on publicly managed land was particularly strong. Six weeks before the sugar beet request was to be considered at a public hearing, farmers realized they were in trouble.
"Our proactive approach was education," Van Thuyne recalled.
Farmers lined up experts from the local University of Colorado campus and took their message directly to the editorial boards at the local newspapers. They started hosting farm tours and cultivating closer personal relationships with county commissioners. Most challenging, but perhaps most importantly, they rallied all farmers to get involved.
A number of farmers who refused to speak up publicly agreed to attend the hearing to make their presence known.
The flood of farmers at the hearing seemed to have an impact. Boulder County commissioners made a unanimous decision to allow limited planting of GMO sugar beets on open space land, an interim policy that will be given time to "mature."
"It did bring a lot of guys together," Van Thuyne said. "It was one of my proudest days of being a producer in Boulder County. It was amazing to be a part of it."
In the end — and somewhat to their surprise — several farmers who spoke up during the fray became "the new rock stars" around town.
Dan Lisco runs a horseback-riding business, raises hay and serves on the nine-member committee overseeing use of open space land in Boulder County. He said simply becoming more visible, being accessible and providing factual information paid off.
"I've been surprised how many people will give you a second chance," he said. "One commissioner who was opposed became our number one supporter after looking at the science."
Boulder-area farmers plan to build on their success. Next up, they plan to get more involved in the local food push, making sure that large farms also get recognized for falling under that canopy along with urban farms and gardens.
Diane Mulligan, a former television journalist and now a Denver-based public relations consultant who helped Rocky Ford melon growers rehab their image after a deadly listeria outbreak in cantaloupe grown by Holly's Jensen Farms, said what crop farmers did in Boulder County was a textbook case of a job well done.
Farmers need to step up and do interviews, making sure their main message is carefully considered and kept firmly in mind, she said.
"You have an authenticity that comes through that a corporate PR person doesn't have," she tells farmers. "That's what the media is looking for."
Aiming for peaceful co-existence
On the national level, organic and conventional farmers are still trying to work out an approach described as "co-existence" by Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. He insists that individual farmers should have a choice between growing GMO or non-GMO crops.
A recent report published by the secretary's biotechnology advisory committee was mostly upbeat, but said challenges remain. Compensation mechanisms for crop contamination remain particularly difficult to develop. More research on gene flow management was recommended. USDA was also urged to provide farmers with tools and incentives for careful stewardship of genetic material.
Farmers in Boulder County say the conditional approval they received for growing GM sugar beets demanded concessions from both sides.
"There were things we didn't like," Van Thuyne acknowledged.
Still, with the Boulder County matter settled — at least for the moment — the frontlines of the biotech battle are shifting to other communities and potentially to the state as a whole.
"It's taken the limelight away from Boulder County a little bit," a relieved Van Thuyne said.


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FORT BRAGG, NC (AP) — Fort Bragg officials say a construction worker was killed when a trench fell in on him as he was installing pipes.
Spokesman Adam Luther said the unidentified man was in a trench near the Ammunition Supply Point near the Pope Army Air Field side of the post on Thursday.
Luther said the worker was trying to connect two pieces of pipe when the roughly 15-foot trench gave way. He said it appears a large piece of dirt fell in, causing the walls of the trench to collapse.
Officials say the man is completely covered. It's not known how long it will take to remove him from the trench. Another person was working at the site at the time of the accident, but there was no word on that person's condition.
(Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)


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Your analysis of your local problem should give you a better understanding of the factors contributing to it. Once you have analyzed your local problem and established a baseline for measuring effectiveness, you should consider possible responses to address the problem.
The following response strategies provide a foundation of ideas for addressing your particular problem. These strategies are drawn from a variety of research studies and police reports. Several of these strategies may apply to your community's problem. It is critical that you tailor responses to local circumstances, and that you can justify each response based on reliable analysis. In most cases, an effective strategy will involve implementing several different responses. Law enforcement responses alone are seldom effective in reducing or solving the problem. Do not limit yourself to considering what police can do: give careful consideration to who else in your community shares responsibility for the problem and can help police better respond to it.
Graffiti is not solely a police problem. The police role should be one of support and assistance. Effective responses to graffiti may combine management practices, design and maintenance, and involve the general public, individual victims, criminal justice officials such as prosecutors and judges, and others. Responses to graffiti should be comprehensive and coordinated, while costs and available resources should be carefully evaluated.
Responses to graffiti must be thorough and consistent, as some offenders may be highly opportunistic, adaptive and tenacious. Responses should include ways to monitor graffiti and address changes in time, location and methods of applying it.
Rapid identification and removal of graffiti has been shown to reduce its occurrence. This approach directly addresses the motives of many offenders by reducing the notoriety associated with graffiti's visibility. The two-step process involves routine monitoring to quickly spot graffiti, and rapid removal of the graffiti. In New York's successful approach to transit graffiti, it was initially removed within two hours of identification. In St. Petersburg, Fla., business owners are required to remove graffiti within 48 hours.16
This "law of diminishing vandalism" is that persistence in cleaning up pays off. See SloanHowitt and Kelling (1990); Scott (1989); Cheetham (1994); Clarke (1978) [PDF]; and Governing (1994).
If graffiti cannot be removed quickly, trains are taken out of service. For train stations, graffiti is removed within 72 hours. Similar quick cleanups have occurred in Philadelphia (Scott 1989). In London, graffiti is cleaned from large stations within 24 hours.
Police usually encourage citizens to call 911 regarding graffiti in progress; they discourage citizens from confronting offenders. Citizens can report graffiti not in progress to hotlines.
Some jurisdictions pay graffiti reporters' cell phone charges. In London, people can use free telephones in transit stations to report offenses. In other jurisdictions, transit riders are encouraged to report graffiti and offenders. Numerous jurisdictions offer a cash reward of $200 to $1,000 if a tip leads to a conviction.
In some jurisdictions, graffiti reports may be suppressed due to concerns about retaliation by gang members or taggers. Widespread public participation in both open and anonymous reporting usually addresses these concerns, but police should be aware of this potential problem.
The experiences of the New York City Transit System illustrate varying approaches to graffiti. Graffiti began to appear on subway trains in the 1960s; by 1970, it was a huge problem. The public was fearful, and ridership on trains declined.
The motive for the graffiti was "getting up" and getting noticed; there were no indications the graffiti was gang-related. Instead, the graffitists or taggers sought to build their reputation through the sheer quantity of their graffiti. As competition among them increased, they distinguished themselves through writing style, embellishment, graffiti size, and location either in unusual spots or in previously unmarked spots. One prolific vandal produced 10,000 graffiti markings.
Despite the severity of its ongoing fiscal crisis, New York City adopted a variety of anti-graffiti strategies in the 1970s: punishing offenders by making them clean up trains marked with graffiti; using fencing with razor wires to protect the vast train yards; and developing materials to ease graffiti removal, materials that were later found to be environmentally hazardous. The methods all failed to substantially reduce the amount of graffiti.
In 1984, the city adopted a system to monitor trains and clean those marked with graffiti within two hours; otherwise, they took the cars out of service. They also began to store clean trains in highly secure yards that featured 24-hour-a-day work crews, enhanced lighting, routine fence maintenance, and undercover police. The initiative focused on the most problematic times, locations and train lines; initially, all trains were monitored, but random checks were later successfully used to maintain clean trains. In addition, repeat offenders were targeted for parental contact and enhanced penalties.
In contrast to the earlier initiatives, this anti-graffiti effort began with a handful of trains (those detected with graffiti) and built up to cover the entire system. Importantly, rather than focusing on using the criminal justice system, this approach addressed the offenders' underlying motives. Immediately removing graffiti-marked trains from service severely limited the vandals' exposure.
The type of surface graffiti is placed on is a major factor because graffiti-removal products may damage some surfaces. The type of marking agent is also a factor: some paints are reversible. There is a wide range of graffiti removal products available, including chemical sprays, aerosols, gels, and poultices. Cleaners are either alkaline or acidic; the latter can damage masonry, and neutralizing techniques must be incorporated when using either. Physical removal methods include low- and high-pressure water cleaning, often with detergents, and sandblasting. Physical removal is more expensive, and is typically used for large areas where other methods have failed.There are four major types of removal or cover-ups:
The source of labor for removing graffiti may vary. Cleanup squads may consist of volunteers, employees or adjudicated offenders. Graffiti removal may be coercive. A large number of jurisdictions hold the property owner responsible for graffiti removal. Sanctioning victims requires that they clean graffiti up quickly or get fined.17 Citizens may get paint or physical assistance from volunteers, if needed. Cities can use nuisance ordinances, zoning codes or graffiti ordinances to force owners to clean up quickly, which may be necessary for absentee owners. Alternatively, some cities clean up graffiti and then bill the owner. Some cities do the first cleanup for free; the owner then has responsibility for subsequent cleanups.
Numerous jurisdictions use graffiti removal as a court-ordered sanction for offenders and other misdemeanants. In some jurisdictions, such sanctions require victim restitution, reflecting a restorative justice approach.
Because graffiti offenders usually operate in darkness, where there is little chance of being seen, few are apprehended. Increasing the likelihood of their being detected increases the risk of apprehension.
Some of these products may produce toxic fumes in case of fire.
These coatings must be reapplied; the surface dissolves when graffiti is cleaned off.
These surfaces are harder to mark, but are difficult to clean.
These washable walls are used in larger London train stations.
The alternative, polycarbonate surfaces become hazy.
Some materials cannot be effectively protected from graffiti. Graffiti-prone surfaces can be replaced with standard-sized, inexpensive materials. These include transparent, replaceable glass or polycarbonate panels in bus shelters, and replaceable polycarbonate covering signs.
Some of these measures impose social costs by making areas look like war zones. Access controls with forbidding appearances may be better left to isolated areas.
In some cases, signs have been moved out of reach of vandals, while bus stops and other frequently vandalized targets have been relocated. Environmental design to limit access to graffiti surfaces can best be incorporated into planning and construction, but may also be adapted to existing structures. An example of effective environmental design is the recessed walls of the Washington, D.C., metro system; subway walls are physically separated from the public.
Police or security patrols, guards and dogs may supplement access control. Access to residential or commercial properties may be restricted to those with resident or employee identification cards, while visitor access may be controlled through entry phones.
Much like environmental design, situational design reduces the opportunity for graffiti. The absence of toilets, seating, fast food, and lockers in transit stations effectively discourages potential offenders from loitering. In Hong Kong, a limited life to transit tickets encourages people to quickly move through stations before their tickets expire, thus discouraging loitering. In Washington, D.C., the subway system generally closes at midnight on weekdays and somewhat later on weekends, thus limiting opportunities for vandalism. Since graffiti often takes place late at night, limiting hours reduces opportunities for vandalism at times when there are typically few other riders or employees to deter the offender or witness the offense.
Some graffiti offenders are prolific; a small group typically accounts for a large portion of all offenses. Efforts that focus on chronic offenders show promise. Chronic offenders can be identified through graffiti investigations. Since offenders tend to replicate their graffiti, it has unique characteristics, like a signature, and different incidents or tags can be linked to a single offender. Some taggers practice their tags in notebooks or take photographs to document their efforts; these may be used as evidence to link offenders to graffiti incidents.
Some police conduct surveillance of known offenders and/or high-risk hot spots, collaborate with schools to detect offenders, and monitor chronic offenders, particularly those on probation. Police may use extensive intelligence databases to record information about graffiti content, locations and offenders. Such databases may include photographs or video of graffiti, mug shots of offenders, and maps of graffiti locations.
Numerous responses have been incorporated into efforts to control graffiti. Most have not been carefully evaluated, and are thus of unknown effectiveness. Any response can be effective if it increases the difficulties of offending and reduces the rewards for it. Many responses, however, are quite difficult to enforce.
Controlling graffiti tools. A number of jurisdictions have tried to control the tools used for graffiti. Boston and other cities have banned the sale of large, wide-tipped markers. In addition, bans on spray paint sales to minors have been widely used in recent years. Some jurisdictions require stores to be licensed for and to limit spray paint sales, and require buyers to furnish their name and address. In some jurisdictions, juvenile possession of spray paint or large, indelible markers without supervision is a misdemeanor.
Chicago has had such a ban since 1980.
Efforts have been made to reduce shoplifting of spray paint by placing stock away from exits and removing it from open displays. Instead, stock is often stored behind counters, in storerooms or in locked display cases. Some jurisdictions require stores to place markers in full view of clerks. Industry efforts have also been made to regulate graffiti tools. Spray valves can be modified, and restricted-use caps limited, so that offenders cannot change caps. Some jurisdictions encourage proper disposal of contractor painting materials so that graffiti offenders cannot access them.
Graffiti offenders prefer interchangeable caps, allowing them to combine thick and thin lines. Wide caps or other caps from oven cleaners or spray starch are especially desirable.
While there have been no evaluations of efforts that limit graffiti tools, enforcing local ordinances that do so can be difficult. Although restrictions on possession of supplies may provide an additional enforcement tool, graffiti offenders are rarely apprehended. In many tagging groups, one person carries the graffiti supplies, making it more difficult to obtain the evidence that may be necessary for a conviction.
Nugent (1998) describes a graffiti wall in Washington, D.C.'s Lafayette Park; Coffield (1991) notes the painting of a Southampton, England, garage.
Similarly, some jurisdictions have commissioned murals to cover up graffiti or improve the community's appearance. These murals are often located where graffiti has posed a problem. Graffiti offenders appear to respect the artwork on such murals, but the surfaces can be protected with antigraffiti coating. Murals and walls showcase artists' work and may reduce incentives to vandalize. Similar initiatives to divert offenders have included art classes or programs for reformed offenders, some of which involve a contract or pledge not to produce further graffiti. These efforts may be effective in reducing the amount of graffiti in specific locations.
Some anti-graffiti programs involve educating youth about the harms and costs of graffiti. The youth-targeted message that graffiti is uncool is conveyed through subway and bus posters, and television and radio commercials. Sports figures may endorse the message to add potency to it.
In some cases, former graffiti offenders create murals with anti-graffiti messages, give public talks, counsel other offenders, and organize graffiti cleanups.
Many jurisdictions use graffiti cleanup for community service to avoid adjudication, as a condition of probation, or as part of a disposition or sentence. Some communities have restorative justice initiatives in which face-to-face victim-offender reconciliation occurs, a contract is signed, and offenders pay restitution.
In some jurisdictions, students are suspended or expelled from school for graffiti offenses. A large number of jurisdictions have involved courts in treating graffiti incidents seriously, systematically imposing fines, community service and even jail time on chronic offenders.
New anti-graffiti technologies include the following:
Since developing or purchasing new technologies may be quite costly for most jurisdictions, such responses should be carefully evaluated first. New technologies to respond to graffiti will likely continue to become available.
In some limited studies of bathroom graffiti (Mueller et al. 2000; Watson 1996), posting signs warning of sanctions, containing positive messages appealing to altruism, or conveying neutral messages "Please do not write on these walls" resulted in a decline in graffiti.
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Words Starting With Alphabet E"E" is fifth letter and second vowel of the modern English alphabet, it can be used to represent "Fifth Grade" or fifth in a series or row or the lowest passing grade in few schools and colleges of the world and indicates failing status in many school and colleges of the world. The English language alphabet after "D" and before "F". Any of the speech sounds represented by the letter e. "E" in capital and "e" in small alphabets. An example of "E" is the letter that ends the word apple or the letter that start the word earn. "e" in Mathematics represents the base of the natural system of logarithms, having a numerical value of approximately 2.71828.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. - The # 20 Royals held #4 St. Thomas to only 10 points today in a defensive battle that ended in favor of the Tommies 10-6.
In front of a large crowd at O'Shaughnessy Stadium the Royals were able to hold the Tommies out of the endzone the entire first half only giving up a field goal. The Royals offense got a huge boost from sophomore Kevin Lindh (Houston, Minn.) who broke away on a 52 yard touchdown run with just over 9 minutes to play in the third quarter. At that point the Royals took the lead 6-3.
The Royals held the lead until just over the 5 minute mark in the third quarter when St. Thomas drove the ball down and scored off a 5 yard run by Colin Tobin.
From that point it was all defense. Looking at the stats the Royals were able to rack up 321 yards of total offense in comparison to the Tommies 253. The Royals also had 19 first downs to the Tommies 14.
Senior Logan Flannery (Lakeville, Minn.) ran for 141 yards on 26 attempts for an average of 5.4 yards per carry. On the defensive side of the ball the Royals got key contributions fromBilly Morgan (Jr., Rosemount, Minn.) with 8 tackles, and Ethan Anderson (Jr., Mapleton, Minn.) who had 7 tackles. Anderson also had a key interception at the end of the first half to prevent a St. Thomas touchdown.
They Royals are now 6-1 on the season and will return home next week to face Concordia College. The Cobbers are 4-4 overall with a 3-3 record in the MIAC.


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Ryan Reynolds is racking up high-profile projects like a man possessed, with Denzel Washington's "Safe House" currently in his cross-hairs.
The film, to be directed Daniel Espinosa ("Snabba Cash"), is about a CIA operative who must go on the run with his prisoner after their South American safe house comes under attack. Washington is slated to be the bad guy, with Reynolds eying the role of the CIA agent, according to Heat Vision.
The role is one of the most sought after in Hollywood among men of a certain age, with Tom Hardy, Zac Efron, James McAvoy, Sam Worthington and Shia LaBeouf, among others, all having been considered.
The script was written by Us Weekly editor David Guggenheim, who surely only ever worked on the project during nights and weekends, and never while at work or using any office equipment -- because good people don't do that sort of thing.
Reynolds couldn't be a much hotter property right now. In addition to filming "Green Lantern," he's got "Buried" coming out in October, "The Croods" is in post-production, and he's scheduled to be starring in the body-swap comedy "The Change-Up" with Jason Bateman, a "Deadpool" spin-off and is the role of a dead cop policing the afterlife in the comic -book adaptation "RIPD."
And good lord would you look at the man's stomach?!?!?!?
Washington, meanwhile, can be seen Nov. 12 opposite Chris Pine in "Unstoppable," a about a runaway train loaded with deadly chemicals and headed straight for a train full of kids.


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In case you are considering a DEAN for you next bike. Here's a cautionary tale... Please note the kudos to Carl Strong and Siren Bikes. Consider them.
Below is a letter I sent to the owner after several email exchanges and phone conversations where I was assured that the bike was being worked on. It's been 3 months and it still isn't done. When I first bought my frames, I expected to wait awhile. However, when they arrived one had the wrong decal set and the other one happened to be the bike that they built up for Interbike and shipped to me accidently. WTF?
Then when the frame failed in 2007, it took them 4 months to get me a replacement.
When it cracked again (in the same place) in 2009, this is what I am dealing with. I realize that it is a small shop, but I don't feel like waiting for 3 months is acceptable, especially when I've been told by John, the owner, on several occasions that it would be done by 'X' date. Each time, the days have come and gone, but still no frame.
Great workmanship, but the WORST customer service of ANY company that I have ever had the displeasure of working with!
I mean, seriously, WTF?
I am so incredibly frustrated with you and your company. You have shown that you have absolutely no regard for customer service and continue to just push the limits on delaying my frame repairs, further and further. When we last spoke on the phone, you assured me that Sam would get working on it "right away" until it was done. That was several weeks ago. When I inquired about its status in an email (a week ago Monday), you said Sam would most likely finish and ship it out by last Friday, February 19th. Now, you are hedging against the NAHBS and "will keep me posted" in hopes that Sam will get it finished before you depart this Friday.
My friend had his Carl Strong frame shipped out, with a cracked head tube and top tube. It was repaired and shipped back to him in 10 days! You've had my frame for 11 weeks and 2 days. I am not a frame builder, but I do know that it doesn't take that long. I know you claim to be busy, but rest assured so is Carl Strong. Fortunately for my friend, Carl had the courtesy to repair a customer's frame in a timely manner and not make excuses along the way. He just repaired the frame promptly and stood behind his work. The same goes for another custom frame builder, Siren Bikes. They repaired a second friend's frame, in January, and had it back to him in under three weeks.
Things have been different with you and your company. You told me on several occasions that it would be done by "X date", and each time it wasn't. When I first spoke with you, I was explicit in asking if it would be done by the time I had my 24 hour endurance race in mid February. You assured me that it wouldn't be a problem. You even had the audacity to tell me in late December that my frame was actually in the jig and being repaired at that moment! I was told it would ship out the first week of January. Obviously, that was not the case. But what's worse is that you didn't get my frame back to me before my race in February. Even with 2 months of lead time!
So, here we are. Its February 24th and you are not sure that my frame will be repaired and shipped before you head to the NAHBS on Friday. I have been without a frame since the second week of December and have missed a good majority of the riding season in Arizona. Not one person that I have spoken to thinks that this situation is even remotely acceptable. Riding partners have been using the Dean name as a slang term for when someone wrongs you or screws you over, as in "Dude, you got Deaned!" Its laughable to an absurd degree.
Standing behind the quality of your work is one thing, but providing quality customer service to your existing customers is essential to your company's success. I simply do not understand how you can proceed the way you have in regards to repairing my frame and expect that this is good for you and your company. I belong to three mountain biking groups in Arizona, and not one person from those groups feels that this is within bounds for a frame builder, custom or not. It is simply unacceptable.
If you can't find it in your company's best interest to repair my frame (per our discussions - see attached) and ship it out to me via next day air (before the NAHBS), then please refund the original purchase price of the frame to me so I can purchase another frame from a more reputable frame builder. At this point, I am considering posting this letter, our prior email correspondence and recaps of phone discussions to MTBR.com and other mountain bike sites to let the community know just how poor your customer service has been.
With deepest frustration,
Here's a recap of what we discussed.
1. Frame will be repaired by replacing the entire top tube and the upper portion of the seat tube (with a thicker-walled section of ti tubing) to just above the bottle cage mounts.
2. Repair/fill, as needed, the driveside chainstay where chain suck has gouged out the tubing. File smooth.
3. Frame will be refinished in 'brush finish'.
4. New 'carbon panel' decals will be applied.
5. Include an extra rear derailleur hanger with frame when shipped.
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Freedom comes to three of the 'San Antonio 4'
SAN ANTONIO — After spending more than a decade in prison for a crime they say never happened, four women fighting for exoneration emerged from Bexar County Jail on Monday, free to go home.
A large group of family, friends and media waited as Elizabeth Ramirez, 39, Cassandra Rivera, 38, and Kristie Mayhugh, 40, arrived outside the jail holding hands about 8:15 p.m. They were joined by their friend and co-defendant, Anna Vasquez, 38, who has been out on parole for more than a year.
Family immediately embraced them.
"I'm your grandma, I'm your grandma," Rivera said through tears as she hugged her 2-year-old granddaughter, Aliana, and was then engulfed by her family.
"We're here, Cassie, we're here," one of her family members said.
Ramirez, the most petite of the four, barely could be seen through the mob of well-wishers and media. She was followed by her former roommate Mayhugh, who fell behind the group a bit as she stopped to greet old friends and give hugs.
Late Monday, Rivera, joined by Mayhugh, celebrated with a dozen family members at the Rivera family home on the North Side with pizzas. Placed around the home were her childhood pictures. On the couch was the white teddy bear that had stayed there — at her mother's insistence — for the duration of the prison sentence.
One of the first things Rivera planned to do was visit her father's grave, she said.
Meanwhile, Ramirez, accompanied by her adult son and other relatives, chose a West Side Pizza Hut for her first meal outside of a cell late Monday. She described the day as overwhelming.
"I'm still trying to pinch myself," Ramirez said.
After the meal, she nervously approached her mother's apartment that she had never seen.
"I'm not used to walking around without my ID," she said.
It was an emotional end to a long day for the family and friends of the four women who were convicted of child sexual abuse in a bizarre case that spurred talk of Satanism.
On Monday morning, cheers erupted in the packed courtroom when their attorney said a judge had released them on bail. Family then went to the jail to wait. And wait.
Attorney Mike Ware said the women would be released on a "signature bond," meaning they wouldn't need to pay any money.
To her surprise, Vasquez learned Monday that she, too, was included in the deal for the bond, which means she will no longer have to live under the tight parole restrictions for sex offenders that have kept her from visiting her father and seeing some of her relatives, including her niece and nephew.
"I'm exhilarated," Vasquez said, looking shocked as she walked the hallway of the Cadena-Reeves Justice Center. "It was very unexpected."
The three others had been brought from prison last week to Bexar County Jail to be processed for release. While in jail, the three found themselves signing autographs for inmates and guards who had heard of their plight and wanted to offer support.
Rivera's mother, Margaret Rivera, and her grandson, Michael Rivera — Cassandra Rivera's son — had planned the pizza party for the homecoming.
"Cassie wanted pizza, so that's what we're having," a smiling Margaret Rivera said.
Michael Rivera, who turns 22 on Tuesday, said the decision was the "best birthday present I could ever have."
The fact that the women wouldn't be under restrictions while on bail meant Cassandra Rivera got to hug and play with her granddaughter, whom she met for the first time Monday. The baby knew her voice though, Rivera said, because they had talked while she was still in prison.
The four women, all friends, were convicted in the late 1990s after two of Ramirez's young nieces, then 7 and 9, accused the women of assaulting them during a weeklong stay at Ramirez's apartment.
Ramirez was sentenced to 371/2 years and has been in prison since 1997. The others went to prison three years later with 15-year sentences.
In 2010, an investigation by the San Antonio Express-News delved into some of the conflicting and disputable evidence used against the women, who have always maintained they are innocent.
In 2012, the younger of the accusers recanted in the media and to defense attorneys, but she has yet to speak to prosecutors. In addition, the prosecution and the defense have both determined that some key scientific evidence used against the women was flawed.
The decision to release the three women now wasn't surprising because District Attorney Susan Reed and the women's defense team had already agreed to the terms of the release. Their case will now wind its way through the court system, which could take years, while they remain free.
Reed said Friday that if the higher court vacates the convictions, she won't seek to retry the women.
Dr. Nancy Kellogg, the state's expert witness, testified that a mark found on the hymen of one of the girls was a scar and indicative of traumatic abuse. The consensus among the scientific community now, both prosecutors and defense attorneys said, is that those types of marks are not signs of abuse.
The next legal step will be at the Court of Criminal Appeals, which will review the case, including the recommendations for a new trial.
If the charges are dismissed it will be, legally speaking, as if the women were never convicted. Their records will be cleared. The women have said they will continue to fight to prove they were wrongfully convicted. If proved, the women would likely be eligible for compensation under state law.
Anna Vasquez's mother Maria Vasquez, said she knows the legal road is still long but that for now she will celebrate what she and the women's supporters called a huge victory. That her daughter doesn't have to adhere to parole restrictions meant she can finally have all her family together for visits.
"I'm going to have a big party, a huge celebration," Maria Vasquez said. "The house is going to burst."
She spent the day at her house preparing for the women's arrival. Her son, one of Anna Vasquez's older brothers, was in contact with her throughout the day, updating her on the possible release time.
Ramirez's mom, Gloria Herrera, was there with several family members as well, including Ramirez's sister, Rosemary Camarillo.
Camarillo is the mother of the two girls — now adults — who made the accusations. Her daughter, Stephanie Martinez, who had recanted to the media, even showed up for a short time and hugged Herrera, her grandmother.
After she watched her sister drive away, Camarillo said she couldn't wait to hang out with her more.
Margaret Rivera, one of the last to leave the jail steps, said she planned to stay up all night catching up and getting to be a whole family again.
"Words can't describe what I'm feeling right now," she said. "The first thing she said when she walked out that door was, 'Where's Momma?'"
And for the first time in more than 12 years, Margaret Rivera could reply, "I'm right here, baby. I'm right here."
Staff Writer Eva Ruth Moravec contributed to this report.


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Teddy Turner battles Ted's legacy
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — It's not easy running for Congress in conservative South Carolina when you're liberal media mogul Ted Turner's kid.
Just ask his son Teddy.
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He's been trashing his dad every chance he gets to show voters of the 1st Congressional District he's not some tree-hugging lefty — or worse yet, Jane Fonda's son.
Turner the candidate is anti-tax, opposes same-sex marriage and questions whether global warming is real. In other words, everything his billionaire father is not.
"Yes, I'm Teddy Turner. You can't pick your parents," he introduced himself to a Republican gathering at Hilton Head Island recently, acknowledging up front what everyone in the room was thinking.
( Also on POLITICO: Ryan on '16 run: 'I don't know')
The same day in Beaufort, Turner joked about nightmarish Thanksgiving get-togethers and called out his father for his liberal environmental views — tweaking him as a hypocrite who drives a green car only to hopscotch around the country on his CO2-spewing private plane.
"I'm like, 'Dad, you can't drive the Prius to the jet," Turner said.
And in an interview with Fox News' Bill O'Reilly, Turner joked that his father's "take is that he owns a lot of trees so his carbon footprint is pretty limited."
Turner says his relationship with his father is actually warm; any rancor between them is pretty much limited to politics. After his son ribbed him on Fox News, Ted Turner sent Teddy a note. "I saw your interview with Bill O'Reilly on Fox," it read, "and I thought you did a great job! I'm really proud of you, and I hope you win. Best of luck. Love, Dad."
( Also on POLITICO: Jindal governing like it's 2016)
But how to deal with his dad in his campaign is no trivial matter for Teddy Turner, a 49-year-old high school economics teacher who is one of Ted Turner's five children. He's running in a crowded Republican primary that's basically a contest to prove who's the most conservative. Having "Ted" and "Turner" in your name isn't an ideal starting point, he readily admits.
His CNN-founding dad, one of the nation's wealthiest people, is considered a father of the environmental movement. He's staunchly anti-war and supported President Barack Obama's reelection. He was also for a time married to Fonda — aka "Hanoi Jane" — a face of the Vietnam War protest movement. Fonda, as Teddy Turner is quick to point out, is not his mom. "We agree never to talk about politics," he said of his relationship with his dad's ex-wife.
"My dad is one of the most successful figures in American history, and he's outspoken. It's kind of the 800-pound gorilla in the room," Turner said in an interview. "It's something I want to address because people have questions. … I can't escape it."
The Turner drama isn't the only family story line unfolding in the race. Former Gov. Mark Sanford, the front-runner, is seeking redemption for his affair with an Argentine woman — an episode that dashed his presidential aspirations and split his poster-card family when it came to light four years ago. Sanford's ex-wife, Jenny Sanford, briefly considered running for the seat but decided against it.


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"We don't know why some of these burials were so ornate, but what's striking is that they postdate the arrival of modern humans in Eurasia by almost 10,000 years," said Julien Riel-Salvatore, Ph.D., assistant professor of anthropology at CU Denver and lead author of the study. "When they appear around 30,000 years ago some are lavish but many aren't and over time the most elaborate ones almost disappear. So, the behavior of humans does not always go from simple to complex; it often waxes and wanes in terms of its complexity depending on the conditions people live under."
The study, which examined 85 burials from the Upper Paleolithic period, found that men were buried more often than women. Infants were buried only sporadically, if at all in later periods, a difference that could be related to changes in subsistence, climate and the ability to keep babies alive, Riel-Salvatore said.
It also showed that a few ornate burials in Russia, Italy and the Czech Republic dating back nearly 30,000 years are anomalies, and not representative of most early Homo sapiens burial practices in Eurasia.
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Early modern human burials in Eurasia
3 comments:
- shenandoah said...
Two points that I would make: Most importantly, specific complex ~behaviors (particularly those in the form of ~rituals) is not necessarily correlated to intellectual depth, health, education, or advanced development. It could simply be caused by mindless, ~subconscious Obsessive / Compulsive drives, instead. In other words, it might be more reactionary than well-planned or justified.
Pagan burial practices usually involved the addition of treasure and tools and preserved bodies for important individuals to supposedly use in the afterlife. There is no real logic to that behavior, so I don't consider it to be more advanced at all.
- Friday, February 22, 2013 12:01:00 am
- Dr Rob said...
Lavish burials should not automaticaly be equated with higher progress society. IN fact, lavish burials appear in times of stress, when lower order nobility try to assert their prowess. When there is more established order, and clear rule, there is no need to 'show off' with well furnished burials
- Friday, February 22, 2013 1:31:00 pm
- Va_Highlander said...
"Lavish burials should not automaticaly be equated with higher progress society."
Indeed. In the lowest levels of Mehrgarh, in Baluchistan, grave goods could be quite elaborate but in subsequent periods the amount of goods decreased, even as their culture became increasingly complex.
- Friday, February 22, 2013 8:11:00 pm


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Drowned Pass, Shadow Realm
Head due north from the gate and swim straight to the pipe across the way. Enter it and follow it back to the Shadow Arena.
|Counter Killer
|Kill 5 enemies using only block and projectile counter attacks within the time limit. Bonus souls will be rewarded for any time left on the clock.
Weaken these enemies with regular combos until they have an Instant Kill icon above them. Wait for them to attack and hit the COUNTER button just as they wind up to slash at you. Press towards the enemy you want to counter attack to take it out.
The next portal is on top of one of the buildings in the lake.
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|Kill 30 enemies using the destructive power of War's Chaos Form within the time limit. Bonus souls will be rewarded for any time left on the clock.
This round is easy, but to shave off time, make sure you initiate your Chaos Form in a cluster of enemies to instantly kill them. Go for smaller enemies and ignore the larger ones. When you run out of Chaos Form you'll be able to strike enemies to refill your gauge. Just smack the nearest enemies until it's refilled.
Head to the cove just northwest of here to find the next Arena.
|Keep at least 1 undead soldier alive throughout the time limit. Bonus souls will be awarded for each Undead Soldier that survives.
There are six Undead Soldiers at the outset of this challenge that you cannot damage. Your task is to protect them. Go for the enemies that they are attacking and swiftly finish them off. Use your Scythe to knock out crowds. Save your Wrath and Chaos Form attacks for later when the Gholens and Fleshbursters show up. You should have more than half of your Soldiers standing by the end with little effort. Note: If you manage to have at least 5 Undead Soldiers survive you will be rewarded with an Empty Vessel. -- Tip submitted by Jimmy
The final Arena is to the northeast. You'll have to swim through a submarine tunnel to access it.
|World of Pain
|Kill 15 enemies using environmental weapon attacks. Bonus souls will be rewarded for any time left on the clock.
This is another challenge made easier by simply weakening the enemies before tossing the cars at them. The larger enemies can be ignored or, if you aim cars at them, make sure you hit some smaller enemies in the same toss. For completing all of the challenges you'll be rewarded a Life Essence item.
Return to the gate with the four Arenas beat and blow your Earthseeker. The Gate will agree to leave. You'll also win an Abyssal Armor Piece (Abyssal Armor Piece 5).
Anvil's Ford Access Tunnel
The tunnel has little of interest aside from a Vulgrim location at the far end. Traverse the submerged tube and then climb the Demonic Growth -- dash to avoid the explosions. Double-jump up to the rope and cross the area. Vulgrim down the hall to the left, while the entrance to Anvil's Ford is in the tube to the right.


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Nancy O'Dell is separating from husband Keith Zubchevich after nearly 12 years of marriage.
The "Entertainment Tonight" host and her hubby's decision to part ways has nothing to do with the recent scandal involving presidential hopeful Donald Trump, E! News confirmed.
A source told E! that Nancy filed for legal separation in early September.
"It's very amicable and they talk every day," the source said. "Their main priority is their three children."
The separation happened roughly a month before the Trump tapes went public.
Alec Baldwin Hilariously Impersonates Donald Trump
O'Dell recently found herself in the middle of a national scandal when a leaked Donald Trump and Billy Bush tape revealed the men engaging in a lewd conversation on an "Access Hollywood" bus.
"Access Hollywood" is owned and distributed by NBCUniversal, the parent company of NBC News, MSNBC and this station.
In the footage, Donald is overheard telling Billy and several others about a failed attempt to seduce a woman named "Nancy," saying, "I moved on her and I failed. I'll admit it. I did try and f--- her. She was married."
He continued, "And I moved on her very heavily. In fact, I took her out furniture shopping. She wanted to get some furniture. I said, 'I'll show you where they have some nice furniture.'"
"Access Hollywood" would later confirm the woman being discussed was O'Dell.
"Politics aside, I'm saddened that these comments still exist in our society at all. When I heard the comments yesterday, it was disappointing to hear such objectification of women," O'Dell shared in a statement to "Entertainment Tonight." "The conversation needs to change because no female, no person, should be the subject of such crass comments, whether or not cameras are rolling. Everyone deserves respect no matter the setting or gender. As a woman who has worked very hard to establish her career, and as a mom, I feel I must speak out with the hope that as a society we will always strive to be better."
She addressed the matter once again on-air, telling viewers, "I feel it's very important that I address you all directly. As a journalist for 26 years now, it is my job to bring you the news about others, rather than turning the focus on myself. But by now, I'm sure that most of you have heard the audio tape, which became national news and part of the presidential race."
O'Dell continued, "My name was mentioned and, unfortunately, the release of it has thrown me into the middle of the political arena of which I didn't ask to be a part of. I released a statement on Saturday and I truly mean what I said. There is no room for objectification of women, or anybody for that matter, not even in the 'locker room.'"
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Riverhead, NEW YORK (Reuters) - Damage from Superstorm Sandy to the electricity system in the U.S. Northeast exposed deep flaws in the structure and regulation of power utilities that will require a complete redesign, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Thursday.
But at least some members of one utility oversight panel later fired back, saying it was the governor who should take responsibility.
"We're going to have to look at a ground-up redesign," Cuomo said while criticizing the utilities he called virtual monopolies run by nameless and faceless bureaucrats.
"The utility system we have was designed for a different time and for a different place," Cuomo told a news conference. "It is a 1950s system. ... They have failed the consumers. The management has failed the consumers."
Sandy, which hit the U.S. East Coast 10 days ago on October 29, had knocked out power to almost 2.1 million New York customers. The nor'easter, meanwhile, left more than 150,000 additional New Yorkers without service and in the cold on Wednesday.
More than 285,000 homes and businesses in New York remain without power after Sandy and the nor'easter.
The power companies in New York are units of Consolidated Edison Inc, the state-owned Long Island Power Authority (LIPA), the state-owned New York Power Authority (NYPA), National Grid PLC, CH Energy Group Inc and Iberdrola SA.
Officials at the utilities were not immediately available for comment.
"I believe the system is archaic and obsolete in many ways. They are basically one of the last monopolies. ...," Cuomo said on Thursday. "If you are unhappy with the utility company, who do you fire? Who runs it? Who owns it? Where do you get them?"
At a separate meeting in Suffolk County on Thursday, some members of a panel set up by the legislature to oversee LIPA took the governor to task for not previously having taken a more active role in the state-run utility.
"The governor needs to take responsibility," said Matthew Cordaro, co-chair of the Suffolk County Legislature's LIPA Oversight Committee.
"He has not appointed the CEO for two years," Cordaro said, adding that "LIPA reports directly to the governor, so he can fire the chairman at will."
Last week, Cuomo sent a letter to the CEOs of the utilities that operate in New York, saying he would take action against those utilities and their management if they do not meet their obligations to New Yorkers in this time of crisis.
For those utilities found to be unprepared for Sandy, Cuomo threatened in the letter to order the Public Service Commission, the state's utility regulator, to commence proceedings to revoke the companies' certificates of public convenience and necessity, which allow them to operate investor-owned power systems.
"New Yorkers should not suffer because electric utilities did not reasonably prepare for this eventuality," Cuomo said.
Sandy hit LIPA harder than any other power company, knocking out more than 1 million of LIPA's 1.1 million customers, and the nor'easter knocked out 123,000 more customers - several of which had their power restored after Sandy.
Combined, Sandy and the nor'easter knocked out more homes and businesses on Long Island than LIPA has customers.
"Part of this is the system. But with LIPA, I also believe part of it is the management, which has been unacceptable. They failed. They have failed the consumers. It is that simple," Cuomo said Thursday.
The governor echoed rumors of power equipment supply shortages that were denied by LIPA and Con Edison on Wednesday.
"We have the material ... the poles, wires and transformers ... we need. There are no material shortages," LIPA Chief Operating Officer Michael Hervey said on Wednesday.
Hervey said "the governor is a very tough task master and we are doing everything we can to get all power back." He also denied what he said were rumors that repair crews were sometimes idle.
In Hampton Bays on Long Island's eastern end, longtime residents Ann and Pete Zullo said they lost power twice since the storm, in addition to seeing about $150,000 worth of flooding damage in their home. They say they are now used to losing power at least once a year, if not two or three times.
"We lost half our house, we can't live in our house, we can't do anything, a lot of the furniture's gone, everything's gone," said Pete Zullo, 78. "We want to retire here and enjoy our life, the rest of our life and we can't now."
At the LIPA oversight committee meeting on Thursday, homeowners vented frustration about not knowing whom to speak with at LIPA to get help.
"I'm out of power, and I've got no help," said Patrick Casas, 43, a UPS truck driver from Brentwood, Long Island, who has been out of power since Monday night. "There is no communications, their buildings are closed, there is no one to speak to."
Reporting by Daniel Trotta, Scott DiSavino and Eileen Houlihan in New York; Editing by Diane Craft, Phil Berlowitz, Andrew Hay and Ken Wills


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The School of Christian Ministries of Emmanuel College inaugurated two new awards in October 2010: the G. Earl Beatty Servant Leadership Award and the Garnet Pike Visionary Leadership Award. Both awards are named in honor of former deans of the School of Christian Ministries and were bestowed upon their namesakes at the premiere SCM reunion.
Dr. G. Earl Beatty and his wife of 54 years, Nancy, accepted the Servant Leadership award that will continue to bear his name. Beatty, who retired from Emmanuel in 2006, is currently serving as an adjunct professor with the college and serves as vice president for Academic Development at Holmes Bible College in Greenville, S.C. This lifetime achievement award honors a career marked by outstanding servant leadership on campus, in the local church and in the community.
Dr. Garnet E. Pike
The Visionary Leadership Award was awarded to Dr. Garnet E. Pike, who served at Emmanuel 1970-1980. He currently serves as president of SpiritLife Ministries and dean emeritus of Southwestern University Graduate School in Bethany, Okla. He is also an internationally known evangelist, author and speaker, and an educational consultant to several schools and universities. His children, Jay Pike and Janese Bennett, accepted the award on his behalf.
Both men have made lifelong contributions to education in the IPHC. Beatty came to Emmanuel in 1981 as dean of the School of Christian Ministries, a position in which he served until 1990, when he was promoted to the office of Academic Dean. In 2001 he agreed to serve with President David Hopkins as executive vice president of Emmanuel College, a position he faithfully administered until his retirement. His tenure as full-time faculty/staff member covered some 27 years.
Dr. G. Earl Beatty
The Beattys have two adult children, William Earl Beatty and Chaplain Major Eva Christine Sorrow, as well as four grandsons and two granddaughters.
During Pike's decade of service at Emmanuel, he guided the development of the School of Christian Ministries into a fully accredited four-year degree program. From 1970 to '73, he taught Bible and theology classes and served as campus chaplain and counselor. He took over as dean of the growing SCM in 1973. In the future, this prestigious award will be conferred upon SCM graduates who demonstrate the same forward-thinking lifestyle shown by Pike.
In addition to their two children, Pike and his wife of 47 years, Frances, have two granddaughters and a grandson.


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