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Politicians hear the noise San Luis Obispo police chief to propose harsher noise and party violations to city council tonight Kate McIntyre mustanG Daily
In June, the San Luis Obispo City Council directed Police Chief Deborah Linden to come up with strategies to reduce the number of noise and party-related disturbances. She will report at tonight’s 7 p.m. ‘study session,’ held at the council chamber on Palm Street. Students are encouraged to attend the city council meeting to testify for or against the proposed ordinances. “In order to reduce noise and party violations and related crime, staff recommends council consider: modifying the existing noise ordinance; enacting new unruly gathering and nighttime curfew ordinances; increasing use of the Safety Enhancement Zone ordinance; and evaluating options related to residential rental property licensing,” Linden writes in her report to the council. Linden and her staff reviewed the existing noise ordinances within San Luis Obispo and the Safety Enhancement Zone ordinance, researched
procedures in other communities, options for licensing residential rental properties and strategies to deter young adults under 18 from attending parties and developed a program to ensure greek houses are obeying their permits. Linden will present the strategies tonight and consider feedback from the council when generating ordinances or procedural changes. She will return to the council with her recommendations in Jan. 2010. Mayor Dave Romero expects a full house at tonight’s session, but believes most audience members won’t be college-aged. “The majority will be residents, people who have been dealing with the problem for a long time,” he said. The situation is unfortunate, Romero said, because while many activities are fine, some are becoming out-of-control. “If everyone acted responsibly, we’d all get along well. It’s unfortunate we have to come up with tighter regulations because the ones we
have aren’t doing the job,” he said. The students who are most likely to attend tonight’s session are the responsible ones and the ordinances to be considered aren’t directed at them, Romero said. Despite the San Luis Obispo Police Department’s efforts to educate students about noise and party laws — presentations at orientations, given to student groups, fraternities and sororities; the establishment of SLO Solutions conflict resolution program; marketing and increased fines — the number of complaints from San Luis Obispo residents has generally increased over the past five years. The number of Disturbance Advisement Cards (DAC) (warnings) and citations issued has also increased since 2004, especially in 2007 and 2008, the report said. Linden’s staff believes there are multiple contributing factors, including the “Pervasive presence of alcohol and party behavior in the student culture; annual turnover in students; lack of sense of neighborly respon-
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Court weighs taped animal cruelty David G. Savage triBune washinGton Bureau
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WASHINGTON — The video images were disturbing — a tiny white kitten singed with the flame from a lighter; a gray cat struggling beneath a woman’s spiked heel; pit bulls tearing into a trapped animal. The Supreme Court has often said that freedom of speech includes ugly and foul language. But this fall the justices will be looking at video clips like these to decide whether selling films of dogfights or animal torture is protected from prosecution under the First Amendment. The dispute, expected to be heard in early October, has driven a wedge between traditional freespeech advocates and defenders of the humane treatment of animals. Book publishers, movie makers, photographers, artists and journalists have joined the case on the side of a Virginia man who was convicted of selling videos of dogfights. They argue that any new exception to the First Amend-
ment, no matter how laudable the goal, poses a danger to free expression. “The road to censorship is paved with good intentions,” said Joan Bertin, executive director of the National Coalition Against Censorship. But animal rights advocates say no one should be able to profit from the abuse and torture of animals for entertainment. “This is not about speech, but about a commercial activity of a sickening type,” said Wayne Pacelle, president of the Humane Society of the United States. The society said it had seen a resurgence of horrific “crush videos” for sale on the Internet in the last year, ever since a U.S. appeals court struck down on free-speech grounds a federal law that banned the selling of videos of animals being maimed and tortured. These underground videos, said to appeal to a bizarre fetish, typically include tiny animals being crushed by a woman’s shoe. Investigators for the Humane Society said hundreds of such
videos could be purchased online. They showed clips of them to reporters this month. All 50 states have laws against animal cruelty, including bans on dogfighting and cockfighting. The 2007 dogfighting case against NFL quarterback Michael Vick prompted a new round of laws, including a Calif. measure that added penalties for attending a dogfight. Ten years ago, Congress made it a federal crime to market videos or other depictions of live animals being illegally “maimed, mutilated, tortured, wounded or killed.” Its sponsors made clear they did not intend to interfere with legal hunting, fishing or the slaughter of animals for food. More recently, the law was used against the underground dogfighting industry, which utilizes videos and magazines. The case coming before the Supreme Court involves Robert Stevens, 69, a Va. pit bull breeder. Stevens ran a business called Dogs of Velvet and Steel, which provided books and other materials see Cruelty, page 4
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sibility by violators; violators plan for noise violations (i .e. ‘pass the hat’ to pay the subsequent fine), ability of violators to receive multiple warnings for noise violations each year and lack of adequate enforcement resources to respond to all complaints in a timely manner.”
Noise ordinance
Of the noise/party complaints investigated between 2004 and 2008, about 80 percent were not on the police department’s premises list. Linden writes that warnings are effective and necessary given the need for Student Neighborhood Assistant Program (SNAP) employees, who cannot issue citations. However, the current noise ordinance lets a residence receive a DAC every 60 days without being added to the police department’s premises list, meaning violators may
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receive several noise violations each year without receiving a citation. Linden recommends that that any residence that receives a DAC be put immediately on the premises list, eliminating the 60-day time period for repeat violations, extending the current six-month term of the premises list to one year, enabling property owners to petition to lift their residence from the premises list after a turnover of residents, allowing responding officers to leave a notice of violation and mail a citation when residents are uncooperative, and monitoring SNAP and officer responses to make sure they’re applying consistent enforcement and using discretion appropriately. The first violation of the noise ordinance costs $350, the second $700, and subsequent violations $1000 within one year.
Unruly gathering ordinance
Linden also writes about unruly gathering ordinances near other universities like Sonoma State University,
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From my friends that go to other colleges I’ve heard it’s worse than here ... I think it’s a good thing (the police) are here. —Lindsay Baldwin Biological science freshman
University of California, Berkeley and the University of Arizona. Violation of the ordinance could result from a gathering of 10 or more people that, resulting from unlawful conduct, substantially disturbs a significant portion of private or public property in a neighborhood. Indicators that could result in a violation include excessive noise or traffic, obstruction of public streets by crowds or vehicles, public drunkenness, service of alcohol to minors, fights, urinating in public or littering. The officer is allowed to break up the gathering and issue citations. A notice posted at the residence states that any subsequent unruly gatherings there within a defined period of time (usually a minimum of 60 days) will result in civil citations and fines to the residents, property owners and contributing guests. The rental property owners are also sent the notice; those who show they’re trying to prevent further violations are not held liable for violations. Monica Guevara, an office administrator at McNamara Real Estate, says that her company passes any fines issued by the San Luis Obispo Police Department to tenants, along with additional fees. “We already have something in
place so if there was a DAC, we do have administrative fees from $300 to $600. Those would be in addition to any fine from the police department,” Guevara said. Linden’s report says that in Tucson, Arizona, the unruly gathering ordinance is known as the “Red Tag” program. Hosts are initially fined $100 for unruly gatherings and the notice, printed on red paper, is posted. After that, subsequent violations begin at $500 and go up to $1,500. The fines are given to the host, property owners and unruly guests. In addition, the “red tags” remain posted for 180 days and removal, defacement, or concealment of one results in a $100 fine. Cal Poly journalism junior Owen Beck says the SNAPs have come to his house twice but officers have never been called. However, if the “red tag” program were implemented, he might think twice about throwing a party, he said. “Even if the SNAPs are called on my house I receive a $300 fine from my real estate agency, but I think the “red tag” would seriously affect my decision to throw a party,” he said.
Nighttime curfew
At the city council session, Linden will also recommend a curfew between 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. (or similar hours) for those under 18. Her staff thinks this will reduce the number of illegal acts juveniles in San Luis Obispo are involved in at night. Her report says that in 2008, “35 juveniles were arrested in San Luis Obispo between the hours of 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. Twenty of these arrests were for alcohol-related crimes; three were drug arrests; and three were related to burglaries. Other charges included felony battery, resisting arrest, trespass, and various offenses.”
Safety Enhancement Zone ordinance
The city council can designate a specific area as a “safety enhancement zone” for a specified time period if it
Tuesday, September 29, 2008 finds that increased penalties would reduce the threat to public health and safety. When this ordinance is in effect, possessing or consuming alcohol in public, hosting a gathering where minors consume alcohol, excessive noise, possessing a dangerous weapon and urinating in public mean fines equal to those of violating the noise ordinance. When the ordinance was adopted in Dec. 2004, it was effectively provided a clear message to and deterred potential violators when the council designated the entire city as a safety enhancement zone. The police department says the ordinance could be effective for other events like Halloween and St. Patrick’s Day, as well as the first and last weekends of Cal Poly’s academic year, the report says. Biological science freshman Lindsay Baldwin said that from her experience during the Week of Welcome and last weekend, the San Luis Obispo Police Department isn’t as strict as at other campuses. “From my friends that go to other colleges I’ve heard it’s worse than here,” she said. “Their main job is to patrol the street at night because it’s so crazy. I think it’s a good thing they’re there.”
Greek permits
All fraternities and sororities that operate a house are required to have an administrative use permit, but the police department has found that not every organization has a permit, some that do aren’t abiding by the conditions, and some permits need to be updated. The Neighborhood Action Team will review each greek organization’s permit, then staff from the police, fire and community development departments will meet with newly elected officers to review the permit conditions and arrange for annual inspections. The Neighborhood Action Team will review each organization’s compliance every summer.
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“How do you feel about your classes being cancelled due to professor furlough days?” Compiled and photographed by Jennifer Titcomb “I don’t really care. It’s kind of nice having class off.” -George Gecy, earth science senior
“I think it’s disappointing because we have less time learning but are paying more for tuition.” -Suzi Tack, social science senior
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“I think it’s both good and bad. You have to do work on your own time but it’s nice to get time off of class.” -Jayne Scuncio, journalism senior
Bull runs down N.J. city streets in futile attempt to escape slaughter Marlene Naanes mcclatchy newspapers
A 1,400-pound bull took a several-block run down city streets Monday morning after escaping from a slaughterhouse, but he wasn’t able to elude his fate even after sending police on a half-hour chase. The bull was being unloaded from a truck into ENA Meat Packing Inc. on East Fifth Street when he broke loose just before 8:30 a.m., said Paterson’s Chief Animal Control Officer John DeCando. “Instead of him going into his cage, he went down East Seventh,” he said. “He was running rampant and was just exhausted.” The driver of a cattle truck opened a side door to the truck to push the bull out the back of the vehicle, but the beast instead pushed back and was able to run out the door. He trotted from the slaughterhouse toward River Street with a crowd of meat-pack-
ing workers chasing behind him. “We were just trying to scare him back,” said Steve Moneusse who works at the plant. The bull turned back toward the slaughterhouse at first, but then changed course and headed toward River Street. That¹s when the workers grabbed a rope and police showed up. The animal made it to Seventh Street where crowds of people in the Bunker Hill industrial area came out from a scrap yard and nearby factories to take pictures of the bizarre chase. “Oh my God, I was scared,” said Steve Fostok, who had dropped off metal at the scrap yard. “He was coming this way. He was running back and forth. It was very confusing for the cops. It could have killed me.” At one point, the bull ran into a loading dock next to East Seventh Street Promotions factory, see Bull, page 5
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SAN JOSE, CA (MCT) — IPhone and iPod touch owners have downloaded 2 billion “apps” from Apple’s iTunes App Store, the Cupertino company reported Monday. More than 85,000 software applications, or apps, are available for downloading, Apple said in a statement. Some of the apps can be downloaded for free, and others for a fee. “The rate of App Store downloads continues to accelerate with users downloading a staggering 2 billion apps in just over a year, including more than half a billion apps this quarter alone,” Apple CEO Steve Jobs said in the statement. According to a Bloomberg News report today quoting Sanford C. Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi, Apple pulls in $60 million to $110 million in revenue a quarter from its App Store.
CHICAGO (MCT) — Yes, he can. That’s what President Barack Obama said Monday, announcing plans to go to Copenhagen, Denmark, and pitch Chicago’s 2016 Olympic bid, a decision greeted with giddy enthusiasm by some of the voters who will select the host city for the Games. “I think it is very good for the Chicago bid,” said Gerhard Heiberg of Norway, a member of the International Olympic Committee’s 15-person executive board. “He is a dynamic person who gets his message across.” After weeks of indicating that the president might not be able to go to Copenhagen because of pressing business at home, the White House said Obama would join his wife, Michelle, for the presentation Friday.
AMMAN, Jordan (MCT) — Orascom Development Holding AG Monday held its ground-breaking ceremony marking the start of construction of the Andermatt resort, the first integrated holiday resort in the alps. During this first development phase, the Chedi hotel, basic infrastructure as well as an 18-hole championship golf course will be built. It is expected to be operational by winter 2013/2014. Total investments for the entire project will be in the excess of CHF 1 billion and comprise of six hotels with 844 rooms, 490 apartments, 20-30 villas as well as considerable infrastructure and leisure facilities (golf course, sports center, conference center and concert hall, modernized ski installations). Sales of the real estate units are due to commence this autumn. The Andermatt project is designed to the highest ecological standards and targets to be operated on a carbon-neutral basis. Furthermore, the centre of the resort will be totally car free to reduce emissions and pollution.
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SACREMENTO (MCT) — The winning contestant in a radio station’s fatal water drinking contest testified today that she found herself “gagging” over a toilet and “really hurting” in the aftermath of the event that took another woman’s life. “It really hurt,” contestant Lucy Davidson said in the Sacramento Superior Court trial that is now in its third week of testimony. Davidson testified that she went into a bathroom stall after she’d been declared the winner of the Jan. 12, 2007, “Hold Your Wee for a Wii” contest at radio station KDND and “fell to my knees” over the toilet.” She said “I just felt really weak..., like my worst hangover ever...I fell to my knees and was gagging over the toilet.”
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WASHINGTON (MCT) — A fierce debate is expected on Tuesday as members of the Senate Finance Committee reconvene talks on a huge health care overhaul bill and take up an amendment that would create a government-run insurance plan. Members of the panel met most of last week in an effort to advance Chairman Max Baucus’ 10-year, nearly $900 billion bill. But they adjourned Friday without addressing what promises to be one of the most controversial amendments, the so-called “public option” favored by Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., and some other members. In a statement on Friday, Rockefeller said he plans to bring up the amendment on Tuesday. “The bottom line is we need a public insurance option because it will drive down private insurance costs and help make health insurance affordable,” he said.
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KHARTOUM, Sudan (MCT) — The Sudanese president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir Monday instructed the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) to cease pre-publication censorship on newspapers effective immediately, according to state media. The surprise decision come weeks after the Sudan Supreme Court ruled that press censorship is constitutional to preserve issues of national security and public morality. Moreover, the NISS has proposed a ‘Journalistic Honor Accord’ by which journalist agree to exercise “self-censorship” by avoiding writing on certain topics likely to be removed under normal circumstances.
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Nearly 80 Guantanamo detainees cleared for release
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Mohammad Jawad hugs his uncle, Haji Gul Naik, after he is reunited with his family following nearly seven years of detention at Guantanamo Bay, August 24 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Jawad was detained at about age 14 — his family claims he was 12— after being accused of throwing a grenade that wounded U.S. troops. But his prosecution was built on a confession obtained under torture and a federal judge threw the case out, saying the U.S. government had no evidence. Carol Rosenberg mcclatchy newspapers
The Obama administration’s task force has cleared a third of the Guantanamo detainees for release, and the military has posted notices in the camps in a bid to signal that, for some war-on-terror captives, an end of their days in Cuba may be on the horizon. In all, 78 detainees have been cleared, according to the notice that circulated in the prison camps last week. It did not name the detainees among them who could leave after diplomatic arrangements are made and instead broke the number down by nationalities. Over the weekend, the Obama administration sent two Uzbeks
for resettlement in Ireland and returned a Yemeni to his homeland in compliance with a judge’s order. That left 223 detainees at Guantanamo, 75 now cleared to go. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Brook DeWalt, a Guantanamo spokesman, said staff began circulating the notice in September as part of a new information campaign tracking for detainees the progress of the review. An earlier initiative had guards post multilingual copies of President Barack Obama’s Jan. 22 executive order in detention center recreation areas announcing a oneyear time frame for closure, a deadline the Obama administration now says it may not meet. “We’re not focused on whether or not the deadline will or won’t
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be met on a particular day,” White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Monday. “We’re focused on ensuring that the facility is closed and ... to make the most progress that we can that’s possible.” Yemenis account for the largest single bloc cleared for release, 27, which should come as no surprise because about 40 percent of the detainees are citizens of Yemen, Osama bin Laden’s ancestral homeland. U.S. diplomats and their Yemen counterparts have so far failed to reach an overarching repatriation agreement on security guarantees for the men who had been held for years at the detention center in southeast Cuba, nearly all without charge. see Detainees, page 5
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about handling pit bulls. Among the videos he had for sale was one about using the dogs to hunt wild boar and pigs. Others included scenes of pit bulls fighting each other in Japan, where the activity is legal. Stevens had advertised several of the videos in “Sporting Dog Journal,” an underground publication that reports on dogfights. After federal agents bought three of his videos, he was indicted in 2004 under the animal cruelty law. Stevens was the first person to be prosecuted under the law. He was convicted by a jury in Pittsburgh. The U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia decided to strike down the law last year on freespeech grounds. Its judges said that although those who put on dogfights could be punished, the First Amendment protected “depictions of animal cruelty.” The appeals court stated in its decision that the government did not have a “compelling interest” in limiting such depictions. In the past, the high court has said speech can be restricted when the government has a compelling reason. It is illegal to threaten the president’s life or to solicit a bribe or a contract murder. The court has also said obscenity and child pornography are not protected by the First Amendment. But in striking down the law against animal cruelty videos, the appeals court said the government’s compelling interests had been “related to the well-being of human beings, not animals. ... It is difficult to see how (a law banning depictions of animal abuse) serves a compelling interest,” wrote Judge D. Brooks Smith. Free-speech advocates agree, saying that the Supreme Court should look away from the ugliness of the
animal torture videos and uphold the principle behind the First Amendment. “The First Amendment is most necessary when unpopular speech is at issue,” said David Horowitz, executive director of the Media Coalition. Some media lawyers worry the law could be used against movies, TV shows or books that show bullfighting or hunting with bows and arrows, or documentaries exposing conditions in a slaughterhouse. Government lawyers counter that the law has been used rarely, and that it exempts from prosecution any image that has “serious religious, political, scientific, journalistic, historical or artistic value.” More recently, government lawyers set off alarms with their legal brief saying the court should uphold the law by “balancing the value of the speech against its societal costs.” “It would be a dangerous departure if the court endorsed that idea. It would open the door to legislation restricting many kinds of ‘low value’ speech simply because some people find it offensive,” said Chris Finan, president of the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression. Bertin said the First Amendment has stood as a shield for free expression, not just a legal rule that calls for a balancing of interests in each case. “Think about flag burning or video games or rap music.Would you want a jury to decide the value of this speech balanced against its perceived social cost?” she asked. But Joyce Tischler, a co-founder of the Animal Legal Defense Fund in Northern California, said she was disappointed that free-speech advocates urged the justices to strike down the law. “The ‘crush videos’ involve torture. There is no other way to say it. It is intentional abuse of a defenseless animal. ... People who do that should not be able to hide behind the First Amendment,” she said.
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knocking over a garbage bin and running into cars. “We walked to the window and saw the employees of the slaughterhouse trying to corral the bull, waving flags at it, waving their arms at it,” said Jeffrey Klein, the promotional company’s owner. “It was like the running of the bulls around here for an hour ... He was probably scared he was going to be ground chuck.” Slaughterhouse workers and police then tried to corral the beast cowboy-style, using a rope to lasso around the bull’s neck, but the bull dragged more than five officers and workers behind him like an extra-large dog on a walk. Officers then tried to use their vehicles to block his path and corral him, but the beast kept maneuvering around cars. Finally, police were able to wrap the rope around a light post in another area and DeCando was
able to inject him with a sedative, which took about three or four minutes to kick in and knock out the animal. “Police did a fantastic job corralling him,” DeCando said. “The adrenaline in that bull is unbelievable.” Police were able to keep the bull in the industrial area, away from residential areas and schools; traffic was also light at the time. “The main thing is nobody got hurt,” he said, adding that the bull was scared but not injured. But after the bull fell from the tranquilizer dose, workers put him on a wooden palette and drove him back to the meat packing company on a forklift. Because the FDA requires all animals to be healthy and walk into a slaughter area and because the beast was drugged he was killed and thrown out, his body unable to be used for meat, workers said. “That’s sad,” Klein said. “It’s watching something like that that makes you consider being a vegetarian.”
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Senate climate-change bill to be unveiled this week Robert Schroeder mcclatchy newspapers
Two top Senate Democrats are set to introduce a climate-change bill this week that would put new limits on carbon emissions, as world leaders prepare for a climate summit in Denmark after agreement last week by the G20 nations on phasing out subsidies for fossil fuels. Sens. Barbara Boxer, the Calif. Democrat who chairs the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and John Kerry, DMass., will reportedly unveil their bill on Wednesday after months of closed-door meetings. The bill will be modeled largely on legislation passed by the House of Representatives in June that aims to cut carbon emissions by 17 percent by 2020 and more than 80 percent by 2050 compared to 2005 levels, reported ClimateWire and other publications. But it’s unclear how far the bill will get this year, or how fast. The bill from Kerry and Boxer would come as senators are intensely busy with health-care legislation, President Barack Obama’s top domestic priority. Obama is aiming to sign a
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Police and animal control officers try to capture a 1,400-pound bull that escaped from Ena Meat Packing Inc. in Paterson, N.J.
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A Yemeni Embassy statement issued in Washington over the weekend said it “welcomes with enthusiasm” the single release and transfer of a citizen, Alla Ali Bin Ali Ahmed. It vowed to “continue its diplomatic dialogue” with the U.S. government “to repatriate the remaining Yemeni detainees.” Another large bloc cleared for release include 13 citizens of
health-care overhaul this year that would cut costs and cover the uninsured. At the same time, the BoxerKerry bill also comes just over two months before a Dec. 7 meeting in Copenhagen, where world leaders are hoping to finalize a new agreement to reduce greenhouse gases. At last week’s G20 meeting in Pittsburgh, leaders pledged to “intensify (their) efforts, in cooperation with other parties, to reach agreement in Copenhagen.” They also agreed to slash subsidies in the “medium term” for oil and other fossil fuels as part of their fight against global warming. But observers say there is little time for Congress to finish a bill before the Copenhagen conference. “I don’t think expectations are that a bill will be signed, sealed and delivered by that point,” says Environmental Defense Fund spokesman Tony Kreindler. “There’s not a lot of legislating room between now and December.” Indeed, a climate-change bill faces a steep uphill climb in the Senate after passing the House on a narrow 219 to 212 vote in June. Republicans have consistently por-
trayed Democrats’ efforts to reduce global warming as a tax on families and businesses, and say it will lead to loss of jobs and U.S. competitiveness. Moreover, Democrats from industry-heavy states like Michigan and Ohio want breaks for manufacturing industries that would be affected by the legislation’s caps on emissions. Obama argues that the House bill will create jobs through new energy investments, but critics say the “cap and trade” system at the heart of the bill amounts to a tax. Under the “cap and trade” system, companies would buy and sell permits to meet emissions limits. Kerry, who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said last week that the bill would be a “starting point” to win over moderate and conservative Democrats as well as Republicans, reported ClimateWire. “I have no pretensions, and neither does Barbara, that this will be the final product. It is a starting point, a commitment, full-fledged, across party lines to do what we need to do to protect the planet for the next century,” Kerry said last week. Hearings on the bill are expected early next month.
China, members of the Uighur Muslim minority, some of whom are likely to be resettled in the Pacific island nation of Palau. The remaining cleared detainees on the list broke down this way: Nine Tunisians, seven Algerians, four Syrians, four Uzbeks, three Libyans, three Saudis, two Egyptians, two West Bank Palestinians, two Kuwaitis, an Azerbaijani and a Tajik. Two Syrians went to Portugal in late August, presumably among the four on the list, under
an Obama administration plea to the European Union to get third-country resettlement for detainees who might face torture in their native countries. Even before the closure order, State Department officials had concluded that some detainees from North Africa could not be repatriated once free because they had earlier fled their nations as devout Muslims for religious freedoms. Others have argued that the stigma of Guantanamo meant they would face persecution.
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Surviving the long distance limbo: Some relationships are easier than others
Almost every college student has a long distance relationship of one kind or another.And by relationship I mean of any kind — familial, best friend or just one of those people who call you at peak hours of the night because you’ve had a little too much fun out on the town. But what is it about the romantically-based relationship that makes it so incredibly difficult to survive the distance? There seems to be many factors into these relationships. Factors often considered include actual distance between each person, the length of the relationship, conflicting schedules and the amount of trust the couple shares. All of these play into it, but what causes crying in bed or day dreaming over the lack of love and attention received over the last nine months of school, or even three months of summer vacation? I think it’s fair to say that most couples that venture into the long distance field didn’t choose it — some are high school sweethearts, others found each
other in college but have to go home for all holidays (including three long months of perfect beach weather) and others have just been put in the field with no idea what to do or why their relationship has suddenly changed.
The feelings that tend to go through a person’s head vary with sex, age, self-confidence and the most popular feeling, jealousy. Jealousy is one characteristic that no one wants, but everyone secretly
has to some degree. It’s unfortunate how one comes to realize they have this trait. Usually it’s brought up over something miniscule, like a simple conversation that turns into an argument,or comments that have been bothering you for some unbeknownst reason. Or maybe it’s when she mentions a friends name and all of a sudden your heart drops a couple feet, and you realize you never even knew you felt jealous. Now this seems a bit over the top, but ask anyone that has ever had to endure a relationship of this nature, and I am sure they would agree. It begins with one not calling when they are supposed to, then it becomes hours of silence with no word — not even a text — and you begin to think of who she’s talking to or who he gave a ride home to. From here, emotions swell leaving one side angry and the other feeling
unloved and nervous. It’s a tiring roller coaster that may seize or go down hill for a moment or even a day, but eventually with the long distance relationship you can guarantee that it will go right back up again, ending in some sort of argument. But there is good news. After having lived through a long distance relationship myself, as well as having a best friend dive straight through a three year long distance relationship, I would say I’ve learned a couple things. First of all, take a step back from any issue and think before saying or acting on anything. For example, let’s say your boyfriend decided to attend a concert in his town that you really wanted to go to, but can’t attend because it is too far away. Now it’s understandable that you would feel left out and hurt, but it really wouldn’t have made any sense for you to go anyway.Why ruin his fun? It’s always important to remember what a relationship is all about.You’re supposed to love and support each other, and have fun together. Relationships are all about trial and error. With long distance it can get messy, but with the right attitude it’s possible to survive. So the lesson here is that while everyone has some kind of long distance relationship, it’s the romantic ones that will take a little more effort to be successful. If it’s meant to be, you will survive the distance and also have learned more about yourself and your significant other than you ever knew. Cassondra Becking is a liberal studies junior and Mustang Daily relationship columnist.
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Obama faces a huge task in rallying global power Trudy Rubin the philadelphia inquirer
It was a week of stunning contradictions for Barack Obama. The president was showcased on the world stage, at the United Nations and the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh. He promoted grand plans for global partnership on a range of topics — from climate change to nuclear disarmament to setting the world economy right. Obama basked in a glow of international popularity not enjoyed by his predecessor. He received compliments he didn’t need: Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez proclaimed “the sulfur is gone” (a reference to Chavez’s past U.N. rant calling George W. Bush the devil). Yet the world won’t judge the American president by what he said, but by what he can deliver. Soaring visions of cooperation were yanked to Earth by last week’s revelation that Iran had set up a secret underground nuclear site, in defiance of international rules. Nor did Obama’s rhetoric persuade Israel and the Palestinians to talk, or China to limit greenhouse gases, or NATO nations to announce more money and trainers to help Afghans. Do the president’s appeals for more global cooperation make sense? Yes, but ... Global partnerships are vital in some cases, and strategically useful in others. But they provide no panacea for America’s problems. Nor will they produce results unless Obama emerges as a strong international leader. So where is a push for more global cooperation essential and where is
it oversold? Obama has no choice but to pursue greater cooperation in dealing with the global economics. The old G-8 that grouped the United States with the richest Europeans and Japan (and reluctantly included Russia) is outmoded. It was replaced in Pittsburgh by the G-20, a confab of wealthy and developing nations, including China, India, Indonesia and Brazil. America no longer provides the growth engine that can revive the global economy. We, and the world, need China’s cooperation. Our hurting economy needs to save more and import less and booming China needs to save less and import more. Joint efforts are also essential for better international regulation of banks, and for halting climate change. Obama has also made a calculation that greater global cooperation on disarmament provides the only slim chance to curb Iran’s nuclear activities. This is a risky bet. But the
discovery of Iran’s secret enrichment facility may help the president. Obama headed a meeting of the U.N. Security Council last week and stressed his commitment to the concept of a world free of nuclear weapons. Such a commitment may seem foolish given the continued defiance of U.N. resolutions by Iran and North Korea. Yet conservative Republicans such as Henry Kissinger and George Shultz also endorse this principle. They believe that if existing nuclear powers reduce the size of their nuclear arsenals, they may create global momentum for tighter rules to prevent the emergence of new nuclear powers. I confess I was a skeptic. But Obama’s strong U.N. stand against nuclear proliferation — and his pledge of U.S. cooperation — may prove crucial to curbing Iran’s weapons. It may help in getting stronger sanctions against Tehran — if the Iranians refuse to come clean. “What Obama did at the United
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Nations strengthens his hand,” says nuclear expert Joseph Cirincione, president of the Ploughshares Fund, a foundation advocating a nuclearweapons-free world. We don’t yet know the whole story of how and when U.S. intelligence discovered Iran’s secret facility, but Tehran has now admitted its existence. This may account for Russian President Dmitry A. Medvedev’s more accommodating statements last week on the possibility of tough antiIran sanctions. (Russia was also influenced by Obama’s decision to shift gears on installing missile defenses in Central Europe, a program Moscow hated.) Obama stressed at the G-20 that the mood toward Iran had shifted: “What has changed is that the international community has now spoken.” Even countries reluctant to discuss sanctions might now change their mind, he said. Even so, I admit that all the stress on international cooperation makes me nervous. In his opening address to the United Nations, Obama sounded as if a global collective of nations could operate on its own. It will take tremendous nudging by Obama to corral Russia and China to agree to tougher Iran sanctions, and to work against nuclear proliferation. It will take presidential leadership to avoid trade wars that could undermine efforts to revive the global economy. In the end, the success of Obama’s efforts to strengthen international cooperation will depend on his leadership skills — on health care, Afghanistan, and so on. His ability to encourage global cooperation will depend on what he can deliver at home and abroad.
lettersto the editor WOW isn’t responsible for students’ bad behavior I eagerly read the Mustang Daily article entitled “Students wild about Week of Welcome” — thinking that it was a report on how orientation leaders and first year orientation participants alike rallied Sunday to save WOW’s reputation, a reputation that was harmed by the inaccurate headline printed in the Tribune early last week. However, I was let down.The article was about excessive drinking and other illegal activities that occurred the weeks before school started. I am not saying that the Mustang Daily is wrong in printing this information. In fact I believe Cal Poly students should be aware of it.What upsets me is the fact that the Mustang Daily made the same mistake as the Tribune in wrongly linking the WOW program with the alcohol related arrests and injuries in these past weeks. While not explicitly blaming WOW simply the association is
harm enough. ..The Mustang Daily is read by more than just Cal Poly students. And without the knowledge that people involved in the program know to be true — that of WOW ‘s commitment to alcohol awareness and prevention — community members forming their opinions from the region’s newspapers, including the Mustang Daily, are unjustly demonizing WOW as the source of problems in the community. I am disappointed that the Mustang Daily did not make the effort to investigate whether or not WOW was involved in the off-campus activities reported or to investigate WOW’s involvement in the issue of underage drinking. Audrey Porcella Social sciences senior and two-time WOW leader
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I am disappointed with the Mustang Daily for making ill-informed connections between the Week of Welcome activities sponsored by Student Life & Leadership and the alcohol-related arrests and citations during the same time period. The article gives the number of arrests and citations as provided by UPD and SLOPD, but does not give specific details on who these students were — upper class men and returning students, or the first year and transfer students participating in WOW activities? WOW coincides with many students returning to San Luis Obispo for the new school year, not just new students moving into the residence halls and participating in WOW.To imply that the high numbers of alcohol-related incidents were a result of WOW is irresponsible reporting on behalf of the Mustang Daily. Kristy McCray Academic Advisor, Cal Poly Athletics
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Raiders’ offense can’t find rhythm in loss to Broncos
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JaMarcus Russell has thrown four interceptions in three starts and holds a 38.3 passer rating, the worst in the NFL. Raiders’ hopes of winning the AFC West are slowly fading. Steve Corkran contra costa times
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Perhaps it’s a good thing the Oakland Raiders’ game against the Denver Broncos on Sunday wasn’t televised locally. Otherwise, fans would have seen the Raiders at their worst this season and just how far the gap is between them and first place in the AFC West. The Raiders entered the game with a chance to move into a firstplace tie in the division. They exited the field two games behind the Broncos and light years behind in terms of execution and scheme after a 23-3 loss at the Oakland Coliseum. “We have to play better,” Raiders
coach Tom Cable said. “These fans deserve a better football team than what we showed (Sunday). How do (the players) handle that? Obviously, you hope it ticks them off, and they deal with it the right way, they put more attention to the details during the week, that we demand more from them during the week and we play better on Sunday.” The outcome was never in doubt. Denver running backs Correll Buckhalter and Knowshon Moreno combined for 198 yards rushing, quarterback Kyle Orton completed 13 of 23 passes without getting his uniform dirty, and Brett Kern wasn’t called upon to punt until midway through the fourth quarter.
Cable said he had an inkling things weren’t quite right with his team when it misfired in practice Friday. “We had some issues (last) week in terms of preparation, and I thought it reflected just how we played (Sunday),” Cable said. “We have to clean that up.We have to take responsibility, all of us.” To a man, the Raiders called Sunday’s outing an all-around dud. The fans directed their venom toward quarterback JaMarcus Russell, in particular. The less-than-sold-out crowd booed Russell during cornerback Andre Goodman’s first-quarter interception return and kept it up the rest of the game.
The crowd chanted,“Russell sucks! Russell sucks!” after he was sacked on a third-down play early in the fourth quarter. The crowd also booed when he returned for the ensuing series. Cable said last week that he “never” considered removing Russell from the Kansas City game in favor of Bruce Gradkowski, even though Russell completed only 3 of his first 18 passes for 42 yards. He held firm Sunday, as well. On the surface, it appeared as if Russell performed well in the first half. He completed seven straight passes at one point and 9-of-13 overall. But the stats were deceiving. Russell was intercepted on back-to-back drives in the first quarter on passes that sailed over wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey. Russell said he felt as if the officials should have called pass interference on both plays. “I can’t control that,” Russell said of the non-calls.“I can just control the way I prepare for the game and continue to come out and play.” Renaldo Hill returned the first interception to the Raiders 23-yard line, and Denver turned it into a touchdown. Goodman returned the second interception 30 yards to the Raiders 34, setting up a Matt Prater field goal. The crowd expressed its displeasure with Russell and, perhaps, HeywardBey during and after Goodman’s return by booing in unison. “We’ve seen it all around here,” running back Justin Fargas said, “but we have to play above that and really just keep ourselves out of situations to
where that type of stuff happens. “We support each other on offense, and we support our quarterback. So whatever’s going on on the outside, we try to do our best not to let that affect us.” Russell said he is satisfied with his progression as an NFL quarterback. “When you get tough looks like that, and a tough crowd, hey, it’s the NFL, you have continue to progress yourself in becoming the person that you want to be,” the third-year quarterback said. “I know I’m not there yet.” The team’s frustration spilled forth on to the sideline, where rookie receivers Louis Murphy and HeywardBey exchanged words and had to be separated. Murphy calmed down and spent at least five minutes talking with his teammate on the bench, and Heyward-Bey said it was over his route running. Murphy declined comment after the game. Heyward-Bey dismissed it as something that happens in the heat of battle. In the end, cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha said he hoped the Raiders would have an idea what kind of team they have this season. Sunday’s clunker clouded the picture. “There’s some glaring problems that need to be fixed, in all phases of the game,”Asomugha said.“So, I don’t think we have quite a read on who we are. And that’s concerning because at this point you want to know what type of team you are and have an idea of what the outcome is going to be, based on who you’re playing.”
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Favre leads another fantastic finish
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Minnesota Viking Greg Lewis holds up the ball after catching the game-winning touchdown with two seconds left Sunday at the Metrodome. Brett Favre found a full-stretched Lewis in the back of the endzone to clinch a 27-24 win. Daniel Brown san jose mercury news
MINNEAPOLIS — On the verge of an improbable victory Sunday, the San Francisco 49ers instead endured an all-too-familiar sight: Brett Favre. Again. The quarterback who won’t go away stuck a 32-yard dagger into the 49ers’ hearts with two seconds remaining, turning a potential feelgood victory into a feeling-sick 2724 defeat. Greg Lewis caught the ball in the back of the end zone, a step ahead of safety Mark Roman, and managed to keep both feet inbounds. It marked Favre’s 42nd career fourth-quarter comeback and kept Minnesota unbeaten. The catch required an official’s video review. But when referee Jerome Boger finally signaled touchdown, 63,398 pairs of arms at the Metrodome signaled touchdown as well. Their hands went up. The 49ers’ hearts sank. In the dreary silence of the locker
room, 49ers coach Mike Singletary commanded every player’s attention. “Don’t be looking down at the floor for anybody,” he bellowed. “You didn’t steal anything. You didn’t do anything wrong. OK? We’re going to get better! We’re going to get there! “We’ll see them again “ in the playoffs. Hold your heads up. Put your shoulders back and let’s rock.” The loss denied the 49ers their first 3-0 start since 1998. They were within one defensive stop of getting there, despite having star running back Frank Gore for only one carry. (Gore aggravated a right-ankle injury in the first quarter). Quarterback Shaun Hill and tight end Vernon Davis had kept the 49ers afloat with two touchdown connections. The second one came on second-and-goal from the 20, with Davis making a leaping catch between free safety Madieu Williams and linebacker E.J. Henderson. That gave the 49ers a 24-20 lead with 8:12 to play. In all, Davis had seven catches for a career-high 96 yards. “At the end of the day,” he said, “I
don’t think it means anything” Favre, playing in his first home game for his new team, made Davis’ highlights irrelevant when the 49ers gave the quarterback one final chance. The 49ers tried running out the clock with three running plays on their last possession but were forced to punt with 1:36 to play. Singletary was asked if the 49ers considered a pass on their last sequence, since a first down would have sealed the victory. “What we did, I totally support,” he said. “I don’t go back and try to analyze why.” The Vikings’ drive started at their 20 with 1:29 remaining. Favre, famous for his big armed, nickel-anddimed his way down the field “ then cashed in on the final play. On third-and-three from the 49ers’ 32, with 12 seconds on the clock, the Vikings had one last shot. Minnesota defensive end Jared Allen thought to himself, “Be Brett. One time. Just be Brett.” Favre escaped pressure from defensive end Justin Smith and stepped up in the pocket just as linebacker
Manny Lawson was closing in. Lawson came close to a game-winning sack. “Not close enough,” he said. Instead, Favre unleashed a laser of a throw to Lewis, a 29-year-old who was signed Sept. 10 after the Patriots cut him. Favre later said he had no idea to whom he was throwing when he let the ball go. Lewis had been on the field for all of four snaps. He was supposed to be on the left side, but he improvised as Favre bought time. “I was like, ‘Well, I can’t get the ball this far over, so let me go see what’s going to happen over here,’ “ Lewis said. What happened is that Lewis got a step on Roman — who was playing in his 100th consecutive game — along the back line. None of the other defenders was close enough to make a play. “That’s just Brett,” 49ers linebacker Takeo Spikes said. The 49ers ought to know. Favre is 12-2 against them in his career, including the playoffs. Overall, Favre finished with 301 passing yards “ his 56th career 300-yard game and the first by a Viking since Daunte Culpepper in 2005. Entering play, Favre had totaled just 265 total over the Vikings’ first two victories. “I’m worn out. Believe me, I could fall right now,” said Favre, who turns 40 on Oct. 10. “I don’t know how many plays we had, but it felt like two years’ worth of plays. “I’m telling you: They are a fine football team. Their defense is aggressive.” Until that final play, the 49ers looked as if they were going to take an unlikely path to a monumental victory. They led despite going 0-for-11 on third-down conversions and despite playing with rookie Glen Coffee in Gore’s place at running back. The 49ers stuck around thanks in part to a big play before halftime, when Ray McDonald blocked a field-goal attempt and Nate Clements ran it back 59 yards for a touchdown. The momentum swing gave the 49ers a 14-13 lead at halftime. Minnesota countered that big play with rookie Percy Harvin’s 101-yard kickoff return in the third quarter, which gave the Vikings a 20-17 lead. The play took a lot out of Harvin, which is why he ran out of gas in the final seconds. That’s why Lewis came on the field to replace him for the improvised touchdown catch. “We haven’t practiced that play, I assure you,” Favre said. The 49ers' though, might have felt as if they had seen it before.
Washington holds off Cal Poly secondhalf flurry in 3-1 loss sports information report
SEATTLE — Junior midfielder Junior Burgos’ first goal as a Mustang halved an early Washington lead Sunday afternoon, but the Cal Poly men’s soccer team — despite outshooting the Huskies during the second half — failed to find an equalizer and completed play at the Husky Fever Classic with a 3-1 loss. With Cal Poly trailing at Husky Soccer Stadium, 2-0, Burgos — a transfer from San Jose State and a squad selection by the El Salvador Men’s National Team during spring CONCACAF World Cup qualifiers — buried a penalty 10 minutes prior to halftime. The Mustangs (2-6) produced 10 additional shots during the ensuing 55 minutes, but only elicited two saves from Huskies senior goalkeeper Rylan Hawkins. Washington opened the scoring in the 30th minute, as substitute freshman forward Ryan Moore headed a cross from sophomore defender Jamie Finch past Mustang freshman goalkeeper Brett Finkelstein. Five minutes later, Finch again found Moore who headed a second ball past Finkelstein to double the Washington lead. Washington sophomore forward Brent Richards finalized the scoreline 12 minutes from full time, firing an attempt from 18 yards past Cal Poly reserve goalkeeper Patrick McLain. “I’m proud of the effort today from our guys, even though the result didn’t go our way,” Cal Poly head coach Paul Holocher said. “We’re a team that’s still learning and growing. It’s the pains of a young team that’s playing a tougher schedule than Cal Poly has played in past years.” Burgos tallied a team-high five shots for Cal Poly, which opened play at the Husky Fever Classic on Friday with a 2-0 loss against Portland. Cal Poly opens Big West Conference play Wednesday, Sept. 30 at Cal State Fullerton. Match time in Titan Stadium is scheduled for 7 p.m. The Mustangs return home to host UC Davis on Sunday, Oct. 4 at 1 p.m.