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TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 2012 Volume 11 Issue 229
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BOSTON Former Boston mobster James“Whitey” Bulger will take the stand in hisown defense when he goes on trial next yearon charges that he participated in 19 mur-ders, testifying about his claim that he wasgiven immunity, his attorney said Monday.
Attorney J.W. Carney Jr. said in court thatBulger will testify about his claim that hewas given immunity for any crimes he com-mitted while he was a top-echelon FBIinformant against the Mafia.
“James Bulger will testify at this trial andhe will present evidence, corroborated byothers, that he received immunity from theDepartment of Justice,” Carney said.
Carney had said he planned to file amotion to dismiss the charges against Bulgerbased on his immunity claim. But he said heno longer plans to file such a motion becauseBulger believes he can get a fairer hearingfrom a jury on the immunity claim than hecan from the judge who is to preside at histrial.
Carney had unsuccessfully tried to have
U.S. District Court Judge Richard Stearnsrecused from the March 2013 trial becauseStearns was a top federal prosecutor in the1980s, when Bulger allegedly was commit-ting crimes with impunity while also actingas an informant. The defense has saidStearns — who was head of the U.S. attor-
Daniel Archuleta [email protected] ACTION: The Samohi football team conducts a summer practice on Monday.
BY ASHLEY ARCHIBALDDaily Press Staff Writer
SAMOHI The field-sharing agreement thatgave community members access to the newfield at Santa Monica High School is now ayear old, and groups are taking full advan-tage of the new play space, officials say.
The agreement trades access to a plethoraof facilities at the high school, including ten-nis courts, practice gyms and a wrestlingroom, in return for half of the money raisedby Measure Y, a transaction and use tax thatvoters passed in 2010.
That tax raised almost $6 million last yearfor the schools, although the prize of thedeal — a brand new turf football and soccerfield — wasn’t available until the end ofOctober.
When the field opened for permitting,groups signed up for 56 percent of the timeslots available. By the spring season, whichruns from Feb. 6 to June 17, 92 percent of thetime was used, said Kathy LePrevost, com-munity recreation manager with City Hall.
Those calculations are based off the timeon weekday nights and weekends not alreadyclaimed by Samohi teams, which get priorityunder the agreement.
“We started out a little slower, but wehave picked up,” LePrevost said.
The lower fall rate may have more to dowith circumstances than popularity. This
BY ASHLEY ARCHIBALDDaily Press Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES A court date has been set todetermine whether or not a man suspectedof stabbing three homeless people in theback and leaving behind “death warrants” ismentally fit to stand trial.
Courtney Anthony Robinson, 37, willattend a hearing to determine his mentalstate on Aug. 20, according to the LosAngeles County District Attorney’s Office.
To be considered competent, a defendantmust show the ability to consult with andunderstand their attorney and that theyunderstand the proceeding being conductedagainst them, according to the NationalJudicial College’s Mental HealthCompetency model.
Robinson is charged with three counts ofattempted murder for allegedly stabbing twomen and a woman in the back as they slept.
The attacks occurred in early to mid-July.One of the male victims was stabbed July 17on a bus bench on the 500 block of SantaMonica Boulevard in Santa Monica.
Robinson surrendered to police on July20, although he plead not guilty at hisarraignment. He remains in custody. His bailwas initially set at $3 million.
If convicted, Robinson faces life inprison, according to the DA’s office.
SEE TESTIFY PAGE 8
SEE FIELD PAGE 7
Court to probestabber’s abilityto stand trialMan charged with threecounts of attempted murder
Lawyer: ‘Whitey’ Bulger to testify in his own defense
City Hall, schooldistrict share successful seasonField sharing agreementgoing well, teams say
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. The leader of the stateSenate said Monday that he had “a few sleep-less nights” during lawmakers’ summerbreak worrying that pay raises given to leg-islative staffers could undermine Gov. JerryBrown’s tax initiative in November.
Senate President Pro Tem DarrellSteinberg defended the raises to more than1,000 legislative employees. But he said healso recognizes they could hurt Democrats’effort to pass an initiative that would tem-porarily raise income and sales taxes.
The revelation led to widespread outragebecause the raises were handed out as law-makers were making deep budget cuts.Opponents already are using the raises asammunition against the tax proposal.
Steinberg said the state’s budget deficitseemed to be finally under control when heauthorized the raises a year ago. He said hefelt then that the state could afford to bringlegislative employees’ wages back in line withother state workers who had been receivingregular merit increases even as they lost payto furloughs.
“I will admit I’ve had a few sleepless nightsover the break about it, because you know Ipride myself on thinking through things,”Steinberg, D-Sacramento, told reporters.
“The last thing I want to do is — I wantthe taxes to pass and the state to recover. Butyou know what? We live with our decisions,and we did it for the right and a fair reason,”he said.
“Part of this job is you take the hits. Youtake the hits and move on.”
Some top Assembly and Senate employ-ees were given raises as high as 10 percent,and more than 110 of the 1,090 raises wentto employees with salaries above $100,000.
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LONG BEACH, Calif. A Southern Californiaentrepreneur already has a U.S. Army Corpsof Engineers provision permit to harvest amillion pounds of mussels and oysters froman underwater shellfish farm nearly fivemiles offshore. The project, described as amilestone in aquaculture, now needsCalifornia Coastal Commission approval.
Open ocean cultivation, rather thanshallow bays and estuaries, will producehigher growth rates, better meat yields andheavier production than shellfish farmsclose to shore, Philip Cruver said.
“Our goal is to show this can be doneand put a dent in the nation’s $10.4 billionseafood deficit,” said Cruver, 67.
Construction of a 100-acre pilot plot ofhanging nets off Long Beach could beginnext year with the first harvest of 500,000Mediterranean mussels and 500,000 Pacificoysters, the Los Angeles Times reported on
Monday.Cruver hopes to expand his KZO Sea
Farms mussels and oyster ranch to 1,000 acres.KZO plans to grow oysters and mussels
on nearly four dozen 500-foot lines spaced100 feet apart and anchored to the oceanfloor. Coast Guard-approved buoys withbattery-powered lights would suspend thelong lines 30 feet beneath the surface.
KZO has partnered with the Universityof Southern California Wrigley Institute ofEnvironmental Studies on Santa CatalinaIsland for monitoring environmental effectsand conducting research on breeding.
Institute geneticist Dennis Hedgecockcalls Cruver’s proposal “a milestone inaquaculture — and about as green a way ofproducing protein for human consumptionas one can imagine. That is because oystersand mussels filter water naturally as theyfeed on microscopic plankton.”
Michael Rubino, director of the NationalOceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s
office of aquaculture, said Cruver’s projectis consistent with the agency’s mission tocreate jobs, provide nutritional food andimprove the marine environment by put-ting shellfish back in the water.
With the Army Corps of Engineers pro-visional permit already in hand, Cruvermust now win over the coastal commission,which last week requested details on theanchors, flotation devices, ropes and netsthe farm would use. Cruver must alsoexplain how they would be installed andhow the shellfish would be harvested.
The potential effect on fisheries andhabitat resulting from marine debris, shipstrikes and entanglement of whales, dol-phins, porpoises and sea turtles concernsthe commission. But commission environ-mental scientist Cassidy Teufel said theproject design appeared flexible enough toadapt to contingencies.
The commission is expected to make afinal decision later this year.
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Parking spot Editor:
Can you give this information to the community?There are 10, nine-hour parking spaces on the north
side of Pico Boulevard between Centinela Avenue and34th Street, right under the 10 Freeway overpass. Infive years, I’ve never seen a car parked there.
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Sleeping the night away Editor:
One hour ago (0320 hours) while I am wateringsome trees, I spy four coyotes (probably juveniles)gathering around the lower east pond of Douglas Park.Some of them picked me up right away, some were tooeager for snacks, I guess. Anyway, I did not move for aminute or so, as to observe them. Man! While y’all sleep(I’m an insomniac of the first order), what you don’t seeis incredible. I’ve seen other coyotes decades ago inSanta Monica, skunks with tails and manes which youwould not believe, raccoons foraging on duck eggs laidin the shrubbery nearby, and more, involving wild avi-fauna (birds). Wake up and see the sights!
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I WISH I UNDERSTOOD ECONOMICS. Ifind economic reports confusing. Here aresome examples:
• “Our economy is bad because we are ina period of slow growth.” If we are stillgrowing how bad can it be? I read in theInternational Herald Times last monththat only three major countries are still ina growth period; Canada, the U.S. andGermany. Other than Germany, Europe ishaving a hard time. Growth has prettymuch stopped in China and India. In therest of the world, countries like Mexicoseem tied up by corruption or bad leaders.We should be glad to live in the U.S. wherewe still have economic growth. It seemsunrealistic to expect strong growth all thetime.
• “The 8 percent unemployment rate iskilling our economy.” Well, it would be niceif everyone that wants a job could have one.But my recollection is that during my adultlife we have always had an unemploymentrate not far from 8 percent. I recall 6 percentfor a while, and 10 percent for a while. Idon’t recall any extended period below 6percent. So yes, our leaders should work onhelping people get jobs, but I don’t see it asanywhere nearly the economic crisis that thepoliticians claim it to be. Right now inFrance, where I am writing this, unemploy-ment is fluctuating between 10 and 12 per-cent.
• “Taxes are too high, and they are pre-venting growth.” In fact our tax rates aremuch lower than in most developed coun-tries. And as we all know from recent dis-closures of our candidates, the rich arepaying a ridiculously low tax rate. I’venever seen any hard evidence that reducingtaxes would benefit the economy, and per-sonally I think the things my taxes pay forare a bargain — things like roads, police,fire protection, clean water and sewage. Allof these come out of various taxes I pay,but I would hate to have to pay for themmyself.
• “We can’t afford to pay for healthcare forall.” This seems the most silly of these claims.All over Europe there is healthcare for all,and it works well enough. If the rich wantbetter healthcare or special services they canbuy them. But for the average guy, access tobasic healthcare services is a really nice thingin life, and preventing people from walkingdown the street spreading disease becausethey were not treated is not an attractivealternative. And if necessary, I would gladlypay a few hundred dollars more on my taxesif that’s what it takes, and I suspect mostpeople would also. Certainly universalhealthcare has not hurt the economies ofGermany and Norway. If they can afford it,why can’t we?
• “The Greek crisis and Euro zone ingeneral are going to cause the U.S. stockmarket to drop way down.” Not accordingto all the economic data I read from theprofessionals. Nor has that happened inspite of the fact that we all know Greece isa disaster, other European countries are introuble, and the whole area is in recession
— except for Germany. And yet my wife isconvinced that the European community,the Euro zone, is not viable and when thisbecomes apparent the U.S. equities marketwill fall 20 percent.
So what do I make of all this? Onething that strikes me is that our culturehas changed so that we expect more andmore. One way to look at all this is thatwe are getting greedy. And when we don’tget what we expect we turn negative.While there are many people numericallyin the U.S. that need help to lead a rea-sonable existence, the vast majority areeating well — too well in many cases —and have adequate transportation andhousing. Not what they long for, but notbad. Generally we don’t have huge slumslike in Brazil where thousands of peoplelive in cardboard shacks without runningwater.
What does this mean for investments?It seems that for the rest of 2012, and per-haps into 2013, the overall equity marketin the U.S. probably won’t move up ormove down much. But there will be someswings as bad news comes and goes. Yetprofits remain pretty strong for the topU.S. companies, and even banks and finan-cial institutions might start to improve abit. I don’t think it will matter too much(economically) who is elected president.The actions taken by the current adminis-tration don’t generally take effect for yearsafter they come into office. We are justnow reeling from the over-expendituresand generous tax cuts of the Bush admin-istration.
So what to do? Hang in there. Good com-panies will do OK. With some research youmight find the next Apple. We are lookingnow for companies in the water businessbecause we think water will be more scarcein the next generation. And we have investedin 3D printing companies since that seemslike a really good idea.
But we’re not investing much in thosekinds of stocks. We invest primarily in well-managed companies that pay good divi-dends. Then we write options against themfor additional premium income. We try togenerate between 8 and 12 percent a year onour invested capital, between dividends,option premiums, and — occasionally — acapital gain, depending on the year and theamount of attention I give to it. And if astock underperforms over an extended peri-od, we sell it at a loss “for tax purposes” asWoody Allen would say, and reinvest insomething that looks better. The value ofthe capital base goes up and down from yearto year, but I don’t pay too much attentionto that, on a macro basis. I try to watch theindividual stocks and maintain the incomestream.
Most of all, I pay little attention to all thenegative press.
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I WAS EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED THAT THESanta Monica Daily Press gave an organiza-tion, the Family Research Council, that hasbeen identified by the Southern Poverty LawCenter as a hate group, a half page of yournewspaper as a forum for its discriminatoryplatform against gays and lesbians(“Counterfeiting money — and marriage,”Your Column Here, Aug. 2). The author livesin Washington, D.C. Why was he given thisplatform in a local Santa Monica paper?
The argument that Robert Morrisongives is absurd. What is really the counterfeitissue is the argument that domestic partner-ships, or civil unions, are equal to marriages.As one of the 18,000 same-sex Californiacouples that got married during the fivemonths in 2008 when it was legal, I can tellyou that domestic partnerships are not equalto marriage.
I thought that the United States learnedthe lesson in the 1960s that separate is notequal. Being married changed the way myfamily, friends, son, co-workers and societyin general view my relationship with mywife. In fact, it wasn’t until I was marriedthat I felt comfortable calling my spouse mywife. As domestic partners I would call hermy partner and some people interpretedthat as a business partner, not a spouse.
The Family Research Council is a conser-vative Christian group that advocates andlobbies for discriminatory legislation touphold its religious and social beliefs. Themembers of this group have every right totheir opinions but they do not have the rightto legalize and force their religious beliefs onothers. Despite their claims that the UnitedStates is a Christian country, this countrywas founded by people who came here toescape religious persecution and they specif-ically set up our government to have a sepa-ration between church and state.
Marriage for same-sex couples is legal insix states, the District of Columbia and 11countries and there is no direct evidence thatthe institution of marriage has been harmedin any way. Heterosexuals have done thatquite well on their own with the high divorcerate, quickie marriages, divorces and infideli-ties. It’s interesting that many conservativeChristians have been married and divorcedmultiple times with known instances ofadultery (Newt Gingrich as an example). Yetthese groups aren’t going after adulterers,people who are breaking one of the 10 com-
mandments, a known detriment to the insti-tution of marriage. Instead they are usingwhat, in the initial scriptures, were only a fewvague references that conservative Christiangroups have turned into a crime much worsethan adultery to keep civil rights from aminority group of United States citizens.
Even worse, this group’s beliefs are actu-ally very unchristian like. The Christianitythat I learned growing up and continue topractice and teach our son includes the gold-en rule — do unto others as you would likedone unto you — and the teachings andactions of Christ, which are to love andembrace everyone, particularly the onesbeing discriminated against like the leperswere in his time.
Regarding the quote that was in bold let-ters: “The only places in the U.S. that havelegalized same-sex couplings are those wherethe liberal judges and politicians do not darelet the people vote on marriage” and “wherev-er the people have voted, they have powerful-ly affirmed true marriage.” In California in2008, Proposition 8 was passed by only a 2.24percent margin, or 52.24 percent of the vote,hardly powerful. Polls now show that a major-ity of Californians support marriage for same-sex couples. Given the attitude of today’syoung people, national approval for marriageof same-sex couples is inevitable and in 30years people will wonder why it took so long,just as we now look at interracial marriage.
It is illogical to have civil rights put topopular vote. Civil rights legislation by ourrepresentative government and judicial rul-ings is to prevent a majority from discrimi-nating against a minority group. That samegroup that is discriminating against theminority group should not be the ones whodecide if they can discriminate.
KKAARREENN MMEELLIICCKK is a Santa Monica resident wholives with her wife, Clare Thomas, and their 15-year-old son, Greg Melick.
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NEW YORK U.S. stocks edged higher on a daymarked by uncharacteristic quiet following aturbulent week.
In the absence of major economic news,stocks were riding a tailwind of optimismfrom the most recent U.S. job numbersreleased last week and hope for more actionby European authorities to address thatregion’s debt crisis.
On Monday, beleaguered stock tradingcompany Knight Capital Group said it haslined up $400 million in financing that willallow the firm to continue to operate. Knightwas fighting for survival after a disastroussoftware glitch in its systems sent the tradingof dozens of stocks into chaos last week.
Best Buy’s stock soared after its founderoffered to buy the company.
The Dow Jones industrial average closedup 21.34 points at 13,117.51. The broaderStandard & Poor’s 500 index added 3.24points to 1,394.23. The index came withinhalf a point of 1,400, where it hasn’t tradedsince May 3. The Nasdaq index rose 22.01points to 2,989.91.
Markets fell the first four days of lastweek after investors were disappointed by
the lack of specific action from central banksin Europe and the U.S. to support the econ-omy. The Dow lost 197 points from Mondaythrough Thursday.
The Dow soared 217 points on Friday,however, following a surprisingly strong jobsreport. The U.S. economy generated 163,000jobs last month, the fastest pace sinceFebruary and far more than economistswere expecting.
The upturn was seen as a sign that theU.S. may be resilient enough to pull out of amidyear slump and grow modestly, even asthe rest of the world slows down. Investorsdrove markets higher Monday on hopes thatthe positive momentum will continue.
Stock indexes also rose in Europe.Speculation has been building that theEuropean Central Bank will support strug-gling countries like Spain and Italy.
Germany’s DAX and the CAC-40 inFrance both rose a little less than 1 percent.Spain’s IBEX 35 soared 4.4 percent despite afive-hour blackout from a technical problemthat halted trading for much of the day.
“Mutual fund managers and hedgefunds have sizable holdings in cash andthey need to put those to work,” saidRichard Cripps, chief investment officer forStifel Financial.
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CARSON CITY, Nev. Common householdtrash will be converted into ethanol fortransportation fuel at a planned biofuel pro-duction facility in northern Nevada backedby a $105 million federal loan guaranteeannounced by the Obama administrationMonday.
The Fulcrum Sierra BioFuels project willhelp reduce the nation’s dependence on for-eign oil and advance efforts to develop acleaner, more sustainable alternative energysource, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsacktells The Associated Press.
The company, a subsidiary of FulcrumBioEnergy Inc. headquartered in Pleasanton,Calif., plans to convert 147,000 tons ofmunicipal solid waste into 10 million gallonsof ethanol annually at the new plant.
It will be the first such biofuel facility inthe region and will serve as a flagship forother plants around the country, saidFulcrum Vice President Rick Barraza.
“What’s exciting about this project, it’sour first commercial scale facility,” Barrazasaid. “This is really a watershed project.”
News of the project and its backing by thefederal government coincides with an annu-al National Clean Energy Summit being heldTuesday in Las Vegas and hosted by Sen.Harry Reid, D-Nev.
“Today’s announcement will mean hun-dreds of good paying jobs and a continuedcommitment by Nevada to help reduce ourdependence on oil,” said Reid in a statement,calling the project “another important stepin the right direction toward making Nevadaand our country more energy independent.”
The plant will be built 20 miles east ofReno in the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center inStorey County. Officials said the project willcreate 430 construction jobs and 53 perma-nent jobs after completion by 2015.
In an interview before Monday’sannouncement, Vilsack said the technologyused to create transportation fuel fromgarbage takes the biofuel industry to thenext level.
“We’re basically trying to create opportu-
nities in all parts of the country,” he said.The federal loan guarantee is being issued
under the USDA’s Rural DevelopmentBiorefinery Assistance Program that waspart of the 2008 farm bill.
Barraza said the company has alreadyobtained a bank loan for the project and thefederal government’s guarantee providesadded assurance to the lender of repayment.
“The USDA is only there if there’s a prob-lem, and we certainly don’t anticipate any,”he said.
Vilsack said such guarantees “createenough confidence in the other funders toallow the project to go forward.”
He also said the agency has funded sevenother biorefineries around the country thatuse an assortment of sources — from agri-culture residue, woody biomass and algae.
But unlike other so-called feedstockssuch as corn, which must be grown, trash ischeap and plentiful.
The trash-to-gas concept has been tried ona smaller scale in other places around thecountry, Vilsack said, and “has the potential tosubstantially reduce the pressure on landfills.”
“What makes our business model unique,unlike other biomass, we’re getting thegarbage for no cost,” Barraza said. “Thathelps lower the cost of production and low-ers the cost of ethanol.”
Fulcrum has 20-year contracts withWaste Management and Waste ConnectionsInc. to provide the garbage that will be sort-ed to remove other recyclables such as plas-tics, cans, bottles and paper. The plant willalso use walnut shells from a processingfacility in the same industrial park.
From there, the ethanol will be sold toTenaska BioFuels LLC, which will market itto blenders in the Nevada and NorthernCalifornia region as a gasoline additive.
Most fuel sold for passenger cars andpickups today is 10 percent ethanol and 90percent gasoline.
Barraza said the company is already look-ing down the road to expand its trash biofu-el footprint around the country once theNevada plant is up and running.
“We have access to garbage in 19 statesalready,” he said.
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Assembly Speaker John Perez, D-LosAngeles, will not.
The Assembly has a policy allowing for“modest salary increases for long-termemployees whose salaries have been frozenfor longer than three years, and for employeeswho have taken on significant new responsi-bilities,” said Perez’s spokesman, John Vigna.He said there are no plans to change that.
Steinberg and Vigna said the Senate andAssembly have cut their budgets substantial-ly in other areas in recent years.
Opponents of the November tax initia-tive have also criticized Democratic lawmak-ers for failing to agree with the Democraticgovernor on major reforms to the state’s
massively underfunded pension systems.Steinberg promised that legislators will
make substantial changes before theyadjourn Aug. 31, despite opposition frompublic employee unions that are Democraticlawmakers’ major benefactors.
“We have a common goal here,” Steinbergsaid. Both are committed to passing Brown’stax increases and both want to put the pub-lic employee pension issue to rest at a time ofvoter backlash against public sector employ-ees in other states.
“The only way to accomplish both ofthose goals is to deal with it,” Steinberg said.“Will it cause some discomfort, unhappi-ness? Yes. Do you sometimes disagree withyour friends and your allies in order to dowhat you think is the right thing? Yes. And soI never expected that we’re going to get highfives for any of this.”
year, the fall season will open up sooner, andLePrevost expects the numbers to increase.
The first organization to snag space on theturf was an adult soccer league, and a varietyof others followed suit including youth soc-cer teams, a municipal elementary and mid-dle school day program, a local lacrosse cluband the Santa Monica Rugby Club.
It’s been a major boon for the rugby club,a 350-member group which in the pastcouldn’t find lit fields for its adult teams,said Kilian Kerwin, with the club.
“There are two other artificial turf fields.One’s at (John Adams Middle School) andonly available to youth, and the other is atAirport Park,” Kerwin said.
Adult soccer teams often get the use ofthe Airport Park, leaving the rugby players tofind fields in Los Angeles for their practices,he said.
“It’s great, it opens up more space for thecommunity that we desperately need,”Kerwin said.
Kerwin even had compliments for thepermitting process, which he describes asbetter organized than any other municipali-ty he’s worked with.
“It’s not an enviable job, and they do areally good job of facilitating,” Kerwin said.“They have a lot of people making demandsand they juggle it in a fair, and equitablefashion.”
The most demanded times start at 7 p.m.and 8 p.m. on weekdays when professionalshave gotten out of work and can make it topractice, said Carey Upton, director of the-ater operations and facility permits with theSanta Monica-Malibu Unified SchoolDistrict.
Try getting a permit for a Friday night,Saturday night or on a long weekend andyou’ll have more luck, he said.
The program had a steep learning curveat its outset, made more difficult by the suc-cess of both the Samohi football team andmarching band.
The team made it to the semifinals andthe band went all the way to the champi-onships, stretching the need for the fieldbeyond what City Hall expected.
While the permitting officials and othersports teams were flexible and made it work,school teams are still having difficulty con-forming to the new procedures, whichrequire them to sign up for field use long inadvance of what they’re used to.
“The challenge we’re still having is adapt-ing the school to making sure the city knowsin a timely enough fashion … what theschool’s needs are,” Upton said.
Neither the district nor City Hall cancontrol a larger issue, a hold on the $57 mil-lion meant to improve the very facilities thatthe two entities are now sharing.
The money was to be used in aRedevelopment Agency project, an entitythat paid for capital improvement projectsthroughout the city.
That entity was dissolved by the stateLegislature, and officials from the stateDepartment of Finance said that contractsfor the campus improvements had beensigned one day too late to reserve the money.
Although unfortunate, it won’t impactthe agreement between the district and CityHall, Upton said.
“In the agreement, we anticipated addi-tional use being available for the city as newfacilities came online,” Upton said. “If thosenever come online, it will remain as it is.”
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Stearns has said he would not step down.In a written order last month, he said he hadno doubt about his ability to remain impar-tial, noting he was never involved in theprosecution of a case in which Bulger was asubject or target.
Bulger, the former leader of the notoriousWinter Hill Gang, fled Boston in 1994 afterreceiving a warning through his former FBIhandler that he was about to be indicted.
Bulger, now 82, was captured last year inSanta Monica, Calif., after 16 years on the run.
Carney said in court that it was not theFBI who gave Bulger immunity, but hewould not identify who within theDepartment of Justice allegedly made himsuch a promise.
Former Boston FBI Agent John ConnollyJr. was convicted of racketeering in 2002 forallegedly providing the tip that promptedBulger to flee. The corrupt relationshipbetween Bulger and the FBI was an embar-rassment for the agency and led some criticsto charge that the FBI didn’t try hard to findBulger while he was a fugitive. The FBI hasvehemently denied that.
Carney told reporters that Bulger “isgoing to tell the truth ... about why he wasable to spend 30 years allegedly committing
a whole host of crimes” and was not prose-cuted for any of them until the 1990s.
“You will hear James Bulger testify abouteverything,” he said.
Prosecutors have called Bulger’s immuni-ty claim “frivolous and unsubstantiated.”
During the hearing, Carney sparred withAssistant U.S. Attorney Fred Wyshak Jr. overthe pace at which prosecutors have beenturning over evidence in the case.
Carney said prosecutors have turned over32,000 pages of documents during the lastmonth, materials he claimed could havebeen provided to the defense a year ago,right after Bulger was arrested. In total, thegovernment has turned over approximately350,000 pages of discovery.
Magistrate Judge Marianne Bowler saidshe was satisfied that the government isworking “in a speedy and expedient fashion”to produce the discovery materials.
Carney also said he is being hampered inhis defense of Bulger by the government’srequest to keep most of the discovery mate-rials sealed so that only members of thedefense can see it.
Carney said the current protective orderprohibits him from sharing the documentswith third parties, such as outside attorneysor focus groups, who could help him devel-op trial strategy.
“After 20 years, the government is stilltrying to hide the evidence,” Carney said.
Wyshak accused Carney of “grandstand-ing” and said prosecutors have gone aboveand beyond what they are required to do.
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LONDON One 3-pointer after another, KevinDurant shot down Argentina — and per-haps the notion that defense wins champi-onships.
This U.S. men’s Olympic basketball teamis living proof that the best defense is a goodoffense. The road to gold in London is builton scores, not stops.
Durant scored 17 of his 28 points duringthe Americans’ 42-point third quarter, turn-ing a one-point game into a blowout thatsent the U.S. soaring into the quarterfinalswith a 126-97 victory on Monday night.
Two nights after surviving their first realtest in a 99-94 victory over Lithuania, theAmericans seemed headed for another tightfinish. Argentina shot 56 percent in the firsthalf and the U.S. led just 60-59.
Minutes later, the game — the last beforesingle-elimination play starts — was effec-tively over.
“I think we did a great job of respondingfrom last game,” Durant said. “It was a toughgame and so was the first half tonight. Guysplayed together. That second half is how wewant to play.”
The NBA scoring champion matched theArgentines’ point total in the period, going5-of-6 from 3-point range, the last one fromwell beyond 25 feet. The Americans didn’tstop shooting and scoring until CarmeloAnthony made a 3-pointer in the final sec-ond of the quarter while taking what he andthe U.S. bench right behind him felt was acheap shot from Argentina’s FacundoCampazzo, setting off an exchange of wordsand technical fouls.
It was too late by then for the Argentines.They needed to get closer to the U.S. shoot-ers much sooner, and that was hard to dofrom some of the spots where Durant was
pulling up.The Americans (5-0) will play Australia
(3-2) in a quarterfinal game Wednesday.LeBron James added 18 points, including
the Americans’ first seven of the third quar-ter before Durant took over. Chris Paul fin-ished with 17.
“We’re great shooting team, but in closegames sometimes you’ve got to go down andget some easy ones, and I wanted the ball,whether it was layups or in the post,” Jamessaid. “Once you get a couple easy ones at therim, then the 3-pointers open up and yousaw what KD was able to do.”
Durant’s 3-pointer after James’ surge gavethe U.S. 10 points in 2:10 of the second half,and he made back-to-back 3s midwaythrough the period to make it 85-68. Thenhe nailed consecutive 3s again later in thequarter, one from beyond the hash line, adistance that most players would never con-sider pulling up from.
“I really didn’t pay attention to where theline was,” Durant said. “When I caught thatball I was going to shoot it.”
With his 17 points, Durant tied Argentinaall by himself in the third quarter. He fin-ished 8 of 10 from 3-point range, where theU.S. team was 20 of 39.
Durant, who holds the U.S. scoringrecord with 38 points in the 2010 worldchampionship, might have threatened that ifnot for the lopsided score. He checked outfor good about a minute into the fourthquarter.
“It sort of developed, but anybody intheir right mind, when he gets shooting theball like that, there’s only one thing to do:Get the ball to him,” Paul said of the plan tofeed Durant. “Luckily, we have a team thathas the presence of mind to get it to him. Heis unbelievable. We have to yell at him to
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shoot the ball and as you see, he usuallymakes it.”
Manu Ginobili scored 16 points forArgentina (3-2), which would have wonGroup A via tiebreaker if it had blown outthe U.S. Instead, it finished third and willface Brazil in the quarterfinals.
“In the second half the U.S. really uppedthe ante, started playing very hard. They hada lot of defensive attacks and they started torun a lot more,” Argentina’s LeonardoGutierrez said through a translator. “Theyalso had an incredibly high percentage of 3-pointers. In the third quarter, they had threeor four 3-pointers. They got one after anoth-er, all in a row, and we had a strong offenseand gained many points. but that is some-thing very difficult for any team to over-come.”
A crowd featuring former Secretary ofState Condoleezza Rice and ex-heavyweightboxing champion Evander Holyfield wastreated to an offensive show in the first halfwith little more defense than the NBA All-Star game. A basket on one end wasanswered quickly by a shot on the other inwhat was shaping up as a thriller betweenthe last two Olympic champions.
But the U.S. simply has too much offense,even if the defense could use some tighten-ing up.
The Americans have two days to work onit before facing the Australians (3-2), whopulled a surprise earlier Monday, handingGroup B champion Russia its first loss, 82-80, on Patty Mills’ 3-pointer as time expired.
Then again, maybe the defense is fine as itis.
James, who scored nine of his 20 points inthe final four minutes Saturday, now has 225points as a U.S. Olympian, just six away fromCharles Barkley for third place on the U.S.career list.
The closer on Saturday, James was a late
arrival Monday, returning from the lockerroom area, leaping over a barrier like anOlympic hurdler to jump back in line intime for the national anthem.
Still missing at the start was the U.S.defense.
The Americans, who insist their defenseis their strength, allowed Argentina to make11 of its first 15 shots, falling behind 30-29when Gutierrez made a 3-pointer with 1:03left in the first quarter. Durant’s 3-pointer astime expired gave the U.S. a 34-32 lead head-ed to the second.
The U.S. could lead by no more than sixin the second — though nobody was quitesure when that happened. Andre Iguodala’sferocious dunk on the fast break was throwndown with such force that it hit his chest andricocheted back up through the basket soquickly that it was unclear if it went in at all.The public address announcer and score-board operator counted it, but Argentinasimply pushed the ball up the other waywithout inbounding as if the shot hadmissed. Replays showed it clearly went all theway down, making it 45-39.
The game between the longtime rivals gottesty in the second half, and they could seeeach other again soon. They would meet inthe semifinals for the third straightOlympics if both win Wednesday.
“You kind of want to send a message a lit-tle bit,” Kobe Bryant said. “This was the sec-ond game in a row that a team has played usclose. We didn’t want to give them confi-dence.”
The teams played a physical exhibitiongame last month in Barcelona, theArgentines trimming a 20-point deficit tofour in the final minutes before losing 86-80.
Campazzo, starting because Knicks-bound veteran point guard Pablo Prigioni isout with kidney stones, said he apologized toBryant but not to Anthony, saying Paul did-n’t apologize for hitting him.
“He told me it’s not necessary, and I toldhim I was really sorry,” Campazzo said.
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With a slumping economy, ensuing global con-flicts and our own personal dilemmas, a few
drinks come as a welcome respite for many. Butbefore you have that extra glass of wine at dinner,make sure you are aware of some new laws andissues that may drastically affect your driving privi-leges. California has some of the toughest DUIlaws in the country, and while no one plans to getarrested for DUI, here are 5 helpful tips to remem-ber if you find yourself at the wrong end of a DUIcheckpoint this year.
1)) Submitt Too FSTS: When arrested for DUI manypeople look for a quick and easy way out of itsuch as refusing to submit the officer's tests.Well,truth be told, this doesn't really work. Refusing tosubmit to field sobriety tests (FSTS) will almostalways earn a year suspension from the DMVregardless what happens with your court case.Refusing to submit to FSTS might weaken theState's evidence against you, but is it worth riskingan automatic one year suspension? This includessubmitting a breathalyzer test at the scene of thearrest (called a PAS test).A PAS test might not evenbe admissible in the criminal case, but if you arebelow a .08 it will save you a ton of hassle…andprobably earn a get out of jail free card. Submit totesting and let a skilled lawyer take it from there.Even if the test results appear "bad," by hiring theright attorney there are many legal arguments andchallenges that can be made to the manner inwhich the tests weand administered, your state-ments, and the results of the tests.
2)) Requestt AA Hearing: if arrested for DUI you willreceive a temporary driver's license that is goodfor 30 days before your license is suspended.However, you have the right to request an admin-istrative hearing with the DMV in order to chal-lenge the suspension.This hearing might also yieldvaluable testimony from the arresting officers thatcould help you later on when fighting your case incourt.Administrative hearings are conductedeither in person or telephonically, are far less for-mal than a court proceeding, and have a lower evi-dentiary standard of proof required to sustaina suspension.Administrative hearingsmust be requested within 10 days ofarrest, so make sure to act fast if youare arrested.A trained experiencedlawyer is also advantageous in orderto help navigate through the com-plexities of the DMV.
3)) Knoww Thee Penalties: In most Los
Angeles County courtrooms a "standard" first timeDUI conviction carries with it a $390 fine,3 monthalcohol program,3 year probation, and mandatoryinstallation of an ignition interlock device (a new2010 law that L.A.County D.A.'s and C.A.'s are wide-ly enforcing).Typically,prosecutors will not seek jailconfinement on a 1st time conviction. In addition tothe fines, the court will add on various penaltyassessments and fees that could raise your final billto upwards of $1,750.Depending on the circum-stances of your case (under 21,high blood alcohol,refusal) the court could also order you to completecommunity service, caltrans work, attend AA meet-ings, and complete a MADD or hospital/morgue pro-gram.A first time DUI conviction is priorable,mean-ing it will be used to enhance punishment on anysubsequent DUI in a 10 year period.A second timeDUI begets similar punishment with heightenedfines and a mandatory minimum of 96 hours (4days) in jail.Of course, all of these penalties andpunishments are subject to change based on varyingcircumstances, and it should be noted that there areadditional restrictions that the DMV can enforce ontop of all the court required punishments.
4)) Bee Politee && Courteous: No matter what crimeyou are arrested for,be it for DUI or some otheroffense,dealing with police officers in a calm,respectful, and appropriate manner is always thebest approach and will reward you in the end.Officers will note your behavior in their reports, andany belligerent outburst or tirade will likely be usedagainst you as a sign of intoxication and could alsoearn you additional charges.Of course the oppositeis also true meaning if you are calm and collected itcould be used as a sign of non-impairment.Even ifyou didn't do anything wrong always remember thatyou attract more bees with honey!
5)) Don'tt Drive!:The easiest tip of all...drink to yourheart's content and enjoy the holidays,and whenyou're done take a cab,ride a bus,or call a friend...justdon't drive!
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The Meaning of Lila By John Forgetta & L.A. Rose
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Not to be found tonight, TaurusARIES (March 21-April 19) ★★★★ Once more, you are nearly unstop-pable with your high energy. In fact, if someonestands in your way, you might feel like a freighttrain about to run him or her over. As a resultyou could become irritable and difficult.Tonight: Whatever is your pleasure.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) ★★★ You can express your feelings in a man-ner that lets you be heard. However, only some-one who really cares about you might listenintently. You would be wise to say very little atthis moment -- just wait for the right time.Tonight: Not to be found.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) ★★★★★ You might want to look at a friendshipin a new light. Somehow, others are not comingfrom the same place as you. You actually mightfeel pressured by a very assertive friend. Keepyour chin up. Tonight: Where the action is.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) ★★★★ Venus moves into your sign today,adding extra allure and desirability. You find thatothers keep asking you to assume more respon-sibility in their lives. For some people, thisrequest is authentic. For others, it is an excuseto have you closer. Tonight: Till the wee hours.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) ★★★ Your fiery ways make a big differencewith many people. Some people are intimidat-ed by your energy, yet others find it to be con-tagious. Take comments with a grain of salt. Becareful of a new person you meet today.Tonight: Try something totally new.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) ★★★★ You could be encouraged to deal withone individual directly. A sense of insecuritymarks your interactions. You might feel pushedto the max. You'll gain a sense of well-being byhandling this important matter. Tonight: Keeptogetherness in mind.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) ★★★★★ You know what is going on, but youcan't isolate yourself from dealing with thematter at hand. A situation could becomeincreasingly difficult to handle. Perhaps youneed to let go rather than try to take control.Tonight: Sort through ideas.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) ★★★★ Realize that you are limited when itcomes to how much you can accomplish.Understand what is happening with an associ-ate or acquaintance you deal with on a dailybasis. Open up to new thoughts and differentapproaches. Tonight: Easy works.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) ★★★★ You could be torn between twooptions. One allows you to feel much freer. Theother one demands a certain amount of self-discipline. A child or new friend pulls you into afun situation. Go along for the ride. Tonight: Letoff some steam.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) ★★★★ You could be directly impacted byanother's energy. He or she could be verypushy. For whatever reason, you think you needto step up to the plate and establish yourboundaries. Tonight: Happy to head home.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) ★★★★ Your words have punch to them -- muchmore than you think. Turn around and observethe reactions around you, then you will realizeyour power. Do not withdraw, but try to take amore nurturing approach. Listen to what is beingshared. Tonight: Share dinner with a pal.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) ★★★★ Someone you care about might beunusually affectionate. Nevertheless, dealingwith an associate or partner tests your limitsand helps you stay grounded. Negativity is con-tagious, or so you'll discover. Tonight: Treatyourself well.
This year you are full of energy and easily could become frustrated. Be
verbal, and ask for more feedback. You are likely to lose your temper
more than usual. Others could be taken aback as a result. Choose your
words with care; otherwise, you could cause yourself more problems. If
you are single, you find yourself drawn to a suitor who might be emotionally unavailable. A friendship could develop into more.
If you are attached, the two of you would enjoy scheduling a long-desired trip. Do so, and you will become closer. Be respect-
ful of each other's differences. ARIES makes a fun friend.
★★★★★Dynamic ★★★★ Positive ★★★ Average
★★ So-So ★ Difficult
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Dark Knight Rises (PG-13) 2hrs 44min 12:45pm, 4:30pm, 8:15pm
Savages (R) 2hrs 10min 12:15pm, 3:35pm, 7:00pm, 10:10pm
Watch (R) 1hr 42min 11:25am, 2:00pm, 4:45pm, 7:30pm,10:00pm
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■ "It's Just Politics": (1) MarkSchimel told reporters in Albany,N.Y., in May that it was nothing per-sonal that caused him to run for theRepublican nomination to the stateassembly from Nassau County --where the incumbent is hisestranged wife, Democrat MichelleSchimel. Mark's mother seemedquite upset at her son. "I can'tbelieve he'd do a thing like this (toMichelle)," she told a reporter. "I'mgoing to talk to him." (2)Democratic attorney ChristopherSmith is the presumptive nomineefor a Florida Senate seat from FortLauderdale, and it was just a coinci-dence, said Republican leadership inJune, that their candidate is attor-ney Christopher Smithmyer.Registered Democrats dominate thedistrict, but Smithmyer may winsome votes by confusion.■ William Voss has a tough job,noted a Bloomberg News report inJune. He is CEO of the Flight SafetyFoundation, which relentlessly cam-paigns for improving airline safetyregulations, but admits that his pri-mary obstacle is ... safe airlines.(The last major-airline accident inthe U.S. was 11 years ago, leading tocomplacency by airlines, passen-gers and regulators.) "If anyonewants to advance safety throughregulation," Voss said, "it can't bedone without further loss of life."
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SudokuFill in the blank cells using numbers 1 to 9. Each number canappear only once in each row, column, and 3x3 block. Use logicand process of elimination to solve the puzzle. The difficultylevel ranges from ★ (easiest) to ★★★★★ (hardest).
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GETTING STARTEDThere are many strategies to solvingSudoku. One way to begin is toexamine each 3x3 grid and figureout which numbers are missing.Then, based on the other numbers inthe row and column of each blankcell, find which of the missing num-bers will work. Eliminating numberswill eventually lead you to theanswer.
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1978– U.S. President JimmyCarter declares a fed-
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1979– Several tornadoesstruck the city of
Woodstock, Ontario, Canada andthe surrounding communities.
1981– The Washington Starceases all operations
after 128 years of publication.
1985– Takao Doi, MamoruMohri and Chiaki Mukai
are chosen to be Japan's firstastronauts.
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