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North County Business Briefs, December 11: "Holiday Spectacular" in Carlsbad; new restaurants in Vista, Oceanside
By Becca Roberts On Dec 11, 2022
"Holiday Spectacular" Friday at The Shoppes
The Shoppes at Carlsbad is hosting a free all-day Holiday Spectacular on Friday from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm. The day includes live music and dance performances from local schools, as well as arts and crafts. Elves will be making balloon animals and face painting all day long. Santa's Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman appear from 11am to 3pm. From 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Ms. Claus will read four classic stories. The Grinch and Cindy Lou, who will perform from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. The Shoppes at Carlsbad is located at 2525 El Camino Real. Visit bit.ly/3F3enwU.
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Opening of the new Brain Balance Center
Brain Balance, a drug-free program designed to help adults and children improve focus, behavior, social skills, cognitive performance and emotional well-being, will open a third location in San Diego County at 165 S. El Camino Real, Suite E. The The new center is aimed at students and families who may be struggling with social, emotional, behavioral and cognitive challenges. The program aims to strengthen brain connectivity through physical and sensorimotor exercises, academic skills training, healthy eating, and confidence-building activities to get to the bottom of each person's challenges. Other locations are at Carmel Mountain Ranch and Chula Vista. Call (858) 324-5545 or visit brainbalancesandiego.com.
Sammy's founder opens new eatery
Toasted Gastrobrunch + Dinner has opened at 339 N. Cleveland St. by Sami Ladeki, creator of Sammy's Woodfired Pizza and Toast Gastrobrunch. The new location is near the pedestrian walkway to the beach, replacing Carte Blanche Bistro & Bar. Toasted has expanded to include a full dinner menu, but retains brunch favorites from Toast Gasttrobrunch (formerly in Carlsbad) like brisket hash and stuffed French toast . Dinner includes favorites from Sammy's menus as well as new dishes. Opening hours are daily from 8am to 9pm, brunch is served from 8am to 3pm. Happy hour is from 3pm to 6pm with semi open meals and dinner is served from 6pm to 9pm. Military members receive a 20 percent discount. Visit toastedoceanside.com.
Vietnamese restaurant moves to Vista
Pho Truc Xanh has at 770 Sycamore Ave. opened and serves Vietnamese and Chinese cuisine. The restaurant was formerly located at Center City Parkway and Mission Avenue in Escondido. Specialties include a full range of pho soups, rice noodles, banh mi sandwiches, vegetarian fare and Chinese specialties. The opening hours are every day except Tuesday from 10:30 am to 3:30 pm and from 4:15 pm to 8:30 pm. Call (760) 536-9291; Visit phototrucxanh.com.
Cybercrime webinar offered by SDCCU
The San Diego County Credit Union is hosting a free webinar Wednesday noon with cybercrime expert Randy Lawrence, who will provide insight into various cyberattack methods and detail how you can reduce your risk. Learn about the latest trends, including fraudulent emails and phone calls from the IRS, phishing attempts, and malicious mobile apps. The webinar is open to the public, but virtual seating is limited and reservations are required. Register at sdccu.com/fww.
Free contracting workshops available
The San Diego County Department of Purchasing and Contracting is offering several free lunches and learning workshops with the San Diego, Orange, and Imperial Counties Procurement Technical Assistance Center. The workshops explain San Diego County's contracting and procurement process. The next webinar is "Viability Test/The County of San Diego's Small Business Program" scheduled Tuesday from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Register at sdcoc.ecenterdirect.com/events/44114.
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What does the average company spend on production needs?
50 percent of every dollar that it earns
When was SCM developed?
Today, SCM systems focus on extending beyond an organization's four walls to influence:
Suppliers, Suppliers, Customers' customer
Which of the following is not one of the three main links in the supply chain?
Materials flow from suppliers and their "downstream" suppliers at all levels
Which of the following is not one of the five basic components of supply chain management?
Which of the following is not one of the main links in the supply chain?
Materials flow from customers and their downstream customers at all levels
Which of the following is not one of the four changes resulting from advances in technology that are driving supply chains?
What is it called when distorted product demand information passes from one entity to the next throughout the supply chain?
Bullwhip effect
Which of the following automates the different steps and stages of the supply chain?
Supply chain execution software
What is the ability to view all areas up and down the supply chain?
Which of the following generates demand forecasts using statistical tools and forecasting techniques?
Demand planning software
Which of the following is not a principle of supply chain management?
Listen to signals from telecommunications equipment and plan accordingly
What is the set of processes that plans for and controls the efficient and effective transportation and storage of supplies from suppliers to customers?
Which of the following is a key to SCM success?
Be future oriented
Which of the following is a top reason why executives use SCM to manage extended enterprises?
The customers' customer is upstream in the supply chain
Plan, source, make, deliver, and return are the five basic supply chain management components
Information technology, consumer behavior, visibility, and speed are the four changes resulting from advances in technology that are driving supply chains
Information technology's primary role in supply chain management is creating the integrations or tight process and information linkages between functions within a firm – such as marketing, sales, finance, manufacturing, and distribution – and between firms
Deploy in incremental phases and measure and communicate success is one of the keys to success for SCM
CRM allows an organization to accomplish all of the following, except:
Complicate marketing and sales processes
What is the top CRM business driver?
Automation/productivity/efficiency
Which of the following is not one of the CRM business drivers?
Which of the following represents operational CRM?
Supports traditional transactional processing, Supports day-to-day front-office operations, Supports operations that deal directly with the customers
What supports back-office operations and strategic analysis and includes all systems that do not deal directly with the customers?
Analytical CRM
What made-to-order views can analytical CRM tools slice-and-dice customer information into?
Customer value, Customer spending, Customer segmentation
What can analytical CRM modeling tools discover?
Identify opportunities for expanding customer relationships, Identify opportunities for cross-selling, Identify opportunities for up-selling
What occurs when a website can know enough about a person's likes and dislikes that it can fashion offers that are more likely to appeal to that person?
Which of the following is the first CRM implementation strategy?
Clearly communicate the CRM strategy
What is the formula that an organization can use to find its most valuable customers?
RFM – recency, frequency, monetary value
What is the term that identifies how frequently a customer purchases items?
What is the term that defines how recently a customer purchased items?
What is the term that defines how much a customer spends on each purchase?
Monetary value
What are the three phases in the evolution of CRM?
Reporting, analyzing, predicting
What is another term that represents CRM reporting technologies that help organizations identify their customers across other applications?
Customer identification
What is another term that represents CRM analysis technologies that help organizations segment their customers into categories such as best and worst customers?
Who did Business 2.0 rank as number one in the top 50 people who matter most in business?
You—the customer
Which of the following is not one of the questions asked during the reporting phase?
Which of the following is not one of the questions asked during the analyzing phase?
What customers are at risk of leaving?
Which of the following is not one of the questions asked during the predicting phase?
What is the total revenue by customer?
Which of the following is not a CRM industry best practice?
Implement in the big bang approach
Which company experienced difficulty with answering their call center phone?
Brother International Corporation
Which company turned brand loyalty into brand relationships by using the vast amounts of information it collected to better understand customers' needs and expectations?
1-800-Flowers.com
Which company has spent the last decade researching core customers to find similarities among groups of readers?
CRM is a technology based on the premise that those organizations that understand the needs of individual customers are best positioned to achieve sustainable competitive advantage in the future
The business world is shifting from customer focus to product focus.
The Internet can completely replace the phone and face-to-face communications with customers
The primary difference between operational CRM and analytical CRM is the direct interaction between the organization and its suppliers
Back-office operations deal directly with the customer
What is the buying and selling of goods and services over the Internet?
What is the conducting of business on the Internet, not only buying and selling, but also serving customers and collaborating with business partners?
What is an approach to conducting electronic business on the Internet?
Ebusiness model
Which of the following represents any business that sells its products or services to consumers over the Internet?
Which of the following represents businesses buying from and selling to each other over the Internet?
Which of the following represents sites primarily offering goods and services to assist consumers interacting with each other over the Internet?
Which of the following represents any consumer that sells a product or service to a business over the Internet?
Which ebusiness model is Carfax using?
Which one of the following is a primary challenge to ebusiness models?
Providing security , Adhering to taxation rules, Protecting customers
What is an electronic marketplace?
Interactive business communities providing a central market space where multiple buyers and sellers can engage in ebusiness activities
What is an eshop?
Version of a retail store where customers can shop at any hour of the day without leaving their home or office
What is an emall?
Serves as a gateway through which a visitor can access other eshops
What is a business that operates in a physical store without an Internet presence?
Brick-and-mortar business
What is a business that operates on the Internet only without a physical store?
Pure play business
What is a business that operates in a physical store and on the Internet?
Click-and-mortar business
Which business type describes Amazon.com?
Which business type describes Barnes and Noble?
What type of online auction occurs when sellers and buyers solicit consecutive bids from each other and prices are determined dynamically?
Electronic auction
What type of online auction occurs when sellers use it as a selling channel to many buyers and the highest bid wins?
Forward auction
What type of online auction occurs when buyers use it to purchase a product or service, selecting the seller with the lowest bid?
Reverse auction
What is a community of interest?
People interact with each other on specific topics, such as golfing and stamp collecting
What is a community of relations?
People come together to share certain life experiences, such as cancer patients, senior citizens, and car enthusiasts
What is a community of fantasy?
People participate in imaginary environments, such as fantasy football teams and playing one-on-one with Michael Jordan
Which of the following is an ebusiness challenge?
Increasing liability
Which of the following is an ebusiness benefit?
Decreased cost
Which of the following is not a valid type of emarketplace revenue model?
Loyalty fee
What is website or web application that uses content from more than one source to create a completely new service?
Web mashup
What are WSYIWYGs (What You See Is What You Get) for mashups?
Mashup editor
Ebusiness is the buying and selling of goods and services over the Internet.
Ecommerce is the conducting of business on the Internet, not only buying and selling, but also serving customers and collaborating with business partners
Ebusiness is something that a business can just go out and buy
An ebusiness model is an approach to conducting electronic business on the Internet
Business-to-consumer applies to any business that sells its products or services to consumers over the Internet.
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It began in December during GYC 2011. We were sitting in a conference room in the Hilton, having been called together to hear some news. Thando was telling us that GYC would be partnering with our conference to promote a special initiative.
Honestly, I wasn't. Having organized smaller-scale outreach events, I wondered how we would accomplish this goal and began going through a list of questions in my mind. What exactly was the plan? Who would organize everything? And who would be willing to help?
God has an interesting sense of humor. A few weeks later, I received a call asking if I'd be willing to help organize some of the outreach events throughout the year. I prayed about it and said yes.
all leading up to a youth-led, youth-preached evangelistic series in October.
Our GYC/West Virginia team launched the mission with a rally, a GYC convention in miniature, held on March 23-24 in Charleston. Young and old gathered from around West Virginia, as well as out of state. We heard inspiring messages and committed to being involved in mission work throughout the year.
127 people were prayed with!
Upon hearing the results of our outreach efforts, someone remarked, "One hundred Bible studies out of nine hundred homes is an anointed level of response. The Holy Spirit is knocking on hearts as you knock on doors." The Holy Spirit is truly moving in West Virginia and people are responding! And this is just the beginning!
I didn't realize it then, but there were twelve of us from West Virginia in that conference room in the Hilton on that December night. Twelve people who didn't know how they would fulfill this commission, but twelve people who were willing to be used by God.
Twelve others who gathered in a room to contemplate and pray over a commission—to take the gospel to the world—they had just been given may come to your mind. They also didn't know the details of how exactly they would reach this goal, but they knew they were called by God and were willing to obey. In a few short years, they had turned the world upside down.
If twelve men could shake the world, surely we can handle a city.
But we won't do it alone. They didn't either. They did it by the grace and power of God and with the help of other consecrated individuals who joined the cause.
Exciting things are happening in West Virginia! Please keep us in your prayers as we work to impact Charleston.
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Heat olive oil and butter in large skillet over medium heat.
Add mushrooms, sauté for 5 minutes.
Add shallots and sauté another 3 minutes.
Add chicken, tomatoes and milk. Cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
In large serving bowl, toss pasta, sauce, cheese, basil and salt. Serve immediately with extra cheese for garnish.


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No conversation about Mixed Reality HMDs is ever complete until someone brings up Apple. Yes, the company has no available or announced devices in this space — but there isn't a soul following technology trends that doesn't believe the Cupertino giant isn't a) working on some kind of AR glasses, b) acquiring companies that make lenses and materials that are perfect for some kind of AR glasses, and c) talking about AR as a transformational technology every time a microphone appears. The rumor mill says Apple's glasses could appear in 2019, but we have our money on a 2020 launch, alongside a newly redesigned and reimagined iPhone that moves away from the "iPhone X design" for the first time since it launched. Stay tuned. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tz8rHmosvbs&t=1s
Because of just how expensive it is to invest in high-end VR, companies have worked hard to bring us affordable VR that can run on those handy supercomputers we all carry around in our pockets. Thus, here are the best headsets you can slip your phone into. They're generally wireless and many are under £100, so it's a whole different ball game to the beasts above. Be careful though, certain devices only work with certain phones, so check before putting down any cash.
Now I can start actually editing the timeline, put things to music, figure out transitions and where graphics will go. When I have a first cut of the timeline, I export sections at a time where motion graphics will be. Inside After Effects I can create a 3D camera using their "immersive" tools, convert all motion graphic to 3D layers and create the motion inside the immersive camera view. Viewing and editing on the flat, equirectangular format does little good to anyone. When motion graphics are done, I can export them and replace the original footage in the timeline with the newly exported motion graphic versions. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Powkiddy-Retro-Handheld-Game-Console-Player-16GB-3-inch-Portable-Mini-Video-Gaming-Player-3000-Games/32967827816.html
When it comes to moving your feet, most peripherals are stuck in traditional gaming mode: You jump with 'A' or use a joystick to walk, ignoring immersive motion from the waist down. Believing VR should have some more mobility options, the folks at 3DRudder created a VR footpad that allows the user to control all movement – horizontal, vertical and turning – using only their feet. (No word on realistically jerky jumping as of yet, though.)
Nintendo's Labo series of games/arts-and-crafts sets for the Nintendo Switch have interested us since the first Labo Variety Kit came out. You build your own controllers with cardboard and play games using the Switch and motion-sensing Joy-Con controllers. Now Nintendo has returned to VR (a field it hasn't set foot in since the ill-fated Virtual Boy) with its fourth Labo package, the Labo VR Kit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3UGqoGlmIs&t=1s
Microsoft HoloLens is shaping up to be another formidable competitor in the HMD market. Unlike VR tech, Microsoft based their display on holographic technology. The original Hololens was more proof of concept than consumer device, and the recently announced Hololens 2 is again eschewing the public in favor of enterprise/government uses. The Hololens 2 will feature upgraded visuals, including a much-expanded field of view — music to fans of the original device, who settled on the limited FOV as the main drawback of the device.
Expand your media adventures and social gaming communities with accessories and peripherals created for virtual reality. For example, a VR controller offers seamless integration with virtual reality games to give you more control over your virtual environment. Beyond PC gaming, virtual reality experiences also encompass other forms of video. Virtual reality-compatible cameras capable of filming in 360 degrees offer you the chance to view and edit your footage, along with other VR-ready components. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3vO8E2e6G0&t=1s
In social sciences and psychology, virtual reality offers a cost-effective tool to study and replicate interactions in a controlled environment.[50] It can be used as a form of therapeutic intervention. For instance, there is the case of the virtual reality exposure therapy (VRET), a form of exposure therapy for treating anxiety disorders such as post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and phobias.[51][52] https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Insta360-ONE-4K-360-VR-Video-Action-Camera-insta-360-Sport-Panoramic-24MP-mini-camcorders-Camera/32880056819.html
Virtual Reality is no longer a dream. It's here – in all its stunning, three-dimensional glory. Boasting powerful processing and lightning-fast graphics cards, our systems deliver breathtaking images and a virtual reality that's richly detailed incredibly lifelike. Best of all, our many of our VR gaming systems also give you the power work on files, surf the web, connect via social media and more – making them multi-functional devices that are designed for the way you live. Explore all of our VR systems, games and Xbox systems – and elevate your gaming experience. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyIEUBrlfaw&t=1s
In 2013, Valve Corporation discovered and freely shared the breakthrough of low-persistence displays which make lag-free and smear-free display of VR content possible.[31] This was adopted by Oculus and was used in all their future headsets. In early 2014, Valve showed off their SteamSight prototype, the precursor to both consumer headsets released in 2016. It shared major features with the consumer headsets including separate 1K displays per eye, low persistence, positional tracking over a large area, and fresnel lenses.[32][33] HTC and Valve announced the virtual reality headset HTC Vive and controllers in 2015. The set included tracking technology called Lighthouse, which utilized wall-mounted "base stations" for positional tracking using infrared light.[34][35][36] https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Pre-order-Insta360-Nano-360-Degree-Panoramic-Camera-3K-HD-VR-Camera/32709297694.html
There are few worse feelings than putting on a VR headset and having someone else's sweat drip down your face. That's why, if you're likely to be sharing your headset with others, we'd recommend some sort of cover. The company VR Cover does exactly what it suggests, selling covers for the Rift, Vive, Gear VR and Windows Mixed Reality headsets. You can get a couple of machine-washable covers or, if you prefer, some cheaper disposable ones. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWb_ibK-Log&t=1s
So far, Apple has been very cool on VR, but that's slowly starting to change, at least from a software development side. OS X High Sierra enables VR development on three major VR software platforms: Steam, Unity, and Unreal. It also uses Apple's Metal 2 framework, which the company says provides the performance necessary for VR. No plans for any Apple-branded VR headset have been announced—we'll much more likely see Rift or Vive compatibility added to Macs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71JUbb7QT1w&t=1s


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Q: Trying to disable a button using Angular's ng-disable I have this in my angular code:
$scope.Disable = false;

$scope.SetDisable = function (Number) {
    if (Number.length < 4) {
        return false;
    }
    else {
        return true;
    }

};

$scope.$watch("Admin.UserName", function () {
    $scope.Disable = $scope.SetDisable($scope.Admin.UserName.length);
});

And this code in my view:
<input id="Submit" name="Submit" class="btn btn-success" type="submit" value="Login" ng-disabled="Disable" />

Notice that ever i change the default value of $scipe.Disable to true and turn the other lines of code in my Angular script to comment, the button is still enabled.
If i change the code in my View to:
<input id="Submit" name="Submit" class="btn btn-success" type="submit" value="Login" ng-disabled="true" />

(ng-disabled="true")
The button is disabled.
What am i doing wrong?

A: use ng-change instead of $watch e.g.
$scope.myChange = function (nu) {

  if (nu.length < 4) {
      $scope.Disable = false;
  }
  else {
      $scope.Disable = true;
  }
};

see this link:
https://plnkr.co/edit/m5TUzC35gg8EuApVHcO0?p=preview

A: This may caused by Angular scope inheritance feature, you could overcome this issue by two approaches:

*

*use controller as syntax:
angular.controller('formController', function(){
    this.Disabled = false;
})

    <input ng-disabled="ctrl.Disabled">

*use a reference variable instead of a primitive variable
$scope.Disabled = { value: false }

<input ng-disabled="Disabled.value">

A: The problem is that within the $watch() function you pass the length of the string instead of the string when call the function SetDisable() and in this function you use the length again in the if condition.
HTML:

      UserName:
      <input type="text" ng-model="UserName" placeholder="Enter a name here">

      <input id="Submit" name="Submit" class="btn btn-success" type="submit" value="Login" ng-disabled="Disable" />

JS:
angular
  .module('app', [])
  .controller('mainController', mainController);

mainController.$inject = ['$scope'];

function mainController($scope) {
  $scope.Disable = false;

  var SetDisable = function (name) {
      if (name.length < 4) {
          return false;
      } else {
          return true;
      }
  }

  $scope.$watch('UserName', function() {
    $scope.Disable = SetDisable($scope.UserName);
  })

}

I made a working example:
http://codepen.io/anon/pen/GomYGq?editors=101

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Here's how I plan to make 2019 my best financial year yet.
It's that time of year again. Millions of Americans make New Year's resolutions every year, and financial changes are among the most popular items on those lists.
Unfortunately, only 8% of people making New Year's resolutions are successful, according to a University of Scranton study. In order to help you join the elusive club of New Year's resolution success stories, here are the five financial resolutions I'm making for 2019, and some of the ways I plan to achieve these goals.
Millions of Americans pay for subscriptions to magazines they don't read, gym memberships they don't use, and more. So, while this is perhaps the most obvious financial New Year's resolution to make, it certainly is worth mentioning. And I'm not an exception -- after taking a step back and looking at my own finances, there's a lot of wasteful spending I plan to eliminate in 2019.
$35.99 per month for a news website subscription I really don't need.
$99 annually for an app I don't use.
$199 for a credit card annual fee, when I have another credit card that gives me most of the same benefits.
$95 per month for satellite television. We have Netflix and Amazon Prime, and really don't watch TV enough to justify paying for satellite TV on top of it. 2019 will be the year we join the cord-cutting movement.
When you add all of this up, it comes to nearly $1,900 that I could be saving, investing, or using for a more practical purpose. How much excess spending could you cut out?
This is one that I've done a great job of in recent years. I have a Solo 401(k) account and have contributed the maximum allowable amount for the past two years. However, I want to make one small change to my savings habits for 2019.
I'm calling this my catch-up year. Contributions can be made to retirement accounts until the tax deadline each year, and while this is certainly a useful characteristic of IRAs and most other types of retirement accounts, I tend to take until the last minute to finish contributing. In other words, I didn't finish making my 2017 contributions until the April 2018 tax deadline. So I didn't start making my 2018 contributions until that point, and will probably need to keep making 2018 contributions well into 2019. See how this can become a cycle?
In 2019, I'm resolving to get my retirement contributions in by the end of the calendar year and to do the same in all subsequent years. For one thing, this will make it easier to keep track of how much I've contributed. And two, I won't feel like I'm constantly playing catch-up and trying to cram thousands of dollars into my account every April.
I have two children, and I've done a decent job of setting aside money for them to go to college using 529 savings plans. However, I'd like to do an even better job.
When I tell you that my kids are currently 3 years old and 9 months old, it may seem like it's not a big rush to fill their college accounts. However, it's because they are so young that it should be a priority.
Here's why. The money in their 529 savings plans is invested in a fund that maintains an age-appropriate stock and bond allocation. Over longer periods of time, a strategy like this should generate annualized total returns in the 6%-7% range. To make a long story short, the sooner I deposit my money in the account, the longer it has to grow and compound.
Think of it this way: $1,000 compounded at 6% for 18 years (the time until my youngest child will be in college) would grow to about $2,850. If I reduce the compounding period to 10 years, the end result drops to $1,790 -- not to mention that the investments would have less time to recover from any corrections and crashes that take place along the way.
The takeaway: The more money that you save for college while your kids are young, the more of their tuition that should be paid for by investment returns, not money out of your pocket.
I've done an excellent job of maintaining my FICO credit score well in the realm of great credit. Generally speaking, a FICO score of 760 or higher will qualify you for the best interest rates on loans, and the best offers on credit cards. However, a score of 800 or higher would put me in the group that FICO refers to as "high achievers," and this milestone remains elusive.
I know the FICO credit scoring formula inside and out, so I can pinpoint my shortcomings rather easily. In my case, it boils down to credit card balances and too many new accounts. Specifically, the amounts owed on various accounts makes up 30% of the FICO formula. I wouldn't call my credit card debt high -- about 15% of my available credit (most of which is at 0% APR), but the average high achiever only uses 4% of theirs. So, in 2019 one of my top priorities will be to pay down my credit card balances.
Additionally, the category called "length of credit history" accounts for 15% of the FICO formula, and "new credit" makes up another 10%. Younger accounts hurt both of these categories. Over the past couple of years, I've opened several new credit accounts (three credit cards and one installment loan, to be exact). By committing to not open any new accounts in 2019 and let my existing account age, I should be able to boost my score in this category.
The takeaway: By knowing the FICO formula, not only can you resolve to improve your credit score in 2019, but you can make a game plan to help achieve your goal.
This final resolution may seem a bit out of place. After all, this article is about financial New Year's resolutions, right?
Hear me out. Right now, I'm about 40 pounds heavier than I probably should be. My cholesterol is a bit on the high side. And while I make it to the gym once or twice a week, having a baby at home for most of 2018 has really derailed my diet and exercise ambitions.
Here's where the financial aspect comes in. Healthcare is expensive. Fidelity estimates that the average retired couple will spend $280,000 on out-of-pocket healthcare costs. However, the average healthy retiree will spend much less than this, and the average unhealthy retiree will spend much more. And that doesn't even include healthcare costs in the years prior to retirement, where it's a pretty safe bet that you'll end up spending less if you're generally in good health.
So, not only will this result in a higher energy level and many other immediate benefits, but the financial planner in me also looks at getting in shape and eating right as a potentially lucrative long-term investment. In fact, out of these five New Year's resolutions, this one is my No. 1 priority.


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Berkoff ist als Form der osteuropäischen Patronyme Berkov und Berkovich der Familienname folgender Personen:
 David Berkoff (* 1966), US-amerikanischer Schwimmer
 Steven Berkoff (* 1937), britischer Dramatiker, Schauspieler und Regisseur

Siehe auch:
 Berkhoff, Familienname
 Berghoff, Begriffsklärung
 Berkovich, Begriffsklärung

en:Berkoff (disambiguation)

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Sometimes you fall in love with a wedding just as much as the couple have fallen in love with each other. Usually for me it's the perfect love story, coupled with some stunning flowers, at one of my favourite venues that does it, and this wedding was all of that.
Sarah and Heidi are from Australia and were looking to share their day with their very closest friends and family in an intimate ceremony here in New Zealand. They chose the location after both the photographers, the talented duo of Benjamin and Elise, and I suggested taking a look at Poppies in Martinborough. I think we all love Poppies for the stunning setting and beautifully thought out venue not to mention the wonderful owners Shayne and Poppy who welcome everyone in like friends.
I wanted to create something really beautiful for the day with Sarah's wedding scheme in mind. A full autumnal archway framed the ceremony and we hung a canopy of seasonal leaves and blooms above the long single dining table. Sarah told me she loved flowers and I really enjoyed all the planning time I had with her and Heidi during our Skype sessions. When I started the planning process with Sarah, she was working at a lawyer's office and I was touched to see that after the wedding Sarah had started her own floral design business when she got back home.
I like to think the excitement of getting married should inspire you to take flight with your dreams and not 'settle down' as that sounds so boring. Sarah certainly followed her dreams by throwing in the day job and taking up floral design, and now I love following her flower adventures on Facebook and seeing where it takes her.
Even though I've been doing weddings for 15 years I still find every story to be a unique one. I guess this is why many of them are so memorable to me for many years to come…. and I hope this never changes.
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The Green Organic Dutchman (ticker: TGODF) is among the top 10 producers of legal marijuana. The Canada-based company that was IPO'd during 2018 trades at a relatively inexpensive valuation compared to many of its peers. The risks in the marijuana industry are not low at all, but for risk-hungry investors shares of The Green Organic Dutchman could be the right way to get exposure to the strong growth rates that are expected for the emerging marijuana industry.
The Green Organic Dutchman was founded in 2016, and is headquartered in Mississauga, Canada. The company went public in summer 2018, when marijuana companies experienced a lot of attention and when share prices for many of the larger companies rose massively. Enthusiasm has waned a bit, which is why share prices for many of these companies have declined, including The Green Organic Dutchman, which trades at $1.63 right now, versus an IPO price of $3.10.
The Green Organic Dutchman's results during the first three quarters of calendar year 2018 are not very meaningful, as marijuana has only been legalized in Canada in October of 2018. Sales to the large recreational marijuana market are thus not reflected in past results, but will be reflected in upcoming quarterly (and annual) reports.
The marijuana industry is relatively young, especially when it comes to the recreational marijuana market, which is deemed to be larger than the medical marijuana market. It is thus not easy to forecast revenues and profits for marijuana pure play companies such as The Green Organic Dutchman.
Forecasts see a global medical marijuana market size of $50+ billion by 2025, while the total legal marijuana market (including recreational marijuana) is forecasted to become as large as $150 billion by the mid-2020s. Right now the biggest market for recreational marijuana is Canada, where sales will total between $5 billion and $8 billion during the coming year, according to most analysts.


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Society's Top 10 Most Depraved Serial Killers
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In The Darker Side of Evil we took a look at 10 of the most deadly Black serial killers in history. We also examined the media's role in facilitating their crime spree. Several months of research has gone into this list. I'm basing inclusion on several factors such as body count, level of depravity, manner of murder, contrast between public and private life and post mortem victim interaction, (necrophilia, cannibalism etc.) I've put together a list of 10 of the most prolific serial killers of all time. Some of the names mentioned you will recognize from past posts, others are brand new to you and me. The list is not in any particular order but through my findings these are indeed 10 of the most depraved serial killers ever.
Edmund Kemper
Edmund began his murderous career on August 27, 1964 at the tender age of 15. Kemper's paternal grandmother, Maude Matilda Hughey Kemper, was sitting at her kitchen table working on her latest children's book when she and Edmund had an argument. Enraged bythe argument, Kemper stormed off and grabbed the .22 caliber rifle which his grandfather had given him for hunting. He then fatally shot her in the head before firing twice more into her back. From that point Kemper dragged her body out of the kitchen and into her bedroom. Edmund returned from inside the house just as Ed Kemper Sr. returned home from buying groceries. Edmund took aim and shot him in the back of the head as he began to unload the truck. Confused, dazed and worried about the heinous acts he had just committed, he called his mother Clarnell in Montana. After a half an hour of pleading she finally convinced Kemper to call the sheriff. After confessing to both murders. Edmund Kemper, at 15 years old, was diagnosed a paranoid schizophrenic as well as being psychotic and sentenced to Atascadero State Hospital, criminally insane unit.
Released on his 21st birthday and held his murderous urges in check until May of 1972. From that point he went on an 11 month killing spree that included five college co-eds, one high school student, his mother and his mother's best friend. It was not only his victims that got Kemper included to this list. Unlike most serial killers Kemper did not have a specific manner of murdering his victims, he would shoot, stab, smother or strangle them. He would then take their lifeless bodies back to his home where he would perform irrumatio on their severed heads, have sex with their corpses and then dissect and dismember them. Edmund Kemper was indicted on eight counts of first-degree murder. On November 8, 1973, a jury convened for five hours before declaring Kemper sane and guilty on all counts. Judge Harry F. Brauer, ignoring Kemper's request for the death penalty; sentenced Kemper to seven years to life for each count, with these terms to be served concurrently, and was sentenced to the California Medical Facility for incarceration and medical observation.
Carl Panzram
Evil personified is the only way to truly describe Carl Panzram with any level of accuracy. The only time this man smiled is when he caused pain, degradation and death to his many victims. Born June 28, 1891, Panzram was a serial killer, rapist, arsonist and burglar. Based on his autobiography, Panzram suffered a myriad of abuses during his youth. Caught for shoplifting at the age of 12 Panzram was sent to the Minnesota State Training School. According to his journals and personal testimony it was here that he was repeatedly beaten and tortured by staff members. Released from the school in 1905, Carl was a teenage alcoholic and constantly in trouble with the authorities. He ran away from home at the age of 14 and traveled via train cars. It was during this period in his life that Panzram claimed that on one train he was gang raped by a group of hobos.
As a young adult Panzram became a thief to survive. On June 1, 1915, Panzram burglarized a house in Astoria, Oregon and was arrested soon after while attempting to sell some of the stolen items. He was sentenced to seven years in prison. The ever defiant Panzram waged a war against the staff of the Oregon State Penitentiary and escaped from custody on at least two occasions; once for good.
In 1920 Panzram began his murderous rampage. While living in New York he would lure sailors on leave away from the local taverns. Panzram would then rape and murder the intoxicated sailors, shoot them and dump their bodies in the river. Upon his final capture in 1929 Panzram summed up his life in this statement, "In my lifetime I have murdered 21 human beings, I have committed thousands of burglaries, robberies, larcenies, arsons and, last but not least, I have committed sodomy on more than 1,000 male human beings. For all these things I am not in the least bit sorry."
Carl Panzram's victims ranged from 10 year old boys on up. Panzram didn't care about race of his victim, he didn't care if the victim was alive or dead, just as long as he could destroy and *. His reign of destruction and degradation came to an end on September 5, 1930 when he was executed
Ahmad Suradji
Ahmad Suradji was a well-respected 48 year-old witch doctor in Medan, the capital of North Sumatra. Born on January 10, 1949 and raised as a cattle-breeder; many in Indonesia trusted the man for guidance on matters such as love and money and health. Suradji, using aliases such as "Nasib Kelewang" and "Datuk Maringgi", billed himself as a shaman, able to heal any and all of his people's ailments. Innocent women would come to see this sorcerer who had promised them financial gains or potions to making themselves beautiful or more attractive to male suitors. Many women brought their daughters seeking remedies. Suradji took his female clients to a sugarcane field near his home in western Indonesia. As a part of their "healing" process he buried them up to the waist. Once immobilized into the ground, Suradji would strangle them. Immediately after death Suradji would drink the saliva emitted from the corpse' mouth, a ritual that he believed enhanced his powers. He would then dig the victims up and rebury them with their heads facing his house, which he believed would give him extra power as a sorcerer.
The serial killer was arrested in May 1997 following the discovery of a body in the field in Lubukpakan, a village in North Sumatra province. Upon searching his property the bodies of women ranging from 11 years old to 30 years old were found buried. During interrogation he admitted to murdering 42 female victims. When asked why Suradji told police that in 1988 his father's ghost came to him in a dream and told him to kill 70 women and carry out the ritual so that he could become a "dukan", or mystic healer. On Monday, 27 April, 1998 a Sumatra court sentenced Ahmad Suradji to death. Originally indicted with Suradji were his three wives, (all sisters) however the only one found guilty was his senior wife, Tumini. Tumini was sentenced to life imprisonment. Ahmad Suradji was executed by firing squad on July 10, 2008.
Andrei Chikatilo
After much deliberation it is the decision of the author that both of these Russian nightmares be included in our list. The atrocities committed by Andrei Chikatilo and Alexander Pichushkin embody the essence of depravity. Chikatilo, known by names such as The Butcher of Rostov or The Red Ripper or The Forest Strip Killer or The Rostov Ripper committed the sexual assault, murder, and mutilation of at least 52 victims between 1978 and 1990 in the Russian SFSR, the Ukrainian SSR and the Uzbek SSR.
Oddly enough, Chikatilo began his life of perversion as a teacher. During a swimming session in 1973, he molested a 15 year old girl. While groping her breasts and genitals he ejaculated as she attempted to escape his grasp. In the same school, months later he sexually assaulted a female student he had locked in his classroom. Chikatilo was seen on several instances fondling himself in the presence of his students. Remarkably, Chikatilo was never once disciplined for any of his actions.
In December of 1978 Chikatilo attempted to rape a 9 year old girl. Unable to attain sexual gratification in the rape itself, Chikatilo ejaculated as he repeatedly stabbed the child in the abdomen. He then proceeded to strangle the rest of the life out of the little girl and simply tossed her body into the nearby Grushevka River. Andrei then went off the murder grid until 1981. In September of that year he met 17 year old Larisa Tkachenko standing at a bus stop. As he assaulted her he forced mud into her mouth and strangled her. Chikatilo the mutilated her by continuously biting her body, even going as far as to biting off one of the girl's nipples. Nine months later he murdered 13 year old Lyubov Biryuk. Chikatilo inflicted 22 stab and slash wounds on the child's head, neck, chest, and pelvic regions. From July to September 5 more women, ranging in age from nine to 18, were murdered in Chikatilo's signature style of stabbing and strangulation.
Under constant observation authorities were sure that Chikatilo was the unknown murderer. In September 1984 Chikatilo was observed by an undercover detective attempting to lure young women away from a nearby bus stop. At that time Chikatilo was under investigation for theft; this gave authorities legal right to hold him for a prolonged period of time. While in custody, a sample of Chikatilo's blood was taken and screened against semen samples found on the six victims allegedly murdered by Chikatilo throughout the spring and summer of 1984. The results of the blood type analysis largely discounted him as being the unknown killer. Chikatilo was found guilty of theft however, and served three months in prison. Authorities never quit investigating the murders, at times in a rush to judgment, innocents were incarcerated. Such was the case in 1984. Russian police had charged several mentally handicapped youths for more using coerced confessions. In October of 1984 evidence linked Chikatilo to 23 murders as a result of this the head of the Russian Public Prosecutors Office formally dropped charges against the previously charged youths.
In December of 1984 Chikatilo was released after serving his time for the theft conviction. He soon acquired employment with a locomotive factory in Novocherkassk. Andrei was able to keep his murderous impulses in check until the summer of 1985. In August of 1985 he met and murdered an 18-year-old woman, named Natalia Pokhlistova. Four weeks later, on 27 August, Chikatilo killed another young woman, Irina Gulyaeva, in Shakhty.
Chikatilo seemed to drop off of the map until early 1988. From that point the bodies of 19 more female victims would be found. Andrei had been under surveillance during this time however evidence against him was non existent until it was discovered that, unbeknownst to them at the time the blood test was taken, Chikatilo's type A blood was a member of a minority group known as "non-secretors", whose blood type cannot be inferred by anything other than a blood sample. As police only had a sample of semen, and not blood, from the crime scenes, Chikatilo was able to escape suspicion of murder. A frustrated police department enlisted the assistance of psychiatrist, Alexandr Bukhanovsky, who refined the profile of the killer, describing him as a "necro-sadist", or someone who achieves sexual gratification from the suffering and death of others. Bukhanovsky also placed the killer's age as between 45 and 50, significantly older than had been believed up to that point. Desperate to catch the killer, Burakov even interviewed a serial killer, Anatoly Slivko, shortly before his execution, in an attempt to gain some insight into his elusive serial killer.
Andrei Chikatilo was finally arrested on November 20th, 1990 after officers assigned to his surveillance witnessed Chikatilo exhibiting extremely suspicious behavior. He initially denied involvement in any murder until Dr. Bukhanovsky spoke with him. Believing that Bukhanovsky was interviewing him to understand the mind of a killer from a scientific context, Chikatilo revealed to Bukhanovsky that he indeed was the murderer. He not only revealed full details of each murder, he took authorities to previously undiscovered sites where he had hidden remains. By the end of the interrogation he had admitted to murdering 56 victims.
Chikatilo was arrested on November 20th, 1990. Charged with the murder of 53 victims, his trial began on April 14th, 1992 and ended in August. The verdict however, was not handed down until October 15th. On that date Andrei Chikatilo was found guilty of 52 counts of murder. On February 14th, 1994 Chikatilo was taken from his death row cell to a soundproofed room in Novocherkassk prison and executed with a single gunshot behind the right ear.
Alexander Pichushkin
On April 9th 1974, while Chikatilo was carrying out his murderous existence, somewhere else in Russia an equally evil entity was being born. Despite Alexander Pichushkin's normal childhood was he born to be the sadistic killer that he became? According to research, a childhood accident with a swing set created monster that some called The Chessboard Killer or The Bitsa Park Maniac.
Pichushkin began his murderous rampage in 1992. From that point he had admitted to murdering 61 victims. Pichushkin has said his aim was to kill 64 people, the number of squares on a chessboard. He recanted this at a later time admitting that even if he had gotten to 64 victims he would've continued to kill until he was caught. Targeting elderly men mainly, he killed without reservation and had no problem with murdering women and children as well. Pichushkin met many of his victims while playing chess in the park. In most cases he would invite his victims to drink vodka with him, catch them from behind and bash them about the head with a hammer. He then stuck vodka bottles in their skulls to ensure that they did not survive. Authorities in Russia speculate that Pichushkin felt a need to kill motivated not only by socio-psychotic impulses but as a direct desire to outdo the body count of Andrei Chikatilo.
On June 16th, 2006 Pichushkin was arrested. During the filming of his arrest and interrogation investigators were amazed at how easily he recalled exactly how he killed many of his victims as well as the locations where he buried their remains. During his interviews many times his ego would take over as he spoke of his crimes in a boastful tone. When investigators asked Pichushkin why he committed these murders he claimed that while killing people he felt like God as he decided whether his victims should live or die. "In all cases I killed for only one reason. I killed in order to live, because when you kill, you want to live," he once said. "For me, life without murder is like life without food for you. I felt like the father of all these people, since it was me who opened the door for them to another world."
On October 27th 2007 Judge Vladimir Usov convicted Alexander Pichushkin of 49 murders and 3 attempted murders. He was sentenced to life in prison with the first 15 years to be spent in solitary confinement.
Luis Garavito
Next up is La Bestia, (The Beast) Luis Garavito. Garavito was convicted of the rape, torture and murder of 147 boys, though actual counts have his victim list at somewhere near 300. Described by local media as "the world's worst serial killer", the worst thing about this case is that he may be RELEASED IN 2021.
Luis Garavito was born in January 25th, 1957 in Génova, Quindío, Colombia. The eldest of 7, Garavito was allegedly the victim of physical, emotional and sexual abuse as a child. Spending most of his days drunk, Garavito wandered from town to town in Colombia finding work where he could. The impulses to kill overcame him in 1992 and Garavito began passing himself off as a street vendor, monk, indigent, disabled person or a representative of fictitious foundations for the elderly and children's education, to gain entrance to schools as a speaker. Garavito lured children into hidden areas that were over- grown with high plants. He promised either payment for easy work, or drugs, or made other offers. The children were tied up, tortured, raped and killed by at least one cut in the lateral part of the neck, or by decapitation. During the killings, Garavito was drunk.
Unfortunately, disappearing children is commonplace in Colombia as well as other poverty stricken cities. The majority of his victims seem to have been "street children," children that look to the streets as a way of sheer survival. Many times they will work odd jobs, beg, sell newspapers, chewing gum, shine shoes, basically anything they could think of to turn a buck. Political violence as well as poverty would separate these children from their families. In "The Darker Side of Evil," we use the term, "throwaway people" to classify the people most often targeted by serial killers.
Due to the sheer ghastly nature of the children's remains, authorities initially believed that a satanic cult was at work. Several discoveries alerted police that this was more than the usual missing children of day today Colombian life. One such discovery was a mass grave of 25 boys, found on November 1997, in a ravine in the western coffee-growing city of Pereira. Another was In February 1998, 2 naked corpses of children were discovered lying next to each other outside of the town of Genua, Colombia. A third corpse was found the next day, only feet away. As a matter of fact, a great many corpses were being discovered throughout various towns. Several corpses; that fitting various modus operandi; which meant several different serial killers operating simultaneously in the same geographical area. One of these killers; Pedro Alonso Lopez, (strangler of the Andes) was suggested but after further review it was noted that Lopez' 70 known victims were women and girls only.
Due to governmental financial restraints, profiling as we know it was not an option. A four man task force was put together to cross reference similarities in murders as well as other likenesses. As investigations heated up Garavito began to make mistakes in discretion. Bodies of boys being found were traced directly back to him being the last individual the child was seen with alive. Garavito, being an alcoholic, began leaving liquor bottles at crime scenes; more evidence that would assist in his eventual capture.
Garavito was captured on April 22nd, 1999. He confessed to murdering 140 children. However, he is still under investigation for the murder of 172 more children in more than 59 towns in Colombia. The court found Garavito guilty of 138 counts of murder, however he is still under investigation for the murder of over 200 other children. Garavito's sentence of 1,853 years and 9 days is symbolic. Colombian law prohibits anyone to serve any longer than 30 years in prison. To add insult to injury; because he helped police find some bodies, as well as to his confessions, his sentence was further reduced to 22 years. In actuality he may possibly qualify for even earlier release for further cooperation and good behavior.
Dr. Henry Howard Holmes/Herman Webster Mudgett
As I leave the post office I turn around to take one last look before I go. Not that there is anything amazing about the architecture of this particular building, I look back and marvel at the fact that approximately 125 years ago, in this very location stood the murder castle.
Dr. H.H. Holmes was born Herman Webster Mudgett on May 16th, 1861 in Gilmanton, New Hampshire. A bright child, Holmes excelled at scholastics, which made him a target for bullies. On one occasion his classmates forced young Herman to stand face to face with science skeleton, even placing the bony hand upon Holmes' shoulder and head. Initially frightening him, Holmes began a lifelong fascination with death. As he got older Holmes took up the hobby of dissecting animals.
In 1884 Mudgett graduated from University of Michigan's Department of Medicine & Surgery and immediately began pulling insurance scams with laboratory cadavers. He also traveled extensively during this time. Holmes was known for meeting a woman in one location, marrying her; then moving across the country and do the same thing but never bothering to get divorced; all the while taking advantage of his new wife as well as her money.
Holmes arrived in Chicago in 1886 and soon met Elizabeth S. Holton. Elizabeth and her husband owned a drug store and hired Holmes. After the passing of her husband Holmes made Elizabeth an offer for the store. Using the store's inventory and fixtures as collateral Holmes obtained the funds necessary to purchase the store. Oddly enough, Mrs. Holton came up missing soon after the transaction. When asked about her whereabouts and well-being, Holmes would tell concerned inquirers that she had moved to California to be close to relatives. Finally, having obtained necessary finances, Holmes constructed a three story hotel across the street from the drug store.
"The World's Fair Hotel," located at 601-603 West 63rd Street, was enormous for its time leading neighborhood residents to dub the building, "the castle." Measuring 162 feet long and 50 feet wide; the castle was constructed to house visitors to the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893. The hotel's ground floor consisted of commercial space as well as Holmes' relocated drug store. From the exterior the hotel was a grand creation and a blessing to the city; within the walls of the hotel a different and horrific story was told. To the untrained, unsuspecting eye, visitors saw basic everyday hotel rooms. Unbeknownst to everyone, the hotel contained a labyrinth of rooms with doorways opening to brick walls, oddly-angled hallways, stairways leading to nowhere, doors that could only be opened from the outside and a host of other strange and deceptive constructions. Some rooms were soundproofed, others were gas chamber type. The sinister purposes of these odd assemblies were about to unfold.
The atrocities that took place within this hotel were mind boggling. Hundreds of guests were killed for the sheer delight and comeuppance of Holmes. He didn't limit his murderous tendencies to guests; many hotel employees became victims of their demented employer. As a condition of employment they were required to take out life insurance policies, for which Holmes would pay the premiums, but was also the beneficiary. The consummate ladies' man and hustler, Holmes dated a number of women; some married, some single; all disappeared. The bottom line was that many people came to Chicago to see the World's Fair but, for one reason or another, never returned home. Some victims were killed with rooms filling with poisonous gas. Others were submerged in acid pits. Guests were hung up by chains as their skin was methodically removed. Skeletal remains were sold to nearby colleges and universities, remains that couldn't be salvaged were disposed of inside two giant furnaces.
According to missing persons report from that time as many as 200 victims may have met their end due to Holmes. However, when Holmes was finally apprehended in Philadelphia, he was charged with insurance fraud. Chicago police had begun investigations into the goings on within the hotel. Attempting to come up with an actual victim count was near impossible because bodies in the basement were so badly dismembered and decomposed that it was difficult to tell how many bodies there actually were. As Philadelphia police investigated Holmes, they too found that he had committed at least one murder in their jurisdiction.
In October 1895, Holmes was put on trial for insurance fraud and murder. He was found guilty and sentenced to death. Once Holmes had been found guilty has confessed to 30 murders he has committed. During his stay in prison he wrote an unabridged confession of his diabolical activities at the murder castle. On May 7, 1896, Holmes was hanged at Moyamensing Prison, also known as the Philadelphia County Prison.
Viktor Sayenko and Igor Suprunyuck
Viktor Sayenko & Igor Suprunyuk
Known as the the Dnepropetrovsk maniacs; Viktor Sayenko and Igor Suprunyuk, are two 19 year olds convicted of 21 murders in the Ukraine. These demented youths had the audacity to videotape some of their crimes in an attempt to become famous. A third accomplice Alexander Hanzha was charged only with two armed robberies that took place before the murder spree.
Suprunyuk and Sayenko began their murder spree on June 25, 2007. Ekaterina Ilchenko was walking home from her friend's apartment. According to Sayenko's confession, he and Suprunyuck were out for a walk Suprunyuck brandished a hammer and as Ilchenko walked past, Suprunyuck spun around and struck her in the side of the head. Later that same night they murdered Roman Tatarevich. Tatarevich was asleep on a bench. Suprunyuk and Sayenko smashed his head in with blunt objects rendering him unrecognizable.
Murders such as these carried on throughout July of that year. They seemed to select their victims at random or by opportunity. Most of their targets were vulnerable to attack, including women, children, elderly, vagrants, or people under the influence of alcohol. Not particular in how they killed, Suprunyuk and Sayenko tended to use whatever was available to them. Most of the victims were killed using blunt objects, including hammers and steel construction bars. They directed their attacks at the victims' faces, leaving them unrecognizable. If time permitted, some victims were mutilated and tortured; some had their eyes gouged out while they were still alive. One of the victims was a pregnant woman, whose fetus was cut out of her womb.
Due to the manner in which victims were killed, investigators initially made no connection in the killings. The crimes began to be linked when Vadim Lyakhov survived an attack from the two. Lyakhov was originally thought of as a suspect and was even charged until it became clear that he couldn't have committed these crimes. He then cooperated with the investigators to create sketches of the attackers. On July 14, residents of the village of Diyovka reported seeing 45‑year-old Natalia Mamarchuk riding her scooter. Witnesses then told authorities that two men knocked her down then took out a hammer or a pipe and bludgeoned her to death as she lay on the ground. The men then jumped on her scooter and drove off. Onlookers gave chase, but quickly lost sight of the attackers. Ironically, two children hiding in a tent nearby, saw the crime and gave descriptions of the men that matched descriptions given by Lyakhov.
A manhunt of over 2000 investigators ensued. Suprunyuk and Sayenko were arrested on July 23, 2007 when Suprunyuck attempted to sell a mobile phone stolen from one of the victims in a local pawn shop. When the phone was turned on to show that it worked, its location was traced by law enforcement agents. Hanzha was arrested later that day at home. The three suspects attended school together and had been life long friends. During interviews, investigators were made aware of the existence of video tapes of murders. The suspects' mobile phones and personal computers contained multiple video recordings of the murders. Early videos captured Suprunyuk and Sayenko torturing and killing animals in the neighborhood. Latter videos showed the suspects torturing, murdering and mutilating humans. A video was leaked to the Internet, showing the murder of 48‑year-old Sergei Yatzenko.
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On February 11, 2009, the court in Dnepropetrovsk found Igor Suprunyuk and Viktor Sayenko guilty of premeditated murder and sentenced both to life imprisonment. Suprunyuk was found guilty of 21 murders, Sayenko of 18. They also received fifteen-year sentences after being found guilty on the robbery charges. Alexander Hanzha, who was not involved in the killings, was found guilty of robbery and sentenced to nine years in prison.
Moses Sithole
Moses Sithole, aka "The ABC Murderer" is South Africa's worst serial killer to date. The media gave him the nickname because his murders began in Atteridgeville, continued in Boksburg and finished in Cleveland, a suburb of Johannesburg. Sithole was born November 17th, 1964 in Vosloorus, a poor neighborhood of Boksburg, Gauteng in apartheid-era South Africa. His father died when Sithole was young. Unable to handle the parenting responsibilities alone, Sithole's mother left him and his siblings in the care of local police causing them to spend the next three years in an orphanage. Citing mistreatment as the reason, Sithole ran away from the orphanage and back to his mother. He would eventually take up residence with an older brother.
Sithole began his criminal life in his twenties as a rapist. It would be his third victim that stepped up and testified against him. For his crimes Moses spent 7 years in prison. During his time in prison Sithole claimed that he had been sexually assaulted by other inmates. Released in 1994, Sithole began a murder spree that South Africa had not ever seen before.
Pretending to be a businessman, Sithole would gain the confidence of young ladies. Employment was scarce in the impoverished town of Atteridgeville so it was not difficult for Sithole to fool his victims using potential job opportunities as a lure. Gaining their trust, he would walk them out to the field then overpower, rape and strangle them.
By the summer of 1995, Sithole had claimed over 30 victims and the public was in an uproar for answers. At that time South Africa had more than their share of serial killers so authorities reached out to former FBI profiler Robert Ressler for assistance. Bodies fitting the same modus operandi had been found in Atteridgeville, Boksburg and Cleveland so the media gave the unknown perpetrator the title "The ABC Murderer". In October 1995 witnesses reported to authorities that Sithole had been seen with a victim. Investigators pulled his file and retrieved information concerning his prior rape conviction. Police began keeping an eye on Sithole, but he soon vanished. While in hiding Sithole contacted South African journalist Tamsen de Beer and identified himself as the wanted murderer. Sithole told the reporter that the murders were in retaliation for being sent to prison though he was innocent. He also claimed that he had murder 78 women, twice as many as police had previously thought. To prove his claim, Sithole told the reporter of the whereabouts of the remains of one of his victims. Authorities found Sithole in Johannesburg. Sithole was shot as he attacked an officer with a hatchet during the arrest. As he was being treated Sithole was found to be HIV positive.
On December 5th 1997, Justice David Carstairs sentenced Sithole to 50 years' imprisonment for each of the 38 murders, 12 years' imprisonment for each of the 40 rapes, and five years' imprisonment for each of the six robberies, all sentences to run consecutively; the total effective sentence is 2,410 years. Judge Carstairs went on to say that had it not been abolished, he would have sentenced Sithole to death.
reignmaker1911	Ethics & Morality, Judicial System, True Crime	1 Comment October 20, 2016 October 20, 2016 21 Minutes
Do Monsters Really Exist? Here's the Yin and Yang of it
We've all had relationship break-ups. People handle this situation in various manners. Often times it's a mutual agreement between the couple. Other times it comes out of the blue and leaves one of the involved parties hurt and devastated. Regardless of the reason behind the split, for most of us the end result is the same. We hurt for a while then we get over it.
In the late 1990's it was a breakup that led to a 5 year reign of one of the most prolific serial killers in Chinese history, Yang Xinhai; the Monster Killer. Yang Xinhai confessed to committing 65 murders and 23 rapes between 1999 and 2003. The murders ended 2003 when he was apprehended by authorities. Yang Xinhai was found guilty and executed in February of 2004.
Yang Xinhai was born in Zhengyang County, Zhumadian, Henan Province, China on July 29, 1968; the youngest of four children. In 1985, the 17 year old high school drop-out traveled around China working as a laborer. When work was not available Yang became a burglar. In 1988 and 1991, Yang was sentenced to labor camps for theft in Xi'an, Shaanxi and Shijiazhuang, Hebei. In 1996, he was sentenced to five years in prison for attempted rape in Zhumadian, Henan and released in 1999.
After his release in 1999, Yang met and began a brief relationship with a young female student. After learning of his criminal past the young lady broke all ties with Yang. Based upon his interrogation, this break-up is what Yang cites as the motive of his 5 year, 67 victim, killing spree. His rampage was so extensive that it would take hours to chronicle each murder separately; however I will enlighten you on just how he would operate.
Calling upon his experience as a burglar he would gain entry to a home. Always wearing new clothes and oversized shoes he noiselessly roamed through the home, not to steal; simply to murder. Using axes, hammers and shovels, he would violently slaughter his victims. Many times he would quietly take out whole families, primarily farmers. From 1999 through 2003 Yang Xinhai terrorized the provinces of Anhui, Hebei, Henan and Shandong, murdering anyone unfortunate enough to be at home that night. During these home invasions he would rape the women before murdering them in cold blood. The beginning of the end of his bloody rampage occurred in October 2002. Yang killed a father and a six-year-old girl with a shovel and raped a pregnant woman. The woman survived the attack and despite enduring serious head injuries; described the assailant to authorities.
During a police "shakedown," of nightclubs in Cangzhou, Hebei; Yang was brought in for questioning. Authorities noticed that he appeared excessively nervous and soon found out why. A person fitting his exact description was wanted for murder in four provinces. As the interrogation intensified, Yang eventually confessed to 65 murders, 23 rapes and five attacks causing serious injury: 49 murders, 17 rapes and five attacks in Henan; eight murders and three rapes in Hebei; six murders and two rapes in Anhui; and two murders and one rape in Shandong. DNA matches in several crime scenes sealed the cases against Yang. Ironically, unbeknownst to Yang, he had contracted HIV from one of his rape victims. When asked about the reasons for the murders, Yang told authorities that he lashed out against society due to this girlfriend breaking up with him. From that breakup he developed a hatred of people. When asked about his crimes he was quoted as saying: "When I killed people I had a desire. This inspired me to kill more. I don't care whether they deserve to live or not. It is none of my concern…I have no desire to be part of society. Society is not my concern."
On February 1st, 2004 Yang Xinhai was found guilty of 67 murders and 23 rapes, and sentenced to death in Luohe City Intermediate People's Court, Henan. In an instance of swift justice Yang was executed only 13 days later. On St. Valentine's Day 2004, Yang Xinhai was executed by firing squad. Thus was the end of The Monster Killer, Yang Xinhai.
reignmaker1911	Ethics & Morality, Judicial System, True Crime	Leave a comment June 20, 2016 August 30, 2018 3 Minutes
The Clairemont Killer-Cleophus Prince Jr.
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"It's interesting when people die," Don Henley, DIRTY LAUNDRY 1982. That phrase sums up America's obsession with death. Whether its gang violence, serial killing or mass murder; each night we position ourselves in front of the television to receive our nightly fix, fed to us by the media. The focus of "The Darker Side of Evil," was not only to bring to light the existence of Black serial killers in the U.S; the book also addresses the media's ability to lessen the body count of these monsters through information and exposure. These predators, Black or White, normally operate within familiar circles and hide in plain sight, normally victimizing women within their own race, yet having no personal ties to. Female prostitutes and drug addicts comprise the target prey of most serial murderers. The disappearance of these individuals from the community go unnoticed a great deal of the time, enabling the perpetrator to continue to kill, virtually unnoticed
Occasionally, serial killers operate outside of the norm. Many choose young males as their choice of quarry. As in the case of Israel Keyes, some operate in multiple geographical areas. A select few choose to cross racial lines in their bloodlust. Such was the case of Cleophus Prince Jr., "The Clairemont Killer". Prince terrorized the Clairemont community of San Diego County, California from January through September 1990. Though he chose to victimize women as most serial murderers do, his preference was to stalk rape and murder White women while he himself is African-American.
Cleophus Prince Jr. was born in Alabama on July 24, 1967 to Dorothy and Cleophus Prince Sr. Unlike the childhood experiences of most other serial killers, Prince Jr. Had not been abused in his youth and grew up in an environment that, described by his sister Tesa, was gentle and loving. However, Prince did not have a totally violence free upbringing. His father, Cleophus Prince Sr.; spent over 11 years in prison for murder.
As an adolescent, Prince never got into drugs, gangs or any other of the known pitfalls of youth. Growing up he never had any brushes with the law and became a role mode to his 7 younger siblings. After graduating high school in 1987 Cleophus Prince Jr. enlisted in the US Navy. In December 1989, not long after his stint in the service, Prince and his girlfriend Charla Lewis moved into the Buena Vista Gardens; an apartment complex in the Clairemont section of San Diego. Unfortunately, in January 1990, a 21-year-old Tiffany Schultz met her new neighbor.
On January 12, 1990 Prince spotted Tiffany Schultz sunbathing in a bikini just inside the door of her apartment. He then requested a hanger from the building manager; his reason was that he had locked his keys in his automobile. After receiving the hanger, Prince went back to the apartment building instead of heading to the parking lot. Moments later, neighbors that lived in the apartments below Ms. Schultz claimed that they heard noises and running water from her apartment. They described the noise as the sound of someone being beaten.
Neighbors noticed later that no one had seen Tiffany leave her apartment. Phone calls to her home went unanswered. It would be her roommate that endured the horror of discovering Tiffany's lifeless body in her bedroom, lying face-up, clad only in bikini bottoms. Extending under the bed was her left leg and her right leg was posed at a 60-degree angle. A pathologist would later count 47 separate stab wounds around her left chest area, nearly half of which clustered around her breast. The murders were committed with so much rage that many of the punctures went all the way through the body. The other two areas that had sustained an attack were her neck and upper right thigh.
After an examination it was deemed that Tiffany had not been raped. Her boyfriend was immediately questioned and released by authorities. Tiffany worked part-time as an exotic dancer. Investigators thought that this was an isolated incident of one of her customers following her home and causing her untimely demise. They were dead wrong.
On February 16th, Janene Weinhold dropped her roommate off at work at about 9a.m. The two women were also residents of the Buena Vista apartment complex. Later that day the roommate waited patiently for Janene to pick her up from work. Oddly, the normally dependable 21 year-old was not only late but was not answering the phone. At approximately 8p.m., the roommate finally made it home. The young lady was horrified to find the body of the deceased Janene Weinhold.
The corpse lay on the bedroom floor wearing nothing but a bra. Similar to the first murder, her legs had been left open and she bore a concentration of stab wounds over the right breast. Not similar to the first, this woman had been raped. The frightened roommate soon found the phone and called police.
During the investigation police interviewed neighbors. The neighbor directly below Janene told authorities that earlier, at approximately 11:30 a.m. she saw a Black man sitting on the stairs; head in hands and with a saddened expression on his face. Moments later she heard noise coming from the apartment upstairs, the neighbor thought to call upstairs but just as quickly as they had begun, the noises stopped so she went on with her day.
The following month Anna Cotalessa-Ritchie, another second floor tenant of the Buena Vista apartment complex left her apartment heading to the corner store. On her way she noticed a Black man waiting at the bus stop. Returning from the store she noticed that the man was gone, assuming that he had caught the bus. The next time she would see this man he looked as if he was coming directly toward her in an aggressive manner. Surprisingly the man went right past Anna. Badly shaken, Anna hurried frantically to the door of her apartment. As she fumbled with the keys she heard footsteps coming up the stairs approaching her. Suddenly Anna had an epiphany, the man had never caught the bus, he had been stalking her since the time she saw him at the bus stop. Miraculously she found the right key, ducked into the apartment and locked the door before he made it up the stairs. Panic-stricken she listened with her ear against the door until she was sure he was gone. Anna Cotalessa-Ritchie had escaped the wrath of the Buena Vista Gardens murderer. Unfortunately, the next woman wouldn't be nearly as lucky.
Eighteen year old Holly Tarr chose to visit her big brother, a Buena Vista Gardens apartment complex tenant, for spring break from her Michigan high school. She decided to bring along her best friend Tammy and both of the high school seniors were looking to enjoy a California spring break. On the morning of April 3rd the two young ladies enjoyed playing tennis in the rec area. The girls then headed to the pool to do some sunbathing and noticed a Black man in the weight room area watching them. Leaving Tammy poolside, Holly returned to the apartment to take a shower. Ten minutes later Tammy followed suit and headed to the apartment. As she approached she heard Holly scream. She ran to the door yelling her friend's name but received no response. Eventually Tammy's yelling and knocking at the door drew the attention of a member of the maintenance staff, who opened the door.
Tammy gained entry to the apartment just in time to see the same man that was watching them from the weight room scramble out of the bedroom. The man, holding a cloth to his face and a knife in his hand fell, got up and ran out of the apartment. Tammy ran into the bedroom and saw Holly, wearing only panties and bra, lying on the floor, barely alive. She had been stabbed once through the heart and like the others, her legs had been left spread apart. Tammy cried as she watched her friend gurgle blood and struggle for breath yet slowly expire. EMTs, though expeditious, could not save the dying teenager. As they removed the body, Tammy noticed that the opal ring Holly wore was missing.
As officers closed off the crime scene and searched for evidence they noticed several key clues. A Nike Air Jordan shoeprint was found near the door. The print did not match any shoes in Holly's brother's closet. Holly's blood soaked T-shirt as well as a blood stained knife was found in the parking lot. Tammy told authorities of the Black man that watched them from the weight room. As officers checked the sign in sheet, there was only one name that they weren't familiar with; a C. Prince. After further investigation it was found that C. Prince was Cleophus Prince Jr., a tenant in the building.
Officers tracked Prince down the following day and questioned him concerning his whereabouts on the day of Holly's murder. During the interview he refused to be fingerprinted, answered the detective's questions with a flippant tone and immediately asked if he could leave. Simply working out was not illegal and since the officers had no evidence to the contrary, his request was granted and Prince was allowed to leave without being charged.
The relationship that brought Prince to the Buena Vista apartments had ended earlier that spring. He now shared an apartment with Robert and Robin Romo. He confided to them that during a recent date he had that he in fact had raped his date multiple times during their night out. Not long after the police interview Prince moved out of the apartment complex.
In late May, Prince burglarized the home of Elissa Keller. The 38-year-old Keller shared an apartment with her 18-year-old daughter in the Top of the Hill apartment complex. On May 21st Keller had not reported to work nor was she answering phone calls. Co-workers thought this odd and contacted her about Elissa's absence. Her daughter, who was away at the time, called and also got no answer. Worried she informed the police of her concerns. The daughter cut her trip short and returned to their apartment late that evening. She was horrified to find the dead body of her mother on the bedroom floor. Identical to the Buena Vista murders, the victim had a cluster of stab wounds to her chest. Elissa had also been beaten in the face, as well as choked. Next to her lifeless body lay her blood soaked underwear turned inside out. Devastated as she spoke with detectives, the daughter informed them that a gold nugget ring her mother wore at all times was missing from her finger.
Investigators walked the crime scene and soon deduced that the perpetrator entered through a window that had been left partially open. Detectives also noticed a familiar shoe print on the floor nearby. They also noticed a peculiar honeycomb pattern in the blood that was found at the other murder scenes.
On the morning of September 13th, neighbors of the Clark family heard 18-year-old Amber Clark, arguing with a male. Suddenly they heard Amber cry out then silence. Not long after, Pamela Clark returned home from her morning workout. Pamela, who was due to be at work in the afternoon, never arrived to her office. Phone calls made by her colleagues went unanswered. Curious, Pamela's friend from work stopped by the Clark home and was shocked to find the body of Pamela lying in the doorway of the home. Pamela was on her back, nude, with her arms spread out at 90-degree angles to her body. She had been repeatedly stabbed, with eleven deep wounds to the upper left chest area. From blood trails on the floor, it appeared that she had been stabbed elsewhere and dragged to this location. Near her head lay a bloody knife.
After regaining her composure the friend called the police, however unbeknownst to her, the horror wasn't over. As she walked through the home she found Amber dead on the bedroom floor. Though she was partially clothed, her breasts were exposed. Like her mother, she too had eleven stab wounds in a cluster on her chest. Another bloody knife was found in the bathroom nearby.
Examining the horrific scene, officers found that money had been taken from the women's purses. Also missing was Pamela's wedding rings and other small items. Officers located a torn dining room window screen and identified the window as the point of entry. They also found footprints made by an athletic shoe near the window.
Law enforcement compiled all of the similarities of the recent murders and drew the conclusion that this was the work of a serial killer. The county of San Diego was in an uproar and citizens put great pressure on law enforcement to solve these murders. A city councilman whose district included Clairemont told reporters he was fielding some 300 to 400 calls a day from concerned citizens. He went to meet with some people and found that they were in a state of terror. A task force was assembled to work these cases day and night. The task force consisted of twenty-seven detectives, five sergeants, one lieutenant, and a police captain. The murders were highlighted on America's Most Wanted to gather any information that the public may have.
Ironically, during the same time frame, San Diego was being plagued by a series of burglaries. The burglar wore socks on his hands to so not to leave fingerprints. The perpetrator of the burglaries was no big secret though, except to law enforcement. Cleophus Prince Jr. bragged to trusted friends at work of the loot he had come across by burglarizing homes, even offering his foreman at Nacomm Communications several pieces of jewelry. A consummate talker, Prince now began to brag about women he was dating. Prince told friends he was dating an older white woman, a massage therapist. He had a wedding ring he said was hers, and he added that he was having sex with the woman's daughter as well.
Eventually boasts from Prince's mouth got to the ears of law enforcement. Neighbors from the various burglaries remembered the older model bluish-gray vehicle with a noisy muffler being present at the scene of burglaries. A BOLO, (Be on the Look Out) was placed on the car description. Soon officers got a tip that a member of the Family Fitness Center on Miramar Road (the same gym that Pamela Clark belonged to) drove such a vehicle. On February 4, 1991, an employee called police and reported that a man had just driven a 1982 Chevy Cavalier through the parking lot. The driver, Prince, was sitting there in his car when officers arrived fifteen minutes later. Though he had been a member of the club, Prince's membership had been cancelled making him a trespasser and subject to arrest.
During the search of Prince's vehicle officers found black leather gloves and wool gloves, along with a knife with an eight-inch blade, a steak knife, and two folding knives of different sizes. Though the items were suspicious, none were illegal. Prince could not be held for long on the trespassing charge so after being fingerprinted and having a blood sample taken he was released. Prince immediately left town and headed to his native Birmingham, Alabama.
Prince's samples were sent to Maryland for testing along with samples from each of the murder scenes. Three weeks later, the police learned that there was a match between Prince and the semen samples from the Weinhold rape and murder. Police also learned that for each of the similar murders, Prince resided in the immediate area. Dispatched to his most recent address officers found that Prince no longer was in the area. However, during the search of his old apartment officers did find an opal ring that matched the description of the one removed from Holly Tarr when she was stabbed.
The police got a tip as to where Prince had gone and were elated to find that he had been arrested in Birmingham for burglary. The down side is that he had made bond and been released. After finding out the nature of San Diego's interest in him his bondsman was contacted to find out where he was. Prince was then alerted to turn himself in. The following day, accompanied by his parents, he turned himself in to Birmingham authorities.
Initially on five murders had been linked to Prince until searches turned up another item that had belonged to a victim: a unique ring that matched the one missing from Elissa Keller. She was added to the victim list. Among the evidence against Prince was DNA matching several crimes. The Air Jordan shoes owned by Prince left footprints at several crime scenes also. The victims all fit a similar type: white, attractive brunettes that were physically fit. All except Holly Tarr had received the cluster type stab wounds. Her friend Tammy had interrupted her murder.
On July 13, 1993 Prince was convicted of murdering six women – Tiffany Schultz, 20; Janene Weinhold, 21, who was also raped; Holly Tarr, 18; Elissa Keller, 38; and Pamela Clark, 42, and her daughter, Amber, 18 – who were stabbed to death in their homes in Clairemont, University City and East San Diego. He was also convicted of 20 burglaries that occurred at the same time. Cleophus Prince Jr. was sentenced to die by lethal injection. Due to numerous appeals Prince currently resides on death row in San Quentin, as of this posting no death date has been set.
Normally I refrain from providing commentary on my posts, but I must get this out. Prince was sentenced to death in 1993 however, due to a vast number of appeals he is still alive 21 years later. These cowards find it so easy to prey on unsuspecting women, raping and murdering them without a second thought. But once they are caught, they make deals, file appeals, do any and everything imaginable to either avoid the death penalty or squeeze as many years as they can out of the state in which they are incarcerated. How many times have we seen the perpetrator agree to enter a guilty plea in order to take the death penalty; "off of the table?" Over and over again we have seen the defendant flee to Canada or some other sympathetic country to receive asylum from the death penalty when they gave no sympathy to their victims, brutally murdering just for the sport of it.
In every photo of Cleophus Prince Jr. he is shown smiling. The look on his face illustrates the arrogance and narcissistic demeanor of this individual. Each picture pisses me off more and more especially when I read that this punk is trolling for pen pals. In short, on behalf of the families of his victims and real men everywhere, I would love the opportunity to wipe that goofy ass grin off of his face and give him exactly what he is looking for; an old fashion ass kicking.
Cleophus Prince Crime Scenes
reignmaker1911	Ethics & Morality, True Crime	10 Comments July 2, 2014 July 2, 2014 13 Minutes