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No Local Co-op For Mutants in Manhattan Game
Justin W 2016-03-23
Justin W · March 23, 2016
We usually like to post good news, but something tells me that a lot of fans are going to be disappointed by this information. With all of the awesome things we've been seeing about the new TMNT title from Platinum Games, it might come as a shock to discover that this beat 'em up won't have any local co-op gameplay. Unfortunately, this isn't exactly unexpected, as the recent trend in gaming has been to move away from traditional local multiplayer options toward online multiplayer. Many gamers detest this movement in the industry, but one of the developers has a fairly decent explanation for why this was necessary in their Mutants in Manhattan game:
"We actually really wanted to do local couch co-op, but the problem is if you do, then you have to split the screen, and suddenly your 60FPS situation gets a lot worse, and it also starts limiting, technically, the things you can do, so we had to go with online only."
If you think about it, this actually does make a lot of sense. In a world where graphics have become so important, it's not usually considered acceptable to sacrifice the image quality of the game in favor of a gameplay mode that will allow the traditional old school experience. Some will say that they could have just made a 2D animated sidescrolling beat 'em up game, but what if that wasn't a part of the vision for this title? If Platinum Games wants to make their Mutants in Manhattan game look as good as possible, they should be able to take that route without fear of repercussion from fans who desire something a little different.
To be fair, I can understand the frustration over a lack of local co-op gameplay, but I don't think it'll be that much of an issue when it comes to the Mutants in Manhattan game. Yes, it would be nice to play a new TMNT game with traditional couch multiplayer, but it's not necessarily a deal breaker if the title doesn't include this feature. Those are just my two cents on the matter, but I'm sure that the fans will chime in with their own opinions as well. What do you think? Should Mutants in Manhattan have local co-op, or is online multiplayer just as good? Let us know your thoughts either in the comments below or via facebook/twitter.
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My name is Justin Wren and I love to write about the TMNT! I've been a big Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fan since the late 80's. Back then, I would watch the original animated series and play with the Playmates toys all the time. I have been following the boys ever since I was a kid, and I'm very happy to see them back in the limelight after all these years. Needless to say, I'm proud to be a member of the team on this awesome TMNT Fan Site!
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Seattle labor activists scored a major win last year when the city became the second in the country to pass a $15 minimum wage law. But working conditions for many local service workers remain poor, in part due to lax enforcement, according to a new survey by a group representing Seattle restaurant employees.
Restaurant Opportunities Center (ROC) Seattle — part of ROC United, a national labor group that campaigns on minimum wage issues — found in its survey of 524 Seattle-area restaurant employees that low wages and illegal labor practices persist in the industry, despite the minimum wage law and other legislation meant to improve conditions for low-wage workers.
The survey found that 42.7 percent of respondents earned "poverty wages," or wages below a threshold the group set at $12.25 per hour. Seattle's $11 an hour minimum wage will gradually increase to $15 for all employers by 2021.
"Many restaurant jobs in the Seattle area are low-road jobs characterized by few benefits, low wages, and poor workplace conditions," ROC Seattle said in a statement issued Tuesday. "Our report also unearths a range of serious problems related to the availability of benefits, hiring and promotion practices, workplace discrimination, and job-specific training opportunities."
Wage theft was also widespread, the survey report said. More than one-fifth of respondents said they had worked off the clock without pay in the past year. And 38.8 percent of those who had worked more than 40 hours per week at some point during the year said they had not received the time-and-a-half overtime compensation required by federal law.
The report praises Seattle's $15 minimum wage law, paid sick leave bill and similar legislation, but concludes that "enforcement has been largely lacking, effectively diminishing the reach of these gains." The group recommends higher penalties for employers found guilty of wage theft, and public outreach to make sure workers are informed of their legal rights.
Activists have been campaigning for stronger labor law enforcement since the Seattle minimum wage proposal became law. In October 2014 the National Employment Law Project issued a report recommending that city agencies form partnerships with community groups to monitor labor practices at neighborhood businesses.
That strategy has been adopted with some success in San Francisco, which authorized a $15 minimum wage law in November 2014. Since then, San Francisco activists have been pressing for more aggressive enforcement and more resources for the city's Office of Labor Standards Enforcement.
The Seattle city government has adopted elements of the San Francisco model, forming its own Office of Labor Standards and distributing $1 million in grants to community groups such as the Seattle NAACP and the Chinese Information and Service Center to help with enforcement efforts.


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1875 people murdered in the Western Cape in the past 6 months
By Platinum Wealth, June 10 in News and Current Affairs
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Crime is completely out of control in the Western Cape. In the last six months 1875 people were murdered in the province, and in the past week alone 14 cases of murder were reported.
This shocking statistic has spurred on the Western Cape Minister of Community Safety, Albert Fritz, to reach out to National Police Commissioner Bheki Cele to intervene.
In a press statement Fritz said, "War is commonly defined by the UN and other such institutions as an act of conflict that has claimed more than 1000 lives. In the Western Cape, 1875 people were murdered in the past six months alone. This means that many of our most vulnerable residents in the province are living in a war zone."
Fritz will reach out to Cele to host an urgent meeting to address these senseless killings.
Further to this, he will attend the Provincial Courts Efficiency Committee Meeting on Wednesday, June 12 chaired by Judge President Hlope where he will again call for the police to act.
"As the Western Cape Government we will continue to do everything within our power to prevent crime through our programmes whilst working with our communities. Amongst others, these programmes prioritise the development of youth and drive job creation to ensure that individuals do not have to resort to a life of crime," said Fritz.
Source: https://www.westerncape.gov.za/news/police-mismanagement-crime-almost-2000-people-murdered-six-months-wc
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How Hopewell deputies hope to curb escalating gun violence: 'Safety is paramount'
By: Wayne Covil
HOPEWELL, Va. -- The escalated gun violence in the city of Hopewell has left many who live and work there afraid with Hopewell Police feeling overwhelmed at times from all the violence.
The death of a six-year-old girl and a double murder in Hopewell have left members of the community on edge.
Sheriff Travis Stanley, who took office just one year ago, is having some of his deputies not only help patrol the city but also respond to calls to augment police officers.
In downtown Hopewell, Hopewell Sheriff's Deputy Taylor Reedy is out opening doors and engaging those inside. It's one way that Stanley is keeping law enforcement officers in plain sight.
"I've got a deputy assigned to patrol in the city, primarily in the downtown business district. He also patrols the hot zones. I will also put some of the part-time deputies off of 295 and have them patrol in town," Stanley said.
Stanley has lived most of his life in Hopewell so he allows qualified deputies to answer calls for the police department when needed.
"The safety of the city is paramount and at this point, I've lived here my entire life and I've never seen the city this bad. We're here to help them in any way that they ask in whatever way they need," Stanley said.
Stanley remembers well the night a six-year-old was shot and killed in Hopewell less than a month ago.
"We took patrol duties in the city during that time, myself and three of my deputies stayed out answering calls for service until about 10 p.m. that Friday night," Stanley said.
Being able to see law enforcement helps to bring some peace to those who work in downtown Hopewell.
"With them being seen walking around downtown, it shows that there's some kind of law enforcement down here," Ann Audrey Eliades Kirk, a downtown business owner, said.
"We think it's a great idea for the sheriff to be involved and help the police department in any way they can," Elliot Eliades, who lives in Hopewell, said.
However, he believes that something needs to be done to end the gun violence.
"The town's been here over 100 years and we've survived many things and we will survive this. But somebody's got to be in charge down here and come up with a plan and execute that plan soon," Eliades said.
The sheriff said he has one deputy now doing field training with the Hopewell Police Department. When completed, that deputy will also be able to patrol the city.
The sheriff said that his department also offers free of charge concealed carry classes. Last year, more than 300 people signed up to take the course.


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WHO IS TOMMY LASORDA?
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Regarded by many as baseball's most popular ambassador, Tommy Lasorda will begin his fifty-second season in the Dodgers organization and fifth as vice president. He was named vice president on July 29, 1996 after retiring as manager, a position he held for the previous twenty seasons. Lasorda assumed all player personnel responsibilities when he was named the Dodgers' interim general manager on June 22, 1998. He relinquished his general manager duties when he was promoted to senior vice president on September 11, 1998.
In his current front-office capacity, Lasorda spends much of his time scouting, evaluating and teaching minor-league players as well as spreading baseball goodwill to thousands as he makes more than 100 speeches and appearances to various charities, private groups and military personnel each year.
In 1997, Lasorda was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in his first year of eligibility. He was the fourteenth manager and fifteenth Dodger inducted into the Hall of Fame. Lasorda's uniform number (2) was retired by the Dodgers on August 15, 1997 and the main street that leads to the entrance of Dodger town in Vero Beach, Florida, was renamed Tommy Lasorda Lane on March 5, 1997. Lasorda also threw out the first pitch in Game 7 of the 1997 World Series.
Lasorda compiled a 1,599-1,439 record and won two World Championships, four National League pennants and eight division titles in an extraordinary twenty-year career as the Dodgers manager. He ranks thirteenth with 1,599 wins and twelveth with 3,038 games managed in major league history. Lasorda's sixteen wins in 30 National League Championship Series games managed were the most of any manager at the time of his retirement in 1996. Atlanta's Bobby Cox now holds the record with twenty-six wins in forty-nine games managed. His sixty-one post-season games managed rank third all-time behind Cox and Casey Stengel. Lasorda posted a 3–1 record as the National League manager in four All-Star Games. He joined St. Louis' Gabby Street (1930–31) as the only other manager in National League history to win league titles in his first two seasons when he led the Dodgers to titles in 1977–78. Lasorda also managed nine of the Dodgers' sixteen Rookies of the Year, more than any other big league skipper in history. He also managed six current major league managers during their playing days: Texas' Johnny Oates, Anaheim's Mike Scioscia, San Francisco's Dusty Baker, Detroit's Phil Garner, Milwaukee's Davey Lopes and the New York Mets' Bobby Valentine.
Prior to replacing Hall of Famer Walter Alston as manager on September 29, 1976, Lasorda spent four seasons in Los Angeles on Alston's coaching staff from 1973–76. He spent eight seasons as a manager in the Dodgers' minor league system at Pocatello (1965), Ogden (1966–68), Spokane (1969–71) and Albuquerque (1972). Lasorda also spent four years as a Dodgers scout after retiring as a player following the 1960 season. An astounding seventy-five players Lasorda managed in the minor leagues went on to play in the majors.
As a player, Lasorda compiled a 0-4 record and 6.52 ERA as a left-handed pitcher in parts of three major league seasons with the Brooklyn Dodgers (1954–55) and Kansas City Athletics (1956). In all, he spent sixteen seasons in the minor leagues from 1945–60, including a two-year stint in the military from 1946–47.
Lasorda has won numerous awards throughout his career, including being named Minor League Manager of the Year by The Sporting News in 1970, Manager of the Year by UPI and AP in 1977, Manager of the Year by AP in 1981 and National League Manager of the Year by Baseball America and Co-Manager of the Year by The Sporting News in 1988. He was the recipient of the Association of Professional Baseball Players of America's inaugural Milton Richman Memorial Award with Sparky Anderson in 1987, the BBWAA Philadelphia Chapter's Humanitarian Award in 1993, Los Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce's Award of Merit in 1997, Touchdown Club of Columbus' Baseball Ambassador of the Year in 1997, Arete's Courage in Sports Award in 1997 and was honored by the President of the Dominican Republic in 1997 for his dedication to the game of baseball throughout his career.
Lasorda has been a spokesperson for the American Heart Association and has received honorary doctorate degrees from Pepperdine University, St. Thomas University and the University of Phoenix.
Lasorda and his wife, Jo, reside in Fullerton, California. They will celebrate their fifty-second wedding anniversary on April 14, 2001.
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OC's Top 10 Primary Election Stories
Posted by Chris Nguyen on June 4, 2014
OC Board of Education Group Photo at the Custom Campaigns June 3 Election Night Party at BJ's in Irvine:
Auditor-Controller-Elect/Orange City Treasurer/Former OCBE Trustee Eric Woolery, OCBE Trustee Robert Hammond, Laguna Niguel Mayor/OCBE Trustee-Elect Linda Lindholm, and OCBE Trustee Ken Williams.
Woolery achieved a historic margin of victory in his race for Auditor-Controller (story #6) while Lindholm knocked off Orange County's longest-serving-in-a-single-office incumbent (story #5).
As expected, it was a busy night in yesterday's primary election. Here's a rundown of the top 10 stories:
AD-74: Keith Curry and Matt Harper Advance, Emanuel Patrascu Last – Emami called it, mostly. Thanks to Karina Onofre spoiling the Democratic vote for Anila Ali, we have an all-Republican battle for AD-74 to replace Assemblyman Allan Mansoor. Shockingly, Emanuel Patrascu who had the second most money in AD-74 came in fifth while Harper who spent next to nothing (and what he did spend focused on slate mailers) came in a comfortable second. This comes down to a Newport vs. Huntington battle in the November runoff, as Newport Beach Councilman Curry fights it out with Huntington Beach Mayor Harper for the Assembly seat. How much in Republican resources will be drained by the AD-74 race in November, as Republicans seek to capture SD-34 and AD-65 from the Democrats?
AD-73: Bill Brough Wins GOP Nomination, Anna Bryson Last – In this safe Republican seat, Bill Brough's low-budget operation demonstrated that precinct walking does work for winning open seats. With Democrat Wendy Gabriella advancing to the runoff with Brough, he is the prohibitive favorite to be the next Assemblymember from the 73rd District and the district's first Assemblyman in 16 years after Assemblywomen Patricia Bates, Mimi Walters, and Diane Harkey. Depending on completion of vote counts for absentees and provisionals, Anna Bryson's IE-laden campaign may have cost well over $100 per vote. (To put the massive IE spending for Bryson in perspective, here's how much spending would have been needed for several other candidates in other races to match that rate: Michelle Steel would have needed $2.4 million, Linda Lindholm $3.1 million, and Eric Woolery $11.0 million.) This race clearly demonstrated: money can't buy everything.
AD-55: Ling-Ling Chang Captures Top Spot – In a brutal slugfest between Diamond Bar Councilwoman Ling-Ling Chang and Walnut Valley Unified School District Trustee Phillip Chen with Diamond Bar Councilman Steve Tye threatening to play spoiler, well-funded Chang managed to overcome very-well-funded Chen's financial advantage to capture the top spot with 28% of the vote, pushing Chen into third place with 23% of the vote and Tye with 22% of the vote. Democrat Gregg Fritchle came in second with 28% of the vote. In this safe Republican district, Chang is the prohibitive favorite to be the next Assemblymember from the 55th District, replacing Curt Hagman.
SD-34: Janet Nguyen Captures Majority of Votes Cast; Republicans Take Almost 2/3 of Votes Cast – It was a foregone conclusion that Orange County Supervisor Janet Nguyen would be the Republican nominee against the Democrats' nominee, former Assemblyman Jose Solorio, in the hotly-contested SD-34. What is shocking is that despite the presence of Republican former Orange County Board of Education Trustee Long Pham on the ballot, Nguyen still managed to capture 52% of the vote to Solorio's 34% in the two-county SD-34 race. Pham captured 14%. With Republicans capturing nearly 2/3 of the vote, and Nguyen herself capturing 52%, this builds significant momentum for Nguyen heading into the November race, with Republicans turning to Nguyen to break the Democrats' supermajority in the State Senate and Democrats turning to Solorio to preserve the Democrats' Senate supermajority. (For the record, I am not related to Janet Nguyen. The last name Nguyen is held by 36% of Vietnamese people.)
Orange County Board of Education: Linda Lindholm Unseats 32-Year Incumbent Giant Slayer Liz Parker – For the last few years, there was a joke in education circles that the way to win an Assembly seat was to lose an Orange County Board of Education race to Liz Parker. Chuck DeVore lost to Parker in 1990 and won an Assembly seat in 2004. Don Wagner lost to Parker in 1998 and won an Assembly seat in 2010. However, Parker is done. After nearly a 1/3 of a century in office, Liz Parker has been unseated by Laguna Niguel Mayor Linda Lindholm. No elected official in Orange County has held the same office longer than Liz Parker. (Indeed, Parker graduated from college the same month she was elected to the Orange County Board of Education.)
Auditor-Controller: Eric Woolery's Unprecedented Majority – In a five-way race with no incumbent for Auditor-Controller, Orange City Treasurer Eric Woolery won nearly 57% of the vote, nearly 40% better than the second-place candidate, Deputy Auditor-Controller Frank Davies, who won 17% of the vote. In a race with three or more candidates with no incumbent, there has not been a candidate who has won by such a large margin in at least 30 years and, quite possibly, ever. Indeed, there was only one candidate in those incumbent-free, 3+ candidate races who even averted a runoff: David Sundstrom, who received 50.3% of the vote for Auditor-Controller in 1998. (Anaheim Mayor Tom Daly won 41% of the vote in a five-way race for Clerk-Recorder in 2002 before winning the runoff. Assistant Public Administrator Vicki Landrus won 41% of the vote and College Trustee John Williams won 36% of the vote in a four-way race for Public Administrator in 2002; Williams won the runoff. OC Internal Auditor David Sundstrom won 50.3% of the vote in a three-way race for Auditor-Controller in 1998. OC Assistant Assessor Webster Guillory won 26% of the vote in a seven-way race for Assessor in 1998 before winning the runoff.)
Irvine Unified School District: Ira Glasky Renders Special Election Moot, Beats Agran-Backed Candidate – After IUSD Trustee Gavin Huntley-Fenner resigned due to business and family obligations, the IUSD Board appointed Ira Glasky to fill the seat in November 2013. Utilizing an obscure section of the Education Code, a petition drive gathered the necessary 1,643 signatures (1.5% of registered voters at the 2012 school board election) to invalidate Glasky's appointment and force a special election. The special election cost IUSD schools hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars. Three candidates filed to run: Glasky, Larry Agran-backed Carolyn Inmon, and Bob Vu. Glasky won 42% of the vote to Inmon's 37% and Vu's 22%. IUSD was forced to spend hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars on a special election that had the same end result as if the special election had never happened.
Assessor: Webster Guillory vs. Claude Parrish Runoff – In 2010, Webster Guillory won 53% of the vote to Claude Parrish's 47%, but Parrish ran as "Businessman/Tax Consultant" in 2010. Parrish is "Taxpayer Advocate/Businessman" this year. Last night, Guillory won 47% to Parrish's 43%, with Jorge Lopez getting 10%. Parrish's stronger ballot designation narrowed the margin between Guillory and Parrish. In Guillory's favor is the fact that November voters are more favorable to incumbents than June voters. In Parrish's favor is the fact that he has a stronger ballot designation in 2014 than he did in 2010. Also in Parrish's favor is the investigation around whether or not Guillory's nomination papers were signed by his subordinates at the office on County time; if this garners more publicity it helps Parrish; if it fizzles, it's moot.
Supe-5: Robert Ming vs. Lisa Bartlett Runoff – The narrative in this race always had business interests spending on IEs for Mission Viejo Councilman Frank Ury to put him into the runoff for the Fifth District Supervisor's race. The conventional wisdom was wrong, as Laguna Niguel Councilman Robert Ming and Dana Point Mayor Lisa Bartlett each achieved 29% of the vote (Ming ahead of Bartlett by 0.4%), with Ury in third at 24% and Deputy District Attorney Joe Williams last at 18%.
Supe-2: Steel Beats Mansoor 2-1 as Both Make Runoff – Conventional wisdom held that the Second District Supervisor's race would result in a runoff between Board of Equalization Member Michelle Steel and Assemblyman Allan Mansoor. What wasn't expected was just how close to 50% Steel would get or how large her margin over Mansoor would be. Surpassing most expectations, Steel pulled off 47% of the vote to Mansoor's 24%, with Coast Community College District Trustee Jim Moreno at 22% and Huntington Beach Councilman Joe Carchio at 8%.
These honorable mentions were things that happened as expected but may have interesting footnotes:
Honorable Mention #1 – CD-45: Raths Falls Short, Jockeying Begins for SD-37 and Even AD-68 – Republican Retired Marine Colonel Greg Raths fell 4% short of overtaking Democrat Educator/Businessman Drew Leavens to advance to the general election with Republican Senator Mimi Walters. Did Walters's hit piece (calling Raths a "Bill Clinton Republican" for his assignment to the Clinton White House while serving in the Marine Corps) move the needle 4%? Jockeying for the special election for Walters's SD-37 seat and even Assemblyman Don Wagner's AD-68 seat has already begun since Walters is expected to crush Leavens in CD-45 in November.
Honorable Mention #2 – Shawn Nelson: OC's Biggest Supervisorial Landslide Ever? With 84% of the vote, Supervisor Shawn Nelson's reelection bid may well be the most lopsided victory ever achieved by an Orange County supervisor (excluding races where a Supervisor was unopposed or a Supervisor's only opponent was a write-in candidate).
Honorable Mention #3 – Measure A: OC's Biggest Landslide Ever? – With 88% of voters in casting ballots in favor of Measure A, the measure may well have achieved the highest percentage ever for a ballot measure in Orange County.
In the interest of full disclosure, clients of Custom Campaigns (the consulting firm that owns OC Political) include four IUSD Trustees (story #7: Ira Glasky, Paul Bokota, Lauren Brooks, and Michael Parham), three OCBE Trustees (story #5: Linda Lindholm, Robert Hammond, and Ken Williams), Eric Woolery (story #6), and Robert Ming (story #9). Separate and apart from the consulting firm that owns OC Political, this blogger also did the staff work for Measure A (honorable mention #3).
Posted in 2nd Supervisorial District, 34th Senate District, 55th Assembly District, 5th Supervisorial District, 73rd Assembly District, 74th Assembly District, Orange County Auditor-Controller, Orange County Board of Education | Tagged: Allan Mansoor, Anila Ali, Anna Bryson, Bill Brough, Bob Vu, Carolyn Inmon, Chuck DeVore, Claude Parrish, David Sundstrom, Don Wagner, Drew Leavens, Elizabeth Dorn Parker, Elizabeth Parker, Emanuel Patrascu, Eric Woolery, Frank Davies, Frank Ury, Greg Raths, Gregg Fritchle, Ira Glasky, Janet Nguyen, Jesse Petrilla, Jim Moreno, Joe Carchio, Joe Williams, John Williams, Jose Solorio, Karina Onofre, Keith Curry, Ken Williams, Larry Agran, Lauren Brooks, Linda Lindholm, Ling-Ling Chang, Lisa Bartlett, Long Pham, Matt Harper, Measure A, Measure D, Michael Parham, Michelle Steel, Mimi Walters, Paul Bokota, Paul Glaab, Phillip Chen, Robert Hammond, Robert Ming, Shawn Nelson, Steve Tye, Tom Daly, Vicki Landrus, Webster Guillory, Wendy Gabriella | 5 Comments »
AD-73: Paul Glaab Drops Out Just Four Days Before Election
Posted by Newsletter Reprint on May 30, 2014
This came over the wire from the Paul Glaab for Assembly campaign this afternoon. With just four days left in the campaign, few voters will even know he dropped out:
Local Community Leader and Former Laguna Niguel
Mayor Paul Glaab Withdraws from 73rd Assembly Race
Endorses Anna Bryson and Encourages Supporters to Vote for Her on June 3rd
(Laguna Niguel, CA) Candidate for Assembly District 73 and former Laguna Niguel Mayor Paul Glaab releases the following statement regarding withdrawing from the 73rd Assembly District race:
After much consideration and discussion with my family, and due to recent health issues, I have decided to suspend my campaign for the 73rd Assembly District. I recently had a serious fall that caused a head injury, and will require an extended recovery that has been making it difficult to run a campaign. At this time I cannot continue to put the effort in to the race that will make my campaign successful. Therefore, I have decided to suspend my campaign.
I've spent over 30 years working for the people of Laguna Niguel and Orange County. But at this time, I have decided it is best to dedicate more time to my recovery – and when my health returns, to my family and to helping our local communities.
After deciding to withdraw, it was clear who to support—Anna Bryson. Anna has done so much for this community as an education reformer and leader. She will make a great Assemblymember. I would like to thank so many people who have worked and supported me during this campaign. I strongly encourage them to support Anna Bryson and keep this seat in GOP hands in November.
Paul was elected to the Laguna Niguel City Council in 2004, serving as the city's Mayor in 2008 and in 2012. In December of 2006, Paul joined the Orange County Transportation Authority Board of Directors where he represented South Orange County's Fifth District and was a member of the Regional Planning and Highways Committee. He served as Chairman of the Board in 2012.
Currently, Paul and his wife, Janice, own their own small business, Glaab and Associates, a public affairs firm in Orange County which Paul founded in 1999. He and Janice reside in Laguna Niguel where they are raising their daughter, Molly, who attends St. Anne School in Laguna Niguel.
Posted in 73rd Assembly District | Tagged: Anna Bryson, Paul Glaab | 2 Comments »
Charles Munger Dipping His Financial Finger Big Time into South Orange County
Posted by Craig P. Alexander on May 21, 2014
It is no secret that Palo Alto physicist and political financier Charles Munger likes to put his money into Republican v. Republican races. What is his goal? In my opinion to remake the California Republican Party in his own liberal / moderate image complete with a platform that takes no position on social issues (or takes pro-abortion / pro-homosexual marriage positions). Thus you can count on the candidates he backs to appoint delegates to the CRP who will be Charles Munger approved and vote they way he wants.
In the 73rd Assembly District (where I live) there are four Republicans and one Democrat running to replace Diane Harkey who is termed out (and running for the State Board of Equalization). One of the Republicans is CUSD school board trustee Anna Bryson who I used to support. However after she won re-election in 2010 she took a sharp turn towards the teachers union and started voting for their causes and positions. I have posted about this before: Why Does the Teachers Union Love Anna Bryson? Due to these votes, I and many others who supported her previously do not support her for any elected position including this one.
Now her major financial backer, Charles Munger, has put into his Spirit of Democracy PAC $250,000 to support Ms. Bryson in her quest for the 73rd Assembly seat. John Harbe over at CalNewsroom.com blog has posted an excellent article outlining how Mr. Munger has spent $322,713 (inclusive of the recent $250,000 into his PAC for her) in support of Ms. Bryson (73rd Assembly: Charles Munger). This is more than all of the candidates have raised for this race combined.
Apparently those of us living in the 73rd Assembly District will now be subjected to TV and other media ads for Ms. Bryson. While she touts herself as a conservative – her voting record (as I have posted about in the above link) tells a very different story. In addition, she recently lost a challenge to her ballot statement when the judge found she had made a false and misleading statement in it (and it was stricken and amended by the judge). I posted on this blog twice about that. Breaking News & Follow Up the latter post including a link to an excellent article by Katy Grimes over at the Flashreport on this subject.
What is particularly disappointing to me are the number of conservatives who have either not vetted her record, spoken to local activists like myself or simply don't care about her record and endorse her anyway. These include people like Edwin Meese, III, George Shultz, Hugh Hewitt and Assemblyman Don Wagner. I note that none of them live in the 73rd Assembly District. I don't know if these conservatives realize it, but by supporting someone like Anna Bryson, they are supporting someone who is now extremely beholden to Charles Munger. She will likely join him in making the CRP are much more liberal place where conservatives like them are not welcome. This is in addition to adding her wobbly voting record to the floor of the State Assembly.
For me, I will continue to support the real conservative in the race for the 73rd Assembly District: Dana Point City Councilman Bill Brough. (Why I Am Supporting Bill Brough) I should note that the California Republican Assembly endorsed Bill Brough (CRA RECAP) and he was featured in our recent mailer which Chris Emami just reported on (CRA Newspaper). Anna Bryson did not even show up to the CRA endorsing convention to ask for the endorsement or defend her voting record – even though she was invited to do so. Naturally I hope that Charles Munger cannot buy this seat for her and Bill Brough will be one of the top two to advance to November.
Posted in 73rd Assembly District, Capistrano Unified School District, Dana Point, Uncategorized | Tagged: Anna Bryson, Assemblyman Don Wagner, Bill Brough, California Republican Assembly, CalNewsroom.com, Charles Munger, CRA, CRP, Edwin Meese, FlashReport, George Shultz, Hugh Hewitt, John Harbe, Katy Grimes, Spirit of Democracy PAC | 4 Comments »
Petrilla and Bartlett Mailers Stir Controversy
Posted by Greg Woodard on May 16, 2014
Allan Bartlett over at Powder Blue posted two mailers he recently got a hold of (see below), one from Jesse Petrilla running for the 73rd Assembly District, and one from Lisa Bartlett running for OC Supervisor in the 5th District. Bartlett maintains that the Petrilla mailer is deceptive because it contains a quote from OC GOP Chairman Scott Baugh and the OC GOP logo, implying that the party has endorsed Petrilla, which it has not. The quote, which addresses the influence of public employee unions, is prominently displayed at the top of the mailer in which Petrilla purports to advocate for reforming government pensions. In a comment on the Powder Blue posting, Mission Viejo activist Larry Gilbert, a Petrilla supporter, disagrees and states that the quote simply connects Chairman Baugh to the OC GOP. The OC GOP only allows endorsed candidates to use the party's logo. Petrilla is not endorsed by the OC GOP, and he did not ask for permission to use the party logo.
Also interesting is that Petrilla's mailer includes a comparison between Petrilla and two other candidates, Anna Bryson and Paul Glaab. Petrilla attacks Bryson and Glaab as beholden to the unions. However, Petrilla omits a third major candidate, Bill Brough, from the mailer (for full disclosure, I am supporting Brough in the 73rd). That raises the question of why Brough was omitted. Is it because Petrilla cannot attack Brough on union issues, is it because Petrilla sees Brough as his biggest threat and he does not want to give Brough any extra publicity, or is it for another reason? Inquiring minds want to know.
Over in the race for OC Supervisor, 5th District, Lisa Bartlett has put out a mailer stating that she is the "The Endorsed Conservative Republican" with a letter from Congressman Darrell Issa prominently displayed on the front (more disclosure, I am supporting Robert Ming in this race, though I have little experience or knowledge of Bartlett). The letter from Issa states that he is endorsing Bartlett's campaign. Allan Bartlett contends that the mailer is deceptive because it implies that Bartlett is endorsed by the OC GOP, which she is not. I have to agree that this mailer is more deceptive than Petrilla's in that it could lead some to believe that Bartlett is endorsed by the OC GOP simply by its vague wording. (I will note that the other Republican candidates for the 5th District are also endorsed by many, meaning that they are also "endorsed conservative" Republicans, making her statement false on its face. She should have put "An Endorsed Conservative Republican" or "The Issa Endorsed Conservative Republican" to be accurate. I know I am splitting hairs here, and we are talking about mailers which often like to be vague and deceptive for effect, but it still fun to do.)
Both the 73rd AD and 5th District Supervisor races appear to be close. It remains to be seen whether these mailers and their statements will have any negative impact on either Petrilla or Bartlett, or they are relegated to inside baseball status like so many other of these issues. We are less than three weeks from the June 3 direct primary election, and it seems that the candidates are ramping up their mail and their message. It should be a fun election season!
Posted in 5th Supervisorial District, 73rd Assembly District, Orange County Board of Supervisors, State Assembly | Tagged: Allan Bartlett, Anna Bryson, Bill Brough, Jesse Petrilla, Lisa Bartlett, oc gop, Paul Glaab, Robert Ming | 4 Comments »
Followup on The Anna Bryson Loss in Court
Posted by Craig P. Alexander on April 1, 2014
As I reported last week, 73rd Assembly candidate Anna Bryson was found by a Superior Court Judge in Sacramento to have made a false and misleading statement in her ballot statement. Here is my post about that: Sacramento Judge Rules.
Today Katy Grimes (a Flash Report Senior Correspondent) did a through post over at the Flashreport about this situation including the various press releases from the Bryson campaign in which Ms. Bryson tries to spin a loss into a win. Ms. Grimes' article (which includes some quotes by this blogger) is at AD73: Bryson Campaign Tries… and it is obvious Ms. Grimes put in a lot of time researching this article including speaking with various members of the Bryson campaign including Anna Bryson herself. Katy also includes a copy of the Court's order which clearly states the Judge found Ms. Bryson's original statement to be false, misleading and inconsistent with the Elections Code by clear and convincing evidence.
I highly recommend you read Ms. Grimes article and her insights into the Bryson's campaign's attempts to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Again, for full disclosure I am supporting Dana Point City Councilman Bill Brough who is running to be my next Assemblyperson from the 73rd Assembly District. I recommend you check out Bill Brough and contact him through his web site at: http://billbrough.org/ Bill's next event will be on at 5:30 p.m. on April 22nd at Paradise Automotive in San Juan Capistrano. For more information contact gina@zariconsulting.com or 714-388-6515. If you met Bill and talk with him about the issues and his background, I believe you will come away supporting him as I am.
Posted in 73rd Assembly District, Capistrano Unified School District, Dana Point | Tagged: Anna Bryson, Bill Brough, FlashReport, Katy Grimes, Sacramento Superior Court | 1 Comment »
Auditor-Controller Race: Frank Davies Loses "Deputy Auditor-Controller" Ballot Designation, Will Use "Property Tax Director" Instead
Posted by Chris Nguyen on March 31, 2014
There have been five lawsuits related to the June Primary election ballot for Orange County. The meat of this article is after the bullet list. The bullet list just recaps the prior cases.
In the Second Supervisorial District, Allan Mansoor successfully sued the Registrar of Voters to change Michelle Steel's ballot designation of "Taxpayer Advocate/Businesswoman" and she is now required to use "Board of Equalization Member" instead. This case was covered here on OC Political, in an article in the OC Register, and in an article in the Daily Pilot.
In the Clerk-Recorder's race, Troy Edgar's lawsuit against the Registrar of Voters to get on the ballot was rejected by the Orange County Superior Court. Edgar's lawsuit against the Registrar of Voters also sought to toss Assessor Webster Guillory and Superintendent of Schools Al Mijares from the ballot, and this effort was also rejected by the Superior Court. Consequently, Edgar fails to make the ballot while Guillory and Mijares stay on the ballot. Here's OC Political's coverage, including the only online copy of the full text of the judge's ruling. The judge's sweeping ruling used "failed" or "fails" six times in reference to Edgar and even uses "without merit" in reference to one of Edgar's arguments.
In the 73rd Assembly District, Mission Viejo resident Dale Tyler sued the Secretary of State to challenge a sentence in AD-73 Candidate Anna Bryson's ballot statement, "On the school board, I returned $59 million to taxpayers." Tyler sought to have the sentence struck entirely, but the Sacramento County Superior Court judge issued a compromise, so it now reads, "On the school board, I voted to save taxpayers approximately $59 million." Here's OC Political's coverage, and here's the text of the judge's ruling.
In the Auditor-Controller's race, candidate John Wayne Willard sued the Registrar of Voters in an unsuccessful effort to challenge Eric Woolery's "Orange Treasurer/CPA" ballot designation. Consequently, Woolery remains "Orange Treasurer/CPA" on the ballot. Here's OC Political's coverage, including the only online copy of the full text of the judge's ruling. When the judge includes strong language along the lines of "The evidence is undisputed that Woolery was appointed to the position of Treasurer…" you know it's a sweeping ruling.
Oddly, the fifth lawsuit has yet to have any coverage anywhere despite being the first case to be completed, having been resolved way back on Tuesday, and it's also likely the most significant case in terms of impact on a race. That case will be the focus of this article.
Auditor-Controller Candidates Eric Woolery, John Wayne Willard, Frank Davies, and Mike "Mike" Dalati.
OC Political was unable to find a photo of James T. Benuzzi.
Laguna Niguel resident Todd Nugent challenged the ballot designation of Auditor-Controller candidate Frank Davies. Davies requested the ballot designation of "Deputy Auditor-Controller" for his bid for Auditor-Controller.
Nugent challenged it on the grounds that this was an effort by Davies to game the system by playing working title musical chairs, as he was not the Chief Deputy Auditor-Controller. Denise Steckler held both the job classification and working title of "Chief Deputy Auditor-Controller" before the candidate filing period. Frank Davies held the job classification of "Administrative Manager III" and the working title of "Director, Property Tax" during that time. Then in the middle of candidate filing, after Davies had pulled papers for Auditor-Controller and shortly before he filed them, all four Directors at the Administrative Manager III level in the Auditor-Controller's office had their working titles switched from "Director" to "Chief Deputy Auditor-Controller" instead (while still remaining in the job classification of "Administrative Manager III"). Chief Deputy Auditor-Controller Denise Steckler then switched to the working title of "Chief of Staff" (while still remaining in the job classification of "Chief Deputy Auditor-Controller").
Nugent filed suit in Superior Court and succeeded in having "Deputy Auditor-Controller" dumped as Davies's ballot designation. Consequently, Davies is now "Property Tax Director" on the ballot.
In an obscure down-ticket race like Auditor-Controller, having a ballot designation of "Deputy Auditor-Controller" would have made Davies the frontrunner. Nugent's challenge was critical in putting Orange Treasurer/CPA Eric Woolery back in the driver's seat for the Auditor-Controller's seat. Defeating Willard's challenge was also critical for Woolery's frontrunner position.
Here's how the candidates will appear on the ballot:
Eric Woolery, Orange Treasurer/CPA
John Wayne Willard, Assistant Director HR
James T. Benuzzi, Audit/Business Advisor
Frank Davies, Property Tax Director
Mike "Mike" Dalati, Accountant/Tax Instructor
(No, that's not a mistake. Mike "Mike" Dalati is how he requested to be on the ballot. His fiancée, Karina "Karina" Onofre, is a Democratic candidate for AD-74. I have no idea why this couple decided to double-state their first names on the ballot.)
The three strongest ballot designations belong to Woolery, Benuzzi, and Dalati while the two weakest ballot designations belong to Willard and Davies. However, Benuzzi and Dalati failed to obtain ballot statements. Woolery is the only one of the five to wield both a ballot statement and a good ballot designation.
Woolery also bought up most of the slate mailers and wields the most aggressive online presence. He also has the highest name ID having been a former member of the Orange County Board of Education and the current Orange Treasurer. Additionally, he has residual name ID from his wife, Lisa Woolery, a former member of the Rancho Santiago Community College District Board. Eric Woolery also dominates the endorsement arena, wielding the endorsements of the Orange County Taxpayers Association, the California Republican Assembly, and numerous elected officials.
With tens of thousands of dollars, Woolery also has a larger warchest than all of his opponents combined with $50,200. He spent $38,701, on a combination of the ballot statement, candidate filing fee, slate mailers, campaign literature, and consulting fees.
Davies spent his entire $16,476 on the ballot statement and candidate filing fee.
Willard has $16,438, which was presumably spent on the ballot statement and candidate filing fee (he filed a Form 497, but not a Form 460); presumably the other $38 was wiped out by signatures-in-lieu.
Benuzzi raised $2,400 from Anthony Benuzzi and Ronald Benuzzi but had to refund $200 to Anthony Benuzzi when they discovered they had exceeded the campaign contribution limit; with his remaining $2,200, he paid the candidate filing fee and $280 of campaign literature.
Dalati did not file a campaign finance report for the January 1-March 17 reporting period.
In the interest of full disclosure, Woolery is a client of Custom Campaigns, the consulting firm that owns this blog.
Posted in 2nd Supervisorial District, 73rd Assembly District, Orange County Auditor-Controller, Orange County Clerk-Recorder | Tagged: Al Mijares, Allan Mansoor, Anna Bryson, Anthony Benuzzi, Dale Tyler, Denise Steckler, Eric Woolery, Frank Davies, James Benuzzi, John Wayne Willard, Lisa Woolery, Michelle Steel, Mike Dalati, Orange County Registrar of Voters, Ronald Benuzzi, Secretary of State, Todd Nugent, Troy Edgar, Webster Guillory | 1 Comment »
Breaking News – Sacramento Judge Rules A Portion of Anna Bryson's Ballot Statement is False and Misleading
Posted by Craig P. Alexander on March 28, 2014
Today Judge Shelleyanne W.L. Chang ruled that 73rd Assembly candidate Anna Byrson made a false and misleading statement in her campaign statement. The judge ruled that the statement "On the school board, I returned $59 million to taxpayers" was false and misleading and ordered the statement stricken and re-written. In this type of ballot challenge the burden of proof the person challenging the statement is "clear and convincing" not the easier to prove "preponderance of evidence" standard. The petitioner, Mission Viejo resident Dale Tyler, via his attorney Chad Morgan, was successful in submitting clear and convincing evidence that Ms. Bryson's statement was both false and misleading to voters.
Ms. Bryson, as part of her opposition, submitted a declaration by her fellow CUSD Trustee John Alpay wherein he stated (among other things) that Ms. Bryson was "instrumental" in returning $59 million to taxpayers. Yet the Court still found the statement false and misleading! I represented Greg Powers in his challenge to Mr. Alpay's ballot statement when he challenged former Trustee Mike Winston in the recall election of 2010. The Court at that time struck two statements contained in Mr. Alpay's ballot statement as being false and misleading. So it is no surprise to me that Judge Chang found Mr. Alpay's declaration in support of Ms. Bryson to not be convincing either.
Full disclosure: I am supporting 73rd Assembly candidate Bill Brough (who currently serves on the Dana Point City Council). I was a supporter of Ms. Bryson in the past, but not any longer due to her voting record: Why to the Teachers Unions Love Anna Bryson? Check out Bill's web site at Bill Brough for Assembly.
Posted in 73rd Assembly District, Capistrano Unified School District, Dana Point | Tagged: Anna Bryson, Bill Brough, Chad Morgan, Dale Tyler, Greg Powers, John Alpay, Mike Winston | 8 Comments »
AD-73: Petrilla Has Double Cash-on-Hand of All Opponents Combined, Bryson & Brough Nearly Tied, Glaab Deep in Debt
I'm pretty much going to quote my opening paragraph from my January post on the AD-73 race because it serves to remind us of this chaotic year:
Next up in OC Political's ongoing in-depth analysis of campaign finance figures is the race for the 73rd Assembly District seat being vacated by the termed out Diane Harkey, who is running for the Board of Equalization seat being vacated by the termed out Michelle Steel, who is running for the Second District Supervisor's seat being vacated by the termed out John Moorlach, who is running for the 45th Congressional District seat being vacated by John Campbell, who voluntarily retired. (That incredibly long sentence demonstrates a recurring theme in 2014…)
The four Republican AD-73 Candidates: Jesse Petrilla, Anna Bryson, Bill Brough, Paul Glaab
I'll also quote the second paragraph from my January post:
There are four announced Republican candidates in AD-73: Rancho Santa Margarita Councilman Jesse Petrilla, Dana Point Councilman Bill Brough, Capistrano Unified School District Trustee Anna Bryson, and former Laguna Niguel Councilman Paul Glaab. One Democrat, Attorney and Irvine Valley College Professor Wendy Gabriella, has announced for the race. Gabriella's entry in the race virtually guarantees a Republican vs. Democrat general election, with the Republican winning handily and spareing South County Republicans an AD-73 general election intraparty bloodbath.
What can I say? Conditions in AD-73 have been fairly stable. The announced candidates are exactly the same candidates who qualified for the ballot. Now on to the latest numbers, which really haven't moved all that much…
Petrilla's fundraising slowed in this reporting period ($15,824, second behind Bryson), but his dominant lead ($104,839) from 2013 maintained his position as the AD-73 candidate with the most money raised, with $120,663. He was the only candidate who raised more than he spent in this reporting period with his $15,228 in expenditures. This brings his total overall spending to just $23,410, and his tight-fisted spending has him actually fourth in expenditures. Consequently, he has nearly $100,000 cash-on-hand, once loans and unpaid bills are accounted for, with $97,577, to be exact. Republican Bryson, Republican Brough, and Democrat Gabriella have a combined $49,561 in that category (about half Petrilla's figure), though adding the deeply-in-debt Republican Glaab leaves Petrilla's opponents at a combined $14,550, which would mean Republican Petrilla has almost seven times the combined cash-on-hand of his opponents. It's not unreasonable to leave Glaab out and note that Petrilla has twice the combined cash-on-hand of his non-indebted opponents. The biggest question is: why is Petrilla hoarding his money? I think the most logical conclusion is that Petrilla plans to dominate the AD-73 direct mail.
Bryson raised more than her opponents this reporting period with $29,822, but she spent more than she took in, spending $32,514. She also has $14,279 in unpaid bills. Plus, she still lags behind Petrilla in overall funds raised. She spent half her money on her consultants. It's not that her consultants are charging exorbitant rates – it's simply that she has numerous consultants. She's raised $114,965 overall but already spent $75,224; after accounting for that $14,279 in unpaid bills, Bryson is left with just $25,463 cash on hand, assuming she has no plans to spend her $69,600 loan. Her consulting fees are quickly eating up her once-sizeable warchest.
Bob Dole with AD-73 Candidate Bill Brough earlier this month
Brough raised $10,297 this reporting period, bringing his total funds raised to $61,240. He spent $18,084 this reporting period, bringing his total spending to $39,744. He has a healthy mix of spending, with no one area jumping out to dominate his spending. He remains the candidate with the smallest loans, by far, at just $100. He, Petrilla, and Gabriella have no unpaid bills. Among AD-73 candidates, Brough definitely has the most interesting campaign contributor, former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, who was the Republican nominee for President in 1996. The Brough campaign had announced the Dole endorsement two weeks ago, and Dole gave Brough's campaign $500.
Glaab raised $8,899 this reporting period, bringing his total funds raised from other people to $36,985. However, he also donated $22,000 to his campaign in 2013 (not loaned, but truly donated), bringing his total funds raised up to $58,985. He spent $40,053 this reporting period, bringing his total expenditures to $90,072, the highest level of expenditures of any candidate in AD-73. While Glaab has a mix of spending, he has spent a fortune on slate mailers. With the least raised and most spent among the Republican candidates (even after accounting for his self-contribution of $22,000), Glaab is deeply in debt, to the tune of $35,011. He's clearly banking on the slate mailer strategy for this race, but he didn't secure all the slates.
On slates, in my January post, I said, "Glaab secured the vast majority of slate mailers. There are five major slate vendors, with Glaab grabbing three of them, including the two vendors who produce the most slate mailers. Bryson grabbed one vendor. It appears the fifth vendor is up for grabs still." Well, Brough has since nabbed the fifth vendor. Slate mailers are now divided in this race, with three candidates nabbing the major slates, though Glaab has the lion's share.
Nothing new regarding loans or candidate self-funding, so here's the paragraph from my January post on that:
Here at OC Political, we've railed repeatedly against the $100,000 paper tiger loans. (These loans of $100,000 or less are frequently used by candidates to artificially inflate their warchest numbers. While OC Political has many posts about those, this one is probably the seminal post on the issue.) I will give Paul Glaab credit for actually spending his own money. Glaab put his money where his mouth is, and donated $22,000 to his own campaign beyond the $100,000 loan he made to his campaign. State campaign finance regulations put that $22,000 forever out of Glaab's reach; it is nonrefundable, and he must spend it on the campaign. Glaab was well aware of this regulation and properly reported the $22,000 as a contribution, not a loan.
Democrat Wendy Gabriella raised $4,592 this reporting period, bringing her total funds raised to $16,703. She spent $9,507 this reporting period, bringing her total expenditures to $14,089. (Interestingly, top fundraiser Petrilla's spending is so low that his expenditure levels are closer to dead-last fundraiser Gabriella's than to any of his Republican opponents.) With no unpaid bills and a candidate loan of $1,196, Gabriella's cash-on-hand is $2,614.
Here's the chart:
Candidate 2013
Contrib. 1/1/14-
Contrib. Candidate
Contrib. Total
Loans Unpaid
Bills 2013
Expend. 1/1/14-
Expend. Total
Expend. Cash-
(COH) COH
Bills COH
Bills &
Petrilla $104,839 $15,824 $0 $120,663 $3,500 $0 $8,182 $15,228 $23,410 $101,077 $101,077 $97,577
Bryson $85,143 $29,822 $0 $114,965 $69,600 $14,279 $42,710 $32,514 $75,224 $109,342 $95,063 $25,463
Brough $50,943 $10,297 $0 $61,240 $100 $0 $21,660 $18,084 $39,744 $21,584 $21,584 $21,484
Glaab $28,086 $8,899 $22,000 $58,985 $100,000 $3,925 $50,019 $40,053 $90,072 $68,914 $64,989 -($35,011)
Gabriella $12,111 $4,592 $0 $16,703 $1,196 $0 $4,582 $9,507 $14,089 $5,693 $5,693 $2,614
Notes: Figures may be off by one dollar due to rounding.
Campaign finance reports for January 1-March 17, 2014 were due Monday.
Posted in 73rd Assembly District | Tagged: Anna Bryson, Bill Brough, Bob Dole, Diane Harkey, Jesse Petrilla, John Campbell, John Moorlach, Michelle Steel, Paul Glaab, Wendy Gabriella | 1 Comment »
Petrilla Named Most Recent Pathfinder Candidate By California Trailblazers: Joins 5 Other OC Candidates
I have been meaning to write about this for a while but got behind with a ton of work that had piled up on my desk.
Orange County has a number of candidates that have advanced to 'Pathfinder' status by the California Trailblazers. Jesse Petrilla (AD 73) joins Janet Nguyen (SD 34), Pat Bates (SD 36), Ling-Ling Chang (AD 55), Phillip Chen (AD 55), and Young Kim (AD 65).
In order to explain a bit more about how the California Trailblazers program works, here is an excerpt from a press release that they issued:
California Trailblazers Announces Four 'Pathfinder' Candidates
http://www.catrailblazers.com/news/40/15/California-Trailblazers-Announces-Four-Pathfinder-Candidates/
Senate and Assembly candidates surpass rigorous campaign goals and earn distinction
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California Trailblazers today announced another round of Republican candidates who have advanced to 'Pathfinder' status, the first level in the program's three-tier structure. The Trailblazers program is off to a strong start with a majority of state Assembly and Senate candidates enrolled in the program. With today's announcement, 13 candidates have reached 'Pathfinder' status. The Trailblazers program successfully helps candidates strengthen their campaigns by providing resources, training opportunities and practical skills so they are equipped to build and run winning campaigns.
"To renew and rebuild the Republican Party, we need to help develop quality Republican candidates who represent their districts' values and are well-positioned to connect and engage with voters. Our goal is to elevate candidates and strengthen their campaigns by encouraging them to achieve specific benchmarks throughout the campaign cycle," said California Trailblazers CEO Jessica Patterson. "Candidates move up the ranks as they reach aggressive benchmarks and develop a strong campaign infrastructure." Re: CA Trailblazers Announce Petrilla as 'Pathfinder' Candidate Page 1 of 3
The three-tier structure encourages candidates to advance through the levels of 'Pathfinder,' 'Rising Star' and 'Trailblazer' by providing tools and resources for candidates to develop successful campaigns.
California Trailblazers distinguishes candidates as 'Pathfinders' once they've established the foundation for a robust and winning campaign. 'Pathfinder' candidates have raised more than $100,000 in campaign contributions, identified local volunteers and precinct captains and created a substantial online presence through a dynamic website and active social media effort.
This is big news for Petrilla who is likely fending off CUSD Trustee Anna Bryson to advance to the November General Election. Petrilla is already the leading fundraiser in AD 73 and has always been known for having a large amount of grassroots supporters. A combination of his being named a 'Pathfinder', raising the most money, having a strong grassroots network, and his military background are leading me to believe that he will be tough to beat in June.
Petrilla finished in first place in the 2010 Rancho Santa Margarita City Council race (impressively finishing ahead of 2 incumbents):
RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA Member, City Council
Number To Vote For: 3
Completed Precincts: 31 of 31
Vote Count Percentage
JESSE PETRILLA 7,396 22.9%
STEVEN BARIC 6,915 21.4%
* GARY THOMPSON 6,843 21.2%
* NEIL C. BLAIS 6,823 21.1%
LAWRENCE (LARRY) MCCOOK 4,326 13.4%
* Indicates Incumbent Candidate, if any
Ironically, I believe that Wendy Gabriella will come in first in June due to the Republican vote being split amongst four candidates. Whoever emerges from this brutal primary will likely coast in the November election against Wendy Gabriella.
Posted in 73rd Assembly District | Tagged: Anna Bryson, Janet Nguyen, Jesse Petrilla, Ling-Ling Chang, Pat Bates, Phillip Chen, Wendy Gabriella, Young Kim | 2 Comments »
Live from CRA Endorsing Convention
Posted by Chris Nguyen on March 1, 2014
We're live from the Orange County CRA endorsing convention in Buena Park.
2ND SUPERVISORIAL DISTRICT
First up is Second Supervisorial District. Apologies to Board of Equalization Member Michelle Steel and Assemblyman Allan Mansoor as a technical glitch delayed the start of my liveblogging, so we don't have coverage of their opening speeches.
This one is a long ballot with seven units eligible to vote: Costa Mesa, Fountain Valley, Huntington Beach, West Orange County, Stanton, Corona Del Mar, and Buena Park.
28 votes were cast for Michelle Steel.
9 votes were cast for Allan Mansoor.
STEEL ENDORSED.
45TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
Next up is the 45th Congressional District.
First to speak is Supervisor John Moorlach. He speaks about his tenure in CRA, including as a unit president and state assistant treasurer. He says he's pro-life and pro-death penalty. He speaks about how he entered elected office to run against Democrat Robert Citron. He says all five Republicans who were members of the Board of Supervisors back then opposed his candidacy, so Moorlach is not afraid to stand up to the powers that be. He speaks about the OC bankruptcy. He speaks about his record reducing medical unfunded liability. He speaks about his ordinance that banned PLAs in County government (except when mandated by the federal government). He speaks about stopping County funding of Planned Parenthood. He spoke of his charter amendment requiring retroactive pension increases to be approved by voters. He speaks of his opposition to eminent domain. He speaks of his opposition to the Anaheim streetcar. He notes his endorsement by Tom McClintock.
Don Gilchrist asks how many CPAs will be in Congress if Moorlach wins. Moorlach takes the opportunity to note that he's reduced the number of County employees. He says there are two CPAs, and he will increase it by 50%.
A delegate asks about medical marijuana. Moorlach says he is open to use of medical marijuana for legitimate medical purposes. He speaks of his vote for medical marijuana ID cards and of his late brother-in-law's use of medical marijuana.
Greg Raths sent Bob Schuman to represent him due to Raths being at his sister-in-law's funeral. Schuman says Raths is not a politician nor is he beholden to lobbyists. Raths served in the military. Schuman says Raths is the only Republican candidate who actually lives in CD-45. He says Raths was Assistant Chief of Staff for the White House Military Office. He says Raths wants to cut the size and scope of government to help businesses create jobs. He notes Raths's wife teaches at UCI and their two daughters are teachers, and Raths supports local control by getting the federal government out of education. He says Raths supports increased vocational education. He says Raths wants to repeal Obamacare. Schuman says Obama is killing the American Dream, and he says Raths wants to get government out of people's way to restore the American Dream.
A delegate asks if it'd be productive to have a vote to repeal Obamacare since there were already 34 failed votes.
Schuman says we need to elect more people who oppose Obamacare to
Senator Mimi Walters talks about her four children: three in college and one high school senior. She's been married 25 years. She speaks of her activism. She speaks of being elected to the Laguna Niguel City Council while pregnant in 1996. She speaks of her tough race to be successfully elected to the Assembly and her race for the Senate. She speaks of her 100% rating from the CA Taxpayers Assn and the Pro-Life Council. She speaks of her "A" rating from both the CRA and the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association. She says she wants to cut taxes to spur consumer spending to help the economy. She says we need to pay off the national debt. She says we need the Keystone Pipeline and a strong national defense. She says that Obamacare needs to be repealed and reformed. She notes she's been campaigning every single day since John Campbell retired. She notes endorsements from most of the CA Congressional delegation and various local endorsements.
Benita Gagne asks if Walters supports impeaching Obama.
Walters says it's more important to pass issues by working with Democrats rather than making herself less relevant by trying to impeach Obama.
Jen Beall thanks Walters for her support in Capistrano Unified School District and asks her what she plans to do to fight Obamacare.
Walters says Republicans are working on a thoughtful plan that she was told about when she was in DC.
A delegate asks if she's accepted any union money.
Walters says she has not accepted any union money from the $700,000 she raised and notes neither of her opponents has more than $50,000.
In the 45th Congressional District, Rancho Santa Margarita, Saddleback, Anaheim, Tustin, and Orange/Villa Park are voting.
There is no endorsement after the first round because no candidate has reached 2/3. The vote totals are not announced.
There are 12 votes for Moorlach, 13 votes for Walters, and no votes for Raths.
Walters says she is the true conservative with a proven record. She says she has an A+ CRA rating. She says she has stood up to Democrats in the Legislature. She says she is endorsed by Congressmen Ed Royce, Darrell Issa, Doug La Malfa, and Duncan Hunter.
Moorlach says the County was forced to implement Obamacare. He says he successfully opposed a federal grant to advertise Obamacare's anti-obesity efforts. Moorlach says he will be a hardworking accountant who will fight to cut the budget and taxes. He says he fought against the 405 toll road as a double tax.
There is now a tie, with 12 votes each for Moorlach and Walters.
Moorlach speaks of Orange County's improved credit rating and the nation's poor credit. He says his pollster did President Ronald Reagan's pollster. Moorlach says the polling shows he is ahead of Walters. He says he will ramp up fundraising. He says he will be a great Congressman. He says CRA should put one of its own members in Congress.
Walters speaks of her ratings. She says she "badly wants" the CRA endorsement. She says she is the only candidate who has to go to Sacramento during the week making it difficult for her to campaign in the district. She says she tried to reach out to the delegates that she doesn't know really well. She says she has been a grassroots volunteer for 20 years.
Walters received 14 votes, Moorlach received 9 votes.
NO ENDORSEMENT IN CD-45.
74TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT
Huntington Beach Mayor Matt Harper speaks about his activism since the Doris Allen recall. He speaks about his efforts to defeat school bonds, taxes, the beach fire ring ban, and the 405 toll lanes.
A delegate asks about amnesty and about the Lincoln Club's immigration plan.
Harper says he opposes both.
Newport Beach Councilman Keith Curry did not fill out the CRA questionnaire. He notes he's been to CRA conventions since 1974, one year before Harper ewas born. Curry speaks of his work with Paul Gann to pass the Gann Limit. He speaks of working for the Reagan Administration. He speaks of joining a private company that he eventually co-owned and grew to 400 employees. He speaks of his work at Concordia University with Christian students. He speaks of his passage of pension reform in Newport Beach, including an award from the OC Taxpayers Association for the City. He speaks of his work getting a Ronald Reagan statue erected. He speaks of protecting Prop 13 and opposing the split role. He speaks of opposing tax increases and supporting tax cuts. He speaks of opposing AB 109 prison realignment. He speaks of supporting local control for beach fire rings.
Former Newport Beach Councilman Dick Nichols asks about the Newport Beach budget being balanced via pension accounting gimmicks.
Curry says the state changed the CalPERS assumption rate, but Newport Beach still has a balanced budget regardless of the CalPERS moving target.
A delegate asks about amnesty and about the Lincoln Club immigration plan.
Curry says he's a longtime Lincoln Club member, he opposes amnesty, and he supports immigration reform.
For the 74th Assembly District, the CRA units voting are Costa Mesa, Huntington Beach, Saddleback, and Corona Del Mar.
There were 14 votes for Matt Harper, and 3 votes for Keith Curry.
HARPER ENDORSED.
36TH SENATE DISTRICT
Supervisor Pat Bates says she's probably Orange County's longest serving elected official, but she shouldn't be considered a career politican. She was a social worker helping people get a hand up, not a hand out. She speaks of her husband's business and their battles against government regulation. She speaks of needing to break the Democrats' supermajority. She speaks of the need for Sacramento politicians to be in touch with their districts. She speaks of her conservative activism. She speaks of founding Laguna Niguel. She speaks of supporting CCWs. She speaks of opposing the "nanny government" social host ordinance. She speaks of being supported by conservative organizations over the years. She says she is currently unopposed but doubts she will be unopposed by the end of filing.
Craig Alexander asks about the Board of Supervisors vote on Planned Parenthood funding.
Bates thanks Craig for his help in her efforts with Moorlach to stop the Planned Parenthood funding. She speaks of working with Moorlach to turn down the Obamacare grant for food pyramids. She speaks of her disabled relative who lost health insurance for a month because of Obamacare.
Chandra Chell asks about Joel Anderson's bill to protect the 4th Amendment.
Bates says she's supportive of Anderson's efforts.
BATES ENDORSED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT.
5TH SUPERVISORIAL DISTRICT
Laguna Niguel Councilman Robert Ming speaks of being in the trenches with conservative activists. He speaks of changes coming to the Board of Supervisors, with Bates and Moorlach terming out and Janet Nguyen running for the 34th Senate District. He speaks of his themes of integrity, fiscal responsibility, and leadership. Laguna Niguel keeps its promises to voters. Laguna Niguel has no debt rating because it has no debt. He speaks about the County's labor contract negotiations. He speaks of his business experience negotiating contracts. He speaks of founding the ACC-OC to leave the leftward League of Cities. He speaks of creating the Pension Reform Committee as ACC-OC's first committee. He speaks of his endorsements by numerous conservative officials. He notes that neither of his opponents have sought the endorsement.
MING ENDORSED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT.
73RD ASSEMBLY DISTRICT
Rancho Santa Margarita Councilman Jesse Petrilla sent a representative because he is with his National Guard unit. Petrilla says he is a strong voice for fiscal conservatism and social conservatism. He declined the City Council health and retirement benefits. He speaks of being attacked for charges from his troubled youth of charges he beat. He speaks of serving in the military in Afghanistan, of being a husband, and of being a father.
Rancho Santa Margarita Mayor Tony Beall asks about Petrilla's 2001 felony convictions and about his untruthfulness in 2014 about the incident and that he didn't beat the charges because he was sent to jail and the charges were expunged not beaten and that he is still required by the Court to disclose the convictions.
The spokeswoman says 30-year-old Petrilla has done a 180 since he was 17 years old when these incidents occurred. She points to second chances for Jim Rogan, Darrell Issa, and Tony Rackauckas.
Dana Point Councilman Bill Brough speaks of his service in the United States Army as a paratrooper on active duty. He speaks of his work in Congressman Chris Cox's office and of his work in the White House. He speaks of fighting the establishment when he was elected to the Dana Point Council, including his efforts to stop a Dana Point plastic bag ordinance. He speaks of the Dana Point Town Center plan where new public-private partnerships are building six projects after years of stagnation. He speaks of his record on pension reform. He speaks of ending hand outs. He homeschools his son. He pulled himself up by his bootstraps. He says AD-73 is the second-safest Republican seat in the Assembly and should be occupied by someone who will help elect more Republicans.
Former Laguna Niguel Councilman Paul Glaab says all the AD-73 candidates are friends running for something not against each other. Glaab says he's Catholic, pro-life, and a lifelong Republican. Glaab says Walters, Bates, and Ming all stole his thunder since they all spoke about the record in Laguna Niguel. He notes Laguna Niguel is one of the best run cities in America. He says he is pro-gun and pro-2nd Amendment. He says government needs to be reined in. He says it is important to be pro-business. Glaab calls CRA an "association."
For the 73rd Assembly District, the units voting are Rancho Santa Margarita, Saddleback, and South Orange County.
There were 12 votes for Brough, 3 votes for Petrilla, and no votes for Glaab.
BROUGH ENDORSED.
Convention adjourns to March 22.
TODAY'S ENDORSEMENTS
Supe-5: Ming (Unanimously)
SD-36: Bates (Unanimously)
Supe-2: Steel
AD-73: Brough
AD-74: Harper
CD-45: No endorsement
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Bryan McGrath Highlights Must-Read Goldstein-Knight Proceedings Article on Chinese ASW Development
China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI) Cited In (Selected)
Bryan McGrath, "China Thinks ASW," Information Dissemination, 11 April 2014.
Lyle Goldstein at the China Maritime Studies Institute is a national treasure (along with his colleague, Andrew Erickson), and he has teamed up once again with Shannon Knight from the Naval Undersea Warfare Center to produce a fascinating article in this month's Proceedings, which is unfortunately behind the firewall (hey, why aren't you a member?) The piece, "Wired for Sound in the Near Seas" details China's development of a sophisticated network of fixed ocean floor acoustic sensors off its coasts. After reminding readers that analysts have for years rightly downplayed China's ASW capabilities, Goldstein and Knight make this assertion:
"Defense analysts who follow Chinese military literature closely, however, will have noticed over the past several years that the massive Chinese military-industrial complex has now come around to the great importance of ASW, and China's substantial military and science-research energies have shifted accordingly. The fruits of these major research efforts are now gradually coming into view. Most startling is the revelation in numerous Chinese scientific and strategy publications since 2012 that China has deployed fixed ocean-floor acoustic arrays off its coast, presumably with the intent to monitor foreign submarine activities in the 'near seas.'"


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Friday Five — May 15, 2015
15. Mai 2015Red Hat Corporate Communications Team
Tags:Storage, Kundenerfolge, Auszeichnungen, Mobil, Friday Five
The Friday Five is a weekly Red Hat® blog post with 5 of the week's top news items and ideas from or about Red Hat and the technology industry. Consider it your weekly digest of things that caught our eye.
IT Without Boundaries
How will you evolve your IT infrastructure strategy to respond to new business demands while maintaining your core infrastructure? How will you define your business in a hybrid IT world? See how Red Hat technologies can help.
CUSTOMER SUCCESS:
SaskTel masters machine data
SaskTel, Saskatchewan's leading full-service communications provider, had huge volumes of syslog data streaming in from devices across its network. It had a new analytical platform capable of taking in and interrogating this data in all its volume, variety, and velocity, but it didn't have an affordable solution for storing the data long term. Then SaskTel analysts discovered the versatility and affordability of software-defined storage with Red Hat Gluster Storage.
MarketWatch - Red Hat Wins SIIA Software CODiE Awards for Best Cloud Management Solution and Best Open Source Innovation
Red Hat announced that Red Hat CloudForms and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 have won SIIA CODiE Awards for Best Cloud Management Solution and Best Open Source Innovation, respectively. The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), the principal trade association for the software and digital content industries, announced Red Hat's win... Red Hat CloudForms provides the industry's most robust open source management experience robust management experience across multiple platforms... Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 not only lays the foundation for the open hybrid cloud and serves enterprise workloads across converged infrastructures, but also pushes the operating system beyond today's position as a commodity platform.
Computing - Struggling to start a 'two-track' approach to IT? Start with mobile app development
Companies struggling with a "two track" approach to IT - seeking to sustain stability in core IT but also support an agile methodology - should start with mobile app development, according to Cathal McGloin, formerly CEO of mobile application platform provider FeedHenry, now VP Mobile Platforms at Red Hat... "The whole idea is keeping existing systems and skills running, but also introducing a new track with new skills, new tools and new ways of doing things that are more agile. You keep them alongside each other, rather than trying to change things altogether."
Harvard Business Review - Managing Performance When It's Hard to Measure
Organizations of all kinds have long struggled to accurately measure the performance of individual members. The typical approach is to assess an individual's performance against a metric usually tied to whether or not they performed a task and the amount of output they generated by doing so... But what about the kinds of jobs where measuring someone's "output" isn't about counting the number of widgets they produced, but rather it's about how they managed a team or influenced others or helped people collaborate better?... That's why at Red Hat we've developed a simpler, more flexible approach to performance reviews, one that doesn't limit us to narrow measures of performance.
Red Hat Corporate Communications Team
Red Hat is the world's leading provider of enterprise open source solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver high-performing Linux, cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies.
Public vs Private, Amazon compared to OpenStack
Why I Wrote "The Open Organization"


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Learn how to install and enable your mobile and desktop apps, services and components.
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I'm seeing this log in service center, I want to understand what scenario this will come.
This errors occurred in specific time and that time Application was not accessible, saying the system is currently unavailable. please try again later or contact your administrator.
As i understood from your heading you need to update platform license. For how to update it you can refer the Link.


If your job involves shift patterns or caring responsibilities (such as health or social care, nursery or pre-school settings) and you would like to improve your skills but struggle to fit studying around your commitments, then our new project, called Flex2Learn, may be able to help you. By offering qualifications via flexible and online learning, the project is designed to help you fit your study around work and family commitments.
If you would like more information about the courses on offer, advice and guidance on funding or details about how to enrol, please contact our Flex2Learn Project Officer on 07855405807 or 01395223851. You can also email sarah.kersey@devon.gov.uk – please put 'Flex2Learn' in the subject title.
If you are an employer in the care sector and would like to explore training opportunities for your staff, please complete this survey and our Flex2Learn Project team will be in touch to discuss your needs.
*If you are unemployed or earn less than £15,736.50 pa, this course is free. If you earn above the threshold, this course will incur a cost.


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22nd IFMA Congress Proceedings
PR - AGRICULTURAL POLICIES IN NIGERIA AND IMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGES
Policy is a process by which governments translate their political visions and intents into programmes and projects to deliver and effect change. Agricultural policies are implemented to achieve agricultural growth and development. The study reviewed agricultural policies in Nigeria and implementation challenges. Secondary data was used for the study. Government archives and data bases were consulted. These objectives guided the study: description of Nigeria's agricultural policies during the colonial, post-colonial and present era and identify the gaps in policy implementation. Agricultural policies in Nigeria have witnessed repetitive policies and program and are yet to fulfill its mandate of food sufficiency. Agricultural policies during the colonial era were more on forest matters with less emphasis on crop and animal production. There was also no institutional arrangement for implementation. Commodity specific policies were directed towards stabilizing post-second world war prices in Britain. There was institutional framework in the post- colonial era and intervention policies with food production as the main focus. But lack proper implementation strategies and monitoring. The present era treats agriculture as a business. The target is to develop value chain and build agribusiness for sustained prosperity. The major constraints are inadequate implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
Keywords: Policy, Agriculture, Colonial, Post-colonial, Present era
Author(s): J. (1), Munonye ( 1)
Organization(s): AE- Federal University Ndufu (1)


February 23, 2019 is Rotary International's 114th birthday. What better way to celebrate than to "Reach Out and Read"? Can we get EVERY club in district 6040 to reach out and read to a group of children, teens or adults during the week of Rotary International's birthday (February 17th – 23rd, 2019)?
During the week of Rotary International's birthday, February 17th through February 23rd, 2019, organize members of your club to reach out and read in your local school, a nursing home, a residence for individuals with disabilities, etc. Be the inspiration and spread the joy of reading.
Take a picture of your club's effort and send to Janet Gooch, District 6040 Literacy Chair at jquinzer@truman.edu and I'll post it on the 6040 website. Let me know how many members were involved, the number of hours served, and other details that highlight the project.
Use the event to promote Rotary and your club via Facebook, Twitter and other forms of social media. I will attempt to post the success of the district project on Rotary Showcase.
Think about the impact on our communities if every club in our district reaches out and reads, connecting with others and spreading the joy of literacy in celebration of Rotary International's Birthday.


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Bauhinia Flower
The National Flower of Hong Kong is Bauhinia Blakeana or Orchid Bauhinia. It is also known as Hong Kong Orchid Tree. It is the most common flower which is considered as the official flower of Hong Kong State.
Bauhinia Blakeana or Orchid Bauhinia. It is native to Hong Kong since 1880, all species belong to this family cultivated in Hong Kong nurseries and Botanical gardens. The use of this flower got popularity in 1914 in the said country. Beside its name Orchid in Hong Kong it is also known named as "KANCHAN FLOWER" in china. This beautiful flower is featured on provincial/regional Flag. It appears as red-purple covers the whole Umbrella like pinnacle.
The blooming session starts in November and continue till the end of March. The people of Hong Kong country call the leaf of flower as Clever Leaf. The attractive flower practices as symbol of wisdom. Certain people believe it as a hope, good luck during studies and make bookmarks using the leaves.
Classification of Bauhinia Flower
Flower Public Name: Hong Kong Orchid Tree
Color: Red, Purple
Shape: Umbrella-shaped pinnacle/peak
Species: Bauhinia * Blakeana
Genus: Bauhinia
Petals: Four (04) to six (6)
Native Areas: Finland, Japan, some parts of eastern Asia and Yugoslavia
Height : 15-30 centimeter
Blooming season: November to the end of March
Resemblance: Heart of Butterfly, human faces.
Symbol and Meaning: use as wisdom symbol, Hope, and Chasity, happiness, modesty and good fortune
Useful uses: festival & events celebrations, religious rituals, scents, gardens beauty, Medicine, perfumes
Orchid or Bauhinia Blakeana flower meaning:
One of the popular type orchid of this family belongs to the Ancient Greek term which means "Testicle" due to the shape of the rounded roots.
The beautiful flower use in the meaning of clever leaf, a symbol of wisdom. Hope, good luck and bookmark making in studies.
Govt: people republic of china use it in the meaning of foreign inappropriately.
10 facts about Orchid Bauhinia Blakeana Flower:
Orchid Bauhinia Blakeana is the native, famous and well-known flower of Hong Kong.
The flower consist of bulky bushy leaves and purplish-red color
The length of the plant leaves is 7-10 cm (2.8–3.9) inches.
Width of the leaves are 10-13 cm (3.9–5.1) inch.
It is two-sided symmetric and can be split into two parts.
It consists of stem, root or floating stocks.
Its parasitic species get their food from fungi that live inside their roots.
It is also known as a clever leaf in the native country.
From early 1997 it is featured on Kong's regional flag, military coats and coins.
In china, it means foreign and declared inappropriate by the Chinese Government people republic of china
In Hong Kong, the statue of the plant established in famous square that is Golden Bauhinia.
Originally the flower color is pinkish purple but flag of the country featured as white color.
It is also the popular flower of Chiayi city in Taiwan
It is the flower plant family.
All over the world, there are more than 25,000 species of the flower found.
It is reported that the orchid flowers is 04 times as of birds Nos and mammals on the planet.
It grows in every continent.
The small size is fit in doll houses.
Its species vanilla orchid grows as crop orchid.
It has the tiniest in the world of plants and flowers.
A single orchid seedpod could possess upto 3 million seeds.
It takes longer to grow the plant.
The flower can survive upto 100 years.
It is the most popular house and garden plant.
The extracts of orchids widely use in the perfume industry, flavors (Vanilla is one of the famous flavor) and in the traditional medicine of Asian countries.
Some evidence shows that it exists on the planet since 100 million years.
It has most resemblance with human faces
They are believed as Chief of dishonesty/cheating, it cheats female bee behaving as a male bee.
In Victorian times people were hunting orchid tree.
Why is Orchid (Bauhinia Blakeana) of Hong Kong?
Every country has unique emblems which range from anthem, uniform, tree, bird, animal and a flag alongside this country also has a national flower to represent its gardens, trade and forest habitation. All the national flowers signify certain principles that a nation stands for. Let's know the national flower of Hong Kong.
Although there is no national or official flower of Hong Kong but due to the flower popularity and its symbolism the people of hong kong finally decided to make Bauhinia flower as their national flower. So, in recent years, the Orchid Bauhinia or Blakeana flower becomes the most popular flower of Hong Kong.
The Hong Kong charming flower has many built-in abilities in addition to which it is also used in traditional medicinal use, festivals, special events, perfumes, medical uses. Historically it is a very old flower family and has many records comparatively like largest species, smallest size seed, long aliveness.
Besides these qualities, it is also featured on military, Military/arms uniform coat, coins and the local flag of Hong Kong etc. Due to all the above-mentioned facts and properties, this Attractive, lovely flower becomes the national flower of Hong Kong country.
Other similar flowers are: rhododendron, ceibo-erythrina
Cattleya Orchid Flower Bauhinia Blakeana
Brazil • South America • National Flower
Cattleya Orchid/labiata: The National Flower of Brazil
The National Flower of brazil is Cattleya Orchid also known as Crimson Cattleya or Ruby-lipped...


No, I don't make it a habit of 'laying on of hands' when I meet with a woman who has breast cancer. In fact, since I am often taking pictures of them revealing their scars I am careful not to touch them at all. But I also don't hesitate on giving them one of my hands to grip during the middle of a procedure or exam. And I get a lot of chest to chest hugs (though many of them don't have the nerve endings to feel it any longer). And the last time one of them kissed me it was from her deathbed and I don't think that I've ever received such a holy kiss.


Of course (as a side note), this is precisely what the Reserve Bank don't want. They would prefer that you make minimum loan repayments and spend the rest to stimulate the economy. Good for the economy, maybe not so good for you.
In general, repaying faster is a sensible strategy but there are ways to turbo-charge the process and combining this strategy with an overall financial plan will help you build a secure financial future.
The first step (as always) is to prepare a budget. Controlling your existing cash flow will help you achieve your financial goals sooner. Think of the budget as a reality check and an opportunity to change reality.
You also need to review your overall debt situation and the structure of your existing loans. Maybe there is an opportunity to restructure your loans to refinance existing (higher interest) debt into your home loan to save interest. But also consider the type of home loan.
Some of our clients are achieving great results by utilising interest only home loans combined with an offset account. For this to work, you need to be disciplined and make sure that the full repayments are made into the offset account and stay there. Any additional savings should also be left in the offset account as the home loan interest saved will be much higher than interest you may earn on a savings account.
Consider making loan repayments as frequently as you get paid. For example, if you are paid weekly and your repayments are $1,000 per month, pay $231 (always round up) weekly.
As your debt decreases, consider using the increasing equity to finance the purchase of an income producing asset (typically, real estate or shares). Properly structured, this can assist in increasing your net asset position and isn't that what we want?
So, getting your home loan under control as quickly as possible will give you more options to build a stronger financial future. This doesn't have to be a painful process and the rewards will be significant.
Now, before I finish off for this week, I need to emphasise that any financial advice above is general advice only and may not be the best advice for your particular situation. Although I am qualified to provide this advice, I can only do that after a detailed assessment of your financial position.