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KONNA, Mali — French special forces in Mali with air support on Saturday seized the airport and a key bridge over the Niger River at the Islamist rebel-held stronghold of Gao as France accelerated its ground offensive against al-Qaida-allied fighters.
"The rebels have melted in to the local population. There is harassment. The operation is still under way. It is a bit complicated," a French officer in Mali, who asked not to be named, told Reuters, referring to the assault on Gao.
France's Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian announced the seizure of the airport and bridge at Gao, the largest town in Mali's Saharan north which was occupied last year by a coalition of Islamist groups including al-Qaida's North African wing AQIM.
France's defense ministry initially gave few details of the operation at Gao, but there were unconfirmed reports from Malian sources that it involved French paratroops.
The French officer said the attacking French forces were facing "harassment" attacks but no solid line of resistance.
The speed of the French action at Gao suggested French and Malian government troops intended to drive aggressively into the north of Mali in the next few days against other Islamist rebel-held towns, such as Timbuktu and Kidal.
For two weeks, French jets and helicopter gunships have been harrying the retreating Islamists, destroying their vehicles, command posts and weapons depots. The French action had already halted a sudden Islamist offensive launched in early January that had threatened Mali's southern capital Bamako.
A French defense ministry statement quoted minister Le Drian as saying that many of the Islamist fighters' vehicles and logistics bases had been destroyed.
News that the French forces were at Gao came as African states struggled to deploy a planned 6,000-strong African intervention force in Mali, known as AFISMA, under a U.N. mandate.
African Union leaders meeting at a summit in Addis Ababa were calling on the United Nations to provide emergency logistics and funding to allow the AFISMA force to deploy.
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So far, only around 1,200 soldiers of the African force, to be mostly comprised of troops from neighboring West African nations, have arrived in Mali.
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - It has been three years since UC Santa Barbara women's basketball team has beaten a Top-25 team. On Sunday, however, they beat a team that was knocking on the Top-25's door.
Using a stifling defense and getting contributions from the entire team, the Gauchos knocked off Gonzaga, 59-47 at the Thunderdome. It was just the second loss this season for the Bulldogs (8-2), who had been receiving votes in both the ESPN/USA Today poll and The Associated Press poll.
It was the second straight win for UCSB (3-3) and the biggest win of first-year head coach Lindsay Gottlieb's coaching career.
"I'm incredibly, incredibly happy with where this team is right now," Gottlieb said after the Gauchos held Gonzaga to just 32.1% shooting from the floor. "I'm not even sure that this crown knows how good Gonzaga is because we made them look not as good as they really are. I thought we had a really, really good game plan but that does not mean anything if the players don't buy into it."
It sure looked like the Gauchos were lining up at the cash register.
Margaret Johnson, making her second straight start, missed tying her career high by one with 13 points while pulling down a game-high eight rebounds.
"I just try to bring what I bring in practice every day," Johnson said. "I can't bring the energy level down. I have to keep it where it was."
Lauren Pedersen set a career-high with 12 assists and a career-high with seven steals, but saw her streak of 20 straight made free throws end, which had been a school record to start a season. Freshman Emilie Johnson had 10 points and five rebounds while Whitney Warren added seven points and four rebounds.
Kat Suderman contributed eight points, six rebounds and two blocks off the bench while Meagan Williams also had eight points.
Meanwhile, UCSB's defense held two of the nation's top scorers in check all afternoon.
Gonzaga's Heather Bowman entered the game averaging 19.1 points per game and although she finished with a game-high 16, she was just 6 of 18 from the field. Courtney Vandersloot entered the game averaging 19.4 ppg and while she was nursing a sore ankle, she was scoreless in 15 minutes of action.
The game was a defensive battle early as the teams were tied 9-9 with over 15 minutes gone by in the first half. Then, Emilie Johnson hit a three-pointer to draw the Gauchos within one at 13-12 before Jenna Green made a layup followed by four consecutive layins for Margaret Johnson and a free throw, ending the half with UCSB ahead 23-16.
Then UCSB went on a 16-5 run to open the second half and pushed the lead to 20points, 45-25, with 10:56 left. Whitney Warren and Meagan Williams each had a pair of baskets in the run as the Gauchos then relied on their defense to hold on to the victory.
"I'm not the type of player that can create for myself, but when I get something out of the system, I get it," said Warren, the beneficiary of a few of Pedersen's 12 assists. "When I don't, I don't. I just try to do everything that I can do."
On Sunday, it was plenty.
UCSB has a week off for finals, then plays at Pepperdine next Sunday at 2 p.m. The Gauchos return home on Wednesday, Dec. 17 at 7 p.m. vs. Harvard. All emergency personnel who worked the Tea and Gap Fires will receive two free tickets to this game by showing their emergency identification at the Thunderdome, up to two hours before tip-off.
The Harvard game is also a Coke Family Pack Night where $40 gets you four tickets, four T-shirts, four hot dogs and four Cokes. Tickets are available by calling (805) 893-UCSB, coming to the Ticket Office in the Intercollegiate Athletics building located on campus or by clicking here.


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This Day in Sports History — November 19
Here are just some of the notable sports moments that happened on November 19:
1966 — Pele of Brazil scored the 1,000 goal of his 13-year professional career. (More info.)
1966 — Top-ranked Notre Dame and No. 2 Michigan State played to a 10-10 tie at East Lansing, Mich. (More info.)
1978 — Quarterback Joe Pisarcik of the New York Giants fumbled an attempted handoff with 20 seconds to play, and Herman Edwards of the Eagles recovered the ball and ran it back 26 yards for a touchdown to give Philadelphia a 19-17 win in the 'Miracle of the Meadowlands.' (More info.)
1979 - The Houston Astros signed Nolan Ryan to a record 4-year, $4.5 million contract. (More info.)
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The volunteer crew of Eastbourne's inshore lifeboat were paged to launch at 05.00 on Sunday morning to reports of a person in the water near Eastbourne Pier.
A male person in a very distressed state had entered the icy water and as the lifeboat arrived he was washed ashore. The lifeboat crew made an initial assessment of the man's condition before he was handed into the care of the waiting emergency services.
Key facts about the RNLI
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution is the charity that saves lives at sea. Our volunteers provide a 24-hour search and rescue service in the United Kingdom and Ireland from 238 lifeboat stations, including four along the River Thames and inland lifeboat stations at Loch Ness, Lough Derg, Enniskillen, Carrybridge and Lough Ree. Additionally the RNLI has more than 1,000 lifeguards on over 240 beaches around the UK and operates a specialist flood rescue team, which can respond anywhere across the UK and Ireland when inland flooding puts lives at risk.
The RNLI relies on public donations and legacies to maintain its rescue service. As a charity it is separate from, but works alongside, government-controlled and funded coastguard services. Since the RNLI was founded in 1824 our lifeboat crews and lifeguards have saved at least 140,000 lives. Volunteers make up 95% of the charity, including 4,600 volunteer lifeboat crew members and 3,000 volunteer shore crew. Additionally, tens of thousands of other dedicated volunteers raise funds and awareness, give safety advice, and help in our museums, shops and offices.
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Aristarchus figured out how to measure the distancesto and sizes of the Sun and the Moon. Because he deduced that the Sun was so much bigger than the moon, he concluded that the Earth must therefore revolve around the Sun.
He figured out how to measure the relative distances from the Earth (E) of the Sun (S) and the Moon (M). When the Moon is exactly half full, the angle E-M-S must be exactly 90 degrees. Therefore, a measurement of the angle M-E-S when the Moon is half full will give the ratio of the Earth-Moon distance to the Earth-Sun distance.Aristarchus measured the angle M-E-S to be 87 degrees, giving the ratio to be 1/19. Actually, the angle is 89 degrees, 51 minutes, giving an actual value of 1/400, that is, the Sun is 400 times further away from the Earth than the Moon is.
Aristarchus' measurement was probably off because first, it is hard to determine the exact centers of the Sun and the Moon and second, it is hard to know exactly when the Moon is half full.
On the other hand, his estimate showed that the Sun is much further away from us than the Moon is.
Aristarchus also figured out how to measure the size of the Moon. During a lunar eclipse, he measured the duration of time between the moment when the edge of the Moon first entered the umbra and the moment when the Moon was first totally obscured. He also measured the duration of totality. Because he found the two times to be the same, he concluded that the width of the Earth's shadow at the distance where the Moon crosses it must be twice the diameter of the Moon..
Therefore, the Moon must be about half as big as the Earth. Note that he already knew the approximate size of the Earth. Actually, the Moon is about 1/4 as big as the Earth.
Aristarchus also reasoned that since the Sun and the Moon have the same angular size, but the Sun is 19 times further (or so he thought), then the Sun must be 19 times bigger than the Moon..
While his measurements were not very precise, they nonetheless demonstrate a simple understanding of the sizes and distances of the Earth, Moon and Sun.
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A totally on the head theory, but could the producers have turned it around and the clues be pointing to the mole's victims, ie who isn't the mole rather than who is. Just a thought.Mom clue - MarcieLie with the eyes - Liz's wink in the cast introAn IT clue - Craigetc
ok, I am so new to this. I watched the Mole before when it was on but did not know that there was so much discussion about the clues or that there were so many clues.I don't know how you guys find all these clues or where they come from. I watch it, I rewatch it and most of the time I miss all this stuff unless I come on here and read it. Anyone have any tips for me to get on board with you guys....lolThanks
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This is the Limni Marina where local fishermen tie their boats and sail from on a day to day basis to bring back the daily catch. On the same location the Limni Sailing Club operates launching training sessions for various classes of Olympic based programs.
Limni is the most beautiful location on the island of Evia due to the architecture, location and history. During the summer season many tourists visit to spend quality time while combining sea and mountain activities.
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I quit my gym a while back, on account of I never went. Apparently I hated money enough to give it to a place that was offering me nothing in the way of goods or services. Anyway, eventually I came to my senses, and realized I could spend my money on something better, like cookies.
The gym quit was perfectly timed: shortly after that we made our decision to leave Brooklyn and find a house in New Jersey, and my weekly bouts of ennui became hourly fits of plus-sized panic. I ran back to my psychiatrist, who told me that the best thing I could do for myself was get some regular exercise.
For a while I fooled myself into thinking I could exercise plenty without some stupid gym. The gym and I were through. Who needs a gym, when you have a park and good sneakers? I'll jog! Okay, ha ha, maybe walk! Fast!
Whoever said walking was a good workout was lying. To me, a good workout means you sweat, and maybe I'm in better shape than I thought, because I couldn't break a sweat, unless I wore two sweaters. Also, I kept tripping on the sidewalk. And I inevitably took my dog, because I would be lacing up my sneakers and there he'd be, watching me--and you try to get a workout when Charlie is tagging along. He has to pee on every tree, every hydrant, every garbage bag. He doles out his pee like it's his gift to all of Brooklyn, to be evenly distributed to its residents. Behold his golden puddles! It's Christmas, but not!
Lately my anxiety level has been ramping up day by day, as we near our closing and our departure from Brooklyn (I actually just screamed a little). So today I sucked it up, and called a local gym. This gym is not my ex-gym; it's a gym that happens to be in the same building as Henry's school, so I really have no excuse. I can drop him off and go. Mind you, during that 5-second elevator trip up those three flights, my brain will be screaming NO NO GO HOME AND EAT DING-DONGS. Nonetheless, the chances are not bad that I might actually get myself some exercise, sometimes.
So! "Is it possible to get a six-week membership?" I asked the nice salesperson. "No," she said, "We don't do short-term memberships." Apparently this place hates money as much as I do! We were meant to be!
"Really?" I said.
"The shortest membership we could do is two months," she said.
"I'll pay for two months," I said, and she said, "Well, this month would be prorated to start today." So six weeks, in other words. Who was I to point this out?
She told me to come down to the gym, so I went to the gym, and when I got there she told me, and I quote, "The accountant doesn't want to give you that membership because it's too much paperwork for just two months." Wow! They loathe money!
"Really?" I said.
"Let me see what I can do," she said. I was getting good at this! "Why don't you go home and I'll call you."
So I went home, and no joke, there was a message from her saying to come back, the membership was approved. I took my gym stuff with me! I was going to work out! Mental (and, I suppose, physical) health for me!
"The accountant said to give you a temporary six-week membership," she said when I got there.
OH MY GOD WHAT OTHER KIND WERE WE TALKING ABOUT, I wanted to shout, but didn't.
Then I exercised today for the first time in a long time. That in itself is not worth the effort it takes to type the words. I flailed around on an elliptical machine. I tried not to hurt myself stretching. I considered the weight machines but concluded that I had done enough for My First Workout in 2006. The End.
But here's what I forgot: when you're a nervous wreck, having had a workout is an excellent idea, but being in a gym is the worst thing you can do to yourself. First of all, you're surrounded by muscled, supple forms, and you're not one of them. You have to get naked in a locker room, which would not be a terrible thing unto itself, but inevitably, in this cavernous, mostly unpopulated space, a woman will stroll over and take the locker right next to yours . You will try not to look but oh god peripheral vision. You have to squeeze yourself into your five-year-old, pilly Lycra-infused pants and witness the horror of the visible panty lines. You suffer a glimpse of yourself in a full-length mirror, an object you have very wisely banned from your home.
Then you go to the Cardio Station (do they perform open-heart surgeries there? It would be a welcome distraction) and you put on your iPod and commence to feeling the burn and so forth. You imagine the elliptical trainer is the damn gym accountant and you step on his head again and again. Your freak-outedness begins to dissipate.
But then! A beefy personal trainer (is there any other kind?) keeps entering the room and peering directly at you, the sole enjoyer of Cardio. You try not to worry, but that's what your brain is good at these days. There he is, back again. Oh god, is he going to come over and tell me I'm doing something wrong? Is he going to—oh please no—correct my form? Or did I commit some terrible breach of gym etiquette? Oh please let me be done before he comes back. And then you realize: you don't have a towel with you. And you're sweating all over the handlebars. You are gross. You are what you always loathed at the gym. The sweat-leaving person. You jerk.
Now he's back with another trainer, and they're standing in the corner, pretending not to be talking about you. One of them has a towel wrapped around his neck. It's an obvious message.
You finish five minutes early because you can't stand it anymore, rush past the trainers, get a wad of paper towels from the bathroom, and purposefully wipe down the handles, as the responsible gym-goer you are. Anyway, with your iPod off you can hear what they're talking about and it's something about their hours or their quads, or both, but anyway it's not about you.
At least your conscience (and the elliptical machine) is clean.
So after you're done with your comic approximation of stretching, you return to the locker room, where Next Door Locker Lady is just emerging from the steam room and she says hello. Oh god do you have to talk with her now? Sweet Moses, do you have to make small talk when you're both naked?
After a quick retreat to the showers and subsequent drying, dressing, etc, you head to the elevator. Standing at the elevator is a cadre of seven-foot-tall, confident athletic types, all dressed in revealing workout costumes. Undoubtedly they Take It to the Max on a daily basis, right after they Push It to the Extreme. And you have to stand among them, with your workout clothes in a plastic shopping bag. The group includes the "your money is not worth the effort" salesperson and the trainer who had been staring at you over at The Cardiac Center. No.
You duck into the stairwell and head down the stairs.
And you set off the alarms.
While racing back up the stairs, you see the sign, cleverly angled so that you can't read it as you head down the stairs: DO NOT GO DOWN THE STAIRS ALARM WILL SOUND. You get back to the elevator, and there they all are, looking at you. "Ha ha!" you say. "That sure woke me up!" No one says anything.
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Professional associations have presented honors to both Jorge Capestany and Adam Ford of the staff of the DeWitt Tennis Center at Hope College.
Capestany, who is manager of the center, has been named "Facility Manager of the Year" and presented the "Outstanding Education of the Year" award by the Midwest Division of the United States Professional Tennis Association Inc. (USPTA). Ford, a staff professional with the center, has been named "Member of the Year" for the state of Michigan by the Professional Tennis Registry (PTR).
The USPTA "Facility Manager of the Year" recognition is based on supporting professional development of the facility staff, organizational affiliations and special achievements in the tennis facility industry, while the "Outstanding Education of the Year" award is based on accumulating the most education credit among the division's 1,135 members. Capestany received the two awards during an awards ceremony held on Friday, Feb. 4, in conjunction with the division's 2011 conference in Indianapolis, Ind.
The PTR "Member of the Year" award recognizes dedication and diligence in promoting and supporting tennis and PTR. Ford received the recognition during the 2011 PTR International Tennis Symposium, held in Hilton Head, S.C., on Friday-Thursday, Feb. 18-24. He was also crowned the Cardio Tennis Feeding Shootout Champion during the symposium.
Capestany has managed the DeWittTennisCenter since the fall of 2003, and is a 30-year veteran of the tennis industry. This year marks the second time that he has been named "Facility Manager of the Year" by USPTA, which has twice previously named him "Midwest Professional of the Year." Through the years he has also been named the "Michigan Pro of the Year" six times by either USPTA or PTR. He is one of only 10 people worldwide to hold Master Professional distinction with both PTR and USPTA. He has been published in several industry publications and has been a frequent speaker at professional conferences, and serves as a master trainer on the TIA's Cardio Tennis speakers' team and as a USTA Recreational Coaches Workshop national trainer.
Ford has been teaching tennis since he was 18, and is Etcheberry Certified and a PTR Professional. Mentored by Capestany, he played his junior tennis in Western Michigan, where he was twice ranked as the number-one player in his age group and received a USTA Boy's 18's doubles ranking of 14. He was a two-time individual Michigan High School State Champion, and helped his team, Forest Hills Central, capture the 2003 Michigan High School Division 2 Championships. He played Division 1 tennis for Northern Illinois University, receiving the Mid-American Conference Player of the Week Award in his junior season, and an ITA Division I Collegiate Ranking of 33 in doubles.
The six-court DeWitt Tennis Center opened in 1994. PTR named the center its 2010 "National Public Facility of the Year" in February 2010.
The DeWitt Tennis Center features instruction year-round for young players from kindergarten age through the high school level, including through an intensive, nine-week tennis academy held each summer.
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The center offers annual memberships for individual community members and families, and its services also include adult tennis clinics and private lessons. The center has also served as a resource for PTR, including serving as a host site for filming and editing of the registry's "Preparation for Certification" DVD.
The DeWitt Tennis Center is located along Fairbanks Avenue near Holland Municipal Stadium. In addition to its six courts, the 40,000-square-foot building features men's and women's locker rooms, and a large waiting reception area. The center is named in honor of the Gary and Joyce DeWitt family.
Founded in 1976, PTR is the largest global organization of tennis-teaching professionals, with more than 14,000 members in 121 countries, and has the greatest percentage of multicultural and women members of any such organization. The registry's mission is to educate, certify and serve tennis teachers and coaches around the world in order to grow the game.
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1. The right to an appeal is purely statutory and is not contained in either the federal or Kansas Constitutions. Kansas appellate courts have jurisdiction to entertain an appeal only if the appeal is taken as prescribed by statute. Moreover, our appellate courts have a duty to question jurisdiction on its own initiative. If the record shows there is no jurisdiction for an appeal, the appeal must be dismissed. Whether jurisdiction exists is a question of law subject to unlimited appellate review.
2. A defendant may not file a direct appeal from a plea of guilty or nolo contendere unless the defendant first moves to withdraw the plea and the trial court denies the motion.
3. When a defendant fails to move to withdraw a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, an appellate court lacks jurisdiction to review the defendant's plea.
4. When a trial court imposes a sentence within the presumptive guidelines for that crime, an appellate court lacks jurisdiction to consider an appeal even when a trial court denies a motion for departure.
Appeal from Sedgwick District Court; KAREN LANGSTON, judge. Opinion filed March 16, 2007. Appeal dismissed.
Carl F.A. Maughan, of Maughan Hitchcock LC, of Wichita, for appellant.
Michael J. Nichols, legal intern, Kristi L. Barton, assistant district attorney, Nola Tedesco Foulston, district attorney, and Phill Kline, attorney general, for appellee.
Before GREEN, P.J., ELLIOTT and MALONE, JJ.
GREEN, J.: Gary Williams appeals from the trial court's judgment accepting his guilty plea and from the trial court's judgment denying his dispositional and durational departure motion. Before we address the merits of this case, we must first determine if we have jurisdiction. The question posed by this criminal appeal is a recurring one: Does this court have jurisdiction to consider a direct appeal from a guilty plea when the defendant has failed to move to withdraw his or her plea? Our answer is no. Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal.
On August 9, 2004, Williams pled guilty to two felony counts of burglary in violation of K.S.A. 21-3715(a), four felony counts of burglary in violation of K.S.A. 21-3715(c), two counts of battery on a law enforcement officer in violation of K.S.A. 2006 Supp. 21-3413(a)(1) (misdemeanors), three felony counts of theft in violation of K.S.A. 21-3701(a)(1) and (b)(2), two counts of theft in violation of K.S.A. 2006 Supp. 21-3701(a)(1) and (b)(4) (misdemeanors), and one felony count of possession of methamphetamine in violation of K.S.A. 2006 Supp. 65-4160(a).
Paragraph 2 of Williams' plea agreement contained the State's sentencing recommendation:
"Contingent upon a successful plea of guilty as charged in 04CR183, 04CR591, 04CR903, 04CR905, 04CR1085 and 04CR1086 the State will recommend that the Court impose the mid number on each Count in each case and that the Counts run internally concurrent within each case. Further, the State will agree to Consolidate for sentencing, 04CR591, 04CR903, 04CR905 and 04CR1086. The State will recommend that 04CR183, 04CR1085 and the consolidated cases (04CR591, 04CR903, 04CR905 and 04CR1086) run consecutive to one another. The State will ask the Court follow the presumption of prison. The defendant is free to argue for any alternative disposition."
In September 2003, Williams moved for dispositional and durational departures claiming 25 substantial and compelling reasons supporting departure. The sentencing court found Williams guilty of the charged offenses and denied his dispositional departure motion, holding that there were not substantial and compelling reasons to depart from the sentencing guidelines. The court withheld judgment on Williams' durational departure motion and ordered a psychological evaluation. After reviewing the psychologist's report and briefs by counsel, as well as hearing counsels' arguments, the sentencing court denied Williams' durational departure motion. Following the plea agreement, the court sentenced Williams to a total of 98 months' imprisonment. Each of Williams' sentences was within the presumptive sentencing ranges for the crimes charged under the Kansas Sentencing Guidelines.
Does this Court Have Jurisdiction to Review Williams' Guilty Plea?
Williams maintains that the trial court's reading of the charges as listed in the complaint was insufficient to establish a factual basis for his guilty plea as required by K.S.A. 2006 Supp. 22-3210(a)(4). Williams argues that there was no evidence presented to establish whether he intentionally and knowingly possessed methamphetamine or whether his intoxication prevented him from specifically intending to commit burglary and theft.
Nevertheless, the right to an appeal is purely statutory and is not contained in either the federal or Kansas Constitutions. Kansas appellate courts have jurisdiction to entertain an appeal only if the appeal is taken as prescribed by statute. State v. Legero, 278 Kan. 109, Syl. ¶ 2, 91 P.3d 1216 (2004). An appellate court has a duty to question jurisdiction on its own initiative. If the record shows there is no jurisdiction for an appeal, the appeal must be dismissed. State v. Wendler, 280 Kan. 753, 755, 126 P.3d 1124 (2006). Whether jurisdiction exists is a question of law subject to unlimited appellate review. Foster v. Kansas Dept. of Revenue, 281 Kan. 368, 369, 130 P.3d 560 (2006).
The Plea
K.S.A. 2006 Supp. 22-3602(a) provides in relevant part:
"No appeal shall be taken by the defendant from a judgment of conviction before a district judge upon a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, except that jurisdictional or other grounds going to the legality of the proceedings may be raised by the defendant as provided in K.S.A. 60-1507 and amendments thereto."
Although this statute appears to prohibit any appeal from a plea, our Supreme Court has held that K.S.A. 2006 Supp. 22-3210(d) gives the trial court some discretion to vacate the judgment and withdraw the plea. The court may set aside a conviction before sentencing for good cause shown or after sentencing to prevent manifest injustice. K.S.A. 2006 Supp. 22-3210(d); see State v. Solomon, 257 Kan. 212, 217-19, 891 P.2d 407 (1995). If the trial court denies this motion, the defendant may appeal the denial to the appellate courts despite K.S.A. 2006 Supp. 22-3602(a). The proper procedure for challenging the sufficiency of the factual basis for a plea is to file a motion to withdraw plea in the district court. 257 Kan. at 218-19; see State v. Thorpe, 36 Kan. App. 2d 475, 141 P.3d 521, rev. denied 282 Kan. ___ (2006).
In Thorpe, Thorpe pled guilty to one count of involuntary manslaughter and two counts of aggravated battery. Thorpe appealed his convictions and his sentences. This court dismissed the appeal, holding that it did not have jurisdiction because Thorpe had pled guilty and had failed to move to withdraw his guilty plea. The Thorpe court further held that "[a] defendant may not file a direct appeal from a guilty plea unless the defendant first files a motion to withdraw the plea and the trial court denies the motion." 36 Kan. App. 2d at 477.
As in Thorpe, Williams did not move to withdraw his plea. Because Williams did not move to withdraw his plea in the trial court, this court lacks jurisdiction to review Williams' guilty plea.
Does the Court Have Jurisdiction to Review the Trial Court's Denial of Williams' Dispositional and Durational Departure Motion?
Williams also argues that the trial court abused its discretion by denying his motion for a downward durational and dispositional sentencing departure. Williams asserts that despite the language in K.S.A. 21-4721(c)(1), he may appeal his presumptive sentence because the plain language of the statute does not preclude an appeal from the denial of a departure motion where the court imposed the presumptive sentence. Because Williams' assertion is inconsistent with our Supreme Court's interpretation of K.S.A. 21-4721, his argument is without merit.
K.S.A. 21-4721(c) provides that an appellate court shall not review on appeal a sentence for a felony conviction that (1) is within the presumptive guidelines sentence for the crime, or (2) is the result of a plea agreement between the State and the defendant which the trial court approved on the record. When a trial court imposes a sentence within the presumptive guidelines for that crime, an appellate court lacks jurisdiction to consider an appeal even when a trial court denies a motion for departure. K.S.A. 21-4721(c); State v. Flores, 268 Kan. 657, 659-60, 999 P.2d 919 (2000).
Here, Williams received the presumptive sentences for the felony convictions to which he pled guilty. Moreover, the court followed the State's recommendation and imposed 98 months' imprisonment. Because the sentencing court followed the plea agreement and imposed the presumptive sentences, this court is without jurisdiction to consider whether the trial court abused its discretion by denying Williams' departure motion.
Appeal dismissed.


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I've been looking around the Internet and soaking in what everyone has been saying. Not sure I have too much that is original to say but that has never stopped me before from sending my voice into a tube that will then enter a series of tubes.
So what did we learn from the Spring Game? Nothing, but are we going to act like it told us a whole bunch? You betcha...(complete with Palin eye wink)
QB'sBoyd looks to be in a little better shape. He said in a recent interview that he gained 8 pounds during the season. Wow. This always makes me a bit suspect when we hear about his dedication and leadership. I think Boyd genuinely wants to lead but also is susceptible to little demons. A few too many cheeseburgers or letting a bad play get to him. I do think he can lead and has shown his ability. His footwork is slowly improving. But those of us who have watched him play every game, every play know that his is prone to these ridiculous throws about once a game, he still locks onto targets and will force the ball rather than taking the check down, first down throw.
His second interception in the game was that exact what in the world--throw it to the FSU Werner DLineman TD type throw. That can't happen with a championship caliber QB. He threw another underhand almost picked off pass at the goal-line as well rather than throwing the ball away. So positives but with a vanilla D, as Dr. B at Shakin said, he should have ripped it to shreds while easily spreading the ball around. Tajh needs to manage the game but depending on the O-Line he may need to make quicker, better decisions with the football. They aren't going to do him any favors so he becomes all the more important. When to take the sack, when to throw it away, when to maintain your poise--all these things will be magnified by a sub par O-line. Harper wasn't up to that challenge in 08'.
Stoudt looked better than Spring practice and Roberts looked a little better that Will Procter. Neither have the release or arm strength to be elite QB's but Stoudt is a decent back-up. Tony is done for the season but with the medical redshirt it might be good for him. He needs to re-evaluate whether he wants to be a QB or try to help the team in other ways.
Ellington is out with minor surgery which should be nothing. We need him to be explosive to repeat this year. The fact that we missed on some elite RB's in the last class was tempered with the return of Andre. The pistol is encouraging and I love the coaching staff looking for logical solutions to problems. Morris knows the O-Line will be problematic so how do we scheme to help that problem area out? Well get the ball out quickly, increase tempo and throw in the pistol. Beautiful. Also encouraging that the backs are catching the ball better--we were really horrid on checkdowns to the flats last year (some of that is on Boyd too). This is the area Ellington must improve on to boost his draft stock, that and staying healthy.
Howard has a chance to be a solid contributor and is a decent two as a north/south runner but you would like to see him improve his strength to run some people over more. Bellamy is amazing but can't put the ball on the ground. Still crossing my fingers that he puts it all together. He has been more impressive running between the tackles but has to maintain that focus in the open field, so the ball stays high and tight. Must improve the blocking but also understanding of assignments and where to line up, knowledge of the plays and scheme. Hot rod is running out of time (ha). Brooks is an exciting prospect that Morris seems to really like, he showed some flashes during the game.
Ford is going to be fine as a Dwayne Allen replacement. Still needs some work in the trenches and blocking. Ford will be a weapon for us and that was another great personnel decision. Cooper has underachieved. Morris said he has been sick and banged up but hopefully he can put it together because he offers a steady skill set in terms of blocking and catching as a back-up. Seckinger moving to TE is good, I had written him off with the transition but he looked pretty fluid as a TE. He will need to develop now into a TE but is still young and can follow after Ford nicely. MacLain came in highly recruited and the staff needs to figure out what to do with him. Can he grow into an OT or will he be a major contributor at TE. I think you need to make the decision this year, this summer and stick to it. Smith is a special teamer but had a nice catch and is an above average blocker. He might get some PT this year is a back-up role. He is a special teams contributor as well.


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|Release: August 8, 2012
|Players: 1
|Screen Resolution: 480p-1080p
by Robert VerBruggen
The day it was released, the new XBLA shooter Hybrid was so plagued with server problems that it was pulled from the Xbox LIVE network. The next day, select users (including yours truly) once again had serious connectivity problems. How's that for a "rocky launch?"
Fortunately, however, the developers have been working diligently to fix everything, and these early problems were not indicative of the game's quality. This is an incredibly inventive third-person shooter, and while I wish 5th Cell had done a few things differently, it's a great buy for fans of three-on-three multiplayer carnage. But single-player gamers beware: There is no campaign.
In my review of Inversion last month, I noted that the developers had stumbled on an awesome idea—zero-gravity cover shooting—but failed to do much with it. Hybrid takes this concept and runs with it, and then introduces lots of other new ideas, too.
At the core of Hybrid is a war between two groups, the Variant and the Paladin. This war unfolds in a persistent world—you choose which battles to enter from a map of the Earth, and you get extra EXP for fighting on "Hotspots," which are the areas where control is most contested. Of course, most players will be far more concerned with building their own stats than with fighting a global war, but the overarching story is a nice way to give us something more than "here's a gun; now shoot some dudes." At the end of each "season," the winning faction gets bonuses.
Once you choose a side and enter a match, you're given options for your loadout. While your overall level helps to determine how powerful you are, you can also choose among various unlockable weapon types, special abilities (such as grenades and shields), and stat bonuses (such as extra health, extra damage, etc.). You're also given a "mission"—a challenge like "get five headshots"—that will give you extra EXP.
This brings me to one of the things I dislike about Hybrid. The game costs $15, but it still features microtransactions—you can buy yourself EXP boosts and early unlocks. There's nothing you can't unlock for free with enough patience, but the feature is still a little annoying.
Regardless, things get exciting as soon as a match starts. This is not your normal third-person shooter—you can't even walk around on the ground. Instead, when you want to move, you aim at a new piece of cover and jump toward it through zero gravity. You can move from side to side in the air, fire at your enemies, and use a speed boost to get to your next piece of cover. When in cover, you can vault over it or strafe behind it. If you find yourself using the same piece of cover as an enemy, you can blindfire over the top to take him out.
Basically, the experience always revolves around cover, which is refreshing in a multiplayer shooter. (If you've ever played Gears of War online, you know that the multiplayer game is much less focused on cover than the campaign is.) These mechanics also require an unusual control scheme, with dedicated buttons for vaulting and retreating, but everything here will still feel intuitive to a third-person shooter fan.
The map design is top-notch. On each of the levels, pieces of cover are conveniently situated on the walls, ceilings, and basically everywhere—meaning that there's always a way to flank an enemy, and always a way for the enemy to flank you, even if you're hunkering down behind a strong wall. Hybrid takes military tactics, literally turns them on their head, and forces you to cope with the bizarre outcome. My only complaint about the maps is that they always seem to respawn you at the same point. Spawn-camping isn't a problem (you're invincible for a few seconds upon spawning), but it can get repetitive to fly down the same hallway over and over again if you're getting killed a lot.


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The 10 Worst Job-Hunting Mistakes
Whether you are a first-time job-seeker or you're a veteran in your field, it is important that you take the right steps toward landing you ideal job. There's more to a successful job search than ironing your best suit and printing out extra resumes. Today's employers are looking for the best of the best, and one typo on your cover letter can can get you thrown into the "Do Not Call" pile. Avoid these common mistakes to score your dream job.
3. Being Too Polished or Over-Prepared
Of course you should prepare questions and examples, but a major interview mistake can be preparing too much. Interviewers can tell if you are too rehearsed or not genuine. Don't be afraid to be yourself during interviews. Practice does make perfect, but too much practice can cause you to lose out on employment opportunities.
Don't be afraid of having answers that aren't textbook perfect. Be honest and highlight your achievements. The "right" answer isn't necessarily what you think the interview wants to hear.


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Orange County's representative on the state Board of Equalization officially began her campaign this week for a seat on the county's Board of Supervisors.
Michelle Steel, a Surfside resident, is running for the District 2 seat during the June 2014 primary election that will be vacated by Supervisor John Moorlach, who is prevented from seeking another term after serving on the five-member board since 2006.
District 2 includes Costa Mesa, Newport Beach, Huntington Beach, Seal Beach and portions of Fountain Valley.
"In these tough economic times, and as governments on all levels are struggling to tighten their belts while preserving excellent service, I believe that my experience as one of California's fiscal officers, and an advocate for taxpayers, will help keep Orange County on a strong path for economic freedom and sound public policy," Steel, a Republican, said in her campaign announcement Thursday.
Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas, county Sheriff Sandra Hutchens and former Assemblyman Jim Silva (R-Huntington Beach) are serving as honorary co-chairs for her campaign, Steel said.
"For over a year, a number of people have asked me if I was interested in running for county supervisor in 2014," Mansoor wrote. "I hadn't given it much thought, but there are many people who believe that our next supervisor should come from the community. ... I think that my experience representing the region locally and in Sacramento will make me a strong candidate and [I] have been discussing the idea with my family, friends and supporters."
On Friday, Mansoor sent an email statement to the Daily Pilot: "I've been overwhelmed by the amount of responses I've received from asking folks for their opinion on this. A lot of people took the time to send me well thought-out responses, and I'm going to take my time to go through them before I make a decision.
"I'm strongly considering it."
Huntington Beach City Councilman Joe Carchio has also said he may run for the supervisor seat. Like Mansoor, he too has sent out exploratory letters to his constituents asking for their input.
"I'm waiting for their responses," Carchio told the Huntington Beach Independent earlier this week. "If it comes back positive, I will make an announcement. If it doesn't, then I will think of something else to do."
No 'firm commitment'
Past media reports have said Moorlach, a Costa Mesa resident, wants to run for county auditor-controller or as a Republican against Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown next year.
The former county treasurer told the Pilot on Friday, however, that he has not made "any firm commitment" regarding his political future or whether he is eyeing something at the local or state level — including Steel's seat on the Board of Equalization.
"One of the options is just to get out," Moorlach said. "I've given my public service. I'm getting a lot of friends together next week and we'll make a decision."
While he has not made any formal endorsements in the race yet, he expressed some support for Mansoor and Carchio, but some reservation about Steel, who moved to Surfside in recent years from the Palos Verdes Peninsula in Los Angeles County.
"Michelle Steel is a fine individual," Moorlach said. "My disappointment is that she is someone from L.A. County, and it would seem to me that someone of her stature on the state Board of Equalization would either move up to a statewide position or at least try to run for Assembly or Senate there in the Rancho Palos Verdes area."
The Republican Party "needs someone at the state level," Moorlach added. "And we need to regain some districts here in the L.A. area."
Mansoor, however, is someone who "pretty much grew up in the district. That has a real appeal," Moorlach said. "There won't be much of a learning curve for Allan. He could hit the ground running."
And Carchio?
"He's a good, longtime resident with a good portfolio of public service here in the county," Moorlach said.


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== The new Bash ==
== The new Bash ==
Revision as of 00:13, 28 October 2008
Building on Solaris
(Well, OpenSolaris)
Most of this is a war of inches, with the enemy using 10,000 paper cuts to bleed your soul dry.
Most likely, he'll win.
The opposition's key weapon is the excessive use of unnecessary features. Not even resulting in bloat, but just growing the dependency graph of installed software on the build system to make the entire thing incredibly sensitive to almost any difference between their build systems and yours.
Hence, why we're going to use a full Linux userland stack to do this. Atop of this, we'll have to upgrade components extensively to make this all work. You're going to hate all this.
But hey, at least you don't actually have to run Linux.
Note and Disclaimer
I'm still working on getting this all to work. Don't actually follow these instructions until I've claimed success. Until then, it's best an amusement to watch from the sidelines.
Onto the Point
After a few dead starts, the best way to build on Solaris is to use a BrandZ Linux zone, and install enough stuff into the CentOS-3 image to make it all work.
This is on a randomly, and partially, upgraded version of OpenSolaris Indiana (2008.5).
Use these directions for setting up the zone.
Prerequisite Software
It's time to install a lot of software. After you're done with this, you'll:
- Respect distribution maintainers more
- Loathe other software developers more
Try to install what you can from the package list in MokoMakefile
The rest by download, configure, and make. Here's what I've had to install so far:
|for subversion
|for subversion
|the builtin cp doesn't take the -t option, the one in this newer bash does. You'll probably need this one-line patch
|For GCC
|For GCC
|B/c the original GCC supplied didn't understand a specific warning flag.
|yum didn't have this.
|to make CPAN happy about Locale::gettext
|for subversion
|for subversion. Install in /usr/local.
|for the proper sqlite support. Yeah, the whole thing.
|for python's sake.
|yum didn't have this.
|no package for this either.
|For the headers. You don't have to build or even configure this. Just untar and symlink the include/ directory.
|default version didn't have makeinfo
|again, seriously.
As early as you can, build gettext and install it. Then setup LD_LIBRARY_PATH, /etc/ld.so.conf, etc. before moving forward with the rest. Otherwise some of the configures will complain about preloadable_libintl.so.
When they're installed, they'll go in the default prefix setting, namely /usr/local/bin. Put /usr/local/bin in as the first entry in your path.
Hacking up the system to make it work
Linux Kernel
Go into /usr/include, and
ln -s /usr/local/src/linux-2.6.18/include/linux .
Upgraded Python
In /usr/bin, rename python to old_python, and link /usr/local/bin/python here. Modify the bang line in /usr/bin/yum to point to /usr/bin/python2.2
The new Bash
The build system will complain if you attempt to run it as root, even if it's the bullshit root in a container (it can't tell the difference). Create /home, and then create a user (say "moko") to run the build system. Also, edit /etc/shells and add /usr/local/bin/bash to the list. Finally, edit /etc/passwd and change moko's shell to /usr/local/bin/bash.
In both root's and that user's .bashrc, pop in these lines:
export PATH=/usr/local/bin/:$PATH
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
So that your new tool versions & shared libs will get picked up properly.
Runtime Library Setup
Also, add /usr/local/lib to /etc/ld.so.conf (in the zone, obviously), and do an ldconfig after installing gettext.


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Columbus city and school district voters will be presented with a full slate of candidates and ballot issues in the general election Tuesday, Nov. 5.
Columbus city and school district voters will be presented with a full slate of candidates and ballot issues in the general election Tuesday, Nov. 5.
Three incumbent Democrats -- A. Troy Miller, Priscilla Tyson and Eileen Paley -- will defend their City Council seats against Republicans Greg Lawson and Brian Bainbridge and independent Nick Schneider.
Independent Igor Ternovsky will face Hugh Dorrian, an incumbent Democrat, in the race for city auditor.
Meanwhile, the city will seek four separate bond issues totaling $842 million that will help fund a variety of capital improvement projects.
They are:
* Issue 1 -- Safety and Health ($53 million) for police and fire facilities, vehicles and equipment.
* Issue 2 -- Recreation and Parks ($124 million) for rec centers, bike paths, pools, parks, playgrounds and equipment.
* Issue 3 -- Public Service ($220 million) for resurfacing, sidewalks, roadways, bikeways, refuse vehicles and containers, street department equipment and other neighborhood improvements.
* Issue 4 -- Public Utilities ($445 million) for water system improvements, storm-water improvements and street lighting.
Officials say approval will not result in a tax increase. Rather, the vote will allow the city to secure low-interest loans to pay for projects.
Voter approval also would give City Council the authority to raise property taxes if income-tax revenues did not cover the interest from those bonds.
"Columbus is recognized today as the best city for jobs in the entire Midwest because of the investments we've made in our infrastructure, our core neighborhood services and our overall quality of life," said Dan Williamson, spokesman for Mayor Michael B. Coleman.
"These investments were made possible because citizens have supported our recent voted bond packages, allowing us to maximize our investments without raising taxes," Williamson said.
"Approval of the 2013 voted bond package will keep Columbus on the path of prosperity."
In another citywide race, City Attorney Richard C. Pfeiffer, the incumbent Democrat, is running unopposed.
Columbus City Schools will seek a 9.01-mill combination operating levy/bond issue on Tuesday's ballot. Issue 50 would raise $515 million over the course of five years -- $340 million for levy and $175 million for the bond issue.
It would cost homeowners about $315 annually per $100,000 in property value.
A related measure, Issue 51, would create an independent auditor at the school district level. The person who fills the post would operate independently of the school board and oversee district finances.


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Sports Birthdays for July 2 — Jose Canseco and More
Here are some of the people in the sports world celebrating birthdays on July 2:
Richard Petty
Age: 75
Profession: Retired NASCAR Driver
Best Known For: Known to many racing fans as 'The King,' Richard Petty is perhaps the greatest NASCAR driver in history. Petty won seven NASCAR championships during his 35-year racing career from 1958 to 1992. The seven tittles are a record Petty shares with the late Dale Earnhardt. In addition to the championships, Petty won a record 200 races and seven Daytona 500s. Petty was a member of the inaugural class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2010.
Jose Canseco
Age: 48
Profession: Retired MLB Player
Best Known For: A six-time All-Star, Jose Canseco hit 462 home runs during a major league career that lasted from 1985 to 2001. Canseco was part of the Oakland A's team that went to three consecutive World Series from 1988 to 1990, winning in 1989. In 1988, Canseco became the first major league player to hit 40 home runs and steal 40 bases in the same season, as he was selected as the American League's Most Valuable Player. While with Oakland, Canseco formed the so-called 'Bash Brothers' with fellow slugger Mark McGwire. In 2005, Canseco became the first high-profile player to admit using anabolic steroids in his book 'Juiced,' where he hinted that 85 percent of MLB players could be using performance enhancing drugs, including McGwire. Since his baseball career ended, Canseco has participated in several celebrity fights, and he was a contestant on 'The Celebrity Apprentice.'
Eric Daze
Age: 37
Profession: Retired NHL Players
Best Known For: The Most Valuable Player of the 2002 NHL All-Star Game, Eric Daze was a productive wing for the Chicago Blackhawks from 1994 to 2006. Selected to the NHL All-Rookie Team in 1996, Daze finished his career with 226 goals and 398 points.
Sam Hornish, Jr.
Age: 33
Profession: Race Car Driver
Best Known For: Sam Hornish Jr. is a versatile race car driver with experience in both NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series and the Indy Car Series. Hornish Jr. currently drives for Penske Racing in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.
Joe Thornton
Age: 33
Profession: NHL Player
Best Known For: A six-time All-Star, Joe Thornton is one of the most talented players in the NHL. Selected with the first overall pick of the 1997 NHL Draft by the Boston Bruins, Thornton played for seven seasons with the team before being traded to the San Jose Sharks in 2005. Thornton won both the Art Ross Trophy as the league's leading point-scorer and the Hart Memorial Trophy as its most valuable player in 2006. Thornton was also a part of the Canadian hockey team that won the gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
Johnny Weir
Age: 28
Profession: Olympic Figure Skater
Best Known For: Johnny Weir won the U.S. national figure skating championship for three consecutive years (2004-2006). Weir placed fifth and sixth in men's figure skating in the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics, respectively. Formerly under constant scrutiny regarding his sexuality, Weir came out as gay in his book 'Welcome to My World,' published in early 2011.
Chad Henne
Age: 27
Profession: NFL Player
Best Known For: Formerly the starting quarterback for the Miami Dolphins, Chad Henne is now on the roster of the Jacksonville Jaguars. During an NFL playing career that spans from 2008 to the present, Henne has earned a quarterback rating of 75.7. While at the University of Michigan from 2004 to 2007, Henne was a finalist for several college football awards.


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"Isn't it just a chemical imbalance, shouldn't I take medication to fix it?" Constantly hearing the thousands of commercials selling drugs for all kinds of problems, you can fully understand where we get this notion! Better living through chemistry, right? You feel down, take a pill. You have a headache, take a pill. Your child is annoying, give em' a pill. And in many cases, drugs have made our lives easier and have eased the suffering of millions. But are mental health issues really just a result of a brain chemistry?
What is the cause of mental illness? Is it a chemical imbalance? Perhaps a genetic predisposition, or maybe the result of life experience? While we need more research, a picture is beginning to emerge that the answer is Yes! All three! In order to develop a mental illness you probably will have some sort of genetic predisposition, have had a negative life experience (i.e. trauma, difficult childhood) that turned on those genes, and then a resulting chemical imbalance in the brain that we can actually measure. But is it in fact the chemical imbalance that is the problem and the best target for intervention?
Lets look to mother nature for some clarity here. Take any plant. If the leaves are turning brown and falling off, we know the plant is sick. We can see it, measure it (just like a lack of serotonin in the brain). Is then the best course of action to stick on some new leaves, or to inject some chlorophyll into the stem? That might work for a bit. The leaves might look healthier, and as long as we keep injecting chlorophyll, all will be well. But what is at the "root" (pardon the pun) of the problem. A lack of chlorophyll? Or is it perhaps something to do with this particular plant being planted in the wrong place? Perhaps a lack of nutrients in the soil, not enough water or sunlight!
Depression and its accompanying shift in neurochemistry is a result of a lack of nutrients in our lives. Something is wrong, and our body tells us this via depression. We can take a med and feel better, but the nutrient is still missing. We will still feel depressed if we stop taking it. Depression, anxiety, addictions, phobias, and obsessions are our body/mind/spirit's way of getting our attention that something needs to change. We need to be fed!
By just treating the symptoms, we miss the real origin of the problem. At Tree of Life Healing, we treat the whole person, body, mind and spirit. While relieving symptoms is paramount, we also work to heal the real cause of your problem. Drop by on November 10 for our Healing Arts Salon and sample up to five 15-minute healing sessions with some of Pasadena's most talented healing practitioners including Somatic Psychology, Reiki, Massage, EFT, and Sound Healing.
Chris Tickner, MFT (at Tree of Life Healing) is a Pasadena psychotherapist, child therapist, and clinical supervisor practicing holistic psychotherapy, combining mindfulness psychotherapy, somatic psychotherapy, neuroscience, and good old fashion humor and compassion to form a powerful treatment that is transformative and holistic. At Tree of Life Healing, Pasadena's Holistic and Alternative Healing Resource, we provide an array of treatment approaches including Somatic Psychology, Jungian Psychotherapy, group therapy, Hakomi Psychotherapy, Reiki Energy Therapy, Shamanic Healing, Intuitive Counseling, and more.