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Nadeshot reveals 100 Thieves' plan to reenter CSGO
by Ethan Chen
After recently announcing an exit from the upcoming franchised 2020 Call of Duty League, North American esports organization 100 Thieves plans to enter another major esports league. Matthew "Nadeshot" Haag announced that 100 Thieves will return to the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive scene soon. This comes after a previous entry into CSGO in late 2017.
100 Thieves return to CSGO
"I am so damn excited to enter CS:GO and assemble a Championship caliber roster," said Matthew "Nadeshot" Haag while discussing 100 Thieves' future plans. "We are flying to Berlin next week for the conclusion of the Major with a goal of signing players that are hungry to build a winning legacy here with 100 Thieves. Let's get to work!"
Nadeshot had previously mentioned the organization returning to CSGO in a video about the esports organization's Series B funding round. In that video, he shows a scene of him in a meeting with management. And while there, he directly states their plans to enter the scene.
100 Thieves previously entered the CSGO scene in late 2017 and early 2018, but they released the roster before played a single match. The organization signed a Brazilian team featuring most of the ex-Immortals lineup, which had most recently played at 2017's PGL Krakow Major. This included Henrique "HEN1" Teles, Lucas "LUCAS1" Teles, Lincoln "fnx" Lau, Bruno "bit" Lima, and Vito "kNgV-" Giuseppe. Rodolfo "bLecker" Blecker served as the coach.
Our future in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive pic.twitter.com/yRJsig6XDu
— 100 Thieves (@100Thieves) January 31, 2018
However, the team missed an ELEAGUE Major due to "visa issues". Then, Vito "kNgV" Giuseppe was released from the roster after a Twitter feud involving "homophobic slurs" with Duncan "Thorin" Shields. The rest of the 100 Thieves roster was also released shortly after. The players, later on, left to organizations like Virtue Gaming and Não Tem Como.
Exit from Call of Duty
The fact that 100 Thieves would not enter the future Call of Duty League was most likely agreed upon a few months prior. Nadeshot cited high franchise entrance cost, loss of branding through the requirement to establish a city-based name, and the lack of resources compared to many other of the franchise slot owners to join such a league. These served as the primary reasons for 100 Thieves not entering the CDL.
100 Thieves' announcement to reenter the CSGO scene has been met with positive feedback and optimism from the community. What players do you think will they sign for their new team? Ex-OpTic players? A brand new roster? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below. Keep up with Daily Esports for all of your CSGO coverage.
Ethan Chen
Ethan Chen is a writer with over 3 years of experience covering esports, gaming, and business.

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Dietrich Brüggemann (* 23. Februar 1976 in München) ist ein deutscher Filmregisseur, Drehbuchautor, Schriftsteller und Musiker.

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Brüggemann ist der Sohn des Germanisten Diethelm Brüggemann. Er wuchs in den 1980er-Jahren "vage atheistisch" auf. Mit seinen Eltern zog er als  Achtjähriger für vier Jahre nach Südafrika, wo sein Vater eine Professur für Germanistik innehatte. Ab 1988 lebte er zunächst in Stuttgart, in Regensburg machte er 1996 am Albertus-Magnus-Gymnasium sein Abitur. Nach dem Zivildienst in der Schwerbehinderten-Betreuung studierte er ein Semester Theaterwissenschaften in München und übte diverse Tätigkeiten beim Film aus. 1998 lernte er als Komparse bei Dreharbeiten zu Hans-Christian Schmids Film 23 – Nichts ist so wie es scheint Mitarbeiter der Filmzeitschrift Schnitt kennen, bei der er daraufhin bis zu ihrer Einstellung im Jahr 2012 als Redakteur und Filmkritiker wirkte und sich zunehmend mit dem internationalen Film befasste.

Im Jahr 2000 begann Brüggemann das Studium der Filmregie an der Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen Potsdam. Mit seinem Studentenkurzfilm Warum läuft Herr V. Amok? konnte er 2003 erstmals eine Arbeit in einer Nebenreihe der Berlinale platzieren. Sein Diplomfilm Neun Szenen, mit dem er 2006 das Studium abschloss, wurde in der Sektion Perspektive deutsches Kino der Berlinale 2006 aufgeführt. Sein zweiter Spielfilm Renn, wenn du kannst eröffnete die gleiche Sektion der Berlinale 2010. Im Jahr 2012 erschien seine Filmkomödie 3 Zimmer/Küche/Bad.

Er arbeitet eng mit seiner Schwester Anna Brüggemann zusammen. Gemeinsam schrieben sie die Drehbücher der Kinofilme, in mehreren Filmen spielte Anna Brüggemann in Hauptrollen mit. Für den Spielfilm Kreuzweg erhielten die Geschwister bei der Berlinale 2014 den Silbernen Bären für das beste Drehbuch. 2015 folgte die von Dietrich Brüggemann alleine verfasste Neonazi-Satire Heil. Nachdem der Zuschauererfolg der Kinofilme gering blieb, führte Brüggemann ab 2016 Regie bei mehreren Tatort-Fernsehfilmen. 2018/2019 entstand Brüggemanns Kinofilm Nö, der im Sommer 2021 Festivalpremiere hatte.

Brüggemann äußerte wiederholt seine Verehrung für die Arbeiten des schwedischen Filmemachers Roy Andersson.

2017 inszenierte Brüggemann sein selbst verfasstes erstes Theaterstück, die Tragikomödie Vater, in der Box des Deutschen Theaters Berlin.

Er dreht Musikvideos, u. a. für Judith Holofernes, Thees Uhlmann und das Plattenlabel Grand Hotel van Cleef.

Als Musiker begleitet Brüggemann Stummfilme auf dem Klavier. Mit Desiree Klaeukens bildet er zudem das Indie-Pop-Duo Theodor Shitstorm und brachte 2018 das Debüt-Album Sie werden dich lieben heraus. Er spielt Tasteninstrumente, sie Gitarre, beide singen, texten und komponieren.

Dietrich Brüggemann lebt in Berlin-Kreuzberg.

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Fahr zur Hölle, Berliner Schule
Während der Berlinale 2013 veröffentlichte Brüggemann als Reaktion auf Thomas Arslans Wettbewerbsfilm Gold den provokanten Blogbeitrag Fahr zur Hölle, Berliner Schule, in dem er das "Berliner-Schule-Berlinale-Wettbewerbs-Kino" verurteilte: "Gekünstelte Dialoge. Reglose Gesichter. Ausführliche Rückenansichten von Leuten. Zäh zerdehnte Zeit. Willkommen in der Welt des künstlerisch hochwertigen Kinos, willkommen in einer Welt aus quälender Langeweile und bohrender Pein."

Ekkehard Knörer befand, es gehöre "einige Chuzpe" dazu, sich mit Brüggemanns "belanglosem" Unterhaltungsfilm 3 Zimmer/Küche/Bad gegen die Berliner Schule zu positionieren. Brüggemann gab 2014 an, den Text mit Blick auf seinen nächsten Film Kreuzweg geschrieben zu haben, der im Wettbewerb der Berlinale 2014 den Drehbuchpreis gewann. Die Spiegel-Kritikerin Hannah Pilarczyk meinte, auch dieser Film verspreche "– ähnlich wie seine Tirade auf die Berliner Schule – mehr, als er einlösen kann".

#allesdichtmachen
Im April 2021 war er Mitinitiator der Aktion #allesdichtmachen, einer Initiative, in der neben Brüggemann rund 50 Schauspieler und ein weiterer Regisseur die Auswirkungen der zur Eindämmung gegen die Covid-19-Pandemie eingeführten staatlichen Maßnahmen auf das gesellschaftliche Leben satirisch übersteigert zum Ausdruck brachten. Dafür wurde er heftig kritisiert, da eine Nähe zu den sogenannten Querdenkern und zur AfD gesehen wurde. Eine Tageszeitung spekulierte sogar über ein "antidemokratisches Netzwerk" als "Ausgangspunkt" der Aktion, räumte dann aber ein, dass dies nicht zutraf, und gab Brüggemann die Gelegenheit zu einer Stellungnahme, die Informationen zur Entstehung und Rezeption der Videos mit grundsätzlichen ästhetisch-politischen Überlegungen verbindet. Friedrich Küppersbusch nannte die Aktion im Deutschlandfunk "selbstgerecht und selbstmitleidig". Der ehemalige FAZ-Herausgeber Hugo Müller-Vogg sprach von einem "schäbigen, beschämenden Theater". Während einige der mitwirkenden Schauspieler ihre Beiträge zurückzogen, kritisierte Brüggemann die mediale Reaktion in einem Interview mit dem Deutschlandfunk als einen "faschistoiden Shitstorm" und sprach von einer "Medienblase". Brüggemann behauptet: "Wenn der Diskurs so verengt ist, dass auf einmal nur noch die AfD in der Lage ist, ein paar grundlegende Wahrheiten auszusprechen […], was ist denn das für ein Diskurs? […]."

In der RTL-Sendung Stern TV Zündet Deutschland jetzt den Impfturbo? äußerte Brüggemann sich kritisch zu bessergestellten Schichten, die in der Pandemie eine deutlich privilegiertere Position besäßen. Teile der gehobenen Mittelschicht würden Personen kritisieren, die durch ihre schlechtere wirtschaftliche und soziale Stellung gezwungen seien, gewisse Regeln zur Eindämmung der COVID-19-Pandemie zu missachten.

Filmografie (Auswahl)

 2004: Mehr Licht (Kurzfilm)
 2004: Warum läuft Herr V. Amok? (Kurzfilm)
 2006: Neun Szenen
 2007: Kookaburra – Der Comedy Club (Fernsehserie)
 2010: Renn, wenn du kannst
 2011: One Shot (Kurzfilm)
 2012: 3 Zimmer/Küche/Bad
 2014: Kreuzweg
 2015: Heil
 2017: Tatort: Stau
 2018: Tatort: Murot und das Murmeltier
 2021: Tatort: Das ist unser Haus
 2021: Nö

Musikvideos
 2010: Tim Neuhaus: As Life Found You
 2011: Tim Neuhaus: Headdown
 2011: Thees Uhlmann: Zum Laichen und Sterben ziehen die Lachse den Fluss hinauf
 2012: Thees Uhlmann: Das Mädchen von Kasse 2
 2012: Kettcar: Rettung
 2012: Kettcar: Im Club
 2013: Alin Coen Band: A No Is A No
 2013: Judith Holofernes: Liebe Teil 2 – Jetzt erst recht
 2013: Tim Neuhaus ft. Kat Frankie: Easy or not
 2015: Adam Angst: Splitter von Granaten
 2015: Bernd Begemann: Unoptimiert
 2017: Albrecht Schrader: Nichtsdestotrotzdem
 2017: Maurice & die Familie Summen: Nicht antworten ist das neue Nein
 2017: Gisbert zu Knyphausen: Unter dem hellblauen Himmel
 2017: Kettcar: Ankunftshalle

Als Darsteller
 2017: Blind & Hässlich

Theaterstück
 2017: Vater –  Uraufführung Deutsches Theater Berlin 11. November 2017

Roman

 Materialermüdung. Edition W GmbH, 2022, ISBN 978-3-949671-03-6

Auszeichnungen

 2004: Nominierung für den Max-Ophüls-Preis in der Kategorie Bester Kurzfilm für Mehr Licht
 2006: Nominierung für den First Steps Award in der Kategorie Abendfüllende Spielfilme für Neun Szenen
 2006: Publikumspreis beim Festival des deutschen Films in Ludwigshafen für Neun Szenen
 2007: Studio Hamburg Nachwuchspreis in der Kategorie Bestes Drehbuch für Neun Szenen
 2010: Publikumspreis beim Festival des deutschen Films in Ludwigshafen für Renn, wenn Du kannst
 2010: Publikumspreis beim Berlin & Beyond Film Festival in San Francisco USA für Renn, wenn Du kannst
 2010: Nachwuchsförderpreis der DEFA-Stiftung und des Verleiherpreises CineStar beim Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 2010 für Renn, wenn Du kannst
 2012: Aufenthaltsstipendium in der Villa Aurora
 2013: Findlingspreis
 2014: Silberner Bär für das beste Drehbuch und Preis der Ökumenischen Jury auf der Berlinale für Kreuzweg
 2014: MuVi-Publikumspreis bei den  Internationalen Kurzfilmtagen Oberhausen für Easy Or Not
 2015: Preis der deutschen Filmkritik, bestes Drehbuch für Heil
 2018: Hauptpreis Deutscher FernsehKrimi-Preis für Tatort: Stau
 2018: Festival des deutschen Films – Filmkunstpreis für Tatort: Murot und das Murmeltier
 2019: Preis der Deutschen Akademie für Fernsehen in der Kategorie Drehbuch für Tatort: Murot und das Murmeltier
 2021: Internationales Filmfestival Karlovy Vary –  Preis für die beste Regie für Nö

Weblinks

 Dietrich Brüggemann Webpräsenz
 Kritik muss wehtun. Interview zu #allesdichtmachen. Deutschlandfunk, 23. April 2021.

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Filmregisseur
Drehbuchautor
Musiker (Berlin)
Person (Film, Berlin)
Deutscher
Geboren 1976
Mann
Schriftsteller (Berlin)

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Tensions appeared to be growing in Chile following the death of a Mapuche activist.
Fabian Facundo Mendoza Collio, 24, died on Wednesday. The police officer who was involved is in custody pending an investigation into the incident.
President Michelle Bachelet said her administration has taken steps to address land, education and economic development issues for Mapuche people. But activists said they will continue to seize land.
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Fairfax rush to criticise Christensen, but never Islam…
22 July, 2016 by Aussie Madness
Legitimises violence against non-Muslims…
The Fairfax press were quick to sharpen the knives for George Christensen today, after he quite understandably suggested the Merrylands attack could be terrorism related:
People who actually know what they're talking about say the path to radicalisation is complex, varied and not particularly well understood. The suggestion there is no interaction between "youthful disaffection" and extremism is wilfully silly.
We can't solve the problem if we dumb it down.
The cliche that we're all tiptoeing around the fact that some Muslim community fringes are producing people who have radical views and a desire to commit violence is a straw man. Look up any ASIO annual report and see how clear-headed the focus on Islamist extremism is.
It's possible to say that Muslim communities have a responsibility to help solve the problems at their fringes while also sympathising with the majority of peaceful Muslims who are expected to explain themselves every time there is an incident involving an extremist who most likely is a very poor excuse for a Muslim.
The irony is that when an attack is clearly and unequivocally linked to Islamic terrorism, like Nice, Orlando, Paris, Brussels, San Bernardino and the rest, the Left-wing media will keep very quiet about the motives, do everything in their power to obscure the link to Islam and never dream of criticising Muslim communities or challenging them to reform. But on the rare occasion that an attack is erroneously linked to terrorism, like the present case, they come down on the guilty parties (who they believe to be racists and Islamophobes anyway) like a ton of bricks from their supposed moral high ground.
Yes, it was foolish of a politician to link the event to terrorism before we knew for sure, but geez, when someone sets themselves on fire and drives a car full of gas bottles into a police station, it's a pretty reasonable conclusion to draw. I did it myself. But I'm not going to apologise for it – we've seen this kind of attack so many times before around the world that it is inevitable that mistakes will occasionally be made.
The author, despite all his moralising, and like so many in the media today, fails to address the key issue – namely the legitimisation of violence against non-Muslims in the Islamic texts. Agreed, there are many factors at play in the process of 'radicalisation', but why do we see such a vast majority of radicalised individuals of Muslim origin? Because Islam is the only religion, more accurately 'political ideology', that affords legitimacy to the "youthful disaffection" that many go through during their lives. It's a perfect excuse to give vent to their frustrations rather than deal with them in any other way.
Another false argument put forward is the spurious claim that extremists are a 'very poor excuse for a Muslim'. The reality is the complete opposite, since those who study the Islamic texts the most, and become Islamic scholars, seem to be the ones that are more likely to advocate violence against non-Muslims. The head of ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Bagdadi, has a PhD in Islamic Theology. Hardly what you would call a 'poor excuse for a Muslim'.
Further, the mosques and madrasas, where Islam is most well understood, are the most fertile breeding grounds for extremism. The murderer of Curtis Cheng obtained his weapon from Parramatta mosque. Who at that mosque is teaching that Islam sanctions the use of a gun against an innocent person? For the author to claim that extremists are bad Muslims is a dangerous fiction.
I'm sure plenty of other immigrant groups all over the world go through stages of "youthful disaffection" with their host country, but do not go on to become radicalised. Why? Because Buddhism or Hinduism or Sikhism (even Christianity) do not legitimise violence against those from other religions. If such a disaffected youth chooses to read the Qur'an, there are very many verses which will help to channel his disaffection towards hatred of and violence towards non-Muslims and martyrdom for Allah.
Despite all the excuses the Left-wing media will inevitably trot out after the next Islamic terror attack, none will be able to whitewash the fundamental problem, namely that the religious texts of Islam legitimise and condone violence and hatred towards non-Muslims.
Until this changes, Islamic terror will continue.
Filed Under: Australian Politics Tagged With: Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Fairfax, Islamic theology, Merrylands Attack 2016
Islamic State terrorists traumatised by shocking Islamophobia video
3 September, 2014 by Aussie Madness
Will the Islamophobia ever end?
Satire alert: Islamic State terrorists in Iraq have described as 'barbaric and appalling' a new video posted on YouTube, purporting to show Muslims being subjected to a vicious Islamophobic verbal assault which brutally links the violent actions of the Islamic State with the 'Religion of Peace'.
"It's absolutely disgusting," said IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi while holding a severed head. "When a Western journalist accurately reports our use of quotes from the Qur'an, such as 'strike at their necks', to justify our actions, it is deeply offensive to the vast majority of peace-loving Muslims. We might be raping, murdering, pillaging and beheading, but the real problem here is the sickening Islamophobia."
A spokesman for Western governments feared that there would be a 'backlash' against the population for such an atrocity depicted in the video. He said that it was only a 'tiny minority of extremists' that engaged in Islamophobia, as the majority of the Western population had been thoroughly brainwashed by the left/liberal media into believing that Islamic State had 'nothing to do with Islam' and was really a 'religion of peace'.
Islamic State appealed for calm in Iraq. "Despite the appalling horror of this video, I appeal to my fellow mujahideen, sorry I mean, my fellow soldiers of Allah, sorry, I mean, my friends, to avoid taking out their disappointment on our Western captives by calling them nasty, hurtful names or demanding that they speak out openly and condemn the actions of their compatriots."
He then added: "Oh wait, scratch that, we just beheaded them."
Filed Under: Islam Tagged With: 'Nothing to do with Islam', Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, humour, Islamic State, Religion of Peace
Islamic State leader has PhD in Islamic theology
21 August, 2014 by Aussie Madness
Failed Islam 101…?
But Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi still manages to get Islam so very, very wrong!
Doesn't he realise it's the 'Religion of Peace'? Where did he get this twisted and warped idea that it's OK to murder Christians indiscriminately and behead infidels in the name of Islam? Please, can we get someone from the ABC or Fairfax to set him straight?
A professor, teacher, former educator, recognized preacher, and a graduate of the Islamic University in Baghdad, where he finished his academic studies (BA, MA and PhD). He is known as a preacher and a person of knowledge in Islamic culture, Shariah knowledge, and jurisprudence, and possessing vast knowledge of history and lineage.
He is a man from a religious family. His brothers and uncles include preachers and teachers in Arabic, eloquence and logic. (source)
Personally, I'd be asking the Islamic University in Baghdad for my money back, as they clearly haven't a clue what they are talking about.
Filed Under: Islam Tagged With: 'Nothing to do with Islam', Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Excuses, Islamic theology
"You think they make this shit up? It's all in the book. Their f***ing book. The only book they ever read. They read it all the time. They never stop. They're there for one reason and one reason only. To die for the caliphate and usher in a world without infidels. That's their strategy, and it's been that way since the 7th century." Peter Quinn, Homeland
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Xaar plc, the inkjet printing technology group headquartered in Cambridge, announces that its customer, Nakan Corporation has launched a production machine for use in LCD screen manufacturing incorporating Xaar printheads.
Nakan, a world leader in the manufacture of LCD-TFT process technology and equipment, has successfully installed its first GEN5.5 polyimide (PI) alignment -layer inkjet printing platform for manufacturing LCD screens of up to 1,300 cm by 1,500 cm at one of the world's leading manufacturers of LCD screens. The PI alignment layer is a key process in the production of all LCD screens and the new Nakan platform offers a cost-effective, fully scaleable inkjet printing solution for any substrate size.
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Mijatović oder Mijatovič ist der Familienname folgender Personen:

 Andre Mijatović (* 1979), kroatischer Fußballspieler

 Cvijetin Mijatović (1913–1993), jugoslawischer Politiker (BdKJ)
 Dunja Mijatović, (* 1964), Verfechterin der Menschenrechte sowie Expertin für Medienrecht und Medienregulierung
 Mario Mijatović (* 1980), kroatischer Fußballspieler
 Milomir Mijatović (1953–2020), kroatisch-deutscher Handballspieler und -trainer
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Like me, you may struggle with Mother's Day. It may be a day that reminds you of hope deferred, prayers unanswered, questions that abound. It may be a time of year that reminds you of the painful relationship with your own mother, of the child you've desired to hold in your arms, of the missing spot at your table because one of your children lives in Heaven. It may remind you that motherhood has been anything but what you hoped for. It's been hard, it feels unfair, it feels lonely. Maybe you feel unseen or even unrecognized as a mother. Maybe somewhere in your story you feel shame. Shame you couldn't save your child, shame that you couldn't have a child, shame that you couldn't fix it. Your story looks painful. You don't want pity, you don't want to be "that woman, that girl". You look in the mirror and wonder how life brought you here.
You wonder if your life will be a narrative of sadness, or heaviness. You wonder if there is room for hope, for goodness, for your hearts' desires. You wonder if you will ever feel a swell of joy, a swagger of confidence, a flow of peace. You desire freedom. You want your life to feel purposeful. You want to feel free. To dance in the light of love, to twirl in the open space. In the breezy place where you can breathe with ease.
Here's what I want to tell you today. You, my dear, beautiful friend are full of beauty, full of hope, full of purpose. You are loved. You are cherished. Your story is hard and your story is painful. But through this story of pain can blossom trees of life, flowers of beauty, branches of help and hope.
Because YOU are made to love.
And you know how. You know the depth of love because you have known the depth of pain. You can see others with the compassion of a broken heart. As women, you have the ability to love and create in a way that only you can. So do it. Don't hide. Don't let shame make you small. Let your love make you big. Let your love make you strong. Like a tree that offers strength and shade to those who need it. Every act of love, no matter how small, matters. So use your love, that big bursting love in your heart. That love of a Mother's Heart. That love that is screaming to be used. Use it...even if you are sobbing while you are doing so. Use it.
Use it in art, use it in writing, use it in dance. Use this love as the fuel to care for a difficult person in your life. Use it to mend a broken relationship. Use this love to create, to add peace and goodness to this world. When you do, you are using your pain, your story, your child's legacy to paint beauty on this earth. Paint beauty with your love. Paint beauty as only you can.
Nearly 5 years ago my Ethan went to Heaven. He was 7. He came into this world with a sick heart. His life looked nothing like I planned for my first born. Medically it was hard, but he was full of joy. He danced, he sang, he laughed and his greatest joy was to make others laugh. A prankster, a negotiator, the life of our house, the teacher of my soul.
After him brought my two healthy middle boys. Blake and Chase. Both born into the life that Ethan set for us. Doctor visits, meds, uncertainty, and right in the middle - pure joy. Just two years after Ethan left for Heaven, Bodey joined us. My surprise. An Ethan mini-me. Bodey came with a diagnosis of a rare Muscular Dystrophy.
My life as a mother looks nothing I planned it to be. But it's full of beauty. Some days that beauty is a tear stained face wearing sunglasses. Some days it's creative expression. Some days the beauty feels good, some days the beauty does not.
But like you, I'm made to love. So I'll paint this world with the love that I have, with all the colors it brings. Paint with me. Paint this world with your love.
To you beautiful, purposeful, hopeful women.


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If it Weren't So Serious, It Would Make a Nice Reality Show
By elpasotribune on January 29, 2004 • ( Leave a comment )
Tomorrow's court hearing regarding the affidavit seeking to convene a Court of Inquiry to investigate wrongdoing in the city's District Attorney and the Police Department is sure to present drama, but the reality is so insidious that the community, at the very least, should carefully consider the ramifications of the whole fiasco. On one hand the integrity of the system is at stake as the foundation of its viability, trust, has seriously been violated in the eyes of the community. On the other hand, the actions of the public actions of the District Attorney, Jaime Esparza, just this week seriously brings to question the seriousness and integrity by which he approaches the legal system in our city. As the highest representative of the legal system, Esparza should at the very least show public respect for the institution he purports to represent, instead of the disregard for integrity he seemingly has displayed in the last few days. On January 27, 2004 not only did Esparza himself publicly state on television that he would be proceeding forward with his case against the two officers before a Grand Jury but his office also notified the mother of the alleged sexual assault victim to be ready for a subpoena compelling her to testify before the Grand Jury. This in light of the fact that one court has a pending Stay in effect prohibiting him from presenting the case before the Grand Jury. From Esparza's point of view, according to public statements he has made, his position on this matter is that the stay does not prohibit him from proceeding before another Grand Jury. Accepting for a minute that his position is correct, from a purely technical sense, the fact remains that he appears to be circumventing one court to go to the next. This still does not address the issue of the upcoming hearing that will be addressing a motion for stay asking the Court prohibiting Esparza from presenting his case to any Grand Jury. Considering the vocal position from the attorneys requesting the stay and from the fact that a hearing would be heard tomorrow on this issue, then Esparza's insistence on going on with his Grand Jury not only appears to be disrespectful of the authority of the Court over him but also begs the question, why the insistence on proceeding since he originally did not want to present the case to the Grand Jury, which is the impetuous for the affidavit requesting the Court of Inquiry?
Why the change of heart? Why is it that at first the case against the police officers was insufficient to present to the Grand Jury, and then all of a sudden it is imperative that it be presented? What has changed that has forced the District Attorney to all of a sudden want to present the case before the Grand Jury? And is Esparza confident enough in his lawyerly expertise to know for sure that Judge Ables will be ordering in his favor therefore he is just preparing for that eventuality? Maybe Esparza would just rather forego Judge Ables' ruling and proceed forward without regard to the court's ruling. This public perception is what has created this problem for Esparza one that must seriously be addressed by the community. Adding further fuel to the perception of lack of integrity within the system, Esparza feels comfortable enough to go on television and tell Ms. Navarrete, reporter for KTSM that he "has not presented" the case against the officers in one interview and promptly change his position on the following interview. Did he or did he not already present the case? Is this just a case of work overload, pressure from the upcoming hearing or just an overall attitude that this community doesn't really care what transpires in our judicial system being displayed by Esparza?
On the legal front, a series of motions and open records filed by attorneys Caballero and Leeds further exposes the serious nature of the whole fiasco. In a letter dated January 27, 2004 copied to all the news media on the community, with the exception of our local daily, addressed to Jaime Esparza the requests themselves raises other questions regarding the actions of the District Attorney's office in the handling of these two cases. One such request in particular, number 3; "Any logs, notes or records which would reflect your whereabouts on May 17-18, 2002" raises the question if, in fact, Esparza had personal involvement from the first day the allegations were levied against the two officers? Had Esparza being present at the time that the video of the interrogation of the alleged victim was being made or was he at the alleged crime scene collecting evidence or interviewing witnesses? What was Esparza's involvement on the night the accusations were levied and did they in fact have any bearing on his declining the case in the first place? Other questions such as, were steps taken to preserve the crime scene on the night the alleged incident occurred or was the vehicle of the officers inspected for evidence conducted, and if not why not? Wouldn't it be prudent to at least inspect the police vehicle if an allegation is levied against an officer, after all there is no need to secure a search warrant as the police vehicles are owned by the city and therefore they have the right to inspect them at any time? If these basic evidence techniques were completed, wouldn't it be incumbent upon the District Attorney and the Police Department to properly document them and make them part of the public record, after all it would surely vindicate their positions? Do these records even exist?
Further, in a motion filed before Judge Ables, the attorneys have requested a clarification as to whether the hearing on Friday, January 30, 2004 is in fact the beginning of the Court of Inquiry or is it to address motions filed by both sides of this legal contest. This becomes important because should this be the start of the actual Court of Inquiry than Jaime Esparza becomes a "suspect in a criminal case" forcing him to be prepared to represent himself before the court or hire legal representation. If this in fact is the case, one would wonder if Jaime Esparza would then find himself being read his "Miranda Rights" before the commencement of the hearing, after all if this is in fact the start of the Court of Inquiry then it is reasonable to assume he would be a suspect in the allegations of wrongdoing. It will be interesting to see how the court will handle this situation; after all it would be incumbent upon all present that all receive a fair and open court hearing in order to retain the public's trust in the judicial system of our community.
In another motion filed before the court, attorneys for the alleged sexual assault victim have requested that two attorneys be appointed by the court to represent the interests of the State of Texas. This raises another interesting paradigm for the court in that the hearing scheduled for Friday seems to be the prelude to the Court of Inquiry and therefore District Attorney Jaime Esparza would have a conflict of interest in first presenting himself and then the State as both positions may not converge for the benefit of both parties. This again begs the question, is the hearing set for tomorrow the Court of Inquiry itself or a prelude to said court? If it is a prelude, how will the court rule on how the code reads in that the Court of Inquiry was in fact first convened when Judge Roman signed the order?
When this case first came to light in December in the El Paso Tribune the actions of the District Attorney seemed to be a case of just sloppy work, one that would not adversely affect the integrity of the system as each position could effectively be argued one way or another. On the other hand, as the case has developed through the last few weeks, the actions of the District Attorney and his staff seem suspect at best. Why would a District Attorney first want to decline a case, only to want to present it later because "the family wants us to", as Esparza recently said on television? Sure this looks plausible on the surface after all what family wouldn't want their case forcefully presented? But this does not address the issue of the prohibition of a District Attorney from presenting a case that he himself does not feel that a crime was committed. Esparza's position on this issue was firmly cemented when he publicly stated that he felt the case against the officers was not warranted and by the fact that he proceeded to file criminal charges against the alleged victim. Esparza resists weeks of pressure to present the case then capitulates and begins the process, even though he cannot have a good-faith position that the officers committed a crime. Admitting that he can be swayed by a grieving family, what can the community expect if a well-heeled community member all of a sudden wanted someone prosecuted and leaned heavily on the District Attorney?
And, what about the notion of fairness and equal access to the legal system that this community demands? Wouldn't the community want to feel that if an allegation is levied against a police officer shouldn't the community feel confident enough that everything will be done to make sure the community is protected from those who would abuse any member of the community? Shouldn't the notion of no one is above the law apply to everyone regardless of their stature in their community?
It is questions such as these that demands that the Court of Inquiry be conducted openly and fairly for all concerned. When a notion begins to precipitate among the community that a sense of corruption may exist, then it is incumbent upon the judiciary to openly address all the issue and not just the ones that it deems convenient. Convenience is not an option when the system itself is questioned as the integrity of the process is paramount to all other considerations. In the end, the issue before the court is one of the process and not one of who is lying or not. The process, itself is being questioned because the players have refused to be forthcoming to our community, when they should have been acting openly and transparently. Hopefully Judge Ables will restore our confidence in the system tomorrow. Stay tuned as the El Paso Tribune will continue to cover this developing case.
Categories: El Paso Tribune Archive
Tagged as: corruption, corruption trials, courts of inquiry
And the Saga Continues…
Jaime Esparza Finds Himself on the Other Side of the Courtroom
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Rudolph "Rudy" Dersch is the newly minted CEO of the world's largest, multi-trillion-dollar corporate conglomerate. But the job comes with an unexpected twist - an invitation to join the Consortium, a small, secretive group of global elites who effectively decide what's best for the rest of humanity. How does Rudy's struggle to reconcile business and family impact the world's future? And who, if anyone, can break the Consortium's iron grip on the status quo?
Several months have passed since the shocking events in Ramsar. Monique and Jonas remain locked away in an Iranian prison; billions watch as the world's leaders continue to debate their fate. Meanwhile, the Hanssen asteroid is fast approaching Earth's orbit. At last, the Consortium's end game is at hand. Will Rudy uncover the truth behind the Chairman's unimaginable plan, before it's too late?
Despite the tragic events at Hanssen Scientific, Monique Durand and her newfound companions continue their search for the source of her compelling visions. Are they somehow linked to the secrets of dark matter, as Professor Hanssen is so desperate to believe? Or does the truth reach even deeper - into our Universe's past, and our planet's ultimate future? To find out, they'll need to outwit the Consortium, a secretive group of trillionaires who now have what they need to achieve their own, long-awaited end-game.


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Pease Family Receives Accessible Van
Thanks to continued support from our community, donors, and sponsors, Jett Foundation has partnered with another family through the Jett Giving Fund! Late last month, the Pease family in Georgia received their newly converted van, making everyday travels for Ryan and his parents, Kathryn and Paul, a little bit easier and a whole lot safer.
"We have been praying for a way to afford a converted van with a ramp so that we can easily roll Ryan in and lessen the amount of lifting we do every day," said Kathryn Pease. "We have been blessed by the Jett Giving Fund which has come along side us to help fundraise and match all funds that we raise towards getting an accessible van for our son."
Our Jett Giving Fund works with individuals and families impacted by Duchenne muscular dystrophy to purchase vital medical and mobility equipment that is otherwise unaffordable. Without the generosity of supporters like you, we simply could not meet the incredible demand for this type of assistance.
Thank you for helping bring joy and mobility to our community!
If you would like to support the Jett Giving Fund, please visit www.jettfoundation.org/jett-giving-fund.
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Press Release: Jett Foundation Helps Massachusetts Family Support Son Living With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
BEVERLY, Mass. - October 24, 2017 - Jett Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness and funds for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, is helping a family from Beverly, Mass. purchase a lateral rotation bed through their financial assistance program, Jett Giving Fund. Max Gaudenzi, a 22-year-old with Duchenne, and his family have raised half the funds needed for his $45,000 rotating bed system through their First Giving Page. ProBed Medical USA, Inc., has generously donated $10,000 to reduce the price of his Freedom Bed and Jett Foundation is matching the remaining 50 percent to purchase the bed for the Gaudenzi family. Max is set to receive his bed on Friday, Oct. 27, 2017.
Health insurance often won't cover all specialized medical and accessibility equipment such as scooters, shower chairs, ramps, rotational medical beds, platform lifts and handicap accessible vans; items needed when suffering from a progressive muscle-wasting disorder. Without this equipment, those with Duchenne struggle to participate in the kinds of activities that most people take for granted, such as going to and from school and being able to sleep at night.
"Each night, I call my parents six times to have them help me turn him in my bed," said Max Gaudenzi. "As a result, my parents don't sleep well at night and can't perform well at work the next day. Duchenne doesn't just affect me; it affects everyone near me."
A person living with Duchenne cannot turn themselves at night; something an able-bodied person does once every 10-12 minutes while sleeping. This movement is critical to Max's health as it keeps blood flowing throughout bodily tissues. When that blood flow is restricted, there is an increased risk for pressure injuries, pneumonia, accelerated muscle degeneration, and other life-threatening side effects. The Freedom Bed is designed to mimic the body's natural movement at night, providing continuous movement to the sleeping person. Thanks to the Jett Giving Fund, the Gaudenzi family will be able to receive the sleep they desperately need, resulting in overall better health for the entire household.
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About Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Diagnosed during childhood, Duchenne is a progressive neuromuscular disorder that causes a loss of motor, pulmonary, and cardiac function, and premature death. It affects every one in 3,500 live male births and some females. Duchenne has no cure. Children with Duchenne are born seemingly healthy and decline over time, usually losing their ability to walk around the age of 12 and succumbing to the disease in their early to mid-twenties.
About Jett Foundation
Since 2001, Jett Foundation, located in Kingston, Mass., has worked to find treatments and a cure for Duchenne muscular dystrophy while improving the lives of those affected by Duchenne through direct service, awareness, and educational programs. Jett Foundation is a registered charity with 501(c)(3) status from the IRS; all donations are tax deductible. www.jettfoundation.org.
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We know that Outdoor News readers are real outdoor enthusiasts, and if you're like any of the members of our team, you've got a selection of wild game and fish in your freezer that will be headed to the grill this season. Whether you're a dedicated charcoal grill fanatic, or prefer the convenience and control that gas grills provide, these marinade options will kick your flavors up a notch for your next BBQ.
Combine ingredients and marinade your venison under refrigeration for 12-24 hours, turning at least twice to ensure coating on all sides. Baste with any *remaining marinade while grilling.
Combine all ingredients in a container with a tight-fitting lid. Shake well and pour over game. Cover and refrigerate for 6 to 12 hours, turning occasionally. Before cooking, let game drain and pat dry with paper towels.
What's the right ratio? About a half cup of marinade to one pound of meat.
How long should I allow the marinade to work? Always marinade under refrigeration. For venison: 12-24 hours. For waterfowl: 6-12 hours. Salmon only needs about an hour to pull the flavors from the marinade.
*If you have marinade that hasn't been used for the soaking process, you can baste with it while grilling. But anything that has been exposed to the meat needs to be discarded.


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Round Rock City Council incumbents face opponents in May
Mike Parker
Feb 18, 2019 at 12:15 PM Feb 18, 2019 at 2:07 PM
Two Round Rock City Council incumbents vying for second terms are each facing an opponent in the May 4 elections.
Councilwoman Hilda Montgomery faces Selicia Sanchez-Adame for Place 6, and Councilman Rene Flores faces Blane Conklin for Place 2.
The candidacy filing period, which opened in early February, closed on Friday.
Montgomery, a project manager at Dell, said in a Facebook post she has learned much during her time on the council and wants to continue her work to ensure all residents are able to succeed in their lives.
"There is more to be done to address affordability, programs that help small and local businesses, traffic solutions and connected pedestrian paths, accessible and comprehensive public transit, and to increase transparency and civic participation," she said.
Sanchez-Adame is a Round Rock native and co-owner of an Austin-based market research firm. She is or has been involved in several civic and community organizations, including the city planning and zoning commission, the Williamson County Cities and Health District board and the Round Rock Chamber board.
"I am extremely fortunate, at this point in my life, that my family and business supports me as I further commit my energies and passion to our awesome community's continued growth," she said in a media release issued in late January.
Flores, a commercial banker at Extraco Banks in Round Rock, also noted his experience on the council will serve residents well in a second term.
"Even with having served around the city prior to my time on Council, it does take some time and effort to learn the lay of the land and understand the complexities of the city and some of the day to day challenges that the City encounters," he said in a media release. "I respectfully ask for the privilege to serve another term and build upon my knowledge to serve this great city of ours that we call home."
Flores is highly active in the community, having served as president of the Round Rock Rotary Club and as a city planning and zoning commissioner. He also served on the Round Rock Chamber board and is a member of El Amistad Club. His wife, Cynthia Flores, unsuccessfully ran as a Republican in November against James Talarico for state representative of House District 52.
Conklin is a senior business analyst at the University of Texas. In a news release, he said he chose to run after conferring with friends and community members.
He said a focus as a city council member would be on clean energy initiatives.
"By embracing innovation and forward-thinking policies, we will create good jobs and further diversify our economic development," he said. "Round Rock can and should be a leader in the clean energy economy."
Conklin, who holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, unsuccessfully ran as a Democrat in November against Bill Gravell for Williamson County judge.


Alum: I absolutely loved attending P.S 217. The faculty and staff were great. They were always willing to help when students needed it. These teachers taught not only to memorize information but apply it to daily life. P.S 217's staff always did their best to make students comfortable but safe. Security guards are always walking up and down the hallways and there are at least 2 guards in the lobby throughout the day. P.S. 217 has a wide range of diversity. I have sat next to students who come from all over the world such as China, Egypt, Europe, etc. They have so many clubs that reflect the student's backgrounds. The school puts on at least one play each year with music and dancing. One thing that I would like to see change is parent involvement. The school should allow more parents to be involved in their child's education. Throughout the year there were few parent meetings and I believe the school should find a way to bring parents and school staff together.


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Four Berkeley Lab scientists elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
By: Julie Chao, Berkeley Lab
Four Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) scientists have been elected to the 2012 class of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, an honorary society founded in 1780 to recognize leading "thinkers and doers."
The new members are Peidong Yang and Eli Yablonovitch of the Materials Sciences Division, James Berger of the Physical Biosciences Division and Bernard Sadoulet of the Physics Division. All four also hold joint appointments as professors at the University of California, Berkeley. They are among a class of 220 new members that include Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, philanthropist Melinda Gates, actor/director Clint Eastwood, playwright Neil Simon and Walt Disney CEO Robert Iger.
Yang, a chemist whose research focus is on the synthesis of new classes of materials and nanostructures, also serves as director of the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP)-North. JCAP-North and its sister facility, JCAP-South in Pasadena, are being funded for up to $122 million over a five-year period by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) through its "Energy Innovation Hubs" program.
Earlier this year, Yang was named by Thomson Reuters as the world's top materials scientist of the past decade and the tenth most influential chemist, based on an analysis of the citation impact of published papers. An expert on nanowires, Yang has found ways to use them for photovoltaics and as a thermoelectric material.
(clockwise from top left) Peidong Yang, Eli Yablonovitch, James Berger and Bernard Sadoulet were elected to the 2012 class of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Yablonovitch is an electrical engineer who specializes in high-speed optical communications and photonic crystals. He is also director of the NSF Center for Energy Efficient Electronics Science (E3S), a multi-institutional center based at UC Berkeley working on dramatically reducing power consumption by electronics.
Sadoulet is an astrophysicist who has been at the forefront of the hunt for dark matter. He is director of the UC system-wide Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (INPAC). Sadoulet's work has taken him deep underground, to an abandoned iron mine in northern Minnesota, where he seeks to detect Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs), heavy neutrino-like particles that are the leading candidate for the universe's dark matter.
Berger is a biochemist and structural biologist who studies protein machines and develops models to explain DNA replication, chromosome superstructure and other essential nucleic acid transactions. Last year he received the National Academy of Sciences Award in Molecular Biology "for elucidating the structures of topoisomerases and helicases and providing insights into the biochemical mechanisms that mediate the replication and transcription of DNA."
Berkeley Lab now has has 13 scientists who are members of the Academy. The new class will be inducted at a ceremony on October 6, at the Academy's headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts.


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Challenge Vendettas Player Preview: Brad Fiorenza
The last couple seasons has brought the return of competitors from past generations. We got to see the return of Shane, Darrell, Derrick, and Veronica on Invasion and Dirty 30, and now we get the return of Brad Fiorenza. Brad first showed up all the way back on the Battle of the Sexes 2 (Season 9). Despite being a mainstay of the middle generation of the Challenge (appearing on 8 out of 12 seasons from 9–20), Brad has only done a season with four people on Vendettas. Brad did multiple seasons with Bananas and Veronica, he did Battle of the Sexes 2 with Shane (his first Challenge), and Cutthroat with Cara Maria (his last Challenge til now).
In his time off from the show, Brad got a divorce from former competitor and champion, Tori Hall. The two had children and a relationship that was documented through the multiple shows they wound up doing over the years. After they won Cutthroat, Brad chose to retire from the game. Around Free Agents, Brad got the itch to return, however he decided at the last minute to drop out. Since then, Brad and Tori have split, and is now jumping back into the game.
It is rumored Brad may have accepted the original availability call for both Invasion of the Champions and Dirty 30, with him not making the final cast due to limited spots of Champions for Invasion, and the amount of veterans already cast for Dirty 30. Being newly single made Brad want to re-visit the place where he felt like a man. The Challenge for male competitors is the closest they will ever get to being professional athletes. The sensation of competition is an addicting feeling, and is one of the reasons why male veterans have been so willing to return after all the years. Because at the end of the day, people want to show they still got it.
Brad is almost like a born-again rookie due to the amount of time he has taken off and the lack of connections for him in the game. He did do club appearances with Cara Maria in Florida a month before the show filmed, which may have created a pre-game alliance between the two. He is "dating" or is something with Britni Thornton. And for his Vendetta, he got into it with Tony on Twitter, stating he would be sending him home on the next Challenge .
Skills & Physical Strength: Most fans on the show are noticing Brad looks to be a hell of a lot more bulky and muscular than he ever was on his past shows. He was slowly getting bigger over the seasons, but it is at a level of size he's never been at before on the shows. His arms have always been impressive, the difference is his chest and back seems much more defined this time around. This choice of training will help Brad in the elimination arena where he has always needed a bit more raw physical size. It may not help him in the daily missions though. On Cutthroat, the Duel 2, and the Ruins, Brad was much bulkier than his past seasons and did not do as well in the daily missions.
Skinny Brad made it to the end of Battle of the Sexes 2 because of his ability to move quickly and efficiently through obstacles. Then again, bulking up with age may be a smarter choice because he isn't getting faster or more explosive with age, those are things that go away with age. Like a basketball player who has to move up a position due to loss of speed — Brad is entering a new weight division to create mismatch advantages.
Social, Mental, & Political Game: His mental and social game weakness is probably alcohol. If you go through Brad's seasons, he has gotten into with other competitors (usually when and with females): Camila (Cutthroat), Darrell (the Ruins), KellyAnne/Casey (the Ruins), Svetlana (the Duel), the wedgie incident (Inferno 2), and Derrick (Gauntlet 2). It looks from the trailer that Brad gets into it with Marie. He needs to keep himself under control.
The reason Derrick and Darrell were able to do so well on these shows was because they were quiet and nice. They stayed under the radar and performed when they had to. Based on the trailer, Brad is trying to make a bang, versus keeping a low profile.
Usually, the vets have found themselves playing the game with Johnny Bananas as the veterans stick together. Brad was never a big fan of Johnny during his previous seasons of the show — expecting the two to play together would be a bit of a stretch. The key for Brad is to stay loyal to Cara Maria. Cara is the best female competitor, meaning she will win challenges and have political power. Whether he wins or loses, he could gain security through her winning. Almost like insurance.
Final Potential & Winning: Brad has never done poorly in a final. He lost the finals of the Duel 1 and Duel 2 by inches, lost Gauntlet 3 due to the death of Big Easy, and won Cutthroat. Besides Gauntlet 3, none of the finals were pushovers. His performances in finals was not enough to beat Evan and Wes, but he has the desire to win and has shown the ability to do it.
Holding a 4–2 elimination record, Brad might need to add a notch or two to his belt in order to win this season. The biggest goal for Brad should be to eliminate Johnny Bananas. Bananas is the only person on the cast who is unquestionably more experienced and more prepared to run a final than Brad. There are players within the cast who can beat Brad in a final, at the same time he can also beat any of them.
He has a great chance to win with a cast filled of mostly rookies. Does he still have the gas in the tank to go the distance?
Overall Rating: 87/100
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Bloomfield es una ciudad ubicada en el condado de San Juan en el estado estadounidense de Nuevo México. En el Censo de 2010 tenía una población de 8112 habitantes y una densidad poblacional de 393,67 personas por km².

Geografía
Bloomfield se encuentra ubicada en las coordenadas . Según la Oficina del Censo de los Estados Unidos, Bloomfield tiene una superficie total de 20.61 km², de la cual 20.49 km² corresponden a tierra firme y (0.57%) 0.12 km² es agua.

Demografía
Según el censo de 2010, había 8112 personas residiendo en Bloomfield. La densidad de población era de 393,67 hab./km². De los 8112 habitantes, Bloomfield estaba compuesto por el 67.32% blancos, el 0.62% eran afroamericanos, el 18.27% eran amerindios, el 0.44% eran asiáticos, el 0.02% eran isleños del Pacífico, el 9.81% eran de otras razas y el 3.51% pertenecían a dos o más razas. Del total de la población el 31.69% eran hispanos o latinos de cualquier raza.

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Hate crime prosecution historic for East Feliciana Parish
4 years 6 months 22 hours ago Wednesday, July 29 2015 Jul 29, 2015 July 29, 2015 6:22 PM July 29, 2015 in News
By: Chris Nakamoto
CLINTON- A hate crime arrest in Clinton Tuesday, is the first of its kind in East Feliciana Parish according to District Attorney Sam D'Aquilla.
Ronnie Barnes, 54, was arrested accused of pulling a child's pants down and calling him the "n word." It happened at a gas station in Clinton on Saturday.
"That's the first time we've encountered a hate crime in our jurisdiction," D'Aquilla said.
Although the waters are unchartered with this type of prosecution, D'Aquilla said it will be handled just like any other case.
Jeania Jackson said her 12-year old son, Jarvis Smith was standing in line trying to pay for gas when the assault occurred. Barnes had questioned Smith about whether he was a boy or a girl, according to Jackson. Witnesses corroborated her son's story.
"My son doesn't have look like a girl, but has long dread locks," Jackson said. "I feel like he was stereotyped racially profiled, because to his hair."
Investigators said the attack was unprovoked. Numbers show hate crime arrests happen, but aren't too common.
According to statistics obtained by the Investigative Unit there were 22 hate crime arrests in 2013, only four such arrests in 2012 and five in 2011.
Nationally, statistics show half of all hate crime arrests were racially motivated.
"The elements of a hate crime are you select your victim," D'Aquilla said. "The victim was selected based on race. Instead of a disability. You select a victim and it has a crime involved in it too."
As the investigation continues, Jackson is trying to support her son as much as she can. She says she's trying to teach him that most people don't condone Barnes' actions. If Barnes is listening tonight, this is what she would tell him.
"I hope he doesn't get hatred in his heart to white people because everybody is not like you," Jackson said.
If convicted, Barnes faces up to six months in prison and a $500 fine.
Man accused of hate crime against child


SUPAI, ARIZ. — While we waited on the restaurant's deck for our dinner of fry-bread tacos, two sinewy mongrels wrestled in the dusty courtyard of the Indian village, their friendly bout interrupted by packhorse trains heading out of the Grand Canyon.
Supai is the home of the Havasupai, and little has changed in the 700 years the tribe has inhabited this small side canyon lined by red-rock walls and shaded by cottonwoods. The streets are unpaved, the pace is slow and the only way in and out is by hike, horse or helicopter.
About 450 of the 600 or so tribal members live in the village, and a few never have visited the outside world, never have seen an automobile except in photos or on their satellite TVs.
While some 5 million people visit the north and south rims of the Grand Canyon each year, most peering in awe into the mile-deep chasm before climbing back into their vehicles, Supai measures its annual visitation in the thousands.
And Supai has a secret shared only by those who make the eight-mile trip into the heart of the Havasupai world. Clear, fast-running Havasu Creek cuts through their canyon and spills over into three stunning waterfalls, each with its own distinct personality. The falls are spread out over a two-mile stretch of the creek, the first one just a mile north of the village.
The rushing, tumbling water gathers in turquoise pools at the foot of the falls, creating a postcard playground that is unmatched in the Grand Canyon's bounty of vistas too rich to be caught in words or photos.
While the Havasupai route into the Grand Canyon is not as well known as the north and south rim trails, which are about 40 miles to the east, it does attract its share of celebrities.
I had made several hikes into the Grand Canyon via the north and south rims, and once took a five-day rafting trip on the Colorado River at the canyon's bottom. Actually, there is a fourth waterfall closer to the river, Beaver Falls, and my hike to that one during the rafting trip inspired me to search out the others.
For my first visit to Supai, I recruited three buddies, all active hikers and kayakers managing the maladies of middle age. One had been cleared for the adventure a week before we left by his cardiologist, and I was a fading racquetball player recuperating from a fourth knee surgery. We had seven marriages and six kids between us.
Dave is Gadget Guy, a gear freak who pinpointed our every move through GPS and video topographical maps. He distributed walkie-talkies but suspended our radio privileges after we persisted in sending him ribald messages while he stood next to strangers.
Doug is a laid-back California dude who hiked in sandals and never changed his cotton surfing T-shirt during our three-day stay in the canyon.
Don worked out on a climbing wall to prepare for the trip and is the only one of the four to pack a blow-dryer and Vavoom styling spray.
Reggae purred from the Tribal Cafe's kitchen as we waited for our tacos, adding to the Third World feel of Supai. "In `81, Bob Marley's mom came down," the Indian clerk replied when asked about the Jamaican music that seemed to come from every open door and window in the village.
That was a mouthful for a Havasupai. They are a quiet, cautious people, not prone to conversation and reluctant to be photographed.
"Our way of protecting what we have here is by being very silent, especially to those we have never met before," explained Tilousi, the tribal chairman.
In the shade of the deck, we chatted with two silver-haired sisters from Michigan sitting at a nearby picnic table. They were making their sixth trip to Supai. "Why?" I mused.
"You'll find out tomorrow," one replied.
The 24-room Havasupai Lodge, the village's only hotel, was clean and full of German students touring the Southwest. The two-story building was nestled between walls of fudge-colored rock cut in squares and stacked neatly in layers. Up high stood two stone towers that appeared ready to topple with the next tremor.
The lone restaurant served a breakfast of Frisbee-sized hotcakes that, for some reason, went uneaten when shared with the courtyard dogs. Maybe they were worried; a sign in the small grocery store warned that loose dogs were about to be impounded.
The hardest part of the eight-mile trek to Supai had been the final mile trudging along the roads of red sand into town. We trudged again the next morning on our way out to explore the canyon's jewels.
We heard Navajo Falls before we saw it, hidden in the trees, flowing magically out of the hillside over rounded rock faces. To the left in the cliff was a grotto with a torrent pouring out. Surprisingly, the ledges were not slick, and we joined the German students already climbing behind the waterfall into the crevice.
Diving into the aqua water, swimmers gathered in the sunlight on the opposite side of the pool to share the warmth. The ferns and canopy gave it the feel of a lush rainforest, a sun-dappled oasis in the desert. We could have spent hours, but had only one day to experience all three falls.
Where Navajo Falls was delicate and serene, Havasu Falls was a blockbuster.
Walking out onto a rocky terrace, we stood at the top of Havasu Falls, which plunged 100 feet into a small lake the color of the Caribbean. Tiny figures lounged on its perimeter or swam through the waters, which flowed down into a series of perfectly shaped pools. Life Magazine once called this the best swimming hole in America. Disney couldn't have designed better.
We hiked down the trail and left our backpacks and clothes under the cottonwoods surrounding the idyllic scene. The water stays about 70 degrees, a refreshing respite from the desert heat, which can be well over 100 degrees in the summer.
Dave, the Gadget Guy, had done our planning and reserved our rooms at the lodge months in advance. The AC, hot showers and double beds were a blessing, but our smugness evaporated as we left Havasu Falls and discovered where everybody else was staying.
A mile down the trail, the walls of the red-rock canyon widened into a valley where Havasu Creek split into a series of gurgling streams that meandered beneath the cottonwoods. Scattered beside those streams were tents in the prettiest campground any of us had ever seen.
Savvy hikers packed only their lunch and water on the eight-mike trek, paying the tribe about $30 a pack to haul the rest of their gear to the campground by horseback. Rows of blue portable toilets sat at either edge of the valley, and were equipped with slings. We watched in amazement as a helicopter flew them in and out for cleaning.
Signs erected at strategic spots said "high ground" and marked the places to retreat to in case of a freak flash flood.
Again, we heard Mooney Falls long before we saw it. Named for a miner who fell to his death, the falls was nearly 220 feet high and thundered into a large pool. But the real fun was getting down to the water.
Where Navajo and Havasu were reached by easy walks, the route to the bottom of Mooney was a challenge. In the late 1800s, miners cut steps in the rock face, then chiseled out a pair of vertical tunnels with stairways. A chain railing guarded the alcove between the two tunnels to prevent a clumsy miner from making a fatal descent.
Below the last tunnel were more chains and steel pitons to cling to as you made your way down the cliff face. Adding to the difficulty, the wind was blowing the spray from the falls toward the cliff, leaving a slippery sheen on everything, including the moss-covered wood ladders at the bottom.
The climb was not for the faint of heart, and Dave, who had three new stents in his own heart, joined about a dozen of the German students who decided to enjoy the view from the top.
Those who made their way down were rewarded with a rope swing hung from a tree limb that deposited the willing into one of the deep, blue pools.
Dining at the cafe with the dogs again that night, Doug, the California dude, lamented that his lone T-shirt was wearing out its welcome. "Here's coffee from yesterday morning, purple juice from the fruit of a prickly pear cactus, red Mooney mud — and however many gallons of sweat it took to get down there," he said.
Don appraised his buddy's dinner attire.
"You're wearing our whole itinerary," he said.
The eight-mile hike to the top of the canyon, where our car was parked, was strenuous only in the last mile, which was a pulse-pounding climb up switchbacks. Three of us took the easy way out, paying $85 each for the one-way helicopter ride.
An Indian with a knit cap in yellow, green and black Jamaican colors hosed down the roads to control the dust before the helicopter landed in the town ballfield. The flight followed the trail, and we could see hikers and horse trains below.
This was not a scenic tour, and lasted five minutes or so. The copter skimmed the rim so close that we held our breath.
Only Don had decided to walk out, and left at 5 a.m. so he could be at the top when we arrived airborne around 10 a.m. "You'll probably be riding out in those port-a-potties," he said.
Don was heading toward the helicopter pad when we set down.
"It was awesome," he said. "The first 45 minutes, I was walking in the dark with my headlamp. The dogs were laying along the side of the road and I could see their eyes glowing. It was eerie.
But his hair was perfect.
GETTING THERE: From Las Vegas, head south on U.S. 93 to Kingman, Ariz., where you catch historic Route 66 to Peach Springs, Ariz. Seven miles east of Peach Springs is Route 18, which takes you 60 miles to the canyon rim at Hualapai Hilltop, where there is a large parking lot for your vehicle.
WHERE TO STAY: Hualapai Lodge (1-928-769-2230, www.grandcanyonresort.com ) is a modern motel with a restaurant, operated by the Hualapai Tribe, in Peach Springs. The lodge charges $89.95 a night for two people, and can arrange tours of the Grand Canyon by hike, Hummer, raft, bus and helicopter. Havasupai Lodge (1-928-448-2111) is the only lodging in Supai, in the canyon. The lodge charges $125 a night for a double. There also is a one-time $20 permit fee to enter Havasu Canyon, where Supai is located. The camping fee is $10 per person, per night. For camping information, call 1-928-448-2121.
HORSES AND HELICOPTERS: The fee for entering the canyon by horse is $120, round trip. Riders must be no more than 250 pounds. For those who wish to hike without a pack, the cost for reserving pack mule service is $75 per animal, one way. Each mule is limited to carrying four campers' backpacks, with a total weight of 130 pounds. Airwest Helicopters (1-623-516-2790) offers flights from Hualapai Hilltop to Supai and back on certain days. Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopters (1-800-528-2418) flies from Grand Canyon Airport to the village.
WHAT TO KNOW: Spring and fall are the best time to visit Havasu Canyon. Temperatures during the summer months can reach 110 degrees. The canyon also is prone to thunderstorms and flash floods during July and August. Liquor, drugs, weapons and pets are prohibited on the reservation. There is no water on the trail; plan to pack one gallon per person for the hike. The tribe's general store sells staple groceries, plus meats, fruits and vegetables some of the time, but goods are packed in by mule, so prices are double the norm.
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Visit www.havasupaitribe.com.


Abstract EPA developed the National Strategy for the Development of Regional Nutrient Criteria (National Strategy) in June 1998. The strategy presents EPA's intentions to develop technical guidance manuals for four types of waters (lakes and reservoirs, rivers and streams, estuaries and coastal waters, and wetlands) and produce section 304(a) criteria for specific nutrient Ecoregions by the end of 2000. In addition, the Agency formed Regional Technical Assistance Groups (RTAGs), which include State and Tribal representatives working to develop more refined and localized nutrient criteria based on approaches described in the waterbody guidance manuals. This document presents EPA's current recommended criteria for total phosphorus (TP), total nitrogen (TN), chlorophyll a, and turbidity for lakes and reservoirs in Nutrient Ecoregion III (Xeric West), which were derived using the procedures described in the Lakes and Reservoirs Nutrient Criteria Technical Guidance Manual (U.S. EPA, 2000a).
Notes "December 2001." "EPA 822-B-01-008." Includes bibliographical references (Section 8.0).
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Valiant performances at Sarno
Despite all their talent and constantly competitive equipment, the Parolin Racing team drivers have not been able to achieve results that matched up to their expectations during the first event of the WSK Euro Series at Sarno. The intensity of the races that took place at the foot of Vesuvius this weekend was accompanied by various setbacks that sometimes weighed heavily in the results. However, there were good performances to the credit of the Parolin drivers.
Constant presence at the front in 60 Mini
Always very well represented among the youngest drivers, the Parolin chassis chosen by many teams once again showed extremely convincing results. Five of them were in the top 10 in the Qualifying sessions before winning five victories with eight fastest laps in the Qualifying Heats. In the Prefinals as well as in the Final, the win and the fastest lap were achieved at the wheel of a Parolin chassis. The Italian brand ultimately placed six drivers in the top 10 of the provisional ranking of the WSK Euro Series, including the leader.
Return to the top five for Al Dhaheri
Keanu Al Azhari was the only official Parolin driver to score well in Qualifying, as he was 2nd by 5 thousandths from pole position. He continued with very good runs in the top three with two wins and took control on Saturday night. It became more complicated for Keanu in the final stages and he had to settle for 14th place, but still took 7th place in the overall standings. Rashid Al Dhaheri did not achieve the expected performance in Qualifying. From 21st, he made up part of his deficit in the heats. Penalised in the Prefinal, Rashid gave the maximum to make up no less than 18 places in a magnificent Final where he finished in 6th position.
The other Parolin Racing drivers had different setbacks, penalties or incidents on the track, which slowed down their progress. Valerio Rinicella lost all the benefit of his successful heats during a collision on the first lap of his Prefinal. Giovanni Trentin met with many hazards and penalties, which denied him access to the Final. Not always spared after his 33rd place in Qualifying, Maxens Verbrugge reached the Final and regained 10 places to finish 18th, his best result to date. Among the two new drivers of the team, the Australian Peter Bouzinelous made a remarkable debut. He made a superb comeback in the heats despite a penalty and was able to improve by taking another seven places in 6th position in his Prefinal. Penalised again for an unhooked spoiler in the Final, he unfortunately dropped to 29th. Finally, the Japanese driver Shimo Zhang took the measure of the category for his international debut in 60 Mini.
Increasing performance among the Juniors
Penalties and skirmishes also afflicted the three Parolin drivers in OK-Junior. They did however complete a very positive event in terms of performance. Martinius Stenshorne started with some very convincing heats as he was 13th on Saturday night. Sent back to 23rd in the Prefinal after a crash on the first lap, he managed to qualify 11th, achieving a magnificent rise of 12 places. His Final was interrupted after five laps by a collision.
Vinicius Tessaro was the best performer of the weekend despite somewhat disappointing heats. He recovered and reached the Final thanks to a remarkable nine-place rise to 11th in his Prefinal. The young Brazilian continued his momentum by finishing 18th with a gain of four positions, his best result of the season.
After an incredible dark series during the four heats in which he only crossed the finish line once, Jesse Carrasquero missed his qualification by less than 2 tenths of a second after a superb progression of 11 places which showed good potential for the upcoming events.
Nice effort from Mini' to return to 6th in the OK Final.
Gabriele Mini's meeting was marked by a concentration of bad luck. After setting the 7th fastest time in Qualifying, he gave up after a contact on the last lap of the first heat. He could have more easily compensated for this handicap if the small size of the category had not changed the rules. In this case, the order of starts for the following heats used the finishing order of the previous heat. Gabriele had to start from the back of the grid to take 12 places in the second heat. Things were not so good in the last heat as he was 26th after a penalty. The Sicilian regained control in the Prefinal, 17th with a gain of nine places, then in the Final where he finished in an unexpected 6th place after a further progression of 11 positions.
The next important event in OK and OK-Junior will take place in France, at the Angerville circuit for the first meeting of the FIA Karting European Championship from 19th to 21st April.
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