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Boise State Travels to New Mexico State and Louisiana Tech...

Second Half of WAC Season Begins This Weekend...

► What’s Happening This Weekend

Boise State University’s (11-10, 4-3 WAC) WAC title defense hits the road for two games this weekend at seventh-place New Mexico State (6-15, 2-5 WAC) and fourth-place Louisiana Tech (11-10, 4-3 WAC), the Lady Techsters enter the week tied with the Broncos in the conference standings. Boise State defeated both teams two weeks ago in Boise handing NMSU a 63-48 defeat on Jan. 23 before downing La Tech 52-42 two days later on Jan. 25th. This weekend marks the midway point of the conference season with the league race still up for grabs.

This week’s action begins Friday with a 7:00 p.m. (Mountain) tip-off in the Pan American Center on the New Mexico State campus. The Bronco-Aggie game features the league’s fourth and fifth ranked scoring offenses on the year in NMSU (60.7 ppg) and Boise State (60.6 ppg) respectively. the Broncos lost both games at Las Cruces, N.M., last season including a 72-66 defeat in the WAC Tournament semifinals on March 14, 2008.

The weekend will conclude when Boise State takes on Louisiana Tech at 1:00 p.m. (Mountain) in the Thomas Assembly Center at Ruston, La. The Lady Techsters have the league’s second ranked scoring offense averaging 66 points per game on the season. Last year the Broncos became the first league opponent in La Tech history to defeat the Lady Techsters in Ruston in back-to-back seasons. Boise State’s 85-68 victory at La Tech in 2008 was the first victory of a 15-game win streak for the Broncos that ended with the loss to NMSU during the WAC Tournament.

► About The Broncos

The Broncos enter the week at 11-10 overall and 4-3 in WAC play, good for a fourth-place tie in the conference standings with Louisiana Tech. They look to rebound from a 77-45 loss at Nevada last Friday, Jan. 30, in Reno. Prior to that, Boise State recorded a pair of home victories over New Mexico State (62-48) and La Tech (52-42). This year has been hard for the Broncos who have been tough to beat at home going 8-3 in Taco Bell Arena, the three losses have been by an average of 5.7 points per game. Unfortunately, it has been a different story on the road as Boise State has struggled for consistency going 3-7.

The Man In Charge...

Gordy Presnell - The Broncos are in their fourth year under the leadership of head coach Gordy Presnell. To date, he has gone 74-42 while at Boise State and 470-169 in 22 seasons as a collegiate head coach. In competition versus New Mexico State he has gone 6-4, Presnell is 4-3 in games coached against Louisiana Tech.

As a Team...

Offensively - The Broncos have struggled scoring averaging 60.6 points per game (5th WAC) while shooting 36.4 percent (8th WAC) from the floor, 25.5 percent (9th WAC) from the 3-point arc, and 65.7 percent (6th WAC) from the free-throw line.

Defensively - Boise State’s strength this year is defense allowing 62.1 points per game (6th WAC) while opponents have shot 36.9 percent (3rd WAC) from the floor and 27 percent (2nd WAC) from the 3-point line. On the glass, Boise State is out rebounded by an average of 1.6 per game (6th WAC), 40.8 (3rd WAC) to 42.4 (8th WAC) rebounds.

Who To Watch...

Marisa Stotler - The sophomore forward currently leads the team in scoring and rebounding while coming in off the bench. She is averaging 9.3 points and 6.4 rebounds per game, 10th in the WAC on the glass.

Heather Pilcher - The freshman guard is second on the team in scoring at 9.2 points per game. The Lynwood, Calif., native has led the Broncos in scoring three times during league play.

Courtney VanBrocklin - The freshman guard is third in scoring adding 7.3 points while adding 4.0 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.4 steals per game (t-15th WAC).

Brittany Moore - The senior guard ranks fourth in scoring at 6.9 points per game. She missed the Idaho and Fresno State games because of injury but returned against Hawaii in a reserve role. Prior to her injury versus Arizona on Dec. 29, she had led the Broncos in scoring during the previous four games averaging 16.8 points per game including a career-high 21 against Saint Mary’s on Dec. 22.

Note: statistical rankings are for all games unless noted otherwise.

► Scouting Game 22 at New Mexico State on Friday (2/6/09)

Game 22 features the New Mexico State Aggies (6-15, 2-5 WAC) for a 7:00 p.m. (Mountain) tip-off in Las Cruces, N.M., on Friday. The Aggies, who are currently in seventh place in the standings, are coming into the weekend on a three-game road losing streak with losses at Boise State (63-48), at Idaho (70-49), and most recently at La Tech (77-51) last Friday, Jan. 30. All five of their league defeats have come on the road while they have won both home games against San Jose State (68-51) on Jan. 16 and over Fresno State (80-74) on Jan. 18. This weekend NMSU begins a stretch where they will host six of their last nine games to conclude the season.

The Head Coach - New Mexico State is in its sixth season under the direction of head coach Darin Spence. He currently owns a 74-97 record with the Aggies and a 391-177 overall collegiate head coaching mark. Spence is 4-6 versus the Broncos.

As a Team - Entering this weekend, New Mexico State possesses the WAC’s fourth ranked scoring offense averaging 60.7 points per game while shooting 36.9 percent (7th WAC) from the floor, 30.2 percent (3rd WAC) from the arc, and 68.5 percent (2nd WAC) from the foul line. Defensively they allow 68.8 points per game (8th WAC) while opponents have shot 42.3 percent (8th WAC) from the court and 35.3 percent (8th WAC) from behind the 3-point line. They are sixth in rebounding averaging 37.2 boards per game while opponents grab 40.9 per game (7th WAC).

Who to Watch - Sophomore guard Madison Spence leads the Aggies and is ranked third in the WAC for scoring at 14.2 points per game on the year, she is sixth in league games scoring 14.0 points per game. Spence is followed by sophomore Danisha Corbett at 11.4 points per game (13th WAC).

What’s Back From Last Year - The Aggies returned two starters and seven letterwinners from last year’s 23-9 squad that went 11-5 in the WAC to place third.

Conference Preseason Polls - The league’s coaches and media picked New Mexico State to place fifth in this year’s WAC race.

A Quick Look at the Series...

Friday’s game will be the 19th edition of the NMSU-Boise State series which the Broncos hold a slim lead 10-8 all-time. Boise State leads 5-2 in WAC regular season games and 8-0 in games played at Boise. NMSU leads 7-3 in contests played at Las Cruces and 1-0 on neutral site floors. Boise State won the first encounter of 2009 in Boise 63-48. Last year the Aggies took two-of-three games versus the Broncos as the teams split the regular season series, home team won both, while NMSU defeated Boise State 72-66 in the WAC Tournament semifinals at Las Cruces, N.M., on the Aggies’ home court.

The Last Time The Aggies and Broncos Met...

BOISE, Idaho (1/23/09) - Brittany Moore and Courtney VanBrocklin led a solid team effort with a combined 25 points in Boise State’s 63-48 victory over Western Athletic Conference rival New Mexico State in Boise. Boise State led nearly the entire game but for one moment in the first period when NMSU took a 6-4 advantage with 15:32 to play in the half. Boise State responded with a Brittany Moore 3-pointer giving the Broncos the lead for good at 7-6. Moore’s shot sparked an 11-0 Boise State run as the lead grew to 15-6 with 11:49 showing on the clock. The Broncos eventually took an eight-point lead, 26-18, into halftime.

After the Broncos stretched their halftime advantage to 10 points, 30-20, a minute into the half, the Aggies came storming back with an 8-2 run to pull within four points at 32-28 with 16:30 to go.

After trading baskets for the next three minutes the Broncos slowly began to pull away from the Aggies. Up 40-36 with 13:13 remaining, Boise State went on a 12-4 run stretching the lead to 12 points, 52-40, with six and a half minutes left. New Mexico State would never get closer than 10 points the rest of the way as the Broncos extended the lead to a game-high 16-point advantage twice.

Brittany Moore led the Broncos in scoring with a team-best 13 points, freshman Courtney VanBrocklin recorded 12 points and a team-high eight rebounds. Marisa Stotler teamed up with Janie Bos to lead the Broncos in the post with 11 and 10 points respectively.

Kaitlyn Soto led New Mexico State with 11 points, no other Aggie hit double-figure points. Madison Spence finished with nine points, all in the second half. Tabytha Wamper and Tyshae Walton each added eight points, while Niki Holt turned in a team-best 10 rebounds to go with six points.

► Scouting Game 23 at Louisiana Tech on Sunday (2/8/09)

Game 23 pits the two teams tied for fourth place against each other as the Broncos travel to play at Louisiana Tech (11-10, 4-3 WAC) for a 1:00 p.m. (Mountain) tip-off in Ruston, La., on Sunday. The Lady Techsters will entertain Idaho on Friday night before hosting Boise State on Sunday afternoon. La Tech enters the week coming off a 77-51 victory over New Mexico State in Ruston last Friday, Jan. 30. Prior to that they split road games defeating Idaho 67-63 in overtime on Jan. 23 before falling 52-42 at Boise State on Jan. 25. As usual La Tech is tough to beat at home in the Thomas Assembly Center where they have gone 2-1 in WAC games and 8-2 overall this season, they are 375-34 all-time in the TAC.

The Head Coach - The Lady Techsters are in their fourth season under the guidance of head coach Chris Long. He has accumulated a 70-43 overall record at Louisiana Tech, which is also his career coaching mark. Long is currently 3-4 versus the Broncos.

As a Team - Entering this weekend, Louisiana Tech has the WAC’s second ranked scoring offense averaging 66.0 points per game while shooting 39.4 percent (2nd WAC) from the floor, 28.7 percent (8th WAC) from the arc, and 56 percent (9th WAC) from the foul line. Defensively they allow 60.8 points per game (4th WAC) while opponents have shot 35.4 percent (1st WAC) from the court and 25.1 percent (1st WAC) from behind the 3-point line. They lead the conference in rebounding averaging 45.1 boards per game while allowing opponents 43.1 per game (9th WAC).

Who to Watch - Junior Shanavia Dowdell leads the WAC in scoring and is second in rebounding averaging 15.2 points and 9.1 boards per game. She is followed by sophomore Adrienne Johnson at 14.0 points per game, while sophomore Whitney Jones adds13.9 each time out. They are ranked fourth and fifth in the WAC for scoring respectively.

What’s Back From Last Year - The Lady Techsters returned three starters and 10 letterwinners from last year’s 16-15 squad that went 9-7 in the WAC to place tied for fourth. They were tied with Nevada for most experienced squads returning from 2007-08.

Conference Preseason Polls - The league’s coaches and media both picked Louisiana Tech to place third in this year’s WAC race.

A Quick Look at the Series...

Sunday’s game will be the 20th edition of the La Tech-Boise State series which the Lady Techsters had dominated until recently owning a 14-5 advantage over the Broncos. The series began when both teams joined the WAC for the 2001-02 campaign. Louisiana Tech won nine straight to open the series and 13 of the first 14 encounters. However, Boise State has won four of the last five including a sweep in last year’s series and the first meeting of 2009 in Boise on Jan. 25 by the score of 52-42. The Broncos began their school-record-tying 15-game win streak at Louisiana Tech last year by the score of 85-68, then won the rematch in Boise 70-54. Boise State enters this week with a three-game win streak going against La Tech and winners of the last two meetings in Ruston.

The Last Time The Lady Techsters and Broncos Met...

BOISE, Idaho (1/25/09) - Boise State used a 16-3 run midway through the second half to break open a close game and claim a 10-point 52-42 victory over Western Athletic Conference rival Louisiana Tech in Boise. The game was not pretty as neither team shot the ball well and combined for 40 turnovers leading to a low score. Boise State entered the game needing a strong performance by its post players to counter La Tech’s strength. Sophomores Janie Bos (13 pts, 6 rbs) and Marisa Stotler (12 pts, 8 rbs) gave the Broncos what they needed combining for 25 points and 14 rebounds down low to lead the home team to its third-consecutive win over the Lady Techsters.

The first half was tight from the tip as neither team could get any momentum going. The contest was a five point or less game throughout the first 20 minutes with Boise State taking a 20-19 lead into halftime.

The second half started with the Lady Techsters taking a 23-22 lead at the 16:52 mark. La Tech’s first lead since midway through the first half up 13-12 with 11 minutes to go. The one-point second half advantage three minutes into the period was the last time the visitors would lead. The Broncos responded with a 16-3 run to take a game-high 12-point 38-26 lead with just under nine minutes to play.

However, the Lady Techsters would not fold using a 13-3 run to pull within three points, 42-39, at the 3:13 mark. Boise State’s field goal shooting woes continued late as they went two-for-nine and turned the ball over six times in the final nine minutes of the game. Their free throw shooting is what saved the Broncos in this game as they closed the contest hitting 10-of-14 from the charity stripe, including four different Boise State players combining for eight-of-10 free throws once La Tech had pulled to within three-points.

Janie Bos led Boise State in scoring with 13 points, followed by Marisa Stotler with 12 points and a team-best eight rebounds. Louisiana Tech was led by two players in double-figure scoring beginning with a team-high 14 points and six rebounds by Adrienne Johnson. Shanavia Dowdell added 10 points, while Tiawana Pringle collected a team-best nine rebounds to go with seven points.

► Radio Broadcasts

Boise State Radio carries every regular season and postseason game on the air beginning with a 15 minute pregame show. Boise State assistant sports information director Doug Link is in his 11th year as the voice of Boise State Women’s Basketball providing the play-by-play for each broadcast. To tune into the action go to KBSU AM-730 in Boise, KEZJ AM-1450 in Twin Falls, and KBSK FM-89.9 in McCall.

► Games on the Internet

Fans can log on to and watch all home games. By becoming a Bronco Vision premium subscription member, Boise State fans will receive access to live games, past games, seasonal highlights, special features and interviews that can only be seen by paying the membership price of $9.95 per month or $69.95 per year. Bronco Vision members will need a high speed internet connection. Live stats can be found at to follow the game on game tracker. In addition, all games can be heard live on Boise State Radio’s website at

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The show will feature Brooklyn singers, dancers, rappers comedians, spoken-word artists and performance groups. They will all be competing for more opportunities at the Apollo.

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The Raid 2 Review

Out of the tower block and into the underworld, Gareth Evans’ Martial Arts sequel is anambitious crime saga, deadly action epic and worthy adversary to its predecessor.

After brawling his way through 30 floors of gangster infested high-rise you’d be forgiven for imagining that all super-cop, Rama (Iko Uwais) fancies is a sit down, a cuppa and a few episodes of Come Dine with Me.

In this follow up to the 2011 Indonesian eye-popper, director Gareth Evans goes better, faster, stronger as his hard-boiled protagonist is sent undercover to root out police corruption right at the heart of Jakarta’s criminal fraternity.

Gone is the bottle episode nature of the first film with its narrow corridors and tight stairwells. The Raid 2 is unleashed onto the city, a bigger sandbox in which to play – but its inhabitants don’t do it nicely.

They’re the type whose Saturday afternoon trip to B&Q is a chance to replenishing their arsenals. This new rogues gallery of psychos giving Rama a headache tops anything seen previously with ‘Hammer Girl’ and ‘Baseball Bat Man’ leading the charge.

Escalation is also seen in the drama as Evans dabbles with an elaborate structure of gangland warfare and which despite the unnecessarily thickened plot and character stable does a decent job of sustaining its pace and intensity.

In other words there’s plenty of punchy punchy balance amongst the talky/talky.

It’s upon this flailing of fists that the film is built upon, with a series of phenomenal sequences. A mud bathed prison riot, a stunning car chase and vicious one-on-one duels are all truly unique, all totally innovative and all beyond anything seen in cinema today.

Evans’ captures the action in clean, clinical fashion with his camera a character of his own. Totally fluid – it bends, weaves and twists through the carnage, detailing every sliced sinew and battered bone.

The fights are simply scintillating. Like a burst valve releasing a moment of breathless tension swiftly followed by unrelenting brutality. Palms sweat, eyes widen and mouths remain open as you watch the screen.

With this bloody, blistering and downright brilliant offering, Gareth Evans has forged his crown as the most dynamic action director working today.

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Converting a GenLink Installation to an Sablink system is a tricky process becuase the gcc from the genlink is unable to compile new packages without errors so a new genlink was created with a proper gcc to compile all the required apdates to move to SabLink

Get The Genlink up to date

First you need to update your gentoo that way you can use the sabayon tools

change the used BINHOST in /etc/make.conf to

This Binhost contains the needed updates for sablink

now update the packages to the right version because the new packages are eapi masked we have to trick the install

 emerge --getbinpkgonly --usepkgonly -O python:2.7

then add the add the eselct-python

 emerge --getbinpkgonly --usepkgonly -O eselect-python

now select python 2.7

eselect python list
eselect python set x

now force the right version of portage

 emerge --getbinpkgonly --usepkgonly -O portage

now install the tools used by equo

 emerge --getbinpkgonly --usepkgonly shadow

and now get the sablink tools installed

 emerge --getbinpkgonly --usepkgonly equo

and get the core files for sablink

 emerge --getbinpkgonly --usepkgonly -O sablink-core

now your system is prepared for sablink system

Change the CHOST and force entropy Arch

now you system is still aof type armv5tejl it needs to be changed to armv5tel (the j is standing for Arm Jazzel but no linux version is supporting it native so no need for it; arm also removed proper Jazzel support in newer processors)

change the /etc/make.conf from

now force the proper arch also for the entropy package manager (if you type uname -a its still armv5tejl)

echo "armv5tel" > /etc/entropy/.arch

now your system is prepared for the migration to SabLink

Generate the the Local Entropy database and fetch the remote entropy update database

Entropy maintaines its own package database lets generate it out of the gentoo Source package database

LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 equo rescue generate

and update the the remote repository

LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 equo update

!!!! Don't do an equo upgrade it will destroy your system we have to force specific packages first !!!!

now force the install of the core packages

LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 equo install --nodeps glibc


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This book was decent even though there were a few parts that bored me, but other than that it was ok. Some parts made me want to fall asleep,one of the reasons was there wasnt very much action. Like when Johnny and Ponyboy had to run because Johnny killed that soc they were hiding doing nothing for a long time. And i d how it got so emotional when Darry hit Pony it was kinda y.

The part of the ble was the worst display of fighting i have ever heard of. The greasers were like jumping on the socs backs it was dumb. And Ponyboy hurt his head during the ble but didnt start feeling it till he saw Johnny at the hospital.

Overall i didnt like the book mabye a would but it isnt the kinda book a guy would want to read.If you are looking for an emotional book than it is perfect.

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1. Sunday, December 7, 2003

    i don’t usually do book reviews

    or review anything really anymore, but there’s a new book out that i have a feeling that if you knew existed you’d like. if you like me.

    american bachelor is a photo book of about 100 pictures of thirtysomething men, their homes, their loves, their wishes, and their lifestyles.

    mostly set in southern california, with a suprisingly sensitive storyline of a man who doesn’t really want to be a bachelor forever, but isn’t going to get all crazy inside if he never gets hitched.

    for the most part these pictures are of men’s men. theyre not prettyboys, they have dirty apartments and well worn floors. there’s a hint of recreational drug use, social drinking, after hours dance parties in small apartments, drunken toplessnesses, skateboard collections, mattel old school l.e.d games, cigarette smoking and so cal surfing.

    the pictures show a promise of bachelorhood the way a highschool boy would want it: individualistic, rough around the edges, sloppy, and fun. in nearly every picture you can see the need for a womans touch, and its sorely missing, in a good way.

    the lie of the tv series thirtysomething was that once you were no longer fresh out of college you had to be all serious and wear button down shirts and beards and buy houses, beemers, and baby diapers.

    these hundred and thirty pages give an alternative that to some might be far more appealing.

    the cover photo shows a young shirtless man laughing while holding a blended margarita in a goblet. he has a little hair on his chest, hair in his armpits, wetlooking short hair on his head, a casual five o’clock shadow, and seemingly not a care in the world. not the babyfat on his gut, not the lack of trendy tattoo on his arm, not the impending dark clouds behind him.

    his goblet is definitely half full.

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March 26, 2004.

DAVID E. PORTLOCK, Petitioner,
R. A. CASTRO, Respondent

The opinion of the court was delivered by: WILLIAM HASKELL ALSUP, District Judge

The court having entered a ruling today granting denying petitioner's habeas corpus petition, judgment is entered in favor of respondent. Petitioner shall obtain no relief by way of his petition.

  In this habeas corpus proceeding, petitioner David E. Portlock contends that his federal constitutional rights were violated during his criminal trial and appeals in the California courts. The record demonstrates otherwise. For the following reasons, the petition is DENIED.

  On July 2, 1996, police in Ukiah found Larry Long's body under the Talmage Bridge (Exh. J-2 at 303). The ensuing investigation led to petitioner and Eric Mehtlan (id. at 315-324). A friend of the two men told police that petitioner and Mehtlan had accosted the victim in the street and demanded fifty dollars (id. at 316-17). They had forced him into the friend's car and drove to the bridge, where all but the friend exited the vehicle (id. at 319). At that point the witness drove away, leaving petitioner, Mehtlan, and Long on the bridge (id. at 321).

  Over the next few days, the friend had several conversations with petitioner and Mehtlan in which he learned what happened after his departure (id. at 322). Petitioner and Mehtlan Page 2 admitted that they beat up the victim (id. at 330). The two defendants then threw Long off the bridge, counting to three in unison and watching as he clung to the edge before falling (id. at 323, 325-326). Petitioner and Mehtlan burned their clothes and wiped their car to cover their tracks (id. at 327). Mehtlan bragged, "We're now cold-blooded killers" (id. at 328). The friend eventually approached police to inform them about what he had seen and heard (id. at 315).

  Petitioner and Mehtlan turned themselves in to the local authorities on July 6, 1996 (id. at 332). They were arraigned and charged with first-degree murder (Exh. A at 9). Petitioner initially pleaded not guilty (id. at 13). On March 4, 1997, his public defender requested a hearing to determine whether he was competent to stand trial (id. at 46).

  At a hearing on May 5, 1997, the trial court heard testimony from one doctor for the prosecution, two for petitioner, and petitioner himself (Exh. J-11 at 4, 71, 118, 174). The court found petitioner competent to stand trial (Exh. J-12 at 200, 211). On June 3, 1997, he changed his plea from not guilty to guilty (Exh. J-13 at 8). The trial court entered judgment on that guilty plea on July 8, 1997, and sentenced petitioner to a term of twenty-five years to life in prison with the possibility of parole (Exh. J-15 at 12).

  Petitioner took a direct appeal. His conviction and sentence were affirmed by the California Court of Appeal. People v. Portlock, No. A080000 (1st Dist. Oct. 2, 1998). The California Supreme Court denied review of that decision. People v. Portlock, No. SO74736 (Cal. Dec. 22, 1998).

  Petitioner challenges his incarceration on three grounds under the federal constitution.

  First, he contends that the trial court required him to show his incompetence by clear and convincing evidence, not by the constitutionally-required preponderance of the evidence. He essentially argues that he met the preponderance standard and proved his incompetence.

  Second, petitioner alleges that he received ineffective assistance of appellate counsel in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. He argues that the failure to raise on appeal the issue of his competence to plead guilty constituted ineffective assistance. Page 3

  Third, petitioner alleges he received ineffective assistance of trial counsel in violation of the Sixth Amendment, He argues that his public defender improperly advised him to change his plea from not guilty to guilty after he was found competent to stand trial.

  The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 applies to this habeas corpus petition. See Lindh v. Murphy, 521 U.S. 320, 327 (1997). Under the AEDPA, a district court may not grant a petition challenging a state conviction or sentence on the basis of a claim that was reviewed on the merits in state court unless the state court's adjudication of the claim: "(1) resulted in a decision that was contrary to, or involved an unreasonable application of, clearly established Federal law, as determined by the Supreme Court of the United States; or (2) resulted in a decision that was based on an unreasonable determination of the facts in light of the evidence presented in the State court proceeding." 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d). The first prong applies both to questions of law and to mixed questions of law and fact. Williams (Terry) v. Taylor, 529 U.S. 362, 407-09 (2001). The second prong applies to decisions based on factual determinations. Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, 340 (2003).

  A state court decision is "contrary to" Supreme Court authority under the first clause of Section 2254(d)(1) only if "the state court arrives at a conclusion opposite to that reached by [the Supreme] Court on a question of law or if the state court decides a case differently than [the Supreme] Court has on a set of materially indistinguishable facts." Williams (Terry), 529 U.S. at 412-13. A state court decision is an "unreasonable application of Supreme Court authority under the second clause of Section 2254(d)(1) if it correctly identifies the governing legal principle from the Supreme Court's decisions but "unreasonably applies that principle to the facts of the prisoner's case." Id. at 413. The federal court on habeas review may not issue the writ "simply because that court concludes in its independent judgment that the relevant state court decision applied clearly established federal law erroneously or incorrectly." Id. at 411. Rather, the application must be "objectively unreasonable" to support granting the writ. See id. at 409. Page 4

  "Factual determinations by state courts are presumed correct absent clear and convincing evidence to the contrary." Miller-El, 530 U.S. at 340. This presumption arises whether the finding was made by a trial or appellate court. Sumner v. Mata, 449 U.S. 539, 546-47 (1981); Bragg v. Galaza, 242 F.3d 1082, 1087 (9th Cir. 2001), amended by 253 F.3d 1150 (9th Cir. 2001). Conclusory assertions are not sufficient. Ibid. Under Section 2254(d)(2), a state court decision "based on a factual determination will not be overturned on factual grounds unless objectively unreasonable in light of the evidence presented in the state court proceeding." Miller-El, 530 U.S. at 340; see also Torres v. Prunty, 223 F.3d 1103, 1107 (9th Cir. 2000).

  Petitioner claims that the trial court applied the wrong standard of proof at the hearing on whether he was competent to stand trial. But, "a guilty plea represents a break in the chain of events which has preceded it in the criminal process. When a criminal defendant has solemnly admitted in open court that he is in fact guilty of the offense with which he is charged, he may not thereafter raise independent claims relating to the deprivation of constitutional rights that occurred prior to the entry of the guilty plea." Tollett v. Henderson, 411 U.S. 258, 267 (1973). The competency hearing occurred about a month before the plea, so this issue was among those waived by the later plea. This disposes of the issue; nevertheless, recognizing that petitioner is pro se, in the alternative the Court will consider the merits.

  A criminal defendant must be competent to stand trial. Godinez v. Moran, 509 U.S. 389, 396 (1993). A state may not require a criminal defendant to prove his incompetence by any standard higher than a preponderance of the evidence. Medina v. California, 505 U.S. 437, 449 (1992). A state court's determination of competence to stand trial is entitled to a presumption of correctness in a federal habeas corpus proceeding. Evans v. Raines, 800 F.2d 884, 887 (9th Cir. 1986).

  At the competency hearing, both petitioner's counsel and the district attorney argued that the preponderance standard applied (Exh. J-12 at 194, 196). The trial judge indicated he understood the applicable standard (id. at 199). As the California Court of Appeal held, "the Page 5 record does not suggest the court applied any higher standard of proof [than preponderance]" (Exh. E at 5).

  Petitioner's contention that a different standard must have been used is based on his supposition that his evidence far out-weighed that of the state, so the only way he could have been found competent, he infers, was through application of the wrong standard. But one of the three doctors testified that he was competent, and some of the testimony from the other two supported the finding that he was competent (id. at 6). Plaintiff has not established that the state trial court used a standard other than preponderance of the evidence, much less rebutted the presumption of correctness applicable here.*fn1

  The Court of Appeal's decision was neither contrary to, nor based on an unreasonable application of, clearly established federal law. Nor was the trial court's determination that petitioner was competent to stand trial an unreasonable determination of facts in light of the evidence. Hence, petitioner would not be entitled to federal habeas relief on this claim even if the issue had not been waived by the plea.

  Petitioner argues that his appellate counsel's failure to argue that he was incompetent to plead guilty constituted ineffective assistance of counsel. This argument is unpersuasive.

  The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment guarantees a criminal defendant effective assistance of counsel in his first appeal as of right. Evitts v. Lucey, 469 U.S. 387, 391-405 (1985). To succeed on this claim, petitioner must show that appellate counsel's conduct failed to meet an objective standard of reasonableness and that there is a reasonable probability that, but for counsel's errors, he would have prevailed on appeal. Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984); Miller v. Keeney, 882 F.2d 1428, 1433 (9th Cir. 1989).

  It is important to note that appellate counsel has no constitutional duty to raise every non-frivolous issue requested by defendant. Selecting the stronger, and foregoing the weaker, of Page 6 the arguments available is one of the hallmarks of effective appellate advocacy. As such, appellate counsel will frequently remain above an objective standard of competence and have caused his client no prejudice for the same reason  because he or she declined to raise a weak issue. See Jones v. Barnes, 463 U.S. 745, 751-54 (1983); Miller, 882 F.2d at 1434.

  Petitioner's appellate counsel's conduct did not constitute ineffective assistance of counsel. The record fails to show petitioner was actually incompetent at the time he changed his plea. He offers no facts showing some change in his competency status between the trial competency hearing and the change-of-plea hearing. At the change-of-plea hearing, the judge went through the appropriate colloquy with petitioner, which need not be recounted in full here. It suffices to say that petitioner stated both that he understood the full panoply of constitutional rights he was waiving and that his waivers were voluntary and knowing. Furthermore, petitioner's own trial counsel never raised this issue. In fact, the public defender summarized their discussions for the court and set forth in detail the voluntary and knowing character of petitioner's waiver.

  It would have been fufile for appellate counsel to raise this issue, since it was not preserved in trial court. Furthermore, because the only evidence that petitioner was incompetent was the evidence which had been heard and rejected at the hearing on trial competency, raising this issue would have been seeking a second bite at the apple by arguing essentially the same issues in two contexts. That would have been a poor tactical choice. Appellate counsel's decision not to raise on appeal an issue of competence to plead guilty was objectively reasonable. In addition, defendant has not shown a reasonable probability that, but for counsel's alleged errors, he would have prevailed on appeal, so has not shown prejudice. Petitioner has not satisfied the Strickland standard. The state courts' rejection of this claim was not contrary to, or an unreasonable application of, clearly established Supreme Court authority.*fn2 Page 7

  Petitioner's final contention is that his trial counsel's advice that he plead guilty after being found competent constituted ineffective assistance of counsel under the Sixth Amendment.

  To prevail, petitioner must meet the two-part test of Strickland v. Washington, showing both that counsel's performance was deficient and that this deficiency prejudiced the defense. 466 U.S. at 687. Where, as here, the alleged error was providing incorrect information as to the maximum allowable punishment, the prejudice inquiry focuses on whether there is a reasonable probability that, but for counsel's erroneous advice, the defendant would have pleaded guilty. laea v. Sunn, 800 F.2d 861, 864-865 (9th Cir. 1986).

  Petitioner claims that his public defender warned him that if he pleaded not guilty, the prosecutor could add special circumstances to the charge. If proved at trial, these would elevate petitioner's sentence to either life in prison without the possibility of parole or death. No such special circumstances were actually added to the charge, nor is there any evidence the prosecutor threatened as much. Petitioner's public defender, in a letter to his client dated July 24, 1997, recounted their consultations leading up to the change of plea. The letter reiterated his opinion that pleading guilty was the proper tactical choice. Petitioner attaches declarations from his parents stating that the public defender told them "in very certain terms that my son would receive life without possibility of parole in prison, or death, if he did not enter a plea of guilty to the charge of first-degree murder" (Pet. Exh. A).

  Petitioner asserts that "there was no possibility of charging or sustaining any special circumstances with the murder charge" (Pet. 10). This is incorrect. As the Attorney General correctly points out in his papers, "The preliminary examination transcripts demonstrate not only that there was overwhelming evidence of petitioner's guilt, but also that there was ample Page 8 evidence to show the murder was committed during the course of a robbery and kidnaping, thereby subjecting petitioner to the death penalty" (Opp. 17).

  The public defender's advice to his client was within the range of competence demanded by the Sixth Amendment. Petitioner obviously now regrets pleading guilty, apparently because he clings to the mistaken belief that he would have been found not guilty at trial But regret alone cannot retroactively invalidate a voluntary and intelligent guilty plea based on sound advice. Counsel's performance was not deficient under Strickland. The state courts' rejection of this claim was not contrary to, or an unreasonable application of, clearly established Supreme Court authority.

  David E. Portlock's petition seeking federal habeas corpus relief is DENIED. The CLERK shall CLOSE the file.

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Raul Vargas, Plaintiff v. A. Lonigro

December 13, 2012

The opinion of the court was delivered by: Dennis L. Beck United States Magistrate Judge

I. Background

Plaintiff Raul Vargas ("Plaintiff") is a prisoner in the custody of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation ("CDCR"). Plaintiff is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On February 29, 2012, the Court found that Plaintiff stated cognizable claims against Defendants Chief Medical Officer Anthony S. Lonigro, Physician R. Taherpour, Physician's Assistant Randolph Wilson III, and Nurse Practitioner A. Manasrah for deliberate indifference to a serious medical need in violation of the Eighth Amendment.

Pending before the Court is Defendants Lonigro, Taherpour, and Wilson's Motion to Dismiss pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for failure to state a claim.*fn1 ECF No. 14. On May 31, 2012, Plaintiff filed his opposition. ECF No. 15. On June 4, 2012, Defendants filed their reply. ECF No. 16. The matter is submitted pursuant to Local Rule 230(l). 2

II. Legal Standard

"The focus of any Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal . . . is the complaint." Schneider v. California Dept. of Corr., 151 F.3d 1194, 1197 n.1 (9th Cir. 1998). In considering a motion to dismiss for 5 failure to state a claim, the court must accept as true the allegations of the complaint in question, 6 Hospital Bldg. Co. v. Rex Hospital Trustees, 425 U.S. 738, 740 (1976), construe the pleading in the 7 light most favorable to the party opposing the motion, and resolve all doubts in the pleader's favor. 8

Jenkins v. McKeithen, 395 U.S. 411, 421 (1969). The federal system is one of notice pleading. 9

Galbraith v. County of Santa Clara, 307 F.3d 1119, 1126 (9th Cir. 2002).

Pursuant to Rule 8(a), a complaint must contain "a short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief . . ." Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a). Detailed factual allegations are not required, but "[t]hreadbare recitals of the elements of a cause of action, supported by mere conclusory statements, do not suffice." Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678 (2009) (citing Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 555 (2007)). Plaintiff must set forth "sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to 'state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face.'" Id. (quoting Twombly, 550 U.S. at 570). While factual allegations are accepted as true, legal conclusions are not. Id.

III. Summary of Complaint

Plaintiff was incarcerated at Pleasant Valley State Prison ("PVSP") in Coalinga, California during the events alleged in this action. Plaintiff named as Defendants: Anthony S. Lonigro, the chief medical executive officer at PVSP; R. Taherpour, a medical doctor at PVSP; Randolph Wilson III, a physician assistant at PVSP; and A. Manasrah, a nurse practitioner at PVSP.

Plaintiff alleges the following. Plaintiff suffers from chronic back and knee pain as a result of a childhood accident from being struck by a car. Compl. ¶ 9. CDCR staff has always issued Plaintiff a lower bunk, lower tier cell. Compl. ¶ 10. Plaintiff also suffers from Hepatitis C since 1979. Compl. ¶ 11. CDCR health policy instructed Plaintiff to avoid all non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs ("NSAIDs"), such as Tylenol, Motrin, and Naproxen. Compl. ¶ 11.

Plaintiff arrived at PVSP in June of 2009. Compl. ¶ 12. Plaintiff complained to numerous staff regarding his chronic pain. Compl. ¶ 12. Defendant Manasrah prescribed Tylenol. Compl. ¶ 12. After taking Tylenol for a few months, Plaintiff complained of having abdominal pain to 2 medical staff. Compl. ¶ 13. Defendant Manasrah told Plaintiff that it was probably indigestion and 3 prescribed medication for that issue. Compl. ¶ 13. Defendant Manasrah is aware of CDCR policy 4 that Hepatitis C inmates avoid all NSAIDs such as Tylenol. Compl. ¶ 14. 5

Plaintiff was then seen by physician assistant Das, who informed Plaintiff that the Tylenol 6 was probably damaging his liver. Compl. ¶ 15. Das discontinued the Tylenol and prescribed 7 Tramadol. Compl. ¶ 15. 8

Plaintiff was seen by doctor Church, who agreed that Tramadol was appropriate, but 9 morphine sulfate was easiest on Plaintiff' liver. Compl. ¶ 16. Plaintiff was then seen by Defendant Taherpour, who terminated Plaintiff's morphine prescription, finding that it was not medically indicated. Compl. ¶ 17. Plaintiff filed an inmate appeal regarding Defendant Taherpour's actions. Compl. ¶ 18. Defendant Wilson conducted the interview regarding the appeal, and attempted to give Plaintiff Naproxen. Compl. ¶ 18. Plaintiff refused the medicine, after explaining to Defendant Wilson that he was not supposed to prescribe NSAIDs to Hepatitis C inmates. Compl. ¶ 18. Defendant Wilson later prescribed Tylenol. Compl. ¶ 19. On November 17, 2010, Defendant Lonigro denied Plaintiff's administrative appeal, stating that he concurred with the decisions by Defendants Taherpour and Wilson, and that Tylenol was appropriate to manage Plaintiff's pain. Compl. ¶ 20.

Plaintiff contends a violation of the Eighth Amendment. Plaintiff requests as relief declaratory relief, injunctive relief, nominal, compensatory, and punitive damages, and costs of suit.

IV. Analysis

A. Eighth Amendment

Defendants contend that Plaintiff fails to state a claim against Defendants Taherpour, Wilson, and Lonigro. Defs.' Mem. P. & A. 3:24-6:21. Plaintiff contends that the Court had screened Plaintiff's complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a) and § 1915(e)(ii)(B) and found that it stated cognizable claims for relief. Pl.'s Opp'n 2:19-6:18.

The Eighth Amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. "The Constitution does not mandate comfortable prisons." Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825, 832 (1994) (quotation and citation omitted). A prisoner's claim of inadequate medical care does not rise to the level of an Eighth 2 Amendment violation unless (1) "the prison official deprived the prisoner of the 'minimal civilized 3 measure of life's necessities,'" and (2) "the prison official 'acted with deliberate indifference in 4 doing so.'" Toguchi v. Chung, 391 F.3d 1051, 1057 (9th Cir. 2004) (quoting Hallett v. Morgan, 296 5 F.3d 732, 744 (9th Cir. 2002) (citation omitted)). The deliberate indifference standard involves an 6 objective and a subjective prong. First, the alleged deprivation must be, in objective terms, 7 "sufficiently serious . . . ." Farmer, 511 U.S. at 834 (citing Wilson v. Seiter, 501 U.S. 294, 298 8 (1991)). Second, the prison official must "know[] of and disregard[] an excessive risk to inmate 9 health or safety . . . ." Id. at 837.

"Deliberate indifference is a high legal standard." Toguchi, 391 F.3d at 1060. "Under this standard, the prison official must not only 'be aware of the facts from which the inference could be drawn that a substantial risk of serious harm exists,' but that person 'must also draw the inference.'" Id. at 1057 (quoting Farmer, 511 U.S. at 837). "'If a prison official should have been aware of the risk, but was not, then the official has not violated the Eighth Amendment, no matter how severe the risk.'" Id. (quoting Gibson v. County of Washoe, Nevada, 290 F.3d 1175, 1188 (9th Cir. 2002)).

The Court may review its previous orders prior to entry of judgment as to all claims. Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b). Having reviewed Plaintiff's claims, and considered all arguments by the parties, the Court finds that Plaintiff has not stated cognizable claims for relief against any Defendants.

As to Defendant Taherpour, Plaintiff fails to allege sufficient facts which demonstrate that Defendant Taherpour knew of and disregarded an excessive risk of serious harm to Plaintiff's health. Plaintiff does not allege facts indicating that Defendant Taherpour was aware of a CDCR policy to not prescribe NSAIDs to inmates with Hepatitis C. Plaintiff also fails to allege facts which indicate that Defendant Taherpour was aware that Plaintiff had Hepatitis C.

As to Defendant Wilson, while Plaintiff alleges that Defendant Wilson was aware that he was not supposed to prescribe NSAIDs to Hepatitis C inmates, Plaintiff has not alleged facts which indicate that Defendant Wilson was aware of the CDCR policy at the time he interviewed Plaintiff. Plaintiff has also not alleged sufficient facts to demonstrate that attempts to prescribe medication is caused Plaintiff harm.

As to Defendant Lonigro, Plaintiff has not alleged sufficient facts to demonstrate that he is 2 liable for any constitutional violation. Defendant Lonigro does not appear to have acted with 3 deliberate indifference to Plaintiff's serious medical needs by adjudicating Plaintiff's administrative 4 appeal. See Johnson v. Duffy, 588 F.2d 740, 743 (9th Cir. 1978) ("A person 'subjects' another to the 5 deprivation of a constitutional right, within the meaning of section 1983, if he does an affirmative 6 act, participates in another's affirmative acts, or omits to perform an act which he is legally required 7 to do that causes the deprivation of which complaint is made."). Though Plaintiff contends that 8

Defendant Lonigro was aware of a CDCR policy to not prescribe NSAIDs to Hepatitis C inmates, 9 Plaintiff does not raise this allegation in his complaint.

To the extent that Plaintiff alleges liability on the basis of Defendant Lonigro's supervisory role, Plaintiff fails to state a claim. The term "supervisory liability," loosely and commonly used by both courts and litigants alike, is a misnomer. Iqbal, 556 U.S. at 677. "Government officials may not be held liable for the unconstitutional conduct of their subordinates under a theory of respondeat superior." Id. at 676. Rather, each government official, regardless of his or her title, is only liable for his or her own misconduct. Id. at 677. When the named defendant holds a supervisory position, the causal link between the defendant and the claimed constitutional violation must be specifically alleged. See Fayle v. Stapley, 607 F.2d 858, 862 (9th Cir. 1979); Mosher v. Saalfeld, 589 F.2d 438, 441 (9th Cir. 1978). To state a claim for relief under § 1983 for supervisory liability, plaintiff must allege some facts indicating that the defendant either: personally participated in the alleged deprivation of constitutional rights or knew of the violations and failed to act to prevent them. Taylor v. List, 880 F.2d 1040, 1045 (9th Cir. 1989). Plaintiff alleges no facts against any supervisory Defendants which would indicate that the supervisory Defendant personally participated in an alleged constitutional deprivation, or knew of a constitutional deprivation and failed to act.

Though not raised by Defendants, the Court also finds that Plaintiff fails to state a claim against Defendant Manasrah. Plaintiff has not alleged sufficient facts to indicate that Defendant Manasrah knew of and disregarded an excessive risk of serious harm to Plaintiff's health. Based on Plaintiff's allegations, Defendant Manasrah concluded that Plaintiff suffered from indigestion. This is at most an allegation that rises to the level of negligence, not deliberate indifference. Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97, 106 (1976) ("[A] complaint that a physician has been negligent in diagnosing 2 or treating a medical condition does not state a valid claim of medical mistreatment under the Eighth 3 Amendment."). 4

B. Leave to Amend

Because Plaintiff has not yet had the opportunity to amend his complaint, Plaintiff should be 6 granted leave to amend. Lopez v. Smith, 203 F.3d 1122, 1130 (9th Cir. 2000) (en banc). Plaintiff 7 may not change the nature of this suit by adding new, unrelated claims in his amended complaint. 8

George v. Smith, 507 F.3d 605, 607 (7th Cir. 2007) (no "buckshot" complaints). 9

If Plaintiff decides to amend, Plaintiff's amended complaint should be brief, Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a), but must state what each named defendant did that led to the deprivation of Plaintiff's constitutional or other federal rights. See Iqbal, 556 U.S. at 678. Although accepted as true, the "[f]actual allegations must be [sufficient] to raise a right to relief above the speculative level . . . ." Twombly, 550 U.S. at 555.

Finally, Plaintiff is advised that an amended complaint supersedes the original complaint, Forsyth v. Humana, Inc., 114 F.3d 1467, 1474 (9th Cir. 1997) overruled in part on other grounds, Lacey v. Maricopa County, 693 F.3d 896, 928 (9th Cir. Aug. 29, 2012) (en banc); King v. Atiyeh, 814 F.2d 565, 567 (9th Cir. 1987), and must be "complete in itself without reference to the prior or superseded pleading," L. R. 220.

V. Conclusion and Recommendation

Based on the foregoing, it is HEREBY RECOMMENDED that:

1. Defendants' Motion to Dismiss pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, filed May 15, 2012, should be granted;

2. Plaintiff's complaint be dismissed for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted as to Defendants Lonigro, Taherpour, Wilson, and Manasrah;

3. Plaintiff be granted leave to file an amended complaint within thirty (30) days from the date of service of the District Judge's order adjudicating these Findings and Recommendations.

These Findings and Recommendations will be submitted to the United States District Judge assigned to the case, pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). Within fourteen (14) days after being served with these Findings and Recommendations, the parties may file written objections 2 with the Court. The document should be captioned "Objections to Magistrate Judge's Findings and 3 Recommendations." A party may respond to another party's objections by filing a response within 4 fourteen (14) days after being served with a copy of that party's objections. The parties are advised 5 that failure to file objections within the specified time may waive the right to appeal the District 6 Court's order. Martinez v. Ylst, 951 F.2d 1153, 1157 (9th Cir. 1991). 7 8

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LONDON (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Thursday he believes the worst financial instability is over and that he expects to see more positive news in coming months.

"The worst aspects of instability, I do believe, are behind us. Stability is different from recovery. We're seeing a significant degree of stability," he told reporters following a G20 summit in London.

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Quincy Jones, the Grammy Award-winning producer and composer, is following the lead of U2 frontman Bono by becoming a guest columnist as newspapers look for new ways to entice readers and survive an advertising slump.

Jones, 75, one of the three biggest Grammy winners of all time with 27 to his name, kicked off a new series in the Tribune Newspapers on Monday, offering his perspective on Barack Obama as the United States celebrated Martin Luther King Day.

The Tribune Company said this would be the first in a special series of viewpoints written by recognized figures in music and the arts, which would be carried by all the group's newspapers and websites including the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune.

"A very small number of artists such as Quincy Jones transcend their success in music and have had a profound impact on American culture," said Lee Abrams, chief innovation officer at the Tribune Company who came up with the idea.

"We believe that these icons have a perspective on life that will make for an interesting and unusual reading experience, and a peek at their lives that can't be found in the traditional celebrity-oriented ways they are portrayed."

In the piece, Jones tells how he watched last year's U.S. election but resigned himself to tempering his emotions despite believing Obama was the best person for the job.

"But as a black man in America, I knew from experience to not let what I wanted to happen stray too far from the reality of what I knew could happen," wrote Jones, who is a founding member of the Institute for Black American Music.

Jones' column comes less than a week after Bono began writing an opinion column for the New York Times.

But Bono, 48, who is well known for campaigning against poverty and AIDS in Africa, chose not to use his first column for his favored causes but dedicated it to his mentor Frank Sinatra.   Continued...

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Action flick "The Last Airbender" and comedy "Sex and the City 2" earned the wrath of Razzie voters on Saturday in the annual Oscar spoof that spotlights Hollywood's worst performances.

"Valentine's Day" stars Ashton Kutcher and Jessica Alba won Golden Raspberry Awards for worst actor and supporting actress. Kutcher was also pilloried for his work in another film, "Killers," and Alba for "Little Fockers," "The Killer Inside Me" and "Machete."

The year's loudest Razzie went to director M. Night Shyamalan's "The Last Airbender." It "won" five Razzies to eclipse all other 2010 movies.

Organizers of the "awards" noted the film was based on an animated television show, and some young viewers of the cartoon were unhappy with the movie adaptation.

"When this film opened, for once critics and fans were in agreement: This movie sucks," John Wilson, founder of the Razzies, said at a presentation of Golden Raspberries.

"The Last Airbender," which came out last summer, is a fantasy action movie about a boy with the ability to manipulate natural elements who uses his power to restore harmony to a world divided into warring factions.

The film made nearly $320 million at global box offices, but received only a 6 percent favorable rating at review aggregating website RottenTomatoes.com.

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Grails Domain Objects Across Schemas

The Grails documentation is very clear on how to specify specific table and column names for your domain classes (in Section 5.5.2 Custom ORM Mapping). But what if you need to specify the schema as well? Fortunately it is just as easy, if less well-documented.

Of course, when all of your domain tables are in the same schema, you should simply specify a default schema in DataSource.groovy. The property is hibernate.default_schema.

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Cool! Thanks for sharing that, Ray! I bet there's lots of people out there that need this kind of solution. :)


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Israel, Terror, and What the News Won’t Tell You - by Daniel Pomerantz

...News sources are capable of writing an accurate headline about a terror attack, but for some reason, when it comes to Israel many choose not to.

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Wednesday afternoon, Jerusalem. The Damascus Gate, one of the main entrances to Jerusalem’s Old City, a place where crowds of people come every day to work, shop, live and pray. Three Palestinian terrorists approached the Old City, carrying hidden knives, automatic weapons and explosives. When police officers questioned the men about their suspicious behavior, the Palestinians took out the hidden weapons, opened fire and began stabbing.

Police officers returned fire, killing all three assailants, averting a potentially enormous massacre. One police officer was injured and another killed: 19 year old Hadar Cohen.

How does news media usually report attacks of this sort around the world?

Last August, a would-be attacker boarded a train in Paris carrying a similar arsenal to the attackers in Israel (knives and automatic firearms). Several unarmed, off-duty US servicemen noticed the assailant preparing to fire his machine gun and subdued him before he could open fire. Almost every headline said that the Americans had “averted a massacre,” or “overpowered a gunman,” and some articles even referred to the soldiers as “heroes.”

After the Islamic State-related attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, every headline we found focused primarily on the attacks, the victims, and in some cases the courageous work of the police, firefighters and military.

We did not find any headlines that focused primarily on the death of the attackers.

How does the usual media coverage compare with reports on last week’s attack against Israelis?

Over and over we saw the phrase, “Palestinians killed” or “Israeli police shoot Palestinians” even though the Palestinians in question were, in fact, attackers.

CBS News: 3 Palestinians killed as daily violence grinds on. (This headline was later changed thanks to diligent responses from HonestReporting readers like you!)

Reuters: Three Palestinians shot dead after carrying out attack in Jerusalem: police. (This headline was also subsequently changed.)

NBC: Damascus Gate Attack: Three Gunmen Killed in Jerusalem After Injuring Israeli Cops

Al Jazeera: Israeli police kill three Palestinian men after attack
Some headlines did not mention the terror attack at all, such as the initial CBS headline. However, even when headlines did mention the attack, many emphasized first and foremost that Israeli police had killed three Palestinians.

This stands in stark contrast to the way similar events are covered all over the world. Imagine a 9/11 headline stating, “Fifteen Saudi men killed in America…” or a Paris headline saying, “Middle Eastern men killed by French Police…” In this kind of situation, where people are under attack, a headline that emphasizes the death of the terrorists is misleading to the point of offensive.

And yet the above examples are only a few of the many disturbingly inaccurate headlines covering last week’s attack. Further, most articles incorrectly claimed that the attackers were shot after their attack, when in fact they were shot during their attack.

That’s an important distinction: because it shows that the police acted in direct self-defense, and saved lives by stopping terrorists while they were in the act of attacking. Incorrect use of the word “after” lends undeserved credibility to false Palestinian claims that Israeli police engage in “executions” or “extrajudicial killings.”

News sources are capable of writing an accurate headline about a terror attack, but for some reason, when it comes to Israel many choose not to.

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Posey, CA Data & Demographics (As of July 1, 2016)

Total Population 10
Population in Households 10
Population in Familes 8
Population in Group Qrtrs 0
Population Density1 28
Diversity Index2 45

Total Households 5
Average Household Size 2.0
Family Households 3
Average Family Size 3

Total Housing Units 15 (100%)
Owner Occupied HU 4 (26.7%)
Renter Occupied HU 1 ( 6.7%)
Vacant Housing Units 10 (66.7%)
Median Home Value $25,000
Average Home Value $25,000

Median Household Income $35,000
Average Household Income $54,535
Per Capita Income $31,204
  (Compound Annual Growth Rates)

2010-2015 2015-2020
Population 0.0% 1.92%
Households 0.0% 0.0%
Families 0.0% 0.0%
Median Household Income   3.37%
Per Capita Income   0.4%
1) Population Density = Total Population per square mile.
2) The Diversity Index is a scale of 0 to 100 that represents the likelyhood that two persons, chosen at random from the same area, belong to different race or ethnic groups. If an area's entire population belongs to one race AND one ethnic group, then the area has zero diversity. An area's diversity index increases to 100 when the population is evenly divided into two or more race/ethnic groups.
Based on Census 2010 counts, the Diversity Index for the United States was 60.6 and it is expected to increase to 64.8 by July 1, 2018.

Posey, CA - Peer Comparisons by Rank and Percentile

The table below compares Posey to the other 1,516 incorporated cities, towns and CDPs in California by rank and percentile using July 1, 2016 data. The location Ranked # 1 has the highest value. A location that ranks higher than 75% of its peers would be in the 75th percentile of the peer group.

Variable Description Rank Percentile
Total Population # 1501 1st
Population Density1 # 1449 4th
Diversity Index2 # 1081 29th
Median Household Income # 1344 11th
Per Capita Income # 602 60th

Additional comparisons and rankings can be made with a VERY EASY TO USE California Census Data Comparison Tool.