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#16432 - 04/10/02 07:59 PM Whats your fav
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Now I know this is gonna be a big post. Lots of people are going to reply to this. If they don't then uhh I'm going to cry in a corner. Well anyway, here it is. What is your fav distro(s)? That's right, what is it and why?

I like Mandrake and Redhat. They aren't a pain in the *** to install or partion. They have great technical support. I love what they are packaged with. I just have been pleased with them. They run well, no real issues with them. They rage for n00bs to gods of Linux.
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I like mandrake and redhat for the same reason (easy install) but once i get an old laptop that i can mess around with im gonna try out slackware cause i heard its really good.

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I like Slackware and Mandrake, and of corse FBSD...

Mandrake 8+ and Slackware 8+ i cannot install on my laptop for the sheer reason that they probe my PCMCIA cards and well it kernel panics lol..

I don't care what anyone sais, Slackware is ****ing so easy to install, easier than Mandrake in some ways, hell the install is alot the same.
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LOL I've had that happen with Stormix on an old desktop in '99. It didn't like my ram... Warning kernel panic, cannot use ram. Blah blah... THIS IS THE MAJOR KERNEL!!! Don't PANIC!!!!!!!! No, the general is coming! PANIC PANIC! LOL Sorry... You all know I'm a bit weird LOL. Now Slackware is reallll nice.... However it isn't for n00bs... So if any of you n00bs are reading this stick to Mandrake first. Slackware is used by a lot of hackers and programmers. A lot of freedom to it... Also Debain is nice, Debain is great for gamers. However the true gaming distro is Red Hat, I found. However Mandrake still works well. I really like Mandrake because they have a great newsletter, website, techies... You name it. LOL **** Panicing kernels! Did you d/l a kernel update? After they get old you need to patch em up... Or they just bleed all over.
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i hate mandrake simply cause it awlays gives me a kernel panic when i try and boot it after install plus i dont like graphical installs!

personally (i have not been using linux for a while now) i like slackware and red hat i want to give debian 3 a try though when thats released and maybe even suse 8 but lets see!
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Personally I like suse, except for the fact that it uses the /opt diretory to store files that normally on other sytems are stored in different directories which can make this installation of certain programs tricky. Really though I havent seen much of a difference between most distros that ive used except for the packaging. THis might be becasue of the fact that for my first two I was relatively new and just getting a feel for it. Slack is different, Im still have to try out freebsd, debian and other smaller distros

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I been usin Red Hat for most of the time I've spent in linux. I have Slack installed now too, and am poking arond with it.

I like Red Hat. As my first exposure to linux it has been a great place to learn. All around it has been easy to learn and very efficent it it's operation.

I've used suse a bit, it seems to be about the same (as I'm sure most linux is).

I'm looking forward to getting ionto slackware though. Of all linux it is supposed to be the most unix like, or is that bsd like?

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Hey, I just thought I'd say THANKS-- to all of you guys running this server for keeping onto those old, old, old text hack files. A few were written by myself, a lot of them hosted on my old BBS.

You understand that some of those files are nearly 15 years old? Funny, tho, once a hacker always a hacker... except now I get to hack satellite systems instead of BBSes lol!

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EarthLink had warned its customers who installed a free "ScamBlocker" toolbar--and visited the Web site was "potentially fraudulent" and said that they should "not continue to this potentially risky site."

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SOFIA, 21 November 2012 – Eastern European and Central Asian governments are joining forces to boost a growing movement  to support vulnerable families and end placing children under three in institutions.

At least 1.3 million children in the region are separated from their families often because of poverty or their families` inability to cope due to stressful circumstances, reveals the study of Children under the age of three in formal care in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: a rights-based regional situation analysis. It waslaunched today at a two day regional ministerial conference in Bulgaria, attended by delegates from 20 countries, and hosted by Government of Bulgaria under the patronage of the President Rosen Plevneliev in collaboration with UNICEF.

The aim of the conference is to share experiences and promote mutual learning so governments can create and implement policies giving stronger support to families. Countries can work together to prevent the placement of children, particularly the youngest, into institutions.

"The Convention of the Rights of the Child recognizes how important it is to provide support to families so that children can grow up in a family environment. The family is the most nurturing place for a child. Our region has challenges but also useful knowledge on how to overcome them. We aim to create a network of solidarity where countries work together to give children the best start in life," said Marie-Pierre Poirier, UNICEF Regional Director for Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Romania, Serbia and Croatia are the only three countries in the region which have approved laws to prevent infants being sent into institutions. More countries are expected to do so following this conference.

“Serbia had already demonstrated that it was possible to achieve measurable results. Over the past 6 years in Serbia the number of children in residential care has been reduced by 50%, the largest reduction being for children under 3 years of age where there has been a drop of nearly 80%.”, she UNICEF Area Representative Judita Reichenberg, commending Serbia’s achievements.

“The Government of the Republic of Serbia recognizes that implementation of the new legal framework requires a greater focus on prevention of family separation, particularly when it comes to young children under three. It therefore commits itself to fully end the institutionalization of children under three, and to significantly reduce unnecessary parent-child separation, including preventing baby abandonment”, stated Ms. Brankica Jankovic, State Secretary, Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Policy of the Republic of Serbia, addressing the conference.

The Regional study underlines that current resources spent on looking after children deprived of parental care can be better invested in multisectoral and tailored family-based services.

It also emphasizes that institutional care should be used only when strictly necessary as an existing body of knowledge shows that for every three months spent within such an institution, a child`s physical development was delayed by one month. Children are also more likely to suffer from an inability to bond with parents and their brains are likely to deteriorate.

The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2010), and the Guidelines on the Alternative care of Children (2009), have reinforced the obligation of States to develop community-based alternatives to institutionalization. Last year, in the European Parliament, UNICEF and the Office of the High commissioner for Human Rights called on governments in the region to restrict placement of children in institutions.
Governments are urged to:

  • Boost capacity-building and set standards of practice for maternity ward and paediatric hospital staff to support parents of newborns with a disability and parents from most vulnerable groups to prevent family separation;
  • Change legislation to restrict the placement of children under three in institutions, to be used only as a last resort and in the best interest of children.
  • Establish or further develop appropriate family-based responses and services to support to biological or foster care families for children below three years of age;
  • Eliminate all barriers preventing children deprived of parental care to be placed in foster care or other forms of family-based care;
  • Give priority to allocation of resources for appropriate local services allowing alternative solutions for children below three, with special attention to the needs of children with disabilities; This includes advocating for European Commission`s development funds - often used to support institutions - to help countries transition to family-based services.
  • Partnership with media and civil society to promote social inclusion of children deprived of parental care and of children with disabilities.

For further information please contact:

UNICEF Office in Serbia:
Katlin Brasic, Child Protection Specialist, 011 / 3602-136, kbrasic@@unicef.org

Regional UNICEF Office in Geneva:
Lely Djuhari, CEE/CIS Regional Office, + 41 792044482, ldjuhari@unicef.org

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Cape Girardeau, MO (Sports Network) - Jauwan Scaife nailed a 3-pointer as time expired to lift the Ball State Cardinals to an 85-82 victory against the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks in a BracketBusters thriller at the Show Me Center.

Scaife had a team-high 18 points for Ball State (11-14) which has won three of its last four contests. Marcus Posley added 15 points and Matt Kamieniecki (12 points, 14 rebounds) and Chris Bond (11 points, 11 rebounds) each had double- doubles for the Cardinals.

Marland Smith had a game-high 21 points, Nino Johnson had a double-double of 16 points and 14 rebounds, Corey Wilford tallied 15 points, Nick Niemczyk chipped in 13 points and Tyler Stone had 12 points and eight rebounds for Southeast Missouri State (14-15) which has lost consecutive games.

At halftime SEMO led 39-34 by shooting 52 percent, including makes on 6-of-11 from beyond the arc. Ball State shot just 31.4 percent from the floor in the first 20 minutes.

In the second half the Cardinals improved to 51.6 percent from the floor and led by as many as 10 points. A 15-4 run by the Redhawks in the final minutes, capped by a 3-pointer from Smith, had the teams tied at 82-82 with just seven seconds remaining. However Scaife saved the Cardinals with his late-game heroics.

Ball State held a 23-11 edge in points from the free-throw line while SEMO was the better team from beyond the arc (39-24).

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It appears Apple is taking extra steps to entice more consumers to buy its next iPhone.

Analysts and websites that track its every move say Apple is preparing to launch a buyback option at its 250 retail stores next month to coincide with the release of the newest iPhone models.

Consumers dump old cars for new ones by bringing them to the dealer and getting a trade-in — so why shouldn't you be able to do the same thing for a new iPhone at the Apple Store?

TRADE IT IN: What to do with your old iPhone

"It's silly from Apple's perspective to let those customers come in and sell their old phones elsewhere," says Charles Wolf, an analyst with Needham & Co. "This is a big opportunity for Apple to sell more phones."

Apple declined to comment.

Retailers Best Buy, Target and RadioShack currently offer buyback programs, and some wireless carriers do as well. Online sites Gazelle and NextWorth pay cash for phones, and even Apple has quietly joined in with the little-advertised Recycle program on its website. Old iPhones, depending upon the model, can garner from $150 to $350. You can get even more for them if you sell on eBay or Craigslist.

Apple's reported move is "a validation of our business model," says Jeff Trachsel, chief marketing officer at NextWorth, which buys used phones on its website and serves as the back-end for Target's trade-in program.

"Owners of iPhones don't put the old ones in drawers anymore," says Wolf. "They're selling them."

The buyback websites sell the used phones in Asia and Latin America, where iPhones aren't subsidized by the phone carriers as they are here.

However, the terms have changed this year from the major U.S. wireless carriers. AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless all offer new limited contract programs that let consumers switch phones more often — within six months for T-Mobile and Verizon, or 12 months for AT&T.

Apple is expected to host an event on Sept. 10 to unveil its next iPhone. Along with an operating system upgrade, rumors suggest the phone will feature a fingerprint sensor and boosts in camera quality and processor speed.

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Abortion Politics Resources

Compiled by Rev. James T. Bretzke, S.J., S.T.D.

University of San Francisco

AA.VV. “Catholic and the Political Life.” Origins 34:12 (2 September 2004): 185; 187-200.

Issue devoted to various bishops’ statements on Catholic politicians and abortion. Most of these statements come in the wake of the U.S. bishops June 14-19, 2004 meeting in Denver, which issued a statement on Catholics and the Political Life. Individual statements include those of Most Reverends Dennis Schnurr, the Atlanta, Charleston and Charlotte Bishops, F. Joseph Gossman, Robert Carlson, John Kinney, David Ricken, and Victor Galeone. The bishops exhibit a considerable difference of opinion and practical judgment about how best to proceed in this issue.

Atlanta, Charleston, and Charlotte Bishops [Archbishop John Donoghue, Bishop Robert Baker, and Bishop Peter Jugis]. “A Manifest Lack of Proper Disposition for Holy Communion.” Origins 34:12 (2 September 2004): 188-189.

States that any Catholic “serving in the public life espousing positions contrary to the teaching of the Church on the sanctity and inviolability of human life, especially those running for or elected to public office, are not to be admitted to holy communion in any Catholic church within our jurisdictions: the Archdiocese of Atlanta, the dioceses of Charleston and Charlotte. Only after reconciliation with the church has occurred, with the knowledge and consent of the local bishop, and public disavowal of former support for procured abortion, will the individual be permitted to approach the sacrament of holy eucharist.

Beal, John. "Holy Communion and Unholy Politics" America (21-28 June 2004).

Calls into question some of the efforts of bishops to force Catholic politicians to adopt certain positions vis-a-vis the abortion debate.

Rev. John P. Beal is associate professor, School of Canon Law, The Catholic University of America.

van Beeck, Franz Jozef. “Denying Communion to Politicians: A Theologian Explains Why It’s Wrong.” Commonweal (4 June 2004): 19-21.

This is an excellent article by a Dutch Jesuit theologian, Franz Josef van Beeck, who has lived and taught for most of his professional life at Loyola University in Chicago. It is a very thoughtful piece looking at the issue of using denial of Communion as a means for trying to force politicians to adopt certain legislative stances. One of the best single articles on this current issue.

Burke, Most Rev. Raymund, D.D. “Prophecy for Justice: Catholic Politicians and Bishops.” America (21-28 June 2004).

Citing Canon 915 of the Code of Canon Law which requires that those who "obstinately" persevere "in manifest grave sin are not to be admitted to holy Communion" Burke, who is a canon lawyer, argues that this is the canon to apply in the case of Catholic politicians who do not actively oppose laws that support abortion in one way or another. However, Bishop Dennis Schnurr points instead to Canon 912 of the Code which states that “Any baptized person who is not prohibited by law can and must be admitted to holy communion.” See Schnurr’s “Catholic and the Political Life.” Origins 34:12 (2 September 2004): 185; 187-188.

Burke is currently archbishop of St. Louis, but while bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin he denied access to communion to three Catholic politicians in his diocese. One of them, Congressman David Obey, explains his own position in “My Conscience, My Vote” America (16-23 August 2004): 8-12.

Callahan, Sidney. “A Prolife Case against Bush: It's about more than abortion.” Commonweal 4 June 2004.

Callahan, who states she voted for Bush in 2000 on the basis of his opposition to abortion, explains why she can no longer support him.

Callahan is a psychologist who also writes on contemporary Church moral issues, and is well-known for her strong pro-life/anti-abortion stance.

Carlson, Most Rev. Robert, D.D. “A Well-Informed Faith Life.” ” Origins 34:12 (2 September 2004): 190-192.

While admitting that a particular candidate or political party cannot be endorsed from the pulpit the bishop states that no one can “vote for a politician who is pro-abortion ... and remain Catholic in good standing.” Furthermore, in his diocese “those who act in defiance of these fundamental principles of life should not be honored or invited to speak at Catholic colleges, schools or parishes or hold any office such as lector, eucharist minister, usher, parish council member or religious education teacher.”

Carlson is Bishop of Sioux Falls, SD.

Galeone, Most Rev. Victor, D.D. “A Pro-Choice Catholic Politician?” ” Origins 34:12 (2 September 2004): 199-200.

Argues that a proponent of abortion could not be a Catholic in good standing anymore than a racist could be member in good standing of the NAACP and goes on to express the hope that “those candidates who consistently vote in support of abortion have enough integrity to willingly exclude themselves from receiving the eucharist.” Galeone also denies that the same judgment would apply to those Catholic politicians who support the death penalty in contradiction to Church teaching since “the church does not deny that the state continues to have the right to impose the death penalty.”

Galeone is bishop of St. Augustine, FL.

Garvey, John. “Politics or Idolatry? The Limits of Compromise.” Commonweal (4 June 2004): 7.

This is a brief article by an Orthodox theologian that calls into question some of the US Bishops selective use of one issue rather than others to deny Communion to certain Catholic politicians.

Gossman, Most Rev. F. Joseph, D.D. “The State of the Soul of Those Presenting Themselves for Communion.” Origins 34:12 (2 September 2004): 189-190.

Notes that the November 2002 Congregation for the Faith Doctrinal Note on Some Questions Regarding the Participation of Catholics in Political Life does not give sanctions against those who may fail to live up to their obligation to oppose laws that might seem to attack human life. Each person has the “personal obligation to examine his or her conscience,” but goes on to note the “long-standing practice in the church not to make a public judgment about the state of the soul of those who present themselves for holy communion” and states that this will continue to be his own position.

Gossman is bishop of Raleigh, N.C.

Grisez, Germain. “Catholic Politicians and Abortion Funding.” America (30 August–6 September 2004): 18-19.

Article by Germain Grisez supporting denial of Communion to Catholic politicians who do not oppose laws allowing for abortion choice.

Grisez is a well-known lay professor of moral philosophy and theology at Mt. St. Mary’s in Emmitsburg, MD.

Kalscheur, Gregory A., S.J. “American Catholics and the State: John Courtney Murray on Catholics in a Pluralistic Democratic Society.” America (2-9 August 2004): 15-18.

Reflection by Gregory Kalscheur, S.J. on the thought of John Courtney Murray, S.J. and how it might shed light on the debate over bishops using denial of Communion to try and force Catholic politicians to take certain anti-choice stands.

Kalscheur teaches at the Boston College School of Law.

Kinney, Most Rev. John. “Judging Someone Else’s Relationship with God.” ” Origins 34:12 (2 September 2004): 192-193.

States that he refuses “to allow the eucharistic liturgy to become politicized. What I mean is that I will not allow holy communion to be used as a weapon in ongoing political and ideological battles. For this reason it is not my intention to reject anyone who comes forward in a respectful manner to receive the body and blood of Christ.” While reaffirming the Church’s teaching that only those in the state of grace should receive communion, Kinney states that ‘no human is capable of judging someone else’s relationship to God, and that the Church “recognizes that it is for each individual to examine his or her own conscience in this regard,” and that he presumes that “those who come forward to receive the body and blood of Christ have done so and honestly believe they are not in the state of grave sin.” The bishop goes on to say that while he admires “efforts to preserve the integrity of holy communion, I caution against allowing the communion procession to become an occasion for pointing out the supposed sins of others.”

Kinney is bishop of St. Cloud, MN.

Obey, David R. “My Conscience, My Vote.” America (16-23 August 2004): 8-12.

Obey is one of the politicians denied Communion by then Bishop Raymund Burke of La Crosse, Wisconsin (now Archbishop of St. Louis). Obey explains the complexities of concrete political choices which sometimes led him in conscience to support specific pieces of legislation that contained provisions that accepted abortion. Burke explained his own position in an earlier article in “Catholic Politicians and Bishops,” America (21-28 June 2004).

Obey has represented Wisconsin’s Seventh Congressional District as a Democrat since 1969.

Ricken, Most Rev. David. “Letter to Catholic Politicians and Public Officials.” ” Origins 34:12 (2 September 2004): 193-199.

States that “[i]t seems that the only position a Catholic politician can take if he is to hold public office at all is to renounce allegiance to his Catholic faith, at least in the public exercise of his office.” He also goes on to say that the “constitutional question in Roe v. Wade has never been examined,” and these and similar surprising affirmations seem to call for a special hermeneutic of interpretation. Ricken notes that “[t]yranny always flourishes under cover of law... . Abortion is simply one more form of violence done in the name of someone else’s right under the law.” Ricken states that the “only honest thing a Catholic politician can do is to uphold the Catholic teachings in his public and private life or not pretend to be a Catholic and declare himself so. If he insists upon holding publicly what is contrary to the teaching of his church, he should not be surprised if there are public consequences to his action.”

Ricken is bishop of Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Schnurr, Most Rev. Dennis. “Catholic and the Political Life.” Origins 34:12 (2 September 2004): 185; 187-188.

Argues for making a careful distinction in terms of assessing formal cooperation with the evil of abortion, noting the different levels of responsibility of those who actively promote and support individual abortions as contrasted with politicians. He also notes Canon 912 of the Code which states that “Any baptized person who is not prohibited by law can and must be admitted to holy communion.” For a contrary view see Archbishop Raymund Burke’s “Catholic Politicians and Bishops,” America (21-28 June 2004).

Schnurr is bishop of Duluth, Minnesota.


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The 10 Worst Cities for Job Seekers

Cities in California and Florida make up the bulk of the list.

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Perhaps the best way to view the current U.S. jobs situation is with guarded optimism. Unemployment has dropped from its peak, but slowly and unevenly. The economy continues to add jobs, but hourly wages have posted recent drops. Health and education are seeing employment growth, but construction and the public-sector are also shedding jobs. For would-be workers in some U.S. cities, however, optimism may be out of the question. Data shows that some metropolitan areas, led by several large cities in California and Florida, are experiencing particularly difficult job market recoveries.

[See a slide show of the 10 worst cities to look for a job.]

According to Paul Forster, CEO and founder of job search website, cities whose economies rely heavily on recession-ravaged industries, like manufacturing, construction, and tourism, are having difficulties improving their employment situations. Las Vegas, which relies heavily on the leisure industry, and auto manufacturing center Detroit are two prime examples. Manufacturing lost over 2 million jobs from the start of 2008 through the end of 2009, and employment in the performing arts, as well as at tourist destinations like museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks, has recently shown only anemic growth, according to figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. [See what the latest drop in jobless claims means.]

But improvements are underway in many of these cities. Forster points out that, while the job situation in the hardest-hit cities may appear bleak, the statistics have shown marked improvement over the last 12 months. "Of the 10 cities with the most population per job posting, there are 62 percent more jobs on average than a year ago," says Forster, citing Miami as an example. In that city, the ratio of unemployed people to job postings in January was around 6:1. Now, that figure has dropped to just over 4:1. In addition, some of the most troubled areas of the economy are seeing upswings in job creation. Manufacturing has added nearly 200,000 jobs in the last year, and some areas of the leisure industry, like gambling, recreation, and food services, are also adding jobs.

According to a U.S. News analysis of data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and job search website, these are the 10 U.S. metro areas in which it is the most difficult to get a job, out of the 50 largest U.S. metropolitan areas by population:

Rank Metropolitan Area Unemployment Rate Uemployed People per Job Posting
1. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif. 13.9 3.75
2. Las Vegas-Paradise, Nev. 13.3 3.38
3. Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, Calif. 12.7 3.1
4. (tie) Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif. 11.4 3.55
4. (tie) Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Fla. 10.9 4.37
6. Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich. 11.8 2.99
7. Providence-Fall River-Warwick, R.I.-Mass. 11.9 2.25
8. Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Fla. 10.4 2.42
9. Jacksonville, Fla. 10.2 2.58
10. Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Fla. 11.0 2.18

The rankings were compiled using the Bureau of Labor Statistics' metropolitan-area unemployment figures, as well as figures from for job postings per unemployed person in each metro area. All figures reflect March 2011 data.

To bolster job market recovery, these cities may well also have to improve on the housing front. Many U.S. regions with difficult housing situations are also experiencing slumping job markets. Upper Midwestern states, like North and South Dakota, are among the states with the lowest jobless rates and the lowest foreclosure rates. Meanwhile, Florida, California, and Nevada--three states represented among the above 10 cities--all have high foreclosure and unemployment rates. [See 9 cities where home values didn't fall.]

This is because the job and housing markets are interlinked: gainful employment can help homeowners stave off foreclosure, but in areas that are already high-foreclosure, banks are likely to be wary about lending. When businesses in those cities cannot get loans, employment can suffer. Housing sector woes can also add to employment problems by limiting mobility. People stuck in homes that are not selling may not be able to move to places with better job prospects. [See a slide show of the 10 best cities to look for a job.]

The connection between jobs and housing is just one example of the larger complexities and uncertainties inherent to improving job markets, as well as the general economic health of any given city. But as the U.S. economy continues on its uneven plod towards to recovery, improvement will almost certainly be uneven geographically.


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Wave Power Could Reduce Dependency on Oil

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For four months in 2008, the churning waters 3 miles off the north coast of Portugal were home to a test of the world's first commercial wave energy farm. To most observers, this marine power plant must have looked very odd. Each red device had four cylinders linked end to end, sausagelike and semisubmerged, with their noses pointed toward the incoming waves. The cylinders were connected by hinged joints that moved as the devices rode the waves—an action that pushed pressurized fluid through hydraulic motors, powering generators that sent a flow of electricity down to a single underwater cable.

Within the rapidly expanding renewable energy sector, wave energy farms like the one tested in Portugal are still a novelty. But not for long. As the push to develop clean alternatives to greenhouse gas-emitting, nonrenewable fossil fuels accelerates, most money, research, and development remain focused on wind and solar technologies. But marine power, particularly wave and tidal energy, might also eventually provide consumers with large amounts of affordable, renewable electricity. Essentially, the science, art, and costs of marine energy are where wind power was two or three decades ago. "It's not ready for prime time—it needs five to 10 years of technical development," says Dick K. P. Yue, a professor of ocean engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "But it could have a huge impact in 20 years."

About 70 percent of the Earth is covered in water, and this water is the globe's biggest repository of solar energy. One need only watch waves crashing onto a rocky shore to appreciate the seas' might. If just 2 percent of the oceans' energy were converted to electricity, it would meet the world's entire power needs, according to the Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center in Oregon. Moreover—unlike wind and sunlight—waves, currents, and tides are highly predictable, which makes ocean power more grid friendly. With an increasing swath of the world's population living within 50 miles of the seas, marine power would not need to be transmitted great distances. The converters used to harness water power are generally environmentally benign and unlikely to harm marine life. Indeed, the environmental group Greenpeace has been lobbying heavily for ocean energy.

[See which members of Congress environmental interests make campaign contributions to.]

Far from shore. So why has it lagged other renewables, particularly wind? Mainly for technical reasons that are now largely solved. The open sea can be unforgivingly harsh, and salt water is corrosive. Creating machines that could withstand those elements for years and years was a challenge. Accordingly, most government research money and industrial investment went instead to wind and solar projects. But oil and gas companies have in recent years devised technologies that enable them to put their rigs farther from shore into deeper, rougher waters. The marine energy industry now can use that knowledge to ensure that its own devices are likewise robust. That's a big reason behind more financial support going to marine energy now.

Wave energy, more than tidal, offers the most accessible sea power. (Tidal energy uses the currents in seas, while wave energy draws power from the rise and fall of waves on the surface.) The Electric Power Research Institute conservatively predicts that wave energy could provide around 6 percent of America's electric needs (about the same as the hydropower drawn from dams), while tidal energy could provide an additional 3 percent.

Wave devices come in a variety of designs, but all work to transform the energy from the rolling motion of waves of water to electricity, usually converting aquatic motion to mechanical energy that runs a turbine or generator. The machines used in the Portugal wave farm were designed by the Pelamis Wave Power company of Scotland. Worldwide, there are around 100 competing designs for wave and tidal energy converters. But as the industry matures, there will be a necessary shakeout of the most impractical and costly designs, leaving only a handful of commercially viable machines.


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JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney has reversed course and will let reporters cover his remarks to donors at a fundraiser in Israel.

Romney's campaign says the typical group of reporters will be allowed to cover a high-dollar fundraiser at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem on Monday morning.

The campaign had said on Saturday that it planned to prevent the typical coverage of a fundraising event in a public space.

One of those expected to attend is Sheldon Adelson, the American casino mogul who's pledged to spend more than $100 million to defeat Democratic President Barack Obama.

Donors at the event were asked to contribute $50,000 or to raise $100,000. Romney advisers say the event is expected to raise more than $1 million.

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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Don't write Martin Brodeur off after one bad playoff game.

The 39-year-old bounced back from his shortest postseason performance with a record-setting 24th Stanley Cup playoff shutout, leading the New Jersey Devils to a 4-0 victory over the Florida Panthers Thursday night, tying their first-round series at 2-all.

"He was on top of his game," Devils captain Zach Parise said. "You could tell. He was seeing the puck really well. He made the big saves early. I think we all knew he would have a great game but when you see the first couple of saves, we have all the confidence in the world."

Brodeur finished with 26 saves in taking over sole possession of the postseason shutout mark from Patrick Roy, and at least a half dozen were outstanding stops. The effort came just two days after the 18-year veteran and three-time Cup winner blew a 3-0 lead, and was lifted by coach Peter DeBoer after just 22:18 in Game 3, a contest Florida rallied to win 4-3.

"It was disappointing to let go of a 3-0 lead," said Brodeur, who also picked up his second assist in the series. "I think you have to take everything in stride. It's hard. I'm not Superman. You get affected by certain things that happen to you.

"I just wanted to make sure I focused well."

Parise, Steve Bernier, Travis Zajac and Ilya Kovalchuk scored for New Jersey, which will head back to Florida for Game 5 on Saturday.

"We going home with two out of three at home," Panthers center Stephen Weiss said. "So we're in good shape."

The problem for the Panthers was Brodeur.

"We knew he was going to be ready to go tonight," Weiss said. "He made some good saves when he had to, so did our goalie. We have to find some way to get some past him.

Brodeur also was a little lucky in winning his 101st career postseason game, with an early shot by Sean Bergenheim hitting a goalpost.

"It's a big win for us," Brodeur said. "Down 3-1 is a big hole to get out of. Being tied is a relief. Hopefully we'll take the momentum of how we dominated in certain areas of the game and put it in their building."

Brodeur has never made much of his marks, and this one was the same.

"I've played a lot of games," he said. "In the playoffs, there are a lot of tight games. Sometimes you need shutouts to win some of them. I have been fortunate to play on great teams that sacrificed themselves in order to get shutouts.

"I am a product of that."

A big difference in this game was the special teams. Florida, which was 6 of 10 on the power play in the first three games, failed to connect on six chances with the extra man, while the Devils converted twice.

Florida had an excuse of sorts. Defenseman Jason Garrison, one of the quarterbacks of the Panthers' power play, was sidelined with a lower back injury.

Brodeur, however, made his best saves in 5-on-5 situations. He stopped Tomas Fleischmann on a break in in the first period and defenseman Dmitry Kulikov one-on-one in the second with a delayed penalty about to be called on New Jersey.

Brodeur also stopped Kris Versteeg as the trailer on a 3-on-2 later in the second and his best save might have been a snapping glove on former teammate John Madden in the third period.

Parise scored the only goal the Devils needed on a power play at 6:08 of the second period on a double deflection. Zajac got a piece of Marek Zidlicky point shot and Parise moved it again to get it past Scott Clemmensen.

The Devils blew the game open in the opening 8:32 of the third period.

Bernier scored from the right circle over Clemmensen's shoulder after taking a pass from Stephen Gionta at 2:02.

Zajac made it a three-goal game from between the circles at 3:35 and Kovalchuk closed out the scoring on a power-play shot from the left circle.

"After the last game, you want to finish a team the right way, and we did that," DeBoer said. "And that was certainly a good period for us."

The only drama left was seeing if Brodeur would get the record and he did with the crowd continually chanting "Marty," Marty," ''Marty," down the stretch.

For the first time in the series, somebody didn't take a three-goal lead in the opening period. In fact, it was scoreless with each of the goaltenders making 10 saves.

Brodeur's best might have been two against Tomas Fleischmann. The first came in close on a backhander shortly after a Panthers' power play ended while the second was a pad stop on a shot from the left circle.

Clemmensen's best was a stop on Zajac after the Devils center intercepted a pass between the circles.

NOTES: Garrison is day to day. He had a goal in Game 3, and led Panthers defenseman with a franchise-record 16 goals this season. Keaton Ellerby played his first NHL postseason game filling in for Garrison and he picked up the penalty that led to the first goal. ... The Devils have played the same lineup all four games. ... Devils defenseman Bryce Salvador had two assists in the third period. ... Brodeur now has 10 postseason assists, four behind all-time leader Grant Fuhr.

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Russian lawmakers slap big sanctions on protesters

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MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin targeted those who dare oppose him Tuesday, introducing draconian new fines for protesters and handing out Kremlin jobs to widely detested lieutenants despite the public anger they have generated.

A new law introducing a 200-fold increase in fines for taking part in unsanctioned protests was given preliminary approval by the Kremlin-controlled lower house, setting the stage for toughening Putin's crackdown on dissent.

Opposition lawmakers denounced the new fines as an attempt to stifle criticism, warning that it would fuel broad outrage and destabilize Russia by depriving the public of a way to express discontent. Some warned that it may stop the middle class from protesting in Moscow but would fail to stem likely outbursts of anger against a series of planned reforms that would hike energy prices and cut social benefits.

Sergei Mironov, the leader of the opposition Just Russia party, said his faction was boycotting the hearings of the "odious" bill intended to "shut the people's mouth."

Police on Tuesday quickly rounded up several members of the liberal Yabloko party who attempted to protest the new bill outside parliament. Yabloko leader Sergei Mitrokhin told reporters before being detained by police that the law was intended to intimidate the opposition.

"A direct signal is being made by those in power: Sit down and keep quiet!" Mitrokhin said.

The lower house, dominated by Putin's United Russia party, voted 236-207 with one abstention to approve the bill in the first of three required readings.

Putin has toughened his stance against the opposition since winning a third term in March's election, rejecting a dialogue with its leaders and stonewalling their demands. Last week he gave a senior government job to a tank factory worker who had offered to come to Moscow with colleagues to help police break up anti-government protests.

Putin named his new Cabinet on Monday, retaining some key figures but dropping some of the most widely detested ministers, including Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev, Health Minister Tatyana Golikova and Education Minister Andrei Fursenko.

But that didn't mean Nurgaliyev was out of work. Showing his contempt for opposition criticism, Putin appointed Nurgaliyev as an undersecretary to the Presidential Security Council and named several other former ministers as presidential advisers.

Nurgaliyev has faced massive public outrage over widespread torture and other abuses by police, while Golikova and Fursenko have been linked to the worsening state of the nation's health care and education systems.

Another longtime Putin aide, former Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin, was put in charge of Russia's largest oil company, the state-controlled Rosneft, while Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov got the same job in the Kremlin. Putin's fellow KGB veterans Sergei Ivanov and Nikolai Patrushev were respectively re-appointed as the Kremlin chief of staff and the head of the presidential Security Council.

Putin's re-election bid was challenged by massive demonstrations against his rule that drew up to 100,000 people in Moscow, but the protests have abated after the vote and the Kremlin has taken a harsher attitude toward political foes.

A demonstration of at least 20,000 people the day before Putin's May 7 inauguration turned into a fierce battle with police after some protesters tried to march on the Kremlin. Scores were injured in clashes and hundreds were detained as police chased opposition members around the Russian capital.

Putin's opponents sought to maintain momentum by holding a series of protests in downtown Moscow, but police quickly dispersed them.

In a move to rein in the opposition, the new bill raises fines for joining unsanctioned rallies from a maximum of 5,000 rubles ($160) now to 1,000,000 rubles ($32,250).

Its authors also suggested introducing a punishment for any mass public gathering even if it lacks the formal signs of a political protest. That was a clear response to the creative new demonstrations popping up in Moscow, where participants leave their slogans and posters at home and walk silently so their actions don't formally count as rallies.

One of the bill's authors, Alexander Sidyakin, said protest organizers should also be sentenced to public service. "They should be given brooms to clean the mess left after their violations," he said.

Communist lawmaker Valentin Romanov said during the debate in parliament that the Kremlin wants new sanctions against protesters in anticipation of anger against upcoming unpopular social reforms.

"It's a pre-emptive move preceding a rise in social protests across the country," he said.

Due to term limits, Putin spent four years in the premier's seat after already serving two consecutive terms as president from 2000 to 2008. Despite the title change he remained Russia's No. 1 leader all along. His protege, Dmitry Medvedev, stepped down to allow Putin to reclaim the presidency, receiving the premiership in exchange.

Communist leader Gennady Zyuganov, speaking on Rossiya 24 television, described the former ministers given new jobs Tuesday in the Kremlin as the real Russian government, dismissing Medvedev's Cabinet as a decorative one.

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A Nuclear Iran and Wise Words on the Middle East Dilemma

Pieces by Mort Zuckerman and Michael Ledeen are worth reading on the Iranian nuclear weapons dilemma.

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By Michael Barone, Thomas Jefferson Street blog

At the risk of being accused of browning up the boss, let me link to Mort Zuckerman's column from the U.S. News Weekly on Iran. What can we do about Iran's nuclear weapons program, short of military action? Mort has a list:

We must press harder to coordinate four measures:

  1. An arms embargo.
  2. A ban on exports to Iran of gas and other refined products to cripple transport.
  3. A global boycott of the entire banking system of Iran, instead of helping it as European banks are.
  4. A prohibition on Western countries supplying spare parts to the oil industry.

And here are some wise words from Michael Ledeen on Pajamas Media. He provides a nice riposte to Barack Obama's recent videotape to the Iranian people on the Nowruz holiday (which, by the way, is a Zoroastrian holiday disdained by the mullahs):

Then he provided his vision of the Iranian peoples' belief in hope and change. "You will be celebrating your New Year in much the same way that we Americans mark our holidays," he earnestly intoned, "by gathering with friends and family, exchanging gifts and stories, and looking to the future with a renewed sense of hope."

NOT. Most Iranians look to the future with a deepening mood of despair. The mullahs have long since wrecked the economy, and things are getting worse now, what with the price of oil at one-third its recent highs. The single word that best describes the state of the Iranian people—to whom Obama explicitly directed these words—is "degradation." The drop in Iranian birth rates during the reign of the mullahs is the most dramatic in the history of fertility statistics, and is now below replacement. The level of opiate addiction is five times that of China at the time of the Opium Wars. Any Iranian hearing the American president talk of renewed hope, would wonder if he was thinking of the Iranians in Beverly Hills, who rule the place.

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Does America have enough oil refineries? Enough refining capacity? The answers often depend not only on whom you ask, but when.

If it’s springtime, when refineries are wrestling with annual maintenance checks and balances and the often bumpy transition from "winter-blend" to "summer-blend,"

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Laser Mapping Helps Archaeologists and City Planners

LiDAR technology can be used to predict natural disasters.

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The state-of-the-art laser instruments have, in the past, produced updated and accurate maps of potential flood zones in Florida’s Pinellas County, resulting in an estimated $25 million of savings annually in flood insurance costs. More recently, the technology mapped all the major fault lines in California, a template that will serve as a baseline for recording changes that occur after future earthquakes.

The researchers also mapped Ground Zero in New York to help workers identify entry routes for heavy equipment, find the best locations to erect and operate large cranes, select areas to dump waste, and identify damage to structures other than the Twin Towers.

In coastal areas, “mapping beaches after storms tells government officials where and how much sand has been lost, information that has important implications for the tourist business and the local economy,” Carter says. “We map forests to determine the fuel content before fires, and after, to determine the extent of the damage, and to identify areas of possible future erosion and landslides associated with the loss of forests.”

Center scientists also map coastal wetlands to determine the extent of the damage caused by oil spills, and streams, in order to locate fish breeding grounds and obstructions, such as unapproved dams, that block the runs of fish up-stream in breeding seasons. They also have conducted work for the citrus industry to identify areas of blight.

Flying above ground, the laser shoots pulses of light - 100,000 per second and about a dozen or so hits per square meter--many of them able to make their way through the smallest of openings in the forest canopy.

“During presentations we make, we generally find that people are most amazed and react openly to seeing an area covered with a forest, and then seeing the same area after we have filtered out the vegetation,” Carter says. “They suddenly can see things such as landslides, fault lines, archaeological sites and streams that are otherwise hidden below the forest.”


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Toreros coach Grier: No interest in Wazzu job

USD men's basketball coach Bill Grier said yesterday that he was unaware his name had been among those rumored as candidates for the Washington State job and indicated he was not interested in being considered for it.

Grier, an Oregon native and University of Oregon graduate, speculated his name was mentioned because of his Pacific Northwest background. He spent 16 years as an assistant at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Wash., before taking over two years ago at USD.

“I'm not going to get into the coaching (job carousel) thing,” Grier said. “I feel good about the kids we have returning here next season and I'm happy with where I am. This is a good place with a lot of very good people to work with.”

In his first season at USD, Grier led the Toreros to a 22-14 record, West Coast Conference Tournament championship and an opening-round NCAA Tournament victory over Connecticut. After the season, Grier interviewed for the Oregon State head coaching position that eventually went to Craig Robinson, brother-in-law of President Barack Obama.

Beset with injuries and discipline problems, USD went 16-16 this past season and was eliminated in the quarterfinal round of the WCC Tournament.

Grier said he had no regrets about how the Oregon State situation worked out.

“I think OSU hired the right guy,” Grier said. “I made the decision I thought was best for my family and I'm happy with it. Our season (at USD) didn't go as well as anybody – players, coaches or fans – thought and hoped it would, but I'm optimistic for next year.”

Among the other possible candidates mentioned for the Washington State job are Saint Mary's coach Randy Bennett, a former USD assistant, and current Gonzaga assistant Ray Giacoletti, who replaced Grier on Mark Few's staff.

Giacoletti is a former head coach at Utah, Eastern Washington and North Dakota State.

The Washington State position became open Monday when Tony Bennett accepted the job at Virginia.

Hank Wesch: (619) 293-1853;

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Dealing with debt

Stay on top of your credit report, but don't fall for promises of easy fixes

Getting your credit report in shape is a worthy goal – just make sure you're not reeled into any scams.

With a deepening recession leaving more people in financial distress, fraudulent services promising to scrub credit reports of negative information are rampant. Last year, the Federal Trade Commission saw a 50 percent spike in complaints about such businesses.

“There are bad actors everywhere, and they're crawling out from under their rocks,” said Gail Cunningham, spokeswoman for the National Foundation for Credit Counseling, an association of nonprofit counselors.

Services billing themselves as credit doctors and credit clinics, for instance, can't really improve your report, she said. The truth is that if the negative information is accurate, nobody can get it removed – not even you.

That doesn't mean you shouldn't resolve to spit-shine your credit report. Credit reports are regularly pulled by potential employers, landlords and lenders. Staying on top of what's in your report will also ensure that you get better rates on loans.

So before you get started, a few points to keep in mind:

Watch for scams

If you encounter a service promising to remove negative data from your report, it's probably safe to assume it's a scam. That's because a debt collection can stay on your credit report for up to seven years. A Chapter 7 bankruptcy – the most common type, which wipes away unsecured debt such as credit-card bills – can be reported for up to 10 years.

In fact, FTC spokesman Steve Baker said he has never seen a legitimate credit-repair operation. “I won't say it can't exist. But I've never seen one,” he said.

The details may differ, but “the basic essence of the scam is the same,” Baker said. It goes something like this:

In exchange for payment, the service promises to pester credit bureaus until negative items on your report are taken off. The premise is that the credit bureau will eventually grow weary and remove the items.

The company might string you along by saying the process will take several months.

“So it can be a long time before people figure out it's not working,” Baker said.

By then, you're out several hundred or even thousands of dollars.

Another sign you're being scammed is if you're asked for payment upfront. It's against the law for such companies to demand a fee before services are delivered.

If you believe you were duped by a credit-repair company, call the FTC at (877) FTC-HELP.

Do it yourself

The bottom line is that improving your credit report will take effort and commitment, said David Jones, president of the Association of Independent Consumer Credit Counseling Agencies, an association of nonprofit counselors.

The first step is checking your credit report regularly for errors or collections you didn't know about.

The three national credit-reporting agencies – Equifax, Experian and TransUnion – are legally required to provide you a free copy of your report once every 12 months. You can request your copy at, but be careful of sites with similar names.

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GM bringing back 480 workers to Spring Hill plant

— General Motors is bringing back hundreds of idled workers to build a new generation of four-cylinder engines at the Tennessee plant where the Saturn brand was launched two decades ago.

But GM North America President Mark Reuss said production of any new car at Spring Hill remains uncertain - much like the economy.

"As we rebuild the company, we have to feel comfortable about where the economy is and people have to have confidence in the economy and that will dictate how we reinvest and where we reinvest," Reuss said.

About 480 workers will be recalled as GM plans to invest $483 million to build the next generation of the company's Ecotec four-cylinder engine. The plant already builds three four-cylinder engines.

The automaker laid off about 2,000 workers at Spring Hill last year and about 800 of those workers have relocated to GM plants in other states.

About 1,000 retired, active and laid off workers gathered Friday to hear from GM officials, Gov. Phil Bredesen and others. Also present were U.S. Sens. Bob Corker and Lamar Alexander and U.S. Reps. Marsha Blackburn and Lincoln Davis.

Bredesen sounded an optimistic note about the future.

"This is such a good plant," he said. "As the automotive market comes back, there's no question in my mind that this Spring Hill plant has a role to play in the future."

A handful of boos erupted from the workers when Corker showed up. They apparently were still upset over Corker's opposition to bailouts for the auto industry and his push to get the United Auto Workers to agree to wage and benefit concessions.

"I do understand the reaction today but on the other hand I play a major role in the debate as it relates to the auto industry in this country and I know that debate has helped shape the auto industry and make it stronger," he said.

The company received a $50 billion government bailout and so far has paid back $6.7 billion and has a plan to start the process of selling stock to the public.

Mike Danford, 47, was laid off last year and lauded the worker recall.

"I'm like a little kid on Christmas," Danford said, adding that he is optimistic about a car line coming to the plant in the future. "I believe we will have a vehicle here in the next couple of years."

Spring Hill Mayor Michael Dinwiddie said he's just glad to see people going back to work.

"How awesome it's going to be for hundreds of people to say I have a job," he said.

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County redistricting hearings start next week

The county’s volunteer redistricting advisory committee next week will convene the first of its meetings in each of the five supervisorial districts to give residents an opportunity to weigh in.

The committee is charged with recommending new political boundaries for the districts.

Supervisors plan to hold one public hearing, followed by the introduction and then adoption of a plan that would become effective in September. Redistricting occurs once every decade at the local, state and federal levels after the census.

Before then, advisory committee members will hear presentations on the entire process, including the laws, principles and time lines that guide it. Presentation across the county includes population and demographic data and information about how members of the public can provide suggestions and submit redistricting plans.

The meetings also serve as opportunities to address the committee with specific information about the communities.

The road meeting schedule is as follows:

• Wednesday, 6 p.m. Chula Vista Council Chambers, 276 Fourth Avenue, Chula Vista

• April 25, 6 p.m. La Mesa City Council Chambers 8130 Allison Avenue, La Mesa

• April 27, 6 p.m. San Marcos City Council Chambers, 1 Civic Center Drive, San Marcos

• April 28, 6 p.m. Solana Beach Council Chambers 635 S. Highway 101, Solana Beach

• May 3, 6 p.m. County Operations Center Annex, Planning Commission Hearing Room, 5201 Ruffin Road, San Diego

Agendas are posted 72 hours before each meeting at • (619) 293-1334

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Senate leader ready to end Calif. budget talks

— Democratic leaders in the state Legislature said Friday they were growing frustrated after weeks of failed budget negotiations and might seek a way to reach a deal without Republicans, who submitted a wish list of more than 50 demands to the governor's office.

Senate President Pro Tem Darrel Steinberg, D-Sacramento, warned that he could schedule a vote soon to force GOP lawmakers to make a decision but would not give up on a deal as long as Gov. Jerry Brown wants to keep negotiating.

Assembly Speaker John Perez, D-Los Angeles, dismissed the list of Republican demands as moving further away from what Democrats can accept, but GOP lawmakers emerged from the governor's office saying they were still talking.

The main point of contention is Brown's proposal for a special election to give voters a chance to extend temporary tax increases enacted two years ago.

If talks reach an impasse, Democrats could try to approve the special election on a simple majority vote, a move that would almost certainly be challenged in court because legislative ballot measures require a two-thirds vote.

Democrats, who have a majority in both houses, also could introduce an all-cuts budget that would take away billions of dollars more from schools or try to qualify an independent initiative on the tax extensions for a special election this November.

"We will quickly have to decide whether or not to pursue solutions that do not require Republican votes," Perez, D-Los Angeles, said after leaving Brown's office.

This week, Brown signed bills that reduced California's deficit from $26.6 billion to about $15.4 billion through a mix of spending cuts and fund shifts. Republicans and Democrats disagree over how to close the remaining shortfall; Republicans have not presented an alternate plan.

Republicans are seeking rollbacks of public employee pensions, a cap on state spending in future budgets and business-friendly regulatory changes in exchange for supporting Brown's plan for a special election on a five-year extension of hikes in the personal income, sales and vehicle taxes that are scheduled to expire this year.

Steinberg and Brown have complained that Republican lawmakers have not been specific about what they are willing to trade for their votes on a special election.

"You need to say, 'This is what we need in order to put up the following votes,'" Steinberg said.

Hours later, Senate Minority Leader Bob Dutton, R-Rancho Cucamonga, and Sen. Bob Huff, R-Diamond Bar, emerged from a meeting with Brown in which Dutton said they presented a wish list that GOP senators had been working on for several months.

"The governor is mulling that over; we're going to be hanging around for a little while," Dutton told reporters.

Brown's office said the Republicans requested that the governor not share the list, even with Perez, and Dutton declined to specify its contents, saying: "It's all major issues, a lot of them that you've already reported on."

Gil Duran, a spokesman for the governor, said the Republicans listed 53 items they wanted in exchange for their votes on the budget. He said the governor was "eminently reasonable" and was looking it over.

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Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

— Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:

ABC's "This Week" - Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C.; Nader Hasan, cousin of Army Maj. Nidal Hasan, who's accused in the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas.

NBC's "Meet the Press" - Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif.

CBS' "Face the Nation" - Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman and Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, both 2012 GOP presidential candidates.

CNN's "State of the Union" - DeMint and Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich.; Teamsters President James Hoffa.

"Fox News Sunday" - Former Vice President Dick Cheney.

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Lakers 104, Trail Blazers 87: Dwight Howard had 21 points and 14 rebounds, and Kobe Bryant scored 27 points as Los Angeles never trailed in its sixth win in seven games. Pau Gasol had 15 points and nine rebounds as the Lakers closed out their 2012 schedule by climbing back to .500 (15-15) in their rocky season. Los Angeles had little trouble rolling past the Blazers, taking a 20-point lead in the first half and holding star rookie Damian Lillard to 11 points on 4-for-17 shooting. Steve Nash had 10 assists and six points while playing just 27 minutes in his fourth game back from a seven-week absence with a small fracture in his leg, the result of a collision with Lillard on Oct. 31 in Nash’s second game with the Lakers.

Nets 97, Bobcats 81: Brooklyn gave P.J. Carlesimo a victory in his debut and Charlotte a 17th straight loss, getting 26 points and 11 rebounds from Brook Lopez. A day after firing Avery Johnson, the Nets played as they did last month, when they were 11-4 and Johnson was Eastern Conference coach of the month. They are just 4-10 in December, a slump that cost Johnson his job, but got back over .500 with ease. Owner Mikhail Prokhorov said he decided to fire Johnson last week, but now wants patience with interim coach Carlesimo. The Russian billionaire cut short a vacation to British Columbia to travel to New York, where he plans to meet today with Carlesimo. But even with big names such as Phil Jackson potentially available and Prokhorov vowing to spend whatever it takes to build a championship team, he said repeatedly that Carlesimo was the head coach.

Pacers 97, Suns 91: George Hill scored 22 points, including three 3-pointers, to lead Indiana over Phoenix.

Wizards 105, Magic 97: Jordan Crawford scored 27 points, and worst-in-the-NBA Washington showed it can still win a game every once in a while, breaking an eight-game losing streak.

Hawks 102, Cavaliers 94: Jeff Teague scored a career-high 27 points, and Atlanta scored the game’s final nine points to beat Cleveland.

Pistons 109, Heat 99: Will Bynum had 25 points and 10 assists, leading another spirited performance by the Detroit reserves.

Spurs 122, Rockets 116: Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili combined to score 84 points, and San Antonio snapped Houston’s five-game winning streak.

Raptors 104, Hornets 97: DeMar DeRozan scored 30 points, and Kyle Lowry had two big baskets in overtime as Toronto held off New Orleans.

Nuggets 106, Mavericks 85: Danilo Gallinari scored a career-high 39 points, and Denver spoiled Dirk Nowitzki’s first home game since returning from knee surgery by beating Dallas.

Kings 106, Knicks 105: James Johnson made a 3-pointer at the buzzer, lifting Sacramento to a victory over visiting New York after blowing an early 27-point lead.

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