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Right to marry, collect federal benefits at issue in gay rights cases Supreme Court could hear
WASHINGTON (AP) � The running fight over gay marriage is shifting from the ballot box to the Supreme Court.
Three weeks after voters backed same-sex marriage in three states and defeated a ban in a fourth, the justices are meeting Friday to decide whether they should deal sooner rather than later with the claim that the Constitution gives people the right to marry regardless of sexual orientation.
The court also could duck the ultimate question for now and instead focus on a narrower but still important issue: whether Congress can prevent legally married gay Americans from receiving federal benefits otherwise available to married couples.
The court could announce its plans as soon as Friday afternoon. Any cases probably would be argued in March, with a decision expected by June.

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WORCESTER � A Worcester man whose 2010 murder conviction was overturned last year is facing additional charges of threatening, during a courtroom outburst, to kill the jurors who ultimately found him guilty.
Janleer Povez is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday in Worcester Superior Court on 14 counts of threatening to commit a crime (to kill), 14 counts of intimidation of a witness or juror and a single count of assault and battery on a court officer. A Worcester County grand jury returned the indictments against him July 16.
The charges arise from a Dec. 15, 2010, courtroom outburst while Mr. Povez was on trial on charges of murder and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon stemming from the April 21, 2008, stabbing death of Jack A. McGuire of Westboro.
According to an official court transcript of the trial, Mr. Povez expressed dissatisfaction with his appointed lawyer, James J. Gribouski, in the presence of the jury after it had begun its deliberations and then threatened to kill the jurors if they convicted him.
"I'll kill all of y'all if you find me guilty," Mr. Povez is quoted in the transcript as saying to the 12 deliberating jurors and two alternates.
Judge Janet Kenton-Walker immediately cleared the courtroom. Court officers subdued Mr. Povez, placed him in handcuffs and leg irons and returned him to the courthouse lockup. The judge later denied Mr. Gribouski's motion for a mistrial.
She allowed the jurors to resume their deliberations after instructing them that they were to disregard Mr. Povez's conduct and decide the case based solely on the evidence that was presented and the law as she had defined it for them.
Mr. Gribouski withdrew from the case and lawyer Michael S. Hussey was appointed to represent Mr. Povez. The jury found Mr. Povez guilty of second-degree murder and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon in the fatal stabbing of Mr. McGuire during a drug deal gone bad.
According to trial testimony, the 35-year-old Mr. McGuire was stabbed in the leg after brandishing a fake handgun and trying to steal $100 worth of crack cocaine from Mr. Povez on Florence Street. The knife severed Mr. McGuire's femoral artery. He bled to death.
Mr. Povez was identified during the trial as the person who stabbed Mr. McGuire.
Judge Kenton-Walker sentenced Mr. Povez to the statutory life sentence with a possibility of parole in 15 years. Mr. Povez maintained his innocence during the sentencing hearing.
On Dec. 31, 2013, the state Appeals Court overturned Mr. Povez's convictions after finding that a prospective Hispanic juror may have been wrongfully excluded from sitting on the case. Mr. Povez is also Hispanic.
The verdicts were set aside by the appellate court and the case was remanded to Worcester Superior Court. Mr. Povez was arraigned anew on the charges of second-degree murder and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and remains in custody without bail while awaiting a retrial.
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About FERC Office of the Executive Director
Anton C. Porter, Executive Director
Anton Porter is the Executive Director of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Prior to this position, Mr. Porter held several financial leadership positions within the Commission. He served as the Chief Financial Officer (2012 -2013), Deputy Chief Financial Officer (2005-2012), and Accounting Officer (2002-2005). His career at the Commission spans 26 years.
Additionally, Mr. Porter is highly involved in the improvement of core mission support processes within the federal enterprise. He serves on the Executive Committee of the Small Agency Council (SAC). He also has served as the Chairman of the SAC Finance Committee and was the SAC Liaison to the Chief Financial Officers Council. In these roles, he has worked on behalf of sub-cabinet level agencies to ensure financial management, human resources, and information technology guidance issued by federal policy-setting bodies takes into consideration the unique challenges small agencies confront.
Mr. Porter studied accounting at the University of Maryland. He is a native Washingtonian and currently resides in Maryland with his wife and two sons.


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Ground Balls: 6 (Yale 3/25/09)
Draw Controls: 4 (Brown 3/22/08)
Caused turnovers: 3 (several times)
Senior · 2011
Team captain ... Started in eight of 11 games she appeared … Missed time due to injury … Caused seven turnovers and collected five ground balls.
Junior · 2010
Started all 15 games at defense for the Crimson … Collected 14 ground balls, won six draw controls and caused six turnovers.
Sophomore · 2009
Started all 11 games she appeared in ... Scooped up 15 ground balls and caused eight turnovers throughout the season, including six ground balls against Yale ... Missed five games due to injury.
Freshman · 2008
Started all 16 games at defense ... Led the Crimson with 16 caused turnovers ... Scooped up 22 ground balls and won 13 draw controls ... Named Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week after causing three turnovers and collecting three ground balls in win over Boston College ... Had a season-high five caused turnovers in win at Albany.
Before Harvard
Named first-team All-America by US Lacrosse as a junior and senior ... Twice all-league first-team selection ... Twice named team MVP ... Twice named a New England Prep School All-Star ... Earned honorable mention All-America honors by US Lacrosse as a sophomore ... Served as team captain for field hockey and lacrosse as a senior ... Twice named team MVP in field hockey ... Earned coach's award in field hockey as a sophomore ... Also lettered in ice hockey as a goalie ... Father, Timothy '86, and uncle, Jim '75, played ice hockey for the Crimson.


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So I'm perhaps 1% of the way to a poorly thought out middleware component like CORBA1. No, it's more light-weight, maybe a messaging layer, sorry I mean wire-level protocol specification implementation such as AMQP.
And then I think (like hundreds have probably thought before me), you know, this would be more useful if it had authentication. After all, I don't want just anyone to be able to send kill signals to any processes. That would be like everyone being root. Which terrifies me.
Don't invent your own authentication mechanism
And the golden rule about authentication, as far as I can work out, is don't invent your own authentication mechanism. You'll get it wrong and leave gaping vulnerabilities for the bad guys to have their wicked way with you. That is, if anyone besides you ever uses your code. And besides, I don't want to waste any of my 1500 lines on coming up with Yet Another Broken Authentication System.
A quick trip to CPAN
Then I'm looking through the Authen::XXX modules on CPAN and none of them behave in exactly the way I want. But somehow I find a perl server that includes authentication and perhaps does everything I want and I should definitely put it on my list of things to look into even though I'm having a lot of fun with AnyEvent right now.
But by the time I come to look again, I can't find it. And I've complained about documentation before, but Emacs really does deserve it, and I know of no system or language that is better documented than Perl. But I guess the classification problem is a bit tricky to overcome.
Anyway, long story short, I found it.
authenticated perl server -http
An Authenticating Perl Server
The first link (warning PDF) is a paper about using Authen::SASL in client/servers and it mentions ARCv2 which sounds like what I'm looking for.
The first thing to do is find out if it does what I want. The second is to check if it works on Windows.
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If You Can't Understand The Difference Between Money And Content, You Have No Business Commenting On Business Models
from the please-shut-up deptI've been noticing a really silly trend lately, of copyright maximalists trying to "debunk" people who actually understand the economics of content, by trying to sarcastically equate money to content and then saying, "if it's okay to copy content then isn't it okay to copy money?" It's an argument stemming from pure ignorance, mixed with an unhealthy dose of smugness, and we should try to pop this bubble before it goes much further. In order to do so, let's take a look at a picture perfect specimen of this sort of argument from (of course), an IP lawyer (who else?) named James Gannon, who wrote "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Copy," all about copying money. It's getting passed around by various copyright maximalists with comments about how "brilliant" it is.
It's brilliant only if you don't understand all of the following: money, economics, copyright, business and value. If you understand any of those things, you might recognize that the analogy makes no sense. Misunderstand all of them... well, then I can see how this argument might make sense. It's also not a very original argument, because we see it all the time and it's been debunked before. But now that it's rising in popularity, let's dig in a little and see if we can explain how utterly ridiculous the comparison is.
Gutenberg did not invent the printing press so that it would be controlled in the hands a few rich and powerful central bankers who desperately cling to outdated business models. With the advent of digital technologies, everyone can and should be free to copy their own money.I see what you did there. Of course, here's the key thing: money and content are two totally separate things. We write about content frequently, but we also write about money quite a bit, and in fact, have spent an awful lot of time discussing what money is, how it might change and where it's heading. Traditionally and classically, money is defined as three things: a store of value, a medium of exchange and a unit of account. Content is none of those things. You can't compare the two, because they're nothing alike.
And here's the key point that the "har har copy money durrr" crowd doesn't seem to comprehend. Money is a scarcity. They used to go on and on about how content was the same as a car ("you wouldn't steal a car") but the switch to using "money" as the example is because enough people have so debunked that argument by explaining the differences between scarce goods and abundant goods that they (mostly) don't even try any more. But by switching to money, they show that they don't understand what they were being taught. They thought people were only focusing on tangible goods, not scarce goods in explaining the differences. Tangible goods are scarce, but not all scarcities are tangible goods. Money is a perfect example of that.
Money is scarce. It's not scarce because there are a limited number of bills. In fact, most money isn't in bill form at all, so that's clearly not it. Money is scarce because of that first characteristic listed above: it's a store of value, and money, by itself, doesn't create any additional value. The overall value is a scarcity and the money is a representation of that value. You can print more money, but that creates inflation, because the overall value remains the same. That's not the case with content. Contrary to what some claim, getting more content on the market does not take away value. In a culture where shared culture and shared cultural experiences are highly valued, the fact that you can copy content makes it even more valuable. It makes it easier to share that cultural experience.
In other words, content can create new value. Money does not. Money is a store of value. Content is not. Pretending these two things are the same is wrong and will make you look foolish.
Don't get me wrong. I love the bank notes that are created by the Bank of Canada (BoC). In fact, I consider myself to be one of their biggest fans. Even though the BoC will try to stop me if I try to make my own copies of their bills, they should really be flattered.Right, except all of that is simply wrong and shows ignorance of the basic factors of both content and money as described above. When you copy money, you are actually decreasing the value of money. That's not true of content. When you share content with people, you increase the market opportunity for the content providers. That's not true with money. Pretending otherwise is either ignorance or propaganda.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and I only want to share their work with my friends and family. By allowing me to make copies of their works, my friends might become fans of their currency too. Everyone knows the value of a currency is based on its demand so why not try to get as many fans as possible?
Gannon's piece goes on from there, continuing to pretend that he's sarcastically making a point. It's a really pointless argument, and doesn't make him look particularly intelligent. If he wants to debate actual economics or business models, plenty of us would be happy to do so. Instead, making arguments like this is just silly and doesn't make his point. It just makes him look like he has no real argument, and has to resort to pure sophistry.
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Crowdfund Investing versus Traditional Bank Loans
Should you look to crowdfund investing to completely replace your need for bank loans? Probably not, even if you opt for a debt-based crowdfund investment structure. Instead, your goal may be to seek a combination of both types of financing (in addition to self-funding and any other financial resources you can muster).
Bank loans have traditionally been a source of capital for small businesses, but one of the reasons that Title III of the JOBS Act passed is that banks are not lending like they used to. Capital is not flowing from the people who have it to the people who can use it to grow businesses and create jobs.
To qualify for a bank loan these days, you likely need a lot of collateral to secure your loan, three years of business financials to support your case, and an ongoing relationship with your bank. If you're an entrepreneur or a new small business owner, chances are, you don't meet these qualifications.
Furthermore, with the financial collapse in 2008, banks started charging a much higher interest rate on the money they lend to businesses. Even if you do meet the loan qualifications, you need to seriously study the interest rate that a bank is going to charge you and make sure that your revenues can meet your debt obligations.
If the loan repayment is going to put too much financial (and personal) stress on you and your business, it will distract your attention from focusing on growing your business.
Crowdfund investments can be structured in various ways to suit the specific needs of your business. In many cases, a crowdfund investment campaign will offer investors an equity stake in the operation (meaning, they own stock in your company and earn dividends if you make a profit).
However, your campaign could be structured so that your crowd is actually giving you loans, and you're repaying those loans with interest over a set amount of time.
Clearly, the way in which you choose to structure your campaign determines whether your crowdfund investments closely mirror the services that banks provide through small business loans (in the case of debt-based crowdfund investing) or are quite distinct from bank loans (in the case of equity-based investments).


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Spring hiking in Summit County: hiking places sing a siren song of spring
The best hiking Colorado has in spring, plus helpful tips for early season trekking
In Summit County, spring is the time of the year when hikers, mountain bikers and dog walkers start champing at the bit to get out onto trails between rainfall and snow flurries.
Although it can be tempting to step outside, breathe in the fresh pine-scented air and head up the nearest trail, it's best to plan ahead before trekking at one of the many hiking places this early in the season.
U.S. Forest Service officials warn that most trails in Summit County are still wet, slushy or snowpacked — so if hikers aren't prepared to get their feet wet, they should stick to the recpath.
"Be prepared to get your shoes or boots wet and muddy," said Dillon Ranger District recreation staff officer Ken Waugh.
Forest Service officials are asking those who decide to venture out to their favorite hiking place to stick to the footpaths. Even though it might seem natural to step off trail to avoid a puddle or snow drift, it can create maintenance problems down the road.
"It helps with erosion, keeps trails narrow and minimizes maintenance costs if people just stay on the trail," Waugh said.
Friends of the Dillon Ranger District director Jessica Evett reminds hikers that Mother Nature can be less than reliable at this time of year.
"Even if the sun does decide to shine, weather can roll in quickly and it can get really cold," she said.
There are a couple of local hiking trail systems that tend to dry out quickly and can accommodate outdoor enthusiasts who just can't wait.
The Oro Grande trailhead is a good early season option. This 3.5-mile path also provides access to the 0.8-mile Tenderfoot Trail. The Oro Grande Trail passes through stands of lodgepole pine and aspen groves and offers views of Lake Dillon and the Gore and Tenmile ranges.
"A good rule of the thumb is to stick to the lower trails that get a good amount of sun," Evett said.
A comprehensive list of popular Colorado hiking trails can be found on the Friends of the Dillon Ranger District website under the "trail and hiking resources" link. Community members are also welcome to inquire about trails and hiking places at the Dillon Ranger District office in Silverthorne.
Local outdoor officials are asking mountain bikers to hold off for now.
"A footprint is no big deal on a muddy trail, but a mountain bike creates a long narrow track that carries water," Waugh said.
When water flows down trails it carries sediment with it and causes the trail to erode.
"What you have left is rocks, and nobody wants to walk on rocks," Waugh said.
Evett suggests mountain bike enthusiasts connect with local groups like the Summit Fat Tire Society to keep in the loop about the state of area trails and hiking places. The Fat Tire Society website has links to social networking sites, where bikers can share information about the conditions in specific areas.
"Some people might be well meaning, but end up in a place that isn't good to ride," Evett said.
Mountain bikers who come across muddy areas are asked to dismount and walk their bikes through the mud, especially if the section of trail is on a grade.
Forest officials also want to remind people hiking with dogs to follow proper trail etiquette. Pet owners should dispose of dog waste and make sure their pets are under control at all times.
At this time of year, bears and other critters are active. "Off-leash dogs can bring wildlife back to you," Evitt said. "You don't want to risk your safety or your dog's safety."
Originally published in the May 10, 2013, issue of the Summit Daily and regularly vetted for accuracy.
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Yahoo reported earnings per share of $0.35 for its second quarter, increasing its figure from a year ago and besting analyst expectations. Its revenue performed the opposite trick, falling from a year ago and coming in just below what the street forecast.
The company's stock is down two percent in after hours trading, though it remains far ahead of where it sat before Marissa Mayer took over as CEO. The stock is up more than 70 percent year over year.
"I'm encouraged by Yahoo!'s performance in the second quarter. Our business saw continued stability, and we launched more products than ever before, introducing a significant new product almost every week," Mayer said in a statement. "From the new Yahoo! News, the new Yahoo! Sports app, the redesigned Yahoo! search, the new Flickr, the new Yahoo! Mail for tablet, the Yahoo! Weather app, our newYahoo! app with Summly – this quarter drove tremendous improvements in our product line and our users responded with increased usage and engagement."
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Mayer has aggressively remade the company ever since she took over last summer, acquiring nine companies, including Tumblr, in the second quarter alone. The company also reimagined the designs of several of its most popular products, including news, sports and Flickr.
Though Mayer joined Yahoo from fellow tech company Google, she has accelerated its forays into entertainment, acquiring the rights to the "Saturday Night Live" archive and forging partnerships with the likes of Conde Nast Entertainment.


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Bill would empower Mohegan, Mashantucket police to arrest non-Indians
Hartford — State, local and tribal officials endorsed a bill Thursday that likely would lead to Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan police departments having the authority to arrest non-Indians on reservation lands, including at Foxwoods Resort Casino and Mohegan Sun.
Under the legislation, proposed by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's administration, the tribal departments likely would be accorded the same status as municipal police, proponents of the measure said. The bill would authorize the state's public safety commissioner to negotiate separate memorandums of understanding with each of the tribes, subject to the approval of the chief state's attorney.
Testifying at a public hearing, Mashantucket Pequot Police Chief William Dittman told the General Assembly's Public Safety and Security Committee Thursday that the proposed legislation would enable the state and the tribe to reach an agreement that would "provide the tribal police officers, working cooperatively with the state, the necessary authority to more fully address non-natives who commit crimes on the reservation."
Currently, tribal police may arrest tribal members who are then prosecuted in tribal court. They only may detain nontribal members for arrest by state police and prosecution in state courts. The agreements envisioned by the proposed legislation would enable tribal police to arrest nontribal members who then would be prosecuted in state courts.
State and tribal police have had concurrent jurisdiction on the Mashantucket and Mohegan reservations since the tribes opened Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun, respectively, in the 1990s.
Chief State's Attorney Kevin Kane told legislators he's long been opposed to granting tribal police full arrest powers but he now believes it's time to make the change.
"This is a good bill," Kane said.
Tribal police officers subject to the agreements likely would have to be certified by the state Police Officer Standards and Training Council, as do all state and municipal officers.
Joe Lavin, the Mohegan Tribe's executive director of public safety, said the Mohegan police department numbers 22 officers and will add four more as of April 1. All of them, he said, are or will be POST-certified.
Dittman, the former New London police captain hired last summer by the Mashantuckets, said the tribal department had 10 officers when he came on board, none of whom had POST certification. The force now has 20 officers, 11 with certification, he said.
The department's nine other officers are close to gaining certification, and seven POST-certified officers are in various stages of the hiring process, Dittman testified.
The Mashantucket department is expected to swear in a number of new officers as soon as today.
The state and tribes have been discussing changes in the policing of the casinos for more than a year, with both parties seeking to reduce costs and better allocate resources. They have agreed that the goal can be achieved by reducing the state police presence at the casinos as tribal police become better trained.
Public Safety Commissioner Reuben Bradford said state police would continue to maintain a presence on the casinos' gaming floors. Pressed by legislators, he said a total of six uniformed troopers would be deployed "24/7" at Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods, which includes MGM Grand at Foxwoods.
Michael Lawlor, undersecretary for criminal justice planning in the state Office of Policy and Management, said the proposed changes in policing on tribal lands would bring Connecticut into conformity with most other states where Indian-run casinos operate. He said the proposed agreements would require the tribes to adhere to all state laws and policies that apply to police, including the Freedom of Information Act and bans on racial profiling.
Several local police chiefs testified to the Mohegan department's readiness, including Stonington's Darren Stewart, Groton Town's Michael Crowley and Plainfield's Michael Surprenant. Jackson King, the Mashantuckets' general counsel, also spoke in favor of the proposed legislation.
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Walgreens bets big on EuropeJune 19, 2012: 1:00 PM ET
Walgreen is placing a big bet on Europe, which could prove to be a risky move, given the ongoing debt crisis rattling the continent.
The Deerfield, Ill.-based drugstore chain is taking a 45% stake in Swiss-based Alliance Boots, an international pharmacy company based in Europe.
Alliance Boots, with headquarters in Switzerland, has operations across Europe, including a strong presence in the United Kingdom. It also has joint ventures in Russia and China.
Shares of Walgreen (WAG) fell 6% to $30 in midday trading.
While the acquisition is a good long-term move, it raises some short-term concerns, said Ann Hynes, an analyst at Mizuho Securities. In a note to clients, Hynes pointed to "the increased risk profile associated with this transaction given the acquisition is a major strategy change coupled with the economic worries of Europe."
Stefano Pessina, executive chairman of Alliance Boots, said the companies are a natural fit, although he acknowledged that it will take time to integrate. Pessina did not mention the financial meltdown currently engulfing his side of the Atlantic.
Walgreen has been struggling domestically. Same store sales have declined and the company has lost market share since it ended a contract with Express Scripts (ESRX), the largest pharmaceutical benefits manager in the United States, said Matthew Coffina, an analyst at Morningstar.
Then, there's the debt.
Walgreen said it will finance most of the investment with new borrowings. The company has secured a $3.5 billion bridge facility from Goldman Sachs (GS) and Bank of America (BAC).
Meanwhile, credit rating firm Egan-Jones downgraded Walgreen to A from A+, citing the additional debt.
"I don't know that its the best time to be integrating a huge company in Europe with a lot of debt," said Coffina. "Investors would like to see them resolve the situation here in the United States first."
Rival drug store chain Rite Aid (RAD) purchased Brooks and Eckerd in 2007, right before consumer spending at drug stores dropped significantly. Rite Aid shares plunged after the deal and have yet to recover. On Tuesday, Rite Aid's stock was down 4.5%.


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With the typhoon still hovering around the South China Sea, the trade winds have not filled back into the island of Hainan. For the second consecutive day riders kept themselves occupied by wakeboarding, shooting pool, bowling, swimming, lifting or just enjoying the beach. Everyone knows that trade winds will return tomorrow and are staying calm and focused. The forecast for the next three days is looking very good and competition should begin tomorrow morning. Make sure you tune in to www.prokitetour.com for the latest results and photos.
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Illinois is experiencing a
severe flu season, with many people throughout Illinois experiencing
flu-like symptoms, according to the Illinois Department of Public
Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
For the safety of patients and their
families, Memorial Health System is recommending that visitors to
its three hospitals —
Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital in Lincoln,
Memorial Medical Center in Springfield and Taylorville Memorial
Hospital —
help prevent the spread of respiratory infections by
following the health system's requests that:
Inpatient hospital
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All visitors be 18 or older and show no
signs of illness.
The health system also encourages people accompanying outpatients
at Memorial facilities to consider these same recommendations.
"People who are ill shouldn't visit someone in the hospital,"
said Dr. Richard Bivin, medical staff president at ALMH and a family
medicine physician with Memorial Physician Services-Lincoln. "This
is true any time of year, but especially during flu season. And if
you haven't received your flu shot, it's important to take the time
to get the shot and protect yourself from the flu."
Seasonal flu activity usually peaks in January and February,
beginning as early as October and ending as late as May, according
to the CDC website. As many as 20 percent of all Americans get the
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associated with an average of 3,500 deaths a year in Illinois.
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In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, endurance swimmer Diana Nyad is helped to shore after swimming a short distance from a support boat Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012, in Key West, Fla. Nyad failed in a fourth attempt to complete a swim across the Florida Straits from Cuba to the Florida Keys. The 63-year-old Nyad said she was disappointed but didn't feel there was anything she could have done better. (AP Photo/Florida Keys News Bureau, Andy Newman)
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Nov. 3, 2012
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – On a perfect afternoon, the Florida State swimming and diving team posted four wins against Florida Southern and Emory at the Morcom Aquatics Center as the team celebrated its `Paint it Pink' event.
"We've been swimming indoors for a few days and our kids were pumped to be outside and racing," head coach Neil Harper said. "There was a lot to be happy about today – it was our first home meet on top of it was Paint it Pink and we were swimming in front of a lot of family member today. We got on a roll early and we took advantage of the majority of the opportunities."
The 22nd ranked women moved to 9-0, 3-0 ACC behind wins of 185-102 against Emory and 179.50-91.50 against Florida Southern. The No. 15 men's team is now 5-1, 1-1 ACC after beating the Eagles 222 – 70 and the Mocs by the score of 186-106.
Madison Jacobi started things off with a very consistent effort in the 1000 free. She posted a time of 10:12.16 in front of the second place finisher in freshman Lauren Hine (10:18.57). Senior Corey Allison was third with a mark of 10:19.49.
Making her case in the 200 free was sophomore Kaitlyn Dressel who swam a season best time of 1:50.66 en route to a first place finish.
The Seminoles followed with a sweep in one of their stronger races in the 100 back. Touching in first was junior Ashley Hicks with a time of 56.39 just in front of junior McKayla Lightbourn who touched with a 56.69. Freshman Bianca Spinazzola rounded out in third at 57.85.
Freshman Samantha Pochowski fought back on the last 25 yards of the 100 breast to tie for first place with a time of 1:04.37. Senior Kristine Polley followed just behind in third with a time of 1:05.01.
In the 200 Fly, the Seminoles flew to another sweep with sophomore Elizabeth Pepper in front touching with a time of 2:02.41. In second was freshman Josie Cuda swimming a career best in the event at 2:06.70. Third place went to freshman Mary Elizabeth King with a mark of 2:08.79.
Junior Tiffany Oliver led the charge in the 50 free as she broke the 23-second barrier for the first time this season at 22.97. Freshman Kelsey Buckley placed second with a time of 24.13 and sophomore Katie Cook was third with a 24.14 read out.
Dressel came back with a season-best time of 50.01 in the 100 free en route to a first place finish. Oliver followed right behind in second touching with a mark of 50.25.
The Seminoles took the top four spots in the 200 back with Lightbourn winning the race at 2:02.80. Hicks was second posting a mark of 2:03.79, while Jacobi touched in third at 2:04.44. Senior Caroline Smith placed fourth with a time of 2:05.34.
The Seminoles added another sweep in the 200 breast as Polley cruised to victory with a time of 2:18.76. Senior Jamie Barrett placed second with a time of 2:23.77 and sophomore Laure Flewelling took third with a mark of 2:24.08.
Pepper added another victory on the day in the 500 free with a time of 5:03.05.
In the 100 fly, freshman Mary Elizabeth King took first with a time of 57.35 while Barrett followed in second with a time of 57.73.
Lightbourn won the 200 IM with a time of 2:06.56 and Polley followed in second with a mark of 2:07.65.
On the boards senior Ariel Rittenhouse contributed two wins as she dove a score of 321.83 on 1-meter and 355.80 on 3-meter. Junior Kelsey Goodman took second on both boards, posting a 310.73 on 1-meter and 321.60 on 3-meter. Both scores were season highs for Goodman.
The Seminoles posted a one-two punch in the 200 free, with sophomore Kevin Rogers taking first with a time of 1:40.76. Following behind in second was senior Trice Bailey touching in at 1:40.95.
Florida State took the top four spots in the 50 free with the first three places swimming times in the 20 -second range. Coming in first was senior Mark Weber with a time of 20.11 while Bailey touching in second at 20.35. Following in third was junior Paul Murray with a mark of 20.45 and placing fourth was David Sanders at 21.07.
"The sprinters are performing very well," Harper said. "They're getting after it and they're on a mission. I'm excited with the direction of this team. They're not lining up excuses."
Sophomore Connor Knight continued to get faster in the 200 fly. In the past three meets, Knight has bettered his career-best time each race as he put up a 1:48.22 today for the win. Following in second was freshman Cole Hensley, who also swam a season best mark.
In his third race on the day, Bailey came back to win the 100 free with a time of 44.60. Weber took second with a mark of 44.76 and Murray was third at 45.85.
Sophomore Josh Friedel won the 200 back and posted a season best time of 1:47.59.
In the 500 free, freshman Derek Pridemore swam a time of 4:37.50 winning the event, just ahead of freshman Dylan Marsolek who touched in second with a mark of 4:37.64. Junior Jack Deedrick was third with a 4:38.23.
Knight added another win and career best in the 100 fly with a time of 48.13. With that mark, Knight posted the eighth fastest time in the NCAA this season. Sanders followed in second with a time of 50.45.
"Connor is just getting fired up about how hard he's training," Harper said. "He's still able to compete at the end of the week. They're all doing well. I think when one of your teammates does that it, they realize that they all can do that too. He's like a lightning rod for the team."
The Seminole divers swept both boards, with junior Tom Neubacher taking first on 1-meter with a score of 326.40 and senior Nick Klein won the 3-meter board with a 327.75.
The team of Murray, Bailey, Sanders and Weber posted a mark of 2:58.23 in the 400 free relay, turning in a season best time in the event and the fourth fastest in the NCAA this year.
"These guys handle pressure well," Harper said. "We know we have guys in the 50 and the 100 and that allows our younger kids to take care of their business, knowing that we've got those sprint relays handled by veterans. We're seeing that our kids are enjoying competing with no strings attached. They're just racing. It's just been a fun day and I look forward to the next one."
Florida State will have one more home meet this season on Nov. 15 as the Seminoles will host the Florida Gators at 4 p.m. For more information, check back to Seminoles.com, Twitter (@FSU_Swimming) and Facebook.


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The Crown has signed a deed of settlement for all outstanding historical Treaty claims with Ngati Koroki Kahukura at Maungatautari marae near Cambridge.
Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Christopher Finlayson said the actions of the Crown led to the economic, social, environmental and cultural degradation of Ngati Koroki Kahukura and their physical and spiritual resources.
The settlement includes financial and commercial redress of $3 million.
"It also vests the Crown-owned Maungatautari scenic reserve in the Maungatautari Community."
Waipa District Council will continue to administer the reserve and there will be no impact on the Maungatautari Ecological Island conservation project.
"Initialling a deed of settlement with Ngati Koroki Kahukura is an important step towards settling all historical grievances in the Waikato region and New Zealand as a whole," said Mr Finlayson.
This is the 10th deed of settlement signed by the Crown and iwi this year. The settlement will be given effect through legislation.


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Kellie Pickler welcomed 2011 as a bride.
The country singer and fifth-season "American Idol" alum wed songwriter boyfriend Kyle Jacobs on Jan. 1 on a private island in the Caribbean, according to reports.
Pickler's rep was mum with details on the secret nuptials, calling them a "small, intimate ceremony."
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Days before the big event, Pickler tweeted a photo of her and Jacobs with the caption "crAzy about this man," E! News reported.
The couple, who began dating three years ago, became engaged in June when Jacobs proposed during sunset on a Florida beach.
"I remember saying to Kyle, 'Baby it's like I'm dreaming – but if this isn't real, I'm going to be very upset!'" Pickler told People at the time.


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My lovely wife gave me a gift for my birthday that is absolutely driving me nuts.
She knows very well that I love blank journals. Give me a Moleskine and I go to my happy place. And if a pen comes with it, all the better. It is an article of faith for me that a person can never have too many journals or too many pens.
So here's this gift called "Wreck This Journal." Every page has an instruction on it. For example:
As a respecter of journals, these are not easy things for me to do. They go against my very nature. Journals are semi-holy things in my book. (Make that my journal.) These seem like instructions on how to defile the semi-holy. It's like using your green stole to polish your shoes.The birthday is a couple weeks in the past now. Every day I look through the journal and think I ought to try one of these things, but….
Well, I did try writing with the pen in my mouth this morning. It is not legible at all, but I am working at it, and figuring out a way to freeze a page. Getting pushed out of my comfort zone is a good thing now and then. Not comfortable, but good.
So here are all of you wonderful interns starting out on the internship year. Expect to be pushed out of your comfort zone. Expect to be asked to do things you don't think you can do, or maybe even should do. Expect to handle situations that are beyond your pay grade and level of expertise. Expect to do things you never imagined a pastor doing. If the whole year goes by, and you have not been pushed out of your comfort zone, then your internship year has been less than we would hope it to be. Relax and venture these strange new things!
But don't start feeling special. Your supervisors…they are getting pushed out of their comfort zones every day, too. Just when you think you have seen it all, or done it all, something new and different and challenging comes along.
That's what makes ministry, well, fun.
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The Accounting Historians Journal Vol. 13, No. 1 Spring 1986 Lee D. Parker GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY THE CLASSICAL MODEL OF CONTROL IN THE ACCOUNTING LITERATURE Abstract: This paper outlines a classical management model of control based upon concepts identified in the writings of Frederick Taylor and Henry Fayol. The classical model's constituent concepts are found to be replicated in early accounting literature. The accounting model persisted right through the 1970s with only one conceptual change that reflected a concept discussed by Fayol. A number of factors which may have influenced the accounting model's replication of the classical management model are then considered. These include the linguistic derivation of the term "budget", historical approaches to budgeting by governments, the scientific and efficiency orientation of accountants in the past and their perception of the corporate budget. In 1964 Luneski [p. 592] published a paper on the meaning of control and pointed but that there is a lack of "universal agreement as to the precise meaning of the word." In analysing various defi-nitions he concluded that the meaning and scope of the term depended on the particular structure of management functions in-volved. This paper sheds further light on the classical concepts of control in accounting by tracing their historical development and by showing that their foundation was the work of Frederick Taylor and Henri Fayol. After outlining the classical management model of control and documenting its influence on accounting, an accounting model is constructed and its replication of the management model is demon-strated. The centrality of the budget to the accounting control model is established and factors which appear to have influenced this development in the accounting literature are discussed. Acknowledgement: The author is grateful for the advice of Professor R. P. Brief (New York University), Professor K. S. Most (Florida International University), Professor C. G. Peirson, Dr. M. C. Knowles, and Dr. K. Trace (Monash University) and for the encouragement of Professors T. Johnson (University of Washington), A. G. Hopwood (London Business School) and G. J. Previts (Case Western Re-serve University). The paper has also benefited from the comments of participants in the 4th International Congress of Accounting Historians, Pisa, Italy, August 1984.


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Passing through Punta Rassa on the way to or from Sanibel Island on Florida's Gulf coast, you just don't see many cows these days. It's mostly condos, marinas, and businesses. That's a big leap from how things used to be, as anyone familiar with the history of Florida's cattle industry can tell you. For a good portion of the 19th century, Punta Rassa was a favored port for shipping cattle to Cuba. Read more
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A Grand Florida Friendship
Florida has a peculiar way of bringing people together. Families come here for vacations, businesses come to set up shop, and sometimes Florida is even the setting for reunions between friends both new and old. One of the most iconic examples of this is the friendship between inventors Henry Ford and Thomas Edison. The two men came from different generations and lived in different places, but they spent many a winter living next door to one another in sunny Fort Myers of Florida's Gulf coast.
Ford and Edison met for the first time in 1886 at the annual convention of the Association of Edison Illuminating Companies in New York City. At a banquet held at the Oriental Hotel on Long Island, someone pointed the young Henry Ford out to Edison and explained that Ford had developed a gasoline engine. Edison immediately began asking Ford questions about the design. As the young man described his creation, Edison excitedly banged his fist on the table and exclaimed that Ford had the right idea. Steam and electric cars (at that time) had too many insurmountable drawbacks, but gasoline-powered engines could make the automobile a feasible sell for the average consumer. Ford later explained that up to that time no one had given him any encouragement. To hear this enthusiastic approval from one of the world's greatest inventors was invaluable.
Edison was first attracted to Florida a year before this chance meeting with Ford. While vacationing at St. Augustine, he was encouraged to visit the southwestern portion of the state, which at that time was generally reached by traveling to Cedar Key by rail, and then to Punta Rassa by steamer. Edison made the journey, with some difficulty, and was delighted with the area. Even better, he learned that giant bamboo grew naturally around Fort Myers. Edison had been using bamboo filaments for his early incandescent bulbs, but so far only fibers from specific Japanese bamboo species had been good enough to use. Perhaps the bamboo around Fort Myers, which was originally introduced to Florida from Japan, would make a good substitute. In a matter of days, Edison made the decision to buy up land in the area and set up a home and laboratory.
Meanwhile, Edison maintained his friendship with Henry Ford. In 1913, the Fords and Thomas Edison spent a vacation at the home of naturalist John Burroughs. The group had such a wonderful time that Edison decided to invite the Fords and Burroughs down to Fort Myers. The arrival of this party was a grand event for the small, sleepy town, as you might imagine. Every single automobile owner in town (all 31 of them) escorted the visitors to Edison's winter home.
Henry Ford enjoyed himself so much at Fort Myers that he decided to purchase a winter home there as well. In 1916, the property adjoining the Edison home came up for sale, and he purchased it for $20,000. Ford called this property "the Mangoes" after all of the mango trees growing there. These had been brought from Key West by Dr. William Hanson in the 1880s.
The Fords and the Edisons began enjoying most of their winters together at Fort Myers. They spent their days exploring the barrier islands, including Sanibel, Captiva, and Pine islands, camping in the Everglades or along the Caloosahatchee River, and even square dancing on the pier to phonographic records. The two inventors also spent time doing what inventors do best – tinkering. Improving America's source of natural rubber was one joint project – Ford experimented with planting rubber trees on his property, while Edison attempted to make rubber from goldenrod plants.
Thomas Edison died in 1931, and Henry Ford's trips to Florida became less frequent. The legacy of the friendship these two men shared has, however, been enshrined by historians and preservationists. The Edison and Ford homes are now open to the public as museums, including Edison's laboratory and gardens. One popular feature is Edison's vast collection of phonographs, pictured below.
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The Honeymooners
The peaceful solitude of Sanibel Island is ideal for a honeymoon. Follow the adventures of honeymooners Lyn and Jim Agramonte, as photographed by the Florida Department of Commerce in January 1957.
Jim, who was born in London, shows Lyn the art of exploring abandoned seaman's homes – he explored abandoned houses in England when a boy.


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1 recipe of Mexican Italian Chili (see instructions below)
2 cups of shredded mozzarella cheese
grating cheese
red pepper flakes (optional)
Boil one pound of sea shell pasta till al dente, drain. Scoop plain pasta onto plate, top with Italian Style Mexican Chili, sprinkle with cheeses and red pepper. Serve with crusty garlic bread, corn bread or bread sticks.
Mexican/Italian Style Chili Recipe
2 cans of kidney beans
1 can black beans
1 can pinto beans
1 28 oz can of crushed tomatoes
1 16 oz can cut up tomatoes
2 clove of minced garlic
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1 package of chili seasoning mix
1/4 teaspoon of cayenne pepper
2 peppers chopped in small pieces
4 pieces of jalapenos peppers chopped
2 pound of ground sirloin, chunks of chicken, turkey or sausage
garnish, with sour cream, Mozzarella, Monterrey Jack, Colby and Cheddar cheese shredded
Fry meat in 4 tablespoons of olive oil, add garlic, until pink is gone. Drain off fat. Add all the rest of the ingredients and cook for at least 1 hour on low. Serve on top of boiled pasta and shredded mozzarella.


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Judge at heart of landmark pollution case unfazed by spotlight
First of a three-part series.
LAGO AGRIO, Ecuador -- Sitting in a dimly lit office with blue paint peeling off the walls, Judge Nicolas Zambrano is remarkably relaxed for a man responsible for the biggest environmental damage ruling in history.
In February, Zambrano ordered Chevron Corp. to pay up to $18 billion for oil pollution in the region around this hard-edged frontier town on the fringe of the Amazon jungle.
Only the tab likely to be faced by BP PLC over the Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico has the potential to be bigger.
Sporting a gold watch on his left wrist and an arresting shaven head, Zambrano -- the sixth judge to preside over the case -- has received his fair share of attention since his 188-page blockbuster.
He said, with a straight face, that the Chevron case is like any other.
"The case is as important as all the cases that are handled by this court," he said in a rare interview. "We treat all cases with the same attention and depth."
Zambrano, who has the tough stare of a former prosecutor, is clearly aware of the attention his ruling has received around the world.
After all, the case has, in one form or another, been ongoing for 18 years and has spawned a documentary film, "Crude," and a Vanity Fair cover story, not to mention frenzied allegations of fraud and corruption.
Asked how he managed the burden, Zambrano replied, "With a lot of work."
Now, with his ruling on appeal and Chevron desperately seeking to prevent its enforcement in courts around the world, some might be forgiven for thinking the case is reaching its final stages.
Based on how contentious the case has become, that's probably not a wise assumption.
Lago Agrio was hewn out of the jungle during the early oil boom following Texaco Petroleum Corp.'s arrival in the mid-1960s. Buildings were not so much constructed as thrown together.
Little has changed since.
It retains the feel of a bustling, overtly masculine boomtown, right down to the large building sporting pictures of scantily clad women and a sign that reads, in Spanish, "House of Appointments."
The influence of the oil industry can be seen everywhere, from the pipelines running along the side of the road to facilities for processing crude.
The wells themselves -- many of which are still operating, overseen by the state-owned oil company, Petroecuador -- are dotted around the surrounding area, often reachable only by gravel tracks.
While the discovery of oil paved the way for an influx of workers and settlers encouraged by the Ecuadorean government to occupy plots near newly built roads, it also had a considerable impact on the environment. The effects were felt most keenly by the local indigenous communities.
On that, both Chevron, which acquired Texaco and its legal obligations in 2001, and the plaintiffs could possibly concur. But it is about the only point they might even be close to agreeing on.
The areas of contention in the litigation are almost countless.
They include: what sites Texaco was responsible for remediating after it ceased all operations in 1992, whether it actually did the remediation it said it would to the necessary standard, and the location of waste pits near wells where drilling mud and some oil from the initial testing of each well's production volume were discarded.
Some of the pits, topped with a thick coat of oil open to the elements, have been sitting largely untouched since they were first dug in the 1970s.
Then there is the raging debate over what impact the pollution -- including wastewater from drilling operations -- has had on human health and whether Chevron should pay damages relating to that too.
Further complicating the matter is the fact that for most of the time Texaco was operating in Ecuador it was part of a consortium working alongside Petroecuador, which has not been sued. Who bears responsibility and for what has become an intriguing puzzle.
PR war
Opinion locally is uniformly against Texaco, according to Victor Gomez, a radio journalist in Lago Agrio who has followed the case.
"The general feeling is that Texaco is guilty and it has to pay up for the damages," Gomez said. "People are aware that this is an important case, they know that the whole world was waiting for this ruling."
The public relations battle has played itself out in multiple ways, not least in the rival tours that the two sides give of the disputed sites for the benefit of reporters.
The plaintiffs lead what has been dubbed the Toxic Tour (or, even more snappily, the Toxitour), while Chevron has what could perhaps be called the Teflon Tour, since the company says none of the allegations stick.
The itinerary is highly selective, with considerable effort given to debunking the other side's arguments.
The plaintiffs' tour focuses on arresting visuals and charged emotions, with Donald Moncayo, a local member of the Amazon Defense Coalition, taking reporters to one site that Texaco said it had remediated.
On a tour earlier this month, he eased an augur into the soil near a remediated pit, dug down, and then triumphantly displayed large chunks of semi-solid oil.
"That's why the judge finds them guilty," Moncayo said.
Chevron spokesman James Craig, took a more detached approach on his tour, on which he is accompanied by several bodyguards.
Referencing paperwork he brought with him, he gave Chevron's version of the history of each site and put great store by the 1995 agreement that Texaco signed with Ecuador that described which areas it would remediate.
In 1998, the Ecuadorean government signed off on a final release in which it agreed that the remediation had been completed (the plaintiffs say the agreement only released Texaco from its obligations to the government and does not affect third-party claims).
Craig also seeks to highlight what Chevron believes are inconsistencies in the case by visiting sites he says Chevron has been found responsible for even though Petroecuador has remediated them or is in the process of doing so.
"Things aren't always as they seem," he said.
Legitimacy at issue
With the case on appeal in Ecuador, the future is far from certain.
A panel of three judges has been selected and, almost predictably, Chevron has challenged the selection process.
"We don't have a lot of confidence in the court's ability to properly adjudicate this case," Craig said.
The plaintiffs, equally predictably, are critical of Chevron's tactics.
"It's the same tired old song just a different dance," Ecuadorean attorney Pablo Fajardo said.
While Chevron maintains that courts in Ecuador are particularly hostile, it has had better luck in the United States.
The company has already won a preliminary injunction from U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan of the Southern District of New York that would prevent the plaintiffs from enforcing the ruling in U.S. courts and possibly elsewhere.
Events in New York are a reminder that the case is, in effect, made in America.
It was Cristobal Bonifaz, an Ecuadorean lawyer based in Massachusetts, who first had the idea to file suit on behalf of indigenous plaintiffs. The suit was filed in New York in 1993.
U.S. law firms have bankrolled the plaintiffs for years, even after the case in New York was dismissed and refiled in Ecuador in 2003.
It seemed they were on the verge of success when Chevron started to succeed in its efforts to undermine the case thanks, ironically, to the release of "Crude," the documentary film that was intended to help the plaintiffs.
Via court-ordered discovery overseen by Kaplan, Chevron obtained outtakes from the movie that showed American lawyer Steven Donziger making unwise comments about the Ecuadorean legal system.
Among other things, Donziger emphasized the need to pressure the judicial system in Ecuador to rule in favor of the plaintiffs.
"We believe they make decisions based on who they fear the most, not based on what the law should dictate," he said in one scene.
That and other evidence, including indications that the plaintiffs influenced an independent report submitted by a court-appointed expert, prompted Chevron to file a federal racketeering suit against the plaintiffs' legal team.
Kaplan then issued his preliminary injunction preventing enforcement of Zambrano's ruling overseas.
Much to the despair of the plaintiffs, Kaplan has appeared to have some sympathy for Chevron's contention that the entire case is an extortion racket made possible by a failing court system in Ecuador that is constantly subjected to political pressures from the government.
From the plaintiffs' perspective, the appeal in Ecuador -- which could yet end up before the nation's highest court -- could be the easy part.
Then, there is the uphill battle of enforcing the judgment overseas, a route the plaintiffs have to take because Chevron has no assets in Ecuador. That could go on for years.
'I haven't felt pressured'
In Zambrano's office, incongruously located on the fourth floor of a shopping mall, the only sunlight comes from a small window up near the ceiling.
Zambrano, watching his words carefully, was reluctant to comment on the facts of the case while it is on appeal.
That is because the case could yet return to him.
He tells curious reporters they are welcome to look at the files -- all 2,067 -- if they want all their questions answered.
But his demeanor does not suggest he is concerned much with what is being said about him and the Ecuadorean court system in a courtroom in New York.
"We judges have to stick to the technicalities of it, as far as we can," he said. "There's no doubt it's received attention at an international level, but I haven't felt pressured or affected because this is what we do on a daily basis."
Independent journalist Irene Caselli contributed.
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