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Everything about Italy warmed me: the intense heat of the midday sun, the incredibly beautiful mountains around me, the flavorsome food, the people I met. I am not sure if it was this Italian effect, but going into this year's Ultra Trail Lavaredo, I felt so relaxed, so comfortable, so at ease. I was camping about 2km out of town, meaning I was away from the build up and increased hype that goes along with race day. I had no internet, no phone contact. I spent the day lazing under a tree enjoying the simplicity of pre-race resting.
Familiarization with the route:
When the sun finally dropped behind the mountains, it was time to walk to Cortina. I dressed for the race fairly lightly as it was a balmy evening. I hoped this warmth was an indicator of the temperatures up through the mountain passes we would cross during the night. In town there was barely time for a quick espresso and head torch double-check before runners were summoned to the starting line. As with the Ultra Trail Mont Blanc, there was a certain solemness pre-race. Beautiful operatic music played, runners stilled and focused on the immense task ahead, and then we started.
Starting line (Photo courtesy of thenorthfacejournal.com):
I must admit that the whole race is a blur, and only certain parts really stand out. From the beginning I was running very conservatively. I knew the elevation I had to cover (5740m), I knew the terrain would be technical, I knew I had a day of running through 30 degrees +. As we ran through the town of Cortina towards the first trail, I let some of the women go ahead of me. I kept my pace steady and controlled.
The first climb to Col Rosa (about 500m+) allowed me to settle in to a pace where I passed a few of the women. I really tried not to make this the focus though, and instead just kept a steady rhythm, watched my HR, and enjoyed! The downhill that followed really allowed me to stretch the legs a little, and to settle into a pattern that would continue for the whole race: up-down-up-down. At this stage of the race I was using primarily liquid nutrition (produced by Infinit Nutrition).
At various points during the night I ran with a few groups, usually for a few minutes, and then either they would pick up the pace, or I would. Camraderie was high! I remember arriving at Lake Misurina, the mist hanging heavily onto the water in the pre-dawn light. I remember the slow lightening of the sky as I started the climb to the 48km checkpoint at Refugio Auronzo, located just below the fabled Tre Cime di Lavaredo. The climb passed through lush green meadows tucked between the rocky shoulders of the surrounding mountains. At this stage I was alone, and it was eerie to be in these misty valleys, early in the morning, alone with my thoughts and breath.
Refugio Auronzo at 48km, Tre Cimes di Lavaredo behind:
My transition at the checkpoint was fast: I grabbed some more liquid nutrition (pre-mixed into a bottle), picked up some gels and honeystinger wafers, ate some soup and continued on. My highlight was when the startled volunteers asked me "you are running in a skirt?" I found out later at the presentation that the volunteers were all very appreciative of the fact that I was running in a skirt. It was so "feminine."
Running around the flank of the Tre cimes:
Famous view of the Tre Cimes di Lavaredo:
The descent into the Val Della Rienza:
The next section was a blur. I just remember the final flat dirt road that seemed to go on forever to the aid station at Cimabanche.
From Cimabanche there was another 500m+ climb through the Val de Gotres to Forc Lerosa, a mountain pass at 2000m. By this stage the day was warming, and I was making use of all the little streams to refill my water bottle or simply to wash my face and wet the top of my head.
My memory sharpens for the monstrous climb through the Val Travenanzes up to the Forcella Col dei Bos (a climb of almost 1000m). The terrain was beautiful. A glacial formed valley, blindingly white rocks forming the path (but also reflecting the heat), lush alpine meadows filled with bright flowers in other sections. We were literally following the path of an ancient glacier up into the mountains. This section was tough. I was hot, by now my feet were aching from the constant harassment of rocky terrain, the climbed seemed to go on forever.
View down the valley:
View back to Forcella Col Dei Bos (we crossed through the pass between the rocks):
The descent down to the aid station at 94km was a clear example of how much energy and inspiration people give you. By now I was the only woman around, and the field had spread so that there were not many men around either. I was hurting, and a french man picked me up, encouraged me to run with him down to the aid station, and by following his steps, focusing on breathing, rather than pain, I arrived stronger because of his energy.
Descent down to the aid station at Pian dei Menis (94km):
The next 25km hurt. It was a section of deceptively steep ascents and descents that tested the legs, heart, mind and spirit. Each ascent I just focused on the fact that I could do it, that I was doing it, and that I was closer to finishing. I took in a lot of water with nuun ( the ginger flavour was so, so, so tasty at this point), as well as red bull and coke. I enjoyed the company of the 50km runners out on the trail as well, passing me most of the time, but encouraged by their enthusiasm.
One of the small pitches up that tested mind and body:
Spectacular day, a small refuge hidden below the mountains:
One of the refuges below the Cinque Torri (another famous attraction in the Dolomites):
Gabriele and myself (photos courtesy of Simonetta Lazzarotto):
I finished the race behind some super strong female runners, inspired by their strength. I finished in 4th place, in 19:18hrs.
Female 120km presentation:
Female Top 5 podium:
Photos courtesy of Alessandro Regnano (sourced here).


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Mexican authorities detained the Zeta drug cartel's alleged top hit man in the city of Veracruz for the disappearance of three marines, the navy announced Friday.
Angel Mora, nicknamed "Commander Devil," was detained Thursday in a working-class neighborhood in the Gulf coast port along with another gunman, the navy said in a statement.
He is the top hit man for the Zetas in the cities of Veracruz and neighboring Boca del Rio, the statement said.
Mora, 25, and Gregorio Maldonado are believed to be part of a Zetas cell that killed three marines who were kidnapped July 29. Troops seized six automatic rifles from the men, the navy said.
Veracruz was hit by the sensational killings of 35 people, whose seminude, bound and tortured bodies were dumped on a busy thoroughfare Sept. 20.
Veracruz state officials had said the dead all had criminal records and appeared to have been linked to the Zetas, but officials had refused to release any details about them.
On Friday, the Veracruz newspaper Notiver published a purported list of 28 of the victims that it said it received from an anonymous source. The official-looking list appeared to indicate the majority of the victims had no criminal records.
Later Friday, the state government issued a statement saying the list was not authentic and the identifications contained in it were untrue.
"The state government states that the aforesaid information is baseless and untrue," according to the statement, which did not provide any information on the victims' true identities.
Following the appearance, both before and after the killings, of videos purportedly made by an armed group calling itself the "Zeta Killers," experts had raised concerns that the killings might have been the work of a paramilitary organization. Federal officials have repeatedly denied that theory, and a military official speaking anonymously has said authorities believe the killings were done by a gang allied with the Sinaloa cartel.
In the border state of Nuevo Leon, authorities on Friday announced the arrest of one of the suspected masterminds of a casino arson that killed 52 people last month.
Nuevo Leon state security spokesman Jorge Domene said federal agents detained Roberto Lopez Thursday in Zapopan, a suburb of the western city of Guadalajara.
Lopez, 32, is alleged to be one of four members of the Zetas drug cartel who planned the Aug. 25 arson of the Casino Royale in the northern city of Monterrey.
Federal agents flew Lopez, a former police officer in the northern city of Saltillo, to Mexico City for further questioning, Domene told Milenio Television.
Lopez is the 11th suspect to be arrested in the case. Seven others remain at large.
Gunmen entered the Casino Royale in Monterrey on Aug. 25, spread gasoline and set the building on fire, trapping and asphyxiating dozens in what is believed to be a case of extortion.


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Integrated Solutions Create Seamless Trade Settlement to Meet Fiduciary Goals
MONTREAL, Quebec & TORONTO Ontario (January 22, 2009) - CanDeal, the leading online marketplace for Canadian debt securities, and Charles River Development, an award-winning provider of financial software and services to the global investment management community, are extending a strategic initiative that integrates the Charles River Investment Management System (Charles River IMS) and CanDeal marketplace to help Canadian buy-side firms address National Instrument 24-101 (NI 24-101) and other regulations by automating trade settlement.
NI 24-101 was introduced in 2007 by the Canadian Securities Administrators as a framework for ensuring more efficient and timely settlement processing of trades. According to Jayson Horner, Co-founder and CEO of CanDeal, the integration with Charles River IMS is consistent with the spirit of the regulation and reflects its objectives in market practice. “Current market conditions point to an industry need for improved governance and efficiency in all aspects of the investment management process. Risk management has emerged as the industry’s top priority. Our complementary solutions help fiduciaries evolve their compliance processes and adopt the highest standards of practice available.”
“We have a substantial Canadian client base of more than 20 buy-side firms and understand the unique requirements of this market,” says Tom Driscoll, Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Charles River Development. “Since the introduction of NI 24-101, the ability to facilitate same-day affirmation of trade results has been more important than ever for our Canadian clients. Charles River IMS automates the entire trade life cycle from portfolio management to settlement, helping clients gain efficiencies while reducing costly errors and failed trades. The system’s integration with CanDeal meets our Canadian clients’ growing demand for enhanced trading tools and liquidity solutions to facilitate best execution.” Dale MacMaster, Director, Fixed Income at Alberta Investment Management Corporation says “the combination of these two market leaders into a single integrated solution has allowed AIMCo to exceed our fiduciary obligations to our clients.”
The integration of Charles River IMS and CanDeal’s marketplace creates a seamless end-to-end trade and trade processing solution that places best practices at the forefront -- defining the dealing environment, moving compliance upstream, facilitating superior price discovery and trade execution, crystallizing trades in comprehensive transaction records, and allowing for real-time risk measurement and assessment. Notice of execution, allocation, instruction, trade matching, affirmation and settlement can all occur within seconds of a trade.
CanDeal is the leading online marketplace for Canadian dollar debt securities (www.candeal.ca). CanDeal provides online access to the largest pool of liquidity for Canadian government bonds and money market instruments. CanDeal’s marketplace is available to institutional investors in Canada, the United States and Europe.
CanDeal offers Canadian institutional investors and investment dealers online access to liquidity in 15 debt and derivative marketplaces operated by Tradeweb in the United States, Europe and Asia.
About Charles River Development
Charles River Development is an award-winning provider of technology systems and services to over 310 investment firms in the institutional, mutual fund, banking, hedge fund, wealth management, insurance and pension industries. The Charles River Investment Management System is a comprehensive front- and middle-office software suite for all asset classes that includes: Charles River Manager for portfolio management and modeling; Charles River Trader for order management and electronic trading; Charles River Compliance for real-time pre-trade and end-of-day compliance; and Charles River Post-Trade for the centralized management of trade matching, confirmation, and settlement workflow. The system incorporates global real-time electronic trading via FIX (Financial Information eXchange) through the Charles River Network, a broker-neutral financial network that is fully integrated with Charles River IMS.
Charles River IMS features a modern, proven, N-Tier service oriented architecture (SOA) that is highly scalable and supports continuous 24x7 operations. Message-based APIs and exposed Web Services facilitate rapid systems integration.
The company also offers implementation and managed services (hosted and remote application management). Founded in 1984, Charles River maintains headquarters in Boston and primary offices in London, Melbourne, New York, Paris, Singapore and Tokyo.

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Pittsburgh (KDKA)- Willie Parker will be playing football in 2011 but it won’t be in the NFL.
The former Steeler running back announced on his Facebook page that he’ll be running the ball in the UFL this year for the Virginia Destroyers.
Parker also said that he still hopes to play again in the NFL.
Parker was publicly hoping to the return to the Steelers this season but never received an offer from them.
“Fast Willie” played six seasons for the Steelers before trying out for the Washington Redskins.
It’s highly unlikely that Parker will ever play again in the NFL.

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We will soon announce the full programme and speakers for two days full of panels, keynotes, roundtable sessions, talks, drinks, art and mind-blowing culture. Here's what to expect:
Art: During this year's conference, you can emerge yourself in art and culture. Art, in all its forms and expressions, has always played a unique role in exploring the complex dynamics between humans and technology. With performances, music and visual art, we will create a space where we can ask questions about how technology affects our lives and how we can create meaningful connections in the digital world. Take a breather from the panels, talks and workshops and get inspired! Interact with a machine that is itself creative with Jan Zuiderveld's Dream Machine, a hacked Xerox photocopier from the 00s, or experience a creative collaboration between artist and machine during Sofia Maria's live DJ set using WAIVE, a generative AI system based on Dutch audio heritage material.
Education: The long arms of Big Tech have now also reached education. Since the corona pandemic, tech companies' hold on infrastructure and didactic resources in education has tightened considerably. What are we sacrificing by embracing the convenience and monopoly of tech companies? And what has happened to public values like autonomy, openness and putting people first? During the session 'Values-driven education: Free from Big Tech', we will explore these questions and learn how we can change the course in education.
BAZAAR: During the BAZAAR, you will have the chance to discover pioneering companies developing open source hardware and software. We may dream about an alternative digital future, but we also need the tools to build it.

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|Publication number||US5613164 A|
|Application number||US 08/408,368|
|Publication date||Mar 18, 1997|
|Filing date||Mar 22, 1995|
|Priority date||Mar 22, 1995|
|Publication number||08408368, 408368, US 5613164 A, US 5613164A, US-A-5613164, US5613164 A, US5613164A|
|Inventors||Michael F. DiAngelo, Gerald F. O'Neil|
|Original Assignee||International Business Machines Corporation|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (18), Non-Patent Citations (6), Referenced by (39), Classifications (12), Legal Events (5)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
This invention relates to a portable computer network setup apparatus for quickly establishing a computing center with networked multiple terminals. In particular, this invention provides data and power distribution components for multiple computer system terminals, thereby providing fast, efficient, and error-free network setup and take down together with neat, safe, and unobtrusive cabling.
Computer supported cooperative work meeting facilitation is a relatively new and effective way of conducting group meetings. Computer hardware, special software, a trained professional facilitator, and a physical location to hold a meeting combine to form a decision support center (DSC). Several of these exist throughout the world. The earliest were stationary decision support centers using desktop computers in a specially designed and dedicated meeting room.
Decision support center technology proves to be effective and efficient when compared to traditional meetings. However, DSC attendees need to travel to an existing center to participate. Travel is costly and time consuming. Portable decision centers reduce travel time for participants. Instead of moving people to the meeting, the meeting is moved to the people. Portable DSCs may utilize laptop computers and other portable components. Attempts have been undertaken at conducting DSC sessions at remote locations, but show the need for improvement. For example, setup time is excessive.
Computer system devices requiring low voltage power are made with external transformers, each transformer has an input connected to a power source and a low voltage output connected to the device. Data connections among components require various length data cables. Low voltage power is needed for computers, as battery life is limited. LAN adapter cards do not use batteries and require transformers. As an example, for a network environment using 19 laptop computers, such as in a DSC, 38 transformers need to be powered and attached to the computers and LAN adapter cards. Several extension cords and multiple outlet boxes are required. Multi access units (MAUs) are scattered along the floor to allow for wiring the LAN with fixed length cables. This type of setup is time consuming, unsightly, difficult to trouble shoot and awkward.
Laptop computers were designed to run from individual power adapters as are the LAN adapters. When arranged as a decision support center, 6-18 computer-with-LAN adapter combinations are used each requiring two individual power transformers. Also, dozens of power outlets are required to supply the transformers. The multi access units are left loose on the floor or conference table. This arrangement is unwieldy to set up and provides several opportunities for error.
Wireless LANs and the use of multiple batteries for each participant terminal (e.g., laptop computer and LAN adapter card) would require changing batteries and would interrupt the flow of a meeting and waste considerable time. Also, LAN cards would still require external low voltage power as they have no batteries. Wireless LANs need to be connected to a transmitter and are prohibitively expensive. Cellular technology is only recently available and would also be expensive.
The present invention significantly reduces setup and pack-up time for computer supported meetings, and eliminates many opportunities for failure by reducing the number of transformers and cables. It has several distinct elements: transformers, multiple access units, and custom power cables. Some data cables and a cooling fan may be stored within the system.
Shipping the inventive central power and data distribution system (CPDDS) as a self contained network eliminates the need for several other shipping containers. Providing base transformers and specialized low voltage power cabling eliminates most of the clutter associated with line power cords and multiple extension cords and individual transformers. Custom length data cables eliminate the need for combining several smaller cables or coiling large cables reducing clutter, setup, and break down time. Utilizing data cables instead of a "wireless" LAN greatly reduces cost and reliability problems.
A first embodiment of the invention relates to use within a decision support center requiring low voltage power for laptop computers and external LAN adapters. The CPDDS provides low voltage power and data connections as well as a shipping container. Portable decision centers are comprised of numerous components. They also require LAN and multiple access unit components. The system eliminates the need for individual transformers, multiple power outlets, extension cords and unsightly cabling. It substantially reduces set up and take down time. The housing acts as a shipping case providing storage areas for the power supply cables and other items. Multi access units are mounted within the enclosure. Front and rear doors are removable to allow access to the multi access units and power units. The power supplies and cables are stored within the system. Each power supply is capable of powering six laptop computers and six LAN adapters.
Power and data cables run directly from the system to the computer terminals eliminating the need for loose multi access units, individual power transformers, and multi outlet extension cords. The housing can be used as a projector table for use with a viewing screen in addition to a shipping case.
Laptop computers are typically thought to run as individual work stations, LANs are thought to be permanent fixtures in a structure. The concept of a portable decision support center operating as a LAN is a new concept. The present system is designed to supply data and power capabilities required by a DSC in various locations.
Other features and advantages of this invention will become apparent from the following detailed description of the presently preferred embodiment of the invention, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1A illustrates a three dimensional view of the CPDDS without a cover.
FIG. 1B illustrates a top view of the CPDDS of FIG. 1.
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the electrical components of the invention.
Referring to FIG. 1A, a CPDDS shipping and storage case 101 serves many purposes. Some of the unique elements of the case are its rugged construction, removable foam insert 102 for the transformer compartment, rack mounted MAUs 103 in another compartment, removable front and rear panels, attached with clasps or hinged, for ventilation 104 (FIG. 1B), total height allowing it to act as a projection table or printer stand, rollers 105 for easy movement, handles 107 for carrying the case, and lined accessory compartment 106.
The foam insert 102 houses three transformers during shipping. To become operational, the foam insert is removed, the transformers are stacked in the open area previously occupied by the insert. A cooling fan may be directed toward the back of the transformers increasing cooling and air circulation through the system.
Referring to FIG. 2, low voltage power is supplied to the laptops, PCs, or workstations 33 by a transformer 10 coupled to a power source 30 and custom low voltage wiring 14, 15, 16. Each laptop, PC, or workstation includes an addressable LAN adapter 32. Coaxial power plugs 17, 19 of the appropriate size are attached to appropriately gauged lead wires 16 for the LAN adapters and appropriately gauged lead wires 15 for the personal computers. An appropriately gauged main wire 14 is attached to a transformer via a socket 11 and plug 12 connection and supplies power to the leads 15, 16 via connectors 13. Each main wire/transformer accommodates six laptops.
FIG. 2 also shows a shielded - double twisted pair cable 21 with a telephone plug 20 LAN adapter connection. Our best mode implementation uses a standard data cable and connectors built to custom lengths, instead of telephone plugs. Data cables are available in standard lengths, the larger sizes being 20, 30, or 50 foot lengths. To accommodate various portable DSC configurations several shorter 8 foot cables would need to be linked together or use longer cables and coil the excess. Longer coiled cables are unsightly and heavy, multiple short cables are error prone. Custom cables of 10, 15 and 25 foot lengths eliminate the need for excessively long cable and multiple short cables. Each cable is hooked on one end 22 to a MAU 31 and on the other end 20 to a LAN adapter 32. MAUs 31 are permanently fixed to the CPDDS and link the LAN adapters for data communication between them, and may be linked together for token ring network communication, for example. Custom length data cables reduce setup time, shipping weight, clutter, and aid in error determination.
Using the CPDDS all components associated with power supply for the workstations are contained in one system having transformers and low voltage cables. As an example, for a 15 workstation network, without the CPDDS, 30 transformers and multiple extension cords and multiple power outlets would be required. They would have to be unpacked and assembled. With the CPDDS such a system requires only three transformers 10 plugged in to line current 30. Data cables 21 are run between the three mounted, and interconnected, MAUs 31 in the CPDDS and to each LAN connector. Without the custom length cables several shorter cables would need to hooked together to achieve the correct length. Custom power cables are attached to the transformers and then to each workstation 33, six workstations to each transformer. It takes approximately one hour for a single experienced facilitator to setup a 15 workstation portable DSC. It may take up to three times as long to do the same setup if each power component is separately packed and data cables need to be joined together. The same time savings are gained in break down time.
A first complementary embodiment of this invention utilizes off-the-shelf electric components. For example, a transformer, such as a Tripplite PR15; a Multi-Access Unit of the International Business Machines Corporation (IBM); 3M connectors; AT&T telephone plugs; and XIRCOM LAN cards are commonly available. Such components are well known articles of commerce and are not described further.
It will be appreciated that, although specific embodiments of the invention have been described herein for purposes of illustration, various modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, the scope of protection of this invention is limited only by the following claims and their equivalents.
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Gatineau, QC, Mar 22, 2012 — In 1919, two intrepid cameramen left New York City to trek across the Canadian North. Traveling by foot, canoe, dog sled and icebreaker they filmed scenes from Hudson's Bay Company communities for that sponsor's upcoming 250th anniversary.
The finished two-hour movie was seen in Canada the following year. But once "talkies" took hold, interest in silent film faded. The original footage ended up tucked away in England, largely forgotten.
A collaborative project has been working to recover the film's source material for Canadians and the world. Some of the best segments will be shown April 3rd in a screening booked at the Canadian Museum of Civilization.
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LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal's main opposition Socialist Party has chosen a new leader to fight next year's general election.
Lisbon Mayor Antonio Costa collected around two-thirds of the vote in a contest with Antonio Jose Seguro, party leader for the past three years, according to results published late Sunday.
Costa challenged Seguro for the leadership after the center-left Socialists failed to establish a clear advantage in opinion polls over the center-right government, which has cut pay and raised taxes.
Socialist supporters want Costa to focus policies on economic growth instead of cutbacks, and lower an unemployment rate of 14 percent. Costa has offered few details of his plans for reducing Portugal's massive debt burden, with public debt at 129 percent of gross domestic product.
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Investigators Say They’ve Finally Identified The Zodiac Killer
The killer was linked to five murders around San Francisco in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, but claimed to have murdered 37 people.
The mystery of the Zodiac killer — named for the cryptic and taunting codes he'd send the media and police — has plagued both professional investigators and amateur sleuths for decades. There are five confirmed murders committed in Northern California between the late 1960s and the early 1970s that are attributed to the Zodiac, but the killer claimed to have murdered 37 people. Now, a team of cold case investigators say they have finally identified the Zodiac killer, Fox News reports.
The Case Breakers, comprised of more than 40 former law enforcement investigators, journalists, and military intelligence officers, have connected the case to Gary Francis Poste, who died in 2018. After years of digging, the team uncovered new forensic evidence and photos from Poste's darkroom. One photo shows scars on Poste’s forehead that match scars on a sketch of the Zodiac killer. Clues from the ciphers the Zodiac included in letters to authorities also point back to Poste, according to the team. In one note, the letters of Poste's full name were removed to reveal an alternate message, Jen Bucholtz, a former Army counterintelligence agent who works on cold cases, told Fox.
In addition to the five murders the Zodiac was previously linked to, the Case Breakers believe Poste killed 18-year-old Cheri Jo Bates on Oct. 31, 1966, in Riverside, California — hundreds of miles south from the area where the other murders occurred and two years before what was thought to be the Zodiac’s first killing. One year after Bates’ death, authorities received a handwritten letter that led them to think the murder may be linked to the Zodiac. However, they received another anonymous letter in 2016 from someone who admitted to writing the earlier note and said it had been a “sick joke.” Police in Riverside told Fox News that they’ve concluded Bates’ murder was not linked to the author of the letter or the Zodiac killer and that her case remains open, but the Case Breakers believe she was Poste’s sixth victim. They said that they’ve tried getting investigators to compare her DNA to Poste’s to no avail.
"The real portion here has everything to do with ego and arrogance," Case Breakers team member Bill Proctor, a former police officer, told Fox News of the Riverside Police Department. "They're not talking about what they have which means that anybody else who comes to the table might have a reasonable argument that an outside organization's information is as valuable, if not more valuable, than what the police department has already done."
The first of the confirmed Zodiac murders occurred in December 1968, when a man and woman were shot dead in a car in Benicia, California. Another man and woman were shot in Vallejo on July 4, 1969, but the man survived. Later that year, a cab driver was fatally shot in San Francisco. A couple was also stabbed near a lake, but the man survived despite sustaining multiple stab wounds. No one has ever been charged in connection with the killings, though there have been plenty of suspects that police investigated.
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Arthur Leigh Allen has typically been the suspect most closely associated to the killer. However, Allen’s DNA didn’t match the DNA found on the cryptic letters and puzzles the real Zodiac sent police and the media, and he died in 1992.
San Francisco police closed the Zodiac case nearly two decades ago, citing an unmanageable workload. "The case is being placed inactive," San Francisco police Lt. John Hennessey, head of the department's homicide unit at the time, told CBS in 2004. "Given the pressure of our existing caseload and the amount of cases that remain open at this time, we need to be most efficient at using our resources." Police said in the report that the case would be reopened if a “promising lead” ever came in. There have been many people who have claimed to know who the Zodiac killer is, but none have ever produced a compelling enough case to confirm his identity.
Fox News unsuccessfully tried to reach out to members of Poste’s family but did not hear back. The San Francisco Police Department said it was unable to speak about potential suspects in the Zodiac case because it remains an ongoing investigation.
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The short answer is, “No.” If you talk to the police after an arrest, you are far more likely to hurt your case than to help yourself. The authorities aren’t talking to you so that you can explain yourself. Their goal is to uncover information that can help them build their case.
You don’t want to give them anything they can use against you. Instead, you want to avoid making any statements, and you want to talk to an attorney as soon as possible.
Three Reasons To Start Your Defense Immediately
There are three key reasons you want to start working with an attorney as soon as possible:
- To preserve evidence
- To strengthen your case
- To ways to mitigate any potential consequences
First, it’s important to hire an attorney as soon as possible because evidence can disappear. It can spoil. It can move. Witnesses can disappear. They can go away. Memories can fade. So, it’s important to work with an attorney to gather as much evidence in your defense as soon as possible.
You don’t want to be an ostrich. I’ve seen too many people respond to criminal charges by burying their heads in the sand. It’s natural to want the problems to go away, but they won’t. You can’t afford to ignore them. You want to keep your head up and work with an attorney to get the evidence that can help you.
Second, you want an attorney to help you strengthen your case. One of the most important ways your attorney can do this is by helping you protect your rights. Your attorney can provide the authorities the information the law says they should receive. By serving as the middleman, your attorney can help you avoid incriminating yourself in any way. Even innocent people can say things that work against them. You want to let your attorney guide your communications while you prepare for trial.
Finally, your attorney can help you explore ways to mitigate any possible consequences. Even as you prepare for trial and plan for the best, you want to prepare for the worst. But there are often things you can do that can soften the blow.
For example, if you’re facing domestic violence charges, you might enroll in anger management. If you’re facing drug charges, you might enter a substance abuse program. You might perform community service. These things can help show a judge that you’re making efforts to improve yourself, and if you lose a case, the judge may see them as reason to grant a less serious sentence.
Early Action Also Helps With Plea Negotiations
Even if there’s no trial, the work you and your attorney do to prepare for trial can help in any plea negotiations. They can help you reach a more favorable outcome.
Prosecutors are like everyone else. They don’t like losing cases. The work you do to gather evidence and build your case can strengthen your position in negotiations. They may show sympathy for people who demonstrate a real effort to make amends. Prosecutors are sometimes more lenient with people who choose to address their issues and repay their debts to society ahead of time.
Justice Is Not One-Size-Fits-All
There’s no “one right way” to address criminal charges. Justice doesn’t work that way. Every case has its own facts and circumstances, and there’s always a human aspect.
The best way to make sure you find the right strategy for your defense is to get started right away. If you or someone you know has been charged with a crime, or you suspect you’re going to be charged, call an attorney immediately. Don’t delay. Delays lead to lost evidence and lost witnesses.
Finally, do not think you’re going to talk your way out of it. You don’t want to talk to an officer and incriminate yourself. Let your attorney be your guide.
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Transport Minister Grant Shapps has confirmed that the UK is to terminate is membership with the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).
During an interview given in Washington DC on 06 March, Shapps told US news outlet Aviation Week, “We will leave EASA. The powers will revert to the CAA, who are probably one of the world’s leading regulators and the expertise will need to come home to do that, but we’ll do it in a gradual way.”
In keeping with the wider BREXIT debate, early reaction to the announcement has been mixed, and concerns are being raised about whether industry has been too slow to respond to what was a not-unforeseen scenario, but which has nonetheless apparently taken some in the industry by surprise.
UK industry body ADS was quick to voice its concerns: “We have been clear that continued participation in EASA is the best option to maintain the competitiveness of our £36bn aerospace industry and our access to global export markets.
“UK influence in EASA contributes to raising standards in global aviation, supports collaboration with our international partners, and helps make our industry attractive to the investment it needs to be home to the development of a new generation of advanced aircraft technology.
“Government had promised it would consider harmonisation where it is in the UK interest and will be led by the evidence on the future of aviation safety regulation.
“We are disappointed that it has not taken a more ambitious approach. It is essential that it works with us to deliver a regime that does not put jobs at risk in an industry that employs 111,000 people in highly skilled roles across the UK.”
Created in 2002, EASA is the pan-European regulator for 27 member states and four signatory states. Providing common aviation standards, the Agency works in concert with each member state’s National Aviation Authority (NAA), with the NAA acting as regional arm for EASA, while also retaining full regulatory responsibility for those national aviation activities that are outside of EASA’s remit.
Membership of EASA has meant that NAAs have been generally scaled-back across the EU due to services being divided up between them, rather than each NAA undertaking the same tasks, thereby effecting economies of scale. This has led to a reduction in staffing levels at the CAA, which puts the Authority in a potentially precarious position if it is to resume full regulatory oversight for all forms of UK aviation.
As alluded to by Shapps, some of the expertise that the CAA formerly retained decamped to Cologne when EASA set up office there in 2003, and the UK will need to either entice them back or look to recruit a new regulatory workforce, and probably both.
FTN understands that since the beginning of the year, the UK CAA has been excluded from participation in EASA’s activities including attendance at various standing committees and groups. It’s not clear whether this action has prompted the announcement that the UK will leave EASA.
Enticing former CAA employees back from Cologne may prove to be a challenge.
Contacts at EASA have told FTN that enticing former CAA employees back from Cologne may prove to be a challenge. Unless the UK can match (and perhaps exceed) the remuneration packages that EASA offers, then decamping from Cologne to Gatwick may not prove too attractive, and questions are already being asked about how the CAA will find the funds to achieve this.
With the CAA defined as a public corporation, established by statute, it’s the only NAA in Europe which does not receive direct government funding. Instead, the UK Government requires that the CAA’s costs are met entirely from the charges it levies on those whom it regulates, and it is further required to make a return on capital – in other words turn a profit.
“The UK Civil Aviation Authority has been planning for this outcome since the 2016 referendum, and we are prepared to take over regulatory responsibilities from EASA”
The CAA has nonetheless said that it is ready for the switchover and has spent the last four years preparing for the change.
In a statement published on the regulator’s website shortly after the Transport Minister broke the news, Tim Johnson, CAA Policy Director, said: “The UK Government and the European Union have both said they intend to agree a bilateral aviation safety agreement, as the UK will no longer participate in the European Aviation Safety Agency’s (EASA) system after the transition period ends.
“The UK Civil Aviation Authority has been planning for this outcome since the 2016 referendum, and we are prepared to take over regulatory responsibilities from EASA. There will be no immediate changes to aviation regulations at the end of this year, because of these preparations.
“Our plans have been shared widely with the aviation and aerospace industries, the International Civil Aviation Organisation and other national aviation authorities around the world. As a national safety regulator, we will continue to work closely with these agencies, maintaining open dialogue and sharing best practice.”
Included in the CAA’s long-standing advice to professional pilots has been a recommendation to seek a change in ‘State of Licence Issue’ (SOLI) in order to guarantee continued access to the European market once BREXIT has concluded. This has led to individual pilots, flight training schools, maintenance organisations and airlines re-registering with other EASA member states.
For individual pilots, the process requires gaining a new medical certificate with a medical examiner registered with the selected Member State ahead of transferring licences.
Many British pilots flying with Ryanair, for example, have changed their ‘SOLI’ to the Irish aviation authority, the IAA. UK-based flying schools have also been re-registering with other EASA Member States, although have tended to retain UK CAA approval as well, as have a number of maintenance organisations.
British airlines have likewise been making preparations, with easyJet setting up ‘easyJet Europe Airline GmbH’ in Austria in 2017, transferring a significant number of its aircraft and pilots to the Austrian register.
All this ‘regulatory shopping’ has had a direct cost on the CAA, however, in that it has been losing customers. One of the most frequently asked questions since the announcement has been from those cadet pilots currently part-way through training, or who are about to embark on training, namely: what are the immediate implications for their training?
Bristol Ground School (BGS) is one of the industry’s leading ATPL theoretical knowledge training schools, and was one of the first UK ATOs to seek non-UK EASA approval. BGS now deliver both UK CAA and Austro Control training programmes and exams at their training centre in Clevedon, near Bristol.
Looking at the implications of the UK’s departure from EASA, BGS are advising cadets who are currently enrolled on flight training programmes, but who won’t graduate this year, to aim to graduate with a non-UK EASA licence.
The UK CAA has said that it will accept non-UK EASA licences for pilots flying UK-registered aircraft post-2020, but EASA has yet to reciprocate, although ongoing negotiations are hoped to see this resolved over the next few months. However, as things currently stand, the general consensus is that a non-UK EASA licence is a better option than a UK-issued EASA licence in terms of ease of conversion.
Many UK ATOs have already taken the step of gaining non-UK EASA approvals, and so will continue to be able to train pilots seeking an EASA licence. BGS advises that cadets check with their ATOs that they have this non-UK EASA approval and that they also have arrangements in place to deliver EASA ground exams and flight testing.
For those looking at starting their training from 2021, BGS says that the jury is still very much out, but holding an EASA licence may provide the greatest number of employment opportunities. Further, if the UK hasn’t reached an accommodation with EASA by next year it will be easier to convert an EASA licence to a UK one rather than the other way round.
However, many airlines will stipulate the ‘SOLI’ they want of their new pilots. FTN understands that British Airways, for example, has confirmed that its pilots will continue to be required to hold UK-issued licences, and that non-UK EASA licences would need to be converted to UK equivalents.
Other UK airlines have yet to confirm their future requirements, but there is a possibility that while the CAA will recognise EASA licences for pilots flying UK registered light aircraft, it may insist that all commercial pilots flying UK registered airliners will have to hold UK licences.
While this would ensure that the CAA continues to get licensing income from these pilots, the loss of income from those other pilots who have changed their SOLI to an alternative EASA Member State will nonetheless have a negative impact on the CAA’s finances, as will the loss of income from those businesses that will need to re-register in mainland Europe.
With no central Government funding in place, the question that many are now asking is how will the CAA cope, and who will end-up paying the costs of a withdrawal from EASA?

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Vulcan Heats Volumes
OXFORDSHIRE, England, Sept. 20, 2008 -- Laser fusion is a step closer after intense laser pulses from the Vulcan petawatt laser facility heated significant volumes of solid-density matter to 10 million K -- hotter than the sun.
The milestone in high-energy density science was reached by an international team of physicists from Japan, the EU and the US. Previously only ultrathin layers of matter (less than 1-µm thick) had been heated to similar temperatures.
The Vulcan petawatt laser facility, at the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, provides staggeringly powerful pulses of energy to target. One petawatt (1015 W) is 100 times the entire world’s electricity production, and the laser beam is focused to a spot of a few µm across -- about one-tenth the diameter of a human hair. It only lasts for less than 1 picosecond (10-12 of a second), but during that time it is possible to heat materials above their normal melting point, creating conditions that are found in exotic astrophysical objects such as supernova explosions, white dwarfs and neutron star atmospheres, the lab said in a statment. A reasonable volume of matter is needed to initiate the fusion process to enable energy gain (to get more energy out than the energy needed to produce it).
A view of the Vulcan petawatt target chamber. Daniel Hey (right), a researcher with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, is part of an international team of researchers reviewing data extracted from the instruments. (Photo: STFC)
"Previously only ultrathin layers of matter (less than 1-µm in thickness) had been heated to similar temperatures," the lab said. "This made them interesting but of limited value for applications, since the expansion of the material inevitably introduces density variations. This new work confirms that the heated material stays at this temperature and at solid density for a least 20 picoseconds -- which is more than enough time for high speed instruments, such as x-ray spectrometers, to probe the heated material."
Peter Norreys, physics group leader at the lab, a professor at Imperial College London and the principal investigator for the experiments, said, “This is an exciting development. We now have a new tool with which to study really hot, dense matter. Careful selection of the target parameters allows access to this new regime."
The measurement was made possible by the deployment of an innovative optical diagnostic, Hisac (high-speed sampling camera), that provided both spatial and temporal resolution needed for the measurements. The scientists measured the black-body radiation from the reverse surface of irradiated and heated foil targets and compared them with sophisticated computer modelling.
Ryosuke Kodama, a professor at Osaka University, Japan, said, “Hisac was developed in my laboratory at Osaka University and is a powerful tool for study of ultrahigh speed phenomena in extreme conditions."
The temperatures reached are only one-tenth of those needed for ignition of fusion capsules with only 300 J of energy on target. The team found that at least 15 percent of the laser energy was transferred to the fast electron beam. That transfer fraction informs designs for ignition of fusion targets on the High Power Laser Energy Research (Hiper) laser facility, the lab said. Hiper is a proposed European high-power laser energy research facility. Hiper will be a civilian facility that will study the feasibility of laser fusion energy as a future energy source and will enable new science research including extreme material studies, astrophysics in the laboratory and miniaturized particle accelerators.
Demonstration of energy production from laser driven fusion is expected in the period 2010-2012 from the National Ignition Facility, an extremely large laser nearing completion in California. A similar facility is under construction in Bordeaux, France, called Laser MegaJoule, by the French nuclear science directorate, CEA.
"Efficient coupling of the laser energy to the target is crucial for fast-ignition fusion and is one of the main questions on which the design of the European laser fusion laboratory, Hiper, depends," said Jonathan Davies, a researcher from Instituto Superior Technico, Lisbon, who performed the modeling of the experiment. (See also: Hiper Enters Prep Phase)
"What is now needed is to move from the scientific proof of principle stage to a commercial reactor, and Hiper will provide the critical next step along that path," the lab said.
A description of the team's work appears in the online New Journal of Physics published by the Institute of Physics.
For more information, visit: www.scitech.ac.uk
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On the night before the California Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the lawsuits to invalidate Proposition 8, thousands people, LGBT and straight, held vigils in cities across the state to demonstrate the community�s continued commitment to full marriage equality. The vigils, held on March 4, 2009, received wide coverage in the mainstream media. Below is a sampling of some of that coverage.
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By Phillip Zonkel, Staff Writer
LONG BEACH - Kevin Allen and Mike Wallace reminisced about the excitement and happiness they felt on their July 22 wedding day - when California legally recognized their union as a married couple. But on Nov. 8, voters passed Proposition 8, which outlawed same-gender couples from marrying.
On Wednesday night, around 200 people gathered at Centennial Plaza behind Long Beach City Hall for a rally and candlelight vigil supporting marriage equality for gay, lesbian, bisexualand transgender people.
The event, titled "Eve of Justice" by gay-rights leaders, took place the night before the California Supreme Court was set to hear oral arguments on the legality of Prop. 8.
Regardless of the state Supreme Court's decision, Allen said, "No one will ever take away our marriage."
Wednesday night's rally, which was organized by members of Long Beach Equality, a local civil-rights group, included several speakers relating their marriage stories.
The evening also was a chance to remind members of the LGBT community and their straight allies that the issue of marriage equality is not over, said Belmont Heights resident Tom Crowe, 34, a co-founder of Long Beach Equality.
Mayor Bob Foster also spoke. Proposition 8 "shouldn't have happened. No majority should impose its will on a minority," he said. "But this will turn around, sooner or later. It will happen."
The Proposition 8 attorneys are arguing that minority rights exist only because the majority decides to protect them.
At 9 p.m., the crowd participated in a candlelight vigil that marched to the First Congregational Church at the corner of Third Street and Cedar Avenue. Organizers were to continue the gathering inside the church until 9 a.m. today, with people sharing stories and the implications of the court decision. Similar gatherings were scheduled to take place in at least 29 other California cities.
By Jessica Garrison
March 5, 2009
As rain fell and the song "Fidelity" blasted through the sound system, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa presided Wednesday night over the "recommitment ceremonies" of half a dozen gay couples who married during the five-month period that such weddings were legal in California.
It was one of dozens of vigils held across California hours before the state Supreme Court hears oral arguments in the legal challenges to Proposition 8, the November ballot measure that banned same-sex marriage.
Many of the 200 or so people who attended Los Angeles' vigil said they did not expect their demonstration to influence the justices who will decide whether Proposition 8 is valid.
But they did want to send a public message, "to put a face on the issue," as Kate Kuykendall put it. Kuykendall, 32, of El Segundo, wore a white wedding dress. She and her wife, Tori, 32, are featured in a video set to the Regina Spektor song "Fidelity," which has become the gay marriage anthem.
Events were held Wednesday night in cities and towns across California, from San Francisco to San Diego, as well as in Florida and Arizona -- a sign that the political struggle will continue if the court rules against them, activists said.
As Proposition 8 opponents held vigils, backers of the measure sent an e-mail asking supporters to "keep our attorneys Ken Starr and Andrew Pugno . . . in your prayers tomorrow as they represent the majority of California who support traditional marriage. Pray also for wisdom for the justices of the court to show respect for the people's decision to enact Proposition 8."
The ruling is due in 90 days.
Orange County gay couples say they're looking to the California Supreme Court to overrule majority voter opinion. Proponents of the initiative say ballot box should rule.
The Orange County Register
By Vik Jolly
COSTA MESA - More than 400 members of the gay community and supporters gathered for a candlelight vigil here on the eve of a California Supreme Court hearing on three lawsuits seeking to overturn Proposition 8, the ballot measure to alter the state constitution to reinstate the ban on same-sex marriage that the court threw out last year.
In a standing-room-only Fairview Community Church Wednesday evening, same-sex marriage advocates gathered in what organizers dubbed an "Eve of Justice" event in Orange County and across the state, saying they were recommitting themselves to marriage equality and looking to the state's high court to restore gay unions.
The Rev. Sarah Halverson officiated more than a dozen gay weddings during the window between the high court's decision in May legalizing gay marriages and the passage of Proposition 8.
"We fought with you, we stood on street corners with you, we prayed with you, and we mourned with you when Proposition 8 passed that fateful Election Day," she told those gathered. "And we, like you, pledged to continue to fight this battle until wedding bells ring with the sound of justice across not only this great state, but the entire nation."
After tomorrow's hearing, both sides will await a decision from the high court, expected in 90 days.
California still offers domestic partnerships that guarantee the same rights as marriage, something same-sex marriage advocates argue is not the same thing. Hawaii is considering a bill that will allow same-sex civil unions.
In the days leading up to Thursday's hearing, gay marriage supporters have been vocal in their efforts to call attention to their cause. Opponents of gay unions say they had their say at the ballot box in November and the majority vote should be respected.
"Any time a minority has an agenda they want to push (and) they keep repeating it and repeating it, until they get it," said Polly Gast, a retired elementary school teacher from Placentia in a telephone interview before tonight's vigil. "I thought people said loud and clear what they felt (in the November election)."
Some at tonight's vigil laughed and called their marriages "limited edition" because of the short window during which they got married last year. Parents spoke of the freeing experience that their children had when they came out of the closet. And still others spoke of matrimony nourishing their souls.
Speakers expressed hope that the justices will once again protect their rights, just as the court did in overturning Proposition 22 in May.
The state Supreme Court ruled Proposition 22 - a measure banning same-sex marriages approved by voters in 2000 - unconstitutional, opening the door to same-sex weddings throughout the state.
Only Massachusetts and Connecticut allow gay marriage. Vermont, Connecticut, New Jersey and New Hampshire allow civil unions.
In a federal lawsuit, gay couples in Massachusetts are challenging the Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, enacted by Congress in 1996 when it appeared Hawaii would soon legalize same-sex marriage and opponents worried that other states would be forced to recognize such marriages.
More than a dozen people are suing the federal government, claiming the act discriminates against gay couples and is unconstitutional because it denies them access to federal benefits that other married couples receive, such as pensions and health insurance.
The new lawsuit challenges only the portion of the law that prevents the federal government from affording Social Security and other benefits to same-sex couples.
President Barack Obama has pledged to work to repeal DOMA and reverse the Department of Defense policy that prevents openly gay people from serving in the military. The White House said Wednesday that the president has begun consulting his top defense advisers on how to lift a ban on homosexuals openly serving in the Armed Forces.
Several people shared their stories at Fairview Community Church this evening, including Beth Payne, a health educator from Laguna Hills, who married Shannon last year.
"I didn't expect legal commitment to feel so different, but I really felt more married when I left the courthouse," she said. Following the passage of Proposition 8, she said she "didn't realize that I felt unequal until I had experienced what equality felt like and equality definitely feels better."
Jennifer Langer of San Clemente and Destiny Court of Anaheim have been together for two years and expect to marry one day.
"Our being here lends support to something very important which we want to have happen," said Langer, sitting in the pews of the church with Court. "Unless we stand together and you see us visible � we can be quite invisible at times."
Langer and Court say they were pushed to become more active in gay issues in the months leading up to the November election and in groups, like on this night, they have found total acceptance.
"When I feel alone," said Langer, a California state parks naturalist, "I draw on experiences like tonight (to know) that I am not."
After the speakers finished talking, Langer and Court joined others in holding candles and marched to the nearby intersection of Fair Drive and Fairview Street.
As a few sprinkles of rain fell and flames flickered, Court rested her head on Langer's shoulder. In the glow of candlelight, at a Costa Mesa intersection on a cool night, the couple kissed.
SANTA CRUZ - Margaret Curry and Julie Gill don't often attend rallies supporting same-sex marriage.
But Wednesday, on the eve of Supreme Court arguments in the fight over Proposition 8, the Santa Cruz couple decided too much was at stake to stay home. After 29 years together, they are cautiously optimistic the court will overturn the same-sex marriage ban and keep their June marriage in San Lorenzo Park legally valid.
Santa Cruz Mormon family's quiet struggle illustrates challenges in dealing with gay marriage issue everywhere
"I've had my hopes up before and feel like they got knocked down," Gill said as she held a candle with her left hand and Margaret's arm with her right.
Dozens of same-sex marriage proponents, including civic and religious leaders, gathered at the Town Clock for a candlelight vigil and peaceful march down Pacific Avenue.
By May, the high court is expected to determine whether the ban passed by voters in November illegally revised the California Constitution. If the court upholds Prop. 8, judges may determine the legal validity of 18,000 same-sex marriages that took place after its May 2008 ruling overturning an earlier voter-approved ban.
Morgan Taylor, a former attorney in the Santa Cruz County District Attorney's Office, said groups seeking to invalidate Prop. 8 have a good cornerstone argument -- that the constitutional amendment
"The state constitution can't be revised by submitting the issue to voters to take away a fundamental right from one specific class of people," Taylor said. "Such a sweeping change can only be done by revision, not by an amendment."
A revision requires two-thirds approval of the Legislature before voters can even weigh in, but an amendment can be passed by a popular vote. Prop. 8 was on the November ballot as an amendment opponents argue it had the effect of a revision.
Taylor said judges may be swayed by arguments that Prop. 8 is similar to interracial marriage bans that courts nationwide, including California's high court, struck down decades ago despite strong support for the bans by voters.
Prop. 8 attorney Kenneth W. Starr argues the ballot initiative was an amendment that did not fundamentally change state law. He has said the court could ask lawmakers to decide what to do with the same-sex marriages already on record.
"Whatever course this court chooses or whatever path the Legislature might take, Proposition 8 makes one thing clear: Same-sex marriages are no longer valid' or recognized' in California," Starr wrote in legal briefs last year.
Labris Willendorf, one of the vigil's organizers, said she is hopeful the same judges who ruled last year that it was unconstitutional to deny same-sex couples the right to marry will stand their ground.
"I believe the justices will honor their original decision," she said.
San Jose Mercury News
As similar scenes played out across the state, San Jose gay-rights activists marched tonight in quiet solidarity on the eve of legal arguments before the California Supreme Court about the validity of Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage.
"This is about equality. We should get the same rights as everybody. We pay taxes just like straight people, we have families and we're even in the armed forces," said Arlene Jimenez, of San Jose who married her long time partner last October.
Wednesday night, Jimenez held a makeshift candle and joined about 150 others who ringed the intersection at Winchester and Stevens Creek boulevards near Santana Row. There, groups holding huge banners supporting gay marriage, walked each corner, occasionally chanting, "Gay straight, black, white, marriage is our civil right."
As they did so, cars passing by honked in support.
For Justin Lin, 27, of San Jose, it was about showing a visible united front.
"Growing up in my conservative community, there wasn't a lot of queer presence so part of this is just being visible," Lin said.
In San Francisco, more than 3,000 people marched down Market Street to City Hall, where there was a boisterous rally and a candlelight vigil, led by Cleve Jones, one of the earliest gay rights activists along with slain San Francisco supervisor Harvey Milk.
Many of the marchers said they planned to spend the night camping in the plaza in front of the building where the California Supreme Court will hear arguments. Several said they were hoping to get one of the 20 public seats.
Marvin Dunson, 32, an employment attorney from Mountain View, said he was not going to spend the night but wanted to be out in the crowd "to let the public know and the Supreme Court know we want the right to marry.''
In many ways the march seemed more like a celebration than a protest. People held signs saying "Love Will Prevail'' and a choral group sang �Raging Love''.
As the march went past her, Dana Kessler was fretting that she and her young son could not get across the street to their bus stop. Said the native San Franciscan, ''I have lived here all my life. I have seen everything, I just don't get this. I voted for Prop 8 but I don't judge them.''
The vigils were planned in advance of the California State Supreme Court hearing that begins at 9 a.m. Thursday in San Francisco on the constitutionality of the proposition, the 2008 voter-approved measure banning gay marriages in the state.
The justices have set aside three hours to hear arguments from lawyers representing backers and foes of gay marriage.
Several groups representing supporters and opponents expect to gather again Thursday morning in San Francisco around 350 McAllister Street, location of the court chambers.
Supporters of the ban held a rally earlier Wednesday in San Francisco.
The hearing will be broadcast Thursday on the California Channel and webcast at http://www.calchannel.com/.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
San Francisco, CA (AP) -Same-sex marriage supporters are gearing up for Thursday's highly anticipated California Supreme Court hearing on the constitutionality of the state's voter-approved ban on gay unions.
Thousands of people marched Wednesday night from San Francisco's gay Castro District to the streets across from the courthouse where the Supreme Court's seven justices are scheduled to hear three hours of arguments on whether Proposition 8 should be overturned.
Similar candlelight vigils were held in Los Angeles, other California cities and as far away as New York.
Proposition 8, which passed with 52 percent of the vote in November, changed the California Constitution to trump the court's decision last May that legalized same-sex marriage.
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That was cute. I enjoyed it very much, especially the dynamics of their upbringings.
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Absolutely adorable :,D 3
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Haha, this was such a fun read! And seems so them. Of course they would start at just four years of age. And compete at detention chores. Ffft. I loved this, every pit of it. Thanks for sharing it!
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Aw... cute beginnings!
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I really enjoyed this; it's so cute and actually plausible. One has to wonder where that "Eternal Rivalry" began, and how it could have, Kakashi being like he is. It almost had to happen this way, or something similar.
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This totally had me grinning from ear to ear. I enjoy the rivalry between the two because it seems so out of place but this would defiantly put it in perspective! Awesome one shot! :D
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This was very cute! _ I liked it a lot! XD
An interesting way that Gai & Kakashi's rivalry started, I rather like the idea of how they both influenced each other to reble without realizing it
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This explains Everything! I totally lolled at their behavior. it was totally cute and in character. You did it, and you did it very well.
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*snickers* aw... these little guys are so cute in this story. Almost makes me wonder if they still remember why they keep having all these little contest now that they're all grown up. Or even what would happen if their students found out about this. ;-)

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The 2 accused have been booked underneath related sections of the Narcotic Medicine and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. An official mentioned sections of the Customs Act would even be added within the case later. The accused might be produced within the court docket on Monday.
Additional investigation can be carried out by the Mumbai DRI officers.
“Extra accused could also be arrested quickly and investigation might be carried out with all angles together with narco-terrorism angle. Additional particulars can’t be shared presently because the operation is occurring,” mentioned a DRI official requesting anonymity.
In July 2019, the particular cell of Delhi Police had seized 130kg heroin from Nhava Sheva port and that consignment, too, had hyperlinks with drug cartels in Afghanistan.


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