Are you an Assault and Battery Victim? - LegalMatch: Criminal Law

There exists some confusion as what actually constitutes assault and battery, as even the exact meanings of these two words are often not clear. Any physical contact with another person, to which that other person has not consented, is considered battery. Now bumping into another person in the subway could fall into that definition, so there is also an element of intent that goes along with the the uninvited physical contact.

Therefore assault is an attempt at battery. As they say the proof is in the pudding, and proving that you were battered is the crux of of any charge for assault and battery. And that comes back around to 'intent' - which means that the person that shoved you on the subway platform intended to do so. There is a caveat here, as you might be the victim of some other intention, such as you were knocked down subway stairs because two other parties were fighting and one of them was punched and fall onto to you. In this case the puncher might be charged with two counts, one of assault, for the intentional blow and one of battery for harm inflicted to you. There are two ways assault and battery can be dealt with in the courts - to paraphrase an excellent LegalMatch.com article about assault and battery:

Criminal Assault and Battery: a person is prosecuted by the district attorney's office for committing an assault and battery against a victim. If you are facing criminal charges, you are in criminal court and need a savvy criminal defense lawyer.

Civil Assault and Battery: involves the victim suing the person who committed the assault and battery against them to recover damages for their injuries. If you want to sue someone for your assault and battery injuries, or are being sued by the victim for money, you are in civil court and need an experienced personal injury lawyer.

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Zoho announces Zoho Vault, provides a hub for businesses to manage passwords

Zoho's more commonly known around the interwebs for its document editing tools, but today the service is launching a product that's a little more business-oriented than its Office suite. With the newly introduced Zoho Vault, the company's hoping to give business owners a centralized repository where they can easily manage their passwords online -- something slightly similar to what LastPass offers. Of course, security will likely be very important for potential customers, and Zoho says it'll be able to keep a rigorous lockdown by implementing things such as Host-Proof Hosting, a measure which encrypts passwords at the browser and stores only encrypted data on the server. The Personal Edition of Zoho Vault is available now for free and can be accessed by one person, while the Enterprise Edition costs a mere $1 per month, offers an iPhone app and supports unlimited users.

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Apple says more than 100 million iPod touch units sold since 2007

Apple has sold more than 100 million units of the iPod touch since its introduction in late 2007. Jim Dalrymple of The Loop reported that Apple informed him of the milestone this morning.

In addition to launching a new model of its iPod touch on Thursday, Apple told me this morning that it has sold more than 100 million units of the iPod touch since its introduction.

This comes on the heels of this morning?s announcement of a new 16GB iPod touch. The iPod touch has proven itself to be a very popular product, accounting for more than half of all iPods sold. More than just a media player, the iPod touch has also become the primary gaming device for many, rivaling companies like Nintendo and Sony in the portable gaming space. Parents looking to get their children a smart device without the hassle of a contract often pick up the iPod touch, with the parental controls allowing them to manage the content that their children see. While many think of it as just an ?iPhone without the phone?, the iPod touch has proven to be a great device, for both Apple and consumers, in its own right.

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APNewsBreak: OSU head jabs Notre Dame, Catholics

This photo made Sunday, May 5, 2013, shows Ohio State president E. Gordon Gee gesturing as he speaks during the Ohio State University spring commencement in Columbus, Ohio. Gee told a university committee last December that Notre Dame wasn?t invited to join the Big Ten because they?re not good partners while also jokingly saying that ?those damn Catholics? can?t be trusted. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

This photo made Sunday, May 5, 2013, shows Ohio State president E. Gordon Gee gesturing as he speaks during the Ohio State University spring commencement in Columbus, Ohio. Gee told a university committee last December that Notre Dame wasn?t invited to join the Big Ten because they?re not good partners while also jokingly saying that ?those damn Catholics? can?t be trusted. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

This photo made Sunday, May 5, 2013, shows Ohio State president E. Gordon Gee during the Ohio State University spring commencement in Columbus, Ohio. Gee told a university committee last December that Notre Dame wasn?t invited to join the Big Ten because they?re not good partners while also jokingly saying that ?those damn Catholics? can?t be trusted. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ? The president of Ohio State University said Notre Dame was never invited to join the Big Ten because the university's priests are not good partners, joking that "those damn Catholics" can't be trusted, according to a recording of a meeting he attended late last year.

At the December meeting of the school's Athletic Council, Gordon Gee also took shots at schools in the Southeastern Conference and the University of Louisville, according to the recording, obtained by The Associated Press under a public records request.

The university called the statements inappropriate and said Gee is undergoing a "remediation plan" because of the remarks.

Gee apologized in a statement released to the AP.

"The comments I made were just plain wrong, and in no way do they reflect what the university stands for," he said. "They were a poor attempt at humor and entirely inappropriate."

Gee, who has taken heat previously for uncouth remarks, told members of the council that he negotiated with Notre Dame officials during his first term at Ohio State, which began more than two decades ago.

"The fathers are holy on Sunday, and they're holy hell on the rest of the week," Gee said to laughter at the Dec. 5 meeting attended by Athletic Director Gene Smith and several other athletic department members, along with professors and students.

"You just can't trust those damn Catholics on a Thursday or a Friday, and so, literally, I can say that," said Gee, a Mormon.

The Big Ten had for years courted Notre Dame, but the school resisted, seeking to retain its independent status in college football. The school announced in September that it would join the Atlantic Coast Conference in all sports except football. It also agreed to play five football games each year against ACC teams.

In the recording, Gee referred specifically to dealing with the Rev. Ned Joyce, Notre Dame's longtime chief financial officer, who died in 2004.

"Father Joyce was one of those people who ran the university for many, many years," Gee said.

Gee said the Atlantic Coast Conference added Notre Dame at a time when it was feeling vulnerable.

"Notre Dame wanted to have its cake and eat it, too," Gee said, according to the recording and a copy of the meeting's minutes.

Gee was introduced by Athletic Council then-chairman Charlie Wilson, and Gee's name and introduction are included in written minutes of the meeting. Gee's comments drew laughter, at times loud, occasionally nervous, but no rebukes, according to the audio.

The Athletic Council meets monthly during the fall, winter and spring and makes recommendations on athletic policy including ticket prices. December's meeting was at Ohio Stadium.

Ohio State trustees learned of "certain offensive statements" by Gee in January, met with the president at length and created the remediation plan for Gee to "address his behavior," board president Robert Schottenstein said in a statement.

"These statements were inappropriate, were not presidential in nature and do not comport with the core values of the University," Schottenstein said.

Gee has gotten in trouble for his offhand remarks, most recently during a memorabilia-for-cash and tattoos scandal that cost football coach Jim Tressel his job. Tressel had known about allegations that players were trading game paraphernalia for money and tattoos but didn't tell the university in violation of his contract and NCAA regulations.

Gee was asked in March 2011 whether he had considered firing Tressel. He responded: "No, are you kidding? Let me just be very clear: I'm just hopeful the coach doesn't dismiss me." Tressel stepped down three months later.

In November 2010, Gee boasted that Ohio State's football schedule didn't include teams on par with the "Little Sisters of the Poor." An apologetic Gee later sent a personal check to the real Little Sisters of the Poor in northwest Ohio and followed up with a visit to the nuns months later.

Last year, Gee apologized for comparing the problem of coordinating the school's many divisions to the Polish army, an off-the-cuff remark that a Polish-American group called a "slanderous" display of bigotry and ignorance.

Gee has one of the highest-profile resumes of any college president in recent history. He has held the top job at West Virginia University, the University of Colorado, Brown University and Vanderbilt University. He was Ohio State president from 1990 to 1997, and returned in 2007. He earns about $1.9 million annually in base pay, deferred and performance compensation and retirement benefits.

He is a prolific fundraiser and is leading a $2.5 billion campaign at Ohio State. He is omnipresent on campus, attending everything from faculty awards events to dormitory pizza parties. He is known for his bow ties ? he has hundreds ? and his horn-rimmed glasses.

During his comments to the Athletic Council, Gee also questioned the academic integrity of schools in the Southeastern Conference, and the University of Louisville.

The top goal of Big Ten presidents is to "make certain that we have institutions of like-minded academic integrity," Gee said. "So you won't see us adding Louisville," a member of the Big East conference that is also joining the ACC.

After a pause followed by laughter from the audience, Gee added that the Big Ten wouldn't add the University of Kentucky, either.

During the meeting, Gee also said he thought it was a mistake not to include Missouri and Kansas in earlier Big Ten expansion plans. Missouri has since joined the SEC.

"You tell the SEC when they can learn to read and write, then they can figure out what we're doing," Gee said, when asked by a questioner how to respond to SEC fans who say the Big Ten can't count because it now has 14 members.

Gee noted he was chairman of the SEC during his time as Vanderbilt University chancellor. He also told his audience that speculation about the SEC "remains right here," according to the recording.

Gee took a swipe at Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delaney, one of the most powerful leaders in college athletics, when he answered a question about preserving Ohio State's financial interests in light of Big Ten revenue-sharing plans.

"No one admires Jim Delaney more than I do ? I chaired the committee that brought him here," Gee said. "Jim is very aggressive, and we need to make certain he keeps his hands out of our pockets while we support him."

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Associated Press writer John Seewer in Toledo contributed to this report.

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Now things could get more interesting for Federer

Switzerland's Roger Federer serves against India's Somdev Devvarman in their second round match of the French Open tennis tournament, at Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Wednesday, May 29, 2013. Federer won in three sets 6-2, 6-1, 6-1. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Switzerland's Roger Federer serves against India's Somdev Devvarman in their second round match of the French Open tennis tournament, at Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Wednesday, May 29, 2013. Federer won in three sets 6-2, 6-1, 6-1. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Switzerland's Roger Federer smiles as he plays against India's Somdev Devvarman in their second round match of the French Open tennis tournament, at Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Wednesday, May 29, 2013. Federer won in three sets 6-2, 6-1, 6-1. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

India's Somdev Devvarman returns against Switzerland's Roger Federer in their second round match of the French Open tennis tournament, at Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Wednesday, May 29, 2013. Federer won in three sets 6-2, 6-1, 6-1. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Serena Williams of the U.S. celebrates scoring a point against Caroline Garcia of France in their second round match of the French Open tennis tournament, at Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Wednesday, May 29, 2013. Williams won in two sets 6-1, 6-2.(AP Photo/Christophe Ena))

Caroline Garcia of France turns away after missing a return against Serena Williams of the U.S. in their second round match of the French Open tennis tournament, at Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Wednesday, May 29, 2013. Williams won in two sets 6-1, 6-2. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

PARIS (AP) ? Now things could get a little more interesting for Roger Federer.

After a pair of straightforward and straight-set victories at the French Open against qualifiers ranked outside the top 150, the 17-time major champion will face a seeded player, France's Julien Benneteau, who not only already beat Federer once this year but also came within two points of upsetting him at Wimbledon, of all places, in 2012.

"I think I'm playing OK," Federer said in something of an understatement, considering he's dropped 11 games through six sets so far. "Definitely think the next match is going to be sort of the big test for me, to see exactly where I stand."

There wasn't much trouble for Federer in the second round Wednesday, when he beat two-time NCAA singles champion Somdev Devvarman 6-2, 6-1, 6-1 in less than 1? hours.

It really was something of a laugher, especially with Federer serving at 4-0 in the final set. He hit a first serve well out, and both players waited for the linesman to make a call ? which he finally did, albeit after a long delay. Federer and Devvarman chuckled, looked at each other, and chuckled some more. As Federer prepared to hit his second serve, he needed to pause because he couldn't regain his composure.

Otherwise, little bothered Federer.

"You obviously know he's capable of doing certain things, and you try and make life as tough for him as possible," said Devvarman, who played college tennis at Virginia. "In my case today, I didn't execute. And sometimes even when I did, I feel like he came up with the better shot."

Federer accumulated a 54-12 edge in winners, in part by moving forward to the net on 30 points.

"I'm happy that I was playing offensive and aggressive tennis in the first two matches, because I had the opportunity, but I didn't back off and start to play passive tennis and wait for mistakes. So I took it to my opponent," said Federer, the 2009 French Open champion. "But really, I think I'll only know more after the Benneteau match, to be quite honest."

Then again, Benneteau might not quite be the same guy who took the first two sets against Federer before losing in five on the grass of the All England Club nearly a year ago. Or the one who has beaten Federer twice in six meetings, including 6-3, 7-5 in February on an indoor hard court at Rotterdam, Netherlands.

The 30th-seeded Benneteau dealt with pain in his thigh Wednesday during a topsy-turvy 7-6 (9), 7-5, 5-7, 0-6, 6-4 win against Tobias Kamke of Germany. Ahead by two sets and at 5-all in the third, Benneteau dropped 10 games in a row before righting himself.

Even putting that aside, Benneteau explained, "Obviously it's all pretty tricky, (playing) Federer. He breezed through the first two rounds. He plays very well. ... You know you're going to have to really ramp up a gear."

Same must be said when facing another past French Open champion, Serena Williams, who has been challenged about as much as Federer has.

Williams extended her career-high winning streak to 26 matches by defeating French wild-card entry Caroline Garcia 6-1, 6-2 Wednesday. A year after the only first-round Grand Slam exit of her career came in Paris, the American has lost four games in two matches.

Other women's winners included two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka and 2011 Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitova ? who both finally got to play their rain-postponed first-round matches ? along with 2008 French Open champion Ana Ivanovic and 2012 runner-up Sara Errani, who reached the third round. Former No. 1 and 2009 U.S. Open finalist Caroline Wozniacki, whose boyfriend is golf star Rory McIlroy, lost 7-6 (2), 6-3 to Serbia's Bojana Jovanovski.

No seeded men lost Wednesday, and so far only one of the top 16 has, No. 5 Tomas Berdych. Joining No. 2 Federer in the third round were No. 4 David Ferrer, No. 6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, No. 10 Marin Cilic, No. 11 Nicolas Almagro, No. 14 Milos Raonic, No. 15 Gilles Simon, and No. 18 Sam Querrey, an American who was 1-6 in his Roland Garros career before this year and 2-0 this week.

"I'm really excited. That was my goal coming in. I've never made it third round here," said Querrey, who faces Simon next, "so anything past there is great."

The man who eliminated Berdych, France's Gael Monfils, followed that up by beating Ernests Gulbis 6-7 (5), 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-2 ? and, much like a tourist, Monfils shot some video by which to remember the occasion.

During a changeover, Monfils got permission from the chair umpire to use his phone to film the fans doing the wave.

Monfils explained: "He tell me, 'Sure, you can.' So I say, 'OK, I will tape it, like, quick."

Later in the day, just as the Court Suzanne Lenglen crowd roared at the sight of Devvarman claiming one game when trailing 5-0 in his third set, the fans at Court Philippe Chatrier got loud when Garcia finally won a game after being down 5-0 in her first set.

"I need to work on my game to pose more problems for her next time I meet her," Garcia said.

Williams won 32 of 39 service points, and while that's become expected, she also showed tremendous touch with a perfect drop shot that barely cleared the net and nearly nestled right there in the clay in the second set's second game.

Williams raised her left fist and looked up in the stands, where her coach, Patrick Mouratoglou, shook his right fist.

"I was, like, 'Yeah!' I only hit drop shots in practice," she said. "I never hit them in a match. ... It's not a go-to shot."

Garcia is ranked only 114th but much is expected of her. Against Maria Sharapova in the 2011 French Open, she won the first set and led 4-1 in the second before collapsing completely, losing the next 11 games and the match. Her performance was good enough to inspire Andy Murray to write on Twitter that Garcia "is going to be No. 1 in the world one day."

For now, it's Williams who holds that distinction in the rankings, and she certainly looks like someone intent on keeping it that way.

"It's important for me to win easily," said the 15-time major champion, who won the French Open in 2002. "It's also important for me to play well. If I play well, it will bode well for me at Roland Garros."

Speaking again in French to the crowd during a post-match interview, Williams was asked what she plans to work on in practice.

"I'd like to improve everything. My French, too," she said.

Williams said she studied French "a long time ago" so she could use the language while traveling in Africa ? and "I decided that I wanted to win the French Open and speak French for my acceptance speech."

A reporter wanted to know: That remains the plan?

"Still my plan," Williams replied.

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U.S. spelling bee starts with a new challenge : definitions

By Ian Simpson

OXON HILL, Maryland (Reuters) - Sometimes-nervous contestants in the United States' Scripps National Spelling Bee launched two days of competition on Wednesday, facing the new challenge of not only having to spell obscure words correctly, but also knowing what they mean.

A total of 281 contestants aged 8 to 14 from across the United States and other countries took to the stage for a preliminary spelling round in the spelling bee. The finals are on Thursday night.

For the first time since it began in 1927, the contest is requiring young spellers in preliminary and semifinal rounds to take a computerized vocabulary test. Organizers say it is part of the Bee's commitment to deepening contestants' command of English.

Sixteen spellers were eliminated in a first onstage round, with a second round to come for survivors. They stumbled on such words as "sinecure," a paid job with little work; "weissnichtwo," an imaginary place; and "yannigan," player in an individualized baseball game.

Some spellers were visibly nervous before advancing to the microphone in the packed auditorium, clutching arms to sides, jiggling feet or crossing themselves.

"I felt a little nervous before I got on stage, but once I was on stage I was OK," said Matthew Griffin, a 12-year-old home schooled eighth grader from Bailey, N.C., who correctly spelled "panglossian," or extreme optimism.

"It's pretty cool. I've made a lot of friends," he said.

Owen Duffy, 13, from Fort Johnson Middle School in Charleston, S.C., did not fare as well.

Given "langlauf" to spell, the seventh grader asked chief pronouncer Jacques Bailly for the pronunciation of the German word for cross-country skiing several times.

"Langlauf? Langlauf? Langlauf?" Duffy said slowly. He barely finished spelling it, incorrectly, before his time ran out.

Almost all the contestants asked for the origin of the word, the kind of word and a definition, which is allowed as an aid to spelling. They then wrote it out on the palm of their hands with a fingertip while spelling aloud.

DEFINE THAT

Since 2002, a written or computer spelling test has been a component that, along with onstage spelling, factored in determining which spellers advanced to the semi-finals.

This year, competitors will advance to the semi-finals and finals based on their onstage spelling, as well as computer-based spelling and vocabulary questions. Vocabulary evaluation will count for half of a speller's overall score.

Contestants said the multiple-choice test taken on Tuesday was fairly easy for them. Amber Born, 14, a home-schooled eighth grader from Marblehead, Massachusetts, said after the first round of spelling that it "was good, it was fun."

Standing next to Born, Katherine Wang, an 11-year-old sixth grader from the Qooco School in Beijing, called it "nerve-wracking."

"It was multiple choice, so you could narrow it down," Born said. She and Wang had met at last year's contest and stayed in touch through e-mail.

Griffin said the test was "a little hard. I knew how to spell the words but now having to know them makes the challenge a little harder."

Paige Kimble, the Bee's executive director who won the competition in 1981, told a news conference the decision to add the vocabulary test had come after about a year and a half of discussion.

A key element was support from spellers and their parents who believed that adding the test would increase the tournament's prestige, she said.

The contestants hail from all 50 states and the District of Columbia, U.S. territories and Defense Department schools around the world. Some contestants come from the Bahamas, Canada, China, Ghana, Jamaica, Japan and South Korea.

The Bee is taking place at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center outside Washington. It is being broadcast by ESPN.

The contestants range from third to eighth graders, with 116 speaking more than one language. The group is 52 percent girls and 48 percent boys, organizers said.

(Editing by Scott Malone, Dan Grebler and Andrew Hay)

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Verizon's Internet Speeds To Double - Business Insider

Internet speeds on smartphones are about to get a lot faster.

Verizon is working on a new type of 4G LTE network that will be about twice as fast as its current network, Bloomberg reports, and Samsung's newest phone, the Galaxy S4, is the first compatible device.?

Right now, LTE is the fastest wireless data standard available. It's often just as fast as the speeds you get from your cable or DSL modem. While most carriers are still in the process of rolling out their LTE networks, Verizon's faster "Phase 2" LTE network will go online in the second half of this year in some areas.

The new LTE service gives Verizon other advantages other than speed. The new wireless signals will allow radio waves to better penetrate the walls of buildings, meaning you'll get much better service indoors.

Most Verizon customers won't notice this switch right away because most phones on sale today don't have the right chips to support the new Phase 2 network.

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The Engadget Mobile Podcast, live at 4PM ET!

Time to dust off the 'ol microphone and get back to podcasting! As many of you have noted, we're coming off of a short hiatus -- thanks to trade shows, conflicting schedules and a certain podcast co-host moving out of his house, all at the same time -- but we're back now, and we're ready to chat it up about what we've seen over the past three weeks. Join us in an hour!

Tue May 28 4:00:00 2013 PM EDT

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Four in five Japanese fiddle while walking, one in five while riding

By Ken Y-N ( May 30, 2013 at 01:01) ? Filed under Mobile, Polls, Society

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japan,internet.com recently reported on a survey by goo Research into mobile phones in daily life, concentrating in the article on the use of mobile phones when walking and cycling.

Demographics

Between the 14th and 17th of March 2013 1,071 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 52.8% of the sample were male, 16.8% in their teens, 18.4% in their twenties, 21.3% in their thirties, 16.4% in their forties, 15.4% in their fifties, and 11.7% aged sixty or older.

This is a quite timely survey, as just a couple of days ago there was the news that a 10-year-old boy fell off a Tokyo station platform while using his mobile phone.

Research results

First of all, the sample were asked if they currently had a mobile phone (including smartphone), to which 78.6% said yes. Note that this question as expressed in the article is a bit to decipher; ownership figures for mobile phones are usually around 90%, and since given the wording and the demographics this survey was most likely conducted via their normal PC-targetted method, 78.6% answering the question on their mobile phone seems too high to me. Perhaps the question was closer to ?do you usually (or ?always?) carry your mobile phone when you go out?? Anyway, these 842 people who said yes to whatever question was asked were then asked the following.

Q1: Do you use your mobile phone while walking? (Sample size=842)

Often use (to SQ1)	23.8%
Sometimes use (to SQ1)	56.3%
Never use	20.0%

When these users were asked what they use while walking, 70.2% (of 674) said voice calls, 57.0% checked their mail, 42.0% viewed maps, 24.0% checked Twitter or other SNS, and do on.

Q1SQ1: Have you ever bumped into anyone while using your mobile phone while walking? (Sample size=674)

Q1SQ2: About how many people have you bumped into? (Sample size=56)

One or two people	64.3%
Three to nine people	28.6%
Ten or more people	7.1%

Q2: Do you use your mobile phone while cycling? (Sample size=842)

Often use (to SQ1)	1.2%
Sometimes use (to SQ1)	12.8%
Never use	50.8%
Don?t ride a bicycle	35.2%

Note that it is illegal to use a mobile phone while riding a bicycle.

Q2SQ1: Have you ever had an accident while using your mobile phone while cycling? (Sample size=118)

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Bill Gates urges more aid from China

CANBERRA: The world's richest man Bill Gates on Tuesday urged China to become a bigger player in foreign development following its success in lifting millions of its own people out of poverty.

Speaking in Australia, where the Microsoft co-founder met with Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Gates said the Asian powerhouse was already giving foreign aid but there were "very little facts and figures" on how much.

"I am hopeful that Chinese aid, both in terms of the quality of the aid and the quantity of the aid, will continue to increase," he told a lunch address in Canberra.

"I think that there is a real opportunity there. What they've done to date, as far as anything that is visible, is quite modest."

Gates, who recently overtook Mexican telecommunications tycoon Carlos Slim as the world's richest man with an estimated wealth of US$69.8 billion, said his work towards the eradication of polio was a personal priority.

Australia, which committed A$50 million (US$48 million) to fight polio in 2011, on Tuesday pledged another A$80 million over four years from 2015 to wipe out the crippling disease which remains endemic in only three countries - Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan.

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is contributing US$1.8 billion to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, one-third of the polio endgame strategic plan 2013-2018.

Earlier, Gates said he was disappointed that Australia had slowed the growth of its foreign aid budget but praised it as a global leader in development.

His visit comes weeks after Gillard's administration pushed back its goal of increasing aid spending to 0.5 per cent of gross national income by another year to 2017/18 after a drastic hit to tax revenues.

"The sooner Australia can get up to the 0.5 per cent, which is the stated goal, the more kids will be saved and the more this region will be stable," Gates told national broadcaster ABC.

"So when that got slowed down I was a little disappointed, but it has been increasing and people should feel good about that."

Gates said there were fewer than 300 cases of polio around the world in 2012, but acknowledged that it would be difficult to remove the disease from the countries where it remained.

"These are violent places. There are often rumours against the vaccines. We are going to have to do our best work, we are going to have to be innovative," Gates said.

Attacks against polio workers have resulted in some 20 deaths in Pakistan since December after a Taliban faction last year banned polio vaccinations in the tribal region of Waziristan, alleging the inoculation programme was a cover for espionage.

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Big breasts or skinny legs, burps or farts?

By Ken Y-N ( May 28, 2013 at 10:49) ? Filed under Lifestyle, Polls, Silly

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Two questions, both silly, today. First up are 10,263 teenage girls from an SNS-like site Candy, asked if they?d rather have bigger boobs or skinnier legs; 86.8% went for legs, just 13.2% for breasts. The photo below is from a shrine dedicated to breasts, apparently?

Next was Research Panel?s Day Research, asking 36,625 people on the 27th of May 2013 which they disliked more; other people?s farts or other people?s burps. This was a surprisingly close 43.8% voting for (or should that be ?against??) burps, and 56.2% hating on bottom burps.

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Controversial Austrian artist Otto Muehl dies

VIENNA (AP) ? Austrian painter Otto Muehl, whose radical notions of art were only exceeded by the excesses in his lifestyle, has died. He was 87.

Muehl died Sunday in Portugal, according to Daniele Roussel, the head of his archived works. In his statement Monday, Roussel did not provide the cause of death.

Muehl was a co-founder of the Vienna Actionism, a controversial art movement in the 1960s, and his works shocked audiences with their use of blood, excrement and the human body as materials.

He was convicted in 1991 of crimes including illicit drug use and sex with minors while heading a commune. He was imprisoned for nearly seven years.

Muehl apologized to his juvenile victims in 2010.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/controversial-austrian-artist-otto-muehl-dies-194446285.html

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Who is the most logical buyer of Manitoba Telecom? | Trading Desk ...

Manitoba Telecom Services Inc.?s sale of Allstream not only eliminates legacy exposure and reduces pension risk, but it relieves concerns about the stability of the company?s dividend and opens the door for an acquisition of its incumbent division.

Investors seemed pleased with the announcement that MTS is selling Allstream to private equity group Accelero Capital Holdings for $405-million in cash, sending the stock up more than 5% on Friday.

Much of the cash is earmarked to reduce pension solvency deficits, leaving $165-million currently unallocated, according to Dvai Ghose, analyst at Canaccord Genuity. He expects most of that will be used to finance spectrum purchases, leaving little for share buybacks or debt repayments.

?Allstream seems to face many of the legacy challenges of an incumbent, including revenue pressure, a highly unionized workforce and pension solvency deficits, without any of the obvious positives such as economies of scale, pricing power, high margins and strong cash flow,? Mr. Ghose told clients,? raising his rating on MTS to hold from sell. ?Consequently, we can understand why MTS investors would celebrate the sale of Allstream.?

With $240 million of the expected sale proceeds earmarked for pension solvency payments, MTS? pension solvency deficit will decline to around $400 million from approximately $630 million at the end of 2012.

The analyst also noted that MTS gets to keep Allstream?s tax losses, which carry an estimated net present value of $290-million, likely extending the company?s cash tax holiday beyond a previous assumption of 2019.

?The deal looks very free cash flow accretive and we are no longer concerned about dividend sustainability over the medium term,? Mr. Ghose said, raising his free cash flow forecast for 2014, primarily due to the elimination of pension solvency funding requirements.

The analyst believes both BCE Inc. and Telus Corp. could generate significant synergies by acquiring MTS, but noted there are a limited number of buyers if the asset is put up for sale.

Mr. Ghose noted that unlike at Allstream, any potential buyers of the incumbent division must be Canadian controlled due to the MTS? broadcast distribution licence and IPTV business, which he considers an integral part of the company.

Second, the analyst pointed out that Rogers Communications Inc. would unlikely be given regulatory approval to buy MTS as together, they would account for 85% of wireless market share in Manitoba as of the end of 2011.

As for Shaw Communications Inc., he doesn?t think it would be allowed to buy the business either since Shaw is the primary cable company in Manitoba and MTS is the incumbent telecom company.

Mr. Ghose doesn?t see Telus wanting to see its growth and wireless exposure diluted by MTS? incumbent operations. However, he thinks the reasons for BCE to acquire MTS are more obvious.

?BCE has shown that it can drive strong cash flows from legacy assets through cost-cutting and synergies,? the analyst said. ?Consequently, while Telus could bid against BCE for MTS? incumbent operations if they were for sale, we assume that Telus would only bid to keep BCE honest and so would bid to lose.?

Desjardins Securities analyst Maher Yaghi thinks the deal increases the odds of an eventual sale to another telco incumbent. However, he sees the most investment rationale for Telus to acquire MTS given its lower debt versus both BCE or Bell Aliant Inc.

Mr. Yaghi told clients Telus could therefore get more accretion from the use of higher debt. He also noted that the company has more intimate knowledge of competing with Shaw in western Canada.

Telus also has a lower level of wireline assets in its consolidated results versus BCE and Bell Aliant, so it may be more willing to acquire wireline assets, even though they generally exhibit lower growth trends than wireless assets.

?In addition, BCE is currently in the midst of increasing its wireless competitiveness in the Manitoba market, with improved network and handset offers,? Mr. Yaghi said. ?Hence, we believe MTS?s wireless business could be the focus of increased competitive offers if BCE and Telus were looking to acquire the company in order to take market share away from MTS before a bid is made.?

Andrew Calder, a credit analyst at RBC Capital Markets, also believes the odds of a takeout are higher now that MTS is set to be a pure telecom play.

However, he finds it difficult to see which of Bell or Telus would see greater value in MTS.

?On one hand, Telus has the most balance sheet capacity, but buying MTS would allow BCE to accelerate its Western wireless growth strategy,? Mr. Calder said in a research note.

Source: http://business.financialpost.com/2013/05/27/why-bce-is-the-most-logical-buyer-of-manitoba-telecom/

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Openly gay Rogers breaks barrier by playing in MLS

(Reuters) - For Major League Soccer's Robbie Rogers, breaking another barrier for gay athletes by becoming the first openly gay male to compete in a major U.S. professional team sport marked the latest step in his long journey.

The Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder was greeted by cheers from a crowd of nearly 25,000 in Carson, California, when he entered Sunday's game as a substitute in the 77th minute with his team leading the visiting Seattle Sounders 4-0.

"Earlier today I was really nervous," Rogers said after the hallmark moment, which came a day after he was introduced as the Galaxy's newest member. "OK, this is a soccer game. I've done this a million times. But then obviously I know, I'm not naive, I know people are watching.

"It was really perfect," added Rogers. "We won, which is most important. My family was here, my friends. My grandparents.

"I've kind of been on this huge journey trying to figure out my life. And now I'm back here. I think I'm kind of where I'm supposed to be."

The 26-year-old Rogers, who was on the U.S. team for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, joined the Galaxy less than a month after National Basketball Association veteran Jason Collins became the first active athlete from the major U.S. men's pro sports leagues to come out publicly as gay.

Collins, however, is a free agent and has not played since his announcement after the 2012-13 NBA regular season, leaving it up Rogers to make the on-field breakthrough.

"I won't ever forget tonight! I love my new home," Californian Rogers said on Twitter after Sunday's game.

In February, after parting with second-tier English team Leeds, Rogers posted an emotional letter on his blog page in which he revealed he was gay. He wrote about the emotional toll of keeping his sexual orientation secret and said he would "step away" from soccer.

But Rogers, who had only five touches after being sent in to play, felt no pressure competing professionally for the first time since December, when he played for Stevenage of England's third-tier league while on loan from Leeds.

"No pressure at all," he said, "I got to totally enjoy myself and take it all in."

Galaxy coach Bruce Arena said coming back after five months away would test Rogers' commitment to return to his top form.

"In a lot of ways the easy part is over," Arena told reporters. "Now the difficult part remains, which is getting him positioned to play.

"Hopefully, he'll get back to the way we think he can be."

Galaxy team mate Landon Donovan said getting back to the business of soccer was what mattered to Rogers.

"Now, hopefully, the hype about it is over and he can get back to being a soccer player, which is what he wants to do," said Donovan.

The indelible moment of taking his position and breaking another barrier for the gay athlete brought a big smile from Rogers and held special meaning for many.

"Many years from now most people won't remember the score of this game. But they'll remember when he stepped on the field," former Galaxy executive Alexi Lalas, now an ESPN soccer analyst, told the Los Angeles Times.

"That's cool. That's important."

(Reporting by Larry Fine in New York; Editing by Frank Pingue)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/openly-gay-rogers-breaks-barrier-playing-mls-game-173111073.html

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Increase in unintentional marijuana ingestion among children following new drug laws in Colorado

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Following modification of drug enforcement laws for possession of marijuana in Colorado, there was an apparent increase in unintentional marijuana ingestions by young children, according to a report and accompanying editorials published Online First by JAMA Pediatrics, a JAMA Network publication.

Several states and Washington, D.C. have enacted laws to decriminalize medical marijuana and two states, Colorado and Washington, have passed amendments to legalize the recreational use of marijuana. In late 2009, the Justice Department issued a policy instructing federal prosecutors not to seek arrest of medical marijuana users and suppliers, if they were complying by state laws. According to background information in the study, tetrahydrocannabinol, the active chemical in marijuana, is incorporated into medical marijuana products in higher concentrations. "In addition, medical marijuana is sold in baked goods, soft drinks, and candies," the authors note.

George Sam Wang, M.D, from the Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center, Denver, and colleagues compared the proportion of marijuana ingestions by young children who sought care in a children's hospital emergency department before and after the modification of drug enforcement laws in October 2009 regarding medical marijuana possession. A total of 1,378 patients younger than 12 years of age were evaluated for unintentional ingestions: 790 patients before September 30, 2009 and 588 patients after October 1, 2009.

"The proportion of ingestion visits in patients younger than 12 years (age range 8 months to 12 years) that were related to marijuana exposure increased after September 30, 2009, from 0 of 790 to 14 of 588," the authors report. "Eight of the 14 cases involved medical marijuana, and 7 of these exposures came from food products." The authors note most of the children were male and were admitted to or observed in the emergency department. "Because of a perceived stigma associated with medical marijuana, families may be reluctant to report its use to health care providers. Similar to many accidental medicinal pediatric exposures, the source of the marijuana in most cases was the grandparents who may not have been available during data collection."

"Physicians, especially in states that have decriminalized medical marijuana, need to be cognizant of the potential for marijuana exposures and be familiar with the symptoms of marijuana ingestion. This unintended outcome may suggest a role for public health interventions in this emerging industry, such as child-resistant containers and warning labels for medical marijuana," the authors conclude.

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(JAMA Pediatr. Published online May 27, 2013. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.140. Available pre-embargo to the media at http://media.jamanetwork.com.)

Editorial: Effects of Marijuana Policy on Children and Adolescents

In an accompanying editorial, Sharon Levy, M.D., M.P.H., from Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital, writes that "the finding reignites the debate over whether and how legalized marijuana impacts children and adolescents."

Dr. Levy reports that nationwide rates of adolescent marijuana use are climbing rapidly. "The skyrocketing rates of adolescent marijuana use indicate that we are losing an important public health battle and we have a lot of work to do if we want to reverse these trends. Physicians have a key role to play in educating our young patients and their families about the health consequences of marijuana use regardless of its legal status."

(JAMA Pediatr. Published online May 27, 2013. doi:10.100/jamapediatrics.2013.2270. Available pre-embargo to the media at http://media.jamanetwork.com).

Editorial: Anticipated Medical Effects on Children: A Poison Center Perspective

"The legalization of recreational marijuana, especially the solid and liquid-infused forms permitted in Washington, will provide children greater access to cookies, candies, brownies, and beverages that contain marijuana," write William Hurley, M.D., from the University of Washington and Washington Poison Center and Suzan Mazor, M.D., from Seattle Children's Hospital.

"Ingestion of marijuana results in the absorption of delta-9-tetrahydrocannibinol (THC) and stimulation of cannabinoid receptors in the central nervous system. This produces stimulation with hallucinations and illusions followed by sedation," the authors state. The authors recommend additional training for emergency medicine, pediatric emergency medicine and primary care pediatric physicians to recognize and manage these toxic reactions.

"Methods to prevent accidental exposures to marijuana need to be studied for efficacy and progressively developed. Parents and providers should be encouraged to call the Poison Center for data collection, information, education, and management advice," the authors conclude.

(JAMA Pediatr. Published online May 27, 2013. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.2273. Available to the media pre-embargo at http://media.jamanetwork.com.)

Editor's Note: Please see articles for additional information, including other authors, author contributions and affiliations, financial disclosures, funding and support, etc.

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Contact: Elizabeth Whitehead
Elizabeth.Whitehead@childrenscolorado.org
720-777-6388
The JAMA Network Journals

Following modification of drug enforcement laws for possession of marijuana in Colorado, there was an apparent increase in unintentional marijuana ingestions by young children, according to a report and accompanying editorials published Online First by JAMA Pediatrics, a JAMA Network publication.

Several states and Washington, D.C. have enacted laws to decriminalize medical marijuana and two states, Colorado and Washington, have passed amendments to legalize the recreational use of marijuana. In late 2009, the Justice Department issued a policy instructing federal prosecutors not to seek arrest of medical marijuana users and suppliers, if they were complying by state laws. According to background information in the study, tetrahydrocannabinol, the active chemical in marijuana, is incorporated into medical marijuana products in higher concentrations. "In addition, medical marijuana is sold in baked goods, soft drinks, and candies," the authors note.

George Sam Wang, M.D, from the Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center, Denver, and colleagues compared the proportion of marijuana ingestions by young children who sought care in a children's hospital emergency department before and after the modification of drug enforcement laws in October 2009 regarding medical marijuana possession. A total of 1,378 patients younger than 12 years of age were evaluated for unintentional ingestions: 790 patients before September 30, 2009 and 588 patients after October 1, 2009.

"The proportion of ingestion visits in patients younger than 12 years (age range 8 months to 12 years) that were related to marijuana exposure increased after September 30, 2009, from 0 of 790 to 14 of 588," the authors report. "Eight of the 14 cases involved medical marijuana, and 7 of these exposures came from food products." The authors note most of the children were male and were admitted to or observed in the emergency department. "Because of a perceived stigma associated with medical marijuana, families may be reluctant to report its use to health care providers. Similar to many accidental medicinal pediatric exposures, the source of the marijuana in most cases was the grandparents who may not have been available during data collection."

"Physicians, especially in states that have decriminalized medical marijuana, need to be cognizant of the potential for marijuana exposures and be familiar with the symptoms of marijuana ingestion. This unintended outcome may suggest a role for public health interventions in this emerging industry, such as child-resistant containers and warning labels for medical marijuana," the authors conclude.

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(JAMA Pediatr. Published online May 27, 2013. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.140. Available pre-embargo to the media at http://media.jamanetwork.com.)

Editorial: Effects of Marijuana Policy on Children and Adolescents

In an accompanying editorial, Sharon Levy, M.D., M.P.H., from Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital, writes that "the finding reignites the debate over whether and how legalized marijuana impacts children and adolescents."

Dr. Levy reports that nationwide rates of adolescent marijuana use are climbing rapidly. "The skyrocketing rates of adolescent marijuana use indicate that we are losing an important public health battle and we have a lot of work to do if we want to reverse these trends. Physicians have a key role to play in educating our young patients and their families about the health consequences of marijuana use regardless of its legal status."

(JAMA Pediatr. Published online May 27, 2013. doi:10.100/jamapediatrics.2013.2270. Available pre-embargo to the media at http://media.jamanetwork.com).

Editorial: Anticipated Medical Effects on Children: A Poison Center Perspective

"The legalization of recreational marijuana, especially the solid and liquid-infused forms permitted in Washington, will provide children greater access to cookies, candies, brownies, and beverages that contain marijuana," write William Hurley, M.D., from the University of Washington and Washington Poison Center and Suzan Mazor, M.D., from Seattle Children's Hospital.

"Ingestion of marijuana results in the absorption of delta-9-tetrahydrocannibinol (THC) and stimulation of cannabinoid receptors in the central nervous system. This produces stimulation with hallucinations and illusions followed by sedation," the authors state. The authors recommend additional training for emergency medicine, pediatric emergency medicine and primary care pediatric physicians to recognize and manage these toxic reactions.

"Methods to prevent accidental exposures to marijuana need to be studied for efficacy and progressively developed. Parents and providers should be encouraged to call the Poison Center for data collection, information, education, and management advice," the authors conclude.

(JAMA Pediatr. Published online May 27, 2013. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.2273. Available to the media pre-embargo at http://media.jamanetwork.com.)

Editor's Note: Please see articles for additional information, including other authors, author contributions and affiliations, financial disclosures, funding and support, etc.

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Revelers brave cold to fight AIDS at Vienna ball

VIENNA (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, singer Elton John and actor Hilary Swank joined thousands of costumed revelers on Saturday at Europe's biggest AIDS charity event, Vienna's Life Ball.

Dressed in skimpy costumes for the ball's 1,001 Nights theme, or simply in extravagant drag, party-goers braved unseasonally chilly temperatures of 8 degrees Celsius (46 degrees Fahrenheit) for the outdoor party.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, addressing the gathering in a video message, urged the world not to let up in the fight against AIDS, which has killed 30 million people since the auto-immune disease was first recognized at the start of the 1980s.

"A generation free of HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is now in sight," he told the crowd in the gardens of Vienna's City Hall. "But unless we intensify our response, a million children could get HIV by 2015."

The annual ball, now in its 21st year, has grown from a small gay-community event to a society fixture, attracting celebrity guests from around the world.

Highlights included a Scheherazade-themed ballet, a fashion show by Italian designer Roberto Cavalli and a performance by singer Adam Lambert.

Those guests wearing costumes judged by the organizers' "style police" to be exceptional could win half-price admission to the Vienna ball, for which tickets cost up to 3,000 euros.

The event raised over 2 million euros ($2.6 million) last year, much of it donated to the Clinton Health Access Initiative to reduce HIV infection among babies in Africa.

Africa accounts for more than two-thirds of the world's cases of HIV, with 1.8 million new HIV infections and 1.2 million people dying of AIDS-related illnesses in 2011, according to the United Nations.

(Reporting by Georgina Prodhan; editing by Andrew Roche)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/revelers-brave-cold-fight-aids-vienna-ball-215355682.html

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Man charged in double homicide in Anchorage

Jerry Andrew Active attempts to shield his face during his arraignment on charges of murder and sexual assault of a minor in the Anchorage jail court on Sunday, May 26, 2013. Active was arrested about a block from an apartment where the bodies of 71-year-old Sorn Sreap and 73-year-old Touch Chea were found Saturday night by their granddaughter, who had returned from a trip to a movie with her husband and 4-year-old son. (AP Photo/Anchorage Daily News, Bill Roth)

Jerry Andrew Active attempts to shield his face during his arraignment on charges of murder and sexual assault of a minor in the Anchorage jail court on Sunday, May 26, 2013. Active was arrested about a block from an apartment where the bodies of 71-year-old Sorn Sreap and 73-year-old Touch Chea were found Saturday night by their granddaughter, who had returned from a trip to a movie with her husband and 4-year-old son. (AP Photo/Anchorage Daily News, Bill Roth)

An officer in the Anchorage jail court removes the paperwork that Jerry Andrew Active was using to shield his face during his arraigned on charges of murder and sexual assault of a minor on Sunday, May 26, 2013 in Anchorage, Alaska. Active was arrested about a block from an apartment where the bodies of 71-year-old Sorn Sreap and 73-year-old Touch Chea were found Saturday night by their granddaughter, who had returned from a trip to a movie with her husband and 4-year-old son. (AP Photo/Anchorage Daily News, Bill Roth)

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) ? A 24-year-old man has been charged with beating an Alaska man and his wife to death and sexually assaulting their 2-year-old great-granddaughter.

Jerry Andrew Active was arrested Saturday night as he fled the east Anchorage homicide scene dressed only in boxer shorts and socks. He is charged with first and second-degree murder, sexual assault and burglary in the deaths of Touch Chea, 71, and his wife, Sorn Sreap, 73. Police said Sreap and the toddler were raped.

Police Sgt. Slawomir Markiewicz said Sunday that nothing has indicated the victims were connected to the suspect before they died.

"It doesn't appear that he knew them," he said. "It looks like a totally random act."

Both Chea and Sreap suffered significant blunt force object injuries. Department spokeswoman Anita Shell said on-scene investigators were affected by the brutality and the ages of the victims.

"They said this was the worst thing they had ever seen in their lives, and these are seasoned detectives," Shell said.

The victims were part of an extended family that lived in a ground-floor, east Anchorage apartment with their granddaughter and her husband, who are the parents of the toddler and her 4-year-old brother. The younger couple's 90-year-old great-grandmother also lives in the apartment and was at home during the incident.

Police said the younger couple, who are in their 20s, went to a movie Saturday night with their son and left the 2-year-old in the care of Chea and Sreap.

The parents of the child and their son returned shortly before 8 p.m. and found the door locked from the inside.

They told police they forced their way in through a window and discovered the bodies of Chea and Sreap.

A man in his 20s, they said, was naked in a bedroom with their daughter.

The woman called 911and police dispatchers heard screaming over the phone. The woman reported a man had broken into her home and killed her grandmother, Sreap. The woman described the man as naked with several tattoos.

The woman, who is pregnant, and her husband tried to keep the suspect from leaving and a struggle began, Markiewicz said. The suspect, by then wearing boxer shorts, was able to get away after a few minutes of fighting, Markiewicz said.

Officers found Active about a block away.

"He did offer some resistance but he was arrested," Markiewicz said.

The suspect apparently entered the apartment through a window, Markiewicz said.

Active refused to give his name and he was not identified until Sunday. He was arraigned at the Anchorage Jail.

Markiewicz said the case is unusual.

"It's certainly very rare to see this kind of violence ? a complete stranger, sexually assaulting and murdering someone," he said.

The bodies of Sreap and Chea were taken to the state medical examiner's office for autopsies.

Names of the toddler and her parents were withheld.

Associated Press

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Rev. Canon C. K. Robertson, Ph.D.: Giving Thanks For All Who Have Worn 'The Uniform'

I never saw my father in uniform. For me, growing up in the suburbs outside Washington, D.C., Dad was a civilian, a government employee who worked for NASA. Each morning he would put on a suit and tie, have some breakfast, and leave for the office. Each night he would come through the door, take off his jacket, loosen his tie, and join us for dinner. He did this for 20 years.

And yet for more than two decades before I was born, Dad put on a uniform and left the house, not for a few hours, but sometimes for a few years. During the Great Depression, he and his brothers helped his father earn a living by building stone walls throughout the city. On the side, he played shortstop for a local, semi-pro baseball team. But then Uncle Sam came calling and, like so many others across the country, Dad responded to the call and served his country, first in World War II, later in Korea and in the Cold War.

My brothers and sisters all knew him as a United States Army officer, but by the time I came along, the uniform had been put away for good. All I had were old photos and the stories that came with them. Some tales he was delighted to relate, and did so on more than one occasion. I heard about that great day when he and the other liberators marched into Paris. And that even greater day in Paris some time later, when he was enjoying some long-awaited R&R with two buddies at a caf? in front of the Grand Hotel, only to hear an announcement come over the loud speakers that Hitler's forces had surrendered and the European part of the war was over. Within minutes of the broadcast, he said, you could walk across the Champs Elysees on heads and shoulders, so great was the number of revelers on the street.

There were other stories he was less inclined to share, as when he saw his good friend, his best man, shot before his eyes. Or when he entered a concentration camp at the end of the war and saw firsthand the horrors of the Holocaust. Looking into the eyes of those emaciated persons before him, he saw no hope, nothing. They were, he said, the walking dead. And then there were the stories he never shared, not with anyone. But my mother saw the results, as she would awake again and again to him screaming in his sleep, reliving nightmarish memories.

Yet through it all, my father never lost his bright smile or good humor, his faith in God or his love for his family. Like so many others who put on the uniform, he was just an ordinary person who had to face extraordinary challenges -- and rose to the occasion. Dad died three years ago at the age of 95, one more member of that "greatest generation" no longer with us. Shortly before he left, I presented him with a photograph of a brick with his name and rank on it, a brick laid down at the entrance of the National World War II Museum in New Orleans. In light of all he had done, mine was a paltry gift, but it still felt good to do it.

Now, as I approach another Memorial Day, I cannot help but think of that soldier I never saw in uniform. The closest I came was on Saturday mornings when we would venture into the city, to the commissary at Fort McNair, for our weekly grocery run. Each time, the guard at the front gate of the base would take note of the colonel's decal on our car, and suddenly stand at attention and salute my father. And I would see my father's shoulders straighten, and his arm stiffen, as he returned the salute. And if I looked carefully enough, I could see the uniform that he never truly took off.

This Memorial Day, I give thanks to God for my father, and all those in this country who have worn a uniform and worn it well. "O God, we remember before you with grateful hearts the men and women of our country who in the day of decision ventured much for the liberties we now enjoy. Amen."

The Rev. Dr. C. K. Robertson is Canon to Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori.

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