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Read Sabrina's Triton Q&A here. (April 25, 2014)
Three-time NCAA Championships qualifier ... Two-time All-American in the 4x400 relay (2012) and 800 meters (2014) ... Two-time CCAA champion in the 4x400 relay (2012) and 800 (2014) ... School record-holder in the 800 (2:09.07).
USTFCCCA All-Region (4x400 relay) ... Team captain.
All-American ... USTFCCCA All-Region (800) ... Team captain ... San Diego Hall of Champions Star of the Month for May ... All-American with an eighth-place finish (2:11.02) in the 800 (5/24) at the NCAA Championships in Allendale, Mich., after timing 2:09.31 for eighth-fastest preliminary time (5/23) ... CCAA champion (2:10.95) in the 800 meters (5/3) ... Three-time UCSDtritons.com Athlete of the Week (4/14, 5/5 and 5/26) ... Broke the school record in the 800 with her NCAA provisional time of 2:09.07 at the Sun Angel Classic in Tempe, Ariz. (4/12) ... Won the 800 at the All-Cal Championships (3/8) and San Diego Collegiate Challenge (3/15) with marks of 2:15.12 and 2:15.20, respectively ... Ran the leadoff leg for five first-place finishes in the 4x400 relay, with season's best time of an NCAA provisional 3:46.63 coming at the Occidental Invitational (5/10) ... Went 57.43 in the 400 at the Soka Peace Invitational (4/19).
USTFCCCA All-Academic ... CCAA All-Academic ... CCAA Athlete of the Week (4/29) ... UCSDtritons.com Athlete of the Week (5/27) ... Seeded 13th initially in the 800 at the NCAA Championships, finished in eighth place overall in the prelims with a time of 2:11.46 (5/24) ... Placed ninth in the 800 finals, crossing the finish line in 2:13.35 (5/25) ... Climbed to second on UCSD's all-time top-10 list in the 800 with a second-place time of 2:10.90 at the 27th Annual Pomona-Pitzer Invitational (4/13) ... Clocked the Tritons' third-fastest 400 in school history at the Soka Peace Invitational, where she won the event in 55.95 (4/20) ... Was the only Triton woman to earn provisional marks in more than one event during the season ... Won the 800 (2:11.51) at the Triton Invitational and ran the opening leg of the second-place 4x400 relay (3:51.15).
All-American ... CCAA Freshman of the Year ... USTFCCCA All-Academic ... CCAA All-Academic ... One of five UCSD women to compete at the NCAA Championships in Pueblo, Colo. ... Ran the opening leg of the 4x400 relay, leading the Tritons to a school record-breaking time of 3:42.17 in the prelims to finish third ... Advancing to the finals, led her team to a time of 3:45.17 and a seventh-place finish to earn the foursome All-America distinction and the fifth-fastest time in UCSD history ... Turned in valuable performances in a pair of events at the CCAA Championships ... Won her heat in the prelims of the 800, running a time of 2:16.46, prior to placing second overall in that event's finals (2:16.52) ... Represented the Tritons' starting leg in the 4x400 relay at the CCAA Championships, where the UCSD team finished first overall with a time of 3:44.84 ... Earned a personal best in the 800 at the Cal State L.A. Last Chance Qualifier, where she finished in first place while also contributing the third-fastest time in school history (2:12.69).
A 2011 graduate of Westminster High School ... Made first-team all-league all four years with the Lions (2008-11) ... League MVP during her sophomore, junior and senior years (2009-11) ... Named Athlete of the Month her first three years with the Lions (2008-10) ... Holds a league record in the 800 ... Recorded statistical bests of 58.6 in the 400, 2:19.87 in the 800, and a time of 26.33 in the 200 ... Also competed with the cross country team and played varsity soccer, where she was named to the Second Team All-League her senior year ... Additionally, played in the American Youth Soccer Organization (2007-10).
Born Feb. 27, 1993 in Orange County ... Daughter of Sandra Pimentel ... Has an older brother named Ramiro and a younger brother named David ... Human biology major at Revelle College ... Plans to attend medical school and eventually become an anesthesiologist upon graduating from UCSD ... Her most memorable moment was recording a personal best in the 800 by seven seconds during her freshman year as a Triton ... Most memorable UCSD moment was meeting all her friends ... Favorite athlete is Alysia Montano ... Listens to Blake Shelton ... Her mother is her greatest influence ... Used to play hockey and broke her arm three times playing flag football during middle school P.E. class.
2014 NCAA Division II Championships
800 Meters - 2:11.02 (Finals) - 8th Place
800 Meters - 2:09.31 (Prelims) - 8th Place
800 Meters - 2:13.35 (Finals) - 9th Place
800 Meters - 2:11.46 (Prelims) - 8th Place
2012 NCAA Division II Championships
4x400 Relay - 3:45.17 (Finals) - 7th Place
4x400 Relay - 3:42.17 (Prelims) - 3rd Place


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Imagine munching on a baguette with cheese, sipping wine, and looking across the street at a Roman arena that is over 2,000 years old. For most Americans, something that old is difficult to comprehend. That's why God invented Provence!
Built in the first century BC, this arena is in remarkably good shape and still hosts bullfights, concerts and plays - but not all at the same time! It is just one of the many sights to see in Arles, so you could spend a couple of days wandering about, exploring side roads and inviting courtyards. And eating wonderful food!
France is affectionately referred to as "the Hexagon" for its overall shape.French history goes back to the Gauls, a Celtic tribe which inhabited the area circa 300BC until being conquered by Julius Caesar.The Franks were the first tribe to adopt Catholic Christianity after the Roman Empire collapsed. France became an independent location in the Treaty of Verdun in (843 AD), which divided up Charlemagne's Carolingian Empire into several portions.The French monarchy reached its zenith during the reign of Louis XIV, the Sun King, who stood for seventy-two years as the Monarch of all Monarchs. His palace of Versailles and its Hall of Mirrors are a splendid treasure-trove of Baroque art.The French Revolution ended the rule of the monarchy with the motto "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity!" On July 14th, 1789 angry mobs stormed La Bastille prison and began the Revolution in which Louis XVI, his wife Marie-Antoinette and thousands of others met the guillotine.One decade after the revolution, Napolean Bonaparte seized control of the Republic and named himself Emperor. His armies conquered most of Europe and his Napoleonic Code became a lasting legal foundation for concepts of personal status and property.During the period of colonization France controlled the largest empire in the world, second only to Britain.France is one of the founding members of the European Union and the United Nations, as well as one of the nuclear armed nations of the world.Text by Steve Smith.

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at Turtle Bay Exploration Park
The Sundial Bridge at Turtle Bay crosses the Sacramento River in the heart of Redding, California. Opened July 4, 2004, the bridge links the north and south campuses of Turtle Bay Exploration Park and serves as a new downtown entrance for Redding's extensive Sacramento River Trail system.
Access to the Sundial Bridge and surrounding river trails are free to the public. Paid access areas include Turtle Bay's Museum, Forest Camp, Wildlife Woods, and Botanical Gardens.
As the name suggests, the Sundial Bridge is, in fact, a working sundial and is one of the largest in the world. The sundial shadow traces such a large arc that it can record only four hours a day, from 11am - 3pm. It is not accurate in winter because the shadow is too far into the arboretum to be seen. The shadow, when visible, moves about one foot per minute, so you can readily see it move.
The bridge celebrates human creativity and ingenuity, important themes of the 300 acre Turtle Bay Exploration Park. The steel, glass, and granite span evokes a sense of weightlessness and the translucent, non-skid decking provides for spectacular viewing at night. The bridge is also environmentally sensitive to its river setting. The tall pylon and cable stays allow the bridge to avoid the nearby salmon-spawning habitat as there are no supports in the water while encouraging public appreciation for the river. Plazas are situated at both ends of the bridge for public use; the north-side plaza stretches to the water allowing patrons to sit at the river's edge.
In addition to being a functional work of art, the Sundial Bridge is a technical marvel as well. The cable-stayed structure has an inclined, 217 foot pylon constructed of 580 tons of steel. The deck is made up of 200 tons of glass and granite and is supported by more than 4,300 feet of cable. The structure is stabilized by a steel truss, and rests on a foundation of more than 115 tons of steel and 1,900 cubic yards of concrete. The McConnell Foundation, a private, independent foundation established in Redding in 1964, funded the majority of the bridge's $24 million cost.
World renowned Spanish architect and engineer Santiago Calatrava conceived the Sundial Bridge's unusual design, his first free-standing bridge in the United States. Calatrava has built bridges, airports, rail terminals, stadiums, and other structures around the world. His notable designs include the new PATH transportation terminal at the World Trade Center site in New York City and several projects at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, including the main stadium where opening and closing ceremonies were held.
About the Designer
The design for the Sundial Bridge was conceived by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, the world's premier bridge designer. Calatrava has built bridges, airports, rail terminals, stadiums, and other structures around the world. Though he recently completed a major expansion of the Milwaukee Art Museum, and has been selected to design the new Oakland Cathedral, this is his first freestanding bridge in the United States.
Completion And Opening
July 4, 2004
700 feet long x 23 feet wide x 217 feet high (pylon)
3.2 million pounds (1,600 tons)
Steel structure with galvanized steel cables, Non-skid glass panels in steel framework, granite accents
115 tons of rebar and 1,900 cubic yards of concrete
400 tons of steel and 200 tons of glass and granite (deck)
4,342 feet of cable (pylon), 580 tons of steel, (pylon)
The McConnell Foundation
Redding Redevelopment Agency
Federal Highway Administration
Santiago Calatrava (Zurich)
Construction Manager
Bob Morrison Jr., S.E./Morrison Structures, Inc. (Redding, CA)
Omni Means (Redding/Roseville, Calif.)
Project Manager
Margaret Zech
General Contractor
Kiewit Pacific Co. (Vancouver, Wash.)
Steel Fabricator
Universal Structural, Inc. (Vancouver, Wash.)
Steel Detailers
Tensor Engineering
Erection Engineers
Buckland and Taylor
Other Consultants and Contractors
Sharrah Dunlap Sawyer, Stimpel-Wiebelhaus, North State Resources, Carr Kennedy Peterson Frost, Coyote & Fox, Pace Engineering, Shasta Water Action Group, L.T. Mlcoch, Inc., and others.
The amount of concrete used in the bridge foundation (1,900 cubic yards) is equivalent to the amount needed to complete foundations for 43 homes. It took 6.27 million cubic yards of concrete to make Shasta Dam and 16,000 cubic yards for the base of the TransAmerica Tower.
The Space Needle weighs 3,700 tons — more than twice as much as the 1,600-ton Calatrava Bridge. The Eiffel Tower weighs 7,000 tons and the Golden Gate Bridge is 419,800 tons.
The superstructure is made of enough cable to stretch across more than 14 football fields.
Due to the sensitivity of the riparian site, steel for the bridge was pre-fabricated at USI, a steel yard in Vancouver, Washington. A total of 18, 40-foot deck sections and 25 truck loads of pylon pieces were transported from Vancouver to Turtle Bay. Fourteen large pieces were shipped by barge to Vallejo and then trucked to Redding, sometimes taking up the entire freeway. The trucks traveled at night and during the weekends to avoid significant traffic delays. The effort requires the coordination of three state Highway Patrol agencies.
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Redlands Classic - California
Our correspondent Leigh Hargrove (Pushbikes.ca) has just called in a report for the stage 3 of the women's race.
Lyne Bessette (Quark) has taken over the lead in the women's race at the Redlands Classic, after finishing third in a breakaway group behind Kristin Armstrong (T-Mobile) and Sue Palmer-Komar (Genesis Scuba-FFCC). The trio finished over 40 seconds ahead of a chase group containing race leader Genevieve Jeanson (Rona), and Bessette started the day 16 seconds behind Jeanson.
The 67.6 kilometre third stage consisted of a start loop and 4 laps of a 15 kilometre circuit. Each lap has one major climb and descent. A group of four riders broke away early in the race, with Canadians Amy Moore (Quark) and Melanie McQuaid (Ford) taking part. This group maxed out with an approximately two minute gap.
Bessette attacked on the third lap, taking Palmer-Komar and Armstrong with her. Jeanson was unable to follow. The three riders quickly caught and dropped the early break, and continued to widen their lead (at 50 seconds with 4 kilometres to go). Jeanson dropped the main group to chase with two other riders - Bessette's team mate Magali L'Floch and Christine Thornburn (Webcor), but could not close the gap.
The men's race is just about to get underway.
Preliminary results:
1 Kristin Armstrong (T-Mobile)
2 Sue Palmer-Komar (Genesis Scuba-FFCC)
3 Lyne Bessette (Quark)
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A preorder premium for NBA Elite 11 offered by GameStop tips off a new mode in NBA Elite 11, something called "Become Legendary." The smart money's on this being a singleplayer career along the lines of FIFA's "Be a Pro."
Saith the listing:
Reserve NBA Elite 11 and receive a GameStop exclusive Jordan Brand Boost Pack. The boost pack unlocks a pair of Jordan XI shoes and valuable experience points that give you an immediate head start in the all-new Become Legendary Mode! Available online and in-store while supplies last.
Now, all that said, "Become Legendary" is the name of a Nike ad campaign, so some might think it's a branded one-off, like a greatest-moments compilation. But the reference to "valuable experience points" and an "immediate head start" pretty clearly indicate singleplayer career, which first appeared in a basketball title with "My Player" in NBA 2K10.
I emailed an EA Sports rep asking for more details, but didn't hear anything. That's cool, they have their own rollout schedule.
Final, unrelated note: EA Sports did answer my question about NBA Jam for the 360 and PS3, which will be included free (via one-use download code) with retail copies of the game. The 360 and PS3 versions will have the same, full roster of players, secret players, and legends, as the Wii version.
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In the basement of Kemper Hall (formerly known to much of the staff and some upperclassmen as EU II) lies the Computer Science Instructional Facility (CSIF), commonly referred to as The Dungeon. It consists of five lab rooms as well as a support room. All Computer Science and CSE majors, as well as anyone taking a CS class, get a login for the CSIF computers. Most every reasonable CS class in UC Davis that accepts programs for homework will require them to compile on CSIF computers, because they'll most likely be graded from there.
If you want to avoid the dungeon to the greatest extent possible, install Linux on your machine. You can SSH into the CSIF computers through Terminal if you run an Apple operating system. For Windows, you will need PuTTY.
The computers that make up the CSIF are named *.cs.ucdavis.edu. There are 67 Linux/Intel PCs, named pcN.cs.ucdavis.edu where N ranges from 1 to 60. As of Fall 2006, many computers down here are dual headed. They can be SSHed into from anywhere, even off campus, a viable solution for those who want to work at home and are not bothered by latency. If you want to remote in from home, this quick and dirty shell script will find the machine with the lowest load and log you in to that one. The machines cover a fair range of speeds and manufacturers. The far south lab, room 67, has the computers with decent graphics cards for graphics work, and used to contain a bunch of HPUX machines but they were replaced with some kind of Solaris tomfoolery in Summer '05.
(map of labs from the Summer of 2005)
At a time now past, the labs were populated with a wider variety of hardware, with DEC Ultrix DECstations, HP-UX and SGI MIPS workstations represented.
Most accounts on the CSIF servers are limited to a
50 100 meg quota, though taking certain classes like ECS175 will get you a quota boost for that quarter only. The low disk quota is the cause of about 90% of the questions to CSIF support, because when you try to login after exceeding quota you're just met with a cryptic error message.
One rationale for the low quota is the heavy backups made for CSIF accounts. Type 'cd .snapshot' in any directory and you'll see hourly, daily, and weekly backups for its files. This is handy if you've accidentally deleted something, or you just want to use it as extremely primitive version control.
A login for CSIF gives students 200 pages of printing in this lab separate from the campus
100 90 30 (budget cuts) page quota. CS and CSE students are often found coming to the labs to print toward the end of the quarter when their campus quota is exceeded. At one point in time, your CSIF print quota would actually increase as you printed.
The printer room has become a transient resting place for old textbooks. Books are randomly deposited, only to be rummaged through by the CS student populace. There are some decent books, such as an older edition of the MINIX text (sometimes used in ECS 150), a treatise by Knuth complete with a picture of Knuth on a horse, various MATLAB texts, etc.
There's currently a web page hosting CSIF news, updated sporadically if at all. The page is wiki-esque, but editable by CSIF employees. There is also a page where you can see what the load averages are for most computers that make up the CSIF net (some are secret!).
CSIF received a glut of Dell flatscreen monitors sometime in 2006, which are now used alongside the old CRTs, giving many of the PCs dual-monitor capability.
A series of fancy photo prints now adorn all CSIF labs, giving the inhabitants a pleasant view of places they are not currently at.
The CSIF is administered by CSIF Support.
Wireless Connectivity
The "CS Wireless Network" was apparently only for grad students and employees. It has now been replaced by moobilenet. As of Fall 2010, moobilenet is available throughout the dungeon.
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this page is in need of correction by someone who currently works in/uses the CSIF labs. delete this comment if it ever gets done. —TravisGrathwell
2009-06-07 08:19:09 Lately the computer rooms in the dungeon smells like pesticide. What's with that? —AndrewPotter
- Gone now. It seems that they sprayed the whole building that day. —TR
2010-03-04 16:10:59 Whoa, I have 200 pages of printing I did not know about? —hankim
The print quota used to go backwards on occasion.... i.e. the more you printed, the larger your quota got. Fun times. —WilliamLewis
- Cannot be a coincidence that it happened in the computer science department. —hankim
2010-03-04 22:17:37 Wow. Is that a 1200 baud modem?! —IDoNotExist


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As economies across the globe continue to contract, navies, armies, and air forces are being told, if not, "do more with less" to at least "do the same with less." Proceedings thus asked sea-service commanders around the world: What innovative efficiencies and economies are you implementing, or considering implementing, to improve force readiness?
Admiral Bernard Rogel
This question is pivotal, because while we currently are facing a difficult economic climate, we still must be ready for the next conflict. The unpredictable international situation demands that we be able to operate without delay wherever our interests lie.
Force readiness means a holistic availability of technical and personnel capacities, as well as the crew's fighting spirit.
Technical availability is the first key element of readiness. That's the reason why funding maintenance is one of my resource priorities. Innovative efficiencies in this domain have already been established through improved ship technical availability by the involvement of industrial players within our maintenance process:
• New contracts have been signed with industrial incentives for each ship-availability day.
• Maintenance is now planned from the point of conception for new-built ships.
• Sharing experience with civil shipyards is improved.
• Military personnel are exchanged with those from industry.
Furthermore, we are testing a new concept, the "reach back," on our new frigates. With about two-to-three times fewer sailors on board new-generation ships, ashore teams—equivalent to one crew for three ships—are dedicated to maintenance. We expect to increase productivity in this way.
The second key element is individual and collective competencies. Personnel capacities have been increased by using simulation and experience-transfer ashore. During "reach back" assignment, sailors are trained using virtual-reality tools, working closely with seasoned seamen so they may learn from the latter's experiences. At sea, realism is increased by using civilian aircraft and small ships as opposition forces to simulate surprise, and by joining other assets for large training exercises. Operational lessons, such as those from the Libyan conflict, are implemented into the scenario.
But most of all, force readiness depends on the crew's willingness to fight and overcome. Combat is a matter of endurance, tenacity, and enthusiasm. Those qualities have to be maintained in spite of financial reduction and media pessimism. In that context, the sailor's morale is paramount, and that is why I give it so much attention: we ensure that sailors don't have to worry about their personal situation. We prioritize providing them with the means to perform the tasks asked of them. Moreover, we train them to rely on each other to overcome adversity by presenting them with difficult training conditions that require close, joint efforts. I'm convinced that crew spirit is the most important enabler to victory.
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Orange dismantles Bristol Tower of Doom
Vodafone to continue grilling locals
Orange has agreed to remove a mobile-phone base station from the top of a block which has become known as the "Tower of Doom", thanks to the high incidence of cancer amongst the elderly residents.
So far, seven people in Berkeley House in Staple Hill, Bristol, have contracted cancer, with three dying. Never ones to let scientific evidence get in the way of uninformed opinion, the local residents have identified the mobile-phone base stations on top of their building as the cause of their problems.
Other residents often have headaches, though the stress of living in a building called The Tower of Doom can't be dismissed as a factor.
South Gloucestershire Council has been trying to get the masts removed for three years, but have been hampered by the fact that there's no legal reason to demand their removal.
Orange has now agreed to take down its mast, but only to relocate it along the road where locals have put together a petition to try and stop them. Vodafone remains unmoved.
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Seventeen more fighters at the welterweight and lightweight divisions complete the EA Sports MMA roster, bringing to 60 the total number of combatants in the game.
Joachim Hansen, Shinya Aoki, Tatsuya Kawajiri, Jay Hieron, Marius Zaromskis, Hayato Sakurai and Tyron Woodley are the new welterweight fighters, joining Robbie Lawler, Nick Diaz, Kazuo Misaki, Lyman Good, Pat Miletich, Jake Shields, Joe Riggs, Matt Lindland, Frank Trigg and Nick Thompson, who were revealed last week as middleweight eligibles.
Hansen, Aoki, Kawajiri, Sakurai, also are lightweight eligible, joining new fighters Lyle Beerbohm, Josh Thomson, Gilbert Melendez, Mizuto Hirota, Gesias Cavalcante, Vitor Ribeiro, Eddie Alvarez, Satoru Kitaoka, Billy Evangelista and Kron Gracie
By comparison, UFC Undisputed had 40 fighters spanning its welterweight and flyweight, 99 in its main roster and up to 106 available overall (seven were available as PS3 exclusives or pre-order bonuses).
Above are the welterweights. Below is the legend identifying them, then the lightweights and the legend for those fighters. EA Sports MMA is out on October 19 on Xbox 360 and PS3.


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Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Arizona Voter ID Law
(WASHINGTON) -- Lawyers for Arizona, a state that has clashed repeatedly with the federal government on the issue of immigration, will be back at the Supreme Court on Monday defending a state law that requires proof of citizenship in order to register to vote in elections.
Critics of the law say that it conflicts with federal law — the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) — which is sometimes referred to as the Motor Voter law. It was enacted in 1993 to establish uniform procedures to vote in federal elections.
The NVRA provides a federal form for registration in which the registrant is required to check a box indicating U.S. citizenship and to sign the form under penalty of perjury.
But the state law, Proposition 200, which was passed into law in 2004, requires any registrant who does not have a driver's license issued after 1996 or a non-operating license to provide documents such as a copy of a birth certificate or a passport.
"The case is intrinsically important," says election law expert Edward B. Foley of the Moritz School of Law at Ohio State University, "because it asks whether a state can add a requirement to prove U.S. citizenship at the time of voter registration, beyond what the federal government requires under the NVRA".
"This is an important case that is under the radar screen, because it involves not only the issue of immigration but also the regulation of voting rights," Foley says. "More broadly, how do we make the rules of elections and who gets to write the rules — the federal government or the states?"
Groups such as the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) say the law puts an additional burden on voters. They argue that a voter registrant who submits the federal form but does not provide additional documentation required by the state law is rejected for voter registration.
In court briefs, lawyers for MALDEF say: "Although states are authorized to design and use their own mail voter registration form, nothing in the statute permits states to use their forms to the exclusion of the federal form."
Nina Perales, MALDEF's Vice President of Litigation says that Arizona is trying to portray the dispute as a "David and Goliath battle between a state and an overbearing federal government," but she says the "bottom line, is that Arizona's law excludes U.S. citizens from registering to vote and it conflicts with federal law. Federal law says an individual can register to vote using a federal voter registration form. Arizona rejects the federal voter registration form unless they meet additional documentation requirements."
She says that following the enactment of Proposition 200, more than 31,000 individuals were rejected for voter registration and less than one-third of the rejected registrants were subsequently successfully registered to vote.
A federal appeals court ruled against Proposition 200 and blocked the provision at issue.
Arizona Attorney General Thomas C. Horne argues in court briefs that Proposition 200 is necessary to preserve the integrity of elections. He says the state law does not conflict with the NVRA.
"The requirement that applicants provide additional evidence to support their application does not constitute a 'rejection' of the federal form any more than an identification check at an airport gate entrance constitutes a 'rejection' of a passenger's ticket," Horne says in the court briefs.
"Arizona, like other states, has experienced fraud in voting with regard to both registration and casting ballots," Horne argues.
Alabama, Georgia, Kansas, Michigan, Oklahoma and Texas have filed a brief in support of Arizona saying that the state law "works hand in glove" with the federal law at issue and that Proposition 200 "is itself designed to protect the electoral process for the benefit of eligible citizens."
But the federal government has filed a brief in support of the challengers, arguing that the NVRA "prohibits a state from imposing additional requirements on applicants who seek to register for federal elections through the federal form."
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No. 21 - White and Black
No. 20 - Happy Bastille Day
Vive le Albi! Today is Bastille Day, and even though I don't really know what it's all about, I know that all the French people in my neighborhood are in a good mood and have come out to celebrate by wearing funny hats and carrying fancy umbrellas.
Not many of you may know this, but I am named after a small town in France named, you guessed it, Albi! I haven't been there, but I would like to visit. I hear that it is small and lovely, kind of like me.
In France, people like to play football. But that doesn't mean they tackle each other and then eat Doritos after it's over. It means that they kick a ball and chase after each other. Which team am I on, guys?
Want to know what's as good as cronuts? Fancy pastries that they flew all the way from Brittany, France. They must have had a whole big plane full of these things. If I could have snuck on that flight, when they opened the cargo, all they'd find is a big fat rabbit.
But at the festival, the pastries only got second prize. First prize went to me, Albi, for having the best French spirit and being the most popular thing to celebrate. Thanks everyone!
Back in the olden days in France, if you messed with the wrong fella, you'd get your head chopped off with this guillotine. But now, it can be used for more useful purposes, like making a salad for lunch. Check me out as I make this carrot a little more exciting. Don't have a boring carrot; don't have a boring life!
Then it was time for me to do a little judging at this petanque match. The object is to throw the balls in the sand and then stare at them for as long as you can. Hey, you with the hat, no cheating!
Happy Bastille Day everyone!
No. 19 - Albi's Summer Vacation
Summertime! After working hard all year in cramped quarters, I drove an hour upstate to my good friend's summer home for a little R&R (Rabbit & Relaxation). Here's me, hanging out for a little photo opp. Don't I look handsome? Someone get me my blazer and call the society pages!
If you want to be a gentlerabbit, you should try to do nice things like take afternoon tea. I've got enough tea for two. Who would like to join me? And would you mind doing the pouring?
After tea, it was time to let my fur down. Here's me playing a little Rock Band. I don't really have much of a singing voice, but I can really thump these drums with all four paws.
I liked the house, the tea, the bridge and everything else, but I think my favorite part of all was playing inside these pots.
No. 18 - Dear Albi
Hello tall readers,
I recently discovered some fanmail sitting in my inbox. Sorry I could not get back any sooner. My servants have been busy lately. I am training them to watch more Downton Abbey so they get the message.
Letter from Li-Ling:
I love the blog and rabbit albi is so cute sooooooooo cute LOLZ
Albi says:
Thanks alot, Li-Ling. I will send you a special message. Watch out in your inbox!
Letter from Ashley:
Hey Albi, i am a huge fan, my friend showed me your blog and i think its really cool and funny. I never thought that i would like to read these kind of blogs but now all i do is reread your blog every day. you are my role model !!! thanks Albi for reading this. i hope you answer back.
Albi says:
Hi Ashley! Thank you for your neat-o message. Is this picture good enough of an answer back?
Letter from Pokke + Tomoko:
Hallo. My name is Pokke.
I'm a gray rabbit with a white dot on my right shoulder like a pocket, so my servant Tomoko call me "Pokke".
Pokke means pocket in baby's word in Japan.
I try to send this message from Japan.
Because, I am deeply grateful for your interesting blog.
Tomoko starts to study English again to understand your blog deeply.
If she improve in her English and her salary rises, I will get more good quality celery and cabbage.
We are looking forward to your interesting news.
We wish you the best of luck with everything.
Please give our best regards to your servants.
Pokke + Tomoko
Albi says:
Hello to my Japanese friends! Your letter is very nice and I like it a lot. I will try to think of more things to put on my blog. Thank you for recognizing my servants. I like them but sometimes, I wish they would work harder. Like massage my paws after dinner.
P.S. Maybe if your salary does not rise fast enough, Pokke can get a job at a rabbit café so that he can get more celery and cabbage.
This job at the rabbit café does not look so tough. There are lots of servants to feed him.
Keep the letters coming! I'm also available to give you advice based on my rabbit experiences.


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MANKATO - Sisters Emily Green and Alissa Witte of Mankato were waiting for lunch at the Wagon Wheel Cafe on Wednesday when U.S. Rep. Tim Walz stopped by, dropped to one knee and then explained why he ignored pleas from President Bush and his own Democratic Party leaders and voted against the government's $700 billion rescue of the financial industry.
Said Green, 24, a cosmetologist with $12,000 in student loans to repay: "I'm thinking, why isn't all of that money going to homeowners?"
Between late last week and Wednesday, Walz's office received 1,200 e-mails about the bailout, enough to repeatedly crash his House website.
"This is by far bigger than anything we've had: the war, the flooding," Walz said of constituents' reactions. "More personal. Much more engaged."
The eyes of Wall Street and the country are on House members like Walz, a first-term representative from Mankato, as they prepare to return to Washington and vote again on a modified rescue plan the Senate approved Wednesday night. Whether enough of them change their minds to pass a bill could determine the length and severity of the worst financial panic in decades.
"We are walking the tightrope without a net underneath," Walz said.
Republican Michele Bachmann is another Minnesota member of the House who voted no on Monday. She says she fielded calls and e-mails last weekend from White House staffers stressing the importance of the rescue package to the nation and urging her to approve it. But she wasn't persuaded.
"We were in essence told by the administration that we were looking at financial Armageddon and should we fail to act we could be perceived ... as bringing in a resurgence of 1929," said Bachmann. "I think the administration did a very poor job in making its case to Congress."
Besides, there was pressure in the other direction as well, she said. "We had 300 calls yesterday just in Minnesota," Bachmann, who was also back in the state, said Tuesday afternoon. "Ten-to-one against it."
THE topic at home
Walz has spent the past few days debating the Wall Street mess with everyone from passersby on Main Street in the largely rural First District he represents to House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md.
A stop for gas led to an impromptu hourlong conversation. A bicycle workout at the gym produced another. When a resident e-mailed saying he was frustrated with Walz's no vote and was ambivalent about keeping his yard sign supporting Walz's reelection bid, the congressman called him up.
Despite voting against the majority of Democrats, Walz said he hasn't heard from Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., or the four members of the Minnesota delegation who voted for the proposal. Walz said he is working with Democratic Rep. Collin Peterson of Minnesota's Seventh District to reach a deal. Peterson also voted no, as did Republican Jim Ramstad. Minnesota Democrats Betty McCollum, Keith Ellison and Jim Oberstar and Republican John Kline voted for it.
Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama was rumored to be calling Democrats who voted against the proposal. Walz said he didn't get a call. He said he expected more pressure.
Regular folks have continued to make themselves heard.
Most callers to Bachmann's Washington office on Wednesday still opposed a bailout, said her spokesman, Stephen Miller.
Elsewhere on Capitol Hill, however, there were signs that public opposition was softening somewhat. House Republican Whip Roy Blunt said calls and e-mails to congressional offices that were running about 90 percent against the measure earlier now are coming in about 50-50, according to the Associated Press.
About 30 percent of those who e-mailed Walz urged him to vote for a bailout, said Meredith Salisbury, his communications director. The rest either were against a bailout of any kind or reluctantly endorsed one with a litany of changes.
The dozens of residents Walz met with Wednesday on a walking tour of grocery stores and cafes mostly listened without urging him in either direction on the proposal.
"You're on the line for the money," Walz told Green and Witte at the Wagon Wheel. "What I asked them is to give us a guarantee."
"We're all struggling already," Witte said.
At Pagliai's Pizza, Walz spoke with a pair of self-employed business owners who lamented giving money to rich CEOs who led failing firms.
"This can't be on the honor system," said Vilia Bloom of Minneapolis, who does business in the Mankato area. "They let the kids into the candy store, and the kids ate all the candy."
Struggled with decision
Before Monday's vote, Walz said he called economists and spoke with more than 100 constituents in his district, including bankers and business leaders. He said he struggled with his decision up to the last minute, leaning toward "no" on Sunday night and convinced by Monday.
Walz said he voted against the proposal because it failed to ensure that taxpayers wouldn't have to rescue Wall Street again.
The proposal needs to include more explicit language that will require Wall Street to bail itself out if the proposal isn't successful in five years, Walz said.
"I'm not going to put any risk, no matter how small, back on the taxpayer for something they did not do," he said. "This is not a vote to prop up Wall Street for one or two days. This is a generational type of bill. We're looking to get this right for our grandchildren."
Bachmann wouldn't rule out eventually voting for some version of a rescue if it also included provisions for changes in accounting practices and investing rules and also assurances by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to guarantee bank savings.
Bachmann said the initial package was rejected in part because of the administration's "failure to explain what the problem is, how we got here. You have to make a case for something.
"The administration didn't do that. They essentially gave us a 'trust me' point of view. We've gotten that all year."
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It's a good question. Maybe, like some nobles, the Volturi Coven and guard lives in the castle - the court. And probably each one, dependending opn how powerful or what place in scale of Aro's affectioon has a big or a small room, where the vampire can change and have some privacy. I really don't see them watching much TV. The Volturi are a strange coven. I don't see them doing human things like watching TV. Take aside Aro acting like a mate!DumBumm wrote:Im not sure that The Volturi would take money from all the tourist that go there to get eaten, i just don't see - mainly Aro, taking money from humans, he knows he's better then that. They probably burn all their wallets, money cards...
The Volturi have been around for 3000 years, so they would have alot of money stashed away... and don't forget all the Gold that they have, but i think if the do get money from somewhere it would have to do with something in the city, Volterra.
With the tourist going missing, i think that what ever happened to the tourist - it happened in a freak accident somewhere far away from Volterra.
I wonder, how do The Volturi guards, like Jane, Alec, Demetri, Felix... so on, get money, do you think The Volturi just gives them money...?
Do they even have a bedroom, or maybe a TV?
Can anyone picture Caius all lovey dovey with some vampire chick? He never seems to relax. I found really weird the wives thing. None of them looked like that type.


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Innovation in Government? Collaborative Research is Critical to Fuel Breakthroughs
This week I had the opportunity to meet with a research group from the University of Tokyo visiting California to explore the role of technology for intelligent cities of the future. I prepared for this meeting with a discussion with colleage Dr. Norm Jacknis concerning his collaboration with government leaders and university researchers who are delving deeply into the impact of the Internet on government, politics, and society.
Three takeaways were clear from these conversations:
1. Critical importance of collaborative research across expertise domains, geographies, and public and private sectors
2. Capability to harness the explosion of information or big data deluge that is being fueled by mobile devices connected to the intelligent network
3. An optimistic point of view about potential for research applications, and I'm an optimist!
Next month, Cisco is hosting a live webcast with Dr. Martin Chalfie, 2008 Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry Fueling Innovation: How Research is Really Done (February 29, 2012 at 9:00 am Pacific Time / 12:00 pm Eastern Time).
This webcast will explore how the fruits of basic research are critical to fueling applications. Dr. Chalfie will give examples from his own research developing Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) as a biological marker, as well as from work by others, to demonstrate that the application of basic research into fundamental problems in biology is important for its own sake and, fuels the development of various new applications.
While research is typically focused on one industry, great discoveries generally provide value for multiple industries.
Dr. Chalfie is a Professor of Biological Sciences and former chair of the Department of Biological Sciences at Columbia University. In 2008 he shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Osamu Shimomura and Roger Tsien for his introduction of GFP as a biological marker.
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John Bennett was designated Texas State Artist by the 81st Legislature of Texas in 2010. A fourth-generation Texan and current resident of Fredericksburg with his wife Cathy since 2006, he began figural sculpting thirty five years ago and started having his work cast in bronze in 1985. Since then he has continued to develop his God-given talent as an artist, exhibiting in juried art shows, galleries, and museums.
"I am deeply attracted to the culture of the early west and southwest, especially the beauty of the people and their performance in life and art. I see the romance in line and strength, balance and movement, and that's what I pursue in my work. I strive for essentials, but enhance emotion. I love action and excitement in a subject, especially if the finished piece can project its own soul, beyond just an image frozen in space and time."
Purchasers include the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame in Ft. Worth, and the Women's Museum in Dallas for exhibit in the White House in 1999, as part of the federal "Save America's Treasures" project. Served as Judge for various art events, including "An Artistic Discovery", the Congressional Art Competition for High School Students in 2010.
"Acclaimed for his sculptures of women, he has created works depicting women from all walks of life, from Old West legend Annie Oakley to 98-year-old Alice Reeves, a former schoolteacher and granddaughter of a slave; one of his pieces was selected by the Women's Museum for display at the White House in 1999" – joint resolution of the Texas Legislature, 2009.


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"Aliens Cause Global Warming" is a rather interesting speech given by Michael Crichton which may have you thinking hard about your opinions on such things as global warming and the danger of secondhand smoke.
We often base our own views on controversial subjects on our understanding of what most experts think, but this sort of reasoning is fallacious, even if we don't have a real alternative.
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Its not so much people who are skeptical of climate science or a consensus that my comments were geared towards, but rather organizations which have some support from actual persons with PhDs or Masters in relevant fields... using information in a manner that anybody with any degree ought to know better than.
Science is done by concordance, which is to say consensus of research. Consensus of researchers tend to follow, thus your attack on consensus based science is weak.
I agree. There is the concept that the more scientists that challenge a scientific principle, the more evidence there is that the principle is sound. This is a fundamental truth. The more people who challenge a piece of software and find it to have no faults, the more reliable the software can be considered. The more people who use a tool and find that tool to be useful and without design flaws, the better chance that the next person will not find flaws. This is a logical progression, I can't see why it is confusing. "Consensus" in the world of science is not just a bunch of people "voting" on what is their favorite hypotheses, it consists of people actually examining and challenging those hypotheses and determining which has less flaws and is more robust and applicable.
I think, as you point out Arcus, the problem here is the word "consensus". I think it is being confused just as "theory" is confused (I think sometimes on purpose) by the people who are in the Cult of Jesus. They confuse "An assumption based on limited information or knowledge; a conjecture" with "Scientific Theory" which is "A set of statements or principles devised to explain a group of facts or phenomena". In the way that the OP appears to use it, it means "group solidarity in sentiment and belief (and we all know how useless a "belief" can be)", whereas, in the scientific community, it is actually "the judgment arrived at by most of those concerned", where that judgement is based on extreme scrutiny of the subject, weighed by the experience and expertise of the examiner. This is a HUGE difference.
The problem in terms of climate change science is that those who challenge the current orthodoxy aren't refuted, they are shunned, attacked personally (for example, based on the source of their funding, and ad hominem fallacy), and their careers threatened. Just because they interpret the data differently or have reasons to doubt the quality of the data. While some are unqualified knee-jerk yahoos, quite a few are credentialed experts, even if they are in the minority. Being in the minority doesn't mean they are wrong.
And remember, not all of those lumped together as "doubters" doubt that climate change is real. In fact, most do. There are a variety of views ranging from "it's a natural cycle," to "it's a lot more complex than just the human factor" to "humans play a role, but climate change is but one problem on the table and devoting too much attention to it threatens to take our attention away from they dying oceans, ridding the world of disease, conquering poverty, and enfranchising the disenfranchised."
Hasn't it been determined - theoretically, at least - that there is a tipping point, beyond which Earth can never recover, bur rush irreversibly into becoming another Venus? If so, wouldn't it be prudent to err on the side of caution? Be a shame to conquer disease and poverty, just to broil, just sayin' --
@archae - Don't get me wrong. I am ALL for getting off of oil as much as we possibly can. Another "theoretical threat" is the depletion of the world's readily available oil reserves. I say "theoretical" because some people dispute this as well, but it's clear that oil reserves are getting harder and more expensive to access. It would also be prudent to preserve these as much as possible, since crude oil is used for much more than just fuel (and other uses contribute less CO2 to the atmosphere).
But a much more demanding reason to get off of oil as fuel asap is that the more money we pump into the Middle East, the more dangerous that part of the world becomes. I saw an interview with a panel of people years ago (pretty sure it was before 9/2001) where there was an ex-CIA officer talking about how, during the cold war, we supplied Russia with money to persist that threat, whereas with Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc., we are not only pumping money into that system, we are actually BUYING the weapons for them. How true that is, since I just heard a story on NPR where they were saying that the Iraqi military is selling the weapons that we supply them to both sides of the conflict within that country. Amazing, isn't it? But not surprising. If our safety is what really matters, we need to get off of foreign oil as soon as possible. Not only would we stop pumping money into that region of the world, but we could pull our military out and stop being the world's police, making our relations with those countries less precarious. The government knows that we as a people know these things, which is why every president since Nixon has been using that as a talking point for election, but no one is willing to cut the $70B subsidies that the oil companies use to buy the people who give them subsidies and put that money to work HERE.
If our government gave a rat's ass about the people of this country (this is a bi-partisan complaint, by the way, not just pointing to W's cronies that are still in power), we'd pump that money into solar power and Thorium reactors (WAY, WAY, WAY safer, cheaper, easier to build, faster to build and better in every way compared to Nuclear reactors) and cut our energy usage, create jobs, cut energy costs, and cut pollution all in one fell swoop.
So, why aren't we doing these things? You'd have to ask the people in charge. This should be one of the loudest debates in the current election instead of trying to butt in to whether two consenting adults should be allowed to enter into a civil union or not. THIS is why xianity is so devestating to our country; they divert attention from things that really matter and all they care about is pushing their nonsensical, delusional superstition on everyone and everything else can just be damned.
If our government gave a rat's ass about the people of this country (this is a bi-partisan complaint, by the way, not just pointing to W's cronies that are still in power), we'd pump that money into solar power and Thorium reactors (WAY, WAY, WAY safer, cheaper, easier to build, faster to build and better in every way compared to Nuclear reactors) and cut our energy usage, create jobs, cut energy costs, and cut pollution all in one fell swoop.
I'm sure the Republicans would say "what money?" Also, the public at large isn't all THAT interested in cutting energy. They just want gasoline to be artificially cheap (like it is now even at pushing $4/gal). I'd love to live in the world you describe but it sure as hell ain't this one.
Sorry for the confusion. I didn't mean to imply that people wanted to cut energy. What I was saying is that people wanting us to stop buying Middle Eastern oil. People want our government to stop pumping money into and supporting the Middle Eastern conflicts. And most people want our military out of the Middle East. Cutting energy usage (and therefore expense) is just an advantageous by-product. But then again, who doesn't want to cut their energy bill? I know *I* would be happy cutting my electric bill by anywhere from 20 to 60 percent. As a matter of fact, I plan on doing just that when I buy my next house.
It should be noted that the US is becoming less and less dependent on imports in general and from the Persian Gulf in particular, and given a few more years the US will be independent of Middle Eastern oil. (That's not to say that imports will cease, but that has to do with oil being a global commodity and refineries are geared for specific grades.)
I heard someone on the radio say that it's a myth that we are using our own oil more and more and are thus becoming less dependent, because all oil goes into a world market where it gets mixed in with all the other oil in the world. You may live in Kansas where they are producing oil locally, but it's unlikely that is the oil going into your car there. In fact, it might be from Saudi Arabia, Canada, or Venezuela.
Check the EIA link above for import numbers and you will realize that it's a good reason to fact check what you hear on the radio or read in the papers.
A bit more than half of US oil is produced domestically, the other major suppliers being Canada, Mexico, Saudi, Venezuela, and Nigeria. Once Brazil really start pumping the heavy Saudi crude will most likely be crowded out since it's more expensive to refine than light and it's easier to ship it to China and India.
Be that as it may, the less oil we use, the less we need to import or produce ourselves. I've never heard an estimate that says we can produce enough to be completely oil independent without some major change in our transportation sectors, but even if we could, it would still be faster and easier to do so if we cut energy usage as well as made electricity much easier and cheaper to produce by building Thorium reactors.
The point is, we have a paved superhighway to energy independence, but our brilliant politicians want to keep us on our current course using goat trails.


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Wednesday, August 18, 2010
sleepy morning waste-free lunch
Due to the morning mayhem's hustle and bustle I have been churning out very simple no-frills lunches. And today was no exception.
Ethan's lunch:
Packed in an EasyLunchboxes container, he has from left to right: granola bar, cereal bar, stone-ground wheat crackers and the silicone cup holds cheddar cheese. The small section at top right contains pickles and the bottom right section is baby carrots.
Where's the fruit?
I'm so glad you asked. :)
For his morning snack he took a Thermos Funtainer stuffed full of strawberries and kiwi fruit. I decided that would be ample fruit for the school day. And he'll have a pear when he gets home (one of his favorite fruits, but he is very against eating pears at school. No idea why. He's kinda weird like that.)
Whether you are still getting into the school-time swing of things (like me!) or having your last days of summer break, I hope you are having a great time (and getting more sleep than me!) LOL *yawn*
9 comments:
- Kandi said... [Reply to comment]
even if you say its "no frills" your lunches are still cute! where did you get the cute silicone containers? i'm sure its on your site somewhere.. i've been stalking it off and on the last day or two. :) we can't wait to order a box and start making cute lunches!
- August 18, 2010 at 11:04 AM
- Mommyof2girlz said... [Reply to comment]
Looks yummy and I am LOVING the new blog make makeover!!!!
- August 18, 2010 at 12:50 PM
- Mommyof2girlz said... [Reply to comment]
* blog makeover...not "make makeover"...lol I'm in the car on a bumpy road. Don't worry, i'm not driving..lol
- August 18, 2010 at 12:55 PM
- Mommy said... [Reply to comment]
Thanks for the info. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the new blog. Bento-ing is new to me but I'm really enjoying it. You bring inspiration to me every day and I appreciate it.
- August 18, 2010 at 1:22 PM
- azbaby24 said... [Reply to comment]
I just wanted to say thanks for your blog! I never in a million years would have thought that this was something I could be into (I am busy enough). But sending my 1st kinder kid to school with these types of lunches makes me so happy. You have completely inspired me and allowed me to copy your creations. Keep it up, you are the best!
- August 18, 2010 at 1:45 PM
- Liz said... [Reply to comment]
i could eat pickles alone for my meal! well, maybe with a side of cheese, too, but definitely pickles!
- August 18, 2010 at 2:37 PM
- Jenn @ BentoForKidlet said... [Reply to comment]
Looks delicious! Kidlet is the same way about certain fruits and veg. Some are fine at school and some are only for home. Who knew :D
- August 18, 2010 at 3:39 PM
- Shayne said... [Reply to comment]
i too love the makeover , very cute..
- August 18, 2010 at 4:41 PM
wow, that is just what I am looking for! So afforadable too, I think I'll get a couple sets, your blog is awesome!!!
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1. An appeal of the imposition of a nonpresumptive probation term under K.S.A. 2001 Supp. 21-4611(c)(5) is not rendered moot by the revocation of that probation, if the motion to revoke was filed after the expiration of the presumptive probation term.
2. The Kansas Supreme Court has approved the determination in State v. Jones, 30 Kan. App. 2d ___, ___, 41 P.3d 293 (2001), that the trial court's failure to set forth with particularity the requisite findings under K.S.A. 21-4611(c)(5) results in an illegal sentence, subject to appellate review. State v. Whitesell, 29 Kan. App. 2d ___, ___, 33 P.3d 865 (2001), is overruled by implication.
Appeal from Johnson District Court; ROBIN A. LEWIS, pro tem, and THOMAS H. BORNHOLDT, judge. Opinion filed May 24, 2002. Affirmed.
Cory D. Riddle, assistant appellate defender, and Randall L. Hodgkinson and Steven R. Zinn, deputy appellate defenders, for appellant.
Steven J. Obermeier, assistant district attorney, Paul J. Morrison, district attorney, and Carla J. Stovall, attorney general, for appellee.
Before KNUDSON, P.J., BEIER and JOHNSON, JJ.
JOHNSON, J.: James McIntyre appeals the district court's imposition of 24 months of probation. We affirm.
In 1998, James McIntyre pleaded guilty to one count each of possession of cocaine and possession of marijuana. McIntyre's presumptive sentence was 24 months' imprisonment, but the sentencing judge imposed a downward dispositional departure sentence and assigned McIntyre to the Labette Correctional Conservation Camp.
One year later, the State filed a motion to revoke McIntyre's probation. McIntyre stipulated to the violations. The district court revoked and reinstated probation and ordered McIntyre to undergo a screen for the Therapeutic Community, which apparently found McIntyre unacceptable for its program because he had never participated in a residential treatment program. McIntyre requested that he be allowed to enter a residential treatment program and that, pursuant to K.S.A. 2001 Supp. 21-4611(c)(3), his probation be reinstated for 12 months. The State, however, argued that the term of McIntyre's probation should be extended to 24 months.
The district court ordered McIntyre to serve 24 months' probation, finding there was "both a safety factor and judicial necessity." The court elaborated that based on a report prepared by the Community Corrections Department, McIntyre had a high probability of having substance dependence disorder and would need extensive treatment. Additionally, McIntyre would be required to return to the Community Corrections Residential Center following his completion of an in-patient treatment program, provided he was accepted into such a program. McIntyre appeals the imposition of 24 months' probation in lieu of 12 months.
Subsequent to the appeal, McIntyre's probation was revoked. McIntyre stipulated to violating the terms of his probation by using drugs, failing to submit to a urinalysis, and failing to obtain full-time employment. The district court denied McIntyre's motion to reinstate his probation, and ordered him to serve the remainder of his underlying prison sentence.
In concluding its brief, the State contends the issue presented on appeal is moot because McIntyre's probation was eventually revoked, he was incarcerated, and any issue regarding probation is now irrelevant. We disagree.
"'"An appeal will not be dismissed as moot unless it clearly and convincingly appears the actual controversy has ceased and the only judgment which could be entered would be ineffectual for any purpose and an idle act insofar as rights involved in the action are concerned." [Citation omitted.]' [Citation omitted.]" Shanks v. Nelson, 258 Kan. 688, 690-91, 907 P.2d 882 (1995). As McIntyre points out, the State's final motion to revoke was filed more than 12 months after the probationary period at issue began. Consequently, had the district court only ordered 12 months' probation, the State's revocation motion would have been untimely. The State has failed to adequately demonstrate that McIntyre's substantial rights would not be affected by a favorable disposition in this case.
The State also argues that this court lacks jurisdiction to consider the issue on appeal. There is no dispute that the statutorily imposed period of probation for the offenses McIntyre committed is a maximum of 12 months. K.S.A. 2001 Supp. 21- 4611(c)(3). However, K.S.A. 2001 Supp. 21-4611(c)(5) provides that
"[i]f the court finds and sets forth with particularity the reasons for finding that the safety of the members of the public will be jeopardized or that the welfare of the inmate will not be served by the length of the probation terms provided in subsections (c)(3) and (c)(4), the court may impose a longer period of probation. Such an increase shall not be considered a departure and shall not be subject to appeal."
The maximum term which may be imposed by the district court under this statute is 60 months or the maximum period of the prison sentence that could be imposed, whichever is longer. K.S.A. 2001 Supp. 21-4611(c)(6).
The right of appeal is entirely statutory; no appellate review is required by either the United States Constitution or the Kansas Constitution. State v. Ji, 255 Kan. 101, 102, 872 P.2d 748 (1994). As a result, Kansas appellate courts generally have jurisdiction to entertain an appeal only if the appeal is taken in the manner prescribed by statute. See Wasson v. United Dominion Industries, 266 Kan. 1012, 1018-19, 974 P.2d 578 (1999). The issue is whether the language of K.S.A. 2001 Supp. 21-4611(c)(5), which specifies that an increase in the term of probation is not subject to appeal, serves to deprive this court of jurisdiction to review a probation sentence imposed under that statute.
The question requires statutory interpretation over which this court has unlimited review. Babe Houser Motor Co. v. Tetreault, 270 Kan. 502, 506, 14 P.3d 1149 (2000). There appears to be a split in authority among panels of the Court of Appeals as to whether this court has jurisdiction to entertain appeals such as McIntyre's. Compare State v. Whitesell, 29 Kan. App. 2d ___, ___, 33 P.3d 865 (2001) (holding the legislature specifically intended to foreclose review of an increase in probation term pursuant to K.S.A. 2001 Supp. 21-4611(c)(5) by inserting the "not subject to appeal" language) with State v. Jones, 30 Kan. App. 2d ___, ___, 41 P.3d 293 (2001) (finding district court's failure to set forth with particularity the reasons for extending probation under K.S.A. 2001 Supp. 21-4611(c)(5) constituted an abuse of discretion resulting in an illegal sentence, which may be corrected at any time). Jones was originally filed November 15, 2001, as an unpublished opinion, but on February 8, 2002, the Kansas Supreme Court ordered that Jones be published. In a March 20, 2002, summary disposition, the Kansas Supreme Court reversed an unpublished Court of Appeals decision which was filed October 26, 2001, pursuant to "the prior controlling appellate decision in State of Kansas v. Arnold E. Jones, 30 Kan. App. 2d ____, (No. 86,452 - filed November 15, 2001)." To summarize, the chronology is as follows:
October 26, 2001: State v. Shaw, No. 85,816, finding no authority to review probation extension, filed by Court of Appeals as unpublished opinion.
November 2, 2001: Whitesell, finding legislature intended to preclude review of probation extensions, filed by Court of Appeals as a published opinion.
November 15, 2001: Jones, finding the absence of trial court findings constitutes a reviewable illegal sentence, filed by Court of Appeals as an unpublished opinion.
February 8, 2002: Jones ordered published and show cause order issued in Shaw by Supreme Court.
March 20, 2002: Supreme Court summarily reverses Shaw, pursuant to the "prior controlling authority" of Jones.
One must infer, therefore, that if the decision of the Jones panel is controlling authority upon other Court of Appeals, then Whitesell, which was also filed before Jones, has impliedly been overruled by the Supreme Court. Therefore, we will proceed to consider the merits of the appeal.
To resolve McIntyre's complaint, we must determine whether the trial court set forth with particularity the requisite reasons for extending McIntyre's probationary period. Interestingly, at the hearing, defense counsel made a point to ask the trial judge for clarification on the ruling to comply with the particularity requirement of K.S.A. 2001 Supp. 21-4611(c)(5). In response, the trial judge explained:
"And I appreciate your position. My feeling is, if I haven't made the record abundantly clear, is I believe that because of the nature of the evaluation that was presented to me by the Community Corrections Department, that he is does have such a problem, a high probability of having a substance dependence disorder, plus his psychological personality and the characteristics associated thereto, that he is going to need an extensive outpatient treatment program as well after he is able to get into an in-patient treatment program and the center's program, that I think that an outpatient program is seems to be warranted.
"And an extensive outpatient treatment program seems to be warranted based upon the evaluation that I've reviewed and received. Understanding your position, and I guess in all candor, that is not you have, I think, made a sufficient record that I think your position will not be waived if there is any kind of a motion after one year that, you know, the Court didn't sufficiently satisfy, you know, that position. And obviously a transcript can be had of this hearing for that particular motion if one is deemed appropriate."
Clearly, the trial court's ruling was based on its conclusion that McIntyre's welfare would not be adequately served by the 12-month term because his serious drug problem warranted more extensive treatment. The court's reasons are sufficient to satisfy the particularity requirement of K.S.A. 2001 Supp. 21-4611(c)(5). Moreover, the above comments were specifically made in an effort to comply with the relevant statute.
While McIntyre disagrees with the district court's view that 24 months is necessary to complete the extensive treatment he apparently needed, he has failed to show that the ruling constituted an abuse of discretion.


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Old-fashioned TV is getting voted off the island. CBS' "Survivor" is starting its 17th season tonight (Sept. 25) in high-definition for the first time.
Sony's XDCAM HD optical disc system is being used to produce on-location segments.
The new round of the bugs-and-backstabbing pioneer went to Africa for "Survivor: Gabon - Earth's Last Eden."
"Sony's XDCAM HD system will start a new era for the show," said Executive Producer Mark Burnett. "The system brings the exotic locales to life brilliantly, creating an immediacy that draws viewers right into the frame. This is something we'd been looking to do for some time, and now it has become a reality."
The XDCAM HD camcorders, decks and Professional Disc media are capturing the action as a complete optical disc-based HD workflow system. The technology particularly meets reality producers' needs for on-set flexibility, random access and editing convenience, Sony said.


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Craig Kingsbury, the veteran bureaucrat who was recently appointed to head the Nampa Police Department, began his law enforcement career by hanging out near schools and buying drugs in what should be seen as an attempt to stimulate the local narco-economy.
As a 23-year-old who "looked about 15," Kingsbury would change into "school-type clothes" and "hang out at the Maverick across from Nampa High School and attempt to purchase narcotics from kids," the chief proudly recalls in a recent front-page profile published by the local statist stenography sheet.
Kingsbury's assignment as a government-licensed Narco-Creeper only lasted a couple of weeks, and yielded very little in terms of arrests. Obviously, it did nothing to protect the persons and property of Nampa residents. However, it offered the future chief a suitable initiation into a municipal police department that — like practically every other in the country — is a predatory armed clique disguised as a public service agency.
Nampa has a population of roughly 81,000 and a slightly higher-than-average crime rate. The city takes its name from a physically imposing man of mixed Cherokee and African ancestry called Nampuh, who came to be known as "Chief Bigfoot." Indifferently sourced but plausible legend informs us that Nampuh — a man who stood more than 6'8" tall joined an Oregon-bound wagon train in 1856 and fell in love with a young woman who later jilted him in favor of young artist named Hart.
When Nampuh confronted his romantic rival, Hart taunted him by saying that the object of their mutual desires would never "marry a big-footed n*gger like you." Infuriated, Nampuh charged at the young man, who drew a pistol and shot him in the side. This proved to be little more than an annoyance to the huge Indian, who grabbed Hart by the neck, crushed his windpipe, and threw him into the Snake River.
Nampuh helped himself to Hart's weapons and headed to the hills, where — in the company of a French trapper-turned-criminal named Joe Louis — he formed a gang that spent the next decade staging raids on settlers, miners, and wagon trains. Since they were in the business of extracting money from travelers at gunpoint, it's tempting to think that the outlaw band created by Nampuh and Louis was the Treasure Valley's first police department.
Craig Kingsbury's new appointment as police chief follows a career in which he has distinguished himself only by his sycophancy. He displayed that trait to greatest effect by joining in the official persecution of a small group of whistle-blowers in the department who protested official corruption and criminal behavior therein.
A little less than a year ago, Nampa tax victims were handed a bill of $189,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by three police officers against the Nampa Police Department. The plaintiffs claimed that former Chief William Augsburger when he engaged in "retaliatory conduct … because of Plaintiffs' protected speech and whistleblowing activities," in the words of the civil complaint.
In 2009, the officers were assigned to the department's internal affairs division, where they discovered that waste and fraud were widespread, and criminal misconduct by officers who used excessive force went unpunished. They were not the first investigators to discover financial improprieties in the department.
Between 1995 and 2002, the Nampa PD received more than $2 million from the "Justice" Department's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program to hire 23 full-time police officers and purchase new equipment. A federal audit in 2004 found that the department couldn't properly account for the funds. The amounts mentioned in that report — which was based on a less-than-rigorous review of the department — were trivial. The 2009 probe conducted by the internal affairs division learned that the problems were deep and systemic.
The investigating officers — Leonard Claunts, Joseph Huff, and Curtis Shankel — learned that "the Chief of Police and other command staff (including a Deputy Chief) golfed during working hours," recounts the lawsuit. "And they learned that certain supervisors (Lieutenants and Deputy Chiefs) were performing school related tasks (homework and studying) while on duty."
While the brass was golfing at public expense, one officer was running a personal business while on duty, using his police vehicle to make deliveries and run errands. Another would routinely disconnect the GPS unit on his patrol car and spend his shift time at home, where he would either sleep or beat his wife: The internal affairs investigators noted that the officer "had been involved in multiple domestic violence reports and 911 calls."
"Another officer, who had use-of-force issues in the past, used excessive force when dealing with a suspect, which was witnessed and reported by a fellow officer," according to the investigators. Another was in the habit of "showing up for work under the influence of alcohol yet the safety officer and trainer failed to take action."
The pervasive "waste of taxpayer dollars" greatly concerned the officers, but the more urgent problem was the fact that "police officers were left either unsupervised and without proper supervisory support" and no effort was made "to take appropriate disciplinary action against police officers who had misused their authority on repeated occasions." As a result of that dereliction, "dangerous police officers were being allowed to continue to do police work even though they posed a threat to the public and to other officers." (Emphasis added.)
Chief Augsberger, who ordered the officers to conduct the investigation, pointedly ignored their report. This prompted Sgt. Shankel to write an unsigned letter to the Mayor and City Council in November 2010 describing what the inquiry had uncovered. At about the same time, Investigator Claunts's wife, Ginger Claunts, independently sent an e-mail to Nampa Director of Human Resources Ed Simmerman that expressed the same concerns. Simmerman replied that he and the mayor would "look into matters … in a very discrete [sic] manner."
Simmerman's spelling error suggests that he is a stranger to the concept of discretion, and that impression was fortified by his subsequent actions. Rather than looking into the merit of the complaints lodged by the officers, he simply forwarded Mrs. Claunts's e-mail to Chief Augsburger, with predictable results.
"I was slandered this weekend and I'm going to fire two people today," Augsburger groused to the dispatch supervisor following his discussions with Simmerman. "People are going to get fired over this one."
A few days later, Chief Augsburger strode angrily into a staff meeting and demanded that everybody leave except Shankel and Claunts. After the other employees had left the room, the Chief informed the internal affairs investigators that he was planning on suing them for defamation — and "that their home owners insurance would have to kick in and pay $100,000."
Soon thereafter, Claunts and his wife received a letter from an attorney representing Chief Augsburger and then-Deputy Chief Kingsbury threatening them with a lawsuit if they didn't retract the complaints made in her letter to the Human Resources Department. The letter also demanded that the Claunts reimburse the fees of the attorney who had composed the extortion note.
Within a few weeks, all three of the officers had been subjected to punitive demotions and negative performance reviews. Chief Augsburger dropped several pregnant hints that in the event of cutbacks, the whistleblowers would be the first to lose their jobs — and that three others who had expressed support for them might be the next to go. The chief and his allies began to refer to that group of principled non-conformists as the "Satan Six."
When the officers sought help from Simmerman, the Human Resources Director shrugged his shoulders, said that his "hands are tied," and that "everything is in the Chief's hands per the Mayor." For his part, Chief Augsburger ignored the investigators' report and hired an outside consulting firm called Weaver & Associates to conduct an internal audit.
That report, which was compiled without any input from the internal affairs investigators, validated their most important findings. Yet it concluded with a non-sequitur that could easily have been ghost-written by the chief himself: The consulting firm concluded that the Nampa PD's most urgent problem was "the disruption" caused by the earlier investigation, and recommended that the whistleblowers be "moved and/or terminated or disciplined."
The chief commissioned a second "independent" review to determine if a "hostile work environment" existed in the department. Since the investigation consisted of interviews with the command and supervisory personnel who had been criticized in the original internal affairs inquiry, its findings were never in doubt.
"Most [of those] interviewed thought that the complaints were a distraction and caused upheaval in the NPD," observed a section of the report entitled "Comments on What to Do With Those Causing the `Tension.'" "One said: `I'm angry that these allegations were raised. They have been a distraction.'… A number of people said, `Fire the complainers. Let them go to Boise if they want.' Another: `There will always be whiners. Let the whiners go; get rid of them.'"
The "whiners" in question, recall, were internal affairs investigators who had documented widespread abuse of money extracted from tax victims, and a culture of impunity in which officers who had committed criminal offenses were free to continue preying on the public. The department's highest priority was to preserve its profitable "public service" façade.
While Augusburger and his henchmen — including future Chief Kingsbury — were seeking to be rid of the whistleblowers in their ranks, the Nampa PD was one of several cities selected for a federally subsidized pilot program involving forced blood tests for people accused of DUI. Officer Darryll Dowell, who was part of a "select cadre" of Nampa police assigned to act as "officer phlebotomists," described to the New York Times how he would find himself "looking at people's arms and hands, thinking, `I could draw from that….'"
The prospect of being pinned down and jabbed with a syringe by a policeman is intended to extort cooperation with breath tests, a less invasive (and less infection-prone) method of forcing a citizen to submit to a warrantless search of his person and provide potentially self-incriminating evidence. This kind of thing is explicitly forbidden by the Bill of Rights — as if that fact matters anymore.
Vampire cops aren't the only tax-subsidized predators at large in Nampa. The Nampa Police Department has also provided cover for sexual predators who are exploiting child detainees at the state Juvenile Corrections Center located in that city.
Last June, seven employees at the Idaho Department of Juvenile Corrections facility in Nampa filed a whistleblower lawsuit alleging that their supervisors had permitted female staffers to engage in sexual misconduct with male detainees. The suit also complained that the IDJC's "cronyist, incompetent, corrupt, and unresponsive administration" had permitted widespread "fraud and waste of public resources," promoted unqualified personnel and made them exempt from scrutiny, and retaliated against employees who expressed concerns to supervisors.
To those aware of the Nampa PD whistleblower case, some of the complaints made in that lawsuit will have a familiar flavor.
"People have been playing golf while clocked in," relates attorney Andrew Schoppe, who filed the suit on behalf of the dissident staffers. "Juveniles are having sex with each other" and staffers are having sex with their prisoners. They are also grooming successors from within the inmate population, according to one IDJC employee.
"One staff member was [sexually] involved with a juvenile," Shane Penrod told the Boise Weekly. "That juvenile became a staff member and now they are involved with another juvenile."
The allegations weren't limited to a tiny knot of malcontents: A total of 47 current and former employees eventually lodged complaints against the agency. The lawsuit claims that the Nampa Police Department was made aware of the widespread problems — including sexual misconduct — at the jail, but did nothing about it.
The IDJC filed an official response denying all of the allegations. Sharon Harrigfeld, director of the Idaho Department of Juvenile Corrections, issued a statement reassuring the public "that our facilities are safe" and thanking "all staff for the public service provided each day to community safety."
That statement was issued on July 31. At that time, the group Harrigfeld described as "all staff" included 31-year-old IDJC employee Julie McCormick, who was arrested several months later and charged with sexual assault on a 15-year-old boy.
IDJC staffer Rhonda Ledford, one of the original plaintiffs in the whistleblower suit, recalls that employees who saw evidence of McCormick's criminal conduct expressed concerns to supervisors the previous April, but were required to sign confidentiality statements about the situation."
At exactly the same time the IDJC was trying to tamp down its scandal, the Nampa PD was successfully burying its own: On April 27, U.S. Magistrate Judge Candy Dale authorized the $189,000 settlement and dismissed the whistleblower suit so that the department could begin the "healing process."
By that time, Chief Augsburger who joined the Nampa PD at age 19 and never spent a subsequent hour earning an honest living — was certainly feeling no pain. In May 2011, he was able to retire and begin collecting his pension at age 50. His retirement ceremony included "presentations from local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies, as well as stories from friends," according to a notice from the Mayor's office.
None of those "stories" dealt with issues that were raised in the whistleblowers' lawsuit, which was still active at the time of Augsburger's retirement. Time-server LeRoy Forsman was appointed to keep Augsburger's chair warm until his dutiful apprentice, Craig Kingsbury, could be sworn in.
This crowns the resume of a public functionary who began his career trying to lure children into committing acts that would send them to the local juvenile jail — where they were likely to be sexually exploited by staffers protected by the same police department that had arrested them.
While it's unlikely that anybody who lives outside of Nampa would be concerned about the squalid condition of its municipal police department, consider this: It's quite likely, dear reader, that your local police department is just as bad, if not significantly worse.


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So far, I've tested Ubuntu 10.04, Mint 10 & 12, and Fedora 16 on this laptop. In all cases the install has been almost entirely painless. The only tweaks I've made have been to fix the flipped camera issue (this fix is well documented, just search for fixes applying to either the u35jc or u36jc), and to fix the suspend/hibernate issue.
To get suspend working, paste the following into "/etc/pm/sleep.d/20_custom-asus-u33jc" (you'll need to create the file) and make it executable (use the command "chmod +x 20_custom-asus-u33jc").
BUSES="0000:00:1a.0 0000:00:1d.0"
case "${1}" in
# Switch USB buses off
for bus in $BUSES; do
echo -n $bus | tee /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ehci_hcd/unbind
# Switch USB 3.0 buses off
for bus in $BUSES3; do
echo -n $bus | tee /sys/bus/pci/drivers/xhci_hcd/unbind
# Switch USB buses back on
for bus in $BUSES; do
echo -n $bus | tee /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ehci_hcd/bind
# Switch USB 3.0 buses back on
for bus in $BUSES3; do
echo -n $bus | tee /sys/bus/pci/drivers/xhci_hcd/bind
This is more or less the same as the fix for the u35 / u36, but I had to change the device ID for the USB3.0 controller. I've removed lines pertaining to the optimus fix, because I don't use it. Instead, I've left the Nvidia card active, using the BIOS control on the U33JC to make it the primary card. With the excellent power management on Nvidia mobility cards, I still get 6 hours of battery life, so the lack of Optimus isn't hurting me at all. Plus, having the GPU active gives me super smooth HD video playback.
Getting hibernate working properly is still proving a little tricky. I'll post again when I have a solid fix for that.


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